in my interface i have a main screen in the middle and i wanna load some of my movies into it without changing the parent swf what do i do...more >>

I have an MC on the main stage. It is 10 frames long and 2 layers. 1st layer has stop() in the first frame. 2nd layer has a simple keyframe movement. On the main stage I have mcName.play(). When the .swf loads, nothing happens. If I do mcName.gotoAndPlay(2), it stops at the 2nd frame of the ...more >>

I'm not too familiar with Action Scripts yet, so feel free to reply as though you're talking to a first grader. Ha, ha! Here's what I'm trying to accomplish: I have created a flash movie for my company. The flash movie contains testimonials from customers. Each testimonial has its own sc...more >>

Is it possible to specify specific parts of an external .txt file that loads into a dynamic text field to be different colors? OR is there a better way to achieve this scrolling text with various colors? like this... http://jansdotter.com/ > news http://jansdotter.com/ ...more >>

Hi there, I am using AS2 and strong typing for most of my projects these days, but I find that I occasionally need a variable type to be dynamic when sent as a parameter in a function. For example I have a function called getAttributeName which takes an object and a variable as parameters. ...more >>

I have a movie clip in a scene called ?code? and on the movie clip I want to place a link that goes to a different frame of the Code Scene. For some reason it is not working. On the button in the Movie Clip I?ve tried: ----------------- on (release) { gotoAndPlay ('code',38); } -----------...more >>

Hello, I have a movie clip of, let's say. 1000 pixels wide and 30 pixels high. My movie is 770 pixels wide. I want that if my mouse is over the movie clip I can move to movieclip with it (not with click, just reacting on the mouse) If I move the mouse to the left, the mc moves to the right (...more >>

Hi, I would like to provide users access to a slider that will allow the user to set the brightness of a given instance/movie on screen. Is there a property for brightness? I know there is a property for alpha and I can use the setProperty command to set the alpha with my slider but I ...more >>

sounds silly but, I have a drop down menu constructed along a timeline with sub menus that pop out when clicked on. I made it a master menu system in the library, meaning I built it once and then dropped it into my scenes as needed. I can get the drop down menu to target the frame labels with...more >>

I have a grid of black square movieclips. How can I set it up so that each square fades out at a random speed in a random order? <using mx2004> Thanks in advance for your help!...more >>

I try to desolve one problem - I have web site wholly created in flash, but in one screen I want create window (only some pat of screen) in which load ther web-site, for exsample map24.com. How (with components, or is other features) create this? ...more >>

I am trying to figure out if it is possible to add a subject line to an email setup using the getURL action? Say I have a flash site setup with two sections. One section has all the information you would want to know about apples and the other section has all the information you would wa...more >>

Greetings all, Im am trying to make a button that when you press and hold it, it will play a movie clip from a certin frame ( no problem :) ) But when you release the button I want it to play backwards untill a certin frame. ( here is the problem :( ) This is what I was paying with: ...more >>

:disgust; I have a great header but can't get the buttons on the template to access internal pages on the site. Any help would be appreciated....more >>

Hi Does anyone know the difference between getType() typeof() and instanceof? Thanks...more >>

I have a dynamically generated combo box that uses companyID for the data, and companyNames for the labels. This is part of a form that is used to manage users in a database. Let's say that the user's companID=NN, I want to be able to set the combo box to show the matching companyName. In othe...more >>

Is this: loadMovieNum("my.swf", "_self", "GET"); and this: loadMovieNum("my.swf", 0, "GET"); the same? assuming that this is the only mc playing, and it's on the default level? What are the risks of using one over the other? ...more >>

Hi. Long time no post, and I'm forced to come in via NNTP (actually my preferred method) because the web interface is not letting me sign on. I'm trying to change one of the default properties of the built-in TextField object. The only way I can think of to do that is to override the constr...more >>

Is there a datagrid property to prevent the datagrid from vertically scrolling when the mouse is moved off the datagrid? thanks...more >>

This may seem a bit simple for most of you but i'm having the hardest time trying to figure this out. Basically, I have 2 text boxes. One named box1 and one named box2; box1 is an input text box and box2 is dynamic text box. It also has a button labeled Correct Grammar. I would like to kn...more >>

That's pretty much my question. I have one movie loading 2 other swfs using an AS. The issue was that the two other movies have different sizes and also the person wants the size of the movies to be increased by 50%. I tried setting the size of the main movie bigger in hopes that it would load ...more >>

I am trying to simply display the contents of a text file into a dynamic text field. I'm using a LoadVars object to load in a specified text file which is fine. The problem is that the text file contains just a carriage return-delimited list of items and when I display the contents of the fi...more >>

I have a flash movie I'm using that is just one frame and 1 layer that has an action that calls 2 movies: onLoad = function (){ loadMovieNum("swf/home_menu.swf",2); loadMovieNum("swf/home_pix.swf",1); }; This works fine in IE on Windows and Mac and I have a workaround javascript ...more >>

Hi, I would like to know when I distribute swf file, under which license I will be able to release it? Please let me know, regarding this. Thanks, nvinod...more >>

Hi All, I'm working on a very new platform which I've received from my seniors and they were using some code for shared objects like this so = SharedObject.getRemote('PS_Canon_M1', 'rtmp:/./..', '/') but when I running it in my machine it gives me type mismatch error instead of this if I'm wri...more >>

Hi How can I display the file explorer window? And is it possible to send a path to it so it can open a subfolder? I can't use any other external add-on software like Jester because I'm already using MDM Zinc as an .exe compiler. Tom ...more >>

Hi there I am attaching sounds to frames on a timeline, to sync with the action on screen, as follows: asound = new Sound(this); asound.attachSound('firstsound01'); asound.start(); Instead of manually figuring out how long each new sound should take &amp; matching sound length wi...more >>

Hello, I've got a question about loading an external XML file in to an text field. i've created this in flash , it loads an external XML file into a textfield: headlineXML = new XML(); headlineXML.load ("http://www.at-productions.nl/public/agendaxml.asp?artist=Relax"); headlineXM...more >>

is it me and my newsreader, or did every single post just disapear?? baffeld peo ...more >>

I've been experimenting with a flash based text editor. I've noticed that the bullet points only ever come out in a black colour. I realise this is a limitation of flash. So I was thinking of replacing the bullet point button with a button that simply places a dot (the character created by...more >>

I'm having trouble with tool tips. Some of the tool tips names are longer then others. The ones that are long fall off the page and you can not read it. Is there some code I can add to my source that will realize the button is too far to the edge and should display tool tip to read inside th...more >>

I am having problem in loading an updated text file in Flash I am using this code, t=random(100) my_lv.load("../inc/files/"+fileName+"?t="+t); but this is not solving my problem, the textfile is saved on the server, i want to load the latest updated file everytime, sometime it works...more >>

What would the script be to open a link in the current web page, NOT in a new window?...more >>

I have a LoadVars object that loads variables from a text file. The text file will have over 80 variables. However there is only 28 dynamic text box instances on the stage. I want the user to be able to click a next button to load the next 28 variables into the text boxes. For this to happen, ...more >>

I want to stop an effect at a specific frame but I dunno how. Do I have to put something in the code? I'm confused. Here is the code I borrowed: MovieClip.prototype.placeInSpace = function(id) { var ratio = this.focaldistance / Math.sqrt(this[id].z * this[id].z); this[id]._x = this[i...more >>

I have laid out a design in an HTML document and am happy with it, but I have different swf files that I want to play one after the other in the HTML document. After one plays I want it to trigger another. If you look at the example I have set up, online, I want the icon animation to the left ...more >>

My friend has wrote this script and he has gone wrong in it somewhere. He has aked me to look at it but I am not as advanced as this yet. I was wondering if anyone can help me please. This action script is used to work with sound. Thanks for helping. Irishcrew _global.loopnu...more >>

Hi, I know it is possible to call a select list of Flash methods using javascript, but is it possible to call a custom built function inside the Flash object using JavaScript? Thanks!...more >>

I would like to repeat a partucular movie clip 3 times and then go to another scene. Is there some actionscript I can place within this particular movie clip that will repeat it 3 times then make it go to scene 3? I'm a newbie to actionscript. I appreciate your help. ...more >>

Is there a way you can have a button control the direction that the movie plays? For example, can I have a 'forward' button that plays the movie forward, and a 'backward' button that plays the movie backward? Thanks in advance for your reply. Tanner ...more >>

Hi all - I'd like to "subclass" the DataGrid component - I have reason to have several copies of a datagrid that is configured identically - same columns, same data, same cell renderers. I'd like to be able to dynamically add/remove them to/from the screen, and have them resizeable. ...more >>

Wondering if someone can through some light on this.. Im using a Flash Built Web-Site Updater using PHP calling .txt files, it all works beautifuly but some characters in the updated text file and hence on the web, appear incorrectly. Problem #1 : The apostrophe character " ' " display...more >>