For some reason this subject eludes my understanding and honestly, I feel, it also eludes a good tutorial. All I want to do is store a variable to a text file by clicking a button and then click another button to show the variable. I would want two text boxes, an input and a dynamic. The us...more >>

Hi, i hope someone can help me, im finding it difficult to make my first dynamic category list... im loading the list from XML. looping round and displaying the category titles, for testing they are just category1, category2 etc... the loading and displaying works fine... but i need to...more >>

There is an XML file that I will be using to import text to dynamically generate labels. I'd like the labels to have a solid color square directly behind the text. Is there a way to have the box simply match the width of the text? Currently, I have to specify a fixed width. I considered having...more >>

Hello :) Im not sure if im posting this in the right section, if not please move it. thanks Ok, so i would like to make something similar to the cursor in the spank the monkey game at ebaumsworld heres a url for those who havent seen it yet http://www.ebaumsworld.com/spankmonkey.shtml ...more >>

I'm not sure if I just don't properly understand the Boolean constructor, of if this is a bug (Using Flash 8.0)? var bBoolean:Boolean = new Boolean(false); trace("bBoolean = " + bBoolean); trace("!bBoolean = " + !bBoolean); results in: bBoolean = false !bBoolean = f...more >>

I need to append/concatenate the contents of a variable (a string, with the name of a sub-folder) to a URL using the getURL action. For example: the URL is "http://www.website.com" and the variable could be "folder_1", folder_2", etc. The idea is that depending on the results of a test ...more >>

i have already created the site that i want to publish to the web. and as a matter of fact i would be more than willing to send somebody my flash file so that they can open it themselves and see what i have going on. but i am not understanding how to use the Loadmovie() functions. can n e o...more >>

Hi I create a new Class. I want to know if I can redifined a methods to compare 2 object of this class. For example: If I have 2 different instances of a Dog Class, may be I want to compare them by their name. I can retrieve the name of them each time I want to compare them, but in Java I ...more >>

Greetings! Please see these two short files. http://www.projectfrontier.com/test/NeedHelp.as http://www.projectfrontier.com/test/testNeedHelp.fla On line 19 of NeedHelp.as, I'm trying to call a function called refreshMap(). It is inside of an onEnterFrame block, but it doesn't a...more >>

I'm working on a movie clip, which has a button in it. in the action window of that button i assign a"go to and stop" action to frame 2 in Scene 1 (which is where the movieclip appears). however when i press the button, the movieclip is the one jumping to frame 2 instead of the scene. what the...more >>

Hi. please send me a solution.i want to create a text file and xml file through flash. in the creation of text file and xml file i willn't use any other application outside the flash. a text file and xml file create directly by the flash aaaplication.please also inform about the ...more >>

Hello, On my site I use a duplicateMovieClip method to create several movie-clips at different depth. As they are placed randomly, they might partly overlap. I use also some onRollOver function to modify the _rotation of these MovieClips. A bit like : this.onRollOver = function(){ cli...more >>

I have a simple problem scripting a component. I just want to be able to have control when i chose a selection from the pull down. This is for a mock up site so i only need to have the pulldown selection move the playhead of another mc that has four frames. Each frame has a color label with a ...more >>

i'm trying to display images from the "imageURL" column in mySQL database.... when a user clicks on a product category button it would call a CFC and send a SQL statement that would return a recordset.....i would like to display those records in an image format (ie: flash catalogue) ....more >>

Greetings, After the accordion is loaded, I want to go to a specific child to open. For example go to the 5th child (the last one). The same action as clicking with the mouse on the label. I have been tring several things. In the spirit of the following; myAccordion.getChildAt(myAccord...more >>

I have three files: Session1.flv Session1.swf Conference.swf Conference.swf is the main file which will play the sessions. I created Session1.swf and saved it in a folder called High. Then I imported the Session1.flv (located in folder High). Session1.swf plays perfectly if I click ...more >>

hello, i want to know if i can synchronize actionscript functions and animations with the playback of a video using FLVPlayback and SMIL, i have searched a lot but failed to find examples or tutorials any help will be very apreciated thank you ...more >>

Hello I am trying to get a ball to move from one side of the screen to the other with a tween in action script. here is an example of what I am trying to do. http://www.csulb.edu/~arezaei/ETEC551/selected/13-animating%20with%20script.swf any help would be great.. ...more >>

I am using the loadmovie function to load external swf files into a empty movie clip. Is there a way to tell the external swf what frame to start in the external swf file? For example how would i make it go to frame 10 in the swf file ...more >>

In a flash project i make use of _global to set variables that will show up throughout the different scenes. I know the correct way to set and retrieve data from _global: <as> _global.varName="somedata"; someOtherVar=varName; </as> The problem is that it's not actually setting the ...more >>

Is there a way to decode a string into variable name value pairs, much like when you do a load vaiables on a text file? Many thanks Dave ...more >>

heyya! i got a problem Ok, i have this mc in my exported for actionscript named "printJobDialogue" library wich i use from a .as file inside a window component. im making a printJob as file wich is supposed to be used again and again and again and so on ^^ this is the code to creat...more >>

I'd like to create an empty movie clip, add a dozen or so text fields dynamically, and then set it to scroll that movieclip via a scrollpane (or just scrollbar - just needs to scroll the clip vertically). I've been playing around with this and the closest I've gotten is attaching a movie f...more >>

Hi everyone! Is there anyone, please, that can help me with the following problem?: I have tried to use the quiztemplate in Flash 8, there is no problem using and customize it as long as I don?t move anything. My problem is that i want to put this quiz in a draggable MC. That MC shou...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to pass a very long binary number - probably 400 digits+ - to an application which I want to then draw a map based on the 1=land 2=sea principle. Only problem is I can't get Flash to stop treating my huge binary number into decimal. Any thoughts on how to keep it Binar...more >>

ok so, got this flashpaper swf and a projector exe on a cd-rom. a button in the projector would like to open the flashpaper in a seperate window. how to do? nobody seems to be able to suggest anything but jstart from flash jester but the problem is that the management here require three mont...more >>

Hi, I have a problem that I really need some help with. I have two movie clips, one inside the other. I have write some code to move and rotate the parent clip with the arrow keys. So the child clip also obviously moves too. The problem is I need to get the child clips "current coordinate"...more >>

Hi, Dreamweaver layer (hidden/visible) controlled by Flash is that possible with a FScommand, if so can you give me a example. Thanx in advance, Rick...more >>

Hi, How can I refresh my movie clip? I have a movie clip where users can drag things around... i want to make a refresh button which relocates everything on the stage to its original location. i tried searching for this but dint find nothing. Thx. ...more >>

Hey. I'm trying to get the full url of the running swf, and check that it is actually played from inside the HTML-file. I've managed to get this working with the beginning of the substring, but I've not managed to catch the end of the string. Please help me! :confused; Best Rega...more >>

Hi, I've searched but couldn't find any case which will tell me how to solve my problem. And I know for someone who is very familiar with Flash, this will sound like a stupid question- I'm using asp and Access db. I want to send from db to flash via asp a list of article titles, where ea...more >>

Hi I have just started using the flash integration kit and I'm having a slight problem. I've created a test movie with a function called changeImage(pageName:String) which I am calling from javascript in my web page. The function is called once a link is pressed in the html which changes...more >>

My movie shows a series of images on screen at once (step1 - step5). Ther is animation between each stage. My timeline has a keyframe at the start of each step. If I am on step1 and want to jump to step4, is it possible to make the movie play through the step2 and step3 keyframes and stop ...more >>

I am trying to create a messaging system. I have with much struggle created a page that dynamically loads messages stored in a mysql database. I don't know how many messages are stored, so I have decided to show them ten at a time. This also loads page numbers that correspond with the number o...more >>

Well I am making an intro page for my site. I have an "enter site" button and a "Replay" button. My question is that I want sound over on both tbuttons. I have not been able to get teh reply button to work either. Here is the code; the first one is the enter site and the second is the replay ...more >>

I am trying to write actionscript for when an object hits something, it will cause something to happen, like a lose game screen appear. What do you call this type of actionscript or how would the actionscript look like? Thanks:D ...more >>

Hello- I have a problem with a couple of my buttons. The two problematic buttons have sub-buttons, accessed when the user rolls over the main button. But flash does not recognize when the user rolls out, so the button stays in the rollover state, even though the user is not "on" the butt...more >>

I'm working on a holiday greeting project which has an encryption flash app that encrypts a customers name and concatenates the encrypted Query String to the end of a URL. The URL resolves to the holiday Greeting where the encrypted variable is decrypted and then displays the clients name in ...more >>

There is an email blast tool I use that offers code for managing a subscriber list. It gives me the code that appears at the bottom of this post to put onto a web page. How do I create a form in Flash that will essentially do the same thing? Also, is there a way to set up validation with...more >>