How can I make a simple calendar in Flash that highlights the box for the current date? Thanks....more >>

I am trying to: 1. have a text block on stage 2. have a button that when clicked "arcs/un-arcs text" 2b. a dropdown next to the button with possible varying degrees of the arc. I know I have to create a new textfeild/mc for each letter and rotate and space them accordingly. But the am...more >>

i have downloaded these springy buttons, which look great: http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Interfaces/Buttons/Springy_-Darby_Sa-3900/index.p hp but I can't figure out how to attach an actual outgoing link to the buttons!! (what good is a button if it doesn't take you anywhere?) addin...more >>

I am aware of all of the code out there that says to make a key listener do this: var myListener:Object = new Object(); myListener.onKeyDown = function () { trace ("You pressed a key."); } myListener.onKeyUp = function () { trace ("You released a key."); } Key.addListener(myL...more >>

Hello, I've been having problems with my custom cursor in Flash MX 2004. When I 'right-click' to get the scroll-down menu, the standard arrow appears over my custom one, and won't go away. Here's the code I'm using.... onClipEvent (load) { Mouse.hide(); startDrag("", true); } W...more >>

Im creating a swf where users enter some numbers to be processed in a formula, but the results always show huge numbers like 168460123184, making them hard to read, so I want to find a way to add a "." (a dot) every 3 numbers, so they would be easier to read... and I dont have a clue of how ...more >>

I made a gallery script... I use Flash 5.. it worked in 6 but doesn't work in 7... the frame layout of the main part of the script is... movlocation = getProperty(this, _url); temp = new String(movlocation); lslash = temp.lastIndexOf("/"); prepath = temp.slice(0, lslash+1); this....more >>

I use a TextArea Component for a GuestBook and would like to replace emoticons to be displayed as graphics inside this TextArea. Therefore I replace some ascii emoticons such as ";)" via php to <img href="xxx.jpg"> and so on. So the flash movie doen't get any ";)" but only normal text with ...more >>

I have text covered with buttons set at alpha 10 but want the button to go to alpha 60 on rollover. How do I do this in Flash MX 2004? ...more >>

Hi, I'm fairly new to actionscript, so forgive any obvious lack of shortcuts etc. Have a circle on the screen called invisibleCircle_mc and all of these events are set up to work when the mouse is inside of it. I have an mc called pie_mc which follows the mouse as you can tell below. ...more >>

Hi all, first, excuse, please, my terrible english, which is not my native language. I'm quite Flash newbee and I'm trying to use quite simple action: if (_framesloaded >= 20) { gotoAndPlay(20); } else { stop(); } My movie starts on frame 20 (there is 30kb picture) and ...more >>

I am trying to use several instances of one button Object that has dynamic text labels. I have tried giving the labels instance names and I have tried using the 'variable' attribute to dynamically change the labels, but nothing seems to work. I named the actual button 'test' and the text label in...more >>

Is there any way to make hyperlinked text exhibit a change in color when the mouse rolls over? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

I have an .flv slide show from a quicktime movie, and the slides are 2 frames each, I need to do one of two things, delete everyother frame, which flash isn't letting me do. Or make a button to be able to go back every other frame. Going forward is no problem, put stop( ) every other frame and...more >>

I have been using Shared Objects in the game that I can curently making. I have had a few problems with the saving of score. It works fine through most of the game but at the end of one of them the score adds like this 60 + 1000 = 601000. I used a SOL reader (quite handy) and relised that the ...more >>