What I'm trying to accomplish is farely simple I just can't the actionscript right. I want the user to click on a moving object so that it changaes into another moving object on the same path. If anyone can help me or provide an actionscript, it will be grately appreciated. Thank you ...more >>

Hello, I'm building a weather Application, so far I was able to get all the information from the weather.com without any problem. Now I would like to add a Search functionality, but it's kind of tricky and I can't figure out how to handle that. Here is why: When the user input a ZIP or a...more >>

hi i'd like to get some easing when the mouse is pressed on a movie clip (one of several movie clips on stage) - and the movie clip is then dragged. At the moment I'm using the drag movie behaviour - but I'd like the easing effect achieved by Yugop on his http://www.intentionallies.co.jp...more >>

Using Flash 8. (but this has been a problem for every version that I've ever used.) I have all my AS in external .as files. I use #include (still using AS1 for compatibility) within all the components. to pull in the right information. I use SciTE for editing my external .as files. ...more >>

First - this is AS1.0 (in order to support Flash 5) I have a bunch of components that render differently depending on the Stage size. What I've done is I've either created an onLoad handler to deal with the loading (which doesn't catch all MovieClips - e.g. attach etc.) - so I have anothe...more >>

Hello,im new to flash and I got a question. Im working on an authentication script which connect on an external file to verify password and username. On the enter button: on (press) ( i want it to connect on a text file to verify the username and pswd in Msql.) gotoAndplay(22); } ...more >>

Is there a better way to remove a text field from everywhere on the timeline except the one frame that it's being used than just putting the script in all other frames? Is there a way to tell the movie to remove it upon exiting a frame or at any time it's not on a particular frame? ...more >>

I want to know if it's possible to load multiple sounds under "mysound.load(X, 999)". X being an array of sounds. If so, how would I go about doing it?...more >>

I am building a full page flash page. All my content will be in a main mc which I would like to be centered and flush top. I have the following AS to keep the main mc in the right position, but the math is not right. I can't figure it out, any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is the A...more >>

why does this not work _root.gudrun.onPress= function(){ gudrun.duplicateMovieClip("gudrun2",0); setProperty ("_root.gudrun2",_xscale, 100); setProperty ("_root.gudrun2",_yscale, 100); trace ("movieclip"); } _root.gudrun2.onPress = function(){ this.startDrag(false); }; _root.gudr...more >>

hi does anyone know how this text effect was achieved: http://www.xyleminteractive.com/ thanx dirk...more >>

Hello, I am developing a series of SWF files which should be able to run only by authorized persons (user name and pass). the swf files will downloaded to the client's temp folder but I would like a way that will prevent the user from playing or distributing the files. can it be done an...more >>

Hi Dose anyone know if it is possible to constrain on moviclip to another at run time, for example when you drag one moviclip it is constrained to another. You could for example draw a cross shape - convert is to an mc and then constrain another mc to be dragged along the cross shape. ...more >>

Hi if this is wrong place for that sorry but im looking how to do the simulation on the web side like i have ready picture and i have the access to like a pencil tool which gona to drow over this what i want to changke like a color after im finishing drowing over i can choos a color and i will...more >>

I know there must be something simple I'm doing wrong... I have read a bunch of numbers into an array, from an XML file, like this: the data is tagged like this: <play_id>6</play_id> just a number. It's read into the array like this: var vidPlayID:Array = new Array(); for(j = ...more >>

I have a question about the "THIS" usage. I noticed it works great on the movieclip itself, but when I try to bring the code into a function on the main timeline that the movieclip can call to, it does not work. Is there a way that the movieclip can call to the function and specify who it is.....more >>

I posted this in 2 other forums but i guess this also applies to Actionscript so i'll ask this question: Why is the coordinate system in computer graphics, in general, have their coordintates vertically reversed? I remember that Cartesian coordinate systems had the positive y-axis going UP...more >>

can someone please tell me how to set this up... within my site i want a box- for league standing's which ive done in excel... below is how i have it set up in excel...( teams - win's - loss's ) this is something that will be updated regularly... how would i set this up to be updated in flas...more >>

I'm having trouble making the class reference itself. For example, I have a class and in the class I have a function and in the function I want to reference the class, but when I use the "this" keyword, it doesn't work and when I use the trace statement it doesn't seem to point at the class. ...more >>

Hello, I'm tearing my eyes out trying to figure out why this won't work: I have an empty movie clip called placeholder and am trying to preload an external jpg with it. in frame 1 I have placeholder.loadMovie("ext/images/entrees.jpg"); bytes_loaded = Math.round(placeholder.getBytesLo...more >>

Can someone lead to some code that can display the current system clocks month? Thanks...more >>

i want this clip to move continuously after i press the direction. here's what i used wat do i need? on (keyPress "<Right>") { this._x = this._x+1; }...more >>

:confused; A game that I'm making requires me to fill the sreen when you open the projecter file. How can I do this? Is this posible? Please respond. -Nick D....more >>

I am trying to put simple text into boxes using xml. I have the following xml: function loadXML(loaded) { _root.Hint1 = this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue; _root.Hint2 = this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue; ...more >>

I want when the user in inout text this format: 111111111-1 var keyListener:Object = new Object(); keyListener.onKeyDown = function() { if (matricula.text.length == 2) { matricula.text += '-'; } }; Key.addListener(keyListener); but happend this: 111111111- can you help me...more >>

I'm using a preloader on my website, www.corsairblack.com, which is completely authored in the Flash environment. This is basically it: loadedBytes = _root.getBytesLoaded(); totalBytes = _root.getBytesTotal(); if (loadedBytes<totalBytes) { percentageLoad = int((loadedBytes/totalB...more >>

Here is a FLA file that demonstrates my problem: http://www.projectfrontier.com/test/testfiltertechnique2.fla When you click on a button, it is supposed to highlight every ancestor and every decendent. But when you click on any button that starts with "G" and then select PLAY from th...more >>

hi.... i want to make a small flash slide show that can get images from a folder and display them. i designed this web site: http://www.ergoestudo.rld-i.com/index2.php and my client want's do be able to update the images in the small flash slide show in the main page. can anyone he...more >>

Im trying to group objects together so as to apply properties to the entire group in one shot for example i have examp_mc's 1-5 i believe i need to put them into an array var myArray:Array = new Array(examp_mc, examp2_mc, examp3_mc, examp4_mc, examp5_mc); // for shits and giggles...more >>

Hi. I am developing a 3D-application and i want the users to be able to drag and drop the 3D-objects on the screen. The 3D part works just fine but i cant get the drag and drop to work. I tried to make a class, GraphicsObject, that extends MovieClip and then just overloaded the onPress and onR...more >>

hi does anyone know who the bouncy line for the boxes in this site were created: http://www.seanjohn.com/sj6/ - skip intro! thanx dirk...more >>

hi I have 2 questions relating to laoding a movie into a new level - and then allowing that movie to be dragged - with the acceleration / de-acceleration effect happening. On the #1 question: Is it possible to specify x and y co-ordinates on where the new movie loads in the level s...more >>

Heya, Im trying to build a simple list of the users logged in and make it visible to other users logged in. Got everything worked out alright, except I cant quite think of a sound way to force a logout after they close the window or leave the site. So im looking for a way to co...more >>

hi I have 2 questions relating to laoding a movie into a new level - and then allowing that movie to be dragged - with the acceleration / de-acceleration effect happening. On the #1 question: Is it possible to specify x and y co-ordinates on where the new movie loads in the level s...more >>

Good Morning Everyone. I have a question that is driving me nuts. I have looked all through the Actionscript help files and the Actionscript Dictionary and can not find a good answer. Here is my question. I am linking numerous SWFs in a training turorial. My structure looks like bel...more >>