I'm wondering if there is any way to remove a sound object similar to removing a movie clip I've tried using delete(mySoundObj) I've tried putting the sound object inside a movieClip and then removing the movieCli but the sound sounds will not delete. If I don't use a stop, and remove th...more >>

I've been wading through all the information regarding component theme's, styles, etc. I think I'm more confused about it than when I started All I really need to do is kill the halo on some v2 components I'm using like the scroll pane While I continue to research is there anyone that ...more >>

is there a way to create dynamic text that remains anti-aliased? thanks > mark...more >>

Does anyone know how to "reset" the vScroller.maxPos property of a Scrollpane As my application adds content within the scrollpane, the maxPos gradually increases. My problem is that after dynamically shortening the contents of my scrollpane, the maxPos property still retains the old value a...more >>

Is there any way to address all instances of a particular movie clip on the stage at one time or automatically create an array of all instances, so that you can cycle through the array addressing each instance individually, much like the getElementsByName() javascript method? Thanks. ...more >>

I retreive some variables from PHP and display them in the movie I can only see these new variables if I empty my cache and refresh the browser. How can I update the stage in Flash Director uses updatestage() is there a similar function in Flash Thank ...more >>

HI Is it possible to edit a xml on my webserver through a swf. in the webbrowser :-) PAUK...more >>

I have a very simple movie clip - one frame which contains several buttons (it's a sub-menu). When this clip is placed on the stage, it works perfectly. When I use ActionScript to make the movie clip visible with the rollOver of a seperate button, the clip appears, but it's buttons don't work....more >>

Hell I have just been searching the web for a chat room, I do some asp and have download many source codes and had a look at them, all of which use a refresh meta tag which makes them some what amatuer, I dont have the knowledge to use java and with the downloads and dont like them I w...more >>

Why will this not work home_btn.onRollOver = setInterval(delayAction,2000,home); function delayAction (framename:String) var name:String = framename _root.gotoAndStop("name") when this does? caseman_btn.onRollOver = function () _root.gotoAndStop("caseman") I am try...more >>

Try this trace(Number("012")); // that's a zero, a one, and a tw You won't like the result. But I can assure you I like it even less than any of you because this bug caused me 2 1/2 hours of my time tracking down an intermittent bug that was manifesting itself in the most perplexing man...more >>

Ok here's the deal I have a drop-down menu with a million buttons in it that scroll. When you click the button it sends that value text (i.e.. baseball) to the variable in a text box on the screen. Like this.. on (release) /:mag1 = "Baseball Digest" gotoAndPlay ("Scene 3",...more >>

Ok, I've written a simple matrix class and I want to be able to trace the whole matrix to output for debugging Using the function code below, I should be able to do this trace(m.buf()); or this myText.text = m.buf() I get nothing in a trace (it does look like it's printing newlines ...more >>

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Is there a way to get specific error codes in Flash. FOr instance when a file doesn't exist and I get the error Error opening URL "file:///C|//MyFile.jpgs I want to know that specifically. Relying on getBytesTotal() isn't good enough or accurate enough ...more >>

_root.bannername="profile" normname=_root.bannername dodo=_root.total_banner.profiletbb test=_root.total_banner.eval(normname+"tbb"); //this is the problem that i cannot solv trace(typeof(dodo)); // show moviecli trace(typeof(normname)); // show strin trace(typeof(test)); // show und...more >>

I have a form with four rows of five drop down menus each containing numbers. The menus are named like this existence_1, history_1, intentions_1, outcome_1, nextstep_1 (the number at the end corresponds to row it ends up in, there are four rows These drop down menus all have appropriat...more >>

Flash Player 6, authored in MX 2004 on Mac OS 10.3.2 I've been trying to use the onChanged event for a dynamic, selectable text fields and seem to have discovered that this event only fires when a user types something into the text field. It does NOT appear to fire when the text contents chang...more >>

I have a graphic on screen with various buttons that the user needs to identify and click on (spotting safety hazards). They need to score 1 point for everyone they spot How do I actionscipt this to say - if the user clicks on any of the following buttons they get a point, if they click on...more >>

Hi there! Is it possible to develop Flash-Sites under Linux with the use of open source development tools? Or is there something like an actionscript-compiler that creates swf Files under Linux (licencefree!)? Bye -André- ...more >>

I am fairly new to ActionScript but have some experience in programming. I'm trying to perform a simple if..else statement with the following code //************************************ if (keys_pressed="+") tally=tally+current_number display_number=tally current_number="" } else...more >>

HELP Using Flash MX (and publishing as Flash 5) and made a movie which preloads a ..swf file into a movie clip Testing it locally with IE it seems works fine and the preloader displays the MovieClip.getBytes variables "total" , "loaded" and "percent" correctly and then starts to play a...more >>

Hello al I'm trying to create a gallery consisting of thumbnail images that are drawn from a database which when clicked on will show the full image. I basically get the total number of images from a the database and use it to load in the thumbnails images using duplicateMovieClip, which l...more >>

Hi there pls look at this [L=My problem]http://www.pauk.dk/xmlmenu/[/L] Is there a way to get this to work hope that someone have a Idea...more >>

H My question is the title really. Perhaps there's a plugin for it or something I was also hoping if I could tell Flash to represent everthing with my own graphics (replacing the icons and style in which everything is presented) Any help would be greatly appreciated ...more >>

Hello I have built a simple web based Flash MX form that I need to publish back to Flash 5. However, when I publish to Flash 5, I receive errors stating that my ..swf will only work in Flash 6. What are the significant differences for buttons and form input between versions 5 and 6 T...more >>

HI, everyone = I'm trying to send a variable by LoadVariablesNum to my php script and it do somthing it wont swf file is inside my php page , it an animated nav menu that sends to it's containing page a variable for each button on release the php script includes for any different var a ...more >>

Hi folks, I am loading movies in and out of levels 2 and 3 //loadMovieNum("create.swf", 2); what I was wondering is if it was possible to target these movies, as a whole, so I could run the following script on them. if (this._alpha<20) { this.float_alpha += 5; this._alpha = this....more >>

I understood that a Flash file would behave the same in any browser as long as the plug in was installed on the browser. I have a simple Flash file that is playing some audio with a play bar and some animation. Works fine in IE6 but doesn't play at all in recent version of Mozilla (or early v...more >>

Dear folks I'm creating a DE course for the medical doctors. A big component of this course is a flash interaction where the doctors will have to choose from 20 questions which questions are the appropriate questions to ask. There will be check boxes next to each question. Then each tim...more >>

hi , how to break up a image into small pieces thru action script run time it is very urgent regards major murali...more >>

The method setScrollPosition() seems to be broken in the 2004 ui components.. for the data grid and list box both, nether will set or setScrollPosition() . is anyone else experenceing this.. here is a link to the application [L=mp3Player]http://www.flynmonkey.com/lp/player.swf[/L ... hit the...more >>

i have a button that i want to open a new window of a .jpg, how can i do that in Flash? Here's the code i tried but didn't work -------------------------------------------------- on (release) function winopen() win = window.open("images/me_joshlg.jpg", "toolbar=no,location=no,directo...more >>

is there a way to control sent variables using getURL. Ive tried putting them into the second set, but it doesn't seem to work... (ie:getURL("site.com", "variables","GET") thx...more >>

hey all, ive got a really simple problem here but i cant figure it out. what im trying to do is get a movie to load when the user rolls over a a button (like the buttons are arranged down the left of the screen and when the user rolls over each different button a different movie loads in the m...more >>

I have a button inside of a movie clip and I would like to know which action do I have to give for playing "Scene 2" of the main movie and not inside the movie clip. Best regards, Jalochi...more >>

Hell I am trying to use the getScrollPosition function with ScrollPane, but it returns the 'undefine' value using this code var curScroll = this.getScrollPosition() trace (curScroll.x) what can i do? Can some one help Id ...more >>

Is there any way to externally control a swf file? For example I have 2 seperate swf files on the same html document. When I press a button in swf(A) I want to be able to controll the frame head of swf (B) and send it to a different frame. Is this possible? If anyone could help, that be awes...more >>

Hi I'm passing some variables to a PHP file using loadvars().send. The problem is I want to stay in the movie - I just want the PHP script to update a database, but when I call this script it opens a blank browser with the URL of the PHP script If I set the target to _self then the mov...more >>