I have created a custom class and save it in the .as file. The custom class is actually to load my xml file. After finishing parsing all the data from the xml file, I stored them in an Array. For Example : class loadXML extends XML{ public var aXMLData:Array; function loadXML(file:S...more >>

i did an empty movie clip and loaded a swf inside it. The movie clip instance is "MC1" i want to stop it. so i did _root.MC1.stop(); but didnt work... could someone help me? thx, IanLiu...more >>

It would seem there is no longer any point in those using newsreaders answering posts posted by those using the webforum as the news-posted replies are not showing up in the webforum. Anybody know what's up with that? This is turning out to be just a waste of time. -- -------- Reality ...more >>

I am trying to track the x position of a movie clip (MC1) that is moving and resizing, so that an external movie is loaded into a blank MC only once MC1 has finished moving and resizing. I have seperate code that moves the object through a function, my problem seems to be that I can't get the...more >>

This is probably obvious, but I'm missing it as I only know a little Actionscript and a bit of PHP. I want to be able to get the value of a variable, but the name of the variable needs to change. So I have a number of variables, which all contain different integers, called Cars_number P...more >>

I am pulling a bunch of images into a scrollPane. And they are importing fine. The problem comes when I call the refreshPane(); to reset the scroller to scroll thru the images. As soon and I use scrollInstance.refreshPane(); the images nolonger load into the pane. anyone know why? ...more >>

I am reading in an XML file and I want all the values to be read in as object properties and associated values. I have read in the XML file and now wish to assign an attribute of my XML as an object property and the value to be its value. languagedata = {language_xml.firstChild.childNodes[c...more >>

Wondering if any one has had any success in referencing a string created in the Strings Panel in thier ActionScript. I have a movie that has all it's strings defined in the Strings Panel, I need to call some of these strings from the movies ActionScript and load them dynamically into a te...more >>

Has anyone else had a problem with opening a Word document in a blank window using getURL? When I test the movie within Flash it works just fine, but once I publish Internet Explorer requires the user to refresh the page before the Word doc loads into the browser. Has anyone else encountered t...more >>

Hi: In my application flash 5... In the action frame... I have this code: Selection.SetFocus(_root.name_user) But it does not pass anything... Please help me what I'm doing wrong Again thanks for you help... Aracelly ...more >>

Running the following code returns "undefined" in the text box display (loadText_txt.text). I upgraded my application from Flash 5 to Flash MX 2004 and hadn't tried loading external files until recently. The same thing happens when I load an external XML file. The load appears to be success...more >>

I am using Flash MX. I want to create an animation to an mp3 file. The problem is, every time I preview the animation (by pressing the Play button on the toolbar), the music won't stop with the animation. It will continue to play after the animation is done, until the song is over. I currently...more >>

I work for a travel company. Currently, we are trying to make our maps more interactive by using Flash. For example, in italy we have around 200 hotels that our clients can choose to stay at. We have a seperate html page for each hotel describing it with a map showing where the hotel is.. that...more >>

It seems there is a trick to being able to access the SessionArray, where all quiz data is supposed to be stored. I've searched the forum and like 10 people have asked about it, with no real answers. Does anyone know if this array even exists in the flash quiz templates? any attempt to refer...more >>

I am importing data into a text area from a database using loadvars. However certain characters cause the text display to stop. The most annoying is the ampersand, the others I can probably filter. Any suggestions would be useful. ...more >>

Does anyone have a working example of how to hide the scrollTrack in a MX2004 ScrollPane component? Thanks, Duke...more >>

Hi can anybody tell me how to do a chronometer with milliseconds, seconds and minutes? thanks marcelozep...more >>

I try to make a movie click moving back and forth from its original position by a button click. Please see my attached actionscript. It works fine with its first moving to the left. The problem is that after it moves back to it initial position, it won't move to the left again even though the ...more >>

Hello all ! I build top menu which come inside asp , it's have 5 scene, each button in menu have another topic and url link. The problem is when it make upload to the url , the new page didn't stay in the scene which it must to be open with and return to homepage scene instead, plea...more >>

Does anyone know a means to link a button inside a Flash interface to open an external file like a Word Doc, PDF, etc.? I know you can open .exe files with the fscommand, but I don't think this works for files (non-executables). Thanks, Mike ...more >>

I have a client that wants an intranet website designed. The only thing they want to do that I have not delved into is this: They want it designed to when you click on the icon to bring up the index.html page, it comes up and looks at your Computer User Security Information. If it shows you a...more >>

What I want to do is grab information off a website and use it to make a flash widget type thing, ie grab the weather and have it displayed in flash using my graphics. The problem is that I never learned html or php or anything like that. Any one know of sites that will explain how to do thi...more >>

So , (I always feel a migraine comming on when i post in here, a sign of being stupid :D) below is the code im using to load pics into a swf, and some dyna text, all is good so far, but the text will not unload and spoils the look im after. Sugestions ..Please! loadImageButton9.onRelease...more >>

I have created a CDROM in Flash MX (PC only) which basically consists of 200 pages, each page being a separate flash movie (oh wot fun it has been!) Anyway there is a main container movie that basically loads in the requested page into a content_mc movie clip. Basically all the pages are lon...more >>

Alright chaps just wanna know how to detect the sound levels in a sound file (peaks etc) so I can make various animations, timelines, and any other object react relatively. Any clues!!!...more >>

Hi, I need to create a link in flash. I have a movieclip and when you click on it I want it to open another web browser for a web page e.g. www.bbc.co.uk. Any ideas .... Thanks ...more >>

Hi. I wonder if there is possible to stop a for-loop before it have counted to the last number? Exampel: for (i=0; i<array.length; i++) { if(array == mc10) { here I will stop the loop } } Now maybe I gave a bad exampel, but I hope you understand what I meen /An...more >>

Hello, It my mc, I have dynamic texts fields that I want to fill with the value of the vars coming from URL using FlashVars Here's my html code: <script language='javascript'> var urlString = document.location.href; var paramIndex = urlString.indexOf('?')+1; var paramString = urlString.sub...more >>

I am calling javascript from Flash and using DoFSCommand() call. The DoFSCommand javascript function is perfominga top.location.href='index.cfm'. This works fine in IE but on netscape 7.2 it throws Javascript errors. It almost appears as Netscape 7.2 cannot do the top.location.href='index.cfm...more >>

Hy, i have a big problem with the print() method: I've made a presentation with flashMX that contains a search engine and loads, in a movie clip called 'target_ske', a thecnical data sheet with A4 proportions. When i print this movie clip from the standAloneProjector6 or a browser with FlashPl...more >>

I am having some trouble with Flash MX 2004. When I create a new file using Flash MX 2004, and try to run it from my main application, this new file doesn't seem to be able to find or set any of the _global variables in the main application. Instead, what I end up having to do is I take a fi...more >>

Hi, I try to display jpeg from the server into a List component. So far, I can display Graphic Symbol from the library as icons of the List elements. But I could not find how to do it at the runtime with extenal jpeg. Is it possible ? ...more >>

I am having trouble getting my mc.onRelease function to work. I have a movieclip in the library that I set up for export called pdf_icon. I am really stumpted. :confused; _root.stop(); ////////////////////////// LOAD ID txt FILE ////////////////////////////////// MyLoadCID = new LoadVar...more >>

Okay, I've been sitting here staring at that code for some hours now, but I don't see where I go wrong. Problem? Though the path is right, I get get an 'error' opening URL. I'm obviously overlooking something really simple, and currently have a blindspot. Maybe someone sees, what I don't see ...more >>

Hello everybody, I would like to set the line style from normal continuous line to dashed line style and back, when lineto(...)ing.:) Dashed lines have different params like interval, etc, as we see when drawing them in Flash. Can i set them in AS ? Thanks Sylvains ...more >>

Hi, This is the 4th time i have posted and no one has replied..... I have got Flash MX - the first MX, i have created a dynamic text box (multiline) and have attached the FUI Scroll bar component. All is fine it works, but it is in the horrible grey how do i change the colours of the bar e...more >>

i have a wesite in flash, i want to do a login mail.how do i do that, because i don't know.anybody.pls i dont know how i do the bundle with the data base(the button script ) pls...more >>

Hi David, I've put this variable in the first keyframe on the main timeline htmlPage=""; I've put this ActionScript on the btnSteve : on (release) { _root.htmlPage = "http://www.van-dael.be/steve.html"; } And I've putted this ActionScript in the btnFoto : on(release){ getURL(_root.ht...more >>

Hello, I'm having trouble with printing. I want to print with best quality my swf (without print button) with specific dimensions (the same as pixels dimensions entered in the *.fla). Here's the URL: http://www.anecdote.ch/barcode/BarCode.php?name=FirstName%20LastName&amp;barcode =!12345...more >>

Hi, I've created a movieclip containing a shape that has been masked. The 'Info' panel identifies the correct x, y, width and height values of the visible area of the movieclip however the values retrieved via actionscript (i.e. _x, _y, _width, _height and even getBounds) are those of the ent...more >>

Hey guys i was wondering if their was any good tutorials or tech files on sending a recieving Records from a MySql database through php and flash. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I'm designing a small app that uses 3 data grids (among others). I want the Data Grids to have the same styles applied to them (row colors, rollOver colors, etc.) but I can't seem to understand how to do this the easy way, assuming there is an easy way. The Help file describes it this way: v...more >>

I cannot see any way to format a word in a static text field to have an underline so I have resorted to just drawing a line underneath the hyperlinked words. However I am worried that the text may overflow on different machines with slight font differences. Am I overlooking something really b...more >>

I am an elementary flash (Flash MX2004 Professional) developer and I am currently tackling an activity in scrolling (moving) images across the stage of the flash presentation in a contineous loop. What I have is set of digital photos of fmy amily that I would like to set in a presentation that...more >>

Hi, does anyone happen to know which scripting language is better and why, ActionScript or Director's Lingo? Thanks...more >>

Hey, I'm making a shooter game in flash and when my Dynamic text box (named score) reaches a score of 20 (value), i want it to gotoAndPlay frame 45. I've tried everything i can think of but i can't figure it out. Any help would be really really appreciated. Thanks heaps! Lucas ...more >>

I am having trouble with a script that was purchased for a clients site, it draws thumbnails within a scroller component. I need the images to be aligned x and y axis differently based on whether they are portrait (29px H) or landscape (122px H). I have tried if and else statements to no ava...more >>

I would like to know if there is a way to use 3dsmax files in flash to interact in the flash movie... I know in director there is such plug in... but in flash... For an example... this web site ... http://www.cyberneticdata.ca/ thanks in advance ...more >>

I'm trying to slide a movie clip around on stage and set the quality of it to low while I'm sliding it. once it stops, or slows down, I would like to toggle it back on to high. I've tried to set it, but it changes the whole swf to low.. or high. Can you target just 1 movie clip and set the qu...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get the following effect to work.. A set of 7 images will fade in, display for a second, and then fade out. These 7 images are picked randomlyfrom a repository of 22 images stored in a folder. The problem that i'm having is that, it works to a certain extent. ...more >>

The former thread told me .swf knows Url's params. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messagepost.cfm?postaction=rep ly&catid=288&threadid=957263&messid=3427560&STARTPAGE=1&parentid=3427560 So, my .swf can hold these values. Now, i would like to make users share urls with the...more >>

BASIC FUNCTIONALITY: I'm developing an application that essentially marries an FLV video, with associated slides and transcripts of the video. As the video plays, a listener is listening for particular moments in video time and then changes the associated transcript and slides on the fly to ...more >>

I've got a dynamic text box that allows allows a user to type information (notes) as well as being a receiver of other queries. This text box will obviously scroll to display all of the information that might be entered (either manually or dynamically). How can I develope a print function...more >>

I guess the title pretty much explains it. I am simply trying to call a function (not setting a variable) from C# to Flash; I can do the reverse by calling an event setup in C# from Flash (FS_COMMAND) but I would like to call it the other way around. Is there anyway we can do this ? ...more >>

Is it possible to unload scenes in the same way that you can unload movies from the system memory? I am using Flash 5 and there appears to be no direct way to clear scenes from the memory. Does anyone know of a round about way to achieve this? Thanks in Advance. ...more >>

I wanna make a game where you have to collect a certain thing and dodge a certain thing what AS do i need to do this (i read that book i got and it helped me out) I now understand key class and all that ...more >>

If you do much with loading external unicode text files, you might have noticed that Flash doesn't seem to break words at the spaces. It just goes until it needs to break and then breaks in the middle of the words. (At least this is my experience if there is an easy fix, let me know!) This is...more >>