Hey All, Do any of you have any ideas of how to create a little search window at the top so when you type something in, it searches in flash? And, is there any good 3rd Party message boards out there than you can add to your site for free? Thanks, let me know if any of you have any ...more >>

I am passing a string such as "movieclip" to the following function: onClipEvent(load){ function loadContent(section){ loadMovie("movie/"+this[variable]+".swf",this,"GET") } } The function is called with the following actionscript from a button: on(press){ _root.movieClipW...more >>

I am a C++/Java programmer, currently trying to design a website using flash. What I am trying to do is probably simple, but I am not sure how to go about doing it. Let's say I have a text string that looks like its flying onto the screen, basically it is going from a font size of 90 to...more >>

Hi, I would like at some points to freeze the script for a couple of seconds. If you are familiar with QBasic you would be aware of the SLEEP function. So, if you want the script to freeze for a second you write sleep(1) and that's it. Is there something quick like that in action script th...more >>

Hello All, I'm stumped on something. I have a button with the code below attached to it. The visTab_mc that it refers to is a movie clip of a typical tab that you'd find on a manilla file folder. When the person rolls over this button, I'm having the manilla tab fade in. If the user ro...more >>

Below is the code I use to move a picture Movie Clip and the code works fine. If my mouse is on the right half of my stage, the picture will move to the left and vise versa. But my problem is that the movie clip will keep going outside of my stage. Is there anyway to control it so that...more >>

On the page http://www.brucelacy.com/2002/flash.html there is an enter button on the bottom right of the page. When the button is pushed it is going to a url that does not exist. How/where is the code for this button so that i can point it at the correct url? Is it possible to decompile the flas...more >>

Hello, In the attached file (remove .txt extension) I run a test file for the concept of managing hits of objects on the stage. The management idea seems to run ok. But the selection of the objects p1, p2, p3 seems to get evaluated the other way around: the lowest depth/level object, showi...more >>

Can anyone tell me why the variable "_root.just_checking" is not outputing text from the multidimensional array? I was thinking it might be that for(var i=0;i<30;i++){ //split a "~" delimited string like (id~number~name~) Records_list_array = Records_list.split("~...more >>

I am having trouble with this one. I would like to use a variable to specify which MC I want to control. Example: //VariableMC is a var that contains the name of one of 4 MCs; mc1, mc2, mc3, or mc4. //In the previous frame, I randomly select which of the afformentioned MCs will pl...more >>

Hi you all. I intend to begin creating more interactive motion sequences and animations using actionscript mainly. Where can I get a tutorial on this (using to perform motion)> Thanks in anticipation. Big Will... ...more >>

Hi everyone, Does anybody know if there is a way to nest duplicated movie clips? For example, if I have a MC called parentClip and then inside of that clip I have one called childClip, is there a way to duplicate childClip so that the new symbol is a child of parentClip? Thanks, Jas...more >>

I am in the process of trying to extend some of the standard UI Components that ship with Flash MX 2004 Pro. Such as Button, TextArea, MenuBar, and Loader. This has become more of a task than I ever could have imagened. Below I have attached the process that I have been in order try and just e...more >>

Hi, I have a movie clip with a certain clip event. When this clip event occurs, another mc which is offstage and has a short animation moves to the stage. I did this using setProperty I would like the animation to play just once after it is moved instead of looping. Does anyone know if...more >>

Ok, first of all, hi to all ! Second: help! I'm working on a typing board that allow users to enter combinations that can be found on the website. Now it's not exactly a problem, but I want to fade-in the letters that show up on the display when the user presses a button... is this p...more >>

i inserted a movie clip in the library and load it on the run time with the following syntax. this._parent.attachMovie("Day", "Day_mc", this._parent.getNextHighestDepth()); in the Day movie clip i defined a variable with the syntax var strDate:String = "Sunday"; after loading the movie...more >>

Hello, I am trying to set up a Flash file to import multiple varaiables from a single .txt file. By using this code: _root.loadVariables("CONFIG.txt"); It will load the variable in that .txt file, which is menuButton1=on No problem. But when I try to add multiple variables to the...more >>

I'm trying to get a button to gotoandPlay different parts of a movie depending on the current frame that the movie is currently in, i've got the logic but having a problem with the syntax - can any one help me, if so very grateful in the code below dont woory about the brackets, just trying to...more >>

I am trying to get the root timeline to move to a different scene from within a movie clip on one of the layers. I've tried goto and play, but it seems to be targetting the movie clip rather than the basic timeline. Any suggestions? ...more >>

Hi, Im trying to send variables to a PHP script from a movieClip that is seperate to the one where the loadVariablesNum() command is used. This is what I have: loadVariablesNum("sendPHP2.php", "0", "POST"); It doesnt work because the variables I want to POST are in a different movieCl...more >>

I went to a tutorial to find my script to make a login using flash, I setup everything ok, but the action script for the submit button has 2 errors in it. Im not sure what these errors are and I dont know how to fix them. here is the script for the button with the error notices. **Error**...more >>

Problems With XML Connector and DataGrid OK, I'm trying to pull data from a MySQL database and place the data into label components. I have been able to place it within a datagrid but can't put the data into the labels, they always say "Undefined". Any ideas how I can get the data from the...more >>

Is there a way to reduce the total size while loading external swf in main movie with some components common in all of them. What I mean is that the common components size is included only once at the download time. ...more >>

Hey, I'm pretty new to ActionScript and I was just wondering how to stop multiple keypresses and/or keeping a key held down? I tried making an interactive character and he moves fine, but I have an animation of him jumping which I target with gotoAndPlay(). It works fine but if that ...more >>

Hello, Is there anyway to make the link work that is attached to a button - inside a button. So I have a button named Button(1) and Button(2) is inside Button(1). Button(2) has the link but the user has to click Button(1). I hope that makes sense....... Thanks for any feedback. From ...more >>

I have a generate button on the stage. And in _root is variable "i" which is set to 0. Next to the button are two txt input fields and their names are "Number" and "Value". The generate button creates an array whose name depends on i, when you hit the "Generate" button for the first time it gene...more >>

Hi Guys, Someone kindly posted a countdown script for me here a few months ago. It worked great in the first project, but I'm doing something wrong in a new project. A movie clip has three labeled frames: "intro", "body" and "end". The counter is in "body". I want it to advance to "...more >>