I am trying to make it so when my loading page finishes loading that a new window opens lets say http://www.disastercomplex.com/home.htm at the size and placement i want it to. I also want this page to have no toolbars or address bar and be Unresizable. Can i do this with actionscript? Her...more >>

hi i have a problema i need to open a pdf file with the help of flash. When i press a button in flash i need it to open the pdf file in a specific page, or bookmark... how can i do it??? is it possible??? ...more >>

I'm just posting here because the forum server was hiccuping when i posted above and the topic didn't get updated to let you know that I posted. (if you dont believe me, count the posts that are actually here and see how many the thread list says there are). anyhow, again, lose the code, g...more >>

hi, this should be a quickie for someone. is there a property or event handler to check to see if a movie is currently playing? NOT loaded, but actually playing. I am making a video player interface. I have a dynamic text box that displays the title of an avi segment that's currently bei...more >>

yes. http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/tn4109.html...more >>

Hi, I have two comboBoxes. The first allows the user to select a month. The second comboBox allows you to select a news article. Now, the articles shown in the second comboBox depend on which month is selected in the first. I have two arrays, one for June and one for July. If I say... ...more >>

hi everybody, i used flash mx 2004 and i got a problem. I have two dynamic text, where the variables are: "dial" and "line" . I had this code in frame 1: loadVariablesNum("text.txt", 0, "GET"); var line = Number(dial.scroll) But the line text is NaN, So I need your help. What should i pu...more >>

I just spent two hours debugging this one. I was trying to get the bounds of a movie clip using getBounds(), which returns an object having xMin, xMax, yMin and yMax properties. As a sanity check, I included the following line: trace("myClip.getBounds(_root) = " + myClip.getBounds(_root)); ...more >>

Hi all With the actionscript being on _level0, should the following work: _level100.createEmptyMovieClip("my_mcl",1000); For an unknown reason it is not working for me :( Help! Dave ...more >>

Hello all, I was searching the posts and found this: <This only deletes a movie clip instance that was created with the attachMovie or duplicateMovieClip methods of the MovieClip object.> But... I've created an empty movie clip in my first frame, using _root. creatEmptyMovieClip(...more >>

I want to use external MP3 audio files with Flash, but it seems the audio that will be supplied to us is in WAV format. Does anyone know any utilities for converting WAV files to MP3 files, that I can script to auto process? i.e., upon the execution of an ASP script (e.g.) the files in the wav...more >>

How do I specify the URL for the media playback component using ActionScript, instead of specifying the URL in the component inspector. Tx for any help ld...more >>

Hello, I am taking the following steps Create a movie clip using _root.createEmptyMovieClip ("targetClip",1); Loading a JPG file using _root.targetClip.loadMovie(imagePath); I set the _x and _y using _root.targetClip._x=300; //works fine _root.targetClip._y=200;// works fine I se...more >>

Problem description: The scroll bar for the scrollPane component doesn't adjust automatically. I expect that the scroll bar will disappear automatically if the content's height minimizes. However, it doesn't work. The refreshPane method doesn't work if I try to call it. Code: //#...more >>

Hi... I have 2 files with me, original one is level 7 and the one i want to load on it is at level 9. For the file at level 9, i have 2 scenes, scene 1 is for the preloading, scene 2 has different labels... what should i put in level 7 to make it able to load that level 9 file with preloa...more >>

I am using Flash MX 2004 (windows) and have this script attached to a button which works the first time it is clicked on but not again. At frame 90 I have a stop action but this should not affect the operation. Why doesn't the button work over again? Any ideas welcome. Thanks, Oblio...more >>

Hi i dont what to do to make the button to stop from looping,its like when it finishes it goes back and plays the same thing,If you can please tell me how to fix this,I want to make it in a way so when the button plays it goes to the another text or image not playing the same thing over again....more >>

I need assistance - I am using 2004 MX PRO I am developing a tutorial for and elementary school class. Current stage objects: 8 DD objects (Drag1, Drag2, Drag3,...) 1 drop target (Target1) 1 input text field (input_btn) 2 buttons (submit_btn, reset_btn) The object of this secti...more >>

Okay, I guess this is idiotic to be stuck on something so simple, but I am. I spent the last hour going through the flash tuturials, and no-where did it say anything on using actionscript to generate a line between two given points. Can someone please tell me how to do this? thnx!:D ...more >>

Okay so I've built this template for a website and I am loading and unloading external swf's into it using loadMovie(); This is all straight forward and works fine and dandy but I was curious as to whether I could acess variables on the main root of the template from inside the externally loa...more >>

The below script functions perfectly to load .JPG's into an MC from an XML file. However I would like to change the: next.onRelease = function() to a delay of 10 seconds and then advance to the next image instead of using a next button. can some one show me how to do this? thanks NYC...more >>

Hi, Can anyone help? I have a swf that is loading an external swf file into it on level 4. The swf on level 4 needs to tell the other swf to go to it's root and do: ..gotoAndPlay (3) The problem is that when I say _level0. or _root. It targets the level 4 swf's root. If a...more >>