i installed SP2 on my MS Windows...and don't know if this is the problem or that I am plain stupid...i hope none of them both... i have this loop within my .swf, that reads out some images frome a folder. it's really simple and works great in FireFox, but IE only get's the last image, and ...more >>

I have a button within an mc on the root. When the user clicks the button, the root has to move to a specific frame label but also when it gets there, there's an mc on the root which also has to move to a specific frame label (pre-determined by the button). Does anyone know how to do this? tha...more >>

I am working on a game, and all of the actionscript is in one frame. When that is the movie's only frame, it works fine. But if I reach that frame from gotoAndStop, either from a button or a preloader script, none of my game scripts do anything. The frame with the game on it already has a sto...more >>

Hi, I am trying to figure out importing info from an external XML file running on my local computer. What i have is this: XML FILE : name = userInfo.xml -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <users> <userDetails id='1'> <name>Sam</name> <loc>...more >>

buttonNumber = 2; _root.mainMenu_mc.button2_mc.button2Scale_mc.button2Text.autoSize = true; For the above line of code please could someone tell me how to replace the number "2" with the variable "buttonNumber. Thanks. ...more >>

I've found a couple of javascript examples to hide/show the div layers in a page, but I want to use an SWF as my navigation bar. Are there AS2 equals, or do I need to convert the javascript?...more >>

Can Anyone help me with this Problem Please ? I have a main Movie this movie Contains several buttons and a MC called "main". I use these buttons to load external MovieClips to the main MC. That works fine in the HD. But on the web somthing weird Happend , If I click on a button it opens t...more >>

I'm using PrintJob class to send content of one MC to printer. Everything was ok, until I start using SetMask() to this clip. Only part lying below the mask is printed. I need to print whole movie clip, also I have to use mask, because it's quite big MC ;) How can I resolve this problem? ...more >>

Hi, anyone know how to do this: fade in a button gradually as the mouse cursor is moved towards the button. i am using MX 2004. many thanks, G...more >>

Hi, I have only superficial knowledge of flash and would like an opinion on whether the project i am planning is doable in flash or not. I want to make an educational aplication where the user can enter parameters to generate a sine wave that is then displayed (i think this part is easy). I th...more >>

this is my code: _root.attachMovie("item_mc","item"+i+"_mc",i+1); ItemMC = _root["item"+i+"_mc"]; ItemMC.$object=itemData ItemMC.txt_titel.text=ItemMC.$object.titel ItemMC.holder.loadMovie(ItemMC.$object.photo) ItemMC._x =100+150*i; ItemMC._y = 100; ...more >>

OK, I've been trying to figure this out for 2 days... time to break down and ask for help. I'm a Flash newbie - I'll try to use terminology correctly, but I apologize in advance for any lack of precision. I'm trying to use a 3rd party .swf app (call it MovieA.swf). I can't modify MovieA...more >>

Is it possible to send the numbers between one number to a different number e.g 1 to 25 as a variable? Something similar as random(1-25) but I want it to apply to all the numbers inbetween....more >>

hi, i took a button from the common components library->buttons->pill button. i copy-pasted the example from 'setclickhandler' reference. it does not work. i tought the button was disabled by default and it does not seem to be the case, actually i cant even seem to be able to rertieve if the b...more >>

Hello! I?m working on a site where I use several movies that load at different levels. I?m doing something like a preloader. I want all the swf loaded before level 0 starts playing, so I stop it until some variables become true. i.e. for every movie I have something like: stop(); onEnterFram...more >>

Press Release 1/11/05 Sintrix releases Flash Encrypt v1.0 www.sintrix.com Sintrix has released a new Macromedia Flash protection tool called Flash Encrypt. Flash Encrypt has been developed and designed to prevent Action Script theft of SWF files which are created by Macromedia Flash. O...more >>

I'm using the following code to get flash to give me pop up windows: getURL('javascript:window.open('images/ads/largeAD'+_root.i+'.jpg','','width=386 , height=500,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,toolbar=no,resizabl e=yes');void(0);'); this works great, problem being that th...more >>

Hello. I was wondering if it was possible to create my own Instant Messenger in Macromedia Flash mx 2004? Thanks in advance. B-miz...more >>

hi.. just out of curiosity.. is it possible to partially preload a swf? let's say you've got a swf and you see from the bandwidth graph.. that the first 20 frames are larger than what streaming would allow.. so you decide to preload those 20 frames only.. so that there is no delay once t...more >>

Hello there, I'm having a lot of difficulty getting my Flash MX 2004 movie to run. I have this XML file listing logos of daughter companies of a client coming from a CMS application. The specifications of these logos (width & height, x & y in the movie, etc.) are retrieved from the XML and...more >>

hi.. im making a site for myself.. you've got buttons and clicking them causes a dynamic field to load different html pages.. i created preloaders for images so that instead of <img> tags, i used <object> tags that load an SWF file, which simply preloads the image before displaying it.. wh...more >>