I'm trying to edit a navigation buttons, developed by -mankind-, downloaded from Flashkit. But the AS is too advance for me. How the nav works: click and drag anywhere on the white area and buttons spin. What i'm trying to do: to confine/limit the click and drag area to a define space only....more >>

Hey folks, so I'm performing some tests to see if I can get my flash navigation in frame a to control html in frame b and vice versa. The "vice versa" is the tricky part. With the very gracious help of a fellow forum user, I was able to script my flash file to accept PHP variables onload. ...more >>

I have this actionscript and need to know what the result would be. {use http://www.mysite.com for baseURL } dataFile = baseURL + "page/year_" + today.substring(0, 4) + "/month_" + today.substring(4, 6) + "/day_" + today.substring(6, 8) + "/board.xml"; ...more >>

I've got a main movie loads in a series of other images (jpegs) and .swf movies using 'myMovieClip.loadMovie("url")... my problem is some of these additional movies and images would benefit from a loading bar.. I know how to do one for the main movie when it loads.. percent = Math.floor(_r...more >>

Hi, I have 4 dynamic textfields for gender,age,weight,height and another field to display a calculation for those fields. I want to update the value (calculation) on-the-fly without pressing a "see result" button, for that purpose I made some listeners to check if the field has changed...more >>

can actionscript interact with C or C++ is there some good page on that??? Thanks for solutions. ...more >>

Hello Group, I have just finished a discussion board with a wide variety of application discussions on it. There is not much traffic right now but I hope that you guys will use it. Some of the discussions are Cold Fusion, ASPX, C#, SQL, Oracle, Stuff at the work place etc. I have posted a ...more >>

http://69.61.16.201/forums/district-map.html There is the flash file I'm working on. When the red button is pressed the districts should fade in. I'm using the following AS on the red button: on(press) { //da1 - DistrictAttachment1, d1 - Linked value from symbol library da1.attachMov...more >>

I'm using the script below to detect the end of an external FLV being played via the NetStream object: ns.onStatus = function(infoObject) { if (infoObject.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop") { _root.gotoAndStop("someFrame"); } } On Windows using IE 6, everything work...more >>

Hi, I have N instances that are named "variable1, variable2, variable3, etc..". How can I refrence them in a loop, like : for (var i=0; i<N; i++) { variable.text = "this is variable" + i; } thanks. ...more >>

I have been trying to figure out the bottom menu system of the following website. It is under featured work. Any input would be of great help. It is at the bottom of the page in lime green. http://www.theniceagency.com/main.html ...more >>

Dear Friends, I'm a noob to flash, but like to think I'm learning quickly... Anyways, I'm building a menu that has rollout beheviour. The problem is that if you hit the menu beside this menu, the second menu starts before the first menu has "rolled out" how do I work around this.... It...more >>

ok, the code is below. I'm getting error messages though on the code in the recieving swf. on click, i want the demo02.htm to play at Scene "Layout03", Frame "07More". Receiving swf: lc = new LocalConnection(); lc.gotoF = function("07More") { gotoAndPlay("07More"); } lc.conne...more >>

I have a flash file that builds a menubar based off an XML file, and then loads different movies as the user selects different options from the menu. The external movie is being loaded using a loadMovie() and a target movie to replace is being specified. Due to the bug in Flash MX Pro 20...more >>

I have a large number of external text files that get randomly pulled into one html text field. e.g. on each load a different text file is pulled in. These are quotes where typically one or two words are highlighted (in a different color to the color set for the text box) to emphasize meani...more >>

hi all I seem to recall that macromedia claim MX2004 content is 'faster' than other versions, I assume this means [1] Actionscript 2.0 only [2] Under Flash Player 7.x only ? what is the scope of this speed increase and has anyone found a significant increase in performance when port...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to find a way to make a dynamic include statement that would look something like this: #include "../../uploaded_clips/" + file_name Of course when I try this method I get the malformed included statement error. Any ideas? Thanks, Clem C ...more >>

using loadMovie to laod an swf into a target. No prblem. Have button in loaded clip with script to navigate to a frame label : on (release) {_root.gotoAndPlay("hazard");} No problemo. Have unloadMovie as a frame script on main timeline. Unloads OK and navigation is fine. Get ...more >>

Hi, Since I could not find the answer, I am posting this again. Plese help! I have put a movie clip (mycar) on my document. After the movie clip is loaded, I want to change the image inside the movie clip: mycar.onLoad=function() { mycar.loadMovie("new.jpg"); mycar._height=402.5; my...more >>

I have attached a zipped .fla that has a single movie clip in it. I attempt in the fla to set the movie clip visibility to false, but it does not seem to work, The movie clip does not disappear from the stage and the debugger says it is still visible. I'm not sure why this is not working. The ...more >>

Greetings; I am working on 2 small music projects. The first is a Music Metronome. A Metronome is a device that ticks according to the number of beats that the user specifies. For example, a user may specify any where from 40 beats per minute to 300 beats per minutes. I'll use simple b...more >>

When the F1 key is pressed I want it to load a movie into a new level; I can do it when using one of the pre assigned keys such as the UP key, but not with the F1 or any other custom key. How can this be done? This works: on (keyPress "<HOME>") { loadMovieNum("Support/etcHelp.swf", 55);...more >>

I have a movie clip who's size is. movieclip._height - 172 movieclip._width - 264 when I do run the command movieclip.loadMovie("path to JPG FILE"); it loads the image in to the movie clip fine, except then I go get the movie clip's _height & _width the size is still the same as the o...more >>

I am having a problem playing external MP3 sounds when ZoneAlarm is active (Flash Player 6 or 7). Below is the code I used to establish the sound object and load the MP3 file (in this case, the file is "multi4.mp3"): _global.multi4 = new Sound(this); multi4.loadSound("multi4.mp3"); Whe...more >>

I am a Java developer and understand Interfaces, their power, and how to implement them, but my question is I want to have an interface that includes a setter as so: interface com.foo.bar.MyInterface{ public function set myMethod(aString:String):Void; public function someOtherMet...more >>

any idea how to go from one swf to a specific scene in another swf? below is the code to go from swf to swf, but the new swf starts with scene one. i want it to start with scene 2. on (release) { getURL("demo02.htm", "_self"); } ...more >>

I'm having a problem with loops within an if statement. I'm duplicating a number of movie clips for what basically amounts to a menu/list and so i thought the best way was to use three seperate for loops, one for each column, the problem is that whenever I load up the movie it only runs the t...more >>

I have read some posts about using setInterval and believe that this could be the solution to my problem. I simply want to pause my timeline with Actionscript so that I can have something hold for 15 seconds without actually having it sit on the timeline for a bunch of frames. Would I need an ...more >>

I'm creating a navigational system, which reads from an array. In the array are locations of addtional .swf and jpeg files, these files are then loaded into a series of duplicated movie-clips to form a menu system. My problem is keeping track of the loading files. Ideally I'd like to able ...more >>

i have a site in flash that is made up of different .swf files. the main.swf holds the navigation,background, and a "dropzone" for the loadmovie command to work. for example one button on the navigation will say on (release) { loadMovie("ecommerce.swf", "_root.dropzone"); } now, ev...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a client-server application that uses a XML-protocol via HTTP and experienced a continuously growig memory usage. I tracked this down to the attached test sample code. Using this example with a 24kB xml file the memory usage grows up by 1MB per second and seems not t...more >>

Dear Forum, After reading many posts, I have created some simple actionscript to play/pause/stop a streaming mp3. My only problem is that the pause button, which sits in frame 2 will not recognize that it it was pressed. Your help will be appreciated! ( The play button in frame 1 is replac...more >>

Is there a way to pass a variable/value from one .swf to another when using the loadMovie function? Thanks! ...more >>

How can I change the action panel mode in in Flash MX 2004 Pro? (from Advance to Normal)...more >>

Has anyone on this list extended mx.core.TextArea or mx.controls.Label or mx.controls.TextInput I have extended almost every other component but those two do not work when properly extended. Or post your as file. Please PM or email me if you have done this. wade at wadearnold dot com T...more >>

HI all, I have built a list of text buttons and each button has a 'get url' action assigned to it. I have placed the list (which is now exported as a ..swf file) into the right hand frame of a Dreamweaver frameset so that when a visitor clicks on the relevant text a new frame appears in the...more >>

Hello everyone. I am developing a multiplayer Backgammon game in Flash MX 2004 Professional. Among other stuff, it features a lobby, where people can meet and chat. For the chat window I am using the TextArea component. Also, The interface has some options and preferences for the user to c...more >>

i'm trying to make a simple flash quiz application; the user is asked a question and responds by selecting the answer from a combo box, a submit button is then clicked, actionscript then checks to see if the answer is correct and then moves up the timeline and displays the appropriate message...more >>

Hello! I am trying to create a dynamic menu where the user can select which buttons are present in the menu by way of an external .txt file. I'm almost there, but I need some help getting the buttons to line up as intended. There are 9 total buttons. My .txt files says this; &menuButto...more >>

Hey, :) im working on a component but i cant get the event dispatcher to work, ive made it work many times before in a class but for some reason in the component i cant get it to work, i dont realy wana make it a UI component etc tho can anyone help me? :) files attached :) AS comp...more >>

hi, i m unadble to understand the use of #b, if i draw a simple box on stage, and put #b as frame label then wt does it do ?? please help...more >>

I try to load russian symbols by LoadVar(). I get "????????" but not russian symbols. lv = new LoadVar(); lv.load("1.txt"); trace(lv.text); Result: ???? 1.txt: text=??? How can I load russian symbols? ...more >>

How to limit the movement of the object?? Such as I'm not allow a small circle go outside two coordinate. Or not allow a small circle go outside another object(triangle shape) Anyone have idea??...more >>

Hi. this must be fairly simple but I'm not getting how to do it. I'm loading a text file containing multiple name-value pairs like - word1=---&word2=--- etc. I want to read these values in flash. I've written following code (see attached code). but there is some problem with wordVars.["word...more >>

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i am working with XML in Flash. I have found that ' marks are traced as &apos. How do I fix this? TIA...more >>

Hi All (me again..) Can I use the XML component (mx2004 pro) with custom AS? e.g. drag xml connector, call it myXML then use action script to get : myXML.firstChild.childnodes[n]; etc? so I acn mix my custom code with the ready made data binding fanctionallity?? if not, with get XML()...more >>

I'm trying to generate a whole Movie with ActionScript; everything went well until I started getting weird results. My question is if is it posible to declare something like this? So, can this code work properly?! MovieClip.prototype.doSomething = function (arg1, arg2, arg3) { _gl...more >>