Hi, I am making a flash website, but I have it made so we can put the entire website onto a business card cd. Does anyone know of any good tutorials where you can learn how to make the EXE file and how to make it autorun in windows and open on a mac? This is a big project and the deadline is N...more >>

Man its really hard trying to look this up without using # Im just trying to get the propper syntax for setting up a dynamic include. I know in asp you could dim a variable to use it as a file name... no clue what the setup is to do this in flash or if its even possible ( everything else is...more >>

I built a video play. It has all the buttons that a typical video player would have. On each of the buttons I have their visibility = 0 on load. This works fine. Then once the video is loaded it calls a function that starts playing the movie and it also turns the appropriate buttons visibility...more >>

Hi I have started to create a Flash application that has quite a few screens and they all have quite a few components on them. Because of this, when i run the swf it takes ages to initialise everything before im able to use anything. I have seen how its possible to set the autoLoad to fa...more >>

Okay, I've been using Flash for a number of years but never got into loading movies......until now. I have an application that loads various external swf files to perform functions. Here is how I am loading them: loadMovie("newMovie.swf", "_level1"); Once the movie has loaded, i...more >>

Is there any way in 8 to declare a variable on the main time line, and manipulate them in nested MCs without haveing to put the entire path on them? I tried many ways, and the only way so far, is like so... _level0.variable = newValue. I tried making custom classes and you still have to...more >>

Greetings. I have a few questions regarding the datagrid component (MX2004). Hope someone can guide me! -Is it possible to change the style of a cell? Ex: if the numer is negative I want to show it on red. -Is it possible to change the width of a column? -Is it possible to set the scroll...more >>

Hi There, I know there are various posts on this and I have done research before bothering any of you. I just can't seem to get over one hurdle. Please help! Within a main page I have set up an outer movie clip with the instance name 'outer' - this was a drawn object converted to a movie...more >>

Hi, I have a requirement of creating different shapes based on some criteria. I need to identify each one when mouse is over this. I can get the mouse points. I saw the method, rect.containsPoint, which can be used for rectangles. Is there any code like that for an area of any shape? I can ...more >>

OK - On my Desktop I have a QT video file called 0101.mov I also have a BAT file named launcher.bat which contains the instruction: START 0101.mov If I test the bat file by double clicking on it WHAMO....the WIndows media player opens and Voila - we have video. Now - inside my flash mov...more >>

Hello Forum I am writing a little screen shot app that reads an image from the database, displays it and then allows the user to chose a section of the image and upload the section into the database. I am getting stuck with a little annoying problem. It works offline (both as html a...more >>

Hey Ive been looking around for some script to make it so i can blur my movieclips to somthing i want but the closest i have found is this: import flash.filters.BlurFilter; my_mc.filters = [new BlurFilter()]; var dir:Number = 1; my_mc.blur = 10; my_mc.onEnterFrame = function() { m...more >>

Bit of a noob question. I know I read this somewhere in my many flash books but I cant seem to find it. I am trying to use the string value of one variable become the 'lookup' for another variable. i.e. I have 6 variables: abc = "this is the phrase I want" first = "a" second = "b...more >>

I am doing some training in flash and it involves several .swf's each with multiple audio clips on the timeline. Is it possible to control all of the clips on the timeline with 1 volume slider? I'm aware of the sound object but I've only used that when i just export from the library and...more >>

When I am trying to stop swf file loaded from external website in my movie clip, it does not stop. can anyone suggest me the solution for this regards chandan ...more >>

Flash 8 says you can make a dynamic text field scrollable. Then you can simply add an up and down button and set this code in the first frame: down_btn.onPress = function() { myText_txt.scroll += 1; }; up_btn.onPress = function() { myText_txt.scroll -= 1; }; Has anyone ha...more >>

Hi, I have an IPT assignment due on Sunday night and right now it is Friday night. I have been assigned to create an expert system in which selects the best surfing spot for you. You input information into four variables, Skill, Wind, Surface, Wavedir. on (release) { function Expertm...more >>

hello. can anyone help me out, im finding it difficult linking flash buttons that i have created in flash to a dreamweaver .htm file. does anyone have the answer (actions script) cheers...more >>

:confused; I know this should be fairly simple actionscript, but I can't make it work. I have a slider bar, and the postion along the slider is marked by a variable myvar from 0 to 100 I want to play a movie clip when myvar is 0-30, another 31 to 60, and a third 61 to 100 The sli...more >>

I have a file Summary.swf (22KB in Size) . it has a button when clicked on it following swf files are called bg (1 KB) emp_login (142 KB) control_btn (1 KB) menu (2 KB) Now if I add preloader to the summary.swf will it also load th...more >>

I am currently helping a friend get his business off the ground, and offered to do the site for him, as I enjoy dabbling in sites for family members etc. Unfortunately he bought a template that he really liked, and has asked me to sort it for him, I have changed all the html, but it has flash ...more >>

First, I apologize this is a second post of a similar problem someone answered (Kglad). However, my sound object still has two issues. Both of great importance. Issue #1: I have a sound object that plays while the timeline runs a corresponding video. I am trying to change the volume...more >>

When I run the attached script with the publish settings set to FlashPlayer 6 the script runs fine but when I have the publish settings set to FlashPlayer 7 or 8 it doesn't show anything in the text fields. In the FLA I have two button instances: unpausebutton and pausebutton. I also hav...more >>

Hi, let me start out by saying I have no idea what I am doing! I am a video editor and I need to output a specific item for a website. I need to make a .fla of just video where the entire video is a button (or whatever) that will stop playback when clicked. I have flash MX (not pro) I...more >>

I've been getting the much DREADED 1141 error ("xxxx" conflicts with the name of another class that was loaded, "xxxx"). It seems to be a complex and transient bug, but there is a common theme underlying the problem I'm currently having. 1. It is timestamp sensitive. (I've used both Networ...more >>

Does anyone know the script or have a direction that I could find it for moving throughout a scene (SWF) with your cursor... in all directions (up and down, and from left to right)? The example of this is in the demo "MEET YOUR MATCH" for Studio 8 here: http://macromedia.com/software/studi...more >>

Hi: I'm sending a little form from Flash calling a PHP script. The problem is when the mail arrives, line feeds and special chars are lost typed in Flash: line 1 ????? ????? ?1234567890'? ?!"?$%&/()=?? \|@# end ============== received: line 1??????????? ????????...more >>

hello i am trying to do application which loads the images in a folder i want to know how to create movieclips and combo boxes according to the number of images passed to the flash thru php thanks in advance vijay ...more >>

i hav this somewhere deep on my swf: function playAll(){ i=0; while(i<_global.targets.length){ //for some other 'god only knows' reason i couldnt use for() here, because it //just wouldnt work (d...more >>

Hi Guys, I hav made a movie clip using co-ordinates and four nodes in it. Will anybody help me, how i can add and delete nodes on mouse click on that particular line, also i wanna drag the whole movie clip on tha stage. actually by using actionscript i am making a rectangle with fou...more >>

I've add this script to the action layer and for so dumb reason it won't tell the loading status. Here is the script: stop(); onEnterFrame = function(){ var framesLoaded = (Math.ceil((_parent._framesloaded / _parent._totalframes) * 100)); progress_txt.text = framesLoaded + "% com...more >>

I've got a button in a movie that plays a sound . It works in this movie. When the movie is loaded into another movie, the sound doesn't play. //Movie2 code function FillSwatch(i:Number) { mySound = new Sound(); mySound.attachSound("bang"); mySound.start(); }; secti...more >>