The news section of a site I'm working on uses XML to load the articles externally. Everything seems to work fine on the first run, but if I change the XML file and then reload the swf file, the old XML info (before it changed) is still used. It's not reloading the XML file; it seems to be u...more >>

I have 5 layers of a Flash intro. I need to autoload a website once the audio track is done playing. I've set up the getURL ("http://www.website.com", "_self") line within a keyframe at the end of the audio layer but nothing happens. I'm under the assumption that once the audio is done play...more >>

Hi all I am wondering if anyone can explain or help me code this effect as seen here on this http://www.ronmacphoto.com/# When you click on one fo the images in teh scroll bar you will see the image burn in from white to the true colors. I ahve been trying to re-create this effect with the b...more >>

Hi all I am wondering if anyone can explain or help me code this effect as seen here on this http://www.ronmacphoto.com/# When you click on one fo the images in teh scroll bar you will see the image burn in from white to the true colors. I ahve been trying to re-create this effect with the b...more >>

In my flash file there is a button name "b1" and a movie clip with instance name "mu3" Everything is working fine with the code written below and the output is just as desired... Wht actually happens is that a ball moves up to a certain point when a rollover occurs.... and it comes back...more >>

I want to subclass the mx.controls.DataGrid class. Does Macromedia provide any examples that demonstrate how to subclass the DataGrid? import mx.core.UIComponent; import mx.controls.DataGrid; import mx.controls.gridclasses.DataGridColumn; class MyDataGrid extends DataGrid { } ...more >>

I need help making Flash Games and Movies. Can someone help me because I'm not sure I even have the right stuff. Do I need Actionscript to make them?...more >>

Hi - have 4 btns and a little 1 second load movie swf for each. I'd like to make sure each swf finishes playing each time instead of quickly dissapearing on rollout, even if the user is at that point rolling over a different btn. Thanks alot if you can help or have any ideas. btnOne.onRo...more >>

Hi. Did anyone read the Invisible Ideas article? (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/devices/articles/invisible_ideas.html) There's a guy named Ron Wallace who coded a C++ API to provide read/write file access for Flash. I developed a Perl executable that runs as server to provide the same ...more >>

Hello i want to read a variable from a .txt (in the same folder of the .swf file) it works ok with IE, but netscape and mozilla it is wrong ...more >>

Can a movie that was loaded into the root movie unload itself? If so how?...more >>

I know, I'm still on flash 4.. Sorry. I'm having no trouble opening a new window in flash I just cant seem to give it any properties. I need it to be 350 pixels wide 500 deep no menu etc, etc,...but I've tried numerous forums and none seem to work. Is there an easy way around this. The thing i...more >>

Why is it that in: public function loadImage(t, target) { var t = pImages[t].pImageFile; target.loadMovie(pImagesDir + t); // create a loop as a preloader target.onEnterFrame = function() { trace("loading"); }; } target.onEnterFrame, doesn't work. Seems like my only opti...more >>

Here's some code that doesn't work! I can't seem to get the onRelease to work...it doesn't get applied at all. Any suggestions? //function display() //Used to display movie clips //PRE: None //POST: Loops through an array storing unique values, retreives strings representing mo...more >>

Please bare with me, I am a old Flash user new to MX 2004 AND actionscript. Any help, or directions to help, is appreciated in advance! I tried to figure this out, but it seems like I need a push-start to get me going. I am building a keypad in flash, like a bank teller machine. I want the ...more >>

Hi I'm sure this is very easy but I can't find anything on here. How does one save out images for example from within a movie to a local drive? Regards Mark...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a repeated scrolling menu that is masked between two brackets as it scrolls. I've got the menu operation, but when it duplicates the menu movie clip the new instances fall outside the mask I've created. See the example: http://test.grantblakeman.com/skoh/home.html ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to scroll text horizontally. The text is loaded from a HTML formatted text file. I have put the text on the stage, and I have written the script below in an Action layer. I want the scroll speed to be time controlled The problem is: The scrollbanner() function works OK...more >>

I got a menu with a little animation that i want to play when user click one.html The menu got link to two.html, three.html, etc. Theses pages use the same menu but I don't want the animation of the begining. I used <body onLoad="document.menu.GotoFrame(2);"> but i doesnt work. Any idea...more >>

I'm having a problem! The code is: function blur(movie) { for (i=0; i<10; i++) { duplicateMovieClip(movie, movie + i, i); } this[movie]._visible = 0; } blur(room); Here is my problem: The variable "movie" receives the name "room". Thats ok! the movi...more >>

Anyone know how'd you go about making a preloader for a movie that uses screens? How do you know when all screens have loaded? Thanks for support... Frank ...more >>

I have a dynamic text box in flash that has a tan colored text. We're pulling in html formatted text using XML. We have bullets in the html text by using <li>. The text comes is great and it's all tan... except for the bullets. The bullets come in black. I tried using the textFormat command bu...more >>

Thanks for reading the thread. I remember seeing a post months back on this topic but it was beyond me at the time. However, lol I need a reference now and I cannot find the thread. My goal is to create a single movie clip preloader that will be reused for multiple instances on my stages. ...more >>

Hello everyone, I want to copy a text from file into a dynamic text box and i wrote something in that file but it says UNDEFINED still though i use the text that is writed in tutorial. Anybody can help? ...more >>

I am working on a project and I want to create a form element using Flash that will allow me to browse for a file on my hard drive and pass it through an ASP page (submit.asp) for handling. I read an article online that said it was possible to upload a file using a flash form, however, the a...more >>

Hi all, Event listeners, HELLLLLLLLLLLLP! for (var i = 0; i<imageURLArray.length; i++) { // lots of code that loads in loader and pBar components loadListener = new Object(); loadListener.complete = function(eventObj) { // I need to be able to pass i into this function so that // t...more >>

I want to get the text fonts from the system while runtime. I've found getFontList, which looks to be exactly what I need. But I can't get it to work! I think I am using it wrong. Something like this: t=new textField(); trace(t.getFontList.length); displays undefined, and pretty much every...more >>

Flash MX I need to toggle a radio button to on with action script. I have give it an instance name, but I am stuck there. Could somebody give this newbie a clue? Thanks Mathias...more >>

I have a mixture of pictures and mpg movies. I am playing am mp3 music file in the background. I am trying to lower the volume of just the music when one of the movies is playing. When I use the music.setVolume() command, it lowers the volume of both. Any ideas? ...more >>

I want to set up a simple time to report how long it takes for a user to answer a series of questions the questions movie has already been made can i set up a timer at the beginning and report at end.. chris...more >>

I have a scrollPane that In one function I am dynamically adding movie clips to, then want to set the vPosition to a particular point. The problem is that the scrollPane is working in its own time to update the scroll bar settings, so if I call the vPosition immediately after setting the pan...more >>

Hi all, Suppose there is a single flash swf for every html page for heading. I want to load single layers (every layer there's a text with its effect) with different pages. so when for example 'machines.html' is loaded, the 'machines' text is loaded in the flash. How is it possible th...more >>

Hi, I have a movieclip in the library. I want to attach that movieclip on the stage and then the same movieclip has to be duplicated say some 10 times. Can anybody help with this? Maddy...more >>

Hi, I want to make a preloader like in http://www.blitzds.com/ (A preloader like the water fills up a container slowly). I made my movieclip but can't accomplish to make the preloader... If somebody helps I will appreciate on that... Thankx, Cem Louis ...more >>

If I want to send an external event (e.g. a keypress) into a Flash Projector, what techniques are available: (I do not want to poll the external program, that is what is meant by unsolicited). 1. XmlSocket 2. ??? 3. ??? ...more >>

I create a new topic because it is really a new topic, so shall we begin...:) I'm creating a little learning language program. And in scene 2 (that's why i needed help about it:)) The program takes some sentece from a .txt file and checks if there are any punctuation marks (commas and etc.) ...more >>

Coming from a Director background, but now introducing Flash cast members, I was wondering: are there any "imaging" commands/functions in ActionScript like there are in Lingo? Commands that will actually let me modify graphics at a pixel level? Thanks, jdb ...more >>

I dun' know maybe u think i'm really noob, but i wrote the same as you said and it still starts playing scene1. Maybe it's because there is a dynamic text box in scene 2 and lots of buttons there:)? Plz reply if u can. ...more >>

I want to capture the current screen when the file runs and use the same in the file. Is it possible and what should i do?...more >>

Hi im trying to set a variable, which goes to the root and sets its self as the name of a random clip named dragarea+x, where x is 1 to 7; --------------- twitch = _root.eval("dragarea"+x); ----------------- it keeps comming up as undefined ????????????? x is ok, as have traced? thi...more >>

Can you write commands how to get to scene 2, because i write : on (release) { gotoAndPlay("scene", 2); } but it still plays the same scene 1 when i press the button...., and i want to go to scene 2, what should i write? ...more >>

Hi, I have used a preloader I have, which I know to work (it works on www.bof-uk.com). Im re-using it in a new swf. (www.bof-uk.com/profile.swf) But in this swf, whilst the preloader works, it does not show the load bar growing or the dynamic percentage text. Any ideas why this would be? ...more >>

How can I find out whether a movie clip is playing or not? I was expecting a "_isPlaying " property or something like that, but as far as I can see there is nothing like that. Does anyone know of an alternative way? ...more >>

Hi, i have a problem.... :o) how can i insert in a Datagrid Header the math signs?? (ex. Media contatti %..... or Contatti-Prodotto) Thanks in advances Stefano...more >>

Hi, Im trying to genrate a menubar from XML where each item has a reference to a url, I can poulate the menubar from the XML but i can't add a listener to pick out the menu selection (If you populate the menubar using actionscript, the code below works) any ideas? FLASH STAGE menubar...more >>

Hi I am wondering if you can help, I have a frame set with 3 frames top, left & main, I have a flash navigation in the top frame and want it to control the movie playback in a flash movie in the left frame (to move the movie on to another frame & play), this is also a navigation bar that s...more >>

Hi, I have a function on a frame script and Im trying to call it from a movieClip script. Ive tried a few things...but its not working. Please help....more >>

Hi im trying to make an autorun program for a cd what i want is if you hit a button it runs a program this is the code im using on (release) { fscommand("exec", "program.exe"); } And Iv'e Also Tryed This on (release) { fscommand("exec", "C:\\Antiparite-en.exe"); } Other s...more >>

I'm new here and to be blunt are not staying. My brother and I are making an eductional game and we would like to have a quality control were you can change the quality like in a Swf player but inside the movie. Does anyone know the quality control code that can be used on 3 levels(high medium...more >>

i'm new to flash and am trying to learn how to add a streaming music file to a website. my server allows streaming music. i'm working with flash mx 2004 for mac. i tried following the instructions in the help but can't make it work right. any tips? any advice? any turorials? basically i ju...more >>

makes no sense. **ERROR** after ":": function set(v:String):void {...more >>

Well i got the button action script to where it didnt get any errors, but now i have a new problem. When i test my movie, and click on a button, the link doesnt take me to where i want to go, say like scene 2, frame1. If the button was on scene 1 and i click it, the link would just take me b...more >>

Well i got the button action script to where it didnt get any errors, but now i have a new problem. When i test my movie, and click on a button, the link doesnt take me to where i want to go, say like scene 2, frame1. If the button was on scene 1 and i click it, the link would just take me b...more >>

i've been searching for 2 days and haven't found any form i could download .fla file. i found http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash_php_email.htm which works but i followed the tutorial and my form doesn't work. i run MX2004 Pro. I wanna learn how to make a form that actualy works...more >>

Is there an actionscript I can use for my button to set printing preferences to "Landscape" format? Or is there a way I can make this happen? thanks....more >>