Ok here is what I would like to happoen but Im not sure how to do it: -I have 3 buttons -When you click ANY of the buttons, they all play the SAME animation that leads to a box. -Depending on which button you push will display certain text displayed in the box -Once the box is filled w...more >>

Hello all, I'm trying to learn ActionScript and have worked out a lot... but, facing a deadline, have to resort to bothering everyone on here, so apologies! I've got a site with four pages of picture thumbnails. On clicking a thumbnail, up pops a full screen picture. The pictures are num...more >>

I found this actionscript code thing on another website. I put it into my flash animation... Everything is working fine, except I don't want it to run forever... I want the snow to stop at a certain point... What do I do? The following is the script I got... var swidth = 550; v...more >>

This was possible in Flash Player 7, but seems to have been changed in Flash Player 8. I built an asp.net app that allows the user to select a file from the user's hard drive [.jpeg] and then pass via flashvars the URI to the flash movie for preview before uploading to the server. The applic...more >>

Hi ! I am wondering how to sort Arrays based on the date ? I have some XML data that looks like this: <news> <date>10-27-2005</date> <title>Some title here</title> <link>http://...</link> </news> <news> <date>10-30-2005</date> <title>Some other title here</title> ...more >>

I have a chunk of code that is on the first frame and using a button "th1_hit" that when released, loads an image into a placeholder movie clip on the stage, I've used this several times before but can't get it to work in this application for some reaason. ny help? th1_hit.onRelease = func...more >>

Hi group I'm duplicating an mc and placing them in rows, at the moment I have an if statement that set's them out in 2 columns running down the page, what I'm trying to achieve or understand is how to get them to duplicate in which ever way i want i.e 3 or 4 columns, also to achieve some kind o...more >>

hi I am making a text rpg and i wana display the date like this The date is Min>hour>day>month>year so or example gametxt.text = "hi, the dare right now it " + Min +":"+ hour ..... and so on.. how do i do this :D? ...more >>

Hi, I have a move clip called "Volume_Button". The clip has 10 frames, and what I want to do, is when a button is pushed, for the Volume_Button movie clip to go to frame 10 and stop. Heres what I have: Code: on (release){ with (Volume_Button){ gotoAndStop(5); } } And it doesn't see...more >>

I try to make a class there I import an XML file with configuration data. After this import I will use the class form an flash animation. My problem is this. The xml-file is not loaded before the master script call a new method from the class. The obvious solution is to use an eventlistener an...more >>

I would like to know, how to create a popup in flash?...more >>

Hi I'd like to make a randomly changing background image for my flash site. The idea would be that the background image changes every 30 seconds. The images would probably be individual swf movies that load into a movie holder on the main timeline Any ideas on the best way to achie...more >>

Hey there groovers :O) just a quicky i'm sure someone can answer. When i trace( this ); it returns - '_level0.subnav_mc.sub_people.sub_btn_0' When i trace( typeof ( this ) ); it returns - 'movieclip' the thing is; if( this == "_level0.subnav_mc.sub_people.sub_btn_0"); retur...more >>

Hello, Im building a site for my sisters reptile shop. On each page im loading a picture which displays at the top of the page. just below this i have 5 thumbnails which, when released, load a different picture into the space. What i would like to do is have a random picture (anyone of the...more >>

Hey all, I have this problem moving an object along a specific path. It is easy to move by using coordinates but I really want to follow a path. The path is not a curve but a line with vertical and horizontal directions. The direction can be (left, right, up, down): mc._x += speed; or ...more >>

I'm working on an application that has a tv and a remote control. There is nothing on the stage. Everythin will be rendered during runtime. The remote is going to have a couple of buttons that would turn the tv on or off and change the channels. i created a class for the remote. In the cl...more >>

alright. i have a somewhat strange question. the best way i could think of to describe it is a clock. the hand is 13 pixels long. the center of the clock is at 13 x and 13 y. at the twelve o'clock position ( | ) the tip of the hand is at 13 x and 0 y. at three o'clock --- the tip will be at 26...more >>

I am using an external text file to populate text fields at runtime. I am using the '&' delimiter to denote new variables. However, I need to diplay an ampersand in the text that is displayed and also a '+' sign. I don't know the correct escape character to allow me to do this, or if there eve...more >>

I have made an ebook which has its main voiceover audio file in the timeline. Each "page" is on a separate scene, with a STOP/PLAY button visible on each one. The words (buttons) to be attached to the sounds are word definitions located throughout the text of the ebook. There will be ...more >>

How do I go about creating a flash version and html version of a website up for people to view? You know if someone didn't have flash player on their computer and didn't want to load it, but wanted to view the site. ...more >>

I have an XML file: <a1> <name>name1</name> <info>blablabla</info> <number>01</number> <img_url>some_image.jpg</img_url> </a1> I need to strip the tags and put the XML info into an array. The closest thing I get is an array containing the info and the tags, witch is not what I ...more >>