I placed a blank movieclip with the function loadmovie in the firstframe of the main movie. When I place the function stop() in the firstframe, it loads, but, if I remove it, and place, for example, in the fifth frame, it doesn't load more. Can't I load a movie when the main movie is playing...more >>

Can anyone walk me through loading a .txt file into a dynamic text field? I know how to do that with MX, but with MX2004... I'm clueless. Thanks!...more >>

I am trying to make a date sensor that will play one of the symbol movies on certain days This is what I have: ADate = new Date(); daynum = ADate.getDate()-1; mm = ADate.getMonth(); file = "mm" + "daynum"; //can't find the (and) funtion so I put a + for now switch (daynum) { ...more >>

Hello, all! I'm trying to parse an XML file into a collection of generic Objects that maintain the same heirarchy that exists in the original XML. And I can't. :-( I can create Objects based on the desired nodes, but I can't seem to create an Object as a property of a previously-created Ob...more >>

Is it possible to have actionscript run from within a secondary loaded movie, and if so how do you go about it? I'm using LoadMovie to call an animation within a flash site and all the elements of the animation appear but none of the actionscript within it occurs. Thanks, Paul. ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to have a URL created by adding various var text fields to the url getURL ("www.sitename.com/ (text feild 1) + / + (text feild 2) " , blank); is this possible, when I try different ways, everything in the "" marks gets viewed as my URL, but I just need to d...more >>

Flash MX on Windows XP. Three days I've been beating my head against the wall. I got some suggestions from threads about setInterval and UpdateAfterEvent (including a couple of my own), but I'm clearly missing something. The documentation on setInterval and UpdateAfterEvent is not at all cl...more >>

I'm trying to create a button object with rollover and rollout actions. I want to move down the button gradually for rollover and move back to the original position, also gradually for rollout. I have tried to attatch the following script but it does not work. stop(); oldY=bta._y; i...more >>

I have a clip with onRollOver and onRollOut handlers. Any child button clips do not function. They show up but don't go to over or down frames, fire onRelease handlers, etc. What am I missing? Thanks! ...more >>

I want my movie to be able to scale to a smaller size to fit full screen, but not to a bigger one. Is there any way using the fscommand ("allowscale", "true/false"); command to make it only scale down? Hope that made sense. ...more >>

Hi, I'm making a website with a portfolio in it. To show images, I made a transition effect (wipe effect). Image 1 is displayed. Then you click a button, image 1 will get wiped out, new image is loaded, after the loading is complete, the wipe goes in the other direction and reveals the loade...more >>

I've searched and searched but all of the scripts I've found do not work. It may be because the MC is not root. I have a navigation and when you RollOver each and any button I want the MC animation to play and when you RollOut I want it to play backwards from where it is in the animation....more >>

Hi all, Does anyone know of a way to taget all movieclip symbols within a single movie clip to say add an onRelease function to? For instance, if I have a single clip with 50 unique movie clips within, and all with a unique instance names, is there a way to target all those clips and give th...more >>

does duplicateMovieClip() duplicate event handlers assigned to the clip being duplicated?...more >>

:confused; Hi there, I'm hoping someone might be able to help me?? please? I'm a flash newbie trying to achieve something I haven't seen before and I'm not sure if its possible. I am importing a .txt file into flash using a dynamic text box, the .txt file uses standard Ascii Characters ...more >>

Hi, I don't know a lick of Actionscript, and upgrading to MX2004 now makes it impossible for me to insert button states and the like, which I used to be able to to. Is there any way to set up MX2004 so that I can actually do these simple tasks without having to learn something else? Currently...more >>

Hello I'm trying to create an application that displays data in dynamic text boxes and allows draggability and easy closing and opening of boxes via a menu. I have all of this made, but I need one more thing. My boxes pile on each other and get messy! Could anyone tell me how I could...more >>

I've got a dataGrid var my_dg : DataGrid; and I've added a listener my_dg.addEventListener('event',this); and I have a cellrenderer MyCellRenderer which extends the CheckCellRenderer that has a dispatchEvent({type:'event'}); in its click event. And it's attach...more >>

I'm having trouble getting a loaded SWF to reference its parent. On frame 40 of the master SWF, I have an object on the stage that serves as a visual indicator that the playhead is indeed at frame 40. When I click a button in the loaded SWF, I want the playhead of the master SWF to move to fra...more >>

I've created a thumbnail image/button. How do I actionscript the button to display a larger image elsewhere on the stage when I click it? I am a beginner and have no idea where to begin....more >>

While searching for Flash Loader Tutorials, I have found that these preloaders seem to cause a lot of problems since there are so many tutorials and so many different ways of preloading a flash movie. So I don't feel stupid. However, I do feel stupid when I've tried at least 10 of these tutor...more >>

I want to load swf already made, by pressing the buttons which are in my interface which is a separate sef, what action do i have to write in order for the movies to load when the button is pressed. Thank You ...more >>

Hi experts, i have a main move(which had been written in AS1.0) which has a varaible _global.city; Now i have made another movie written in AS2.0. I have an empty movie clip in my Parent movie and inside this empty movieClip im loading the new movie(with AS2.0). And in the new movie i have...more >>

I am looking for a code to pick up the rgb code of a predefined point on the stage or the video thumbnail, or a speciefied point inside movie clip, Anyone can help please?...more >>

:brokenheart; I need to launch a website in a browser from a Mac projector. I have a little appleScript that launches a site in a browser but cant get the fscommand to "Exec" it? any ideas...more >>

As I was writing up a AS2.0 class file, I came upon the realization that, unlike Java, AS2.0 doesn't support multiple constructors (useful for allowing passing of different types of parameters). Built-in functions in AS have parameters that are optional to pass. My question is: how do I specif...more >>