building a site http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/Photo_Album/index.shtml tutorial to build the file. im pulling my hair out!!! i have no idea what to do. this is the code i am using to load the movie... on (release) {loadMovie("themiddleoftheweek.swf", _parent._parent.pla...more >>

Walking around in Scenes I have gotten a few advice and I been trying to do this for 4 hours and I still have gotten it to work. Sniff. I want a person to walk through a door and go into a next scence(or Level) corresponding to the door. I was succusful attaching person from the library ...more >>

I am using Flash MX, and wanting my swf to play in Flash 6 player. I am using a LoadMovie() to get variables from an external movie, which I need very early in my parent movie. If my loaded variables aren't available my parent errors (intentionally), but at the moment my test that the movie ...more >>

If anyone has any ideas on how to create a drag and drop function from within a scrollpane component to a _root level mc, please, please I need your help asap. Best, Abe...more >>

Ok it might be a bit hard to understand what I am up to, but if you really want to help (please!) I?l post more replies! Here goes - Once a button has been pressed, I need to make a random keyboard letter pop up on screen (?A? for example) then play the 1st sound. You then have a certain amo...more >>

Rather than loading a sound programmatically, in my website http://www.thedeez.com, I have simply loaded in the object into the library and dragged it into the movie clip timeline. For the buttons in my site, I have created two kinds of button movie clips which I keep in the library and then ...more >>

I am currently creating a blackjack program, and I have 4 generic cards (one for each suit) without values that I pass card values to depending on which one of 4 arrays are chosen (one for each suit). I was wondering at the end of the hand, when the user clicks on deal cards, how do I go abou...more >>

I have seen in many cartoons and programs subtitle buttons, interesting stuff, ext. These are buttons that on press or release, show or hide text. I was thinking there must be some actionscript that you apply to the button to make it show or hide a layer. If anyone share thier information on t...more >>

So I want to increase the size of my stage but when I do so, it increases from the top left corner, out. Is there a way to specify which way to change the size of the stage (e.g. similar to changing the canvas size in Fireworks or Photoshop)? ...more >>

Based on a http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/3dwireframe.htm, my objective is to have several boxes continually fly past the viewer. Right now, I'm working on just getting one to do this. My box is currently coming forward from the vanishing point, but I cannot get the box to r...more >>

Hi all Currently working on a project where I have an external .as file that loads into an swf. In this .as file, I have a bunch of String variables that get externally editted by someone other than me (my manager who doesn't have Flash but can open a .as file in notepad), after they are edit...more >>

I'm trying to implement a site structure that uses multiple flash movies, passing variables to each other. How do I target the other movies on the page? Thanks. -Peder...more >>

I've created a flash signature for a forum and ...well I cant use it because it's too big for the forum. It's 56k and the forum allow 30k max. here is the size report generated by flash on the last line "49840 ActionScript 2.0 Classes" If I uderstand well it sais that my AS Class is 49...more >>

:confused; My client wants to take 7 movies I created and load them into a slide presentation (Flash). I thought it would be easy, but... there are hundreds of commands in the movies calling on the _root, so when I load the movies into a movie clip they don't work, but when I have it load o...more >>

Does anyone have a suggestion on obtaining the size of the view pane in the accordion? Obviously the size changes based on how manh view tabs there are so I need to figure out the AS to obtain those values. Thanks. ooba ...more >>

hi everybody i've created a real simple class. this one: class Test { public function test () { trace('TEST started'); } } i'm storing it in the same directory as my .fla file and using a really simply import statement: import Test; var t:Test = new Test(); i have my publish settings sa...more >>

I have used dynamic _root variables before by using _root[varName]. However, I am working with a Flash file where we are using _global for our variables and want to access these variable in the same way. Can I do this? Is there a way to access _global variable dynamically? Chris Cote ...more >>

HI! I have a combobox and I want the user to be able to select a value and go to the specified url for this value. This what I have tried so far: stop(); combo = new Object(); combo.change = function(){ var x = combobox1.selectedItem.label if(x == 'Value'){ getURL('http://paperprs002...more >>

OK, I am having a problem with the getURL("javascript:~~~(strVar)"); method. The function needs a string vatiable passed to it. Rather than evaluating the variable, flash is just passing the variables name. I have tried double quote, single quote and a combonation of the two. How can I pass th...more >>

I am having some trouble wrapping my head around how to use the DataSet class. First, let me describ the scenario I have set up: I have a basic form (a few text boxes and few ComboBoxes). Upon clicking my Save button, I wish to put the data into a DataSet which I will then send through m...more >>

I have two questions. One, should I create the pages of my website as separate movies or scenes within the movie? I have Flash 5 at home and I normally create the scenes within the movie and then am able to link to them. I want to do that in Flash MX too. How? When I go to gotoandplay it only ...more >>

I used to be able to open Acrobat documents in a browser window using Get Url. But higher security in browsers seems to block this now. Can I launch Acrobat and load a document using an Action script attached to a button in a Flash projector presentation? ...more >>

I have two strings and need to be able to insert one string anywhere into the other and then return the completed string. What I have so far: var my_str:String = _root.Txt2; var mySubstringFront:String = my_str.substring(0, _global.cursorLocation-1); var mySubstringBack:String = my_str.subs...more >>

i did a flashproject whit flash6! now i have to update it and i use now flash7(pro). there is now a problem whit a basic variable, where worked fine in flash 6 and also if i export from flash7pro as flash6-swf! but in for the new update i want to export it as flash7-swf! here is the variable...more >>

I am trying to come up with a script that lays out a series of clips on my stage as they load. The clip instances are simply name 'clip1','clip2',xlip3' and so on so I figure I need an array with the clip names and then a bit of script to tell them how to behave. I figured out how to do it ...more >>

Can I have a general listener object that tracks when an an array is updated (using either slice or push) and sends a message to another object based on that information?...more >>

Hi - I'm having a problem with the Media Display component. I'm aware it's not accessible so I have created my own navigation to control a dynamically loaded FLV file. I have set the tab orders of my play, pause and stop button and can tab around the movie no problem when the component is no...more >>

Hi all, I am in the process of developing my first dynamic flash project, and have run into a bit of a problem... I have an access database with my data, a coldfusion page to return my data from the DB and Flash MX2004 to suck in the ColdFusion output and pop it into my movie. I have this w...more >>

I am trying to load an external swf into my main flash movie I have for now three options (i will be adding alot more later) option 1. antera 2. alessio 3.bk racing I have this script myDataTable=new Array('antera', 'alessio', 'BK Racing'); wheel_data.setDataProvider(myDataTable); whe...more >>

I am currently working on a site which allows the user to drag the objects around the screen. You will notice that whatever object you click on, it brings it to the top, BUT sometimes the other objects change their depth. This is annoying me, why dont the other objects stay where they are un...more >>

hi, I have 3 scenes start_sc intro_sc ko_sc I am on intro_sc ..on click of a button i want to jump to ko_sc frame 1 and play. but flash not alowing me to do so ..what might be the problem i tried tellTarget('_root') { gotoAndPlay('ko_sc',1); } still not woking..can any body help me plz .....more >>

Hello Can someoneclaerly explain what is IDE and API and their relatoinship? ...more >>

I am familiar with using a swf as a shared library for buttons, graphics etc. How do i use a shared library for sounds. I am trying to balance out some of the file sizes of my swfs so i would like to put some button sounds into one of my earlier swf's to be used in some of my later swf's. (I h...more >>

Do anyone know how to access a floppy disk from flash? Hope someone could help me. Thanks...more >>

okay...i am in scene 1, i created a symbol and a symbol within the symbol, is there a way to make a button inside the symbol to take me back to the scene 1, frame 1?...more >>

I?m trying to create a scrolling text/image effect like what on SBC-Yahoo (there main news section and more closely to what I?m look to create - the Entertainment section below). Dose any one know how this is done or could point me in the right direction? Many thanks! ...more >>

Could someone help me understand how to define a loadSound object vs. a attachSound object? I understand how to define attachSound, but am a bit hazey on loadSound. Thanks....more >>

Hello I am creating a drag and drop based website similar to this one given below. http://www.fizard.com I can get all the objects to drag, but my problem is that when i roll over my objects the mouse cursor changes to the hand pointer icon, and when i roll over my buttons nothing happens...more >>