Hello all, I understand that you can get rid of the white flash when your movie loads by making sure the object embed tags have the background color same as the page... is there any way to set an image as the background... I have a gradient (an image) that acts as a background in my movie and...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to dynamicaly create a menu in Flash. I have made one MC composed of a square button with a label component over it, and linked it in my library. When I start the movie, I attach a couple of instances of this MC on screen. I am able to place them where I want on the stage, b...more >>

I'm working on a Flash Forms Application using MM 2004 MX Professional. I'll be pulling the data from a web service I wrote (got that working fine). One of the things I need is to sort a column of "numbers" (passed from my ws as strings actually) in a special order so that the first is 5, ne...more >>

i have a main timeline which is calling swf's. each swf have mc''s(mc do not have further nested mcs or call any ther swf) playing in order automatically. my mc is using a code that made my movie stop for a prticular time.say 3 sec or 4 sec ...... MovieClip.prototype.pause = function(t...more >>

I am trying to create an input box that is limited to numers. I'd like the user to input the number and NO decimal. I'd like the output to read with a decimal. Is there anyway to do this? Here's an example User input / output initial/0.00 2/0.02 23/0.23 237/2.37 2379/23.79 23798/...more >>

Hi, I'm trying remove an attached movie clip... but the code doesn't work... Why? Regards, _root.attachMovie("movieClip", "my_mc", _root.getNextHighestDepth()); my_mc.removeMovieClip(); removeMovieClip(my_mc); removeMovieClip(_root["my_mc"]); ...more >>

I am trying to have the stacking order of several movie clips change with an onRollOver. Each movie clip needs to appear on top when a rollover occures on its corresponding button. I've been playing around with following code but nothing is working. Can someone tell me if I'm on the right t...more >>

A quick descrip of the app. - 3 movie objects: a tank, a missile, and a target. Left/right arrows move tank, spacebar fires the missile. The missile movie resides in the tank movie. When the spacebar is hit I duplicate the missile movie and decrease the y coordinate by -40 (missileVelocity). T...more >>

i am amking an http://http://www.geocities.com/tjebay2003/ElectroCityIntro.swf (ignor the lack of pre loaders there both beta)...more >>

My script reads: polka_sound = new Sound(); polka_sound.attachSound("PolkaFugue"); polka_sound.start(0,0); goBack_btn.onRelease = function(){ polka_sound.stop(); } But when I click the goBack_btn while viewing the movie, the sound does not stop. This does not work also with...more >>

Hi, My name is Germ?n Silva I`m new in postin in formums but I really have a doubt that i havent been able to solve. Why when I use "loadMovieNum" the animation gets slow. You can see what i mean going to gsilva@indexcol.com ...more >>

how can I move, rotate or hittest movie clips created with a loop by createEmptyMovieClip ? like that:" this.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc"+i, i+1) with ("mc"+i) {......}...more >>

:clock; hey guys, looking for some help on how to script or create an animation in flash.....basically wanting to put an object onto the page , when the cursor moves in different directions , (left right , up and down) i am trying to make the object follow the cursor, not to attach the cur...more >>

Hi, I need open the Notepad in the Flash button release time my source code is on (release) { fscommand("exec", "C:\WINNT\NOTEPAD.EXE"); } but its not working. What problem i don't know pls help me Regards sathish ...more >>

I want to create a drag and drop movie/game, where the player can click on an item, which is then stuck to the mouse, then place the item down again when the mouse is reclicked....more >>

Whats up all, is there a way in flash to set timing in the time line to go to another frame lets say after 15 seconds go to and play frame 22....more >>

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I have a script to send a message to Lingo, which reads: --- on(release) { getURL(lingo: sprite("mainanim").tellTarget("mainClip") sprite("mainanim").play() sprite("mainanim").endTellTarget(),); } --- It keeps coming up with an error, saying something about: ')' or ',' expected. Wh...more >>

Hi; Im creating a movie wherein i need to draw a line using the createEmptyMovieClip and lineTo functions. The script Im using has just been captured from a sample with my own customization: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("Line1",1); with (_root.Line1) { lineStyle (5, 0xff00ff, 100); ...more >>

Please!!!!! How do I make an image to open in a separate window without the explorer bar? I'm not a Java expert , is it posiible just to cut and paste some java script? ...more >>

Hello. I have a movie with a preloader on the first frame. When I test the movie and show streaming, the preloader doesnt appear until the movie is about 70% loaded. I ve used this same preloader on other movies in the past and have not had any problems. I was guessing that some other c...more >>

How can I create a single button that toggles (and most importantly, functions) between a play icon and a pause icon? And would the same principle work with audio on/audio off? Thanks alot....more >>

OK, this is going to sound crazy, but I have built a CMS in flash and it was working fine, until all of a sudden, the components stopped showing up. The TextArea, the TextInput, ComboBox, everything. The bazarre part is that if you click where it is suppose to be, the cursor starts flashing,...more >>

How can I play an .swf file within my main movie with a button? Also, does the action script need to be attached to the button or frame? thanks....more >>

Hello, Any help with this would be greatly appreciated Importing a URL from an XML file. Flash encodes & as & Does anyone know how to stop this happening I figured it would be something simple like changing the Type to string etc. but that hasn't worked any ideas cheersT...more >>

a = someValue; b= anoyherValue; this.onEnterFrame = function() { a = b } this will change the' b' value with a value. But 'a' Value won?t change when we change 'b' value. What i want is these two things happened in same time. 'a' effect to 'b' and 'b' effect to 'a'. Any sim...more >>

I have four buttons, each with their own different instance names. Is their a way to create an empty movie clip if all the buttons have been clicked? I have tried using arrays and setting four different values and changing them when the buttons are clicked , but that didn't work. I'm trying...more >>

I have four buttons, each with their own different instance names. Is their a way to create an empty movie clip if all the buttons have been clicked? I have tried using arrays and setting four different values and changing them when the buttons are clicked , but that didn't work. I'm trying...more >>

Ive followed some advice on here on how to get images to load in a random fashion. I need a web masthead to rotate through random images, and this seems to work so far minus one issue. I have a movie clip with my images (3 for now- but eventually more) and then on the main stage i have a lay...more >>

Hi, I'm trying remove an attached movie clip... but the code doesn't work... Why? Regards, ...more >>

Can I open a Word document or start a powerpoint presentation from within Actionscript? Thanks Michael...more >>

Greetings I am wondering if one or more of you very helpful people could possible help me with some actionscript. I am creating a form using components, ie, textfields etc. And I need to pass the entered value into an associative array, and then have it traced for checking purposes. ...more >>

I'm building a menu system with a jumble of different events in it. Its fairly poorly designed because i dont know what the client (my boss) wants it to do yet. So its a lot of examples. Anyway, i've got buttons on movieclips and all sorts of on(mouseOver) on(rollout) sorts of events. Pr...more >>

Hi, I know this can be done, just not sure how. In my scene I want a movieClip to run once, and hold on the last frame. Then I move that holding movieClip and fade it out and bring another movieClip onstage. At this point, I've got actionscript in the mc doing stop(); on the last frame, ...more >>

I was wondering if I could disable the function to adjust the volume level in the MediaController. My controller is 120 px wide, and for some reason it overlays the volume adjustment over the play and pause button. That's why I want to disable it. Thanks. K. ...more >>

Hi There, Is there a way to add a button in one scene that can control a movie clip in a different scene... I'm having trouble making a visited state work between scenes. I've created movie clips that are controlled by buttons above, but the 'active' state in the movie clips won't work when...more >>

:|:confused; I want to set focus to the first TextInput box on the first frame of an application so when people visit the page, the cursur will already be in the right place. the instance name for the field that i want to have focus when i first start the page is called address_it I've ...more >>

I have two doubts: 1- I need to start an aplication (EXE or DLL) in Delphi by Flash (using Action Script). How can I do ir? 2- Do Action Script create file.txt or file.doc? How? Regards...more >>

What is the script used to go to previous frame viewed as opposed to (see attached) previous frame on timeline? on (release) { prevFrame();...more >>

Hi, I'm fairly new to Flash. I've completed a "Mouse Trailer" tutorial and another text animation tutorial. I got both movies to work, but both experience the same display issue. Whenever I create an actionscript movie that animates text by splitting a text string into an array of char...more >>

So i've got a few older flash files that i now need to incorporate into a larger "shell" flash file, but the older SWF files use some actionscript to slide things back and forth to a specified X or Y point in the SWF. Well, now when i load the old SWF into this NEW shell, the site is all screw...more >>

I have a movie where I am trying to determine its absolute path, such as http://www.domainname.com/directoryname/ In Director, I used "the pathname", but obviously ActionScript is a different animal. Can anyone provide me some guidance on how to pull this information in Flash? Any help...more >>

hi, i'm kinda new to the whole flash thing.. i knoooow, unfortunately and everyone of you has found it out theirselfs but some help would be very nice so i'm trying to integrate the fsound player to my website, just for playing some looped mp3 parts.. but i have no really clue bout how i sho...more >>

I have set up a movieclip as an activitysheet print out for my students. The first frame has the questions and the 2nd frame the answers. I can fill the text fields in the first frame but not the second. For example the date should appear on both sheets: myDate = new Date(); var todayDa...more >>