When I attach a movie through code in a class, how can I access properties of an instance of this class through events in this MovieClip. At the //HERE marker (see code) I can't access the properties. What's the best way to achieve this? class SomeClass { private var somevar:St...more >>

I have created a basic game where you control a character that is chased by another character. All of this works fine. However, I would like to add a hit counter and then after 10 hits you reach a "GAME OVER" screen. I know how to program the game over screen when my score variable reaches 10,...more >>

Hi, I am starting a new project with flash and I dont know should I use AS 1 or 2. I am going to create a set of UI components and I dont know which version is more efficiency AS1 or AS2. I am not going to use those UI v. 2 components because they are not what the customer needs. So, what are ...more >>

Hey! I was wondering if anyone knew how to use actionscript to replace a clicked on animated MC button with a different one and then once that button was clicked on, it would go back to the original MC button? I had done something like this once with a swf that had a changing background imag...more >>

Is it possible to create a symbol of a MovieClip type and import into it an AVI file? Or alternatively can I import an AVI file into the Library and make is a MovieClip? ...more >>

Can i from a click of a button on my menu open and play a swf and play another swf that plays with it?so u can see both swfs? basically i have a site at freshlemon.co.uk/paragon/home.html on the main menu when u click on the products button the page loads and has a menu on the left when ...more >>

I imported a AVI video file into the library and wanted to Create a Dynamic Clip Instance using attachMovie(AVI_library_item_name, InstanceName,1) But before I have to export this AVI_library_item using Linkage. However when I right click on AVI_library_item, the Linkage is disabled (gray). ...more >>

Is there any way to disable some nodes from TREE Component???????????...more >>

I have a menu where I have my titles on the right and image on the left. Everything is setup exept I'm not sure how to load my external jpeg's on the left. Do I use a loadMovie() for this? ...more >>

:frown; Hi folks, I am a new to programming in flash. I need some advice on inserting a video clip into flash movie (not embed it, but load it on pressing a button). The video clip has 2 MB and is in WMV. I want to upload the video clip externally (only once the button is pressed). Howev...more >>

Is there a way of opening a *.pdf file, that works for mac and pc? I've tried using fscommand but it didn't work....more >>

Hi guys need your help badly, im working on an online exam wherein i will use a countdown timer, now this timer calls a function or an action that redirects the page when the time runs out. Any help will do. Thanks in advanced. gpo ...more >>

Hi, I have created a photo gallery, where in one page one image is displayed per page (img size is less than 5 kb). Images are getting loaded from the server side at run time and through XML files. To naviage between mutliple images I have NEXT and BACK button right their and they are work...more >>

Hi! everyone, Can anyone teach me how to disable the Print Screen button. So that a user cannot capture screen shots of the flash presentation? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Louie ...more >>

I never seem to be able to make a preloader for my project. It seems that the entire movie is loaded before movie starts, so that when when preloader is to be run, all bytes are loaded and bar is full. link: http://www.bajazz.com/preloader.swf fla file: http://www.bajazz.com/preloader.fla ...more >>

Hi, In my flash project, the speed of its running is conerning me. It runs smoothly, until the user presses a button, that then triggers a movie clip to run its animation. After this, the whole flash movie continues at a slow speed. WOuld there be any obvious reason for this?? Thank...more >>

Im an actionscript novice, especially when it comes to things like this. I want to create a grid of boxes that are supposed to be generated dynamically, with each box preloading an image. I want the boxes to load up sequentially, one after the other, instead of all at the same time, and i wan...more >>

This was working exactly as I'll explain. 1. Enter url in browser. 2. Preloader swf is loaded into an empty MC due to LoadMovie() in first frame of Main timeline. Preloader, a separate swf file, consists only of a background graphic, which loaded a jpeg into an empty movie clip. 3. preload...more >>

Hello guys, I am trying to create a dynamic textfield with multi embed fonts, but I dont know how to embed more than one font to one dynamic field. Check the code, it displays.. without BOLD nor ITALIC and I have no idea how to embed more than one font.. !! Please helP ! Thanks ...more >>

does anyone know of a good way to apply validation to an email feild in a contact form. my own attempts so far cant stop all errors. many thanks, G ...more >>

:confused; I am trying to insert this script into a button/graphic/or dynamic text box. Which ever will work! I have been working and searching forums for days.....but to know avail! <script src='http://voap.weather.com/weather/oap/CAXX0016?template=DRIVH&par=null&unit=1 &key=00a45e73...more >>

im just trying to get a couple of balls bouncing using correct programming structure. I have this code in my .fla file, Ball1 = new Bouncer("ball1", Math.random()*2*pi, Math.random()); Ball2 = new Bouncer("ball2", Math.random()*2*pi, Math.random()); var Objects = new Array(Ball1, Ball2);...more >>

...to solve my problems with quiz and scores. Please help me! I want to do this in pure actioscript - no components, no templates and all that standard solutions. I want to have controll, know and learn what I?m doing in programming as you programming other script as Javascript and so on.. ...more >>

If I have a function in the root function f1(){ attachMovie("movie", "movie1",1); movie1._x = 1; } and this function is called from a movieClip myClip _root.f1(); how do I access a property of myClip from another function in the root? code like function f2(){ trace(movie1._x); t...more >>

Importing an AVI file into FLA considerably reduced the video quality especially when there are a lot ov movements in the video. Is there a way to protect the original AVI quality in SWF ? ...more >>

I am trying to format listbox text dynamically. I want to change the color of specific characters inside the listbox. I am only able to find text formatting for text fields. The text is being loaded from xml. Is there a simple way to specify the text to be colored in the xml document? ...more >>

I am traing to write a sort of a shooting game using avi videoclips. I.e. on mpouse down on certain areas in one clip, I need the current clip to stop, and another clip to start. What whoud be the best strategy to do that? ...more >>

i have two swf's : swfA and swfB , both making heavy use of as2 classes, loading one after another into a position holder on the _root. if i swfB is loaded after swfA, it's functionality is impaired (specifically, some textfields are not drawn (dynamically) . however if swfB loads first, it l...more >>

|--The Setup-------------------------------| I have created a movie that I want to control using 2 buttons. On to play it forward and on backwards. The first button, when clicked and held, will play the movieclip. When realeased it will stop plaing the movieclip. The second button, w...more >>

I am a little out of my league here. I have created a flash animation that includes an "art idea generator" for my elementary students. When you press the button a random art starter idea appears on the machine. First, do I just creat another layer with a frame for each of the 100 separate ...more >>