This is possibly a wery simple question, but since I'm a Flash-newbie I'm lost. I'm trying to use the Flash MX template for a quiz. I only want to use multiple choices. In the component inspector there is eight instances for checkboxes, but i need ten checkboxes. Is it possible to add two more insta...more >>

When you have nested MCs, the coordinates of a nested MC will be relative where it is in relation to the reg point of its parent MC. Is there a way to get the absolute _x and _y coordinates of a nested MC? In other words, find out where the reg point of an MC falls on the _root timeline even when it...more >>

So, I just got the actionscript bible. I plan on reading the whole book, but is there a spot that anyone recommends scanning first? ...more >>

I cut and paste the sample code in the help files for beginGradientFill and nothing shows up. I found some example code of it online and tried that... Nothing. Something I'm missing? ...more >>

Hi , I'm using a parent swf file which in there , there is a window popup with contents of "test.swf" , I declare alot of functions in "test.swf" how can I call these functions from parent file ?! or simply: how can I reach the contents of a window ,ie. call a function of it , etc . I use window...more >>

Hello all, Just a quck question here. If you go to the site below and click on one of the links you'll see the flash file displayed in full screen mode. Pretty cool. But, if you look at the upper right hand corner you'll see the minimize and close images. How did they do that? LINK: http:/...more >>

Hi all, I'm working with Macromedia Flash 2004. In my last work I have a dynamic text and I would like to justify it. I try it with css in HTML and with the justify button but it doesn't work. Any idea????? A lot of thanks ^Dan^ ...more >>

I'm having big trouble with my movie clips, as no actions seem to work. I have the movie clips exported to actionscript, and I'm using these names, trying formulations such as: onClipEvent (mouseDown) { gotoAndPlay("Divide", 2); } on(press) { gotoAndPlay("Divide", 2); } onClipE...more >>

Hello, I have a mc of buttons that starts another movie clip of buttons, this nested mc is the one I want to use to gotAndStop at a labled frame on the _root timeline. _root _ first_mc _second_mc The second_mc is on the first_mc timeline. The first_mc is ...more >>

hi, i am using MX and i have loaded an swf on top of my main page (level2). it works fine now but it is the wrong size and appears at 0,0 (top left corner) how do i set the size at which it opens and how do i set where it appears on the page??? krustafarian@hotmail.com ...more >>

Hi again, I have never been very good at programming, usually I just plod thought until I hit the right combination. I am stuck on this one. I am trying to create a smooth zooming action, that slows as it gets closer and is triggered by a button. Here is what I have: In frame one: ...more >>

I have a movie A that I am loading a movie B into. Now I want to load a movie C into B. B and C are in the same directory and I am using the same path (path from the html page) to load movie C as to load B but for some reason it is not working. Any advice would be greatly appriciated! Th...more >>

Once I have XML data loaded and a XML schema loaded.... how is the data accessed(pathed) in ActionScript? Binding the data to other v2 components seems straight forward, but the attempts to use ActionScript to access the data has been fruitless (undefined) Thanks in advance for any assistance. ...more >>

OK I try to use on(keypress"<enter">){//my code} on flash plyer 7 and it doesn't work.... so...how to solve this prob i would appreciate anyones help ...more >>

I have used getURL to call up an Adobe PDF file and it works fine. I would like to put the exported Flash Projector, the PDF file and the Acrobat Reader all on a CD as a stand alone application. I would then call Adobe Reader and pass the name of the PDF file I want it to open. Is there an...more >>

I'm seeing some behavior that I don't understand. The setup is a bit involved, but I will attempt to summarize. On the root timeline I initialize a global object that I to contain the navigation stucture and state for a site: Root Timeline _global.navCore = new Object(); navCore.coreXML...more >>

I need some serious help in a Flash project. I'm warning you, this is FLASH 5 I'm talking about, not MX or MX 2k4. I WISH I could be using those... because the code I'm asking about works on both MX and MX 2004 but not on Flash 5 (ha! And it's not that stupid eval() thing...) So, here's the pr...more >>

Can ActionScript 2.0 do everything that Java can do in the browser? ...more >>