I'm new at making my own flash videos, so please try and bare with me. While watching the tutorial on making my own flash movie, it was requested that I up in a 'ScrollBar' in my text...But, I don't have or can't find the ScrollBar component on Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004. The tutorial...more >>

My problem is this: I have three buttons within a swf movie. Each button dynamically loads text into the same holder with a scrollbar. The problem is that if I scroll down while viewing one of the text options, and then click on button two to load option 2 text, the text is loaded at the same...more >>

Hi, I have a flash movie which is to be an introduction to a church website. When the movie has finished is there any way of automatically redirecting to the main website? Many thanks warpert ...more >>

Hey all - I have a menusystem that needs to know if the cursor has left the stage. Is there any code that will do the trick? Right now I have it coded that if the mouse x/y value is > 2 pixels from the edge of the stage to return a value for me, however, this only works when moving the curso...more >>

I have not yet upgraded, but wanted to know if MM has fixed the issues outstanding plaging the 2003 version of Flash MX? For example: - The pixel shifting bug: Graphics will shift intermittently - the "fixes" are to set alpha = 99% or set tint to 1%, etc. - The textField glitches: I can create...more >>

I need help. I have a xml tree menu that was listed in the help. It works great! NOW...I would LOVE to find a way to embed fonts..change the font size.... and change the background. I have gone into the 'First Run' files, but I am confused as to how to implement these changes. Please help...more >>

Hello-- I'm reading a text file in CSV format and populating a datagrid with each line. My datagrid and everything associated with it is created with AS. Trouble is, when the grid is populated and displayed, there are several blank rows at the top. If I manually scroll to the bottom and back up, ...more >>

lets say i have a movie clip, and i want several copies of it inside the movie, how can i give all of them the same instance name without having it wreak havoc with the actionscript? ...more >>

ok, i decided im sticking with good old flash 5, so no messed up mx script now. ive been expirementing with a dice script, and im having troubles, here is my script, which is all placed on the ROLL button on (press) { //this is what makes the left die go to a random # and rotate. frame = Number...more >>

Hi there, it is true that there is an old thread refering to this problem, but still I haven't found an answer. I have a "function": var phpCaller = new LoadVars(); phpCall.prototype.sendValue = function(variableName, variableValue) { phpCaller.variableName = variableValue; } Aft...more >>

is there a way to make random scaling more smooth? right now im just using the code onClipEvent(enterFrame){ this.xscale = Math.random() * 100; } its just really really jumpy. what should i add to make it a smooth transition? thanks zg ...more >>

I'm am a bit lost. I would like to play external swfs when checking a check box. I have about 5 checkboxes that when checked should allow the user to press the submit button and play the movies that have been checked in sequence. So far I have been able to play only the first movie on the checkbox m...more >>

Hi. I have made a dynamic textfield and a String object that contains a link to an image. When I attach the string to the textfield.htmlText the browser crashes on Netscape, Mozilla and Safari on MacOs X and MacOs 9. It works fine on IE and Opera on Mac and in all browsers on PC. The code ...more >>

Hi, I have two movie clips on the same time line. How can I pass one movie clip's instance name to a variable in the other movie clip. Any help appreciated. Thanks! ...more >>

Hello, i try to print on (release) { GETURL ("printAsBitmap:"); } but its print every Frame and all objects on the stage(i want only the objects rinted in the visible area ...more >>

I want to be able to press a button on my site and all the other computers that are connected to my site, can view it live. ie. a chatroom. If I write a message all computers can view it live. Any idea. ...more >>

I have a very complex problem I'm trying to work out. I have a movie clip that I am dragging around (using the startDrag method). If the user clicks on one of a number of hotspots, it is supposed to place the dragging movie clip in a particular position based on that hotspot. Since I have about 1...more >>

im trying to figure out how to make a movie clip the loader for the entire SWF file. My AS is very poor and ive guessed so far :D onClipEvent (load) { if (_root._framesloaded=_root._totalframes) { gotoAndPlay(2); } i want the MC called loading to load the whole SWF. i would appreciate i...more >>

I successfully used this code to draw a line where I want it to be. lineStyle (2, 0x000000, 100); moveTo (12, 100); lineTo (450, 200); So how do I give this thing an instance name so I can move it, shape it, etc? Regards, --Vern ...more >>

I've got the video playing in a window with Flash, however it only plays the number of frames in the host movie. I want the length to last to the end of the video in the window. I'm not sure how to make the host movie persist code // Create a NetConnection object: var netConn:NetConnect...more >>

Hi, I load a photo01.jpeg in a target movieClip on stage then with onClic of a button load the next photo i.e photo02.jpg. My problem I do not know how many pictures there will be so I thought of using a test on onLoadError so that if photo09.jpg doesn't exist it will load photo01.jpg instead. ...more >>

Currently I have two movie clips, Clip1.swf and Clip2.swf. Clip1 uses the loadMovie function to load Clip2, but there seems to be a few problems. The clip seems to load fine, but the action script seems to have no effect; it does run perfectly when viewed independently. The other problem I have i...more >>

is it possible to get rid of the cursor. our program is a touchscreen, and the cursor only annoys. Thanks. ...more >>

I load a clip (a swf) in a clip with loadmovie. Flash names the loaded movie "instanceXX" (instance23 for example). How can I obtain the attributed name ? ...more >>

At the URL: http://flashjester.com/index.html?section=tricks_jtools_jemail there´s an example of a fscommand done i guess with flash 4... I try to use that same script at flash mx 2004 and did something like: on (release) { fscommand("Exec","JEMAIL mjorge@netliz.pt FlashJester Feedback/error...more >>

Hi @ this forum, I want to put an url to the context menu of the Flash player (when a user makes a right click with the mouse inside a flash movie) as an additional menu item. To disable the print and quality function I used this inside the main timeline - it works: var mein_cm = new Con...more >>

I have a mian form with several child screens underneath. I am trying to figure out how to make some sort of hierarchy for all of the sibling screens, such that the screens will layer on top of each other in some sort of predetermined way. Is there some way to do this? I have looked through ...more >>

Hi, I have developed an application using Flash MX and Flash player 6. If i upgrade to flash Player 7 will the functionality of the application differ? What is the difference in Flash Player 6 and 7? ...more >>

hi, i've just got a few questions in regards to my preloader. this is the actionscript i'm using: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { loading = _parent.getBytesLoaded(); total = _parent.getBytesTotal(); percent -= (percent-((loading/total)*943))*0.5; per = int(percent); percentage = per+"%...more >>

hi , As you can see in the file ,I'm using a ChildForm Application which have 2 Forms , the first one show the second one in a window component . everything is allright till it's only one form application . I create a Parent Form application which contentpath of the first screen is Childform.swf . ...more >>

hi i need to load a movieclip from the library on the top most level. im currently using the attachmovie function to load the movieclip from the library. this movie clip has an action on the timeline which loads an external movie (.swf). let me know how can this be achieved ...more >>

Hello All! I have created a navigation bar for my website and i store the urls in an external .txt file. I use the loadvariabes() statement to load the urls into the movie. When i test the movie locally, the links work perfectly. However when i upload the flash file to the server, and i try the nav...more >>

I have a file (minor.swf) that successfully plays a sound. However, when I load minor.swf into major.swf, the sound doesn't play. The code in minor.swf is: music = new Sound(); music.attachSound("song"); music.start(); The code in major.swf is: loadMovie("minor.swf", "holder"); In m...more >>

I have a video/audio player right now and I am looking into making a realtime graphic equalizer for it. Like the equalizer on WinAmp. Could anyone point me in the direction of some source code or tutorial on this? Thanks M&M ...more >>