Trying to control the audio volume of 6 different sounds in my library... I have 6 sliders each with a seperate play/stop button (which also conrtol a movie object [speaker1, speaker2, etc.]) the first (and only) frame in my flash movie contains the following instructions: _root.speake...more >>

I am trying to recreate a board game within Flash. My problem is moving the pieces on the board. Basically I know all of the x and y coordinates for all spaces on the board but I need to read these in and move the piece along them one by one. This will result in incrementing and decrementing t...more >>

Can anyone help me to script item pickups for my game, it's fairly complicated and hefty!! Nsurveyor has helped me with the script but he hasnt been on here for a while now and time is running out. Below is an example of the script for 1 room, the script is similar in every room. If anyon...more >>

:confused; I am trying to open a PDF up using the MAC projector in Flash MX. I tired it by using the fscommand like this: on (press) { fscommand("exec", "Picture 1.pdf"); } that didn't work. Then I tried the same code except where it says, "Picture1.pdf" I replced it with the na...more >>

In testing, my stuff always worked fine, and then I uploaded my weather application, and soon found out that because of security reasons, flash doesn't get xml feeds from sites that aren't from the same domain. So, I saw that there was a way to use php as a proxy, and I implemented that, and ...more >>

well i have a script and in the middle of it i need it to stop all actions for 5 seconds...........more >>

Hi, Not sure if this is a DreamWeaver forum question, or a Flash question, but here goes. I'd like to have audio playing back in one frame of a frameset (call this 'leftFrame'), and the main website in another (call this 'mainFrame'). In mainFrame, I'll have a Flash toggle button which is t...more >>

first of all I need some help to define a variable that should be global(?), all movie clips should be able to use it. where do I put the code for the variable and how do I do it? now for the main issue: first take a look at the http://10mbt.ath.cx/nikola/index.htm. move your mouse over ...more >>

I want and object to double in size when you mouse over and then when you mouse out it goes back to its origianl size Is there a way to do this easily with actionscript? I know how to do it the long hard way without actionscript. ...more >>

Howdy, I'm creating a bunch of movieclips dynamically in a loop. First i'm making a bunch of rectangles. Then i'm making these text boxes. What i want is when i roll over one of the rectangles, i want it's text box to show up. Right now i'm doing it with the visible = true/false thi...more >>

hi. i am trying to set my content to the center.. works great but mucks up when i resize the window. any ideas why? Stage.align = "TL"; Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"; stageListener = new Object(); stageListener.onResize = function() { posContent(); } Stage.addListener(st...more >>

I have a movie clip on the main timeline, that loops continuosly on it's own. I want this clip to start out in the movie in an off position, then start to play when a button is clicked. I don't know how to tell the movie clip to be still from the first frame untill the button tells it to play....more >>

about a moonth ago i stubled on a tutorial for a preloader for dynamic text but i can't seem to find it now. was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. second question is kinda on the same lines looking for some direction in making a preloader for dynamicaly loaded jpeg...more >>

In short, I'd like to pass form data using POST instead of GET from a Flash MX 2004 app to an ASP page. I'd then like the ASP code to read the information using Request.Form('item1') where item1 might represent one of the variables sent. I'd then like to return an XML stream back to the Flas...more >>

can u help at the moment im creating something simple in which when you press a key on the keyboard a .swf loads on screen so far i've only managed to load one .swf per key, what i wish to do is load one of three .swf per key and also have them appearing at a random part of the screen. ...more >>

I am building a project that loads 30 images in to empty movie clips. I want one of the images to apear on top randomly. What is happening now is that the first swf in my loop always shows up on top. Here is a link to waht i am doing: http://www.0-style.com/files/ Here is some code i a...more >>

Howdy folks. I'm building a graphing tool using flash. Right now, i'm trying to dynamically draw some boxes using actionscript. What happens is that the text boxes show up with the coordinates in them (like i specified) but no actual boxes are drawn. Any Ideas on what i'm doing w...more >>

I installed the Flash MX 2004 Professional and for my surprise i can´t export FLV....Do i really need to have something like Adobe AfterEffects? Why doesnt works in Premiere? thanks ...more >>

I am using the MediaController component and the fast forward button is grayed out. I need to be able to fast forward using the fast forward button. The video is not embedded, I am calling a FLV in the inspector. Any ideas? ...more >>

is it possible to load a movie clip (symbol) into a holder movie clip using loadMovie? here's the script i used for loading a jpeg into a holder clip, but can it be modified to load a movie clip instead? function loadJPG1() { holder.loadMovie('image1.jpg'); } thanx, macron ...more >>

I have added a jpeg as a symbol and would like to use it in actionscript. As I understand, I need to go to "Linkage Properties" and check the "Export for ActionScript" checkbox. The problem is that this checkbox is disabled... How can I enable it? Thanks!!! ...more >>

scenario: i have a mc, where i am loading a image by loadmovie at depth 2. the image here is of the size of the mc. i want 4 buttons to be displayed on the image, so that navigating with these the image beneath changes. what was happening was the image as was coming on level2 was hiding th...more >>

I am trying to set the visiblity of a bunch of movie clips on the stage to false. The movie clip instances are named object1, object2 etc. I am trying to do this with a simple for loop like this for (i=0; i<20; i++) { myObject = 'object'+i; myObject._visible = false; } This doesn't seem to...more >>

I want to load to a different page when my textbox is "off". This "textbox" is extern loaded from a txtfile. Variable of the textbox is "check". In the txtfile I used content=off. but it isn't working. Can someone help me out? Thanks! myData = new LoadVars(); myData.onLoad = function...more >>

I need to be able to gradually change from one color to another. I've found a number of scripts and tutorials but all date back to flash 5 or 6. The way they're written doesn't work in 7. Can anyone point me in the right direction for changing (more to the point, fading) a clip over time of ...more >>

I'm no actionscripter but need to accomplish the following. I have a main timeline that is stopped on frame 2 with variables declared thus: _root.onEnterFrame = function() { total = (math.round((yourmoney)-now-ninety-year-future)); totaltenners = (total)/(yourmoney/100); if...more >>

I've made several two-state buttons (mc). What is the best way to get this action: when I switch a button on, all other buttons switch off. Of course I can write a script for every button which switches off other buttons separately but I think it's a nonsense... Sure It's simple for a program...more >>

Help! All I want to do is assign an action to a button that tells my movie to gotoand stop on a frame. I thought I could just select the down state of my button graphic and assign an action script, but that is not the case. What am I doing wrong? ...more >>

Hi I get this error, i have attached the code, is there another way to be doing this... Ive tried changig the type tp textField and returning box1_txt etc but same errOr :) its when box1_txt = this.createTextField.... MaTT class TemOneSupplier extends MovieClip { var header_txt : TextF...more >>

I have some flv's that don't play on a dial-up connection. I think it might because of thier size for the following reasons: 1) My flv's at how2dance.com are around 200k - 300k and are a couple of seconds. They work on both highspeed and dialup. 2) These current flv's play fine on highspe...more >>

Hi, Im a hard working user of flash and im going to create a type of Rpg game online site, And i need help with some variable stuffs. Lets say we start with 3 coins, We go to the market page and lets say we buy a cape for the price of 2 coins, After we have bought it i should have 1 coin le...more >>

What would be the best technique for inactivating buttons once they're beneath another movie clip? In other words, when a movie clip is placed over an active button, the button remains clickable even though it's now hidden. How can I inactivate the button. I know about button.enabled = false, ...more >>

Hi... I can draw. I can make beautiful animations. I can even write a fair old bit of actionscript. But this has me stumped - so all and any help much appreciated. A table has names of prodcts on the left hand side and sizes available accross the top (built and finished). The table has "...more >>

Hi, I have been trying to work this out for days. I'm trying to develop a flv player. I've added the pause, play &amp; stop buttons, a progress bar to show how much of the flv has downloaded and also added a scrubber to move to parts of the flv that have already downloaded. What I can't see...more >>

:confused; I guys, My intro movie has got 2 buttons. Each buitton should be re-directing with get url to another page on my website built in Dreamweaver. It works with 'get url' if it directs to the main homepage, but not if it is in a subfolder in Dreamweaver -> Page cannot be found. If I dir...more >>

I'm quite clueless when it comes to actionscript. I was thinking of doing some sort of coloring sheet in flash though for a project at school. It would be a fun way to meet my school's requirements and might help me learn a bit about actionscript. That said, does anyone know of a good tutorial...more >>

What Am I Doing Wrong? I have a movie clip (a chest for my rpg). I want this to happen...When you walk over it and press space a msg pops up (no problem with that) and says that you found a herb then it shecks your invintory (no problem) then the next time you walk over it and press space it...more >>

I'd like to create symbol that would be attached to a class, which would use such a property. Let's say I'd like to create graphic symbol "www_link_symbol" which is attached to ActionScript 2.0 class named "Anchor". The Anchor class has defined onRelease method; this method could read the prop...more >>

Hi I have a Flash quiz inmported into Director. At the end of the Flash sprite I would like to return the user to Frame 10 of the Director movie. I would appreciate it if someone could point me towards the code which will do this. Thanks David ...more >>

It is possible to put more than one icon to the component List in the same item? How I could do it? thanks,...more >>

hi, wonder anyone of you have these problem. I am currently understudying a hand over flash project. I am thinking is there a way for me to locate the specify variable among the many movieclips used in the project. I know there is a variable being alter from a script, let's say 'on (press)' an...more >>

a photo gallery. maybe it's not as2 code but the other code i use in the gallery won't work only in fp7, as2. the site is http://www.work.ro/cristi/ralImageVue/ everithing is working fine except when i'm attempt to load the big picture. the way i do is: -load the picture -see his coordin...more >>

Is there a means I can use a preloader to preload multiply movies without necessarily having the preloader on each movie. I have my movies as swf wich will be called into a target. ...more >>

i know how to make normal movies ant that, but i don't know nothing about action script can someone tell me how to make a simple button that will start the movie when i click on it...more >>