im using this code: on (press) { startdrag("/hat"); } on (release) { telltarget ("/hat") { stopdrag(); } } but when i press the syntax tick, it gives this message: **Error** Symbol=hat_movie, layer=button, frame=1:Line 5: Syntax error. telltarget ("/hat") { i've ...more >>

I have an external SWF named "packages" with a goto button in it. This movie is loaded inside a movie clip named "hotel" that is with the root movie named "site-v2". Within the movie clip "hotel" is a frame named "rooms". Basically I want to got to "rooms" from "packages". Here is my quest...more >>

Help! I have a standalone EXE that has (6) different Movie Clips that can be called up from a main menu selection on the stage. Each MC has many buttons and they overlay each other. My problem is that the buttons from the previous MC are still selectable, although - unseen. How can I c...more >>

The problem is : I have got a dynamic text box. I`m feeding it with htmltext. Everything goes allright. Except when I try to give to it Unicode (Basic Latin and Latin A extended ranges). The text shows only till the first unicode character. I`ve tried to change the "character" range fo...more >>

I want to use a preloader to load an external swf into an empty movie clip ("content_mc") in my main movie. The external swf is a Flash Form Application so the preloader has to be in the main movie and not the external swf. The main movie consists of only the preloader and the external swf. ...more >>

Hello. I've got a movieclip that has been loaded via a this.loadMovie() I have a button within the movie that has been loaded that i would like to control the main timeline. (ie. switch scenes of overall movie) what do i need to do to get this movieclip to work? I've tried. _pare...more >>

Hey.. im trying to make a site similar to http://www.amplifier.com/ but i cant work out how the zooming in on specific areas of the site when a button is pushed is done... it could be done with tweens but im guesing filesize would be an issue with tweens.. Can anyone point me in the...more >>

I've got 5 total objects that are merely dragging back and forth with movement ov the mouse. I want them to move at different rates so the ones that appear further back move slower than the ones in the front. I know about startDrag(); commands, i just haven't quite figured out the whole speed/...more >>

Hello!: Does anyone knows if there is a tutorial on how to display text in a flash animation from a .txt file (i know this is possible). What I don't know is if you can then make effects with that text (I think not). I also need to make not only the text to be loaded from an external .tx...more >>

Flash Masters, I wanted to know if anyone can break down, scene by scene for me, what effects were used to create the Flash movie on the header of this site: http://www.leisuremax.us/. I am an aspiring designer who is teaching myself Flash design, and I would LOVE to learn how to create some...more >>

when Im makeing a preloader a lot of stuff from the loaded page wont work any more, like movie clips wont remove, scroll bar ... maybe because the preloader puts the page in another movie clip ... dont know could anyone help me with this I really need a preloader for my site maybe there is ...more >>

How to display playback time in dynamic textfield with variable? I made it to that point where seconds:seconds are displayed. If I divide first value with 60 I guess I should have seconds? Seconds should only count from 0 to 60... function checkPlayback():Void{ vProgress = Math.roun...more >>

I am trying to make a movie clip slide left and right when the user clicks a navigation item. The set up is this: The interface will feature a photo in the background. When the user clicks on Button 1, the photo will slide to the left and ease into the next photo. When the user clicks Butt...more >>

ok I have a movie clip that is placed on the main timeline. Inside my movie clip I have a button that I want to be able to change the frame of the main timeline. inside the button I have a simple on release script Home is the name of the scene and L1 is the name of the frame. Anyway, it d...more >>

My question is untill where can flash perform the lineTo() function. What x or y? I have a function that starts drawing some lines and after some time it starts drawing a line through the middle of the scene ...more >>

Hello, I just finished making a game using the basic knowledge of Actionscript I have. One of my shortcomings is that I tend to find a way to solve a problem in Flash and stick with it... But not today! My movie/game is seperated into 6 seperate frames on the main (_root) timeline, and as...more >>

Hello Folks. I made a Flash Intro Movie in Mx, but the size is very high, i dont know why, it's all images, and i put all the images in graphic symbol, ita related to sweets, please tell me how can i reduce the file size. Thanks ...more >>

I've been trying to get FScrollPane.setDragContent to work for my scrollpane component in MX 2004 Pro and am having some trouble. Right now, the content in the scrollpane can be dragged with the hand cursor. I know I have to set the actionscript to false in order to prevent that from happening...more >>

Hey there all :) I have been having some problems with a loan calculator. I get all the input fields (loan amount, interest rate, term of loan) to work and remember the right numbers. Now I have to let flash draw a line graph with the info. I am just having problems with setting up t...more >>

I changed my mouse cursor and now when I create a movie clip content and I open something in it the mouse will be on a lower level than the movie clip ,so it cant see the mouse when it over the clip what should I do? if it matter how I changed my cursor: I hided the old cursor ( Mouse...more >>

It's from Flash UI Components Set 2 It freaks out on me whenever I open a tree that causes it to scroll and then try to close the node while the root node is scrolled of the screen. (parts become unselectable, folder dupilcate etc.) It does quit the odd behavior if i open and close a differ...more >>

I am sure this is easy, but I just can't manage to write correctly the script for on right click to go to another frame. I am very new at this. Please help. I tried the below simple script, but I must be way off. on (Press "<Right>") { gotoAndPlay(31); } Thanks ...more >>

I have had no problem controlling playback of external SWFs in the past by modifying the last frame of the external SWF to return playback control to the parent. UNIQUE SITUATION: I will not have the ability to modify the external SWF file and want to be able to have the parent timeline ...more >>

Does anyone knows where i can find a tutorial on how to do a floating flash window (ad like) when i open a site? Vamp...more >>

Hello, I would like to ask if there is any way for Flash to know the location of My Music or My Pictures folders. For example, something like: mySound.loadSound("My Music/test.mp3", true);...more >>