I am converting a power point presintation into a flash movie. Oh fun fun. I need to make a button that stops the movie when pressed and starts the movie when pressed a second time. It has been a while since I used flash. Please help. CA Bebs ...more >>

Hello everyone. My cerebral density is preventing me from seeing the solution to this problem. I have the following code which causes the user to jump to various frames in a timeline at random; the user clicks a component-button that actuates the addOn function below: generateNew = function...more >>

Hello, Im new here and have had a wee look through this section but cant find any help for this problem I have a dynamic text field with a scroll bar attached. When i load the variable into the text field the scroll bar doesnt work. The text appears in the box (as much as will fit into it) but ...more >>

Greetings, I am a newbie to action script and I need some help. I am trying to put together a training CD. On this training CD, I am going to have sound in mp3 format of a trainer talking about the html page the customer is seeing. I want to builg some simplistic flash controls for stopping, p...more >>

Hello, I am working on a flash front end for a web based app (ColdFusion is the app server) and I have a "getURL" link with a target. The problem is everytime the button is pressed it launches a new window as opposed to populating the defined window that is already open... If someone can help...more >>

Hello, I am working on a flash front end for a web based app (ColdFusion is the app server) and I have a "getURL" link with a target. The problem is everytime the button is pressed it launches a new window as opposed to populating the defined window that is already open... If someone can help...more >>

I am trying to create a navigation bar in Flash and am having some problems with the actionscript that I need to use to create an effect. My actionscript skills are rudimentary and I have referenced my books and tutorials and just can't seem to find the answer. So, I throw myself on the mercy of y...more >>

Hey all, Just wondering if there's a better way to achieve the following code (which happens to work). I strikes me that there must be a better way. The situation is, I'm loading the movie containing this code into another movie, so simply using _root doesn't work. Instead, I seem to be stuck wit...more >>

O.K. I am very new to flash and even newer to forums but I have exhausted all other methods and i need to know if I am crazy for trying to make my movie work in this manner. I have seven different .swf 's all of which have multiple scenes included in each. Currently they are all connecting to eac...more >>

Hello, I would like to know how to shake the browser window. I know its not the greatest effect but when used properley, its pretty cool. I have tried some tutorials on it but when it is executed it has a clicking sound like your clicking a link or something, I dont want that. I want it to be silent...more >>

I am trying to put a pre loader into my flash movie but it does not seem to be working as I get errors in the actionscript output window. This is the actionscript I am using: if (_framesloaded >= _totalframes) { gotoAndPlay ("Main", "start"); } else { _root.loader._xscale = (_framesloaded/_t...more >>

I can not seem to get this to work. I've read every online tech article and have done everything I can find to do. I can not launch a exe file from my flash projector project. I've used Stand-alone Macromedia Flash Player Update for Windows, I've created the fscommand subdirectory and placed the ...more >>

How to play audio files with action script from the HD of the client in Flash 6 MX? The path to the file is in a text field named: filename Regards, Wouter ...more >>

Hi Gang, I am a Director programmer and do a little Flash. I've noticed some pretty complex coding in Flash and have searched diligently for books or web sites that have some good code explanations but don't ever seem to find what I am looking for. Recently, someone told me not to put co...more >>

I'm working on a form in Flash MX with a comboBox component. When using loadVariables it is sending all the classes of the component (see below) to the server as well as the variables. How can I have it not send the classes of the component via loadVariables? SERVER GOT THESE VARIABLE=>VALUES: ...more >>

Hey guys, I'm having trouble retrieving my shared object. Instead of referring me to read an article, which I've read by the way, could you please tell me what I'm doing wrong. Here's the code: var so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("myInfo"); so.data.fName = fName_txt.text; so.data.flu...more >>

Hi How do I retieve the name of the broadcaster object (a button) from within the listener object for example: var myListener = new Object(); myListener.click= function(evt) { HERE I WANT TO HAVE THE NAME OF THE BUTTON THAT WAS CLICKED } myButton1.addEventListener("click", myListe...more >>

Flash XMX 2004 Professional I'm createing a component, everything seems to go right. Then I started making a very simple livePreview, the live preview consist of the following a dinamic TextField called "my_text" and the movieclip with an InstanceName of "xch", all this in the main timeline (...more >>

Oh this winds me up in a package that calls itself Professional. I'm editting some actionscript in the editor window... I ALT-TAB to another program to check something... ALT-TAB back to Flash MX 2004 Prof and try typing some more into the actionscript window... but you can't!!!! The cursor is...more >>

Has anyone had any positive experience of using addHeader for webservices? Checking out the help files reveals this snippet of code: import mx.services.QName; var qname = new QName("bar", "http://foo"); var value = "hi there!"; var header = new SOAPHeader(qname, value); soapCall.addHea...more >>

Hi, I am trying to implement the cell renderer api to create a custom item in a List component that has an Image and Text (Thumbnail List with Caption) The images will need to be requested via a URL (either a direct link to the image or a binary write from an aspx page) If you look at my ex...more >>

Hi, I want to access to specific scenes, but in different swf files, after a loadmovie (?). The problem is that flash always loads from the starting. By instance, the user clicks in the second scene of a flash movie and he is redirected to the fifth scene of the second swf file. A solution...more >>

Hi, I'm new to this actionscrtipt thing so if anyone could explain stuff S-L-O-W-L-Y it would be much appreciated I created percentage loading screen and a loaded compared to total kb loaded with it but when i play it it loads up completly and then shows that screen for however man frames it is...more >>

Hi, I dynamically generate buttons on the stage and give them each the same name exept for the last letter. The last letter is "0" for the first button, "1" for the second... "n" for the n+1 button. I need to extract this letter from the buttons name. Why issen't the following working Lin...more >>

hi. i was looking through the docs and cant find answers to the following quests, maybe someone can help out : 1) how do i define an optional function parameter [like in some of the build-in functions / object methods] ? 2) how do i define constants ? within my FLA and within class external files ...more >>

Is it possible to load an html document into a variable? ...more >>

Does someone know how to dynamically load text into this component (Text Area component)? ...more >>

Hi, I try to create a custom cursor. First I create a movie clip that is to replace the original cursor, and then I write scripts as the followings: onClipEvent(load){Mouse.hide();startDrag("", true);} When I test the movie, it is quite OK only if I don't right click the mouse. The problem ...more >>

hi Every one, What is RSS feed? can i Create my own RSS feed to that Flash can load the news bit form the one I create or Do I have to use some RSS service Provider? Basically what I want to do is create a Flash Application that "pulls" news from a text file or something. The users will have th...more >>

I can't seem to get an email sent off from Flash. Basically I use a loadVariables onRelease of a button. There is a php file (on a php friendly server) that takes the file and sends. Does anyone have a simple example of working code for this? Below is basically what I have now... the Flash pa...more >>

Hi, Is there a way I can pass a variable from inner movie (loaded swf file) loaded into empty holder in my main movie to the root of my main movie ? so when this external file is loaded (about.swf) it passes variable so the main movie knows it is loaded like _root.loaded =1; so it can proceed wi...more >>

The stats: Mac OS 9.x Internet Explorer 5.1.7 Netscape 4.79 updated plug-ins The problem: I have a .swf file that launches a new window with specific features in several locations throughout the presentation. It works fine in Netscape, but from IE, it launches Netscape and places the...more >>

I'm working on a large RIA which will have lots of forms (ie just panels covered in components, not form screen objects). However because of the design of the app (for reasons i won't go into) I need to load forms dynamically (instead of switching between form screens). I have two ways in mind, b...more >>

i have a button on my first frame and when u click it its supposed to play the movie. but that doesnt happen. the code i used for it is in frame 1 stop(); ...more >>

I might be posting this in the wrong forum but here it goes. I'm trying to create a "cropping" box in flash where I would load a jpg dynamically into flash and I once loaded, I would be able to drag the "cropping" box on top of the image knowing of course that I can't really crop it in flash but ...more >>