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Quick Question
Posted by fasterthanlight at 5/15/2004 11:55:16 PM
i load my text into my flash site, how do i get the movie to check if the text has loaded, and if it has, go to a certain frame?...more >>

help game problem guess hitTest
Posted by marcelozep at 5/15/2004 11:29:53 PM
Hello there, i was searching for a real functional script for my game. Its a tank game: You are a tank, and you have an enemy. Another tank that tries to shoot on you. Theres an ambient, like limits on the stage, that the tank cant go through, like bars, squares, for a little dificult in the...more >>

Dynamically Scroll Dynamic text w/ Actionscrips
Posted by MailManUSA at 5/15/2004 9:39:04 PM
Hi everyone, I am not too sure what is causing this to happen but maybe a few suggestions is all it will take to fix this problem. Please try the following link to view the movie: http://sweetness.dyndns.org/home.cfm?intro=false&showMP3=true The provided link displays an MP3 pla...more >>

actionscripts inside a text file
Posted by azcummins at 5/15/2004 8:55:21 PM
I'm creating a text box that will call a .txt file, but somehow I need to the text inside the textbox to behave like Flash buttons. I know I can use HTML code to have the text clickable, but I need the clickable text to have Flash actionscript properties. Is there a way to do this? ...more >>

I can't see my preloader
Posted by PaulAnka at 5/15/2004 8:50:08 PM
Hello, I've got a flash movie, all together around 300kB. I have a preloader made like this: scene 1: // frame one is stopped with stop(); onClipEvent (enterFrame) { loading = _root.getBytesLoaded(); total = _root.getBytesTotal(); percent = (loading/total)*100; per = Math.ceil...more >>

Window component help
Posted by milkhead at 5/15/2004 6:03:59 PM
Hi All I am having trouble loading a URL into the window component. I tried myWindow.contentPath and also just tried entering the URL in the Parameters field. Any ideas or tricks I need to use. Thanks in advance ...more >>

Radiobutton, Checkbox Costumizing Fonts
Posted by ob112 NO[at]SPAM web.de at 5/15/2004 5:59:12 PM
Hello, very easy question, but seems to be impossible: I want to change the Font of the labels of the standard Radiobuttons and Checkboxes, but does not work. (e.g. myRadioButton.setProperty) now the labes have something Arial, 10p Font black. Where is that written and how can one change it...more >>

TABINDEX DOES NOT WORK with new MM Components.
Posted by studio-playground.com at 5/15/2004 5:54:22 PM
It works fine between components, not for other form elements. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=288&thre adid=819295 Please see the above post - marked resolved. IT IS NOT. ///SOME LINKS AND A FLA http://www.studio-playground.com/DEMO/signatureMo...more >>



actionscript is truncating my values!
Posted by sneakyimp at 5/15/2004 5:53:43 PM
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- trace(12343434874.348373872); -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- returns this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------...more >>

setMask problem / text problem
Posted by HypnoTech at 5/15/2004 5:22:32 PM
Can someone tell me what my code isn't working? _root.createEmptyMovieClip("galleryImage", 6); _root.galleryImage.attachMovie("mc_imageBackgr","background",1); _root.galleryImage.background._x=30; _root.galleryImage.background._y=80; _root.galleryImage.createEmptyMovieClip("image"...more >>

Loading external html in textbox
Posted by smiljanaivancic at 5/15/2004 4:43:34 PM
I have a very basic question: I have made one textfield "txtbox" and 6 buttons, which should load 6 external html files into "txtbox". Since I don't have much knowledge of actionscript (though I tryed hard but I can't find the way to target "txtbox") I'm hoping I will get some advice here....more >>

How to pass IP of the server and NOT IP of the cl
Posted by helpdemos at 5/15/2004 1:28:06 PM
hello i am trying to make a ip fliter system and i need a little help in my movie file i have //Create the LoadVars object and load data myData = new LoadVars() //domain name with key myData.load("http://domain.com/key.php") //Callback handler and binding myData.onLoad = function(su...more >>

To play my movie only 5 times
Posted by Manoj vn at 5/15/2004 12:02:05 PM
Sir, I want my movie to be played only up to 5 times. If a user tries to play it in the 6th time a message should be there which mentions " You can not play the movie for more than 5 times". Any help in this regard will be highly appretiatedThanking you MVN ...more >>

To avoid caching of flash file?
Posted by Manoj vn at 5/15/2004 11:32:22 AM
Can i avoid the caching of the flash file by giving any code in side the same file.? Any help in this regard will be highly appretiated With Thanks MVN...more >>

swf to jpg or any image format
Posted by mukti at 5/15/2004 11:06:22 AM
Hello Guys, could any one let me know how can i make a screen shot through a swf file .... let me explain it ..... we have a question air in flash and i just want that once the user click on a answer and press the next button for the next question .. what i need a screen shot of his reply what...more >>

Delayed preloading
Posted by plugin+ at 5/15/2004 10:53:21 AM
Hi people I have a main movie that loads other movies into empty mc's, is there a way that I can delay loading one of the movies until the others are loaded, this seems to difficult because I am working with different timelines. Anyway here is the code that I have on the first frame of the m...more >>

Swap instances?
Posted by g5604 at 5/15/2004 10:50:07 AM
Hi, is it possible to write a bit of code which when called upon, swaps one movie clip with another?? without jumping to another frame? cheers, g...more >>

Remote control a flash movie
Posted by Ross Timms at 5/15/2004 8:33:53 AM
A simple query, but I'm struggling to find the answer. How can I control a flash movie from the html page that 'holding' it? For example, I have a button on the html page that when hit I want to tell the flash swf to go to a specific point. ...more >>

Flash movie becomes unexpectedly bogged down
Posted by killcast at 5/15/2004 7:55:01 AM
hello all, i have been working on a game, where the user controls a character from the top down who walks around the static background. when they get to the edge, it jumps to a new frame and changes the ._x of the character movie clip to the other side of the screen, looking like they're walk...more >>

SPEED
Posted by MFA at 5/15/2004 5:48:47 AM
hi...using action script is there any way of setting the pace of the following so that the user can observe the event over...say....2 seconds 1. a line draws on the screen 2. a quadrant fills on the screen many thanks ...more >>

Mask doesn't work, strangely
Posted by msum1park at 5/15/2004 3:38:02 AM
I have a dynamic list created. The list was working fine but was too long for the stage. So I decided on a mask. Upon applying the mask (either to the stage, or to the list), the scrolling list doesn't work anymore. I've attached my source file here(format MX2004)... Thanks! ...more >>

Variables do not pass why?
Posted by Dimak at 5/15/2004 2:09:05 AM
hello i am trying to make a ip fliter system and i need a little help in my movie file i have //Create the LoadVars object and load data myData = new LoadVars() //domain name with key myData.load("http://domain.com/key.php") //Callback handler and binding myData.onLoad = function(succ...more >>

this.onPress won't compile for me.
Posted by russ-514 at 5/15/2004 1:55:36 AM
Hi. Sorry for being such a newb, but I can't get the first part of the following code to compile. I've put it inside a button symbol, but I keep getting errors. For reference, I've added following code does exactly what I want it to, but I'd really like to use dot notation for this projec...more >>

referencing design time component from a class
Posted by ctvrtlik at 5/15/2004 12:47:09 AM
is it possible to reference a component that has been added at design time in a ..AS class file? for example, suppose i have a symbol in the library called "test_comp", and i've dropped a datagrid component on it called "myGrid". in my test_comp.as file, is it possible to reference the in...more >>

loading and unloading for dummies
Posted by stardance at 5/15/2004 12:05:29 AM
I'm creating a flash document that I would like to break into separate movies for file size reasons. I can't seem to find clear instructions (for dummies) for loading and unloading movies. (The whole movie that is, not just a clip) I did it once before and I vaguely remember something about t...more >>


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