I am trying to dynamicaly load a swf file into the one that I am creating, I then want to put a button over the top of it. I have figured out how to load the movie by: loadMovie(unescape(_root.swfURL),"_root"); I want to put a button over the top and have: on(release){ getURL(unes...more >>

Does anyone know how I can have a block of code in a frame run continuously when the movie is stopped?...more >>

I created a button called btnMain. I would like to resize the button when the flash lodes. Can someone tell me how to get a reference to the object? Here is my script: loadMovie("http://localhost/Test/test.swf","_root"); _root.btnMain._width = 2000; trace(_root.btnMain._width); t...more >>

Hi, I want to create some files using Flash 5. I wanted to know if we can do this using XML. I tried to do all kind of weird things but no success. Please let me know... Thanks in advance Saurabh ...more >>

I have a SWF file that loads movies externally, its a timeline where each decade is a frame. Eeach frame has 10 swf files that users can load if they press the right button. The problem I am having is that the same movie is kept on the screen even after I move to the next decade. t...more >>

I'm a front end designer trying to get more involved in ActionScript dynamically driven sites. This might be a very simple solution, but I'm having a hard time finding a tuturial that will help me. Follows are the pages I'd like to update: http://www.spencerstuart.com/about/offices/philadelph...more >>

Hi there, I am reading a book on mx 2004, an I am just starting to learn actionscript, and I have been following the code examples in the book. I am just in a section about constructing classes. Now the code snippet I am posting below is just for refernce, and not meant to be working in anyway...more >>

What is the best way to have a MX 2004 Professional slide presentation start with a slide other that slide1; for example, slide3? I can use gotoSlide() to jump from one slide to another, but I need to programmatically have a loaded movieclip start on a slide based on a passed argument. A curre...more >>

Hi, I hopr you lot know what im talking about. I've seen sites where the flash image moves left or right as you browse around! I dont want the whole page to move around exaclty with my cursor, just slight mov ments? I hope this makes sense and would be grateful if someone could enli...more >>

VERY dumb question. I'm loading and playing external movies, using a next and previous button to navigate between movies. What I really want to do is to string several external movies together (overview) and not have to have the user click a "next button" to move between movies. The code I'm u...more >>

I'm probably going the long way around with this code, and maybe that's the problem. I have _root.onEnterFrame check a variable to see if it has changed -- if so, it runs some code, otherwise, it does nothing. Here's the problem: the function loads a bit of text to a text field (which alwa...more >>

Hi all, I was wondering why the john mayer site (http://www.johnmayer.com/flash/index.html), doesn't have a loading screen or an obvious delay. Is that done using xml? Did they just choose not to do that, and decide not to concern them with the loading time of each mp3 file? What is the best...more >>

Hello all, I have this idea twirling around in my head. Has anyone seen G-Force's visualizations? They use black and white 'pictures' and underlay a color that shows through the respective b/w 'picture' as though it's were transparent and the transperancy was dependant on the gray scale. H...more >>

From the swf-file I call a javascript that pop-up a new window, works fine. Now I want to pass the values from the flash-form to that javascript, I have tried: 1. getUrl("javascript: popWin(name,email,comment)","","POST") Returns javascript-error 2. getUrl("javascript: popWin('name','ema...more >>

I am working on a flash file that loads other files into it using the attachMovie function. The loaded movies have some code to check a _global variable to determine what to do when you click it. The problem I'm having, though, is that these loaded files are not getting a value when it check...more >>

I have a flash piece that loads data from php in the form of XML. The following is what comes back. <Response> <Reply trigger='done' /> <Info value='This is the text from the database it contains Enter Key returns and paragraphs of text.' /> </Response> Now if you traverse the xml with th...more >>

One of the nice things about the MM site is the Flash header at top which displays content that changes from visit to visit. Any idea how to do this without manually changing the SWF file in that DIV? My goal is to have, say 6 different SWF files, that randomly play upon loading the home pa...more >>

Can anyone see what is wrong with the code below? I am using a bit of code I have addapted from earlier work to do the layout of newPic but it isn't working the way it usually does. I was hoping for a clip loaded for each position in the preceding array and them all laid out in a nice 3 column...more >>

Hello All, I was hoping someone could provide me with a tutorial in MX or MX 2004 that would help me achieve the side-scrolling interface found at http://www.skaen.com/ (click past the home page and you'll see it). Thanks very much. ...more >>

I am trying to use a Flash Projector (exe) file to open (initialize the opening of) Word docs on a CD. But I am not finding success doing it. HELP! Matt ...more >>

Flash MX 2004 ships with a slew of Classes that are not mentioned in any documentation that I can find - even 3rd party books, etc. Why does MM do that? What good are they if no one knows about them? If anyone knows where documentation for these Classes is, please let me know! Thanks, -ddo...more >>

I need to know how to update my MX2004 DataSet programmatically: to force it to "reset" or "refresh" based on a filtered view. I originally had an XMLConnector --> Dataset --> DataGrid combination, and I was able to figure out how to make a combobox filter the dataset. The grid would update au...more >>

Hello, I have a datagrid in my movie, and I used a data connection wizard to connect it to an xml file. Now I have several components in my movie (DataSet, DataBindingClasses, XMLConnector), which are adding to the file size. Is it possible to use actionscript instead of these compone...more >>

Lets say I want to create a kind of greetingCard maker. I create a Flash Projector that lets the user insert his photos and greeting text. Having created a card he likes he can then 'export' that card as a self contained projector and email it to friends. However, the friends should not be abl...more >>

I am trying to load an XML file with in a AS class file and can not seem to get it to work. Here is the output window contents: Error opening URL 'file:///C|/Inetpub/wwwroot/WebRCM/Source/Flash/[object Object]' undefined Here is the class file: class WebRCMApp extends mx.screens.Form { public...more >>

Hi, I have a problem calling ASP scripts from flash if the ASP scripts are located in a different domain than the calling SWF. If the movie and the ASP are in the same domain, everything works fine and information is transferred into both directions. If the movie and the scripts are in diff...more >>

Alguién sabe, como incorporar tipografías raras a una pelicula de flash para que se vean los textos que utilizan esas fuentes, sin convertirlo a modo gráfico(sin separar)? Gracias de antemano! Feliz año! ...more >>

I need help with dynamically making duplicateMovieClip work in Flash... I have a movie clip that I want to duplicate enough times depending on an amount of records called in from an external source. (i.e 5 records, = 5 movie clips)... I have some code to sort out calling in records and s...more >>

How do I display the quote sign " at runtime, e.g. trace(" " ") --> to display the " at runtime Its a silly question but, I simply can't remember how to do it....more >>

Hello For a Flash intro I need a background sound. As the sound file is quite big I load it as an external file. I can stream and loop it with this syntax in the actions layer at _root level: musik = new Sound(this); musik.loadSound("soundfile.mp3", true); musik.onSoundComplete = functio...more >>

Hi, im trying to set up my default gateway in my cfm page so i can change between my test and real server without having to change every single page.... i found an article on how to it: http://www.flash-remoting.com/notablog/home.cfm?newsid=71 but i cant get it to work???? could someone ...more >>

Well, I don't think this is an easy question, but let's see if someone can help me. I'm building something like a chat in PHP, with Flash. Trying to prevent to generate hundreds of HTTP requests of a PHP page that checks if there are new messages to download, I wrote a PHP script that checks ...more >>

Hi forum, I want a slider (like the one in win. media player), which can control the sound file embedded in the fla. ie, a slider showing progress and having the options for forwarding by dragging forward the slider thumb and the other functionalities. Now the progress bar is functioning fine....more >>

Can anyone answer this? So is selecting export for actionscript a bad thing? What is it for? The only purpose I know of(and have used) for 'Export for ActionScript' is to give it a 'linkage identifier name' which can be used with attachMovie() I've never needed it for anything besides that. ...more >>

Hi all I would like to run 2 flash files as swf (not downloaded from a url), each swf running on seperate computer. Both computer are connected to the same network (workgroup). Would it be possible to talk (send messages) from one swf to the other, using the local connection object? ...more >>

I am making a course that is running in windows environment at resolutions 1024X768 and 800X600. PNGs are being used in the files. When we run the course in 1024X768 mode it runs perfect but in the 800X600 images gets distorted. I have gone through with following options: 1) Removing allow ...more >>

Hi All, i am developing a cd based presentation. I want the CD should open in full screen mode and also the minimize, restore and close button should be visible all the time on upper RHS. this is windows based CD. i tried using fscommand("fullscreen", "true"); it hides these buttons, and ...more >>

I have a fla of a state map and when you rollover the countiies they display a percentage that I want to draw from an Access Database, currently when you rollover the county it turns blue and in a box in the upper right hand corner it displays a graphic containing the info, the graphic is in t...more >>

If i have a textfield (txtA) and a button (cmdHello) for example. What I want is, when a user puts a cursor in the textArea and press the cmdHello button, a text 'hello' will be added in the position where the cursor is. What's the actionscript for that? ...more >>

Is it possible to load an SWF into the root timeline and use whatever contents that are linked in that SWF. Idea: flash1.fla: Publishes as flash1.swf Attaches flash2_lib.swf as a movie. flash2_lib.fla: Publishes as flash2_lib.swf Contains linked symbols. Now, when flash1.swf needs somethin...more >>

I am relatively new to flash mx 2004 actionscript and am experiencing some unexpected results. Specifically can some one give me some ideas why the size of a parent mc changes when I change the size of a child mc? I have two movieclips with associated class files (menuBar and menuItem). ...more >>

As you can probably tell by the Message Title. I am a complete novice. Lets say I create a flash file is 100x100. There is a movie Clip that is 100x100. Everything works fine. But in HTML if they create like: <object>.....width=200 height=200.....</object> My movie plays at 100x100 ...more >>

Im creating a flash file where the user can drag and drop objects on the screen. the locations of the objects are limited to numberd positions. No problem. But what I'm interested in is saving the positions of the objects so that the file opens next time in the new state. Does anyone know...more >>

I am making a CD-ROM and have created a main interface using flash. I have also created a number of other flash files that I link to with buttons in the main interface using loadMovieNum code. I have added the following code to the first frame of each scene of my multiple movies as I want the ...more >>

Whats the best way to approach it? Should i use a isometric grid? In terms of www.2ddepot.com: How was the character constrained to the area? How were the collisions detected? How was the movement done? ...more >>

How can you get it so each time you roll over a sprite, it fades by about 10% Thanks for your time Jimmy ...more >>

Just curious if anyone has had problems in Flash MX 2004 with setInterval and clearInterval ? Especially when using them inside of movieclips loaded with MovieClipLoader.loadClip(). I don't know if it's race condition or what, have been troubleshooting for days.. but sometimes it seems like...more >>