I don't want to make three differents movies to each language. I only want when a language is chosen, a loaded movie know this choice and load a movie with the correct language text. But how can do the first loaded movie to know the choice? In this way, when I have to change a picture, I will...more >>

I have an email button and I want to link to opne the default email app when clicked. I've used :GetURL mailto:user@blah.com: but it seems to open a blank browser window before opening the email app. Is there anyway to avoid this? Thanks ...more >>

I'm trying to create a function that allows me to pause a movie for whatever amount of time I want on a particular frame using this code in Flash MX: on the first frame: function pause(){ play(); clearInterval(timer); }; on the frame I want to pause the movie on: stop(); ti...more >>

This should be an easy one to fix. I have a four button menu. Each time one is pressed, a text graphic appears giving a description of what each button title area means. When pressed the button "goes to and stops" at a frame instance where the graphic lies. The problem is that it will o...more >>

Hi, I'm actually working on ? photo gallery and I am stuck with a problem. Here it comes : The gallery is dynamic. picture names are loaded from an external textfile containing an array. In a first movie, the array is loaded and a movieclip as many time as there are picture names ...more >>

Hello I want to use a variable in a button. In Frame 1, I declare for example Zoomfactor=100 (I tried both _global.zoomfactor=100; and zoomfactor=100;) In Frame 2 is a button with which I want to zoom in on a object: on (rollOver) { zoomfactor=zoomfactor+5; setProperty("_level0/...more >>

OK, when a certain event happens (button push), I want a particular MC to fade in. I made a prototype method and called the method during the event. When I use onEnterFrame, the fade-in works. When I use setInterval, it does not (the setInterval code is bracketed by /* and */). Thanks,...more >>

Hi there, I think the answer to my question is simple, but for some reason, I can't figure it out. I have a comboBox that is automatically populated. I would like to press a button that will change the highlighted item in the comboBox to match a variable. For example, [0] Searc...more >>

I am trying to loop a slideshow presentation. I have gotoNextSlide working on each slide so that is automatically advances however when I get to the last slide I want it to go to the first slide and loop. I have tried adding Go To First Slide and it does go to the beginning but it continues to...more >>

please help me. am trying to load a projector from a folder on my desktop, using a button link. have followed what it says in the manual (actionscript reference guide) however, i can't get it to work. want to link between diffferent projectors within a folder instead of a big flash file. ple...more >>

I am trying to capture the first and last character position of selected (literally highlighted) within a text field upon a button click. This requires the use of "Selection.setFocus(text);" which in turn highlights all of the contents of the text field. Thus using Selection.getBeginIndex() ...more >>

I know that _root._url will give me the url that the flash movie is playing from. But, is there a way to find the URL of the webpage that has the movie embeded in it? I don't know if this is even possible. If it is, it will sure solve a lot of security issues I have with my current project....more >>

I have a very simple movie with two symbols, sym1(a MovieClip) which contains sym2 (a graphic) [b](see attached file)[/b] A mouseUp handler on sym2 is supposed to tell sym1 to gotoAndPlay another frame, but it's not working. The mouseUp handler itself is running, but the gotoAndPlay isn't....more >>

I'm trying to post a request for assistance on this forum. The most sensible way to demo what's wrong is to upload the fla file for people to look at. When I try to upload a my fla I get a message saying 'uploading this type of file is not permitted' What's the point of offering an upload fa...more >>

OK, so the following are two long-standing questions I have had. I'm not really dying for an answer since these things seem to work fine either way, but was wondering what others think, or if there is a "correct" way to approach these things. #1. When you have a "goto", going to a keyframe...more >>

I've successfully used Macromedia's tip for calling javascript PopUp browser windows from Flash, but I'm looking to add the technique to a Flash function to avoid hard coding the URLs, etc. To recap, the html page with the embedded .SWF should include the following js script in the head: ...more >>

I am trying to figure out how to eliminate a popping noise that is not part of my audio files during playback. I currently have 5 separate SWF files which contain one .WAV file each. I then load all 5 SWF files at the same time. I start all 5 movies. I then have a button that when I press...more >>

Is it possible to assign an empty movie clip or any movie clip (which is loading a jpg file), to a global variable for storage, and then... 1. pre-loads in _level0 2. but then opens up in _root.something.goes.in.this.layer (after i click on a button) How would this foobar look like? ...more >>

I need to place an embedded navigation movieclip on a layer above all external SWFs. How is this done? I have a main SWF that pulls in the other external(sub) SWFs. For simple reasons, I placed the navigation on the main SWF. However, I have run into a problem where I need the navigatio...more >>

Hi, I am new to Flash actionscript and I need help. Sorry in advance for my question (and my english) and thank in advance to whom who solve my problem. I really hope you will help me. The problem is the following: [1]. I have a directory - "imgfolder" - with 3 images in it, named "1....more >>

Does anyone know how to right justify column data in a datagrid? Thanks!...more >>

i have a photo slideshow with a mp3 playing the background music but I can't seem to get the audio to fade out with the slideshow. Is there some action i can put in to have the audio fade out at a certain frame. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you ...more >>

hi there Could someone explain why this works and the latter two don't please. on (release) { nextScene(); } not working : on (release) { _root.nextScene(); } and: on (release) { this.nextScene(); } For simplicity and testing all the above codes are at main timeline...more >>

ok, here's the deal... I have 50 dynamic text on the stage. fds0, fds1, fds2, fds3, etc... Each of them read a cookie previously written on the computer, and they show a day of the week. Ex.: Thursday So, if I write : for (i=0; i<50; i++) { trace(fds0) } it returns : ThursdayT...more >>

Greetings, folks Is there any way in Flash to check whether file exists or not before using mc.LoadVars() or mc.loadMovie()??? Using ONLY flash actionscript. No external programs. Respect...more >>

I am trying to get some text which is loaded from XML to scroll in Flash Player 5 (I have it working in later versions). I got my method of scrolling text from the tuturial at www.actionscript.org and it works with normail text, its just that when I try to use it with XML loaded text the text ...more >>

I've tried to make a timer in AS and to extent it's functionallity I need to use my movie's FPS in a variable. Like: var thisFrame=this._currentFrame Could be: var FPS=_root.framePerSecond or similar?!? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I need to create radio buttons using Flash and XML. Can you show me how to do this? Any reply will be really appreciated. Cyont ...more >>

I'm having trouble exiting this Flash movie 'http://www.canonguy.net/portfolio.swf' with my quit logic. The Quit action is: on (release) { fscommand("quit"); } When I execute the .swf locally on my PC, quit exits the movie properly. However, when I try using it on the web throu...more >>

Using MX 2004 I have loaded an external SWF like this: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("screenSaver", _root.getNextHighestDepth() ); _root.screenSaver.loadMovie("screensaver.swf"); which works fine, but why does "_root.screenSaver._width;" return 0? How can I detect the width of the loaded...more >>

How to insert an icon into textfield, just like msn messager? thanks! ...more >>

i have made a preloader, that then loads the interface, which loads the main page where the preloader was and covers it up, the book i have been reading "flash advanced" by Russell Chun instructs you to place a button and add the action on (release) { displayMyPage = HTMLpage } bu...more >>

Hello. Did Flash ActionScript support static variable? At Frame1, I create a instance of S_List ( Me created custom component), named "lstOne", user select the 2nd item, (saved at a variable "idxSelected") , then gotoAndPlay(5), jump to Frame5, do something... then, jump back the ...more >>

Hello, some one there please help me to create a countdown clock in flash. what i actually want is, the display should be like - 9 days, 7 hours, 55 : 21 minutes irrespective of the year,this should countdown from 4th of July, .ie., even if it is 2004 or 2005 or whatever year it ma...more >>

Hi, Has anyone else had any issues with loading a MoveiClip into a TextArea component? My TextArea is loaded from an XML Object...here is the tag in the XML doc itself: <img src='dotline'/> //'dotline' is the Linkage Identifier for the MC in Flash The MC actually gets loaded int...more >>

I have an image on the side of the page that I want to move in action script. When movie loads, I want it the image to be at points 199.1x and 142.9y. I want to to be 500% it's normal size. Then I want it to move to points 3.1x and 2.9y and go back to its normal size. Does anyone know how ...more >>

hi, please see that simple example : http://www.delizade.com/files/sil.htm I have lots of scene like that and I have a lot of buttons on my scene. I attach mc over of all. and buttons is active always. How can I prevent buttons when an mc cover it? thanks. ...more >>

Hi! I have a Flash movie that I'm trying to print from a browser. I want the page printed to be different from the one displayed in the browser, so I've added a #p frame to the movie and I use Javascript to call a print function in my movie: function doprint() { print(_root, "bframe")...more >>

Ok, I am still pretty new to Macromedia Flash MX. I have created a few flash movies using an easier program, Coffee Cup Firestarter 6.5. Anywho, I am writing a new website, and I use frames. I have the Macromedia Flash on top, which is my menu bar, and the content on the bottom. Here i...more >>

how do i go about setting up a text box, with a scrollbar that will resize itself to the text feild and load the text from an outside text file? do i need anything in the textfeilds variable box? im lost in this here :( ...more >>

I can't get to duplcateMovieClip(), createEmptyMovieClip(), or createTextField(), when using vars like this : //just some vars for example var i = 0; var startX = 5; var startY = 5; var depth = this.tekst.getDepth()++; var txtName = "txt"+i; _root.createTextField(txtName, depth, ...more >>

Hello, This is what I'm trying to do. I have Flash movie of a map of the US, all of the states are buttons. When I click on a state I want the Html Page to Scroll down and Find the Bookmark somewhere down the HTML page. For Instance I Click on Arizona and the HTML page Scrolls down ...more >>

I'm trying to make a simple game, and i would like to make it so that when you press an arrow key (let's say the left) he goes left, but I don't know the code for it. Can anyone help me?...more >>

Hi all, Whats wrong with this code? Am I able to create objects in a loop like this? var obj : Object; for (i=0; i<10; i++){ obj = new Object(); obj.x = Math.random(5); obj.y = Math.random(5); } For some reason I have problems when I do multiple instances like that based ...more >>