I'm trying to animate a dynamic text field by having it slide from off-stage left to the center of the screen. I place the dynamic field into a movie clip and tween it, which works just fine. The problem is the last line of the text field will sometimes Jump/Line Break during the tween, a...more >>

I'm calling several movies on to the stage on the same frame via attachMovie() (so I can alter the depth by the on press) but to make my jigsaw work I need to give then an instance name when there on the stage... is there an Actionscript that will give them an instance name when it attachs the...more >>

I am using a movieClips as buttons and then passing them functions on the onRelease. Once the movieClip button is pushed I would like to make it inactive while certain functions are completing their tasks. thanks ...more >>

Okay i have a .swf, its a movie i want to add into my flash presentation. Well i want the .swf to start playing immediately when i goto that scene, but then when its done i want it to immediately goto the next scene. How can i do this? i opened up the .swf and on the last frame i added gotoAnd...more >>

I am building a site that will contain several songs in mp3's format for streaming. When a user clicks the song title it will load the corresponding external mp3 file as a sound object and begin playback within Flash. When a user clicks another song title, I want the currently loaded mp3 file ...more >>

I have a flash movie that preloads external JPEGs. When the JPEGs are loaded I want uneditable dynamic text to fade up over the images. Everything works great in Mozilla! In IE 6 the dynamic text displays too quickly and runs over my preloader. Also, the images seem to flicker when they com...more >>

I am trying to drag and drop 2 or more movie clips at the same time. The clips should all be in the same level (no parent or child clips). I have tried to write a function that calls clip1.startDrag() and clip2.startDrag() but only one of the clips move as a result. I was wondering if anyone c...more >>

Hi I have created some kind of WYSIWYG editor in Flash, but I was wondering if it's possible to export the text to a document as HTML code? so when the text is set as bold i get the bold tags in HTML,...... Thx Tom ...more >>

Hey gang, anyone have any idea on how to get the current frame #? I have tried to use a getTimer(), then convert it from milliseconds to the frame rate. However, it is off. Any ideas? Much thanks. Dan ...more >>

Hi, I have been working on this topic last night for more than three hours but couldn't find an answer. Here is the thing, I have some buttons with rollover effects. I need to keep the rollover effect on the corresponding page. The navigation bar is in a separate SWF file and each page l...more >>

I have noticed a few sites I've come across that have custom scrollbars that work along with images inside of the text boxes (or containers?) If anyone can point me in the right direction, even to a tutorial that would work and allow me to create a scrollbar that will work with image content a...more >>

Hi all, How can I get more informations on errors on loading with sendAndLoad ? result_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) { if (success) { result_ta.text = result_lv.welcomeMessage; } else { result_ta.text = "Error connecting to server."; ...more >>

I got a button with the name="send" and a text box with the name="name" and Var="usr" and i also have a loader with a name="win". it works ok but the enter button does not work whenever i put the "win" Loader into the program. If i just click the button it works fine but nothing happenes when ...more >>

Hello, i have a real problem with loadmovie. I have create a clip called dropzone, inside this clip i have a button. Normally when i click on this button an image should take the place of the dropzone. This code is on my button : on (release) { _root.dropzone.loadMovie("suzuki/imag...more >>

hi, I have been wrestling with this concept for some time, and I was wondering what the best practice would be for efficient subclasses. I have started to create a lose architecture of objects and I continually find myself having to comprise between subclassing the Object class or the MovieCli...more >>

Has anyone experienced the following behavior when loading sounds. We have a class audio which is a wrapper for sound. The sound is loaded into the object property of the new audio object. The audio object is pushed into an array called assets. Before start is called on the sound object ...more >>

Hi, Does any one know of how to load a .PNG image into a flash movie (MX 2004 pro), using only Actionscript i.e. "MovieClip.loadMovie()" can load a jpeg or swf. Is there a method tat can load a .PNG in the same way? Cheers! ...more >>

Here's the deal - i'm streaming in mp3s with flash 6 - as we all know streaming sounds start playing as soon as enough of the file has been downloaded (buffering)... how do i know when the file has finished buffering (besides for the fact that the song will start playing :) i tried onLoad ...more >>

I'm trying to use a loadVars object to call an ASP program based on conditions and it works fine twice. Basically the code is like: SendIT = new LoadVars() if (InsertRec=="Y") { PathToSend = "http://localhost/html/Source/MyPage.asp?Mode=Insert&Product=1134" } else { PathToSend = "http://...more >>

Todd Dominey at www.whatdoiknow.org has a very nice crossfading image script that I've been customizing to my needs whilst learning ActionScript. It loads caption, title, and image data from an external XML file that I'm generating server-side. With some help from the nice folks in this group,...more >>

Hallo NG, I loaded some png images at design time, everyone with its own mc. Its a kind of haircut tester. You can upload your photo and put some haircuts on it, resize them etc, and use some basic painting tools on it. When displayed on screen, everything works fine, transparency is shown cor...more >>

I drop a Label component on the stage and set html property to true. I then set the text property to: This is a test<br>This is another test<br> It shows correctly at design time. I run the application and I get this as output: This is a testThis is another test i.e., there are no l...more >>

I wonder if anyone can help. I am working through the Components tutorial in Flash MX. I am trying to use the following method :- sweepstakes_result =Sweepstakes_box.getvalue(); where sweepstakes_box is a checkbox component and sweepstakes_result is the var field in a dynamic text bo...more >>

Hi , I am new to actionscripting & I just joined these boards today. I had a question which was satisfied by this thread here http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=288&thre adid=831538&highlight_key=y&keyword1=pause I got it working fine & alls well, howeve...more >>

I have two "swf" files named "main.swf" and "page1.swf". In "main.swf" file i have two blank movie clips named "page_mc" and "cache_mc". In certern circumstance i load "page1.swf" into "cache_mc". While loading at "cache_mc" i load "page1.swf" again into "page_mc". Now i want to run the...more >>

Hi, i'm quite a newbee when it comes to flash but i'm trying. My problem: i use an xmlfile which contains the filename of the jpg and a movieclip to display the jpg. For some reason i cannot seem to debug this event. The only thing i want to do in this event is to set de height & width...more >>

Help, i think i am going mad! I found a nice fla file which shows a type of feather effect, my problem is I want to put some text on top of it (in the actual fla file) but when i export it the text is always behind the effect, and therefor cannot be properly seen. I have tried inserting the ...more >>

i want to store the name of a function that i want to execute in an array. eg: var functionArray:Array = new Array() functionArray[0] = ["test()"] function test() { trace("work will you") } when the time is right, i want to execute the function that is referenced in the a...more >>

Hi I have this Flash app. where I retrive data from an XML file, and displays it in dynamic text fields. This works fine on my localhost and my web host. But when I send the files to my partner and he uploads it to his server, the nordic characters won't display. Does anyone knows why?...more >>

Hi, i have a problem with a loadmovie : this.pinceau.loadMovie("suzuki/vol1.swf"); ------------> Work this.pinceau.loadMovie("suzuki/image3.jpeg"); ------------> Don't Work I saw nothing in the forum, can someone explain me why it's not working with jpeg image? Thanx ...more >>

Could MX04 invoke some application such as .exe,or .dll file? could it commumicate with some app. and exchange some data? Thanks .......more >>

Hi all, Just wanted to know if this is normal, it sure doesn't sound right to me.. So I have a list of strings in two languages in the Strings Panel. English (en) and Chinese (zh-TW). I am trying to publish 2 swfs, 1 for each language. I first uncheck the box that "Inserts Actionscrip...more >>

Hello All, I'm relatively new to this whole 'Flash thing' and I'm having trouble. I've worked out how to link a button and open up a web page in a new window, but I think there is a way to open it up without any of the menu system across the top, and the url bar etc, and also open it to a...more >>

I have a movie on our websever that needs to send a variable sting via HTTP and then continue on playing. I can't use the getURL command (which works) because it opens up a second window, covering the movie. Currently I'm using the following code: on (release) { loadVariables("../s...more >>

This might seem simple, but I've just started using flash and need to create a movie with two closed sliding doors. These doors must then slide open when a user holds his mouse cursor over then. Please couls anybody give me tips on how to do this... Thanx, Danielle ...more >>

Hi, I have a movieclip which is called "map". This movieclip has an onRelease fuction which zooms the map. On this movieclip there are placed x amount of other movieclips ( _root.map.createEmptyMovieClip("dot" + i, i+1 ) which also have an onRelease function. However, the map's onRel...more >>

I figure it out (wity actionscript 2.0, I have Flash MX 2004 PRO) how to have an object follow a sinusoidal path. Now I need for the object to leave a very clear and sharp trace (like an airplane in the sky) of the path. I am attaching the code for the sinusoidal movement. Any ideas? ...more >>

I'm trying to use an array to change the rgb value of a mc each time it loops. I have 6 elements and would like it to use each one sequentially and then start over again from 0. I've tried several variation on this, but know I'm missing the point each time as I'm not quite up to speed on actio...more >>

I was following along in the http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/databinding_06.html article and found when I tried to extend mx.data.binding.CustomValidator to create the MyCustomValidator class that all of the mx.data.binding.* class files are missing. When I tried to compil...more >>

Hi I want to load and unload a button as the flashmovie plays. Making a button invisible does not do the job as it is still possible to click it. Loading and unloading is not possible with a button! I need a button with up, over and down states which is a movie clip, so I can load and unlo...more >>

how would you make a circle rotate by a set number of degrees - this means you have set the total number of degrees at 360 and then require one circle to rotate 10 degrees anticlockwise and another circle to circle clockwise by 25 degrees. This occurs on rollover and reverts when the cursor i...more >>

Basically, when I use an actionsript animation in flash, when I export it as an image sequence, it's not holding the animation. Is there a way that I need to export it, for example?export it as a quicktime and reimport it into flash then will it work? I've tried all kinds of stuff and can't se...more >>

There is something wrong with this Flash Movie. I don't know how to explain it, but to show it. Go to http://picouenterprises.com/help/imagerotater.fla The loading scene is supposed to give loading status of the Main Scene. Please Help, I think I have it coded right, but it just don't re...more >>

How do you show entities, just the predefined ones, properly through Flash? for example, I have an XML doc: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <body> <test>This is a test using don't</test> </main> When regularly imported into Flash it displays: "This is a test using don&apos...more >>