I'm making a e-mailer form on my web page, and I got a combobox that has as choices all of the states. What I want it to do is that when a user picks a state, it sends the e-mailto the appropriate person(denoted by names west, east, etc. heres the code i have so far. I get 2 errors. 1st s...more >>

Hi Everybody, Someone PLEASE help me figure this one out! I am using a Flash template that someone else designed. The movie I'm working on only has one Flash file (fla) and four text files. At runtime, the swf imports the data contained within these text files. Now, when the Flash movi...more >>

I have a loop that I'm telling to read a XML file and I would like to ignore a repeating unique childNode How can I go about doing this <QteLst <EqtyQte name="Microsoft" /> <Err ErrNo="" ErrMsg="" /> <---- Would like to ignore the <Err> entrie </QteLst Thanks, Ro ...more >>

I tried a lot with progress bar component documentation but i can't understand if you can create a preloader using this component. Any ideas?...more >>

I am trying to create scrolling text using scrolling buttons. However, when I Control > Test Movie, I get a script error message These are the steps I have followed to create the scrolling text 1) Created a Dynamic text field (Multiline) with an instance name of Findings. 2)With the Dy...more >>

I was wondering if there is a way to get the current page's url string via Flash. I want to be sure my Flash file is only played on a particular page... stop it being stolen and used elsewhere.. Any ideas? Nan ...more >>

I have a flash movie in a director file. The flash movie is three frames long. The flash movie has a function on frame one. It basiclly moves three circles across the stage. The problem is when I play the swf outside director this all works fine and dandy. But, when I bring the swf into direct...more >>

Hi people Currently, I have created an empty movie clip, and loaded it with a jpeg picture. Something like this.. createEmptyMovieClip("instanceName",1) instanceName.loadMovie(picName) Now I want to create an instance of a button inside this movie clip I want it to be draggable, d...more >>

why i can't make this =20 if (Key.isDown(Key.w)) { this._x -=3D 1 ; } work like this if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) { this._x -=3D 1 ; } ??? is any other way to rewrite this bit of code: if (Key.isDown(Key.w)) { this._x -=3D 1 ; ...more >>

I am importing a jpeg into an empty movie clip, which then gets dragged/dropped as part of a configuration tool. I have several base items in the flash configurator, but want other (lesser used) items imported when needed, to save file size. I can get the jpeg's to import fine, but instead...more >>

Hi I'm trying to create steaming audio using MX. I've put the mp3's into the library. What I'd like to do is have a dropdown list with the song titles. When you click on a song title, I'd like the streaming mp3 to play. I know it can be done, as I've seen it on [L=the CandyButchers w...more >>

I'm inputting text such as "bake cookies" into a 2 line dynamic text box, which has multiline selected, and for some odd reason it decides to put "bake" on one line and then "cookies" on another and also randomly does this in the middle of sentences, causing the text to not even fit. anyone ha...more >>

Hi, I'm sure this is a pretty simple question, but I'm new to all this I have a button that when pressed loads an external swf into my movie, when it is clicked again I want it to unload the movie Does anyone know what the code is I need to add to the 'if' statement I.e - onRelease ...more >>

Hi all. I'm banging my head against the wall with this one.. When using a graphics suite, like Fireworks or Paintshop Pro, the zoom tool centers on the position clicked by the user. I need to duplicate this behaviour in a scrollpane in MX2004, but the method I used in MX doens't seem to work...more >>

How would I get flash to open a popup browser window, when pressing a button? If anyone cane help, it would be great! Thanks...more >>

Hi there. I am looking to add a ?radio Player? to our site and I an in need of a script or some help in setting this player up. I would like the player to load and stream a series of mp3?s that we will store on our server. If anyone has any suggestions, scripts or good tutorial sites it woul...more >>

I'm having problems with calling functions inside an instance of a movie clip that has JUST been added using 'attachMovie' command It appears that i need to attachMovie and then call the function in the following frame for it to work - should it not possible to add my clip then call the fu...more >>

Am trying to set up a "hideButtons" function where I can pass an array of button instance names and set the visible proberty to false Code above gets the correct instance names (as verified by a trace), but my set-property line seems to be ineffective. (If I hard code an instance name at the...more >>

I can't understand why this test fails every time Help Please netInfo is a defined LoadVars the trace produces Success, yet the if statement always goes to the else condition! Any suggestions trace(netInfo.msg) if (netInfo.msg == "Success") trace(netInfo.msg) initalizeFields()...more >>

Hi! I load a movie with loadMovie function. I want to make a preloader for [u]this movie[/u] and I don't now were to place it. Thanks....more >>

Im using a javascript search system combined with flash This actionscript is used in the button on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") getURL("result.htm?Send=Search", "_self", "GET") It works fine using the "test movie" window, but integrated in a HTML file it fails... there are no ...more >>

Could someone tell me the or show me a snippet of code that I need to be able to update the contents of a flash movie dynamically, via a text file that sits on the server, which can be update by anyone I've seen it done, but I am not much of a programmer. Any help would be appreciated T...more >>

Hi, how can I turn a number such as -5 into +5 e.g. I have a variable: myVar = -5 how can I turn that into: myVar = +5 I'm sure there's an easy way to turn a negative into a positive Cheers ---------------------------------------------- www.crazyrichie.net ...more >>

Hi folks I want to disable the right click menu in the flash player. I tried to use FSCommand fscommand("showmenu", flash); just in the opening script of my flash movie but nothing happened. I need to be able to disable the users ability to print from that menu and their ability ...more >>

Hi ther We discovered some strange behavior in the loadmovie comand/method. We try to load a JPG (standard) into an existing movie instance. If the path (the URL) is set to "image.jpg" the image can not be found. If we change it to "/image.jpg" the script works well. It works well with "fi...more >>

i have a flash menu..... i want to set the links off that (linking to movie clips) to open in a fixed spot if you don't under stand please look at my website www.scorpweb.co all the windows load in various spots i want them all to load at the to and moving them is impossible as they are ...more >>

Hi Im trying to make the up button on my keyboard trace "hello" when its pushed and "goodbye" when released What am I doing wrong Please help Thank And myListener = new Object() myListener.onKeyDown = function() if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) trace("hello") } myList...more >>

with these line _root.createEmptyMovieClip( "myclip", 1 ) _root.myclip.loadMovie( "myclip.swf" ) then I preview and I can see that these variables exist Movie Clip: _level0.mycli Movie Clip: _level0.myclip.sub_item *but* I read tha trace( _root.myclip ); //OK: _level0.mycli ...more >>

hello i got a flash menu but i cant figure out ehy i cant create a link, it contains 5 boyyom in the menu it can be viewed at [L=menu]http://www.gymnastikoksboel.dk/0090-men.swf[/L]...more >>

I have a movie running during a Button 'Over' action. I also have a movie ready to go when the button is clicked. However, I have to keep my finger on the button in order for the movie to run continuosly. As soon as I take my finger off the button, the movie ends immediately and the Button ...more >>

Hi, I have a SWF file as large as 1MB. I need to set a preloader above it so that it will not come out until it is completely downloaded. Would you please tell me how to do that? Thank you!...more >>

Hi I have a SWF which is around 1MB. As you may know, it runs pretty slow if it doesn't have a preloader. So, can you tell me how to create a preload movie above the major movie so that the later will not come out until it is downloaded completely Could you please show me in detail? Ca...more >>

i dont know script but this is what im trying to do and i wrote it out maybe someone can help me with this on (press) if(anymovieclip is open ) close it by going to that movieclip that is open and gotoAndPlay{"close") } /*then go to* _parent.cool_mc.g...more >>

Good Evening all I'm trying to call my flash with javascript and tell it to go to a specific frame and play? I'm using window.document.Navigation.GotoFrame(5) o window.document.Navigation.GotoFrame("AddFavorite") But this doesn't work. Why? If I use Play() it works fine, but I need...more >>

The actionscript "_root.GetBytesTotal();" work ONLY if I compile it for flash player ver 5, NOT under flash player ver 7. Since flash player ver 7 remove the support for "_root.GetBytesTotal();", does it provides another alterative to get the total bytes of my flash movie Boon Hon ...more >>

is there a way to detect files stored on my computer in a particular folder, that is simple atleast? i know i can write a script that will detect the error to load a file then return a value so i know if files exist or not. for example, if i have 5 mp3 files on my computer, in a folder named "...more >>

Can someone tell me if Flash can support client-server interactions I would like to be able to use flash as the client UI and accept http requests from other Flash clients or a server so that I don't need the Flash client to poll a webservice for status Would remoting do the job and is t...more >>

I need to use scrollbar component that was in flash MX but now I'm usign Flash MX 2004 and it does not exit in the component choice. Where is it. Any idea...more >>

Hi everybody I have a question about saving data via flash. Here is my scenario: I have a swf movie (web site) that contains seminar dates. These dates need to be changed fairly often, but that is about the only part of the web site that needs regular updating. I thought of displaying the da...more >>