Hello, I have an movie that plays a sound object loaded form the internal library within that movie. The sound is properly set to Export for Actionscript in the Linkage properties, and everything in that file works fine when tested, but when I load that movie into a root movie at runtime,...more >>

How can I change a name like John to numbers? I think I want the opposite of NumberTochar. Where I can read each letter and convert it to a number representation. My purpose is to write a registration code process that allows the user to register with only numbers. If I cant do that, how ...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to figure something out to help out a friend of mine to add some interactivity to an otherwise bland fanclub messageboard we frequent.. I have a piece of code listing variables with 70 or so names in all. they are in alphabetical order, so to later on try and add a "...more >>

(Flash 5) if i load into a empty mc on the mainstage a movie on the second keyframe with that action loadMovie ("movie.swf", "../empty"); setProperty ("../empty", _xscale, "100"); setProperty ("../empty", _yscale, "100"); what is the action to unload it? unloadMovie ("../empty/movie.swf"...more >>

Hello everyone: I've having a hard time getting the following to work: I have several .swf files that are in different locations on a web page. My goal is to have the user click on one movieclip and a movie will load into that location and play, stopping on the last frame and also sendin...more >>

How can I make a Flash file that displays the current date on my computer (such as "Wednesday, August 18, 2004")? I don't need the time displayed--just the date. Can anyone give me a concise tutorial? I've searched the Internet and can't find any decent tutorial on this. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a web site that I'm trying to make in Flash, but one aspect of it never works no matter what I try. I have a picture that has been divided up into 4 different parts in Fireworks. I put the parts back together in Flash after converting each one into a symbol. What I'd like to have happen...more >>

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm looking for a scipt that will enable a button to exchange graphics. ie. when you click on a specific color swatch for chairs, the color of the chair will change. Thanks, Glen ...more >>

Ok, i'm very new at flash. I have a button on my page that i want to be linked. So i click on the button, open the actionscript and put in this code. on (release) { getURL ("http://www.purevolume.com/1908); } When I test my movie and click the button, nothing happens. Is the code wr...more >>

I am using Flash MX 2004 for the first time after using Flash 5, and I am lost! Plus I am fairly new to flash which does not help! I have a button that I would like to play the next scene when clicked on. My project is a tutorial, so there is a next and back button, and when you click next I w...more >>

Hi folks, I'm trying to animate a bunch of images along a curved path and the motion of the images along the path is not at all smooth. The images bump along in a jumpy manner, which is unaffected by frame rate. Any one have any idea how to smooth out the motion, short of programming the...more >>

It's been a while since I used loadmovie, but back in the days when I would load different swf's into another swf, the background in swf y would remain if swf x had no background. Now apparently when loading swf x, it inherits the background color of swf y and swf y is no longer visible? Is th...more >>

Ok, i'm streaming video from the net, and I want to put the UI Component Progress Bar next to it to show the percentage of the video loading. While testing it on my local machine it loads, you can hear the audio but you can't see the video until the progress bar hits 100%. (I'm testing the i...more >>

I have 5 swf's and they're 900KB to 1MB though. Altough I made the preloader load only %50 to make it faster to load still a problem for a 56K modem. The swf's contain only a little animation like fading out buttons and 100K jpges. I tried everything I can to reduce the size but 'tis all I cou...more >>

Hi, I am using Flash MX 6 and loading a jpg file at runtime using loadmovie. I would like to proceed with displaying only after the entire jpg is loaded. How can I find if the image is fully loaded? I tried with GetBytesLOaded, but it doesnt look to be returning the value I would expect. ...more >>

I have a rotating movieclip which is made up of a graphic symbol, which is made up of 9 separate buttons. I've placed the movieclip on my main scene, and I have it rotating with the buttons changing on mouse rollover, so I know the buttons actually work. What I'm having a problem with is attac...more >>

please help i need the code for random alpha vales for an object. i tried but i couldn't get it to work at all. if anyone could help it would be much appreciated. ...more >>

hi all, i am very nosy if there is a script which you can add at the end of a mc to go back to a frame after some time at the ending frame of the mc stop (); getTimer 10sec gotoAndPlay (2); must be anything simple out there? ...more >>

I have two quick questions (from a novice) 1. is there a simple way to change the rollover icon of a button from the hand with finger pointing to either a graphic of my own, or to a magnifying glass? 2. when launching a URL into a new blank window, is there a way to specify the size and plac...more >>

I'd like to figure out how to have a playlist on a .txt file that plays different .swf's through an .exe file. The movies would have fades in between them or transitions to the new clip. I have an example, but I'm trying to reprogram it in another size and all I have is the .exe file. ...more >>

I have two quick questions (from a novice) 1. is there a simple way to change the rollover icon of a button from the hand with finger pointing to either a graphic of my own, or to a magnifying glass? 2. when launching a URL into a new blank window, is there a way to specify the size and plac...more >>

http://www.louisdilello.com/staging/riggedproductions/ Im trying to make a site similar to this one. I want to have a flash shell with the navigation on the top and bottom, but the inside call html pages that can be scrolled inside of it. In the version on that site, its all html. I tho...more >>

this is in MX, and basically it's a gallery that needs JPG's loaded... here's the code to create the movie clips from a container prototype clip... ActionScript Code: for(i=1;i<=12;i++){ newmovie = "pica"+i; movieCont.duplicateMovieClip(newmovie,i); setProperty(newmovie,...more >>

Hello I have a site www.enjoychess.com. I cannot seem to figure out the simplest thing. When a user drags a white piece over a black piece to capture it, The white piece goes UNDERNEATH the black piece. I want it to go ON TOP OF. If you go to the site you can see the problem. I canno...more >>

Firstly, my AS is beginner to Intermediate. I need to create a simple Flash navigation bar with main and sub navigations that will be placed into an HTML website (essentially making the site "hybrid"). What has been asked of me is to allow the navigation to "stick" on whatever sub-nav you ...more >>

Hi, I need some help here, I have 11 movieclips and 11 buttons that display each MC on mouse over, when I pass the mouse over a button I want to turn off all the 11 MCs automatically and turn on again manually the mc for the button I passed my mouse on.. My problem here is that my for ...more >>

I recently purchased a flash website template to create a website. I know a moderate amount of flash but know rather little about actionscript. Now that I'm modifying this template, everything is working out ok so far except for one problem. Check out the swf file i've placed here: http:/...more >>

hello, I want a MX2004 Projector to load variables from a php file, running on the same server in the same directory. Somehow it doesn't work.... Thnks Josp...more >>

I've been studying the TimeEntry sample application and ran into a snag when I tried to build my own app using this architecture. When I create a new Flash Form Application, it initially has application and form1 screens. But if I try to change the "Class name:" property in the Properties wi...more >>

I am having trouble with the button.rollout function. As you can see in my attached file there is a very simple black rectangular button and when the pointer rolls over it, it shifts right. This is done by adding a movie clip into the button's rollover state. And you'll also notice on po...more >>

Hi, i use a dropzone to load different animation. I have a background image and my dropzone is upthis background When i click on the button to load the clip i see the backgroug that appear for 1 ms but it's not very fluent. See? So have you an idear what i have to do ? Thanx for your...more >>

Is there a way to change the colour of the highlight box that appears when you tab between objects? The standard yellow needs to go. ...more >>

Hello, i have a problem with my loadmovie. On my frame 1 i have : $n=0; On my frame 2 i have a button : on (release) { n++; loadMovie("vol+'n'.swf", "_root.receptacle"); } It doesn't work. Can you help me with this please Thanx for your help ...more >>

I've got a DataGrid with 9 columns in it. I use the following code to hide column 2: dg.getColumnAt(1).width = 0; dg.getColumnAt(1).resizable = false; Instead of hiding the column, it paints the column content over another column. Very weird. Any ideas anyone? Here's a tip ...more >>

Hi, I am developing a cd-rom which consists of several swf files. I have an exe which loads using LoadMovieNum("Menu", 2) the menu. There, after a selection is made I do LoadMovieNum("newswf", 3). Afterwards, when I return to the menu I do LoadMovieNum("menu", 2); UnloadMovieNum(3); ...more >>

why doesn't it work when I create a button and in its OVER frame put other buttons, you know a dropdown menu. But when rolled over the menu buttons, the main button just keeps blinking. I know this sounds a dumb question and won't get no replies but just wanted to give it a try. I just go...more >>

i hav emade a button and i want to make it so on release it gets url my page every time i do this it gives me and error message ...more >>

hi there, i am not really the action script hero as you guys are in here - to be honest an absolute "0". anyway the prob i have is in my main portfolio.swf i got buttons in a mc on the main stage also i have empty mcs on the mainstage called: sport spirit ajems exotic antag ukc kinet...more >>

Hi there all, anybody that knows where to get a Actionscript 2.0 version of the wddx_mx.as include file for working with WDDX packets? The last version I could find isnt going to work within my AS2.0 projects ...more >>

Is it possible to load a random swf file into a movie clip every 6 seconds? If so does anyone know how to? Thanks Karl...more >>

Is there any way to detect to colour of a MC. I am creating a simple paint package any want to make a colour select panel similar to photoshop but to code each part seperately with the RGB number will be very time consuming!! Thanks in advance Matt ...more >>

Hi everyone, I have a problem removing a movie clip with a button nested within the movie clip. Here is what I am doing (wrong...). In the main stage I have a start button that launch the movieclip (myMovie...use of attachMovie) . Now I need to close it from a button "close" within the movie...more >>

Hi forum, My problem is with a scroll pane. I can target my mc to the scrollPane. But the white background in the pane still remails .I want to have my own background design. Any help will be appretiated MVN ...more >>

Hi forum, Can anyone give me a brief description about 'SharedObject'. I can't see the same in the help file Thanks in advance MVN...more >>

When I create a popUp window, the setSize() function doesn't work. Can anyone help me? This is the general code I use, it works perfectly, until I decomment the setSize line: var myRef = mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp(_root, mx.containers.Window, true) var windowListen...more >>

hi all, i define a class poly and have a movieClip object as a property. I have a method which will create the movieClip, but i does not work. This code below will identify the problem more precisely: class poly{ private var movie:movieClip; ... public function create...more >>

when clicked, it should load another movie in the same window but the first movie should unload. I tried the unloadmovie command sut guess don't know how to combine unloading and loading. Help please...Time*s running out... ...more >>

A simple problem but i can't seem to find a method for getting the rgb colour of a button instance. Can anyone help?...more >>

I got this huge problem. Well, huge for me. I know how to make a preloader that loads the movie in bytes. But I have to make it load specific frames in specific scenes. i.e : First Scene contains 20 frames and so the opening preloaer should read scene 1, frames 20.And when clicked on the botto...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to attach some movie clips to a scroll pane. This is what I am doing: 1) The scroll pane gets constructed and in its onload function, a blank movie clip is set to its contentpath. Also, hscrollpolicy is set to off and vscrollpolicy to auto. 2) Then in a seperate...more >>

Hi All, A problem with Flash player - Resolution problem/ zooming problem. I have to generate a grid of given no. of rows and no. of columns of fixed size. The cells for the grid is a movieclip which is attached from the library. (plese note : The movieclip is of size 50*50 with a hairl...more >>

i want to use flash buttons to control the .htm frameset made using dreamweaver, so i assign the getURLaction scripit to the buttons.but the pages i made never load into the specified frame but instead open in the current window. So what i want to ask is does " framename" mean the filename o...more >>

Hi All, I am new to this forum. I need help. I have a requirement of converting the XML data to flash. This XML is generated by an application taking a PDF as source. My job is to replicate the document into flash that should look exactly similar to the source PDF. TextAbout the XML: ...more >>

Hi, This may sound weird, but I need someone to convert the attached FLA into a SWF. It's the macromedia helloworld example with my server settings. For some reason, I can't make it work with my host (flash remoting) and I want to see if compiling it with another computer makes a differenc...more >>

how can i create movie clips on the fly inside a loop. for example i want to loop from 1 to 10 and create movie clips call page1, page2, page3...etc and load an image into each one. any help would be appreciated. I'm a total newb. NF ...more >>

If you use a loadMovie and than use shared object. Is the shared object created in the loaded Movie or the original? Also How can you delete a shared object from another file without loading the file. ...more >>

Hi all, You know how Macromedia has repackaged the UIScrollbar component into the 7.2 Flash MX update? Well it seems that the UIscrollbar.scrollPosition property isn't working correctly. It seems that the scrollbar.scrollPosition isn't resetting the text to the top. For example try the fol...more >>

Is it possible to define a textFormat in movieA, import movieA.swf into movieB, and use the format from movieA? In order to keep the initial load time of movieB to a minimum, I would like to avoid embedding the fonts in the library, but they need to be available for actionscript. I would j...more >>

Hello everyone, Well, I'm rereading "actionscript for flash mx: the definitive guide" to better understand actionscript. I'm on chapter 2 under "movie clips variables and global variables" section, I tried out in flash the part where it says: attach this code: _global.day = "Monday"; to...more >>

On my site, I'm loading in .swf's into empty holder MC's as targets when buttons are pressed. simple enough, i thought. I originaly had them set to load into an empty target MC, but since changed the behavior so that they load into their own unique targets so I could play with visiblity proper...more >>

How can a format a dynamic text box to have a maximum nuber of decimal places eg. 25.82 instead of 25.82365458...more >>