I have 2 swfs embedding in an HTML page that I want to control using my main swf (3 total). When the main movie changes, I want the other two to change at the same time. How can I do this without using LocalConnection or FS commands? ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a script to email a friend the URL address that the viewer is on. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks - Leigh...more >>

Ok, I am seeing mixed reports on using scenes. I am producing a training solution in Flash MX2004 Pro. Project has 10 sections which are 10 movie clips loaded into main timeline at labeled frames. Each of these swf's have several (one has 12) sub-sections and I would like to use scenes...more >>

Flash MX 2004 help file explicitly states "These user layout properties are read-only and cannot be changed by Flash Player." that includes : page height, width, and orientation, ...more >>

Why is there no function for converting a string/character to it's ascii value? Is there a workaround for this...charCodes will not work for my specific problem. Is there anything short of writing a lookup table for getting the ascii value of a character? As a side note...why does 97 == 'a...more >>

I am wanting to extend the XMLCOnnector class but am having a hard time finding it. The documentations states that it is located at mx.data.components.XMLConnector but if I search for the XMLConnector.as file I come up with nothing. Any ideas as to why this class file is not included? Tha...more >>

I'm trying to use code to move movieClips within a moveClip. The movieClip seems to have an odd registration point. I would like to reference the space using 0,0 at the top left, as is the Stage. But in the clip there is a registration point in the center of the window, and the coordinates all...more >>

Quick overview: I've got a site that I need to create where there are two frames: HTML content in one, Flash navigation in the other. When you use the navigation it "sticks" on your selection to show what page you're on while it loads the appropriate content in the other frame. However...more >>

I can load the text no problem but can't get it to show french and spanish accent marks or special characters, can this be done somehow??...more >>

Having a problem with getting the initial value of the numeric stepper to use a loaded variable. //Code is on main timeline frame 1 //loaderpage is determined from url parameter. loadVariablesNum(loaderpage, 0); //Variables do load and I can use in text fields //I am loading a nume...more >>

I need my button/symbol to close the browser window. I used fscommand action: "close". Also tried file>close. No sucess. the file>close made the browser put up an error regarding: no likey fscommand. Couldnt find a clue in help or actionscript dictionary. I know most people know the corne...more >>

Hi, im relative flash new person. Anyone can help me? On my movie I have several objects that are dragable by using the attached simple script. I now need to add to this action script to make it so that when you drag an object it brings that object to the front of the layer so it is not co...more >>

How do I set a movie clip to be invisible on the stage? I have a rollover effect to make it visible on rollover and invisible on mouse out however I want it to be invisible to start with. thanks, cj ...more >>

This is probably a simple problem, but I am new to flash and I cannot figure it out. I am doing a flash tutorial that has a main menu. Once someone clicks on a tutorial from the menu a new movie loads in that window. The only problem is that the menu movie is still there in the background. I k...more >>

Actionscript is first frame x = 0; a = random(300)+150; b = Math.round(a*0.333333); c = Math.round(b*0.333333); d = Math.round(c*0.333333); e = Math.round(d*0.333333); f = Math.round(e*0.16666667); Actionscript in 2nd frame x++; if (x<e) { r = Number(r)+10; } if (x<d...more >>

Is there anyway to abort the loadMovie action before it finishes downloading? I am loading large numbers of JPG thumbnails into my flash movie using loadMovie. If I suddenly leave to another section of my site, it seems like flash is continuing to download the JPGs in the background, even th...more >>

Hi I have been making my own .swf files which use the WebServiceClasses all week along with the command import mx.services.*; Now i have been given a .fla by somebody else (ie their graphics) The problem is that I get the following error. -------------------------------------------...more >>

I have followed the instructions in Flash and on different tutorial sites on applying a new theme to a UI component but I keep running into the same problem. I have a TextArea component that I want to apply a new theme to. I have created my own theme (copying and modifying the Halo theme). W...more >>

Hello, I wrote a very simple movie clip that plays a sound from its library. It plays fine when directly launched. My problem starts when I try to launch the swf file from another movie clip with loadmovie. The sound doesn't play anymore. Here are the two sample action scripts: The lo...more >>

I want to be able to load in a different xml file depending on the selected language - this works fine except for using foreign characters in the file (disrupts the xml structure) - does anyone know how I can define such characters in the xml document and display them correctly in Flash? ...more >>

Hi! We're currently developing a reservation system using CFMX/Flash MX 2004 Pro/Actionscript, and we'd be glad if you could please help us. Actually we'd be grateful if you could please explain to us how we can add (if possible) more features to a textarea component in Flash MX 2004 Pro ...more >>

I have tried numerous tutorials (http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=30632 - for one) and looked at a couple of support topics that show/ask how to import xml into a text field. I am now able to do that, however I am working on a project that has a lot of text and needs to ...more >>

u cant! use SharedObjects instead.. ~Arul Prasad. ...more >>

I am sending http request to localhost:8080(Tomcat server) from Flash and getting response in XML format. It is working fine. But when i am trying to send more than 2 requests at a time to server, it is recieving only two requests. And the third is recieving only after getting the response...more >>

I have a program that will analyze an audio file containing dialog, and produce timing and phoneme data as a text file. I would like to be able to use this data to make a character talk by switching out different mouth graphics in the main timeline. I can, of course, do this by hand usin...more >>

Ive seen some different variations of this question, but none have worked for me. Ive got a main.swf and on that main.swf I load a resume.swf. Now inside that resume I have a movie clip that has a link to go to frame labeled "Education". My problem is that i dont know the code to get outside o...more >>

lets say I have myArray - new Array("a","b","c"); How could I make a function which spits out all possible combinations of those letters? Including repeats? (such as "aaa", or "bbc") Not random, but all possibilites. TIA ...more >>

I have three fish that move across the stage. One is on the top, others are on the middle and bottom. The fish move across the stage at different times. For instance the first fish moves arcoss during frames 101 - 186, second starts at 187 and ends at 259, third is during 260 - 340. The frame ...more >>

when using attachSound() using linkage ID, is there a way to preload the swf that the mp3 assets are contained in? (eg. because of the whole frame 0 problem). the only work around i know of is exporting the sound object by itself and loading that "mp3.swf" into another swf. also, the flash...more >>

I am trying to recreate a menu effect like the one found at http://www.a29.org. I need to be able to make a text box that is draggable and can be scaled by the user. Does anyone know how to do this?...more >>

I saw this game on a site that let you save your game to load it up later. I'm making an rpg and need to know how I can make it so you can save your progress to return to later, due to the length of the game. Any help appreciated! ...more >>

Hello. Can someone help me figure out how to put controls for video in my Flash MX (not 2004) movie? I'm using MPEG1 video and I'm going to distribute it on cd. I'd like the viewer to be able to pause, rewind, and fast foreward. At the least I'd like them to be able to pause, and skip to t...more >>

I want to create a button that has a popup menu but when this popup menu expands I want the buttons near it to move, mantaing their original distance from the button, and when I rollout and my popUp hides, they move again to their original position. How can I do this? Thanks, Brenda S. ...more >>

hi, i am trying to have a simple menu ,something like this Solutions Enterprise asset management Manufacturing I have created Solutions as a button having 2 button symbols "enterprise asset management" and " manufacturing". when I make Solutions as a button the two sy...more >>