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Building Kiosks with Flash MX?
Posted by johndesigner at 4/4/2004 11:52:59 PM
Hello. Any Kiosk gurus out there? I have a client who wants me to spec out an interactive kiosk environment using flash as a front end. It would be for a science museum and have to intigrate with external 6v lamps, bells, triacs and/or relays? An electromechanical wonder of sorts. The user...more >>

Help! - Webcam (iSight) live feed into flash
Posted by Opacityzero at 4/4/2004 10:47:22 PM
Hi, I am using this code: "cam = Camera.get();" and "live.attachVideo(cam);" to connect to a webcam. It works on OS 9 with a USB Camera, but I need it to work on OSX Jaguar with an iSight firewire camera and it just doesn't... Can anyone help asap? Thanks ...more >>

MX-MX 2004
Posted by BlackJack22 at 4/4/2004 8:54:08 PM
Are there any major changes in the actionscript for flash 2004 or is it still the same as flash MX?...more >>

bug in attachmovie?
Posted by jigen3 at 4/4/2004 8:04:58 PM
hi, i am using flash mx and am attaching movies to a main movie: main_mc.attachMovie("movie0", "movieInstance0", 0); movieInstance0._x = 211; movieInstance0._y = 132; and it works ok. but when, for the sake of my own clarity i decide to change the name "movieInstance" to "car" ma...more >>

If then with Listbox component
Posted by MINGUITO at 4/4/2004 7:33:31 PM
Hi Folks, Maybe this is more easy than i think, but how would one use the If then statement with a ListBox, in other words, let's say I have the following code: list.addItem("Flash MX Release"); list.addItem("My birthday"); list.addItem("Flash Festival in France"); list.addItem("I ...more >>

setVolume is changing all the sounds!
Posted by fahnesjh at 4/4/2004 7:25:09 PM
I'm using a sound object. RainOnHood = new Sound(this); RainOnHood.attachSound("RainFX.aif"); RainOnHood.start(); RainOnHood.setVolume(10); The set Volume is effecting the volume of all the sounds in the movie not just the object RainOnHood and I don't know why. Any Answers? ...more >>

Wheres the Scrollbar component in MX2004?
Posted by Ausmithe at 4/4/2004 6:53:23 PM
I just upgraded to MX 2004 and there is no longer a scrollbar component. Whats up with that? Can someone tell me how I need to go about adding a scrollbar to a dynamic text box now? Thanks...more >>

loadMovie question
Posted by inetwebguy at 4/4/2004 6:40:16 PM
question about syntax... on (release) { _parent.loadMovie("about.swf",placeholder) } I have this acion assigned to a button within a movieclip. Button works, but it is loding the swf only, the original swf where this swf is to be loaded into, disappears. Do I need to use loadMovieNu...more >>



load external txt file
Posted by mapunk.com at 4/4/2004 6:05:15 PM
How would i make a button that when you click it, a txt file loads externally, but only using one flash file? so like this: I have a flash file (flash.swf) with 2 buttons. I click button one, and text1.txt loads into flash.swf I click button two, and text2.txt loads into the same flash fi...more >>

ScrollPane handle to dynamic content
Posted by Christopher Dugan at 4/4/2004 5:19:14 PM
I have a dynamic symbol in a scrollPane in flash mx2004. How do I get a handle to the instance that the scroll pane creates. I have a function in the symbol that i need to call named loadStuff. Here is the code: _root.addrestricted.restrictedScroll.contentPath = "SelectList"; _roo...more >>

loading and fading jpgs, revisted
Posted by benari004 NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 4/4/2004 4:57:14 PM
I've read through many of the threads posted on this topic and have pieced together some code. The idea is to dynamically load a jpg and have it fade in. The fade sucks, really--all slow and stuttered. When I increase the % of alpha incremented, the fade is better of course. The odd thing: o...more >>

Load swf files with random _rotation and position
Posted by Ricky Sullivan at 4/4/2004 4:13:08 PM
I have 5 swf files which I would like to get loading into a main.swf file with random a random rotation of ±15º A preview of the result: http://www.gsmultimedia.com/images/piclocs.jpg Im sure its not too hard to achieve. I just dont have the skills to do it. Any help would be much appreci...more >>

remote menu with frame and Flash Movie
Posted by Carlos Gonçalves at 4/4/2004 4:06:05 PM
Urami gave me a help but your code doesn't run. I need a code that runs ok with flash like remote menu but your target is a frame into frameset. The remote menu would be a flash movie when is clicked, close and goes to specific frame. URami code: ----------------------------------------------...more >>

does clearInterval clear variable value??
Posted by JanFlash at 4/4/2004 3:55:31 PM
I have somthing like this: A_btn.onRelease = function() { interval = setInterval(someFunction, 100); trace(interval); }; B_btn.onRelease = function() { clearInterval(interval); trace(interval); }; function someFunction() { trace ("hello world"); } Pressing buttons A and ...more >>

how to convert this?
Posted by enya_reimann at 4/4/2004 11:27:33 AM
Hello i have this code which represents a masked slide-in effect of a picture(mc) from the left to the right. Now I'd like to have this effect to slide-in from the bottom to the top (or viceversa), could anyone help me with that plz? thank you enya ...more >>

pictures in textbox.....
Posted by daniel15 at 4/4/2004 11:01:25 AM
hi, i'm creating a chat program (http://production.m-i.com.au/chat/chat.html) and i need to be able to insert smilies in the text. I want to put pictures inside a textbox, is this possible? I haven't seen anything that helps in the manual. Please help! daniel ...more >>

creating banners with a provided html code
Posted by mixworks at 4/4/2004 10:02:47 AM
Hi My site is 100% Flash with a banner at the bottom. This banner will be constantly changing since I will be loading 20 different movie clips randomly. The problem that I have is that the html code is provided from the numerous affiliate programs that I belong to and it cannot be change ...more >>

html inside flash site
Posted by Erezb1 at 4/4/2004 9:48:39 AM
hi guys i'm looking for a way to insert html page into an area in my flash movie. for example, when i'm clicking a botton in the top area that says Forum, the html forum window i made in Dreamweaver, will open in the middle area of the Flash stage. thanx a lot Erez ...more >>

XML.loadAndsend dosnt work with 'POST'!
Posted by jm at 4/4/2004 6:14:13 AM
I dont know what i can do. I tryed everything to use the XML.sendAndLoad but if i like to use 'POST' instead of 'GET' it doesnt work. I sniffed at $_POST $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA and many more but I dont get any information into my php script. With 'GET' it works, but not with 'POST'. Know someone t...more >>

playing specific movie frame on button click
Posted by Park Flasher at 4/4/2004 4:40:33 AM
i'm sure this has been covered a zillion times here, but i haven't found exactly the answer i need. i have a button on my main movie, and when i click on it, i want it to start one of my movie symbols at frame one, and then i want it to go to the 'fade out' frames upon rollout. (i'm not t...more >>

pass variables from one movie to another
Posted by kwp at 4/4/2004 3:27:43 AM
I think this should be workable but I have not seen any specific examples in the helps for Flash. I am trying to pass some variables a user selects in one Flash movie to another movie that is loaded into that main movie. After looking at the loadVariables command I see this example loads fro...more >>

how to get _xmouse=_x
Posted by DEJ885 at 4/4/2004 3:20:26 AM
I would like to move a clip to _x positions based upon the _xmouse within an area. On my site it is the little arrow that I want to move when you mouse along the menu bar. My site: [L=story]http://www.story.land.ru[/L] Have tried, have looked, and have not succeeded. Can youz guy...more >>

HELP WITH DYNAMICALLY UPDATING TEXT.
Posted by ethic at 4/4/2004 1:42:18 AM
Anyone have any idea how to dynamically update text in a swf via a website or possibly email? meaning, go to a private site or email, type the information you want to show up in a dynamic scrollable text field in a swf and when you hit submit, it automatically updates without having to upload ...more >>

Scrolling Text - Please Help!
Posted by 2duet at 4/4/2004 12:23:41 AM
I can't get my scrolling text box to function. I put the on (press) and on (release) action scripting on the up & down buttons and then I nested in a movie clip with onClipEvent action scripting -- incrementing & decrementing the scroll property. When I test the movie the scoll buttons are...more >>

XML Search engine...
Posted by Luka at 4/4/2004 12:23:28 AM
I've been trying to find an example of Xml Search Engine made in Flash, but with no luck. I would done it myself, if i knew xml ;) So, does anybody knows where i can find a simple search engine made in flash with xml databases. A simple text field with a "search" button which can find request in...more >>


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