Hi all, Can anyone shed some light as to what Actionscript was used to move the smaller boxes to the left and right of the big box when selected: http://www.drewmedia.com/ Many Thanks...more >>

when _global.myVar = "reload"; from my 1.swf, how can i fire an event on global variable changes to another SWF? ...more >>

Hi, I am loading page_content.swf from site_main.swf using loadMovie(?page_content.swf, 1). When I am unloading movie using unloadMovie(1), then I need to play an animation in page_content.swf. My question is what is the best way to pass a value or variable from site_main.swf to page_conte...more >>

I have created a Flash form which uses PHP to send an email (www.tangentgraphic.co.uk/test3) The actionscript on the send button is: on (release) { if (enquiries.name eq "*" or enquiries.message eq "*" or enquiries.email eq "*") { form.alert = "please complete all fields"; } else...more >>

I've had to create my own scrollbar (I know flash provides you with one already but I needed to program my own for different reasons). The problem is when you move the scrollbar up and down really fast, the mouse listener returns NaN for the _root._ymouse value. Has anyone else had this proble...more >>

:beer; I found this code on the web. It randomizes the elements within an array. I am having trouble following the logic once the code reaches the remItem function. Can anyone help explain? Matt // Randomize elements in an array without duplicates myArray = [0,1,2,3,4,5] ...more >>

I am trying to tween distance of the MCs-buttons around resizable circle... Distance should be always the same whatever the circle size is... The circle is also tweening its size... I set up some things, but I could use some help, thank you.... http://www.galahala.com/tween_distance.zip ...more >>

YES! (kinda) I've had issues tryign to get images to show up in my text. I have now ascertained and need confirmation that you cannot insert images into htmlText when the text box is multi-line. Can somebody please confirm this or tell me how I'm doing it wrong? I have a rar/zip file if ...more >>

:confused; I have to develop a flash word search puzzle as part of an online leaning pack. It's the type of puzzle where the user strikes through (or highlights in some other way, e.g. rubber band selection) the words as they find them in the grid. I've searched everywhere but found nothin...more >>

I'm using the accordion component as a navigational item with each child containing buttons for a different section. My problem is that I want the accordion to reflect where the user is on the site. I can load the page variable to tell the movie what section it is in, but I can't seem to come ...more >>

I use Flash <-> PHP comunication with loadvars. PHP put "val=myname&bool=true" to Flash LoadVars. Flash parse that string and give me val=myname and bool=true. but When PHP put "val=myname&27&bool=true" <---- I use "&" character . Flash parse and give me val=myname and bool=...more >>

I know i have raised this issue before but i'm still fighting with it and i would appreciate any insight. I thought that something within my application was creating a problem with in these two so i created a brand new application that just has the two components. The accordion and the combo...more >>

This one is probably simple... I have a sound object created like this... sound = new Sound(); sound.attachSound("audio"); sound.start(); audio is a sound file imported to the library It previews fine on my computer, but when I upload to the internet the sound doesn't come t...more >>

hi everybody! i want to load images dynamically from the users hard drive by using loadMovie(). This works fine, if the movie is executed directly. But it works not so good, if the movie is executed via a web server. I did a little bit of investigation and experimentation and found out...more >>

Is there a way to refresh datagrid on an event?...more >>

hi i'm flash action script programer but i have a simple and unknown problem with ExternalInterface.call() if i use <form> in my html page my function in javascript doesn't call!!!!!!!!! since i delete <form> from my html code tanks for your help ...more >>

I've set up a for loop so that i can tween a series of MCs but i don't want then to tween all simultaneously, i want them to go after the previouse one finishes tweening. So i've used the onMotionFinished command, but what ends up happening is that it will only go through the onMotionFinished...more >>

I'm using loadMovie() in a basic XML-powered slideshow, but I'm having a slight problem. The pictures in the slideshow aren't all the same exact dimensions, so they tend to load with the upper left-hand corner at the top. This off-sets things and the pictures all don't look centered so much as...more >>

I checked out some examples recently on the sharedobject class. The tutorial worked for me but when I tried to implement it on my site it doesn't seem to work. My problem: I have an html page with a flash header on top with buttons. The buttons are supposed to open up a separate fla...more >>

i have an odd bug under a specific and fairly involved set of circumstances a function call isnt being made. the code is still running, flash hasnt stopped executing scripts, this call just isnt happening. you can still operate the buttons and get things running again, its just that it free...more >>

I have a flash movie that should do certain actions depending on what size it is in HTML. I don't want the movie to have fixed size. Is it possible to reach width and height of the movie from within the movie? The code below always returns the default size as it was set in Flash, no matter how...more >>

Hello Everyone I made the jump from flashMX to Flash 8. So I'm new to the MovieClipLoader class. I got stuck with this silly little loop. I can't figure out what's wrong with it. It's supposed to load 13 images onto the stage and center them. And it does work with 12 of them except th...more >>

I have a series of dynamically created buttons, and now the client wants to add a click sound to them. For some reason, I am having an inordinate amount of trouble with this. Is there a way to globally assign a sound to any mouse release, without trapping the on release for the rest of the b...more >>

I'm getting an Output error when trying to publish my main.fla: TextOutput Panel: **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=scripts, frame=1:Line 1: The class or interface 'Main' could not be loaded. var myMain:Main = new Main(); Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1 mai...more >>

i have made several dynamic text fields dynamically in a for loop. The text is loaded through xml. these text fields are being used as labels on a menu. The textfields are loaded inside movieClips which set over another movieclip that has an onRollOver event handler attached to it that keeps...more >>

Hi, It has been a while since I used flash, and I have run into a tiny actionscript problem. I have a timeline with a MC on layer 1. This MC has a MC on it's timeline. level0 ?OWMOV APMOV...more >>