I have a function 'display()' inside a movie clip named 'movie' that is on root level. Now I need to call that function from root timeline, but when i call function with sintax 'movie.display()' nothing happens, but when I call it from within a 'movie' it works. I can use tellTarget...more >>

hi there - I was wondering if it was possible to create an instance of moviclip (from the library) using actionscript. Thanks!...more >>

Hello, I need to write a function that measures the length of time that a key is pressed. I assumed I could just measure the difference between when a onKeyDown and onKeyUp event occurs with a function like this: var myListener= new Object(); myListener.onKeyDown = function () { keyD...more >>

Hi everyone! Can enyone tell me if it is a possible to use two times same 'onRelease' functions... something like this: movie.onRelease = function(){ trace("1");} movie.onRelease = function(){ trace("2");} in this case it traces only number '2'. It is a di...more >>

Hi guys, i've been trying to scroll a dynamic text box with text extracted from a *.txt file, i've made some bitmaps and converted them to symbol movie clips, how can i use these movie clips to control the scrolling of the dynamic text box? anyone? thanks :) ...more >>

I have run into quite a snag in a project that I am working on. It is a portfolio site for an art friend of mine. Here is the problem: http://www.art-a-tac.com/index2.html If you navigate to the Marble & Stone section I had run into a problem which occured when this scene laoded. It ...more >>

So my friend is trying to create a Lightning round Family Feud style game for the high school he works for. What we need is basically this: five text boxes for him to enter text. Then he freely enters a number next to each text box, which are summed together as you go in the box at the botto...more >>

hi, how to use setProperty method for dynamic text field. ? when i write this statement as follows, setProperty("this."+obj[1] , text, "hello"); i get error. ...more >>

Hello guys ! I am currently making a game and have an animation working... etc. I can make the guy move left and right, no problems. Now, how can I make him jump ? I tried an animation and it can be cut, which I don't want. Does anyone have an idea ? What animation should I draw for it ?...more >>

I have a problem sending my XML Data back using a method called "getXML()". The processXML() traces the right data where is the fault? Thankx for your help! here is the code //file: klasse.as //http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/htm l/...more >>

hi! i'm having trouble with this: i'm trying to make just one buton change the Apha of 3 anothers buttons, can anyone help me?! please... it's very, very much important to me.... thanks...more >>

Alright, I have this problem. I have this menu on the stage, and I attach an object into the menu, so I can drag the menu and have the object come with it, but works fine. However, I want to make something happen when I click on the object I attached, yet it doesn't work...I'm using the proper...more >>

hi all, i want to find if a movieclip is found inside a movieclip or not ? how to do this ? :( thanks......more >>

I'm designing a flash interface from which i want to play some audio. The interface will run (as a flash projector probably) from the data side of a split-mode CD. The other side / partition of the CD will contain CD audio (to play on a standard CD player). What i need to know is whether t...more >>

I have a class project. I must create a paragraph of text and create a search button. I got how to do that from the book. My problem is this part of the assignment: When the user highlights a word in the text paragraph with the mouse pointer, the index position of the first letter of th...more >>

hi, i want to find what are the clips present inside a movieclip . how to do this ? cheers...more >>

I'm having trouble getting the Media Playback component to stream an FLV file It loads the Media Component in the SWF, but does not load any FLV or anything when I click the btn assigned to stream I'm pretty sure it's because I don't understand how to navigate to the the path to call u...more >>

ok, I load a var from php, which is a number, than I have to go through a loop with that number, but it always considers it as a string.... var nb:Number; loader = new LoadVars(); loader.load(url + "gb.php?action=total"); loader.onLoad = function(success:Boolean){ var nb:...more >>

I've looked at several tutorials, but they all show you how to submit variables to another page in the background, but remain in the Flash animation - I want to actually go to the new html page with the variables POSTed. Sounds simple, how do I do it? ...more >>

Hai people check out this site www.spreadshirt.com it a custom tshirt company done in flash and looks good i am working on a project which is similar to this site how can i do this, is there any tool for this can u guys help out please ...more >>

how can I do a effect blur? Thank you...more >>

Hy! I have some mp3s under a non public folder... How can I play these mp3s using a flash script ? I have made an mp3 player but I need to pass parameter the path of file witch must be played. I can acces the files only by server side (php). Any ideas ? Thanks! ...more >>

I'm using the Tree component, loading an external XML File and I can't figure out how to access indivdual attributes from the node items that I select. Say I want to be able to access the name of the source attribute of a song when I click on it in the tree component. Is there a way to do t...more >>

Hallo, I am new to Actionscript & while im just grasping the basics, finding it all well interesting i have a project to complete & don't know how to go about doing it, so i've come in search for some help. I have 4 MCs called "bean1" etc i want them to move to _x 818 randomly i have th...more >>