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Same onPress for Multiple MCs?
Posted by Typhlosion at 12/18/2005 9:24:50 PM
I have a movie with about 40 movie clips, named itm0-itm40. Now, I want all of these to have the same kind of onPress function - I want it to print the value of an array with that very number (0-40). So, if I click the movie clip itm23, I want it to display the value of MyArray[23] (in a te...more >>

Movie Clip Loader
Posted by Vee at 12/18/2005 7:28:43 PM
I was playing around with the AS2.0 dictionary and trying to get used to using mcLoader to load external SWFs into mc and ran into a problem. I can get everything to load correctly from an onRelease function: Code: target_mc = MovieClip; numBytesLoaded = Number; numBytesTotal = Number;...more >>

How do you do this?
Posted by Siriunson at 12/18/2005 6:39:52 PM
I would like my navigation buttons to scroll a movie clip (backwards and forwards), rather than just jumping to a frame. http://www.swishzone.com/products/sites/site31/index.html that was built in Swish. How can this be done in Flash please? ...more >>

making a score counter
Posted by orisma at 12/18/2005 5:26:48 PM
hi, i am making a game, so far this is what i have done http://orisma.net/multimedia/ship1.swf i want to make a score counter so that when the green man is killed the counter increases by 1 each time. If anyone could put me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Thanks ...more >>

loaded movie path
Posted by dirkness at 12/18/2005 3:24:28 PM
Hi I'm having real problems working out the path to get a scroll function within a movie loaded into another movie (using a movie holder) to work. Grateful for some help. The main movie has a movie holder with an instance name of 'approach_mc'. This hold a movie (approach.swf). ...more >>

image fade in problem
Posted by designu at 12/18/2005 3:11:49 PM
Hi , I hope someone can help me with this. I got a movie clip ( loader_mc) where I load external images. On that movie clip I?ve put the followingn code for images to fade in : onClipEvent (load) { this._alpha = 0; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { this._alpha = this._alpha+5; } The i...more >>

eval and _droptarget
Posted by Popeye the Sailorman at 12/18/2005 3:01:23 PM
Can anyone explaying me why the following three examples result in the corresponding output? In the documentation is stated that eval convert from '/' notation to dot notation. In example 1 this is not the case. Only if I add "_root" the conversion is what I expect it to be. Short explanation:...more >>

Form woes STILL :(
Posted by rickjanusz NO[at]SPAM mac.com at 12/18/2005 2:50:42 PM
Ok, here's the deal... I finally figured out validation (thanks to "Actionscript Flash MX 2004: Training from the Source by Derek Franklin and Jobe Makar"...pretty good book...highly recommend it) but I am having trouble with the SUBMIT button to actually send the info to my email. Is there ...more >>



Cursor shape
Posted by Popeye the Sailorman at 12/18/2005 2:11:14 PM
How can I set the shape of the mouse cursor in flash. In the help files I can see setCursor, but this can only be used using javascript extensions. That is not really what I want. Thanks...more >>

reading in Actionscript Date from an XML web service is a hassle!
Posted by BjarkiB at 12/18/2005 1:45:21 PM
I have an XML web service which I am connecting to from Flash. I am using the Web Service Classes for this. I have a problem with reading dates into my Flash application. The only way I have gotten this to work is by using the following date format: 2005-12-19T06:25:45.000 this one does ...more >>

RE: Video Problems
Posted by rickjanusz NO[at]SPAM mac.com at 12/18/2005 11:58:57 AM
I posted this yesterday and didn't get any bites.....can someone please help.... Hello I am trying to embed a video as a header into a site that is running 12 fps but the video is running 30 fps. How do I import the video so that it still plays at 30 fps while the swf plays at 12. I ...more >>

Start loading a progressive stream but not have it play?
Posted by Chris Goodiel at 12/18/2005 10:02:35 AM
I would like to have a progressive stream start to load when they enter this one section of my movie, but I don't want it to start playing until a button is pressed. Is this possible? Thanks for your time in advance, Chris ...more >>

how use jsave
Posted by openMiand at 12/18/2005 7:21:02 AM
i have jsave and jugglor but i acn not use it to save text file from flash i needed to use .exe file not swf file to my project i see the example but there is something missing can any one help me plz ...more >>

loadMovie() is omitting the first letter of each path folder for JPG images...
Posted by Centerpoint Computer at 12/18/2005 3:39:31 AM
the code is jacket_thmb01.loadMovie("..\images\styles\jacket01_thmb.jpg",0); The traced result is error opening URL yadda yadda ..\mages\tyles\acket01_thmb.jpg mages tyles acket01.jpg the first letter is gone. ...more >>

video problems
Posted by rickjanusz NO[at]SPAM mac.com at 12/18/2005 3:17:30 AM
Hello :confused; I am trying to embed a video as a header into a site that is running 12 fps but the video is running 30 fps. How do I import the video so that it still plays at 30 fps while the swf plays at 12. I imported the sample movie and it works fine but now that I bought the real o...more >>

dropdown menu in flash- sub buttons not dissapearing on roll-out
Posted by ccesca at 12/18/2005 3:15:52 AM
For some reason (possibly obvious) the rollover state of my drop down menu buttons are not dissapearing always on rollout.... I thought it was to do with the mouse moving too fast at times, but ive notices when clicked, it sometimes happens even with slow mouse/cursor movements. why is this?...more >>

loadMovie() : inserting instance names as names of loaded JPEGS
Posted by Centerpoint Computer at 12/18/2005 3:13:25 AM
I am thinking that I can save a step here. I have 16 instances of a movie clip on the stage. Each one is a thumbnail and each thumbnail is supposed to be loaded externally. On the first frame of the timeline, I would put 16 lines of code like instancename.loadMovie("picture.jpg"); ...more >>

pre-loader not working
Posted by ccesca at 12/18/2005 3:11:09 AM
Hi, I have a preloader that isnt working. it checks to see that the last frame is loaded (frame named 'end') and if it is it goes to play frame named 'start'. It's not working and i wonder if it has to do with the fact that my main movie scene only has one frame, and in that frame is a m...more >>

Buttons under attached movies are still active...
Posted by Centerpoint Computer at 12/18/2005 2:11:03 AM
I am loading a movie into the stage by using a button that on(release) { attaches a movie using the get next highest depth method }; This part works, but the button is underneath the clip that is loaded into place and can be activated again. I tried adding button_btn.enabled = "false"; be...more >>

Problem with slider Bar.
Posted by Chris Goodiel at 12/18/2005 1:16:48 AM
Here is the code that I use for a slider bar right now. The outcome is places in a text box. I am fairly new to coding so I sorta pieced a few suggestions together to get what I have now. mcTrack's size is actually 250pixels wide. Here is a link and it outcome when you slide the bar. The...more >>

Colors
Posted by Luke867 at 12/18/2005 12:08:08 AM
Agh, my situation is posted on another forum called Flashkit (http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?p=3487340#post3487340). Please post the answer here if you know it! Please help!!!...more >>

shopping card codes
Posted by Ruku at 12/18/2005 12:04:30 AM
Hello All I really need help, and fast. I am doing a flash file but I want one of the buttons to point to a shopping cart. The shopping cart folks sent me the code that I have to make this happen. Funny enough, when I paste the code into an html file, it works fine but when I d...more >>


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