Hi, I am brand new to Action Scripting so I appreciate in detail instructions :) I am using Flash MX 2004Professional. I have 2 DateField components, I would like to capture the onChanged event of the first datefield component to set the value of the second datefield component equal to the v...more >>

I can't figure out why when I use the rollOver and rollOut function on a movie clip that contains 'labeled' frames why it doesn't jump to the frame like I expect. This action was inserted on a button on the main timeline: on (rollOver) { test.gotoAndPlay ('Start'); message.text = 'Should B...more >>

Hi I'm using this code to move a movie clip across the screen. However, instead of moving the movieclip every second as hope, it speeds up every second getting faster and faster. Any idea why? setInterval (function() { geckomove.player._x-- updateAfterEvent(); ...more >>

Ok, I have two frames on a looping animation. Short of making a button that skips to a blank frame at the end of scene 1, how do I make it skip to Scene 2, Frame 2? Also, I have a button in Scene 2 that needs to skip to Scene 1, Frame 1. Currently, I am doing this by using on (release)...more >>

... if there is any program that can be integrated with a VB or JAVA desktop application to convert GIF/ PNG files to SWF. -- >>> karuna >>> ...more >>

I wanted to know if it was possible to make an image actively change size due to a playing sound clip using ActionScript. Also, please give examples of the code, if it is at all, indeed, possible. ...more >>

I have a movie clip in my game named "player", where you can move him left, right, up and down but how do i make boundaries so you cant get to certain places? (so when u move him to a certain place he cant get through) I made a boundary but "player" was able to bypass the boundaries by walk...more >>

Greetings Everyone, I am having some troubbles with some dynamic buttons I am trying to create. I am trying to create a button the sees what frame a movie clip is on and depending on the frame the movieclip is one link accordingly. Here is what i have: -----------------------------...more >>

I'm having trouble getting the length of a node selected from a tree component. I put it in a string: var userChoice:String = evt.target.selectedNode; // But then, this fails, I get "undefined" for the value of str_ct: var str_ct:Number = userChoice.length // But, if I put the varia...more >>

I seem to have an issue sorting my array of numbers. Everything is fine unless the number is 10 or higher IE it sorts fine if the numbers are 1,3,5,6,6,7,8 but throw in a 10 or 11 and I get 10,11,3,5,6,6,7,8 How can I get around this? ...more >>

I would like to link to a file using either loadMovie or attachMovieClip (or something simiilar) to load a flash movie clip directly from the library. I heard I had to do something with the "linkage" panel, but I am not sure. I can get it working when I access an exported .swf, but that is a b...more >>

Hi I have a movieclip and it is in the mainstage. I wanna give a action to a button, whic is inside the movie clip to go to a nextscene. Can anyone help me on this thanks FlVenki...more >>

I'm a flash newbie. I really don't need flash to do a lot, just run some video advertising. I understand how to pass a variable into flash. But what I can't seem to find any resources on is actually using an action script to take care of the variable. What I'm trying to do is tak...more >>

i have a menu i created http://paintballtalk2.plexusweb.net/default.asp and i was wondering how if possible to make it stay at a certain point when u reload the page say i select the tird main button and it scrolls down all the subbuttons and i select one of the buttons is there a way i ca...more >>

So far my actionscript work has been limited to controlling timeline functions wtihin my flash movies. I decided recently to start working with dynamic text in order to use XML documents to update the content of my swf's. I've got the data integration part down and am able to trace the resul...more >>

Hi Guys, I hope you can help me, im pretty new to flash and am wondering how i go about naming a dynamically created movie clip. In my code below i am creating movie clip -- movie = "productImage"+k -- where k is a number that makes the movie clip unique. However, when i come to reference...more >>

I am probably being very dense, but I am stumped I have a 'loader' movie that launches up another 'swf' which itself consists of a nested movie clip The controls for the movieclip are attached to a component and include keypresses. My problem is, that although when i test the loaded movi...more >>

Hey, Check out www.actpartners.com Here i used a popupwindow to open a fixed window containing a flashintro. I used a fixed window because the moment you click the square the background of the flashfile changes from black to white. But i want to get rid of that popup and just show the .s...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to simply save the state of my flash movie that appears as in the header of each of my pages. I am using a shared object to remember weather the movie is playing or stoped and what frame is on, so when the user goes to the next page it will retain the that information. Now h...more >>

I'm trying to replace a MovieClip that's on the stage with one from the library. The following code works on a Button but won't work on a MovieClip instance. I've look in all my books and this should work? but nooo. Any help, please. on(release){ blank_mc.attachMovie('parts1','twoPart1_mc',5);...more >>

:clock; Hi guys, I'm supposed to open a chm file and get into de selected topic which choose from de flash projector. when i 'm using de following code. dere is an popup msg to open/save/close. somethink like same as while FIle downloading popup. on (release) { getURL("tallyref....more >>

I need to pause my flash auto presentation using button file. Rightnow I?m using on (release) { stop(); } & for play on (release) { play(); } But if I press pause button, movie clip animations are not stopping. How to pause all movie clip animation? If I press pause but...more >>

I want to make a game...kinda like quidditch in harry potter, but i dont know how to go about doing it....any suggestions???...more >>