I have created a Flash file with a drawer on the right side that opens and closes. I want to load an external swf file into that drawer. I have it kinda working now, but I can't figure out how to have the drawer close, load the external swf, then continue to open. Right now it loads the extern...more >>

I'm having problems either setting varaibles or calling functions that are on the timeline of a movieclip that is nested inside of another movieclip. *************************************** from the main timeLine *************************************** _root.leftNest.nested_MC.loadLabe...more >>

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hey everyone, i know that you all think im an idiot now and i tried my hardest to figure this one out myself but its just not working. I have a text box in a movieclip on the root timeline that i want to go increase and decrease in value when different buttons are pressed. whenever i put the a...more >>

Hello, I've searched and found a few instances of how to change the bg color of an html page using javascript. When I tried those ideas, nothing worked, it seemed to work for one other person. I am using Flash 8 AS2 My Goal: To change my index.html background color when I click my button...more >>

I'm using the below code to preload, two .swf when my web page loads. It loads the first .swf "hjem.swf" and plays it while the second .swf continues to load "bgImage.swf". The dynamic text displays, the load progress of both movies as one percentage. My question is, is it possible to def...more >>

Hi. I know there are many topisc that deal and solve that problemm but here's mine. I have created a photo gallery. I use a slider and when the user click on a small image, it displayes a larger image and it stopes the slider. But this can only do in the first half of the slider. The other h...more >>

When I use getURL(javascript:window.location.href="#astropjas4a"); it works as I need it to (page going to named anchor in html correctly) when I use gobook = "astropjas4a" getURL('javascript:window.location.href="#' add gobook add '"'); it does not (page going to url javascript:...more >>

hi! I wonder if theres a function of some kind that can help me get the shortest distance and coordinates between two drawns objects (circles). ...more >>

what is the action code to make your flash movie loop twice?:confused;...more >>

I just want to bkur an object. I don't want it animated. I just want the object of be in the background and blurred. I am using flash MX. Please help...more >>

Hi, I have a Page flip Script file made in Flash MX, but when I publish it in flash 7.0 or flash 8.0 it doesn't work at all giving strange output. Can anybody please help me how should I upgrade my actionscript or flash file. I saved it as flash 8.0 file but still not working Help me ASA...more >>

i have a set of named functions in numerical order, named load1(), load2(), load3(), load 4(), and so on that carry out some actions based on the release event of their corresponding numbered buttons (ie pressing "button 1" executes the load1() function). i also have a "previous" button an...more >>

// set up the XML instance var xmlfile:XML = new XML(); artistxml.ignoreWhite = true; .... // start the xml loading var filename = some_file.xml xmlfile.load(filename); ------------------------------ when i try this i get an error:undefined is there anyway to load a file based on...more >>

my movie has a number of movie clips containing a text field and a parallel empty movie clip. All movie clips and text fields have unique instance names. Each empty movie clip has an onMouseDown event containing a getURL(); statement. If I click any item, all of the getURL statements fire at o...more >>

Hi, I'm using MX (the original) and I want to post some data to javascript and then have javascript return it back to flash, is this possible and if so how? Thanks James ...more >>

I am cycling through a list and duplicating a movie clip, and calling a function. if(String(_root[ArrayName][i]) == String(PhotoNode.firstChild.firstChild)){ //Populate the lists with the XML values; //trace(PhotoNode.firstChild.nextSibling.nextSibling.firstChild); TempPhotoNa...more >>

Hi you all, I am a newbie at flash. I'm trying to do the following: I have a few movies (swf) and an XML file. In the XML the order of showing is determined. The loading of the XML is no problem but i'm a bit confused about what the best way is to show the movies. I want to start th...more >>

Hi, I want to do a Mr Potatoehead type game for small children. Does anyone have an idea how I would approach this? ...more >>

I was going through a tutorial and found that the action script recquires Netconnection and netstream object. If anybody can help me with either playing the video without streaming or how to setup the NetConnection I would appreciate it. Thanks, Josh ...more >>

Hi Anybody any suggestions or links how to develop an input textbox that automatically gives hints for words while typing? It has to contain 65 words that must be suggested to the user in case the firt characters are identical to one of the words. f.ex I type : bathr my text...more >>

Hi, right i have a flash file where i'm using loadmovie to load in different swf files. at the moment i have to change about 5 instances of the name of the clips i'm using in the actionscipt for the loadmovie funcition. also i have to change the movie instance name. this is because i am ju...more >>

Hi. I have a flash movie that loads swf's and plays them. What I'm wondering is if I'm able to just load maybe the first 100kb or so of the swf, then pause the loading until a user clicks a link or something. Can such a thing be done? ...more >>

I can embed "my_font" (arial) to my TextArea Component no problem. There is some embeded HTML in the DB field (i.e: <br />, <b>, <p>, <i>) which populates the TextArea. When I turn on "html=true" in my code, nothing shows. When comment that one line out, everything shows, including the HTML tag...more >>

I have following scenario: I have several menus, each containing 5 thumbnails of size ~ 3K. Currently I have 4 menus, that is, 20 thumbnails but the site will grow, but no more then 100 thumbnails will be available at any time. After the flash is loaded the first thing to do is to load a...more >>

I'm currently able to scroll my movie clip left and right using two buttons, but I'd like to know how to make it so that when I release the button the movie clip slows down and THEN stops. Right now the scrolling IMMEDIATELY stops when you release the button. Anyone know how to do that? ...more >>

I'm trying to build a script that checks the time on the computer, then it will load one of several external movies at a certain time. At 3pm loadmovie At 9pm loadmovie...more >>

Is there a script that places the cursor in the text box. This way the user can just type in the text box? A good example of this is on Yahoo. When you open Yahoo.com It places you in the text search box. This way you can just type. Does that make sense? ...more >>

A "List" component called "ListObserver" is placed on the Frame("FrameChatRoom") at design time. But if I execute the following code, the List does not show anything. Any solution? gotoAndStop("FrameChatRoom"); _root.ListObserver.addItem({data:1, label:"One"}); _root.ListObserver.add...more >>

Hi i am having a problem with HTML (java) to Flash communication with the player upgrade from 7 to 8. The HTML-page and movie is located on harddisc and are in the same folder (they are supposed to work both locally and remote). I added the location to trusted locations in the advanced prefe...more >>

hi all, i am a little frustrated... i need to use embedded fonts with htmlText. The point of using htmlText is to allow users to add some basic formatting to text that get's pulled into an swf from a database and rendered. the problem is that this doesn't appear to work with embedded text....more >>

how do i get old action scripts to work with flash 8...more >>

I'm developing a Flash application that's intended to run on a user's computer on a pretty-much continuous basis. Periodically, the app pulls XML data from a file and updates various variables and the displayed data accordingly. My problem is that, after the app runs for a few hours, the proce...more >>

hi, any body know how to create a applet in flash. i know to create class. ...more >>

Hi all, i am having a big application and facing few problems while calling function between classes. the whole application developed by OOP concepts. for example - we are having totally 1 to 40 class files, all are initiated while publishing. But i want to call a function aft...more >>

Not sure why this happens, but when my external text (html) loads into the text box with the scroll bar, it loads into the bottom of the text box. The second i move the dragger to begin scrolling, then the text jumps to the top of the text box...the place i wanted it to load from the start.......more >>

I want to render smooth external (loaded) images (.jpg files) I read in help some, but i found only refering at the images from library... something with the attachBitmap or i don't know... i want to use it in a dynamic slideshow with tranzitions (rotations and scaling) ...more >>

I can't get my button to play when I made th movie and I would really like to get threw the movie without my veiwers to have to find out how to right click and press play. mine won't work on (release){ next frame( ) I don't know if it is right anyways-lol ...more >>

Has anyone ever had problems with nesting movies inside a scrollpane? It just doesn't even register that the new content added as childs to the scrollpane extends out of the area. Here is the code for the scrollpane: if (!_root.nw) _root.createEmptyMovieClip("nw", _root.getNextHigh...more >>

I have a streaming FLV file that's loading into a custom skinned media player. The code uses the MovieClip.attachMovie method and I can't seem to set cue points to my flv. All I want to do is trigger an actionscript event when the movie ends but I can't seem to get it to work. I had a feeling ...more >>

I'm working on a 3D app using Director and it also has some flash content. I'm using the arrow keys to move the camera in the 3D environment, and I'm using .SWFs with some comboboxes and check boxes for other levels of interactivity. Here's the problem: If I make a selection in one of t...more >>

hi, i have a problem i did a Flash animationwith approximatively 300 MovieClip in it, wich i paste on stage. I have to change my program so that the function "attachmovie" could attach them to the stage. Is there a function which give me the linkage iddentifier of a MovieClip ???? I'm ...more >>

hi all i have a textfield in my application and i want to have it in focus i used Selection.setFocus("txtField")and its working fine. But if user minimes and then maxmises the application; the focus is lost. Any clue how to retain it. Due to certain reasons; i cannot use Enterframe f...more >>

Hi all, I'm a fairly new member of this community (it's my first post), and kind of a newbish flash scripter. My problem is the following: I'm trying to show to my flash script users what a camera (IP camera, streaming MPEG-4) is filming... I have an URL to an .asf "file", and I bel...more >>

Hi NG, I'm trying to create a MovieClip with a dynamicaly created Square on it. Everthing works fine excepted that the square should be the reactive Area for an MouseOver function. If I put the action for _parent MC everthing works but not if if I put it only for the Square. Here's the code:...more >>

I've used code like this before to attach MCs to the stage. I'm trying to get a MC inside my dynamically attached MC to stop at certain frames as attached. It won't work. I've just moved up to flash 8 is there a problem here Im not aware of? // function posSlides() { for (i=0; i<=...more >>

I am getting very frustrated. I would like to make it so that my buttons ALWAYS have the same action no matter what frame they are in. I have a large amount of different buttons that jump to specified frames. Each button also have a large number of keyframes, although each is in its own la...more >>