Can I use Flash to create a new folder to store shared objects on a user's hard drive? ...more >>

I have 3 button instanses which I can setFocus at using the arrows, bringing me halfway to where I want. Is there a way to trace/read which one is currenty setFocus'ed? function myEnterBt() { if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) { trace("spr=E5k: "+myLanguage); gotoAndPlay("explenation"); Key....more >>

Hi folks, I've got this 3D model of something like electrons orbiting a center point and it worked fine as a stand-alone movie where the parameters of the motion were set in variables in frame one upon loading. Then I added input text fields with the motion variables assigned to them so ...more >>

Trying to call a PDF file using Flash and this is the error I get, does anyone know why this will not work??? Scene=Scene 1, Layer=WorkSheets, Frame=2219: Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler fscommand("exec", "cmd.exe"+chr(9)+"/c"+chr(9)+"start"+chr(9)+"Questions.pdf");...more >>

Hello everyone - Im in a jam and I need some help. Ill try to explain as best as I can so please bare with me. Essentially what I am trying to accomplish is to send data from one flash file to another. I'm starting with a flash file that enables users to view image thumbnails. The ...more >>

hi every one, I want to make background of image transparent. Image is called from dynamically from the visitor?s computer. and I want to remove background color of image. Can anybody provide me solution for make pixel transparent of image uploaded by visitor? So please anybody have s...more >>

(Grrrr, this server needs new hardware or something because I have to write everything a second time, no reponse ro server :( ) Hi! I have a class which have the private variable called cmd. I then have two public methods. From the first I set a new value to cmd. And from the second I se...more >>

Hello I've created a little shout box in flash http://www.creative-web/shoutbox/test.html the problem is that i want flash to check if some one else has added a message. So when the content of the xml has changed, flash needs to reload the content and display it. any suggestions ar...more >>

Hi I want to use a variable to store an instance name and am struggling a bit. I have got the code to work with a reference to the instance name itself, but can't get the variable to work. In a nutshell: myFunction=Function(instancename:?(Don't know what datatype to use)) instancename.on...more >>

I was wondering if it were possible to set up a function to have a dynamic number of parameters... kind of like the way setInterval works - setInterval(functionName,###,parameter1,parameter2,parameter3, ....); If so, how would I handle those parameters? Thanks ...more >>

I have an mc that has to rotate on itself from it's actual angle to a new angle dynamicly set. I need to find if the clip has to turn to the left or to the right to get the new angle. _rotation++ or _rotation-- is the shorter way. Any idea. ...more >>

:confused; I know this is lame, but I haven't used Flash in a while. I need a simple tutorial on how to make an instance of the button component load an external movie. I have 5 or six movies all very shrt exept for one slide show and I need to make navigation that I can drop on all of the...more >>

Hi, i have to make my external files to secure where no body can edit and when ever open it display as junk... Here i m loading text file which should be secure where nobody should edit and when ever it open it display as a junk. Pls help me out this porblem... Thanx ...more >>

Does anyone know of a good a preferably easy to understand tutorial to make a solitaire game??? Thanks in advance....more >>

I have a textarea component and when I load in the html into the text , the background-color style I have specified in the external style sheet is not being applied. The other styles I have setup are showing. Is this allowed in the textarea component? Thanks DAN ...more >>

hi to all, how can i create a font property in a component? i'd like that in the inspector panel it'll show all the font avaiable thanks teo ...more >>

Do we need to put a stop action inside movie clips on timelines that only have 1 keyframe? Usually we do that of course to stop the timeline (inside the movieclip) advancing to the next frame. If there isn't another frame - is Flash trying to quickly repeat itself or does it stop and stay ...more >>

I can't believe I can't figure this out . . .BUT I'm trying the launch a .pdf from a projector CD, I was using "getURL('filename.pdf');" but I'm getting this weired error in Firefox, where unless the browser is already open, it either can't find the file, or does a keyword search. If IE ...more >>

Hello; I'm building a movie that basically has a bunch of content nested behind a sort of picture frame, and I need to have certain objects break out of that frame from time to time. The frame object sits on top of a mask in the authoring environment, behind which all the other mcs are loaded....more >>

We are developing an online game system containing various flash games. The games can be played in a popup window. They communicate with the server side by XML.sendAndLoad method. We have found a very strange bug while testing it in Internet Explorer browser: If the user closes the popu...more >>

I would like to know how to script a button that is in a movieclip to play an swf file on the main timeline. i want to be able to load multiple movies one after the other as each button is pressed i can do it when the button is on the main timeline but when i put the buttons in a movieclip the...more >>

I am trying to create a puzzle/challenge where users will have to match a mix on eight individual instruments with the premixed mp3 provided, using a mixing board interface. I don't know if you can picture a mix board, but, ignoring eq, it is basically vertical faders (volume) and pan knobs. ...more >>

Hi Folks. Iam facing a problem for rotating a Logo image in Flash MX, can you guide me special ways to rotate a logo and also to give some nice 3d looks and effects to the Logo image with Flash. Thanks. ...more >>

I know this is some simple answer, its just one of those times that I'm too blind to see the solution. I have a similar scenario to the one below. I'm trying to copy a parameter to a variable, but because the value of the parameter is a function, when I try to set it equal to the variable, it ...more >>

I have created a CDROM that has now been duplicated and is on sale. The client has asked if it is possible to create a downloadable executable that will copy the entire contents of the CDROM to the users hard drive. This is so they can set up a system to enable updating some of the content o...more >>

I want to set a timer that slows down. I'd like to do something like: setInterval(functionName, speed); where speed can be increased as time goes on, thus slowing down the interval. But doesn't work. Any ideas? Cheers ...more >>

Hi I have a string like "a,b,c,d,e,f,g" and i want to split it up and create as many movie clips as the split (in this case 7). This bit is fine. The main bit i cant figure out, is how can I distribute these 7 clips evenly around a circle? i.e. so each clip is at 360degrees/7 on the cir...more >>

i'm creating a MP3 player for a local school website managed to get the mp3 player working with play stop next buttons noproblems even got a + & - button for the sound all working i've been asked to display the volume in numbers i.e 50 i've created a dynamic single line text box called it vo...more >>

Anyone willing to help? I'm at the beggining with flashmx2004 and actionscript 2.0, and i'm putting all my efforts. The problem is this, I got a mainmovie.swf with 4 buttons, each loads a different section(each section is a separate "swf"".Here comes the problem.In one of those sections(sec...more >>

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hello everybody! This is my first post here. I hope that someone can give me an answer about the following matter,to which i have not been able to find an answer bt myself. I have create an swf file whre i have placed a datagrid. if Anyone is allowed to type data into cells, it seems t...more >>

I am using the following code for a pop up window: (code assigned to the button) on (release) { getURL ("JavaScript: pop();"); } (code embeded in the HTML file) </head> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> function pop() { window.open...more >>

The feature i am confused on is the ability to switch the Action Script between normal and expert mode. This is very easy to find on Mac and I am confused because I cannot seem to find it anywhere on the Windows version of Flash MX 2004. If you could please let me know where this button is...more >>

The following example sends a message to the Output panel that indicates which item index number has been rolled over: form.itemRollOut = function (eventObj) { trace("Item #" + eventObj.index + " has been rolled out."); } myList.addEventListener("itemRollOut", form); I would like t...more >>

Im tracing them (the duplicted ones, and it says they are there, but they are not appearing. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong please :) MaTT private function buildSubNav (nav : MovieClip, node : Object) : Void { var aSubNavs : Array = []; for (var i : Number = 0; i < node.su...more >>

Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question... I'm working on a project that has a large number of variables that I want to access globally, so I've made a Constants.as file where I define them like so... _global.gFoo = "bar"; The file is #included as the first line of code for t...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to send a JavaScript array to Flash but I think I make much mistakes. I don't know what I need to use: a FSCommand in JavaScript or var1=val1&var2=val2..... I wrote this in the html page where it's embed the swf file: <script language="javascript"> <!-- functio...more >>

I have about 50 swf files that I need to load into my main movie. I need each one of them to load and play, and when it is finished playing, the next swf file plays. Is there a way that my main movie can load one, listen to see when it is finished playing, then play the next swf file? I can ed...more >>

Hello!! I have a problem with opening a new window in flash. I have my main movie, and the button that triggers the action to open the new window, is in a swf that is loaded dinamically into the main movie. but the button doesnt work!!! if i preview the swf that holds the button, in flash, it ...more >>

I have 3 movieClips about 20 frames each. I want to bring them on 1 or 3 frames of scene 1 and play one after the other. What is a correct way to build this movie? I need ActionScript to play next movieClip when previous is finished. Thank you ...more >>

Can anyone either point me in the direction of a tutorial or tell me how to set up a Flash page which automatically loads text within an XML file into a text area?...more >>

and my backgrounds aren't loading TELL ME WHY!!! Backgrounds = new Array("background1.swf", "background2.swf"); slides = new Array(["Shark", "image0.jpg", "music0.mp3"], ["Jellyfish", "image1.jpg", "music1.mp3"], ["Seahorse", "image2.jpg", "music2.mp3"]); banners = new Array("banner0.swf...more >>

Hi, First, i load a movieclip with .loadMovie() function to my scene. That's ok, but there's a problem. Buttons are still active under that movie. First i tried to disable the buttons with ".enabled = false" then it didn't work because i couldn't write the true path to buttons. It gives ...more >>

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