Hello, I'm working on a project using the Slides layout. However, I cannot get a simple from action to work within a slide. For instance; in the timeline for SLIDE2 I have 5 frames. I would like the playback to stop on FRAME 1, then proceed at the click of a button. Should be simple enough, bu...more >>

I seem to be missing the point completely. I am using the window component, its contentPath is preset to the linkage symbol of a movieClip object. The window displays correctly. the documentation (?) shows me that an event "complete" is fired when the window is ready to be displayed. ...more >>

I have a movie in which I have several movie clips that need to change to different colors all at once (I'm using a slider bar). All the examples I can find only use one movie clip. Do I have to set up a new color object and define all 8 attributes for every movie clip? Please tell me ther...more >>

I know, but i'm a novice and it was nice, what happened to it? Is it in MX 2004? It was in MX? I looked in all the view options and did not find it.... Thanks for any help in advance........more >>

i just did what follows: created a new project, empty stage, only one frame. in the only frame i placed the next text: _root.onKeyDown = function() { trace("algo"); }; what i believe should had happened when running is: i run, nothing appears in screen but if i press a key (a...more >>

How do i autorun my flash movie from a cd. I want it to work in mac and pc. Please help. Also how can i set it so that when played the movie is not cut of now when you run the projectoer the top of my movie is cut off and you have to drag the corners to see it. ...more >>

Well, here's my situation. I'm relatively new to a.s., but I've managed to begin doing what I want to do, which is make some fish swim across my screen. You can see it somewhat work [L=here]http://www.21bluefish.com/media_in_progress/fishies_kinda_workin.html[/L ]. Now if you clicked the link...more >>

myText = "this is a test"; yVals = [15.3, 44.1, 73]; txtTitles = ["test01", "test02", "test03"]; for (i = 0; i < txtTitles.length; i++) { rep_releases.createTextField(txtTitles[i], i, 449.9, yVals[i], 230, 18.5); [b] txtTitles[i].text = myText;[/b] } if I manually put in [b]test01.t...more >>

I am using a scrip that is giving me a digital clock but it is doing it in military time how can i change this to a 12 hour clock. the script is below. onClipEvent (enterFrame) { cza = new Date(); if ((cza.getSeconds()<10) && (cza.getMinutes()<10)) { textTime = (cza.getHours()+":"+"0"+c...more >>

I need help to do a button that does a fade out to the sound that i am playing...more >>

Try to press at the same time: left,up,space and see what happens Here is the link: http://www.plan-play.com.br/marcelo/test/...more >>

I was wondering how to make it where the user can right click on a movie and be able to choose "quit" to end a movie. That, or putting an "end" button on every page i created(although) that may be hard since i am finished creating the movie. would i add it in flash or in swf studio or either...more >>

I'm in need of help with a script that tests the users connection speed. My application for this script is for my site's audio. The script will need to test whether or not the user is connected using a dialup connection or from a higher broadband connection. From there it will be determined wh...more >>

Please look at the txt file, transforms into a fla by renaming it, and take a look. When you export you should see a rectangle. If you press up, and left, and space, at the same time, you should see a phrase saying "it works". Please reply me and say if it works, ok?Thanks! marcelozep ...more >>

If I'm loading external files into my main movie using loadMovie or loadMovieNum, Is it better to build a preloader in the external file itself or build the preloader for the ext files inside the main movie? ...more >>

I need to make a visited button state so I have placed two buttons with a button movie. I have this syntax on the movie that contains the two buttons (1 button is the main button, and one is the visited state): on(release){ getURL('javascript:openPopWin("images/photography_001.jpg", 500, 3...more >>

Hi all.. VERY new to flash and the forums, this is only the 2nd movie ive worked on... Im doing my movie as a year in review, and for the month of April I have a rain action script added. Just started it with a simple keyframe, and ended it the same way... Well after the keyframe at the end t...more >>

I have been trying to learn more about key movements in flash mx and i have come across a prob. I have a project that when you press the arrow keys the object (movie clip) on the screen moves. But I also want it to do more. So I wanted to set it so when you press a key like a or j or any lette...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to write the contents of variable to an external text file??? just wondering is all, cos it could help me. steven,...more >>

I've got a movie with 2 forms - both have scrollpanes in them. I hide one onload (which works) I've created 2 buttons - each should make one form visible and the other not visible. In my actionscript for one button I have: on (release) { _root.application.FORM1.visible=false; _...more >>

Does anyone have the answer? I have been asking everywhere, even here and no one has yet responded. I'm creating a navigation in flash which links are imported from an XML file (so they can be easily amended). however I want my links have a mouse over (rollover) effect like flickering ...more >>

wish to append to a string in a text field ( this is for a touch scrnn app ) so i have the field Emailtext that is called emailtext and is a variable email for instance on an "A" buton I wish to on mouse press append Email text with an A I also need a means of Backspacing.. ...more >>

Hi. Up till now I have been using MX2004 Pro to run external FLV videos from CD-ROM only, so I did not need a progress bar for how much of the FLV is actually loaded. Now I need a preloader for the web and I'm having trouble knowing what object to to reference for getBytesTotal() and get...more >>

I have successfully implemented a Datagrid, Dataset with an XMLconnector. However, I'm trying to check if a currentItem in a Dataset is null or not and I'm having troubles. The code is: trace(mySchedDataSet.currentItem.F3 == null); //returns false regardless trace(mySchedDataSet.cur...more >>

ok I'm using track as menu in a horizontal menu and I have an on press, on release, + on rollover event on each of the buttons which turns on a small vertical menu. I would expect that on rolling over the on press and on rollover would be activated even if started pressing on another butt...more >>

Tell me why flash dont recognize this: When i put in a frame this: _root.onEnterFrame = function() { if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) and Key.isDown(Key.SPACE) and Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) { trace("ds"); //do smth } }; nothing happens when i press space, up, and left arrows at the same ...more >>

Hello, I need to disable user interaction (primarily w/ the mouse) momentarily. I can successfully hide/show the mouse as needed, but interaction w/ the movie is still recognized as I move the "invisible" mouse. What can I do to "lock" the mouse / movie for this small timeframe?? THANKS ...more >>

Hi I'm working on a flash site which needs a shopping cart. Since all the assets are .swf files I read somewhere that you make your own shopping carts in flash using actionscripting. So far so good. I found a page on the macomedia site about a hat store and that was good but it didn't...more >>

Hoping for help. I have Flash MX 2004 Pro but this should make little difference. I will use an example. I have 5 interlinking scenes. One has the option to 'play all': 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 Scene 5 gives options to play all again (will play as in sequence shown above) or for one to ...more >>

Hi y'all! I have a little prob with a button. My actionscript vocabulary was'nt adecvent enough for this one. This is what I want it to do: When you press it the first time it is supposed to load a movie (not too tough), and when you press it another time while the first movie is loaded,...more >>

I like to load some variables from a textfile called "Book.ini". The content of that file is: &pageW=295&pageH=380. The problem is that i need those variables immediately... Before the rest of the script is executed... Now I've finally found a solution for this to work, but here comes an eve...more >>

I am trying to use this feature and get all kind of strange behavior. I am using English and German and have all variables filled with both languages. After I save the site the xml files for English hold all variables in German and the German xml is empty. I created it all new and although t...more >>

http://www.intergate.com/~brett605/images/textcolor.fla Can anyone help me to get the text to change color from the drop down menu? Thanks in advance......more >>

*briefly stops pulling hair out to write message* hello. I'm having a few problems using "this" in actionscript, not sure if its something missing in my actionscript knowledge or I'm trying to do something that's not possible. I'm using "this" to target a movieclip instance dynamical...more >>

does anyone know why in flash player 6 my slide presentation swf's loads and shows first slide the nav buttons dont show up just empty place where they should be. Is there a work around for older versions of flash player. Thanks -Paul ...more >>

Everything is fine in IE, but in Mozilla, the same page shows NONE of my flash .swf's Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Trint...more >>

hey everybody! :) oh, but how i am suffering! many are the woes that befall one in this twisted flash forest! have mercy on me, O fellow bearers of the sword of actionscript, and for the glory of God and the love of all that is Holy, please do me but the one honour of answering this vile ...more >>

Hi, I need to create a button which will move ramdonly on the stage. I find it hard to set the "hit area" for it cause it's moving all the time. So, which script do you think is able to get it done? Thank you! ...more >>

Hi, I use the hittest function in a mousedown-event on a movieclip. When I click with the rightmousebutton on the clip and then click left somewhere else (far from the movieclip) in the movie the hittest (mit mouseposition) returns me a true value. How can I workaround this? Thanks for a...more >>

Hi there I am working with FP 6 ans AS 2.0 (that is mandatory) I have a #include "cars.as" in Frame 1 line 1, all it does is variable and object declaration. But, when I test it, I have this error: "ActionScript 2.0 class scripts may only define class or interface constructs." I know...more >>

I am having a problem displaying som HTML text with an embeded font. The swf has the normal, bold and italic font embeded. I then pull the text of a server, set up my text field and set the htmlText to my string. It simply breaks after the first paragraph. Here is the simple code. If anyon...more >>

I am really stumped and would love a suggestion or two. I have created a dynamic text box. My goal is to load an external text file with FlashMX2004pro. Here is the code I have loaded in Frame 1, with all the property inspector details taken care of (instance name textField_txt, multiline...more >>

Whats the fscommand to disable zoom in flash or to disable the right click menu ...more >>

I need a button to open the users email client when clicked. I'm stumped as to what AS code I need to use (Using MX04) Thanks Bobby ...more >>

Hi all. Can anyone tell me how these guys developed the index page for the Nike site? www.nike.com. In particular the effect where the navigation moves with the mouse. I am aware that it uses masking and the _xmouse property. What boggles me is how they get the moveclip to slow down and a...more >>

I'm a newbie having a heck of a time doing what I thought was simple to do. I am trying to create an info-mmercial by creating a Flash projector exe that links 3 external Flash intro's swf's. I want the swf's loaded sequentially (i.e. one starts after the last one finishes). I initially go...more >>

How can use flash mousetrailer in htm page ? It displays only document demission area. It look like this (attach htm file ) It should be work whole htm page ? Regards. Mateen <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0"> <TITLE></TITLE> </...more >>

Can't seem to get the followin addListener method to work in the trial version of Flash MX 2004.. A dynamic text box named listener_txt is present on the stage. For example, the following code in frame 1 of the action script layer works in MX...bit NOT in MX 2004.: //listener_txt liste...more >>

Im using this example from Macromedia to "park" movies and play them upon request. http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/preload_levels.htm Step 2 says : "This frame action will load the movie automatically when the playhead passes the frame in the main timeline" Sound...more >>

Hi! This is a 2-part question. I've created a xml dropdown menu using Flash MX. First - I would like the menu to be able to contract when another section of the menu is expanded. Right now if you expand a section of the menu and then expand another section of the menu they both stay open. I...more >>

hi. im using a combo box component and named it era_select. In the actions panel i wrote a code that when a user selects an option in the combo box it will go to a specific frame number, but its not working. could someone please check the code. Thank you. on(change){ if(era_select.value ...more >>

Is there a way to navigate to the next or previous frame labels in MX 2004? Thanks...more >>

Hello, I?m trying to duplicate a movie clip, using duplicateMovieClip from a movie clip symbol in the library that does not have a presence on the stage. Is it possible? I've done the following and I get "undefined" when I try to reference it and use it. // LMenuItem is movi...more >>

hey folks... is there a simple way to check and see if this file is loaded before moving on? [h]this.loadVariables("clock1.txt");[/h] i have variables in this file to set a clock forward or backward time zones, but i'd like to make sure that the file loads before i render the clock a...more >>

Hi, If I have 10 jpeg images each placed on a separate frame (say from frame 1 to 10) and then jump from one frame to another randomly to show a random image on screen... is this more efficient than having 10 movie clips in the library (each "exported in first frame" while linking) e...more >>

Hi All, Here's my situation. I am importing an XML through an XMLConnector. This XMLConnector is bound to a dataset. When I bind a schema-defined property of my dataset to a DataGrid at design time, the data grid displays the appropriate fields (ID, Description and Title, for inst...more >>

Hey all, This is a basic function but Im having difficulty doing it. All I want to do is, resize my current image from its current size 30x30 to say 400x400. I need it to be able to physically transform/animate into that size. So I will see it increase in size basically. Any help is m...more >>