Hi and thanks in advance for any input you can give. Here's what I would like to do: First, go here and you can where I am at present: [L=current preloader]http://www.alexisneel.com/test/BWshortTest2.html[/L] You will notice that everything's works according to plan. However, what...more >>

I have a wroking php form that emails the form data but my data from radio buttons will not send. It isn't the form, it's a problem with my code becuase it won't even trace a defined value. I have each set of radio buttons in a group with a group name of Group 1 or Group2. On an old file in F...more >>

i have a byte preloader that shows a percentage bar for progress and it displays fine with IE on a mac, but when it's viewed with IE on a PC, it doesn't work. it seems like it never gets to the preloader because there's just a white screen while the movie loads (which takes quite a while), the...more >>

I'm new at Flash What I want to do is make a mock up of a control panel fo an appliance. I want a status indicator (dynamic text?) set to 'On' or 'Off' and by pressing a button on the page it should switch 'Off' to 'On' and vice versa. I tried a button that I had scripted: on (rele...more >>

Hello! I want to acheive something like this: for(blablabla) { doSomeStuff; waitForExSpaceToGetPressed; keepDoingStuffAndContinueTheLoop; } Does anyone know how? /Jag...more >>

Is it possible to adjust the volume of music playing on a seperate level in flash mx? heres what I mean. on the first frame of a site I have music start playing in level 15 loadMovieNum("music.swf", 15); The music is esentialy the only sound I have on the site. But when a user ...more >>

I have a problem with a Data Grid... Im using it to add records to a MySQL DB, so its "editable" property is set to true ... The problem comes when Im filling the data grid and I reach the max number of rows per scroll. Whenever I scroll down my rows to edit one, when i select it , the da...more >>

OK guys, this one may be tough, definately not a common issue, and I am really stuck but have to make it happen. any thoughts at all you have, even if it isnt the solution, are VERY appreciated. For reference: useing flash mx2004, PhpObject, Php, MySQL, and "drawplane" (drawplane is an ex...more >>

Hi Everyone ! I am working on a fill in the blanks quiz using Learning Interactions template since I need the quiz to be SCORM compliant. One of the exercises has two entries in the same question. Here's an example: 1) Macromedia Flash is a powerful ................. for developing ric...more >>

I am trying to apply random numbers to arrays and it always gives duplicates, how do I keep this from happening. Following is my code and what it traces. for (var i=1; i<5; i++) { for (var x=1; x<4; x++) { this.formShape[i[x]] = random(6); this.colorShape[i[x]] = random(8); ...more >>

i have to create a simple flash game for a piece of uni coursework! and im rubbish with flash! good intro huh!? :) can someone give me a clue on how to actionscript a countdown timer type thing that i can include? SOOO grateful for any help i can get! thank you! ...more >>

I'm streaming a sound into a .swf like this: sound00 = new Sound(this); sound00.loadSound("alpha.mp3", true); It starts streaming fine, but what happens is the playback gets to the end of whats been downloaded thus far, and stops(or loops if i add the code onSoundComplete code). How sh...more >>

I need help, I need to be able to dynamically format the colours of characters, individually entered into a textfield. I can format dynamically the whole textfield's characters to, for example, red, but this is not what i need. I need to enter characters into a textfield with each charac...more >>

How can I make when a pop-up is clicked (this po-up is flash movie, a button), close and goes to a specific frame into a frameset, for example: "main" frame? ...more >>

What I need to be able to do is change the image and text when a button is clicked in a flash movie embedded in the web page, not when an image on the web page is clicked. I can use the function: <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- function changeCaption(text) { if(document....more >>

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help. I've tried looking all over the place, and I found one tutorial that matches my needs exactly, but it doesn't work for me. I'm using Flash MX 2004 Professional, and I need to have a number of quotes with corresponding images randomize on each browser re...more >>

Hi, Im really stuck here, wondering if anyone has any advice or code snippets i can look at. Im writing an app in FLash Mx 2004, a poster tool, which is basically a jumped up version of a drawing program, however i want to be able to add pre-existing picture files aswell as mp3's and av...more >>

I am trying to use a check box to set a cookie for a login. I need to decrease the size of the text that is next to the checkbob. But when I right click the check box to edit the component, that option is grayed out. Any thoughts? ...more >>

Hi to all! I would like to know the information about data, which are loaded into my movie as an external *.swf file. I would like to show to a visitor the loading process (as usual in preloaders) ... percentage etc. Another reason is, that I would like to make the data loading in chain - ...more >>

I downloaded the trial version of MX2004 and I notice that the Actionscript screen only has the advanced coding screen and not the basic option. The basic option allowed one to add code accurately and very quickly without having to get into the in's and out's of actionscript. I waste time to...more >>

Hi all, I'm now developing an application which should display for example the new york, london and sydney time in the same movie. My problem is, that flash cannot give me the local time for each of them, the only one thing I can use here is the getTimeZoneOffset() method( and my system cl...more >>

I just got this Send Mail Contact Form from Actionscript.org which works with PHP and Flash. For some reason, it seems pretty easy, I can't make it work. My server supports php to my knowledge. The e-mail address in the php doc is right. So I am at a loss to why it is not working. Any ideas...more >>

I am trying to use a selection from a combobox (myCombo) to manipulate a recordset (myObject) into an array (myArray) using a variable (myVar) How would I go about replacing the fieldname with myVar in both the 'if' and 'push' statements The code works fine if I hardcode the fieldname ...more >>

Hi, Is possible change the label color after select a item? I have a listbox with 23 items, the user must select 3 and I want change the color of all selected items. Is this possible? Tkx ...more >>

(If you already read my message please ignore it. B'cause i desperately want your help, i am sending it once again) Sir, It works perfectly. Thank you for the detailed notes on this. But the problem now i am facing is that i want to include multiple fill in the blanks questions in the sam...more >>

I have been wondering about how people do things in their development. I been looking at a lot of sites and seem to think I know, but maybe I don't. What I am curious about is how much other developers use actionscript for animating things and how much they use the timeline. It seems to me t...more >>

I have an embed videoclip in my flash project and i made really nice/cute (play-, stop-, rewind-, forward-, pause-) buttons but now i realize that i don't know how to make them work. I know that there is a component for this action but I want to control the video with my own buttons. Please ...more >>

Can flash detect a internet connection?...more >>

I need create a new level to load other movie (.swf) in it whit loadMovieNum. How I can create a new level into my flash? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi Could someone shed any light on the problem i am having? I have a sendAndLoad in the base movie clip (_level0) which places all the returned data in an container called "returndata" returnData.onLoad = function(success) test = returndata.test; This works fine however is it possib...more >>

Hi All, I am calling setFocus on a TextArea component, this selects all the text, is is possible make the text not selected. Mark Redman ...more >>

I'm trying to load a .swf into a dummy movie clip and then duplicate that movie. The loading part of my code works (it loads in to the first clip) The duplicating part of my code works (if I just use a preloaded clip) But they won't work together. I can post code... but I'm I missing...more >>

i have a constructor like this: function MyObj(name, depth) { this.mvMovie = _root.createEmtpyMovieClip('name', 'depth); this.mvMovie.loadMovie('foo.jpg'); // and then i want to do something when people click on it this.mvMovie.onPress = function() { //my super c...more >>

Hi I'm using Flash MX (not 2004 MX). I have a number of dynamic movie clips that I am nesting inside a parent movie clip. The parent movie clip then scales to 250% on a mouseover. I want the dynamically attached nested Movie Clips to scale with the parent movie clip, however then stay in th...more >>

I'm having difficulty in getting the left curly bracket into the action window. If I try to use the keyboard (Alt+Ctrl+7), the actions window becomes inactive. Its no problem with the rigth curly bracket. If I copy the curly bracket from another program, (like Notpad), I can paste de curly bra...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to develop an image viewer type movie, that loads dynamically. No problem loading .jpg's into movie clips or scrollpanes - but when I try to resize them using actionscript - they disappear! ie. imageOne.loadMovie("images/image01.jpg"); imageOne._x=50; Changing the ...more >>

Can someone please tell me why the following code won't work in MX2004? I have it attached to a movieclip instance. on(release){ getURL("home.htm"); }; **Error** Symbol=Navigation, layer=buttons, frame=1:Line 3: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler }; Total...more >>

quick question about button actions. How would you code a button so when it has been clicked once and it has done what it has to do, it cannot be pressed again until another button has been pressed?...more >>

Hi I got this code from someone recently for a time out. And it works a treat. on (release) { _root.remoteMovie.tempMovie._visible = true obj = new Object(); obj.interval = function() { _root.remoteMovie.tempMovie._visible = false }; setInterval(obj, "interval", 2000); } T...more >>