I have a movie that is 125 frames so far, and right now when you push the test button, ive set it to play to frame 124, then goes back to frame 85 and loops 85-124 continueously. thats what i want, but there is a little pause in the loop that is to noticible, and i know its not the anima...more >>

Hello, In my search to redefine attachement behaviour for movie clips using a new class definition for a Symbol1 movieclip(library), I run into a strange error. If anyone can tell me what is wrong.....? The following code just works right......if I do uncomment the onClipEvent(mouseMov...more >>

Could somebody perhaps tell me what code I could use on a button to close the browser window from the SWF without getting the Internet Explorer alert, "Do you want to close this window?" ... any help would be highly appreciated and I thank you in advance. dgh ...more >>

As I trace _x I see that it isn't changing. The following code is in a loop. The value of _x gets traced successfully but doesn't change. // quad_mc is the instance name for my movi clip. on(release) { quad_mc._x = _x + ((_x * 10) / 100); // the idea is for _x to increase by 10% o...more >>

Hi all, I'm developing a football game. I have two movie clips, a ball and a boot. The ball is obviously a circle but the boot is a non regular shape. How do I detect when their outlines touch or overlap to trigger an event. I've seen plenty of collision detection examples using two balls or t...more >>

when my preloader decides that the movie is loaded and it is ready to go to the second scene i have a little code: getURL("javascript:open()"); //where open() is a function defined in the javascript on the page containing the flash just before it switches to the next scene. what then...more >>

I have tried several ways... Failed... My problem is that I was using the progress bar component with a loader loading the mp3. However, the progress bar works the first time but when returning to that frame from another frame, the sound loads againg but the progress bar stops working. So ...more >>

I've created a basic form that has a number of text input fields within it (e.g. first name, last name, etc.....). One of the fields asks for the user's telephone number. I'm curious if there is a way to format the telephone number after the user clicks on the 'Submit' button to send the...more >>

My company recently upgraded from Flash MX to 2004 Pro. I am revamping a Flash presentation I originally created in MX. The scene to scene navigation no longer works. It's very simple script. on (keyPress "<Right>") { nextScene(); stopAllSounds(); } It will work the first 3 tim...more >>

i could do this in previous versions of flas but i can't find how to set the initial visibility of a movie clip (besides using an actionscript to do so);...more >>

I have some old code that uses TextFormat.textHeight and then someTextField_txt.setTextFormat(begin, end, myTextFormat); This has broken in Flash MX 2004. Any ideas where this has gone to? BackBayChef www.backbaychef.com ...more >>

I have a controller movie in which I dynamically add a movie clip (createEmptyMovieClip and loadMovie) based on a click of a button. What I have noticed while stepping through the debugger is that the full definition of the dynamic movie clip is not defined until after control is returned to t...more >>

OK so I'm writing a little tennis game (still) and I've been trying to write the scoring system. Unfortunately its driving me absolutely mental as no matter how I write it it's glitchy as hell. I am using a couple of variables called p1score and p2score which increment by one each time the r...more >>

When working with screens and you create a child screen and after working with that screen you find that it should have been a nested screen is there a way to convert it to a nested screen? ...more >>

how can we load a movieclip in a differnt swf from another swf?...more >>

I created a simple navigation with 4 buttons (first, prev, next, last) and everything seems to work fine, except that when the movie is first loaded you have to click twice on each button for anything to happen. Anybody know why this would be? I've attached the AS below. Any help would b...more >>

Hey, anyone out there no how make a "real" graphic equalizer that goes in-sinc with the audio? It's a piece of cake making an equalizer that mimics the real thing, but............. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks -Dreamer ...more >>

if you take a look at the graphic i included... i am using the getURL ("javascript:Feedback('something')"); code to send out a variable in the graphic .swf in the hopes that the menu .swf can read a javascript varaible. that particular variable will enable/disable navigation buttons tha...more >>

HI there, I am running this code beloow to loop through the elements of an array. In the "for" statement, a variable n is generated to repretsent the number elements of the array as it loops through. i have noticed that the value for variable n gets lost and returns undefined after the o...more >>

Hi there I have two movies, one is the master movie and this loads a second movie using 'loadmovie'. The second movie that loads, reads jpeg images that are stored on the harddrive. I created a preloader for this movie, when I execute this movie the preloader indicates that all the fra...more >>

Here's what I have. For some reason, the onLoad always fails. The mailer code works and always sends the variables to me. I know that the likeliness of such a small form failing to mail is small, but I want to be failry positive. The browser's status bar, upon clicking the button, reads "Trans...more >>

I have two groups of radio buttons, 4 buttons each group, I want to click radio button 1 in group 1, and radio button 3 in group 2 for example, and have it sum up the number into text field totalSum (1+3=4), and so on. Any idea how to achieve this? thanks. ...more >>

Hi. I'm attempting to create some online Flash training. My problem is with movie clips. In an effort to streamline my timeline, I wanted to take a quiz and take it out of the timeline and insert it as a movie clip. My problem is when I try to get that clip to navigate back to the original...more >>

Hey guys, I'm trying to rotate a movie clip to a specific degree of rotatation (120, for example). I can do that fine with Set Property, but I want it to go smoothly. My menu will be a TV-type dial, when you click on a certain menu item, I want the dial to smoothly rotate to the position o...more >>

hi all, i'm producing a module based program with the ability to add in more modules to choose from over time, i'm having issus's getting flash to read how many ..swf's there are in a folder with their filenames, then let you choose which one to load, at the mo i'm using a .txt file to cont...more >>

I'm stumped. I am using code that is connected to a button that takes a user to a random frame within an MC. There are 11 frames within that MC. Now, within that same MC's 11 frames I want one sound to play, (I have 11 seperate audio files sitting in those frames in which they play and stop), ...more >>

I am trying to pass a command as a variable to a function to execute within the function. For example: myCommand("_root.myClip._alpha = 25"); would pass the above alpha setting to the function to execute: function myCommand (doThis) { // need to know what should go here } ...more >>

Hello, I am not sure if this has ever come up before (I did try searching), but I was wonder, can you use a server-side language like PHP/ColdFusion, etc. to dynamically render an .as file at runtime? For instance, I have my .swf file that is told to import myactionscipt.php, which p...more >>

I have a MySQL database from where i need som info. presented in flash. Here's my PHP code. E.g. i need the info(vars) of $europePercentage to be presented in my movieclip in flash. Can anyone help me with the AS (flash) code to make this possible? Hope someone can help /Kafir ...more >>

I'm trying to find a way to copy protect a flash product I'm selling. I have a simple local SharedObject that contains an activation code but I'm wanting the next level. I'd like to "serialize" it to a user and machine so the sol file can't be simply copied. My plan was to get the path of the ...more >>

I have a simpel bottom function that needs to pass variable to a php search page. I have listed the vars: NAME="newSearch" VALUE="1" NAME="searchType" VALUE="1" NAME="searchArea" VALUE="0" NAME="pictureReq" VALUE="0" NAME="fromYear" VALUE="0000" NAME="fromMonth" VALUE="00" NAME="fr...more >>

I need some help converting this old script into one that works with MX. On (Release) Set Variable: "counter" = counter+1 End On There seems to be some compatability problems with the new version of ActionScript. /Johannes ...more >>

I would like to be able to use a variable for the file path with the #include statement but when I do this: #include include_path_str+"frame1_root.as"; I get that: **Error** Scene=intro, layer=scripts, frame=1:Line 19: Malformed #include directive #include include_path_str+"frame1...more >>

I've created a opening page in flash and put a button on it, i then put this in dreamweaver. How do i make it so when the user clicks the button it will open a new window with the site in it? What actionscript do i need to put on the button so it opens a separate file? Exactly like this si...more >>

I currently have 12 buttons in one section of my flash file controlling music. 6 buttons to PLAY the music and 6 buttons to STOP the music, using the following scripts. PLAY SCRIPT on (release) { with ("replace with instance name") { play (); } } STOP SCRIPT ...more >>

I have made a XMLSocket connectoin with actionscript between a client and a server. The server sends codes back.The data that is send back are hex numbers (0x00 to 0xFF). I catch this data with onData() witch gives my a string back. How can I get back the hex values from this string? I tried...more >>

I have a site that has named anchors and I have published it using the "Named Anchors" template. When I hit the back button on the browser, the flash goes to the previous named anchor on the timeline, not the last navigated to in the browser.... what am I doing wrong? thnx ...more >>

hi, i have a scenario I?m trying to work around: i have a flash object loading in my home page and on every page on my site, i want the flash to play the intro only the first time it is opened and later on in the inner pages i want it to skip the intro. ( but i want it to be the same file ...more >>

Hi, How to make the ScollPane background color transparent? Thanx...more >>

this is what my level looks like so far ______________/----------\_________ /=going upper right \=going upper left --------=ground above ________=ground below ...more >>

Is it possible to flash (or is there any component) where you read in a .zip file, retrieve it with actionscript and read the data inside it?...more >>

hi everyone: I am dynamically creating a bunch of movies. I was wondering a couple of things regarding depth: 1) what is the HIGHEST depth you can possibly assign anything do in Flash MX? 2) does the depth concept apply only to the largest library item attached/created, or does it a...more >>