I have 3 scenes in my movie and the sound thats supposed to play at the first frame of scene 3, starts playing in the middle of scene 2. so anyone know how I can start playing a sound clip using AS and telling it wut scene and frame to start at? ...more >>

I've searched the forums for this but haven't found anything to the point of what I need. I am trying to make an email button. When the person clicks on it I want it to open Outlook Express for them with me email in it. Any ideas on how I can do this are much appreciated. ...more >>

This is very frustrating - how can I control a movie loaded in to a movie clip using loadMovie? I want to load the movie clips first, then play them as I need them. I made a simple movie (movie.swf) and put a stop(); on the first frame to prevent it from playing automatically when it's loade...more >>

Is there an alternative for the addEventListener component method for MovieClips or class instances? Or, is there a way to add addEventListener as a method of a class? I¹m trying to trigger an MVC Controller to make an action based on the button calling it in the View, but I don¹t want to use a ...more >>

I loaded a movieclip with the following code. How can I unload it when i move to a different frame? Do I have to loop through all the xml images again & use UnloadClip or is there a better way? StencilGalleryXML = new XML(); StencilGalleryXML.onLoad = init; StencilGalleryXML.load...more >>

I have a large Tree with a dynamic number of nodes and level. I want to search through a given (sub) Tree to find a particular node. What's the easiest way todo this? Really I just stuck on knowing how to iterate over the nodes in a given tree... if there's an easier way todo this please point...more >>

I have a problem with auto aligning my textField to center it between my mc object. Not sure how to approach this concept. I tried different avenues and got mixed results. public function createButton(path:String):Void { if (path != undefined){ mainContainer = _root.createEmptyM...more >>

What do each of these do? loopVar = 0; and loopVar++; Thanks!...more >>

Here's what I'm trying to do. There is no keyboard for the user to use. This is all done through the screen. I have two input fields and when the user clicks on a button the input box will display that letter. This I have done. What I need is a backspace to delete the letter if it was typed wr...more >>

I have skinned an accordion component with a header movie clip that is 26 pixels high. I have tried to use the set style command to change the header height to 26. When I do this all of my headers get drawn one right on top of eachother. When I remove the set style the headers get squished to...more >>

I need to loop my flv....I'm sure its done by actionscript but I have no clue. Can I tell it to reload after so many seconds. I've searched google and these forums and haven't found anything. Could I get the actionscript for this please? Thanks. ...more >>

This is what I have. I don't write more lines for the DragOut handler. How I conect the two handlers (ononRollOut and OnDragOut) in the same function. function mouseOutiside(){ stopDrag(); county_mc._x = -100; county_mc._y = -100; }; map_mc.appling_btn.onRollOut = function(...more >>

Hi, I have Macromedia Flash MX Pro, and the AS window is annoying, I know a bit actionscripting but things doesnt seem to be coded the right way when I have this Expert mode on. My problem is to turn it back to Normal so you can easily edit and add stuff. But I can seem to find the "Normal...more >>

Hello!! Is there a way to set the linkage identifier with ActionScript. I create a movie with createEmptyMovieClip and I need to set the identifier dor AS. Thanks!!...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to upload dynamic text from a .txt file, and i noticed there's a lomit on the number of lines you can upload to the text box. Is there any solution or a way to bypass it? Thanks, Tal ...more >>

hi i'm learning Actionscript, i have purchase Jobe's book and on chapter 5. Could you tell me what these symbols and punctuation marks mean and do? "." eg: circle.clip._x = circle.x; ";" eg: CircleToCircleDetection(circle1, circle2); "{ } eg: im sure you dont need and example....more >>

If i do this works fine, to have various moviclips that have the same events, and not to write in all of them the same code: for(i=1;i<=3;i++){ _root['cpBtn' + i] .onRollOver=function(){ this.play(); } } But now if i do this: for...more >>

I use this in one of my frames to display seconds. Is there a piece of code or a function I can use to convert this into minutes:seconds? s.position/1000/60 would give me 3.8 minutes, not 3:50. title = Math.round(s.position/1000)+" of "+Math.round(s.duration/1000)+" seconds "; ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to build an mp3 player via Flash. I have a sound object which is called "track", and I have a function named "trackLoad()" which creates the sound object "track" and loads an mp3 file into it. But before that code block I have the "track.onLoad" handler which just traces ...more >>

Hello all, I would like to change the tint of a movie clip object in Flash 7. Can someone tell me how can i? I have seen the script in help: fl.getDocumentDOM().setInstanceTint(0xff0000, 50); which i can't use in the document. The instence name of the object is "aa". Thanks in advance....more >>

Hi I noticed that when I start the debugger that there's a focusManager and a reserved MovieClip on my root. I was wondering what their purposes are. I dont remember naming any movieclips like that. Anyone know? thanks stephan ...more >>

Hi everyone I have a very vague question. I am using attachMovie and removeMovieClip but the removeMovieClip stopped working. I was wondering if you have experienced this in the past and what could possible cause this problem. //this works _level0.attachMovie("storydisplay_1","st...more >>

I was wondering if someone could point me to a tutorial or script that would allow me to randomly load 1 of 4 external swfs into one main swf (or container). Thanks! Matt ...more >>

If I have the following code on a frame: buttonListener = new Object(); buttonListener.click = function() { myWindow = mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp(rootScreen, mx.containers.Window, false, {title:"Title", contentPath:"mov"}); myWindow.setSize(320, 240); myWindow.closeButton ...more >>

This should have been simple (I thought) but I've been going round in circles. Any ideas, please? Here's what's happening: checkAnswer1() works OK checkAnswer2() only outputs 'incorrect' response unless input1 is incorrect first or if input4 is first field to get input checkAns...more >>

Hi, I need to know if they are supported in Actionscript Thx! smr...more >>

Sorry for the worthless message, but I think I'm having trouble posting to the list. If someone could post back that you could see this message, it'd be very helpful. Thanks very much. -- <font face="trebuchet ms"> Mark Ribau Lead Windows Developer | <a href="www.redbugtech.com/blogs/mark...more >>

Hi I have a problem, my actionscript doesn't work. I have some sample files, that if i play the action script works, however if i just change the name of the symbol so nothing has changed besides one word in the code, it stops working. If i make a new doc and a new symbol and rewrite the who...more >>

I don't know how I haven't seen this before. I'm moving elements around with setInterval, every 5-10 ms. It runs OK when I run swf outside browser, it's even ok in Flash authoring tool. But when I run it in any of the browsers, it's like 50% slower. Anybody know how come? I spent entire w...more >>

The following code show my tree but always in (0,0). Why is that? --- AS --- class TTree extends MovieClip { var rad:Number; function TTree (x:Number, y:Number, r:Number, name:String) { this._x = x; this._y = y; this.rad = r; this._name = name; } public static function...more >>

Hi all, This is my first topic in this forum. My skillset is beginner in flash. I want to know few details in playing .wav files in flash. Is it possible to load .wav files dynamically in flash through actionscript? if yes, please explain how? i.e, I want to know whether it can be loa...more >>

Hi there, I have some text which i have applied a knockout bevel to and would like to animate it so that the angle changes with the position of the cursor. I have animated filters before by following Lee Brimelows tutorial on his site( http://www.gotoAndLearn.com) but this animates the filte...more >>

Hi there I'm trying to code a fill-blank quiz that relies on the enterkey (not a check/submit button) to read the input and show feedback. Things seem to work so far, i.e. for one field, then not. I'm still learning AS, so I could be making a fundamental error. I would've like to send...more >>

How can i reduce the alpha property of a movie clip on a click of a button?...more >>

_parent: MovieClip.gotoAndPlay(2); MovieClip: Frame 1: createEmptyMovieClip("asdf", 0); asdf.loadMovie("untitled.swf"); stop(); Frame 2: if(asdf.getBytesTotal() <=1) { gotoAndPlay(3); } if(asdf.getBytesTotal()>1 && asdf.getBytesTotal() == asdf.getBytesLoaded()) ...more >>

Error** Scene=Scene 6, layer=actions, frame=1:Line 21: Function name expected function.saveText(){userText.data.savedDoc= textWindow.htmlText;} function loadText(){ textWindow.htmlText= userText.data.savedDoc;} and the code is: function.saveText(){userText.data.savedDoc= textWindow.htmlT...more >>

:confused; I've been looking for tutorials all over this site, and I can't find any at all. So I came here to find out how to make cookies in flash. I need a code that puts a cookie on a person's comuter that when they come back to the SWF it goes back to the exact frame where they left out. T...more >>

I want to make an object move across the stage. The code that I was given is : onClipEvent (enterFrame) { this._x = this._x - 10; if (this._x<0) { this._x = 640; } } But I think in Actionsript 2.0 you're not supposed to use onClipEvent anymore. So I changed it to this.onEnterFra...more >>

I guess it is a simple question: Is there a way to know how many variables I have in a txt file that has variables in this fashion: &c1=pet01& &c2=pet02& &c3=pet03& &c4=pet04& &c5=pet05& &c6=pet06& thanks ...more >>

Is there a way to reference a class instance through a dynamic variable? I¹m trying to use the code below, but it doesn¹t seem to work. I¹ve also tried placing the instance name in an array, but that didn¹t work for me, either. import BtnLabel.as; class Navigation { public function Naviga...more >>

I'm part of a large organization that is not to ... well ... organized at the moment with half the creative staff on PC's and the other on Mac. Everyone knows the issues with flash looking for fonts not on your system. This is very apparent with a file created on a PC and opening on a MAC (...more >>

Is it possible to expire a shared object based on the user closing the browser? Ot to at least know when the user closed the browser, so I can make it act as though the object expired? If not, is there any other way anyone is aware of to expire a shared object? Thanks! ...more >>