I am very unfamiliar with asp, and I can't figure this out through google... Here is the problem: I have a variable in flash that contains info that needs to be emailed to one person (the person's email is in another variable). How would i send these two variables to an asp page, and what is ...more >>

Hello Actionscripters, The Fiat website has very cool rollovers (on the left side of the page) http://www.novopalio.com.br/br/home/index2.jsp Any Ideas how they did it? Thanks, Henrik ...more >>

I have created a movie clip that I use for a virtual tour. It is fairly large and holds a lot of buttons. It works perfectly. The only problem I have is that if I try to remove it from a layer it crashes flash. As a test, I copied the mc and all of its associated buttons and graphics to a ...more >>

'Jack' very kindly gave me this code. I'm sure its me being a dumbass but although there are no reported erros in the coe it doesn't seem to actually do anything.... Questions: What should my symbol and/or frame be labelled? When placing code in the 'Main Timeline' am I correct in creat...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with loadVariables in my Flash movie. I have an aspx page that inserts data into a database. I use loadVariables to post data to that page. The script works fine. The problem is that loadVariables doesn't seem to work if I call it a second time. It works the fi...more >>

hi all, i know nothing about java script. i'm not a programer but i wanna learn it. what would you recommend me? something for beginners. is there any good book for dummies? i'd appreciate any advice. thanks ...more >>

I just posted this in the General Help section but maybe this would be a better place for it. Sorry for the double post Ok I have a couple problems which all are to do with loading a php variable into a dynamic text box. First here is how I am doing it: The php page is just this: <?...more >>

Hello, Would anyone know of any way that a user could create a vector image (drawing, or arranging of images) and then via some server technology convert the "drawing" to a jpg or a gif, saved to a server location, and then said "drawing" could be included in a html file? Does this ma...more >>

i put a var in my swf param en embed in html .. like this // "lol.swf?var1=test" but how do i use it in flash ? how can i call on it ?...more >>

I want to add the functionality of a "do not show this again" to my movie splash page (for an html document). I know it involves shared objects and variables, but I don't know enough of either to create the proper script. The info I have learned so far has only showed how to use the so and var...more >>

Hi there ! I have a little problem: i am using 2 sound objects, on 2 different timelines, and it seems that .setVolume() for one of the objects , affects the other as well. I do not understand the phenomenon ?!? The code is simple, using only new Sound(), .attachSound("blabla"), .sta...more >>

I'm creating a new Window using the popupManager class. I'm having rendering trouble of the contents of the window's content MC. If I initially have some text in the first frame of the content MC and a button. When I click on a button to go to another Label with different content within the co...more >>

My question is in regards to an image gallery that uses the actual file name of each jpeg read off the server as a display name instead of reading an xml file for that data. If you're loading the jpeg's file name into a dynamic text field using a variable and you assume that all of the fil...more >>

hi. I have some actionscript in the first frame of my movie. it looks like this.... import it.sephiroth.XML2Object if(this._framesloaded > 0 && this._framesloaded == this._totalframes){ gotoandplay(11); }else{ intloaded = (Math.floor(this.getBytesLoaded()/1024)); inttotal = (Math.f...more >>

Flash and eCommerce? Does anyone know of any Flash shopping carts or Flash based stores that link to a shopping cart?...more >>

Hi All, I have created a small XML news ticker and I'd like to apply styles to the data by using CSS. I've followed the sample that's in the Flash Help section and the CSS works fine. It's just when I try to add that code to my news Ticker nothing happens. Can any of you Flash gurus help me...more >>

I am developing a web site in which each web page would be displayed on its own frame in a common movie. On each frame of the common movie I have put a blank movieclip. When a user goes to a page of the web site I use actionscript to load a swf file into the empty movieclip in the frame repres...more >>

I really appreciate if anyone can tell me how I can save some data within flash into a text file. Is it possible at all? thanks, Soheil...more >>

I have designed a menu system on the stage with drag capabilities. The drag code is on the movie clip itself and works perfect, the menu buttons are nested within the movie clip. The problem is I am trying to attach the right code which will allow each menu button to target / goto different sc...more >>

I have this project where I have a series of questions each witha yes or no answer.(yes and no buttons) Each time the answer is yes a needle moves to the right. If the no is ticked then the box does nothing. However if the no is ticked after the yes was ticked the yes is unticked and the ...more >>

HI If you have done any work with sharedObjects then you will know that as you are developing you need to clear out the contents of your shared object. I am using flash mx pro 2004 and if I try to use the sharedObject.clear() method then I get a message in the output window that the clear...more >>

The following URL works like a champ on IE & Mozilla on a Mac. The developer that I am working with says it does not work on XP. http://www.broadvoice.com/areacodes_flash.html 1) select MA -- should go to second screen w/ area codes & exchanges 2) select area code 617 3) enter exchan...more >>

HI, I have a main swf that pops up from an html file. The swf has a thumbnail photo and I would like to add the option of having a pop-up window on release of that thumbnail - a pop up that shows the larger image - but I don't want a pop-up to an html file. I would like the link to be to a...more >>

Hi everyone- Im trying to load JPEG's into a movieclip on _level0..Is it ok to have the movieclip on say frame 60, and my actionscript on frame one? I'm a bit confused as to where the xml parsing and jpeg assigning should be positioned in my movie. Regards, Paul Anthony ...more >>

Im working on another game/quiz. this one is a hit test where when 4 specific hit tests take place the movie jumps to another keyframe. This works fine but I have a start over button that brings the user back to the first frame of the movie. Instead of stopping at frame 1 the movie continue...more >>

<param name=FlashVars value="index=4"> As you can see I'm sending a flash variable index with a value of 4 to my movie. This has worked great before and works great now... as long as the browser is IE. For some reason when I open the page on Mozilla Firefox it doesn't work. Does anyone kno...more >>

Hi ! i'm try to save a position of a movieclip in a flashmovie to a php file or xml file or something file!! but i dont know how to do this! someone know how to do???or send to me a file with the code? bye! daniel ...more >>

Hi ! I am experiencing a strange issue in Flash MX 2004, that is : In any actionscript, when I invoke a custom function (that I already defined) inside a loop, loop only takes place once ! For instance : 1) I define a function that works with strings, like function Reverse(string...more >>

I've been programming in Director for many years but I'm having some problems with simple concepts in Flash. I need to output to Flash 5 for Dir 8.5.1. I have 3 simple problems: 1) I create a simple rectangle graphic, turn it into a movie clip, then attach the following script to it. ...more >>

help please... I have created a projector file called projector.exe in it is a button and a scroll panel component. When you click the button it loads a swf file called 'video.swf' into the scroll panel. In the swf is a linked video called 'surfmad.mov'. When you click the button video.swf...more >>

hi there! after days of try&error a have to bother you with this probably often asked question: i defined a class 'MenuManager' which extends MovieClip and resides on the main timeline. from there i call its method 'addXMLMenu' which loads a xml file into the class var xmlFile:XML. fur...more >>

I'm following some code I was given... main timeline - c = 0; on frame#1 of the clip to duplicate - function Select(d){ if(!dragged){ duplicateMovieClip(this,"clip"+d,d); dragged = true; startDrag(this); } else { startDrag(this); } if(Key.isDown(Key.DELETEKEY)){ t...more >>

Hi NG, i have a strange problem here. If i load Variables with this: variables = new LoadVars(); variables.load("myfile"); variables.onLoad = function(success) if(sucess){ ...mycode... }else{ ...myerrorcode... } } myerrorcode works fine if i test th...more >>

When I resize flash in player or web, the button text and other shape will resize. but in flash comm administrator program, UI have some layout manager, like java gird layout when I resize flash, the button, text,label will keep original size and place current position. how to do lik...more >>

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Is there any way to be able to use the "&" symbol in dynamic text? Is there a way to substitute another symbol for it, so it could be used in the text? Like maybe use the "^" symbol to serve the purpose of the "&" symbol? The problem I know I'm going to run into is that I have someone using...more >>

Hi. I am using this getURL to load a frameset: getURL(_root.paperPage, "mainFrame"); However, I wish to add some javascript to this so that the page load doesn't get added to the browser history list. This javascript works well when used in a javascript function (outside of Flash), but...more >>

Hi i am making a game i need to pause it i inserted these actionscript : if (Key.isDown(Key.ESCAPE)) { if (_root.pause == 1) { _root.pause = 0; } else if (_root.pause == 0) { _root.pause = 1; } } actions layer: pause = 0; if ( pause == 0) { //do nothing; } else i...more >>

Hi, Thanks for looking so far Please look at www.itfutures-uk.com/test/ im using local connect to update the main movie if the links on page are used, its a little flakey even though the update swf on each page is 135 bytes only if you click around quickly it gets out of sync. I was wond...more >>

Hello, I have a movie symbol that I pass variables to and I reuse the symbol 4 times. The symbols receive the variables (or it wouldnt work), but the calculations on the variables are not working properly. I am using the following function to pause the movie for a few secionds on each...more >>

I've created a couple of movie clips with one of them acting as a menu bar. They all worked perfectly then I tried putting everything inside one movie clipand now they don't work. The code for the buttons was on (press) { _root.gotoAndStop(whatever); } Now that everything is inside o...more >>

When you instantiate a class is it not made available to the whole timeline? If not, how do you reference it in say frame 2 if it is instantiated in frame 1?? Thanks...more >>

I want to save variables to textfile on hard disk. I have already come accross the possibility to use another application, that can save to disk, such as Director, into wich to integrate my SWF, and then do whatever I want to do, according to certain triggers in the SWF that activate scripts i...more >>

Hello, I would like to extend Button (or any other build in class) with additional methods. Nothing seems to work. This is what I did: new document.....add Button component to stage (called it but1)....windows>library: linkage ...no settings possible....converted button on stage to bu...more >>

Hi group I'm plotting a regression line using an input random array with normal distribution. I want to show and hide dots, y and x axis and the grid. I started with hiding the dots. the blue dot and coordinate textfield stands in a movie clip and when i hide the movie clip blue dot dissape...more >>

Hi All, After I update my flash MX 2004 to version 7.2 I can't include .as files, only as files that contains classes. Does anyone know anything about it? Here it is the error: **Error** C:\Applications\Macromedia\Flash\WebProject\formatDate.as: Line 100: ActionScript 2.0 class scripts may onl...more >>

Alright folks heres my problem. I'm dynamically loading text into a flash movie from atext file. But i need to include the "&" symbol on screen. Unfortunately whenever i put in the & symbol its cutting of my line at that point. E.g. "&peter, paul, mary & jane&" comes out as peter, paul, ...more >>

I am sorry to do this to anyone who can help me but i am desperate to get this section of my site up and running which i am doing for a childrens site and trying to add music to a player that i love, and thank you to those who helped me before as i am not a designer - just a mere housewife try...more >>

Is it possible to have subscript and superscript in a dynamic text box? I am trying to display chemical sysmbols like H20 etc... Also, can I set the vertical alignment of dynamic text boxes? Thanks! ...more >>

Is there somebody who knows how to load a simple ASP var into Flash? I'm almost there, but I can't read the Var I'm loading, if I load it ---ASP file; name: readASP.asp ---- <% dim myText myText="This is my text" Response.write myText %> ---Flash file; name: readASP.fla Only one Fra...more >>

I am sorry to do this to anyone who can help me but i am desperate to get this section of my site up and running which i am doing for a childrens site and trying to add music to a player that i love, and thank you to those who helped me before as i am not a designer - just a mere housewife tr...more >>

Pls help. In my flash file, i have a button to popup a window to set my flash text on/off, all the text load from XML and by default the text is ON when I open the movie. In that popup window, I have 2 radio buttons, one is SHOW TEXT, another one is HIDE TEXT, when I selected HIDE TEXT b...more >>

This might seem like a basic question but I have spent countless hours (slowly going insane...) trying to work out what the heck is going on. I want to click a button and have a movieclip play. in that movieclip(called mc_bg) I have a variable _global.shape which I change it'...more >>

I want a timer which counts from the current time and shows decrementing up to zero. There is a pause bytton and play button to control the timer. Any help will be appretiated MVN...more >>

I have a project in which I need to do precise loops of movie clips. It's an animated thing, and I'm under confidentiality restrictions -- but let's say it's a simple counter with three movie clips, each with frames 1 through 10, being the numbers 1 through 0 -- my question is this: how to I ...more >>

I have a movie, when I click a button, it will popup another window, in that popup window which is I have a "Close" button to close the popup and the movie as well. How can I "Close" the popup and the movie together? Many thanks. ...more >>

hello, What I thought seemed rather simple has become a problem my pea-sized brain cannot find a solution to. I have created several buttons in flash MX. I would like those buttons to be menu items, each having several different "hot spots" which contain links to individual scenes. I...more >>

i created a flash animation that runs on three monitors. it runs ok in normal mode (with menu bar and window title etc). i would like to run it full screen with "fsCommand". unfortunately it then runs only on one screen. could anybody help me solve this problem -- or do i have to cut cardboar...more >>

I have a movie clip in Scene 1 and its instance name is "mc1". It contains a function - defined like this "function foo() { } " I added a new scene - Scene 2. Then I added the same movie clip I mention above with same instance name "mc1". I cannot reference the function "foo()" from Scen...more >>

If you have noticed a few of my post, than you will know that I have been having a few problems with shared objects. I need to know what are the different ways on using the .flush(); command. I have seen it used as flush.data(); and just flush(); Can someone explian the differences ...more >>

I want to detect for at Flash Player 6 but this doesn't seem to work, any ideas? <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <!--<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="3;URL=upgrade_flash/upgrade_flash.html">--> <title>Detecting Flash...</title> </head>...more >>

I'm having trouble with my submit button for my form I created on flash using components. On the submit button, I just want the form to be e-mailed to me. I don't understand what actionscript you use to do so. I've been reading past posts for the past hour and haven't found anything that wa...more >>

i am attempting to create some input fields which contain a simple prompt, such as "Type your message here", which disappears when the text field receives focus. (Macromedia does this with the Instance Name text field on the Properties palette...for reference) i've written the attached co...more >>