Hi I am trying to load X images into and make buttons of them useing onRollOver = function() {} The image paths comes from a XML file, and I do a for loop ( t ) Almost everthing works now, except the on onRollOver, nothing is happening, Can any one help me out with what I do wrong? here ...more >>

Can someone help me on how to configure my system to be able to view e-mails with Flash files? Thanks Sergio...more >>

Hi All, This is an ActionScript problem for a Flash Remoting app... but it's not a Remoting issue (or so I think) so I'm posting it here. This is a Chat Application done all in Flash that uses several different .swf files (1 for each page). I have no trouble passing the user id from .swf...more >>

I am hoping that someone can help with the following ActionScript problem. I need to read data from a file and the data that needs to be read is in a text file with URL format (q1=aaa&q2=bbb&q3=ccc - and so on). I want to code this in a loop so that the name of the variable that contains the d...more >>

How can I use the ComboBox Component to tell a movie clip to go to a certain frame when an item is selected from the combo box. For example if I have a ComboBox with: Apple Pie Chocolate Cake Ice Cream When someone selects "Chocolate Cake", it tells a movie clip called "desertsMC"...more >>

I was wondering if it was possible to block buttons, by putting something in front of them. I know about btn.enable, but would like to rather just open another MC in front of my buttons and make them not work that way. I have too many buttons in this area and don't want to deal with turing t...more >>

Hi all I'm working on a simple project totally built in action script (nothing more than some text effects and a couple of jpegs) the problem is, it seems it is not possible to export it to gif or any other format while the swf works fine, if I try one of those formats I get only a white ...more >>

Hey, I am trying to edit a text field on multiple instances of an MC for a dynamic menu... except I can't seem to target the instance name... Here is what I've got.... The MC instance names are a1, a2, a3 and so on. for (var i = 1; i<3; i++) { var instName instName = "a" + i; _r...more >>

Should have just lumped these all together. :) Anyway, the customer wants the form to all show. BUT he wants the user to only be able to access certain fields depending on their choices in other areas. So how can I make a text field "grayed out" unless a radio button is selected? I'm p...more >>

I can't seem to get the tabIndex to work for combo boxes. Anybody have a helpful insight on this problem? My code (tough stuff) combo1.tabIndex = 1; combo2.tabIndex = 2; text1.tabIndex = 3; text2.tabIndex = 4; Doesn't work when published either. The text fields and radio boxes ...more >>

I've managed to edit a component to my liking, (the scrollPane). Only i want to remove the surrounding box outline that it gives, and cant seem to do this. Any ideas? Thanks, DD...more >>

I am doing a "Create Your Own Custom Banner" project, which is going fine except for the end result.. I need my online SWF (the one where customers customize thier own banner), to PUBLISH in its final state (as in, you can drag things around, put text in that you like, and once you're done it ...more >>

I am working on a small site and haveing trouble with, 'reenable' buttons scriping. Everything works the movies load but the buttons don't reenable after clicking on another one !!! I have double checked the language many times it is correct. The function code is on the timeline and reenable c...more >>

I'm writing from Costa Rica. I need to develop 360 products views, like sunglasess, optical glasses. I need if someone can help me telling me what would be the best program to create that views and export them to a SWF file or if with Flash MX 2004 Professional there's a tip to do this things?...more >>

I want to attach a preloader to a movie clip that will be loaded into the main movie clip. This seems simple enough, but my preloader just continues to play, never advancing to the next frame within the loaded swf. The code I'm using: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (getBytesLoaded()>=2...more >>

Is there a way to dynamicaly insert frames into a movie clip using action script? I'd like to load a variable from an external text file and use it to dynamically change the durration of a movie clip. Any ideas? ...more >>

I have several .swf videos in my web page in certain scenes. They are loaded from a server when clicked in the scene. on (release) { loadMovieNum("http://www.davinciweb.ca/blink/dealer.swf", 25); } When I leave the scene however and go to another scene the .swf stays on the screen...more >>

Using flash player 6, is there any way to detect an error when loading a jpeg file? It seems like you may be able to do this in flash player 7 by using the new MovieClipLoader object, but until I upgrade my code to AS2.0, I was wondering if there's a way to do this for flash player 6. ...more >>

hello! Can some body help me a little bit! plz I have a movie and at the first frame i have [PHP]loadVariablesNum("var.php", 1);[/PHP] and at secvond frame gotoAndPlay(1); at my var.php file i have _level.gotoAndPlay(3); how to correctly format it with syntax it so that that my ...more >>

I´ve checked out Josh Dura´s but he seems to be working on a new version which will include that. Do you guys know any other? Thanks! -- ='o'= Arturo ='o'= www.miltonfrank.tv ...more >>

I've got a unique (maybe not so unique) situation. I want to load an external text file whose location is detirmined by a hidden dynamic text field, whose text is another text file. This text file, gives the location to the text file to be loaded into the main box. -I can load that fine. ...more >>

preload prob in MX 2004 Hi to you all I hope someone out there can help i have a fla with 2 scenes Loading which is the first and Main with is the second. On the third frame of the Loading scene i have this code -------------------------------------------------------------------- var...more >>

I have created a full flash site. The hiearchy is the "home" page (which contains the navigation) when a button is pressed, it opens a .swf in a container mc. Let's say--I click on the button "gallery" in the navigation, in test mode. It then will open that .swf in the home page window. That...more >>

Hy all, I'm using the Tree component v.2 for the first time, and I have this problem: I see that component has only a vertical scrollbar available, but I need to scroll content horizontally, too. How can I give it this functionality? Is it only some property to set or it's need to modify som...more >>

Hi Everyone, I have been trying to test for (1) a movie clip and (2) the movie clip's instance name. I have all sub movies in a single layer and all of the rest of my main movie on other layers. Optionally how can I recover a frame's Instance name (on a specific layer which isn't as impor...more >>

I have a movie (game) that runs entirely within the first frame of the main timeline. I have a function defined that updates the screen with an onEnterFrame. I would like to add a preloader to this- but when I add frames before this existing frame to the movie, the game breaks. (even if I ...more >>

I have a small flash puzzle that I am modifying. It is a 4 by 4 grid. I have an array that holds to correct position of the tiles(the finished puzzle) and then another array holding the positions of where each tile really is. then the code compares the 2 arrays. If they match the puzzle is ...more >>

Is there any way to stop XML from loading once called to load? I have button when pressed loads an XML file. When the XML is completely loaded, I call a function. It works fine, but if I press the button multiple times before the XML can load completely, it seems to perform an XML queue for ...more >>

Is there a way to disable the "allow vs cancel" security pop up window that comes up on outside browsers when people go to my flash page??? Thanks...more >>

I have a drag and drop movie...it works the way I want it to...if it's not in the right location it snaps back to the original location. But, for some reason, I can not get it to go past this movie onto the next frame, which is a simple image. Here is my code for the button within mc..hope ...more >>

hello. my problem is: i am loading a series of external jpegs (thumbnail1.jpg, thumbnail2.jpg etc...) using a script that begins as below. but, the idea is that it is an updatable gallery. so... if there is no image to show (eg. thumbnail6.jpg is missing), i want it to show an alternat...more >>

Hi i am a newbie and am using flash to create a website for my hsc extension english major and i need to know how to dynamically load text files into a textbox o a button press! i am clueless! dom help would be great!!!! SOS! ...more >>

I need to open a new html window from an action script in flash but with no scroll, no toolbar etc tim? anyone?...more >>

Please bear with me, I'm very new to Flash and am working with an older version (Flash 4). I have two separate swf files - a splash movie and a presentation. The splash movie is supposed to run continuously until someone clicks the "enter" button. When clicked the presentation movie is...more >>

Hello All, Is it possible to flip a movieclip horizontally with actionscript? I see it can be done manually by clicking, Modify>Transform>Flip Horizontal. I'd really like to do this on the timeline with actionscript. Thanks in advance! Jake ...more >>

Im trying to connect to a wsdl file using the Flash-WebServiceConnector-Api This works great, but i'm getting the FIRST result only of an returned array in the Property "results" How could a access an array? ...more >>

I making animation upon which i want the user to be able to set the colour of the object (a animated movie clip), this side of the what i want to do works _fine_, but by use of a virtual object which means that, tweening the animated movie clip across the screen seems to be not possible... is ...more >>

I think I used to use "maito"but can't quite remeber how in MX. anyone got a script? ...more >>

does any one have a wait on frame script as per director (so many tics)? I want to be able to hold the movie on a frame for a set period. cheers shaky...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know where can I dowload this sample from? Is there any existing at all or is it just a picture? I want to know how to make Accordions scrollable if the child is longer in size? I am really new at doing all this. I want it to look like this [L=http://www.macromedia.com/s...more >>

I am loading an external file contained in an 'xml' folder next to my projector. ** I want the project to be cross platform. ** If I use: myXMLobject.load("xml/news.xml"); will it work on a mac? or will i need to poll the OS and use a different filepath delimiter? ...more >>

I am using a presentation template from the Flash MX software where they have the controls to scroll the pages. The problem is that I have a preloader but I don't want it to be considered as the 1st page of the presentation. Is there anyway to get around this? Also, how do I test if the pr...more >>

Hi, I know I can save data with the SharedObject => getLocal() on the local hard disk. However I would like the user of the app to save his password and name on his own floppy disk. Can that be done with flash? Would s.o. know? Thank you ...more >>

hey all, im reletivly new to Flash MX but have been with Flash 5 for quite a while. I started to make my movie as per normal but everytime i try to set the play button, i get errors and i dont know how to fix them. Im not sure but i think the layout of the script is different to that of what...more >>

Hello If I create a button ?print? (obviously to print :)), how do I get to print say for instance only a textbox on say frame 1 or to print only a single frame in the movie instead of printing the whole movie? Also, say my movie?s settings is 900 x 500 pixels, can I then print that fr...more >>

Hey there, I'm trying to create a menu for a website. The menu has nine picture links in vertical order. The idea is that a man is pointing at the top link and when you click a link below it, his arm (which rotates on a seperate layer from the body) moves down to be pointing at the new sel...more >>

Can I do that? If so how? or can someone point me to a tutorial? It's too late for me and I'd really like the help. i'm trying to create essentially two columns. One a person's name, the next coloumn would be a score. All I'd like to be able to change through an external file, ( xlm, txt...more >>

Ahoa me mates, anyone got a bit of scripting for UNLOADING & UPLOADING MOVIECLIPS into a dropzone IN FLASH MX, designing a online magazine/book/paper style want to be able to turn the pages - side to side... like www.raphael.com (style) basically loading a movieclip into a dropzone whicch repl...more >>

I'm new to Flash and ActionScript. I would like to populate data from Access database and display it in flash movie. I was able to display the data using For Loop and DuplicateMovie but 1. How do I display the data in the table grid/data grid style? 2. Is there any table grid/data grid com...more >>

I've attached a soundtrack to a Flash movie and published it as a SWF in order to load it into another Flash movie at runtime. The soundtrack plays in the SWF if I run the SWF by itself. For some reason, when I load the SWF into the other Flash movie using loadMovie() , the movie plays but the...more >>

i need help writing variables to a text file. i dont even know where to start, please help!...more >>