I have an swf that has movies loading from the library on the first frame. This is making my preloader not work, since nothing shows up until those movies are completly loaded form the library. Is there a preloader that will show the progress of those movies, as well as the rest of the main ...more >>

Hello all. I want to load dynamic data into a Flash movie by passing an ID variable. I think the solution might work like this: [num]Use the FlashVars parameter to pass the ID variable into the movie[/num] [num]Fetch an external string by appending the ID variable (using sendAndLoad?)[...more >>

Hi All.... Hoping someone can take a look at my code and provide suggestions.. ? I'm able to load my XML and get the node names but I can't always get the values. Right now my file is very basic. I have an external XML file and one block of script on my first frame.... which writes "t...more >>

PROBLEM: Dropdown component won't work when viewed over the web. Do Component classes need to be preloaded somehow when working with _levels ? I am doing a project that contains a dropdown component and some medium quality audio voice over (making the file weight in at about 333k). It loa...more >>

I have a car at the bottom of the screen moving left and right due to the function on the key board. However when you move the car right and it come in contact with the object i want the object that the car image has just touched to chage, so the image changes into a moving movie clip, how wou...more >>

Does anyone know the differences in the NetStream class as far as syntax is concerned? I have some flv files streaming fine when I publish using Flash 7, but when I publish with Flash 6 compatibility, I get the following errors in the output panel. //BEGIN OUTPUT// **Warning** Scene=S...more >>

I have spent most the day trying to create an input form that would have taken me 10 minutes to write in CFM, but I am determined to make it work. The latest issue is that I can not get the flash to tab properly and hope that someone can tell me what I am doing wrong. The file is using forms...more >>

I'm sure I'm not the only one experiencing this, so here goes... I have multiple copies of my .as files, one locally, as well as on a network server. My first encounter with this problem was from working on my as files that resided on the server, and testing there.....OK, I solved that one,...more >>

I have a imported movie of a 360deg. shot of a car that loops. I want to know if it is possible in AS2 to mousedown in the movie and have that movie stop then as you move the mouse back and forth have the playhead move forward and backward as with the mouse. I guess you could call it a grab and ...more >>

This one seems like im narrowing down on a bug issue. We're developing an autorun exe flash cd and need to open external files into a web browser. I've found a problem and simplified inorder to case test, and cannot get firefox (when set as default browser) to load the correct file. a ...more >>

Hey all, could someone please give me some code that would basically rewind the movie, unless there is a function for this. I have been working with flash for only a few weeks and am quite new. Please help me out, you were new at one time too! thanks, xxgotmilk92xx ...more >>

Ok, I want to make a picture change image via the keys on the jey board so far i have... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.L...more >>

Hello, Not looking for a handout, just a push in the right dirrection. On MX Pro I am playing back an flv dynamicaly. I found some posts on a preloader. They say it could be done. I am not understanding how it works. I tried to do a preloader and can't seem to get it to work for me. ...more >>

Hi to all, ive been working on this for three days to no results. Heres what i want. The user will have the choice of three soundtrack and can switch from one to another independently of the main timeline. Heres what i tried so far: - sounds into movieClips then controlling them with buttons...more >>

Hello. Maybe someone can answer this question for me... How, do you suppose, did the creator of this site do this? When you enter the flash site, the high quality mp3 begins instantly when the site loads. There is no pause for buffering, it just starts instantly. And it is a high qual...more >>

I have a 3 frame preloader that isn't showing up until its around 85%. The preloader ActionScript is in it's own scene. Code Below: Scene:Preloader Frame 1: ----------------------------------- _root.bytesLoaded = _root.getBytesLoaded(); _root.bytesTotal = _root.getBytesTotal(); _root.p...more >>

Hello. I have a 4 MB song that I would like to stream, but would also like to start playing instantly when the user goes to the site. If a stream the mp3, the song does not start instantly since it has to buffer, and usually starts within a few seconds. I was given the idea of cutting th...more >>

Hi I'm having a little trouble with Flash, I basically have to read in an xml file, and with that information lay it out into a ble which can be scrolled through and depending on the users selection naviagate off to the desire area. Beleive it or not I'm having trouble with any of the informat...more >>

Hi I want to check for my game when one player hits the other with a sword on the head. I'm trying to check for a hittest between one player's sword and the head and body of the other one. But the hittest is already stopping when it hits the other's arm or sword. Is there a way to ...more >>

Hi, I want to build a Flash application that let the user browse and select files from the local computer file sytem. Is it possible? How can I do it? Thanks for any help you may offer! ...more >>

Hi guys, I'm currently attempting to make 'worms armaggeddon' in flash for a university assignment (for those who don't know this game, its basically a turn based game where each worm must use various weapons to kill each other). The problem i'm having is making the terrain (which is vecto...more >>

Hey still consider myself a novice here, so please forgive my ignorance. I am populating duplicated MC's with dynamic content retrieved from an outside pull. Essentially it is a grid of 12 tiles, each one displaying a diferent image and character name. I have it working to display the first...more >>

Can anyone see why this regex: re = new RegExp("[\\w-]+@[\\w-]+\\.\\w+"); allows gil-es@roadnight.name but does not allow gi-les@road-night.name ? Thanks...more >>

Hello, I've got a problem. it seems impossible to direct the movie to the next scene or frame for that matter (used different navigation framelabels instead of scenes after reading...). - I got a scene (scene 1) - in scene1 there is a movie sliding to the right which contains three bu...more >>

I want to display the frame label (for those with labels) in a text box on the screen. How can I load the frame label into a dynamic text box? I have tried _currentframe.name, _currentframe._name, and similar things, but they don't populate ther text box or asign a name to a variable. ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to build an admin area where the user can upload html files to a unix server via a flash front end. I'm guessing flash talks to a back end script, the script uploads the file and echos "success" back to flash. Anyone know how to actually do this ? Best wishes Tony...more >>

HOW DO YOU PUT YOUR WEBSITE IN FLASH SETTING WHEN U . FLASH PROJECT IS FINSHED [E=EMAIL ME]TPAPPLEMAC5@AOL.COM [/E]...more >>

Is there a way to adopt FLASH's new spell checker into our applications? I would like to add a "Check Spelling" button for certain text input boxes. Or is there already a means of doing so? Thanks ...more >>

Hi All, I have been using FMX2004PRO, AS2 for about 4 or 5 months now, not having used previous versions. All is going well and I'm starting to trust in flash more and more as I use it, and I am very pleased with the final results. A lot of the ActionScript I have written is contained within...more >>

Hi there, I am looking for a way to detect the ending of a .flv file. I have a flash presentation for a restaurant that contains a few video's. These video's are linked to the flash file via the 'MediaDisplay' component. When I have a 10 second movie I have to make the scene also 10 sec...more >>

OK. Now, if I load an external movie into my main movie, and i wanna the movie which I loaded start to play by the frame I set. So, how can I archieve this ? Thanks....more >>

Since I installed new flash player 7,0,19,0 , some my movies stoped working. I used getBytesTotal() negative return value to determine if movie loading failed, like this [i]if(mc.getBytesTotal()<0){ // loading error... } [/i] This is undocumented future indeed, but very usef...more >>

Hi, i've got a little problem with actionscript 2, i've got an actionscript file called XmlParser.as, in this class i need to use the XPathAPI of flash mx, i've put the import statement at te top of my class file : import mx.xpath.XPathAPI; but i still got some errors : var res:S...more >>

A few of our testers have reported that flash occasionally hangs and disappears leaving them with simply a white browser window with nothing in it. This has never happened to me and is not reproducible. Obviously this does not make for a very wonderful user experience. Does anyone have ...more >>

Hi all, OK sounds simple so I know I am missing something simple, I have some var's (5) that I want to pass to an ASP page using Request.QueryString("var1-5")... So in my flash file I can see all my var's via dynamic text boxes so I know I have them. my button has on(press){getURL("Bobby.asp". _...more >>

I have developed a script to control the movement of a MC and control the size, alpha settings, rotation etc. remotely from a button. But I have never come across the way to make an MC change size and wobble into place (for want of a better phrase!). Could anyone tell me what this sort of move...more >>

Hey guys, can someone help me.. i am creating a four frame html and have a flash menu in the left bottom frame and want to link the menu button to open separate htmls in the top right and bottom right frames... can someone tell me what script to use for this.. I was trying get url (e...more >>

I'm using ScrollPane to display a swf file which is larger as the scrollpane. Sometimes when the content swf is loaded, it overlaps the edges of scrollpane and scroll bars inside dissapear (vScrollPolicy="auto"). That happen approx every 10th load attempt. I load the content using myScroll...more >>

I cannot for the life of me figure out what is wrong with this simple quiz. Can someone please look at it and see what I am missing? http://www15.brinkster.com/canase/flash/quiz.fla Thanks...more >>

Hi! I'm trying to update my site. It's a blog, so it becomes html as I entry the data in the admin site. I'd like to merge it all in a flash with a main movieclip where the html is shown, but I don't know how to load an html into a movieclip, can anyone hel me? Thnx Hola. Estoy mirando de...more >>

Hi..I want to create columns and rows of textfield using actionscript: Display should look somewhat like this: ----------------------------------------------------- Column Column Column Data Data Data ----------------------------------------------------- Fo...more >>

I want to swap flash movies in html page. Basically, if the user clicks on an image button in html page, it swaps the big.swf with small.swf file and automatically resize the table according to the movie size. Does anyone have an example or reference page like this? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi, I would like to slice a string n put in a few different text field... eg: txtName1, txtName2, .... i found a method called eval, but i not able to pass the value in the text field... please help... the error shows : Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 6: Left side of assi...more >>

I have an object that I have put a resize handle on...the resize handle is a tiny square movie clip that has onPress and onRelease events. it works great! EXCEPT when the user quickly resizes something, the onRelease event of the handle sometimes fails to fire. that would be so bad except I...more >>

Can you help me with a simple formular, I droped math at school ;) I am drawing a line on a map, the first point is startX, the starting x cordinate of the line startY, the starting y cordinate of the line and the second is endX, the ending x cordinate of the line endY, the ...more >>

I have something im makeing where I want it so the guy on the screen hides behind something (movie instance). But when you press the Q key the movie instance plays(the man pops out). I also want it so when the man is hideing the mouse cursor disappears and the other buttons on the background a...more >>