Hi, I am working on a Flash movie which needs CSS...Just wondering if I can create my Flash movie first and then create an external or internal CSS? If this is not possible then how can I apply CSS into my Flash movie. I haven't done such thing before...Please help me out. I read some...more >>

www.chaliedoskope.com/mm/betapicmenu_mm.fla I am very sorry to re-post, but I do not think I was clear before. I am having a problem getting tthe variables listed on the _root to show up in the buttons that are created in the movBut2 actions. the problem is that the var's in _root a...more >>

Hello, Thank you for the interest in my post... I've been having real problems with loading a single external jpg into my movie. I am trying the jpg to be linked so it opens a pop win with a larger version of the image. I've found loads of tutorials and found a section in the Flash M...more >>

I've got a button linked to a pdf file. It works on a MAC, I click on it and the file is downloaded and opened. But on a PC it never opens. What can I do to fix this? The active site is www.lippsprinting.com ...more >>

I am STUMPED.... A quick background on what I am doing... I have multiple instances of a movie clip symbol on a stage. Naming convention of r1, r2, r3, r4, ....r16. in each movie clip I have frame labels of - label0, label1, label2, and label3. Ultimately I am trying to make it so...more >>

I need to stop all sound of my animation. The problem is that I want to restart It when needed. If I use the StopAllSound, is there a way to start it again or reset the flash or something like that. Any idea. ...more >>

i have a tricky one...im sure its above my flash knowledge but here it is, as simply as i can state it... I have dragged the Flash Component Accordion onto my mainstage. I have created Three Child Symobols which will call three movies into play when previewed. These movies are Movie1_mc, ...more >>

Operator '=' must be followed by an operand xmov = Number(random(/:speed)) + 1; I get it when i convert a flash 4 movie to MX with actionscript 2.0...more >>

Hi, i have an image on my first frame, i want it was unvisible. The image is a MC called presentation. This code is on this MovieClip : onClipEvent (enterFrame) { presentation._visible = false; } It doesn't work WHY? thanx for your advice ...more >>

I honestly cannot figure out how to create a small dot/circle using the drawing methods. theres the one cheap way, where you create a tiny line like so: mc.lineStyle(1, 0xFF0000); mc.moveTo(x1,y1); mc.lineTo( x1 + 0.15,y1); However, that doesn't work for me. I've pulled my x1...more >>

I would like to load 6 different .swf files on random (each around 40 KB) using actionscript (on reload). Could anyone provide me with a good example of this? Thanks......more >>

I am using Flash MX, and i always get a return value of 1 when i try and trace the maxscroll of my dynamic text box. Heeelllpp!!! LOL. I have no hair left. Thanks in advance ;) Cesca...more >>

Hey there, I have text which i am loading from a .txt file into a variable and displaying in a dynamic text box. I can't get it to allign justified...no matter what i do. I've tried clicking the justify allignment button on the actual properties panel of the dynamic text box, plus all othe...more >>

Thanks in advance for any help. I have a site that uses external jpgs for a slideshow. The code centers the images in a movie clip and fades the images in and out. This site works fine on PC and sometimes on MAC, more more times than not, on a MAC, some of the images are not centered in...more >>

I'm trying to get a small clip to load when rolling over buttons, i can get them to work separately, but when I use this script, only the loadMovie command works. Any ideas? http://homepage.mac.com/dradler/roll_preview/ on (rollOver) { loadMovie("bcbskite_p.swf", "preview_trarget"); st...more >>

Hi Everyone, can I handle the event occured when the user click on the right mouse button in flash movie? how can I know that he clicked the left button or the right button? Thank u in advance...more >>

Can I insert code into my HTML page that tells my SWF to gotoAndPlay a specific frame in a specific Movie Clip? Thanks!...more >>

Is there a built-in way to detect mouse states as opposed to mouse events? In particular, I would like to access a mouseDown state flag. I know I could watch for mouseDown and mouseUp events and store the current state in a global variable, but it would be much less hassle to be able to q...more >>

Hey gang, I've created an interactive flash movie for my company's site. However they want to put a one field form at the beginning to capture a code the user inputs. Can I use JavaScript to post this data or no? The same code I'm trying to get working is: <form action=".../send_r...more >>

I am trying to import MP3's into Flash MX, but I keep getting an error that Flash is having a problem reading them. Any suggestions?...more >>

Hi, I need a PHP or ASP script that can handle input text variables from flash mx04. thanks Mic...more >>

Hello! I'm using the UI Component Progress Bar for a video interface to show the percentage of streamed video coming off of our server on the internet. I have the component set in polled mode to monitor the video stream which is being loaded into a clip with the instance of 'DropZone'. When...more >>

i am re-creating an instructional movie with images and sound. I have external swfs that play on after the other. i have to create button that will stop the current movie, play it if it was paused but not show the play button if it is currently playing. i already now the code necessary to stop...more >>

is it possible to open a word document using getURL or something from a swf? ...more >>

I am working on a project in Flash. I am building a poll for my web site at http://tdrsports.com/Grid_Iron_2004.asp. Right now I have just begun. I have drawn a box and inside the box I have my question to the poll. Underneath the question I drug 4 radio buttons from the components dep...more >>

Hi, I am able to take data from xml. In the same way can i save the daya to xml? My xml nodes are already defined. Please help me out with some examples are good links to explain me in simplier way. Eagerly waiting for the reply Thanks and regards, Madhav ram upadrasta ...more >>

Hi, I am able to take data from xml. In the same way can i save the daya to xml? My xml nodes are already defined. Please help me out with some examples are good links to explain me in simplier way. Eagerly waiting for the reply Thanks and regards, Madhav ram upadrasta ...more >>

Hello, I want to externally load text into a dynamic text field, However, when i do this, the text (verdana, 12pt, bold) changes into the aliased windows version, instead of the smoother flash version, i have alias and device font turned off, how can this be? and is there even a solution...more >>

www.cha.fr/allumette/travaux.html When i click on the button, the background image appear. What can i do to stop this, it's not very fluent see? Thanx for your help ...more >>

Please can someone have a look at my code to look up a value derived from the quiz template in Flash MX and then using an if statement tell the end user if they have passed or not - trace (QuizTrack.percent_format); if (QuizTrack.percent_format = ">= 60%") { feedback_txt.text="You need ...more >>

Hi, I want to show a tooltip when a mouse rollover on a cell. Each cell has different text to display. Where can i get the tooltip componet? thanks for any help in advance Ajay...more >>

Im looking for ideas/script for handling textflow. i have a string that can change value: var textString = "this text is about antidisestablishmentarianism and some other things along the way" i have a text field that i place this string in. However, i want my textfield to never be...more >>

Hello, I am creating a form in MX04 that has text fields and an American questionnaire (one question has 5 deferent radio buttons to choose one answer). where can I find a sample or tutorial on how to build and handle this type of form? thanks Mic...more >>

Hi, i have a problem wth my dropzone, i want to call a picture in the orange zone it doesn't work. Can u tell me what's wrong with my code. Thanx for your help. ...more >>

Hi, i've got a html page which has a button on it which when you click on it executes this code onClick="window.open('FoodLoader.html', '', 'fullscreen')" which opens FoodLoader.html in a new window. Is it possible to make a button in flash which is open inside of a html page do t...more >>

I did an xml integration tutorial on informit.com and I ended up with a problem in my output. You can see the tut here http://informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=flash&seqNum=188. The difficulty I am having is that the resulting output in the dynamic text box has no relationship that I can find wi...more >>

Hi, I have a dynamic text box in my flash movie with a variable myVar associated with it. When I use setVariable("myVar", "Text") from java script in ASP.NET, it does not work. However, the same swf file and java script code work as expected in standard HTML. I've read in several forum...more >>

Is it possible to capture and save audio from the microphone for later playback with Flash? ...more >>

I may sound like a grumbler but I am reaching the end of ideas to go forward. Basically I have spent the last 8 months learning AS 2 and writting a 100% Flash web site on a PC. It is a Christian web site for a charity, not complete yet but you can view it at http://www.asians4christ.org.uk/bet...more >>

I have a movie which uses loadmovie to call another SWF. I want to access a variable from the loaded SWF which is set depended on the last button clicked. In this called SWF I set the variable like so _global.toolbar=1, _global.toolbar=2 etc. This however does not reflect the actual local p...more >>

hi! I am trying to have simultaneous control over several sound sources. Please tell me what's wrong with the following code: leftSound = new Sound(); rightSound = new Sound(); leftSound.attachSound("audio1"); rightSound.attachSound("audio2"); leftSound.setPan(-100); rightSou...more >>

I have a weird problem with my site. It uses slides, and navigation buttons on the parent of the slides to navigate through (but not the actual root slide). The problems is specifically this: If you interact with the scroll bar of a TextArea component on a slide, it then takes three clicks (ex...more >>

I have embedded audio in a site that loads when a user wishes to listen to it. In the root timeline of the audio swf I have the same number of frames as songs + 1. The song movie clips exist in all frames. Each frame in the root timeline corresponds to playing one of the songs (ie it starts th...more >>

OK. Another dumb question; I want flash to load an image on startup. or should I say; i want a picture to be loaded on a specific place on the stage. I know how to do it when clicked on a button sut have no clue how to make it load itself on startup, without putting the image in the library...more >>

I hate to double post but i've been stuck on this for a while, i'm trying to create a button, in the button event i created a button for the up frame, a bottun for the over frame, a button for the down frame, i'm not sure what the hit frame is, and either way it's only showing one of the but...more >>

Hi , I am very much new to Flash MX 2004. I am trying to build a dynamic graph . But before that i wanted to know how the stuffs worked . I got a source code to draw a sine graph from this link - http://actionscript-toolbox.com/showas.php?f=drawsine.as . But could someone please...more >>

Hi I'm developing a webapp in Flash and want to connect to a database. What would be the easiest way to do this? Thanks Johan...more >>

how am i gonna make Flash load images instead of putting them in the library, plus how am i gonna specify the exact places on the stage I want them to be loaded. Consider 5 buttons calling 5 different images. Thanx ...more >>

Hi, I have several swf files that I want to show secuentialy, once one is finished then start next. Unfortunately, I dont have the power to change the code in the swf's, fla's are lost, so how can I know when the swf is over through actionscript ?, I've thought about using setInterval, b...more >>

Hi, I need help on LoadMovie . Iam using Flash MX . I have two layers , each layer has an empty movie clip which acts as a place holder. Now i use loamovie ("1.swf","placeholder1") to load two swfs into the current movie. When i use clips with static content , the two swfs load fine. But...more >>

i have a button in my flash movie, now i want to open a window using getURL it is working fine, but how can i open a brower window, without toolbar, no scroll bar, width 400, 500. how can i do it withing flash i used this code getURL("javascript:window.open('page.htm'),void(0)"); thank...more >>

I have a scrollpane component that loads a movie clip. This movieclip (mainpane) then loops through creating duplicate movie clips for every line returned from a query (no problems with the query). I'm just trying to get the duplicated clip to set a variable in the movie with the duplicatec...more >>

Attention Macromedia -- if you are reading this. UIscrollBar.scrollPosition = 0; DOES NOT WORK It moves the thumbscroll but the text does not move to the top. I'm using 7.2 installed on Windows XP.Tried reinstalling the update. No joy. Have posted this problem here for the past tw...more >>

I'm attempting to skin the combobox component for MX 2004 Pro. Is there a supported style that will allow me to change the color of a selected item in the combobox? I've googled myself out and searched a variety of forums to find this answer. Here is the code i'm using to skin the compone...more >>