In frame one of the main timeline, I want to use loadMovie to load a JPG into a clip that doesn't hit the stage until the 10th frame. How do I get that image loaded without having to put the script on the same frame? Do I export it for action script or what? ...more >>

Hello, I am new on these forums, and pretty new with Flash but I made a couple of simple websites. I am currently working on a Flash Desktop but I can't open specific URLs with buttons. I can open programms, and all other files with an extension. But since internet shortcuts don't have a ...more >>

I am currently building my first website in Flash and have a question. I was told to make multiple scenes within my movie for the different "pages" of my website. Example-- I have an introduction, a home, page, and three other pages with more information. I am having a hard time creating...more >>

I am working on a site at the moment that is made up of 5 scenes. I have not considered this problem during my site design planning stage and don't want to have to redesign the whole site now that I'm almost done. I would like to include sound on the site. I call the sound.swf to the main....more >>

To use Bitmap class is necessary "import flash.display.bitmap". But inside my class I can't use "import" statement. How can I create a class that access bitmap class. Thanks....more >>

Can anybody advice me in oportunities, if there are any, on sound modification and synthesys in Flash. For instance, how can I generate tones, change pitch on samples, add effects (delay, reverb), create sampler etc... links, tutorials or general info, all is welcome thanks. ...more >>

Is it possible to get a class to know what it's instance name is? I am dynamically setting a mouseListener object in a class, and need to refer to class variables in the listener. I am able to set a path in the class to the get function (eg. _root.pt.variableName) but I'd much rather keep it...more >>

Hi, I have a game where a movie clip is dropped at a given time using setInterval. I am wondering how i could go about this so that the movie clip drops at a random time. The frustrating thing is that i had this working last week but decided not to use it, now i want to use it but cant ...more >>

Hi I have various deadlines that i am to meet and was wondering how i could create a countdown clock that i can then open up on my desktop as a swf and it will tell me precisely how long i have left until a certain date by using the systems calender. Thanks :D ...more >>

Hi guys, Is there any possibility to save the Content of a .swf file into a flat BMP/JPG/PNG.... I am having one swf file contains images,flash drawings,.... when user select to save, i would like to save it as BMP/JPG/PNG format image. Thanks Devendran.I:cool;:confused; ...more >>

Hi. I have made a movie that contains external swf-files, combined with the loadMovie function. So far, so good. But when I put the main swf-file in a html-document the external swf-files dont show. They are of course in the same directory. Does anyone know what I can do about this? ...more >>

I've done a nice little snowman building game for children at http://www.stik.biz/snowman.html And I'd like for children or adults to be able to print the image they have made, or take a screenie of it. I think attaching the code to a button would be nice. Print this or Save this...that sort...more >>

I am new to ActionScripting so I'm still on the ground floor. I've learned the basics on how to stop and start the timeline at any frame with ActionScript. What I'd like to learn is how to now automatically start the timeline again after a specific number of seconds. Is there a tutorial s...more >>

Hey everyone, My website is composed of scenes, each section of the page is one scene ("home" is one scene, the group's mission is another, etc.). I have my navigation bar as a separate movie, and within that movie are the navigation buttons. In the actionscript for the buttons I've prett...more >>

My file has a lot of stuff with arrays and loading from external files. It is hosted at http://www.nictitatingrabbit.com/misc/info_file.txt. Please help me with the bugs!...more >>

I want to check 1 valiable called 'score' against 10,000 other variables called from 'PLAYER0' all the way through to 'PLAYER10000'. Its probably basic stuff but I'm stumped. I usually use the code... if (score == PLAYER0) { gotoAndPlay(1); } else { gotoAndPlay(2); } But for ...more >>

Hi there, I'm trying to put a swf file inside another swf file, and i don't want to put my external swf file inside a movie clip because i loose the actionscript capabilities of that external swf file. To make it short, i want to find a way to give a coordinates _x and _y to an external ...more >>

I have an MP3 that loads when the site loads, and I put a stop music button in case the user doesn't want to listen. The code I used was ... on (release) { mySound.stop(); nextFrame(); } then I created a button on the next frame that started the music again, with similar code......more >>

Everytime I create button movie clips I have the same problem. All the button states function (_up, _down, _over) but the the text field inside (var: buttonLabel) is problematic. For some reason after like two hours I get it to work. Now I am back to the same problem again on a new project ...more >>

Ok heres the situation: I have a masked movie clip within a movie clip that holds instances of a list item movie clip. This is basically a list component execept without the fancy component scripting. Each item movie clip that is attached into the container movie clip needs to be able to b...more >>

I have a movie clip with 50 frames, the first 49 frames are intro animation. I want to have this happen when a button is pressed: -Press "Home" -Uses if to determine whether the home box is visible or not -If it is false, play the movie clip from frame 1 -If it is already visible, play fra...more >>

I have 3 screenies to explain things better... First off, there is this snow thing that I got off somewhere (I forgot where) and snowflakes fall. But that shouldn't really affect the text and the stars should it? I have two questions. 1.) How do you make stars or little dots fade i...more >>

I use flash to php to a mySQL database. My mySQL queries are constructed in flash, added to a loadVars, and then sent via PHP using sendAndLoad with a return to a second loadVars object. All works fine, but I now have 20 such calls, and it's time to consolidate. The redundant code takes ...more >>

I have a movie clip that is draggable by clicking and dragging on a button inside of the movie clip. I want to limit the movement in terms of: -If the X position of the box is 0 or 400 to stop dragging, and if the y position is 0 or 400 stop dragging. This is what I havce so far for the cl...more >>

Hello, I have a mysql databse with peoples details in it. I need to pass this data in the form of a string to flash. If you imagine my data is... name: pete surname:peterson telnos:1 name: dave surname:davis telnos:2 name: sam surname:sampson telnos:3 name: chris surname:christian telnos...more >>

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