can i open a dialog box on flash movie...? Ej: wiht html: <input type=file> ...more >>

I am working on a business form. The user will see a checkbox preceding a sentence which has a text field in it. If user edits textfield I want the checkbox to automatically change from false to true. Can this be done? If used checkBox.setValue = true; and checkBox.checked= true; ...more >>

i have a php file that generates an array and the length of this array //php file $picture //array $length and a *.fla file that loads this variamles like this: //fla file on (release) { var myData = new LoadVars(); myData.load("test.php","get"); myData.onLoad = fu...more >>

Is there a way to pause all nested movie clips without targeting each one individually? If not, is there a way to list all of the movieclips present at a given time on the stage so that they could be put into an array dynamically and then paused? Thanks, Leslye ...more >>

I have looked at everyones idea's on how to fix the problem i have having with an email being sent out to a php script. For some reason it is not capturing the vars from the fields and sending them to the script. Also i dont want for the page to be called up and shown in the browser. I try...more >>

I've created an autorun CD with a flash executable for a product video demo and would like to allow the viewer to save a demo version of a software program to their hard disk. Is it possible to program a button within Flash that calls up an executable stored on the CD and installs it on their ...more >>

How can I make the classic hand pointer when it goes over a flsh video which hold a link to another web site? This is what I have done so far. It works but the mouse pointer rest an arrow and it doe not change when it is over the flsh animation. someListener = new Object(); someListen...more >>

I'm trying to find an event I can use to get a button to repeat an action until the button is released. I figure I can enter a loop during on(press) but I'm not sure on how to get out of the loop. Is there a way to test to see if the mouse was released? Or is there a better way to do t...more >>

Here is my code: var varctirecid = ctirecid.text; loadMovie("swf2.swf"[POST, varctirecid], _level0); The error I get is: Error opening URL "file:///Documents/folder_one/folder_two/folder%20three/folder_four/undefined" I have a variable named "varctirecid" What am I doing wr...more >>

I have the book Flash MX Actionscript for Dummies. I see that there isn't a Flash MX Actionscript "2.0" for dummies (yet?). Am I wasting my time with the book because of the changes with 2.0 or can I still get a lot from the book teaching the previous version? Thanks! TPS ...more >>

Can someone help me with my actonscript something is not working with submitting of values. I have named my VARS in the text fields in the form. and also if you answer this and say the script is ok can you take a look at the php side. But i really think the php side is ok. function sendFo...more >>

I am trying to have a button be dragable, and on release still execute a command - like gotoAndStop (2) It doesn't seem to want to onrelease stopdrag and onrelease gotoAndStop I'm sure there's a way around this, but can't see it - on Scene1 I have 2 frames - 3 layers layer 1 is action sto...more >>

I have the following flow of data FLASH> COLD FUSION > FLASH First step works as expected, .cfm page processes, and ends with the following blcok of code <cfcatch>error=1</cfcatch> </cftry> error=0 My problem is in accessing the "error" variable back in the Flash movie. Here ...more >>

i need someone to look at the following script. i have a movie clip (f_mc) containing three pictures on frame 1, 2 and 3labeled as index1, index2 and index3. i have two buttons (left and right) to move from one picture to other. i have a also a text field (description_txt) where i want load ex...more >>

I have 10 files in folder. I want to be able to load them all in to an swf file one after the other. title = 1; while(title < 10){ image.loadMovie(title +".jpg"); i = 1; while(i < 13){ if(i = 12){ title = title +1; } i = i + 1; } } HEre is what I have s...more >>

I've developed a Flash CD demo in MX 2004. I am publishing it to a CD as an ..exe file. I'm using Get URL to launch my pdf files, but they are loading in Explorer and the browser window loads behind the Flash movie window. My movie launches full-screen, so the user doesn't know there is anythi...more >>

As the title suggests, anyone using Flash Studio PRO v2? I am working on an interactive flash CD-ROM that involves scrolling flash movies that launch PDFs. I am not a coder by nature and I think I am about to lose my mind. Will this product help me? Anyone have any experience with it? ...more >>

Greetings earthlings! Problem: Director executable file (win NT) running on a CD containing references to dynamically loaded .swf files (importFileInto method) generates the following error: "the procedure entry point FlashWindowEX could not be located in the dynamic link library user32.dll...more >>

The last question is finally answered. The problem seems to be passing a serverpath from flash to the java function. Java doesn't like "c:\actual\server\path\" being passed to it. I work around that by building the path in the html function set_path(pathName,newName ){ parent.bottomFr...more >>

I recently posted this on the general discussion board but no luck so I will try this area to see if anyone takes the bait! I need to create a Flash based mini application to allow a user of a site create a simple 'sign'. You know the sort of thing - type in some text, change the font, cha...more >>

Trying to speed up a site by making links to individual swfs istead of one falsh movie. Its working except the mani menu page starts with an animation that stops at the menu interface on frame 72 ( lable "Home"). The back buttons on each separate swf links back OK but it goes to the begin...more >>

Dear friends, I am quite new to actionscript so I am facing several troubles with no apparent solution. I apologize if this is a problem discussed over and over. I have authored a flash application that sets and retrieves values to/from an Access database through an ASP script. When run ins...more >>

Can anyone help me with this problem: I'm building an multilaguage application in Flash wich has 8 diffrent languages, among them Japanesse language. I'm using one textfield that needs to load two diffrent font types, in same textfiled according to a language prior selected. Fonts resides i...more >>

Can someone look at the code below? The "go to, stop" commands are being ignored by the flash player. Please advise. totalPanels = 4; randomPanel = 1 + Random(totalPanels); switch (randomPanel) { case 1: gotoAndPlay(5); debug.text=randomPanel ; break; case 2: gotoAnd...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create a movie where I have a circle in the middle of the page which shoots out balls at random and in random directions. I was giving the code below which works fine, but only in Flash 6, does anyone know how I can do it in Flash 5? // upper limit in ms for shooting bal...more >>

I have a swf that calls an external swf for displaying a loading message. I want this to continue in its loop cycle until the calling swf has completed loading. How do I access the calling swf file to see if it has loaded? I have tried the following code but it does not seem to work. if(t...more >>

Hey - I've got a movie clip of a plane (not an aero-plane, just a big ol' square), that I'm trying to tilt along a central point in an isometric system, and I'm having problems figuring out how to make it look right. I don't know if ActionScript has any functions that will shear or distort...more >>

Hi, Whenever i add a combobox in my flash app the getNextHighestDepth seem to go "bananas". It seem to start on 1048576. Anyone had the same problem? Is it suppose to be this way? Any fixes? TIA Chris ...more >>

Hello FlashCommunity ! I have a great problem with my combobox. Ok, at first it ist a Box filled with dynamic values and I added an actionlistener on it. on the property change I gotoAndPlay this movie again but with other values for some other code. when I clicked the box, I see a gre...more >>

Hi guys and gals, I'm working on a project where an image is loaded into a mc, then the user will be able to highlight certain areas (for the moment I've got them clicking twice to determine the topleft, bottom right of teh rectangle.) I've a master mc which I then duplicate, and resize a...more >>

Hello, Is it possible to preload an HTML page while an animation is running? Thanks, GS...more >>

Hi, I am preloading swfs and this is (finally) working correctly. The swfs appear in the correct position, but I would like them to be on a different layer in the main movie. How can I get them to play on a specific layer. In the main movie I have tried inserting the code in the layer I...more >>

I have Macromedia flash version 7,0,19,0 installed on my server. I have windows 2000 advanced server installed on my server. Ever since Macromedia flash version 7,0,19,0 was installed, while and after graphics are loaded the screen flahes dozens of times per second. How can I stop this flashin...more >>

Is it possible to do a shorthand if-else if statement, like you can if-else ie: if-else statement (num > 5) ? "Greater Than 5 ": "Less than or Equal to 5"...more >>

I am trying to figure out how to navigate my swf with the keyboard. I checked the help content and the getKeyDown event handler help content doesn't "help" (go figure). I am learning AS so if it is really simple I won't be suprised. stillwaiting ...more >>

Hi All, Sometimes for a input text field, the cursor doesn't seem to blink unless we click in it, even though I use the Selection.Setfocus("textfield"); command Any ideas y Thanks...more >>

Hi Guys, My problem is to duplicate a group of movieclips. What it means is that first I would attach 2 movieclips from the library to an emptymovieclip. (now the emptymovieclip has 2 movieclips attached to it). After that, I want to duplicate this group of movieclips without attaching each...more >>

I have been over some tutorials now lots of them a matter of fact and i run into this and i am not sure what it is for. This is in the send function my_lv.send ("email.php", dataReceiver, "POST"); Now when i remove datareceiver it wants to call up the page email.php and show it to the br...more >>

Hi, i have a movieClip instance named as guy in the stage, which can only be navigated by using up,right,left and down arrow keys. I've written the code for navigation on the instance of the guy itself. (i.e onClipEvent(enterframe){ Now there are 6 squares with each of them having their ...more >>

I can see the video, but nothing happens when it's finished. I put this code into video frame and make this change: _global.file="video2.flv"; var netConn:NetConnection = new NetConnection(); netConn.connect(null); var netStream:NetStream= new NetStream (netConn); my_video.attachVideo (netSt...more >>

Got a little prob here with arrays. ive created an array var my_array:Array = new Array(); for (var i:Number = 0; i<10; i++) { my_array[i ] = "a"+i; // had to ad another space after the i to show this line in the forum... } This will fill the array with names like a0,a1,a2,a3,a4 ...more >>

I am using Flash MX 2004. I have built, or am trying to build , rather, a pre-loader movie clip . The pre-loader_MC is basically composed of 3 elements. a a logo graphic, an animated logotype MC and a spinning "clock" MC ( which also contains an element which displays a countdown). I have b...more >>

I have a button menu (similar to the XML dropped down menu) but without any submenus. What I do is to assign currItem(btn) with a dynamic text name and a small thumbnail. And onClick on the currItem it will go to some other frame. My qns here is as the number of buttons is dynamic, it wi...more >>

If I have a master movie with an empty mc which I then load external .swf files into and I call _root in my code from the external .swf will it access the properties of the host root timeline or the root of the externally loaded .swf movie where the call originates from? ...more >>

Can someone help guide me in this. I have a SWF file that plays an external FLV file within it - what I need to do is tell that SWF that when the FLV is done playing to go to another SWF file - this is for a CD-ROM app. ...more >>

Hi All, in my main movie clip I am creating Empty Movie clip and loading into that a swf file which contains an Empty Movie Clip and I have to load into MovieToLoad.swf 's empty movie clip another swf so How can i do that? this.createEmptyMovieClip("target_mc"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth()...more >>

Is it possible to scroll a datagrid using the mouse wheel. If so, what mouse event should I look for? thanks....more >>

Hi, I have problem assigning color to a dynamic textfield using TextFormat Object. Does anybody knows?? This example i got from Flash Help but this also doesnt work: --------------------------------------------------------------------- The following example creates a text field and set...more >>

Do i need nextFrame and prevFrame for this please? I need to tell the timeline to go forwards if the user mouses to the right of the screen and i need the timeline to go backwards if the user mouses to the left of the screen. Either the main timeline OR an mc timeline - doesn't matter. (...more >>

I would like to load a jpg image using a value written to a text file. XML will not work due to dynamic database data (please dont ask) here is my code: loadMovie("values.asp", 2); - I know "values.asp" is not a jpg, but the value of '&image' = pic.jpg ...more >>

I am trying to duplicate a process I use in building Macromedia Director files. I have a tool that creates BMP screenshots and then outputs a TXT file with coordinates for the BMPs. The Director movie then compiles itselft using the text file info and importing the BMPs in the timeline and p...more >>

Hey all, I'd like to create something like a signature box on a touch screen monitor (similar to the credit card signature screens at some stores). Any ideas on how to capture the pen strokes? Thanks for any help, Cinthg ...more >>

Howdy, I have Flash MX 2004.... not Flash MX 2004 Pro. This sucks. I want to load (stream) a .flv into my .swf. I do not have the media component that allows you to just plop it in. I know how to load a .swf into another .swf. Can you load .flv so it streams through a .swf with actionsc...more >>