hi guys, i have a movie clip name 'gall', this movie clip is used to load images off from a web directory 'images', i have 2 movieclips which for navigation (previous and next), the problem i'm facing now is that i'm not sure how i should actually load the images from this web directory an...more >>

is it possible to mask a mask through AS... so applying setMask on a movieClip and than using that movie clip as an argument to the second call to setMask on a third clip? Effectivelly forming a three-element chain of mask assignments. thanks ...more >>

Flash MX 2004 - authoring back and forth between PC (Win XP) and Mac (OSX) SWF is IGNORING stop(); COMMANDS in the MAIN TIMELINE!!! I have an application (that is of course due today) that has a problem ignoring stop(); commands farther down in the timeline. Seems to be a compiler erro...more >>

If you go to. http://art-a-tac.com/index2.htm then navigate to Marble and stone you are at the point I would like to create the load movie script. Here is my problem. The pieces of art on the page are the buttons that I want to call the action. The buttons are in a movie clip wih...more >>

hi im making a game where you press the up arrow on the keyboard and the character will jump in the air and fall down due to gravity. i know how to get the character to move around using the arrow keys, but making him jump up and then fall back down is a problem for me. also, i need ...more >>

Is there any actionscript to open the CD tray with the click of a button? ...more >>

Hi, thanks for reading! I downloaded Flash 8 Demo yesterday and purchased a Flash template. I haven't used Flash before. I'm altering the template and trying to include a dynamic text field loading text from an external file. In the main timeline I created a layer called "Actions" and ...more >>

Please refer to the link below, so that this makes more sense: http://www.shootingblanks.net/TEMP/BnA/1.zip Most of the file's code is on the 1st frame of the main timeline, but there is a little bit of code on each button. THANKS!!!... ...more >>

Hello, I have a website that I wish to control with a flash menu. the page consists of 5 flash movies that should change in place when I select a new option from the menu. I have been reading about unload load levels etc., but all examples are from within the flash movie. Does anyone ha...more >>

Hi all, I want to give the user the option of printing the text box in my movie, but when I test it it keeps printing the BLACK...more >>

Hello Everybody! I've got an XML file. tema1.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <tema id="1"> <kerdes id="1" adat="Egyet?rt ?n?"> <valasz id="1" adat="Igen"/> <valasz id="2" adat="Nem"/> <valasz id="3" adat="Tal?n."/> </kerdes> <kerdes id="2" adat="...more >>

Hi, i have a flash application that duplicates alot of movieclips at the start so they are all above every other movieclip in the scene. i wish to have one movieclip on top of everything else though. is there some code i can place in the frame to make a movieclip go to the top most dep...more >>

When I replaced my buttons downstate with a movieclip which has a mask (of the same size of the button) and a scrolling picture, but when I mouse down on it all I see is frame one of the picture. in my overstate I have an animation which simply makes a tinting change on the button. I think...more >>

Hey i good this cool effect on my logo http://www.gionex.co.uk But at the moment the square will change by checking that they are within 50 pxls eg if((_x-50>_xmouse)&&...){ But i want to change my code so that instead of having a square it has a circle, so it would pick up ruffly the same s...more >>

Hi again, i'm posting my problem again since it ended up way down the list and noone answered anymore... i'll keep it short, what i want to do is this: 1. from the current movie, click a button. 2. load another swf (preloader comes in on top of current movie and loads until it reache...more >>

Hey I have a real basic question; can anyone tell me what the action script would look like to place on a button to activate an external .swf (.flv with skin already know to play correctly and work) to play in ANOTHER WINDOW. When I use the following script the video just plays embedded ...more >>

Hello i have created an simple flash where a user can draw , can i make a complete paint application (eg: Mspaint) is there any tutorial, can i save the drawing as jpeg or gif format please help me Thanks in advance ...more >>

Can you save code snippets in Flash 8 like you do in Dreamweaver 8? Is there another name for this other than snippets in flash 8? I would like to save bits of actionscript code that I use often for reuse but can't find the location of this feature in Flash 8. I have searched for the word snip...more >>

Hi there - I am new to prototyping, and was wondering if anyone could point me into the right direction for doing so in Flash 8. I am also hoping to do so in external AS files and just import them. Thanks! ...more >>

Not exactly sure what a page turner is. But if it is something like this, then you can just download the file. http://www.iparigrafika.hu/pageflip/...more >>

thanks for that mate, i dont know how i didn't realise that!!! But the only thing is now that i have done this the animations a running extremely slow and i guess that is typical, once you get something right something else has to go wrong!! Any ideas? Because i know my preloaders are fine so ...more >>