Complete noob trying to learn actionscript. I'm playing around with the Drawing API to see if i can make a line that starts at 0,0 and has an end point that follows the mouse around. I'm using the following code, but I'm wondering if this is a huge memory leak. So basically my question...more >>

Can someone decifer this for me... I am trying to get going with classes and static abilities, and I got this to get me going... class Users { private static var numInstances:Number = 0; function Users() { numInstances++; } static function get instances():Number { retu...more >>

How do I make a color go from it original color and fade into complete transparency? Is it posible?All responces are apperciated! -Nick Debergue :)...more >>

I keep hearing stuff about bitwise operators (>>, <<, etc...) i know what they are and what they do to the data and stuff but i can't think of a scenario where bitwise operators might be useful. can somebody give me a real-world example? ...more >>

Hey! Im trying to put a preloader for each slide so it looks good when people are visiting my site. I dont get any errors by using this code, but it doesn't work at all. What I want to is like I said, put a preloader when the user click NEXT SLIDE and the preloader should xscale a rectangl...more >>

I have a file that I would like to have text tween in from the right and center on my canvas and stop, and still show when I have a second tween come in from the left side and stop ( or from the right side, but after the first tween). I have both text on their own layer and they are both grou...more >>

Essentially, I have a function that is executed on a button click. In this function, I trigger a movieclip to start playing. I want the function to sit there and wait until the movieclip gets to a specific frame, then continue on. I have tried using this: with no success: _root.clapboard.got...more >>

I've got a slideshow that advances to each frame by button press. I'd like it to go from the last frame back to the first but can't figure out how. Help?...more >>

I am gunning to make a photo gallery in Flash using XML. I've found plenty of tutorials and demos I can disect, etc. What I'd like to to is be able to is: (I can manage this first part): a collection of thumbs loading a larger image. However, can I make that larger image - or even a ...more >>

I have a checkbox with instance name 'steve' nested in a movie clip instance name 'dave'. Whether or not the checkbox is loaded with a true or false value I want to be determined by a php script. However I am having the initial problem that I can't seem to change the checkbox state even when i...more >>

Basically I want to load a swf movie on a stage through loadmovie command in a random manner ? that is I have 2 such movies being called at exactly the same point ? at every instance I want the flash to pick out any one movie and play it. ...more >>

:sun; how to add bookmark the swf file...more >>

Hello, firstly. i am not a complete n00b to flash, but im no pro either, especially when it comes to actionscripting and the like. Basically what i want to do is create a small flash snippet that i want to put in my signature on a forum...the forum doesnt support HTML, it uses Mcode, but ...more >>

Hey! I'm trying to make this game, but I don't know how to put the script together! The consept in the game, is kind of like Super Mario! I need a graphic to jumb up, and run to left and right, using the arrow buttoms. And there also have to be some blocks, that he can jumb up at, an stay on...more >>

hi, how to write change event for Input text. it is very important. thanks in advance ...more >>

Hey! thanks for reading this... I am EXTREMELY new at all of this flash stuff.. I've been slowly figuring it iut. But this first step to link a button on Scene 1 to Scene 2 isn;t working. I think it isn't the script I'm using, because it worked once.. and ONLY once. I tried moving on, and link...more >>

Hey I have run into a problem with my code I have my blog atom feed loading straight into my flash application and I have made the storyText_txt textfield html enabled text and take the string that the story is from and make it the storyText_txt.htmlText. The only problem is, whenever Flas...more >>

I have dynamic text fields in my Flash document that get their contents from a variable in an external file using html tags to denote bold, italic, etc. I have tried creating font symbols and checking the bold and italic check boxes which, from what I understand, should embed the plain, bold, ...more >>

I have a clock script inside movie , which itself is in the _root. I call setInterval() function every 1000 ms to make the clock run. But, if I play the _root movie for a second time the setInterval function runs faster than 1000 ms. Why is it so? Here's the code I use : var n:Number=3;...more >>

Hi all, I will do some automatic function, to detect the link rate between the user and the server. I used the method: FileReference.download(). but the problem is that how can i hide the dialog box, and do not ask the user where the file would be saved--if not, yuo know it do not like an ...more >>

cass_txt is the instance name of the text field that is associated with bridesCass_txt. Just wanted to let you know that I found out why it wasn't working. A collegue told me to put the AS on the frame where the buttons reside instead of the first frame of the movie. It worked like a charm...more >>