Well, my goal is to load variables from a text file, and when they have loaded, move to a frame that will display them. I have done this before, in mx, but now I am using 2004. In MX I didn't need to check whether it loaded, it always seemed to work. Now when I try it, it works locally, but no...more >>

My question is very simple I think. I just need to send one variable from one button made in flash to a common java script outside the shockwave file. I would like to analize and have the control in java script. How can I do this? Thank you for your response. Also I'm leaving my email. ...more >>

I have 3 movies siting in the same HTML, how can I gety index movie to give orders to other movies and viseversa? Thanks [L=Check it from here]http://www.capstores.be/index.htm[/L]...more >>

I have 2 input fields (x,y) where people can type in numbers based on the size of their room. (i.e 3m by 3m). How do I script a square box that is drawn automatically when they submit based on the scale that they have typed in. (Flash MX) Thanks Rich. ...more >>

Is there a event thrown when a datagrid is sorted by clicking on one of the headings? I want to make sure that either the selected item remains highlighted or de-select the item... Thanks, chris ...more >>

I think I've discovered a bug (and/or quirk) in Flash and I'm curious what others have found. The quote below is from a previous thread found here: [L=Help!! variables, scenes, levels]http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?postid=2858757#post2858757[/ L] [Q]If you've followed the ...more >>

Hi, I need to extract the time, minutes and seconds, from a movie that is being loaded into a movie clip. On the main stage is an MC called "content_mc". Various external clips will be loaded into "content_mc" from an array by means of a menu system. "content_mc" is a 1 frame empty movie....more >>

Hi Y'all. I have used text, created a symbol as a button, and so far not applied any actionscript to it. when i preview the movie it "skitters" in and out as if it can't understand that the text is a button. i do not want to place a graphic here for various reasons. should the text h...more >>

Hey everybody: this is kind of a cross-post but i thought it would be useful info for everyone. I've created a FLASH movie to test the various ways your browser can set values within FLASH. Please give it a look...it takes about 30 seconds and you get to see the results broken out by TOT...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to assign a getUrl function to my empty mc that I'm loading onClipEvent(load). My problem is that it will not get the url on the mc instance. No matter how I define it, it isn't working. It works if I use this or just onPress (which means any part of the stage you click w...more >>

Hello... can anybody write me a simple perl script that says: take this big long string literal from flash and write it into the file called "atextfile.txt" then echo something back to flash to tell me it's happened ? The text file is very simple and just holds four variables like this: la...more >>

Hi Can anyone tell me how I can animate smoothly from one gradient to another it is to animate a landscape scene where the sky changes colour as the sun rises. I am having difficulty changing from the sky at night which had several blues to one which id blues and yellows. Thanks in advan...more >>

I'm trying to simulate an object ( a bubble, actually) floating in a viscous fluid, but I'd like it's movement controlled purely by ActionScript. So far, my only instinct would be to use trig formulas to determine its x and y positions. For example, if you wanted to move an object in a compl...more >>

So I have read the technotes on Macintosh not being able to communicate with the flash player, problem is - I am starting to lose the ability to navigate at all on the Mac. I need a creative work around. I have to pass a session variable with every link. If the links are based on interac...more >>

I have: on(press){ _root.s2.nextFrame(); } and it does it's thing but the user has to click over and over again. I need it to advance one frame as long as the user is holding the mouse button down. Help please. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a single frame .FLA file with alot of vector graphics and a small JPG in it. All the text on this document is in Outlines (all vector) so it IS alot of data on the one SWF when its exported. So what I have in an onLoad event is the following: //PRINT PAGE var my_pj = n...more >>

Hi, I?m a 3rd year undergrad at Nottingham Uni and im writing my dissertation in Flash MX and Actionscipt. I?ve run into a few problems which have turned into total nightmares and there seems to be very few people in the department who are able to help. I was wondering whether if anyone ...more >>

Hi, I am using LoadVars to bring in array items, delimited by commas. Unfortunately it is required that some array elements include the character "," but not as a delimiter [example: "I need to add commas like this, thanks."]. We tried using the %2C escape sequence but this does not work ...more >>

Hello. i need to work with preloaded images at different movieclips at the same time. since "duplicatemovieclip" cannot deliver possibility to make copies in different movies, "attachMovie" method is seen to be more logical here. with attachMovie picture from the labrary can be placed an...more >>

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how do I make a draggable button run along a defined route (e.g the draggable object will be attached to a line and will move along it but not off of it when dragged.) If you can help please write out the coding below. Thanks Neil ...more >>

Hi, does anyone know a good solution to append an event on one clip. I.e. when I have a movieclip with a rollover-event and want to add another action to that event but keep the old script? AS1 please thanks for any help!...more >>

I have an instance called indicator that I want to move with the following script: onClipEvent(load){ _x = -372; _y = -80; div = 3; } onClipEvent(enterFrame){ _x += (endX-_x)/div; _y += (endY-_y)/div; } This instance indicator will be in several different places and usually ...more >>

Since Flash does not appear to include state variables for the mouse, I have created a global variable which is toggled true at a mousedown event and false at mouseup or rollout event. Trace shows that the detection routines toggle the variable as expected. In a child movieclip is an onCl...more >>

Hi, I have some click tracker code that works for what I need however, I want to output the counter to a text box as image is being clicked, so user knows how many times they have clicked. Here is my existing code. Frame action function calculate() { totalX = 0; totalY = 0; ...more >>

I created a MovieClip wich its instance name is "cursor" and set this script to the frame: ====================== cursor.startDrag ( true ) ; Mouse.hide ( ) ; ====================== Untiel here every thing were OK, the MovieClip was following the mouse. Than i created another MovieClip...more >>

I`m trying to make a zoom button in order tozoom in and zoom out a text whixh is inside amovie clip but it doesn?t seem to work the script Im using is: on(release) { mc1._xscale = 500; mc1._yscale = 500; } mc1 is the name of the text movie clip plis help me ou ...more >>

Hi all, I am relatively new to Flash and am in need of some assistance with button actions. I have a pretty basic flash movie created and would like to allow the user to click a Next button to bring them to a specific frame on the timeline. This action will be repeated throughout the mov...more >>

I would like my Flash scene (project) to run, then, repeat twice and then stop on the last frame. In other words loop twice and stop. Thank you, Gil...more >>

Is there a way to set the zoom from zooming from 0,0 to zoom from the center of the scrollpane. this is my code for the scrollPane. when I zoom it zooms from the top left hand corner. I want it to zoom from the center of the swf or image being loaded in the scrollPane. thanks lou...more >>

Is it possible to unload a movie AND clean it out of cache? I am trying to prevent unauthorised use of commoercial Flash instructional lesson. Thanks Geoff ...more >>

Hi How will I delete cookies,History through Flash Action Script.Am facing problem when I am uploading new Images and reloading the Pages.After Reloading of the page mY new Image should come instead of my Old Image.In some system new images are coming and some it is coming with old Image.How...more >>

Hi Everyone, I'm having a problem with Key.getASCII(). I have some code like this: if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) { keyRelease = "left"; keyCode = Key.getAscii(); } if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) { keyRelease = "right"; keyCode = Key.getAscii(); } if (Key.isDown(K...more >>

I have a five frame movie, which basically presents a tabbed interface to the user. Each frame is one tab. Each of the tabs has a set of TextFields, which the user inputs data into. All the textfields on all the tabs have onChanged event handlers added to them in their frame's actionscript....more >>

Hi guys I have had a client ask me if I can put together something like [L=this]http://pbskids.org/sagwa/color/paint/index_paint.html[/L] for him, problem is I dont even know where to start. Does anyone know of a tutorial or source file I can access to get an idea how to accomplish this? ...more >>

Hi I want to create a movie of a landscape that changes in real time depending on the viewer?s computer time and date. For example from day to night and seasonal changes depending on the month. Is this a very hard thing to do? I have had no luck finding reference to getting variables fr...more >>

hello, i'm making a movie where something is constantly redrawn on the screen http://www.michaeln.demon.nl/test/closedCube.html. before i draw onto the screen i "clear" the screen by drawing a white rectangle on the screen as big as the stage, and draw on top of that. it seems though that the a...more >>

I have a movie loading into a target blank movie clip on the timeline. I have to send the variables from that clip to an asp page and receive a return. I've done this before, but now completely spaced how to do it. Don't I have to target the "parent" or "root" or something like that???? Do I h...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to import/load a swf file into another swf file? Thank You. Peter....more >>

I am having big problems w/my movie. It just doesn't GO. I set actions to gotoandplay on frames and it just repeats the current scene. I am stuck and have no idea what to do -- I have considered instead of using scenes just having totally seperate flash files, but it would be too much loading. --...more >>

With a expanding menu-system how do a use hittest to make a area mouse sentitive? This means that the menu should expand depending on how close the mouse is at the menu. Please se attached fil. Hope you guys can help... ...more >>

i all i try to use a scroll pane with a createEmptyMovieClip [CODE]var myCont = this.createEmptyMovieClip("content_promo",1) this.Cpt_scroll.contentPath = "content_promo";[/CODE] but i dont see my movie in my scrollPane thanks for help ...more >>

I need a Back and Forth buttons to a E-Learning Project im doing, The problem is that I need the Back and Forth function to "remember" or cache were the user where and what movies that were loaded. Its 30+ movies. ...more >>

Hi, can anybody explain me why these two trace functions display different outputs ? trace("\u2082"); trace("\u"+"2082"); I need to create dynamic unicode charachters (like subscript numbers) ... Thank you ...more >>

Hi forum, My site contains some flash files, which will take some time to load. I want to add a preloader in each and every flash file. Any assistance regarding this will be accepted thankfully....more >>

[Q]I don't understand what you want to accomplish. Do you want more than oneblank field for the same question or do you want more than one fill-in-the-blank question appear on the same "page"?[/Q] In fact I need to have a paragraph with multiple blank fields, with each field evaluated as a...more >>

Hi, Is there anyway to know from acction Script if if the player is the one used for authoring mode, or if it's the web browser one. I keep on having this problem while debugging : the path to image or xml directories change if testing in authoring and when in the web browser. While ever...more >>

Hey guys, Here's the problem. I want to be able to update my script to the datagrid, without having to publish flash every time...and I'm not real knowledgable with actionscript yet, so I was thinking about just loading the script dynamically through a text file. Then just updating th...more >>

Hello, I have a a grid with 4 columns. Is there a way to get what column name is selected. Im sure its a simple function, but everyone i have tried is not working as expected. Any help would be great! I am working in Flash MX NOT 2004 Thank You MLA ...more >>

Dear All, I am very new in using macromedia flash mx and javascript. I am trying to use getURL() in lea_speak.js to call a function name processNew(arg) in speaking.js. How shall i do so? Please advice and thanks in advance. Hope to hear from you soon. Rgrds, Janice ...more >>

Can someone please tell me the proper way to get the information from id3 tags on mp3s so I can assign that information to a dynamic text object? No matter what I do, it always just comes up as undefined, and I can't seem to get it right, I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Any help would be a...more >>

Hi people, I have a multiline dynamic text field and the text is either 1 line or 3 lines. Is it possible to vAlign the text in the middle? Cos currently the if it is 1 line, it is displayed at the top of the textbox. Pls help. Thanks ...more >>

OK. the code below works, but it seems to me that it shouldn't because lvarPageSaveResponse is defined locally in the function SavePage(). This would mean that in the function called 'ServerPageSaveResponseOnLoad' it wouldn't have any meaning...or would it? can someone explain this to me? ...more >>

so i have a flash slide show that i'm using an xml file to pull the images from. it came with a next and previous button. so i added a play button and that seems to be working. i just can't get the stop button to work. any help? here is the code i have [h] // // Event handler for 'Pl...more >>

I have an issue with a large swf Im trying to load. It's a jukebox of sorts where the visitor clicks a song title and it plays 45 seconds of each song and there are 20 titles. Currently I have each song as a separate swf file with a preloader in front of each individual song swf. what I w...more >>