Could someone please tell me what is wrong with my set up: 1- A layer with a scrollbar as a movieclip 2- A layer with dynamic text box with variable name and instance name 3 - An action layer 1- Code attached to the scrollbar movieclip [h] onClipEvent(load){ left = _x; right ...more >>

Does anyone know how to link a scrollpane to a text box with dynamically loaded text? Problem seems to be: * Have to set linkage property for item that displays in scrollpane * Can only set linkage for library item, not specific instance --??? * No way to set text inside of a MovieClip tha...more >>

Ive tried and tried and cant get the fscommands to work where do i put them. I dont want the user to be able to right click and select zoom in or play and forward none of that how is it done. Thanks in Advance ...more >>

Is there possible to change Main Background color dynamically? I have build a generic Pre-Loader to load my site banners dynamically and randomly, and when the banners are loading, I show my site logo and a load progress status... but my problem is that pre-built banners with color background di...more >>

First, I create an empty movie clip, then I load a jpeg into it. Next, i would like to size them, defining a width and height. However, this doesn't seem to work. Whenever I try to size the new MC (ie. clip._width=20), I get "0" for width + height in the debugger. However, _xscale and _y...more >>

I want to dynamically load JPGs and display them. I've tried loadMovie but that doesn't seem to work or else I'm doing something wrong. Been looking for an example but can't find one that does this for some reason. I would think one of these picture viewer programs would include how to dyna...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to insert multiple JPG images into some scrolling text ? is it pos? I think it may have something to do with .loadScrollContent? If im in the right area could someone give me a hint! I've searched endlessly for tutorial to do this but cant find any. Is the only other option ...more >>

How do I loop through all movieclips in my scene. All movies have a different instance name, but I dont want to have to look at each one individually....more >>

I'm having a terrible time getting such a simple thing to work right... basically, I have a button that if you click on it, it switches a graphic on and sets a variable( graphic0n=1) I want to be able to click the same button and get the graphic to turn off and set the variable back to 0 ...more >>

I have a problem with the depth of a dynamically loaded image. i use this code. _root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1); container.loadMovie("bril.jpg"); container._x = container._y = 0; The image is always on the upper layer and want it to be on the lower layer so i can throw some...more >>

I'm trying to post a form from a non-secure server to a secure server. I keep getting errors. Any Ideas how I can get this to work?...more >>

Hello. I'm looking for an example that shows several textboxes at random positions using actionscript. I want that when the script shows a textbox the other remains visible. ¿Do you know some example?...more >>

If you have object1, say a movie clip and its dropped onto object2 another movie clip, object2 is now the droptarget of object1. Am I correct? Is there any way to access object1 from object2. Say, give me the object that is on top of object2. And is there any way to determine if an objec...more >>

I am doing a short (1:30) movie in Flash MX and, since I'm new to flash, I doing it with tweening. The movie is pretty simple overall, just some pictures and small graphics that move around the scence in sync with some music. The problem is that when i export it the audio and video lose sync a...more >>

This is my AS but i have had no results in my news_scroller // set the variables loaded from CF into their respective locations var artigo_titulo = LoadVars("artigo_titulo"+count); var artigo_chamada = LoadVars("artigo_chamada"+count); var artigo_fonte = LoadVars("artigo_fonte"+count); //...more >>

I have been searching in vain for a simple password script that works with Flash MX 2004. I have looked on exchange sites, etc. No luck. I have tried to modify password scripts to work with 2004. I get wierd syntax errors and more. It would be nice to find something that reads a .txt or ....more >>

Hello! I need to build one scrollbar to scroll the content of one movie clip (this loads external data into separated text boxes) How do I do that? Thanks Pluda...more >>

Helli, I need to load multiple instances of a single SWF file and pass data into the text fields it contains (among other things). Is something like that possible, and if so, what would be the syntax? Thanks!!! ...more >>

Please help. I have been successful getting my flash to utilize external XML files with external CSS. What I would really like now is a way to re-use the same TextArea (notesText) and just call a different XML file each time and have a global external CSS (notes.css) applied at the...more >>

My web site has a login page that directs the user to a page with my navigation bar. When I click the buttons it is sending me back to the login page. The site is built in aspx....more >>

http://www.firstbornmultimedia.com/flashLarge.htm On the portfolio page where you rollover an item of their portfolio and it gets bigger and pushes the rest of the row out. Any help woul be much obliged as I'm totally stuck. Thanks Aoife ...more >>

1. How can i test a prloader without puting it on the web and then viewing as the computer loads it too fast to see it it workes or not 2. Is there a way to test the movie but as its goes allong it displays all the variables and what they equal so you can see when they change. Many thank...more >>

Here's what I'm trying to do: movieonlevel0 sets a variable: myvar=1 (no problem) then movieonlevel0 loads movie2onlevel9 (no problem) movie2onlevel9 evaluates the variable set on level 0: set ("myvar",_level0.myvar); (no problem) NOW, what i want to do is evaluate that variable (numbe...more >>

hello all, If I have a .swf in 5 different HTML pages, the same .swf. And I want HTML to send a variable via query string to flash to tell flash on which html page it is in so that it can go to a speficic frame. For example, if I am on HTML page 2, tell flash to go to frame 2. On...more >>

I'm trying to import my text from a txt file... I did exactly what I've learned at school... but my employer has the 2004 version and now I can't continue his web site, I tried to follow the tutorials I've found... but it doesn't work! What shall I do to make it work. What did they changed? (a...more >>

Dear Sir, I have two buttons on stage, and two black (0x000000) MCs. One is with the Instance name part1 and the other part2. I want to test if part1 is black, then turn it to green, else, if part1 is a bluish color (0x98A5F5), then turn part2 to green. can u please help ...more >>

Please Help ! I have created text field - controlled by a scrollbar I have designed. However at the moment the text field works by writing the data within the 'as' I however would prefer it to look to an external file. How do I adapt this part of my Actionscript, to instead import my TEX...more >>

Hi everyone. I'm in the process of learning Flash, albeit slowly. I've been told by a couple of people that I should take a crash course in Action Script, which is what I'm doing--I got a CD-ROM that demonstrates Beginning Action Script. Now, I'd like to ask for opinions and feedback on...more >>

Ok, I think there's a logical problem in this... see, I have a function "importColorVars()" that loads sql data into an array named "_global.colorArray", declared previously in my code, and adds "_global.colorArray.length" in a textfield(_root.testing). However, for testing purposes, I als...more >>

How do I get the timestamp? I want to attach the time and date a message is sent to it....more >>

Here is what I have: setProperty ( _root.right_nav.nav_bkgd, color, "#1C2F55"); obviously 'color' is not right. what is? Thanks. Van ...more >>

Hey Ya! im using this following script to make a button invisible.. Text_Anzeige._visible=false; Text_Button._visible=false; which it does so... but when i hover over that button, it becomes visible. what can i add or change to my script to make it disappear totally. i have set th...more >>

How do I go about creating a random order of letters? users push a button and a letter appears...more >>

Group, I'm hitting an in-house Web Service with mixed results in FMX04 Pro via WinXP Pro. I'm successful as long as the WS method only requires a string parameter. So my proof of concept works. But the method I really need requires a datetime param in addition to a string. ...more >>

I am creating a quiz in flash. Each and every frame of my file contains separate questions. My checking of answers in each frame is ok. But while playing the movie some times some right answers is shwn as wrong. I think it is due to the previous data in the cache. Is there is any inbuil fun...more >>

Hi I use loadMovie() to load an external .jpg file into an empty MC. How can I get the dimensions (width, height) of the loaded picture? I need to know this because everytime a picture is loaded into flash I want to centre it. Hope someone can help me. Thx Tom ...more >>

Flash has changed a lot since I last used it. Anyway, in frame one of my root scene I would like to create all of my functions and actionscript so it is all neat and easy to edit. I don't know how to create a function, and I don't know how to make it work. I have a box that is a certain bl...more >>

Hi! In flash mx, i have a button that i want to open a new window with an html page in a new window and with a determined size. How i do? I tried with some javascript sentences but don't work Thanks in advance and sorry for my poor english, i'm not from english countries! :) ...more >>

Can I capture onclick event without a button? If I put a big transparent button above input text, I can not access to the input text to write something inside. Thanks! ...more >>

HI..im trying to set path.lineStyle to return random colors but the following...below... isnt working..could you please tell me how to correct problem thanks martyn function drawQuad(clip) { path = _root.page4[clip]; path.lineStyle(1, 0xxaxb3AAFF, 50); path.moveTo(x[0], y[0]); ...more >>

When I trigger a load on a loadVars object Flash sends all data of the current timeline. Is it possible not to send these variables without putting the loadvars object in a different clip?...more >>

Hi, I have a question abount AS, hope you can help me. I have a movie with a button that must get a URL, i would like to send de URL, I mean, the link, from a variable in HTML, but I don't know how to set the variable, I wrote the code in html like this: movie.swf?pelo=Cuidadodelcabello&l...more >>

Hi, I have a Flash Gallery, but its got a few bugs! One is that once the gallery loads, you choose a catagory and it loads up the first page (each page holding 9) if you have 10, then it says that it is on page 2 of 2, but really showing page 1 of 2. [L=click here]http://think-digitally.co...more >>

Is there a way to controll the quality of only one specific Mclip within an swf (i wan't to do this to only the one clip i tried: myclip.Mclip._highquality = 0; but this seems to render the low-quality of the entire movie no matter where i put the action... thanx i.a. ...more >>

I have 5 buttons on a menu all opening seperate SWF's when the user has finished reading that SWF they must go back to the main menu to go to the next section. I want to show the user which section they have already visited. The easiest way i thought to do this would be to have an action on my...more >>

Can anyone tell me why I can't load a movie from a custom object, but I can load the same movie explicitly as in the following code?... -Start Code- onClipEvent (load) { function Character(char_Name, Motion_Name, Component_Name, Component_Level, Component_Directory, Component_File) { ...more >>

I'm a pretty experienced user of Flash 5....only now getting into MX, so I'm a little behind the times. Anyway, the trace() function isn't working at all for me in MX. Is there a fix/update? I've tried the various debug settings on the ouput window and "omit trace" is NOT ticked. The trace fu...more >>

Hi guys, I need to condense white space in a Variable string. I use Querystring to get parameter variables externally from an asp page. External parameter: project = "Build Web Application Project"; In Flash: var proj_name = project; I need the proj_name to be like ...more >>

Hello, I am wondering if someone could help me with a problem I am having. First the code: initialization //first scene i = -100; soundOBJ = new Sound(); soundOBJ.loadSound("sound/rockyou.mp3", 0); preloader //second scene //frame 4 soun...more >>

is there any way to create 2d Array in flash.. if you know then please tell me how to declare it. thanks...more >>

Hi there, I am working on a CD-Project, where i need to connect Flash MX with MS ACCESS Database. As it is a CD Project, I no longer lie on the Server Side Scriptings. I know there are some tools such as Flash studio Pro, But My budget is limited. Does anybody know a way to connect Fl...more >>

especially about as2.0 Components...more >>

How would I tell the flash movie to render the text as html rather than text? That would work better for the application anyhow... ...more >>

instead of regular spaces, when my text file loads, its contains the %20 for the spaces... How should I encode the txt file to get this to stop? this is the code I used. Its the one off the MX2004 pro "how do I..." // Load text as variable and assign it to dynamic text field news_lv = ne...more >>

Please I need help to make an SWF within a HTML to execute an application I know if I have the ".exe" file that I want to execute "run" inside a folder named "fscommand" , from a projector "exe" this will work just fine BUT IF I WANT TO USE fscommand "exec" from a SWF within a HTML it does...more >>

Can you create an array of certain type? Like an array of Date objects, or an array of numbers?...more >>

In one movie clip I have: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) { this.play(); } if (Key.isDown (Key.SPACE)) { this._x = this._x; } else { this._x = this._parent.ship._x; } updateAfterEvent() } In the ship I have: onClipEvent (enterFrame...more >>

i am creating a flash file to be used for my final collegiate presentation - my degree presentation. I have music playing throughout and I when I'm finished talking, I want to hit a button and have the music fade out - wherever in the clip it is playing. Is this possible? I know flash fa...more >>