Guys I have posted many thread all around the web and found luckily the solution of loading external images and then resizing them but now I have another problem that is, How to click that externally loaded image to enlarge it? loadMovie ("images/image1.jpg", thumbnail); thumbnail._xscal...more >>

Hi all, I've just completed a linear flash movie. However, I noticed that it was lagging significantly after I exported it as swf, almost to the point of watching a "slide show". Is it due to the window size (I'm doing 1024 x 768)? If so, is there any way of reducing the lag if I need to ...more >>

Hi All, Please view the following link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/polltracker/html/polltracker.stm can anybody help me in creating this? I have to fetch the dadfa from an existing database, say SQL server. XML can also be used. -waiting for a reply from some ginious. ...more >>

Hi there, I hope someone can help with this, I'm a relatively basic flash designer, and I need to make a movie for a page that will load an image at random each time the page is loaded. That seems simple enough, plenty of posts on that topic. But how about having the flash movie remember, ...more >>

Basically I've been trying to mask an image symbol with a bullseye looking object, but I can't find a way to manipulate the fills right. I wrote the bullseye in actionscript but the last fill would fill the largest circle making the mask just one bid circle. I want to see through a every other...more >>

using setInterval does not work as expected. (I have it working though) Anyone know why this happens? I use the sample code below in a class file. in fla i call new Interval(); Result nothing happens. But when i uncomment the line this.o = this; in the constructor, the callBack gets called....more >>

i was wondering if there is a option to prevent text from appearing next to a image in the textfield that loads the html.. one option tried was using BR .. but if you scale the movie(and that's needed).. the font size is reduced.. so text still come next to the image.. and if i use hspac...more >>

Thanks to everyone taking the time to view my question ! Below is my simple code. Can anyone tell me why, if I replace myVars.send with getURL, the POST variables never reach my destination page ??? ( Anything to do with the nested LoadVars objects?) on(release, keyPress "<Enter>") { ...more >>

hi everybody, i have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what i'm doing wrong. basically i want the variable 'goodPick' to move down the screen from top to bottom at the x position stored in xPos. here is the code i am trying: //initialise array of good food (good food needs to b...more >>

Hi, When using the hitTest function, I see that you cannot detect the hit of two movie clips while using the shape flag. In order to have shape flag on, you must be comparing a movie clip to two points. I am aware that using the outline of the shape of the movie clip and comparing each p...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to read some variables in a text file. The variables are relative path url's to swf files that I need preloaded into my movie. After creating a new LoadVars object and pointing it to my text file, I want it to run a myLoadVars.onLoad function that tests that everythin...more >>

Hi, I have a small problem. I want to use Css (internal) in flash. I also use an ..xml-file to load the text. In the text i use different links to open ..swf-files (sort of a menu in the text). The problem is if i use more than one link and want to change the color after you have clicked o...more >>

Please help. We are at a critical point in design on a major (I mean MAJOR) program. All along, we have been expecting to use WMODE=Transparent for Flash files within div layers and/or CSS. Everything works fine in Windows, but we need to use Linux and Mozilla 1.x. It's not working in Linu...more >>

hey everybody! :) i've got the below method. it returns a movieclip. however i'm having to change it so that it will return either a movieclip or a textfield, based upon which of them exists. 'thing is: what should the return type of the method be? yours quizically, dubya. ...more >>

I have one button... (instance=send) I have one input textfield... (instance=write) and one dynamic textfield.... (instance=wrote) I want the dynamic field to respond a question if I type it in the input textfield. How can I make that work?? ...more >>

I have an idea for an animation for an illustration that I would like to do. Basically it world be an overhead shot of a oval swimming pool with a bunch of people swimming randomly around. Well not really people since I can?t draw worth jack, but just wiggling dots that represent people in t...more >>

In dealing with external SWF files, I've got the following actionscript in the root working just fine: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 1); holder.loadMovie("Deployment.swf"); Once "Deployment.swf" is finished playing, I want it to disappear and have the root timeline be the focus....more >>

I am in the middle of a school course (using Flash MX 2004) and I don?t know how to link scenes by using the buttons. I have searched the web for code to put in ActionScript, but none work! I have customised the code to fit in the button names and the scenes. I know this sounds stupid, but I U...more >>

Hi, i have a button "front_BT" in the frame 70 inside a MC called "mc" what i want is to enable or disable that BT in the _root, _root.mc.front_BT.enabled=false; is not working, any ideas!!!! thanks ...more >>

I have a base file (base.swf) which on my main timeline, I have 2 empty movieclips created and then 1 swf loaded into each of them: _global.video1 = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("video1", 1); _global.video2 = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("video2", 2); video1.loadMovie("video1.swf", 1); vi...more >>

Hi everyone I am new to this forum, i was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some code to create a scroll bar...ideally a flash file so i can get in and look around..i dont feel confident enough with fllash to go ahead and create one and would love to see one with a fla...more >>

Is there a way to import just some classes in the first frame of our movie o the rest of the code, lets say, in the frame 10? Doing this im trying to maintain the first frame as ligth as posible. example: import Preloader.as in the first frame and import movieManager.as in the frame 10 ...more >>

When launching web pages from a projector, I've noticed that if the user opens a web page with Explorer and does not close Explorer before returning to the projector, any additional web pages opened from the projector will open in a new browser window beneath the projector. What happens then, ...more >>

hi! I have to make a program in which the user inputs the data through an input window. Depending on this data the program should draw a line on the screen according to a certain formula.(for exemple: in an electrical circuit: the user can modify the resistance through an input window and de...more >>

I am working on an instruction presentation that currently has the typical fast forward, rewind, pause and play buttons. But now the client would like to have this along with the ability to skip to each instruction similar to skipping to a chapter on a DVD. I tried miserably using Scenes and ...more >>

I have build an Arrray. the Array is desing to change the size of boxes when the button is press. the problem I'm having is that it seams like the enterFrame keeps on cicling arround and it make the browser slow down. I need to know if there is a way so that when the _x = to its new position...more >>

I have one button... (instance=send) I have one input textfield... (instance=write) and one dynamic textfield.... (instance=wrote) I want the dynamic field to respond a question if I type it in the input textfield. How can I make that work?? ...more >>

i want to display an alternete image insteda of flash swf if the browser detects that no plugin is insalled on browser. How can i do that ?or An alternate way to give clients the same page if plugin not present with image palced .Is this b detected by javascript etc. Help Nedded PLZZZZZ. ...more >>

whats the actionscript code so when a movieclip touches another movieclip,the movie will goto a different frame?...more >>

HOW DO I STOP MY MOVIE FOR 15SECONDS AND AFTER THIS IT MUST CONTINUE? HELP ME OUT HERE THX...more >>

Hi All, I'm looking for a vertical menu with 2 sub levels generated from an xml. Anyone have some link or stuff to help me? p.s. I'm very bare bone in as...so easy is best :) Many Thanks ...more >>