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dynamix text manipulation
Posted by viperx116 at 9/12/2004 11:05:51 PM
I need to do a that allows the user to change the formatting of text, like this: http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~dbass/cs183B/183BLab3.html I'm having trouble how to make TextField and TextFormat objects. This is what I've got so far: ...more >>


spacebar/arrows interact
Posted by homegrownideas at 9/12/2004 8:30:20 PM
I am working on creating a game in flash mx and I was wondering about the actionscripts you would use to make a symbol move. For example: you make the symbol shoot using spacebar and move left by the left arrow. ...more >>

Help - Flash Script Examples
Posted by pg_india at 9/12/2004 8:01:44 PM
Dear Friends, i urgently need some sample examples on flash. If some one has please send me to pg_india@rediffmail.com regards pg...more >>

Help - Flash Script Examples
Posted by pg_india at 9/12/2004 8:01:40 PM
Dear Friends, i urgently need some sample examples on flash. If some one has please send me to pg_india@rediffmail.com regards pg...more >>

Scroller +mathematics
Posted by thoand at 9/12/2004 6:32:01 PM
Hi, I am tweaking on a scroller, and I've had no problems so far. Please look here: http://www.mr-andersen.no/scroller6.html ( source available) The text will be loaded dynamically( right noe I've placed some test text in a variable, Frame 1, Layer 3) But can anyone here explain ...more >>

Some XML guidence
Posted by Rothrock at 9/12/2004 5:31:30 PM
Thank you to those who helped me get started with XML a bit ago. I've been having some fun loading in files and then trying to trace specific values, nodes, children, attributes, etc. I still haven't figured out how best to arrange the info in my xml file. Currently I will be typing it by ...more >>

Dynamically load external images?
Posted by Patrick Gibson at 9/12/2004 5:29:45 PM
Hi there -- I'm wondering if there is a way to dynamically load external images into a Flash movie? I'm a beginner to ActionScript, but an experienced programmer. Looking through the Flash MX ActionScript documentation, I couldn't see any of way doing this, but it seems like there must be a wa...more >>

Defining different sides of a symbol
Posted by BuG56 at 9/12/2004 3:58:09 PM
is this possible? is there a script that can locate where a movie clip ends on which side....more >>



Load Movie and pre loaders
Posted by blood divine at 9/12/2004 3:19:54 PM
Can anyone help?? I'm using LoadMovie to load a large SWF file into my main movie which works fine, except as it is a large file i put a preloader onto the front, however the preloader doesn't show and now the new movie doesn't seem to load?? Whats going wrong? ...more >>

Might this be a bug in Flash?
Posted by OOPete at 9/12/2004 3:02:34 PM
Hi, I've been trying to add a listener to a text input via a class, but I've been unable to make it work. As a fix I've created the listener Object on the main fla's timeline, followed by it's onChange function, like such: So basically: When I call nowAddListener() from the class...more >>

Dynamic variables from txt
Posted by arlowf at 9/12/2004 2:34:01 PM
Hey everybody. I'm trying to get a .jpg file to load into a movie symbol in my flash file. But I want the url (syntax: loadMovie(url,targetmovie) ) to be a variable name which gets its value from a .txt file which serves as a MIME. Here is my action script. It's short. I have a movie on t...more >>

action script (?) buttons
Posted by bazzdaciple at 9/12/2004 2:03:23 PM
in flash mx 2004 i created a rectangle (instance name = movie) that scrolls from left to right. in it i placed a intro-movie. also from left to right i let two buttons scroll. on their end position on the screen the two buttons are on top of the intro movie. onjective is that the visitor can s...more >>

Is it possible to play audio tracks from a cd?
Posted by hackysack at 9/12/2004 1:57:21 PM
Im creating a audio/data cd with an autorun flash movie and was just wondering if it possible to play audio tracks from the cd within the flash movie. thanks...more >>

Full Screen Script For Flash?
Posted by hackysack at 9/12/2004 1:23:04 PM
hey, i was just wondering if anyone could help me with the action script fo making a flash movies run at full screen, also without the menu bar on the top, i have seen this done before but for the life of my cannot seem to find the script for this. Thanks ...more >>

In the interests of progress...
Posted by OOPete at 9/12/2004 11:51:04 AM
As a sole Flash Developer, there are times when I could really use the aid of a fellow Developer when i start gettin bugged by a particular problem, and in return help solve a problem - invariably it's easier to spot the errors in code you didn't create, so it'd make perfect sense... So, I...more >>

Stop all timelines?
Posted by bobo26 at 9/12/2004 9:58:10 AM
Is there a way of stopping all timelines using Actionscript? Essentially I want to call the stop() function, or something similar, and have it effect all timelines throughout the movie, so everything freezes, but without actually needing to list each movieclip to stop, as they will be created ...more >>

motion trail with fade?...
Posted by kjwilliams at 9/12/2004 6:19:09 AM
OK, I know how to do a motion path, but.... How do I do a fading trail along a path as the object passes?... Think of a old-style electronics data screens for the effect I am after. Can anyone point me to a tutorial of how do do that kind of fading trail?.... ...more >>

Embed HTML Table inside flash movie?
Posted by Ericlim at 9/12/2004 5:57:38 AM
Can anyone here help to let me know how can i embed html table inside the flash movie? is it flash support HTML tag like <table><tr><td></td></tr></table>? ...more >>

swapDepth not putting on top...?
Posted by abeall at 9/12/2004 4:56:11 AM
I've got an interesting problem... I have a project that deals with a large number of dynamcially created objects(via duplicateMovieClip and attachMovie). To control some pre-existing object's layer depth to be over top some of the dynamci objects(since all dynamic objects are created abov...more >>

External variable woes
Posted by steveJo at 9/12/2004 4:55:48 AM
I'm trying to make things more dynamic by setting a lot more external variables. The issue is, is I need them to be a number. Seems like I can only get strings from external files. Thats fine - I can convert to a number. But my variable keeps comming across as "variable\n" \n??? I...more >>

Advanced moving between scenes problem
Posted by Bulitt at 9/12/2004 2:04:24 AM
Hi there Im having trouble with moving from scene to scene in the project I am working on. I have 2 scenes on the first is a background_animation_movieclip. Scene 1 has this clip in one frame. As I use the uparrow key I advance through this clip one frame at a time. When I reach 10...more >>

Jumping Character
Posted by BuG56 at 9/12/2004 1:57:24 AM
I have been experimenting with making a character jump, although i have tried multiple approaches, they all crash flash. this one does as well although i do not know why. onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) { while (this._y != _root.JumpDis) { this._y--; if (...more >>


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