If I drag the same movie clip to the stage in 10 different locations, is it possible to manipulate them as an array in ActionScript? For the instance name I only seem to be able to give them a name like movieclip1_mc, movieclip2_mc, etc. But I want to be able to do: movieclip_mc[x].play(...more >>

hello. i have a movie clip instance that, upon mouseover, displays a text field full of text. this text is essentially a description of a particular project in my portfolio. i've created the text field as a dynamic text box called "description_txt." i have set the background color as de...more >>

I apologize in advance for this stupid question... but I havent used Flash in a year or so.. and all of a sudden find myself with a client who needs it. Q - I am trying to link to a page relative to the flash document / rather than an absolute URL as shown below:: on (release) { getUR...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm new to Flash and actionscript. I find Flash not that hard to learn but I find actionscript much harder. I know html and css code well, but not scripting languages. Please think a moment. What is the best way to go about leaning Actionscript 2.0 from scratch with no...more >>

I was learned through reading "Flash MX 2004 action script bible" that proper declaration of variables and objects are as follows... var nNumber:Number = 1326 well, it works in a new document. But when I attempted to put this code into a document that declared varibles like so... var nNumber...more >>

I need to load another swf into my current flash movie. I haven't been able to find a tutorial or correct example. Please HELP!!!...more >>

I'm having a problem with the Flash 8 player and need to revert back to the Flash 7 player for testing. Can't seem to find Flash 7 on the Macromedia Web site. Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Hi all ! i want to track an "click" action in an instance of a clip, create in a AS2 class..... how to do that ???? I have looking about EventDispatcher function ...but i can only track for function propety in the class..the onRelease is ignored. this is the script exemple : [t...more >>

I added an event listener to a datagrid. It works on cellPress. But then when I try to get the itemselected it says NULL or undefined. Why doesn't it work? var dg:Object = new Object(); dg.cellPress = function(evt:Object) { if(evt.target == myDataGrid) { trace(evt.ta...more >>

I am trying to control a movie by loading an external settings.txt file into the movie, I have a button called button1BU showing on all the layers and in the settings.txt i have button1=none, now on the next frame i have an if statment like this: if (button1 == none){ button1._visib...more >>

I want to learn actionscript but i really don't know where, can you recommand places where i can learn actionscript? I'm using Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 which i think it's Actionscript 2. If you know anywhere good to learn from the basics to advance can you please post it here....more >>

Hi All, I've made a few posts on this particular site that I am working on, and now that I have this AS driven menu in place, the drop down sub menu is only partially visible. I gave the container holding it a z index of 5. But I thought Flash objects always positioned themselves on top ...more >>

Basically, I load an external swf into a movie clip. The button talks to the movieclips inside the external .swf a combobox change handler loads a new swf into the movieclip based on the combo value. The button works fine on the movie thats initially loaded, but when a new swf gets loaded i...more >>

Hi all, This is a fairly technical sort of a question and hopefully there are a few people around here with the advanced knowledge of AS2 required to help. I also posted this to FlashCoders yesterday, but so far no-one has responded. --- I have been running into a problem with AS2 class...more >>

Hello all, I am creating an onKeyDown listener in typical fashion: var movePlayer:Object = new Object(); movePlayer.onKeyDown = function () { ... code here ... } Key.addListener(movePlayer); The problem is that this function is defined inside a class, with full access to mem...more >>

Im trying to create this website. I have a main swf with a button. with the code:: on (release) { _root.nav.Play(); } it calls a move clip with 5 buttons inside it. its plays a intro animation then stops on the keyframe where the 5 buttons are. when a client clicks one of t...more >>

Can you load movies from the library dynamically into a main timeline?...more >>

I succesfully created a magnification optic, mand now I am trying to introduce sound to it. A demo so far... http://trulineint.com/forum.asp?file=31 I cut some of the code so we don't swipe my beta, but left enough up to give you a thumbnail sketch on what I'm doing... //zoomer(...more >>