Would anyone know how to print from Flash MX without getting the Window Printer Prompt (to choose the printer and other Printer details). I am using Windows XP, Flash MX (not 2004) and want to print directly to the printer without the user being prompted. Any ideas will help... also I am n...more >>

I've tried a variety of things such as: _root.stepDescription.multiline = true; _root.stepDescription.autoSize = true; _root.stepDescription.textarea.wordWrap = true; to no avail. how do I get an instance (or all of them) of a label component (here the instance is named stepDescription)...more >>

I desperatly need some help!! I can't get the onClipEvent handler to work? Even the basic function doesn't seem to work right. With a couple of Clips on the stage and the following code assigned to a signal clip I get the same response no matter if I click on the movieClip on on anything else,...more >>

1) I have a numeric stepper that i am trying to use to update a value in an array. it works fine when i add a "change" event listener to the stepper and use ONLY the up and down arrows. The problem occurs when i manually type a value into the stepper and then immediately click on a submit bu...more >>

Hello. I would like to incorporate a simple form on my flash site. The user would simply enter their email adress into the input text box, and press submit. I have tried a few different ways with loadVarNum and such, but I can't seem to get it right. Any help would be wonderful. I a...more >>

Hi Everyone, I am using MX '04 Pro. I am trying to test for the last frame labeled "lastFrame" in a MC. (This is not the actual last frame because of some of the tweening I am using). I have to have a method to signal the main clip that the MCis done and change the status of the toggle b...more >>

hi: i want to take a string and turn it into an array of characters so that i can pass it by reference to a function. i've seen some really quick ways to cast variables in other languages, but this is what i currently have in actionscript: strCharArray = new Array(); intTmpLength = st...more >>

I am trying to create a group of buttons in a circle and when you mouse over them, a pie slice at the bottom will be designated for the description. I have made the buttons movies clips and put this the following action code on them but once I click down the descriptions stay and doesn't tog...more >>

i have a picture that moves across the screen. when clicked it plays a movie clip. how do i get the movie clip to play where the picture is on the stage at that second? ...more >>

Hi all. I'm hoping one of you guys can give me some insight into what I'm doing wrong with this. Basically, it's these two lines that are stumping me. The first line (that's commented out for now) does not work. It uses a variable ("activeTab") as part of the mc name. But the second line...more >>

Hi, I am an simple user of FLASH. I use it for creating some animations and some menus. I have been working on many versions of FLASH over the years and as each new version comes out I find I can do LESS and LESS. I have been using FLASH MX and that took some getting used to... but now on ...more >>

Buddy of mine and I had this wonderful idea for flash to read all the jpgs in a folder and dynamically display them one by one... can Flash MX 2004 Pro do this? can it get a list of files in a directory? I've done this before with XML but would rather just be able to put new files in a d...more >>

After having successfully loaded an external swf (xFile.swf) file into another (yFile.swf), the problem that I am encountering is that the attachMovie statements within xFile are not executing properly. To investigate this, I added trace statements on all of the attachMovie statements, and wh...more >>

I've two classes in the same folder. One called 'Holder', the other 'CScroll' When i try class Holder extends CScroll {......... it comes up with 'The class 'CScroll' could not be loaded.' but the classes are in the same folder. any ideas? thanks, DD ...more >>

Is there a way to detect if one object is over another object. I don't just mean the center position, but any part of the top object. For instance if I had a a circle underneath, and I wanted the circle to change color if a shape were to go over it. I would not want the color to change if the ...more >>

Hi! I have the following problem: I made a flash movie and at a specific frame I wanted a popup window.That`s ok,there are many ways to do that with javascript. So,I attached to a frame the following action getURL("javascript:open_window('delanord', 'http://www.stud.usv.ro/~radub/home....more >>

I've two classes in the same folder. One called 'Holder', the other 'CScroll' When i try class Holder extends CScroll {......... it comes up with 'The class 'CScroll' could not be loaded.' but the classes are in the same folder. any ideas? thanks, DD ...more >>

I have been trying to load a website into a movieClip on the timeline. Code: _root.url_mc.getURL("http://www.starladesign.com"); But with no success. Is this even possible. I have tried it with the window component but it will only accept .swf! Any Ideas. Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Is it possible to detect when a user closes the browser window and run a function when he does close the browser? Nova página 1-------------- Mário Diogo Poderá contactar-me através: mjorge@netliz.pt ICQ:164987050 MSN: mariodiogo@sapo.pt ...more >>

Hi, I have developed a number of movies and am happy with how they work. I now need to link the different scenes up from buttons on the home page (which appear at the end of the movie). I have enabled simple buttons and have added the following script to the button:gotoAndPlay ("icm***the n...more >>

Hi, I have developed a number of movies and am happy with how they work. I now need to link the different scenes up from buttons on the home page (which appear at the end of the movie). I have enabled simple buttons and have added the following script to the button:gotoAndPlay ("icm***the n...more >>

Hi, I am working on a project that attaches a MC to the stage from the library when an initial MC is pressed. This mc is attached in the center of the stage and then is made draggable. I have made this part work fine. Now, when the user presses the initial MC again i want the same thing t...more >>

I have a series of dynamic text boxes on stage which I populate using a function like: fnBoxPop("box1", "box2", "box3") but sometimes I have up to 30 or 40 separate text boxes on stage and lots of different pages so I dont want to re-do the long list of arguments on each page. Is there...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a cd-rom right now that I need to program a true false quiz in 5 parts that will remember answers, and let test takers move on throughout the cd as they pass 70% of the questions. Can anyone give me a template for how this is done, most importantly the remembering of input,...more >>

Hi All, I have a flash MX 2004 application, I am calling a webservice and aspx page on a different domain. All the calls to the webservice are successful, so are the calls to the aspx page. I have a cross-domain policy file. When a localToGlobal is called it only works half the time. Whe...more >>

I am opened to any suggestions: Local file that is supposed to run on the CD (so forget IIS and Apache - it is desktop application and imagine user has installed only Windows - not even MS Office). My goal is to design search engine (selecting records based on some filters), forget inse...more >>

Hi im having a little trouble with the length of the code which I'm having to use in action script, normally if I were using vb I would use _ to spann multiple lines. This doesn't work in flash, what is done instead, I have turned on word wrap, but thats still messy. Thanks for the help ...more >>

Hi, I have a MediaDisplay in my Stage and a button , when i click on the button the mediaDisplay component has to get duplicates. for me its getting duplicated but the previous Component(mediaDisplay) is getting unloaded. thanx ...more >>

Hello I got a stupid problem: so stupid I'm afraid it might be a bug... I'm trying to make my movie go to a label that's defined by a variable. Pressing a button, I call a simple function that defines the content of the variable "section" [section = "game"] and tells the playhead to go the...more >>

I am doing my master thesis (master of science in cognitive science) and in doing that, I am considering Flash MX for the environment in which my testing software is to be developed. But it depends. I have a few questions (might be dumb): * How good is the time precision in flash? I need t...more >>

Hello~ How do you change the instance name of a movie clip using Actionscript? I'm kinda stuck with my current project which needs the abiliy to change a movie clip name......more >>

Hi, please can someone help. I am putting together a Flash movie that will run off a CD. This is a CD that will display different Demos on how to use software. Each Demo is a Separate SWF file, that I will link to from the Main movie. Firstly, I want to Click a button on the Main menu tha...more >>

Hello All, I am trying to display a large amoun of records from an access db via asp. The problem is that I am trying to display from 100-2000 records and allow the user to go back 10 records or next 10. Is there a way to accomplish this without having to tax the user with dowloading all of...more >>

im using this; on(release){ getURL("mailto:information@designbytempus.com"); } in 3 of my computers...with windows xp..but when i press the button nothing happens..and if i upload it from that machine....nothing happens with another windows xp computer and windows 98 it works fine.....more >>

I have a text file that contains several hundred lists. I have modified the text file so that each lists starts with &list1, &list2 and so on. I can get each list to load in to an array. My question is, how can I get an array populated with the list headings (&list1, &list2..) so that I can...more >>

Does anyone know how to create a Zoom In Button... like instead of right clicking the file and selecting Zoom In from the mini-menu, you can press a button to Zoom in....more >>

I'm having great technical difficulties with my latest project. The way I have my wepage set up is this, there is a main flash movie that loads sub movies depending on what section of the website you are looking at. This setup works fine locally. However, when I upload my webpage things don...more >>

How do you goto the next frame after you hitTest all the movie clips on the first frame? Ben...more >>

Hello, I'm an ActionScript newbie, and I am trying to implement a random frame functionality. I have six keyframes in my movie, and each time the swf file loads, I need the playback head to go to a random frame within these six keyframes. I'm working with this code, which I found from...more >>

Hallo! I'm doing an interactive CD completely Flah based. I have an Intro that automatically loads the Home page. For both Intro and Home I'm using this preloader script: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { loading = _parent.getBytesLoaded(); total = _parent.getBytesTotal(); percent -= (p...more >>

Hi, If let's say in my script, I have: --------------------------------------------- myfunction(); // call my function that has sendAndLoad - get member names from database, // and then put it in _global.myarray var value = _global.myarray[0]; trace("Array inde...more >>

given a character, strC, what is the fastest way to determine if it's a number? right now, i have this: var strDigits = "0123456789"; if (strDigits.indexOf(strC, 0) > -1) { // YES...it's a decimal digit! } else { // it's not a digit; } is there anything faster? i'm going to hav...more >>

Hello All I am new to the forums so please be patient. I am having a problem calling a gotoAndPlay() command across _levels in my movie. I have the basic movie at _level0. I then load my content, navigation, and other elements into other levels 1-4. _level3 is the navigation. On ...more >>

I want to build a quote display system (for stock market indexes and currency). I also want to include some line plot charts. For the chart section, there are some problems: i can include only jpeg files in the flash movie. The jpeg files are not best suited for chart pictures (the chart lines...more >>