I'm having a problem with the gotoAndPlay/gotoAndStop command targeting levels only on a mac, everything works fine on PC. Oddly enough the commands also work fine on a mac when tested locally from my hard drive. Here's the code I'm using to load the external swf's and target their frames: ...more >>

how do you lock something so it only goes up and down or left and right when you do start drag...more >>

How do I perform an ActionScript command such as on (release) { gotoAndPlay('Scene 2', 1); } from an html link pulled in from a text file? ...more >>

Is there the equivalent of Director's 'movieName' in Flash? I have a shared library containing buttons that have different, but similar scripts based on the swf playing them, and I'd like to have them update dynamically rather than my hard coding them in each swf. eg: A next button that dete...more >>

Is there a way to dynamically create instance names? For example; I would like to create a loop where I can read a series of about 100 input fields. Currently I am doing this: Array[1] = Instance1_txt.text; Array[2] = Instance2_txt.text; etc. What I would like to do is: for ...more >>

as the title says, is there a way to fit the .jpg/swf on the target movie clip? like the componet loader ps.: i cant use loader, couse i have flash mx...more >>

There are various questions here under the post 'Iso-Land: Smooth Movement': http://iso-land.blogspot.com/ Although my version is different the .fla i used is here: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/isometric/simple_example.htm I replaced the script with this: // first set up spacing and co...more >>

have currently have three little swf files. 1) endless loop with a clear button over it. i can change the info on this swf with a mouse clip. 2) endless loop with a video clip in it. i would like to put clear button on it similar to 1) but that is another problem "button button" i have pos...more >>

Is there a way to capture when someone scrolls down/up inside a datagrid (either with the down/up arrows or if they click inside the scrollbar)? I need to do some manipulation on the rows when the user moves the scroll position (tinting the row to a different color if it matches some criteria...more >>

Hi All, I have created multiple thumbnails where if one is clicked an enlarged image is loaded in an empty imageHolder_mc. I am using the MovieClipLoader class to dynamically load the image. Each thumbnail has a call to a function that will load the image. Within the function I use unloadC...more >>

my desire is to trigger the _down state of my movie clip button onRelease and keep it in _down state whereby my movie clip button plays without being disrupted by its _up state when mouse is released rather than having to hold down my mouse just to see the down state of movie clip button anima...more >>

Hi, I'm using code to insert html formatted text into a dynamic text field at runtime. It works fine as long as all the text inside the quotes is on one long line in the actionscript editor. If I use the carraige return to put the text content on more than one line it causes errors when the co...more >>

my desire is to trigger the _down state of my movie clip button onRelease and keep it in _down state whereby my movie clip button plays without being disrupted by its _up state when mouse is released rather than having to hold down my mouse just to see the duration of movie clip button animati...more >>

When you create an empty movie clip, how do you reference its onLoad function? I'm loading the external swf and then trying to have a text field instance in that swf populate with "Sample Text." Here's my code: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("test_mc", 1); test_mc.loadMovie("myMovie.swf"); ...more >>

I have a litle bit trouble getting my node values from an XML file Can anyone tell me how to the eg. <title> node value here: http://tinde.no/pl/47/property_rss.pl?ClientRef=T1007&amp;ClientRef=T1078&amp;Cl ientRef=T1079&amp;_order=Created+DESC&amp;_limit=9 thanks in advance best regards, ...more >>

I'm kinda new to this, so please go easy. I walked through the macromedia tutorial on using the xmlConnector successfully. I then linked an rss feed from the web using the xmlConnector successfully as well. Works great within Flash and when exported as a movie to my desktop. But once I upload ...more >>

I am using Flash MX for a menu. I have a selection of Buttons, each with Up, Over and Hit events in use. I have a movie clip with static text element within on each event and have the text style changing to red when you move the mouse over etc. My question is, how do I make the text highl...more >>

I am using the loader component to load my external images, the option to resize loaded images to fit component frame is important ot my project. The problem is that the component fails in I.E. for windows. It works fine in every other browser and when I test in flash. in i.e. the images load ...more >>

I am creating a CD ROM presentation. I have created an interface which has play/pause and a progress bar showing the progress of a movie clip inside it. I want to control the volume of all the voiceover sound files inside the movie clip. I have this from Flash's help menu for creating the vo...more >>

hello -- i have created dynamic and randomly distributed clips. how do i make them appear underneath everything else even though they are at the bottom layer? mark for (i=2;i<=100;i++) { star1_mc.duplicateMovieClip("star"+i+"_mc",i); _root["star"+i+"_mc"]._x = random(550); _root["s...more >>

Hi, How can i make the below script correct. What i mean is if on(release) the movie is on the frame 6 then it should go to frame 1 and so on. I know its wrong, How can i detect which frame the movie head is on. on(press) { gotoAndPlay(6); } on(release) if frame = (6) { gotoAndP...more >>

Hi, Hope any one can help me. I have a HTML page with a hidden form that has checkboxes in it. When the page is loaded JavaScript will ask a flash movie in the HTML page to create similar checkboxes inside itself. Inside flash they are called option1, option2 ... depending on how many are pr...more >>

I can use _currentframe to get the current frame number, but I can't figure out how to get the current scene name (or number for that matter). Note that neither of the below examples work... trace(flash.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline()); trace(_root.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().curren...more >>

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I am having some serios issues writing a function to filter the data displayed in a dataGrid linked to a dataSet. We are filtering the data using the dataSet.filterFunc method. The following code successfully filters the content: _root.Zengarden.screenName.goals_ds.filtered = true; _root.Z...more >>

I have a Dynamic html text filed in my movie. It loads the html formatted text but does not render special characters like quotes, apostrophes, and ampersands. I have attempted to use the html equivalent of these characters but still no luck. can anyone point me in the right direction? Than...more >>

hey everybody! :) i've got a AS2 class file here with this import statement at the top: import mx.utils.Delegate; some way further on, a movieclip (saved as type 'button' in the library) utilises this import statement, like this: btn_mc.onRelease = Delegate.create( this, Button_Clicked ); ...more >>

hello i try since days to modificate a OP-script where i found! i have no OP experience and wanna ask you guys, if you can help me how i can handle my modifications! the script where i found makes a explosion! my idea to do a random watersplash is now, to modificate the script that the circl...more >>

I read some posts but there wasnt a usefull answer in them so i post it. Im working for press and we have people writing articles. Im trying to write a flash file so that people know how much they can write. I cant max the characters because WWWWWW are longer than iiiii. The big problem is tha...more >>

I have recently used Flash MX Professional and notice that the Actionscript can no longer be set between Normal and Expert Mode. It took me three hours to find out how to give a script to a button! Has anyone else complained about this, and is anything being done to reintroduce it - I am a d...more >>

Hi Guys, How can i keep the mouse down position and do a different action when it reached to a different frames? What I mean is.... Say I have 6 Frames in a movie, in the first frame a movie is placed which is playing until user press and hold the mouse in down state, if its in the do...more >>

hi, is there any code that opens EXE in a browser like...: getURL("Join.exe" ...........................) ?????? or something like that?... thx... K-Dog...more >>

hi, is there any code that opens EXE in a browser like...: getURL("Join.exe" ...........................) ?????? or something like that?... thx... K-Dog...more >>

hi, is there any code that opens EXE in a browser like...: getURL("Join.exe" ...........................) ?????? or something like that?... thx... K-Dog...more >>

hi, i'm generating two random numbers, between 1 and 4, which must be different to each other each the two numbers are picked. i've tried the following: var firstRandom = Math.random()*3+1; var secondRandom = Math.random()*3+1; var boxA = 'box'+(Math.round(firstRandom)); var boxB = 'box'+...more >>

Way back when I started learning ActionScript, the way I learnt to define functions was using callbacks: maskImage = function(imageClip, setWidth, setHeight) { // code here } which is generally the way I still work. But now I'm seeing functions defined in the following way: function ...more >>

I have Flash MX 2004 professional . At authoring time I see that the DataGridColumn.headerText property is not recognized and in run time it is not setted. Anybody else have the same problem with this property? Is it something wrong with this property. ...more >>

I am using a media playback component to play an mp3. The slides in my movie are linked to this component so that different slides are timed to display throughout the mp3. Is it possible to assign a keyboard letter to each slide so that when a user presses a key, that slide is displayed and ...more >>

Hi I am currently working on a uniproject, where I am trying to send a value from a button to a different .swf file. I know that I have to use GET to send it, but how do I recieve it in the other file? The other file will be loaded when the button that sends the variable gets pushed. Ca...more >>

I need to pass a variable via FSCommand to my.exe file in the folder FSCommand, but for now i thing it's impossible, I try this: archivo = "shellexecute.exe" variable = "/f:asdasd.pdf" fscommand("exec", archivo + variable); don't work, needer whit this ARCHIVO = "shellexecute /f:..\\asd...more >>

Please you............... Help me, I had a file 'counter.xml', with content: <dataroot> <fls> <counter>123213xx</counter> </fls> </dataroot> Can i have a action to auto-update a new value for counter? ex: <dataroot> <fls> <counter> here_new_value </counter> </fls> </dataroot...more >>

I have a main swf and I can load 3 other swf from the main one with 'loadMovieNum'.The other three swfs have sounds.The Sounds are attached with attachSound and played.When I run the three swfs alone(not loading to the main one) they all play the sounds ok.But when loading and playing them tw...more >>

:)hi, how to align bottom and left in dynamic text field......more >>

I found this in the flash mx2004 help: ------------ document.frameRate Availability Flash MX 2004. Usage document.frameRate Description Property; a float value that specifies the number of frames displayed per second when the SWF file plays; the default is 12. This is the same ...more >>

I have the following script on a button. However, for some reason, I need to click on it twice before it works. Any ideas? (The button is on the main timeline, and not inside another mc.) on (release) { getURL("javascript:history.back();"); } Thanks Geoff ...more >>

Hi, I am using loadvariables to load data from middleware into a movieclip inside flash. There are about 5 menu items on top. when I select any one of then, i fire request to the server and load data. Once that is done require rendering is done and screen is shown to the user. Here is ...more >>

i noticed a cursor effect once where a word followed the cursor around the screen. the word broke up into single letters and followed separatly then when the cursor stopped the word reformed. i know it requires action script but i havent a clue as im a novice. is there anywhere i can get hold ...more >>

I'm trying to decipher Macromedia's documentation: "If you want to sort in another way, create a function to do the sorting and pass its name as the compareFunction parameter. " I'm trying to sort a date field and and time field that feeds a datagrid, using a funtion as per: hotTaskList....more >>

Can any please tell me how this is done, here is a swf file that will stretch to the size of the browser window but it does not scale, i can do this no problem but how do you make movie clips align to top,bottom,left,or right on the browser the site bellow works just like that. http://www...more >>

I have a movie that is dynamically loading jpeg files from an external folder. This is working smoothly. If you preview and notice when you hit your right arrow the maps change and seem to animate. The problem is when you hit left the previous files seem to have disappeared. The flash m...more >>

I am interested in having 2 buttons in my flash project, and when 1's clicked, if the other is on, it would get un clicked. For example, say i was making subtitles buttons, one in spanish and one in english. to make sure they aren't both running at teh same time (cause then theyd overlap and i...more >>

Can you target an <iframe> from a flash button? What's the actionscript to do this?...more >>

I created a flash quiz that randomly generates a question and mizes up the answers as well. But the problem is, it never displays the text to question #1. In fact, when it tries to, it just produces a blank response. All other responses it will...Can someone please help me? Here is my SW...more >>