Hi, I am developing a short interactive quiz. In the background I have an actionscript running that is supposed to time out and restart the quiz within 60 seconds if the user doesnt answer the question or walks away or stops playing. The time out part works, but the problem is that I cant sto...more >>

How do even begin to go about this? I know how to do this in Dreamweaver. I have images that I will use as links to other pages. However I want these pages to open within the main_frame of my Framed site. Do I write an action script or is it a javascript and where would I do this? I would...more >>

I wish to create a combobox that lists street names. When a visitor to the site clicks on the combobox and scrolls down to a street name and clicks, I want the street name on the map below to be identified by a colour change. The way I see doing this (and I may well be going the long route her...more >>

I can't seem to get the bkgd color to change using this code...it works when I put a straight value setRGB() but doesn't if I use a variable or an array...btw...first post on here. thanks! var bkgd_color:Color = new Color(bkgd_mc); color = Array(["0x000000"], ["0x4CA3FF"], ["0xCA0303"], ["...more >>

I'm looking for simple instructions on makeing a countdown clock that span 792 days 8 hours.Could you please give me instructions on how to do it and the actionscript. Thanks:)...more >>

Can someone please tell me why this code won't allow my object to snap to?????????? on (press) { startDrag(this, true, 0+this._width/2, 0+this._height/2, 550-this._width/2, 400-this._height/2); } on(release) { stopDrag(); if(this.hitTest(_parent.correctSpot)){ this._x=parent...more >>

:beer; i have a problem with my animated buttons. first off, heres the link to the site www.oswego.edu/~feeney/lab -they dont always go back up when you roll off them.i use on this code: on(rollOut){gotoAndStop("collapsed"); } -that is for the invisible button that is used as a trigge...more >>

Hello, I need help. Im new to actionscript so I wouldnt know if this is a dumb question or not. So here goes. From my understanding, a button can be hidden by this statement: buttonName1._visible = false. My problem is this, what if I store the name of the button to a variable i.e. var bu...more >>

I know how to create a form, I just don't know where I should send the info too? What is the Actions script?...more >>

I am using this code in one movieclip to snap one object to another - is this correct? Lev1 is the name of the target object, (both objects are movieclips): Actionscript: on(press) { this.x = this._x; this.y = this._y; startDrag(this); _root.answer1="";...more >>

hey is it possible to have a button do two different fucntions. for example: on press fade in one mc and fade out another mc. I have been trying to figure this out. I am new to AS so any help would greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced. ...more >>

I am working on an emulator that requires navigation only through keystrokes. The problem I am having is the key listener works, and keeps on working when I want it to stop. I have tried disabling the key listener at the beginning of the next frame's action script and that seems to work, bu...more >>

I'm loading a jpg into a movie clip but I want to change my registration point to the center of my jpg file. How do I do this? Thanks! Brenda s....more >>

I'm using Flash MX 2004 Professional to create a computer based training application. I'm having trouble programming some interactivity into my application. I have to program 9 buttons on my screen with each of the 9 buttons configured to pop up some text on the screen when it's clicked. The ...more >>

What Should I do to make my loading status bar starts faster? Put it into a separated scene or in the same? If you can give me any tips to make it faster, please.... Thanks a lot. ...more >>

Hello. I am trying to work with an imported SWF file; however, the origin is set at default and moves the swf to the top left corner. Any ideas on how to transform the swf content to a particular location. I am implementing the following code: on (press) { loadMovie("_level3"); } ...more >>

Im wondering if it is possible to easily (without a secondary source) to run an executable file from a standalone projector. Im afraid im sh*t outta luck, but want to confirm before i continue. thanks! ...more >>

Please see the attached code as well. When I add the code that follows below, my menu (attached code) no longer responded to click events. Can anyone please tell me why? These are in a form application on two different screens. Flashpaper code that stops the attached menu code from working: ...more >>

Does anyone know how to load a movie into a movieholder in the root from within a movieclip? I have a button within a movie clip situated on the stage. On this movie clip, I have actionscript that makes it act like a button, in that when you hover over it, it plays forwards, and when you hav...more >>

hey guys .... whats up ok i know this is probably somethin really simple but basically im having trouble with different sound files clashing with each other....the sounds in the buttons are clashing with the sounds in the frames..... causing a horrible cocophony of sounds.... basical...more >>

:confused; I have existing courses, but would like the student to know, via a progress bar, how far they've progressed through the course. It can be done manually, but I'm hoping there is a script or another method to accomplish this. If possible, would someone provide an example? Thank yo...more >>

In FL MX 2004 Pro... I have a multiline dynamic text field that I have tried set to show as HTML both in the properties inspector and with the my_text_field.html = true and what appears is the tags rendered as text. ie, if i try to write Dave what actually shows up in the text field is <b>Dav...more >>

This is a strange one. Behavior: Interrupt a loadMovie() command by closing the browser window into which it is loading. Issue: In IE 6 Windows XP SP2 you will receive a page not found error when trying to refresh the page. NOT ONLY THAT but you will receive a page not found error when tr...more >>

Hi, I want to create an application for flash mx 2004 and any database communication. Could all of you plz suggest various options available for me. I think for this we require middleware softwares like coldfusion tool. Could you suggest any freeware softwares for this connectivity. ...more >>

I am working on my school web page and i have created a banner that needs to loop through itself about five times. I was wondering if you could create a variable at frame one and have it increase by one every time it plays frame one. If you know how please respond I need to figure this out ASA...more >>

If I am making an intro within a movie clip which I put in frame 1 of the main timeline, how do I specifie at the end of the movieclip for it to go to the main timeline and play scene 2, any help please? thanks. ...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know of a command in actionscript by which we can invoke and item on the toolbar of the flash player ( on MAC OS). Please help. Thanks...more >>

is it possible for flash to talk to a serial port? somehow i doubt it...but given its network capabilities, it didn't seem impossible. ...more >>

I have a flash document which basically has a portofolio section with 10 separate projects. All the project information is kept in a database (7 images, title, body text). Is it possible or does anyone know of a tutorial of how to have a movieclip line up the 7 images horizontally (each image i...more >>

Hi again, I have a flash website that is built dynamically during run time... At one stage I am creating an empty movie clip, and load it with a JPG, then I am using an interval to check whether the bytes loaded = bytes total, if yes, then get the height, then start drawing things after this ...more >>

loadMovie("all-pics/test.jpg", "_root.placeholder_mc.oasis"); is placed on keyframe where the clip containing test.jpg starts. the above is one of the 4 pics residing in a mc on the timeline. my problem now is it starts to load before the the jpg has loaded completely resulting in empty...more >>

I have created a program which loads data from a text file, but i can not assign these values to a text field which is created through action script. Can any body show me how to do that.....?? The text file contains data like &soft1=xyz &path1=c:\downloads\photos.exe &soft2=xyz &path2=c...more >>

Hi, here's my problem: I use loadVariables method to load variables from external file. The last variable in my file is for checking if all variables are loaded. When I use trace() the values are displayed OK, so variables are really loaded fine. But when I try to use variable=Number(...more >>

Hello, i'm doing a sort of modified pong game, just for learning. Everything works fine except for one thing. The speed on the ball is 5 from the beginning, but at every hit it increases with 0.25, and by the speed of 17, it jumps straight thrue the bat. Well, i know why: Because of th...more >>

Hello, I've managed to sucessfully load a swf file into my flash movie using the method explained here : http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flashpaper/articles/import_flpaper2.html However what i really wanna do is to allow the user to select page numbers by click on buttons i've created...more >>

Hi, Please help me I am using scrollpane in my movie want to show some text along with gif or jpg imges. The problem is when I use scrollpane more then one time to show different links text on different frames none of them show content except the first one. As far as I understand all the asse...more >>

How do I code a snapt to for a drag and drop object?...more >>

Hi. I run a Flash aplication for an Information Kiosk. The problem is that I need that people can print some information but without having to face the Print Dialog, where you can select your printer and printing preferences. I don't want to have that dialog because people can get confused ...more >>

Howdy. I've got a map image that I'm trying to provide a simple navigation interface for. It's a large image (2500 pixels wide) and the strategy is to create a sort of picture frame that will show a section 800 pixels wide at a time, masking the rest from view, and then allow the user to ...more >>

hi, I have a code written for pressing F6 key on the key board. It works fine when i have it in the flash player..but when i embed the swf file in html the the F6 code is not working.. what can be the problem and what is the solutions to this.. Regards, Umesh (kakas) ...more >>

I've got a movieclip with a button in it. This is the action I've placed directly on the movieclip. onClipEvent ( load ) { this._visible = false; this.onRollOver = function() { this._visible = true; this.gotoAndStop(10); } this.onRollOut = function() { this._...more >>

Hi all, I've built a site in Flash MX and it's nearly done but there seems to be some coding problems. If you can check it out at www.spindriftmedia.com/aaronscott you should be able to see the problem. If you click on a button on the main nav, and then when the section comes up (which is ...more >>

Can anybody provide me with any code and technique that will succesfully allow me to convert my menu from a keyframed animation into a dynamically generated actionscript menu? I just realized that i might have to change the buttons more often than not and i would like to future-proof this as ...more >>

I want to use keyboard control in my presentation. If I press keyboard button ?N?, presentation should go to next scene (whatever scene i want to) or if I press ?P? that should go to previous scene. How to do this???:clock; ...more >>

I have a series of thumbnail images inside a scrollpane. The main movie has a preloader. However, because the scrollpane requires the referenced thumbnail movie clip to be "exported in first frame", my preloader doesn't show up until all those thumbnails have loaded! Is there any way around...more >>

Hi, can any body help here? two actionscript classes, when something happens in one class how to trigger another function get called in the other class using delegate. sample code will be really appreciated!! Thanks ...more >>

Hello, Am using MX 2004. I have a main movie (level0) that I am starting with. When that movie reaches the last frame, I load another movie (level10). At the end of that movie, I make the movie on level 10 invisible, and I load another movie (level20). Within each of these movies are vari...more >>