I've searched on this forum and found some posts about handling events around the enter key, but i just tested my SWF (ran it stand-alone) and when i hit control-enter, the frame advances. I can't seem to prevent this. I tried this code: keyListener.onKeyDown = function() { trace(" c...more >>

i want to have a group of MC's play one after the other independent of the main timeline, but i can't figure out how to target the next MC i want to play. so basically it goes like this, i have a banner that opens up and then i want my mc to play, one after the other is done playing (each one ...more >>

OK. So I'm working on a flash site, and I would like images within windows I have made (symblols) to load up the second you enter the page. So here is what I need to know. How to get an image to load up inside of a box/symbol & How to have it automatically do it without rolling o...more >>

I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS A RE-POST. HOPING SOMEONE COMES ALONG TO HELP ME OUT. I am trying to find out why my movie is not calling in the CSS to work with the XML text. The text in the XML works fine, but it doesn't render the font color, size, etc. in the CSS. I am attaching a link to the thr...more >>

In my main movie I have an instance of an empty moviclip on the stage. I use movieclip.loadmovie to load an external menu bar. The menu bar contains 2 buttons. What I would like to happen is that when you click one of the buttons it is disabled. So, the button "on release" behavior is code...more >>

I made a website, made completely in flash, with a main swf and a couple swfs loading seperately into the main swf. I update some of those nested swf's daily.... and the problem is if someone stores temporary internet files, when they visit my site the new swf's won't load, instead the old on...more >>

I am creating a navigation bar and have run into a small problem. I have a feeling its a pretty easy problem to solve and something small I'm just overlooking. Please contact me if you are willing to help and I can send you the flash file. I am in a crunch for time so please be willing to help...more >>

For some reason the following Actionscript works perfectly until I click the nextSldBtn...then the picture does not load...yet I get not error messages of any kind..... stop(); //----------------<LoadVars>------------------\\ var myLV:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); myLV.onLoad = functi...more >>

How can I take a number from a numeric stepper and divide it and put the result in a label box? ...more >>

I have a question for you guys... What's the difference among the event handler methods onData, onLoad, and onLoadInit? I've read the documentation that ships w/ flash mx professional 2004, but it doesn't make it clear. Thanks ...more >>

Does anyone know how to change the timer from milliseconds to a frame count? setInterval(loadF,1083,"_fs"); Thanks! ...more >>

I have a comboBox that I load labels into. Works fine. But I want to add a label that basically say "select something here", But I want it to disapear, after the user has made a selection. I know that I can manually enter a label value, but it always hangs around and if the user goes ba...more >>

hey all, I am trying to get a variable from a text input component box that is located inside a movie clip object. I am testing it by reading the output panel upon clicking a button set up in another movie clip instance. Here is the code: this.inputScreen.startAreaMC.startButton.onPress ...more >>

FLASH 5 Sorry for my english I'm European.Anyaway I'm asking you to help me built a adrees-book.i want a text field (to write the name) and a button.When a write for the ex. Alex (it's info. it is placed on frame 4) & push the button to link me there and stop.I have tried to write dwon some ...more >>

Is there a way with ActionScript to verify if there the computer running the exe is connected to the web, if yes it can call a web page esle alert message. I need a function that return true or false. Any idea. ...more >>

Hi, The loadMovie command loads a SWF file. For example: loadMovie ("xfile.swf", 2); I'm trying to use a pointer to do the same. For example: var temp = "xfile.swf"; loadMovie (temp, 2); Can this be done in Flash MX professional 2004? Also, instead of SWF files, I'd rath...more >>

Hi, I try to update the content of an inputText in a form someone know how to do ? (I'm sure it's stupid to do but i can't...) ...more >>

The following script works on some machines but not others: on (release) {getURL("javascript:openNewWindow('pdf/Costs.pdf','Demonstrations','height=545,w idth=780,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no')"); } it is the same case whether I'm opening pdf's or html pages. Be V grateful if anyone could...more >>

Is this possible? if (player stands here){ enemy wait 5 seconds and shoot }...more >>

here's what I'm working on: http://dove.he.net/~hellas/products/trackgrid.swf when you hover over a button, a movie starts to play, and you're supposed to watch the whole sequence, then when you roll off, it plays the reverse. The problem is, if you roll off before the whole thing has played,...more >>

Hi, I know this is a basic question but I just cannot figure out how to do it! How do I limit the input of a text box to be two rather than allowing the user to input as many values as they like? Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to trace the attribute "id" from my xml file. The id is a 8 digit number like "00131001". But when I trace it trace(Number(ImSetData.image[0].holy)); I get a value of "45569". I have tried using String & Number which is what I think I'm supposed to do. But i...more >>

Hello, I've got a graphics ASP application that I'm migrating to Flash, and I need some advice. On my current ASP application, the user can type in up to 4 lines of text... limited to about 10 characters wide, select a color, and select one of about 20 unusual fonts... none of which are sta...more >>

I'm trying to close a frameset from a Flash movie on one of the frames. I tried using: getURL("javascript:parent.close();"); getURL("javascript:.close();","_parent"); getURL("javascript:parent.window.close();"); getURL("javascript:window.parent.close();"); getURL("javascript:close();"...more >>

I have the following code from a previous thread.. it makes a movie clip scroll along the canvas according to where the mouse is in relation to the centre.. The trouble is, I have a 'rippling' effect on the images in the movieclip when flash is trying to move it slowly.. I think this would s...more >>

Hi my friend, the question is. Why my script have a BUG? The script is: on (release) { if (_root.x==1) { graf1._xscale -= 5; graf1._yscale -= 5; } if (_root.x==0) { graf2._xscale -= 5; graf2._yscale -= 5; } } so, this is a sim...more >>

I want to sequence the letters typed in an input field to let the user know what letters he has written. For this i have inserted 26 sounds of letters each exported for action scripting with the same name i.e. sound of 'a' is exported as identifier 'a'. Now say if user has inserted in the fiel...more >>

Hi ALL, and thank you for your presence I know that is a stupid question, but I've forgot my EX script. I have a MovieClip with an animation that I've composed with TIME LINE. now I make one button . With this button I do a inverse animation, but I dont want REmake a animation on TIMELINE, ...more >>

ok I have a dynamic text field inside flash that links to an external text file. my text and everything works great. I know that I can embed images & set links inside of this text file which I have done : <img src="images/drums.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75"> What I am wondering is if I ...more >>

hey everybody! :) thanks for looking my problem up. 'simple enough really, i have an AS2.0 class that subclasses MovieClip and overwrites methods such as onRelease and onRollOver to make it a button. it also features the 'setTabIndex' method shown below. 'thing is, when i hit the tab key, n...more >>

HI All, Please let me know, is there any method in flash which can help me to trace the value after decimal from floating number. Thanks Harmeet Singh ...more >>

HI All, I am working with inbuilt sound methods. I have to pause and play the sound. At the time of stopping the sound which is dynamically playing, I'm storing the position "in milliseconds" of sound but when I'm starting the sound again I have to pass the soundoffset value in seconds, h...more >>

I m using flash MX ? I have 2 scenes in my flash movie. In Scene one is having some animation. On the timeline end of the frame automatically it moves to next scene. That is fine. In the scene 2 I have 2 movie clips. In 1st and 2nd frame respectively. After playing the first s...more >>

greetings! I have this small question: how do you tell flash to play a framelabel in a movie that is loaded in a target? so: hostmovie has a target + navigation an external movie is loaded in this target how can i get the external movie to play a specific frame.... thanks! ...more >>

I want to creat a form on my flash site and when the user hits the submit button i want the info from the form to be sent to my email address, i no theres ways in PHP however my server doesnt support it so i have to use CGI or form mail or another way, could someoen please help really desperat...more >>

For an application of the Flash Communication server i'm using the FCAVPresence component. However, to use this with multiple sessions i would like to dynamically change the components instanceName. for example with: setProperty("avmc", _name, _root.sessionID); where _root.sessionI...more >>

Hi there, I have created an XML connector which is bound to a combo box. The combo box labels are populated by the xml file. I need to get the rest of the data that should be grouped with each label. I have managed to bind the component to a text area and view the data there (it works fine) b...more >>

I want to be able to calculate or at least gauge how much processing power is availible to me on a users system. I have created animations that without some sort of limiting facter will run very slow on older computers? How can I determine the processing power available to my swf, which I c...more >>

Hello, I am working with Flash MX 2004. I would like to use a button to attach a movie to the stage. There will be a list of movie clips in a list box. When a user selects a movie and clicks the add button a new movie should be added. If the clip already exist then it does not need to be ...more >>

Hi, In my application, there are comboboxes in my parent and child swf, when I disable and enable the comboxboxes serveral time, a square appear over the dropdown arrow when the ComboBox is disabled. Is it a bug of combobox? Do you have any solution on that? Thanks. ...more >>

hello, i want a tip / hint to be shown in my application e.g. if i move the mouse over a button. a little description should appear to tell the user what happens when a button is pressed. e.g. "delete a record" didn't find anything. :-( is there such a thing as button.label = "delete...more >>

Just wondering if you can get down to pixel blending with actionscript . . .is there a way to manually script additive transparency or other things? Thanks...more >>

I am trying to load an image named ?img0.jpg? into my movie clip instance named ?imgThumb0?. I am trying to use a loop to progressively load these chronologically named images into the chronologically named movie clip instance names, i.e. ?img1.jpg? into ?imgThumb1?, and ?img2.jpg? into ?imgTh...more >>

I have a movie symbol clip that I would like users to be able to move "forward" & "reverse." In other words, it's scrolling text that plays when the user is over the "bottom" button & scrolls in reverse when the user is over the "top" button. I have achieved the effect using the prevFrame acti...more >>

Is there a simple way to create a form so that people can type somthing in an input text box then sen it directly to my inbox...more >>

I am attempting to build a site with multiple proloaders. I have run into trouble when I test my movie with the Simulate Download feature. If I set the d/l speed below DLS I find that my pre-loaders appear to working but on completion the assets that they load don't appear on the stage. But...more >>

Greetings, Why is it that if I display a form/MovieClip using the contentPath propery of, for example a Window or a ScrollPane, it never shows it's current state? For example, suppose I would want to hide the button (ok_btn) located on form2 before I display the content of form 2 in a Scro...more >>

Hi. Was wondering how to write the script to mute sound across all scenes by just clicking on one button. Thanx...more >>

Hi. I am stuck on this. If this isn't the problem, then maybe it is somewhere else, but I am baffled. //member var private var _rootNode:XMLNode; constructor( rootNode:XMLNode, .....) { //here I am trying to add the extra var to the XML. rootNode.treeNode _rootNode = rootNode; //I...more >>

hope anyone can help me, is there any code i can get the server time? ihave this code, but it only gets the time my pc is using... i just need to get the time of the server.. thanks so much.. myDate = new Date(); hr = howlong(String(myDate.getHours())); mnt = howlong(String(myDate.getM...more >>

Hello, Can someone please help me figure out why I'm having difficulty adding a for loop to the following, so that i can stop the setInterval once the function has been called 80 times, i.e. the length of the array... i = 0; function attachSquares () { _root.attachMovie("square", "s...more >>

I am trying to find out why my movie is not calling in the CSS to work with the XML text. The text in the XML works fine, but it doesn't render the font color, size, etc. in the CSS. I am attaching a link to the three files. Thanks. http://www.fonicdesign.com/jos/jos.xml:confused; ...more >>

I have brought in some variables from a PHP page but for some reason my actionscript is treating everything as string for example if I imported the following variables: variable01=samplepaper&variable02=911&variable03=514 I can not perform math function on variable02 or variable03. If I t...more >>

Seems it can't be done, loading a text file from one server into a flash movie on another. I can load a flash file from one to the other but text seems to be a problem Any come across this and find a solution? ...more >>