I'm trying to make an mp3 player that takes a command-line argument from a web page specifying the filename of the mp3 to load. (I'm using Flash MX, 2002) It's working, but I'm having trouble adding code to test whether the mp3 has loaded (to hide the "play" button until then). My movie work...more >>

I am a beginner working on a personal site that displays some of my artwork. Currently I use different scenes to display the images by clicking on a smaller thumbnail button, but this method is rapidly becoming confusing and time consuming. How can I load a .jpg image that I have converted t...more >>

I don't know if this is just a bug, or if I am doing something wrong. I tested a movie I created, and the gotoAndPlay command jumps to the frame where I want it to start, but it does not play. I thought this was the fault of the file I was editing, that maybe something got corrupted in it. But...more >>

Im trying to get it so that when you click down it starts adding an item to the scren and continues to add that item to the screen wherever your mouse is at until you release the mouse. Right now I have background_btn.onPress = function(){ _root.attachMovie("spray_mc", "spray_mc", 1); s...more >>

Hello, I need to split one array into value pairs - one text and one image - to be able to make a kind of a latest news file My php echoes this: vars=texto%3DAlguma+vez+se+sabe+quem%3F%26icone%3D1%0Atexto%3Dteste2%26icone%3D2 %0Atexto%3Djiojij%26icone%3D5 I need to loop this an...more >>

im trying to figure out how to figure out if a certain number of buttons are clicked. is there a way to store the click event of a button. i've tried a bunch of things but none of them worked....more >>

How can I make a preloader that shows the precentage in a dynamic text field and in a little box that fills up while its loading?...more >>

I have a button that I originally planned to have just open up a movie clip when clicked. But now I want it to be able to open up a link in a new window (which should be easy), yet I want it to also go to a specific frame. So when it's clicked, I want it to jump to frame 5, as well as open up ...more >>

how do you cretae a message box or alert box.... i have a table that is filling up and once it is full i want a message box to appear saying that the table is full and i cant do any more... so again how do i create a message box?? PLEASE HELP thanks ...more >>

hi. i have 5 different buttons on my website. 2 of them call seperate swf's to load into my main.swf and the others are a part of main.swf- they're on the same timeline/scene, etc... the other buttons are text pages, and now seem to appear behind the loaded movie swfs....basically the...more >>

hello everyone. I have this issue when trying to pass variable values from PHP files to text fields in Flash MX Professional 2004. The result i get in the txet fields isalways "undefined" for the variable's value. the code I'm using to format the output of the PHP scripts to the var1_n...more >>

Hi all, Here's the scenario to better understandy my problem: I have three window UI components on my main timeline, I have three buttons to trigger their _visible property, Two of my window UI components are already visible as a default. As I click on the button to trigger the third...more >>

Is it possible to create an emtptymovieclip then lioad a jpg image into it from something other than a jpg file itself? for instance a Session Variable containing the entire jpg image or a Database record, or datastream containing the jpg file... not the reference (file name) but the hexadecim...more >>

Hi all, I'm a beginner to creating the .as file, I don't really have any idea what's this for and what could be the advantage of this creation of .as file and importing this to your flash movie? Can I have my created function inside my movie, be written in a .as file and import them an...more >>

Hello, I need to find a way of getting an swf to return its own name. i.e. if you rename the swf from "abc.swf" to "def.swf" it'll automatically update itself, if you see what I mean. Basically I want to create a reusable MP3 player where by simply renaming the swf will point the MP3 pla...more >>

I've been using Flash (ver. 5 and now MX2004) for over a year now and I still have trouble determining when to use event handlers like on(release) and when to use a function. Case in point: I'm trying to get a button to work that, when pressed, will bring up the next scene. Sounds simple, ...more >>