is this possible if so, how can i do that? on the stage. box which will contain text from a txt or html file. buttons on the side and when clicked, the content will load in the box that before that had text in it. if u need more expalantion of what i mean to help me. please say so. ...more >>

problems with MX2004 function GetUrl. Cannot work send email. ----------------------------------------------- on (release) { //Goto Webpage Behavior getURL("mailto:info@lalala.com", "_blank"); //End Behavior } --------------------------------------------- This behavior not workin...more >>

Hi everyone I am very much a new bee to Flash. I am trying to create a slider bar. When I have a button that has a blank StartDrag on Press like this on (press) { startDrag (""); } I can drag the button fine but of course it goes everywhere. When I try to restrict the button withi...more >>

Me and my friend are having some sound problems... right now when the page loads the sound starts playing... and then you can toggle it... all great there... but he wants it so that the sound starts off when the page loads and then can be toggled via the buttons... any help? ...more >>

I am creating a flash baner with buttons and it appears on a php script. I need to use the php echo function in the flash button can I use the echo function or do I have to use some function in the actionscript menu? Thanks for oyur help. ...more >>

Hi, I have a question, I am still pretty newie with action script. I have a browser-pop up window that contain my flash movie. I know how to load a web page with the getURL in Flash but I don't know how to close my window. The situation is the following; I made a quiz and at the end o...more >>

okay I am using components, and createClassObject, and I have written some utility files. The problem is when I use the components it taks soooo blasted long to compile. I have tried loading an external swf that has the components in it, but then none of my dynamic component code works becau...more >>

I am using this code: on (release) { getURL("mailto:?subject=Make the leap to better meetings.&body=How do you know when it's time to jump? Find out with our free interactive game. Click on http://www.maritzmeetings.com/leap Then hold on tight?Maritz Travel is going to take you for one...more >>

I need to put an action on a frame at the timline, which triggers an actions asigned to a button, [i]testNav[/i]. Any ideas are appreciated. ...more >>

I have a Flash MX2004 movie that uses the scrollpane and the loadbar preloader components. On the first frame all I have is the preloader. The preloader will not even appear until 128 kb have been loaded (which is already 1/4 of the movie total). I've generated a size report that in...more >>

Hello! I'm trying to split the content of a txt file whith some variables in it. The txt is like this: &i=1&Nome=Pluda&Morada=Rua 5 de Outubro&Localidade=Vila do Conde&C?digo Postal=4480&Telefone=258695&Fax=258696&Telem?vel=256654&Email=pluda@hotmail.com& Website=&Empresa=Mataborr?o& ...more >>

I've got an application that is comprised of 11 seperate FLA/SWF files, some including their AS and some not. One particular FLA includes "maplayers.as" and when compiled it does so without error. However, a few other of my FLA's compile with 20 errors all citing maplayers.as as the source o...more >>

I have a Flash movie which generates data that can be saved through PHP to a file and retrieved at a later date. This works well on the web site When running the movie locally retrieving the data works in the same way but I have yet to find a way of saving the data to the file on my hard dr...more >>

in my HTML version website, I have an e-mail form that POSTs its values to a CGI file to login to the e-mail system. but when I tried to make this form with Flash, it didn't work! the values that should be sent to the CGI file are 3, one for the username, one for the password, and a hidden...more >>

At the risk of this getting overlooked, (as I've had no replies) this is a repost from yesterday: I still can't get it working... I have a function which sendsAndLoads variables from a Flash file to an ASP file. It works beautifully the first time, but I can't seem to get it to work more tha...more >>

I need the numbers for keys. For instance, 82 = r key. That is the only one I know and I tried searching through the help section of this site. But I could only find Key shortcuts like Alt + F and stuff to press to open menus like load. I'm sorry I can't be anymore specific. Anything will he...more >>

Should this code work? I have two comboboxes on my form and a button, depending on what is selected in the combobox depends on where in the timeline my movie goes. Here is teh code for the button. It works the first time through but after that it always goes back to "off". It acts like...more >>

Hi, I decided to take advantage of the loadClip method to load an external swf in a placeholder MC, called "interHolder". Everything works great except that I can not seem to get the external swf file to stop or go to a specific frame which is crucial for the application I'm building. ...more >>

Does anyone know the actionscript for flash, so a user can click on it to set the website as its home page?...more >>

With two movies on the same web page, how can I use localconnect so that when movie 1 enters a specific frame it tells movie 2 to goto and play a specific frame? Thx...more >>

Hello, Quite urgent this one, so a quick response would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to launch a pdf in a browser window. I am using getURL for this and then the folder name and file name. Everything works OK on my machine. But when I try it on a different machine it fails to load...more >>

[B]NB: This is not a cross-post; I have refined my problem since last month's posting.[/B] Hello - can anyone help? I'm creating a site that features several movie-clips that load on top of each other. The idea is that the user can use 'slider' controls (resembling those on a mixing de...more >>

Hi Supposing I have a text like "Macromedia Flash", how do I put it into a text field, character by character? Please help. Thanx VG Sami ...more >>

I have two layers <div tag> in my html page, one contains my flash file the other contains and html table showing images that have been uploaded to the server, this 2nd layer is initially set to invisible. Using geturl("javascript:openPhotoLibrary()") I hide the flash div tag and make the ht...more >>

I've got a button with an 'over' MC that fades in and an 'up' MC that fades out. It works, but the button fades out when it first appears on stage. I don't really want this as the button should only fade in/out when the mouse interacts with it. Also it looks out of place each time the movie l...more >>

Hi forum, I want to crate a time bound quiz. Thanks to macromedia for providing templates for quiz. But they are not timeboud one. From where i will able to get a template for such a time constraint answering option quiz ...more >>

For those who purchased the Professional version of FLASH MX 2004, would you please tell me why you did so as opposed to the Standard version of FLASH MX 2004 Thanks. ...more >>

I need to retrieve the color of a specific pixel of an image "jpg" object. I don't know how to use getRGB() to do this. All the code I've seen so far got the color of a solid color clip.... HELP!!! ...more >>

I have two short intro's, which I tried to attach only to find that I couldn't, that are for a website that I am making. One has a preloader and the other doesn't. Other than that they are identical. The one without works perfectly (or should I say, the way that I intended for it to work) ...more >>

Hi, I'm just working on making a few simple buttons for a webpage, sort of like a menu bar to the side. I've already declared the 4 state colors in the properties of the buttons and they work fine, but i would like to also declare another state, where if the button is on the active page, for t...more >>

Please view the linked file. All i want to do is by click on the anyone of the button i want to load a file to the holder clip which is in the main stage. i think the scripting which needs to be worked on is in "SwitchClip" [L=link to download the fla file]http://tinyurl.com/29784[/L] ...more >>

Hi all I'm trying to change the y axis of a mc in a loop with the following code (in a button release script): for (i=.5; i<=theHeight; i+= .5){ _root.basket._y -= 8; } but it's happening too dang fast. I've tried the following, but it's not working - the screen doesn't re...more >>

Pre-loaded style does not work for new components. Why? I placed a few components on the stage, frame1 layer1. Then in another layer I created a formStyleFormat object and pre-loaded some styling parameters for the components. The styling works with the initial components but then I add...more >>

I need to create an interface where the user clicks to add a dot (movieclip) to the stage at the point where she clicked. I can find the code to duplicate the movie clip, but I cannot figure out how to then position it based on the mouse's _x and _y positions. Little help? By the way, I n...more >>

Hi, This is some actionscript I was given to make a shape spin when a btn is clicked and then reverse spin when the button is released. I think i can change it so that it actually spins the button instead of a seperate graphic and I can change it so that it works on mouse rollover and rol...more >>

hi, i wonder if u culd help me... im a student at college, we have to create a mini movie clip in Flash MX. the problem is that i want to now how to do a page transition or something like that wehen i play the file it looks like a page is turning. please do not hesistate to contact me now on...more >>