I want to verify an entry in a form and if it is wrong, put them back to try again. In this case it is the time. So like if the time is something like 3415 they would be put back into the Time input text box. So I do this code CryoTime.onKillFocus = function() { if(_root.checkTime(Cr...more >>

Is there a way to detect when your mouse is over the input txt field or a dynamic txt field? Thanks Luka ...more >>

http://www.orangeheart.com/gm1.3/work.htm I made this flash blog site and I figured out how to send my greymatter entries to a text file so that I could use it in flash as a dynamic text entry. Well the thing is I can?t seem to alter the text to my liking. In addition, I keep getting so...more >>

I am trying to execute several commands within one handler. I want the commands to execute in order. The last command sets the alpha property of a movie clip to 0, but before that, I want it to play a "fade out" segment. The movie reads all of the commands so quickly that it sets the property ...more >>

Hi, Im trying to make this game where apples fall from the sky. In it, i want apples to appear at the top of the screen and fall to the bottom but want them to appear randomly (at diffirent places at the top of the screen). I also want these apples, once on the screen, to fall to the bot...more >>

I have a preloader that looks like a ring. When the preloader runs it animates in a way that I dont like. I would like the ring to slowly fill up. Can someone provide some help on how to achieve this type of preload animation? Thanks ...more >>

I want to change the bgColor of my HTML page from within flash but have no idea how! I'm not even sure it's possible. As I am completely lost in JavaScript I don' even know where to begin. Any hints and directions would be greatly appreciated. Even if it is just a link to another site that...more >>

Hi, I am new to actionscript so forgive me if this is a dumb question. In this game i am making, i want apples to fall from the sky randomly. How can i get the apples to randomly appear at the top of the screen (i can get the original apple movie clip to fall), do i need to use the du...more >>

Howdy... I have a couple of problems getting included .as files to work right. First, I have one file that loads external data and populates components with it. When I use the include statement in the main movie, it works fine. When I then try to include the same file from a different sc...more >>

Hi all, I have a project which requires a seemingly simple flash animation but I can't figure a way of producing the necessary code... I have a movieclip consiting of 10 frames with a different image on each frame. What I want is to start playing this clip at a random frame, initially at 3...more >>

hi - i'm using screens to display a portfolio of images in my website. i have a previous and a next button. but i also want to have a button for each of the 10 images. . .so that you don't have to look at them in order - you can choose which one you want to look at. so under behaviors i added ...more >>

Hi, thank you to anyone who reads this and helps me =) I was wonder, Am I able to count the number of seconds someone is viewing my flash movie (looping) before clicking a button, and when he clicks that button, a pop up window (or something that can stop the movie and clear the screen ...more >>

Help!! I'm trying to create a simple rollover by creating a button with a filled rectangle in the hit state only. In MX I could take that button, put it in my main scene and attach actions (i.e. rollover and rollout) to control the movie (i.e gotoAndStop), but in MX 2004 when I put the butto...more >>

I was curious, are all :MovieClip variables global by default? If not, how do you make a :MovieClip datatype global? I would really like to type all my variables. It seems placing the global identifier in front of that type of variable causes an error... ex: _global.myMovie :Mo...more >>

I need to use the Flash 2004 Pro window component and am have difficulty accessing the content property. The following code is a simplified version of what I am using. It is located on frame one, layer one of the _root level. There is a movie in the library named Welcome with a text field n...more >>

I'm having a problem passing a variable. First, I pass a name into a movie clip: onClipEvent (load) { slidetitle = "bounce"; } Next, inside the clip, when a movie named "slider" is dragged, I want the value bounce=100 to be passed to the root timeline. The important part is th...more >>

This is the situation, which I can't seem to fix... I have on the main stage, an empty movieclip, called blankmovie. In the _root of the main stage I have this code... blankmovie.loadMovie("rotating_images.swf", 1); Within the rotating_images movieclip, i need to reference a movielcip...more >>

Hello: I would like to know if is posible with action script ... I hope anyone help me thanks best regards...more >>

is there some way using actionscript to press a button....without actually pressing it with my curser. basically i want to use the code of the button(what happens onRelease) without rewriting it in a different frame. ?? ...more >>

on(release, keyPress "<Enter>") { status = "Authenticating - Wait..."; loadVariablesNum("check_usr.php", "_self", "POST"); } Hitting enter does nothing......more >>

on(release, keyPress "<Enter>") { status = "Authenticating - Wait..."; loadVariablesNum("check_usr.php", "_self", "POST"); } I want check_usr.php to open in the same window... it's spawning a new window. ...more >>

Is it possible to access a shared object (.sol) from more than one swf. Can I collect the data in one swf and then display the data in a different swf. I can't seem to get it to work can anyone put me out of my misery. ...more >>

I have loaded a movieclip onto the stage into a blank movieclip... blank_image_movie.loadMovie("rotating_image.swf", 1); within this movieclip(rotating_image) I need to run this actionscript... on (release) { _root.random.stopframe=0; _root.random.gotoAndPlay(2); } This is a bu...more >>

I've got a movie clip on the main stage. The movie clip contains a menu bar with buttons that take you to different frames of the main stage. They all work perfectly unless I'm on the frame that the button is supposed to go to. If I'm on the same frame then a random frame is loaded. Is there s...more >>

I have a form where the user enters a date and a time. What is the easiest way to verify that they are valid even if the time is military format or non-military? I looked to see if there was some nice tool like "isValidTime" or "isValidDate" but I can't find anything. Of course I could w...more >>

Greetings, I'm new to flash, but have been a web developer since 96 using php, mysql etc. I'm currently working on a video chat application and I need to implement a timed snapshot feature. For instance, I have a textfield where the users can enter a number, then click the "take snapshot"...more >>

hello everyone, can someone please help me with this. i would like to know how this is done. http://www.i-kre8.com/indexFlash.htm when selecting a button on the navigation it then becomes disabled, until something else is selected. much appreciation ...more >>

Good day, I have a DataSet which is being populated via a CFC, which in turn is bound to a dataGrid. I have added a column to the dataGrid, and I am rendering a checkBox in that column, by default, the checkBox is unchecked. What I need to do is allow the user to check items in the dataG...more >>

Is there a way to that users can zoom in and out of an image and even drag/scroll around if the image is larger than the viewing window. I looking for a way to creativly display my portfolio in a limited area. Any direction would me much appreciated. ...more >>

Hi, I have a large Director project that uses Flash text boxes for text (the recommended hack for Unicode compliance) Currently each Flash text box has to load it's own text independantly from the same external file, but repeatedly loading and parsing for each text box isn't at all effici...more >>

is there any good tutorial available on using php in flash...! ...more >>

Hello I have some problem try to explain on example I have movie simbol with instance name - "movie_" In this movie I have button simbol - "btn_" in button I have dynamic text symbol - "txt" then I write trace (movie_.btn_._visible); and see what is true now I write trace ...more >>

how to run an external file from another drive?...more >>

Well! i got this menubar from a site..... as an fla file... But, now i don't know how to create various links in this menubar... all, i understand is that there is one button MC which is getting duplicated..... So, how i can create more than one link? ...more >>

Moin, hat schonmal jemand von euch mit Flash ein Interface auf eine Software draufgebügelt oder hat sonst ein paar nette Beispiele zur Hand? Mich interessiert mal was so machbar ist, schon gemacht wurde, etc... Dangöööö! :) -- Grüße, Marcel http://marcelfahle.com http://mat-com...more >>

Ok, ? I have a text field that is passed a string of which i will not know how big or small it will be ? I want this textfield to always have all text visible, but to always show four lines of text, thus, the width will have to change if there is not enough room to fit four lines of text...more >>

Hey, I am working on an intranet project and the boss wants me to add some weather information to the interface. I've found some nice RSS feeds that offer some good information. But I'm far from being an XML expert and even further from XSL. Does anyone know of a good tutorial on manipulating ...more >>

I have three nested movie clips . I am trying to add a roll over functionctionality to the third clip. But that doesn't work if I add it on to the third clip, but If I add it on to the second one it does work. I need the functionality to be implemented on to the third one .Any idea why this is...more >>

I have a small movie which loops. It has some sound, but when this loops it's bloody annoying. I've just been adding the sound in one of layers. How can I add my music so that it plays once , but my movie loops? I have tried to cheat and add the sound as a seperate SWF, but the file size ...more >>

Hi, Im making this game where apples fall from the sky. I want to be able to have a random number of apples falling at random speeds, anyone know how to do this??? Thanks in advance =)...more >>

Hi forum I want to start a timer when pressing a start button and puase it on pressing the pause btn. Expecting valuable advice, MVN...more >>

Hi forum, I want an array of integers 1 to 10 randomly. Numbers should not be repeated. Any help in this regard will be appretiated. Thanking u, MVN...more >>

Hi all, I want to develop a setup project which installs Flash as a part of it's installation. Is there any merge module available for Flash .? If yes , where can I find it? How do I include Flash installation , if I use Installation Shield ? Thanks, Bala ...more >>

I am a new user and i have tried using the help but to no avail. I am making a training guide and i want, when a user presses a button for that to take them to the start of another scene, i thought i would use different scenes for the pages to allow me to add extra content at later dates, i co...more >>

Hello Friends, I got a tiny problem, i have 4 buttons on stage, now what i want is, when i rollOver on button1 the text "Hello" should appear(trace), on rollOver on button2 "World" should appear, on rollOver button3 "Beautiful" should appear.. but i dont want to code each button individually...more >>

As far as I know, you can use actionscript 2.0 and still publish your swf as Flash version 6.0. Does anyone know of any issues doing this rather than using version 7.0? I'm trying to avoid version 7.0 at the moment as it's not as ubiquitous as version 6.0. The site is a casino website ...more >>

How can i open a file dialog with action script. i want to show a file dialog for downloading purpose. is there anyways to do it in flash?...more >>

Hi Everybody, Does anybody developing components that contain V2 MX 2004 components as subcomponents? Something like custom component with scrollpane that contains dynamically generated submission form from MM components and/or other combinations. Please post a general opinion or bugs/probl...more >>

Hi All. I'm using Alert component in mx04. its working fine. now, I want the alert window to appear at a specific location. how do I accomplish this ? thanks in advance. Ashwini...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get flash to read the parameters sent to the page it is loaded by? ie. my page has a pre loader on it that I want to dynamicaly load different movies. For various reasons I don't want to user a different pre-loader for each file, so I ...more >>

Does anyone know how the flash animation accompanying the scolling text on http://www.lennykravitz.com/main.html (bio section) was done using action script? I am not new to flash animation, however, I am to flash site design. I am working on a project and I would like to do something similar...more >>

hi, I had made a movie that has a main_picture.jpg which is used as background and has its own effects so I wanted to know if I can use a button which imports an external picture as background and replace the pictures with each other and nothing happens to my movie and this new picture has t...more >>

I'm trying to load a new swf file to replace my current one. I have been using the following code: on (release) { unloadMovieNum loadMovieNum ("http://www.mycompany.com.au/swf/staff.swf","0") this.gotoAndPlay("pina"); } I want it to load at a particular scene ("team" - at the m...more >>