Hey guys, When I use the LoadVars object to submit a form, and I have different variables across four frames (four page form), how do I declare ALL variables to send to a server-side app at the same time? I plan on the LoadVars being initiated on the 4th frame. Thanks, Hoz ...more >>

I am trying to think of a way to develop the following type of application... I want visitors to be able to create flyers, postcards, etc. with dynamic content that they either upload themselves or pull off of the server. I want them to have both of those options. The flyers, postcards, etc....more >>

Is there a way I can test to see whether it's the Flash authoring environment or a Director / shockwave movie that my flash movie is running within? I develop flash movies to use within Director projects; things like active menus that reconfigure themselves depending on where a user is in a p...more >>

How do I declare a variable so i can use and change it in all the scenes in my movie?...more >>

I have a one scene that is the preloader and another scene that is the site. My preloader works to load all the frames in the site but I want the preloader to only load some of the frames in the site. So someone with dialup doesn't have to wait until all the frames of the site are loaded bef...more >>

i'm having trouble with a LoadVars event. when i test the movie i can get it to run and refresh the data each time, but when i publish it, the data stays the same. where should i place the LoadVars code in order for it to refresh each time the movie loops? ...more >>

im having trouble with the xml object. i call the getXML() function every 30 seconds to re-load the data. i know that the server is sending different xml pages every time, but the xml object doesn't change after the first load. this only happens in the browser, when i test the movie in flash, ...more >>

In short: Clicking Button1 should print Picture1, and clicking Button2 should print Picture2, but both buttons print the same picture OR (if I change something) both pictures. More info. I have Flash MX, but the Publish Settings are for Version 4. In the Flash file you see a picture(#1) an...more >>

Hi, I am trying to bring to my movie, a external swf file, and I want ti make this with a preloader (percent, bar...) , and I dont know where I will use the code. Someone have some idea or solution? Thanx, bamoZ ...more >>

Hi everyone! I'm kinda new here, in this macromedia world, and I am working with mx 2004 pro (I think). I used the scroll pane component to display a swf file, and it works well when I test the movie. When I publish it though, on the wb, there's no scrolling at all, and the text even go outs...more >>

I have built a video player, and am using the loadMovie command to load Squeezed (swf) video into the player. I am seeking a way to load the next movie in the background after the first one is loaded and playing, so that by the time the first movie is finished playing, a good portion of th...more >>

Hi Still using flash MX here, and have had this problem before but gave up and used a static textbox on all loadedmovies, but there has to be a way that I am missing to loadVariables in a .swf that is loaded via loadMovie. I have this to load teh swf into the stage. on(release){ loadMov...more >>

i'm trying to get a text box to be as large as the movie clip however, if i create a text box then resize it, the font is stretched and skewed to fit the entire width and height, but i don't want it to, i want it to stay 8pt font like i have specified anyone know whats going on ? tha...more >>

Hi, I have a textbox on the stage, a plain textbox with one line but set with multiline. My actionscript assigns string values to the textbox. Some of those text strings are really long and I want to tell the texbox to go multiline. How do I go about and doing that? Also, I need to de...more >>

I have flash file called index.swf. And i want to input another flash file, with sound and make preloader. index.swf: In first frame i have: loadMovie("http://blabalblalab/sound.swf", _root.DropZone); stop(); waiting = true; Then i have movie with instance na...more >>

I'm a .net programmer and use vb.net...I have a function that will put this in a string: 6ds 9hs:46ms:12ss That is an exact time that needs to start counting DOWN on my web site...I just now got Flash MX and am a beginner at it...Can someone tell me how to get this from the v...more >>

Hi, I am trying to make a movieclip fade in after something like 3 seconds of waiting after a button has been clicked. Then, when another button is clicked I want it to pause all actions including those caused by dynamic as, and then fade out, and play the rest of the stuff. It should be simpl...more >>

Hi, I am trying to make a movieclip fade in after something like 3 seconds of waiting after a button has been clicked. Then, when another button is clicked I want it to pause all actions including those caused by dynamic as, and then fade out, and play the rest of the stuff. It should be simpl...more >>

Hi, I am desperatly trying ton use concatenation in variables naming. Say i have : var nb = 5; I would like to use the value of nb in a variable name : _root.image {nb}._y = XXX; to obtain : _root.image5._y = XXX; I havent been able to find anything about this on the web... ...more >>

Hi you there. I?ve got a problem and I hope you could help me.... I?ve got a button on the screen and when I push it I?d like to display a value from an array called "arrayRnd" into a dynamic text called "displayRnd" randomly. In the code below I wrote the values from the array, but here co...more >>

i think many people have gone to habbohotel.com to play around. When our mouse press ,the character we use will automatically avoid some furniture,other users and anything blocking him ,and go to the point where we just pressed, My question is how to let the character automatically detect wh...more >>

I have a small movie clip that loads a list box with recipes titles from a SQL Server database using CFML as the linkage back to the server. The user clicks on one of the recipes in the list box then that recipe appears in the recipe text box. You can delete recipes by selecting one in the l...more >>

Hi, How do you get flash to print in landscape? I am sure you can set the landscape printing option in flash mx 2004 because the documentation says so! If it is possible, could anyone please post an example of its use? (coding etc, because documentation has left this important feature...more >>

Can anyone help me with this ? >>> have 2 squares... when I grab one and try to throw towards the other the second slides away... the whole scene is surrounded by wall.. when throwing towards the wall it bounces away... thanks ...more >>

hey everyone. i made a site not long ago with preloaders. the problem they are having now is that when the person viewing the site has high speed internet, the preloader basically just blinks by b/c the site loads so fast. does anyone have any ideas on how to either make the preloader stay ...more >>