I created a movie clip that simulates handwriting that I placed into the first frame of my main timeline. I put a stop action on the last frame of the movie clip so it won't continuously loop, but now it won't play in my main timeline. When I test the movie, it gets skipped over unless I rew...more >>

Hi all, I have been at this for ages and I am a beginner so I could really do with some advice! I have put a sound on a button and I want to know how to tell it to only play once! I am making a kids program so am aware that kids may soon work out that pressing the button again will begin t...more >>

Does anyone know how to cleverly control a DuplicateMovieClip's "stacking-order effect" that would effectively "smooth" the Den Ivanov landscape FLA so that it appears more like the SWF example found at: http://www.actionscript.org/showMovie.php?id=99 Whenever I export out (from this downlo...more >>

Hello All, I after scouring Flashkit.com for an image gallery, I fell in love with the one at the url below:http://www.drewdidit.com/img_gallery/gallery.fla And if not, can anyone point me to an image gallery as good as this one? Just looking for a cool gallery to put my Operation Desert...more >>

I found some script on the internet that uses the attachMovie method to create a tiled background effect and I don't understand one of the lines that uses colons. If someone could explain to me what that's all about then I would really appreciate it. Here's the code: numCols = Stage.widt...more >>

Does anyone know a good tutorial for a Multiple MP3 player? I can make a player that plays one Mp3, but cant seem to figure out how to alter the code to allow for multiple sound objects. Thanks...more >>

I'm creating a new socket, connecting to it and recieving a message from it (all with success), but when i try socket.send, nothing happens. The socket server is set up to send back whatever I send it, and since I've already recieved stuff from it, i know the problem is with the sending. Does ...more >>

Hi I made a .swf (located in index.htm) which only contains two buttons. The first is designed to download a .mp3 file through a .php file (test.php). The second is designed to open au pop-up with a javascript function (test) set in index.htm. first step :I hit the pop-up button first ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to find out how I can Click on a flash movie, have it run the animation and then go to a URL address. I know how to do a button to get the animation going, it's just the next part that I'm having trouble with. Thanks for any help! Sean ...more >>

Hello there, Maybie this is very simple, but I can't find the solution for the problem. I have one Mc whith a button inside, and I need that on rollover, this button enable another one who is in root. I'm trying whith this.onRollover = function(){ _root.btn2.setFocus = true; } ...more >>

I have the following code (in my Flash SCREEN application): ....the code works almost fine,....problem is I only get to see the LAST picture I created ....pic1 and pic2 are not shown on screen //dynamically create components my_array = ["pic1","pic2","pic3"] ff = new Array(3);...more >>

Hey Everyone... I don't know flash hardly at all...I am a video producer, and I'm looking to create a digital countdown timer that counts down from 2 minutes to 0, and includes hundreths of a second, in which i can also customize things like font, color, etc (this will be used on screens at ...more >>

Ok I have now created a SO and I'm using it (Yippy!) now I need to know how to KILL IT. my app will be running on pub. comp's. and I don't want the last guy's info showing up. What I was wondering is you could make the SO expire like cookies with a date or time Thanks Bobby ...more >>

hello, in frame 1 I have 2 buttons ... if the first is pressed i gotoAndStop frame 2 where i make a loadVariables-statement to load variables from url1 ... if the second button is pressed i go toAndStop frame 3 where i make a loadVariables-statement to load variables from url2 ... in b...more >>

Can i use same instance name in all the frames and then give separate action for all of them? ...more >>

OK this is an intermittent problem, but when I dynamically load a MC into Flash it sometimes thinks that the _width and _height are 0. this means when I try to position it relative to the _height and _width it stays at 0,0. Does anyone else have this problem? It seems to mostly happen when the...more >>

I would like to set the y-values of several movieclips in the main timeline depending on the variable '_root.whereami'. A part of the name of the clips to move are stored in '_root.whereami' (s1,s2,s3...) this code worked so far: root.inst_s1_mc._y = _root.inst_s1_mc._y+1; to make...more >>

ok my this has been giving me a headache for a week. can someone point me in the right direction to writing a script to have a MC slide from right to left in a loop?...more >>

I came across these terms ( preloadNow=0; soundIsLoaded=0; )while doing a tutorial for streaming an mp3 file, but I cant find any information on them. I'd like to know thier parameters, etc. They dont seem to be variable because when I change them to say preLoad or soudXIsLoaded, the scr...more >>

Hello, Two situations that "should" show same behaviour.(I think)....but they don't. The "basic code" used in both dituations is simply: on (press) { startDrag(this); trace("drag=main"); } on (release) { stopDrag(); } Situation1: I have a square graphic converted to a mo...more >>

On my webpage I have my flash buttons in the left side frame, I want them to open a page inside the main frame to the right. So in the button I have: on (release) { getURL("http://firth.homeip.net/ben", _target="Frame-1.html"); } But it opens the URL in a new window. If anyone knows w...more >>

Hi I want to be able to change the frame rate when i press the up button on the keyboard is this possible? And is the a command to zoom in and out? Thanks...more >>

What is the script code for linking a button to open in its own window? Thank you...more >>

What is the script code for linking a button to open in its own window? Thank you...more >>

I tried using the scrollbar from components and I couldnt find one. Is there any way to add a scroll bar to text using actionscript? Any help is appreciated Dan ...more >>

I'd like a small movie clip symbol to move along another movie clip symbol to show the time a loaded mp3 has played. The moving symbol is: slider_mc The groove it moves along is: progBar_mc, which doubles as a progress bar while the song loads. How do I get slider_mc to start at one en...more >>

Hey... I need some help I already have a script that adds 1 point to a score box everytime I button is clicked. What I need to do is script another button. Basically this button once clicked would reset the score box to 0 again. The script I have for the +1 button is this. on (press) { ...more >>

i want the mc explode to be in the same place as the mc myButton heres the code i've been working on. the code works as far as loading the clips and playing. just the explode mc is in the wrong place. i could just put in the same _x but when im done the mc myButton will be moving. so i need...more >>

Hi, Im working on an activity/game with about about 5 draggable movie clips. I want the movie clips to snap together when they are brought into proximity with another specific movie clip. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this or know of any online tutorials that might help? Thanks....more >>

Hi, Im working on an activity/game with about about 5 draggable movie clips. I want the movie clips to snap together when they are brought into proximity with another specific movie clip. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this or know of any online tutorials that might help? Thanks....more >>