I bought FLASH a few months ago and signed up for UNIVERSITY, but it is not helping me to learn the things I need to do. Would you go to this web-site "http://www.sundancecatalog.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&pfstep=results&itemID =84&firstlevel=84" and "http://www.sundancecatalog.com/shopp...more >>

i am making this game of miniature gold game from birds eye view, like a pool game but when the ball hist the wall at high speed, it either just goes through the wall, or just bounces back and bounces back to the wall again. when it his at lower speed, it nicely bounces of the wall, i think ...more >>

this.setStyle("backgroundColor",0x4F2E9E); This doesn't work....I can set or change the them colors, font, font size...etcetera but can not get the background to change. Anyone...?...more >>

I'm new, learning fast, but am new to Actionscripting. I am trying to loop a background cloud pattern that is slowly moving behind a simple banner I'm putting together. The movie clip is a simple 50-frame tween segment that'd I would just like to continue looping all the time in the background...more >>

Hello Forum I Can't find documentation on this. Can someone tell me what's wrong with this? I can' figure it out. setTimeout basically can't read the "loadNextTile" function. Thanks stephan --------------- class myClass{ private function waitToLoadNext(_refPath){ ...more >>

I found this command in the forum somewhere but it's not working getURL("javascript:MM_showHideLayers('Layer1','','hide') void(0);"); It's in the last frame of my movie. The layer in question is like this, <div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; left:84px; top:131px; width:720px; ...more >>

Why does the last line of code cause a compile error? It is the line "trace (leafPile.length)" var leafPile:Leaf = Array ( new Leaf ("Leaf 44a", 1, 25, true), new Leaf ("Leaf 44b", 1, 50, true), new Leaf ("Leaf 44c", 1, 75, true) ); var myList = [34, 45, 57]; trace (leafPile[0].myLeaf...more >>

OK, I've found a strange behavior in my movie, so I created a simple flash file to demonstrate the problem. Can anyone explain what is happening and help me find a workaround? I have a movieclip which I'm treating like a button. I want to capture if someone has pressed it, so I have some a...more >>

I am building a full page flash page. All my content will be in a mc called wrapper 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. Her...more >>

Which format is better? if (money == "" || money == "Included") or if ((money == "") || (money == "Included")) Thanks -Richard...more >>

I am using the following to load a random movie, but it seems like certain movie get loaded much more then others. index_04 seems to by far get loaded more. Is that possible? //loading a random index movie filename = ["index_01", "index_02", "index_03", "index_04", "index_05", "index...more >>

I'm trying to write Actionscript that will call different external SWF every 3 seconds. I wrote the attached code, but it's not working. what's wrong? Help? stop(); function banner1(chknum) { if (chknum=="1") { loadMovie("banner1.swf",_root); } } function banner2(chk...more >>

I need to get the duration of a netstream video. The documentation says to use NetStream.onMetaData but this event is not valid when I try to compile. It also doesn't appear in my local documentation. I recently upgraded from version 7.0.1 to 7.2. Is this event not available in 7.2? Re...more >>

Hi guys Lets say I have a movieclip of a circle that moves to the right via a motion tween. I have multiple instances of this clip on _root. At the moment, they all move to the right at the same speed. I was wondering how I could still have them all moving in the same direction, but...more >>

Is there a way to play a movieclip seamlessly forward and backward, with looping? And what ways do we have to control the points where the user is able to pause? I would need very precise way to stop at certain points and be able to play backward or forward from that point. Which would be ...more >>

Hi I have 5 draggable .swfs appearing on stage - I'd like the current .swf clicked to become the top one that appears - so basically clicking the .swf makes its appear on top of the 'stack'. Any ideas on how this is achieved? I'm using the basic drag script below to move the .swfs. ...more >>

Could someone give me the correct script to stick on a button so that one swf will go straight to another? I have the following which doesn't seem to work; thanks. on (keyPress "<Home>") { loadMovie ("audnew3.swf", "audrey2 med.swf"); } ...more >>

I want one mask to hide several other movie clips which are overlapped and exactly same in size and position. I created one movie for the mask and 2 to be masked and tried to do what I want with this code: movie1_mc.setMask(invisible_mc); movie2_mc.setMask(invisible_mc); ...more >>

how do i get my swf to take over the web browser and open in full screen once people visit my site?...more >>

The problem is with FileRefrence and LocalConnection, as topic says ... and maybe this is not a problem but a secure feature. If I have file a.swf and file b.swf is not possibile to know whic file where chosed in a.swf but LocalConnection is called without any problems. Look at this exam...more >>

Hi, I'm not very good at flash, because I don't use it so much. Till now I haven't really realized what it has to offer. I've written code for photo gallery. It's with slider, into which are loaded swf's with small images. When the user clicks on a small image, it's loaded the larger version...more >>

hi there... i want one solution for toggling between 2 voiceover in same movie... For Example: I will place a audio clip "sound01" in Layer01 and "sound02" in Layer02, in same movie, and i will create a toggling button "VOChange[name of button]".. where i can control the sound01 and sound0...more >>

I'm having trouble getting a scrollpane to work when its inside a movie clip attached via attachMovie(). For simplicity, I tried just placing a large box inside a scrollpane. If the scrollpane's movie clip is placed on the stage, it works fine. For example: main_box.scrollpane.contentPat...more >>

I just can't figure out how to delete an mc whenit gets to the frame... please help!!!...more >>

I am making a banner to go on my school website, for the faculty of humanities. I need the banner to be dynamic so that it scolls depending on the mouse position check this link: (it is around 400kb and doesn't have a loading bar so please be patient) http://img31.imageshack.us/my.php?image=...more >>

Seeking some advice or some concepts on how to approach this effect. I would like to build an object and have this object move faster/slower using my mouse positioning. Any ideas on which way to approach this? ...more >>

Hi everybody I discovered, while programming a game, that the Key Listener is slow in check the keyboard pressing infact, if i put a listener of a key pressing and i trace a message on that pressing, I will notice that, by keeping the key pressed, the listener seems to be slow to check tue...more >>

I'm probably making a simple error here but I can't see it. I'm making a preload controller that takes .swf names and destination MC locations from arrays. The first three files are: loadList[0] = "menu.swf"; loadList[1] = "stylMai.swf"; loadList[2] = "stylHom.swf"; destList[0] = "me...more >>

hi I've just followed the tutorial on swf depths: http://www.actionscript.org/tutorial...s/index2.shtml However, I'm not clear where to insert the code: _level0:highest = "1"; when loading swfs using a button. The tutorial uses this code: loadMovie("clip1.swf", "window1"); ...more >>

Okay I amit it, I am absolutely terrible at actionscript! I've tried and tried but I can't figure out waht to type in if I want a mc to be deleted when it collides with another specific mc. Please help and maybe explain why I need each part. thanks ...more >>

I have an onEnterFrame loop on Frame 2 that advances to frame 4 when the condition is met. My movie plays to frame 5 and 6 (they have Traces on them, but keeps returning to frame 4, per the onEnterFrame code. (I have a stop() on frame 35, the last frame on the timeline.) This code does not ap...more >>

So I've noticed that getURL doesn't work when assigned to a button instance in an Actionscript 2.0 class. This seems to be the case in both flash 7 & 8. Anyone know a work around for this besides just using a Movieclip instead of a button. Examples: http://www.nocircleno.com/ben/flash/bu...more >>

How would I modify this source if I wanted to have a one day then expire? I would like the source to use the time and/or date the swf was launched and count down to one work for one day. var start = new Date(2003, 1, 1); // set start equal to 11/1/2003 (Jan = 0) var end = new Date(20...more >>

Hello, I guess you answered a thousand times to this question, but I'm stucked and i can't undestand why. I hope you can give me some help. I have an input text on the stage with an instance name of "inputfield". I need to send whatever the user inputs to a php file. I tryed with this script...more >>

I am using the color object to and setRGB to change the color of movieclips along a timeline. It works fine. var bnt_color:Color = new Color(_parent.bnt_chapt2); bnt_color.setRGB(0xFF9900); But I later want the movieclip to return to its normal state. How do I cancel the setRGB? ...more >>

I'm working on a project for wich I use embedded quicktime movies. I want to make a button wich turns the audio off and turns subtitles on. Is it possible to turn off the audio in these embedded movies and if so, how? It should be working with flashplayer 7 ...more >>

I recently found this script on flashkit: http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Appl...-9319/index.php And have been trying to figure out where I can make one small change to it. It's an Audio Streaming script and it works great btw! Basically when it initially loads you can see it starts with ...more >>

I am in desperate need of help. I am trying to create a little budget game, whereby a number of different choices lead to different movie clips being played, each of which have a value attached to them On the main timeline I declared a variable called budget and created a dynamic text ...more >>

I have two Accordions on the stage. One is called "accordion" and it resides within Scene1. Using the following: _global.style.setStyle("themeColor","haloOrange"); works nicely controlling the color of the title bar. (Side note: does anyone know where the available colors and icons for the h...more >>

ciao ragazzi sto programmando un gioco e mi han giustamente fatto notare che il listener sui tasti è lento a reagire alle interazioni dell'utente. Se metto un listener per un tasto X e traccio un messaggio sul keyDown, TENENDO PREMUTO il tasto X, il listener ci mette un pochino per rileva...more >>

Hey guys, I've been trying ages now trying to create a link in flash, but each time i use the 'get url' actionascript i keep getting errors! Can anyone give me advice or some forum of script to use? Thanks Reece ...more >>

I'm using Flash MX v6 on a Mac G5 dual 2GHz running OS X 10.4.3. I've selected text a line of text (in its own text block and on its own layer) and set a "mailto" link in the "properties" box. After I publish the movie and open the HTML page in Safari, IE 5, and Firefox, when it reaches that p...more >>

hello, I couldnt figure out why I couldnt get a simple preloader to work. I had been testing in firefox, and then tried it in explorer and it works fine. It has to do with the way I'm referencing the movies size.....when I do a trace in IE the variable bytes_total gives me a value of 99919 (...more >>

I need help understanding how to reference components in a class file. I created a movieclip 'test_mc' and add a dynamic text field 'myTxt' and a button component 'myBtn'. With the following actionscript in the actions panel: myTxt.text = "test text"; myBtn.label = "test button" ...more >>

Trying to create a photo gallery that will play images from a folder that will play automatically. It will check until it reaches the last image then stop. I was thinking some kind of array where I could tell it play this set of images. Say array= 10 for ten images and name each image img1, im...more >>