hi i am defining a variable with the value of 1 and it increases by 0.25 i have used var Move = 1 if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)){Move += 0.25} when i run in debug mode i see numbers like 5.99999999994 and other numbers like that, it starts off alright going 1.25, 1.5,1.75 etc but then start...more >>

How do I get components to show above a movieclip? Looking into the DepthManager documentation: movieClipInstance.setDepthTo(depth) just doesn't seem to work. Is there anyway to render components over other movieclips ? Any help appreciated. ...more >>

i've made a movie clip. its a circle and when u move your mouse over it, the circle with do kinda a small 5 seconds dance, with a funny sound. How do i make this movie clip when you click on it go to the next scene.? (i cannot make it a button because the dance wont "flow") and these codes ...more >>

ok i have figured out how to get a movie clip to move side to side in a loop. but it moves so fast you cant see it. how do you slow it down so its visable?...more >>

I'm using Macromedia's Flash 5 (I'm a little behind the times), and I'm trying to create a Flash game. To do this, I need to be able to create instances of objects, and I'm trying to do it without duplicating already existing objects. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance, Drauka~ ...more >>

Hi- I'm a novice actionscripter, so bear with me if I don't provide enough detail here. I have a flash movie with several buttons which all have the following (or similar) AS attached: on (release) { getURL("pdf/datasheet.pdf"); } which in theory, should open a browser an...more >>

i'm trying to create a list in an htmlText field using the <li /> tag. i have two questions. 1. first of all whenever i do this sets the whole text field as a list (not that big of a deal) 2. but whenever i do use that tag, whenever i change the contents of the textField (within flash or ...more >>

The FSCommand (as well as commands such as LoadMovie action) in Flash works well with Flash .swf docs. Is there any way to make this command work with QuickTime movies?...more >>

I am new to actionscript. I use MX 2004 Pro and this is my problem - I am trying to get a sequence of frame to replay after a random amount of time. I managed to create a variable with a random value ok and I was trying to get it to loop through some empty frames random times and then repla...more >>

I'm using getURL "URL", _Parent in a flash movie that is in an IFRAME... the problem is that instead of opening the URL in the parent window it instead opens a new browser window. Is there a way to open the URL into the main window that contains the IFRAME? Any help is greatly appreicate...more >>

Hi, I'm having a problem with my preloader. I know all the variables are loading properly, and that it is reaching the IF statement, however, it seems to be failing to execute the GOTO command. Here is my actionscript... onClipEvent(enterFrame){ loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded(); total = _...more >>

I have to create a Flash movie to be displayed across 6 plasma screens at a trade show. The hope is that I can do this and have the various info shown on the monitors to be synched so that I could display a word on each screen to make a phrase, etc. Is it possible to have a Flash movie dis...more >>

Can you set the leading (or linespacing) using an external CSS. Also, I'd like to leave extra space after a paragraph without using extra <br> tags. Can this be done with CSS using something like: margin-bottom:20; ...more >>

Okay, nobody knows how to print really big text fields so how about printing only selected frames? I'm wondering if there is someway of selecting which frames to print in Flash. Like if I put a dynamic text box on a page and then check to see if anything is in it before printing. If noth...more >>

Hello everyone. I have a movie embedded in an HTML page. Fairly simple. Within this movie I have a graphical element that, when clicked on, forwards you to another URL within the site. Is there a way that I can apply that same link ability to the movie as a whole by manipulating the OB...more >>

I never created a slide down menu (on mouse over) on flash before, and I can't find a book to show me how to do that. I am wondring if there is anybody who can help me please. ken...more >>

I upgraded from flash 5 to MX 2004 Pro. In Flash 5 I could use "&#149;" to create a bullet in a dynamic textfield. Now that doesn't work. I thought I had gotten &#8226; to work (another option), but that doesn't either. Anybody have an answer to this? I really don't want to have to use Fl...more >>

menuForm = new TextFormat(); with (menuForm) { color = 0x000000; font = "MyFont"; size = 8; underline = false; } _root.createTextField("t", 1, 400, 200, 1, 1); with (t) { selectable = false; border = false; autoSize = true; embedFonts = true; text = "??????A" se...more >>

I have a number of buttons in my little game. None of them work :-/ I think the problem is that all the buttons are instances sitting within other instances on the main stage. ie... I have a button called play_again which sits in a movie clip called Final_Lose when I have buttons enabl...more >>

I have designed an application using falsh that sends data to a .cfm page. The ..cfm page runs a query and returns data. My Problem: I run the app in test mode and it works like a champ...I change the URL for the .cfm pages and run from test and the web database updates correctly. I tran...more >>

Version: MX 2004 pro I'm looking to auto format phone numbers while the user is typing the number in. In other words, once they type the area code parenthesis automatically surround the number, then after the next 3 numbers are entered a hyphen is inserted, etc. My problem is the cu...more >>

I am using FlashMX, can I use the loadMovie() command to load jpegs dynamically? I tried the following: pictureLoader.loadMovie("categories/category1/category1_photo.jpg"); but the jpg did not load. any help is appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

OK so I know that you end a line with a semicolon, and that you use curly braces to separate actions. But recently I have seen code that has an ending curly brace followed by a semicolon, on the same line. What does this signify? Thanks, -ddog ...more >>

I want to create a tutorial for my students where they will view short flash videos and then choose between five different values (the actionscript). Their choice will determine the next video clip to be viewed which will be followed by another set of choices. There will be a few loops involve...more >>

A movie clip has been created with 2 keyframes, for stop and play. For Stop the script is below stop(); _root.playing = false; _root.clip.stop(); For the Stop symbol the script is below on ( press ) { play(); } For Play the script is below : _root.playing = true...more >>

i want do call a application in .swf (in .html). is possible ?...more >>

I have set up a scoring system and use two global variables as the set score: p1set & compset: _global.p1set=0; _global.compset=0; however no matter what I do compset keeps rendering as " 1" so that when I add 1 to it using: compset+=1; it shows up as 11, which obviously comple...more >>

is there any definitive and useful information about the focusmanager? the help documentation is not enough - are there any tutorials?...more >>

What is the easiest way to join two seperate files. I made an intro movie and then another file with a user interface so the user can select different menus. How can I join the two files without dropping all of the seperate timelines into the other, because that crashes the program. I ...more >>

Okay I have a doosy for you. SO, I want to make a scrolling thumbnail viewer similar to this one: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/infinite.htm But I would like it to create the thumbnails dynamically from a folder. I know you can do it with xml parsing as long as you give it the size and ...more >>

hi, the client wants an interactive map similar to this one. It looks like it's based just on switching cursors and dealing with checkboxes. Can any of you gurus offer any of your wisdom about it? I'd appreciate it. http://www.citationshares.com/our_fleet/cj1/range.aspx ...more >>

I have an instance called powerbar_i that I want to grow to the left when the space bar is pressed down or grow in relation to a variable called extra_power I have tried to write this a number of ways but no matter how I set it up powerbar_i's _height and _x change at the same rate. I can't ...more >>

I have designed an application using falsh that sends data to a .cfm page. The ..cfm page runs a query and returns data. My Problem: I run the app in test mode and it works like a champ...I change the URL for the .cfm pages and run from test and the web database updates correctly. I tran...more >>

Hi everybody, Sure it is a stupid question but I become crazy about that. I have create a MovieClip and uncheck the 'Export in first frame'. If I want to used it on frame 10 for exemple, I put it on the stage in the frame 10 and everything work fine. But how to do that (put on the stage ...more >>

Hi, I have just experienced some strange behavior from web pages that I created with Flash 4 (I know, that's like ancient now but it's fine for me). Anyway, these pages, both online and in their local folder, only allow all their buttons to work the FIRST time you access them. Upon returning t...more >>

I have a button and I need that when the user clicks it, it downloads a font file into the font folder in the users system straight away, without opening a download dialog or anything else. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I have used the following code for a button within my flash movie: on (release) { getURL("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('http://www.nameofsite.com','aileen','w idth=300,height=300,left=100,top=100,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status =No,resizable=No,fullscreen=No'); NewW...more >>

Can someone explain what my problem is here - I'm trying to turn a small arrow on and off on a navigation system as you click on the movie clips: SDSE.onRelease = SFP.onRelease = SM.onRelease = STP.onRelease = function(){ trace("old arrow = "+oldarrow); // ok here I'm just checking wha...more >>

Anyone have much experience with creating forms in Flash MX and making them 508 compliant? I am creating a simple form with several text fields (simple navigation and validation but no server-side activity; it's really just a simulation of an application . . .) and am having alot of trouble ...more >>

I am using this method to get text from an external file. In the text file I use &textBox= in the begining of the file. textData_lv = new LoadVars(); textData_lv.o = this; textData_lv.onLoad = function() { this.o.textBox.htmlText = this.textBox; }; textData_lv.load("../project01/imp...more >>

tengo un problemilla, haber... necesito cargar una pelicula swf desde mi peli principal, esta pelicula contiene un componente scrollpane de flash mx y esto hace que no me funcione bien la precarga. Gracias por la ayuda ...more >>

Just a simple question, can F2004 write to xml or .txt files as either a projector or swf? Thanks DazFaz...more >>

Hi, I have read a similar thread not so long ago but I think my problem is slightly different. My data comes in from an external source and gets put into an array. Then the datagrid is told to use this array as the data source.... My problem is this. How can I make the cell click...more >>

Hi, i ve got a problem i can't get through, I've got a movieClip called mainGui_MC and an external .swf called mediaPlayer.swf, both movies have a movieClip inside them called controler that reacts when a key is pressed, my problem is : i need to load the mediaPlayer.swf inside the mainGui_M...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to access variables and functions in an external swf loaded from the same domain? For example: external swf: var testVar:Number = 20; main movie: loadMovieNum("external.swf", 2); trace(_level2.testVar); and I get undefined. Any ideas? ...more >>

Hi I have a project to do consisting of some Flash animation combined with PHP. The PHP part is done by a colleague of mine (I don't know PHP). The idea is like this. there is a HTML file with some textboxes, managed in PHP. When the user writes something in that textbox, PHP gets it ...more >>

Hi I have a problem with creating something that seems to me should be comparatively easy. But this is my first experience with Flash and I am probably not sure what to do. My goal is to draw a triangle with endpoints entered by the user. I get the inputs (correctly) and I know the for...more >>

I am trying to write a script to check if one of 6 movie clips is dropped on one of 6 right or 6 wrong drop zones. The drop zones are labeled right1,2,3,4,5,6 and same for wrong1,2,3,4,5,6. I'm just trying to get the right part to work first. I think my problem is just syntax for appending...more >>

I made a music player that plays MP3s randomly off of my server. (Just in case the music police is reading this I can honestly say that I am only using songs that are Public Domain.) I have named each mp3 file with a number, ie 1.mp3, 2.mp3. I made a little array and I do a sort shuffle. ...more >>

Hi, I want to create multiple copies of MC in diiferent color shades at runtime. Can anyone help me out with this. Say you a have samll rectangle in MC and I want ot genrate 100 more on the stage with diiferent color values. The number of symols will be dynamic but will be less than 200....more >>

When I use fscommand(exec), DOS command window pops up and then disapears when the command is complete. It is so annoying to see DOS command window flashing out when you run a Flash movie. Is there way to avoid seeing the dos command window? ...more >>

Hi. I have a 5 buttons. On frame 1 of the movie, I declared 5 variables like: var one:number = 0; var two:number = 0; var three:number = 0; var four:number = 0; var five:number = 0; When klicking on the buttons, every variable adds +1, so, clicking on button one, makes variable one...more >>

I have looked all over and cannot find a function in actionscript that will count the number of files in a directory. I would like to count files in given directory, then load that number into a variable. Thank You for any help, Ivan ...more >>

I am attempting to create a to-do list that will use duplicateMovieClip to add tasks in an Outlook-style task list. A checkbox will be part of the mc. When the check is selected, I would like it to strikethrough the text field to indicate that it is flagged for deletion. I started a concept,...more >>

http://dev.flame3.com/peerieplaces click on the about section. I'm using flash mx. The plan was to have each piece of information expand as you rollover... which is controlled by a movieclip within each screen that constantly runs to check mouse position. It seems to work but for some ...more >>