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SOAP & base64Binary
Posted by Art C at 2/4/2005 11:56:58 PM
Hello, I am working on a project where we would like to have a return type be base64Binary. When connecting the status handler says that soapenc:base64Bianary cannot be resolved. I was wondering if through the "Kind" "DataType" "Validator" or other classes/objects and/or virtual Schem...more >>


loadmovie into a loaded movie
Posted by stubbsj72 at 2/4/2005 11:07:19 PM
I have a flash movie with a gallery of pictures. When the user clicks the gallery button it goes to a frame labeled "gallery" and randomly loads swf movies into three different movie clips. The code I am using is as follows: stop (); randomNum = Math.Round(Math.random()*50); loadMovie ...more >>

How to erase variables?
Posted by germaris at 2/4/2005 10:35:50 PM
Hi there! I'm using Flash MX, not MX 2004. From my .swf File, I successfully execute searches via PHP into a MySQL Database. A first search returns a given result, if I execute another search which I am sure will return no result, the results of the first search are displayed again! Fo...more >>

how can I get the date, x days from today?
Posted by KarlR at 2/4/2005 10:19:19 PM
how can I get the date, x days from today? Thanks...more >>

Exporting ActionScript?
Posted by Jon Flair at 2/4/2005 10:17:31 PM
Hi, I'm a game programmer interested in using Flash MX as a tool for authoring movies for a video game. I then export the movie as a sequence of .png files which are converted into the game's run-time movie format (we're using Bink). I'd like a way to expose/access the ActionScript command...more >>

Cue points for streamed video from FCS
Posted by maddogg54 at 2/4/2005 10:03:39 PM
Ok I never get any help on this friggin thing but here it goes.. I have a blank movie clip, that gets a stream from FCS and I need to set a cue point for the end to make it go to the next scene. I am trying to use a event listener object but i cant seem to get it to work. here is an example of...more >>

Puzzles and hitTest
Posted by daliangelo at 2/4/2005 9:45:58 PM
I am trying to make a puzzle. In the background I have a completed puzzle with the alpha set to 0 so that it is invisible. When the visible puzzle piece (named piece1_mc) is dropped on its correct invisible piece (named target1_mc) I want it to lock into place. I know I need to use a hitTe...more >>

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increase alpha using actionscript
Posted by mmay321 at 2/4/2005 8:21:55 PM
can someone tell me how to gradually increase the alpha property of a button or mc object from 0 to 100, using actionscript (2.0)? thanks! ...more >>

Bugs in ProgressBar & ScrollPane Components?
Posted by Matusalem at 2/4/2005 8:21:42 PM
When I test the site locally, the components ProgressBar and ScrollPane work fine. Once on the web, the ProgressBar remains in 0, and the ScrollPane looses the vertical scroll and deforms its size. Curiously, accessing the site, few friends see the ProgressBar working fine on their browser...more >>

Conversion of XML to Array of Objects
Posted by William... at 2/4/2005 8:04:39 PM
<inventors title="Long living Inventors of Technology"> <inventor> <name>Albert Williams</name> <invention>An electric bulb and kettle</invention> </inventor> <inventor> <name>Picasso</name> <invention>Photography</invention> </inventor> <inventor> <name>Wale I...more >>

startDrag & stopDrag question
Posted by RabRay at 2/4/2005 7:57:57 PM
Hi all, Im trying to expand my flash capabilities using scripts, to be honest im still pretty much a newbie so please bear with me! I am creating a simple flash projector file that users can navigate, as part of this i have created a help button that makes a movie clip containing some helpfu...more >>

XMLconnector vs Acionscript 2.0
Posted by William... at 2/4/2005 7:49:21 PM
Hi there you all, I have been battling with something that would rather seem simple to some of you all. Anyway, I know using the xml connector component to call an external xml and use databinding features of the v2 components to display the data. How can this be done using pure actionsc...more >>

Sign In Button
Posted by Bnuessler86 at 2/4/2005 7:46:24 PM
I made a sign in button and made three frames as follows: frame one (sign in frame) - stop; username = username; password = password. Frame one also has the sign in button on it which i will show the code to later. Frame two (error frame) - stop. Frame three (thank you frame) - stop. I made ...more >>

locking a flash site
Posted by oepx at 2/4/2005 7:21:21 PM
how can i export a flash clip and upload to the internet so that users CANNOT zoom in and out and control the play feature?...more >>

Flash Doesn't Show .JPEG's untill refresh
Posted by _EnergiE_ at 2/4/2005 7:05:07 PM
Hi ! I'm experiencing very strange problem with my site.I have pictures, which I've put in .swf's.They've got preloaders also. And when the preloader comes to it's end the .jpeg in the movie clip doesn't display until I hit the "refresh" button of the browser. So it's loaded but simply doe...more >>

Using FOR
Posted by Marcos Lavorato at 2/4/2005 6:52:47 PM
Hi all. How do I do to use the FOR? and the WHILE? I looked for in google but without results. -)...more >>

loading a text file in to a variable
Posted by Magusdf at 2/4/2005 5:18:25 PM
not exactly sure why i'm having trouble with this but i can't seem to figure it out. i'm just looking for an easy way to load the content of a textfile in to a defined variable if anyone can point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated thanks ...more >>

preloader for entire movie
Posted by oepx at 2/4/2005 5:08:54 PM
i have an entire site done in flash. i want a preloader that i can insert in a scene before the main movie and preload up to a certain frame before the next scene containing the entire site loads. can somebody help me do this? ...more >>

Flash and PHP
Posted by johnnytwotone at 2/4/2005 5:01:11 PM
I have got the flash form sending me mail through PHP but it is putting all this extra trash on there. I'm not sure if its really a problem with the actionscript or it may be the PHP script. Thanks for the help! My emails are looking like this... <TEXTFORMAT LEADING=\"2\"><P ALIGN=\"LEFT...more >>

Help with external .swf
Posted by trabac at 2/4/2005 4:44:56 PM
Thanks in advance for any help you can give! I am having a problem controlling external .swfs. I have a primary .swf with a menu that is loading external .swfs in the center of the movie (to keep the file size down); there are also sublinks if the user would like to jump to a certain point ...more >>

Entering a code
Posted by Hoathy at 2/4/2005 4:42:55 PM
I am currently making a Flash game, and need some kind of script to gotoAndPlay somewhere when a series of keys are typed in order seperately. I have tried the following methods (these are roughtl my scripts, you'll get the basics): on(keypress 'h' &amp;&amp; keypress 'i'){ gotoAndPlay(4); ...more >>

turning a number into a letter
Posted by Jon Moyles at 2/4/2005 3:41:32 PM
i want to write a loop that outputs letters[a,b,c...] is there a better way to do it than an array of the alphabet? String.charCodeAt() returns a 16-bit integer from 0 to 65535 that represents the character specified by index this suggests to me that i might be able to go the other way....more >>

Movie clip navigation
Posted by hukelbry at 2/4/2005 3:31:24 PM
I need to navigate a loaded movie clip's timeline from the main timeline. the script used to load the movie into the main timeline: loadMovie("sp_loads/560x320_design.swf","targ03"); i can get this, but now i need to get to a label on the 560x320_design.swf's timeline using a button, i...more >>

variable in loadmovie url
Posted by adrmus at 2/4/2005 3:05:39 PM
Hi I want to insert a variable to replace the word water (see below). I have different files within the portfolio file and I just wanted get image 01.jpg from a certain file depending on which button you press, this button will set a variable which is the same as the folder. One of the folde...more >>

Need help please
Posted by Semir__Karic at 2/4/2005 2:31:03 PM
I have a problem in my flash movie which is contained in first frame of my movie. My first frame has only one symbol which says "LOADING..." and I use it as preloader, after that the rest of the frames are filled with some objects or pictures. The problem I'm getting is that my first frame i...more >>

Email Script
Posted by smardy at 2/4/2005 2:24:52 PM
On my site I want to have an email thing for where people can sign up to be on a mailing list but I dont know the code to do so, so could any one give me some coad so that it would send it to my email? ...more >>

Preloading swf files to play at anytime?
Posted by EvilGuyWhoEatsBrains at 2/4/2005 2:14:06 PM
I'm trying to load a bunch of external swf files into my main movie so I can play them at anytime. The preloading Im assuming works, but the the swf files play as soon as they are loaded which I dont want. Here is the code Im using... this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc0",this.getNextHighestDe...more >>

Crossword
Posted by Egui at 2/4/2005 11:56:09 AM
I am searching for a Flash based crossword geenrator. Something that will allow me to reat ecrosswords in t he swf format. Ill accept suggestions of free or commercially based products Thanks...more >>

can any tell me how to upload zip file in this forum
Posted by addgel at 2/4/2005 11:49:51 AM
can any tell me how to upload zip file in this forum...more >>

Buttons appearence
Posted by DonJuanDon at 2/4/2005 11:33:18 AM
Hi, I am making a flash questionnaire. I have made an answer movie clip which hold the answers to the multiple choice questions. The problem I am having is that when the user selects the button, the appearence of the button goes back to usual. I want the buttons to appearence to be d...more >>

Anyone know how the Enhanced DataGrid uses cellrender API
Posted by James Fee at 2/4/2005 11:23:45 AM
Anyone know how the EnhancedDataGrid component (from DEVNET) uses the cellrenderer API to figure out when the mouse is over specific cells not just the row? Man, I wish they would document how to use the cellrenderer better! -- Jim Fee Viking Electronic Services jfee (at) vikinges (dot...more >>

Dynamically loaded text that auto scrolls
Posted by Sp1int5 at 2/4/2005 10:46:35 AM
I need to get a external txt document to display in a flash movie, however it needs to auto scroll through the text that is loaded. I need it to scroll from side to side, not from top to bottom. I know the command: loadVars("yourtxtdoc.txt, this") brings a text document in. However its the...more >>

Accessibility Issues
Posted by spacedude at 2/4/2005 10:26:27 AM
I am desperately trying to get this stuff to work but it just seems so difficult that I am ready to quit my job and live on a mountain! Adding accessibility information via the Accessibility panel is fine and my movie works about 70% of the time... JAWS is evil. However I am getting MANY issu...more >>

Unwanted HTML unencoded strings
Posted by kgui at 2/4/2005 10:10:41 AM
I have text stored in an external XML file which containt HTML statements, like <myNode> &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; bold &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; </myNode> When I put the contents of the XML file directly into a textfield capable of displaying HTML content, it works fine. The text is displayed as bold. Bu...more >>

Probably a simple task
Posted by bexlhoward1 at 2/4/2005 10:02:09 AM
Hi, I cannot seem to figure this out: I have a drop down list with two options, either metric or imperial. If metric is selected, I need frame 2 of a movie clip named 'values' to play, if imperial is selected I need frame 3 of the same movie clip. The code I have used is not working, I have u...more >>

Parametre object types passed in method calls
Posted by dubya at 2/4/2005 9:39:02 AM
hey everybody! :) 'bit of theory for a change. i thought you might like that. let's say i create a generic method with one parametre and, akin to Java methods, i want to give it the capacity to accept differing datatypes for that parametre. like this: public function methodName ( x ) { swit...more >>

Passing parameters between flash scripts (using LoadMovie?)
Posted by Clegg at 2/4/2005 8:26:20 AM
Hello, I have a flash file that takes several parameters. I've successfully passed the parameters via the <param> & <embed> "flashvars" tags in an HTML document (testing it by itself). I'm having a problem passing the same parameters from an existing flash file to the new one. To clari...more >>

the MX2004 ComboBox had bug
Posted by lockead at 2/4/2005 8:21:51 AM
the MX2004 ComboBox had bug by using Array.prototype example: i setup =================== Array.prototype.just_a_new = function(func_pra) { trace(func_pra) } ================== And make one ComboBox that name is "my_list" on the document when i use ====================== ...more >>

Fit text to curve
Posted by Parul Makwana at 2/4/2005 6:41:42 AM
Can the dynamic text be rotated. or can we fit the text on curve like in CorelDraw(Fit text to curve) or in Photoshop(create wrap text). But i want the text to be dynamic and not static....more >>

Need H E L P - Modifying Images
Posted by kunjanos at 2/4/2005 6:36:46 AM
Hy. I have to modify an image (bitmap) from actionscript. I have to write to the image some pixels. Is that possible? How?...more >>

Rendering DynamicText Box HTMLText <b> & <i> tags make text invisible
Posted by complexity at 2/4/2005 4:19:29 AM
Hey all, I have a dynamic text box, Render as HTML text is on, Selectable is on, I have tried not embedding and embedding the font (which is Arial) I am loading a html text variable into the dynamic text box sometihng like.: scene1info = '<b>Floods</b><br> <u>arent</u><br> <i>cool</i>'; N...more >>

ActionScript Motion Tweening
Posted by dingus_foghorn at 2/4/2005 2:18:32 AM
I want to have a movie clip movie from one X/Y coordinate to another when a button is clicked, but I have ten points and I don't want to animate each one individually because it would end up being 81 transitions. I know it's possible, I just don't know how to do it. To see what I want, c...more >>

open flash from html on different frame
Posted by mali perica at 2/4/2005 1:13:40 AM
hello, please: i have french and english html page and from each you can open same flash movie. how to send to flash in moment of opening some variable that gonna make it start from differnt frame so to have directly english/french content? thx ...more >>

How to Loop Back to First Slide?
Posted by BSquared18 at 2/4/2005 12:30:13 AM
I'm using the ActionScript 1 code shown below with four VHS-type control buttons to navigate through six slides (photos). "First" means go to slide 1; "back" means go back one slide; and so forth. When someone gets to slide six, if they click on the "forward" button again, nothing happens. I'd...more >>


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