I am having a hard time wtih x and y alignment. i can see where they align with depending on where they are in the MC, but when i have my newly named copy and drag it to the stage and try to set the same placement in x and y it is off. any insight into this? Thanks. ...more >>

I need to access an attribute in the XML connectors scheme, how do i do that? the xml is for example <main> ________<node myAttr="one">bla bla bla</node1> ________<node myAttr="two">bla bla bla</node2> </main> +++++++++++++++++++++ Apparently, the syntax /main/node[a] DOES NOT WORK??? ...more >>

Hola a todos! Estoy utilizando una aplicaci=F3n de FLASH con ASP, pero el ASP no me = devueve los car=E1cteres tales como =D1, y acentos.=20 Algui=E9n sabe alguna soluci=F3n? Gracias de antemano!...more >>

I am attaching a movie clip to the main timeline. The movie clip linkage name is addBox. I'd like to set the value in a text input component called lname. I'm doing something like this but it's not working. Can anyone lend a hand? _root.attachMovie("addBox", "myAddBox", 10); myAddBox._...more >>

Got a little project I'm working on... My goal is to load a text file, create text field(s), and format them... What I have come up with so far... [Q]this.loadVariables("text.txt", "0"); this.createTextField("text1", 1, 100, 50, 150, 14); text1.background = true; text1.backgroundCo...more >>

Is ist possible to start programms with fscommen("exec"...), for instance ..pps. does anybody know a workarround? ed ...more >>

Hi, I'm super new at flash mx, and I know that the normal mode is gone from the actions panel, but I was wondering how, for instance, when making an on/off button for music in a movie clip, how you specify the "type" field in the scripting. I am needing ot specify my button action to g...more >>

I am trying to send a simple input value from a swf movie to a php script for processing. However, I do not know how action script handles input text and how it should be passed out of the swf file. If I can get the swf to work like a login where the values are sent to my enteraction.php page ...more >>

can anyone help? what I want to do is set up a navigation so that when the user clicks on a button the timeline plays an animation, then goes to another specified frame at the end. Each button must play the same animation, but go to a different section at the end of the animation. Would ...more >>

Hello I'm making a ninja fighting game like street fighter or mortal combat. I can control my player with left and right and let him hit with is sword and throw a ninja star. But when I threw my opponent ninja on the stage, it got mixed up. Can anyone explain how to create the AI of the e...more >>

Hi I'm having a mysterious problem. I am running 3 lines of actionscript in a dedicate 'Actions' layer on my timeline, wiht nothing in it but the script, but for some reson when I rty and get the date, I keep gewtiing 'undefined' as the variable value... My script: on frame one of a dedicate...more >>

Hi, I'm new to flash. I have a little problem with a tight grid of 30 small square buttons. When I go rollover on one button, it becomes a bigger square than the others around it and this is fine. My problem is that I would like that button to be always on top of the others (adjacent ...more >>

I have created a empty text box that has text loaded into it from a xml file. The XML has been created in notepad . I would like some of the loaded text to serve as links to other sites. can this be done if so how and where would the actionscript be placed?. Thanks Ken ...more >>

I have a movieclip A and I want to check if it has been dragged onto another movieclip B. If this happens I want to reset the x, y position of the movieclip A. The problem is the droptarget of A doesn't change - it still says its B. I need to change this, I've tried resetting it but it doesn't...more >>

I have a comboBox in a movie. When I export that movie and view it, the comboBox works fine. When I load that movie into another movie though, the combo box is still there, but does not open anymore. How can this be and what do I need to do to to fix this? Thank you! Brian ...more >>

Ok, we all know that the scrollPane component is basically replacing the scrollBar in 2004 (there is an object for the scrollBar, but it isn't in the list of components in the comp panel. And there is a numberic stepper component, which I do like. But I basically in MX I used to use the scroll...more >>

I've written a function that i want to start automatically when the movie loads. I would like it to be called using setInterval(). I've put the code in the actions of the first frame followed by: setInterval(go,200); this works when the code is in an object between the on(press){} or som...more >>

I have a button (btnRefresh) to refresh my datagrid and another (btnDelete) to delete a highlighted record in the datagrid. This all works fine. However, I'd like to save my users a click, and on successful delete, automatically click btnRefresh. Can I do this, or is it better to move refresh ...more >>

Hi, I have this code inside my HTML doc. I have declared a script with a function called myTest.... I need to invoke that from Flash (probably using getURL(javaScript: bla bla bla)... How can I call this function? Thanks! -- ='o'= Arturo ='o'= www.miltonfrank.tv <!DOCTYPE HTML ...more >>

I'm a newcomer to any kind of scripting and am trying to create a flash movie based on a tutorial in Flash. This movie has a user created function called Snap. Can anyone explain to me what is happening so I can make my puzzle work? The only thing that I understand about this script is the x/y...more >>

I am using using the combo box in my flash movie and would like to change the font and font size of the items on the dropdown menu. Is that possilble? Can I do it with AS? Thank you!!! Brian ...more >>

I am working on mx, I have an numnerical array lets say random(100) and I want to sort the result lowest to highest and for the life of me I cannot make it work. Please Im sinking here. My code: var Location = new Array(); x = 1; while (x < 11) { firstLocation = Number(random(100)...more >>

Are there a action that you can know which button is clicked with instance name? Something like: on(released){ if (buttoninstancename.clicked) gotoAndPlay(2); } ...more >>

I need to load movies in a loop. I am using the following code and I get a trace result of "undefined". Can anyone see the mistake I am making? for (var l = 5; l<(5+(9+_parent.CurrentPage)); ++l) { var hload = "Photo"+(l-4)+"_mc"; var load_mc = eval(hload); trace(typeof(load_mc));...more >>

Hi there, In my screen-based presentation, I have slides containing animations of up to 100 frames. I need to target a specific frame of the previous slide, but for the life of me I can't make it work. For example, when I try to target a frame label called "back" on the previous sli...more >>

Sorry for the cross-post (had this in the wrong category)...I need to use comparison operators in a switch function (trying to get away from if-else, if possible), but am getting errors...Any ideas? Here's my bug-ridden code: function CalculateShipping (subtotal){ var myTemp switch (subt...more >>

Hi, Does somebody know, if it's possible to make objects, which are part of a movieclip (like movieclips, buttons, etc) dragable , so that the user can move them per drag and drop into another movieclip? The thing is, that i want to create an application, in which you can organize ass...more >>

Hi, anyone know how to swap a dragged object when it is moved over a target area?? cheers, G ...more >>

Sir, I have a movie clip, and given onRollOver, onRollOut and onPress functions in the 'Actions for Layer1'( in a single frame). But only onPress is working. Whata is the reason for this and what should i do to solve this problem? Thanking you Manojvn ...more >>

Can I scale the picture in a window so it fills the whole window? And can i set the image position? I seem to lose the top bit behind the title...more >>

Is there a way to change the frame rate by actionscript ? Thanks !...more >>

I was just curious as to what are the main factors that slow flash movies down. It seems like on multiple movies running onClipEvents factor in, but I'm not sure. ...more >>

Having successfully loaded my tree from web services, i now want to load a picture if one is selected from the leaf. I was looking for a picturebox or imagebox in the components but can't see one. ...more >>

Please Help ! I know how to create a scroll-bar. I know how to import external files into flash. However I am unable to import external text into the scroll-bar controlled text box I have created. Can anyone help please. Regards, Peter ...more >>

I know it is possible to capture key events in Flash but is it possible to send them? I am developing an application to be used either on a regular computer or on an interactive whiteboard and would like users to be able to enter text etc without using a keyboard, but simulating a cut-down ...more >>

Hey I'm having some problems with duplicating some movie clips. I'm trying to read in a table of data (consisting of items with x and y positions) and for each element in that data duplicate a base movie clip and move it to the position specified. I've got this code to work for a button: o...more >>

This is more of a general discussion. I just have some frustration to get out on Macromedia. I tried scaling the comboBox today, and width wise it will let you have a piece that stretches and scales as far as you wish, without scaling the graphics. Why then does it NOT scale in the height???? ...more >>

Hi, does anyone know how to drag an object to a traget area and then once the object is in the target jump to the next frame of the stage?? cheers, G...more >>

I have the following code - on (release) { tick_test._alpha = 100; loadMovieNum("test.swf", 0); } The idea is that the user clicks on the button to go to a section and when they go back to the menu a tick appears telling them they have visited that section. I am loading all movie...more >>

I want to fill a 2d array at runtime but I don't know how big the array will be, except every item will have 2 values, a data and a label. The attached code works if i don't comment out the //myArray = [["3","Photograph tower"],["9","Eat lunch"],["32","Catch bus"]] but commented out, i get ...more >>

Hi, I am facing problem with reading nodes from XML file. I want to read nodes from XML but not all of them ...say for eg.. I have <reportdatas><reportdata hidden=\"N\" dateofbirth=\"22/12/1980\" /><reportdata hidden=\"Y\" dateofbirth=\"12/05/1982\" /><reportdata hidden=\"N\" dateofbirth...more >>

Hello I m having a problem, when i give "start drag" action to a movie clip . That mc is having some buttons and text scrolling effects inside it ! When I give OnClipevent(mouse down) { Start drag(a) } It doesn't work! I have tried another way like.. On(press) Start Drag(a) ...more >>

Hi is there a way to see if parts of a (multidimensional) array are not defined. This is what I mean: (I very very simplified my real problem but this will do) MyArray = new Array(); MyArray.push(new Array(2)); MyArray[0][0] ="yes"; Now I need to know if I need to push another arra...more >>

How would i do the following without using a component. What i want is to make a chat box not the online sending side just the press enter and then add text to the next line of the main text box? Ok a better description. What i want is a input text box at the bottom of the screen which of cour...more >>

Hi All, Is it possible to disable the screen by putting a layer over everything similar to when opening the Flash Player's settings dialog box? I have tried creating a movieclip on the top layer and setting all the mouse events but this doesnt seem to work. I have many components and dynamic...more >>

Is there a way to communicate to the Scroll Pane component script-wise? What I wish to accomplish is that when the scroll pane loads, that is already scrolled to the bottom of the window rather than at the top. Does this make sense? It's an odd request, but I haven't found much on how to co...more >>

Hi, I've built a shopping cart using only Flash 5 AS. This has turned out to be rather pointless as I now wanna add new features only available in 6 upwards. Like accessibility for example. So I add my new features, export in 6, and get this error in my Flash 5 code: **Error** Symbol...more >>

The following is dynamically generated in a plain text file: [Q]&newsText=+++ %2B %2BBla <a href="http://www.shop.com" target="_blank" >www.shop.com</b></a> +++&end=1&[/Q] Then I put it on stage like this: [Q] loadVariablesNum("flash-vars.htm",0);news.htmlText= _level0.newsText;[/Q] ...more >>

hi: does anyone know how flash deals with UDP sockets? since UDP is a connectionless protocol and doesn't have any ACK scheme, i'm guessing that FLASH is wired to deal with TCP sockets. if so, what kind of response from the other end would trigger the socket.onConnect event? i would ...more >>

Anyone can tell me how to create a square in empty movie clip thru actionscript and there angle should be draggable to create a robus parralleogram , rectangle etc., and also show the value of angle of respective box. Pls give me the coding for this. thanking u ...more >>

If you know please post down here thankyou....more >>

Hi, I am just starting with flash MX2004. I have a series of flash buttons forming a navigation bar. You know in HTML if you create an alt parameter within, say, an image tag. In IE a tool tip pops up when I run my mouse over the image. Is there an easy way to create this in Flas...more >>

Hey, I have a file named clients.txt and i want to load the content into myloadvar. The file is structured as such: custname0=Andrew&custname1=Monica&custname2=Robert& I want to be able to split it up and read the names individually. What ive tried so far is shown below but all i eve...more >>

I have an fla of a mouse trail that I want to add to my site. it seems simple but I can't manage to transfer it to my fla without getting 30 errors in my output screen. All I did is copy the frame(with all the script and nesting in it) to my fla as the top layer. Please help, I need this d...more >>

Well, read the title and tell me how to get them into the flash movie please. 8) TIA, Jake...more >>

I cant find the action end frame loaded... any ideas? Im trying to make a preloader...more >>

I cannot seem to modify variables set outside the xml 'onLoad' function. I can read them fine, put if I try to say add an array element nothing happens. Am wondering how I accomplish this? ...more >>

I'm just starting out with Flash and I have a customer that needs to link to HTML documents from a flash movie on the same CD. I am having a problem figuring out how to link to files on a CD. I know already how to do it with a file on hard disk and with web pages, but I need to know h...more >>