Im running into a problem where background sound is interfering with some of the actionscript conctrolled animation I have in my project. When the Background music plays, its causing a 'stuttering" or "pausing" effect to my attached MovieClips. Why would this happen? Also, if I have an...more >>

Hi kglad, Thanks for the reply. I tried to figure out the setInterval() script but I am really new to actionscripting and am just not getting it. I was able to find this script and got it to work great in flash player but it doesn't work in the browser... pauseDuration = 5*1000; fra...more >>

I'm trying to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to various commands. Naturally, it works in the run-time environment, but not in the browser environment. Is there a way to ensure that keyboard shortcuts defined in Flash override those of the browser? For example, I'd like to assign CTRL+O...more >>

i get this message onLoad=%5Btype%20Function%5D this is the code i use ____________________________________________________ _root.serverloc = "http://shluchimalbum.com/" logins = new LoadVars(); lgnur4 = _root.serverloc + "check.asp"; logins.load(lgnur4, this); logins.onLoad...more >>

Hi, I want to create a music mixer in flash The user can do the following - Chooses a background music - Sets the beats (one type or more) in a timeline - Listen to the result - Download the result in mp3 format or upload it to the server So, my problem is that I don't know how i...more >>

I'd like to make a custom UI component that lets consists of a colored rectangle and a dynamic text box. My goal is to have dynamic text background be transparent, while the rectagle ( in a layer below the text ) provides the background color. Then dynamic text would be easily changable via th...more >>

Hi, I have a Flash movie with two scenes, the first titled "Then" and the second titled "Now." On Frame 1 of the "Then" scene is the following script, which generates snowflakes. I want the snow to quit when a button-release moves the action to Scene 2. Nothing I've tried has worked. A...more >>

Does anyone know of any good tutorials or a way to achieve the "page turning" effect seen on a lot of websites these days? I have a client that wants it for a photo gallery, so if any of you know anything about it, I would greatly appreciate it. Cheers/Sam ...more >>

if i use a movieClip as a button eg myMc.onRollOver = function() { mc1.gotoAndPlay("rollOver"); } myMc.onRollOut = fucnction() { mc1.gotoAndPlay("rollout"); } "rollover" and "rollout" are frame labels with a 5 frame animation attached to each (a button animation). if i rollOver or ou...more >>

What are the mistakes in this - it is mean to be a wordprocessor but it doesn;t change the text and it is not multiline and there is a function name missing around line 23. What needs to be done to fix it? function setFontMenu(){ var userFonts=TextField.getFontList(); fontMenu.setData...more >>

Here is some code to move objects in directions, point A to point B, so to speak. This is off the top of my head, so I haven't compiled it or anything, and the math is also off the top of my head. You can try it and look anything up as necessary. var mc1:MovieClip = _root["_mcObject1"];...more >>

Hi I've created movie based buttons but am problems getting the clicked (onRelease?) state. You can see the buttons here: http://www.detkendesign.com/detken2/portfolio.htm The idea is that the on the rollOver state, a grey circle appears in the dotted circle. On the rollOut - just th...more >>

Howdy all! I'm just now getting into learning PHP, mySQL, and the POSTing of values from Flash to a PHP script. I've had problems, but have searched the forums and finally used this thread to get me along the way. (http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=2...more >>

Last time I looked into making multiplayer games in flash it seemed very limited in how fast you could relay data back and forth between users. So most games I found were slow turn-based games. But the other day someone sent me this link: http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/stickarena/ Which is ...more >>

I am trying to create something like this: http://kohls.shoplocal.com/kohls/default.aspx?action=browsepageflash&storeid=239 6489&rapid=214611&prvid=kohls-051218&promotioncode=kohls-051218&fsid=12779653207 2334049 I have a pageflip template, and a tooltip component, but I can't seem to ge...more >>

Wondering what the next step to generate 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5, etc in this sequence: Math.floor(Math.random()*2+1) is an integer 1 or 2 Math.ceil(Math.random()*3) is an integer 1 or 2 or 3 ...more >>

happy holidays all! I need flash to know what website it is hosted on. Is there a getMoviePath (which there isn't I checked) or something that will return the location of itself? can I call something that would return "http://thiswebsite.com/flash/mypage.htm" ??? seems like you s...more >>

Does anyone know of a good method to test if a frame label exists on a flash timeline? I'm setting up a scenario where 'if label existis: go there, else: default to another frame'. Of course, there does not appear to be any AS functions that can test this natively. Ideally a method like D...more >>

hi, is there any way to turn a dynamically loaded image into a black & white image using BitmapData object, ColorTransform object or any other object/method/property?? thanks in advance, eRez ...more >>

Hello, Whenever I use getURL("www.whatever.com", "_blank") I should, with this target, get a new IE window. Regardless of the target I specify (_blank, _parent, etc), the URL opens in the current window instead of a new one. Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I?ve got two images (dynamically generated by a server), were the second one is basically the same as the first one but with a few items added en a few items removed. What I want is to fade from the first image to the second image; the new items gradually fade in, the removed items fade out, ...more >>

I have made an mp3 player that is pretty much finished, when it starts it starts playing a random .swf, which is fine, and is done by this script: this.createEmptyMovieClip("myMC", 10); myMC.loadMovie("Music/Track"+(random(5)+1)+".swf"); var i = 1; stop(); the problem with this is th...more >>

Hi guys, I'm working on a photography portfolio, and I'd like to preload the flash movie itself, the XML-file which determines the categories and pictures, AND the thumbnails for all the the pictures. Now I know 2 out of 3 ain't bad for a n00b, but still I would like to get the thumbs wor...more >>

heya , why for cicle gives me 3 undefined? this is the output: Here we are undefined undefined undefined this is the xml file: <menu> <item>Here we are</item> <item>Contact us</item> <item>Forum</item> <item>Portfolio</item> </menu> This is the AS: var ...more >>

Hi i m working in an small organisation We are making some tutorial CDs in flash but i dont know the action script very well i just wanted to know that, is there any action script for making cd a single user or it may not be copied. Just as when you insert the cd you will be asked for ...more >>

i would like to know the way to setSytle the themeColor of all my componants in stage (or app) i use lost of them, in example accordion, alert, listbox, grids, combos. i really have no clue in this one, thanx ...more >>

heylo, basically i at the moment, i have an array of objects which looks like this var speech1: Object = new Object(); speech1.charName = "doc4"; speech1.clipName = "01-FemaleDoctor"; var speech2: Object = new Object(); speech2.charName = "doc3"; speech2.clipName = "...more >>

Why does this script work in Firefox but not in Internet Explorer? _root.m=1; var rStr1:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); rStr1.load("home.php"); rStr1.onLoad = function (success) { _root.home_c1_title = rStr1.c1_title; _root.home_c1_body = rStr1.c1_content; _root.home_c1_url = rStr1.c1_url...more >>

I have demo flash media server installed, and I have the avi file converted to flv, what's the steps next to stream the video online. Sorry I am "brand" new to flash (pretty good at writing the code, javascript etc.). OR is there any step-by-step tutorial, or sample code around? Thanks ...more >>

I'm creating yet another Flash based web site and this go around I've finally taken the time to look at some sites the company Big Spaceship has done -- that's when something hit me: I haven't ever gotten a web site in Flash to be flow all throughout. After moving to ActionScript-based animati...more >>

In dynamic text fields in some of my movies, in Flash8, when running them outside the IDE I get a nasty serif. Embedding the font causes it to disappear. I am using Flash 8. The movies all look fine in the IDE, and work fine on PC until I lauch them directly as SWFs. ...more >>