Greetings guys (and perhaps girls), Boy... This one has me totally stumped?? I'm working on a webiste, and for time reasons, I need to get something up and running really fast.. So, I purchased one of those Templates from tempalatemonster.com. Anyway.. I have the complete flash fla, and...more >>

I know there are a lot of threads out there related to this topic, but I was hoping someone could help me figure out what is wrong with my code. I'm working on a little flash piece for a site. What I want is for pictures to be pulled dynamically from an images folder and fade in one at a time ...more >>

Hello, I have loaded an external textfile into flash with links, but if you click on the link under Win XP the new window gets blocked by the pop-up blocker. Is there a way to bypass it? My clients would go nuts disabeling the pop-up blocker all the time :S Thank you very much in advance! ...more >>

I'm trying to get a couple of boxes to Move and Scale I got the moving part down using Arrays but I can't get the scale part can someone help me.. Here is the code //---------------------- Movieclip.prototype.scrollme = function(xPos, yPos) { cX = this._x; difX = cX-xPos; this._...more >>

Hello Everyone, Is it possible to import (attachMovie) from another SWF? I have realised that i need to separate the code from my library items (they are branded and change) while the script is the same for all versions. I was also thinking of separating all those library items into separ...more >>

Help please! Three buttons. Three elastic frame sizes. One size for each button. I figure how to increase sizes but not how to decrease... Is there easyer method for doing this... I am using ActionScript 2.0 only. http://www.galahala.com/elastika.zip ...more >>

Just a few weeks into Flash and am having navigation issues. What I'm lost on is how I set up a button, which when clicked, will go to a specified frame or label and then have it play, say frames 15 - 44 and then stop. I'm guessing this is actionscripting but so far nothing I've tried in...more >>

How do I attach some x and y to this? myMCL.loadClip ("movie.swf", 1);...more >>

I copied and modified a class file that loads in a XML file, but now I wish to extend the class. However, I am not sure how to utilize the sub class and it to receive the node length. Please let me know any solutions that will work. Thanks! class xmlParse extends XML { ...more >>

I'm trying to construct a multiple choice (radio button) form that will return a fee estimate. I've set all the buttons and values but am not quite sure about the best way to proceed to get the calculation I need in the dynamic text field. Most of the values are simple numbers but 2 of the cat...more >>

I'm trying to get this MC "rocket" to travel on the y axis at a slower rate of speed. The code makes the rocket travel from bottom to top of screen BUT - it appears to get there instantaneously! I traced the _y position and the feedback is that it IS moving at 1 pixel increments (_y --). To ma...more >>

Hello, I made some flash banners for an index.htm page, I need the flash banner changes automatically in each page refresh. Can I do it with Dreameweaver? Thank you. ...more >>

I'm trying to set focus on a text field using actionscript, but for some reason I can't get it to work. Here's a sample of my code. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? This peice of code is all on the first frame. _root.createTextField("myTextField", 1, 0, 0, 200, 20); myTextField...more >>

I have a movie http://crownartdental.com/ and need to set some options as far as how the secondary buttons (If you click into any of the sub pages they will appear) function. So here's what I need: I cannot have the secondary buttons on the home page, so what I'd like is that when the user...more >>

Let's say you have some global functions in your main timeline, i.e. _global.myFunction = function() { // do some stuff } And you normally call them from buttons inside other movieclips inside the main movieclip, i.e. on (release) { _global.myFunction(); } If you now are dy...more >>

I'm having some difficulty creating a preloader for my FLV file. I'm been told it will work, however the only code I see for preloaders are for swfs. Does anyone have any suggestions or code for preloading an FLV file? ...more >>

Hello all, I'm at my wit's end about this one! How can I turn a string such as "_level0.table.plant" into a proper reference to a movie clip? I need to assign a variable into the movie clip so that I can set: _level0.table.plant.firey = true; I've tried various combinations of the [] ...more >>

Howdy, I'm creating a couple of textboxes dynamically. What i wan't to do is rotate them, say, 45 degrees. When i don't have them rotated, they show up fine with the information in them and everything. It's when I rotate them that they disappear. I've googled this problem and the ...more >>

I am working on a flash menu system that needs to be dynamic. I have built flash menus before, they are pretty basic. But this time around I want to be able to dynamically change and load content into the buttons, such as external picutres, via the Loader componet. The problem is I can't figur...more >>

Can anybody help me? i am trying to create a movieclip of an image hovering which when it is clicked on takes the user to the next frame. Whenever i create a movieclip and create the animations for it, i then add the actionscript to the movie clip to say : on (release){ go toAndPlay(2); ...more >>

Hello, in my web i have made an independient swf that i load in one corner to show a kind of scroll of text to show several events. This is not a scroll, because the text moves horizontally, not vertically, but i want to do this way. So, i want to load the text that need to moves to the left f...more >>

i use flash to pull the text from a text file and store it as a variable called 'textdata'. and example of the text is shown below: DOWN;05/16/05 02:09:27 PM;172.19.57.141;LABPC69;Workstation; DOWN;05/16/05 02:10:21 PM;172.19.57.141;LABPC69;Workstation; UP;05/16/05 02:11:21 PM;172.19.57....more >>

hi, i am working on very small image editor in falsh MX 2004. features which it will provide are cropping, resizing and brightness. At the startup it loads a jpeg image using loadMovie methord of a movieclip. then to crop that image i need to draw a rectangle on it. a...more >>

Hello all! I am writing an application, and I need a timer for it to work properly. The timer will be used in the middle of a for to cause a delay in drawing graphs to the user ( I am trying to make the graphs as animated as possible). Can someone please tell me if actionScript has any sort...more >>

I am trying to use a button that is nested in a movie clip. We'll call the button "enter button". The "enter button" is inside a movie clip called "filmstrip". The "filmstrip" movie clip is placed on the main timeline. The movie clip is a vertical scrolling filmstrip. The button is on part of ...more >>

Does anybody know how to assign a new value to the ?print scrn? key? It has to do with copyright issues.. I have my pictures displayed on the site and cannot be copied by right click but the ?print scrn? still there. Thanks for your help. Guss ...more >>

Hi. Is there a tutorial for this type navigation? http://www.qltd.com/work/portfolio/identity.html I really like it. Very clean and simple. Thanks in advance for your time. akinnelly...more >>

ColdFusion 7 Flash MX 2004 I am using a Macromedia sample cell renderer to add checkboxes to the first column of my datagrid, and the cellPress method to change the Select property of the checkbox when any cell of the row is pressed. After the first press however the Select property cha...more >>

Hi . I am Using JStart.exe .I Fla5 I just use this argument "Jstart filename error=" But in FlaMx. It has me changed and they say that use seperate Jsatrt.exe for each file which get its info from .ini file. I have thousands of file on my CD and i want to execute it in FlaMX with ...more >>

Does anyone know how to reset the centre of rotation in the 3d actionscript code? The default centre of rotation is the point from which the surface starts and I want to change it to the point where the mous clicks, like in 3dsmax or maya or like an archball in cult3d! ...more >>

I'm fairly new to Flash and am having major problems with the loadmovie() function. Basically, I've got a main swf page that contains nav buttons. When I click a button, I load another swf file into the main swf page. This second swf file contains an image slider that scrolls through images...more >>

here's my problem: frame = n+1; _root["stage"+n].onRelease =function(){ _root.gotoAndStop(frame); } When I test my movie, when I create the MC ["stage"+n] and n = 3, i.e. when I create the MC "stage3", I expect Flash to interpret the onRelease action as: _root.stage3.onRelease =func...more >>

Hi Why can't I set the style on a checkbox in movieclip instance ??? propertiesPane.attachMovie("FCheckBoxSymbol","popupCheck",20); propertiesPane.popupCheck.setSize(stageWidth); propertiesPane.popupCheck.setLabel("Show full headline") propertiesPane.popupCheck.setValue(true); ...more >>

Hi i read about the fscommand exec command.. and i allready tested it... it works fine... BUT, i have a problem i need to send some parameters(variables) to the exe or even bat file i whant to run... fscommand ("exec", "" + "test.bat" + "=hello"); fscommand ("exec", "test.bat" + "...more >>

hi all, please what´s wrong with this code: pt1.onRelease = function() { myFile = new String(this._name); myFile2 = "pdf/"+myFile+".pdf"; getURL("javascript:window.open('"+myFile2+"', 'window', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0');", "_blank"...more >>

I'm trying to send a var from php with a filename a using it in flash media playback component. I can send the var to flash, but then media playback doesn't recognize it. PHP CODE <? echo "nomeVideo=miniMalucos.flv"; ?> FLASH CODE mailform = "vars.php"; loadVariables("vars.p...more >>

I'm kinda confused about using the focusManager component and the Selection class. Can someone help me? Here's a sample of the code that I've been using. For some reason it doesn't give focus to the object that I identified. When I do a trace it shows that it DOES have focus. Am I not und...more >>

Is there any way for FLASH to validate an XML file before loading it?...more >>

when I load my thumbnails for my xml gallery they only load onto _x however I would like to be able to have the thumbnails move to another line when a certain number of thumbnails is loaded so when 8 thumbnails have loaded the next set move to the next row. here the code for my thumbnails ...more >>

Hi, I created an application that uses the ComboBox component to act like a search tool. Therefore, items are frequently added to and removed from the list. Sometimes (and this is partly due to my function being slow) not all of the items are being updated in the display - so is there any wa...more >>

Hallo! I need to do a countdown time coder showing minutes, seconds and frames (25fps). I've searched a lot but with no goal The only similar thing I found is the http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/countdown.htm, but don't know how to do it w/out graphics and how to show the frames...more >>

Hello, I am a beginner to flash. I need to load an 80MB mp3 upon clicking on a button. The file is called Mix 01 and is in the same folder. Can you please help.....i am doing my nut in!!! Thanks in advance Dilshan ...more >>

Is there a way to tell what state a button is in? When I click on a button I want to check what label it is currently at and then perform an action depending on that state. Thanks....more >>

I understand how I can create a empty container MC and use loadMovie to populate it with something. But what if I want to populate the empty container with a asset already in the library? Thanks!!!...more >>

Hi ?anybody knows if is posiible set the amount of RAM memory that can be used for a swf file? Thanks. ..:: wolverine4277 ::....more >>

is there any image editing supported classes for function in flash? like croping, resizing, brightness etc...more >>

hey out there, im a newbie with flash and i could use some help with some code to load an external movie clip into my flash movie. the movie name is commercial and i think the extension is .wmv...more >>

two part questions ====================================================== part 1 ====================================================== i have a text file that is generated and updated in real time by a program. i want to import this text file into flash, problem is, i cannot control...more >>

i have a flash file and i want to import all the html data from a particular webpage into this flash file and store it as a variable - the page i want to import the html data from is http://marconi.arch.usyd.edu.au/helpdesk/printers.cgi?printer=gacey i think i need to use php to do this is...more >>

hi,i an reviwing a swf file.i would like to know why the swf file creates a text file after execution.the text file is called filenname _Report.where can i find the code that generates this file in the movie clip the Source file can be downloaded from http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Applic...more >>

I want to have several buttons that when pressed will change the color of the background. Is there a way to change the fill color of the background using only actionscripting? thanks...more >>