I'm making a game where I need variables to kepp track of life points, so that when life_points = 0 gotoAndPlay *Losing Screen* I dont know how to do any of this though so any hep would be appreciated! ...more >>

I was just wondering how i would go about making a horizontal scroll bar that can only move lets say a maximum of 20 pixels to the right of the orgin. Thanks in Advance ...more >>

Does anyone know how to detect the current location of a movie clip? I have several different ways a movieClip can animate depending on where it came to rest at the end of the last motion. My problem is that the motion keeps starting at the x,y location of where it is in the beginning of the m...more >>

How can I make some text members move in a circular way going farther (smaller) and closer(bigger) like they were moving around a sphere. I've seen this in some web sites. Does anyone know how to do this depending on the users movement of the mouse? Thanks, Brenda S. ...more >>

Where can I find good transitions, action scripts and components ready to use. Thanks, brenda,...more >>

Hello, I'm having a problem with an array Linkage issue, the best way to explain it is to show you the code and tell you after you've copy and pasted and seen the results: -------------------Code---------------------- var my_car:Array = new Array({make:"none"}); trace("...> Assigning Do...more >>

Have a simple scrollPane component that pulls a simple .swf file with a button. I want the button to go to the root movie and play a frame/label. Have tried many variations of code and doesnt' seem to work. files; main.swf - root movie aComponent.swf - movie with component a....more >>

I have a movieClip instance on the stage. Inside this is 2 input text boxes and 2 comboBoxes. I am sending all the inputted info (variables) to PHP. I can get the variables out of the text boxes but not from the comboBoxes. Eack combobox is a movieClip with this: onClipEvent(enterFrame){...more >>

Hi, If you have worked with the MediaPlayBack, you have noticed that in the progress bar the text says STREAMING or PAUSED......is it possible to change that text?? And how? I have tried to change the "build in as" StreamingMediaConstants.as....but I havent quite understood how they w...more >>

I am assigning the following actionscript to a button: on (release) { getURL("assets\promo\Anchor_PSA30.avi", "_blank"); } When the flash is published and the button is pressed, I get a file not found. The file is there, but for some reason flash is changing the name of the file to...more >>

Hi. I have already posted this subject in the General Discussions forum but was told to move it here. I am trying to achieve a transition effect when changing content on my webpage. I have found this sample web page that has the exact right effect that I am after (the grey box that slides ...more >>

I need to pull a list of xml file names from the same folder where my swf is located. Once I have the file list I want to be able to choose the file I want to parse. Any Ideas?...more >>

I posted this before with no luck so I thought I'd try again. Is it possible to have a TextArea read and display HTML coding if it is linked to a txt file using UTF-8 coding and the System.useCodepage = true; ? Or is there any way of specifying what font should be used for the text being d...more >>

Hello All, I am using the line chart component for drawing a line chart. But, I require that chart to be editable with user interaction. Meaning, that the user should be able to click the points and move them around and update the chart. The point moves but the lines do not update. An...more >>

I have code that takes a randomly generated number and based on that number will load a certain swf. The problem is that it always loads the same movie. There are no errors on my output and I don't what I am doing wrong: on (release) { x = Number(random(5)) if (x=0) { testLoader....more >>

Hello. I am trying to preload dynamic swf files from an asset folder into a blank movie clip within my main swf file. Some of the files are 2+ mb and need to preload. Let me tell you what I have done so far, and hopefully someone can put me on the right path. I am dynamically importing the...more >>

I need to create a preloader that start the animation when there's enough of the flash loaded. ie. When you watch a Movie Trailer on the web, the movie is not completly loaded when it start to play. It continue loading and playing in sametime. It's important that the animation does not...more >>

I have a graphic placed on the main stage. I have two buttons (button 1 and button 2). When you click on button 1 first a movie plays and the GRAPHIC changes position (to position B). and then? When you click on button 2 it will play a different movie and the GRAPHIC will stay in positio...more >>

Hi Any help appreciated on this one I have a flash navigation bar with a number of buttons with rollover and an action attached to them - I also need to be able to detect if a button has been already been clicked on (thus the person using the site has already been to that area). I want t...more >>

hello all, jensen helped me last week to come up with a timer that counts down every 10 minutes to coordinate with a refresh of external data. however, when i put this timer code into my file, it doesn't work. i've tried commenting out all the non-timer code but the timer is stuck at 10:0...more >>

Hi all. Wondering if anybody out there has used some kind of script to determine whether the user has a broadband or narrowband connection and then re-direct them to a page containing either a broadband .swf or a narrowband ..swf. Any help would be appreciated Thanks! ...more >>

Hi. I'm new to actionscripting and am trying to make a differnt type of preloader. Currently on my homepage, here is an example: http://www.aprilkinnelly.com/index3.html When you look there is a grey box with a diagonal line. I would like to have the box (without the diagonal line) be...more >>

Hi everybody, I need to use some same script on tons of different movie clips (also with different names) in a Flash movie. Is there any easy way to do that? I know in Macromedia Director you can easily choose multiple sprites and write one script for all of them at the same time. I reall...more >>

Hi, I have a certain flash setup that I have worked on, and I need to know if something is possible in flash (what better place to go than macromedia). I am creating a presentation for a networking service, and this presentation has multiple "stories" which the user sees randomly each time...more >>

I need some hep with the actionscript... i am trying to make a Flash Movie with dynamically loaded text(from a .txt file). I have successfully achived this by adding the cod " loadText = new loadVars(); loadText.load("dyText.txt"); //creating the loadVarsText function loadText.on...more >>

on (release) { loadMovie("m.swf", "moviehere"); } I am trying to replace a movie clip with a separate swf file. My main movie is 500x400px and my movie clip that is on the main page is 300x300px. The movie clip on my main page is placed in a certain position. When I loadMovie...more >>

Hi I have a question about XML If I load an XML file into my movie, and the structure is something like this: <stores> <store> <name>Foo 1</name> <city>Paris</city> </store> <store> <name>Foo 2</name> <city>Berlin</city> </store> <store> <name>Foo 3</name> <city>...more >>

Hi, in JavaScript is possible to make an HTML page expiring after checking the date on the machine where the files are running and, if the result is higher then a certain value, to not open the page. Is it possible to do the same to protect swf files from been opened dragging them dire...more >>

I am trying to create a menu list in the context menu (not an issue) and when the user moves the mouse off of the contextmenu I would like to have the contextMenu close such as when you click on some other part of the screen. Any suggestions on how to do this? If you don't know then post tha...more >>

I have two input text boxes. If I set properties to one box it automatically sets the same properties to the second. Can I stop this? Can I have two Input boxes that are independent of each other?...more >>

i just want to create a universal control panel that will link to any scene inside my flash movie. it has five buttons each of which needs to link to a different scene. i just can't seem to get the buttons inside the mc to link to anything on the main timeline. does anyone out there have any i...more >>

how do i access array of parameters used in a function say am building this sum function sum = function(para1,para2.....paran){ .. ... <-i add the loop addition } how do i access the array of parameters .. ...more >>

Does anyone know how to remove a specific item from an associative array as I am unable to use any of the array() interative methods due to the associative array not having numerically addressable members. Thanks SMc ...more >>

Hiya, Im inside a movie clip called 'apple'. On the first frame of this mc i have the following actions text.push([this._name]) 'text' is the name of a global array. I also have an external 'text' file holding the the value of the variable 'apple'. When this MC is entered I am ho...more >>

Hi every body! Could i put a horizontal line in a dynamic text area. I have already render the text box as HTML but still it is not supporting. Any idea? Thanks JNS...more >>

Hi everybody: I have two Datefield one for "DayIN" and the other one for "DayOut", in the form the visitor select in each Datefield the DayIn and the DayOut of your hotel reservation. The complete form work fine, but I need to know "How can I catch de diference between DayIn and DayOut ????...more >>

Hi, The following code - when the user presses the mouse - plays `effect.swf' in an MC that follows the mouse. When i press the mouse however the `effect.swf' is still draggable while it completes it's timeline (28 frames) instead of completing it's timeline at that mouse press x, y co...more >>

Hi; I'm drawing a blank on what's probably a simple transition. I want to insert a small flash movie in a web page. When the movie is done, I want (1) the web page to close and (2) another one to open. How do I get the movie to do these 2 things ? Thanks; Pat ...more >>

Hi, This is probably really easy but I am trying to create a set of buttons on the fly. My screen has 4 buttons on it and if you press one 3 new ones need to be created and displayed, if you press the second 4 new buttons need to be created and displayed etc. I can do it by going to differ...more >>

Hi, btnOne.onRollOver = function(){ loadMovie("text.swf", "holder_mc"); } btnOne.onRollOut = function(){ unloadMovie("holder_mc"); } This works fine for a SWF being loaded into holder_mc. Now instead of SWF's - i want to use MC's from my sharedLibrary which are set for expo...more >>

Hey I started revising a site and came accross a problem... The menu on the left hand side of the site ( www.mcsaia.com) after the intro page... (its the one that have an orangish background) The way it is set up right now is ver confusing...There are motion tweens before and after each pa...more >>

Hi, I have a movie that has a button menu and when you click on one of these buttons a movie clip loads quite successfully into the main movie stage, that part is working just fine but I can't work out how to position this mc in the correct spot on the stage. I've gone through the help files...more >>

Here's the situation: I'm using a List component with a custom cellRenderer. Everything works fine, just one major problem: the List doesn't draw its item until I roll the mouse over it once. Must be some oversight of mine I suppose, but I can't seem to find where. Any help would be much a...more >>

I am trying to programmatically create a textfield in a movieclip subclass. It will not let me compile the following: class Bouncer extends MovieClip { //constructor public function Bouncer() { this.createTextField("text_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 60, 20); ...more >>

I am currently using getUrl from within a flash movie in respons to a button to open a separate window and play a second flash (swf) movie. This opens a complete new browser window. Is there a way to easily just open a window without any of the browser toolbar "stuff." I would like th...more >>

Hi all, I thought that Flash MX allowed you to name button instances, and I believed this feature would allow you to state the target path of a movie clip within a button that's within a movie clip (or something similar). That's what I'm trying to do, but, when I go to test the movie, I g...more >>

I would like to destroy an object from within the object itself. How can I do this? I would appreciate any pointers. Thanks in advance. Nicholas Crosby...more >>

Maybe I am missing the obvious and I do know that for most instances this may be useless but I need to be able to rotate dynamic or input text fields. I have created an order form that needs to print in landscape mode, I do not want the user to have to manually select landscape mode in the p...more >>

Is it possible to construct your own menu which will appear when you "Right Click" on a button??? I know I can disable the Right Click menu, but I want my own menu to appear which will look nothing like the default Macromedia menu. My menu will contain text and buttons which will link to other...more >>