Hello there, how can I know what cell of a DataGrid the user has clicked? any help is very appriciated Thanks in Advance Esc...more >>

I would like to capture video and audio from a web cam without using the Communications Server? Anyone know if this is possible?...more >>

Is there a way, using only flash to write text, from a text area on a Flash document, to a txt file I know I can do it using PHP, ASP, Perl and other seprate programs, but is there anyway that Flash could do it on its own Jess Clar http://www.fluteinfo.co ...more >>

Hello What I have is some checkboxes that call and play swfs one after the other when I check them and click on the submit button. However I need them to play at different durations and my current script will only play them each for the same duration then go onto the next one even though the...more >>

Does anyone know how to disable radio buttons, checkboxes or component buttons I am creating a Quiz - If a user gets a wrong answer, I want to show the correct answer but disable all buttons Thanks in advance ...more >>

I am trying to retrofit an existing flash project to use named anchors for forward and back buttons. Originally, the site had a menu of 7 buttons, each of which called a function to load the relevant content... nothing complicated. To implement the named anchor navigation, I have created 7 e...more >>

I have an application that runs from CDROM. It pops up other flash exe files when required. My questions: 1. How can I stop flash from popping up the same exe twice? 2. How can I bring the window (exe) flash pops up to the front from another flash exe? I know I can rebuild the modules and tak...more >>

I have 9 MovieClips and want to load them dynamicly in a loop can this be done For (1:Number = 0; i<9;++i) submitURL = FileLoc[i] + "h1"+i+".swf" "Movie"+i+"_mc".loadMovie(submitURL) The problem is I can not figure out how to write the .loadMovie statemen Any suggestions?? ...more >>

I have made a mp3 player in flash that plays 4 songs. I know how to let users manually go back and forth between tracks but I want the player to be able to proceed to the next track by itself if user does not press any of the player's navigation buttons. Any tips Thank ...more >>

Help I'm trying to get the bytesloaded data as my file is loaded, but I'm only getting the total after it's been downloaded. Does my code need to be rewritten var a:LoadVars=new LoadVars() var typeslistener:Object=new Object() a.load("list.csv") a.onData = function(dat) // cod ...more >>

I'm trying to learn actionscript but I ran into a pot-hole. I'm trying to create a flash web-browser and I can't figure out how to get the dynamic url to open inside the flash movie instead of a new window. Could someone please help me out here? Thanks! My actionscript code is attatched ...more >>

Hi I'm an actionscript newbie, so this is probably a very low level question part one. I created a button and I want a graphic (or movie clip) to appear on the same layout when the button is clicked (released). What specific action I should use? It seems like it should be an easy one ...more >>

I have a flash movie playing with 5 different language translations on five different layers, I want the user to be able to click 'flags' (buttons) and show the particular layer, thus hiding the other layers, is there a 'hide' or show script, or any other suggestions as to how I can achieve th...more >>

Ok Here is my issue...I am a novice flash person and I have been stuck w/ a particular project...here is the issue.. My main page builds in pieces...for instance, a couple of lines fly in, some text is spawned from the lines. and it loops these little text blurbs until a button is pres...more >>

Here is my Preloader Scene Action Script if (_root.getBytesLoaded() != _root.getBytesTotal() ) { gotoAndPlay (1); How do I revise my preloader to wait until a certain percentage is downloaded before playing please help thank ...more >>

I'm relatively new to flash, but designing a searchable database for a lab group that I work with. I've looked all over the place, and can't find any specific resources on how to create an XML based search engine Our information is stored in an external file on our network in XML format. I'd l...more >>

hey i love flash, but i have one big problem with it. It seems to me anyways that the way code needs to be organized is very messy. like the way to make something animate is to set up a variable for the movie clip that has to be constantly checked by the movie in the onClipEvent(enterFra...more >>

Hello, i have a question how can i build a menu like this in flash ? http://62.238.95.232/@maximaal@_site's_in_bouw$/bbs_de_hoop/bbs.asp does anybody have something like this ? thanks already, Marco ...more >>

Hi Everyone Is there a way to see if a user is holding down two keys at the same time? For example, the up arrow moves a movie clip up the screen, the left arrow move it left. If the user holds both keys, how do I check for both, and move it up and left diagonally Thanks -Dav ...more >>

Hi there this is my first post here - I have the evaluation version of Flash 2004, with only 5 days to go, so hope there is an easy answer to this question Is there a way of launching an application from an SWF based on a file extension? I mean, given "fred.pdf", get Acrobat launched. A...more >>

Hi guys and gals I'm really new to Actionscript so no fancy techno stuf ok? I want your help, no I NEED your help! I have this problm which has been bugging me sooooo much.. Ok, if I were to create, say, a game. And in that game there was a character with a life total (think final fant...more >>

I have 2 movie clips - A & B. Movie clip A is set to play to a frame action whereby it loads (using the loadmovienum) the second movie (B) into a level above itself. However I need to reposition Movie B on the stage. It defaults to the x=0 & y=0 coordinates (top left). I want to re-positio...more >>

I?m working on pretty complex project and have run into a problem that I can?t seem to figure out, so I thought maybe you would have some idea. The problem occurs when my main movie loads an external movie (which is audio that pertains to a certain frame in the main movie). Basically every f...more >>

first, sorry for my english..... I have a flash control on a Form.... I need the size of the movie..... (width, height).... Thanks.... ...more >>

i have a site where the main (homepage) movie can load a bunch of others swf,s most are text of only 5 kb maximum. No problem for a person on a 56.6k modem. but there is also a movie that is 151kb in size. i want to preload this movie and not show it until the user clicks the appropriate butto...more >>

Hi I am trying to figure out how to load XML copy into my Flash movie. I want to be able to have my copy to my Flash movie in an external XML file, and then for that to load into ny movie and then display the copy in the movie. I have found out how to do this in Flash MX 2004 but I want to be ...more >>

Is there any chance to move the real windows mouse button with actionscript? Like Authorware! I'll Appreciate any suggestions! bye!...more >>

i have two movie clips in the stage with the instance name of bola1 and bola2 and i wanted to apply them some gravity so i?ve put this code in the first frame of the stag var bola = new Array() a= for(i=1;i<3;i++) a+ //bola[i]="bola"+a; bolax = "bola"+a bolax.onEnterFr...more >>

Hiya, i'm really hoping someone can help me I need to be able to rotate a movieclip (a dial for example) by clicking and dragging the mouse. I'm sure i've seen this done loads of times, but I cant find any tutorials anywhere If you can help me or point me to some tutorials that would be ...more >>

eh, probably dumm question but why is asking to return a value not working here? for (var i=0;i< x.length; i++) { x[i] ? : return true : null; } ...more >>

eh, probably dumm question but why is asking to return a value not working here? for (var i=0;i< x.length; i++) { x[i] ? : return true : null; } ...more >>

hi, how to get the color value of a movieclip thru action script regards majormurali. ...more >>

Hi All Is there any way to handle the server returned 'Http Cookies' in Flash using AS1 Now, my scenario is like this, I have a flash movie (AS1) where I am calling som URL as.. loadVariables("http://servrename.subdomain.someJavaApp","handler_mc,"POST") I wrote the onClipEvent(d...more >>

Hi This is shahgillan I need to know that, how can I animate any symbol (Movie Clip, Graphic,etc.) with ActionScript. For example using "For" loop in X or Y directions I shall be grateful if anyone help shahgillan Hassan Sajja ...more >>

Something odd is happening with some of the buttons in my Flash movie, they seem to require to be clicked several times before anything happens upon first loading, when the user goes back to the page a second time the problem is no longer there. Has anyone come across this problem at all or ha...more >>

Hey All Im having difficulty working out how to detect what object is below your mous [u]with out[/u] using a button I need to set-up a drag and drop system, however, the user can drop on dozen of items, so I dont want to have a 4 point array for each object (cause there dynamic, and i...more >>

I've created a button symbol and used the loadmovie() function to load an image into the symbol. When I try loading a a photo that was edited (.jpg) and run the page, it does not appear on screen. But when I test with other photos/graphics (.jpg) I have on file to ensure my script is correct, ...more >>

hey guys im new to actionscript, anyways i have a stop func on the first frame and in that frame i have a button with the cod on(release) _root.gotoAndPlay(2) and for some reason the button will not work (button continues a tween ...more >>

I am a HS student and I just started working with FLASH MX. I have two bitmaps both the sixe of the screen, and I have two buttons. When I rollover the forwrad buttons, the next picture slwoly slides in place of the other one, and when I roll out, it stops. But I don't know how to get the r...more >>

I have 26 movie clips which are graphics of fish. I added a dynamic text field in which I placed a different letter of the alphabet on each one. The movie clips are allowed to move about within a boundary and when they begin to move I can no longer see the text field. Is there a way to make...more >>