Hello all, I am trying to intercept the data sent by a barcode scanner. The onKeyUp and onKeyDown events are not triggered by the barcode scanner. The ui text boxes grab the data without a problem I am not sure how the data is placed into the textboxes. My current guess is that the barco...more >>

ok I need a little help from some other people herem that are much better than myself at this if else thing.. let me see if I can explain this... I have a button on the main stage. on it resides these actions: on (release) { if (FrameLoaded=112) { gotoAndStop("johnend"); } else i...more >>

Hello. I have a flash application that I wrote for use on my home and work computers. I take the applicaiton back and forth on a USB key. I want certain data, which will be updated a few times a day, to be stored and shown in textboxes each time I open the application. I am trying t...more >>

Hi does anyone have any idea how I could use action script to age a photograph. I don?t want to age the photo itself, I want to age the subject of the photo as all the photos will be of people. I would like Flash if it is possible to run a sequence that will over time age the person in the pho...more >>

HI I read some data with amfphp from m mySQL DB into dynamic textfields in flash. My question now is. Can I make those textfields editable so the admin can change the current text so it can be saved back to the DB Tom ...more >>

hi i have th following problem programming a onscreen keyboard if i set the focus to an textfield, this will activate the keyboard some_mc.nickname_tf.onSetFocus=function(){ _root.attachMovie("tastatur_mc","tastatur_mc",10 tastatur_mc.focus=Selection.getfocus() } in th...more >>

:confused; hi all, i have a flash file with a .swf that scrolls up and down behind a mask layer. i'm wondering how to set limits so that the scrolling stops when it gets to the top or the bottom of the scrollable swf. 'appreciate any suggestions! much obliged, macron. ...more >>

Please help me with this:I'm having trouble getting an object to continuesly rotate. I know its pretty simple but I can't get it to work. Thank-you....more >>

Help!! Im having real trouble in flash mx 2004 Pro with dynamic text and input text. Here;s what i have: My flash site is built up of different flash files which are loaded, when needed, into the main root into a movieclip using LoadMove. Now, one of my flash pages contains a dynamic text f...more >>

OK. So I have an order form on my site. I have an order form because I can't advertise my prices. I want people to launch my parent companies online catalog, windowed so it still leaves them on my site, but now they have a second window with my parent companies catalog which then they can...more >>

How can I create randomly changing numbers in a dynamic text box? Say the number starts out at 10000 and randomly displays numbers between that and 15000. How could I do this?...more >>

text = 'I need this to be a link www.mysite.com '+newline+newline+'Then some more text.'; .......thanks!...more >>

I know it is easy...:) i have a mc which must start moving very fast then normaly go and then smoothly stops... Thanx...more >>

hey guys... ive really been having trouble with this problem for a while .... ive got a sound playing when you enter a frame (the sound has just been dragged onto the frame not scripted in) and while that sound is plying i want the rollover sound of a button (instance name 'continue') wh...more >>

:frown; I created a flash header that loops at the end to playback a portion of the frames then pauses before starting over. The flash works good when it is local, but when it on the ISP, IE does not pause, however Firefox still works correctly. Any suggestions? if (loop == nul...more >>

I've got a master movie called newtest.fla. on frame 1 there is an empty movieClip called 'mycontainer'. On frame 1 of 'mycontainer' is the following code. for (i=1; i<=2; i++) { _global.theX += 100; nameofSwf = "empty"+i; _global.picToLoad = "img/"+i+".jpg"; //nameofSwf = eval...more >>

I am creating a training CD-Rom for a client and I have created a number of simulations that I would like to start from a launcher. I am using the MovieClip.loadMovie function to load an external SWF into my movie. It seems to work except, when you click on the loaded SWF to start the simu...more >>

Hi, I need some help. I a project I need to get the keys value from the keyboard. for it I'm using Key.getAscii() and Key.getCode, flash can't seem to recognize the ',' (comma) and '.' (period) keys from the keyboard. Does anyone had this problem? I really need those keys. Thanks, Ilan...more >>

Anyone know anyone that is good at actionscripting and looking for fulltime work?...more >>

Hi. How do I easily make a script that takes the user three frames back when they click a button. "prevFrame" only work for one frame, or am I wrong? Help is apreciated:D...more >>

Hi All, I have written a flash front-end (FMX04) to an asp.net back-end, one aspect of the communication between the uses a webservice (using a web service connector) and the other is calling a URL using getFile, the URL is an aspx page which returns an image (mainpulated image, binary written...more >>

Hello all, I can't paste text into the TextArea component. I can paste a few words fine, but when I try to paste a lot of text it will only show the first sentence. Is there any way to do this? I tried giving the component an instance name: thisIsRidiculous.text='a bunch of text ....' An...more >>

Hi, I have a combo box in which I am trying to get the selected item and use this value as a parameter for a function. When I do a trace I keep getting "Undefined". All of the combo boxes are set to editable=false. Here is the code...any idea as to why this is not working (AS2.0) functio...more >>

Can anyone help me with the following (novice question)? : I have several buttons on a page which I have been given to edit that link to PDF files and executables. These links were functioning, but now after re-publishing the document as a windows executable, they no longer work. Nothing at ...more >>

I'm working on a training program in which users may click on a monitor screen and select any of a number of screens from a menu. One of these screens contains a box with 3 radio button options. The user may choose to select one of the choices, but before hitting the 'next' button, they can ...more >>

can anyone help.... I have an MC that has three different movie animations in it. What I am trying to do is when you enter a certain frame on the main stage that it randomly plays on of the animations. I have three labels set up one, two, and three. My questions is can I use a if else s...more >>

Hello - We are trying to setup a script in a flash header that is calling a PHP script to allow the font to increase or decrease. This is working fine on every browser on all platforms except Internet Explorer in Windows XP. on(release) { getURL('http://www.something.com/ohrt/stylechange....more >>

I have a dynamic menu that creates the menu based on how many items need to be available. I build the menu with the following code: while (Number(x)<=Number(menu_count)) { duplicateMovieClip("menuMiddle_mc", "menuadd_" add x, x); build = "menuadd_" add x; setProperty(build, _y, -16-Nu...more >>

Hi All, To those who have answered my previous entries, Thanks you! I couldn't have gotton this far without you. I'm new to Flash (and actionscript) and have learned so much so far. I'm trying to read through an array of FLV movies and play each one in sequence in a MediaPlayback co...more >>

I would like to create a function that shuffles (randomizes the order of the elements in) an array. I did this but I know, somebody can optimize the code for me. ------------------------------------------------------- var arrayNum = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]; function order(a,b){ if (a<b){ r...more >>

Hi my friend, I hope that you make me one help, the LAST HELP. I have a little game where I have 12 Graphics that I move with simply STARDRAG, on my SHIRT, I can MOVE, CHANGE PROPERTY ETC.....for the final, build my custom SHIRT. Now I have this 12 Graphic and I have 2 button named LAYE...more >>

Hi I'm trying to load an XML file from a subfolder that is located in the same root as my .SWF If I put this on a Linux server the data won't load. If I put this on a Windows server everything works fine. What's the problem here? Can't I read data on a Linux server with flash? ...more >>

hey everybody! :) thanks for reading! short question today: i have a AS 2.0 class based RIA i'm working on. two of the classes register for Stage.onResize events. Both of them receive these event and - i can happily relate to you - perform their requested tasks with due diligence and attentio...more >>

Hi, is it possible to hide / remove the scroll bar in the list component? Thanks Andrew...more >>

static function reqxml(file_url:String):XML { var tempxml:XML = new XML(); tempxml.ignoreWhite = true; tempxml.onLoad = function(success) { if (success) { // how the hell to return parent/static function REQXML from this point ? //return tempxml; ---- does not work...more >>

Hi all I need to finish a project this afternoon, and my last problem is this: I am using a sound file throughout a movie that plays in a loop. I need to loop the sound too, but here's what the problem is: I want the sound to start from the begening THE FIRST TIME ONLY (when the movie ...more >>

Hi! This is a perfect script of making a random frame animation but there is one thing that's disturbs me... I dont't want the script to play the same image again. how can I fix this ? // define a array with all your previously defined labels labelarray=["page1","page2","page3","page4","...more >>

Hi, I have 2 buttons on the scene. on clicking "button 1" will store a value "10" on a variable "a". on clicking "button 2" will store a value "20" on the same variable "a". i have a movieclip on the scene and i want to assign the value stored on "a" to be my movieclip ins...more >>

I have the following code on a button: on (rollOver) { var colorful = new Color("_root.m_content.mc_ppl"); colorful.setRGB(0x00A4DC); } This works in that it makes my movieclip: "_root.m_content.mc_ppl" change to the correct color but for some reason while the mouse is held over th...more >>

Hi all, Is there anyway i can freeze a button in the over state with actionscript Thanks Ro...more >>

Hi, Just need a bit of help with the code attached. I like to refer to it as 'pigeon coding' ala 'pigeon english'. Basically the code is attached to a button. When the button is clicked I want the code to check the current frame a certain mc is on. If it's on '36' it should just load the swf...more >>

hey everyone i'm working on a flash application (ive got pro 04) which converts text to a code. initially, i would like to just enter text into my text field and press a button to convert all the a's to n's and so forth. all i have so far is a text box and a button with attached on (release) ...more >>

I have a input text field that has the contents save to a database. when the file is loaded I want to look and see if the field is empty or not. If it is empty then the user will be allowed to type in the field. If it has already had info saved for that field it will lock or become uneditable....more >>

Is there a way to expand the area around a button that is activated with the rollOver and rollOut? I'm using ovals for buttons and I'm finding that users have to be pretty specific with where they point their mouse, otherwise the menu disappears. I'd like to expand the region around the button...more >>

I have used <instance>.loadandsend and now I don't now if I should use .loaded or .onload to check if the loadandsend is done. If I do a .loadandsend and declare the .onload in the same frame could the .onload be executed in the next frame and if not how do I stay put in the frame until its ...more >>

I basically want to do something like the following if(_currentframe == _root.position){ stop(); } What i think that should do is to stop playing the movie when the frame number equals the number in the position variable. This doesn't seem to work. So I tired this if(_currentfr...more >>

I created a masked graphic, for clarity its adobe illustrator vector art with a layer mask created in flash. I want the graphic to be dragable but when i add the script : on (press) { startDrag("girl slide"); } on (release) { stopDrag(); } and test the move the mask is visib...more >>

First of all I want to know is creating a search feature in flash mx 2004 possible. I just wanted to know if my dream can become reality. I have been researching the internet and have looked in books but haven?t had any luck... Ok well. Let me give u a short description of what I am cr...more >>

Has anyone heard if the next version of flash will support a full version of XPath 1.0?...more >>

Ok, is there a limit to the amount of lines of text you can load dynamically into a text field? Because I have a text field formated for css to upload into my text field, but the text in the field stops displaying after a certain point. And yes I do have the text field scrollable, it stil...more >>

hi, I am building photo slideshow, it should be pretty simple but I decided to have those photos arrived to scene from the right as sliding in and photo that was on scene before should slide off the scene to the left, all should be synchronized as if both photos are sliding together to the l...more >>