would someone please tell me why the button worked, but a function using the same code, does not work? I would like to eventually populate a dataGrid (in the movie symbol 'Grid'), and change its height dynamically. The Accordion is also to be dynamically populated with data from an XML file. ...more >>

Is there a way to execute a Java script from flash without having to place the swf file onto the html page? Because im trying to execute java script from projector, does anyone knows how to do this? Thanks Luka ...more >>

:confused; Hello, I am attempting to create a website in Flash. I have several buttons with links on one layer and I need one of them to: onRelease, run a movie on another layer. So far I have been able to get the movie to run onRelease but not on a specific layer. Can this be done and...more >>

I was wondering if anyone had any idea what type of action script is used in the flash at this homepage: http://www.netsuite.com/portal/home.shtml There are a couple of different flash presentation so you may have to refresh a few time to get to the one I'm talking about. I am referring to...more >>

Hello. I've read up on mouseovers a tad and have found the following code: on (rollOver) { var body = 'Your text here.'; } on (rollOut) { var body = ''; } I've read that the text appears in a dynamic text field. In the above code the variable 'body', is that the instance name of the dynamic ...more >>

Hello guys. Is it possible to find the x and y position of a given character into a textField? I mean, if I know the position of that caracter in terms of the total number of caracters, can I find its _x and its _y, like in Director? Thanks so much. :music; ...more >>

I have a button on the root level and I am loading a movie clip (photos.swf) into a blank clip. I want to be able to jump to labels inside photos.swf by using the button. I remember reading about this but have no idea where. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks. ...more >>

I have a button on the root level and I am loading a movie clip (photos.swf) into a blank clip. I want to be able to jump to labels inside photos.swf by using the button. I remember reading about this but have no idea where. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks. ...more >>

I'm using getTimer to calculate the time between two clicks. startTime = time of first click stopTime = time of second click timepassed = stopTime - startTime Theoretically this should work, but I get NaN for timepassed. I tried a few things and for some reason I can add numbers to stopTime...more >>

I have a 1 frame, event driven animation Flash movie. The addition of some audio has brought the file size to 150Kb. I'd like to use a status bar preloader for viewers with slower connection speeds. Do I need some type of preloader that will load in my swf file? I read that this might b...more >>

I need a button to trigger an event (easy) AND trigger a different event if Shift is held (not so easy). I can't seem to find the answer upon Googling. Any help is appreciated! ...more >>

How would I create some unique empty objects in a loop. In everything I've tried thus far the object is overwritten by a new object. This is what I've tried (not good ): var numObj = 5; for (i = 0; i < numObj; i++){ t = eval("obj_" + i); t = new Object("obj_" + i) } Additional question;...more >>

hi, In short, I have a movie with 3 frames containing a questionairre using check boxes. I need the user to be able to print out the answers depending on which frame they are on. My script on (release) { print(this._currentframe,'bframe'); } The print works but it prints all three fram...more >>

Hello! I'm developing one multipreloader for external files, but I can't manage a way to make pass the movieClip name I want to be preloaded to my preloader function. This works fine, but only for one MovieClip, If I have 2 or 3 this doesn't work anymore, flash becames confused. What...more >>

I want to use a movie clip of a circle to start the transition to another screen. THe effect is like bubles. here is what I've done; in the frame: circle.onEnterFrame = function () { i = i + 1; duplicateMovieClip (_root.circle, 'circle' + i, i); } On the circle MC (Which has been maked ov...more >>

I have a scene with a button(1) that take up the complete surface area and is transparent. When you rollover the button it activates a movies with buttons inside. When you rollout it closes the movie. My button(1) layer is below the movie layer but somehow the buttons inside my movie are not act...more >>

This code is called from a button on the main time line: on(Release){ mySound = new Sound(); mySound.loadSound('track1.mp3',true); } but the tune plays ridiculously fast. If I load the mp3 normally into the timeline it plays fine. The sample rate of the mp3 is kh44.1 Can anyone suggest anythin...more >>

I am learning Flash MX. How can I tell which version of ActionScript it uses? If it isn't version 2.0 where can I find details of new features in AS2.0? TIA...more >>

Here's the problem: I want to know if a user has held down the <Ctrl> key while clicking the mouse in a certain area. If not, I provide a "wrong" response. If yes, I provide a "correct" response. If they click in the wrong area, with or without the shif or control key pressed, I provide a...more >>

Hi everyone. I have a problem that is causing me some real frustration. It involves the <img> tag in Flash. We're creating a really cool Rich Text Editor in Flash, and we're including support for images and multimedia. Now what is driving me crazy is the support (or lack thereof) for the i...more >>

Ok I am trying to get this line of code to work. CAbutton is the button I'm using it for, I am putting this in the script layer of my timeline. CAbutton_btn.onPress = function(){ }; So where do I add what I want the button to do? What I've tryed is. CAbutton_btn.onPress = function(goto...more >>

Hi Guys, As a newbie with flash, I have searched the forums for some answers on the ScrollPane and MouseWheel. I could not find the answers to help me. Can someone please help with the following: On the help sample script: mouseListener = new Object(); mouseListener.onMouseWheel = fu...more >>

Hello all, I have a scrolling dynamic text field. Within this text field I need to have a piece of text (the word 'here'...as in click here) selectable. I have done this, and rendered the box as html. Now here's the rub. I can then navigate to an external html file, but how would I just n...more >>

Is it possible to create a percentage based preloader in flash mx that can work out how much of a percentage of a movie is loaded to a particular frame? This kinda works but doesn't update that much- I need to work out total bytes to a certain frame. _root.loadingtext.txt = Math.round((_fr...more >>

Is it possible to generate a ProgressBar component on the fly? If not is the best solution to just have an external SWF and call it into a dynamically created movieclip? Thanks, Chris ...more >>

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Hi all, how can i open a browser popup window from a executable flash movie(.exe), is it possible? The flash movies is running on a CD. Thks....more >>

Hallo all Any suggestion to make a DataGrid with transparent backround Color????? setStyle("backgroundColor", "none") doesnt work..... Thanks in advance Robman www.robman.it ...more >>

G-day! I need to hide a movieclip. the _alpha alternative wont do the trick since the mc contains buttons and moving it with _x = -10000; feels a bit stupid. Any alternatives? help!...more >>

Hi, How can I use different actions on buttons which are in a MC??? I mean, it is inside a mc and when I try to use an actions it takes for all of them. They should be the same button to work propely I need diferent actions to load different movies or goto a frame/labels. I tried doClick(), ...more >>

I?m new at this forum. I have a navigation movie at level0 (total 9 levels) + movieclip (with a loaded myMovie.swf ) in the movie at level 1. Now I would like to this: The loaded movie (myMovie) in myMovieclip go to frame 4 and stop. How? And how would a correct search path look lik...more >>

Yeah its simple masking without any actionscript.......more >>

Hi, I have created a flashlight effect by drawing a simple circle on/in a mask layer. I know want to be able to move "the circle" with the mouse. I know that I can make an objekt moveable with startDrag ( ) but doesn't I have to convert the circle to a symbole and if I do that the mask effect ...more >>

Ok everyone knows how to drag and drop in flash right, easy? But in reality if we wanted to drag and drop from one window [movieclip/button] to another in flash and have the passed object inherit the new window as a parent it could get quite trickey, right? I think I may have created a nice ...more >>

I got a problem.. Basically I have 3 buttons on the stage... and then I load a MC above those buttons that covers it but the button actions can still be called.. Is there a way to fix this without actually removing the buttons from the stage? ...more >>

I recently picked up Studio MX with Flash Pro. It has been years since I've used it. Some stuff is the same, most is not. I'm wondering, what is the difference between inserting a form and insertign a slide in a Flash app? I have been through, and am still looking, in the Help docs, and I hav...more >>

I'm using MX 2004 and making a script on the main timeline to activate at certain minutes of the system clock. I have the function started started like so: _root.onEnterFrame = function() { var Time = new Date(); var currentMinute = Time.getMinutes(); But when the conditions were met, the ...more >>

Help !! Help !! Is there anyway I can dynamic loading GIF into Flash....??? Many Thanks...more >>

Help !! Help !! Is there anyway I can dynamic loading GIF into Flash....??? Many Thanks...more >>

I am trying to play a movie clip on the main stage on frame 5 by clicking a button in another movie clip on the main stage on frame 1. There are actually 3 movie clips on the main stage I am trying to play by clicking 3 different buttons in the frame movie clip. I appreciate any help you can o...more >>

I have a Flash file that I publish as an .exe Projector file. The Projector file pre-loads several swf files as part of the presentation. Everything works fine when the files are located on a local drive, but when the 'loadmovie' action has it's path updated to an HTTP:// address and all the...more >>

Hi folks I'm trying to develop a dynamic Flash site with a news section (include date, subject & url links) updated by Administrator with web browser. I wonder if anybody here knows if any sample and reference links regarding Content Management being developed in Flash with Actionscript. ...more >>

Hi ALL I HAVE SOME PROBLEM WANT IT GET URL FROM TXT FILE WHEN THE URL HAVE "&" EXAMPLE: &bannerLink2=/snow/tran.htm& &bannerLink1=http://club.it.sohu.com/read_art_sub.php?b=search&a=4952&allchildnu m=0& I HAVE 2 BANNER LINK BUT TO GET URL FUNCTION CAN'T READ AFTER URL 1 HAVE...more >>

This code is right out of the help file and it doesn't work. Anyone have some suggestions? color3 is the name of an MC on the stage. The code works in 7 just fine. var my_color:Color = new Color(color3); my_color.setRGB(0xFF0000); ...more >>