I'm now using a tree for my dynamic menu, and all is good except that I'd like the tree nodes to expand upon rollover, and collapse once the cursor leaves the child node area. Any way to do this?...more >>

I am getting this error when I check the syntax of one of my classes. The name of this class, <class name>, conflicts with the name of another class that was loaded, <class name> what does that mean? When I run my project everything seems to work fine. ...more >>

Hi All I wonder if anyone can help - i am not a web designer so do not know much about codes and tend to use templates. I am creating a site for Cancer kids and the mothers of them - i have a form which works fine when test on my server, etc... but as i am creating a new site - i now ...more >>

This might sound like the standard image question for Flash, but I still can't seem to solve it. I have a very small .gif file (only 2x4 pixels) which is a simple pair of vertical black and yellow strips. I have made sure the image properties has smoothing DISABLED and the format is set to "PN...more >>

Is there a command for "always on top"? I am creating a game and as I add elements it is becoming very labourous to change the levels of certain MCs Thanks in Advance!...more >>

Hi all, I have a button on stange with an instance name of myButton. What I am trying to do is get that name (myButton) in the buttons actions. So for example I have a on press event for that button that does this. on (press) { message = "you pressed "+<name> trace(message); } ...more >>

Ok, some pain here. I believe this is another ActionScript 2.0 bug. At least, it's going to throw a few people for a loop. If you initialize a class member like this: class X { var myArray = new Array(); } All instances of X will share THE SAME myArray. So when you manipulate one, y...more >>

HI! Why is it that when I apply the command stop(); to one layer or element, it effects everything else? For example, I want the header on my site to slide up and stop, and when I go to apply effects to other items on my page, it doesn't work unless it's applied before the frame where I put ...more >>

import package with dot syntax won't work as it should. e.g import com.somedomain.someClass; I keep getting the the class being compliled does not match the imported class error. the folder sequence is right. class declarations are also matching the folder hierarch. e.g. class com.m...more >>

Is it possible to have the label of a radio button wrap according to how long the label is? Here is what I have: Dynamic radio buttons controled by array: radiobuttonname.label = myarray[index]; Now if myarray[index] is small enough text, it will be displayed all in one line. However...more >>

Hi. I have a web site with about a dozen Flash animations and one index swf. I want to make a CD version and have them all show at full screen. If I put "fscommand("fullscreen", "true"); into the first frame of every animation, only the index page shows up at full screen; all the others...more >>

i'm looking to build a custom interface for a client of ours. It's a swap meet that wants to have a way to track what booths are rented out, who they're rented out to, how long they're rented for, etc. a similar application can be found http://www.boothtracker.com/ss.htm. our client doesn't wa...more >>

how can i read from .dat file and write to him with flash mx 2004? ...more >>

I am trying to attach a movieclip that contains a TextArea component. The problem is that when I attach the movieclip the component displays properly but I dont have access to the properties of it, namely the .text. I have looked in the debugger and the attached movie shows up but the com...more >>

Can anyone point me to a nice .fla download where there's a count down to a specific date? I need the actionscript that will show the days, hours, minutes and seconds left until a certain day. Thanks for you help. J ...more >>

I'm trying to create a dynamic menu based off of XML, and I'm just starting to use the attachMovie to create the buttons that will make up the menu. I understand how to statically use the attachMovie feature, but when trying to dynamically create and the access the movie clip, that's where I'...more >>

Hi all I am trying to achieve a text field functionality similar to the address bar in the browser. I have an input text field on screen which contains a line of text. The user clicks on the text field and the text in the text field gets highlighted in blue with the text shown through the h...more >>

Hello, I need to detect the drive letter for the cd from which a flash movie is being played. This is not a problem with paths (as I understand that I can use relative paths when linking to other files or loading other movies). I actually need the drive letter so that I can pass that info...more >>

I want to make sure that when the submit button is pressed it checks a text box to make sure that the date is in the correct format (mm/dd/yyyy). If anyone has any ideas it would help me out greatly. ...more >>

Hi All, I've seen how movie clips can have their brightness adjusted during design time (just like alpha and other color properties), but I was wondering how to alter the brightness through actionscript at runtime. I've looked through the reference sections and haven't come across any obv...more >>

I currently have an email form with a submit button. I want to be able to have a popup window come up saying that the form has been sent and then they just press ok to close it. I was wondering how i would go about doing this. I like the window in the UI components that comes with flash, so if...more >>

Hi all, I would like to randomized the first 10 numbers (1-10) ten times, repetitions and put in an array. Sample: I have this array var array = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] and I would like to generate [2,3,5,1,9,4,7,8,6,10]. I would like to generate a randomize array from 1-10 without no repetiti...more >>

Hi, I have a flash movie using screens. Like MainScreen Screen1 Screen2 . Screen20 I want to open a particular screen form different screen. It's a way to close all and open the screen that I want? Or I have to close one by one? Tks in adavance. Johnny... ...more >>

Hi, I got a problem here with htmlText. I populate htmlText in a textbox and then apply css to it. After than, when I embed the fonts,some of the text simply disappear. stepping throught the code, I found that all the italics text disppeared, Does any one face the same problem? My ...more >>

I am trying to count the values given for various radio buttons on an application. How do I: 1. load the variables 2. and then count the variables into a number thanks Gary Crews ...more >>

Hello, I have 3 small flash animations that I am using in an ASP page. I pass some asp variables to the flash movie, then the movie does its thing. I need to have a way to determine when all 3 animations are ended so I can then load a new page using asp. I want to see if I can have ...more >>

I have two issues I need resolved. 1. Preventing the ability to have a "print preview" in that way preventing any printing at all. Is this done is CSS perhaps? i.e. #print {display: none;} 2. I see this done alot, and it is probably very basic. I know how to dim the print option when...more >>

I am having a problem with my actionscript. I have made my flash go to full screen and made a projector. But the code that I have in to end the projector dose not work. I am using java and it works for web but when i burn the projecter file to a cd It dose not end? ...more >>

How I declare constants in Flash ? ...more >>

HI Does Macromedia have reference book in flash MX2004 ?...more >>

I thought functions behaved like the old subroutines of old. They don't. I'm trying to make a gauge needle move slowly from within a function. function openSlow() { for (i=-15; i<86; i++) { needle._rotation = i; } } It appears the function finishes ALL caluclations befor...more >>

Hi I am not a flash designer but i wanna know how can i made sites with flash MX2004? "I made sites with dreamweaverMX2004" Is there any book that can solve my problem? ...more >>

Can _global variables be loaded from a textfile? Other _global variables I might have previously set should NOT be deleted in the process....more >>

Is there a way to load variables into a text file (note pad file) and save that file for later use (load back into the swf)? Thanks, Josh....more >>

Hello NG, how would you turn an url-encoded text ("%20mytext%2D....") into a decoded sting? Thanks a lot! Peter ...more >>

hey there Am wondering how onClipEvent is used. Tried reading the help files but they don't provide adequate examples on its usage and experimentation don't seem to go anywhere. What i'm really interested is the onClipEvent(enterFrame)... Could someone gimme some pointers? Thanks, greatl...more >>

Hello Friends, Can somone help me in solving this problem, i m creating dynamic text box, these text box have hyperlink with other sites, but the font is not good it is taking font from the system, i m trying to embd fonts but not working ... can someone help thanks in advance myArra...more >>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm trying to work something out, have asked somebody already but thought I'd throw it open to you guys. I was given this code --------------------------- on (press) { _global.i++; this.duplicateMov...more >>

I have a movieClip instance on the stage that when clickec becomes 'draggable' and is positioned back to its original x/y location on mouseup. Within the movieClip is a background and a dynamic text field on top, but when I click on the movieClip and set it's _alpha value to 50, the background...more >>

Hi All, I have a movie clip in which I will be loading various swf's one after another. And in each swf there are plenty of symbols (i.e., button symbols) which I want them to be disabled. Is there anyway to do it. I tried using Button.prototype.enabled = false; but even my main mo...more >>

Hey all, Ok I have a dynamic text box that has to import its text into its container (for scrollbar setup reasons). Just wondering how I go about creating links, making link colors etc with this raw text? Can I just use HTML and render as HTML? eg. my_text = "This is my text to be...more >>

I'm not sure if this is useful to anyone else or not, but thought I'd post just in case. I've written an AS1 class called TraceWin which allows you to trace data at runtime using a custom global function iTrace(exp). The iTrace data is placed into a drawing API-rendered window. You can togg...more >>

What i did is i create a new movie clip under --- WIndow/Library/New Symbol, after that i paste it in the form,thus the small white circle appeared. My permanent SWF files got 65 frames. The other file got one button called 'Convert' ..I put the following code in my Convert button action ...more >>

So here's the story...I use attachMovie to dynamically generate menu buttons from XML. The main menu items work fine; these are things like About, News, Products, Services etc. However I've hit a snag with my submenu items, which of course would be like Product Category 1, Product Category 2, ...more >>

i had wrote this to my action script but nothing happen!The permanent file can't open at all ==================================================== this.onRelease = function(){ this._parent.createEmptyMovieClip("mcConvert",0); loadMovie("permanent.swf",this._parent.mcConvert); function g...more >>

hi frnds i am using scrollpane for displaying contents of a moviclip.... that movieclip duplicates checkboxes and sets their _visible, _x and _y properties. but but but.... when this clip is loaded in the scrollpane it doesnt set none of the specified properties..... even i dont not replic...more >>

I have flash 5... and need to be using flash mx for a project. How much is the upgrade? Possible downloads? ...more >>

i wrote this to my button action script.. ============================================ on(press){ loadMovie("permanent.swf",_level2.mcConvert); _level2.mcConvert.gotoAndStop(4); } ============================================ i have create a new empty movie clip called 'mcConv...more >>

I have used a 3 frame flash file and it works fine sending the data but now when being used at the 92nd frame, it stopped working. Any ideas. I've included my actionscript below. Thanks a bunch.... I can include some money to who helps me fix it if interested. 8^) submitURL = "handleSubmit.p...more >>

i've tried this method to open another flash swf file... ================examples given============ loadMovie("temporaly.swf" , 1); // to load the movie on level 1 now u want the "temporaly.swf" to goto and stop 4th frame, then use the follwing code in "permanent.swf" _level1.gotoAndSto...more >>