Hi, I want to make a function to search a string and replace the letters with the approriate ones like: I have string = "abc" and my key for the script must be: "a" = "ae" "b" = "ba" "c" = "cg" so the wanted function makes the script like: string2 = "aebacg" So how can I cr...more >>

I'm trying to invoke a function in another movieclip. I have two instances that act as buttons ( A & B) of a single library item. Each instance has a frame with actionscript that contains a function. I'm trying to invoke a function in A and make it do something when B is clicked. Here'...more >>

Anybody, I've got a CD job that is to ask three to five questions to the user with multiple choice answers except for one that asks, "What is the size of your floor space?" From those questions, either Flash or Director or both (I'm not sure), will take the input and create a grid at thei...more >>

I'm trying to extend the Tree class. What I have generally seems to work, but when I do a typeof(this) inside my class, it says it's a movieclip not a tree. In that class I'm also definding a data provider and doing a this.dataProvider=myDP; and this call doesn't seem to work even though the ...more >>

I've tried Everything! HELP! I want to set the background color of my list component to transparent. I've triend the following to no avail: myList.setStyle("backgroundColor", undefined); myList.setStyle("backgroundColor", null); myList.setStyle("backgroundColor", "none"); and almost ev...more >>

I took over a project at work that involves some advanced action script (for me at least). I'm having a tough time with some dynamic image resizing popup window functions. I am on a very tight budget, but if somebody can assist me I would greatly appreciate it. I'm working with about 500-6...more >>

i am creating a website for a project of mine but i am having major difficulties as i have no idea what to do. I need to input data on a flash interface which would input that data into a database. also i would need to extract information from a database onto a flash interface. this would...more >>

Hi, I am hoping someone out there can see where this might be going astray? I have a sendAndLoad function that works with my php script only when I have the id hardcoded in the php script. I am trying to send a variable to the script and have the script perform a database querry from the var...more >>

Greetings to all flash savvies out there! I have been trying to build a chat application that will be able to actually have the avatar of the client move and do stuff in real-time sense as well as simply chating. The Flash MX interface is powered by MySQL and a PhP socket. However, I have ...more >>

Greetings to all flash savvies out there! I have been trying to build a chat application that will be able to actually have the avatar of the client move and do stuff in real-time sense as well as simply chating. The Flash MX interface is powered by MySQL and a PhP socket. However, I have ...more >>

Hi, Could someone tell me how I can have an input text box set up in Flash MX so when someone clicks in the box it will then play a sound? I have tried putting an invisible button over the text box that links to a parked movie which contains the sound but the button covers the text area ...more >>

I use flash a decent amount but I don't really get much into action scripting in most cases. I have a sequence of about 80 frames that I would like to first play forward and then play back(in reverse). I have everything figured out except how to play it in reverse. I tried writing an action...more >>

Here's what I want to do: create an XML file with a good number of objects(tags with attributes). Then I want to load the XML file into Flash. I then want to be able to create a dynamic list of each object, and let the user sort by any(or most, or some, regardless) of the attributes. My ques...more >>

Hi, I know there's a flash comm forum area, but nobody answers this question correctly. I would like to know how I can capture sound from the sound card line-in, (not mic), using flash mx pro and flash comm server. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Any direction / advice would be greatly appreciated. I would like to add rollover effects to certain keywords inside a dynamically loaded TextArea object. Would embedding an invisible button / clip be the simplest way to achieve this? Kind regards, Ron ...more >>

Here is a class in file Calc.as: class Calc { function Calc(); function sum(a, b) { return a + b;} } I want to create a Calc.swf movie file so that I can access Calc class via Calc.swf instead of Calc.as, and access the class like: CalcMovieLoaded.sum(2,3). Is it possible to b...more >>

Is there a way to bookmark a place in a presentation, created in Flash, that if the user leaves for any reason, it will resume where they left off? Currently we are using cookies to bookmark, but if the browser window is closed, the information where to resume is lost. Is a db the only way to ...more >>

I'm trying to call an instance name from an XML file and Flash won't let me here's the code: key=build_xml.firstChild.childNodes.attributes.key findBuilding(key) function findBuilding (item) { item.gotoAndPlay (2) } It's really simple code and as far as I can tell the data in th...more >>

(Text Box, textbox, text field, textfield, dynamic) OK, here is the thing. Is there anyway for me to retrieve the begin index, the end index and the length of a selection inside a dynamic text box at run time? I need to change the text format of only that selection and I know I can do...more >>

How do I right align dynamic text? The text bos is set to be right aligned but when the data is populated the text shows up left aligned....more >>

Ok i'm having a really weird problem. I have a movie on the mainstage that is controlled by a button. It is a 10 frame movie, on frame 1, there is nothing, and on frame 10 is an animation. When i clik the button it makes the movie jump to frame 10, so the animation is triggered when the button...more >>

I need to check if a select date is within 30 days of the current date. I can see how to get the current date with the date class, but I do not see any other date functions to subtract or add 30 days. Also any suggestion of how to check if a select date (currently a string) falls in betw...more >>

I have a multi dimensional array that I am looping through, and would like to place select records from that array into another. I am trying push as shown below, but that does not seem to work. Any suggestions on how to get it done? if ((arrXMLFile[intIndex].grade == strGrade) and (arrXMLF...more >>

I have 5 movie clips on my web page. Say three are on stage & any one of the remaining 2 can be loaded at one time. If i load them through "loadMovie" & there are common v2 components in both of the movie clips then how can I ensure that the size of common v2 components in the 2 movie ...more >>

Hello, Here is my problem: in my movie, i have an input text field where the user can enter any kind of data. Once that's done, I would like to have a button which replaces 'bad' words like f*ck, sh*t, whatever with other words (eg. words with stars) or simply clears the words out. I've been...more >>

can anybody help me how to make one chat application in macromedia flash mx ...more >>

Hello All. I want to make a movie (game) in which I want a new object to appear once the old object is put in required place. As soon as the old object/movieclip is placed in right place on the stage, a new object/mc will appear and then I should be able to move it on Key.Up etc all key even...more >>

What I'm trying to do is get a movie clip to not reload on a higher layer if the main timeline trips it into starting again. Let me explain. I have a main swf that say on frame 1 says: { loadMovieNum("whatever.swf", 2); stop(); } So with that I'm loading a higher level swf that...more >>

Hey I'm having a little bit of trouble with my action script I am trying to get a flash movie to load over a movie clip I asked a friend of mine to help me out and he wrote up a code for me to use to actually get the code to work properly look here:{you need to have an empty movieclip right in...more >>

I have a graphic object. graphic object contains movieClips I duplicate graphic object three times When I load graphic object #4 (then it happened with #3) all the clips disappear. Has this happened to anyone? Any solutions? I've tried to shutdown, reboot, restart, delete and re-dupli...more >>

I'm having a problem with onPress releasing before it's supposed to. I use onPress when I click on a movieclip and then I pull the mouse off it and use onReleaseOutside to grab the mouse position at release in relation to the original click. Problem is that when I push any other button on t...more >>

After having my code mysteriously disappear several times I got into the habbit of making sure I saved it before closing. However, I still experience missing code when I reload my .fla. Has this happened to anyone else? Is this a "duh!" situation or is this a Flash bug. please see my next po...more >>

After having my code mysteriously disappear several times I got into the habbit of making sure I saved it before closing. However, I still experience missing code when I reload my .fla. Has this happened to anyone else? Is this a "duh!" situation or is this a Flash bug. please see my next po...more >>

I know next to nothing about Flash, but have a small project that I'd like to and Flash seems like an easy way to accomplish it and have everything look nice. What I'd like to do is have a button and a textbox. When the button is clicked the textbox will then equal it's current contents plus s...more >>

Hi, I am working of a portfolio piece to put on a website. I have buttons that play a movie when rolled over... It seems to take two passes to get the desired result and it happens everytime the playhead re-enters the frame. This is my buttons action, on (rollOver) { footrollover.on...more >>