Well... i have created a movie clip as name bp and i want that make a link to other scene without losing the moving!!! how do i do that...please i need help....!!!...more >>

I am making a gallery and i need a .swf file to load at the beginning only. But it cant be on a frame load. Just a on load only code. I dont know if flash does that but i really hope it does. If you guys can help it would be great. Mike:brokenheart; ...more >>

Are you able to make all the white in your Flash MX background disapear for export purposes? Because I would like to put these moving images in over my background of my webpage, with out the annoying white background. Thanks! ...more >>

So how come this doesn't work as I desire it to // array of TextField instance names that in an ideal world would all look similar var theFields = new Array("first_mc","second_mc","third_mc","youGetTheDrift_mc"); var totalFields:Number = theFields.length; trace(totalFields); for(var...more >>

I read the Help panel information on BitmapData.hitTest but I find it very vague... For example, the first parameter is: "A point that defines a pixel location in the current BitmapData instance." What's that supposed to do!?! :) All I want to do, is hitTest one BitmapData against another. Th...more >>

I have a file that I want to carry a variable from a MC that has buttons to a separate MC that will load an image based on the variable. Here is what I have so far.: In the MC that loads the image I have: loadMovie(pool+".jpg", "image"); Here is what I have on the buttons: on (relea...more >>

I am using the MediaDisplay comp to stream some FLVs in a project. I now need a simple rewind button(no fastforward). Here's what I currently have sitting on my very broken rewind button: on (release) { //_parent.video.pause(); var m = _parent.video.playheadTime-5; trace(_parent.video...more >>

Okay, we all know that if you have geometry with more than 4 distinct corners flash gives it a bounding box which doesn't approtriately fix the actual geometry of your shape. This is a problem with using hitTest() because hitTest will go off of this invisible bounding box. Does anyone ...more >>

Hi all, Is there a way to mask a .swf file that I import into a level? I only want to display a portion of its contents... Thanks!...more >>

Ok I'm creating an XML driven "blog" of sorts in flash. I want to populate a list that is scrollable, but I can't figure out a way to make the buttons load the corresponding article. Here is a sample of the code: function loadArticleList () { var initPos = 0; var listStyle:TextField...more >>

Ok well I can make an alert box pop, no problem. But I can't seem to make it pop on the keypress of a delete. The "doesn't work" code basicly makes flash crash. Thanks, Dennis ***************** Works ***************************** var myClickHandler:Function = function (evt_...more >>

I'm making a car game, but I'm having a problem with the keylisteners. say you are holding go (up arrow key) and then you press left while still holding up. when you release the left arrow key it will trigger the listener.onKeyUp but then when you release the up arrow key it won't trigger ...more >>

Hi, I have an application that has a text field, which is populated by path to a ..txt file in an XML attribute. Here is my issue: Random Letters, characters... fail to render when I publish the movie. These Characters that are not rendering are not special characters. In most cases it co...more >>

Hi there, I'm building a flashintro that has a video embedded into it and it looks really bad. I feel like I've tried all the options for import but still looks rally bad. Even on it's highest setting for datarate 700 it still show the video pixelated. Can anyone out there tell me what I a...more >>

I am trying to get my mute button to work. here is how my Flash file is setup. I am playing 4 .flv files dynamicly. each of these flv files have audio inside of them. Now, I know that if I put "stopAllSounds" in the actions panel of my mute button it will turn the sound off. But when the ...more >>

I've found a preloader script I like. It works fine when using Flash MX to create the preloader. But when I try the same thing, using the same script in Flash MX, it doesn't work at all. I obtained the script from a tutorial from actionscripts.org. I've tried contacting the tutorial's creator....more >>

I been trying to make this work but something is still wrong? Basically, I would like to have two sets of load actions, but can't make it happen so far? What is wrong with this? Thanks a lot for any help! // new moviecliploader to load the thumbs var thumb_loader_mcl:MovieClipLoader=n...more >>

Hi I have a simple scroll mechanism based on giving an instance name (scrollable_text) to a gif - and controlled by 2 up / down buttons with the following actionscript: on(press, release, keyPress "<Up>") { scrollable_text._y += 30; } However, the problem is that the actionsc...more >>

Ok, i am new to Flash, and i am useing Flash 8 Pro, I am in the process of making a website for a company that i work for, and everything is great so far and i understand how to use the program for the most part... The problem i am having is this I have made a scroll box, for products th...more >>

Hi All, I have a map on the left of the screen and an enlargement on the right. I want to click ont the main map so the same part appears in the enlargement. Basically i would like to drag a box around on the left so that the area is reflected enlarged on the right as the mouse is moved. ...more >>

Hi , i Need Action Script or How creat Action Script to Enter in VBulletin or DigiChat ( write Name & Pass to Enter Vbulletin or DigiChat ) .....??? Thanks in advance :) ........more >>

I read that "ifFrameLoaded" is deprecated. Upon summoning the Help menu in Flash 8 Pro it says to use "MovieClip._framesloaded" instead. BUT I am not using a movie clip. I want to stop at the first frame until the until the last frame of the Flash file has downloaded to the web page visitor's ...more >>

when creating a dynamic/input text field there is the "var" field that can be filled in as well as the instance name. is it good ,bad or indifferent practise to use the var field? thanks...more >>

Is there a way to say start a movie at 12 fps and then load another movie but run it at 36 fps and then load anothe rmovie and run it at 24 fps? Any code that can accomplish this and that I can get a look at? Thanks Edwin ...more >>

In a movie I am making I have a button that I need to control the counting down of a number/timer when held then when released that number/timer needs to stop counting down. Basically I want them to have to hold the button for a time period and have the screen display that time period in ...more >>

hi dudes anyone knows how to make a movie clip invisible? talove...more >>

hey can any one help me.............!!! I posting my problem file link plz check it and give me solution for tht My Problem is: There two scenes in my FLA, first scene conatins one movie clip in that there is a button and Second scene contains on movieclip in that there is a animtion. ...more >>

stop(); function countDown(minutes, seconds, reportTime) { var TimerObj= new Date(); var endTime = TimerObj.getTime()+((minutes*60)+seconds)*1000; var countDownId = setInterval( function() { var TimerObj = new Date(); var currentTime = TimerObj.getTime(); if (currentTime >= e...more >>

Hello all, I am working on a project that requires me to load data from an XML file. This data is then transformed into two different classes, Header and Item. Header is nothing more than a label and an Array that serves as a pointer to all the Items under that header (contained within ...more >>

Hi guys, What will be my code if I want to close my window component, I drag a window component on my stage, and set the close button to true, however when I clicked it , there's no action happened? What will be the code? Thanks. ...more >>

Before I go to the trouble to build code that will test the limits, does anyone have good information about the practical limits of Flash arrays to hold and work with data. It seems that for low volume, light duty, simple purposes that Flash arrays can be used as internal databases for web ap...more >>

Simple question, why does it not work... anyone know???? Is there a solution. I am trying to load variables from a mysql database using php. This works fine on explorer, but not for firefox. Anyone know why or how to solve this firefox hinderance? I've noticedothers have this problem, but no s...more >>

How do I make my oval button a link when it is pushed? Can someone give me an example please? Thanks!...more >>

In a (supposedly) seminal paper on Flash development, written in the says of Flash 7, the author says: >>> If an animated object needs to be hidden, remove it from the screen [by setting its coords to be well off the stage] instead of setting its _visible member to false. An invisible an...more >>

Hi, I'm just wondering if there's a way to disable the Escape Key to resize the project and still have the copy & paste shortcut keys enabled? Currently I have to use fscommand trapallkeys in order to refunction the Escape key, but at the same time, my ctrl+c and ctrl+v are not doing their ...more >>

I'm having trouble referencing some properties in my class. Here's a simple example of what I'm not understanding. class SomeClass { var BooleanValue:Boolean = true; function SomeClass() { _root.attachMovie("someButton", "someButtonName", 1); ...more >>

I need to do simple rollovers inside a movie clip (map_mc). This, map_mc, is drcgged by this function: _root.map_mc.onEnterFrame = function() { leftMap= (-582 + _root.map_mc._width + 584)/2; topMap= (-404 + _root.map_mc._height + 544)/2; rightMap=(582 - _root....more >>

How would I make a button transparent (or slightly more transparent) on a rollOver? It won't let me do those actions when editing a button. Thanks...more >>

Sure.. When you compare ActionScript to a REAL development system such as Visual Studio .NET or even Borland, or even the Turbo Pascal or Delphi editors, then it is CLEAR that Flash offers development only as a side-benefit and not as a primary feature. ** FLASH IS NOT A DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM...more >>