I have an array full of Strings: foodToUse = ["berries", "cake", "crab"]; I want to display their corresponding movieClips (who's linkages are set to "berries, "cake", and "crab") using the array for (var i = 0; i<3; i++) { tmpString = foodToUse; attachMovie(tmpString, t...more >>

How could I call a exe from a flash.exe thanks...more >>

Hi Ok I know that you cannot load progressive jpgs.... Well Im in a situation where Im pulling images from a server that holds like 1000000 images....and over half of them are progressive! There has to be away around this...I need to load these somehow whether they are progressive...more >>

Hi Ok I know that you cannot load progressive jpgs.... Well Im in a situation where Im pulling images from a server that holds like 1000000 images....and over half of them are progressive! There has to be away around this...I need to load these somehow whether they are progressive...more >>

i have a plain piece of text i need to make rotate in a cylindrical 3D stlye. if this doesnt make sense its not like when right clikcing the text and telling it to rotate, not that style of rotation. It needs to rotate around in a 3D way. If this makes any sense to any one please help!...more >>

I have a flash with a lot of buttons in a htm. Now I want to us "book marker" can some one give me the action code that I must put in the flash by the button...more >>

Hello everyone... I'm trying to set the depth level of a movie clip by using the setDepthTo(10) method and no matter what I do, the movie clip will not change depths. It's almost like the setDepthTo method is not even a real Flash method. The reason why I say that is because in the Actionscr...more >>

....how is possible in Flash MX 2004 switch action script panel to "normal mode" ????...more >>

If I state a variable in the root timeline, how can I retrive the value in a movieclip? On the root timeline I state X=whatever. In a movie clip if I put trace(X), it doesn't get the value. Will...more >>

Once a MovieClip has been created as a child of another, is there a command that will either change the level of the original clip or replace it with a new version that is one level up, i.e. at the level of the parent? Thanks. ...more >>

Does the while() loop run only when the playhead is on the frame that has the loop? Or once stated does it continue throught the movie? Thenks, Will...more >>

Is there an operator that will say "equal 10 plus or minus 2" I am looking for a shortcut to this statement if(x>=8&&x<+12) Thanks, Will...more >>

Background: - Using Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 7.0.1 - On a Windows XP Professional. - Created a "Flash Form Application" - Testing Tree and DataGrid. The Tree loads XML from a web-page for its content. Today: - I can load and test the project, and it works fine. - I can...more >>

I'm having trouble clearing a multi-line inputtext Everything works wonderfully if it is set to single line, but when it is set to multi-line, it seems to clear the last line, leaving the previous lines intact. The inputtext has an instance name of "intext" My code looks something like belo...more >>

i am having trouble with a loading bar for moviecliploader here is where my code is after hours of trying var mypics:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var mylistener:Object = new Object(); mypics.addListener(mylistener); mylistener.onLoadProgress = function(// not sure what go...more >>

Hello, I am using the following code from the HELP section of MX2004 to load a JPG into a target movie clip. The code seems to work in so much that the traces are appearing and the JPG is loading, but I don't get any byte information. This is preventing me from manipulating a progress ba...more >>

I haven't done actionscipt since 5. What replaced tellTarget? I use to use this on a button to controll a clip. TellTarget myclip gotoandplay etc... what is it now? Thanks...more >>

I noticed you can do "mouse down" & "mouse up". I don't suppose you could use "mouse over"? Is there an alternate command I could use for a movie clip that would allow me to do "mouse over"?...more >>

I am using the LoadVars object to get information to and from a specific php page. When I create the onLoad function, if there is a success, I set other variables off my root, to the value of the variables caught by the LoadVars object. Once I am out of the onLoad function, my root variables ...more >>

When I load a swf file via the loadMovie it does no allow me to position it or scale it. Any idea why? What am I doing wrong. I read some place that you cant transform something you load on the same frame.....more >>

Hello, I have a button and I want to repeat some steps as long as the button is pressed. For exampe, let's say while the mouse is held down on the button, some random steps occur. When the mouse is released, the steps stop executing. How can I do this? Do I need to use a movie Clip instead? I...more >>

How do you target something inside a scrollPane? I have movies inside a scrollpane and I want to manipulate them from ouside the scrollpane.. ie: call a function that is on a movie clip inside the scrollPane. Thanks. Paul ...more >>

Hi, I would like to know if it is posible to have an external text file into a variable. The external text file will be updating every 3 or 4 minutes. If someone knows of a tutorial that I can get or can explain to me how to accomplish this, I would really appreciate. Thanks Gr...more >>

Hi, it' me again with still the same problem! I have created Input-Textfields with "createTextField". (Of course: type = "input" and selectable = true ) At startup, the textfields were filled with dynamic text from an textdocument outside of the flash. this is all working great. But it's ...more >>

Flash 6.0 getURL(..../page.html#bookmark) under Netscape & Opera works ok. IE do not go to bookmark. getURL(..../page.html%23bookmark) under Netscape & Opera error message. IE works ok. How can i go to bookmark? ...more >>

Hey all I have a random function where the user presses one button to star a MC and another to stop it. When it is stopped i have a random multiplication that moves the MC so when it is played again it has moved. The trouble is sometimes it moves out of the screen. Here is the script for...more >>

hi , i was trying hands on datagrid component. can anybody help me solving a small problem. i have 2 fields Terms and description. Now the problem is that the terms data is small in size whereas the dat inserted in description is more that 3 lines. I wanted to text wrap that data to the...more >>

Hi All, Flash MX // attach a movieclip to a _root.attachMovie("mc_EmptyMC", "mc_EmptyMC", 9999); // set the vertical position mc_EmptyMC._y = this._y +7; // set the horizontal position mc_EmptyMC._x = mc_EmptyMC._x+175; // load an image into the empty movieclip loadMovie("a...more >>

heres what ive been working on. it works. but it doesnt work smooth. http://www.vinylized.us/shootem.swf how do i make the sliding motion run alot smoother. it runs smooth if your moving the mouse around but not when its sitting still. its all jittery. heres the code //frame one Mouse...more >>

I could really use some help with this. Can anyone help? I am trying to figure out how to randomly animate movieclips back and forth between several set positions. It's getting late here. Does that make sense? What I'm trying to do is animate a flow/pulse of data bouncing back and for...more >>

I'm going trough some troubles whenever I load dynamic txt files as dynamic texts in my .swf file. The texts almost always loads fine, but after characters like "&" the texts disappears. For example if my txt file content was " Happy Birthday, Happy Christmas & New Year". In the dynamic tex...more >>

Dear Gurus and members, I am a newbie in ActionScript. I developed an e-learning website using mostly Flash MX 2004 and ActionScript 1.0. I plan to create a record/playback plugin using media control interface (MCI). The plugin is a one time installation. During the installation, the insta...more >>

I have this script to play a sound with a play and stop button, but when the page loads the sound doesnt play automaticly, I have to push play to have it play. spepaker is a movie clip speaker.stop(); song = new Sound(); song.onSoundComplete = function() { speaker.play(); ...more >>

I would think I could find something on this somewhere. This is pretty standard functionality for a combo box. I have a form, with combo boxes. When the user is done they click "SUBMIT" to go to a printable version of the form. NOW before they go any further it asks if everything is cor...more >>

I am looking to ping a server from a web page, then place a record into a database showing whether the server is responding or not. Are there any tutorials or does anyone have an answer? ...more >>

Hi all, Is there any way to round number variables to two decimal places??? I thought that I could convert the numbers to strings and use a substring or a lastindexof call to break it down, but I would prefer to keep all values in number format. Any ideas out there???? c-dude...more >>