Hi Out there i have the following code as an example something = new LoadVars(); returnedSomething = new LoadVars(); something.variable1_1 = "hello World"; something.sendAndLoad("process_script.php", returnedSomething, "POST"); returnedSomething.onLoad = function() { variableRet...more >>

Thanks for that but how come when i put that on the main frame and then i test the swf and projector i can still right click ? ...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to format input text dynamically. I want the font in an input text field to change in point size and become bold once an user has typed a certain number of characters (200) into that field. I've put the following actionscript on my input text movie clip (instanc...more >>

Ok, using ActionScript2.0 and using the following script: x = 25.1; y = math.ceil(x); trace(y); I get a result of "undefined". However, when I use the following: trace(math.ceil(25.1)); I get a result of 26...WHAT GIVES???? Any ideas? ...more >>

To creat a remote stream, i have first to create a netstream object..... For example: remotestream = "my_sample_remote_stream"; //where "my_sample_remote_stream" is my object.. How do i creat this object? I´ve been watching the flash help files and for what i understand i can creat it l...more >>

Hello there, I'm developing a site, and I have made some litle swf wich contain my text loaded into dinamyc text boxes. So far, so good. Now, I'm loading them into my main swf using loadmovie and they apear, but the text doesn't respects the utf-8 encoding... If i run them outside ...more >>

Have created a text field which I'd like to make invisible when the screen its on is loaded. Have created a button to display and hide the text box when pressed & have this working ok however the text field is always visable when page loads & there doesn't seem to be an option to add action sc...more >>

How do i define new methods for a predefined class in actionscript 2.0? For example in actionscript 1.0 I have this code: MovieClip.prototype.fadeClip = function(speed, fadeLevel) { this.onEnterFrame = function() { if (this._alpha == fadeLevel) { delete this.onEnterFrame; } els...more >>

Here is my great delema. I have been working on this project for days with no breakthrough as to why this is happening. [b]The PROJECT[/b] I have a main scene that loads various swf's into a clip called "container". Each swf is a section of a long demo of a product. I have used intervals t...more >>

Hello all, I'm just finishing off a new 3rd party developer app that works with Flash, and I'm trying to determine the demand for it. The features of this application include.. - Bolts onto any Flash movie.. either projector OR BROWSER movie. (Runs on the client). - Turns any mov...more >>

I am trying to detect which Operating system a person is using, and then send them to specific information of an interactive cd. Any idea how to detect which OS someone is using? I am using Flash MX Professional. Thanks in advance. Steve ...more >>

Flash MX I generate a bunch of Movie Clips dynamically. Now I want to change them when they are rolled over. How do I get that to work? for(i=0;i<=10;i++) { attachMovie("myMC","newMC"+i,i,{_x:0,_y:i*20}); } I've tried putting code like this inside this["newMC"+i].onRollOver =...more >>

Does anybody know how to detect whether the keypad Enter key is being pressed, as opposed to the main carriage return Enter key? They both seem to be showing keycode 13 instead of 13 and 108. Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Hi, All I was trying to pass parameters to swf from html, something like: <param name="movie" value="demo.swf?username=user"> ... <embed src="demo.swf?username=user ....></embed> I published this swf for flashplayer7 ActionScript 2.0; turned out it works for PC/IE but not for ...more >>

I have a flash program that opens a separate flash window to hold other items. When certain items are placed in the window, they will load another movie within it. However, some of the movies were developed at a larger size than the window itself. Is there a way to load a movie to a specifi...more >>

Hi all, Is it possible to access the xmlsocket connection of _root from a loaded MC? So that the timeline of MC2 can use a sendXML using the xmlsocket of MC1? If so, what's required? Thanks, TB ...more >>

Hello helpers I inserted the following JAVASCRIPT code into my index.html: [h]window.open("loader.swf","fs","fullscreen=yes")[/h] Loader.swf is embedded into index.html. Thus I got a fullscreen SWF homepage. My problem arised when I wanted to enable the surfer to close this window. To do...more >>

is there a way to set the buffer time on the media class? and does the media class use the netstream inherently or is there a way to bind a netstream to it to set the buffer?...more >>

Is it possible to have a horizontal line inside a text box? If so, how?...more >>

I am looking to figure out how to create a "slider" to scroll externally loaded FLV videos in MX 2004 Pro forward and backwards, like any media player does it but without using the media component. Can anyone help point me in the right direction? thanks Chris ...more >>

Hi! I'm having an AS problem with what I think should be simple. I have an MC with an instance name of "locations". (without the quotes.) I have a series of graphics on the timeline of this MC, located at frames 5, 10, 15, and 20. (With a Stop action at each frame.) I am trying to have t...more >>

Hello. I hope someone can help me with this. I'm using Flash MX. I created an autorun cd which loads a Flash file. I would like this intro to have a button called 'explore cd'. This button will let the user see the files on the cd and select the individual files. Is there a way to program an...more >>

I have a text box whose contents i want to send elsewhere if the user presses enter. I hoped to do it with a .enter but this doesn't trigger. (thanks for the /n, it worked a treat) txtMessage.enter = function() { trace ("Enter entered"); txtMessages.text = txtMessages.text + "\n Susie ...more >>

hello! I recently got a copy of Flash MX 2004 Pro and am trying out some of the new features. One of the features I'm most interested in is the added support of <img> tags in an html enabled textfield so I wrote a quick test to try it out: I added a textfield to the stage, gave it a vari...more >>

I was trying to use a loader for my project, but I didn't want to slpit the project into too many movies. Before the loader is visible 64 kb areloaded for the first frame. The only thing I can think about beeing such big are the fonts in the movie, which are used later in the flash-movie. ...more >>

how can i control the movie size of my projector file so that my movie is not cut off right now the top is being cut off....more >>

How do I call a javascript function from within a Flash and pass the x and y values to it based on a event....more >>

how do i throw a line? i want to concatanate text but on the next line so that eg. gives here's line 1 here's line 2 What should <CR> be? thanks in anticipation txtMessage = "here's line 1"; txtMessage = txtMessage + <CR> + "here's line 2"; ...more >>

does anyone know if there is a way to do this? this will be for player in a game. instead of walking backwards I want him to turn around.. I tried to do this by changing the animation in the MC itself and I can get turned around but the animation will not play.. any ideas?? thanks ...more >>

Please suggest how to solve these two problems: 1) I have an XML file representing a complex structure, with a lot of attributes and branches. I decided to use a class to navigate through that structure, gathering the info I need in a simple manner. Below is the class definition (the most ...more >>

I have a teaching lesson where various animated teachers take portions of the lesson. I also have a movie slide controller, so that the user can slide forward and back to various parts of the lesson. I am using a variable to correctly display the current teacher animation, and this is set at ...more >>

Hi, Can any one tell me how to display a text got from one scene through the input text field, in another scene Thanks, Neel......more >>

Hi there. I have a movie clip (on frame load it's alpha value is 50% ) that I want fade up the alpha value (to 100%) on mouse over and fade back down (to 50%) mouse out. Does anyone have any script to do this. Flash MX Regards James Brown ...more >>

Do I have to use alpha = 0 for the lines or is there a better way?...more >>

Hello Can anyone solve this for me. I have made a slide show and got play and pause button the play but got a setinterval script play.onPress = function() { autoAdvance(); setInterval(autoadvance,5000); function autoAdvance() { if (loadpic<6 && !fadeIn && !fad...more >>

how to disable right click in flash movie??? i want to disable right click inside flash movie when i publish it as projector.. and i use flash as interface for kiosk, and i use VB for system.. and the flash movie i used is not inside html or web based so.. it's just single .swf file... and...more >>

I am trying to do the following and don't really know how to do it. I want to calculate the something where I am adding an 8th of and inch for every 10 years over someones age of 30. I was thinking i could do this with a for loop, but am not sure how to script this. Right now I have the fol...more >>

Hello again.... I am not a good programmer and I need a simple form for my flash site. I tried understanding the flash tutorial but almost lost my hair while reading it. where can I find a ready made form for Flash MX or 5 with the coresponding php, asp or what ever script. thanks ...more >>

Hello. I have developed a movie wherein I'm fetching some text strings from ms-access database through ASP page and then loading that asp into flash by loadVars method. Here, I'm fetching multiple recordsets some in english fonts and some in devnagari fonts and displying them in dynamic te...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to wirte a simple script pls help. I placed a graphic into a moive clip. And i place the movieclip from the library onto the main scene. I'll like the moive clip to do the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------ if mouse pointer ...more >>

Hi everyone; I've been crawling in flashAS newsgroup for ages and couldn't get any results for my question, or maybe I'm an idiot to extract the answers from these posts, sorry to bother you... I have a text file that contains dozens of cd specs. Text file is like this: &cd01=spec1 &cd02=s...more >>

I need to display some text in textfiled with two fonts: i embed these fonts, but doeson't display in text field textField.html = true; textField.htmlText = "<font face='Font1'>some text</font> - <font face='Font2'>other text</font>"; ...more >>

I tried to put two separate masks that will appoear at the same time like this: layer 1: mask1 layer 2: image 1 behind mask 1 layer 3 : mask 2 layer 4 : image 2 behind mask 2 the first mask and the image behind it appeared well but the second mask and the image behind it did not appe...more >>

i need some sort of way to mark sections inside a html text field... so i need to do something like this: <font face="verdana">some or other tex, blah blah [b]<marker>[/b] marked text section [b]</marker>[/b] </font> The problem is flash removes EVERYthing it doesnt understand, is there ...more >>

There is any way (method) can convert swf file to fla file ? swf file can change into fla file in flash or by any other software ? Regards. Mateen ...more >>

please give the solution, is it possible or not prasad...more >>

Greetings, I have to create flash UI for shoping sistem. I can create most of the project but maybe I will have to make it saving data. I know that Flash MX can save variable using local(). If I create an EXE file I will be able and to use the FSCommand->save. But I want to kno...more >>

This does NOT work in Flash: var1 = "b._visible = false"; //b is a button var t = EXEC_THIS (var1); Many other language support this kind of code. ...more >>

Im working with a main movie that loads in external swf files using loadMovie. Why is it I can make a preloader for the main movie that can load a portion of the movie before I can tell it to begin playing... ...but when I load external files into the main movie, it seems I have to load ...more >>

I need code to allow users to drag various objects into a box. Once the object is dragged to the box, I need to put the item back into its orginal place ready to be dragged again. Also, if the user changes their mind in mid-drag, they need to be able to switch to a different object to drag to...more >>

I have two swf movies that are chat buttons, one for online and one for offline. Both have differant names. How can I get them to execute a simple javascript function or URL that opens a window without scrollbars etc. without having the ID limtitations, since their movie names are differant...more >>

Is it Possible to Change the Background color of the Child Nodes? I am loading the data in from XML, i could set a tag in the xml to change the background color but i cant find any documentation on that, if it is even possible. ...more >>

Hi, I have this movie, here I: 1. duplicate X movieclips 2. for each movieclip I create a drag and drop dynamicly (onPress = function() {startDrat) 3. when dragging the MC I want to drop the movie clip on another movieclip (_droptrarget) 4. If the movie clip is not dropped on the t...more >>