I keep seeing articles and stuff about modifying component source code. For example, regarding the CommunicationComponents, on the Macromedia site is says "customize component source code to create an even wider variety of applications", which is exactly what I want to do. I've also seen an ...more >>

anyone know how to change the size/font of the text in a listbox component in flash mx 2004? thanks in advance. //bart...more >>

I have been working on a movie clip that will display different text every 30 seconds. When the user moves his mouse over the clip, I wanted the text to be shifted up 40 pixels or so (i have limited real-estate to work with) and have a few buttons display in the open space which the use can p...more >>

Hi I have a swf file and it is a movie but the first 25 frames of it is a loader and a "menu" where you have to click a button that says "play". i downloaded this and have permission by the creator to change this yet i dont know how.i need to have the movie to where i don't need to click any...more >>

Can anybody help me with this??? I want to send Variables from one flash movie to the other. How do I do that? Additional complication: The movies are on different locations; I want to send data from swf file on HTTPS to swf on HTTP. I am so thankful for any help!!!! Mo ...more >>

Try this: Put a text field on the stage. Check the "Render as HTML Box", and be sure it's Multiline. Choose to embed all characters. Name the text field "foo_txt". Open the actionscript panel and type in "foo_txt.htmlText = "<li>Foo</li><li>Bar<li>. It should appear like this: [li]F...more >>

hi all flash actionscript users/gurus, i have a puzzling issue with numeric stepper. i have a field called quantity on a flash movie with a numeric stepper next to it. the max quantity is 50 and the increment is 0.1, upon selection of a value using the numeric stepper, i get its value and ad...more >>

I hope I am asking this question in the correct forum. I posted this same question yesterday, but havn't seem to have elisited a response. I have created a navigation similar to the navigation used on the mm home page. Primary nav. on layer 1. Buttons(rollover) goto and play frame (). sub n...more >>

I need a little help in how to get a password to enter next frame. e.g : once you type in the password and click enter in goes to the next frame or a certain frame... I want information on how to make sure the button corresponds with the password and more. Kind regards, mdproject desig...more >>

In this code, if the variables all reach '0' down to the second, I want the clock to stop...Even if the .txt file shows a negative number: <frame1> stop(); var dateVars = new LoadVars(); dateVars.onLoad = function(ok) { if (ok) { clock.secondsleft = parseInt(dateVars.seconds); clock....more >>

Hello all, I'm writing a small time tracking application and i've run into a small problem. I have a textbox that displays the number of hours a user has worked on a specific project. I'm trying to set it up so when the user clicks on a button, the number in the textbox increases by 1. ...more >>

HI Everyone, i have some problem on about load the gif file into flash. as i known, the method of loadMovie or loadMovieNum which is instance of MovieClip Object provide the function to load the image of swf file in..... but while i need to read the gif file in by calling actionScript..... if ...more >>

what exactly does this piece of code do?? method = method != undefined ? method : "POST"; ...more >>

I'm trying to get the value of variables from an ASP page where the variable name is created dynamically in the ASP page based on the number of records returned from the database search: 55 records returned = compName1 = "xxxxx" compName2 = "xxxxx" .. . . . . . compName55 = "xxxxx" ASP r...more >>

I have Javascript on buttons that open a new popup window that is an html page with the Flash file embedded into it. It works fine unless I click another butto without closing the window. The window that is open does not close and so the next file opens up in it. This is not good because the f...more >>

Hello there, I've a txt file like this: mytxt=i@ip.pt a@ip.pt b@ip.pt c@ip.pt I'm loading this txt into a dynamic text field. So far, so good! Now, how can I transform this lins into link emails? I supose I need to creat an id for each, but I don't untherstand how this wo...more >>

Hey! I am making a presentation to a new museum. I want that when the mouse of the presentation doesn't make any move during 1 minute the presentation go back to the first frame of the movie. Anyone can tell me how do I do it? Thanks Useem ...more >>

I've just come from a forums thats reported a user using a flash signature to redirect users to other sites. The site admin considered this a serious breach of security and banned all flash content from the site. I'd like to know which versions of Flash DO NOT support getURL so that I and ...more >>

Hi all, Let's say I have a screen of fifty checkboxes in a grid style. How can I set it up so that instead of clicking each individual checkbox, a user can click on the screen and drag over the boxes they want to select? Would anyone know where I can start with this?? (AS 2.0) Thanks -Ke...more >>

I am trying to send variables to a PHP script and in the same turn receive the results from that script. So I believe I need to use the LoadVars.sendAndLoad function. For testing purposes I tried the load() function first and it all worked fine. I set up some default variables in the PHP ...more >>

i am new in flash If I want to call or open....myfile.exe how can i write script Thank you .....more >>

Hi there, I am trying to create a mialto link which has parameters to control the subject and body elements of the email. The idea being that the link opens the users email client and has the body and subject areas fill in with the messaging we want. We are having a problem with the Chinese...more >>

The documentation is almost intentionally vague on this... there is a setStyle method which works with other properties of the TextArea component (we're talking about MX2004 here btw), but "color", "fontColor", "textColor" and "text" all do nothing. So... what does one need to do to get t...more >>

Hi gurus, I want to recollect my objects to display them on a circle. When I try, trace(objects[i%3]); always print _level0.tete objects = new Array(_root["tete"], _root["yeu1"], _root["yeu2"], _root["noz"], _root["nos1"], _root["nos2"], _root["lwnoz"], _root["mousta"], _root["lwlip1"]...more >>

I want to know if there's a function that returns a number of characters available in each line , knowing the textField width and the font size. eg: function charsNum(tfWidth,fntSize){ //somr relation between tfWidth and fntSize return numOfChars } This is because I want to be able to ...more >>

As frame5 is entered, multiple text fields are supposed to be created. I have 3 createTextFields. Each one works, if it's the only one I didin't comment out. But if I activate all 3, only the last one displays a text box. ...more >>

f I have a folder with some files in,so how can I get their names from the folder with AS??And could I put they in a UI_Cobom?Help me, I am beginer.Thank you~~ ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to create a preloader from scratch, and the Actionscript that I would need to make the preloader work as well as count off the percentage loaded. Iam currently using Macromedia Flash MX 2004, and although there is a preloader component built in, I wo...more >>

I am trying to pass variables from an ASP page to Flash, but am not having any luck. Here's my set up: ASP Page Flash is embedded in: www.sitename.com/folder/page.asp Flash path in page: ../includes/flash.swf ASP page Flash is trying to get variables from: searchpage.asp (this is in t...more >>

Does, anybody know any similar player like Berg Player 8 ? http://www.bergsoftware.net/index.php?section=programs&page=bergplayer I wish to make a screensaver from a swf file. This one is ok, work good, but I need something where I can combine avi and flash. regards mike ...more >>

I have an empty 'container' MC that has a MovieClip load into it when a button is pressed.....when another button is pressed, it should play the fade out tween of the current loaded MovieClip, remove it and then load the new MovieClip into the container. I am so close and I've tried all differ...more >>

if you know something about flashMX2004 and the trial version could you go to my other post in general discussion please??? I really nadly need help, More info in other post. Thanks Bethi....more >>

Hi, is there something comparable to a HashSet Object in AS 2.0? I need an Object to stored key-value pairs in and efficiently retrieve the corresponding value for a given key afterwards. Regards, Paul ...more >>

To all, Does anyone know where I could find a tutorial or downloadable sample, of the navigation system used on this site, http://microbians.com/ Kind Regards, Peter Fettes...more >>

Hi, I tried for hours to get a class-instance variable to be set from within a onLoad() function that is called once an xml file is loaded in the constructor method. I triede several addressing methods (parent, this, root) none worked. The value of the initialized variable is always f...more >>

Where can I find some help on creating slides and defining transition between slides (.Fade, .Fly, etc.)?...more >>

How can I get the URL of the HTML/ASP page that the Flash movie is embedded in? I want to get the URL string which will include a variable. Based on that variable the Flash movie will display the correct info. I want to use one Flash movie for all six categories/pages. Thanks for any hel...more >>

I am completely new to PHP and so far have only made the simple test pages work on it to prove that my Server is working. I think I know the button codes for the swf like - loadVariables (url ,location [, variables]); - to retrieve a variable but if someone could possibly give me a butto...more >>

Hello: I am building a Slideshow using an xml file and the titles of each slide are in text nodes of the file. I want these string of text in spanish with its particular characters but when publish in place of the spanish characters are other characters. I am using Flash MX and Mac OSX 2.8....more >>

Hi, I probably have to create a custom UI for a component. This UI should provide a select-box of all installed fonts on the system. Is it possible to get this list anyway? maybe in action script or do I have to trigger an external VBScript or JavaScript to get this information? or doesn't...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to buil a flash component that is basically a text field which automatically gets its text using a given parameter. I created a component with only one textfield in it of which the text value is filled using the set text-parameter in the component-properties after dragg...more >>

hallo, ik ben op wwww.flashkit.com geweest en daar zag ik een basketbal spel en nu ben ik al een hele tijd aan het kloten hoe ik daar meerlevels op kan krijgen. Weet iemand hoe ik daar meer levels op kan krijgen???? (ik heb die bestandje onbewerkt op internet gezet.) http://www.regio72.nl/...more >>

hi friends i created one form in that i want when the form is loaded, cursor is stick in to the top position of the field. please help me. prasad...more >>

i have a certain movie which calls external swf files in scene 1 sequentially, one after the other. I need the last external swf to unload automatically and go on to play scene 2. This should happen without a click. Can someone please help me out on this. i tried the _root.gotoAndPlay("Scene...more >>

I have acquired a preloader for MX 2004 that works GREAT with a large image file. I tried to replace it with several frames of my own animation. Apparently, Flash doesn't like that! Please bear with me, MX 2004 Handbook is enroute to my house as you read this. I know Im doing something wrong b...more >>

I am trying to write a navigation script, that opens when you hover over it, but I need it to close if the mouse is no longer over it, but the problem is I tried on Mouse out. Everytime I run the mouse across the button the nav menu stays open forever. What would I want to do make it close eve...more >>

hi i have a site working fine on full screen but.... i cannot disable the "right click menu" if i make an html file and set it to disable the "right click menu" it works but if i load that file into a full screen it gives me borders and a gray scroll bar :( can anyone please help me do a f...more >>

hi i have a site working fine on full screen but.... i cannot disable the "right click menu" if i make an html file and set it to disable the "right click menu" it works but if i load that file into a full screen it gives me borders and a gray scroll bar :( can anyone please help me do a f...more >>

Hi Guys! I know we can load text on a movie from a simple txt file is there a way to do that with images and quicktime movies to? do you know how can I get an tutorial on that or some information? Thank You very much ...more >>

On Flash 5, I want to go to the previous frame when the pointer is over the button. With rollover, it goes one frame at a time as I have to roll out and roll over again to go back another frame. I want it to work as long as the pointer is over the button. ...more >>