Hello, I've posted this topic before and have yet to resolve this. I'm hoping my question is still valid. I'm trying to use the asfunction via and externally loaded HTML file to load a separate HTML file into a separate dynamic text field. My HTML code: <a href="asfunction:answe...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to create an own event lijk in .NET for exemple ? You see, i would like to something every time a movieclip is at the end of it. But unfortunatly i couldn't find anything in the help about this kind of event. I hope you can help me. Thanks. ...more >>

I'm working on a Deer Spotlight Survey for our web site. I have it functioning, but their are three textInput fields that the user has to manually sub total to complete the calculations. I need help to dynamically fill the "sub total" textInput field once the three textInput fields have be...more >>

here is my script, very simple, load in a jpg and scale it...how to do it? the jpg will be different size all the time. I want to load those jpg in movie and scale them all to the same size. But after the using loadmovie to load jpg in, i can't determine the width or height of the jpg.... b...more >>

I have a ball that is being hitTest against a wall. The ball increases in speed (pixels per frame) the longer it's on stage. Generally, the higher the number is that makes the ball move, the more likely it is to pass through the wall without the hitTest doing what it's supposed to do. I do ...more >>

I am yet another user who is frustrated with sound and it's implementation in flash... was sound just an after thought?? any-who... Scenario: I have a project where sound needs to play at the start of a scene. I would like to have it stopped when someone clicks a skip button. Also I wo...more >>

I've been searching, but not sure what to search for, so here goes: Effect I'm searching for: I'm working in MX Pro 2004 and I would like to start with a dynamically loaded jpg within a MC... then, depending on what frame you go to (from a button - main menu) a new image will reveal (simple ...more >>

Hi. I need to create a button in my movie that minimize the flash player. Is this possible? Do you know how to do this? Many thanks. Carlos Lima ...more >>

In the Flash MX Actions Panel, when I add a 'gotoandplay' action I get a more user friendly 'menu' where I can set the parameters like scene, type, and frame. In MX 2004 I don't see it and therefore have to format the code myself. Can I change it back to the old way?? ...more >>

I'm coming back to Flash after many years amd have jumped into Flash 2004 MX. At the moment I'm trying to use the Math.pointDistance method and I can't seem to get it to do anything. In debugging the variable that gets the result of the method is always shown as undefined. I also noticed...more >>

I created a Flash movie named musicloop.swf. It is a small Flash file with an on/off button and a loop attached to it and when loading it into my main Flash movie (v01A), it doesn't play on level 1. The movie shows up, but no music loop (no sound at all). It'll play on level 0 just fine, bu...more >>

where the text line reads: text = "some text, is it possible to put an html tag here like <a =href\"mailto:info@site.com\">site</a>" or is this not possible? when I publish it I see the hand, but get no action when I click the mailto: link? If I make it a standard url and doubl...more >>

I have an HTML page with a button that launches an SWF movie in popup window. Is there a way to include a button in my Flash movie which closes my popup window and returns to a different HTML page than the one that launched it? Any help is greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hello all I have some hickups with xml. Below is an extract of the xml which needs to be read in. Could somebody please give me some hints on how I could create a loop walking through this xml file the easiest way, in order to store the relevant properties and values in an object? Thanks v...more >>

I have 7 text input boxes and I have functions that fire off when focus is taken out of any of these 7 text input boxes. I also want the function to fire off when the user presses the Enter key. I have tried a keyDown event listener with an if (key.isDown (key.ENTER)){ statement.. and tha...more >>

Suppose you are loading a series of about 100 jpg's into a swf. Which would be more efficient in terms of space / execution time: Loading the jpgs into different depths of a single MovieClip via something like nextImage = createEmptyMovieClip() nextImage.loadMovie( nextImageURL ); ...more >>

hiya - any idea how to jump to a "named" scene? backTo = "mainMenu"; gotoAndPlay(temp, 1); ERROR: 5: Scene name must be quoted string also: eval(temp) doesnt help. This is for flashLite so please suggest flash4 syntax if you can remember it!! .dc ...more >>

Im trying to use a container on _root to load different info pages into. Loadmovie seems to only want to use external SWF's i want to load in _mc's inside the base swf. is there a seperate handler to do this? thanks! Happy new years! ...more >>

I would like the following script to pause for 1,5 seconds after every time it checks checks if c.new_msgs==1, so that the script wouldn't constantly run and consume resources. c = new LoadVars(); function onload_do(){ status_box = "Loaded"; test_box = c.new_msgs; if(c.new_msgs=...more >>

hello eveyone! I have the following code that when placed on a symbol such as movie clip it follows the mouse. onClipEvent (load) { _x = 0; _y = 0; speed = 5; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { endX = _root._xmouse; endY = _root._ymouse; _x += (endX-_x)/speed; _y += ...more >>

Hi, Can I make 3 D text with actionscript?...more >>

Is there some way to load up a movie into a new window. I know you can load them into different levels but I couldn't find anything about a new window....more >>

Hi and happy new year ! I need a HitTest when the curser meet a movieClip here's my code but it don't works : onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (this.hitTest(_root.curs)) { gotoAndStop ("fin"); } } "curs" is the name of the MC I've attached to the curser Can you help...more >>

I there a way to slowly rotate an object in actionscript? I want to rotate it by a certain number of degrees. When I try to put it in a loop, like this: for (n=5;n>0;n--){ object_mc._rotation+=5; } It just rotates it 25 degrees all at once. Is there a way to rotate 5 degrees, then paus...more >>

:confused; I have a case where I create a Color instance of a movieclip and then set the color via the setRGB call: var col:Color = new Color(my_mc); col.setRGB(255); if I test this it works fine. The problem arises when I publish this movie and then load it into another moviecli...more >>

Hi, I want to develop an audio player in flash. I had made the fucntionalities like, loading a streaming mp3 file starting and stopping. But now the big problem is with a slider which progresses while sound file is playing and the user having the option to drag the slider thump and co...more >>

I am using the following onEnterFrame loop to fade an image in. I would like to do the same now, but with a function triggered loop. How would I do that? Thank you for any help! main_image.onEnterFrame = function(){ main_image._alpha += 15; if(this._alpha >= 100){ delete this.on...more >>

This script should contact a php script every 5 seconds, which returns (echos): new_msgs=0 or new_msgs=1. If new_msgs=1, flash should refresh the "chat_messages" frame. The *_box messages are for debugging only. Currently, the "Loaded" message shows, but the test_box box shows "undefined"...more >>

I am using scrollPane component, in which rows of data are genereted dynamically but the problem is the vertical scrollbar is not appearing even after the rows of data exceeds the viewabla area, please help ...more >>

i have a combobox inside a movieclip in _level0 of a swf, which in turn is loaded into _level1 of another swf. Now the combox when opened and clicked on the scrollbar,instead of waiting to be scrolled further it just gets closed. It is realy annoying and frustrating, will be grateful if anyon...more >>

How I can write with flash into a txt file or xml file to use like DB:beer;...more >>

http://www.airtightinteractive.com/photos/ Could anybody tell me how one can go about creating a gallery of this sort? With the fading loading in of the thumnails and such? Any and all help would be most appreciated. Thank you ...more >>

hi, i have a picture, what i want is to click on that picture and a new window pop up showing the enlarge version of that picture.. how to do that? Thanks...more >>

Okay, I'm asking all my questions now. I have brain cramps. I have a main website. I have created a new site with additional files that are related to the main website. I would like the main website to open a file in the additional site when I press the button. I cannot get it to happen. ...more >>

I have created a form in Freehand MX 2004 and saved it as a pdf file. I am designing an entire website in Flash MX 2004. I would like my button to open the pdf file in Adobe Acrobat. I have coded it like this: on (release) { getURL("file.pdf","_blank"); } It will not work. Can you he...more >>

hello all, im having problems with assigning number values to a button from an xml file. the nunmber values are the frame number which i want the movie to go to, when the button is clicked. can anyone help? cause ive been working on this for a few hours.lol. really appreciate some serious ...more >>

Here is the setup: //several different protos like this MovieClip.prototype.subProto = function(params){ //execute stuff on targetted MC based on params } //and one like this MovieClip.prototype.parentProto = function(subProtoToCall,params){ this[subProtoToCall(params)] } However I am hav...more >>

:confused; Hello everyone!! I am a new user of flashMX2004 and I am having a hard time putting scripts on my text button...I attached a script on my button which has a syntax of: on (release) { gotoAndPlay("1","1"); } which means that upon hitting the button it should jump to Scene...more >>

Hello, How can I check the Last Update of a file. Is there a solution with Action Script. Thank you for your help. Olivier...more >>

Any idea why a SWF file I made works fine when you run it by itself, but when you load it from within another swf file the "sound object doesn't appear to be doing anything...? Am I missing something? ...more >>