Hi, I've created an MP3 player that features play, stop, pause, next, previous on an unlimited number of mp3 files. The movie gets the files names from an external text file. When I run the movie on my computer, calling mp3 files located on my computer, everything works ok. When I up...more >>

There is a killer app called SWF Army Knife at the following address that lets flash do a bunch of the stuff it usually can't do like opening files, getting external file names, open/save dialog boxes, etc. It's free to try and cheap to buy. You can check it out here. http://www.anigem.com...more >>

Hi, I get this strange behaviour then creating text fields via Actionscript in Flash 6: this.createTextField("field", 0, 0, 0, 100, 1); field.autoSize = field.wordWrap = true; field.text = "Something long enough to be wrapped"; trace(field._height); // outputs 16 trace(field._height); ...more >>

I have loaded another swf into a scrollPane using this code. I was wondering if I can use buttons in the picture1.swf to change dynamic text boxes and MCs in the main SWF Thanks btn_arr = new Array("Btn_Sub1", "Btn_Sub2", "Btn_Sub3", "Btn_Sub4"); for (i = 0 ; i < btn_arr.length ; i+...more >>

I have loaded another swf into a scrollPane using this code. I was wondering if I can use buttons in the picture1.swf to change dynamic text boxes and MCs in the main SWF Thanks btn_arr = new Array("Btn_Sub1", "Btn_Sub2", "Btn_Sub3", "Btn_Sub4"); for (i = 0 ; i < btn_arr.length ; i+...more >>

I want to make a menu similar to that found on www.driftlab.com/index2.htm I got them to work sort of. I have them separate. But how can I put them together and get them to work like the one on driftlab? ...more >>

Hi, I am desperatly trying to load ? text file containing ?l?ments of an array into my flash movie. Nothing works. If someone could give me advice... What code should I use? How should the info be writen in the text file? Thanks in advance Sebastien ...more >>

I have an movie clip object that has a stop() action in the first frame. When the main timeline gets to a certain frame I want the object to start playing. I can't figure out how to make the clip play without having a mouse or keyboard or other type of event. Is there a line of code I can ...more >>

hello, How do I put a linebreak in a datagrid cell, is it by using '\n'? Or by using '<br>'?...more >>

I am having trouble figuring out how to do something with setInterval. I have 5 different movieclips off stage. I want to slide them on a 2 second intervals. I have a function that slides them into place. But can't figure out how to set up the setinterval. How do I pass to the setinterva...more >>

Hi, I was wandering how I can force the scrollbar component (MX 2004) to refresh when I cause the content within it to scale? I have the scaling part working fine, but the length of the scroll bars stays fixed, so when I 'zoom in' (scale up) the content I can no-longer scroll to the bottom....more >>

Hi, I have several instances of an empty movie clip in my library. Each of these instances loads an mp3 file. As I understand it, when you export the swf, Flash embeds the library symbols...soooo, would that mean I wouldn't have to preload these sound files? Since my application is an o...more >>

Hi does anyone know if I can open a pdf or word doc from a cd rom made in flash? I?ve tried a few things so far ie, on (release) { fscommand("exec","avery.doc"); } and on (release) { getURL("maps/avery.doc",top); } but no joy thanks ...more >>

Can't seem to remove the clip dynamically. If I change from removeMovieClip() to _visible, the movie disappears from the screen and expected. Anybody see any flaws in the code below? function removeTest():Void { trace("Inside removeTest"); this.attachMovie("LoginWindow", "mcLogin", thi...more >>

Hello, I search a program to transform an .swf file to an .fla file. ...more >>

Hi, I am using the preloader code below to load external swfs. This now works (thanks to help from kglad). But, I do not want to see the loaded swfs until later in the movie. They seem to be loading one on top of the other and I still see the last one when my main movie continues to pla...more >>

Here is what I'm trying to do My Stage is 550x400 and I have a picture that is 790x600 and centered on the stage. I also have 5 button on the stage. When a user presses button 1 I want the picture to move across the stage so you can see one of the corners that you could not see before. and wh...more >>

I see how to use the getURL action script to grab a web page. What would be the script to access a html file in the same directory? { getURL("http://www.macromedia.com", "_self"); }; gets external link.... what about internal? Thanks a millon..... ...more >>

Help me, I have 4 layer in a timeline: layer1, layer2, layer3, layer4. Can i hide all things of layer2 ? how? thank you....more >>

Please Help. I have an animation in actionscript 2.0 that moves a ball following the path of a sine wave function. I have also a animation of a path being created following the same sine wave as before, using the "lineTo" method. Each animation is attached to its own movie clip symbol ...more >>

hello, say i create a 2 dynamic instances of a button which i attached to the same function. cityRef0 = _root.emptyClip.Europe_mc.attachMovie("City_mc", "City_mc0", 305); cityRef1 = _root.emptyClip.Europe_mc.attachMovie("City_mc", "City_mc1", 306); cityRef0.onRelease = emptyClip.displayI...more >>

I have another strange problem that I have not read about others experiencing. If I put any new components (i.e. Loader), from Flash MX 2004 Pro, onto any late playing frame or any child movie clips, there is a ~32KB load placed into the first frame of the root timeline. This 32KB load has ...more >>

Hi I need to be able to read informations from the GET array of my URL and bring it into my swf. I used the javascript syntax : document.myFlash.setVariable("myVar","value"); works fine but won't do any good on IE Mac or Netscape 6. Is there any way of doing the same thing in a "cr...more >>

I'm incluing the code for a website i'm doing. there's three movie clips on the stage that look like little cards. they are contClip, servClip and workClip. each of these has two buttons within it whose properties are altered dynamically: Patt (a decorative pattern) and Text (text, obviously);...more >>