everytime I post here I get 0 responses, what am I doing wrong?...more >>

Thanks for reading... I have an interface that imports different swf's into a movieclip called "content" Now typically you would get the total frames and when the current frame == total frames then you know the clip has played to the end... well some of these flash movies have stop act...more >>

What I want to do is a puzzle where you drag and drop pieces. But I dont want the pieces to lock when they are drop at their place (like most puzzle i saw on the web). I want them to snap between each other when they hitTest the right piece. Then when they are linked, they still are draggable ...more >>

i have a flash app that is a EXE. Can i launch a WMV in the Windows Media Player? I have been looking at fscommands but can get one to work. thx...more >>

Is it possible to grab a variable that is the hosting html/javascript?...more >>

This works fine: Label.html = true; Label.text = "<b> this is bold text </b>"; But this doesn't: Label.html = true; Label.text = "<font size="30pt"> this is 30pt text</font>"; How do I go about doing this? ...more >>

once a loadVars object is created does anything else have to be done before using .sendAndLoad(URL,DATA,"POST")??? I keep getting an Error opening URL "myURL". I can connect to the URL from a browser so I know the address is correct. THANKS IN ADVANCE! ...more >>

If you have several large chunks of non-related code, that all need to be called in the first frame of a timeline, is it OK to put them on separate layers? Does this cause any issues?...more >>

I'm not clear on this from the documentation. If you use addListener () for a movieClipLoader, and then load a clip with it, and then you want to load another clip with it later, do you need to use removeListener after the first clip and addListener again before the second clip? Or can you...more >>

:confused; Hello all. Here is a problem I am currently perplexed by, hopefully someone has an aswer. I have a dynamic text field which receives it's value from an external PHP source. There is a graphic behind this text box which needs to dynamically scale horizontally to match the w...more >>

Hi, Is it possible with Actionscript to turn on the 'Num Lock' (numberlock) on a keyboard? For example, to have a button that when clicked, turns on 'Num Lock'. I believe this is possible in Director- perhaps it's not available in Flash (which would be understandable for internet securi...more >>

Hi, I'm wondering if its possible to import a flash file (swf) in to a movie and have it function as normal, like what you can do in director. You can import a flash movie and it'll work fine inside the director movie, but what about flash flash? ...more >>

I have a web service that allows users to log onto a server. If the user's login failes, a SOAP exeception is generated. I have a Flash movie that uses the WebServiceConnector related classes to communicate with the web service. The problem I have is if the login fails and a SOAP fault is ...more >>

Hi there, If I want to play my flash movie twice (frames 1-306) with the second play ending/holding on frame 244, how would I go about doing that? I can't seem to find a simple answer. many thanks!! ...more >>

Hello, is it possible to embed a Shockwave file *.cdr directly in Flash instead of calling a popup window and play it in a HTML page. The code in htm looks like this: <OBJECT classid="clsid:166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/...more >>

What I am looking for is the actual values for the selected text. For example. you highlight a word in the middle of the textfield. My Dog likes to "jump" up and down. the Quotes are signifying the area within the text I want the cordinates/index of. so the numbers I am looking for is ...more >>

I am having difficulty getting my dynamic text field to display external HTML-formatted text. I can get non-HTML formatted text to appear by using the following method: Action script calling the external file: loadVariables("ExternalText.txt", DynamicTextField.text); In the properties in...more >>

I did some tests and it works. What I want to know is; does it can bugs or does someone had problem with it. As you can see in the following code, I create a LoadVar object. My question is about the second and third lines of code. The second line is how its describe everywhere. The third line ...more >>

I have a project I am working on that involves a TV set... I want to make it so each time they click the dial on the TV set that it changes the "channel" (basically loads a new page on the TV screen) and have the dial rotate. Picture an old-school TV where they still had dials that they had to...more >>

Hi. I'm fairly new to this data component, and I would like to know certain things.Like, how do I insert an array into a data grid??I can't figure it out from Macromedia's help...:(.Also, how can I integrate Flash with php??? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi. I'm fairly new to this data component, and I would like to know certain things.Like, how do I insert an array into a data grid??I can't figure it out from Macromedia's help...:(.Also, how can I integrate Flash with php??? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hello, My website is LyndseyHamiltonEvents.com, and I can't get my contact page text fields to tab in the right order. When I give them instance names they come up with some text in the boxes. something like ()layout_Email, or something like this. Can someone please help. I know about...more >>

Say I have an array of 5 numbers 100 200 300 400 500 How can I randomly select one and display it in a dynamic text box?...more >>

Hi guys . I am making a component which has a text field and and backgound which glows on focus. i have some problem . I cant not dynamical changing the width and height (colums and rows) of text field , when i chage width and height on stage. Please tell me how it can be done . BYEBYE ...more >>

Good day. Client wants a button to load a certain .exe(program) file. Is this even possible? Is so please advise. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....more >>

The following simple code works in Flash MX but not in MX2004. Has anybody encountered this? What is the difference? In both cases the file was published for Flash Player 6. whereToGo = "theFrame"; gotoAndPlay (whereToGo); where "theFrame" is a frame label. Any input on this guys? ...more >>

Hi, my movie is playing really nice and fast when i test it in flash but when i preveiw in in a browser it slows right down is this normal?? cheers, G...more >>

assessLoad = function (clip, endPreloadFunc){ var kbLoaded = clip.getBytesLoaded()/1024; var kbTotal = clip.getBytesTotal()/1024; var percent = Math.floor(kbLoaded/kbTotal*100); loaded.text = Math.floor(kbLoaded)+"Kb"; total.text = Math.floor(kbTotal)+"Kb"; bar._xscale = percent; if ((...more >>

I'm a PHP coder, now doing some ActionScript and having trouble making the switch. What I'm trying to do is dynamically declare a variable name and value. In PHP you do: $var='thisVarName'; $$var=600; That creates a variable with the name thisVarName and a value of 600. I've trie...more >>

Hi all, I have let say frame 1 to 10 of animations and I want to play this frames for number of times. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a combobox which is populated with urls from an xml file. How can I launch a selected URL from the list in the combobox ???...more >>

I am sorting an array of strings using the array.sort method. All works fine in English, but when some foreign charaters are introduced things go wrong. I assume it is because these special characters have ascii values larger than all english letters. How can this problem be solved ? Is t...more >>

Hi! I'm having trouble running an application on the internet. When I test the application in the localhost , it runs perfect, but when i test it on the internet, it doesn't works. When i test it localhost I put : mySend.sendAndLoad( "http://localhost/i+d/"page1.asp",myReceive,"POST"), an...more >>