I have a movie clip that is a layer mask over another movie clip. They both play find and in the correct manner, but I want to add some interactivity. I want to be able to tell the movie clip underneath the layer mask to start playing, pause, and resume playing based on mouse placement in or o...more >>

Hi, I've got an urgent problem that I have been trying to rack my brain over for the past week. I need to create a complex conditional statement to use on an XPath. I'm doing a search on a database using six different checkboxes as: Class A [] class1a [] class2a [] class3a Class ...more >>

This is bizzare... I am using the window component to load a zoomed image of a thumbnail... I tested outside of my app - no worries... modality works, not draggable works, appears above everything else on the stage... incorporate it into the rest of my app and all of a sudden the Window Compon...more >>

In my movie i make a sub mc and load a swf into it. This loaded swf gives you a choice to purchase stickers and has a back button on it that (should) take you to the main swf at the frame labeled "previewFront." Now "preview Front" has already run once in the program. When you go "back" you...more >>

Hello.I am really stuck. I am having a great deal of trouble getting a movie to load in an empty movie clip. I am hoping I'm missing something simple. I have a button with the instance name SPS_btn on a layer I've called buttons. Below the button layer i've got a layer called movie clips tha...more >>

I am creating music browsing page within a flash website. It is a movie loaded into a main file where the actual audio is played. The script is designed to switch from selected song to selected song. The songs are included via xml. For some reason the files work perfectly when tested in flash,...more >>

Im having a hard time figuring out how to change the text color of radio buttons and check boxes. Im making a quiz and all the answer options in each of the questions are displayed in black text which is the default i assume. However, my background is a dark grey and im using white text for ...more >>

Thanks for looking at my post! I have seen this done before where a presentation loads the main index page of a swf file and when you click on other sections it will load them seperately. I would like to use this methood to shorten the time it takes to load my main page of the swf instead of t...more >>

I would like to make a graphic appear when a user clicks a button, this sounds simple but i just can't seem to get it right Can someone pls help!!! Thanks...more >>

I have a main file that loads several swfs into itself on different targets. I'm looking for a way to load specific frames of the loaded swfs depending on which button on the main file the user chooses to press. Thanks for your help, jessica ...more >>

Is there any code that I can use that will say, anytime i click on a movie clip object, goto a link that is specified by its instance name. I have a project that has several hundred frames, each with about 50 movie clips in them each. Rather than copying and pasting a on(press) statement into ...more >>

I programmed back when 16k was all we had in RAM - so most call me a depression programmer...... I have been placing functions and variables that will be called once or twice only in my setup code into a mc and then, when convenient, deleting the mc (and presumably the functions and variab...more >>

I'm creating a page that dynically adds Numeric Stepper and Combo Box components. Everything worked ok this morning, then I had to move everything into another movie clip because the area now needs to be scrolled. Anyway, the components get added to the screen, but nothing shows in the input...more >>

Does Flash have something like a VB message box, if so, please let me know how to invoke it? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

What am I doing wrong here: function loadMasterArray() { statusXML.load("status.xml"); } try { _root.loadMasterArray(); } catch (e_err:Error) { trace("error caught: "+e_err.message); } finally { trace("done"); } If I run this code with the "status.xml" file rena...more >>

I'm building a program where you draw lines from one point to another by clicking 2 points. I want the option for the user to remove the lines they just drew to start again but I can't seem to get it. If anyone can help I will send you a case of Canadian Beer! Here's my code: ___________...more >>

Can any one help me why this enter event is not working: var enterHandler: Object = new Object(); enterHandler.enter = function() { thislogin.validateLogin("enterPressed"); Selection.setFocus(input); //mx.controls.Alert.show("enterPressed"); }; input.addEventListener("enter"...more >>

i am creating a small application in flash. in time line 1 , i have some text boxes and dynamically loading jpg image(step 1). when a button is clicked then goes to the time line 2(step 2) for some process. here i have a back button, on click goto timeline 1. (ie step1). when i use gotoAndPlay...more >>

I want to start a MC when the mouse is over a predefined square on the scene. Almost like a "hit" but I can?t use a "hit" because I already have severeal "hits" within the square. How do I say that if you are withing these coordinates, play movie? ...more >>

I want to delete an EmptyMovieClip after 30 seconds. This is the code I have: loadMovieNum("menu.swf", 10); loadMovieNum("grid.swf", 1); var myClips:Array = new Array("1.swf", "2.swf", "3.swf", "4.swf", "5.swf", "6.swf", "7.swf","8.swf", "9.swf", "10.swf"); this.createEmptyMovieClip(...more >>

hi, i have the attached FLA which is a component, a FLV player component. take it from here first : http://www.flashmedia.mxhost.ro/version1.fla (this is a Flash 8 file, i have the MX version as well) all i need to do is to make this component is not to expand more than 320x240. it h...more >>

I have been working with a very good page turn effect which i got from http://www.flippingbook.com/ it is possible to automatically turn the pages using the following actionscript pageflip.flipForward(); but i only know how to turn every page placing this on the timeline at set interval...more >>

I want to load a random movie to replace the current one as soon as it finishes. This is the script I have on frame 1 of my movie movie: loadMovieNum("menu.swf", 10); loadMovieNum("grid.swf", 1); var myClips:Array = new Array("1.swf", "2.swf", "3.swf", "4.swf", "5.swf", "6.swf", "7.swf...more >>

TextField.prototype.scrollMarquee=function(speed,dir){ this.autoSize = false; if(dir=="CCW"){ var dnum = -1; }else if(dir=="CW"||dir==undefined){ var dnum = 1; } prev = this.textWidth; while(prev<this._width){ this.text+=' '; prev = this.textWidth; } clearInterval(this.scroll...more >>

Hi, The movie asks for password at beginning .When user enters password it is compared. For this now I use an if function. But if user wants to change his password frequently , the password has to be stored internally inside the movie and retained. How can I solve this.Pls help me Thank Yo...more >>

I have a movie named mcGame that hides the mouse and drags a custom cursor. This movie is inside a bigger movie that uses script to control the timeline. For some reason, the internal movie continues hiding the mouse even when it's at a spot on the timeline with no code. It doesn't happen unti...more >>

I have these drag and drop quizzes right...there are five boxes on the left, they should be dragged onto 5 targets on the right. If the boxes hit one of the targets, they should snap to the target, otherwise they'll snap back to their original position. Now, I have a function written for this,...more >>

I am using setInterval to run a function every 3 seconds. This function uses loadVariablesNum to check a file on my server to see if the data on it has changed. This works fine, but the problem is, if you leave the swf open in your browser too long it will crash it. I opened the swf in IE ...more >>

This is just strange - I hope there is a solution to this issue... I have a site on two different servers. The flash components of the site have dynamic text fields. On one server, the text shows up fine. On the other, it's invisible. The problem for me is that the one that functions is my "...more >>

Hello, there seems to be a problem with the LoadVars script tag in my Macromedia FlashMX 2004 version. I'm trying to use the same script of an LoadVars Function to load text and images in two different files. The one file displays the text and the images perfect, the other one doesn't. Can a...more >>

Hi, Anyone ever, or know someone that did, program the scrabble game in actionscript? Do you knbow where i can see some example of codes? Many thanks in advance ...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to use the combobox component to create a jump menu. I've put in the labels and the values, but I'm just not sure what to write in the actionscript that will tell the component to create each option as a jump link - or to open that URL in a '_blank' browser. ...more >>

Hi All, I need to know the variable that Director or Authorware are using to detect a Flash movies set frame rate. I need to dynamically set the movies tempo (frame rate) of the playing movie. I have movies that are 12, 15, 24 and 30 fps that I call with a single movie player object I have c...more >>

Hello Im using flash mx. Im trying to move a bunch of movie clips across the stage when the mouse rolls left and the moves right. I want the movie clips to move left when the mouse moves right and vice-versa. With a bit of help I got this script but it doesnt seem to work the way I want it...more >>

I have a bunch of .eps floorplans for houses and I want the user to be able to click wherever they want on the floorplan and see that area at about 150%, then click again and have it go back to 100% and so on. Is there a way to this? ...more >>

Does anyone knows how to recreate page turn effect from Belleville rendezvous site in the section photos, its characteristic cause it has real convincing effect of 3D page turning of a book. The site is: http://www.lestriplettesdebelleville.com/ but for some reason its temporary unavalible so fo...more >>

I am trying to create in input field, for practicing html coding, that when you click on the submit button it will take the information within the text field and create a pop up window and will process the information in HTML. the text field will have all the html tags already in there.....:...more >>

hi guys, i've tried creating a simple contact form, via php and flash, it sends messages out, but all i got was blank... i'm wondering what is wrong with it, anybody got any idea what i did wrongly? here's my submit button code: on (release) { if (subject eq "" or message eq "" or fro...more >>

I have 6 floorplans for houses. I want the user to be able to click on a specific room and see the enlarged version. I know how to make it scale on release but I can't get it to scale to where the mouse clicks. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi guys, I'm having problems using Html links in the textfields. It seems that the <a href="... are always active even if they lay under other objects or for example if I have a modal window on the stage. How can overcome this? Thanks a lot. Filippo ...more >>

I've been making the whole scroll up arrow and scroll down arrow for a while now, but it just dawned on me out of the blue that I have no idea how to make a scrollbar for a dynamic textbox (that thing you can click and drag on to move text up or down). If someone knows how I'd really appreciat...more >>

Alright, the only reason I'm doing this is experimentation, this really has no practical use in what I'm doing, and yes there are quicker ways. That aside, I'm trying to create a new array, populate it, then use those array elements in my code in later frames. For example, in frame 1, I say: ...more >>

Building a simple game and running into a fluke thing. First, I'm using Flash 4 so blow the dust off your memory banks. simple program pulling two random numbers. these numbers are placed into two textfields. a user places the sum into textfield 3. when the enter key is pushed, the math...more >>