I have a swf (which I'll call SWF A) that stands as an interface with navigation buttons this swf also has a movie clip named "zone" which is a place holder for the other SWFs into when the corresponding button is pushed. SWF B has a button which should replace itself and load SWF C into SW...more >>

Hi there, I am creating dynamic text boxes on the fly with actionscript and need to constrain the width but autosize the height to fit the text. If I specify a width for the textbox and leave the height at zero, then set autoSize to "true" or "left" then the text box expands only to fit on...more >>

I have reviewed the forums and have not seen anyone address the problem that I am currently having. First: I have several buttons which call the following function. Each as a linked movie clip in the library that they call to the stage. I am attaching movie clips within a container clip. ...more >>

Hi, I am creating many FLA files that use the same JPG image as a background. how can I make the jpeg image linked or shareable so when modifying it it will be changed on all SFW files. instead of going to each FLA library and updating the image... thx Mic ...more >>

Hi, I need to know how to make Flash go back to the previous frame in the main movie when a Movie Clip is finsished. How can I do this?...more >>

I have a script that takes longer than the allotted15 seconds to run. When it goes over 15 seconds, the message "A script in this movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 7 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?" How c...more >>

I've built a small interactive project where I'd like to put in a function that says if the user is interacting with the animation (moving the mouse) then loop between two frame labels. Alternatively, if the user is not interacting with the animation (not moving the mouse, or the mouse is not ...more >>

How does Flash authoring performance compare running between an Intel or an AMD processor? ...more >>

Hey there, Just wondering if there was a way in AS to motion tween movie cilps on the stage - like scaling them and moving them with script and tweening the Alpha transparency as well. It would be nice to not have to animate everything on the timeline Thanks, M4R ...more >>

I dynamically create a movie clip (call it mc_box for reference) which contains a button (putting movie clip at depth 1, lets say). When i roll over the button it moves a MC directly onstage (was already there so is at some low -16286 depth or whatever) to where the mouse is, and i want to mov...more >>

I have some texts effects that are built with AS and I am having a problem with the letters " m " " n " " i " and " w ". Does anyone know of some sort of script that would account for these letters and then change the kerning value for only these letters in the effect? I am assuming t...more >>

I am trying to make an AS that will cause an object to go faster or slower depending on which button is pushed. I was thinking the setInterval() method would work great for this, so wrote a little script to test this out. I made a MC with a circle on it and called the instance of it myBall1....more >>

I have an app that has 5 sets of 3 radio buttons. I have a push button that submits the form and move froms frame 1 to 10 where another form will display the results. In the actionscript of the on (release) of the button I gather the radio button values IE: var DaButton1:String = ""; ...more >>

In the docs for Flash MX Pro 2004 it says, "If you?re using ActionScript only to access a web service at runtime, you must add this component manually to your document?s library. " It then references a section of the help file where it's supposed to be explained how to add the component manua...more >>

When I hard-code the variable I want to pass to the SWF (passedVariable=whatever), my application works perfectly. getURL("javascript:void(window.open('http://www.mywebsite.com/mySWFfile.swf?pass edVariable=whatever','docViewer','height=700, width=900, left=50, top=0, location=no, menubar...more >>

i have a simple splash page with no buttons and 170 frames long. i have figured out how to put an invisible button that covers the entire splash page that when clicked will take me to my html site via "button object/self" function. can i get from my splash to my html home page "automatically...more >>

Hi, I created a presentation show that is using multiple SWF files. each one has a voice over. when clicking on a button a new SWF file is loaded using the loadMovie action. the problem is that when the new SWF file loads the previous SWF sound continues to run. so I guess I need to put a...more >>

Hi, I've created a MediaPlayback component and, using setMedia, I've got it to play an mp3. Everything works fine - volume, scrub bar, etc. On complete, I load in the next mp3. This also works fine. However, the playback controls are now dead. The playhead remains at the end of the prog...more >>

I have two input boxes. One I want people only to put numbers and the other only letters. If I put input outline properties or TextField.restrict on only one box, say for the numbers, it works fine. But if I put outline properties or TextField.restrict on both boxes it messes up and you can e...more >>

Here is the thing, i'm a bit of a noob when it comes to actionscripts, and what i would like to do is have some text crawl across the screen as it does in the Star Wars movies. It's probably something simple, but either i'm overlooking it, or it's too complicated for me ...more >>

Hi all, has anyone seen a good tutorial to help with what I am working on? http://www.student.dcu.ie/~fortung2/flashboattest.swf Use the keys to move the boat forward and watch the buildings change perspective. It looks well for one building - but not 3. they eventually pile up on each ...more >>

I am masking a movie clip with dynamic textfields. The problem is that anything i write to these textfields won't display when the mask is applied. Does this ring a bell with anyone? finty...more >>

Senerio: Slide1.swf loads a sound file using the Sound object. Ex: Action script on frame 1 of Slide1.fla var snd:Sound = new Sound() snd.attachsound(<sound identifier>) snd.start(); It works fine. When I play Slide1.swf, I hear the sound Then I have a flash loader. Loader.swf. ...more >>

Hey all... I have a .swf consisting of one scene of 12 frames (each frame consisting of a "stop" command). Within the .swf I have a menu consisting of 12 buttons, whereby each is coded with action script similar to the following: on (press) { _root.gotoAndPlay("sitemap"); } Each...more >>

I have an XML file structured as follows (except with 22 'id' entries)... <dataLibrary> <data id="1"> <title>myTitle</title> <ref>myRef</ref> <filter>myFilter</filter> <edit>myEdit</edit> </data > <data id="2"> <title>...more >>

Hi. I am trying to control two movie clip instances on different frames in the main timeline as below: main timeline: Frame 1 only - instance of "movie1" (contains a button) main timeline: Frame 2 only - instance of "movie2" If I wanted to click the button (in "movie1") and goto frame 10...more >>

hi. ok.... I have what seems like a relatively simple question... that for the life of me, my amateur butt can't figure out... here is the situation: I have a movieclip that contains a button... that movieclip is placed in scene 2.... and all i would like to do... is simply, on clicking ...more >>

Sorry to ask this again, but the movie needed to be changed and there for i have a new problem. I need a button that can stop and resume both the timeline and a sound clip. the sound clip loads from the library using the build in "load sound from library" action. thanks a lot, I am in a ...more >>

Hello - I just upgraded to 7.2. I currently have a form based application that I made my own subclasses of screens. In my screen subclasses, I call super.init() in my init function to inherit stuff properly (as I understood it). Although, now I upgraded to 7.2 and when I call super.init() in my i...more >>

I did a search on all forums using the keyword SOUND, looking for the answer to my question. There wasn't one, although one thread (that went "unanswered") seemed to be asking the same question. Due to the size of sound files, and wanting the ability to change the music available without h...more >>

Hello everybody This is driving me mad. I have created an interface which I hope to use in a number of other flash movies. I want to call this interface into these other movies so if I have to make changes to the interface I don't have to update lots of files. Well I can't get it to wo...more >>

Does anybody know how I can load text from an external source. ex. To have a section of a site where I can change the text content by uploading a text file, such as notepad or word. Thus, the text will automatically load into the swf file. Rergards Frazer ...more >>

I have just make a simple button. I made it transparent, as to click on a lower layer(background) and the hit area is 120% of the downstate. The mouse cursor change is weak, the hit area is not at the same coordinates when published. The embedded sound in the movie works. Can anyone e...more >>

Hey Normally in flash the stage (x,y) position zero, is on the top left hand. Is there some way to change this and have it in the middle of the stage or some other corner of the stage. Thx....more >>

Hi, I'm struggling with a piece of Actionscript which generates a search action. I've downloaded the file from a sample site, and I'm trying to alter it to match my requirements. My knowledge of Actionscript is very limited, but my employer has asked me to build a 'proof-of-concept' to ase...more >>

I have a movie clip instance in the library called "Window" and it is to act like a normal window such as in Windows. I wish to have multiple instances of it at a time, but each will be different except for the window border, etc. ie. the title of each window must change. So then, my ques...more >>

hi, why does in Flash MX i can do this: on(release) { getURL("file.pdf#page=7", "_blank"); } and in Flash MX 2004 i cannot???????????????? file.pdf#page=7 <---- this is to open a pdf file directly into page 7. it only works width Acrobat Reader 6 installed. ...more >>

This question has been bugging me. What is the difference between using an instance name versus a variable name for a dynamic text box? I have luck with both off them in certain circumstances, but I don't know why. Anyone have a logical explanation? ...more >>

hello friends, I m very new to tree component in flash MX, please help me in creating a tree structure like this. populating the entire tree through XML. like this MAINMENU1 |===submenu1 |===submenu2 |===submenu3 |===submenu4 MAINMENU2 |===submenu1 |===submenu2 |===submenu3...more >>

I want to control the _x and _y of a loaded movie that is smaller than the swf it is being loaded into. I have my code and it's button placed in a movie clip. I can get this to work on the root but not from within my movie. I'm close but I can't get it. I have attached the fla and two...more >>

Hi there, I have some text fields (button labels) that are created on the fly with actionscript. I need these to use an embedded font which I have created as a font symbol in the library. I named the font symbol "mainText". I have it exported for actionscipt as "mainText" and I reference i...more >>

Hi I m using FlashMX 2004 How do i get the number of lines in a textfield if the text is displayed using wordwrap.. thx Natalie...more >>

Hi Folks, This issue has been driving literally insane! I downloaded the HtmlCellRenderer Class, implemented a MC called HtmlCellRenderer which points to the AS Class located in /com_pims/com/pims/HtmlCellRenderer.as so the Class reads "class com.pims.HtmlCellRendered extends UI blabla{...more >>