Hi all I have a simple flash movie with an MC called "holder", and in it, a dynamic Text field called "txt_MC" that loads an external text. There is an alpha-tween on "holder", so I had to embed the font characters in "txt_MC" for the loaded text to appear. Everything works as expected. Th...more >>

there is somethig REALY strange going on with getBytesTotal(). THIS ROUTINES DOES NOT BEHAVE ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATION!!! - A loop iterates over an array of MC references calling on each a member method that itself calls loadMovie() to load a JPEG. At the end of that one 'interval' is st...more >>

I am trying to have the [up] key cause a miniclip to go to a specific frame, i get this error message... http://www.freewebs.com/orisma/girl_turn.rar If anyone could help me or has any sugestions that would be great. thanks **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: Mouse ...more >>

Being familiar with blobs, php and PHPObject will help when reading thins. I'm not 100% sure about what kind of tools can be used to map out your server, but I'm sure it can be done. This can be a problem for sensitive SWF files. The user can discover the location and download the SWF file...more >>

Ok - newbie. I've loaded a swf into a level and I want to advance the main timeline (that this movie is loaded into) by one frame from the loaded swf. With a button, I tried: on(release) {_root.nextFrame(); } and I tried on(release) {_root._root.nextFrame();} - but neither worked. I don't ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know the code to do this? I want to create a flash file, that after about 60 secs (or anytime which is set), will detect if there is no activity or interaction within the file, and will then it will reset to frame one. I am really struggling doing this, so any help wo...more >>

Im making a game and necessary of a function to intersect two arrays, however, in the flash (as2) does not exist in the manual nothing speaking on this and I did not obtain to make a generic function, whats can I make? ...more >>

Hello. I have a small problem and would appreciate your help... I have 2 files, 1.fla and 2.fla, as shown here: <1.fla> song_name="over the rainbow"; var mcl2 = new MovieClipLoader(); trace ("loading clip"); mcl2.loadClip("2.swf",0); <2.fla> song_name="inside the rainbow"; trac...more >>

I need help please! Does anyone know how I can time frames so that they change after a specified amount of time to the following frame?...more >>

Hi, I really need your help here, I looked all over and couldn't find an answer to my problem: I developed a flash-based site in which I have a gallery of pictures and when the user presses a magnifier the picture opens in a new pop-up window. Now, I want this window to be in ...more >>

:clock; I have a client who wanna play some 'large size' vids on his site, so turned them to a flvs', made a loading bar that works great with a 'loading...' text to show that it's still buffering. 'till now all works great i use the media display component with my own play/pause button no...more >>

hello i have an account with geocities, and they allow you to upload fiels into a directory under your name. i have a mp3 file uploaded onto it, and i want it to play inside a flash without actually being inside the movie. i have created a basic music player, and when i click play, i wan...more >>

Hi There! Im fairly new to flash and very new to action script. im attempting to make a full site in flash. With regards to button activity, can i do the following.... i want, on release of my button, to go to and play a few frames of the scene and then skip to another point in the scen...more >>

hi all. i have a query i not sure if it can be done with actionscript or not....it is a two part question PART 1: ================================================================================ ================== as you all know, printing the date variable with actionscript var date = ...more >>

Basically, is it possible for me to have inside an swf a link that when clicked by the user, opens up a new internet explorer window that has just an html page? For example, I want a link to www.google.com off of my flash document. I want it so that when the user clicks the button, a new IE wi...more >>

Can I destory MCs? I want to dynamically delete MCs, and possibly recreate them later. I have various MCs (they aren't created dynamically, but are all named) and I want to destroy them all dynamically when cycling through frames in the root timeline. Thanks again, I'd be lost without this...more >>

When i use the following code on a button: on (release) { getUrl("javascript: window.open('http://www.google.com')"); } The window pops up and everything, but instead of having google pop up, a page that just displays "null" comes up. Any ideas why? Thanks in advanced ...more >>

I'm working on redesigning my website. So early on I thought I should test in several different browsers. Safarri, IE, Opera ??all fine. Firefox not working! Here is a screenshot www.saffronthread.com/test5/trouble.jpg and here is the page www.saffronthread.com/test5/home.html I'm tryi...more >>

Is it possible to create an MC so that it is in the library, but then delete it from the scene (is still in the library) and dynamically create instances of it later on? Thanks again. =)...more >>

i used the attach code to obtain a line of text from an online xml file this line of text begins with a number followed by 'C' and then a description... the number represents a temperature in degrees celcius.. for example, i ran the script a moment ago and it displayed "18C Mostly cloudy" ...more >>

How can I script a button so it quits the Flash movie. Thanks...more >>

Hey guys. I am having a problem while using GetVariable from Javascript to read an ActionScript array. For testing purposes I placed the following code in the first frame of the Flash movie: cow = new String(); cow = "Moo"; When using GetVariable as follows, the string "M...more >>