Hi, I am trying to load an external mp3 file as a sound event - works as a stream tho'! faFile = "http://myserver/mymp3.mp3"; //Load sound faTrack = new Sound(); faTrack.loadSound(faFile, false); faTrack.onload = start_the_sound(); function start_the_sound() { faTrack.start(...more >>

Ok, everything works except for the new fonts, it only changes once. Can you see what's wrong? My script is a bit different different from yours because I don't think I'm suppose to write it like yours. ...more >>

I'm trying to get data into a datagrid from an aspx file. The return vale of the aspx file is event=event1 event2 event3. I am getting the value and they will display in a text box, but when I try to split them into an array for use by the datagrid, I get undefined as the value (text box con...more >>

Hello again! more trouble... I am using sction script to make a movie clip scroll up or down when the mouse is in a certain area of the screen. i.e. over a button. It works except after the gallery has scrolled about 2 times, it stops!? i am duplicating the movie clip so that the scroll is...more >>

I am doing a createEmptyMovieClip("pic",100) then loading a jpeg into the newly created movieclip pic.LoadMovie("image.jpg"); The image loads ok, but then I want to add an onRelease event handler like pic.onRelease = function() { trace("clicked");} I never see the trace. ...more >>

Here is the code which I am trying to debug. I am trying to capture click event of dynamic buttons to load external swf files but it is not working. How do I get this done? Thanks in advance. for (count=1;count<=15;count++) { this.createTextField('textArea'+count,count,0,count*20,50,20); ...more >>

Hi... I have a Flash floating ad I have placed on a layer in my html. The flash ad movie disappears after 10 seconds but the layers stays and although transparent, it block links below the layer - I cannot access anything below it. Is there a way to control layers from my flash movie? Make...more >>

This is a little weird. I have two components, one has an array of the other. I step through the array of objects and call a setValue function which pushes a value onto it's array of values. However, the value seems to be pushed onto the array of every object. The sample attached should cl...more >>

I have an application that changes an image on the server. When I retrun to the place in the movie that displays the image, the display shows the original image to loaded. Is the a way to make flash reload this image from the server and ignor the image in momory? ...more >>

I set up a site where the first page contains a flash movie. I want the user to be shunted to an alternate page if the appropriate flash player isn't present. I don't want them to be offered the chance to download the player or be taken to Macromedia. Someone told me that this is accomplish...more >>

I tried to import a swf file to my stage in a new document and for some reason when I test the movie it does not play? I don't even see any frames imported. It does bring the symbols in. Help!...more >>

Hi Friends, I am new in this exciting world of flash. I was wondering how can I have multiple button action on one image. Imagine I have a car remote control and there are two buttons ( open , close ) I want to run a movie clip on pressing open and second movie clip on pressing close. ...more >>

Hi anyone, How do I tell flash to preload a scene, and then echo the percentage that has already loaded into a dynamic text field. When the loading is finished, it should go to that scene. (Oh, maybe it is helpful that in the beggining, only the first scene with the progressbar is loaded) ...more >>

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I have a button on the stage and a movie with the instance name "question" when I click the button I want the question to fade away so I wrote: on (release){ while(question._alpha>0){ question._alpha -=1; trace(question._alpha); trace("doin...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for script while rollovering the buttons and the main image will fade in type of effect just like the elizabetharden site. Does anyone know the action for this type of the effect? sample site: http://www.elizabetharden.com/hub.html Thanks a lot ...more >>

I know you can create objects in this fashion: myObject = {colors:Array("red","blue","Green")} output would be myObject[colors][0] = "red" myObject[colors][1] = "blue" etc But what I want to use in place of colors as the identifier is a variable. But I can't get the variable to ...more >>

Hi. I am new to actionscript and have built a VERY simple gallery for my portfolio. I would like to have the images fade when a thumbnail is clicked, but have no idea how to do this. I've attached a copy of my fla file. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks in advance for your tim...more >>

Alright, I ran into a rather odd situation: my setup includes the main timeline, which has a movie clip that acts as a menu, and buttons inside the movie clip. Orignally, I was using code in a action frame on the main timeline like this and it had been working fine: this.Eventmenu.Cancel...more >>

I know that this is possible to do, but can't remember how. How do you take 2 strings and convert it to a variable name? example: q1 = "what is 2 + 3?" varNumber = 1 varQ = "q" + varNumber trace(varQ) Trace value I get is // output = "q1" Trace value I want: //out...more >>

I need someone to help me out with this, what I am trying to do is when I roll over a button in one swf I want that button to tell the other swf to display a picture preview for the button. The reason I ask is cause I am doing this in dreamweaver using frames, with an swf file in the upper fra...more >>

I'm using the dateChooser Component (w/2004 Pro) and I get an output error: **Warning** Symbol= Calendar, layer=Actions : Class, frame=1:Line 682: The identifier 'object' will not resolve to built-in object 'Object' at runtime. point = new object(); Total ActionScript Errors: 1 R...more >>

I created a calendar and when i initiate it, it only displays the days up to the current day. So today is the 15th, it only displays the first 15 days. I can not figureout how to get all the days of the month to display my code is: var tempDate = new Date(theDate.getTime()); while (theDa...more >>

Hi, I am creating a Flash website and here's what I'm hoping to do: Before the user enters the site, they are prompted to create a drawing. The drawing would be made in Flash and is a defined height and width. When the user hits submit that drawing becomes part of a gallery displayed on the ...more >>

I'm trying to move a clip across the stage slowly with this script. And it's working just fine this.pelicula_mc.onEnterFrame = function() { _x -= 5 }; I'm trying to stop the movement when _x = -360 this.pelicula_mc.onEnterFrame = function() { _x -= 5 if (_x = -360) { del...more >>

I have to deliver some lengthy sounds in a project as streaming sounds, due to issues of wait time if we try to preload them. I have other clips on the stage which need to "act" when the sounds begin playing -- *not* before. I'm unaware of any way to detect when streaming sounds start playback:...more >>

I have a movieclip which contains 3 animations now each animation start point has a frame label eg Ani1 Ani2 Ani3.And the first frame of the movie is blank withb a stop(); on it Now what i want is for the movieclip to wait the amount of time (which in this case is 1 min and 25 seconds) and then ...more >>

ok, basicily what im trying to do is convert some string to array, and populate it to separate dynamic textfields, so I will be able to make every word clickable. No problem with that. What im strugling with is positioning a textfields like they are layout in a normal textBox. For some reason ...more >>

We need an experienced Action Script Flash developer to help with an XML driven Flash Website. Required immediately, for 1 -2 weeks. Applicants able to work on-site, South Coast UK only please. contact: Richard Fawsitt, 01425 485005 apologies if this is on the wrong forum. ...more >>

I have dropped an externally created (swish) file into another .swf file and I want to create a play, stop, forward scene, previous scene buttons that control this file. I was trying to use: on (press) { pause.gotoAndStop("about_alden.swf")}; } where pause is the button instance, and ...more >>

I have an application that allows a user to delete a photo. When the user deletes the photo, I call a cfm page and delete the photo file on the server, then I go to the last photo and rename it to fill the hole created by the deleted photo. When I go back to the display section the deleted pho...more >>

Hello i'm making a web site and i have the index.html divided in two frames (top, main). My swf ins in the top frame, in the swf I have a button that i want it to open an html in the nain frame. What instruction i use to do this, the geturl? what i put in the " window " option? ...more >>

Hello everyone, I'm trying to do something that I've seen in about 100 places, but I can't seem to find a movie or tutorial on it. Basically, I have one really wide background that I want to animate moving once a navigation item has been clicked. To see the interface that I'm using go ...more >>

I am new to Flash and having done the tutorials i still do not understand the errors that occur with the action script. So when i double click a function from the menu i get a handeling error, could some one help me to fix this. ...more >>

hello, I have set up a media display component that links to an flv, this works fine. I am also setting up a script to listen for cue points which I have set up, I am having prroblems reading the names of the cue points. I have my code like so: myObj=new Object(); myObj.cuePoint...more >>

I have one movieClip over another. The top one has a RollOver Script. The MC under it must also recieve notification that the mouse is over it. Right now the top MC is "eating" the mouseOver or RollOver event, and the bottom MC is unaware of the event. is there a way to allow the RollO...more >>

Hi everybody: I have a Site developed in ASP pages, some page have swf movies and I wish show "ASP recordset values" into that SWF movies. Can Anybody tell me how? Thanks in advance. GVH ...more >>

i am having a nightmare getting a pdf file to open up from my flash mx 2004 projector file can anyone help me asap? thanks steve...more >>

Hello! I don't know much about flash yet. Still learning. Luckily there is a lot of information on how to solve different kind of problems. But there is one problem I can't find anything about on the internet. Please help! I'm building a website with a portfolio. I want to make a...more >>

Hallo NG, this is my situation: for (i=0; i<3; i++) { mc_Load.onRelease = function() { stopDrag(); if ((this._parent._x<(-305)) || (this._parent._x>(-65)) || (this._parent._y<20) || (this._parent._y>290)) { setProperty(this._parent, _x, _root["holdx"+i]); setProperty(t...more >>

Dear friends, I know it must be quite simple, but I need to execute a pdf file by clicking a button. I tried with on (release) { fscommand("exec", "01.pdf"); } but it does not work. What am I doing wrong? Must the file be into a folder? Thank you very much for your help!!! ...more >>

I have created a movie (attached in MX format) that has a main menu that appears after pressing a green button. Then when you press the Portfolio button, another menu appears in a different area after being "uncovered" by a sliding mask. That works great. I'm happy with that. But when I try to...more >>

Hi, Does onLoad() event for LoadVars() return any error code if it fails. Yes it dows return whether the load is SUCCESS or FAIL. But if it fails does it return any specific error codes. E.g Load might fail either due to connection or page error..some thing like that. ...more >>

I'm using flash 7.2. I'm creating a maze game where the user moves his mouse pointer through the maze. I would like to know how do I restrict the mouse movement to the space inside the maze, such that the user would not be able to move the mouse pointer over the lines. ...more >>

Hi there... I'm just a novice, when it comes to Flash - but that can't stop me from trying... Right now I'm having troubles with the actionscripts - this is a little follow-up, on what it is I'm trying to do.. It's a gallery that I'm creating! I have a movieclip, that has to act li...more >>

It is a CD-ROM presentation.And the presentation in exe format. We have students data in xml. We populate the filtered students data into the datagrid using a search option available for the user. Now a user wants the have only the filtered data or the rows selected by him in the datagri...more >>

Hi I am afraid but nots possible to write a .txt file from Flash itself. You have to use a Middleware to get it done may be php or asp. But I dont whether ur making an Off-line or On-line Application.. ------------- aShIsH ...more >>

yes you can use, be sure that you u r making changes only after it loads.. may be u can use onLoad event or an Interval to execute, but make sure its executed only after the movie is loaded in that levels ...more >>

Hi there, Is it possible to access the width and height properties of the swf file that are in the the <embed> tag on the HTML page? I want to be able to set the width and height of the stage within flash to same size as the swf dimensions so that there is no scaling. Thanks Mat ...more >>

The subject pretty much sums it up... I have a flash executable (which launches full screen). Typically for online presentation I use getURL to launch the pdf's, but all the pdf's will be local (on the same cd as the .exe/hqx). If you have any tutorials or suggestions on how to launch a ...more >>

Here's what I've done and what I'm trying to do and what's happening: -I've imported an XML file -Rather than creating a mess of arrays in the swf file, I'm trying to dynamically create actions for buttons to parse information from data sets in the XML file as needed. -Tracing the variable...more >>

I am in bad shape here; Movie has 2 scenes. Scene 1 has a button. Scene 2 has a script that loads a movie with this syntax: loadMovie("subclip.swf","_level10"); The button on Scene 1 need to navigate to a label on the time line of the loaded clip. I am using this syntax: on(relea...more >>

I was wondering how to shorten the sub menu on a mouse. I saw a tutorial about a long time ago, but at the time, I didnt need it. the tutorial even gave you the option to customize the menu, its great! any ideas are welcome! ...more >>

Hi, I have designed a form in flash that has an email field. The user types the email and I validate the email field (i.e. check whether it has @ and a 'dot' etc) using actionscripting and in case the field is NOT valid I display an error next to the field. I have used TextInput field for...more >>

I've done an animation and I found it most simple to work with by chop it up into diffrent scenes. So what I want is an action that in the end of each timeline make flash go to the next scene. I am not sure how to do this; when I try the nextScene action, it seems to loop back to the scene whe...more >>