I need to simulate a pop-up window superimposed over a move clip that has several buttons. I need to disable those buttons while the pop-up is visible. Is there an easy way to disable the buttons on the underlying move clip, or to restrice focus to just the pop-up? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how my script can check whether the movie is playing back in the editor, or whether its playing in the player? I have a 5 second wait at the start of my clip so that the audience can see my logo, but I don't want to have to wait for it everytime I debug! I could ju...more >>

More woes with the DataGrid. I currently am populating a DataGrid with an Acess Databse, it has four columns that populate and look great. I want to make these rows a link to another frame in the Movie, but cant quite figure it out. Also, i want to send a value to that frame as well. Let m...more >>

Is there any way to keep the curser from turning into a pointer? like whats the script? I am making a scroller and I want the curser to stay an arrow wile it rolles over the btns or the scroll bar. Any one have any ideas? THANKS ...more >>

I am trying to change the UI Button Component in flash mx2004. I keep going to google and reading forums but I can't seem to get them to take on a whole new look. I have to have 5 examples for my boss in the morning and I keep coming up empty. I think alot of the tutorials I find are for Flash...more >>

hi there, just a doubt, I've a ListBox with this AS in the same frame: // create items var item1 = {label:"Este es un tipo de ejemplo"}; var item2 = {label:"este podria ser otro"}; var item3 = {label:"como para no dejarlo afuera"}; var item4 = {label:"y ahora que te puedo decir"}; // l...more >>

In my application there are several triangles each one represents a food category (eg. "fruits" is one triangle , "meats" is another triangle etc). There are several movieclips each one represent a food item for example "banana" can be one movieclip, "chicken" can be another movieclip etc. The...more >>

Hello, I have been going crazy trying to detect when the user has the cursor over the flash movie and when they have moved off the movie onto the HTML section of the web page. I haven't been able to detect this. It can't be that diffiicult, can it? Please Help! Thanks, Lawrence ...more >>

Hi, I know this must sound very simple, and it should be, but Imhaving some issues with it. My script is this: on (release) { global_sound = new Sound(); if (global_soundLevel > 0) { global_sound.setVolume(0); var global_soundLevel = 0; muteButton.la...more >>

New to AS 2... so bare with me. I am trying to create a component that is associated with a class. I have the class path set in both the linkage and the component definition. I added the component directly to the root timeline. That all seems to be working good, my constructor runs and tra...more >>

here is the code im using to attach a button to the movie. works fine. but is there a way to make it so the button only becomes active after your cursor has stopped on it for a second. that way the sound on the button and the animation doesnst fire when your just running over it to get to a di...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to create a dropdown menu system. I have an mc as a primary menu button that plays an animation on rollover, on press it plays another mc that is a dropdown. This is working. My problem is that once the dropdown is down, I want the primary button to remain in the "highli...more >>

I am trying to create a very simple "drag-and-drop move to the next frame" movie. I have a three frame movie. The first two frames loop with a movie clip of a BALL and a movie clip of a HOOP. Frame 2 has an action of gotoAndPlay(1); to create the loop. When the user "grabs" the BALL via th...more >>

I'm still new to this, but I have the attached action script. Can someone please tell me why the data won't actually load into the list box? When I test the movie, the output comes up with the names, but it doesn't enter it into the list box. Thanks in advance! //Create LoadVars obj...more >>

i'm having trouble passing a variable from flash to javascript. here's my code: flashVar = "string of words"; getURL( "javascript: sayText( flashVar,1,1,1 ); void(0);" ); the code won't work unless i do: getURL("javascript: sayText( 'string of words',1,1,1 ); void(0);"...more >>

Hello everyone, I hope everybody is having a good day, and I also hope that somebody can help me with my problem. I am working on a custom preloader, and Im having problems getting it to work. Heres the code, what Im aiming for is it to be on a certain frame of a movie symbol depending on...more >>

What happened to the documentation for the Flash UI Components Set 2? The only thing I can find is in the reference panel, but it gives no information on the parameters and functionality of the methods. I know this used to be available before MX 2004....where did it go? Regards, Kris ...more >>

I am using an FLV and want to grab the playheadTime to control another clip, however am having a problem understanding how to call it. What I am attempting to do is have the playheadTime equal a certain number of seconds and that trigger another clip on the stage. For instance: if (myC...more >>

i need to access my variables dynamically but i have no clue how. for instance: if i have an input textbox in my movie, i would like to be able to enter a word into it and have it point at an existing variable. so if i entered the word myVar into the textbox the program would retrieve the co...more >>

Hello, How can we have an output window like the flash has but in browser? I need to analise my loaded vars directly from my database, but i only get this working in the browser. Is there any chance of doing this? thanks ...more >>

I am finding it hard to describe what I want to ask so please bear with me. Example: http://www.agentedesign.com/usa/ After clicking a button a there is an animation (a red wave that covers the section and leads into a preloader). How is this done? How is the say, profile section anim...more >>

Hi, I am working with the MenuBar, I have one movie comps.swf, where I set some components, as button, MenuBar, TextArea,etc,etc Each component, I set export for runtime sharing and export in the first frame. Then I have another movie, called main.swf, where I import the MenuBar compon...more >>

I would like to change the border color of a ScrollPane component I am using. I tried to change it by applying a theme, but somehow that did not work. I would now like to change it via AS. How do I do that? I looked at the following code, but so far have not been able to make that work: ...more >>

I have a series of swfs that I am navigating through with scripted buttons. I am trying to load a swf and start playing it at a label. The swf loads, but starts from frame 1, the label is on frame two. This is the script I am using; on(release);{ loadMovieNum("original.swf",0); got...more >>

Hello All, I am using a textArea component and loading xml (html) content in it and formatting it with CSS. I am noticing that its not accepting french characters like: é or è how do I set it so that the textArea will show those characters, anyone know? thanks in advance A ...more >>

hi! I have a dynamic textfield(with a scrollbar) that I attach strings to every so often. When it gets too long, it starts to scroll. How do I make it scroll to the bottom everytime I append a string? Like when you're using a chat client. It automatically scrolls down to the bottom so ...more >>

I'm trying to use a variable declared inside a function and I'm having some trouble. Here is my code... data = new LoadVars(); data.load("../_workdata/count.txt"); data.onLoad = function(success) { x = this.count; }; for (i=1; i<=x; i++) { current = "n"+i; loadMovie("../_workd...more >>

I am using the following code: onClipEvent (load) { _x = 78; _y = 163; speed = 5; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { endX = _root._xmouse; endY = _root._ymouse; _x += (endX-_x)/speed; _y += (endY-_y)/speed; } My issue is this: I want the movie clip image (instance name: Check) ...more >>

I am desprately trying to add actions to some buttons. I want to be allow the user to go from the home page to another page and so on, using scenes. I have tried on (release) { gotoAndPlay("home",1);} and nothing works. Or, if it does work it goes back to the first frame of the current scen...more >>

i am trying to create buttons that take the user to various places within the movie by using Actionscript but for some reason it does not seem to work; here is an example used to return to the "home" scene when the button (called JC_button or JCB) is clicked: on (release) { JCB.onPress ...more >>

The following lines of code are from one of the FlashMX 2004 Help examples: onClipEvent(keyDown) { // actionscript } When I put this code into the first fraome of a movie clip and check syntx, I get a message saying: "**Error** Symbol=NavMC, layer=code, frame=1:Line 12: Clip events are...more >>

hi ng, im tryin to implement a "send to a friend" functionality. my swf has only one frame, so i added a new layer called "email", and a second frame. a button on the first frame, directs the movie to frame2, which hides all layers, except the layer "email". some textboxes and a button are on th...more >>

Ok, I've created an DataHolder object instance named dhData. It has a schema set up like: <-> data:Object .....<->id:Number .....<->name:String .....<->value:String And a text field is bound to the value of id, whose default value is 1. Binding is working just how I wanted it. But ...more >>

I can't understand this, I changed the class path to a absolute path, remove the other path, and compile an old .fla, flash mx pro continue telling me: The class 'Number' could not be loaded!, I'm so sure of the Number.as that I replace it with the original one from flash home dir. anyone ...more >>

Hello friends, I have a little problem using a comboBox. When I select one of its labels, my browser opens an URL in a new window. The URL text is in the DATA corresponding to that LABEL. It all works perfect with this simple code: function fun() { getURL(comboname.getSelectedItem().data, "...more >>

Does anyone know how i can create an executable application from my swf file....more >>

Evening all, I've searched the Google groups with no joy... I have multiple movieclips moving around the screen over an isometric grid. Each grid square has a unique number and when a movieclip passes over it the clip has it's depth swapped to the number of that square. This creates (fakes...more >>

How can I delete one array item? For example: cadena = new Array(22,34,54,12,34); I want to delete cadena[3] And also, how can I calculate cadena[0]+cadena[1]+cadena[2] using a "for" expresion? ...more >>

I have a problem with beginGradientFill which some others seem to be having but I can't seem to find any solutions. Problem is this: If I create a gradient fill using hard-coded colours, gradient works well. If I send the colours in a variable, the fill is always black. Hard coded: ...more >>

I want to create a sliding strip in which you have 2 buttons: next and back I want on next to play th emovie clip until the next stop frame and on back to reverse the movement. Plz help I need the solution urgently. ...more >>

I would want to create dataprovider dynamic a member combobox. >>(example online: www.studioag.net/cartina) The first one combox "regioni" it must pass onchange() to combobox "province" the carried out choice. The contents in the combo are a Array. The problem that I do not succeed to...more >>

Hi everybody, I'm stuck with one little stupid thing. I have a text file with some variables in there, it looks like this: &var1=coke.gif&var2=pepsi.jpg&var3=sprite.jpg& Now when I load these variables into flash file, I want to load images corresponding to the variables. E.g. I want to lo...more >>

Pls help: Could you pls help how can I embed a popup window in flash? Like when I click a button, it popup a small window in center to ask me "Quit" the program or "Continue"? Thank you very much for your help! ...more >>

Heya, im always encountering this error : "Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler" and it really kills me because i can't figure out what is it, and how do i go about or make use of it. >.< Could anyone gimme a hand? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I have a text file named "count.txt" whose contents reads: count=8 And I want to read that number into a variable in my flash project, which I'm trying to do as such... var count = loadVariables("../_workdata/count.txt", this); But its not working. The path to the file is corre...more >>

Ok, i've disabled a particular button and made its alpha=0; so the user can't interact with it. But when i place another different button OVER that previous button (in my case, when i load in another movie with a button at the same spot), the loaded button becomes less responsive due to the ...more >>

Could you pls help. Anyone know how to set the coding to tracks all pages visited at the end of the flash file and can tell the user they have finished the program? For example: http://aicc.org/pages/aicc_sl.htm but I need some info for flash. Thank you very much!! ...more >>

I want to create a scrollbar with an automatic rollover button. What i mean is that when the mouse pointer is on the button, i want the text to scroll, without clicking the button. I also want to have an invisible bar for my scroll. can ayone help me? ...more >>

I saw a tutorial on changing the basic style of the components but I need to get in a change the actual source art for them. In flash mx it was easy, but with 2004 those things are sealed up tighter then a dolphin's ass. Can anyone point me in the general direction of a tutorial showing how to ...more >>

here is a piece of code that is in a movieclip called "pics". What it does is ataches another movieclip to itself, adds an onrelease function to it and then loads an image into it. So far at ataches, and loads the jpeg but I can't get it to act as a clickable movieclip. I had it working before...more >>

I know this has to be easy, I want to define the value of an element in an array by passing it a variable, but can't figure out how to do it. Here's my code example: In this example, on line 9 the "_y" element of this array is assigned a value of "-20", instead of hard-coding a value in he...more >>

Hey there, How does the targetPath work? can anyone help? I'm actually trying to put actionscipt into a MC of the main timeline that is suposed to cause another MC of a different movie clip to react. Under main movie, <MC_name>.gotoAndPlay("label_name"); then MC_name that is in a lo...more >>