Ahhh.. Deadline approaching ... and I have no idea what I'm doing! here's the very simple problem: website composed of 4 pages. Each "page" is on it's own scene of a Flash file. My menu bar is a movie clip, composed of 4 separate movie clips. each of these menu items has some action sc...more >>

I've seen this done a number of places, and I'm sure it has been discussed, so just point me to a description on how to do the menu like they have here: http://wine.msn.com/?article.aspx?aid=35&GT1=4598 ...more >>

Hi I have a problem - i have a text field were i download html text from an extrenla txt file. This text field has multiline, embed fonts, html true and it is under a mask. The problem is that some html tags don't work. example <i>mmmmmm</i> is all right and mmmmmm is underlined but <b> .....more >>

I'm sure this is a problem many Flash users have encountered. When I load an external swf into my main swf using the loadMovie command, any references to _root variables in the external swf don't work because the _root is now the main swf's root. Is there a way around this problem? I'm u...more >>

hi guys, can u tell me how i do to up a image file to flash, not in developer time, the user has the choice what file load. then i need to send this file to php page..... thanks for any ideas do u have... ...more >>

....So I just found out that you can't put <table> tags into an external text file to load into Flash. That pretty much devastated my project. But I do have a glimmer of hope that something can be done. Maybe you guys can help with some creative ideas? I would appreciate it tremendously. H...more >>

Ok, I am just starting in flash, actually, I have been workin in it for a while, but I don't know how to use the action panel, can you please help me out, or give me a link to a free tutorial, one that has visuals please, I hate reading everything. Thanks ...more >>

Can someone explain when someone would use the frame based onEnterFrame method compared to the SetInterval. Thanks. krl...more >>

I need a little help with a preloader problem. I can get the preloader on my root file to work fine, but as soon as I try to use that same script as a preloader for a movie I'm importing into a placeholder mc, the preloader doesn't work. I'm sure it has something to do with referencing the _ro...more >>

I need a little help with a preloader problem. I can get the preloader on my root file to work fine, but as soon as I try to use that same script as a preloader for a movie I'm importing into a placeholder mc, the preloader doesn't work. I'm sure it has something to do with referencing the _ro...more >>

Hi, I was wondering how to create a timer in flash for this racing game im making in which the player can see what time he/she got....more >>

I recently finished my flash site (I'm a photographer) and it works fine however there are a couple of small glitches. 1st, I built a preloader and when I tested it alt + shift it works, but I tried the site on a slower modem and you can't even see it working?? Next, after the text glint, I t...more >>

How can I find out what movie is loaded into an empty mc? Basically, I have a button that loads a swf. when I click it again, it loads the same swf again and blanks out for a second. Any suggestions? Thanks! ...more >>

I am trying to get 2 sperate swf's embedded in an html page to communicate using a shared object. I use the SharedObject.getLocal("info", "/") method to reference the same shared object file, which works fine. Here's what I'm trying to do: When I press play on swf1, the swf1 id is wr...more >>

mx2004 added Behavours, like in Director. But I cant find any documentation on creating or modifying them. Is this possible, like it is in Director? ...more >>

I'm trying to get this nav system to do as following: on click of main nav element, load the content into an empty mc. On click and hold for 1 second, open the subnav that's associated with that button. So.. this is what I have... on (press) { _root.empty_mc.loadMovie("blah.swf"); setI...more >>

i m loading a streaming sound like this s.stop(); s=new Sound(empty_track); s.setVolume (volume); s.loadSound (_root.base_url add "mp3/" add mp3_id add ".mp3", true); even after stop & delete the sounds still keeps loading. s.stop(); delete s; I looked up google and this is ...more >>

hi, i have a gallery of thumbnails which load the main pictures in a separate screen. i am using the code below for it on (release) { loadMovie ("clip1.swf", "_root.screen"); loadInterval = setInterval(checkLoad, 10); function checkLoad () { percent = Math.floor((_root.screen.getBytesL...more >>

I have an SWF embedded in an ASP page and want to pull a variable from the URL into Flash when the page loads. How would I go about doing this? I looked at LoadVariables() and it asks for the URL to get the data (which I have done before). However, I want to pull it from the current page wh...more >>

I have prepared a volume slider that correctly adjusts volume when testing/running on the local machine but has no effect when played over the Web. The audio is an external MP3 file played in the MediaDisplay component which tracks "timecode" to change slides in a slideshow presentation. Acc...more >>

All, I have created an mp3 player that preloads an mp3 into a new Sound object called preloadSound when the user clicks on it's button. The user has the ability to play this mp3 (as would be expected) when it's fully loaded. Where I'm running into problems is when they click on another s...more >>

I'm new to the forum. I have been working with Flash for a few years. Started with Flash 4 but never jumped headfirst into ActionScript. Can anyone advise as to the best way to get with the program (so to speak). I am not code-e-phobic but safe to say I am more a Right-Brain creative than ...more >>

Hi Im new to actionscripting and would like some criticism on my coding. scenario: Root movie, loads new movie into level 1 Im am trying to open a centered swf in a new browser window 450x300 from a movieclip. I didnt want to have javascript in the html page. My code: onClipEv...more >>

I wonder if some one can answer this definitively. I am about to develop a site which needs to encorporate flash or can be wholly Flash based. My concern is that I am not sure if I should develop in MX using actionscript 2.0 or keep the code Flash 5 based. My concern is that flash 7 Player...more >>

I've introduced a scrollpane and attached a movie from the library as the scrollContent. I want to perform a duplicateMovieClip on an mc within the scrollContent clip. How do I target that mc? It doesn't appear to be as simple as: myscrollpane.my_mc.myother_mc.deplicateMovieClip(... etc ...more >>

I've read an XML file and assigned variables to it. I'm now trying to trace my output using a for loop. I start running into trouble when I get to variables that have integers attached to them (i.e., sTextID1, sTextName1, sTextID2, sTextName2,). I assign the variables in the following way: ...more >>

Hi, I wonder if it?s possible to have a scalable background image(in flash) that fills the browser. And then load nonscalable content on top. Either by different levels or in different mc:s. For example, all content that is on stage is scalable 100% but the content in certain mc:s will not s...more >>

hello there, I have a problem with attachSound. sound is not on the stage but is exported from library to action script and in the first frame as "beep". mysound = new Sound(); mysound.attachSound("beep"); this on level0 works fine, but my moovie must load on diffrent level (1 to 1...more >>

Hi I have a MC in which I want to load images from XML but somehow i am not getting it. Can anyone help me out. Here is a simple example of it.. Script on Scene (root stage): _root.attachMovie ("a","b",1) // a is the identifer name of the MC in which I want to get image. Script...more >>

Hello! ( This is my first post here, so bare with me if I tell you something that you've known for a long time. ) Can someone explain to me why the attached AS code behaves the way it does? Now, ofcause I understand that the switch case where I compare a string and a number doesn't h...more >>

Hi! I'm trying out a technique where i 1) create my GUI in a MovieClip symbol and 2) create an AS2.0 class with the code neccesary to drive the GUI. The code gets linked in through the linkage "AS 2.0 Class" property in the library. The components in the symbol is then avaliable to my clas...more >>

How do I delete a specific index from an array e.g. I have an array as follows myArray = ("blub","blurb",blurb","more blurb"); and need to delete the value myArray[3]. Basic I know, but thanks for any help! ...more >>

Can anyone help me? I am rebuilding my application using a slide presentation and have run into trouble. I need to get a value out of my asp page and into flash. I used an off stage text variable and a JavaScript function to retrieve the value. e.g.: document.flashMovie.setVariable...more >>

For the sake of debugging my current flash movie, I would like to display screen names in a dynamic text box. I am using slides/screens in Flash MX 2004. I have a dynamic text box with a var name of "slideName". This text box is on the rootSlide. I would now like to display the name of the s...more >>

Hi, I have created a game in flash mx, the game works fine and uses linked sounds, however as i have a preloader for the game i do not want the sounds to export in the first frame as this will slow my prelaoder down, however when i untick the export in first frame box in linkage, the sound...more >>

I'm doing something more complex than this, but I simplified my question to get to the heart of the matter. Would the following loop run 100 times or would it respond to the value of myVariable as it changed? myVariable = 100; for (x=0; x <= myVariable; x++){ myVaraible--; }...more >>

HI, I am working very large (1280X1000) so I have split my site into many movies loaded into each other by level (this is because using target did not allow a pre-loader to work when it was loaded into another pre-loaded movie). Somehow my path got messed up with these levels and now the ...more >>

How do you have Director call a function in Flash? Thanks, Shane ...more >>

Hi, Ok this is my problem : I have a flash client where I can type in a question When I click the button it then sends this information to a .aspx(c#) via the GetURL(flash) and the Request.QueryString["question"] method. The .aspx page then querys a database for information and brings bac...more >>

Is it possible to load a web site [http://www.somedomain.com] into a movie clip? ...more >>

Hi everyone, I need some serious help here. I'm working on a site with a horizontal nav bar. The nav bar contains 6 buttons. [ button 1 ] [ button 2 ] [ button 3 ] [ button 4 ] ... the position of button 1 is the MAIN position let's say a user clicks on button 1.. in the interface...more >>

Anyone knows how to do bookmark in flash? Pls help~ In my movie, I have a button which is called Bookmark, when I click that button, it will bookmarked that page and I have to go to another popup window to view my bookmark list, the list will show the page title and page#. I know this on...more >>

hello, my photo gallery won't load the main images within the browser even though it does in flash. everything else work. can you tell me why??...more >>

Hey. I'm trying to recreate the smooth sliding movieclip action on this http://www.central.hundredreasons.com/centraaal.htm. I'm currently using the following script on buttons; on (release) { setProperty("movieclip", _x, 100); } ,but it does create a sliding effect like the abov...more >>

hi, i have a photo gallery for a website made out of thumbnails, they scroll on the y axis. when clicked, they load the main image in the loading screen as ..swf files. now everything works fine in flash even when i test it. however, once inserted in a browser through dreamweaver, the thumbna...more >>