I?m trying to create a simple progress bar but have run into a problem. Within a class, how do I reference a variable defined in one function in another? For example the following code in a .fla and in an .as class respectively (posted separate) outputs the following error: **Error** Scene...more >>

can anyone help me adapt the following script to allow my background image (bg1) to scale proportionately whilst filling the stage, at the moment it fills the stage but stretches unproportionately. startingSizeX = Stage.width; startingSizeY = Stage.height; Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"; ...more >>

I have a working xml tree menu, but I just want one menu to close when another is chosen instead of all staying open. It shouldn't be too hard to change, but this code is above me. MovieClip.prototype.moveMenu=function() { var py=this._y; var pos_y; var lastpath=eval(this.lastPat...more >>

Using movie clips and animation it is easy to set an object rotating around its center. And Action Script movie clip class allows you to start drag and stop. That causes the object to be dragged across the screen with the mouse movement. Neither method meets my needs. I need to hold the ...more >>

How do I load variables into Flash from a PHP page WITHOUT saving it to a DYNAMIC TEXT FIELD? I want to use/call it as _root.variableName or something similar. (Sorta like FlashVars) It seems in order to load variables dynamically; I would have to know the name of each and every variable ...more >>

Afternoon everyone, I'm having some issues with a slideshow I'm making for a professor at my university. The navigation of the slideshow is a row of buttons in the lower-right corner of the scene which you click on to get to the various frames of the slideshow. The first frame consists of ...more >>

On the UI Window Component. How do you get the close button to close the window?...more >>

Okay, here's my dillema...I want to open a VBScript file located in the fscommand folder from a projector file. Here's the code I have... on (release) { fscommand("exec", "WMF95Setup.vbs"); } It doesn't work. I have read that I can open another executable like this, but was wanting ...more >>

so i have some mp3 samples on page and i want to create pre"wiev" for that.. i created swf, load mp3 .. everything's ok in ff or o, byt that comunistic ie doesn't play anything (i tryed streaming false either true).. second problem is with "preloader" - i want to show user loading progress.. w...more >>

Hi, I'm performing a very simple sendAndLoad to a ColdFusion page. It works fine when the ColdFusion page is on my local host, but when it's on another server, the LOAD doesn't seem to work...(Flash never gets a response back form ColdFusion). In the onLoad() function, when running from ...more >>

I have a Navigation buttons on the main timeline. Each frame on the time line contains a new movieclip that plays. I would like to code the buttons so that no matter what fram of the main timeline I'm on, it will pause the movieclip (ex. whatever.Child.stop(); or something like that) witho...more >>

:confused; I am always getting a scripting error... This should be simple, right? I am making a single swf composed of three swf files which will loop when finished - a full screen looping movie. Turns out one cannot drag three compressed finished .swf movies into the library and put them into...more >>

I have never loaded any external swfs into flash before so Im new to this... I have an swf that is 600x300 pixels (called gallery.swf) and I would like to load it into my site (called site.swf). The gallery is just a slideshow of a bunch of pictures and to save the filesize of my site.swf, I...more >>

Does anyone know of a book or on line tutorial that walks you through how to make a new window within Flash (not talking about the pop up new browser window). I have seen them on numerous site. It has a close button (usually on the right where you can close the window within Flash. I keep thin...more >>

Is there a limit to the amount of text that can be in a scrollpane? My text is disappearing halfway through the copy and the bottom few paragraphs are doubling up over the copy at the top. Does that make any sense? Here is a link if you need to see what I'm talking about. http://www.doxa.b...more >>

how do you dynamically unload a flash video after it has finished playing? thx > mark...more >>

Hi, i've created a Flash Navigation Bar to be used with a Director project, my problem is how to set the buttons to jump to markers within director.. what i have so far is this (it is wrong.. lol) on (release) { getURL("lingo: jump to marker (credits) "); } If anyone could give me a...more >>

I have a movieClip already on the stage and I would like to dynamically apply some filters to it at runtime. I can't find a usable example in the documentation. Could someone please give me an example of how to apply a ColorMatrixFilter and/or GlowFilter in Flash 8 to a movieClip on the stag...more >>

if you're using attachMovie, you must be using movieclip buttons. in that situation you should be using: lastPressedBtn=this; also, because your frame labels are not frame1, frame2 etc you should be using the code from my second message: yourFramesA=['jeoffFrame","stevefr",...]; // ...more >>

Hello all, Just a simple question, let's say I have a flash with input text in it and only take the to the next page if the input is correct, it will look something like that quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- on (release, ...more >>

Hi. I have this problem. i have a dynamic text box in which i load data from an xml tag. ( <id>5416581125386329-30502</id> <name>b-10.jpg</name> <title>b-10.jpg</title> <display>u6QKO7BW</display> ) Can u please tell me how can i "tell" flash - if the <title> has more than l...more >>

Hello, I'm having a real problem getting a set of custom menus to do what I tell them, please help! Here's the scenario: I've got a map made up from dots. Each Dot is a class extended from the movie clip. Each Dot has a custom menu which will eventually display varying options. For...more >>

ok, i have tried everything i can think of and still nothing. All i need to do is have a parent movie clip, or just a movie clip on stage that can be moved and rotated + or - by keypresses. This part is ok. What i need help with is this it needs to move another movie clip which is on stag...more >>

How to load the images that has to scroll vertically ? ...more >>

For a project that I am working on I have the text being loaded into it from an html page. What I need to happen is to add the ability to click one of the words and have it open another little "pop-up" window for information about that word. Is that possible? Thanks for your help in a...more >>

Hi. I'm having a bit of trouble with sound playback in flash 8. When I create a new Sound object (within a class file) and attach an mp3 (from the library, and preloaded), I cannot get it to play. If I replace the linkage ID of the mp3 file with one of an AIF, it works fine. Is ther...more >>

Hi, I'm using "upload" to send a file to an Apache server running PHP. The file is correctly copied, however it seems that my PHP script is being runned twice! I checked my flash file and "upload" is only called once... does anyone knows what's going on? ...more >>

Hi I need way that save text file from flash The user enters text and the file name in flash then save it to the external text file ...more >>

Hello World I'm trying to apply tabIndexing to Flash movieClips, some being on other _level's as loaded .swf files. I'm using Flash MX2004 Professional for Windows XP Pro. I've Googled the query only to find this problem existing but on Forum's dated back in 2003. Does anyone know if...more >>

Can someone please help me with this problem. What the code does is to create an empty movieclip and, through a for loop, create new empty movieclips which will contain an image each (image path loaded from an xml doc and image loaded through the loadClip function). I want to be able to store ...more >>

have a timer triggered on onPress, and stopped on onRelease , compare the time and if it is greater than 3 seconds exit. Look in the flash help for getTimer(), propbably the easiest way of getting the result in this case. get the time onPress and minus it from the time onRelease, test timeleft...more >>

Hi, Using Flash filter Effects in flash8 just its coooool but wherenever i was running it in IE other systems the Flash 8 filter effects are not showing. i found problem in the latest Flash Player but how can code it for download Latest Flash Player. Thanks Satish Kumar Rajula ...more >>

Hi In my flash, i wanted to move from a one scene to another and got this strange problem. First I'll explain what the exact problem is which i'm not sure you would figure out right away, so read the example afterwards. I used gotoAndStop("Scene Name", 1); and instead of moving t...more >>

Can any one help me with the action script req for changing the property (alpha property) of the buttons already clicked while the one's which are not clicked remain the same....more >>

Hi This function will not be delayed while the delay has its own thread, so it returns undefined. Is there a way to check inside the function for data and in the case of true to return it? public function getData():String{ var ref:CheckConnection = this; var intv_data = setInterv...more >>

Hi there, I have a simple thing to do, so I hope it is also simple thing to make (for a programmer which Im NOT .. and thats why i ask) Im looking for a way to control the FLVplayback component contentPath from HTML which would allow me to make classic html links which would assign new ...more >>

yourBtn.onPress=function(){ actionI=setInterval(actionF,3000); } yourBtn.onRelease=function(){ clearInterval(actionI); } function actionF(){ clearInterval(actionI); // your button's actions here } ...more >>

Hi all, i posted a message in regard to this topic yesterday but was unable to rectify the issue. Basically, i want to link a button with the users default email editing program (such as outlook) so that when the button is clicked, outlook opens up and automates an email to andrew_richards...more >>

I was reading about Flash Player Detection using the Express method wich calls an .swf file from macromedia. I decompiled this file to see how installation is done. I did this because I want to download and install the player via this method, using an installer placed in my local server and no...more >>

I'm using sendAndLoad to get some variables to a .php script and then the script should return some values back, but I'm getting some very strange results. I have a script that has nothing but the following: <?php $handle = fopen("test.txt", 'a'); $myVar = fwrite($handle, "test"); fc...more >>

I'm in the process of rebuilding my site to be completely all flash and i'd like to build the site with a stage size roughly 1024x768. How do I scale my flash site to completely fill the browser window no matter what size the visitor's window is at that time? I saw this effect on this site h...more >>