I'm trying to build an mp3 player that uses the id3 tags to inform the listener about the song info. I created a function that populates the dynamic text field "track_txt" with the id3 tag "TIT2" when the song loads. It works fine for me when I "test Scene" but if I open the swf file in Fl...more >>

I'm trying to suss out how to target my movieclip (not separete swf) so each individual movieclip alwsy goes to the top layer. The plan is to have an image rollover like the one at http://www.stellamccartney.com/main.html http://www.newmediadesign.co.nz/test.htm Can anyone help with replic...more >>

is it possible, and what is the best way, to have a weblog in a flash site? i have a site that i am redesiging in flash--and totally sold on the new design, and it has a bunch of weblog hoo-ha on it and i would like to keep it when i move it to a flash site, as folks actually READ it (imagine...more >>

Hey there, I have my main menu and then each button has a submenu I have come up. Now to break this down i want the the external swf file to disappear when i select a new main menu button. Right now I'm able to select a new main menu button but the external swf file i last looked at s...more >>

I have a javascript function that on mouseover plays a sound in a swf file. I use actionscript to play the sound: playing = false; s = new Sound(); s.attachSound(sndID); . . . if (playing==false) { _root.s.start(); playing=true; } _root.s.onSoundComplete = function()...more >>

Dear All, I have a video.flv that takes 77 frames on the timeline when dragged onto stage. Now I have created a movieclip (F8) out of it and named it as video_mc; I dragged the video_mc onto stage and removed the video.flv from the timeline. Thus, I am using only one frame on the timelin...more >>

HI all First here is my code: myData = new LoadVars(); myData.load("http://www.starladesign.com/hightest/exist.php"); myData.onLoad = function(){ var num = myData.NumItems; trace(num); } for(n =1; n<num+1 ; n++){ pic = this.createEmptyMovieClip("suba"+n,+n); pic._x = 20...more >>

I'm a newbie to flash. Following a tutorial, I'm building my first flash site. Here is one of the most difficult problems I have met: Two flash files, master and preloader, following is part of the actionscript in the first keyframe of master: stop(); // -----------------<MCL>-----------...more >>

I'm working on several optical illusions which require a movie clip to alternate between two different frames at variable speed. Is there a way to dynamically modify the movie's framerate, that is, control that pesky little stage property at runtime? I've been playing around with setInterval...more >>

Anyone know where or have a tutorial for this? I've search a lot of sites with minimal luck... My plan is to build a SQL & pHp driven slideshow.... Something like this: http://www.productbeta.com/tutorials/show.php?goomba=3& But with out the ming stuff... ...more >>

Would anyone know if there is a possible digital tablet that I could use for drawing with Flash 5 on Windows XP computer ? Thank you, Debbie...more >>

To all flash designers ?I need ur help !!!! I have two movies (mc1 ? mc2) .. me needs: when I moving the mouse on specific place on (mc1) I want to show the same moving on the other movie (mc2) but larger? see the demo at www.uhlv.8m.com http://uhlv.8m.com/ ...more >>

hello, i'm having problems with my scrollbar component. It seems like everytime I use this feature it screws up my whole flash site. What happens is nothing will format anymore when I export it. For example, when I'm doing a dynamic text box and add the scroller using ariel or any text for...more >>

Hi, I am very new to all this and was wondering if someone could tell me the difference between ActionScript and JavaScript. Thanks for your help!...more >>

Here is my situation.... 1. I have a comboBox of colors loaded from a mysql Database. 2. I have buttons of colors 3. I have a model with a shirt that when a users clicks a color button the shirt colorchanges. I want the selected item in the combo box to change to the color the user has ...more >>

Guys, Having sound problems: would be grateful for some help. The Problem: So I want to build my own mp3 player. I have done this once before with an older version of flash that couldn?t get external MP3 files. Now I am having some trouble with the new approach. I can load th...more >>

anyone know of an alternative way to do file uploading than yamzbrowser? mx or mx04 is ok. or, if not anyone know where there is ANY troubleshooting info, forum, support, ANYTHING about this that may help me out with the numerous yamz it has? (can u tell im a bit frustrated with it?) best woul...more >>

hi, I placed a movieclip in scene 3 that should jump to a certain frame of scene 2 when reaching its end. I used: _parent.gotoAndPlay("Scene 2", "n01"); stop(); the script works with a label of te same scene or a frame number of the first scene, but not with these parameters, though...more >>

I'm loading an external jpeg into my flash movie. on the same stage, I need to create a thumbnail of the same image. The mc path to the large version: _level0.image.container The mc path to the thumbnail: _level0.controller.container My question is do I have to invoke two separate ...more >>

I have a script were when you press on a key it plays the movie clip and when you release the key it stop. My script is function moveStuff(){ if (Key.isDown(Key.Left)){ gg.gotoAndPlay(2); }else{ gg.gotoAndStop(1); } } gg.o...more >>

How would I go about getting a queryString variable into a flash movie that is loaded on the page. EX: index.aspx?FlashTitle=Kids+Run I would then have a flash movie on that very page that would need to use the FlashTitle Variable. I can write the variable anywhere on the page useing ...more >>

My english is very bad, so SORRY's... Hola gente! Escribo para ver si alguien me puede ayudar. Tengo un SWF, con dos textfield asociados a las variables "email" y "nombre". Bueno, al hacer click en un boton, llamo a un script inscribe.php con geturl, en un destino _blank. El script funci...more >>

Hello everybody and thanks in advance, I am working on a preloader for a flash site and I keep geeting an error message like the one below: WARNING: This movie uses features that are not supported in the Flash 5 player Scene=Preloader, layer=preloader, frame=1:Flash MX Text Field Inst...more >>

Hi I have a flash menu which I'm trying to add a pop up box to. http://www.onewhowaits.fslife.co.uk/intro.htm The button is the 'questions' button. I've added this script into the actions: on (release) { getURL("javascript:openNewWindow('http://www.onewhowaits.fslife.co.uk/...more >>

When I select a movie clip and drag and drop it over another movie clip sometimes when I release the mouse button the movie clip is not released. Has anyone seen this before? Any suggesstions would be great. My movieclip contains a button that contains a text box with a number. So whats ha...more >>

I am trying to pass a variable from a Flash Movie Into a PHP script for processing. However, When I open the movie that contains the input text box there is text already in my input box. Here is the code I am trying to use: on my submit button I use this code: on(release) { ge...more >>

hi....there presumably is a way of centering a standalone on screen...could you tell me how please? thanks martyn...more >>

Hi, I'm having a problem with movie clip control. I want a button that the user can grab and scroll it to another point of the movie... Can anyone tell me how to create this kind of slider bar? ...more >>

Does anyone know the differences between these two components. I want to use the TabBar component because it is able to fit all my tabs in one row, while the other cannot. The problem is, I can only get the following code to work with the Tab View component: ------------------ stop(); ...more >>

Hello out there, I am converting my Delphi (5) Classes to AS 2.0 (Flash MX 2004 Prof). Now is there anything like the "NIL" in Delphi that is used to let a variable point at a "empty" page in the system?s memory? Thanks for Advise! ...more >>

Hello out there, I am converting my Delphi (5) Classes to AS 2.0 (Flash MX 2004 Prof). Now is there anything like the "NIL" in Delphi that is used to let a variable point at a "empty" page in the system?s memory? Thanks for Advise! ...more >>

hi...is there anyway of creating an exit button that shuts down the presentation please thanks martyn...more >>

Using Flash MX I need a deliminated file to contain variables for an array: I have a text file with text file with Var2=tst1,tst2,tst3 I have this code to read and split the data Mkt1 = new loadVars(var2); Mk2_arr = new _global.Array(); trace(Mk2_arr); Mkt1.load("market.txt"); //Mkt2...more >>

Hi, I have a dynamic textfield in my movie. depending on what is in the field i need a specific action to take place when a specific button is pressed. For example: I attach a MC to my stage by press of a button, when it attaches it puts a message in a dynamic text field. (it is possible fo...more >>

OK so I'm building a little Pong game unfortunately the game play is outrageously boring and predictable but my meagre Action scripting ability is hampering my ability to inject anything interesting into it. I was hoping affect the balls Y speed (variable: "ballYspeed") by increasing it or...more >>

Hi everybody, I'm searching a way to get a specific information from an xml file without looping. Because it's not efficient when you have a lot of data. I know in vb there is a way to get direcly the node name but in flash? thanks ...more >>

HI All. I am trying to write to work on an application for a real estate site I am working on. The actionscript needs to check if a certain .jpg's exists and based on how many exist continue with a for loop I have created. how ever many exist would be number 'n' and that goes into my for...more >>

Hello, I'm a newbie to flash (just started my first site 2 days ago), so this is probably a really dumb question, but I'm hung up on it, so here goes . . . I purchased a template to get me started. In Scene 1 of the template, there are the menu buttons which, when clicked, gotoAndPlay a ...more >>

Hi. I've got a question regarding the loadmovie and gotoAndPlay actions. I've built a movie that when a button is pressed it is supposed to load a movie and then goto a specific frame in that movie. I've made sure to preload the external movie once the button is pressed - this does away with ...more >>

g'day, I have a main content MC which i load up another MC inside. This MC i load inside has some AS to load up some news from PHP / MYSQL. When i run the news MC by itself it works ok. When i run this news MC inside another MC it doesnt come at all??? Inside my news_mc I have this ...more >>

G'day o'brave actionscripters! Got a problem when creating a dynamic textfield. Some characters wont display as they should. For example ?:?:?:? .. If i write the text inside the fla file and compile it everything is fine, all characters shows up as they should But, if i get the text f...more >>

Hi I have built a class file that sends an email via a web service. I instantiate the class from the onclick event of a button inside my fla. The email sends ok but there is a big old problem. According to the documentation, the XML sendAndLoad method should populate an XML object I spec...more >>

hi, here i loading a *.jpeg file from external folder into created emptymovieclip. using loadmovie method.here i want to know whether jpeg file complete loaded or not is there any method for this finding load complete. thanx in advance murali.J ...more >>

hello guys'n'girls(?) i have a swf that is a 'master controller' if you like that at various times pulls in other .swfs (into 'dummy' movieclips) depending on what functionality is needed etc, some of these .swfs may pull other .swfs in themselves and pull in external files too such as XML f...more >>

I'm using the code found below to preload an external swf. The movie is preloaded but dosen't show the progress.... holder = _level0; pre._visible = true; loadMovieNum("helper/lh.swf", 0); percentLoaded = 0; with (holder) { var loadedBytes = this.getBytesLoaded(); var tot...more >>

Here is the code I am working with: ------------------------------------------------------- _global.Animation=function(TL){ //TL refers to the timeline the animation clip will be placed on. this.TL=TL; //initialize masTime-masterTime- which tells the object when all animations are finished....more >>

I having problems while pressing TAB key in my textfield. I don't want to use TAB key for validations, i use Enter key for validations. So i need to block the TAB key validations in the movie....more >>

I have an SWF file that I want to share to other users. When I load the SWF in it displays but not properly as a lot of the movie is created using actionscript. Does any one know a way that I can load in the SWF file and allow it to display as it would in a projector on its own.? i.e. al...more >>

hello, i laoding a image through a loadmovie() function with the following code.. loadMovie("screenshot/img1.jpg", "loadScreen"); now i want to add a loader with this image..how can i do it...plz. help me ...thanks ...more >>

Hi all, Im trying to work out if you can create a flash application that runs as a desktop application. The trouble is I cant work out if you can call actionscript to open an application? Is this possible? All help appreciated John ...more >>

Hi, Im tryin to scroll some ground. I have got it scrolling from top to bottom, but would like to scrolli the other way - top to bottom Here is my code: onClipEvent (load) { road.duplicateMovieClip("ground2", 00); ground2._y = road._y+road._height -1; groundStarty = this._y;...more >>

Hi there, I saw a nice feature on www.curvemusic.ca where the movieclips loaded in the main movie do not scale when you resize your browserwindow. The main movie does. Anybody know how to do this?? dijkdertien ...more >>

? have a simple drawing tool made in flash, and now i want the user to "on the fly" save the drawing to disk. I don?t need it coverted to bitmap, swf file will do fine. How do i solve that? The scripting, if it is possible, is desirable to VB (ASP.NET). ...more >>

could you guys tell me how to move a movieclip from one place to another place with actionscript? i am trying this for a long time plz help me thanks in advance...more >>

could you guys tell me how to move a movieclip from one place to another place with actionscript? i am trying this for a long time plz help me thanks in advance...more >>

hello, i have a question regarding button. i make a button in a movieclip and name it as "btn". when i change the size of button in the movieclip. the button become non clickable. anybody know what is happening and what is teh solutions? thank you very much. ...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to set up my portfolio online, and Flash is really the best way of doing this. I am a graphic designer and I want to show off some brochures I have recently done. What I want to do is to have a series of brochure pages move across the screen, from right to left, when the mo...more >>

hi all i used flash mx (6) to read string variables that are not utf encoded using system.useCodePage = true but this is doesnt work with flash mx 2004, but i've noticed if i exported the movie for flash player 6 it works fine. i there any thing to do to work with flash player 7 ...more >>

to dynamically create a movieClip, and attahc it to a scrollPane? I know you can use SCROLL_PANE.contentPath = "movieClip", but that seems only if it has a linkage identifier. is it possibly to do this at run-time? ...more >>

I'm not a actionscript person. What I want to happen is so that like i have 8 frames with long animations within a movieclip on each. and on first frame i want it to randomly go to one of the 8 frames, then it will play through it and when its done it will go back to first frame and once aga...more >>

i have written a couple of really useful functions. some have movie clip objects that they reference. others are just plain functions (like my super-useful SERIALIZE() and UNSERLIALIZE() functions for communicating data objects with PHP). i want to know how to make these functions/object...more >>

Hi, I've got an input text field and it's not passing its variable to a LoadVars object when a button gets pressed. I do have the variable defined the same in the input text field's property box and the LoadVars object. The input text field and button are part of a group of objects that make u...more >>

Hello all! I'm working on a Flash executable whose sole purpose is to create a text file with variable definitions that a batch file will use down the road. So I created a button that will write the file adding "set variablename=" at the beginning of each line, for DOS. Then, I wanted the Fl...more >>