My friends, could you help me... First of all, I had a problem that I couldn´t solve and the site was already being aired... I fixed the problem and sent the file to the server (uploaded it). I tested it. It worked. I tested it on many computers and the update was ok. After that, three ...more >>

Hi all!! What a strange thing happened to me... Firstly, I published a site but I didn´t know how to make the site get sized according to the browser... Well, I fixed it. I published it.I tested it using 3 computers. I sent the SWF file to the server. Three days later, I went to a s...more >>

i have a question regarding functions in actionscript 2.0 - i would like to be able to pass movieclips or textareas by reference into functions in an external .as file. specifically, i want to call a function from my scripts.as file in my flash movie to manipulate a movie clip on the stage. id a...more >>

Hello ! how can i target a clip loaded in scrollpane ??? scrollpane.myclip._visible; // don't work !!! scrollpane.myclip.go(); // test do a function ,, don't work !!!! Can we do this ??? Thank you Zoollii ...more >>

Hello, I need help for a seemingly simple function: I have a custom videoplayer which handles a .flv-stream with instance name "video" and I want a plus and a minus button to control the level of sound in say steps of 20% increase and decrease respectively. I have figured out a way to set the...more >>

I have an application in which I have Sound and Video. For the first ten screens the video would play. Starting from 11th screen onwards, my audio file will play. I have total of 40 slides and I have audio clips for every one of them. When I attach a sound onto screen 11, for some reason it start...more >>

Hi all, It's been a while since I posted last. I was wondering if anyone could tip their hat in the right direction for me on a piece of functionality I'd like to add to an application of mine. In Windows, when you click on a blank space and drag, you get that translucent marquee that select...more >>

Hi all, I have a background gradient fill that seems to misbehave and appear in the foreground? im using flash mx so i suppose im asking how can I get this to appear as a background not in the foreground and could it be done better in mx? _root.createEmptyMovieClip("bkgrnd_mc", 1); // make...more >>

I am trying to make a width adjustable input field. I need to use attachMovie to bring in an indeterminate number of input fields during runtime and I would like to be able to resize them. As with other components, resizing using the "width" proporty cause distortions of the graphics th...more >>

In my current project I have sound that is related to what is going on on the stage(i.e. the narrator will talk about things that at the same time will be shown on the stage). I am trying to build a number of buttons to control the movie, so the viewer can pause the movie, and then keep play...more >>

guys this has to have an answer anyone got any ideas about flowing loaded text over columns like a newspaper (or macromedia edge)? btw i have RTFM cheers jr ...more >>

Hi folks, How can I make Flash with frame like HTML frame. Load another resource as html, content , image , another flash .....etc Regards, Nguyen ...more >>

Hello actionscripters, again a question from a Flash-newbie: I've got a Flash movie that does nothing else than fetching some strings = from a PHP-script via "loadVariables" and then displays these in a=20 simple text field. So far so good, but since this all is in german, I've got to h...more >>

I am trying to work out how to access from within Flash the "Autoplay" variable (param) which is set in the HTML object and embed tags. Any ideas? Thanks Geoff ...more >>

I'm building a compass where the needle needs to spin to a given rotation with easing. I've got the eased spinning down, but am stumped on choosing whether to increment or decrement the needle's rotation. If the needle is currently at 270 degrees and must move to 54, I can easily tell...more >>

I am trying to pull an .swf file into my master .swf file based on a variable. I have used loadMovie() but it is jumping out of the current (calling) movie. I want the dynamic .swf to play within the context of the initiating movie. Thanks !! ...more >>

I'm having a problem and I don't know how to see where my problem is. I'm working out of a book "Flash MX 2004 Prrofessional application development" modifying it for my own application. Now to get to the problem. I have a datagrid that loads dynamicly through the new flash remoting api. no prob...more >>

Hello All, Does anyone know how to populate a combo box using an ASP file and a db or a text file. There are a couple of posts here but they are incorrect. I have been banging my head against the wall for a couple of months to no avail. Any help would be apreciated. I just want to add the...more >>

Hello, I have been jumping up and down to find out what is the reason my dynamically generated event handlers attached to a button inside a MC (onRollOver, onRollOut, onRelease) are deleted when moving from frame 1 to frame 2 ?! The button is present ONLY on frame 1 of the MC There is no d...more >>

Is it possible to make an standalone project and to turn off title during playtime such as "Macromedia Flash Player 7" or to replaye it with something else? ...more >>

I have two text input components in a flash movie on a page. I want the cursor to be in the first text input component ready to receive type when the page is loaded. How do I do that? I've tried "Selection.setFocus('myTextInput')," but that doesn't work. Am I missing something? ...more >>

Hello... does anyone have a 'system' for this ? three dynamic text boxes one above the other. Lets call them digi1, digi2 and digi3. Each one starts by displaying a one or two digit number. AS on the main line says somethig like: digi = digi3*2; digi3 = digi2/2*4; digi = digi2*2/3; ...more >>

Hi, I know this is simple, but I can't quite get it. I've created a button to move an object (bluebox) on the stage. I want the object to move continuously while the cursor is over the button. I've attached this actionscript to the button, so that I can easily change the speed at which it move...more >>

Hi there, Anyone knows why this ain't workin' _root.indigatortxt.htmlText = "Blabla" + "<fontColor=0x00FF00>" + "<b>" + selectedNode.attributes.label + "</b>" + "</font>" + " blabla."; cheers, vincent (posted before in an other form but I think it is more a script kinda thing) ...more >>

I am creating a multimedia presentation using Flash MX 2004 professional. On screen 2, I have a MC in which following code is there to make some 4 sec delay. stop(); pauseI=setInterval(pauseF, 4*1000); function pauseF() { clearInterval (pauseI); play(); } And this code works fine in scr...more >>

Hello, In the following actionscript I have one movie clip with 2 frames and inside frame 1, a button. The MC has two frames (1 and 2) When testing the code I get a -> "mc1" - which is correct b -> "undefined" - ??? why is undefined The button is available only on the fi...more >>

Am working on a sportsite where the indexpage exists of a flash in which you can choose between different buttons(age-groups) , These buttons then go to a html pages. I now want after clicking a button there first appears a photo fading 0 --> 100 --> 0. Going from 100-->0 the html must become vi...more >>

Hi everyone Im in urgent need of some help with the date object in Flash! I need to set three clocks to a time based on a server side script. The script uses a querystring to return a time for each of the locations In the format-2004,6,29,16,21,13 I ignore the date and set the time to 16:2...more >>

Hi, Small question but the Flash help is frustrating me like crazy. I have a movieclip instance called "popup_clip" in the clip I have 2 dynamic text fields, "popup_title" and "popup_text". Using buttons with on (release) scripts, what is the code to set the text of these fields inside the ...more >>

Hi, In the first frame of my Main timeline, I have fscommand("fullscreen", "true"); fscommand("showmenu", "false"); fscommand("allowscale", "true"); However, I am still getting the full right-click menu (including forward, back, zoom, etc) when viewing the swf file in my web page. Any i...more >>

when I call getProgress within the onLoadStart event Handler, the object that it returns has bytesTotal = 0 if i call getProgress within onLoadProcess, no problems. He graphic also loads fine so i don't there is anything wrong with my test image. www.actionscript.org has a tutorial that show...more >>

I want a text field with a scroll bar. Great, I'll use the textArea component. After spending 1 day trying to figure out how to put text into it, I finally get it to work. Next step is skinning the component symbols. Oh that should be easy.. oh wait, the symbols are not in the library! I ne...more >>

I would like to use a movie clip for a button, and be able to jump to specifc frames when rolled over. Is this possible? If so, how do I do it so that my cursor behaves properly as if the clip was a button? Thanks. Geoff ...more >>

<< tried to post previously, but didn't seem to post >> All, I have tried researching this problem and have found no solution. Question is, is there a way to get the path of a button (or movie clip) from _root? eg. _level0.movie1.MovieClip2.MC3.button . I am working with arrow key navi...more >>

I made this video player. I want it to work pretty much like an embedded QuickTime player. The problems: It makes a chirping sound when on pause and it loads all at once instead of popping up and showing the load bar. To see the files, please go to http://www.jugglegood.com/outside/video_lo...more >>

All, I have tried to research this but I have not gotten anywhere. Question: is there a way to determine the path to a button that is within a series of movieclips on a stage (eg. _root.Movie1.movie_1.mc123.targetButton) from the _root? I am working on arrow key navigation where the butt...more >>

Hi folks, I'd be very glad if someone could enlighten me on this eval-issue: I've got clips (named aa, ab, ac, ba, bb, bc, ca...) inside a clip called zitate_matrix. From _root I want to call "gotoAndStop(1)" for these nested clips. When I hardcode it like _root.zitate_matrix.aa...more >>

Hello, How can I get the width or height of the dyanamically loaded JPG file? I am using loadMovie Thanks Naseem...more >>

Hello, I am having problems with dynamically generated movie clips in which, besides other items I placed a button For some reason that I am not aware of, the button's event handler is being superseeded by the movie clip onRollOver and onRollOut events. The buttons have different colors for ...more >>

Hi, I am dynamically loading a jpg in a MovieClip, How can I get the _height and _width of the JPG file? Currently it is showing the widht which is of the MovieClip Size (not of JPG). Thanks...more >>

Hey all! wondering if there is an alternative for the following: I have a menu with 6 buttons from where you can choose between 6 different games, each with: on (release) { //sets a variable so that in the end of the animation it'll go to the frame where the chosen game is game=5; tell...more >>

I am working on my first flash site and am having a couple of problems. First, when i test my movie all of the links work as advertised but after I export the movie the "Portfolio" button sends me back to the intro frame. I have coded all of the buttons the same and use the gotoand play frame ...more >>

Hi, It's possible to do that? I want to create a button with a dynamic text field inside it and change the name dinamically. It i do the following: button_name.variable_name = "my text"; don't work. any ideas? thanks! nacho...more >>

Hey, I just discovered a few weeks ago that the good 'ol boys (and girls) at macromedia have bundled a tool called 'Flash Paper' with their contribute package. My team and I made something strikingly similar to this a few years ago but we were having an issue with printing multiple documents a...more >>

I have an application that I am developing that I need some help on. Basically, I am querying a DB via Flash Remoting, outputting the returned query into a scrollpane, and now I need to be able to attach a button to each movie clip within the scroll pane. The issue that I'm encountering is t...more >>

hi, i've got a little problem. i've got a movieClip generated by a createEmptyMovieClip. this movieClips alpha is set to 0. with an interval it fades in all 100 ms by 2%. that all works fine. the only thing is, there is a textfield in this movieclip generated by a createTextField. th...more >>

anyone know how to edit the listbox component? the original listbox will scroll upon click, how do i edit the script that when i rollover hit are, it will actually scroll instead of having on mouse down? ...more >>

I have a button that moves on the screen from left to right . This is a simple motion tween. I have this button initially invisible, hence the button is alpha 0%. I want to make this button visible anywhere along the motion tween. So when my event takes place that I want the button to...more >>

i want to use the getURL method to launch a html, but only if it is not open already. is there a way to check if a html file is open or not? thanks DD...more >>

hi, I am working on this project that creates a flash movie player with the ..swf files that I already have. my problem is that I need to some how create main .swf file with all the names of .swf files that I am going to play on the left hand side and the actual movie play with button(play, ...more >>