Hi there! I need to minimize a Flash MX swf or exe with [b]my own button[/b] using actionScript. [u]This minimize button must be located inside the Flash movie, which runs fullscreen.[/u] I've tried the chromless window solution, but it doesn?t work fine and also I want the swf or exe...more >>

I?m trying to build a flash page that locates printers in a building. I have a map of the building that is broken up into zones. I want user to click on a zone to zoom into it and display the printers. From there they will click on the printer they want to print to. There will be several Zone...more >>

This is the first time I have tried using external data and I'm having trouble loading data from a text file. My code is as follows: var alarmData = new LoadVars(); alarmData.load("file:///c:/alarm.txt") alarm_hour = alarmData.hour; alarm_minutes = alarmData.minutes; The text file co...more >>

When loading an external text file using LoadVars containing a '%' within a variable, it's skipped by the compiler. Is there a simple way to overcome this so the compiler takes the '%' literally. Many thanks, Peter O'Brien ...more >>

Please Help ! I'm wanting to create a audio feature to my movie, which fades-in the audio at the start of my movie. But is also controlled by two buttons. 1. One which fades the audio-out. 2. And another which fades the audio-in. The Actionscript I'm currently using works as...more >>

Im not sure if this is the right place to post this but anyway. Ive been trying to make it so that a button opens up a new Browser Window with options such as no scrollbars, menubar etc. like the behaviour in Dreamweaver, but i cant seem to work it out. Is it possible? Im very grateful for...more >>

How do I get this script attached to a button component on(click){ _parent.calculate(); } To run this script attatched to a key frame in the time line function calculate() { totalX = 0; totalY = 0; averageX = 0; averageY = 0; totalZ = 0; averageZ = 0; for ...more >>

There is probably a much better way to do this and I am a beginner, but - I have a box of static text that I want to be able to scroll. I made it a movie clip and called the instance "scrolling". I then made up and down buttons. For the up I added the action on(press){ _root.scrolling._...more >>

I'm using flash mx 2004 pro and trying to make a preloader. The problem is getBytesTotal() method returns a different value than swf's file size. Sometimes this difference reach to 30-40 KB. What can i do? ...more >>

I set some breakpoints in my code, but when I run the debugger they are simply not there. I even tried adding them while the debugger was running to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks....more >>

the big question: can you randomly load jpegs from the server into a mc that is animated on the main movie timeline (pans left to right behind a mask)? the scenario: Client wants homepage with an image window. Upon visit, 1 of 10 possible images (set A) randomly loads into the window. Then ...more >>

Hi there! I?d like to turn the Flash icon into a custom one, when I export my movie as ..exe projector. So the .exe will show my own icon when it is distributed. Can it be done when publishing the project or through actionscript somehow ? If so, any help will be appreciated! Thanks in ad...more >>

hi, it is very urgent how to a rotate text field. pls need help or sample program thanx in advance with regards murali.j ...more >>

hi, it is very urgent how to a rotate text field. pls need action help or sample program thanx in advance with regards murali.j ...more >>

Hi, anyone knows how can I create smooth, dynamic text, with alpha parameters like the one in this site? (www.cv-e.com/flanimator) Thanks!...more >>

Can anyone point out whats wrong with this code: if (auto == 1) { if (estop != 1) { if (floor != 1) { } else if (distance<=320) { distance = distance+2; } } } if (auto == 1) { if (distance == 320) { auto = 2; } } if (auto == 2) { if (distance != 0) { ...more >>

Hello iam looking for a book that teachs action script, and with it some examples, resuming a good book for learning. Anyone knows about a good book of teaching action script??? Or maybe the best one. Many thanks. ...more >>

Hello there, I'm trying to create a set of dynamic links ie textfields and associated buttons on the fly. I plan to attach an external array, but the basic code is below. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Mr T for (i=0; i<10; i++) { x = x+0; y = y+20; _root.createEmptyMovi...more >>

I have a database with a table inside it called thought. with the fields username, location and thought. I want my flash movie to display the results of an asp page in a dynamic text box when a button is clicked. The asp page calls the field 'thought' from the database. The asp page ...more >>

I am developing a form that has input text fields on the main timeline. I have the tabIndex working no problem here. The issue I am running into is when I load a movie clip with different input text fields and a 'Submit' button, I cannot get these fields to tab properly. I am using MX 2004 ...more >>

I have a popup window that plays Flash Video. As an alternative to the site visitor, I have created a flash button in the movie that launches a Windows Media Version of the same video. Unfortunately, the original popup window stays open and the audio continues to play. So I introduced: sto...more >>

I have an XML document that contains nodes with multiple attributes that change depending on the node. Is there a way to get query a node and find out what attributes it has? example <XML> <Node name="paul" phone="555-1212"/> <XML> in AS: myXMLDocument.childnodes[0].attrib...more >>

I have a flash movie that has simple rollover buttons and you can choose one or multiple buttons within flash, I then need to be able to pass that information, which button is (s) are clicked to a vb program... whats the best or simplest way to do this..? any help is greatly appreciated ...more >>

Hello Could anyone tell me what is wrong with this Action script. It is for a very simple form (POST METHOD). send_btn.onRelease = function(){ form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST") }; Thankyou in advance :) ...more >>

I can access Flash variables in my ASP page's Request.Form object when I do a getURL(targetURL,0,"post"); in the Flash actionscript. The syntax I use in my ASP code is Request.Form("NameOfVariable"). This will get me the value of NameOfVariable inside my ASP code. What I am unable to do is to ...more >>

Hi, I have a question. Suppose i have the following information in a XML file, Sweatername: susanne color: green size: 1 Sweatername: Erica color: blue size: 2 Now i've made two small (custom) buttons each pointing at one of the sweaters, now i want flash to show me the...more >>

Whoa, this drives me crazy. I'm sitting here all day trying to figure this out, but still haven't found the solution! I am calling movie.SetVariables("myVar","whatever") from javascript. If myVar is a dynamic text box it will work when i call it like this : movie.SetVariables("myVar.text",...more >>

hi everyone, is there a way to put an movieclip, wich loads an jpg-file into an sharedobject? so that the next-time the user commes to the swf-file he doesn't has to load the jpg-file again. So that the Flash apllication becomes faster? thanks Adream ...more >>

I created an MCButton with 2 frames 'ON' (up) and 'OFF' (down). I want the swf to default load with the MC Button 'ON' (music playing) but when you click, the MCbutton it will turn the music 'OFF' and vise versa... Can someone please hook me up with AS for MC buttons/music load? ...more >>

Hi all, I've been working around with my Flash thingy and I got this far. I have a presentation in which I start a movieclip (an external .swf file). It all works fine, except that I don't want the swf to loop, which it does. It has to run just once. This is the code which I use in slide 1...more >>

I'm attempting to make a rollover action fade in a rollover image on a a button as opposed to simply switching, kind of like the buttons here on the Macromedia site do. If there's a way to do this w/o Action script, I know not of it, and im new to scripting so its been hard. The script i wro...more >>

Alguién sabe como integrar un fichero flash en el cuerpo del mensaje. Ya que voy a integrar una página como html y esta a su vez contiente ficheros flashes. Pero cuando le llega a la gente no se visualiza. Y pone un mensaje algo de que "Los controles ACTIVE X" no se pueden repoducir. Sabéis ...more >>

Hi, my .fla has only one frame (code below, example from colin moock). My question is only to understand a principle: The properties of Rect_mc and myVar are reset every time (since the fla has only one frame). How can I make sure they are only set once? I would need a kind of init pro...more >>

Can you help please, ( I am using Flash MX 2004) What actionscript would I write for a button - so that when the button is pressed 'THE PLAYHEAD' jumps to frame 10? (for example). Regards, Peter ...more >>

Hello, I'm using a List component in an MX2004 application I'm doing. The data in the list is filled in dynamically and and event handler handles clicks to do something. somewhere in my code, I need to jump to a certain item in the list and have the event handler kick in as if the user...more >>

if (_root.bgMusic.length > 10) { stopAllSounds(); my_sound = new Sound(); my_sound.loadSound(_root.bgMusic, 1); my_sound.onLoad = function() { my_sound.start(0, 3); } } Will loop the proper amount of times the first time it is loaded, but not play anything if that nested m...more >>

i am trying to stream an external background sound just like many books and website tutorials say, but it is not working when the page and .mp3 is online.. my code in frame 1 is: sound = new Sound(); sound.loadSound("sound.mp3", true); and yes my .mp3 is in the same folder as the .sw...more >>

I'm using the following code to splice a multidimensional array. //-------------- _level0.tempArray.splice( [ i ] [ j ], 1); //------------- Is there any other way to splice the array? If I use //------------------------ _level0.tempArray.splice( [ i ] [ j ], =" "; //----------------...more >>

Hello all, I'm new to Flash, so please bear with me. I need to create an effect and I haven't been able to figure out the best approach for. The best way for me to describe the effect is 'chasing objects'. The animation will demonstrate voltage flowing through a circuit. The shape of circui...more >>

hey, anyone know of a way to get the marker text (label) of the frame you're on? thx...more >>

It seems like every1 would like help and there arent many people who want to, but here is what I can't do. I have no actionscript expierience and I am not sure what to do. I would like my movie to play through the untill it comes to a keyframe, where it can be advanced to the next by a key. I...more >>

I am trying to create a function that will clear label component text in my movie. I pass the instance names of the labels to the function as arguments and use the arguments array to loop through. I want to include something like _root.application.form1.<variable or array instance>.text ...more >>

Hi, I've created pop-up windows containing a movie using the following code: on (release) { getURL("javascript:window.open('http://www.willyurman.com/work/pages/bestof2002. html','POPUP','width=770,height=550,top=2,left=2,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,resiza ble=no,menubar=no,status=no,direct...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to find a solution to be able to start playing a flash movie on command from a href link. The kicker is that it has to work on IE5 on the mac as well. so I was thinking if I can set a variable in JavaScript in the page and then use setInterval to constantly run a funciton ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to get the results of the url "http://domain.server.net/articles.asp?journalID=5" to be displayed inside of a Flash 5 dynamic text box. To keep in simple, Let's say I have a new .fla and on the main stage I've created a dynamic text field on the only frame. I know I will...more >>

If I have a string value of a number (from PHP per say) ie: "123" that I actually want to be the integer value, is there a toInt() or something like that? would Math.round() change it from a string to an integer for me? I am having problems allowing users to enter the number in a textfield,...more >>

function addSWF():Void { for (i=1; i<5; i++) { this.attachMovie("SWFHolder", ("mc"+[i]), this.getNextHighestDepth()); this._width=100; this._height=100; this._x=100; this._y=(i*80)-80+20; } } for some reason the width and height are just fine for all 4 movie clips but...more >>