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help with Loadvars
Posted by Rick at 5/26/2005 1:15:57 PM
hi guys i have this code, but i cant obtain the rigth behaviour var tmp1; tmp1=Test(); trace (tmp1); function Test() { var Tmed = new LoadVars(); var li_med; li_med="nothing"; Tmed.accion="totalmedidores"; Tmed.id_diagrama=_root.li_diagrama; Tmed.sendAndLoad("http://127.0.0.1/u...more >>


Flash Learning Objects and Quizzes
Posted by Christopher Hayes at 5/26/2005 9:46:15 AM
For the life of me, I can't find the AS files for the Flash Learning Objects and Quizzes. I found just some of the properties listed on a PDF by Macromedia, but I need more than that. I'd like to see a complete AS file for the QuizTrack objects. For example...if you setup a new quiz and l...more >>

Creating a sling effect on a dynamic text box (from kirupa tutorial)
Posted by complexity at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi all, I've ran through and can understand Kirupa's tutorial Scrolling Dynamically Loaded Text http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dynamic_scroller.htm My question is how do I go about modifying it so that when I drag the scrollthumb there is a bit of delay and slingyness in the move...more >>

Dynamic Framerate
Posted by MaxVT103 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I am working on a custom slideshow presentor and I am wondering if there is a way to crontol the movies framerate with a variable. I don't think its possible, but I am just wondering....more >>

push problem
Posted by Mr Helpy mcHelpson at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Thank you for your help... function isFlush(Array) { diamondshand = new Array(); s = h=c=d=0; for (var x = 0; x<Array.length; x++) { Xsuit = Array[x]; if (Xsuit.charAt(0) == "S") { s++; } if (Xsuit.charAt(0) == "H") { h++; } if (Xsuit.charAt(0) == "C") ...more >>

Linking Scenes
Posted by mab003 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hey, I am currently in the middle of a school project in which I need to add interactivity to a presentation. I am using Flash MX 2004 and I am having difficulty in linking 2 scenes together via buttons and I need to find a solution very fast. I know this sounds stupid, but I am quite new to F...more >>

How to do this???
Posted by purple_am at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
hey guys I have to create an empty movieclip attach a preloader to the MC to load an external JPG and have a mask on the JPG. Can anyone help me out with that. Ihave seen that the forum once but cant find it anymore. here is how i started this.createEmptyMovieClip("container_mc", th...more >>

Not Displaying Entire Textfile (externally loaded).
Posted by PraxisHosting at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
When we try to display the data in a flash scrollbox, only the first few paragraphs get displayed, then it gets chopped off. Is there a type of data size restriction? We are using loadVariablesNum("home.php", 0) for example. Here is the page that is getting loaded into flash: http://www.pr...more >>



Why can't loadSound loop?
Posted by SpiderMyGoogle at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Ok, I have a movie that needs to loop a sound file but I need to use loadSound instead of attachSound. THIS WORKS: music.attachSound("backsound"); music.start(0, 999); ... the sound file will loop 999 times THIS DOES NOT WORK: music.loadSound("loop1.mp3"); music.start(0, 999); ...more >>

Weather Magnet
Posted by elecarts at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
:confused; I am trying to add a weather magnet to my newly built flash site but have become very frustrated. Any help would be an absolute miracle!! Here is the script that was sent to me for the weather network: <!-- Begin Qwikcast.com --> <iframe width='219' height='156' marginwid...more >>

Can you set one mc to duplicate another's content?
Posted by IwannaFlashU at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have developed a CBT that has many videos. As it was intended for local use and NOT the web, I put no type of preloading in. It runs great from the hard drive but when you run it from a cd (and the older the system, both the hard drive and cd) it can take 5-10 seconds to load which is an et...more >>

Reversing movies
Posted by Leao16 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have a Quicktime movie embedded in a Flash document. How can I make the movie loop back & forth? i.e. play the entire movie then when it has completed play the whole movie again backwards? Leo...more >>

cursor
Posted by g5604 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, is it possible to change the default cursor to a black one, i dont mean a custom cursor,a system one. cheers, G...more >>

target paths
Posted by IcklePickle at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello I have created a swf file which has a scrollpane in it. The scrollpane loads another swf file into it. the second swf file which loads into the scrollpane has a text area in it. I am trying to change the text field from the _root swf file. I know i need to reference it using the le...more >>

RadioButtons with multiple choice + scores
Posted by highlander_1 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Please help me! I have 10 qestions. Each questions with 10 different choices like this: (But only one choice/question should be selected) Questions Multiple choice q1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...more >>

How to target a specific frame in a loaded movie?
Posted by 914_6 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, i want to have a button that will load an external .swf file and with the same mouse event, send the timeline of that .swf to a specific frame or label. Ive tried : on (release) { loadMovie("slave.swf", 10); _level10.gotoAndPlay("label") ; } Am i that far? Thanks for hel...more >>

Any example of Gesture input on Flash
Posted by deecaysuper at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I was wondering if there's any Actionscript example of gesture input, like selecting items by circling several items within a Flash. Any suggestion? Deecay...more >>

startDrag HELP!
Posted by Scottsman at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have "building block" mc's that you can click and drag around a "stage" mc. The stage has a center axis so the limits are as follows: l = stage_mc._x - (stage_mc._width/2); t = stage_mc._y - (stage_mc._height/2); r = stage_mc._x + (stage_mc._width/2); b = stage_mc._y + (stage_mc._heigh...more >>

MYSQL DB
Posted by didi.thinkpad at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello everyone, is it possible to connect directly to a mySQL DB from Flash and select data without going via PHP? If so please give me a hint how to continue. Best regards Didi...more >>

making a button do simple things
Posted by lark1000 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Its been a few years since i messed with flash and now having to reteach myself the stupid simple things. I cant for the life of me figure out how to the the button symbol to say to go to a ccertain website when it is clicked. If i remember correctly, it would be the "getURL" function and it...more >>

Disabling an Input text field with text.restrict?
Posted by Wisp4 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I've been having trouble trying to disable an input text field, I finally found the text.restrict function but can't get it to restrict ALL characters. I'm sure it's possible as I found this http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/a ctionscript_dictionar...more >>

input Text - @
Posted by icarusdown at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have this problem. When I publish my Flash file to html, input text would't recive @. Instead it paste whatever is in my clipboard. I tried with diferent encodings, fonts,.... Help please!...more >>

execute file in flash mx 2004
Posted by arasoft at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I want run a file in my flash. I want run a pdf. I do this by fscommand("exec","myfile.pdf") but this not work in mx 2004 because fscommand work in flash 5 and flash 4 I need run a file in flash mx 2004 please help me and make me happy :D ...more >>

How to Detect Double-Click & Single-Click
Posted by actionFlash at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Creating movieClips using ActionScript and want to detect whether a user has .double-clicked or single-clicked on a clip. Any suggestions? Your help greatly appreciated...more >>

HEEEEEEELP !
Posted by Jean Bang at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have a swf with 3 pictures for a banner on my website. I would like it to load at different picture everytime the page upload in the browser - in a way start at a different frame each time. How do I do this? ...more >>

What's Wrong with Math in FMX 2004 Pro
Posted by Rougy at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
This is straight out of the "ActionScript Cookbook" but it won't work. What's up? Math.roundTo = function(num, roundToInterval) { if (roundToInterval == undefined) { roundToInterval = 1; } return Math.round(num/roundToInterval)* roundToInterval; }; Gives...more >>

Mirror text
Posted by sunny001 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I've found a brillant web site where there mirror avery thing. how do they do that? http://www.celcius.be/...more >>

search for references in actionscript?
Posted by sharcx at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
i have to edit a flash file as a challenge. It's supposedly a simple challenge, but I'm catching my rear end here for ages with this thing. All I have to do is allow the graphics in a certain section to be clicked on and linked to other urls. Simple. Kind of. Except all 5 of the images in this...more >>

on.press, on.release, on.releaseOutside
Posted by cristianregep at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
the following code is for a point "s" on the stage which i want it to go on a certain direction when i press and move the mouse . mis.dreapta(...) calculates the coordinates for the direction . When i release the mouse sw3 becomes false and blocks mis.dreapta but this.onMouseMove is still act...more >>

disable warning about possible system hangup
Posted by kiss_u at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, Here is what I'm trying to do : I have a simple loop in my ActionScript code (which is a while) to be executed a lot of times. Every time I run the movie, after a few seconds, I get a warning "Warning, this script could use too much ressources and cause a system freeze" or something li...more >>

help on preloader and .FLV's
Posted by SanDiegoFlash at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I am using loadMovieNum to load a .swf file that links in a 5 minute FLV file using display and controller components. (have Flash MX 2004 pro) If I add a standard preloader to the .swf file ( the one that links in the FLV file), will the preloader operate as expected?... that is, will it take...more >>

Stopping sound in flv/video movieclip
Posted by Gwarzo at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Is there a way to stop just the sound in a flv/video movieclip?...more >>

how do they do that?
Posted by Lucy4 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I've found a brillant web site where there's a series of boxes on the right hand side, when somebody clicks on one of the boxes the image on the left scroll to the corrisponding image (scrolling through all of the other images on the way). how do they do that? The site is at http://www.lin...more >>

How do I make Page flipping
Posted by imagine96 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Does anyone know how they did this and what I need to do it myself. The pages flip and when clicked on anywhere on the page, a new window opens where you can zoom in on the text. http://avidneogeo.com/brochure/index.html ...more >>

Executing dynamic AS
Posted by Runarfrilla at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi all, Is it possible to execute dynamic AS from within a movie? Something like: var aString:String = "gotoAndPlay(\"Label1\""; executeInPlayer(aString); Thanks in advance /Runar ...more >>

Inspired by Nintendo DS : Any Actionscript library for touchscreen
Posted by deecaysuper at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
The first time I saw Nintendo DS, I talked to myself: why aren't there any game that runs of PDAs Flash player that does something similar to what Nintendo DS minigame does? I mean, Flash player can do A LOT of things that fully take advantage of the touch screen. And since developing a Flas...more >>


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