Evening all, I've created a video player which loads a separate video .swf into an empty movieclip ("holder"). This all works fine until I attempt to control the playback of the video with commands like holder.stop(); and holder.stop(); etc. At this point I get strange errors - stop and re...more >>

Suppose we have two swf files, preloadmovie and mainmovie. I would like to play preloadmovie until the download of mainmovie is complete. Then mainmovie will start playing and preloadmovie will be closed. The regular preloaders (i.e the preloader functionality written in the same movie) won't wor...more >>

hello ou there... i am working on a quick game and am having a problem with swapDepth [which i am using for the first time] i am using the following code to have two objects swapDepth based on their relative _y positions: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root.toaster._y>=_root.app._y-10) { ...more >>

I am trying to have the user drag an item into play and then direct where it will go. I could get away with just pointing to the new location for the direction and having the item move in a straight line but cannot find a way to make it happen. Any ideas? ...more >>

The call setFocus on a TextInput in a form will not work unless the user has clicked on the movie. This means I have no way to set the default TextInput when the movie first loads. I?ve tried calling setFocus from within the onLoad method of the form and I have also tried calling it from a method ru...more >>

OK, there MUST be a way to do this but i just cant figure it out... I have an image gallery where i want to have a list of thumnail images that link to a larger display of each image. Ok that sounds easy, but the catch is i want to use the same external image file for the thumnail and the larger ...more >>

maybe i shouldnt expect more than a RTFM from this post, but believe me ive looked long now, and this is just for a f**ng simple thing as getting a movieclip to play. it just wont work. im a beginner at this, and i cant figure what im doing wrong. i got no problemn with loading external clips,pictur...more >>

I have a CFC that returns a String Value back to Flash. I would like to use a Message Box to display the returned valued from CFC. In other words, after inserting a record into DB, I would like to display "Record Inserted Successfully!". How do I accomplish this in ActionScript? <!--- ...more >>

Hello all, The strings panel is definetly a godsend for developers who are required to publish in multiple languages, however I am trying to figure out a little quirk. Lets say I have english and french languages done up, its published and works. Now, lets say that someone is using or veiwing...more >>

If somebody Know how to eliminate the function of the ESCAPE key in flash MX Thanks ...more >>

I have been trying to use the myMedia.bytesLoaded and bytesTotal actions to create a preloader for .flv files that are loading into a media display component. When I trace the values of bytesLoaded and bytesTotal, I keep getting 0 and -1 returned. Can someone help, or suggest a way to preload ...more >>

I am currently in the process of developing a Flash application that counts down an hour. I have also created code to load in an MP3 playlist file and play designated MP3's. I'd like my clock code to automatically play the next song on the playlist every 60 seconds. Currently, I am accomplishing ...more >>

hi. is it possible to move a movieclip instance from being contained within one parent movieclip into another ?? how would i go about doing something like that ? i mean i tried setting its _parent property but that doesnt seem to work .... cheers to yall ...more >>

Hello Everyone, I am developing the included action script for one of the Spanish teachers at my work place. The concept is that the students drag the names of provinces in Spain to there corresponding place on the map. Now the problem, on occasion the names stick to the mouse and I am unable to ...more >>

I am loading different textfiles with hundreds of variables each and was wondering if there was a way to easily count the nuber of variables loaded. Any ideas? ...more >>

I would appreciate any help that can be afforded on this... I am gathering the following variables in component definition; btn_action | list | play(),stop(),gotoAndPlay(),gotoAndStop(),getURL() btn_clip | string | myMove btn_frame | string | frame# or Label How should I pass these values...more >>

Hi, I have inherited a bit of code from a flash 5 file: on (release) { fscommand("Exec", "JSTART Presentation.pps \"/error=To view this presentation you need to have Microsoft Powerpoint 2000 installed on your pc.\""); } I have all the nessessary jstart.ini and jstart.exe files, ho...more >>

I'm trying to build an array to feed a datagrid, but I'm getting "NaN" instead of the vaules I need. My code: var a:LoadVars=new LoadVars(); a.onLoad=loaded; a.load("list2.csv"); function loaded(){ cat=new Array(); i=1; while (i<1744) { data1=a.price+i cat.push({page:a.data1, p...more >>

HI! It's possible to write a function for time delay? suppose, I've two functions, and I want execute the secon function after n seconds... somethingTodo() somethingTodo2() function somethingTodo() { } function somethingTodo2() { } someome can help me? Davide ...more >>

Hello! I had done a project under Flash MX v6 time ago where I used a main movie that loaded various other movies. I used several variables as globals (_global.var*). I declared them as global only the first time, and after that I didn´t use the _global. statement, but now I´m working on the sa...more >>

Hi ! i would like to know how to create a dynamic variable with flash. I'm getting 2 strings from XML and would like to create a variable named with the first string and with the value of the second string ... something like this : _root.myFirstString = mySecondString; how can i do this?...more >>

Hello: I hope anyone can help me right now I need to execute a .exe or .bat file from a flash animation so I can trigger a window made in java. Any suggestions Thank you in advance ...more >>

Hi there, I have a static text box quite simply placed into a movie clip. It is set to ALIAS the text (it's a pixel font) and I have set character spacing to 1. The problem is that it is making the font look bold and fuzzy. If I place the same text box on the main timeline the problem is solved (...more >>

Somebody can help me, please? I need use a dinamic text (in flash mx) with any mask over that text.... The problem is that dinamic text with a mask over him don't show the text, is like dinamic text was invisible.... If anybody can to know how I can resolve this, please, answer me, Thanks :...more >>

I've got a problem with DuplicateMovieClip in a loop : This code does not work : for(var i=0;i<result.length;i++){ duplicateMovieClip(source,"barre" add i,i); eval("barre" add i)._x = 5; eval("barre" add i)._y = i*30+5; duplicateMovieClip(source_rond,"bout_rond" add i,i); eval("...more >>

Evening all, Have Macromedia changed the way that Movie Explorer works? Because it no longer picks up Actionscript or objects in my .fla files, even when I can see what I'm searching for on the stage or in the Actionscript panel! Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I see nothing ...more >>

Hi, I have a function id like to send to all the mc's in a layer except the mc i just clicked on. heres my script: function setOffColour(obvar) { var col = new Color(obvar); col.setRGB(0xffffff); col.setTransform({ra:0, rb:255, ga:0, gb:255, ba:0, bb:255}); }; also, how could i del...more >>

Hi firiends, I am using the TextFormat class for underlining an dynamic text. I want to make certain characters in the text field to be underlined and the rest don't underline. How to do this with the TextFormat. Is anyother logic we can use for this purpose. Your help will be v...more >>

I hope this isn't too dumb a question - how can I create a "double-click" function for an object? I'm trying to create a scenario where the end user has to double-click a line of text to move forward in the program. Any samples of code would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance...Bill ...more >>

Hi all Hymermedia (www.hyper.com.cy) located in Cyprus is looking for a flash action script programmer to assist in various projects the company is currently involved in. Please send details to either: daphne@hyper.com.cy alex@hyper.com.cy ...more >>

I have a menu that has an image appear below the links. I have achieved this but ran inot one problem. When I put the mouse over the image it fades in and can click on it. I do not want this. I need to put an invisable layer over the image part of the flash. I have done this before but I forgot. I b...more >>

I was working with someone before about load swf stuff but I can't find the thread. I am sure I have resolved a problem but I have discovered other issues, please if this reminds you of something let me know.......... http://webforums.macromedia.com/attachments/index111.zip ...more >>

How can you convert a flash date object to julian date and a julian date to a valid flash date object? Anyone have any ideas how to approach this? does anyone have a function to do this? I'm completerly out of my comfort zone with this one. All and any help greatly appeciated. Thanks, Matt ...more >>

Hi, I wonder if someone could help me with my problem, I believe is pretty simpe but I am a begginer. Im bulding a webpage in html divided in two frames. On one frame I have my menu built on Flash, an on the other frame I want to display the html´s the buttons on the first frame directs. How should ...more >>

Hello Group Please Help me figure this out. I do for our office slide show exe movie . The movie is design in 800x600 and I set it to go full screen so it fill the screen, but keep the stage size using allow scale false because I have photos and don't want to scale them. My question is , how ...more >>

I'm trying to construct a menu much like the one here > http://www.miranda.com/ (center of page) Can I make this menu with complex buttons/actionscripting or do I need to use a component? Any suggestions!? Thanks in advance, Jeff ...more >>

I know you can refer to global variables in the main timeline from a movie clip, but can you do the reverse--I can't seem to get that to work? For example, if I'm writing a script in the main timeline, that needs to use a global variable defined in a specific movie clip, can I reference that var...more >>