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Duplicating MovieClip - depth
Posted by hritikny at 2/14/2004 11:59:13 PM
Hi I am using duplicateMovieClip as follows function NewEllipse() lastEllipse++ duplicateMovieClip("ellipse1_mc", "ellipse1_mc"+lastEllipse, lastEllipse+20) } where "ellipse1_mc" is the name from the linkage I am not sure how to make the duplicated MovieClips to appear at the back (fo...more >>

managing dynamic text
Posted by dougstudiodotcom at 2/14/2004 8:53:20 PM
Hi All I've got 2 questions if you can help The first How can i split text across seperate lines when outputting a long thankyou message using dynamic tex For example i want it to look like this Dear User Nam Email Address I will contact you soon Currently it looks lik De...more >>

animating saturation
Posted by spdorsey at 2/14/2004 8:44:15 PM
New to Flash = bear with me I'm trying to create a script that will change an RGB color to 50% grey. In other words, I'd like to move a (R,G,B) value to (128,128,128). I've looked all over, and I cannot find the proper syntax for referring to RGB color values in a way that can be ani...more >>

ScrollPane scrolling in reverse
Posted by Frank Jergensen at 2/14/2004 6:52:27 PM
I have spent the better part of a day digging through the scrollpane class and its parent classes trying to figure out how to get this component to scroll in the opposite direction (if mouse is moving up; movie moves down and visa-versa). So far can't locate the code I need to change. Any he...more >>

Overrun loading multiple swf's into common shell
Posted by H.Lee at 2/14/2004 4:59:41 PM
RE: Flash M I'm loading swf files of roughly 50 image slide shows each into a common parent "shell" to sequentially playback. Seems simple enough. I have an array of the swf files. A movieclip symbol target with the following code attached to it: onClipEvent (enterFrame ...more >>

Where is basic view for actionscript in Flash MX
Posted by Xccelerant2 at 2/14/2004 4:54:18 PM
Just started with Flash MX Professional and was wondering what happened to Basic view and Expert view in the Actionscript panel. Is it in Flash MX 2004 and not in Professional?...more >>

Button inside movieclip ... don?t work
Posted by Salau at 2/14/2004 4:51:52 PM
Ok, that?s the case I have a button that changes the _alpha with the RollOver/RollOut event, it works fine when I put it alone in the movie Then I have this "list" wich is a movieclip object with several of that buttons that change the _alpha. The problem is that the buttons just don...more >>

piechart legend placement/style
Posted by Vevmesteren at 2/14/2004 4:41:07 PM
Hello, I am using the charting components (1). Two questions 1 How do I dynamicly set the colors of a piechart, any command like setColorArray built in allready? Currently I create the array, then I've attached a onClipEvent to the piechart, probably not the best way.. 2 Most importa...more >>



MovieClip extensions lost after loadMovie action
Posted by jocabola at 2/14/2004 2:48:06 PM
Hi all I am normally working with lots of MovieClip class extensions such as MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function(fadeStep) // -- code comes her } I have noticed that when you have a MovieClip (let's say myMovie), and you perform a loadMovie action such as myMovie.loadMovie("imgs/te...more >>

Does getScrollPosition work?????
Posted by adi_c_adi at 2/14/2004 11:59:23 AM
hello i am trying to use the getScrollPosition function with ScrollPane, but get just 'undefined' in return. Does any one succeed in using this function? ido ...more >>

universal unload movie
Posted by MartinHill at 2/14/2004 10:51:40 AM
Hi, can anyone tell me what code to add to a button to unload a movie from a movie clip without specifying a name for the movie clip being unloaded In other words a universal code that means the button can unload any movie regardless of it's name The empty movieclip I using to load movie...more >>

angles
Posted by Psyberium at 2/14/2004 10:40:25 AM
does anybody have any hints on how I would go about finding the angle between two MCs. and have the angle change based on their relative positions. its like a follow mouse function but instead of following the mouse its following anoher MC. thnx ...more >>

Movement with Duplicate MC
Posted by Psyberium at 2/14/2004 10:08:24 AM
I'm having a hard time duplicating an MC and then setting that MC to move a certain distance and then stop. I need it to always start from the same x, y as another MC which is moving around. Any suggestions would be really appreciated. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Thanks ...more >>

Refreshing, lineto's...
Posted by arthus at 2/14/2004 7:49:19 AM
I have a line, that is being drawn, between two movieclips, with this code Ax = _root.A._x Ay = _root.A._y Bx = _root.B._x By = _root.B._y with (_root) _root.lineStyle(1.8, FF6600, 50) _root.moveTo(Ax, Ay) _root.lineTo(Bx, By) The movieclips, are dragable, so I want the ...more >>

duplicate an instance that moves along a path
Posted by zoreq at 2/14/2004 7:11:48 AM
i'm trying to duplicate an instance that moves along a path i want to duplicate one instance for a frame and make the new layer a mask layer is there anyone who knows how ????...more >>

how to get URL values into swf - pls help me
Posted by ssipl at 2/14/2004 6:48:19 AM
<PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="Game.swf?action="<%Response.Write(sAction);%>" <PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"> <PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="#FFFFFF" <EMBED SRC="Game.swf?action="<%Response.Write(sAction);%>" =============== The below lines are from the swf fil I need to know how to get ...more >>

Roll over buttons and movies
Posted by deb_23 at 2/14/2004 5:21:57 AM
hey all, just need some help with the following. I have a series of buttons down the left side of my flash project and when u roll over them a movie is played in the center of the of screen ( a different movie for each button). the opening frame of each movie is transperant so what i have do...more >>

AS2.0 prob
Posted by findapollo at 2/14/2004 5:18:54 AM
Ok, i've got a method in my vector class for multiplying a matrix by a vector Problem is no matter what vector I pass it, it always comes up <0,0,0> inside the method I'm bangin my head agaisnt the wall here ...more >>

loadmovie
Posted by drakonto at 2/14/2004 4:48:23 AM
Here is something strange . I have a flash movie whith 3 empty movies clips called hosting_mc, diseno_mc and multimedia_m . also it has 3 buttons. Each bottons load a new movie n_hosting.swf , n_diseno.swf , n_multimedia.sw . with this statment on (release) _root.hosting...more >>

flash player 5 vs. 6
Posted by gdlab at 2/14/2004 3:59:01 AM
i want to use 6 to compress the file, i save nearly 200k but when i use 5, something messes up. what in this code would change from 5 to 6 movieclip.prototype.move = function(xmid, ymid, radiusx, radiusy) if (_x>ymid) gap = _x-ymid } else gap = ymid-_x / if (_root...more >>

menu actionscript
Posted by gdlab at 2/14/2004 3:54:19 AM
i found this menu i want to use, it works right when the movie is exported in the flash 5 player but not in the flash 6 player, it messes up i tried to upload the file, but i get "cannot upload this type of file how can i upload the file sorry, really, but i am very new, and just try'i ...more >>

html formatting in flash
Posted by wchans at 2/14/2004 3:35:31 AM
I have an textfield set to display html. When I include two hyperlinks with a space between, Flash is ignoring the space and placing the hyperlinks directly next to each other. For example [b]<a href="asfunction:myFunc1">one</a> <a href="asfunction:myFunc2">two</a>[/b Is displayed as ...more >>

loading swf file into another one
Posted by hritikny at 2/14/2004 2:58:45 AM
Hi, What scripts do I use to load a Flash file into another Flash file. Thanks. H...more >>

setting properties - what am I doing wrong?
Posted by spdorsey at 2/14/2004 2:15:19 AM
Hell I'm trying to set the properties of a shape on my stage. Here's my script on (release) setProperty("_level0.circle", _x, 50) I applied this script to a button, and placed another symbol named "circle" on the stage I pulled this code from and example on actionscrip...more >>

DuplicateMovieClip level
Posted by hritikny at 2/14/2004 2:05:51 AM
Hi I am using duplicateMovieClip as follows function NewEllipse() lastEllipse++ duplicateMovieClip("ellipse1_mc", "ellipse1_mc"+lastEllipse, lastEllipse+20) } where "ellipse1_mc" is the name from the linkage I am not sure how to make the duplicated MovieClips to appear a...more >>

Actionscript + Sounds: They just don't get along
Posted by Dello at 2/14/2004 1:55:10 AM
Hi all Whenever I tell Flash to stop playing a sound, it doesn't. And when I tell it to start playing a sound, it doesn't do that either. Can someone please show me some example script on how these commands should be properly issued Thanks ...more >>


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