Hey, I could do this with the old flash but now theve got rid of the idiot mode, im skrewed. What i need is the actionscript for a button so that when it is released it goes to a seperate flash movie ( GetURL) but ALSO goes to a particular frame and scene in that movie. Thanks in advance, ...more >>

I am making my own text scroller and dynamic/resizable text boxes and I want the scrollbar size ratio to be the same as the ratio of maxscroll/total-lines-of-text. I see the maxscroll property easy enough but is there a way to get the number of lines that are visible in a textfield on the fl...more >>

i want to load this image: http://www.accuweather.com/wxpost/small_byzip/ZI12564/11/wxport.png into a movie clip in my movie. i use movieclip.loadMovie("http://www.accuweather.com/wxpost/small_byzip/ZIP_HERE/11/w xport.png") but nothing shows up. when i use a jpg stored on my computer ...more >>

I need to generate a dynamic animation when a button is clicked. Essentially, I have an image that is located in a movie clip, a joystick that moves that image around, and I have a button that when pressed will remember the current position of the image. The trick is that I then want the use...more >>

here's the situation. i have a stage, in which i load an another .swf onto the mainstage. On that external .swf, i have a streaming audio within that movie. So here's my question. How would i override the sound settings from the mainstage to the external .swf, but without stopping the...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to compare two dates that are the same, and perform a specific action if they are the same. Here's my code: When they're equal Flash says that they aren't. Why? Is this a bug b/c it makes no sense! >:( var d = new Date(2004, 3, 17); var e = new Date(2004, 3, 17); trace...more >>

I've a lare .swf file which once downloaded starts downloading dynamic XML data. and these XML files are also very large. so can i do something which can automatically save my movie ie my swf to local disk of by visitors. something like cookies or SharedObjects but this time a complete swf th...more >>

Is there a way to use setVolume on the whole Flash movie, rather than a specific sound object? I have a Flash movie with a layer containing streamed audio. I have created a slider bar to control the volume and the bar successfully returns a numeric value between 0 and 100. How do I set thi...more >>

Looking for information on using UI components, particularly the combo box, with text fields to send data to a PHP script that directs the data through email. I see a lot of tutorials on ASP and CF or tutorials on simple text fields but I need a dropdown menu or combo box in my form. I can...more >>

Hi I want a button in my movie that when I click will resize the browser window it is in. Please help me with this, Thanks Dan...more >>

Hello, I have a dataGrid that is being populated by XML file, all good so far, but they want to be able to print its content. I tired using PrintJob() and then addPage(myDataGrid); I tried this thinking it wouldn't work and of course it didn't, it just printed the outline of myDataGrid....more >>

I have a Flash object that is emulating a main frame application. I have the user tab to a particular spot, enter a value, and if the value is correct, I send the user to another frame in the object. If the value is not correct, the user is alerted and directed to correct the entered value. ...more >>

I am having a problem opening new windows from a flash interface called from a link in Hotmail. For some reason Hotmail doesn't allow you to leave when clicking on a link in the email and disables functionality. Having a sized pop up from a flash interface is vital for my company. Any suggesti...more >>

Hi, I have a MC that I change colors with: myColor = new Color(mc_loader); myColor.setRGB(lvObj.colorP); But when I tween the MC, it doesn't work, or it doesn't show at all. Any thoughts? thanks! ...more >>

Using loadMovieNum() I load a swf into level 50. The buttons on level 50 swf use _level0.whatever_mc to target stuff on the main swf at level 0. It works when I test it on my computer. It work on my website, but only on my computer. Any other computer loads it all correctly but the buttons ar...more >>

hi, I'm building a flash kiosk that needs to kick into an attraction loop after 60secs of mouse/keyboard inactivity. Any examples or best method of implemeting this would be great! :) Thanks ...more >>

Hi everyone, I have 2 different movies in a web brower and in one of them I have an onEnterFrame function. Via a push button in the second movie I'm trying to stop (delete onEnterFrame) the function in the first movie. I failed with fscommand and experimented with LocalConnection, but it d...more >>

Hi, I'm sure there is a simple updated solution for this, Ive seen several older tutorials, but the code is out of date. Im trying to populate a dynamic text field from an external text file. Im using Flash MX 2004 with Flash player 7. Can anyone tell me the best way to do this? Thanks ...more >>

I'm sure this is probably somewhere else in the forums, but I can't seem to find it. I am trying to write a script where I click on a button and while the button is held down it repeatedly runs a command, until the button is released. The goal is that I want 2 zoom buttons, one that increase...more >>

Hi, i'm tring to make a Mclip draggable inside the clip i have a button: - mybutton when i do on (release) { this.startDrag(blabla); } this works fine: i drags this (the clip of the button inside) Now when i try: mybutton.onRelease = function() { this.drag(blab...more >>

this line in my movie isnt working: gotoAndPlay(btn1var); now im not sure if there is a problem with that, or if the problem lies earlier in the movie where the variable is assigned: on (release) { function(){ btn1var = "Brochure1"; } gotoAndPlay("Contact1"); } can a...more >>

Hi, I have my flash movie embedded in an ASP page which receives any variables passed from the URL. The embedding code is: <param name="movie" value="Language2.swf?arclink="&<%=Request.QueryString("arclink")%>> Am I correct in understanding that is all that needs to be done to actually sen...more >>

Hello everyone. I have a simple calulator working, drawing values from two input fields. One of these input fields asks for an average annual salary. Putting in strictly numbers proves no issue. I do, however, get a NaN when things like dollar signs and commas are included in the input fie...more >>

I'm building a presentation that loads in header graphics with attachMovie command which works fine, apart from the menu button code in the attachmovie doesn't work? on (release) { gotoAndStop("menu",1); } The button hilights but doesn't action the code to jump back to "menu" scene?...more >>

Im trying to write a function to compare to arrays dynamically. Ideally I want something like rs represents which of the dynamic arrays I want to use and is passed in. The index represents which record in each array I want to compare. Exp Original_DynamicName_rs compared to DynamicName_...more >>

Hi! i guess this is a realy easy thing to do.. but i got some problems making it work.. :( I need this: i want a movieclip to play to a sertain frame.. i want it to ease in nice and smooth. and it also has to be able to play backwards.. EX: i press the button "play to frame 43" (a...more >>

HI GOT THIS HUGE PROBLEM. IS IT POSSIBLE TO OPEN AN HTML OR SAY ANY GIVEN ADDRESS OF A WEB PAGE INSIDE A ..SWF FILE? CAN ANYONE LET ME KNOW ABOUT THIS??? OPENING A WEB PAGE IN AN SWF FILE......IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE.... TX ...more >>

I am using a simple mail form with some text fields and two checkBox elements. The form is submitting to a .PHP page. Form is submitting thru simple getURL action pointing to the php page. All the fields are working fine and sending the data in the desired manner except checkBoxes. I am u...more >>

I'm doing some benchmarking, and have a simple operation in a loop, with timestamp being output at the beginning and end of the loop. If I increase my i to say 100000 it comes up with a message 'A script in this movie is causing Flash Player to run slowly. If it continues to run, your comput...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a solution for "back button problem" with the latest Macromedia Flash Detection Kit. In other words, how to prevent loops if the user tries to click on the back button on their browser to leave the site. Thank you! ...more >>

Hi All, We need a game creating in Flash which is to be part of an application created in Director. The Game needs to be a driving game that promoted some kind of safe driving. eg. avoiding hazzards, stooping at lights, obeying speed restrictions etc - as long as its not all about running p...more >>

is there a way i can create a button which does something like this:? gotoandplay( 'scene1', 12-31 THEN 'scene4, 7-81); ? any help would be greatly appreciated. The only work-around i can tihnk of is to create a new scene containing the desired frames, but this would be duplicating exis...more >>

Hi, I am working Multilanguage Presentation. I created 5 Dynamic text boxes with English,Spanish and French language text with Unicode Languge. It's worked fine, I saved file and closed it. When I opened it again, in String panel rest of the language are missing except English. I can't...more >>

Hi I have 2 movieClip c1, c2. In c1, I have a clip myClip I want to duplicate myClip in c2 How can do that? I try with DuplicateMovieClip, but the pb is that the duplicated clip stays in c1 Thanks for your help Greg ...more >>

Help me! I have a file "data.txt", content of this file is: a1=Computer&a2=Radio&a3=Pictures&a4=Video&a5=******* And in Flash, i have a array: a=new Array(); Can i read data from file "data.txt" to this array? (Can i have: a[0]="Computer"; a[1]=Radio"; a[2]="Pictures"; .............. ??...more >>

Does flash five have math functions?? such as sin, cos, Pi...etc...more >>

Hi - new here. I need some help scripting for a button for a flash intro. "don't show movie again" I understand this is to do with 'shared objects', but can't get my head round this! Can anyone please help me with the coding I'd need for this button? Please. ...more >>

how do i restric it so that when the user presses a key such as enter, it only triggers an action once, not continually? If you do: if (Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)) {......... object._x +=5 if the user holds enter down, then it keeps executing. I want the user to have to press Enter each ...more >>

Dear AS Experts, I'm now getting very confuse after playing the AS for a few months.... I wanna know if it's possible to use htmltext to call a AS function? like... _root.mytext.htmlText= "<a>CustomFT('start')>PlayNOW</a>" CustomFT('start') is a Function mytext is a dynamic textfie...more >>

I have a dynamic text box which displays variable 'ratesnames' Right now, i have something similar to this : ratesnames = "14"; ratesnames += "15"; How could i tell it to display "14" in line 1, "15" in line 2, and so on.... ...more >>

Hello, I am new to flash and not able to figure out, how to handle unload events in flash files using action scripts. I am looking for something similar like the Body tag in HTML which, has the OnLoad and OnUnload events, as they are fired while loading and unloading the page. Is...more >>

Hi, any idea's on how to make a code, that plays a different song every time u visit the page? THX...more >>

I've got a main movie that loads external SWFs into a scrollPane. When the button is clicked to load the external SWF, a 'loading animation' becomes visible. When the 'getBytesLoaded == getBytesTotal' the animation is no longer visible. I can get this to work fine. However, I am trying to g...more >>

I have been using loadvariablesnum to load a series of captions (cap1...cap10). The captions are associated with thumbnails of pictures. The thumbnails scroll right and left. When a thumbnail gets to the center position a dynamic text field will load the appropriate caption that had been loade...more >>

i have a swf that use loadVariablesNum to load some text's into my movie it works fine with html but when i put it in a jsp file and run it on apache server it dosn't retive the parameters......more >>

So, to start off I must say that i'm fairly new to flash(I know the basics, that's about it). Anyways what I would like to do is similar to that of something in a game called http://www.homestarrunner.com/dungeonman.html. Basically, what I'm trying to do is create a text-based game but with ...more >>

I have my main flash move that is playing, I would like to press a button and pass a value to my loaded movie that I loaded using loadMovie. I need to pass a vaiable to load data from. thanks!...more >>