My issue is with duplicating items that have been partially/completely constructed through ActionScript code. I have a instance of the scrollpane (my_scrollpane_A), which contains multiple Dynamically created textboxes. The content of these textboxes is also dynamically populated from a ...more >>

I've been reading Moock's excellent ActionScript references and have come up with a project idea, but I can't find an XML class method for saving an updated xml file. I would like Flash to import the xml, add and/or change nodes, and save the updates. Is there any way to do this without a...more >>

I believe what I am trying to do is incredibly simple. I have a php page that echos "ip=".$ip. the ip is set to the computers ip, and I know this part works. It would be awesome if someone could simply tell me the actionscript code I need, and also please say which frames things go in, and w...more >>

Is It Possible to use action script for fade in and out effects ?...more >>

I have a movie set to 100% in the browser window, I need different elements to align differently. Basically, I want some of the flash content to be in centered in the window (on resize of the window). I want other elements to align top left, and top right. So when a user resizes there browser...more >>

How can I get JavaScript variable in flash?...more >>

Hi I need to walk throug my array and display 3 items at a time using buttons. The trick is that I need to begin at array[1] again when I reach the length. eg. 123 456 781 234 567 812 and so on. I have managed to go forward, But I need to 'rewind' too, and I have noe quite figured it ...more >>

As a novice at Flash, I recently purchased a flash template from Monster.com ( Yea, by dissecting it I am hoping to learn flash) and so far it has been a wealth of knolledge with some good examples. There is one script, however that I cannot figure out. The following script is used to contr...more >>

The attached code works fine when I Publish for Player 6, but not Player 7. Might somebody who has a moment be able to tell me why? Thanks Mathias fncShuffle = function () { return Math.floor(Math.random()*3)-1; }; var arrAlpha = new Array(); var arrTimeSub = new Array(); var arr...more >>

Yup - you guessed it, I am creating an RPG game! But I am having a minor problem - I know how to set and retrieve Shared Objects, and how to display the current frame. But how can I conbine the two to save the current main frame and retrieve it when I reload? I have tryed to code this myself...more >>

Ok I am doing a flash project. It is a basic game were you aim the aimer and try to hit the moving ball. When you hit it it explodes. But to add a little more flare I was wondering if it was possible for the aimer to zoom in while the rest of the screen is zoomed out. So when the aimer moves i...more >>

I am working on a resizing effect similar to the one on L=braingiants]http://www.braingiants.com. The transitions are very smooth. Mine is still a little jerky. Is it simply a question of framerate? We considering upgrading our T1 line to make it faster, but once the page is loaded clien...more >>

:confused; My client sells personalized books. The way the site works, someone buying a book would type in their name and a proof of the personalized cover would bounce back to them. When they approve the proof, I would like to set up an actionscript which exports and e-mails an adobe illu...more >>

Probably an easy question, but I can't seem to get this to work. I am trying to change the position of a button while the movie is playing, but it doesn't seem to work. I have the ActionScript assigned to the same layer the button is in. My code is as follows: x_pos = ((insert randomizin...more >>

I have a movie clip called (zerosAndOnes_mc) in which I create a text field with this code createTextField('txtDisplay', 0, -225, 0, 550, 24); That mc sits on my main stage and I am trying to mask it using another movie clip that has a small oval drawn on it (Called mask_mc) In the actionscr...more >>

I want to try to load a image into a movie clip loaded from an xml file .. that part works just fine but if i ask the height or width it says its 0 ?!? what do i do wrong //load XML (frame 1 > root) function loadXML(loaded) { if (loaded) { xmlNode = this.firstChild; aImage = ...more >>

Hi Flash Developers, I'm creating an observation, experiment, survey and analysis on how people (programmers), or Computer Scientist form logic. Actually, I'm doing a study where from this, I can formulate so that students who are learning how to program could adapt same formulation of ...more >>

Well, I try to make several math functions for my game. One thing that I'm still not succeed is to make a function that'll return multiple values. I was thinking that maybe I can make a function and pass by reference some parameters to get the result but failed to do so.. is it possible ?? ...more >>

Hi All, I need some help please. SETUP: I have created a card game so when the page loades it will load 25 MC's in a random fasion and places them on the screen. This works great kind of. The problem is as we all know that the random function will pick the same number twice or more giving me 2...more >>

I'm using loadvars.load() to import variables from a php script. It generally works fine, except... Users in Moz browsers (Firefox 1.x, Netscape various versions) are receiving nasty error messages (or their browser just crashes, as is the case on Mac) precisely when my loadvars.load(php_s...more >>

hi everybody, i'd like to script a quiz with multiple choses. just 10 questions with 3 choises, 3 radio buttons and submit button that after click i would be moved to next frame and remeber answer (0-wronf. 1-right)..at the end i'd like to see evaluation like you had x/10 right ....y%. ...more >>

:brokenheart; When I use the combo box to clear and regenerate movie clips (on change) using the listener object , it fouls the rollOut state of the movie clip or any button contained within it . if you trace the button states the over and out states work ok until you trigger an onRelease ...more >>

Hello, We've been given some HTML files which contain a Flash file. So the user is able to zoom in or out of the vector image in Flash by right clicking and selecting zoom in or zoom out. From there the user may select a number of things to click on which take the user to a different ...more >>

To keep file size down for out 56k customers I'm drawing working aircraft panels in Actionscript without using any graphics. The file size is now 1 k. Using graphics it's over 60k. Our server and fire wall really slow things down a lot. My problem: I generate a new movie clip and draw ...more >>

Hello, I've put this action in a frame: var thewebsite; I've got a button with this action: on(release) { getURL("thewebsite") what i want is when I typ this in my browser: http://www.mysite.com/movie.swf?thewebsite=http://www.macromedia.com and i pres the button on the flash...more >>

Hello, I?me doing a menu, and i attach each button(in this case it is a movieclip) from library and the alpha = 0, then i want to create a Class where it increases the _alpha onEnter Frame. Anyway i show the code below, and perhaps someone can help me, because this seems to me that it is quit...more >>

There has been mention of v2 components messing with focus and selection. This can happen even if you aren't using any v2 components -- simply having them in your library (and runtime linked) can cause odd behavior. As an example, try this rich text editor: http://www.joshdura.com/archives/00...more >>

I want to create a photo slide show that pause at each frame "5 sec" for example. and go to next. my photo source is not external and i have my photos in each frame of timeline. in fact i'm looking for a code that make a wait of 5 sec in each frame. thanks 4 any help. ...more >>

http://tvdrate.findapix.com/rateapix.html That is my working version, however there are users who either deleted their image or never uploaded one. When this is encountered by flash loader component it freaks out and then will not recover until it is reloaded. So what i need is a way to chec...more >>

Sometimes, heavy AS will eat much CPU using percentage. Have we a method that let the AS gives some CPu using percentage to the movies to run or other operations? eg. A; P; B; I want flash to run other movieclips(a movieclip showing how many percentage finished), ...more >>

anyone have any ideas on how i can simulate a double click for my swf. what i'm basically making is a app that looks like the desktop with icons acting as the links to the various parts of my site. I'd like to require the user to double click the icon to navigate. Dragos ...more >>

How do I target a loade movie. I want to trigger a function in a loaded movie. I am loading the movie like this: loadContent.loadMovie("../flash/team/team_01.swf"); I then later want to trigger a funtion in team_01.swf. How do I trigger that? Thanks for any help! B...more >>

I am using shared object variables for saving certain values on the users machinein my projector application.....These values are retrieved on the next application run.....i would like to know if there are chances that these variables get deleted due to any reason.... ...more >>

Hello everyone, I am new to Flash and am picking up someone else's project where they left off. For some reason, gotoAndPlay will now work. I have a scene called EServices with three key frames and two layers. Layer1 has the three keyframes in it. I also have a button on this page, which ha...more >>

I have a text field with a font size of 9.8 and a button over it. when the button gets rolled over, the font size reduces to 9.0 and when the the user rolls out the font size goes back to 9.8. The problem is that the 9.8 size on roll out does not match the original 9.8 font size of the text f...more >>

i am using the following code to open a pop-up html window that is playing a QT file: on (release) { getURL ('javascript:openHTML('../media/audio/bb_choppil.html','audio',0)'); } for one reason or another, nothing is happening on mouse click. can someone give me some help IMMEDIATELY?!?! ...more >>

Hey guys! I've got a question for you - say I need to read data in the form of an array, and I need to store that data in an external file. What would be the best way to do that that flash could interpret correctly? Because the loadVariables function requires a special type of formatting, I b...more >>

:D :D :D There are different shaped two movie objects I used hitTest to do something when they touched together It's happened when only one objects registration point touched other movie But i want it?s work exactly when they touch together Is there any method to solve that Sorry...more >>

Hello, I just need to write some variable values to a text file using a PHP script, however I do not want a new window to launch upon doing so. I can get my PHP script to execute using LoadVars.send(), but the method launches a new window as documented. I have also tried LoadVars.sendAn...more >>

eg. _root.createTextField("box"+String(i), _root.getNextHighestDepth(), 20,20,20,20); eval("box"+String(i)).addListener(boxListener); var boxListener = new Object(); boxListener.onSetFocus = function(txt) { trace("here"); } Error: no ouput of "here"),nothing happen; ...more >>

Hi everybody: I have, an ASP page connected whit ODBC to a MDB file. Some variables defined in the ASP page and one Query, a recordset with information. One Swf file that call the variables and show every data from each variable, BUT I can "bring" the image. Does anybody know where can I...more >>