Is it possible to access the individual vectors in a imag, like if I create a vector object in Swift3D and import it to flash... how can I rotate the whole obect in actionscript???...more >>

Hi All, I wolud like to use dynamic text but, as You know, dynamic text allow copy and paste, I want just copy not paste or delete, nothing only copy, is it possible, maybe with AS 2.0 and classes????. Thanks all... ...more >>

My movie do not stop when it hits the frame with the action script - stop(); - the stop is in the last frame of the movie, instead of stoping, it starts all over. I thought i forgot to put a stop in the main movie but its there. Can anyone tell me why this is? Have anyone else ever had th...more >>

Hi, i'm working with flash 2004 prof. I have a tree component, and I can customize a few things in it, except make an _alpha background color, are any way to do that? Thanks to all!! ...more >>

[b]Problem:[/b] I'm doing a favor for my sys admin. We're testing to see how many company employees will open attachments from people they don't know. Our idea was to include a flash projector file in the attachment which would load, write a txt or xml to the public network drive, then clo...more >>

Anybody any Idea why the FScommands: TrapAllKeys/true doesn`t work in my SWF ? (it is embedded in HTML)...more >>

i am trying to load an image/swf into my movie i then need to resize it based on its dimensions vs. another movie. i.e. i need to determine the loaded movies height and width then calculate the proportions of its size versus another movie clip so i can the _xscale & _yscale the loaded movie ...more >>

hi.. I would like to extend SWF to max screen Size. How can I do it?.. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi I have a file, which use many sound objects and variables.... Some times my sound stutters and play "wibbly wobbly", and the entire flash file hangs or crashes, can anyone tell me what could be the problem or anyway I can keep track as what is eating up the memory from the flash file....more >>

I have a very simple problem. I want to attach a movie clip to a particular location on the stage. So I placed a second MC at the location so that I can attach the first movieclip to the second one. There are also 2 buttons - on click of one, the first movieclip is attached. on (release){...more >>

hey all - i have a couple hundred sounds i need in a flash app, and i want to load them via external .swf files (obviously). I also want to create dynamic names for each sound so that i can reference them by their name in a chart, such that the name is block#_column#_row# (ie. S1_1_1) ...more >>

I am wondering why this doesn't work: In the first frame of my root movie: function getVariables() { loadMyVars = new loadVars(); loadMyVars.load("myVars.txt"); loadMyVars.onLoad = function() { _global.myLessonType = loadMyVars.Type; _global.myLessonNumber = thi...more >>

I know there are third party players that allow access to dll's but in this case I need to get to an OCX (activePDF). Does anyone know of any way to do this? Brent Bonet DarbyMedia Atlanta...more >>

Would someone have a moment to tell me how, in actionscript, to retrieve variables passed into Flash from a URL parameter in the Embed tag? I found this for starters (http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Actionscripting/Basic/The_easi-Tiran_Da-6 70/more4.php), s = unescape (_URL); ueURL = s.s...more >>

Hello there, I was wandering if anyone would post the script used to detect if usar has flash 7 installed. I was searching in macromedia site and just found for flash 4... Anyone? Thanks a lot! Pluda ...more >>

I'm trying to make a movie start playing before it's done downloading, because it's too large to just let it DL before playing. I'm using sound objects for various reason, not starting and stopping sounds with keyframes. ALL of the sounds want to download on Frame 1, regardless of what I...more >>

Hi, I'm just trying to code a Flashchat for learning purposes. Therefore I have to load data from a File (later this will be a PHP Script) into a dynamic field called Chat. My solution just doesn't work out. Can somebody tell me, what I do wrong? The code is part of a movieclip instanc...more >>

Hello guys, I`m quite new to actionscript, but i was wondering if its possible to set the pixel RGB values within an image. i.e. a function like: Image.SetRGB(x, y, RGBValue)...more >>

Hi, I am creating an interactive map which the user can click and drag over an area to zoom in upon. The map starts at a scale in which the whole of the UK can be viewed, users then need to be able to zoom in to a scale at which they are able to pick out items that are only 50 metres apart. ...more >>

I got a little problem to 'get to' a movieclip. It's probably easy, but I can't seem to be able to figure it out :S What I wanna do is make in ref (variable for the duplicated movieclip) a movieclip visible with the name that is in the arr1[n][3] So what seemd logical to me is that [ref][a...more >>

Is there a best practice for deciding whether to store node data as an attribute or in a child node? Also, is there a byte limit for the amount of data that can be stored in each attribute? Thanks, Ed ...more >>

hello, is there an ActionScript implementation of the Base64 encoding algorithm? thanks, dev...more >>

I have 2 classes, 1 has a function in it that I want to call from the other. However, when I do so I get an Attribute used outside of class error. Here is what the code looks like: "WagerClip.as": Class 1 (function to call): private function setRunnersProgramText(label:String):Void { mo...more >>

Hello, I tend to create quite a few command line utilities (usually using javascript). I have tried to use Macromedia Flash to create front end interfaces to my tools. I believe that HTA or HTMLs are very painful since there is not really a strong couple between the Form components and t...more >>

can some flash guru please help on this? i have a main SWF as my stage which has a button to load an external SWF when pressed. The external SWF is a dialgoue box which at some point will need to be closed. i have made the 'Close' button but dont know what actions to apply to it so that ...more >>

Pls can someone help me on this? Im trying to create dynamic small thumbnails on the bottom of the form, but im using the xml connector on the flash professional 2004. so what i did was i set the index with a constant value for each one, but i've only 12 small thumbnails, that means, if on t...more >>

I have two movie clips on different frames (1, 2) MC1 = tradeNFO in frame 1 MC2 = negotiate in frame 2 Button Frame1 each movie clip contain text fields MC1 INPUT text field variable name = inputName MC2 DYNAMIC text box = finalName I would like to pass the information from MC1 Input fiel...more >>

I've created a demo that's almost 5 megs. Now, that the project is finished, It's too long of a download. I'm trying to get it to start playing before the entire thing is downloaded. One thing that I notice is that ALL of the sounds are exporting on the first frame. I can't seem to change th...more >>

Hi, This is sure easy, but I have problems with duplicating two movieclips in a loop, can someone tell me why the second(titleTarget) does not function, see the attached code. thanks in advance, Thomas for (i = 0; i < getTitles.length-1; i++) { _root.titleTarget.duplicateMov...more >>

I have some images on my site (about 100px x 75px) that I want to transition from one to the next in a cool, subtle, and *new* way (sort of like a slideshow), how should I do it? Any examples out there? Ideas? ...more >>

Hi, Is it possibel to create a variable inside a moviclip eg. for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { _root.titleBG.duplicateMovieClip("titleBG"+i,i); } Could I somehow store i so that I had 10(ten) different variables but same variable name? so when I created an press even I could trace the v...more >>

I have the following array: var monthNames:Array = new Array({name:"Jan", listing:01},{name:"Feb", listing:02},{name:"Mar", listing:03},{name:"Apr", listing:04}) what I want to do is select one element and seperate the values. Getting the one element is easy. Pushing the values of the eleme...more >>

Hello, Just basic question. When I do want to initialize values at the beginning of my movie and only at the beginning(so no other events should cause re-initialization up until actually restarting the movie) in what event/how should I wrap this in the movie. (so basically i do have proble...more >>

To Whom It May Concern: I am transfering a fla that I would like someone to assess. My objective is to develop a module that will change the state of a unit of text vertically. Please send me an e-mail so that I can send the man or woman the fla. Thank You, Kevin Smith ...more >>

Hi, To load a dynamic text into a movie, we use the following: clip1_mc.onLoad = function() {} The text are seen as soon as u load the movie. But what if you want to press abtn in order to view the dynamic text appear. I tried using clip1_mc.onLoad = function() { mybutton_btn.onPress...more >>

good evening, ive created 5 buttons, converted to clips and named them, and put 3 layers in each clip---top is stop action, middle has 2 labeled frames (normal, and over), bottom is keyframes. the idea is when rollover occurs it goes to the frame labeled over and stops, it holds in the over st...more >>

I have 2 Frames pages of which both contain an SWF File. How do I make a button in my SWF file contained in my MAIN Frame Page perform an action such as "gotoandplay" within the SWF file contained in my SUB Frame Page. Ciao.. Tiga... ...more >>

how do u name buttons? how do u link in the comboboxes? how do u link buttons? how do u link? is there a tut. for all this stuff plz link it i really need to kno this stuff...more >>

Here?s the deal... first i wanna know this... i want to make a button that load a specific external movie , lets say movie.swf, when i click on it, on a specific location (movie), so how can i do it??? loadMovieNum("movie.swf", other_mc); opens a nem browser... and i do?nt want that....,...more >>

Hi there, anyone have an idea of how to either hide or customize the blinking cursor that appears when an input text box is clicked on or given a focus. My goal is to replace the default cursor with a simple blinking underscore. Hidding the cursor would prove just as useful as replacing it. ...more >>

i have this xml gallery, and i want to make it so that users can simply type in a few attributes of their picture. Then i want to be able to save what they typed and add that to the xml document. i now flash can't directly save the xml doc, but it can send it to java or php. BUT i don't know w...more >>