Hi everyone I want to open a popup when my movie reach a certain frame, without interaction from the user. Can I do that in flash? Thanks for any help...more >>

I have a flash file in which I set the 'visible' property of a movie clip and then jump to another frame in the same timeline. The code is similar to: object1._visible = false; gotoAndPlay("section_two"); As soon as the flash program jumps to the frame "section_two" the movie clip "obj...more >>

I have my menu instances coming onto my movie, but (i'm sort of new to this) i can't figure out how to display them without var boo:Movie = _root.attachMovie("menu", "menu", i)... being on the canvas.. i just want the instances and not entire boo object function menuIt() { if (i<=7) { ...more >>

This code will create and delete an object if you just place it on a frame, but if you put it inside of a function then the object wont delete. Why is that and how can I get around it? var test:Object = new Object(); test.myValue = "hello world!"; trace( test.myValue ); if( !delete ...more >>

I have a variable with a string. That string has the same name as a movieclip intance. However i connot access the movieclip with the string as an instance? How can i do that?...more >>

Hello AS world! Is there a way using Actionscript I can clear the Output window. I think this would be such a great feature for developers - if you do lot's of coding I'm sure you'll know what I mean. Any knowledge on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks David ...more >>

I ahve made a little movie player for my site and have decided to use the flv player in lfash 8. Unfortunately, the skin dissappears, resulting in it being buttonless. I dont want to create a whole new set of buttons..... Any Suggestions ...more >>

I have an ArrayList object which is a little bit more functional than Array, basicaly it's derived from an Array class. When I want to create it in GameEngine class like this: class GameEngine{ var arrSounds:ArrayList = new ArrayList(); ... ... ... } it gives me this error: ...more >>

Hi. I want to be able to click on a MC, then click on a point on the screen. After that I want a line to be drawn from the MC to the clicked point. I tried using the drawing api but it constantly drew from point (0,0) and the line was way to long. Now Ive tried it using a movieclip...more >>

I have a movie made in Action Script 1, and of course it doesnt't work in AS2. What changes in script are necessary for movie to work in AS2. And i know for "export for AS1" option and i can tell you that is not my solution :) so i realy need to change the code. Can anyone tell me what are the d...more >>

I have tried to set the screen.enabled property to false on the parent of a nested screen and it never works. Has anyone had any luck with this? As an example, I have a screen with a button on it. When the button is clicked, a nested screen becomes visible on top of the first screen. I wou...more >>

Hi all, Hope you can help me out here. My problem is that I want to create custom scrollbars for the browser window and I want this scrollbar to be inside the swf movie. There is an example of this at: http://www.subdisc.com But that's not all. The reason I want to do this is to get ...more >>

Hi, I was just wondering if its possible to have an onMouseMove listener that will trace the name of a movieclip whenever the cursor goes over a movieclip.?? ...more >>

Sorry to start a new topic but I carelessly marked my last one as answered. I have created an mp3 player that runs on one frame, i have used this script (thanks to Pal_w_G) to skip through the tracks. on (release) { i++ mov_to_load = "file"+i+".swf" if (Song._visible=("file.swf", tru...more >>

Hi, I've been using the tree component and have found a serious bug in some of the methods related to the Tree Class. the addTreeNodeAt method does not fully function the way that it is described to do so. The basic concept is to add a node in the corresponding tree through a specific in...more >>

hieverybody, Kglad I solved the thumbnail prob with the text files.... thanks. I am working on this project where I need to load dynamically external images and then create some effect on http://www.panoramikia.net/. I am trying since few days but I simply don't understand : I am trying...more >>

Hi all. I'm trying to repeatedly cycle through several movies in random order, and I found code from this thread to do so: http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.flash.actionscript/browse_thread/thread/4c8c23c162ce2ce4/63cf28c23ddf9be7?lnk=st&q=cycle+through+flash+movie&rnum=7&hl=en#63cf28c2...more >>

i can't figure out why this line of code isn't working, similar function in my fla (which dont attackMCs but change frame work fine) this is the is an essential part ofthe game im making and its been eluding me for days as to how to get this working. function checkAttack() { if (time =...more >>

I need to have a main menu, that scales up when you roll over each button (like a fish-eye effect)....but I also need a submenu to appear for each of the buttons. Has any one seen any examples out there?????? Thanks.... ...more >>

Hello there, at the moment I'm trying to design an updated flash version for my homepage. There is ment to be a section with photos on it, which I would like to load with the loadVars Actionscript tag to make an upcoming update easier. I have got an example for loading an .jpg image with Loa...more >>

Nope, even setting each voice clip to it's own sound object, then killing it before each new voice is created, it still does not work - the background music is still stopped after the second voice is created. I included the code I have for the voice clip generation. //---------Broker Voic...more >>

I seem to be having a problem with a background music loop and button system that plays certain voice clips when a menu item is clicked. The background music is on a loop and in the first frame. On the second frame where the menu is, the items in the menu call a specific frame with in a 'conte...more >>

I am working on the following tutorial: http://www.webwasp.co.uk/tutorials/b...text/index.php However, I would like to be able to click a link and open another external notepad.txt file within inself rather than click and it open a webpage. Can this be done? Thanks ...more >>

hi guys, i'm trying to do a onRelease of 'x' seconds, go to and play frame, i can't seem to get it working, i'm not sure how to code this. can anyone help me with this this is my code: stop(); function thethrow(){ if (thrower >= setInterval(thethrow,1000)) { clearInterval(thrower...more >>

How do I go about having different components appaear at diiffeent times in my application? I need to have a dataset active at the start, then a datagrid will show half way along the timeline but it looks as though flash doesn't allow this. It says that a component instance must exist in the fir...more >>

Hi, i have a strange behavior when using LoadMovie with Flash 8. I try to load an external movie during runtime of a larger movie. Everything goes fine except that the loaded movie is in black and white! I tried to make a test movie to identify the problem, just doing a 'this.loadMovie("mymo...more >>

I have 2 scenes in my movie- scene 1 & scene 2. At the end of scene 1, I would like it to automatically go to scene 2. I used this action on the last frame of scene 1, but did not work. gotoAndPlay("scene 2", 1); ...more >>

I am making an mp3 player and using a skip forward button to load the next swf and a skip back button to load the previous. However rather than creating loads of extra keyframes and scripts I want it all to play in one frame, I manage to use a if movie visible=true then play this script howeve...more >>

Hi, I've been trying to create a component lately. What it needs to do is use the XMLConnector component to communicate with a script, and put the results in a DataSet component. What I have done is: - I've created a component and dropped a DataSet and a XMLConnector on it - I've wri...more >>

hi in here.. i have button in my noob flash design and i want it to open a new window with a website in... but what is the action script to do that? i have searched google...more >>

has anyone ever built an Interest Only Loan calculator, or is there somewhere where I can get a tutorial? thanks...more >>

Hi guys, i kept having the need for a setTimeout function with-in flash - i don't know if this has been added in flash 8 - but hey - so i went ahead and created a replacement function : thought i'd post it here to see if anyone else could make use of it. plus does anyone else think it ...more >>

:clock; I'm making a game that requires Flash to remember what happened the last time I was opened. I've been trying to figure this out for a day now. Is this posible :confused;? Please reply! Thank you. -Nick Debergue:D ...more >>

I wish to preload my fonts and have them ready to be used for actionscript once they are loaded. So in my linkage, i checked "Export for actionscript" and unchecked "Export in first frame". I used the font on textfiled which is placed later on the main timeline at frame two, just as i would if...more >>

I have 3 files: preloader.swf, master.swf, travel8C.swf. I am using the master.swf to load the preloader.swf and the travel8C.swf (see code below): THE PROBLEM: The travel8C.swf loads before the preloader.swf has completed its task of loading. Everything else works, it is just the overlapp...more >>

Maybe this is too complex of a topic to ask about in this venue but does anyone know how to take the following situation work: I have three text input boxes var t1,t2,t3 (Name, Email, Comments) How can I get the text the user enters into these three text boxes to autogenerate and format...more >>

I'm still new to ActionScript. I have 3 .bmp images -- I want to show them on the screen and be able to replace them with other images when required. Here is the code I used. I saved them as movie clips in the library. Is this the right way to do this? movie_mc[0] = this.attachMovie(...more >>

Hi everyone, sorry i do know this is something that is fairly easy but my actionscript knowledge is slowly down my creation process, thus i need professional help. I remember clearly that Joshua Daivs from Parystation, created a flash like this before. In fact it was with the same scrip...more >>

Can someone tell me the correct syntax to just turn all sounds off if the play head rolls over the frame? I tried this: stop() : Void didn't work... THANKS!...more >>