I want to build something like Outlook 2003, where you show the title in bold at firstline, and a bit of summary in the lines after,..etc So basically putting a multiline in a List box...more >>

Hi. I have two movies. One I'll call 'MAIN.swf' and the other I'll call 'DYNLOADED.swf'. DYNLOADED.swf is a movie which has a bunch of MovieClips in its library that are all marked for actionscript export. The idea is that I load this movie dynamically using loadMovieNum() and then I can inst...more >>

on(release){ gotoandplay("map"); }...more >>

I downloaded a movie from the internet to use on my site and everything works fine however now I want to add an additional symbol to the scene (the symbol is just a simple fade in of an image) but for some reason, this new symbol never shows up no matter what I try(I know very little actionsci...more >>

Let's say you have some code where you're duplicating several movie clips and you want to be able to pass the new name of each movie clip into one line of code that will determine the 'speed' of the duplicated clips. So here's what the code looks like: for (i=0; i<15; i++) { carNameA = 'car...more >>

is there any way to create a scroll bar without using components in flash mx 2004? I just want to use the vertical slider and arrows for a text box. I noticed that the components in flash mx 2004 use a lot of file space making it longer to d/l. I also noticed that since the movieclip needs...more >>

I have been wondering if there was any solution to my problem. In one of my flash documents, i have a button that does play and pause and there are subtitles on the bottom (which are a movie clip). My problem is is that whenever i pause the document, the subtitles keep going and get out of syn...more >>

Hi all, i got a problem. I want to tell a movieclip to go to a specific frame. But the name of the movieclip should be evaluated using a value stored inside a variable. Like this btCage.onPress = function() { btColor.setRGB(cStatic); MYTARGET.gotoAndPlay(vFrame); }; 'MYTARGET' is the ...more >>

is it possible to create one swf file that acts as a preloader for a second one?...more >>

I have a dynamic text file being loaded into a text field using loadVariables. This file contains a list of topics. When you click on that topic, I would like to swap the current text file for another. This would be easy to do if the topics were buttons in the Flash document, but I don't kn...more >>

This is the actionscript I need to rewrite without the use of tell target: for (i=1; i<10; i++) { tellTarget ('movie' + i) { play(); } } It sets 10 movies on the stage in motion. How do I rewrite it without using: movie1.play(); movie2.play() . . movie9.play() Jeff ...more >>

Hi, I need the access a local shared object from a range of swf's (the same SO). The purpose is to stop a screen showing e.g. when the user first opens the movie a screen telling them about the application is shown. There is a button to 'do not show this screen again'. I want to store values...more >>

How do you write actionscript on a button within one movie clip, to go to a frame label in another movieclip? I've tried this: on (release) { _root.mainmenu.gotoAndPlay("intro); } But it doesn't work. All the instances of my movieclips are named properly. The only think I can get ...more >>

How can I set the default selection in a combobox component? In other words, when the combobox first displays on the screen, I'd like to be able to read a variable in to determine which value should be the defaulted highlighted value in the combobox. Thanks! Bill ...more >>

Hi, I have a blank movieclip on the scene and I use movieclip.loadMovie('source.swf') to load an external swf file into the movieclip. In the source.swf file, It links to a flv file which plays a 29 second clip with sound. My problem: I have a close window button that when clicked I w...more >>

i have an xml loader class class xmlLoader{ public function loadXml(){ xmlData.onLoad = function(success){ parseXMLFile(); } xmlData.load(...); } public function parseXMLFile(){ trace("here"); } } but when i call loadXm...more >>

Is my file corrupted if it can't follow a simple action like gotoAndStop(189); on a keyframe? ...more >>

Perhaps someone here has done this before or know how it can be done. I have a Flash application that connects to my back end system through an XMLSocket. When the user finishes what they were doing, they need to log out so that the system does not think that they are still eligible to recei...more >>

I am trying to figure out if it is possible to control what happens in one player from a different player on the same page. I have one movie loaded in a player at the top of the page then i have another plaver with another movie in the middle of the page. I want to control the middle playe...more >>

i have 3 boxes which are connected to a 4th box. now i want that whenever i drag any of the box the other boxes follow with easing. i have wrote the code but is hangs as soon as it renders the movie. plz help ...more >>

Just getting into AS2 and i am having problems figuring out were the different Classes reside on my machines (win XP, english language) and (win XP, danish language). The helpfiles state that the global path to the build in classes is: \Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\ Application...more >>

I am creating a CD-ROM interface for a series of Flash games. All the games are standalone apps, so there are mac and pc versions of each game. The CD-ROM will be cross-platform. My original plan was to just create two separate interfaces, but now I'm wondering if I can just have one. Just ...more >>

Is there a way to remove flash shared objects when a user either exits there browser window or leaves our site? I need a movie to play completely if it is the first page they visit on the site otherwise the movie skips to the end. But the process needs to repeat each time they return to t...more >>

;) In English fraction numbers displaed with dot 0.657 while in Russian with comma 0,657. Flash doesn't understand comma in fractions while Russians are inputing comma! Can somebody suggest best way to communicate with Russians in Russian number covention and make Flash understand and trea...more >>

hey everybody! :) most annoying! i downloaded a simple tutorial that takes some data from flash, passes it across to php via loadVars which then whacks that into a mysql database before responding via php's 'echo' method to the flash, which changes itself accordingly. i've tested the php and...more >>

I want to be able to stop a streaming mp3 from loading if the user chooses a different track (a common thing I?m sure?) How can I tell if my delete sound object script is working? (is that the best way to do it?) When I do a simulate download in flash each time I push a track it begins a new...more >>

I am going to try to keep this as simple as possible. I have several swf files that contain embedded audio and load an external swf movie using loadMovie(). I am trying to create a full video version of the several swf files that will simply play one after the other. I have tried severa...more >>

Hello can anyone help me i am trying to pass php variables from a url to get url in flash Example i do http://www.mysite.com/?dyndir=blah In flash i want to have getURL('http://www.mysite.com/$dyndir/'); which should print http://www.mysite.com/blah/ when its running The variable defined in...more >>

I have created a class that extends MovieClip. Basically one of the methods in this class 'highlights' the instance by drawing a rectangle around it. At the moment, when someone clicks the instance, it 'highlights'. What I would like to do is this: when someone clicks a particular instance, a...more >>

Hi, I will be using a projector exe file in full screen and want to give the user an option to close the flashplayer completely from a button when they have finishede. Is there any actionscript code that does it? Cheers Mike ...more >>

:confused; I have really searched through the whole web but could not find it anywhere. Is it possible to let a swf file navigate the PDF?...more >>

Hi, I'm wondering if there is any way I can start my own aplication writen in C with parametrs from Flash Projector . For example: fscommand("exec","programm.exe parametr"); I knwo I can't use spaces when using fscommand exec but is there any way I can execute sth like this "open.exe para...more >>

I'm creating a textbox which inputs multiple sentences. How do I create a line break so that every time my textbox inputs a new sentence it creates a lines break between sentences? This is what I got so far...But can't figure out the line break command. _root.Comment = _root.Comment + ...more >>

hi there, I am stuck on a bit of actionscript navigation and i need your help. Basically my Movie consists of one Scene named "One" and within this scene it has nested Movie clips (symbols). I am at the last frame of one of my movie clips (symbols) and I want to navigate back to the first ...more >>

Hi Guys, I'm doing certain action while my mouse is down, in one of the frame while mouse is down i need to press spacebar to continue to the next frame, but what happen is as soon as i press the spacebar the mouse state is getting reset. how can i solve this problem? for key press i'...more >>

I have a movie with heap of movie clips. I just discovered that I had duplicate names of movie clips, however, these clips were in different areas of the timeline (& on the same track/layer). Do you know if that would cause a problem? For some reason the Flash is hanging when playing on ...more >>

I want to instance a movieclip dinamicly. In this instance of movieclip, there is a button(symbol and not component). I must add code in the "release" event. near this->> eval("this.mcrespostatexto")._onRelease{trace("abc...");} thanks. sorry my bad english. ...more >>

Is it possible to call MPEG Movie clips dynamically in flash using XML or something like that without importing the mpeg movie in Flash. I'm working in a site developed in CGI perl. The mpeg movie will randomly change on every refresh. can anybody help? thanks in advance.. :-) -Amalendu ...more >>

Is it possible to display a already existing html page in a flash file? I want my client to be able to update a certain part of a flash page I am building for them? Thank you. Brian...more >>

Hey all, I am trying to a grab a movie from my Library and then load a movie into that mc. attachMovie('picHolder', 'picHolder_mc', 1); Movie in the library is called picHolder and linakge is set to export for actionscript, the movie I load in always loads but for some reason it looks like ...more >>

I have a dynamic text file being loaded into a text field using loadVariables. This file contains a list of topics. When you click on that topic, I would like to swap the current text file for another. This would be easy to do if the topics were buttons in the Flash document, but I don't kno...more >>

How can you make a dynamic text box change in length to match the length of a new word being fed into it? Thanks....more >>

How can you make a dynamic text box change in length to match the length of a new word being fed into it? Thanks....more >>

I cant link text in flash to an external document does someone know how to?...more >>

basically i want to do this but i can't find the appropriate actionscript anywhere, thanks in advance if (variable contains '_') { change the '_' to ' '; }...more >>

I am using the hitTest but if I put my object on _root it works perfect, but when I have it inside a movie clip it doesn't work! I'm using the next script: hit_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){ if(hit_mc.hitTest(_xmouse,_ymouse, true)){ trace('inside') } } When I have my hit_mc movie clip ...more >>

hi, i have a globe picture, how can i make it rotate around? Thanks...more >>

Hi all, Trying to build a basic click Thumnail to load in external jpg, with preloader. I have a thumnail movie, screen movie (that contains a progress bar) with the screen pointing to a fadein.swf which is holding a loader. (I am loading this fadein.swf as I want to have a transisition fade ...more >>

:confused; Hi, i'm having trouble using the gotoAndPlay script to link to a particular scene... Keep getting errors when i enter it in this format gotoAndPlay([scene,] frame) could someone pls explain exactly what I am not doing right here? its killing me! cheers, STU! ...more >>