hey everyone. I was having some trouble with some actionscript, but i don't know what the problem is. I have one movieclip (lets call it seasell) on the main time line with 100 frames of motion tween from one place to the other. when you roll over another mc, seasell goes to the totalframes - ...more >>

Hello. I?m studying macromedia flash MX, and I?d like to know if there is any book about mathematics, trigonometry etc... for actionscript, its possibilities and examples. I know there are few that have some chapters about it, but is there any book completely orientated to mathematics, trigono...more >>

hi guys, Are you getting this error when u reply to a post.I am getting this error... (macromedia guys hate me or what??) NNTP protocol error. 441 437 EMP (phl) ...more >>

I have a input textfield using Selection.onSetFocus handler. unfortunately it seems to be kidnapping the focus away from my buttons (not true buttons, mcs acting as buttons) once the onRelease is triggered the rollOut is triggered also, and the cursor has to be moved to regain its rollOver...more >>

Ok folks here we go. I have a 20 frame mc_animation that I want to loop until an external swf file is loaded and then I want the mc_animation to go away. I have tried piecing 4 or 5 tutorials together to make this happen and I have nothing. I am going to go and get an IV bag and fill it with...more >>

I'm trying to round a number down to an integer. var sampleNumber:Number = 33.3333333; Math.round(sampleNumber) // returns 33.3333333? Math.roung(Math.floor(sampleNumber)) // returns 33.333333? Math.floor(sampleNumber) // returns 33.33333333? How can I get a whole number (33)? ...more >>

Hello actionscript newsgroup! This is my first time posting here so hopefully this is the right group of people to answer my question. I'm working on an isometric flash 7 game engine. The problem I'm having is when I have many tiles on the screen which are moving (say 140-330 tiles) the fr...more >>

I have a movie in flash and i want if someone knows to tell me what action script i have to put in first frame to play my movie in full screen and also what what action script i have to put in a button to go back to normal mode? thanx.... ...more >>

I got the following code from actionscript.org and I think it does about what I want. I don't completely understand it yet though and I think a couple of things I would like to do different then this AS does it. What I want to do, might even be a bit easier. I want to load 16 movies into 16 ...more >>

I got the following code from actionscript.org and I think it does about what I want. I don't completely understand it yet though and I think a couple of things I would like to do different then this AS does it. What I want to do, might even be a bit easier. I want to load 16 movies into 16 ...more >>

Hi everyone, first post and would be grateful if anyone could help me out! Basically, I'm trying to generate a varying number of buttons with dynamic labels using actionscript in Flash MX. The way I've gone about it is to create a button symbol which I want to use, and then attach multiple ...more >>

Will javascript work inside an dynamic text field? I need to show a mouse rollover effect and cannot use a button in this case. Thanks, Keith ...more >>

I'm trying to create a scroll using a font of my choosing. Some of the text needs to be clickable so that it will take the viewer to other areas of the site. How can I do this? Thanks...more >>

How does delete dynamic text placed on the stage? For example, I have an existing object called "Doc". It's located on _root.Doc. Lets say I created some text like this.. _root.Doc.createTextFeild("someTextHere", 10, 10, 10, 430.0, 67.0); (lets say I have 20 fields like this on "Doc") ...more >>

Hello Everyone, I have a very simple code over here and it doesn't work. I'm really frustrated about it. Any help would be grately appreciated! purpose: add a roll-over effect on multiple jpgs loaded with actionscript. problem: the loading of the 3 different pictures wo...more >>

Hello again, Could you please help me with the following code: It's a simple code to load dynamically some pictures and adding the related button_movieclips. That works fine. ISSUE: Now, I want to create a OnRollOver -effect: fading in : THAT DOESN'T WORK!!! I think it'...more >>

Hello, I want to convert some colored images to sepia and black and white with ActionScript code. I'm using Flash MX 2004. Who can help me? Thanx...more >>

Hi In the following code I am trying to call the function pressMc when movieclip myMC_mc is pressed and the apply the drag action to it. However the drag action is being applied to the whole of level0 and therefore all of the moviclips. I am not sure why. Am using the this key word as I ...more >>

hai i have developed a flash customization page where a user can customize his t-shirt,i have done with this and everything is working fine,the swf file name is t-shirt_custom.swf my doubt is when a user is customizing a thisrt , can other user acces the file to customize their own thishir...more >>

I've created a simple dragable movie clip - that uses the media display component to show an flv - works fine. Then I added a pause and play button to the the movie clip to control the flv - but they do not work, however, if I disable the dragable code for the movie clip, the video control...more >>

You could try print screen in window and then work with the image in photoshop, o with shift+command +4 in mac and get a picture from just a part of the screen. Both will give you a low resolution image ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to attach a function to a list component in flash mx 2004, I did it in flash mx changing the handler to the name of the function in the properties palette, but in flash mx 2004 the option dosen't exist. I've already tried with addEventListener, Am I wrong? How could I do thi...more >>

I've looked absolutely everywhere! I had gotten one simple play script for the button, but it doesn't seem to be working.... And I can't find any replay ones either.... Thanks!...more >>

I have an external XML file. I wish to see the content in Flash. I know this is no problem for Flash. But I want to be able to write in my Flash movie new values and hit a submit button that will write the new values into the XML file. Is this possible. What additional free or commercial tools...more >>

Hey all, Does anyone have a good tutorial on how to build a scroll bar like this, when using full screen flash. Any help would be great....more >>

Howdy, I frequent the forums and have yet to see a post on this topic, apologies if this is redundant. I just recently downloaded the Flash Player v. 8,0,22,0 - I've been avoiding it up till now, but decided it was time. I use localConnection alot in my personal website, was doing some tes...more >>

In some flash ui components there's this method "getSelectedItem()" for like the combo box or the listbox or something but the code won't work : myListBox.addItem("Some Label"); onChangeSelection = function() { trace(myListBox.getSelectedItem()); } and I get this in the trace win...more >>

How can you pause a function for some number of milliseconds then let it do something? in some programming languages like Java you can do this quite easily: .... //pauses the flow of execution for about 1 second Thread.sleep(1000); .... the only thing i see even close to that in flash ...more >>

Hey all, Ive built the most basic of Rich Internet Applications, that is having flash on the frontend recieve data from a asp page by passing the data variables through http. (at the time it was one of the only ways to do it) Im seeing more and more of these Rich Internet Applications on...more >>

I'm really new to Flash but I've spent a lot of time with the Help files and Google with this issue and I'm still not sure how to approach it. Hope someone can help. At work I've built a simple audio quiz for our HR department to use to quiz employees about other departments' functions and...more >>

I did what the actionscritp dictionary had to create scrolling text. it didn't work. does it make a difference that i am loading an external html file in the text field and if so how do I get the text to scroll? ...more >>

Hi, I got a really weird problem in my class structure. I have this getter and setter for a variable, but whenere i call the setter, it always call the getter. Is that normal ? the code is like: class TestClass { private var abc:String; /** * Constructor */ public func...more >>

I have a movie clip named container that includes 1textfeild_mc(mc2), 1button_mc(button1), 1mask_mc(mask). The textfeild load a external html file which has jpgs and swfs embedded into it . When the dynamic content loads the the text feild resizes which trigger the button to align itself with...more >>

Hi guys, I was wondering if there was a piece of action script so that when my movie clip has finished playing, it goes to frame 2 of scene 1. Example: a bird flying across the screen, when it has finished flying, the next frame loads. I'm a bit stuck on this one. Thanks, owengot...more >>

hi is that possible to fire "onEnterFrame" event without MovieClip? i like to create an Object instance that can receive "onEnterFrame" event thnx...more >>

I' working on an app and have come to a fase that I've been avoiding... because I don't know how to do this! It's about drawing a graph from numbers coming from an xml-file. I know how to use the drawing API but it's determining the points on the axes that is bothering me. See an example of ...more >>

I read, and I think I understand, the concept of local variables. But... 1. If I declare a my_var in Frame 1 of myMovie.fla, will my_var be available to all frames in myMovie.fla? ("Available" = can be accessed and/or changed) 2. Will my_var be available to myClip_mc in some frame of myMov...more >>

I'm trying to create a dynamic mask to mask out everything on an image except a certain area. I'm doing this by using the drawing api to draw a smaller boxinside a larger box. The resulting image looks correct (i.e. a large box with the smaller one cut out of it). However, when I apply the ...more >>

Hello ive got some trouble with actionscript? The main goal is to enable and disable a MC and to change the frame of the MC that is clicked on or rolled over? We want to do this by using variables, but it seems that either our variables are deleted (or empty) or that the if function isnt wor...more >>

When I make several instances of buttons and on the all of the instances I gave them an action: on(press){ this.getNextHighestDepth(); startDrag(this); } on(release){ stopDrag(); } if I click on one of the instances, all of the instances on the Stage are dragable intead of...more >>

Originally posted by: otnateos I don't think it's possible, why don't you create your object to extend MovieClip object instead. what your actual meaning? me did this, but nothing happen class test extends MovieClip{ function onEnterFrame(){ trace("test") } } ...more >>

I have a scrollbar that scrolls severel images aligned vertical. in the first images there isn't any problem, but the latest images don't appear. I beieve that is because they are far from the document area. What's the best way of solving this? ...more >>