how do you see all theactionscript for the whole movie, i want to see it all...more >>

I have a movie clip that I want to be resized to the dimensions of the loading JPG file. Does anyone know how to get these values, pass them to the movieclip instance and have it resize first, then display the image? ...more >>

in java if you have a float you want in a int you can type cast it (int)float is there a way to change a string from an input text box in flash from a string to an int? right now when i say box1 = 12; box2 = 15; box1 + box2; it outputs 1215 ...more >>

Enyone know how to print text from dynamic text field. Text is large and I need to print it all. Thanks for help...more >>

I have an accordion component that has 4 children. Each child is loading a movieClip that has more components in it. All together there are about 8 - 10 components being loaded via the accordion on the first frame. So needless to say this is taking a few seconds to load and display. Is the...more >>

I have built a drag and drop exercise that has four items being draged to 4 hit areas. When all four are done correctly i want to immediatly display feedback to the user without them having to do anything further. What is the best approach for doing this. In the past i have done this u...more >>

It works in the tutorial, but for some reason I can't get it to work for my app. No matter what I do, it says 'Error opening URL' ...more >>

So a little help please. I am building a little navigation using movie clips. I set it up so when you mouseup on a button it changes the visibility of a movie clip which will then take you to a place. But its not working. I dont know is this is the best way to go about it or not. But I ...more >>

Hi all Here's the piece of script I'm having problems with (explanations of the code's context follow): _global.mytarget = any instance name; sbx = 2; lbx = 2; (...) switch (mytarget) { case ["small_box"+sbx]: mytarget.duplicateMovieClip(["small_box"+sbx],0,); sbx = sbx+1; br...more >>

Ok what I am trying to do is load an external .swf into an emptyMovieClip and have it fade from _alpha =0 to _alpha =100. Here is the code i have thus far: this.createEmptyMovieClip('mcHolder', 5); case1_btn.onRelease = function() { mcHolder.loadMovie('caseStudies_AAA.swf'); // Control Alph...more >>

the server is back online now here 's the fla http://www.van-dael.be/testCondoleren.ZIP Peter ...more >>

I'm trying to use Actionscript to parse an XML file and - when the user clicks on a relevant movice clip as noted in the XML file - to go the relevant url. It seems to work fine, except that only the final url is stored. Do I need to create an array of urls to get this to work? Any help on wha...more >>

i have a background, a movieclip rectangle, that is moving and resizing based on a clicked button. What i can't figure out is how to track the rectangle (MC1), and have actionscript load a seperate movie into a movieclip holder (movieholder). When i trace, the value goes to 320 and the if ...more >>

hey guys... basically what i need is for these 'tile' movie clips to shuffle position everytime i press the green button but i cant do it... also each 'tile' should have a different number on it but obviously because the tiles are all instances of the same movie clip, what i do to one ha...more >>

I need help with something I don't know if its possible to do. I am trying to link 3 swf is there a way to do this. For example: I have before. swf, movie.swf, and after.swf I want to have before.swf to play after its done I would like to have movie.swf play, when that is done haev aft...more >>

I have a couple of questions about using a loadvar object. I am 'testing' using a url encoded text file that simulates the (server) script output. When I try to loop through the loadvar to get the names / value pairs, I also get the onLoad function . I understand that they are all proper...more >>

My program allows a user to dynamically 'draw' a shape, and as the shape is drawn, I use beginFill to fill in the shape with a color. Is it possible to repeat a bitmap as the fill instead of simply using a color? I can see the bitmapfill, but I can't figure out if there is a way to use it at...more >>

I am creating dynamic textfields on the fly as a 'distance' field for a line that can be stretched and rotated by the user. The field shows up fine when it is at its original rotation, but as soon as I rotate it, it disappears. I know this sounds a bit strange, but is there an issue with rot...more >>

I have a movie which i want to cycle through several images, without having to tween the animation, yet have no idear where to start with the action script, ...more >>

HI I have been working on a tree component, and can now load xml to populate it. I have a menu system that lets me maiipulate the tree, including adding and removing nodes. My problem is that I can't seem to figure out how to get the information out again, i.e. so that I can send the whole...more >>

here you can find the fla file http://www.van-dael.be/testCondoleren.ZIP when you click a name (on pres), all the variables of that person loading fine on release of that button he should load the variable htmlPage wich is in the first frame of the main timeline _root.htmlPage = "http://...more >>

hey everybody! :) i've just copied and pasted the following code straight out of flash's help files unaltered and it doesn't work. i added the trace function myself. the value it produces is 'undefined'. huh? createClassObject(mx.controls.Loader, "loader", 0); loader.autoLoad = false...more >>

hello, can flash extract the domain name where the flash movie is loaded and post it in a textarea? if yes, how? thanks...more >>

I'm using the mx.transitions.Tween class to do some motion tweens, and ran into a 'little' problem. When I delete the movieclips that are being tweened, and then create new movieclips with the same name(s), the new ones are getting tweened. This really shouldn't happen. Is there any way I can...more >>

:o i have a button inside a movieclip, my purpose here is that when i click the button inside the movieclip it will move the main timeline to a scene, but it doesnt.. what happens is it moves the movieclip into the next frame my code is in the inside the movieclip here's a sample: my_butto...more >>

http://runmad.web.surftown.dk/flashtest/photography.swf I hope somebody can help and there is some logic to this.. I hope it is only a tiny thing I need to change 'cause I am a newbie and I am learning along the way, so before I start something I really don't know if it would work in the e...more >>

hi there, what i'm looking for is for a main swf (main.swf) file to load other random swf files (1.swf, 2.swf, 3.swf, etc) sequentially after each other. Like a screensaver which never ends but randomly shows swf files one after the other. can this be done? thanks in advance ...more >>

I know you can read XML in a flash movie quite easily. But does flash allow you so right data back into the same xml file?...more >>

I have a fla that I am loading in text from an external text file. This all works fine. My problem is that I wanted to apply a nice transition for the text coming in. Just a basic fade would do it I reckon. I'm having troble getting a simple alpha fade to work on the text which has been loaded...more >>

I am using the flash template for the Quiz. I got a problem of changing the checkbox to radio button in the multiple choice. For the multiple choices i need both checkbox and radio button, but when i playing it in the swf, the radio button did not show the text behind it. It just show the the...more >>

Is there a way to track the current position of the timeline using a variable? I would like use an if statement to know when the timeline reaches, lets say frame 25, so I then can stop the timeline at that position. I this the way I even go about this? The time line may not alway stop at t...more >>

If you create a new MovieClip using createEmptyMovieClip and assign it some random depth, can you dynamically change its depth later?...more >>