Hi All, I have 2 mcs. I want the visibility of both of them to toggle upon pressing F1 and Spacebar respectively. How do I do that? Regards, Parag Shah ...more >>

Hello, Finally got shared objects working from this example http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictiona ry/actionscript_dictionary651.html (thanks for the pointer Urami (I had posted in general flash forum (sorry, only saw this forum for a.s. today))) Exa...more >>

I'm trying to make a simple game where you move around trying to find stuff that people have lost, but I cant figure out how to make it so that when you press an arrow key (let's say the right one) he moves right. Can anyone help me? ...more >>

Can anyone help me? I want my button to go to scene 31, frame 1 when you click it, but at the moment, it just goes to the next frame. Here is my current code: [hr] on (release) { gotoAndPlay("31", "1"); } [hr] Why isn't it working? Thanks. ...more >>

Here is my problem i have a class called test and in that class I have a function called loadxml. So it looks something like: class test { var username:String = 'vince'; function loadxml() { var moxml:XML = new XML(); moxml.onLoad = handlereturn; moxml.load('uic...more >>

This probably is a simple problem but I have been struggling with it for some time. I am trying to determine if a user supplied variable is a number. The user inputs a value (their age) in an input text box. This means the value is of type 'String". Using various functions, such as typeof, pa...more >>

I thought that one of the new things in scripting w MX was the ability to talk to button instances just as you do to Movie clip ones. For some reason I am having a hard time getting this to work. I am trying to move the play head in a button instance to oh lets say the 6th frame (obvious...more >>

Hi all! I need to find a substitute for the mod function which can be found in vbscript and so on. Example: for i = 0 to 100 if (i mod 2) <> 0 then do some magix stuff end if next ------ This example shows how to do something every second time the loop goes. Is the...more >>

I want to build a preloader in a movie that loads another hidden movie. After the hidden movie is loaded it become visible and the preloader invisible. Do you know how to do that? than you...more >>

another beginner question. how can i link a button (or anything) to open a pdf file in acrobat (or any other file in it's own thing.) i have done it now with the getURL comand, what works but opens first the browser. and it is not right, is it? cheers dimitri ...more >>

hi there, with my action script window, i have the problem that i can't switch between normal and expert mode. it is always in expert mode. i am a visual designer and with out this feature it is getting a bit hard. i work on a apple, g5, osX and have flash MX 2004 installed. the short cuts...more >>

I'm trying to remove a movie I attached from my library and it will not work, what's worse yet is when I try to remove it it changes it's levels and leaves it there. the following code" trace("d = "+MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.getDepth()); MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.removeMovieClip(); trace...more >>

Ok, I need to know a little actionscript and hope you will be able to help - I have always found replies here. I have my main movie with home, contact and links buttons (in fact they are movie clips with buttons in them - I intend to animate these buttons eventually) - my home button movie...more >>

I'm importing some HTML text from an XML file. The import works fine. When I embed the fonts to make it look better, text within HTML isn't displayed e.g. <myText><![CDATA[This is text with a <b>bold bit</b> in the middle. ]]></myText> gets display as This is text with a in the mid...more >>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello all, I placed a button deep within some MCs here is the path _root.folder_nav.tbar.b1mc So, on the main time line I have a MC called folder_nav within folder_nav is a MC called tbar. Wihtin the t...more >>

Hello Im a action scripting newbie please help. I am using the following script to pass a color to a layer from the qstring, this works ok as long as I pass a color, i am trying to check if it is null then populate it with the default color but it does not work ======================...more >>

is there a way to dynamically obtain the width/height of the movie (.swf) I am working in?...more >>

Hello everyone, I have a question about RollOut .... I created some expand menu, which's rollOver and rollOut action is controlled by ActionScript....... But it seems like sometimes if the rollOut action is too quick , the rollOut function is not activated at all, which means the m...more >>

I have a flash movie (flash mx) that will not preload. I believe the issue stems from the fact that I have a bunch of movies linked from the library as export for actionscript and export in firstframe. I've placed my preloader on the first scene and my entire movie on a different scene...more >>

Hello everyone, I have some problem with the (for ... ) statement.. Basically, I have 4 invisible movie clip in the stage, they are named b1, b2, b3, b4, and another 4 movie clip in the stage, they are named m1, m2, m3, m4. What I want to achieve is when I rollover those invisible movie c...more >>

Hi, my images are displaying poorly in MX when I pull them from the server using LoadMovie. They look great when I view them via a browser. Is there something I am doing wrong? Thanks..... on (release) { loadMovieNum("images/food/food1.jpg",1); } ...more >>

A client wanted a simple flash button adding to an html page to use as a 'back' button. I've used the script: //Goto Webpage Behavior getURL("javascript:history.back()","_self"); //End Behavior for this .. but the button only works after it's been pressed twice? Can anybody hel...more >>

Thank very much, i got it. The thing is i needed a [u]continuous[/u] scroll on rollOver. The scroll has to stop on rollOut...more >>

Can someone send me a .fla file containing code for scrolling (texts or movie clips)? Thanks in advance....more >>

Hellooo all, I am in a pinch. I have a Flash MX dataGrid that uses grid.getColumnAt(2).setCellSymbol("progressbar"); this is putting a movieClip inside the dataGrid. My question is how do I dynamically target this "progressbar" movieClip in the dataGrid? What's the syntax to target eachClip...more >>

Hi I'm currently using setInterval in a script to show my SubMenu system for 5 sec, and then remove it... This setInterval seems to work on some systems but not all annd has a horrable bug in it. Below is the current code (located in the main time line): Is it possable to use the ge...more >>

Here is what I am looking for: I have an input text box (txtbox1) and that is where the user inputs the answer to the question once the game is over, we have an option to go back and try the game again but what happens is when you go back, the text you have previously typed is still the...more >>

The problem is i want to scroll a text using two objects: buttonUp and butonDown. I have done as i have been told: on the buttonUp (which is a movie clip) actions i have written: [b]on (rollOver)[/b] [b]{[/b] [b] qwer=setInterval(scrollF,1000);[/b] [b]}[/b] and in its...more >>

Hi, I am making a quiz and one of the questions has a combination answer. There are 5 options and options C and E (and nothing else) must be selected to be correct. In the first frame of the movie I have set up 2 arrays: questionOutput = new Array (0, 0, 0, 0, 0); //sets blank combinati...more >>

Hi, can someone please guide me on how to animate text in flash which is loaded from a external text file. The way we load text in dynamic text box and scroll it, is it possible to animate the text thus loaded into the dynamic text box. Also how to load an external image file in flash? ...more >>

hi all, i am having trouble with me sites preloader,its behaviour is as follows: upon entering the swf file my loader doesnt begin immediately, there is a pause of 5-10 seconds.When my load bar appears it has already loaded 60-70% of the site ie my load movie shows 60% of 14...more >>

Hi there, I've got an horizontal action script scroller containing buttons which works fine (which uses a start drag command). I have also got a script that creates a really nice alt tag style roll over for the buttons which follows the mouse, fades in, floats and fades out etc... (Which al...more >>

Anybody know of a "Lander" open source game code? ...more >>

Do Shared Objects work across browser framesets? If so, is it compatible to most browsers? I would like some variables to talk to each other in different browser frames. Thanks Geoff ...more >>

I've just started trying to write some games in flash. It seemed the ideal language since it's cross platform, ubiquitous and highly functional. However, after banging my head against problems for the last day and a half I'm starting to get frustrated with the language. There are all these a...more >>

I am trying to export a movie I build in Flash MX to the Flash player 5 format. I been giving buttons actions by targeting them from the root timeline like so: this.previous_btn_mc.previous_btn.onRelease = function(){ whereTo = "previousSection" engine.gotoAndPlay("fadeOut"); trace("pre...more >>

Hi, hope you can help! I have created a support system that will tell the user (by a green or red light) that a range of devices work (by pinging them from vbscipt). What I want now, is when a device suddenly becomes offline, I will be e-mailed straight from within Flash. I've tried ...more >>

I have a flash website which I want it to load an external swf file and show its loading progress. I created a movie clip (my_mc) and use the loadmovie command to load the external.swf. I placed a dynamic text (var: Progress) to display BytesLoaded. The problem is that the var Progress ...more >>

is it possible to read serial data (rs232) and move graphics / change text dependant on it ? ...more >>

Hi. My question is best pesented on the project.... I would like that a graphic 'flies' from one end of the stage to another. And then again. And again...5 times. I made a motion tween from one side of the scene to another. Is there a posibility, that I can write somthing into action scrip...more >>

Hi, I just received flash mx 2004, I'm used to work with flash 5 ! Normally when I assign an action to a button, I select the button on stage and add actionscript, it wil automatically add : On release ...... Now when I do the same thing in 2004 I don't get 'on release' ... Am I doing...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to create a flash movie where a movie clip scrolls horizontally depending on the position of the mouse. Using a tutorial on the interweb I've managed to do this but the tutorial was for a movieclip that would scroll and repeat. I need my MC to stop scrolling when it reac...more >>

hi guy, i would like to keep fullscreen(the keyboard can't restore the normal mode) Thanks ...more >>

Dear Developers, I have a big problem with Flash 7 (and 6): I need to attach a movieclip which contains a jpeg image several times (up to 50 times!). But I want to do this dynamically on the fly without changing the fla-library, compile it, upload it,.... So my problem is: If I first l...more >>

i am trying to place a piece of dynamic text inside a mask, but it is not visible. its fine with normal text and the variable is definitely being set correctly. has anyone experienced this problem? if so, is there a solution? any help very much apprecieated. ...more >>

Hello, I am using the List component in flash movie and I want to change the background colour from white to black. I tried: _global.style.setStyle("backgroundColor" , 0x000000); but that doesn't seem to do anything. Thanks for your help. ...more >>

Hi. I embedded a font in my flash file, I exported it to be used in actionscript using "EightTrackEmbedded" as the identifier. When I try to set the default font for my flash components using: _global.style.setStyle("fontFamily" , "EightTrackEmbedded"); It doesn't work. What am I doin...more >>

Alright, so I am loading an swf into the scrollpane with a dynamic textfield as the only content. I am then setting the textfield to render html and all that jazz. I then import the html code and extend the textfield and for some reason, the vert scrollbar doesn't always lengthen to cover th...more >>

Hi all, In HTML form i have a file browsing window opening which allows users to select a jpg from their hard drive. Can this be done through flash? The application is as follows: I am creating a CMS solution and have written a php script which resizes and uploads a jpg to the server. It...more >>

I'm using Flash MX 2004 software. Can you help me: How can i make a button on interface for exitting (close all to return window2000) my program (a interface by FlashMX)? Thank you. My E-mail: princevn@asia.com ...more >>

hi there, i'm trying to trigger a colour change in an movie clip as i drag it over another on, sounds simple but its driving me mad, any help would be great ...more >>

I am buliding a flash-web with FlashMX and I found that the swf which loadMoive() has loaded is invalidation!! All AS in it lost their effect! Help me~ Thank you~...more >>

not sure how to phrase this, but i hope it makes sense:: Is there a way to have one function attached to a button that will apply to all the different button states (and do different things)? Right now, I have to write one function for the over state, one for the down, one for the release, ...more >>

Has anyone seen these two banners anyplace? I've run into both of them on Yahoo and am desperately seeking a tutorial or any resources on how these banners are done. 1. They start off as normal (say, 640 or so by 60) traditional banner ads enticing the user to "roll over for more info". 2. Wh...more >>