I know this may appear obvious, but it was a bit disappointing.. I would just like some simple confirmation on the fact that the scale9Grid property is set to null after modifying the _width or _height of a movieclip. I am modifying these properties via a tween and I noticed that the scale9Gri...more >>

I have a preloader attached to my site. When site loads nothing happens and the Activity Window states it can't find my preloader swf file titled: loader.swf I have a main.swf file that loads all of the pages. Script at Keyframe 1: stop(); var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(...more >>

I have an on/off sound button in my flash movie. It is functionable, but it also stops my movie when the button is selected. I have clouds moving in the background and would like the movie to continue playing when the sound on/off button is clicked. I only want the button to effect the sound, ...more >>

okay, i need a dynamic sorting method. i have a series of objects that each have a value variable attributed to them. i need to sort the objects by their value, and then have an array that contains the names of the objects in the order of their internal value. below is what i have so far...more >>

Hi I'd like to use the rectangle parameter of the myBitmapData.draw() function. Do I need to pass through all the other optional parameters in order to use the rectangle parameter? It looks like it cause it doesn't work with only the rectangle parameter. Can someone be of assitstance wi...more >>

ok i know this might be a stupid question but i am kinda new, I searched the forums and could not find a answer. I am trying to create a form in flash 8 that when filled out sends the information in a email using ASP. I am using combo boxes, radio buttons and text area and input components....more >>

Pinging David Powers .... :) I'm wanting to use a simple Flash form and send the data in the form with a submit button to a PHP database for retrieval later. LoadVars? What direction can you guys provide that I start in? Thanks for the help ... ...more >>

I would appreicate if someone can help me with a script that controls the timeline, for example I want a movie clip to play for ten seconds then move on to the next frame. I know I can do this with frames, but I want to learn how to do it with actionscript. Please help! Thanx. Manny ...more >>

I am trying to create a flash page that incorporates both JavaScript and Actionscript. I'm stumped on how to do this. Independently, the flash animation and the JavaSript applet works fine. The problem comes in making them work together. Is it possible to do this, or to perhaps covert JavaScri...more >>

Hi Guys, I have been trying to pass variables from Flash to PHP using POST and GET On the stage I have a text box called nextpage I need to send the value of nextpage to my php page but I am unsure of the syntax. If any of you kind guys would like to help it would be gratly appreci...more >>

I am having a issue trying to figure out how to pause the video player once it has loaded the flv and I also want it to automatically pause my musicplayer once it starts playing. I have tried to pause the player onEnterframe but then when I push play it automatically pauses agian Here...more >>

Hey, i'm having a rather confusing issue here, if anyone has any ideas whats missing id appreciate the input. I have specified an AS 2.0 class in the linkage properties of a movieclip symbol and am dynamically adding it to the stage with no trouble. additionally, the attached class is instanti...more >>

Hi :) I am loading a .swf file to a movieclip in a movie. I want to know whether the .swf is loaded to that movieclip or not. Can anybody help me on this. Thank you....more >>

Hi, I have to control an externally loaded swf with a scrubber and also have to display the duration of the loaded movie. The displayed timer has to update with the srubbing action. I got one tutorial from www.gieson.com but it won't work if I publish for Flash Player 7. Can anyone please ...more >>

Am wondering if anyone can help me out. I have a flash movie 237 px wide and would like to slide a long jpg image accross it horizontally controlled by forward, back and stop buttons. The script I'm using seems to move instances of graphic symbols around fine but doesn't seem able to move a jp...more >>

how to minimise Flash movie by actionscript...more >>

I have an application that I'm working on that is more like a GUI. I need to create some kind of a que. My app will have several messages posted to the user at once. When the user sees them, they can either send them (via pressing an OK or the ENTER button) or press CANCEL. The Mess...more >>

On the left of my stage I have a MC. on the right I have another. When I click on the mc on the left, I want the attch movie to be added to the mc on the right. It can be done, I just need to know how the _x, _xmouse, and the... tgHolder.attachMovie("bhole_mc", "bh_mc", tgHolder.getNextHi...more >>

I have a loop where it searches the various elements of my array and then deletes the element when it finds the one needing to be deleted. However, when I send to my CFC script, the element data is gone but the holder must still be there since I'm getting a "element 2 is undefined in...." ...more >>

I'm using flash 8 and I created a dynamic text in a movie clip and it has a mask. But when I play the movie the text doesn't appear if I have a mask over it, if I take the mask off my text is ok. How can I solve the problem????? if I embed the dynamic field I can see my first text but when I...more >>

By Stage.onResize I can keep the whole movie in noScale mode BUT specific clips and graphics that I have to resize manually. But what if I want to be able to scale all my movie but ONE clip. That is have Stage.scaleMode = "showAll" but a single MC to noScale. Is that possible? -- Dario de Ju...more >>

I have the following piece of code in a movie of mine: var mouseListener:Object = new Object(); mouseListener.onMouseWheel = function(delta,mc) { trace(mc._name); } mouseListener.onMouseDown = function() { trace("down"); } Mouse.addListener(mouseListener); When I run my movie, I...more >>

I'm using attachMovie / createClassObject in an app to attach components in a movieClip. A certain comboBox controls the options the user has in the rest of the row. So I'm using an eventListener to fire when a change has been made to recreate the row of options. No problem...except when recre...more >>

I have a button inside a movie clip on "Scene 1", the movie clip plays and then you when you click the button it is supposed to take you to a certain frame on "Scene 2". It just seems to go back to the beginning of the movie clip that the button is in on "Scene 1". How do I make it reference s...more >>

Developers! Please, help me! How can I get current url of html page with ActionScript? E.g.: with JavaScript I can get it with "document.location" code. How can I get this url with ActionScript in Flash movie? Is it possible? Can I get it in Flash 8 maybe? ...more >>

I don't even know where to look for this one. I'm making a kind of wizard. the user presses "next" when they want to go to the next page -- but my client has asked that if they press any number of keys on the keyboard, that it go to the next page (ie. the spacebar and right arrow key). Th...more >>

Is ther a way to get rid of pixel jumping?? In the following link, I have a shooting range. At 300 yrds, I can only hit 9 points on my target. This is not going to work! When you shoot at the target in the distance, your shots show up in the target in the upper right. No matter how hard y...more >>

OK, I did a search on this and couldn't really find anything that I could use. My problem is with my for loop. I'm displaying a list of games from and XML file. Tracing the loop goes fine, and I can see the var's being created if I look into debug mode. Also, it seems to be doing "somethin...more >>

in a specified area, can you change the movement of the mouse from one(pixel) to .5 or .25 or, for that matter, .1??...more >>

Hi, I'm tweening the position of a mc through actionscript by modifying first the x coordinate and then y, like this: mcTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(mc, "_x", easeType, begin, end, time, true); mcTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(mc, "_y", easeType, begin, end, time, true); The tr...more >>

In the included Action Script sample files under the Flash installation 8 package, I tried to view the result of the LoadText/formattedText.fla. I am not iimpressed as the result in the .swf is a text box with coding, lke <p><img src=''></p> etc, instead of the view of the formatted text. W...more >>

"A script in this movie is causing Flash player to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?" i'm getting this error while publishing my file. my class file has huge amout of code and i'm very sure about no undefined values in t...more >>

I have code that sets the volume for the audio clips that I have loaded: onClipEvent(load) { _root.soundstatus="on"; _root.mySound = new Sound(_level0); _root.mySound2 = new Sound(_level1); _root.mySound3 = new Sound(_level2); _root.mySound4 = new Sound(_level3); _root...more >>

I need flash to search a folder for mp3's and then load them, I can load them fine, but I don't know how to get flash to find them without giving the exact URL? Any help or links would be appriciated. ...more >>

Dear fellow flashers, I am in the middle of writing a C# application which makes use of flash. The premise is I will receive numerous text objects which will need to be displayed at specific time points. This ability must be dynamic. I am looking for guidance towards how to bind these text...more >>

:confused; I know zero about actions (next class I'm taking) I'm making a site in dreamweaver, have designed a special button in flash, need to know how to add the actionscript so that I can link the button to another page. any help appreciated!! ...more >>

I have a challenge that is driving me nuts. There should be a simple solution to this but I think the forest and the tress analogy is what I've got going on. I have a very simple setup - a Flash file is loading a text file with a number of variables and values. The Flash file creates a series ...more >>

Does anyone have this product? Could you share your opinions/thoughts of this charting package? Thanks ...more >>

Good Morning. I have multiple items that drag and drop just fine. My question is how to fix the dropped item so it cannot drag again. I would like the user to drop the item in place, then not be able to move it again. Thanks. ...more >>

I am trying to create a enhanced CD that users will be able to open and save files(pdf, mp3, tifs) from the CD. The CD has to work on classic Mac, OSX, and PC. Is this possible? Any help from anyone would be great, thanks in advance. Ryan ...more >>

Hi there... I havn't been here for a long time because i'v been using photoshop ALOT these days and simply havn't had much time to sit down and practise my AS. I just thought about a game that i pretty much know how to code except for one thing. Heres what i want to do : I want ...more >>

Hi, I'm attempting to take this job. I think I have what it takes to do the work, but I'm worried that I might get stumped. So I was wondering if there is any place where Flash and Macromedia developers usually gather where I can ask for help if I needed it. I live in San Francisco and I wo...more >>

I have created a ScrollPane with the basic scrollpane fucntion in Flash MX 2004. I know there is an action script that allows you to set your scrollpane to have no boarder. If I was at work I could find this script, but I am at home and don't have any of my workfiles with this script with me...more >>

I am creating a sweepstakes for and would like to create a "Birthday" input text box with a 18 year old validation for submission. I created a input text box for email with the following validation on the submit button: else if (!Email.length || Email.indexOf("@") == -1 || Email.indexOf...more >>