hello folks i.m looking for a way to use a pathname to a movie clip stored as a string, and concatenate it with the getBytesLoaded() command, for example var pathToClip = "_root.holder_mc.something_mc." and then call something like: pathToClip + getBytesLoaded(); instead of just a pl...more >>

ok I have 2 swf files here, my main one and my second one. On the first frame of my main one I want to load my second swf into Level1 so I have this loadMovieNum("myFile.swf",1) it loads up fine but if I try to go to a frame like this _level1.gotoAndStop(3); Nothing happens, it loa...more >>

hey guys do u know how i do to save images in flash to computer? tx for any ideas ...more >>

In Flash2004MX are you supposed to use the "loader" component with the "ProgressBar"? Can someone be kind enough to send me a step by step description with the action script code for each frame (2 begining frames) so I can get a preloader working finally. I've been through all the forums an...more >>

Hi, Im making a flv player with a bar to jump to certain point of the current playing flv video. I dont found any property to archieve this... I've used "time" property to calculate the current position of playhead, but how can I know the total time of flv video? Thanks in advance ...more >>

I am unable to access the array outside of 'ok' function. The trace function works great within the 'ok' function. However, when I try to access the array outside of the 'ok' function using trace again, it does not work and displays 'undefined'. Any ideas on how to access array ouside of 'o...more >>

i want some type of flash script that can detect and install quicktime from within flash. Please quide me....more >>

Hello !! Ok... so the structure of my app : FormApp ---> Application ------> Splash ------> FNavigatorContent ------> LogWriter FormNav (contentPath of FNavigatorContent) ---> FNavigator FormStudents ---> FStudents ------> FStProfile ------> FStStatus The FNavig...more >>

Hi folks, I have 3 swfs that I would like to preload on a main swf. Once loaded, go to & play content of main. Any ideas? I have searched all day. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks....more >>

How does one turn on the horizontal scrollbar in a DataGrid component? I am using a dg to display several columns from a recordset. The columns extend beyond the width of the movie and I would like to allow the user to scroll left to right to see all of the data. I've tried myDGInstance...more >>

hello How can I get the "width" of a *.jpg file, loaded into the mc by the loadmovie command? Checking the size of the movieclip returns only the size of the original movieclip, not the size of the loaded image file... Can someone help me with some tips? I would be very happy, th...more >>

hi, I'm customizing scrollbars at the moment, however I didn't get the scrollbar background to another color then grey...more >>

why does this work locally but not when uploaded? I am using flash mx I load a video swf (generated by sorenson squeeze) with sound into an empty mc with this code on the empty mc. This works on my local machine but not once I upload. Any ideas? Please I have been trying to get an answer ...more >>

I have a site with a ton of logos, that need to link to their various sites. It was suggested that I convert the logos to movieclips so I could attach links. I did that, and now my problem is that every logo, and button on the page, now goes to the first link I set up. Can anyone help? I j...more >>

Hello all! I'm trying to use one DataGrid into my site, but can't find a way of passing the php vars to it. I'm using this in php to manage my Mysql results, $str .= "Refer?ncia:".$row["ref"].", Nome:".$row["nome"].", Fam?lia:".$row["familia"].", Descri??o:".$row["descricao"]."\n"; ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to make a countdown timer that counts down from 10 minutes then repeats. It's for a project that retrieves data from external files every 10 minutes. On a related note, I can't get setInterval to work, but that's another issue. How can I make a countdown timer tha...more >>

i have this in a frame 1 inside a movieclip. it is supposed to check constantly, if _parent.vastus23 = vastus1, and if condition id true, then do nextFrame(); but it does not work. what could be the problem? ( vastus1 is sent by a button in another mc) kason = function () { if (_paren...more >>

I am making a login box that loads a text file in the main part of movie with password var. for sum reason i cant get the == part working, if the userpassword is not eq(==) to the ussername then it works but if i put the correct password it dont work. the script is belowe. please advise me. ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to advance my flash movie by 1 frame when the user hits the 'pgdn' key. I'm thinking of using on either Key.PGDN or on keypress<PGDN> - but i can't attach either of these to the frame on my movie without an error. Can anyone help me ? Thanks for your time,. MRP ...more >>

Hi! I use the code below in a movie to wait for a sound to finish before starting the next sound. This movie works fine. I now have a main movie that loads this one and suddenly it plays only the first sound and then stops. My guess is there is something wrong with me using _root.gotoAn...more >>

Anyone ever had a problem getting the loveMovie Command to work loading an external swf file into a MC? Pictures work, but no MC? Help!...more >>

Hi Everyone, I'm having trouble with the attachMovie() method. I use it to attach an instance of a runtime shared library Movie Clip, and I then duplicate it to have four buttons which I then add rollovers etc. However, the initial MC that I attach ends up doubled. The page can be viewed a...more >>

Is there any way to use for statements with sequenze-named variables? The variables are named _root.image1, _root.image2 ... Something like this: var fjImage:Number = 5 for (var i = 0; i<fjImage; i++) { _root.image+i 'or something like this!!! ); } Please help, this would save me a ...more >>

look var myStyle:TextField.StyleSheet = new TextField.StyleSheet; myStyle.setStyle("pissedOff", {fontSize:'20', color:'#990000'}); //apply the style to the html-enabled textfield on the stage my_txt.styleSheet = myStyle; my_txt.htmlText="<p class='pissedOff'>I am beginning to hate doin...more >>

Please help! I need to launch a 600x550 popup window with no scrollbars using a single frame action. I'm struggling to make this happen. A solution will be greatly appreciated. Thanks db...more >>

I have a gotoAndPlay on a frame that is supposed to send the Flash movie to the first frame of a different stage. gotoAndPlay("Logos", 1); Up until yesterday, this code worked perfectly. Then I moved several repeating elements, fonts, and components to shared libraries to reduce the size...more >>

Hello Everybody !! I use Form design to create an application. But for more efficiency, I load a form (par) application into another form application who is the bottom. Components works, but combobox doesn't display data ?? The combobox dataProvider is filled with an objects array, and dat...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a multiuser app in flash. Lots of math for physics and such. "user actions" are sent as strings via a basic socket server. All values internally are "floats" and before sending them they are translated to a string. Also the string is convertet back to reflect the same ro...more >>

I am working to create an animation that follows the mouse as it rolls over a list of buttons. i am having a hard time figuring out how to get the spider (in this case) to either a) follow the mouse the whole time or b) smoothly descend on the line rather than snapping directly to the button....more >>

For my .exe projector files, can i change the icon to a custom made icon? If so how do I go about doing it? I already have a graphic i want to use. Thanks in advance for any help. ...more >>

Hi I am making a tutorial & for that I have made text boxes that appear during the movie & pause for a specified amount of time. Everything works fine but i am trying to fade in & fade out the texboxes with actionscripting, without keyframing. I am aware that movieClip._alpha=value; (...more >>

Hi all... I'm trying to create an action in a flash movie that works like a print action, except instead of printing a frame, the frame is turned into an image file and can then be sent to an email address. Anyone have an idea of how to accomplish this? ...more >>

Hi i am stock with a button which don't want to enlarge my picture. Can you take a look at my problem. Thanx a lot The file is : http://www.cha.fr/allumette/travaux/client1.fla (It's the small pictures that must be enlarge) ...more >>

Hi, I want users to complete a test online. The test has 4 sections. Each section has questions with graphics and synched sound to each question. I have created a swf for each section. I would like to have the main movie load the swfs in succession. I want to check the next movie is l...more >>

I want to be able to have a full screen movie that will have a flash movie in the center of it. I do not want to have the center movie to scale. I just want it to be in the center, and the other movie full screen. I also want the centered movie to control the bg fs movie.. Any ideas or links f...more >>

Hi everyoane! I want to start a specified MovieClip when a Checkbox in an Multiple Choise interaction (from Flash Learning Interaction) are true and Check Answear buton are presed. I have traied many code but the result was like all Checkboxes are "true". Please help me! Didi ...more >>

I'm writing a little game where people make choose between a couple of options and are scored for their choices... I was hoping to have each pair of choices on individual movie clips with instance names 'question1', 'question2' etc... Each clip will have a pair of buttons on them and I ne...more >>

Hey, I have 4 sibling movie clips - a rectangle shape and 3 button movie clips. Now, I am trying to effect this behaviour - when there is mouseover on the rectangle the buttons should show up and when there is mouseout buttons should dissappear. Note that button movie clips are displayed i...more >>

Hi, i want to send some variables to an swf file in the same html frame and load a new content. the problem is that after loading the new content all variables are reseted. help me plz...more >>

I am trying to display text received from flash in a html page How do i get the html to write <br> on the returns. I am using it on a asp page. I already tried the following: strMessage = Request("inputext") and then: strMessage = replace(strMessage,"%0D","<br>" & vbcrlf) or ...more >>

Hi all, I want to know how many lines of text the user has entered in the text area component. and also i shld get the lines of text. i don't want to use the TextInput Component How to get :( please help me out :(( Eagerly waiting for the reply Thanks and regards, madhava r...more >>

In my current movie I have an frame labeled "end" and a frame labeled "beginning". I want to, upon the click of a button, test if the playhead is at the "end" frame. I was going to do something like this: audio_btns.play_btn.onRelease = function(){ if(frameLabel == "end"){ gotoAn...more >>

Can someone explain to me how the protoype syntax works as I can't seem to find a beginners guiide to how this can be applied to make authoring more efficient. Thanks...more >>

Hi all, I have created a cursor for my project and easily hide the mouse arrow.. everything seems ok till now but when I wanna recover back my custom cursor with the white-arrow, flash removes the custom one.. however I dont desire such a solution.. how can I get back my lovely object? I...more >>

Hi all, I have created a cursor for my project and easily hide the mouse arrow.. everything seems ok till now but when I wanna recover back my custom cursor with the white-arrow, flash removes the custom one.. however I dont desire such a solution.. how can I get back my lovely object? I...more >>

Dear gurus and members, I am new to actionscript and coding. I would like to know whether is it possible to use loadVars() to load client side's txt file. I have a flash button that is supposed to check for the existance of a txt file on user's computer. If that txt file (a fixed path on ...more >>

Is it possible to use a gradient mask so that the mc u are masking via setMask() is going to fade into the stuff behind it? thx a ton ^_^ Sky Strider...more >>

I am having a circle rotate x degrees using actionscript. I want it to come to a smooth rather than sudden stop - eg slow down just before it stops. How would I do this? ...more >>

hi all, i have a dynamic html text field with hyperlinks. is it possible to use "asfunction" with a "rollover" instead of a "click"? fons belgium...more >>

i have a problem with loading a .jpg into movieclip and then checking if it's loaded and checking the _height of that loaded .jpg here is my .fla http://www.hot.ee/murka390/temp2.fla the goal is to get the MC to rotate 90 degrees if the .jpg is loaded into that MC and the _height of t...more >>

Hi, I created a template in Flash MX for my application some time back. it uses xml at the backend for all the content required. I recently tried to upgrade the app for 2004, though everything works fine... on clicking a functionality of next page, the quality lowers down to low; and if i ...more >>

Hello. What would be the code or instructions to make a button on rollover go to a different frame? Do I make that button a movie symbol or button symbol? What do I put in the place of instanceName? I have tried everything I can think of several times. Please help. Thanks. ...more >>

I am trying to find out how to view the actionscript code while using Flash MX 2004. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi. I have a set of components in the project I'm working on that need to tell the 1st frame of the movie what frame they are in. ie I want to be able to drag one of these components into frame 8, and have it set a variable in the first frame such as "MovieClip1Page = 8" at the start of the pr...more >>

I'm doing a intro for a site, I started with two seperate movies. The first one will play and I wanted other to load when the first has reached the last frame, but I changed my mind and ended up cutting all the frames from the second movie, going the the first movie, creating a second sce...more >>

This code makes a small object to move in a sinusoidal path. Also I placed a script that involves the movie clip "lineTo" method to create a wake or a lasting trace of this path. But is NOT WORKING. Please explain why it not working, my eyes are tired of finding this elusive problem....more >>

I am trying to create a link in Flash that opens a htm file which is a log in screen but i need code for the link to populate the login and password fields with a default login and password??? Can anyone help???? ...more >>

I am getting a jitter between an MC button I created and the mouse cursor. It seems like when the cursor is right on the border of the MC, it can't decide wether it is inside the clip or not. It makes the MCButton rapidly switch between "up" and "over" stages. The Dimensions of the MC are se...more >>

I'm unsure with the swapdepths code should it be placed in each movie using the on press? The projct is a jigsaw with 9 pieces... And when you click and drag a piece I want it at the top so it goes over the other piece while moving... I have 9 movies all called piece1, piece2 and so on to...more >>