I've written a class that takes an instance name of any MovieClip and then builds a stage size background for it. I do this by: Taking in the instance name via the ctor. Then call "passedin_mc.createEmptyMovieClip( "_bgHolder_mc", -16834 )" then call "passedin_mc._bgHolder_mc.attachMovie( ...more >>

I'm using flash 8 to setup a simple form with ASP, this are the actions I put on te "send" button. I all ready have this code from an answer to my other request a few hours ago but still not working at all, I'm doing something wrong but I don't know what it is, may be something relat...more >>

How would you set up a looping statement the removes multiple mc created programmaticaly? Let's say I created ten mc on a_mc. When I invoke: a_mc.removeMovieClip(b_mc); only one goes away... How do I git rid of them all?? ...more >>

I originally posted this by mistake in the wrong form(general) - please acc ept my apolgies if you have also read it there.. but this is clearly the correct place for this posting. : Exercise in: Using ActionScript 2.0 Components with Macromedia FLASH 8 by Bob Berry et al Tutorial in Cha...more >>

Hi, does anybody know the way to force pop up browser window to open in the desired way (without toolbar and scrollbar ex.) from flash movie. I would appreciate a bunch if you would share this knowledge with me. ...more >>

Hello, Wasnt too sure what to say in my title. Anyway, what i would like to do is this.. I have a number of football teams and would like to show the results between the teams. So i will have lets say 14 thumbnail team photos (team1.jpg, team2.jpg, etc) and i would like the user to be ...more >>

I'm trying to repeat the following function to make a "rewind" button for a video player. rewindButton.onRelease = function() { ns.seek(ns.time - 1); } I'm still pretty new to Flash and ActionScript, and have tried setInterval and loops and god knows what else without anything that ...more >>

Can this be done? Var someNumber:String = "340"; var newNumber:Number = Number(someNumber); trace(newNumber) // returns a number? Is there a better way? Thanks -Richard ...more >>

1) i am developing a website where i want it to go to a page with a logo on it and then when the user clicks on the logo a new page opens and that is where the actuall interaction is done... how can i do that?? 2)i have a a logo but when i enter the site i want it to look like the logo is ...more >>

Does anyone know the code , downloads or tutriols on how to make a page turn in flash. I would like it to turn as you drag the page along Thanks for your time Jimmy ...more >>

hi, i have a series of swf files generated in a folder , it also has swf files with wav files, i want to create a new movie where those swf files has to be loaded and run one by one with the wav swf files to be sync with swfs. can any one help me? shankar ...more >>

Can anyone point me to a tutorial explaining how to program a choice between different languages on a flash site. preferably using xml. ...more >>

Hey, I keep on coming across websites, especially ones that win FWA's, that have completely jacked levitated.net on some of the code. Is this legal? I know levitated.net is open source, but is that even cool? Sam ...more >>

Thanks for your reply. I need to set a var for my textInput component because I am going to be extracting data from the text field via a php file. Here's the ActionScript code: form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST"); I have been looking through posts and it seems that php will not be...more >>

I've created a scene that contains several different separate movies. I thought what I want to do was simple, but it's not working. I've placed all the instances of each movie on their own layers in the timeline and spread out by a couple frames (one instance is on layer 5, frame 25; the n...more >>

Greeting, I am having a big issue with Flash MX 2004. Specifically I have a class that I created to move a bunch of my actionscript off the main timeline. The class file is Ship.as. In my code I create 2 instances of this class to account for 2 players in my game. var ship1:Object =...more >>

My understanding is that if I load a movie by MovieClipLoade.loadMovie(name, target), the movie inherits size and position of target. I have few movies with different sizes taht should be loaded at the center of my movie. Currently I use a different target for each movie, the target centered h...more >>

Does anyone know how to script this? I have found several fade-in/fade-out posts on this forum but none seem to fit my scenario. Upon entering a frame, I have my movie set up to fade-out a mc of a white box that I have covering my entire stage. This is working. What I'd like to achieve is to h...more >>

Hello Everyone, Could anyone please explain me why the below mentioned code not works. It's a very simple code that loads some pictures, and I just want add an OnRollOver-function, but it doesn't work at all. Where am I wrong?????????? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks...more >>

I have made a ComboBox for a website and it works great with 1 minor issue. When I click on the ComboBox to open it, it automatically selects the top item unless the person clicks on something otherwise. So in other words, every time the ComboBox is open, it selects "Hockey" (see the code belo...more >>

Hi everybody, i have the following problem. I've made a custom scrollbar to scroll a movieclip from a specific point to another and back. This works fine. Now I want to scroll the same clip using my mousewheel. My problem is now that i want the wheel to scroll between 0 and 800. I tri...more >>

i am trying to create the same effect seen in http://www.firstbornmultimedia.com/flashSmall.htm, in their portfolio section. when you rollover one category, that category gets bigger , and you rollover another category, the category that was previously selected gets smaller and the new categ...more >>

I need to pass 2 variables from an swf to an ASP somebody knows the syntax to use LoadVars ? something like this ??? LoadVars("mailsender.asp"); tanks!...more >>

can someone please take a look at this file and tell me what ive done wrong... i have a drop down box with 14 choice's.... each choice goe's to it's own url... ive placed the combo box in frame 1 and then ive placed all the scripting in frame 1... when i preview and pull down on the menu -- no...more >>

I am loading XML from a JSP page via an XMLConnector. The XML contains the character: ?. When i display the XML in dynamic textfields, the character is rendered as a box. Does anyone know of a setting i can change in the flash program (not on the computer itself), or in the way java render...more >>

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i want to load external .swf into my "parent" .swf in background - i mean, when i call loadMovie() on MovieClipLoader() object, i want to catch events, and only when loadComplete invoked i want to display loaded movie.. now, movie clip which i'm loading is shown just when i call loadMovie().. ...more >>

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is there a way to make a flash web navigator/browser?...more >>