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Creating windows desktop application with flash
Posted by dops79 at 5/9/2004 11:00:10 PM
hi, AS2 i very power programing language and now i want (i would want) creating an windows application with flash.. obviously publishing an exe projector. This application must connect to an .mdb database and make operation (inserting updating and selecting data) with it.. what you think?...more >>


attachMovie vs createEmptyMovieClip & onPress
Posted by spookman at 5/9/2004 10:12:01 PM
I create a movie clip two different ways. One with attachMovie, and another with the createEmpyMovieClip. I want to put a mouse press listener on both of these. But when I do, only the one I attachMovie with works. Here are my two different implementations. Can anyone help me get the on p...more >>

Help, Link to Movie within a movie
Posted by Froghopper at 5/9/2004 9:58:56 PM
Hi I'm realy new to flash and need some help. I am creating a CD rom which has multiple scenes, I discovered that the number of scenes i had would result in certain links not loading. I thought this could be resolved by splitting the scenes into individual movies and loading them in that w...more >>

Button troubles
Posted by dapoe at 5/9/2004 9:40:44 PM
I am pretty new to flash.. I have been watching some lynda.com cd roms and I came up with this button idea.. But I cant seme to get it to work right.. I have tried several ideas but I keep getting errors.. Here is a link for me .fla file.. Can someone tell me if I am on the right track... ...more >>

array + duplicateMovieClip help!
Posted by Heresy2k4 at 5/9/2004 7:02:28 PM
I want to duplicate a movie clip multiple times using a for statement. but in order to edit each one in the same statement, i need to use arrays. and i can't seem to get it right. heres what I've tried: myarray = new Array(); for(x = 1; x < 9; x++) { duplicateMovieClip("abc", "myarray["...more >>

Wont repeat
Posted by MiniMurderdoll at 5/9/2004 6:09:11 PM
Hi, i have this, you press a button to make auto = 1 : function delayAction() { clearInterval(intervalID); if (distance != 0) { distance = distance-1; } } if (auto == 1) { if (estop != 1) { if (floor != 1) { } else if (distance<=320) { distance = distance+1; ...more >>

Is it possible to...?
Posted by jigen3 at 5/9/2004 5:58:26 PM
hello, is it possible to dynamically load a button (or possibly a movieclip) from the library, and then dynamically attach pre-written on(release) event handlers and such to it/ them, so that they respond to mouseclicks? thx. jigen3 ...more >>

preloading external mp3's
Posted by dr_ross at 5/9/2004 4:29:40 PM
hi all, i'm having a few issues preloading mp3's drawn in externally in runtime, i've got a chain preloader setup because i'm loading external text, jpgs and mp3's and it works fine while testing on a harddrive but once uploaded to a server it stops at the first mp3 to preload, here's th...more >>



Shared Fonts, preloading, loadMovieNum, createTextField
Posted by daniele at 5/9/2004 3:57:34 PM
Hi Guys... I'm trying to solve this problem in Italy, but nodoby seemed to solve this "bug".... Im using FlashMX [ I also tried using FlashMX2004 exporting for SWF 6.0 and AS 1.0 ]. I created a preloader [ prelaoder.swf, it's about 1Kbyte ] and it loads [ thorugh LoadMovieNum command ] t...more >>

linking to another harddrive in flash
Posted by klacken at 5/9/2004 3:21:09 PM
I have a problem, I need to make a link to a txt file that lies on c:\temp\text.txt and my flash exe movie i located on a cd-rom drive. getURL might work but i need to use loadvars becose I want to get out the variables in the txt file and use them in my script. i can?t get this work, an...more >>

newbie class problem ... how to get a value of
Posted by malis at 5/9/2004 2:25:49 PM
Hi there... I'am totaly new in OOP and I realy need some help. I'm trying to create a communication class (code is hopefully attached). The problem is, that I don't know how to get a value of connected:Boolean variable in onConnect function. I know that "connected" variable traced from...more >>

JavaScript to open a new window
Posted by urepFlash at 5/9/2004 2:21:24 PM
Hello, I am trying to open a new window with javaScript inside flash (getURL), it works on netscape , but it does not work on IE, I do not know what I have to do. Thank you ...more >>

How to skip a preload if movie is loaded
Posted by Carlos Gonçalves at 5/9/2004 12:23:02 PM
I have this preload code and it runs ok but I want that it is skipped if the movie is loaded. stop(); startper = per._x; endper = 210; startrX = right._x; endrX = 500; startlX = left._x; endlX = 270; startbar = 100; endbar = 2230; assessLoad = function (clip) { var kbLoaded = Math.f...more >>

sending a variable to other movie 2
Posted by Carlos Gonçalves at 5/9/2004 12:16:21 PM
When a button is clicked, a number to variable "opcao" is choosen, for example 4. I want movie loaded in _level7 receive this number and with this info play movieclip correct. I tryied to do this but seems not runs ok. -----------------------I use this in button: on (release) { opcao = 1; ...more >>

how to type code right....
Posted by jarppi at 5/9/2004 11:14:05 AM
Hi all i have this line k=1; loadVariables (_root["search"+k+".php"], _root); is this same as loadVariables ("search1.php", _root); if not how it is right to type? Thanks again, yours help has been very helpfull to me ...more >>

attachMovie problem
Posted by Zoboda at 5/9/2004 11:09:54 AM
Im trying to get an mc that can be attached and then the text on it changed, but i want to be able to attach more than one of the mc and be able to have each text different. So i realised I need to set the new name to a variable _root.Site.attachMovie( "LongText", "LongText_txt" + i, 10); ...more >>

Drag & Drop
Posted by chazak NO[at]SPAM sbcglobal.net at 5/9/2004 10:59:16 AM
Im working on a basic drag and drop game which works fine except that I would like to set it up so that when the user matches up all the correct answers, they will be taken to a particular point on the timeline. Here is the code I am using on the mc that is being dragged. onClipEvent (load) {...more >>

random button behavior
Posted by mb2nd at 5/9/2004 9:15:10 AM
Hello. I am having a severe problem with Flash. i made buttons that fold a text box to their right when clicked (at least that's what they're supposed to do), and that text box should remain open until another button is clicked (sort of like the tab effect). The three buttons are "Configu...more >>

Place FlashPaper inside FLA?
Posted by Ken at 5/9/2004 9:12:55 AM
Hello! I would like to embed a FlashPlayer document inside another Flash movie (MX), and control the placement and size of the FlashPaper area within the main movie. Any tips, movies, tutorials, anything? :-) Thanks a lot in advance! Ken...more >>

[Insepectable] metatag for arrays and Component Inspector
Posted by pjazzlg NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 5/9/2004 4:12:20 AM
I am using the [Inspectable] metatag in a class for a variable which is an array. How do I code this tag so that when the varibale is examined in the Component Inspector the "Value" column displays the square brackets "[]" which can be clicked on and expanded to add elements to the array? Tha...more >>

SharedObject and textfields
Posted by pazzoboy at 5/9/2004 3:01:09 AM
Hello, I'm having trouble understanding SharedObject.getLocal("textblocks"). What I want to do is have three input textfields that, on first visit are blank. The user fills them in, hits a button, and then leaves the site. Next time the user visits the site, the textfields contain what wa...more >>

Permanently add new methods to Array
Posted by GammaM at 5/9/2004 12:42:19 AM
Hey, I've added methods to the Array class that I'm constantly using in every project I work with, so I want to add it "permanently" to AS 2.0 so that I do not have to constantly add the methods dynamically in each project. Does anyone know the way to do this if possible? Thanks in advance...more >>


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