hey guys i'm doing a school project in the standalone player, and i need to launch IE. is there something i can add, like javascript, to the getURL command so that the IE window that opens up doesn't have any toolbars/statusbars or any of that? that'd be a HUGE help, thanks ...more >>

I have a self-assessment, where users click on values from 3 (usually) to 0 (never). It works now but what I would like to do is allow users to change their minds about an answer. Currently I have a value assigned to each mc, and when it is selected it adds it to the total score, and deactivat...more >>

Does anyone know how the flash animation accompanying the scolling text on http://www.lennykravitz.com/main.html (bio section) was done using action script? I am not new to flash animation, however, I am to flash site design. I am working on a project and I would like to do something similar t...more >>

I can't work out hitTest - I also can't find any decent tutorials in it... The tutorials I find all forget something or assume I have done something. I just want a code that will let me drag one MovieClip onto another and a Dynamic Text Box to say "Yes!" Can any1 help??? ...more >>

I would like to create a preloader that displays 30 jpegs on the screen one after the other. That is, as soon as one jpeg is loaded, it is displayed on the screen. Then, the preloader goes to the next jpeg and so on. Is this possible? Here's the code for the 30 jpegs: stop(); i = 1; j=...more >>

Hello everyone; below is the code that I am trying to run. My problem is I am loading thumbnail images and at the same time I want them to be clickable. It's not happening I even tried to do an attachMovie, I am missing something. I would rather do this with out the attachMovie. _...more >>

Hello all, I'm having problems compiling my AS 2.0 projects. I will sometimes get an error message like this one: The name of this class, 'MyClass', conflicts with the name of another class that was loaded, 'MyClass'. class MyClass extends MovieClip {I browsed several forums and found tha...more >>

Does anyone know how to connect to a dot net service if it's in the webroot?? This works because the aspx pages are nested in folders NetServices.setDefaultGatewayUrl("http://localhost/flashremoting/gateway.aspx" ); gatewayConnnection = NetServices.createGatewayConnection(); def...more >>

I got a button with the following code attached to it: on (press) { this._parent.startDrag(); } on (release) { this._parent.stopDrag(); } on (press) { gotoAndPlay(whatever); } on (release) { gotoAndPlay(whatever); } everything works fine, but when I put another key ...more >>

Is there a way for end of one swf movie to close the flash player and call another swf movie which will re-open a fresh flash player I have 6 movies. The movies i have are too long i think to play smoothly after a while... the music and animation always gets unsmoothed.. (whatever).. Infact ...more >>

Is there no way to retreive URL variables (ex: www.mysite.com?id=5) without server side scripting. This needs to function offline so I can't use server technology, Is there no actionscript to read the url? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, novice to scripting... can someone recommend the "easiest" way to have a browser see a new set of images (logos) each time the browser is refreshed? I was going to do this using JavaScript, but thought I'd give it a try using Flash instead since I can get a nice "fade-in" effect when ...more >>

Hey there, I'm desparately seeking for a possibility to modify the registration point of a movie clip through lingo, that is not to move the movie clip on the stage, but to change the position of the registration point within the movie clip. Is this possible somehow? Regards, Rom...more >>

Hello, I have noticed that LiveConnect doesn't work everywhere. I got it to work on IE and Mozilla for Windows and Mozilla for Linux... I also tried it on Safari on Mac and Opera on Windows but couldn't get it to work.. However, what would be a clean way of testing weather live connect is ...more >>

I have used this code to load a movie into a project on (release) { loadMovieNum("sun1.swf", 1); } works perfectly however there is one thing that is beyond me, ... well lots actually! This code does not allow me to load multiple instances of the same movie file, if I load the fi...more >>

Why am I having trouble sending email (or even connecting to a web page) when I use on (release) { getURL("mailto:tony@etonys.com?subject=CD-ROM%20Response", "_blank"); } on a button? (A simplified address without any window specification was just as useless.) I've been testing this fr...more >>

I'm having trouble hiding a scroll bar when it is not required (i.e. when text too short). using: myTextField.vScrollPolicy = "auto"; myTextField.hScrollPolicy = "auto"; doesn't seem to work at all, even vScrollPolicy = "off";hScrollPolicy = "off"; Does nothing, leaving an unwante...more >>

Hi forum, I don't have much experience in scripting. I have 3 input text fields. t1,t2 and t3. I want to focust to the second text when movie loads. I had done this by using Selection("t2"). But now the tab is not working. I eant to enable the tab and while cursor moves to t3 the background...more >>

Hello, somebody know how I put a icon in a datagrid and when I click in this icon, for example, a window appear. And how I get a value of a cell of a datagrid ? Please help me ! ...more >>

I'm creating a poll of which the number of votes and so on are stored in an external textfile. I'm loading them into the movie by using LoadVars.load, but when I used the LoadVars.onLoad event, it sets onLoad as a variable within the LoadVars object. I'm using the following code: textfile ...more >>

I am trying to make a movie where I have a long timeline of events which you can scroll through. I want to control it with a button which you can click on and drag. I have the scrolling button working with: on (press) { startDrag(this, false, 50, 240, 436, 240); } on (release) { ...more >>

I want to have 22 buttons and be able to click and select a random quantity of them for instance button 2, 5 & 9. Once selected I want it to play only sections 2, 5 & 9 on the timeline but continuously. Ideally I would also like to be able to choose the order it plays them, I'm pretty sure it ...more >>

i'm having a bit of a problem passing some values to a function onClipEvent(mouseUp){ _root.DragOFF(this, startx, starty, target1); } as you can see when i mouse off the four values should be passed to the following function, the first three get passsed with no problem but th...more >>

im trying to script a button to appear after all buttons are pressed on the stage, would i have to use a listener, or would it be if and else statements. im a bit thin on this one...more >>

?I just want to create a simple text box (single line) that lets text scroll horizontally across it. The text box will only be 80 pixels wide and will hopefully display text from a text file in the same folder called "mytxt.txt". Is this easy to do? I've searched everywhere for a tutorial bu...more >>

Hi everyone! I have a problem I thought was very easy to solve, but I cant.. First, I use Flash MX 2004 Professional, there I have a button inside a movieclip. In the ActionsScript I write: on(press, release) { gotoAndStop("Scene 2", 1); } No I supposed that when i pressed...more >>

Maybe i am missing something here, or maybe this just dosent work. For some reason i can't get my sendAndLoad function to work. It dosent call up the file at all. If someone colud take a look at the code below and tell me what im doing wrong it would be great. Thanx. oppdater_btn.on...more >>

Hi, I'm currently new in Flash MX, I'm now working on a product browser, i'm trying to make a button launch an external application made in visual fox pro. I tried using the command "getURL" to launch the EXE but it doesnt launch the EXE automatically, a screen first shows up asking to whe...more >>

hello I have some problems while creating a generic xml class. This class uses naturally the function "load" and the property onLoad to execute my own functions when the file is loaded. My problem is : if I define onLoad directly within my class, flash loses all the variables in my class...more >>

Dear gurus/members, I am new to actionscript. I have created a script that will play server side sound object and client side mp3 files alternately. Now, I would like to play the client side mp3 first then only play server side sound object alternately. However, I have no idea how can I do s...more >>

Hi all, I am developing a system in Flash that incorporates a number of swf files. As users drill down the navigation system different swf files are loaded and unloaded. What I would really like to do is incorporate a "Back" button which when pressed will recall the last swf file unloaded, loa...more >>

I have a menu (movie clip embedded), and would like to assign an action to a button that will do 2 things (at the same time). Is this possible? 1. go to a ?frame? located on frame 10 of this movie clip (labeled ?blue?) 2. go to ?frame? located on the main movie on frame 100 (labeled ?white?)...more >>

Hi there, I have had a good deal of success with creating dynamic functions on the fly with actionscript, but I am stuck with a problem I don't know how to fix because I don't understand what the problem is. I am making a dynamic menu which reads button labels and then creates a menu of a ...more >>

I need to know for certain when the mouse cursor leaves the flash movie in a web page. Right now the behavior is really strange. The movie assumes the cursor is over the movie in the position last recorded during the last loop. So if I move the cursor out of the movie onto my web page quick en...more >>

Hi everyone.... I can't find where to open the window in the actions window that asks me what frames to go to... etc.... anyone? Thank's for your help:) ...more >>

Hi I need to get reference to a movie that has been loaded dynamically onto a layer. The movie should always be on frame 1 of the layer. Once I have access to the movie I need to change variable values. How do I access the movie on a given layer dynamically. I won't know what the mo...more >>

Is it possible to load an image in the DataGrid Component? I have looked through the class description undocumented methods and amazing work around never cease to amazing me. If you know that this is not possible let me know. Thanks! Wade ...more >>

Hey, I have to make a cash register program, it works fine except I need for it t take the displayed change and convert it into the smallest # of bills possible, can someone help me!?...more >>