Dear Flash Masters, I have a base movie at the root level. It plays to frame 75 with intro content. Six buttons offer heading specific content that load in level_1 as the base movie plays forward ten frames so its graphic content can fade out. So far so good. Lets say I've clicked my TELEVIS...more >>

I'm loading a swf into a movie and in this swf I'm duplicating a movie clip and loading some images into each movieclip I duplicated. But I have a problem. When I try my movie on a fast connection it works fine, but when I try my movie on a dialup connection I get some weird stuff. If I click ...more >>

Can I interrupt a ' for(i=1;i<=10;i++)' instruction if my user clicks on a button? Thanks! Brenda s....more >>

How can a add an onRollOver and Out event after I draw a line with AS like this: function drawLine() { _root.fullRadarView.radar.createEmptyMovieClip("triangle_mc", 1002); //_root.fullRadarView.radar.triangle_mc.beginFill(0x0000FF, 30); _root.fullRadarView.radar.triangle_mc.lineStyle(1,...more >>

In my movie, I have a button with the code below. When I test the movie in the authoring environment, the link works fine. However, when I test it with an actual swf file, Internet Explorer displays an "Action Canceled" window. I can still open the file if I refresh the web page, but how can I...more >>

Hello! I am working on a project with an input text box. when different numbers are put in, a dynamic text box displays different text depending on the numbers they enter. Right now, the dynamic text is displayed by pushing a button. Does anyone know if there would be a way to make the ...more >>

Hello Again Everyone! Is there a way to say like on (press) and if( recharge = false) gotoandplay frame 1, But then have it say on press if recharge = true (this is what i dont get) how do you have it say don't do anything? ...more >>

I need to create dynamically few movie clips with names a0, a1, a2... and then to place them on different x coordinates... the code look something like this, but won't work. Thank's for anny help. for(i=0; i< 2; i++){ _root.createEmptyMovieClip('a'+i, i); with (a+i) { ...more >>

I'm trying to allow a user to create a freehand drawing within the swf file using curveTo. They are basically outlining or circling something with one mouse movement (nothing complex), and when they release the mouse, the drawing is over. Right now the outline draws fine if they go slow, but i...more >>

I published a flash file with the detection box checked and uploaded the three ..html files, the detection.swf and the content.swf. It seems that windows XP overrides the detection and instead displays an activeX control download dialogue. Is this common, or is there something wrong with the d...more >>

i want to import mp3 at runtime so i need an open dialog window have read many articles on this that say cant be done but can be done only by 3rd party tools a place where i read can use VB if somebody can guide me how ...more >>

I'm having problems with using getUrl to bring up a new html window that has scroll bars. The scoll bars work on my mac, but when I test it on a PC the new window is fixed with no scroll bars. What changes need to be made to the following code? on (release) { page = "news.htm"; sUrl = "http:...more >>

What would be the best technique for inactivating buttons once they're beneath another movie clip? In other words, when a movie clip is placed over an active button, the button remains clickable even though it's now hidden. How can I inactivate the button. Thanks! Bill ...more >>

is there any way to write the first script like the second one >> if(_root._currentframe < 1150) gotoAndPlay("hideTip"); } if(_root._currentframe < "hideTip"){ gotoAndPlay("hideTip"); } ...more >>

:confused; I have been trying to load a movie within a draggable movie so I can drag both and had no luck!!!! I am no expert in Flash, and know that I am doing something wrong. Maybe setting up the levels. I have been able to load the movie, but then the background of the parent movie...more >>

I am using loadMovie() to load images to an empty MC. I would like them to load so that the 0,0 of the MC is in the center of the image. Is that possible? So far I can only get them to load with the 0,0 in the top left corner. I've tried to set the Registration to the center when I cre...more >>

Okay, I hope this is in the right place, as I'm new here... Basically, I have a main movie, and then a smaller movie clip that I have hidden using the "._visible = false;" parameter. When the user clicks a button, the visible state changes to true, and the movie clip then plays animation....more >>

I'm using a getURL statement to open a Word document. Internet Explorer opens, but with an "Action canceled" message window. However, if I hit the Refresh button, the document loads correctly (so I know the link itself is working). Any ideas on why I'm getting the "Action canceled" message and...more >>

I've built a loader file that contains 5 scenes: one is the intro: when someone clicks on one of the four buttons it moves to scene number one, where I've set a script to load an external SWF into an MC. the problem is when they want to go to the next scene, I can't get the previous SWF, (Wh...more >>

Hi there I'm currently working on a site and I'm making the menu in flash, which links to the content (.asp). My BIG problem... I want my menu (flash) to change its look, depending on which menu item I click on, but the thing is, the whole site reloads/refreshes as does the menu! Can I...more >>

How do you make a link to a specific frame of a frameset? I want to specify the html file that opens in the main frame of the frameset. Can getURL do this? Or is there another method that does the trick? ...more >>

I'm loading different swf and jpg into my main movie into a movie clip. I tested my movie in a fast connection and it works fine, but when I go into the site through a dialup connection the swf and jpgs that I load into a movieclip don't load at all. I don't know how to fix this, does anyone h...more >>

Im having a little bit of trouble with my actionscript on a button i am using. Basically i want a separate swf to open when the button is pressed, but i need the movie to go to frame 31, which i have named Music - whatever i seem to try with the actionscript doesnt seem to work and im pretty s...more >>

i just need to know the answer to this question i wanna make a game where you can move with the arrow keys and also you need passwords for certain things (which you can get from talking to diffrent people and stuff) and you can save what action script and other stuff do i need also i use flash...more >>

Can anyone lead me to some helpful tutorials other than on here, so hopefully I can try to figure out how set variables that will read an html, xml document. I posted earlier and I guess no one could help.. =( Thanks again ...more >>

I get a weird error when trying to use TextField.Stylesheet. Even weirder is the fact that if my colleague compiles the same fla, he doesn't get any errors. Now I've been searching on the internet, found some things, but I can't seem to find the real problem. The aso is not the problem, I de...more >>

I have created a standard page with a button on that stage, once the button is pressed I want it to call a MC from the library and attach it in a certain place.. at a guess something like I know this is completely wrong but i guess it kinda explains what I want to do on (release){ ...more >>

Hi all I'm starting to work on a drag-and-drop interactive flash page, were basically the user can drag squares and rectangles onto a grid, and drop them anywhere, but I want to shapes to snap to the grip when they're dropped. I've started reading about drag and droptarget functions, but...more >>

Hello, I try to have my .swf knowing of the Url's passed parameters when the user clicks the link . in <a href="the_swf?var1=1738&var2=WW" , i'd like the_swf to know var1 et var2. Notice that i don't have an html file with <object.. tag. ! ! i want to open the swf directly into the brows...more >>

I am embedding audio in my flash movies on timelines. Is there a way to have the timeline automatically extend to fit the length of the audio? I have a project with about hundred audio clips, and this would speed things up considerably. Thanks Geoff ...more >>

Hi everyone, as above. I have a feeling I'm being stupid. I'm sure I've seen it online, but can't now find it. Many thanks to anyone who can help me in any way!...more >>

Since updating to Flash 7 I have been unable to figure out how to connect a link to my button. I tried the same way as I always have in flash 6 but it always came up with an error which read: Statement must appear within on handler getURL(www...); Is there anything different that I mus...more >>

Hi everyone, I would like to ask if I have many pictures with effects in FLASH but need often update the pictures. What is the action script can help to make a linking file (may be a txt file) store the path of link and just change the path (or file name) in txt file for easy change the pictur...more >>

I have 300 movieclips in library which are used by Linkage name. While creating these, option to Export in first frame was ticked on. But now i want to tick off this option for all 300 movieclips, as my first frame is taking long to load. Any easy option to tick this off........ i am r...more >>

Finally it exists!! IF YOU PLAY GUITAR, YOU NEED THIS BOOK!! Listen to my story: In the process of teaching myself guitar, I went looking for a book that simply had the all the chords, scales and modes, and nothing else. I was totally surprised to find that such a book didn't exist. Ther...more >>

I ' m facing a problem and i don't know how to slove it. I want to open a popup window after all frames of the movie are loaded. Here is the situation: I have a home page with a .swf file for intro. I want after, (or even between) the load of that swf file, to open a pop-up window with ano...more >>

Because I had troubles using badly designed MenuBar/Menu submenu positioning logic, I have redesigned it. When you work with more complex menu structure, which does not fit to the stage, this can help you. Macromedia, please, take my changes to the new Flash MX 2004 update. Download here: h...more >>

Hey Fellas, I need help with detecting a movie when it is over another movie. I know you can use hit test, but in this case, I need to detect between various levels, which make the paths inconsistent. Ok, here's what's going on. I am creating an outline tool. With this tool, you can create ...more >>

I have only Flash MX. Is there a way to compact my FLA files, other than resaving them with a new name? Geoff...more >>

Is there a tool available for searching through the actionscript of FLA files without having to open each one? Geoff...more >>

I am loading an external movie that has the following script on frame 1. Will this cause a problem? These lines also appear in the main movie. fscommand("showmenu", "false"); fscommand("allowscale", "false"); fscommand("fullscreen", "false"); Stage.showMenu = false; Thanks, Geo...more >>

Basically I would like to do navigation with a similar concept to http://www.actionscripts.org/showMovie.php?id=1012 tutorial. The difference being that when you click on one of the categories I would like sub navigation buttons to slide out instead, pushing the buttons below downwards. Also ...more >>

I have a problem with my lack of understanding php. i am attempting to do a very basic interaction with flash and php. the php programmer is good at php but has never worked with flash. I am pretty ggood with flash but have no knowledge of php. ..... could someone look at this very simple php...more >>

I stumbled across what appears, to me at least, to be an interesting bug in the Flash Player. The attributes object inside an XML node object seems to evaluate to undefined and null when you test it, even if it contains data: var myXML = new XML('<root a1="a" a2="b" a3="c" />') trace(myXML...more >>

Hi, I've heard from several forums that flash player have issues regarding loading a large XML file (>500K). Is that true ? I'm trying to build an app based on XML and some of my XML can be big so I just wondering if I;ll still want to continue with Flash .. thanks, any informations on thi...more >>

Hi. I am using the tree component as a navigation system for a site. I am expanding the tree onload to a particular node - (for example when the aboutus.html page is loaded, I expand the about us node) I do this like so: currentPage = myTree.getTreeNodeAt(1).getTreeNodeAt(0).getTre...more >>

I have a flash screen application and I'm trying to conditionally show a check box, an html text link or nothing in a column of a data grid using a CellRenderer. I've created an array of objects for dataProvider. It is in this array that I'm conditionally creating a html TextField or CheckBox...more >>

Hi everybody, I have a button with which I want to manipulate a movie. The movie is located in a scene called ?portfolio?, it?s name is ?pakeFilm? and I want the play head with the click of my button (the button itself is nested withing a movie located in the scene) jump to the marker ?02? and...more >>

hi, this is probably a very simple problem that i can't solve. i have a movie drawing points that will get connected to be a sine wave. i can't get lineTo to 'connect the dots la la la la' (old 80s reference). can someone help? there's not a lot of code. it's driving me crazy! adder = 1...more >>

I have a Flash form using for user to send comment to me, contain a name field, an email and a text to type comment in field, a send button and a PHP script, now how can i make these work together? which action script should i use? can anyone help me out with this? please be specified since i'...more >>

Has anyone had problems with curveTo rendering errors? Take a look at the map I'm developing. http://www.allthegoodness.com/scarytan/ If you keep zooming further and further into Europe you'll start to see random lines appear and disappear. The line is redrawn with every zoom and I...more >>

Hi everyone. I had a designer make a site for me, and near the end of the project he got real busy and couldn't fix some broken ActionScript code. I'm wondering if you guys know of any way in Flash MX 2004 (or another simpler program to do it) where I could edit ONLY the ActionScript? There...more >>

Hi all, Many thanks for checking this out... I have a thing in my Flash MX movie where a different background is selected at random each time the main swf is loaded so I have this code in the main timeline: choice = Math.round(Math.random()*5); switch (choice) { case 0 : location.loadMovi...more >>

Using the below code I can dynamically change the text to reflect these attributes and this works fine, however ... The bullet colour defaults to black. Does anyone know how to change the bullet colour dynamically? ie: s_bsubpt = new TextFormat(); with (s_bsubpt){ type = "dynamic";...more >>