Ok. We are having a lot of trouble figuring this project out. I do have to admit that I am not as advanced with actionscripting as my partner is, but he is outa town now and I am dieing for some answers!:) We are trying to dynamically create these tenticals. We have it creating now wit...more >>

Hi, I need to create x amount of buttons depending on the number of values in an array. (Trying to make a paginator actually). I can create the movieclips just fine, but I need to be able to have each one clickable to go to a new value in the array. Adding a press action simply retu...more >>

Hi, I would like to know the actionscrpts codes that we use to link button to an URL that should pop up into a new window. verify whether this is correct (it is not working) something_btn.onPress-function(){ getURL(www.lycos.com, window, mehod); } //I am not sure what parameter...more >>

Hi! When I published my Website, some users informed me about a big problem! They could'nt see anything, cause my startpage only included a flash mx movie. So I tried to find a method to solve the problem for my customers. I have found a solution which uses action scrtiping, so flash contr...more >>

Hi Everyone. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with advanced preloaders. I have a Flash file for an advanced preloader that fills up a circle with an image as the file loads. The problem is that the readout on screen is the percentage loaded. I am trying to get it to read kilob...more >>

I need to be able to create a button that allows the user to download a file directly from the flash movie. File types would include mp3, jpg and pdf. Any help is appreciated. I don't want to have to zip the file. Thanks, Rich ...more >>

I am dynamically generating movieclips. j = 5; for (var i = 1; i<j; i++) { _root.attachMovie("mcInfo", "mc_info"+i, i); _root["mc_info"+i]._y = yposition; _root["mc_info"+i]._x = 670; yposition = yposition+25; } This part of the code works fine. I am now trying to add onReale...more >>

I need to find the URL adress on the top. The problem is that I can with JavaScript usign window.location, but in Flash how to do. The _url display the path of the swf. I need all the path of the html page or asp page and parameters. Does anybody have an Idea ...more >>

is there a way to count the number of lines in a textarea with wordwrap?...more >>

Hi All I have loaded a text file on a textfield (HTML enabled). How do I call a Javascript function e.g "window.open" using the loaded text? Any help/suggestion will surely be appreciated. Many Thanks Dennis ...more >>

Hi there. A 2 part actionscript question. 1. I want to use actionscript to move an object from A to B and gradually slowing down as it gets to point B. I know how to move it in actionscript but not how to slow it down. Any pointers/tutorials on how I do this. 2. Anyone recommend a good bo...more >>

The problem: the second time i populate a scrollPane with attachMovie the scroll contents in NOT masked. The URL: (to see error click on a any continent-->close popup-->click on Africa.) [L=http://65.16.246.153/1820_where_in_the_world/index_fk.html]http://65.16.246.1 53/1820_where_i...more >>

I want to create textfields dynamically and then be able to click on these textboxes to perform different actions depending on the value of the textfields. For this, I am creating movieclips dynamically and creating a textbox in it. My movieclip is myMovieClip in the linkage. And there is a te...more >>

Lo all! Need some help with the actionscript syntax, id like to load some items dynamicly from the library pallete. At the moment ive only succeded to load pictures or swf files from an url or locally on my harddrive. My code is attached. Now, how on earth do i exchange the "pic1.s...more >>

I need to set an action script to a sound. "When sound is finished go to the next frame and play. " Can anyone help me? Thanks...more >>

Anyone have experience embedding flash in director? I'm trying to embed a swf into director but one of the code isn't working. It works fine in flash and it works fine if I create a shockwave projector but doesn't work in stand alone projector file. Here's the code: _root.emptyMenu.Sec1B...more >>

Hello guys! How can I control a external swf imported into a Principal movie??? I need to verify the frame and the scene that it's running and go to another one. tks...more >>

On the stage, I have checkboxes components. A typical checkbox has an instance name of chk1 and a label. [x] labelnumber1 (inst = chk1) [x] labelnumber2 (inst = chk2) ...etc. I have an array that returns strings of text that corresponds to my checkboxes labels. for example my array co...more >>

Hi All This is probably really, really simple to do but I just cannot work it out. I have created a flash into and it ends on a static stage with an enter site button and a replay button. I want to be able to give the option of it automatically entering the site after about 5 secounds bu...more >>

I need to change the brightness of a movieclip instance via actionscript. I was hoping that this could be accomplished in a similar way as transparency with the _alpha property. However _alpha seems to be the only one available. There are no properties for brightness or tint. I could chang...more >>

Hi i built a preloader in flash mx which i could just drop on the first frame of a mc add a stop action and bobs ya unckle! sorted. I have dragged it from the library in mx to the library in mx 2004, checked syntax for errors, checked ne actionscript missing but it doesnt work? Could someone...more >>

Hi there all I've installed flash 2004 proffesional on my pc, a colleage is also running 2004 pro but on a mac. The mac developer has had problems jumping scene to scene. So I tried to do this on my pc wth no problems. I worked out two methods that work on my pc but they don't work on a ma...more >>

I have used sendAndLoad method to send variable to PHP code, but it seem that it do not work. Then I have written a simple test code to test for the function. But still it doesn't work. The code is as follow: echo.php <? $a = $_POST['b']; $RString="&a=".$a; echo $RString; ?> ...more >>

I have been looking for examples of submitting form that has hidden fields via Flash MX 2004. I have to submit purchasing information to PAYPAL. How do I wrapper these 8 or 9 fields and send to PAYPAL? Does anyone know how this is accomplish? I need a little guidance. I have three vis...more >>

What's the scope of a variable assigned to a text object? Its own timeline, _root, or what?...more >>

Hi, How can I set the color of a clip? myClip.beginFill(0xff000, 100); does not work... myClip.setRGB(0xff000); does not work... myClip.Color = 0xff000; does not work... JPD ...more >>

my problem.... in flash I made simple movieClip and use themymovieclip.loadMovie(filename); filename I pass through url params. This flash simple show in php page the uploaded picture. Then file name changes, no problems. for exampl. 1 call) pic.loadMovie("1.jpg"); 2 call) pic.loadMovi...more >>

Hi everybody, Why does endFigure(0 is not called? Thanks, Jean Pierre ======== snippet ============ onClipEvent (load) { var intervalID = setInterval(shuffleParts, 300); inter = 0; function shuffleParts() { //......more >>

This works perfectly except for one thing...the seconds are counting down two per second (2 at a time)..like: 10 8 6 4 2..: stop(); var dateVars = new LoadVars(); dateVars.onLoad = function(ok) { if (ok) { clock.secondsleft = parseInt(dateVars.seconds); clock.minutesleft = parseInt(d...more >>

Hi, which code do you use to create a link from your flash file to link it to another flash file (open a new window) that has been published (URL) Thanks hritik...more >>

I'd like to be able to weed out emails that have spaces in them. (like sandra@ss ss.com) I've got the most basic code to start... any ideas? on (release) { if (email.length && email.indexOf("@") != -1 && email.indexOf(".") != -1) { gotoAndPlay("good"); ...more >>

When my .swf loads the variables from the .txt file (days=2&hours=17&minutes=10&seconds=56), the swf file starts and shows seconds "56" for one second then says "NaN"...Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Trint ...more >>

In Visual Basic .Net, I have an .swf in the aspx file...I think it is loading before the text file that it needs is created by the vb program associated with the aspx file...can I delay the movie, or will it just hold up the entire page before the delay is up? Any help is appreciated. Than...more >>

using mx 2004 pro set font fo dynamic text box created it the font is still times new roman or something can't get it to change to what the properties settings are (BM mini, 8pt, no anti-alias) Need help for my site that needs to be completed this afternoon. Please tell me what is w...more >>

I have a class that has an array within it. When I create 2 instances of this class the arrays in each instance seem to overwrite each other. Any way around this? // here is the code for the class class Tester { public function Tester() { trace("tester begun"); } private var...more >>

I bet this one has already been post, but I didn't find it. I have several instances, named mc_1, mc_2.... mc_20, I would kike to be able to do something like ["mc_"+N].gotoAndStop(2); or setProperty( "mc_"+N, frame, 2); (none of those exist, but it is the best way I found to explain...more >>

Hi, I have a TextArea component, that when clicked, creates a green rectangle around the whole TextArea component! It must be automatically calling some "focus" method. When I try and scroll the text, the green box remains and all of the text in the TextArea is automatically selected. ...more >>