What do I need to add to this code to make the movie item (dragger) follow the mouse at a delay, and return to a specific X location if the mouse isn't on the hitTest movie? onClipEvent(mouseMove){ if(this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse) == true) _root.dragger._x = _root._xmouse...more >>

I dont know if im dumb or what, but this is getting extremely aggravating. How do I load external scrolling text using the UI Scrollbar component in mx 2004? I can get the text to load into the textbox, but the arrows wont show up nor the thumb, so im not able to scroll the text. This is th...more >>

Im really hoping that tutorials(hopefully breeze or captivate tutorials) for every component, action command, and new capability,etc. are made in the next release. Its getting increasingly aggravating trying to read and read thru lines upon lines of text and still not have a clue how to do so...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to make a preloader that would work when the movie is called upon with Loadmovie fucntion, untill now I made a preloader that's working great but only when the movie is played directly as SWF, when I load the movie in my main SWF file with loadmovie script, it doesn't work a...more >>

I sure I'm doing something very dumb, but I just can't get setFocus to work. I've tried the help example and the setFocus does not work in that instance, except where it is called from a click event. In my test, all I have is a simple text field with an instance name of 'myText', it has a few...more >>

I see lots of people are having this same problem and some people are answering them, but I cant seem to make any of them work in MX 2004 pro. I want to be able to customize the scrollpane, specifically the border, scroll track and roll over color on the buttons. do any of you have any suggest...more >>

Hello... I'm preloading a number of external mp3 files into a swf for playback and running into some problems. Here's the basic sequence: 1. Stop the player and attach preloader clip (percentage/progress bar)2. Retrieve the list of files to load and store in an array.3. Total up the number o...more >>

I am loading diferent movies and images to my movie, but I tried it on the internet on a server and my movie wasn't on the root directory and the loadings didn't work until I put my main movie on the root of the server. I'm loading my movies like this loadMovie('oneFolder/myPicture.swf', _ro...more >>

Hello! I'm at the publishing phase of my Flash MX application, but I have one problem: When I TEST the app, it STOPs in the first frame of the first scene, as I want it to. Presumably because of this command in the first frame: this.onLoad = function() { stop(); } etc. But when I just pub...more >>

Im trying to make a customized scrollbar but have no idea how to do it. Is there such a way that i can do it visually instead of going thru codes and classes and all that other stuff? I want to change the scrollbar look from rectangular to circular and change the graphics on it..... how do i...more >>

I have a project do for my freelance job and they want an audio controller that automatically plays when the page is loaded. I used lessons to do the actionscripting, but I'm not well versed enough to figure out how to do that since the actionscripting is for a progress bar and the amout of...more >>

I want to build a interactive panoramic photo. The idea that I have in mind is that the photo will scroll either left or right depending on the mouse movements. There will be roughly four links that I would like on this photo to appear in specific areas. Is there any tutorials out there th...more >>

Hello all, I need to convert per exemple 5,8569 to 6, how do I do that My script gives me the number of pages I need, and I'm using one for in loop to know how many they are, but tracing I get undefineed, I'm guessing that is because my number isn't as 5 or 6 or whatever. Many th...more >>

I am having huge problems finding out how to reference XmlConnector results using actionscript. What I am attempting to do is load data using an XmlConnector then use the binding class to bind component labels to specific data in the xml results. I would just use the visual data binding API, b...more >>

I have a menu that has 4 buttons that have to be triggered by a keypress of a letter. Keypress is acting flaky, it works on my computer but not on others. Is there anything I can do to make this work better? This is critical to my project that is at deadline. Please share your thoughts. ...more >>

basically I just need the button ?Invitation Mailer? (KF'27') in MC 'PPWeb01' to link to and play KF'2' in MC 'Movieclips'. It?s probably really straightforward but I just can?t seem to get it to work. Cheers E http://endity.freefronthost.com/example.zip ...more >>

I'm loading images using the loader component that ships with MX2004. It generally works well, but exhibits an annoying quirk in my movie: When the image is first loaded, it "flashes". If you've instructed the component to scale to a given dimension, the loaded content will come up at full siz...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to call a function written in flash from html. Say I have a Movie with following function: function myFunc(param){ myTextStatus.text = param; } In my HTML I have written following code: <a href='asfunction:myFunc,success' target='_self'>alert</a> In one of the ...more >>

Why dosent this work? i = 1 imageLoader+i = new MovieClipLoader(); \Henrik...more >>

Hi! I have a little problem. Example: In main_file.swf I have script ----- loadMovie('lib.swf', 'tmp_clip'); ----- I load swf on stage, then i need load symbol ?obj_from_swf? placed in ?lib.swf? file library. I,m trying to do: ------ my_clip.attachMovie('obj_from_swf', 'new_name', 1); ---...more >>

Hi, This is very basic question most of u will find it. But I want to print 3rd frame labelled #p on the Main Stage that is on the root. I have tried print (this, '#p'); print ('#p'); but doesnt work and outputs an error. Pls help !!! Thanks --------------- aShIsH ...more >>

If I take a Director file and export it to a Quicktime format, will it work in Flash?...more >>

Is it possible to maka a preloader for loading miltiple images using the MovieClipLoader class? \Henrik...more >>

Hello I have created a: var dataObj:Object = new Object() and an other object within and placed some properties to it. All properties/values would need to be saved locally (director would handle this) and to reused the next time the application starts. dataObj[tab1][box_01_mc].theText = t...more >>

I'v problem with named elements in arrays. My question: Why change the function getMyArray the var myArray? var myArray = new Array(); myArray["element"] = 0; function getMyArray(pMyArray) { pMyArray["element"] += 1; return pMyArray; } trace(myArray["element"]); var myArray...more >>

Hello, I have the following code applied directly on my combobox: on (change) { var item = state.selectedItem; trace('You have selected'+item); } * 'state' is the instance name of the combobox * I have also applied this code - minus the onchange to the root of the timeline. The scenario ...more >>

I have a client who gave me a projector exe file. It was originally created in Director 8 and they made it an executable file. Is there anyway to bring this into Flash and Play it> If so, is there any place I can view a tutorial? Thanx ...more >>

I tried this: XML.prototype.myProto = function(){ //do stuff } But I find it does not work with any XML methods. ie while it works fine here: myXML.myProto (); it will not work at all(function is not called) here: myXML.firstChild.myProto() is there any way to do this? Ultimately what I...more >>

hi, can i import scene to another scene? Thanks...more >>

hi... i'm probably being really slow and the answer is probably really obvious, but i can't work it out today. i'd like run a function wot i made, the first time once, then the second time twice and so on. however, i need the function to be completed before it is called again. how should i go ...more >>

I have an SWF file with video components that load an external FLV ... what I need to know is how to code the SWF so that when the first FLV is finished the SWF somehow detects the end of the movie and then loads another FLV. Is this doable? Thanks. dgh ...more >>