I'm having a problem with actually loading images in with the loadMovie() function. When I try using the following code, only the last of the seven images show up. When I change the path to simply _root, all of them show up... I really need this image to have a certain parent for masking purpo...more >>

Hello, I'm using the Tween class on a class of my own. I imported the correct class and package, but for some reason the script editing panel doesn't complete the code for the variable that holds the Tween instance. Is this normal? Shouldn't Flash auto complete every code, including c...more >>

I've seen loadMovie used in similiar ways on this board, but not from one .swf to another. I have a main.swf. I load two additional .swf's into main, one called navigation.swf (which holds the navigation buttons) and content.swf. I want to use loadMovie from the navigation.swf to change the co...more >>

i have a video play list on a mysql database which i can search with a coldfusion component (CFC). this search is very nice and returns data that is like the value that the user has input which is nice if the user dosn't know exactly how to type what they want: some code from the CFC: S...more >>

Hi to all and to Kglad who helped me last time :) I got the same problem which I tought I figured out but actually even very close to solving it I didnt :((((( I succeeded making the code work for two buttons but not for more and I got 7 :( So I will attach pictures for u so you can imagin...more >>

hi I'm developing a site using sliding content - controlled with up and down buttons. But I'm having problems with the positioning 'degrading' the more the up / down buttons are pressed: You can see this here: http://www.detkendesign.com/detken2/portfolio.htm I'm using the AS bel...more >>

Hi, I'm doing the following test: I have an object on the stage rotating with rotation tween. I also have it moving by changing the _x property via ActionScript (on the onClipEvent(enterFrame) event). The thing is that it neither rotates or moves. In order to animate a particular ob...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if anybody could help me out with the actionscript to produce a website idea have. The sites navigation consists of a list of buttons down the the left hand side of the page, then once the buttons are clicked I want a movieclip (in the style of a piece of paper) to a...more >>

Hi. Sorry for the gross newbie questions. But I'm stumped. Just as an exercise, I've set up a little flash page with a single button (well, actually, a movie clip) on it that, when clicked, randomly generates a number between 2 and 7. That number is then used to gotoAndStop to the correspo...more >>

Hello, I would like to start off saying I am new to Actionscript and know very little. I need some help with some code. I have a button the on release goes to a url. The button also play a sound when pushed. But because on release of the button the page changes to another url page wh...more >>

Hi everyone; I am building a kind of matching game. I have 10 buttons, each plays a different sound. I also have 10 pictures that act like buttons too. Each picture matches one of the ten sounds and also has a right or wrong sounds. All pictures and sounds are placed on the main timeline. ...more >>

I'm using this following script cena = new BitmapData(550,400 , false, 0x00CCCCCC); var mc:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()); clipe = this.createEmptyMovieClip("clipe",this.getNextHighestDepth()); clipe.loadMovie("E:\\Rafel Geral\\Bread\\Gifs\\barrac...more >>

I'm working on a .fla with some classes associated to create a real-time graph display. This part works fine, but I needed a CheckBox to activate a window. The idea was to associate the selected state of the checkbox with the visibility of the window. The problem is, when I insert the Chec...more >>

So I'm fairley new to AS...oh, I've done some simple AS attached to MC events and such, but right now I'm digging a little deeper. I'm not new to programming, however. I've made some stuff in Pascal, and dabbled a little in C and C++, when I was in high school. Why am I mentioning all this? We...more >>

Hello Again! I have this multimedia cd with some artwork, and i created this button that could call older work "number1.exe" i used fscoomand, and the "number1.exe" and its swf`s are on the same folder, but the "number1.exe" run but just dont call the swf?s. It works perfect when is a ...more >>

Hi all, well i have a problem in building my photo album, i have 20 images, i put them inside the SWF, but iam haveing a problem in adding the action needed for the next and prev> buttons. could any one help me with that???:) ...more >>

I have two different Movie Clips that use the "_root" identifier. The first clip displays a hovering caption over buttons. The second is a navigation bar that can drug to any position on the . When I move the navigation bar - it screws up the hovering caption. I'm guessing this has something t...more >>

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I have a group of dynamic text fields. In my text file I have a variable called date3. If date3 is blank I want to simply hide a movie clip. Here is what I have. Thanks for your help! if (_root.theDate3.text == ""){ trace("worked"); //box1._alpha = 0; } ...more >>

Hi folks, I have a splash page with an intro. Now how can i redirect to home page of website after intro is finished? I assume that FSCommand and JavaScript will be involved in such trick but i don't know how to do it exactly. ...more >>

ok so i am trying to make a series of jpgs load in a nice straight row... im using remoting to get a count and list of upc codes that are used for finding the correct images. so i made a "For" that loops, takes the previous images _x + _width and makes that uts _x. simple enough. problem is i ...more >>

I'm making a small game with Flash which in turns loads even smaller games. To make it easier to manage all the minigames are loaded from external swf files. this.attachMovie("Placeholder","minigame",1); this.minigame.loadMovie(minigames_list[game]); This all works like it should. The ex...more >>

Hi Hopefully someone can help me. I am currently working on a travel website which has the main navigation in one swf file with a layer of frame labels at the top. The navigation consists of movie clips of drop down menus, which contain buttons which target a particular frame label eg...more >>

I want a Flash aplication(SWF) to retreive data, and send data, to a database file, so that if I close my SWF and reopen it later, modifications made to that database are remembered. HOW DO I DO THAT? Is a XML file the right file for a database? Should it be local or hosted on the web? How ...more >>

I have a child accordion nested in a parent accordion. How do I destroy the child accordion when the user selects another child in the parent accordion? I have attempted to use childAccordion.destroyObject() with various target paths to no avail. ...more >>

Well, the forum errored on my last post. So, ..... bump it up....more >>

Is it possible to rename an MC on the stage? this.createEmptyMovieClip("mainContent_top", this.getNextHighestDepth()); //swapDepths for mainContent_top //rename mainContent_top to mainContent_bottom Is that possible? Thank you for any help!...more >>

I have created a Products accordion with multiple Products children and a Products change event listener. When the user selects a Products child, I instatiate a new Modules accordion for that child with multiple Modules children and a Modules change event listener. However, no matter how I set...more >>

I am loading a movie into a movie clip and would like to, once loaded move it to another movie clip. How would I do that? I am not even sure what to look for in the AS dictionary? Thank you for any help! Brian...more >>

hi i m working with Scenes and i have a problem first i name my Scenes to S1 and S2 then i place on S1 a mc when that mc rich to the frame 200 to i want to tell my movie to go to and play S2 frame 1 i place that at frame 200 gotoAndPlay("S2", 1); but insted of go to and play S2 i...more >>

I need to format a number to show 2 digits right of the decimal point in all cases, including integers. I figure I can convert the resulting truncated number to a string and append the $ sign. Any help would be appreciated, I have looked and searched and nothing looks straight forward. ...more >>

I have movieclip1 that is controlling mc2 mc1 tells mc2 to go to prevFrame() no problem, it does. In that newframe of mc2 is a framescript that updates the value of a variable But that variable isn't getting set until the next time mc1 issues a prevFrame() command to mc2. In other ...more >>

Hello, I have a music file that places and loops when my site loads. I would like to turn this loop off or reduce the volume when I push play to play another music file. How can I do this? The other music file is controlled using the flash media component. Btw, I have Flash 8. Thanks,...more >>

In the following code, the dayrate is always set to 39 and the wkrate is always set to 209 through the IF statement. I assign the default values on top, also very wierd is "vehicle" traces out as Full Size after the IF statement? Any and all help is appreciated. var ...more >>

So my mc loader kinda works. I have four buttons that use four different mc loaders. Sometimes they load the content perfectly, other times they just do nothing. Here is two of my loaders and at the bottom are two buttons addressinf eachloader. Maybe there is something missing (i thought i ...more >>

Hi there, I followed a tutorial that enabled me to scroll an MC with burrons and a dragable bar. The original tutorial was for a vertical scroll, but I changed everything Y to X and modified what I thought were the correct things, to convert it all to a horizontally scrolled MC, but alas,...more >>

I have created a group of images that I want to continually loop across my stage. I also have text that I want to come in from off the stage and then remain in place while the images continue to loop. How can I stop the text after it is in place and continue with the images looping??? Than...more >>

Hello, I'm a Macromedia Director person, and today I began my quest among the Flash/ActionScript realm. I don't know if you all know Director, but in short terms when I want to add a script to an object of my stage, I create a script separately and add it to the desired objects. ...more >>

I have two Dynamic text boxes that keep disappearing. I narrowed it down to one mc thats causing it to. I just dont know why and Im not sure where to look anymore and its drivng me nuts. I disabled all as going to the mc and still nothing in the boxes shows up. I traced everything and al...more >>

How do I export an app that is windowless and can i change the icon?...more >>

Hi there!This is Mark . I need assistance in my school project.I'm doing flash on computer Vision And Image Processing.I need to design the E-learning web pages from chapter 8.Hmmm...this project requires action script programming.It consist of 6 sections.I need someone to complete at least 2 ...more >>

Hi, I'm quite new to flash, any version, I am using the gallery_tree example for my basis of my project. I need to load ether wmv or mpg into flash and have them play. Much like the the gallery_tree example. Has anyone done t his and can point me in the right direction. I know this is ...more >>

When I do the attach movieclip...its not working...can u pls check it out? just teach me step by step...how do i add a movie clip in a loop..? rightmenu_mc = is name of movie clip and name of instance of the movie clip what are the values to be inserted in the attachmovie(instance name,...more >>

Would Flash make a good tool for displaying animated replay of airplane flights paths? I am working for a company in the airport noise industry and we have developed software that merges noises recorded around airports with flights. Users can investigate abnormal noise events by reviewing...more >>

I have the text area component in my flash file loading an external .txt file. Currently, when you scroll over the text field in the .swf the cursor changes to allow the text to be selectable. How can I make the text unselectable and the mouse cursor just look like the arrow? One other pr...more >>

Hello, I have a problem with the thumbnails in the flashmovie. With flash version 5 its working perfect, with flash version 8 it dosent buth there are no errors? Please look at the action that i use: Firts i load the images with: aantal = _root.aantaldir1; soort = "fotos/dir1"; ...more >>

Hi guys, I'm still a total idiot with Flash and I've ran into a problem. I have a quiz game that I'm making that has a character in it that does a win, lose and idle animation. I want to be able to call the win and lose animations only once and then have it return to the idle animation once it...more >>

:confused; I have built an interface (menu) that reads xml and uses a loader component to view external flashfiles required by the xml... All works well except the combobox component that is located in one of the external files. when pulled into the menu, the top section of the combobox ...more >>

I create e-learning content (simulations) for my organization. Basically, we show professionals how to use specific software and we use a LMS to track the results. We use standard Javascript and HTML with and without SWF files embedded in the HTML pages to simulate how a program acts. We...more >>

I have a .txt doc with global vars written like this: _global.thing1=one&_global.thing2=two&_global.thing3=three Is that written correctly? Are global vars allowed from an external source? This is how Im loading them: globalThings = new LoadVars(); globalThings.load("globalThings.txt"); ...more >>