Hello, I've been here once today already! And recently. My prior question was answered and now I have another. I have a movie clip on the first frame of my movie. It's a preloader and it has the code below attached to it. The preloader works great, but I was hoping to "piggy back" on ...more >>

I've implemented a preloader queue using MovieClipLoader, however when I run multiple calls to loadClip(), some of the clips do not begin to throw onLoadStart() events until the others are initialized. Is this a known issue? And if so, is there a workaround? ...more >>

Hello, I am working on a project that I am trying to figure out how to generate the thumbs dynamically for a photo gallery. I attached my code. I couldn't figure out how to attach a movie clip from the library, so I ended up placing an instance named "emptythumb" on the stage. It a...more >>

In my main movie I have a Loader component into which I load different movies. Once the movie is loaded, I want to tell the loaded movie to go to frame 2. I have everything working, but can't access the movie loaded into the Loader component. I am loading the movie with this AS: on(revea...more >>

Hello All, Working on a preloader and using the code below. Should work as far as I can tell. Problem is, nothing happens! Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? I have this code attached to a movie clip that is on the first frame of my movie. Thanks so much! Jake onClipE...more >>

hi. I'm building a site for a musician. I want to have the user click on the title of the song (a button) which would then stream the mp3 track. at this point, i'm using mySound1 = new Sound (this); mySound1.attachSound("songtitle"); and then attaching songtitle.mp3 to a button. the ...more >>

When using flash 2004 mx I have several key frames, each with its own picture. When I do the transition effects I want each picture to show for so many frames then go to the next picture while deleteing (not showing) the previous picture. How do i do this? So far all I have been able to accompli...more >>

fscommand(exec) may be asynch, fscommand("othercommands") may be synch-ed if they are internally DO event and should deal with return (in theory). I can only speculate. Does anyone have any ideas? ...more >>

Hi! I have a site that loads 4 clips in the background at the same time. Each loading progress is displayed with a loader bar. But flash only loads 2 clips at the same time. Is there a solution to this problem? Thanx!! J loadMovieNum("HP_3D.swf", 10);loadMovieNum("loadingClips_1.swf",...more >>

I have had this happen a couple of times in Flash and I am convinced that the problem is not me, but a bug in Flash. Of course I am probably wrong. I have two buttons on two different layers. One button goes to the next scene the other takes the viewer back to table of contents The next ...more >>

Can someone tell me how to set up Flash MX 2004 so that it includes Font outline info in the published file? Thanks, keith ...more >>

Has anyone else had trouble making the delete key work in an on(keypress "<Delete>"){ } It is in the dropdown list of code hints, but it does not work....more >>

Hi, I was just wondering if their is a special way to load an array into a PHP file (or is it just the same as with normal variables).....and how do I refer to a value within an array in PHP....eg: $arrayName[0] Please help. ...more >>

Hello all, thanks for reading my post. I am new to actionscript and flash. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advise on how to do the following. I want to be able to pick up an object with the mouse and then move it to another part of the movie. Lets say i have a square on...more >>

i want to throw space characters in a string which i get it from a input text. how do i handle that? is there a method to throw spaces from a string? thanks...more >>

Hello! First of all thank you all for this great forum in which I have found the answers to many many questions ^^, you are all great!! Please, before I tell you what's making me crazy, let me put you into the situation: I have done my final career project in a Flash created .exe tha...more >>

good morning all How does flash handles fonts (substitution), which are not installed on the users computer, when running the flash film. Is it possible to import a font to the library as this can be done with director? Thanks a lot for your feedback Roland ...more >>

Hello, Does anybody know how to disabled the<,> and <.> shotcuts key . I am using: Key.addListener(_keyListener); _keyListener.onKeyDown = function() { trace('Key.getCode'+Key.getCode()); etc... When the movie is published and I press <,> or <.> shotcuts key the movie begin to a...more >>

I need to direct a "on release" button to open a new (html) page with no toolbars. I can do this with no problem using html, but I dont know how to do it in flash. eg. on (release) { getURL("http://www.macromedia.com", "_blank"); } What I need is for that blank to open up in the size...more >>

I want one of my layers, once it reaches frame 20, to return to frame 1 and repeat that process...what action would be necessary for that? Thanks....more >>

Hi, I'm new to Flash MX and what I want to do is : Launch a swf "XXX.swf" when I click on a button in my other swf file "YYY.swf". What I tried is on (release) { fscommand ("exec", "XXX.swf"); } But nothing happens when I click on the button. I have put in the XXX.swf in a ...more >>

I have 3 buttons that are opening the proper html pages but I want to be able to have the new window that is opened be a specific size 568 x 600 and I want the window to be scrollable, resizable, but not have any tool bars. I know how to write the script in java but not sure how to make it wo...more >>

I have a nice paper resume created in MS Word. I decided to make one using flash, an .exe that I can email. The problem is I have a "print" button at the bottom that I wish would open the .doc file on the viewers screen ready to print exactly as it is in the doc, formatting preserved. I tried...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to simulate some moths being attracted to a light, was wondering if any one has run across or knows of where to get info on such a thing. I know something like this might need to be scripted. Thanks ...more >>

hey people, im currently working on a settings menu for a flash exe and i was wondering if anyone could clarify a few things: 1) Is it possible to change the quality settings (you can access them by right clicking) using action script? 2) Is their some kind of global volume variable i can ...more >>

A have a button on stage which takes a list of arrays and their values, and sends that list to mail client. I'm trying to make a break (enter) after each item. In flash, there is "newline". But mailclient doesnt understand "newline". Is there something like %20, or similar (%20 is space, but what...more >>