Hi! i'm using xmlsockets to send data between two remote flash applications. If one of them sends a message containting apostrophes ('), <, >, etc, it becomes URL Encoded. So the examples above become &apos;, &lt;, &gt; respectively. How do I convert it back to its simple (non-url-encoded) for...more >>

Can someone here explain just basic, how to work with statements, i'm having an idea when i want a condition to be set, then another action is going to read if the condition is set, if so, it should move to the page who has set the condition. Working fine, but how to set them, and how to check...more >>

how do i set a variable to a combo box...more >>

How can I check using actionscript that if external mp3 has played and finished? THanks ...more >>

Hiya, I've inherited a project with uncommented code. Great. Its from MX and Im from MX 2004. Super. After Ive loaded the proj into MX2004, i ctrl enter and i get the following error msg; Scene=Scene 1, layer=mc - controller, frame=1:Line 15: Left side of assignment operator must be va...more >>

I can't seem to get this button to trace("hi"); Can someone take a look at it? Just change the filename from ".txt" to ".fla" Thanks in advance anyone....more >>

is there any way to use existing java functions in actionscripts?...more >>

Hi all, I've finally go my data grid pulling dynamic data, and have been successful using HtmlCellRender to get the links to work. However, I'm at the end of my rope trying to call a javascript function to open a new browser window, that is a specific size, no tool bar, etc. I've been ...more >>

I'm sending data to a PHP file on the www, using the next action: formData.sendAndLoad ("http://www.mysite.com/process.php", replyData, "GET"); when the SWF is on the same webserver that the PHP file, or when I launch the SWF embedded on a HTML file from my localmachine, it works ok, bu...more >>

I can't seem to get my functions to modify variables that I declare outside of the function. Here's my code: numProducts=0; *****Declare variable here****** myVars = new LoadVars(); myVars.load("Products.txt"); myVars.onLoad = function(success) { if (success) { ...more >>

Hey I have a few questions about context menus... 1 - I've seen some sites that were able to dim the "Settings..." command in the context menu. Example: If you right click on the top of this page (where the Home, Products, Showcase, etc. buttons are) you will see that the Settings option i...more >>

Hey there, Ok so I have a pencil ad (really thin small ad) that is going on my site. I want it to expand open on top of the HTML. I've used the Flash Ad Kit successfully, however come to find out we don't have the DoubleClick Motif capabilities on our server, so we can't use MTF files. ...more >>

I?m loading a text file like so: var printerData:LoadVars=new LoadVars(); printerData.load("printers.txt"); printerData.onLoad=function() { txtPrinter15.text=printerData.printer15; } and the text file (printers.txt) currently looks something like this: &printer15=NFZ15PS Lazer...more >>

Hi every body! ok i have a problem, i try to load many(15 ) clips in a frame at same time, but only "some" of them is loaded, if i refresh the page i get others, but never all of them, im using this code: zona1.loadMovie("fondo1.swf"); zona2.loadMovie("fondo2.swf"); zona3.loadMovie("...more >>

Are you able to tellTarget between two swf's? If not, is there a way around this? ...more >>

I'm creating a game using Flash MX 2004. The game utilizes near every key on a average keyboard for something. I set up Key.addListener and some pretty complex scripts to detect which keys are being pressed. However, I can't seem to determine the difference between "Left Shift" or "Right ...more >>

Gah! I have a movie Ive been working on for hours and just put a test bit of code in to control something and in my haste a typo made it run an infinite loop. I thought flash terminated on over long loops, but for some reason it isnt and im just getting (Not Responding) from the app.... ...more >>

Hello, I am looking for suggestions on how to exclude a declared variable required for my form to work locally, but do NOT wish to be included when other variables are Posted using loadVariablesNum. I have attached the code below, the variable I would like to exclude is in bold. Any ...more >>

I am trying to add a simple custom method to the Math object - as follows - Math.roundTo = function (num, roundToInterval) { if (roundToInterval == undefined) { roundToInterval = 1; } return Math.round(num / roundToInterval) * roundToInterval; }; trace(Math.roundTo(Math....more >>

Hello all. I am working on an application were I need to set the selected property of an MX 2004 Radio Button based upon the value of a string. For some reason I cannot dynamically set the value of the radiobuttons within my code. I have also experienced this with the new textfield compon...more >>

hello..i m facing a problem that i choose certain swf file to load.i save my choices in an arrays. when i click "play"button,my first choice will show .when i click "next" choice, my second choice will show and if i click again, my next choice will show accordingly. ...more >>

Just wondering, Is thier an Actionscipt I could apply to a button, that would retain the mouse pointer arrow, rather than swap it for the hand icon. Thanks, Peter Fettes. ...more >>

I have a multi-scened movie wherein each scene has a dynamic text box. These text boxes obtain their variables from a text file stored in the same directory as the flash movie. When I run the movie locally, the text loads into the dynamic text boxes just fine. However, when I post the text fil...more >>

I've seen a similar post, but not quite the answer I'm looking for. I'm trying to load a movie dynamically into a masked layer. I have the original movie in the masked layer and that works okay but whenever I load the new move (using duplicateMovie) it appears on top of everything (including...more >>

I have an image, when the user roll's-over it, I want the playhead to jump to a frame in the timeline. And when the user rolls-off the image I want the playhead to jump to a frame in the tmeline also, probably where it was before the initial roll-over. What do I write in the Actionscript ...more >>

Hi ! I have to change the backgroundColor of a TextArea component in "transparent" but there is not a property with name TextArea.backgroundColor for this Component . how can I do it ? thanks ! ...more >>

Hi, I have this Flash MX movie wich executes a movieclipname1.movieclipname2.gotoAndPlay(3) from a function. The first time the function is called, all is fine, but if I call the function again, the playhead is moved to frame 3, but the movieclip is not playing. There is no stop() in the...more >>

Hello everybody! Well my problem is something like this: I have a library item and I want to import it to the stage using actionscript 2, the problem is that i have to create a lot of instances of that item so i usign this code: _root.attachMovie("caixaletra", "caixa", num); where:...more >>

I have this script in the first frame of the root timeline. It works perfectly with the mc it references. navigation_MC.nav_MCbuttons.MC_button_practice.onRollOver = function () { trace ("does this see practice?") this.MC_spinner.MC_pulse.gotoAndPlay("pulse"); this.MC_spinner.MC_slider.gotoAn...more >>

I have duplicated an mc several times using the following code: for(i=1;i<10;i++){ duplicateMovieClip("a","a"+i,i); c=eval("a"+i); c._x=((a._width*i)+10*i)-400; c._alpha=100; c.onPress = function() { loadMovie("pict"+i+".jpg","_root.pictures"); } } the problem that...more >>

Hey all :) is it possible to set a movie to play in full screen mode? How do I do this, please? I am working on a presentation on CD, will be using a projector (*.exe). I am using flash MX. thank you m....more >>

I am having problems controlling a SWF file that is uploaded into an empty MC using the loadMovie command. Basically the main SWF has 6 layers with an empty MC in each. A SWF file is loaded into each using the loadMovie command. The SWF files all load and then then stop on frame one. The ...more >>

HI all, i am a new user here, i don't know it's possible or not, i would like to know how i will stop 10/20second on a frame with action script, if you know any body or it's possible please feedback me. Thanks Belal ...more >>

Hi all... I'm facing a strange problem with rollover event of a movie clip. Using an empty movie clip, i am drawing vertical lines dynamically by duplicating the movie clip for each line to be drawn. In the on (rollOver) event of the movie clip, i have to display some data, which is dif...more >>

Surfing the net long enough (particularly around movie related content) you would undoubtabley have noticed the flash promo animations... The latest incarnation of in particular often have a fist or something hitting the screen, upon the hit, the Browser window that contains the flash animat...more >>

Hi , I am relatively fresh to ActionScript since all my work so far has been done in the "graphic" part of the flash. I would like to know if it is possible to create more than 1 dynamic text box with createTextField command and followed by setTextFormat? If I tried to do it in a row Flash w...more >>

Hi, I'm having trouble getting sounds to work via runtime sharing for some odd reason. I went back and read something in the forums here which mentioned including the word "this" when the new sound is declared, however this has not helped and I have tried a variety of methods. To mak...more >>

Hi, I have a probem- I have a movie with scrollable text boxes in different scenes. The problem is every time I open the file, the tex boxes are no longer condensed, they are expanded all the way. I need to then spend 15 minutes going to each scene to make the boxes the size I need them to ...more >>

OK, I'm not a genius when it comes to ActionScript...I'm bangin my head trying to figure something out so if one of you could show me the simple answer and make me feel like the "special kid" that I am I would greatly appreciate it. I have used sorensen squeeze to compress a video into .swf....more >>

What would I have to do to get a jpg pulled dynamically (from a folder) and "held" for a predetermined amount of time before the movie switches to a different jpg file? Would I use a 'loadvariables' pointing to the MC that I'm loading the jpg into, and then use 'loadmovie' into that MC? I'm re...more >>

I have used the stylesheet features in MX 2004 and all works fine except in IE. I have a SWF that loads the .txt file then I load that SWF into a main movie. It works fine when I'm viewing it on my computer but through a browser (IE) it shows up as HTML code. I am in way over my head on this...more >>

Just ask me a question and i'll give you the answer!!!!!...more >>

I created a flash with background sounds using the "new Sound" function. Tried it locally, without any problems. Tried it online by directly accessing the flash... all the sounds do stream. The sounds work, if online and integrated into HTML, but only if the *.swf-File is located in the same f...more >>

i am loading an external swf into another swf i am calling functions in the child movie from the parent movie. the child movie is getting the calls, but movie clips inside the child movie won't respond to play commands the first time they are called. but for some reason they respond the...more >>