Hi, Is there a way to change the alpha value of an instance on the stage gradually using actionscript? I know I can set the alpha of an instance but I couldn't figure out if I can animate it from x% to y% in a given number of frames. Thanks Maurice ...more >>

Hi. I created a flash movie with several MCs, one for each area . My initial intention was to have each MC (and therefor each area) loaded on its own with a loadbar, but I tried differnet things finally satteling for one load bar which loads the entire movie. My question is - how can I cr...more >>

Working on a menu that has 5 main buttons. each main button plays a movie clip with the 2nd menu. each 5 buttons has a unique sub menu. issue is I cant get the submenus to reverse off before the new ones play. I was trying to use IF, then. ive been looking for a tutorial or post but have com...more >>

Hi everyone! I have tried to call a variable (i) in a function but that doesn't work and I don't know why. I have placed this part of the code in a Class and this one have been placed on enterframe of my main movie. By example: for (var i = 1; i != 9; i++) { if (i ==5) { ...more >>

I am attempting to teach myself actionscript and I've run into a problem that just isn't making any sense to me. You can see my project here... http://www.geocities.com/sevenxthree/dot_line1.swf The idea is that when you click and drag the red dot the line will curve to the dot's position. ...more >>

Hello! I am trying to get the hang of actionscript 2.0 and was attempting to run a simple test in which I have created a dynamic text field in an external Class file to display the text in my fla file. What am I missing or doing wrong? Your thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks, descin ...more >>

I have a mostly html website with a small flash audio player on it. The audio is linked to the flash player from external mp3 files, and when you click on a button, it plays the file. I was wondering how to make it so that as soon as the swf loads, one of the songs will start playing automat...more >>

Can't find this anywhere. How would I have text that is typed into one textbox automatically duplicate in another as soon as it is typed? It must delete if the first is deleted also. ...more >>

Hi, I just built html website that uses independent swf files as buttons (embedded into html) and those buttons either call another html page or load into itself another swf file (it can contain sound or image), just to get the idea http://65.100.216.223/Robert , the thing I want to do now is ...more >>

Hi, I'm using AS 2.0 Is it possible to have a scenario where: You have two movieclips on your screen say mc01 and mc02 ... Only one is ever visible at one time... I would like to have it so when your playing the main movie you see only mc01 on the screen and it's instance name is "instance...more >>

hi i have one scene with a button and a music and second scene with just a button (no music). what i want to do is when i click on the button it goes to the second scene without the music (shouldn't it stop the music???)and when i 'm clicking on the button in the second scene it will t...more >>

How do I cancel an event handler of the following structure? What I want to do is turn off the onEnterFrame event handler following an onRelease event (as shown below). Thanks for your time. myClip.onPress=function(){ this.onEnterFrame = function() { // statements go here ...more >>

Hi, Having problems with a form for a Shopping Cart. The Cart itself is held by Roman Cart (www.romancart.com). All I need to do is make the buy buttons. Here is the button in HTML: <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp> <input type=hidden name=storeid value...more >>

hello every body im getting only three colors with the themeColor property for a menubar component they are "haloGreen", "haloBlue", and "haloOrange".If i want other themes colors what should i do some body please help me.i need black ,pink and yellow what should i do? kisshore ...more >>

the gallery movie is loaded into level 1. the other buttons have an unload level 1 movie command. the scollers are all flash UI components from flash mx. frame 287 is just whatever is in the background ( from the mail movie ) while the gallery is displayed. I've tried to display the galelry on...more >>

I am working on an animation that has a very long list of names that slowly scroll up the screen. This list will be updated on a regular basis so I want to dynamically import the list from a text file. I am able to import the file simply by using the LoadVars function, but I can not get the...more >>

Hi, I just built html website that uses independent swf files as buttons (embedded into html) and those buttons either call another html page or load into itself another swf file (it can contain sound or image), just to get the idea http://65.100.216.223/Robert , the thing I want to do now is ...more >>

Hello all, I'm building a custom class that extends MovieClip. Everything is working just fine except for the button script. I have a submit button that gets placed on screen dynamically by the class. Normally, if I wanted to write button scripts from the timeline, I would do: myButtonIns...more >>

Hi I could really do with some help on 2 issues that i have, now the first probly seems stupid but is there a way of clearing input text fields once the form has been sent??? And the second i have some components in the form but I haven't got a clue as to how you would send the info se...more >>

I have some xml code that pulls text into mulitple variables and text fields in flash. my xml looks like this: <?xml version = '1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?> <ourEvent> <!-- openhouse 1--> <where?>Some location data here. </where?> <when?>Event time and date </when?> <what?>Type of the...more >>

I am trying to create either a movie clip or a button that when double clicked will take the user to the next scree. Does flash recognize double click. Thanks in advance for your help....more >>

Hi there, i have seen this done elsewhere, but does anyone know the actionscript code that will make a html screen (or flash move) shake for a period of time? i'm sure its a simple task, but im new to actionscripting! many thanks sanj ...more >>

Please, how can I make a button to print the entire SWF loaded into a ScrollPane?! I´ve tried many combinations, but results on printing the ScrollPane with the scroll bars or even ALL the 70 frames of the movie! But from the loaded SWF, only what is visible on the ScrollPane at the printi...more >>

Hi, I'm not too actionscript-savvy, so bear with me. I have a series of buttons that sit 3 levels up from the main timeline (button within a movieclip within a movieclip within a graphic). when released, I'm looking for these buttons to go to named scenes on the main timeline. Now the simpl...more >>

What is the easiest way to define the largest number in an array? thx in advance...more >>

All, I'm really stuck on this one. I've got two exe's I created so that I can use the fscommand "exec". I used them to launch bat files that in turn launch a powerpoint show. It works perfectly on one, however, the other one it launches the bat ( you can see this window for a brief sec...more >>

Hi, Im having trouble with the frame rate of my .swf. When quick-viewing it, or opening up the .swf on its own.. it works perfectly...but as soon as it is in a browser...it becomes sluggish. Is there any way, to counter this? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I started off my 'i what to learn AS by myself' study a few weeks ago. But i can't find how to scroll images in an horizontally way so it looks like a long stroke of images. I can make external text to scroll normal so that's one step but i hope someone will help me doing the next.. ...more >>

The tutorial specifies saving a file (Drag.as) as a .as file using Notebook or 'any other word processing' file. My problem is that every application I have access to requires a .txt or a . rtf extension. I don't know what to do. I'm stuck. ...more >>

Hello how is it possible to know if an on clipevent(load) fails?? fred...more >>

Dear Friends, I m working on a presentation and its Flash MX 2004 projector file. ( exe. ) When I try to open a popup browser window through this Java script code: on (release) { getURL('javascript penNewWindow('http://www.macromedia.com','thewin','height=400,width=400,toolbar= no,scrollbar...more >>

I am new to actionscript, and have being trying to this for while now. How can I get the main timeline to stop on a frame and play the sub movie held in that frame, but then continue once the sub movie has completed, without putting any actionscripts within the sub movie. I'm trying to keep ...more >>

Is there a way of knowing if the database write has been performed successfully using loadvariablesnum? Is there anything returned to the flash movie. If not, what method could be used that does give some confirmation? Thanks ...more >>

I have dynamic text in a symbol that I wish to mask. The text works fine above the mask, and all elements below the mask show ok. However , when I place the text below the mask, the text does not appear. How do I resolve this? Thanks ...more >>

Hi The following code removes the stroke color. var haircolor = new Color(_root.CA); haircolor.setRGB(0xffcc33); How to keep the stroke color without any change OR is there a way to change to stroke color? thanks Menon ...more >>

Hi everybody! I am facing a problem which i think very common for others? Could some one help me to solve my problem. I want to set focus on a inut text field on 'onLoad' event. Which is working fine but when i open it through a browser it doesnot work. Selection.setFocus('_root.mtxt'); P...more >>

I am using xml created by another company, so I have no choice about the format of it. I only need to access certain elements in the XML, and it is written with virtually no attributes, just elements. I want to be able to access specific elements,preferably by name, rather than having to u...more >>

hello guys, i create an empty movie clip. attach a movie clip and a comboBox component to the empty movie clip. and then populate the comboBox: _root.createEmptyMovieClip('block',_root.getNextHighestDepth()); _root['block'].attachMovie('box', 'box', _root['block'].getNextHighestDepth()); ...more >>

At the URL below, Apineda wrote about having trouble creating an XMLConnector and a DataSet using only ActionScript. (Not using the visual editors). I want to do exactly this , and then connect up the data to a DataGrid. Apineda didn't post his/her ActionScript. Can anybody help me out ? h...more >>

How do I fade a movieclip after a set amount of time (say, 20 seconds) with actionscript? I have a MC that it already has a random movement AS assigned to it, and I want it to fade after a period of time. Thanks for your help. ...more >>