Is there any way to reuse a dynamically imported JPEG without reloading it using loadMovie? I've tried duplicating the clip I loaded the JPEG into... this only copied the empty container. The attachMovie seems to only apply to static library resources... Any ideas? ...more >>

How does one dynamically give an outline to a dynamic TextField that changes from time to time. The text will be yellow, and I need a black border to keep it from being blended into the background. ...more >>

I have a situation where I could have several intervals active at once. Some of these are created in nested clips using local variables to hold the IDs. I would like a global button handler at the root level to clear all these intervals, sort of like a stopAllSounds(). Is this possible? Us...more >>

Hello everyone - Thanks to everyone who have helped me thus far. I have another question... I have the following code onRelease on a MC: function(){ // this should construct the array i = select.length; select=seriesname + this._name; trace(select+" was clicked");...more >>

Can you put ActionScript in Flash to prevent it from running if it is not on a private company network when it is accessed through a VPN connection--In case someone copies the file from the intranet site and wants to distribute it? Can you check the IP range of where it is executing and make...more >>

I have a button and I want to create a counter that show the number of the hits of the button... some1 can help me 2 do that? im really newbbb in this scripts...tnx!...more >>

Hi, I'm using the code below to try to make the MenuBar component menu items align left (rather than the default center) but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I also need to specify an absolute width for the menu items... thanks, Mike var styleObj = new mx...more >>

Hi, I did a flash.exe, the only thing I need is to block the mouse right click. I don't want to let the user go in the properties. how could I block that thanks ...more >>

Hello all: I'm hoping someone can help. I am a newbie and am trying to create a countdown to an event that is happening on July 9 (Event happens in 30 Days, Event happens in 29 Days, etc.) I have created a dynamic text box (var: countdate) and have entered this code on the first frame ...more >>

I am trying to build a dial guage Component in which the user would enter the desired radial "sweep" range of the needle, the beginning and ending values, and the number of tick mark division along the curved scale. The Component would automatically build the scale, and position the appropriate ...more >>

Here is my function which crashes inside the while loop. How to fix it? function getValue() { value = "unknown"; loader = new LoadVars(); // trace("trace 1"); loader.onLoad = function () { // trace("trace 2"); // value = loader.myvar; value = "ok"; } loader.load("mydata.txt"); ...more >>

I'm trying to load text from a file to use in a dynamic text field. Depending, on what button is pushed, 1 of 30 files will be loaded. So I thought that I would call loadvars in a function that was called from the button. The problem is, if I call load Vars in the function, nothing gets loaded...more >>

Hello, How can I load a sound object when an animation is in a specific key frame. I would like to a load sound object when the animation is in the "breath-OUT" position ONLY. This is for pulmonary exercise. Certains sounds can only be heard when breathing out. Click on the link below to s...more >>

I have a preloader script placed in the first frame of a scene called "preloader" . Pretty much the only thing with any weight in my whole project is the sound. The sound doesn't get called until the "game" scene which is under "preloader" in the scenes list (if this makes any difference). The...more >>

I have made a fullscreen-flash-exe-file that I want to be able to close on a link. Anybody know how I do that? I open it with the fscommand "fullscreen" in the start....more >>

Hi, I am a newbie and I am trying to create a preloader for my dynamic slideshow. The problem is that if i use normal bytes loaded of the movie technique it loads super fast then you wait for the actual images to load in. http://www.glassengraver.net/new/holder.html the link shows ...more >>

Hi I have a simple question - Is it posible to skew with actionscript? and if so how please? Thanks Dan...more >>

I just launched my new Flash site and I have a Music issue... Users need to shut the Music 'On' and 'Off' on each 'Scene'... Can someone offer a practical remedy for this? Also, is it possible to Force Popups to stay on top of the Main movie via Action Script? I posted a thread in (Action...more >>

Hi, I already made a flash mvie. In Dreamweaver I created a link to that movie, the problem comes when I click on that link an the movie sets on the window's size and not on the size that I set on Flash, why? ...more >>

I am using screens, for the first time, in my current project. I read that it is better to have an external AS file than to use frame actions. So I want to do that but have a couple of questions about it. How to do import the as file? If I import that on the first frame, is that just the sam...more >>

I used to fill my datagrids loading the stuff to the column name eg. {ID:1, Name: "Susie", Drink: "Tea", Colour: "Red"} and this worked fine. But of course I couldn't have spaces in my column names, and if I wanted to translate the heading to another language, well, yeuch. So I thought i'd use...more >>

Hi all. Rather an Actionscript newbie; more designer than developer. I have a website where there is a horizontal strip of images, and that's that! The entire navigation involves mouse gesture; if the user moves their mouse towards the right side of the movie, the "film strip" will start movin...more >>

Hello All, I would like to have a hyperlink on an html page to link to a specific frame number/frame name within the swf file. Is this possibel? If so, is the asfunction involved and is this implemented. any help or examples of this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. ...more >>

Hi everybody, I have created a flash exe that call other exe. It's working fine but I would like to remove the title bar "Macromedia Flash Player 6" and the menu below How could I do that thanks:) ...more >>

I have got a slideshow working with some external pictures loading in an array, but now I want to create buttons for forward advancing and backward advancing as well as a pause button. The advancing buttons should stop on that picture. Here is my script: myImages = new Array("media/im...more >>

Hi All, I'm running Flash MX 2004 professional for the first time. I'm not sure if I've found a bug of if there is somthing wrong with me... In typing in my actions panel, when I type a long line.. ie. mapXML.load("http://www.website.com/mysite/myproject/myprojectxml.xml"); my cursor se...more >>

I have a tree component. When I click on a node I want to return the path to that node. So for example, If I have a parent node called 'Parent' and four child nodes called 'Child1', 'Child2', 'Child3' and 'Child4', when the user clicks on 'Child1', the actionscript should return firstChild.f...more >>

I have a MC in the root and want to use it like a button. Here is the code i wrote to make it work with onRollOver: _root.MC_button_news.onRollOver = function() { _root.MC_button_news.MC_spinner.MC_slider.play(); } however, it throws this error... Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=...more >>

Hy, is it possible to create a file-open-dialog in flash/actions-script that shows the content of a directory (with mp3-songs)? flasheddi ...more >>

To uncomplicate my life, I was looking to find a way to zoom inside a flash movie through ActionScript by replicating the right-click "Zoom In" - "Zoom Out" -"Show All" menu buttons. Found about the Stage.scaleMode = "ZoomIn" undocumented feature, can get it to work only on an swf, inside...more >>

i am using mx but am going to upgrade to 2004 - is there a big difference in the AS between two? how relevant are books on AS in flashmx and mx2004? ...more >>

Hi, I am wondering if the following is posible in Flash, I know it is in director. Is it possible to let a flash movie read it's own filename and use that as a variable for further scripting?...more >>

How do i do this? In fact, how do i do anything with the text? I would like to have it larger font and maybe emboldened....more >>

I am loading text from an extrenal text file, I can use <B></B> and other html tags to modify the text. But how can I link the text to specific frames in Flash? I've seen the tag for such things before, but can't remember where. Thanks. ...more >>

Im trying to build a bit of a nice 3D scroller but it wont stop for some reason. Basically the roll over triggers a controller clip that sends the mc "wheel" spinning and also sets off each of the nav units. Lot of code, not sure I should dump it all here. Let me know. http://www.highercir...more >>

Hello All, can any one help me or point me in the right direction to get my blogger intergrated into my flash project. Any tutorials out there? I am guessing I am going to have to use XML to get it to work. Thanks ...more >>

Hi everyone, I made a dynamic swf app that is supposed to load variables to change its content. The variables containt text and an URL where to load some jpg. My problem is that I load my variables in a txt file. It works.... the first time, but if I change the content of the txt file in...more >>

Hi. I don't know if this is the place to ask, if not, please tell me. Anyhow, I'm going to by a Flash book. But I can't decide on which one. Either Flash MX 2004 Bible or Flash MX 2004 Actionscript Bible. The reason I'm buying it is because I want to learn actionscript. I don't have any kn...more >>

I currently have a preloader which loads 220k of my movie, but this is a bit too large for people with 56k connections, so I would like my first pre-loader to only load the home page and the contact details, but then a second pre-loader which only loads the scenes containing the 'company p...more >>

Hi, Can anyone explain me how to create a component? I don't what that the triangle component was created in almost all the sites and it is very complicated. I want something new and easy to learn. pls help me out :(( waiting for the reply ...more >>

Is there a simple way to load text into Flash from an external text file. My ActionScript is very basic. I am using Flash MX. This is what ihave tried so far - I have created a dynamic text field and called it mytext i have a text file called 2.1.txt which is in the same folder. I then created...more >>

I put my flash in a html and there is datagrid inside my flash. when i click on the datagrid and use the mouse wheel to scroll, i found that it will scroll the datagrid instead of scrolling the html document.. when i click on other part of the flash and use the mouse wheel, it will not ...more >>

hi i made some components on mx . i converted FLA files to MXI and to MXP files with MUZAK MXI_CTREATOR. Now i am on MX04 . MXI_CTREATOR doesn't work. I want to be able to share my components but i cant create MXP files . Is there another softwear that creates MXP files supporting MX04 ?...more >>

Hi, I've been trying to puzzle this one out for most of the day, I've been looking around online and through tutorials and still haven't found the answer to my question, and now I've decided to try out this forum and see if anyone can tell me how to do what I want to do, or maybe point out a...more >>