:frown; I've been searching forums, newsgroups, websites, docs...etc. I cannot find a way to make this work. I've created an interface that uses the mx2004 list component, however I need the first item to be selected by default. With mx's Flist component there was the ability to setSelec...more >>

Currently, I have the following code on a set of buttons: on (release) { gotoAndPlay(61); tellTarget("Title"){ gotoAndPlay(15) } } Each button goes to a different frame in the main movie, but all tell the target "Title" to go to frame 15 (which makes it fade out). What cod...more >>

i created a movie clip named "mouse" -inside "mouse" there is another movie clip named "ears"(its an exmpale..) aftre that - i duplicate "mouse" to three mouses and named them - mouse 1 , mouse 2 and mouse 3 - the problem is that i want to controll all the mouses in a single command so ...more >>

Hi there, I want to add some functionality to a MX 2004 component. I'm evaluating whether or not I should create my own component from scratch or simply (if it is in fact simple) add a new method to an existing component. Any advice, links to articles/tutorials would be greatly appreciated....more >>

I'm trying to fill an array that is a property of a class 'menuLinks'. How do I reference this array from within the onLoad, I thought creating a reference to the class it self would work, but no. What am i doing wrong here? Does the latency of onLoad have an effect? This is a stripped down ...more >>

need to dynamically attach and position multiple pages??...more >>

I need to have a LIVE Flash clock With Date and time (April 6 8:14pm that is synced with our web server NOT the client's PC. I was thinking of accomplishing this by setting a time variable that is pulled from the server (coldfusion) then simply setting the flash to play at 1 frame per secon...more >>

hello everyone, i have ten movie clips, all have three frames with the labels, active, inactive,over. when you press the last button i want to tell all other movie clips to go to frame inactive; on(release){ fie.edit.view.favorites.tools.help.gotoAndStop("inactive");} how can i write...more >>

I bought a template that had a flash header. On the flash header are several buttons that currently do nothing. One such button I renamed to forum using flash editor and then went into the action - movie clip and click the geturl It adds this getURL(); telling me to enter url, window, ...more >>

ADate = new Date(); daynum = ADate.getDate(); mm = ADate.getMonth()+1; file = String(mm) + "_" + String(daynum); loadMovie(file, this.getNextHighestDepth()); does load movie load a mov file from the library or from outside the swf file? And what command would load the file from the lib...more >>

Hey all, well i am using flash remoting on my one page to create buttons depending on how many items are in my database. then, i want to add this swf file into a scroll pane. I have tried to use a movieclip within the scroll pane page, and i have tried to attach a swf file with the dynamic but...more >>

Is possible create an archive xml in actionScript? Thanks!...more >>

Hi everyone, Having finally figured out how to make a set of buttons from an array appear below the mask of a scrollpane, I now have this problem: I can't seem to register a click (or any other event for that matter) on any of the buttons I have created. It's important to note I'm using ...more >>

How can i allow people to upload/import (or choose an image from anywhere) to this page http://www.iso-land.com/Image.swf and keep it within the box. Thanks ...more >>

Since I didn't see an general discussion forum, or suggestions forum, I thought I would place this post here. I was working on a project today, with hundreds and hundreds of lines of code per frame, and started thinking. Wouldn't it be absolutely amazing if certain types of code were collaps...more >>

All right, what I need to know is whether or not you can use ActionScript to detect the focus of a browser window. Something similar to this: if (window.focus == true) { Do operation; } else if (window.focus == false) { Do operation; } I have been up and down with people thus f...more >>

Hi all, I am working in a small problem. But I have some problem. I can use "loadMovie" to load some external jpg files. But for some jpg files, the loaded jpg doesn't show itself. I trust the program is correct in phrase. I think the problem is in the jpg format. Since when I use window's sy...more >>

I see a ton of actionscripts for a count down, but I can't find anything for counting up. Can someone help me with getting a real simple script that will count up 1 for each day that passes by?...more >>

hi, when ever I have an if statement it dose it anyways! and its getting on my nerves! I had a swf it was a media player... I put a loop button it and every time you clicked it it would change loop true to false and loop false to true.. and it works because I used trace BUT in the last f...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to replicate a previously made html/php mail form in flash. The part with simple text boxes it's done, but when i stumbled on comboboxes all hell broke loose. I do I POST the info received in flash form to the php file, and how do i get it from there, I mean with the text boxes...more >>

I have created a SWF that loads random movie clips into it every time you refresh however I woiuld like to have the images fade in using the Advanced RGB 255,255,255 so it fades from white to the full image? (action scripted) how can I do this I have an empty MC with the instance name of 'l...more >>

I am creating a small flash application. It is to show some pupils how a greenhouse works. I have a slight problem I have two buttons. One called Day and one called night. The ideas is that when the pupils click on day the sun graphic is displayed. When the night time button is clicked the moo...more >>

Hi, Sorry I have looked at all the posts I could find regarding external swf and I have tried using the help files that come with Flash MX 2004. However I have been unsuccessful in completing my task. THE TASK I have created several swf's and have successfully loaded then into my mai...more >>

Hi Im having a slight problem with this code ive been adjusting, its from a file downloaded from www.senocular.com called threecollapsingmenus.fla. Ive taken that fla, and using the middle example, Im trying to reverse the procedure so the menus go up from the bottom. I'm so nearly there but ...more >>

hi can anyone help me or tell me what to do cos i have a flash application thats loading in images from an XML file and i now want to be able to zoom in and out of these images and also be able to pan around the image, i have no idea how to go about this, any help is much appreciated m...more >>

I load a .txt file into a dynamic textfield using LoadVars but my swedish characters doesn't display right. Is there anything I should put in the textfile to determine the correct language? I also tried to put "ä" etc instead of my characters but not working. Anyone? thanx benny ...more >>

Hi everybody. I am trying to create a text field in a SWF that that I can edit and change its properties, height, rotation etc. There are a few problems I am having. I create a text string as below:- onClipEvent (load) { var tf:TextFormat= new TextFormat(); //setting editing parameters i...more >>

Ok, this must be basic, but I'm lost. After using setTransform to change the color of a movie clip, I want to be able to reset the clip to its original state. I would have expected that just using another setTransform to set the rgb values back to 0 (I didn't mess with the alphas) would have...more >>

Hi, Jus curious if i have a flash presentation with sound & voices, and on top of navigation buttons that i have, can i add in a control panel(as in with the timebar...forward/rewind button...pause button...etc)? whereby i can skip pause on my flash presentation anytime i want? & if Ye...more >>

Is there any way that I can convert dynamic data (text , jpg images, swf files, movie clips etc) to a PDF file on the the fly. ...more >>

I am experiencing a weird problem that I urgently need to get to the bottom of. I am creating a jigsaw puzzle in Flash MX and I have the 8 pieces sitting off screen. I then move three at a time to a side panel onscreen from which the user can drag the pieces on screen. Each piece has a uniqu...more >>

I have an animation with buttons. i want to set the timeline to zero when i roll over a button. is this possible?...more >>

:disgust; I'm getting started with components with particular interest in the menuBar. I have all the books on FlashMX 2004 and looked over the comments in this forum and can not find anything for people like me that needs a start on the subject. I drop a menuBar on the Stage and enter the...more >>

The flash page i am making you can find here: http://annesbilder.net/hoved.html On the bottom of the page it is a scrolling picture meny. This makes the page too much alive, because its scolling all the time. I want the movieclip to scroll only when the mouse is over an arrow, witch i place o...more >>

im currently making a blog, such like this :http://akinoame.blogspot.com/ i have a good host and every thing, the lay out is like the "http://akinoame.blogspot.com/" but im using flash as out line, right now, im trying to put the content part as PHP, not html, not .txt, cause i got a mysql ...more >>

Hi, Any help earns good karma... I have one mpeg on movie symbol A on layer 1. I have the other mpeg on movie symbol B on layer 2. They do play at the same time, but I need A to play much faster than B. The mpegs play at about 28 fps natively. In Flash, each runs for about 150 frames. I ha...more >>