Ok, I am currently working on my personal website and I am runing into a problem. Let me explain. I have a movie clip on the main scene, in the movie clip I have 6 more movie clips (these are the buttons for my interface). The reason for this is because I have an object the moves across the...more >>

I understand how to detect collisions among the objects, but I can't seem to get them to bounce off eachother consistently...It seems like when the objects' velocities get low they get stuck on one another and my movie gets glitchy...Any tips...I've been combing the net for a while this mornin...more >>

I have a movie clip that has buttons that are rotating in a circle. When you roll over a button the clip stops and it highlights the button. What I want to have is when you roll over it, a description pops up above the entire movie clip. This would be another movie clip. So is there a way to h...more >>

Basically I do not want the centre of the image to be the pivot point for the rotation. So I was wondering if anyone could add to my code for me the neccessary code so I could select and X,Y point for rotation... onClipEvent (enterFrame) { i = getProperty(this,_rotation); setPr...more >>

I have always wondered what the difference between Instance name and Var is when you define a dynamic/input text field is. Which is bettter to use and when? Thanks!...more >>

Anyone got a nice AS 2.0 Threading class at hand? I guess it should be possible to rite one using setInterval. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

We are being asked to port an extensive presentation applicaation from Director to Flash. Most of the Director version was created on a single frame. The lingo controls 99% of the display. While looking into FLASH / ACTION SCRIPT it appears to depend on the timeline quite a bit. Is is possible...more >>

hi all... i am having a minor problem with this. thanks to kglad i am using this code to use inpunt text as a variable to be drawn into a dynamic text box: on frame 1: for(i=1;i<=3;i++){ this["line"+i]=this["inputTF+i].text; // where you have input textfields with instance names in...more >>

i ve got a list that loads from XML file in a listBox component no problem ... i ve got a button that should erase listBox datas but that doesn't work ... on (press) { listBox1.clear; } data still remains in the component ... i want to erase them in order to load an other list in the sa...more >>

I would like to create a horizontal control button which allow user to change the size of the target movieClip from small to large. I would like the user to press the mouse to move the controller and seeing the size of teh movieClip change at the same time. When create the actionscipt w...more >>

i want to make a button that rises if u move the mouse on it and if u move it of the button it slowly go's down back and i want the button to go to somewere if u push it how can i do it ?...more >>

Hi, I want to make a scrolling background which follows a movie clip (instance name: character). I've decided that the easiest way to do that would be to match the _x positions. I tried this code (on the background, which is also a movie clip): onClipEvent(enterFrame) { this._xscale...more >>

hi im making a space shooter game like space invaders but cant work out a script for the lasers. I'd like it to duplicate a movieclip if the space key is down and start it from the coordinates of where the ship currently is, but i dont know how. previously i've just had a movie clip for th...more >>

can any body tell me how i can display a link on status bar given on a particular button....more >>

hi, strange setting but i need this... i had made a movie which loaded 15 images( so i have 15 layers), and after a period of 50 frames a new (loadmovie) is happening. so the effect i got was of overlapping, but now i want to use loadvars() to load images and have the same effect... ...more >>

hi, i was wondering whether it is possible to create pattern fills or dynamically created patterns (perhaps using actionscript) when filling in the color of a movie. thx for any replies. jigen3...more >>

I am using Flash 7.2. I've looked through various sources of actionscript references but I can't find anything on changing the center of rotation dynamically. Does anybody know how to change center of rotation of a movieclip in actionscript? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I'm trying to get text.setTextAttr() to work and i'm stuck most of the text object properties work for me but the methods don't i am calling them like this this.ref.createTextField("name", 2, 275, 10, 75, 20); name.selectable = false; name.text = "My Name"; // here's the cal...more >>

i'm working with XML and i am wondering if there is a way to get to the next attribute .. here's an example of the node <stats name="freddy elephantpants" phone="654 654 4560" /> so i go through my for loop getting the text for each node of stats but i can only get one attribute at a time...more >>

I am trying to insert a simple javascript (live weather icon/link) into my .fla file. button Size: 150 X 90 pixels It's just a simple little code: <script language=javascript>var LocationID = 'CAON0031';</script> <script language=javascript src='http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weatherb...more >>

hi! i would like to know how to create a fade-in/out effect using actionscript, and only actionscript! e.g: adding code to a frame, so when it's loaded the content (or just one specific clip) get a fade-in effect. whithout using the tween feature. can anyone help me??? ...more >>

Hi. I?m trying to display a Flash Media with no background or 0 alpha background over html form in _z 1 or level 1, the objetive is to display only the shapes in myMc and to see the contents of an HTML table behind it across the background. Please help! ...more >>

This may be an easy question, but I cannot figure it out. I was originally going to do something like this: var aryWord1 = new Array("A1","B1"); var aryWord2 = new Array("A2","B2","C2); var aryWordsAll = new Array(aryWord1, aryWord2); But I then wanted to do a loop inside of a lo...more >>

in php you can append a variable value to a variable name its been a little while so i forget how it goes exactly i think its something like this $variable.i is this possible in flash? the reason i'm asking is because i have a XML file with some data in it and when i get that data i wa...more >>

I'm useing the following AS for a photo gallery and the image name is supposed to show up also. when loaded in a browser the text for the first frame will not show up until until after I have advanced a frame and then go back. But all other image names will appear no problem. How do I fix...more >>