im attaching the swf movie which shows layout - You start in scene 1 cllick on clothes, (takes you to scene3) drag clothes into box, they disappear (hit target variables passed) , click back button to scene 1, walking back lady has an if statement attached - if variable collected t...more >>

Hi, I am looking for complete documentation for integrating flash ocx control in other environments like Visual Basic etc. I mean, detailed listing of the properties that I can set etc. b'coz it becomes really tough to know about the property/methods without knowing the related available optio...more >>

Well I guess the title says it all.. I have a popup window that has multiple frames.. index displays header and footer html pages I want to close all three with a button on footer.. anyone know how i should go about doing this? ...more >>

okay guys a diluted version of my original question -how do i make a movieclip in another scene invisible on a hit target action from another movieclip. cheers, hope you can help. kaliedo...more >>

I have a contact page that has an input text form and a submit button. What is the actionscript for the input text field called - name.txt - that sends the text entered to my client's email address? I am only this far... submitURL = "/home/shb2_016/michellesherry.com/cgi-bin"; function o...more >>

i have a project with 5 scenes. When a user drags a movieclip to its target position i need it to make a related movieclip invisible in another scene. currently i have attempted to do this using variables on hitting target: tellTarget (_root.clothes2) gotoAndPlay(3); ...more >>

How do you attach a movie clip to another movie clip if you only know the instance name, not the identifier? to 'attachMovie' you need to know the ID linkage. any ideas? Thanks, DD ...more >>

i am making a skip intro on my first page; it is very short but i still want folks to be able to skip it it will skip the next scene but the music won't stop i've tried skip into on layer one and last layer i am attaching the following a/s: on (release){ _root.gotoAndStop(song); ...more >>

Why if I call a method "makeFunction()" it works and if I call the same method fro the method "Down()" it doesen't work? dynamic class SingleMovieClipEvents extends MovieClip { private var movieClipPath_mc; private var functionName; private var args_array:Array; private var theFunc...more >>

I am developing a flash movie which has embedded video. I need to include actionscripting to detect the bandwidth of the client so that if they are on dial-up they get the low-bandwidth version of the video, however, if the client is on high-speed they should be directed to the high-bandwidth...more >>

I need a masters help. I'm new to actionscript and learning the hard way with as2. I have exhausted my search with no solution, please help. This is what I'm trying to learn but it's a flash 5 tutorial using as1. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/slidingmenu.htm Can someone tak...more >>

Its easier to look at my post called: Help with start drag Please Help!!!...more >>

I'm trying to load several movies into one movie, but I'm fairly new to Action Script, and MX 2004 is slightly different then MX. Here's the code I'm using: my_mcl.loadClip("quickLinks01.swf", _root.quickLinks01); It's placed on the _root Timeline in a layer called "actions". In a layer ...more >>

Hi, I have a series of images that I want to pause for 4sec each before moving to the next one. I found some code in another thread, but I cna't seem to get it to work. I am using Flash 5. The following is the code I am working with: stop(); myInterval=setInterval(doContinue,4000); funct...more >>

For any Flash experts, I'm trying to accomplish something but I can't quite figure out how to do it. The idea is sort of like an eraser on a chalkboard. Text is scribbled on the screen, and you use your cursor to "erase" the text. Once that's done, a function kicks in and displays a message sa...more >>

if i'm loading an swf into empty movieclip, is there any way of sending the loaded mc to a specific framelabel when it loads.. I've tried this on a button but it doesn't seem to work : on (press) { loadMovie("test.swf", "holder"); holder.gotoAndStop("testframelabel"); } any ide...more >>

anyone know if it's possible? if so, how do you get it to work? I'm got the following going on and it's not working at all. the trace comes back with the correct info, but it seems that the loadMovie will only launch if the info in it is in quotes..... If I hard code it, loadMovie("A...more >>

Does anyone have a clue how they do the centering on resize thing on this site? http://www.norwaysays.no/main.html try resize the browser window and see how the contents center after the resize. thanks in advance T ...more >>

How would I change the mouse to a magnifying glass? I have a movie clip that I am zooming i on. I want the mouse to change to a 'magnifying out' when the image is zoomed in, and to a 'magnify in' when the image is zoomed out. Is this difficult to do? I already have the code for the zoomi...more >>

Hi, Has anyone got a neat solution for adding methods to build-in classes in Flash? For example, I'd like to extend the String class to include additional methods. This was easy in ActionScript 1.0 as you were able to create prototypes of the object and use them as you would any other met...more >>

Question about "tellTarget" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, My first question is how do you specify the target path using "tellTarget"? Ex. The target movie clip is on the main timeline but the "tellTarget" script is on anoth...more >>

I'm trying to pull off a simple time delay effect using flash 5 Right now I'm using this script: start = getTimer(); while (start+4000>now) { now = getTimer(); } which in this case gived me a 4 second delay. The problem is when I increase the delay to anything over 15 second...more >>

I have used: _level12.swapDepths(_level20); to swap swf movies(containg images) loaded into different levels with loadmovie. They have not been loaded into movieclips but straight into their respective levels of the flash player. This method is not documented in Flash MX but seems to w...more >>

Just loaded flash MX 2004 last month. I am trying to publish a projector. Where are the settings to hide the titlebar, set fixed size,and other settings I may want? I know there has got to be a way not to publish anything off the 700x600 stage. I have a animation that scrolls off the stage...more >>

I have a screen document, and it starts with an animated intro. I have a button that will skip the intro, but then the timeline of the into seems to keep playing (not visibly). The problem with this is that when the intro timeline reaches the end it sees the go to Slide action and runs it. Any...more >>

How do you script a submit button to go the next frame only if the user has entered text into a text field? For example, we want the student to fill in the answer in the input field before they hit the submit button to continue to the next question. If they hit the submit button without fillin...more >>

Fairly new to this so here goes. Is it possible to scale a movie that has been loaded with loadmovienum? If so can anyone show me what the code should look like in its entirety. I've tried using the help section but I can't seem to string it all together. Many thanks ...more >>

I get an error message that says this: **Error** Symbol=LoadText, layer=actions, frame=1:Line 214: There is no property with the name 'capabilities'. if (System.capabilities.manufacturer=="Macintosh") System.useCodePage=false; // mac bug patch Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Report...more >>

Thanks in advance for reading this? I have a 300 x 400 section on my stage that I want to load different swf movies in depending on which button the user selects. I have read all the threads I can find on the subject, but I still can?t get this to work. Here is what I have done so far: ...more >>

Hello, I would like to learn how to change the color of a movieclip using actionscript. I have given the mc an instance name, and know that I need to some how control the color properties from the main timeline using action script. Beyond this I require some help. Below is an examp...more >>

Been some time since I've been here; pretty busy, you know the drill. I must be missing the really obvious here, but I am having a hard time triggering a function defined at _root from a button that is double nested in an attached movieclip. Mind that this movie has to be published for Flash P...more >>

Hey Fellow Flashers! Is there a way to script in a pause for a specified amount of time on the timeline. I don't want to manually extend the timeline to achieve the pause. I just want to do it through scripting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ...more >>

I'm putting together this little pong game and what I want to do is this: Players can hold down the space bar to build up a bit of extra power. While the space bar is down "extra_power" is incrementally increased and when the ball hits bat1 "extra_power" is added to "ballXspeed" and its valu...more >>

Hi people, Can somebody help me out? I have several movies which I am hiding and showing using the _alpha command, the problem I have is that one of the movie clips contains Dynamic Text and the _alpha for the movie clip does not hide the text, any ideas how to hide it? ...more >>

Hi there!! I need to animate DjVu images in Flash. But the problem is that flash doesnt support DjVu images. Is there any method through which we can animate DjVu images. I am in deep trouble at the moment. I thought Flash being the biggest animation tool should provide such function...more >>

HI what im trying to do is have two arrows as buttons and i want to be able press one way and have it change to the next car(which is a movie clip in my library), is there a way i can create an array and have it display those movieclips in the array every time i click? and when i click the b...more >>

I have an audio player movie clip that I want to fade up when the user rolls over it and fade down when the user rolls off of it. The problem is when I apply the code below it disables the audio player's position and audio sliders. The code I'm placing on the audio player mc: on (rollOver)...more >>

Hi all, Has anyone managed to solve the riddle of changing the appearance of tree nodes in the treeview control? Help unhelpfully mentions that the documentation will be coming shortly which it probably isn't. Shawn ...more >>

hello everybody, i loading a image through loadmovie functio() which is of 100 kb.it's loading perfectly.but i want to attach a loader with this...that atleast user can know that how much percentage will loading.plz help me..thanks ...more >>

hi guys, i am trying to calling an external file from my dynamic text field which is created by createtextfield() method. but i couldnt get the datas from the file to mytextfield.text. i dont know where i am making mistakes. could u guys pls tell me how to do it? here is the code; ...more >>

Why can't I do: function1(); function2(); function3(); ----------------------- Inside those functions, are different sql queries that get passed to JSP using ..sendAndLoad It seems that Flash continues the code execution even though the Loadvars variables is not loaded yet and got st...more >>

I've inherited a FLASH real estate showcase viewer application from another developer, and have added an MLS ID/keyword search input box to the search form. All is working fine, except the combo boxes all seem to retain their focus after a change has been madeto them. When the user types int...more >>

I have 3 arrays that hold data that correspond with one another. I am trying to loop through all 3 arrays and show the user only one set of data elements at a time (ie first element from each array). I then want them to click a NEXT button to move to the next set of elements. I have this al...more >>

Hello reader, i got a problem, whenever i try to install "flashplayer6_winax.exe" it says INF install failure Reason :Unknown, some one please help. I tried to install from the Macromedia Flash Player site but it is not working . Thanks ...more >>

I'm trying to load an external .swf into a movie I'm making, and I'd like to pass it a variable to use during initialization. I've achieved this with the following code: loadMovie("http://mysite/chart.swf?dataXML=<graph>...</graph>", 1); (fyi, I tried it with just loadMovie("chart.swf?da...more >>

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Dont wanna spam or anything, just thought i'd post my code on a new thread rate1 = [33]; rate2 = [15, 16]; rate3 = [19, 11, 10, 19, 12]; i=1; trace(["rate"+i][0]); right now its tacing rate1 in the output window any help is appreciated ...more >>