I've created a rather large site. I added a preloader to the first frame. Site takes a long time to load. When viewing online, screen displays only the background (solid purple) while the movie loads. Then, VERY briefly, the preloader is visible. Before you can even read the preloader, t...more >>

I had a couple of posts earlier regarding this problem. I am a novice scripter and am editing someone else's code. So this is the set-up. There is a main swf that consists of a nav bar primarily. When a button is clicked, a content .swf is loaded into an empty movie clip called screen. ...more >>

I asked a question 2 days ago, about the pills, but I have another problem. To make pacman and the ghosts move, I used the line tool to draw the possible paths. The problem is, if I zoom in/out/resize the screen while playing, pacman and the ghosts sometimes walk through the walls, and they ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get a .swf to go to its parent and within th eparent, a particular movie clip within a movie clip and then a specific frame. I used this code on button in the child swf. on (release) { _parent.nav.T.("down"); } Im sure this code is laughable. but you get the ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible for a child movie to refer to a parent's timeline? I am not exactly confident of my terminologies so I'll explain what I need to do. I have a main .swf movie (consisting mostly of a nav bar) that launches one of several other .swf's into an empty movie clip as contents...more >>

hi, i was trying to find answer in macromedia flash help, but there is sayd just when type 1 then its XML element and when it is 3 then it is string value.. xn.nodeValue is just null.. but toString() show whole xml element.. dunno whats wrong, can anybody tell me? <!-- my xml fi...more >>

Hi , I have a circle shape in my library as a Movie Clip, this have a export name = mc_1, how can I put it inside the scene but using only code. Thanks....more >>

I try to hide the component. It works great, but the focus rectangle is still there. I use the ComboBox component Any idea....more >>

Hi, I have this PHP code which generates XML: echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"; echo "<msg id=\"".$row["id"]."\" actor=\"".$row["actor"]."\" text=\"".$row["text"]."\">haha</msg>"; output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <msg id="30" actor="slobo" text="jej...more >>

I'm obviously doing something wrong here cause I can't change my _visible property in the targetClip. example here: http://home.earthlink.net/~blakemeister/test EXTERNAL testClass.as FILE import mx.events.EventDispatcher class testClass{ function dispatchEvent() {}; function addE...more >>

Hi people, can anyone suggest why: when using FileReference and upload, I'm getting no errors back (am listening for all of them). I'm successfully tracking the progressive upload and receiving 'onComplete'. Except no files are appearing on the server. I have even changed the permission...more >>

I am attempting to use a combobox to provide a playlist for MediaPlayer. I have the following Actionscript in place on (change) { this._parent.myMediaPlayer.setMedia(this.value, "mp3"); } However when I test the script I get 3 errors as follows. **Error** Symbol=p1, layer=gui, fra...more >>

I need something like this but not this: function disableSideNav() { for (var ivar = 1; ivar<=4; ivar++) { _root["side_menu_ + ivar + "menuName"].enabled = false; } } that couting variable needs to be between two instance names ...more >>

Hi list I am loading xml created with php loading data from a Database with the loadVars command. The .swf file lies on a seperate server than the php file and the database. When I export and test the html and the swf file on my machine it gets the data fine. As soon as I upload it to t...more >>

I have a project I'm working on for a public transit system and I need to be able to not only create the map, showing all the transit routes and stops, but upon mouse-over I need to display the name of the stop and a link to click for more info. like at http://www.ci.davis.ca.us/gis/unitrans/i...more >>

Hello all, my question might be a simple one. I would like to have a pdf downloadable on my website built with Flash. Example, how can others download my resume pdf from my website? ie. after clicking a 'download resume' button? I heard somewhere that the pdf needs to be in zip form...more >>

Hi all, I have a flash movie that consists of a main frame (parent) that has a main nav bar which spawns one of 6 children into the main viewing area. Each child has its own set of 'slides' which have a nav bar of their own at the bottom. Problem is that now I need the last slide on the...more >>

I want to load and print some external swfs all in one go. Can anyone tell me why this function doesn't work.... function DoPrint(){ var printArray:Array = new Array(1,2,3,4); var pj = new PrintJob(); var mc_name = ""; if (pj.start()){ for (var index in printArray) { mc_name = "mc"...more >>

Hi! I have created this up till now: I would also like to know if I could tweak the code a bit so that the user can put a new picture in any folder without having to add "7.jpg" in the flash. Would it be easier to create a .txt file so the user can add the numbers there and have the ...more >>

Hi there! I'm building a fotoalbum using XML. So everything is loaded dynamicly. Now that I've got everything working, I decided to check things out on different computers. PC's are all fine, but Macs aren't. First of all: is it true that there is no Flash Player 8 for OS9. And will t...more >>

i am trying to create this simple code, i say simple but i am not getting it. when i click on a button, i want my button to change color and stay that color, so i am using action script to do it. button1.onPress = function(){ var colorful = new Color colorful.setRGB(0X003366); } ...more >>

How can I assigned the name of a movie clip or an instance to a variable? thanks ...more >>

I need to import new Class in my document. I know I can do -> Import MyClass, but the path to reach my class is different. Here is the real path: "../classFolder/MyClass.as". My problem is the "../". How to reach a Class the reside outside the actual folder. Any idea ? ...more >>

The following code does not work if I select a Flash MX project. The code does not work even after I upgrade in the save to a Flash MX 2004 project. Currently upgrading some older Flash MX examples for classroom use, but Actionscript 2.0 object creation not working. Is there some tec...more >>

Hello everyone, I'm just trying to generate a random choice of movie clip and then effect that clip by turning its visibility off Here's what I've got: x = Math.floor(Math.random()*2); y = Math.floor(Math.random()*9); trace(x); trace(y); //got two xy values var m...more >>

Hi! I am having some serious problem with the MovieClipLoader class... Can someone tell me why the movie are loading in Flash MX 2004, but the published file wont load anything .... here is the code, tell me and I'll put the fla file online. Thank you so much for ANY help /*Array...more >>

I want to load 2 random movie clip on mouse event, its already working... but i want to clear (hide) the movie clip that was opened first. on (release) { _root["name"+Math.floor(Math.random()*2)].gotoAndPlay(2); } thanks ...more >>

hi, i'm making an uber simple game, basically i have 12 buttons (instance names 1 - 12) the user has to press the buttons in the correct order (3,4,8,12,6, 6, 2) to proceed to the next frame. i'm really unsure of how to script this. can anyone help??? ...more >>

Is it possible to set the background of a list component transparent, like for instance ._alpha = 25?...more >>

Hi, I am sure this should be simple. But I am struggling to make it work. I am developing a small Flash application to run on a stand alone computer which has a USB number keypad attached. I want the user to be able to enter a number using the keypad and then press "Enter" to complete the pr...more >>

:confused; I have created an swf with a link that should open an html file. how do i make the link work?...more >>

Hi There I want to create a flash file that has a fixed width but can change its height to match the height of the users browser window so users running higher resolutions can see more of the file and avoids users running lower resolutions having scroll bars in the browser. Also I woul...more >>

hi, i have some sound on timeline some are loaded with diffrnt swf ,but i want to make one sound volume controller....more >>

I'm writing a a Flash application, and I'm using Key (keyboard keys) listeners. I would like to know if those listeners are "heavy duty" for my computer's memory? If they are, is there a "lighter" way to "listen" to keyboard actions? ...more >>

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I currently have a function called loadImages, which takes 3 parameters (pic1, pic2, pic3). All the pictures that I'll pass into this function are held in an array called "images", so I'd call the function like so: loadImages(images[0],images[1],images[2]) . How can I get ActionScript to s...more >>

you want to change the fonts dynamically using flash or its something else ! can you explain ur problem ?...more >>

New To Forums, How can I create a pre-loader that will actually correspond with the percentage of the site that has actually loaded? I can make a preloader imitator to just show like it's loading but then if the site isn't done loading and it says 100% complete people will just be waiti...more >>

hello, i was trying to design a menu setup that works like macromedia.coms and i think i have it working, except for the delay on the unload movie when you roll off the menu. so far i have it setup where when you roll over one of the main buttons a swf file containing the next level o...more >>

i'm using the following code to scroll a dynamic text box, however, I'd like it to scroll as long as the buttons are being pressed. I know pretty much anyone here could answer this question. Pre-emptive thank you. onClipEvent (mouseDown) { if (scroll_dwn.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymou...more >>

Need a little help from the veterans familiar with Falsh 6.0 which did not have the MovieClipLoader class. My target player has to be 6.0 (darn). I am attempting to load a jpg into a mc as part of my Class Constructor code. Other functions need to run but only after the jpeg is loaded. ...more >>

Im using loadMovie command to simply load in jpg's from a directory into these empty movie clip containers and of course it works fine. But i need a way to check to see if the images are loaded, and if they are then it goes to frame 3 and play. If it there isnt an image loaded in the MC (or in...more >>