I would like a movie clip to glide (not jump) to a specific x position based on a button click (move right or left)... can anyone point me to a tutorial? i've been searching but can not find. thanks in advance! Jacqueline ...more >>

Hi, I have an instance of list component on Stage and i want different color of text for each item. how is it possible. i have tried this but doesn't work wList.setPropertiesAt(0, {color:0xFF00FF}); this changes the color of all elements wList.setStyle("color", "0x0000FF") ...more >>

Hey there, Here is my questions. How do I reference files outside of flash, either absolutely or relative. I know the basic ../ goes to a parent folder and / goes to the root, but I heard there is a way to refernce the folder that the swf is in. Can you tell me how to do that? ...more >>

Hi there, got bits of this off actionscript.org, but have one question. I have a set of buttons that allows the user to view segments of a movie; the playhead travels until it hits the "stop" action. If the user hits button number one, they see segment one of the movie, if they hit butto...more >>

I have a cellRenderer that primarily attaches a graphic to the cell. As far as that part goes it works well by creating a movieClip and then loading the graphic (attachMovie) into that. Sometimes it seems to get confused and puts the graphic too high in the cell but that's not a huge worry r...more >>

i have a simple flash script that obtains numbers from a webpage and stores them as variables.. can someone show me a script that will allow me to write a variable (which is a number) to a text file. and then i have a timer so that this variable will update every 5 mins, so i will have...more >>

Hi everyone, i am creating a radio website and would like some advice on adding music. I have created a volume button and added the music file to this movie clip in the first frame. it works fine until i change pages (frames) which makes the first instance of the music file continue and t...more >>

Can anyone help me understand URL-encoding and UNICODE in Flash? Basically, I need to be able to display different languages in an application. The UNICODE for O umlaut is %C3%96, and if I unescape this and display it in Flash, it works fine. However, the URL-Encoding for the same chara...more >>

this might have a simple solution to this, but i need to urgently sort this problem out and its driving me mad! so any help will be very gratefully received! ive got a cd where we have several buttons and they all open different pdfs, the client now doesnt want them to open in a browser, b...more >>

(No hair left now). Very Simple Button. Very Simple action: GetURL.blahblah.zip works fine for Mac users - they get a zip downloaded. Windows IE users get an error. Every time. No matter what I do. But why ? They can d'load the zip no problem from an html link on the same page, on the ...more >>

Hi. I am trying to alter this scrolling horizontal navigation. The timing is off, when clicked really fast, and I was hoping to make it a continuous loop through the images. Any thoughts? Thanks. Best regards, Kashi The file is available for download at: http://www....more >>

I created a test movie to test firing a rocket at a target. Works like a charm if I use just that one rocket. I'm attaching the code so you can see my approach. In a nutshell, there is one line of code on the timeline that declares the variable spaceButtonPressed = false (so the rocket object ...more >>

hey everybody! :) thanks for dropping by! i'm making this real simple call. this: obj.HtmlText = "<P CLASS='text'>one two</P><P></P><P>three</P>"; over at obj i have the following code: public function set HtmlText ( t:String ):Void { _textfield.htmlText = t; trace( t )...more >>

Hi, I have a login.swf loaded into my index.swf using a moviecliploader. This login.swf stores user info into a SO. On completion a resume.swf loads into the index.swf replacing the login.swf.....Still with me? Resume.swf needs to use some of the info created in variables in the login.swf....more >>

Here's what I want to happen: Click on ADD button, it attaches a MC and adds to "obj" array. Click on TRASH, it removes the last added MC and removes from array. What I am not sure how to do is to remove the MC. I can remove from array using obj.pop(). Please help.. ***************...more >>

I am trying to make an animated button. On the Over there is a movie clip. As soon as you Roll Out the clip stops. How can I make the clip finish the cycle (the complete animation) even if the viewer rolls out? ...more >>

Hi everybody, I have two different swf's that are in the same html page, and i want them to interact together. I want that when i click on button1 of menu1.swf, i want that a movieclip in the file menu2.swf goes to frame 2...etc. I know it's possible but i don't know how!!! Can someone...more >>

Hi! I am creating a banner that is depending on the correct time, i.e. not the time on your computer, but the real life time. I've tried getUTCHours, but if I change the local time, it also affects the getUTCHours. Example: PC clock and real life time is equal, 10.00. The getUTCHours is i...more >>

Hi, How can I controll flash2 from flash1, they are both on the same HTML page, but they are not conected in any way only with HTML. This should work in both MSIE and Mozilla FF browser. best regards, neondust ...more >>

I'm trying to do something like what you see in the link below. Most of which I can do without a problem with one exception. I can't seem to figure out how to get the vertical and horizontal sliders to resize when you move the slider to zoom in on the image in the scrollPane. Does anyone kn...more >>

I have been trying to do this for a couple of months but no success. I am trying to use an accordion or a scrollpane component and have a MovieClip that has button functionality to be put inside of it. I am able to have the MovieClip show up in the component but it has no function to it, it ...more >>

How could I make a voume bar that controls the volume output such as the ones you see in media players?...more >>

Hello, I have a Flash client that send a simple string to a server using the class XMLSocket. Under Windows work good without problems. Under Linux (Suse 9.2) i can connect the socket only (XMLSocket.connect()) but the data is not sent (XMLSocket.send()). I tried to send th...more >>

Does anyone know the scripting used for the flash on this site or how something similiar is done? I am interested in the bring to front and zoom to be used in a menu and would like it to act in the same manner as these four boxes. http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/attr...more >>

Hi... I'm doing a project with MX 2004 and using functions and a onclipevent(enterframe) , inside onclipevent funcion I call a function defined at root , when I press Ctrl + Enter It runs, but when I run it from windows explorer It fails....but If I do the same thing in Flash MX it runs at b...more >>

Hi all, hopefully someone can help me out a bit. A colleague is working on a project which is primarily a flash projector. at a certain stage it needs to launch some qtvr, for this project the QTVR is housed within a director projector which is launched from the flash. The problem we are h...more >>

Hello, is it possible to limit a drop and drag interaction a specified axis (x ). I am attempting to create a status bar that progresses as my animation progress. I would like the viewer to be able to drag a status indicator forward and backward on the X-axis only. Any help tutorials, A...more >>

Greetings yall, |--The Setup-------------------------------| I have created a movie that rotates a movieclip using actionscript. This is the portion of of my code used to rotate the clip. onEnterFrame = function () { // The amount to rotate the clip by this.increment = 40; ...more >>

Is there a way to test if a movie clip has finished playing from the _root? I don't want to place the code on the movie clip itself but test for it at the root frame script. Thanks....more >>

I'm sure similar questions to this are all over this forum, but I haven't been able to find them, so here it is: I'm building a site in which there are five navigational buttons which all trigger different movie clips on different parts of the page. I'm looking for a simple way of actions...more >>

As of now I have the following code for a series of buttons in the main timeline that load the movies.: on (release) { loadMovie ("movie.swf", "_root.target"); } The problem is that visitors have to reload each movie everytime they click on the button. Normally that is no...more >>

Ok...I know this is probably a dumb question but I have been looking in the Flash Help files for hours. I have a text file created with notepad that holds value pairs that I want to use to initialize variables. This text file needs to be edited by other people in the company so we want to keep...more >>

.... but leaves the buttons clickable (though invisible) on the stage. How to make my target _level inactive after the fadeout is done? Here's the code; closeMC.onRelease = function () { _level25.ourYogaBtn.enabled = true; _level5.onEnterFrame = function () { if (this._alpha >0) { ...more >>

I know this seems basic, but I have tried everything and cannot get the label componet to work correctly. This is the last bit of code I attempted: *placed label instance in btn6 and named it btnText* (in the mc containing the button) btn6.btnText.text = "something"; I have also trie...more >>

Hi, I'm planing to work on Online greeting Card Creation application using Flash. The application provides, to Select the Greeting card templates from its library, and in the Layout template, user can drag and drop image and text on it. and finally, i need to save it as JPEG or any prefera...more >>

Worldclass V.C. will build a new Video Dating site. We are looking for a very talented programmer to build the site. Must know Flash Action script 2.0 , Flash remoting , Flashcom Server , ColdFusion and MySQL. The programmer will receive $10,000 plus 5% of total site sales. If your intere...more >>

Is it possible to launch flash from within an HTML page with parameter? something like: interface.swf:variable ...more >>

Hello, is it possible to limit a drop and drag interaction a specified axis (x ). I am attempting to create a status bar that progresses as my animation progress. I would like the viewer to be able to drag a status indicator forward and backward on the X-axis only. Any help tutorials, A...more >>

Hi all. I built a full flash site and the customer now wants to add a "download wallpapers" section. One thing they want is to be able to right click on the image and set to wallpaper like with an image strainght in html. Is there a way to: - override the standard flash right click menue opt...more >>

I'm trying to create animated buttons by embedding a swf file in the up/down position of a button. The swf file has buttons inside of it as well, but they won't work when placed inside of the swf file that is placed in the up/down position. Anyone know how to make the buttons work? Help? O...more >>

I am just wrapping up a Flash website and realized I need to add a preloader. I did a little search and found a method of adding 2 frames before the first frame of my movie and putting the following code on those frames: FRAME 1: bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded()); bytes_t...more >>

Im trying to make a pause menu in a game Im making. Im trying to make it so that if the user pushes a certain button everything will pause...how should I do this...is there some kinda code like stopAllMovies(); or something... ...more >>

Worldclass V.C. will build a new Video Dating site. We are looking for a very talented programmer to build the site. Must know Flash Action script 2.0 , Flash remoting , Flashcom Server , ColdFusion and MySQL. The programmer will receive $10,000 plus 5% of total site sales. If your intere...more >>

hi i was wondering how to add variables? obviosly ther is the adding varaibles that combine the numbers 1 + 2 = 12 but i want the one like this 1 + 2 =3 Also how do i round varubles to the nerist one 23.6 = 24 90.45 = 90 Thanx to who ever helps me :) ...more >>

Does any one know how to convert the integer result from the Date Option to text (Tues May 17 2005) without including everything (time, etc.) from the UTC (myDate) option? Below is the code I used, and tried manipulating - the result would return 5.17.2005. Any help is appreciated. ...more >>

I have a movieClip (A) that a user can move around the stage. Within that movieClip I have another movieClip (B) that animates back and forth. Is it possible to find out the absolute location of 'B' on the stage and not relative to 'A'. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

What would you do if you wanted the result of this code to appear directly in the movie clip you want to publish instead of the output box in test movie? myCounter = 0; while (myCounter < 10){ trace (myCounter); myCounter ++; } Thanks ...more >>

I would like to make a simple counter down, for (1 min) ofr (2 min) ... could any help!!...more >>

Working with the Flash projector ie the .exe file for a cd rom presentation, i tried to call the getURL( ) function to open another page in a browser. However, in firefox the page opened has nothing to do with the page i called. In fact firefox opens a page i've never been to in my life. Work...more >>

Does anyone one know where I can obtain info or a tutorial on the topic of browsing a user's local directory. The intent is to enable users to select a file(s) to upload to the web server. I'm looking for a flash and/or coldfusion solutions. This needs to be done from a browser so I don't t...more >>

we have used the following code. Please check whether anything is wrong............ // Import the package so you can reference // the class directly. import mx.core.UIComponent; import mx.controls.List; // Event metadata tag [Event("change")] class Dial extends UIComp...more >>

Hi All, I have almost done with my project, but at the end stage I am facing one problem. i'm using most of the movieclips direct from the library. So, when flash start loading all the clips and classes it starts load on first frame, because of heavy grpahics loading on first frame my preloa...more >>

hi all, wonderin if someone can help me out with something. i have this iste i am making: http://www.pixelpauldesigns.com/previews/demongaming/demon.php and in the news field in flash i have a dynamic text field. with html text. now when html text is enetered the height of the text field...more >>

hi how are you i have a movie name "find.swf".I have loaded it into another movie named "contactTabs.swf" using a container movieClip using container_mc.loadMovie("find.swf",0); The find.swf works as expected when it is not loaded but when i load it into the contactTabs.swf. Its buttons ...more >>

Hi, I m working on a drawing API project where i i m creating dynamic rectangle,circle,ovel lines...ect....now once i create any object let say rectangle now i want to rotate it according my own regestration point where ever i clicked on the object according that point the object should move...more >>

hey everyone, any help with this is well appreciated. I have 5 frames at the start of my movie. Each has a 'stop' and is controled by buttons within each movie. Simple. But now I'm looking to present it as a pesentation form so I'm wondering if anyone knows any code (I'm sure its possible) ...more >>