when I try to increment the text itself like myText._x ++; it will only move one pixel! it wont keep moving like a movie clip. I know that this problem can be solved by making the text a movie clip, but I also want this text to fade out. when I used mytext._alpha --; the text wouldn't fade. ...more >>

On my webpage I need to be able to communicate from Javascript to Flash and vice versa. To communicate from Flash to Javascript I'm using FScommand. From javascript to Flash I'm using the flashVars parameter of the Object & embed tags. I have my page set up to dynamically write the objec...more >>

I have developed a whole series of quiz?s using the Flash Learning extensions. These are part of our CBT refresher certification program for the Independent Duty Technicians in the US Air Force. These service people are spread out all over the world. They could be in remote areas without inte...more >>

I'm trying to make a movieclip avoid my mouse, like on this site:http://exopolis.com. I want the movieclip to never leave a defined area (700 x 525). I'm having a little trouble getting it to work. Here's my code: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root._xmouse<700 && _root._xmouse>0) { ...more >>

I'm having issues with an MP3 sampler I've created. What is the appropriate actionscript to get it to play the MP3 i've sourced, automatically, when the timeline arrives at the keyframe. I'm using 'loadsound' and saying false after i write the source but it still doesn't work. Thanks ahe...more >>

I'm trying to get a symbol track the height of the mouse. I don't want the user to have to drag the symbol, I just want it to adjust it's height to correspond to the user's mouse pointer. The other thing that may be a problem is that there's a particular bit of the symbol that protrudes, a...more >>

here's my problem... i'm trying to create a new variable in kind of a different way than usual, heres what i'm doing... "someText"+anotherVariable = 5; I know that you can do things like.. eval("someText"+anotherVariable )._alpha = 5; but howcome you can't create new variables usin...more >>

I made an array, with 115 swfs on loadMovie. But it doesn´t makes the real thing, wich is preloading all images; Where is the error? If anybody colud help me, I´ll appreciate. Klaus from Brazil mvsToLoad = []; mvsToLoad.push("treasures/small/treasure-lace.swf", "treasures/small/tifany.s...more >>

When I use the bullet field of TextFormat and apply it to a TextField, it's always black. I'd like it to be another color, say, red. I made the TextFormat.color as red, and the text appears as red just fine, but the bullet is still black. Do bullets allow other colors? If so, how? Thank...more >>

I loaded an external movie clip into an empty mc. This movie is one frame and contains actionscript which slides a mask across the screen masking the layers beneath. I used "if" and then the x position of the mask to control the movement. At the end of the script it moves everything back to th...more >>

Here's the situation, I have a flash movie that has 5 (or so) scenes. The Flash piece is on the same page as the hyperlinks and I want to be able to control the Flash file (i.e. jump to a new scene) based on these HTML hyperlinks. I am trying to avoid adding the hyperlinks (as buttons) to my F...more >>

Is it possible to send more than one variable to your flash movie using flashVars?...more >>

i didn't think this would be a difficult task, but for some reason i can't get it working... i've got a dynamic text field into which a .txt file is loaded. i set the site up this way so the client could update the text whenever they choose, and since they are comfortable with basic HTML ...more >>

code: _global.track1 = new Sound( this ); trace( track1 ); trace window: undefined strangely, it's working fine with all my other movies except this one....did I forget something?...more >>

i am having some trouble calling functions dynamically. i want to load data into pages as they are called. i therefore have a function called initialisePage(pageName). i want to use this function in turn to call initialisation functions for each page. these functions are called firstConte...more >>

I'm trying to use Flash's new media components and cannot get a MediaPlayback component to load a flv file off my web server.... Are there any tricks I need to know (cross-domain files, etc)? the actionscript I'm using is simply: mplayer.setMedia("http://whatever/whatever/videos/Phlytrap.f...more >>

i need to know how can i do if i have 2 animations on my home page on the same movie, this first one is an intro, when it finishes it loads a second animation with the menu bar, the rest of the page is html, if someone is on a section of the site for example "about us" and want to return to t...more >>

the code is like this: on (rollOver) { var qwer; qwer=setInterval(this._parent.sometextbox.scroll+=1,1000); } and it executes ONLY ONCE. Why??? Please help...more >>

Why is it doing this?? What I want is for my mc to slide to a new random x position when it is less than 5 pixels away from its target, it keeps doing this. the problem is for some bloody &*?$(()** reason my random numbers only keep going up!! why is this?? i want to produce random numbers...more >>

i try doing something like this: on (press) { var intervalID; intervalID=setInterval(asdf(), 100); } function asdf() { //something; } but it ONLY EXECUTES THE FUNCTION ONCE. What is the problem???????? If you can point me to a working code or send one, i wou...more >>

Hi Can anyone tell me how to reference a scene from another scene If you just want the next scene its: nextScene(); but what if you want to target a named scene say one called game thanks anyone John ...more >>

I am trying to figure out the right way to go about this. I would like to use a drop down box as a search component. When you drop down the list, you will see the main categories: Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Upon selecting one of those, I would like to have the drop-down box ...more >>

hi, first i'll excuse for my english the problem is that i want to create a form when the user click on a inputtext is clear its content and let the user write the information i got one symbol a Movie Clip that has a input text inside i wrote this code: this is for the movie clip ...more >>

Hi. I am having days of nightmares trying to format my HTML enabled text feild with just the basic tags that are available in version 6. Some things work, some don't, I'm totally confused Currently I can get the links to work but not the target window attribute ie target="_blank" (does...more >>

Hi all. I have a movieclip that is a tween. It is a series of scrolling thumbnails across the bottom. The movie clip runs when I mousover a hidden button. I want to reverse that movieclip with another button. What is the best way to do that? Thanks...... ...more >>

Hi all. I have a movieclip that is a tween. It is a series of scrolling thumbnails across the bottom. The movie clip runs when I mousover a hidden button. I want to reverse that movieclip with another button. What is the best way to do that? Thanks...... ...more >>

I used a ScrollPane Component loading an external SWF file which contain html generated textfields frloading from an external text file. I tried to mask the scrollpane and the problems starts to appear. While unmasked there seems to be no problem on the dynamically loaded text. Using mask on ...more >>

Can someone tell me how to stop a sound from looping. this is my script : onEnterFrame = function () { bus_mc._x += 20; wave_sound = new Sound(); wave_sound.attachSound("bob"); }; if (bus_mc._x>=200) { wave_sound.start(0, 1); } if (bus_mc._x>=850) { ...more >>

Thanx in advance for any help. I built my wife a slot machine game, she loves slots. Off stage I have a mc named evaluation that plays after the 3rd wheel stops. I am having trouble figuring out the code to make it compare all 3 wheels. for instance, if _root.wheel1stopped = wild, and _root....more >>

I want to scale a movieclip but keep a nested movieclip within that the same size. Is there any way of doing this? At first I thought I could just do the following code: this._parent._xscale = this._parent._xscale + 10; this._parent._yscale = this._parent._yscale + 10; this._xscale = th...more >>

I am developing on a Mac. I want to launch Rich Text Format and/or Word Documents from a swf. GetURL() works when the swf is run on a PC, but nothing works on the Mac. Can anyone help. Cant find any extra apps on the web that are for the Mac. All those found are PC. So really need Actio...more >>

Hi there I have a button, which when clicked I want to continue playing the movie for an additional 5 frames, then go to the desired location. I can do this by having the button "play" and then 5 frames later using a "GoToandPlay". This is no good if I have several buttons with different d...more >>

Hi there, I'm trying to get some text data from an XML file with spanish characters (such as ?, ? and so). I've tried to change the text codification in the text editor and to use system.useCodepage = true; but it doesn't seem to work. Thanks in advance: Jorge ...more >>

Can you swap a symbol using script? I want to use the same timeline based animation over and over again and all I want to do is change the symbol each time using script. Thanks ...more >>

Hi All, I have a movieClip which loads a jpg dynamically, is it possible to create a new movie clip and then copy a part of the jpg into it. Thanks Mark Redman ...more >>

How can i load graphic(jpg,tiff,bit....)in swf without importing them into library?...more >>

hi, anyone hav idea how can i do math operation with date in flash?...more >>

ActionScripting Width, Height, X, and Y ? Anyone know what actionscript is involved in changing the width, height, x, and y data for a graphic symbol? In the end, I want to be able to click a button to resize and reposition a symbol on the stage - including easing! Can anyone help?? ...more >>

Hi all I hope I'm not posting this twice but it didn't seem to work first time. Apologies just in case. And next time I'll copy my carefully composed post so I don't lose it! I have a single level movie. Frame 1 is an intro screen, Frame 2 is where I initialise for Frame 3 which is where...more >>

I have a button that has the following script. on (press) { tellTarget ("applimovie") { gotoAndPlay(1); } on a seperate layer I have a movie titled "applimovie". Please don't laugh, but is that it? Somehow I'm afraid I have missed something. Any help would be greatly...more >>

Is it possible to used shared assets without specifying a URL but a relative path to the shared swf file? I am currently specifying "/SharedLibrary.swf" in the Linkage Properties dialog boxes for both the source and destination movies. This fails as the movie freezes on the load frame (n...more >>