I currently have a php page which gets results from my MySQL database and is loaded into my Flash document using "loadVars". Everything works fine but if one of the characters is a special character (for examply my data is french so characters such as à or é) do no show up so instead of displa...more >>

I have a XML load function, then a function which parse the XML data into an array. This array populates variables which get displayed in dynamic text field boxes. When I make a call to run all this, it will not refresh the data when ran on IE on a PC. It works fine on Netscape (mac & PC...more >>

Ok, stupid question.... I have a movie clip instance named Master . I want to duplicate this clip several times for menu buttons something like this.... for (i=0;i<ops.length;i++) { Master.duplicateMovieClip("Btn"+i,this.getNextHighestDepth()); . . yada yada yada . ...more >>

Hi everyone, I finally found the way to change the fontSize of the labels in the accordion component. _global.styles.AccordionHeader.setStyle('fontSize', 17); Now I have to set a different color of it if it's open or not. Didn't find anything..... I found the path of the textField of it: m...more >>

I have created a movie that loads external SWFs into an existing movie clip. I need to know when the external swf has completed playing so I can remove it. I have tried using the following: mcSwapableClip.onEnterFrame = function() { trace(mcSwapableClip._currentframe); if (this._cu...more >>

The Situation: I am making a game in that whenever you shoot your gun/laser type thing it has to recharge (symbolized by a bar that stretches from left to right). both the ammo and the recharging bar are Movie Clips. The Problem: I can't figure out how to make it so that the ammo only fir...more >>

i did this code to make my_mc run 2 times slower when i roll over it. The first time i rollover and roll out, it works well, but the next times its "fps" increase... please help me thx function roda(alvo) { alvo.stop(); alvo.nextFrame(); } function set_fps(alvo, fps) {...more >>

Hi I am still working on my array walking, I need to go back and forward, but not like 123 , 321, but 123, 456 781 (reached length start at 1(allways need to skip 0, i need it but not for walkin :)) back (notice the order) 456 123 (reached 1, start at length) 678 See my code, BEWARE my ba...more >>

Buenas tardes, Ante todo los felicito por el aporte de conocimientos. En vista de la experiencia que reflejan, me dirijo a ustedes para presentarles el siguiente caso: Tengo un flask MX que se conecta a una BD y a traves de ASP y XML y muestra dicha informacion. Debo de cambiar los pr...more >>

i am working on a small application that runs off of a CD. there is a small main menu file that loads the other content SWFs. some of the content SWFs are fairly large (~50 MB). the problem i am having is that the application completely locks when i initiate a loadMovie() or loadClip() c...more >>

well here's an idea. i load text from txt file to dynamic text fiield. i'd like to use it as a mask...is id doable? can anyone help?...more >>

I am trying to set the styles for a text box and I can set everything except the background color. But is there a list of the styles that can be set ? I hate guessing. Maybe it is 'background-color' or 'bg-color' or bgcolor or background Anybody know where a list is that can be used in a...more >>

Hi, so heres what i am trying to do: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root.newsday < 2) { if(this._alpha>50){ this._alpha-=5; } else { this._alpha = 100; } } clearly not going to work so how do i refer to a if statement within a if statement? cheers, ...more >>

Trying to do this: http://www.usgbc.org Ok I have been looking throught the posts and have yet to find what I am looking for. I have a movie clips that contains 5 images, each images dimension is 418x418. I have a window to mask the images so only one appears at any given time in the masked ...more >>

I am creating an intro. In this intro I am dynamically loading a few (8) images. My probelm is the preloader. How can I preload the 8 images with a load bar that goes from 0 to 100% once for all 8 images, not 0 to 100% for each image. I think my problem is that I cannot get the total bytes unt...more >>

Is it possible to have a dynamic logo in flash according to what user has sent to a server from a ColdFusion page?...more >>

I just purchased an actionscript book and am trying to grasp some of the concepts. I just wanted to know if : container = new LoadVars (); container.onLoad = myfunction; container.load('http://www.domain.com/file.asp'); could be written like this: LoadVars container () { onLoad =...more >>

In other languages such as Java, C#, C++, C, etc, the following two statements are equivalent: if (x == true) and if (x) Conversely, the following two statements are also equivalent: if (x == false) and if (!x) I'm converting some code from Actio...more >>

Hi, i'm trying to dispatch a custom event from a very simple v2 component that extends UIComponent So I add this to the class [Event("myEvent")] class myComponent extends mx.core.UIComponent { ... public function on(release) { dispatchEvent({type:"myEvent"}) ...more >>

I am getting fed up with this code ive been working on. It seems like it should work but my loader freezes up when played. It appears my problem might be where my code is located. I have it on frame 1 and maybe it should go somewhere else, although I am not sure where. Please help me if yo...more >>

I have a vertical strip of thumbnails, when you click on a thumbnail I want the strip to 'slide' such that the thumbnail you clicked on has a specific y position. All of the thumbnails when clicked will slide to this same y position. Then once the thumbnail is in the right spot another set ...more >>

Just was wondering how you put in a timer and after a certain time it expires you go to another screen/seen (when you loose) Cheers, Erik...more >>

i've used loadMovieNum many times before and it works fine, but this time it loads the .swfs into the main movie much too slowly (on a dial-up connection. dsl is okay.) the site is: www.theatermasks.com i've optimized the .jpgs as much as i can without them looking terrible. any thoughts? t...more >>

does anyone know wher e i can get actionscript code in order to implement the sokoban game??...more >>

I've got three variations on a single theme: converting an imported string to an array, then converting each index of that array into arrays. I've got more than a hunch that the solution is the same for all three variations, but I'm missing a logical step... and I've stared at it long enough...more >>

I'm just creating a volume slider (simple I know) but my dragable button isn't behaving normally. I cannot figure it out. Whenever its first clicked on, it jumps to another location and then it slides properly in its new spot. I can't figure out why it jumps around on the first-click. I thi...more >>

I am doing an interactive cd and have a word document that is some 60 odd pages long. I was wondering if, rather than transferring it into Flash, I can create a button icon with script which will open it in Word? Any advice would be greatly appreciated as it would make it a lot neater. Che...more >>

Hi, I would like to know how I can prevent flash contents being chopped off if the size of the contents exceeds the stage size. In effect I want the stage size to graw indefinitely without scaling. It is very urgent, could someone please give me some help. Thank you, Seena ...more >>

Hi, I would like to know how I can prevent flash contents being chopped off if the size of the contents exceeds the stage size. In effect I want the stage size to graw indefinitely without scaling. It is very urgent, could someone please give me some help. Thank you, Seena ...more >>

I have two onEnterFrame function set up. One is for gradually increasing the alpha of a movie clip, and the other is for gradually increasing the size of the movie clip. All the actionscript are put on the first frame, but the problem is that I can't get the two functions work together. If th...more >>

I tried the app in flash (ctrl + Enter) and it works fine. I try it from page a local page eg URL = c:\uniquemalts\test.swf and it works fine however I try it with our local http://localserver/ it doesnt work I try on live site and it doesnt work. these 2 return onLoad=%5Btype%20Function%5D...more >>

Hello, I am trying to put an actionscript to a graphic, but it will not let me. Is there a way to do this. I tried converting the graphic to a button, but it still would not let me input actionscript. Does anyone have any ideas. Thank you ...more >>

Is it possible to allow an event to pass through to the underlying web page. I've got a button in Flash which works fine. This may sit on top of a graphic button on the web page which I'd like to use to activate dropdown menus, which I rather handle completely in the HTML. However Flash tra...more >>

When I put a movie clip on my stage and add the following code to my main timeline, the code does not work movieName_mc.onLoad= function () { this._xscale = 175; this._yscale = 175; } But if I add ANYTHING to the actions for that movie clip such as // some comment here in this place The ...more >>

I?m using the media components + the list component of flash to make a list of the videos and once i select one from the list, i have to push a boton (to set the url) and just then i can play the video .. Is there a way to skip that step?? i mean, i just want to pick one of the list and in...more >>

Hello all, I wanted to make a quiz online, say for example asking questions like 'how much is 1 + 1' and expect an answer within about 5 seconds. And also add another condition so that the faster the question is answered, the more points will be scored. But how do I set the timer with actions...more >>

Is there a way through actionscript to dynamically resize the flash stage? What I am doing is making an applet that will load in a video (progressive FLV), and I want the stage to resize to the size of the video. I just don't know the syntax. It cannot be done in Java or HTML, since it will be a ...more >>

Is there a way to see how much processor power a flash file is using? I have the problem right now that at times a feel like a actionsscript in my file might be too processor intensive? How can I find out. Thanks, Brian...more >>

Can someone do a check for me? When I have a Response value that is 19.94 for a Question in a quiz, Flash decides to ignore that response and tells me I'm wrong. Can someone else verify this for me and tell me I'm not going crazy??? 19.93 and 19.95 work but not 19.94??? Help!!! ...more >>

I have am making a game where a ship fires missiles. I am using the attachMovie() method to create each missile on the screen. I am also using the registerClass() method to combine this with a custom Object. When the missile ends (ie: it collides with something) I am trying to get rid of i...more >>

I run a maths website www.mymaths.co.uk. Having created a lot of random question tests I am now finding that they are no longer reliable with the latest flash player. Is anybody else finding the same problems? For example // This code is in the time line to create a random value for t...more >>

i'm a novice Flash user. Can anyone tell me the differences between duplicateMovieClip, loadMovie, and createMovie. When would you use them, what can they do different from one another, how would they create random effects different from one another. Any help on this topic would be greatly...more >>

For the record I am kicking and screaming to move to MX2004. I'm not a programmer, more of a designer. And yes I need to move to 2004. So, this was working but obviously needed to change things to work with AS2. here is the code: See the comments for where my problem area is. At least I ...more >>

There seems to be a problem in Flash MX. If I create an HTML file, called index.html and I host this on a server called http://example.com/, I may want to set it up so that it load the movies off of my local hard disk. Now if I set the source of this index.html file so that it points to files ...more >>

Is loadMovie restricted to images <= 2880 x 2880??...more >>

Hello everybody I have a big problem using the v2 comboboc into my FP7 and AS 2.0 flash movie. I used the guidelines suggested by MM about loading movie into another movie where the loaded movie has got comboboxes... - Solution A Using loadmovieNum - Solution B Including into...more >>

Okay I have this code that changes the info in a movie clip that has a dynamic text with the % loaded of a song. I have a problem I want it to change the string from loading 100% to song loaded. I tried a couple of things and it just doesnt work. I tried if state and it changes the string from...more >>

Hey all, I have actionscript generate a list of names its font properties are below, this.createTextField('driver',1,0,0,1,16); driverFormat = new TextFormat(); driverFormat.size = 11; driverFormat.font = 'arial'; driverFormat.bold = true; driverFormat.color = 0x000000; this.driver.setNew...more >>

For some reason my brain has ceased functioning. I've used the textField.restrict before to limit input to just numbers or whatever and now I can't remember how and I can't find anything that says how to do it. Using MX 2004. ...more >>

hi, does anyone know the actionscript to report the elapsed time vs. total runtime of an flv file? i found this bit of code in a source book, but the way it displays isn't very elegant: this.onEnterFrame = function():Void { tTime.text = nsSample.time.toString() + ' sec'; thanks so much! ...more >>