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Populate combox box using Flash 6
Posted by jtjohnst at 12/23/2005 9:35:48 PM
How can I populate a combobox box in Flash 6 using an external xml file? Possible? Is there an example around I can hack please? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <exercises> <homework label=" Exercise 1 " data="track1.mp3"/> <homework label=" Exercise 1 " data="track2.mp3"/> ...more >>


class, Tween, onMotionFinished, Inheritance
Posted by keven schwarz at 12/23/2005 8:40:31 PM
hi all i have a query for you gurus out there. if i have a class similar to the following; import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.*; class myClass extends MovieClip { public function myClass() { myClassInit(); } public function myClassInit():Void { myFunc...more >>

loading text in variable and color issues
Posted by gse at 12/23/2005 8:04:46 PM
hello and happy holidays to all. i am loading external text files into my flash document, i am also assisgning a color to my loaded text, but i run into a little problem, when my text loads, my text is black and then it becomes white, how can i fix this little glitch. sometimes my text stays...more >>

Variable Problems
Posted by JonnyW2005 at 12/23/2005 7:20:19 PM
:confused; I am new to Flash programming and today I have experienced problems trying to get data from a text field into a suitable variable then tracing it to the output window. I have two variables: Field1 and Field2 defined as: var Field1:String = txtField1.text; and var Field2:Strin...more >>

play mc inside button
Posted by chocolate999 at 12/23/2005 6:22:56 PM
I have a file: http://www.nictitatingrabbit.com/downloads/ChristmasPresents.fla that has movie clips inside of buttons. I can't get them to play. Can someone help?...more >>

can i refer to a single layer of a swf movie?
Posted by natg504 at 12/23/2005 5:48:03 PM
I'm importing a group of .swf movies with XML. I want to change the color of just one of the layers of this movie once it's imported. Is there a way to do that? Thanks,...more >>

Send button attached to frame
Posted by Henry-8 at 12/23/2005 5:24:56 PM
Hello, I have a form with code attached to a frame for clicking a button to submit the message via a PHP script. submit_btn.onRelease = sendMessage; could someone please tell what code to add in order to have, pressing Enter, do the same thing. The form will allready have focus. T...more >>

Photo gallery
Posted by daliangelo at 12/23/2005 4:07:42 PM
I have various thumbnail pics which are buttons on the left side of the page and when you click one I want the corresponding large picture to fade in and appear on the right side of the page. I am looking for the best way to do this. Also the easiest--I am not a flash expert by any means. ...more >>



Merry Christmas
Posted by Pluda at 12/23/2005 2:27:05 PM
Just a compliment to you all who helped me to improve my ActionScript skills during this year. David Stiller, Kglad, LuigiL, NSurveyor, and all, Thank you so much and Merry Christmas...more >>

Cursor Position In TextField
Posted by man_007 at 12/23/2005 2:09:22 PM
:evil; hi all I am creating a keyboard in flash. i want to trace cursor position in TextField to insert new character, if anybody knows plese mail me. thanks in advance...more >>

Help with loadMovie
Posted by DonLMR at 12/23/2005 1:17:30 PM
I have a one-frame movie with the folowing actionscript: onEnterFrame = function () { var nextDepth:Number = this.getNextHighestDepth (); this.createEmptyMovieClip ("target", nextDepth); target._x = 0; target._y = 0; this.navChange = function (display:String):Void { this...more >>

Writing the right comparison
Posted by Chris Goodiel at 12/23/2005 12:39:54 PM
I have a movie with 24 frames and one frame is the correct value and the other frames lead to 2 false values.I will explain. Frame 8 : The correct selection. Frames 1-7 and 23and 24 : the wrong answer Two. Frames 9-22: The wrong answer One so I have the following code so far : this....more >>

Magnetic Mouse Movement
Posted by omar.odino at 12/23/2005 11:52:53 AM
Hi, i 've a little problem with a shoting game, i change cursor with a crosshair mc, and it's ok. Someone know if is possible create an effect on the crosshair similar to magnetism repulsion whem my mc rollover on an other mc? thnx all ...more >>

Highlight current Section title
Posted by AESS1981 at 12/23/2005 11:46:01 AM
My website loads 2 movie clips - a menu MC and a content MC. When a user has selected a menu option, I want the relevant button to stay red while they are in that section. How do I acheive this as the menu movie and content movie work independantly? Thanks ...more >>

Roots, Parents, levels = confused
Posted by Danny S at 12/23/2005 11:34:28 AM
Please can someone help me with my roots and levels as i am getting really mixed up. I have a main movie clip which loads up an options movie clip. the options movie clip references the main movie clip using _root. I now have another movie clip which is on the main movie called advokate....more >>

progress bar of a song
Posted by DrEv1l at 12/23/2005 10:53:46 AM
I'm making a sort of music player in flash and I've made this progressbar in wich you see the bar moving with the song and that works. But then I want a user to be able to move the progressbar to a certain position in the song and then the song plays from there. But it won't work.... this is...more >>

REFERENCING
Posted by jonnybennett at 12/23/2005 8:34:23 AM
When OpenBtn is pressed, movie clips are attached to the stage, when one of these attached movie clips is released it will send variables to a php script. As you can see I have tested the script with a simple send variables to php, but the variables aren?t being sent. This is I think because t...more >>

Target a Movieclip Instance
Posted by Poul_Erik at 12/23/2005 8:21:01 AM
How do I Target a Movieclip Instance from the Main Timeling? Ex. On my Main Timeline I have a Layer called "ActionScript" where I place all my code. I place a moviclip instance on the stage and want to target a sub movieclip which is on frame 15 at the second layer placed under a MASK. I can...more >>

falling snow
Posted by bunnyblah at 12/23/2005 6:59:25 AM
I want to put the falling snow made with flash on a none-whole-flash website. I want it to fall everywhere on my website. I made the swf file. But I don't know the code. Please help! Thank you in advance. ...more >>

FLASH VIDEO
Posted by jonnybennett at 12/23/2005 5:52:42 AM
How can anyone compete with google????... i hate them... and firefox.... anyway.... On googles video they apear to use flash 8 video. If you check out this link... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1483670761495213547 you will see that on the video controls you have the option in the ...more >>

Actionscript 1 to Actionscript2
Posted by hamid_m at 12/23/2005 5:24:48 AM
hi, (i use Macromedia Flash 8) i have a code like as: Math.linearTween = function (t, b, c, d) { return(c * t / d + b); }; there is no problem in Actionscript 1 but there is error in Actionscript 2!! how can i fix it? my movie create with flash player 6 and a...more >>

Creating menu buttons for client's site
Posted by QBULLA at 12/23/2005 5:07:07 AM
I need some help with coding this menu bar, I created the menu bar and it suppose to link to a web page that I created in dreamweaver but it doesn't work while its on the server. I checked it with the test command in flash it works there fine, the link doesn't work and I need this right away f...more >>

timer/setInterval questions
Posted by Vee at 12/23/2005 4:20:19 AM
I have an animation that I want to play if a button hasnt been pressed during a 6min interval. If it has I would like to reset the interval. Basically Im asking where to start. 1. Would it be bast to have an interval that has a 6 min (not sure what that is in milliseconds?!) interval tha...more >>

Scenes
Posted by sai1 at 12/23/2005 1:51:14 AM
Hi all, I have 2 scenes. I tried to put a button symbol in a movie clip symbol in scene 1. Once click, the timeline in scene 2 will start to play, something like this, on (release) { _root.gotoAndPlay ("scene 1", 2) } However, it doesn't work. When I tried to play the timeline ...more >>

onMouseDown doesn't trigger for dynamically created movieclip?
Posted by rolffffffo at 12/23/2005 12:13:53 AM
Hi, I am having a very frustrating problem, when I create a movieclip dynamically, the mouse events don't seem to work: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("mainMap", 1); _root.mainMap.loadMovie("images/test.jpg"); _root.mainMap.onMouseDown = function () { trace ("onMouseDown called"); } ...more >>


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