Hi. I have a client server model that I am trying to implement. The client is flash. The server is running on my home computer, but I don't have port 80 available. I am hosting on another port and using XMLSocket to connect and communicate with my server from flash. However, the client program...more >>

From a flash application ?flashA.swf? in ?apA.cfm? I use the statement getURL(?http://apB.cfm?p1=test?, "_blank") to pass ?p1? to a flash application ?flashB.swf? running in apB.cfm. How can I access the value of ?p1? (test) in ?flashB.swf?? I there an alternative if getURL is not the way to...more >>

I am very new to Actionscript. Bear with me... How can I go to a different scene in a flash movie by pushing an interactive button. My buttons don't work even with actionscripting applied to them. I would like the button when pressed to go to a scene called "movies". Additionally my bu...more >>

Hi I am trying to create a simple zip search box that links to a cgi script on a map search company's server. The company sent me the basic <form action="http://thesitenamehere.cgi" method ="get" name="zipsearch" id="zipsearch"> I can create the form using HTML, but my site is only u...more >>

hi could someone be so kind as to explain how i can load in my actionscript from a external file and also recommend a good free actionscipt editor. cheers, g...more >>

www.lessthanjake.com the top with the cards.. where when you rollover in a certain direction, the cards move that way. Thanks!...more >>

Hey guys i have a small problem. I have some buttons liked to different mc's. And this is what i would like to do: on button press play the mc, once the mc has stopped playing. make it to where if the button is pressed again while the mc is still active, the mc will not play again. In ...more >>

Hi there! I'm using the following code to make a very simple casetteplayer. You can take hold of the tapes and drop it on the player and then the sound will start. It works fine when I test the movie. But when I load it into the main movie the drop traget doesn't work (the drag works fine)...more >>

Hi, im making a aplication and we some one pick one option from a combobox ir show in a data grid several data, well, the problem is the data is soooo much diferent and the columns has diferents names too, i need to get the datagrid blank that way i can reaload the new dataprovider in it, be...more >>

hi, I'm using movie clip loader calss for preloading the swf's into a file, and it works fine. Now, what I wish to have is, the preloader has to appear only if the downloading files are not in cache, if it 's already present in cache then the preloader should not appear itself. any sugg...more >>

Ive created a menu system that loads my jpg's on the left when I rollOver my text on the right: _root.whatIsICT_mc.onRollOver = function() { loadMovie("What is ICT.jpg", _root.mcPosterPlace); } _root.whatIsICT_mc.onRollOut = function() { unloadMovie("What is ICT.jpg"); }; Probl...more >>

Hello, I know there are a lot of questions about VB-flash communication, but unfortunately, they don't match my problem I have a function in Flash, named processIt() I want to call this function by VB. Code: Call ShockwaveFlash1.processIt(); => doesn't work but: Call Shockwav...more >>

:| Hi! I am working on achat program and I am facinf some issuesin the chatMessage box, which is a TextArea component. I need to change the font style of the TextArea, when I click on the ComboBox Component. in the Combobox, I have 3-4 fonts, Aria, Times new Roman, etc. But I dono wht t...more >>

I have loaded a file using: test_xml = new XML(); test_xml.load("test.xml"); I also have a couple of very big arrays, and I would like to know how I can empty them and unload (close?) the xml file. Thanks in advance, Ken...more >>

In the movie (attached to this email) users have to drag an item to one of two boxes. When the student has dragged the item t othe correct box, a feedback movie clip appears as a response to this. Also, a second draggable clip appears which also has to be dragged to one of these boxes. Th...more >>

hi : I had a question about the proporite _xmouse(also for _ymouse) the proporite of the scene is 800*600 in pixels but the return valuer of _xmouse is not a integer valeur.(EX 139.58) so i dont know why he can return a suck number with pixels. if it's realy in pixels,it must return a inte...more >>

I have 2 questions, any help will be highly appreciated. I have created a movie ("main") which loads several smaller swf's into it. however I am unable to have them communicate with each other.please let me know if I am forgetting something or if I should make a varaible _global or what?? ...more >>

Hi all, i am setting up a flash game and we are passing info back to our server and we are having no trouble passing names and addresses and data like that but we are having trouble with the some questions we have built into the game we want to use radio buttons to answer yes or no to certain ...more >>

I am try to integrating Flash SWF into VB. Normally its passing the value in Sting(data) to SWF like 'Call ShockwaveFlash1.SetVariable("testVar", Args)' I NEED VB call the SWF function. like 'Call ShockwaveFlash1.SetVariable(function_1(), Args)' Pls help me i am wait for reply ...more >>

I would like to know if it is possible to make a button in my lodee movie to go back to my last scene. The movie is covering the full size of my stage. Is this possible, or should i just build a new scene ?Hope someone can give advise. T.I.A. ...more >>

I'm sure there is a simple answer to this as usuall A simple movie with few same buttons and have the same code for all of buttons to stack external swf files on the stage. This is the code for each button: (obviously the button and swf names and are different for each): menu_mc.spec_bt...more >>

Is there any way to show alternative content, if there is no flash plug-in in the browser, without refreshing or redirecting to other page? I have both flash & non flash content in the same page. If flash plug-in detected, flash movie should play otherwise non flash content should display.....more >>

I would like to know if it is possible to load an external SWF file using the loadMovieNum command or any other command according to the system date. I would like to place 365 pictures in 365 SWF files and have the main page on our site bring up the SWF file that belongs to that date automatic...more >>

Hi: I would like to make a simple password access to a site. The login should be only in the index.htm, using a generic user and password for all users (there will be no multiusers). I would appreciate if anyone has a .fla with this function or tutorial to solve this need. Thanks a lo...more >>

on the uppermost layer of my main timeline I have a line of code (on the frame) which updates an instance of an object. on a lower layer (the content of the movie) I have a ScrollPane with the content member pointing to a MC in the library. The MC has linkage settings so that it uses a custo...more >>

I'm trying to load variables from a text file to a MC's textfield. When I hard code the properties in my AS it works fine but the loading of variables into the text field properties doesn't seem to work at all nothing displays. Maybe my AS is way off? The Text file...: &1=<font fa...more >>

hello flash scripting gods. i am new to scripting and i need help. what's the best approach to create a one-frame swf containing at least 8 timers running independent from each other? I tried using getTimer and new Date and i get messed up results :( any suggestions please? ...more >>

I have a problem with this code: but1.onRollOver = function() { if (box._width == 10) { gotoAndPlay(2); } }; I want it to, when the mouse mover over but1, wait until box._width == 10 and then execute the gotoAndPlay. Right now, when I move my mouse over is checks it only for...more >>

Is there a way to track the mouse's x and y corrdinates relative to a movieclip wand not the main movie? Lets say my stage and therefore my movie clip is 600 x 400. I place a 200 x 200 square movieclip (Square_MC) at _root's 100 x 100 with the upper left corner of the MovieClip as (0,0) ...more >>

I have created my first game, but as it currently stands, you can move the player off the screen forever to eternity. I would like to set it so that the actual border 550x400 is the limit and the player cannot cross these dimensions. How would I go about this? Regards! ...more >>

Hey guys, I have some code on the root timeline that sends a embedded movieclip(content_mc) to a frame with some code on it that loads a couple movies(loadMovie) into 2 empty movieclips(content_mc.movie1_mc, content_mc.movie2_mc) inside the embedded movie(content_mc) clip. Also on the root t...more >>

Hello, I use the following code to load some info from an XML file. My problem is that there are a lot of nodes (around 5000) and when I test the movie, it triggers a prompt to abort the script. ============================================ ------------------------------------ Frame 1 test_x...more >>

Hello, I need help on this, I need to populate my mysql with some elementes such as name, description, icon and image. To choose the icon and image i'm trying to lunch a php pop up with one html form in it to browse my hard drive and i need to pass back the name of chosen file to flas...more >>

I'll go through this step by step, I've created a simple flash document to demonstrate the problem. Within it, all I have is a movie clip that is an animation of a ball moving for 40 frames. The movie clip is named "ball" and I have a line of text that is dynamic and is linked to the var "ba...more >>

Hi guys I have a movie clip on the main timeline. Within it, are several other movie clipe. I want a looping sound to be triggered when each member is clicked. here is the following code I have, but so far it aint working! I set them all to play initially, so that they are in sync. I imagi...more >>

I have a flash doc that I will publish as an executable file, I want for the recipients of the CD to be able to download a pdf file (specifically pdf, I don't want to convert it to swf or whatever)without having to go on the internet. I want the file to be on the CD. What kind of script do I n...more >>

Hi Guys, Just to check with you, How can I avoid my FLV file comming into cache or in the temporary internet files. I'm playing FLV files externally, mean link to the main swf file, but when I see in the cache folder I'm getting both flv and swf files. How can I atleast avoid the flv fil...more >>

When I attach a movie through code in a class, how can I access properties of an instance of this class through events in this MovieClip. At the //HERE marker (see code) I can't access the properties. What's the best way to achieve this? class SomeClass { private var somevar:St...more >>

I have created a basic game where you control a character that is chased by another character. All of this works fine. However, I would like to add a hit counter and then after 10 hits you reach a "GAME OVER" screen. I know how to program the game over screen when my score variable reaches 10,...more >>

Hi, I am starting a new project with flash and I dont know should I use AS 1 or 2. I am going to create a set of UI components and I dont know which version is more efficiency AS1 or AS2. I am not going to use those UI v. 2 components because they are not what the customer needs. So, what are ...more >>

Hey! I was wondering if anyone knew how to use actionscript to replace a clicked on animated MC button with a different one and then once that button was clicked on, it would go back to the original MC button? I had done something like this once with a swf that had a changing background imag...more >>

Is it possible to create a symbol of a MovieClip type and import into it an AVI file? Or alternatively can I import an AVI file into the Library and make is a MovieClip? ...more >>

Can i from a click of a button on my menu open and play a swf and play another swf that plays with it?so u can see both swfs? basically i have a site at freshlemon.co.uk/paragon/home.html on the main menu when u click on the products button the page loads and has a menu on the left when ...more >>

I imported a AVI video file into the library and wanted to Create a Dynamic Clip Instance using attachMovie(AVI_library_item_name, InstanceName,1) But before I have to export this AVI_library_item using Linkage. However when I right click on AVI_library_item, the Linkage is disabled (gray). ...more >>

Is there any way to disable some nodes from TREE Component???????????...more >>

I have a menu where I have my titles on the right and image on the left. Everything is setup exept I'm not sure how to load my external jpeg's on the left. Do I use a loadMovie() for this? ...more >>

:frown; Hi folks, I am a new to programming in flash. I need some advice on inserting a video clip into flash movie (not embed it, but load it on pressing a button). The video clip has 2 MB and is in WMV. I want to upload the video clip externally (only once the button is pressed). Howev...more >>

Is there a way of opening a *.pdf file, that works for mac and pc? I've tried using fscommand but it didn't work....more >>

Hi guys need your help badly, im working on an online exam wherein i will use a countdown timer, now this timer calls a function or an action that redirects the page when the time runs out. Any help will do. Thanks in advanced. gpo ...more >>

Hi, I have created a photo gallery, where in one page one image is displayed per page (img size is less than 5 kb). Images are getting loaded from the server side at run time and through XML files. To naviage between mutliple images I have NEXT and BACK button right their and they are work...more >>