Hi, I'm quite new to flash, any version, I am using the gallery_tree example for my basis of my project. I need to load ether wmv or mpg into flash and have them play. Much like the the gallery_tree example. Has anyone done t his and can point me in the right direction. I know this is ...more >>

When I do the attach movieclip...its not working...can u pls check it out? just teach me step by step...how do i add a movie clip in a loop..? rightmenu_mc = is name of movie clip and name of instance of the movie clip what are the values to be inserted in the attachmovie(instance name,...more >>

Would Flash make a good tool for displaying animated replay of airplane flights paths? I am working for a company in the airport noise industry and we have developed software that merges noises recorded around airports with flights. Users can investigate abnormal noise events by reviewing...more >>

I have the text area component in my flash file loading an external .txt file. Currently, when you scroll over the text field in the .swf the cursor changes to allow the text to be selectable. How can I make the text unselectable and the mouse cursor just look like the arrow? One other pr...more >>

Hello, I have a problem with the thumbnails in the flashmovie. With flash version 5 its working perfect, with flash version 8 it dosent buth there are no errors? Please look at the action that i use: Firts i load the images with: aantal = _root.aantaldir1; soort = "fotos/dir1"; ...more >>

Hi guys, I'm still a total idiot with Flash and I've ran into a problem. I have a quiz game that I'm making that has a character in it that does a win, lose and idle animation. I want to be able to call the win and lose animations only once and then have it return to the idle animation once it...more >>

:confused; I have built an interface (menu) that reads xml and uses a loader component to view external flashfiles required by the xml... All works well except the combobox component that is located in one of the external files. when pulled into the menu, the top section of the combobox ...more >>

I create e-learning content (simulations) for my organization. Basically, we show professionals how to use specific software and we use a LMS to track the results. We use standard Javascript and HTML with and without SWF files embedded in the HTML pages to simulate how a program acts. We...more >>

I have a .txt doc with global vars written like this: _global.thing1=one&_global.thing2=two&_global.thing3=three Is that written correctly? Are global vars allowed from an external source? This is how Im loading them: globalThings = new LoadVars(); globalThings.load("globalThings.txt"); ...more >>

ok I'm doing some simple remoting. basically i am using upc codes off of a database to load "featured" .jpg's of covers into a movie clip in a row so i can use them to make a scrolling menu bar. see attached code: and everythign is fine and dandy except the last two traces return undifin...more >>

Hi all, Pls help/advise me how to make horizontal marquee with xml files or text file in flash mx 2004 ...more >>

On my MC button the following action works perfectly: on (release) { loadMovieNum("portfolio.swf", 2); this.gotoAndPlay('over'); However, when I addthe following, "this.gotoAndPlay('over');" stops working: on (release) { loadMovieNum("portfolio.swf", 2); this.gotoAndPlay('ov...more >>

The code excert comes straight from the Flash Scorm RTI template. The code performed several data madel elements simontaneoulsy at startup (onload). I seperated the code so that the completion, commit and LMSFinish() functions are to be executed only when a Flash button is clicked. Quest...more >>

Hello, I need to load a bunch of jpegs, swfs and flvs into the browsers cache. And I need to do it with a loading bar (so I need to know the totalBytes). Of course, I could simply calculate the total bytes and hardcode it or put it into a txt-file, and then load them one by one, but this i...more >>

Hello every one there! i am mani from germany.student of IT engeneering.i have done a multi media course 3 years b4( that was FLASH MX, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7, COREL DRAW 9),but now i have forget everything.i can make simple movies and a little know how with flash mx.and a simple know how to the...more >>

Hello. I got the following code online somewhere and put it on a button so that, when clicked, it opens a popup window with a variety of customizable parameters: on (release) { openThisWindow = function(param,name,w,h,d,l,m,r,s,t,b){ leftEdge = 300; topEdge = 100; getURL("j...more >>

Hi, Is there anyway I can collect content from a form and email it without using the likes of php or asp? My server supports asp but the tutorials I have found never seem to work for me. Any help would be very much apreciated. Cheers Alan ...more >>

If I have an accordian component on the stage and depending on which tab I click on the accordian I want to jump to a new frame. Is this script at all close to what I need? I am not very good at writing script. var listenerObject:Object = new Object(); listenerObject.click = function(event...more >>

Hello, I'm not a patienced type of guy, but I know there's a function that will make a .mov file that i imported to flash mx to play when you click a button. So after trying a couple of times, I don't get it right. The imported .mov file make over 1746 frames on the layer. And I want a but...more >>

firstly, i have macromedia flash mx professional 2004 and now the problem: as my friend showed me to do at school, i made a button from an object, went to actions, and double clicked on next frame when, however, i tested the movie, it came up with the following error in a popup: **Error*...more >>

I am doing something different this time, to keep the timeline clean. So I decided to use contained movie clips in the main timeline. I am new to this method. I am making a magazine of sorts to showcase some of our products online. In the action frame in the "upbeat" movie clip, I have it at ...more >>

i have a button on frame 1 of my movie when this button is clicked it moves to frame 5 where i have a movieclp called "hand_mc" hand mc has 2 frames with labels 'start', 'stop' ('stop' is at the start of a 5 frame sequence wih no stop script) ihave a framescript on frame 5 that says 'h...more >>

I was wondering, in Flash 8 using the following two classes, what the best way would be to have several different tweens triggert over a certain period of time. Do these have a call back or delay as part of the functions? import mx.transitions.*; import mx.transitions.easing.*; I have b...more >>

I am trying to open a file I used to work with in flash 8 and I get no error message, but the file does not want to work. Any idea why that could be? Maybe some conflicking classes? This script is to resize an MC with corners without any distort on the corners. So all walls and corners have...more >>

i want to change the contain of a dynamic text, when press on a movie clip. thank you! ...more >>

hi I need few links to learn about component development in flash using the action script 2.0. I mean using object oriented programing cocept in developing the component. thankyou...more >>

Hi, I wanna play a video in my swf. but when the user wanna pause for awhile, the movie mus pause at the exact spot, any idea how to do it?...more >>

I have created a flash demo and published it as .exe file. While playing the demo, the tile has default value(Flash Player 6). I want this tilte to be changed. Is there a way for this??...more >>

Ok here is my problem. I'm trying to load JPEGS into an empty movie clip that I have placed on the stage using movieClipLoader and loadClip. I know my code is right, so far, but after the picture loads there is no picture on the stage in the spot where it should be. I have used trace and...more >>

Could anyone give me a little help with a simple script for a yes or no question. Here is how I would set it up. What sport do you like best? radio button: yes radio button: no Submit button: Can anyone show me how to script this?:confused; ...more >>

hi, i have a flash file in a html page with an iframe called 'iiFrame', and when the user clicks a button in the flash file i have a getURL statement to load a new page into the iFrame. here is the getURL statement i use where i try to load blank_white.html into the iframe 'iiFrame': g...more >>

Can anyone please help me? I'm completely new to flash, this is actually my first time with flash. I'm trying to figure out how to put a link to a tab that is designed in flash. It's just some basic tabs such as About Us, Contact Us, History, etc but these links are showing as Movie Clips, ...more >>

I have been trying to execute any function via keyboard key press without any luck. I found documentation that looked like it could do it, but there must be something that I do not understand about it. attached is a short code snip that did not work for me. I would appreciate a correct...more >>

I have a simple little form that lets the user select a date from a dateChooser component, I have not figured out a way to assign that date to anything, I have tried many things gathered from forums but no luck and no consistency between post, so I am lost. Action script for the dateChoose...more >>

Here's the external menu item list. How do I break lines? And, does the desc property take strings in more than just one line? I need a two line menu item selection. Maybe, this isn't possible. <shows> <works url="VIDEO_flv/01-prog.flv" desc="paragraph text <br />paragraph text <br />paragr...more >>

The below script calls a page on my server every 3 seconds to check for new messages in the live chat. When run in a browser, the memory usage for the browser goes up slowly and will eventually freeze up. function load_first(){ testob = testo; var load_lv = new LoadVars(); blah...more >>

I'm using the FLV Playback Component in Flash 8 to create a video player that loads videos from a playlist. Please check out the player here: http://www.hostproduction.com Go to the site above and try clicking one of the links on the top navbar. The video plays great, but clicking any...more >>