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Accessing Movie Clips via functions...
Posted by ScottishCaptain at 5/3/2005 11:40:38 PM
Greetings to all! Just another quick question here.. Lets say I have a function. I want to pass the function the path of a Movieclip running in the Flash animation (lets say _root.background.loopclip is the Movieclip). Lets say I have a function: function myfunct(target_path) {...more >>


quadratic curves
Posted by hosey at 5/3/2005 3:36:22 PM
In brief: I wrote a flash program so I can draw a curved line. the end result is a quadratic curve with three points. I need to create a jpeg based on those 3 points using c# .net. But c# doesnt have quadratic. it uses cubic belzier. Any ideas? Thanks hosey ...more >>

name function
Posted by nardove at 5/3/2005 9:16:53 AM
hi, what i want it is simple a global function that trace the instance name of the movieclip when i call the function hope that clear thanks ...more >>

What is WRONG with this?
Posted by media.Dude at 5/3/2005 8:49:11 AM
Can anyone tell me why this won't work? (it's from a tutorial in Actionscript 2 Dictionary) dynamic class QKlass extends MovieClip { function QKlass() {} } //------------------------------------------------ // Extends Application clip method attachMovie //-----------------------...more >>

help using a class please
Posted by Brian at 5/3/2005 8:08:55 AM
I got the following code for easing equations from www.robertpenner.com, but I don't understand how to implement that into my AS to make my objects move. The AS files there inclued the following, how can I use this? Thank you. Brian class com.robertpenner.easing.Linear { static ...more >>

what the purpose of use count
Posted by Haahoou at 5/3/2005 6:19:44 AM
whats the purpose of use count in library . If u have a symbol that is being used say 10 times even then it shows a dash against that symbol. Is there a way to see exacly how many times a symbol is used, if yes then how mm knowledge base gives detail about the flash 4 but not mx... I am usi...more >>

XMLSocket and firewalls
Posted by jasjbow at 5/3/2005 6:09:37 AM
Hi I was considering writing a simple chat application based on an XMLSocket connection However, on http://www.flashmagazine.com/html/1024.htm page it is mentioned that sometimes firewalls don't like XMLSocket connections. How common is this problem? Under what conditions would an X...more >>

calling a class method from within an onLoad event
Posted by LordAlex at 5/3/2005 6:04:21 AM
:confused; Hello friends, I have a small class I am building using AS1 but, I am having trouble calling a method within my class inside of an onLoad event. Here is the code: The method I am trying to call is process() (in bold) Any suggestions on getting around this problem, will be ...more >>



getURL with javascript won't pop up a window in IE?
Posted by napx at 5/3/2005 4:55:45 AM
Seems like this should be really simple but I've spent way too much time mucking with this, so I thought I'd post and hope for some responses. I've got a Flash splash page that I'd like to have launch a main Flash site in a seperate window without the toolbar, menubar, etc. In the splash.swf I...more >>

Unable to Create Dynamic Radio Buttons
Posted by Jayvee (); at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello, I have spent nearly a day trying to figure this out and I think I narrowed it down to a specific problem with flash. I am trying to create a row of five radio buttons (labeled 0 - 5). I have managed to create the row manually by calling the "createClassObject" five times and I...more >>

Tangent
Posted by plaidpnts at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
I am building a flash piece that calculates a Thread Helix Angle. I was given the equation and really have no idea what a Thread Helix Angle is. Anywya, the final steps in the equation are to calculate E which is (pitch/circumference) and then take that value and plug it in to the following eq...more >>

Array code not working?
Posted by andrewknapp at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello there, I can't seem to get this array code to work, it all looks right, could someone help me out and check it out for me please? The script is intended to put four different jpg images into four different holders. The trace returns is corrects. Thanks in advance :) my_...more >>

Reloading variables
Posted by LSmith4285 at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have a scene which asks questions, the questions are read into a variable from an array, however it won't read load when ever time the scene is entered. I have tried adding an onEnterfFame but this has caused a whole lot more problems and didn't solve it, any advice greatly received. ...more >>

Load Movie - Problem when exiting
Posted by DaveDmd at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have nested mc's. in my mc called pages I have 7 different frames. each frame represents a different page. When you enter each page it calls for the load of an external mc to load within the page. This saves file space for the main movie when a user is initially loading up the movie. I have ...more >>

undefined
Posted by raphy100 at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hallo, I am searching for a solutions for 4 weeks ago in some flash forums, but nowbody couldnt help me... I have a Kontact Form and a "send " button. When i click this button the informations from the flash form will be send to me by email. Following code work sometimes.But sometimes the ...more >>

Actionscript Drawing API code
Posted by ScottishCaptain at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Greetings to all! I was just checking on this forum again, it appears as if my previous post never made it on. I appologize if I've posted this somewhere else, but I certainly can't find it for some strange reason. Anyways. I am currently designing a new website for my company. My genera...more >>

grouping movie clip at runtime
Posted by musibest at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
hi all i have a button whitch on pressed i am creating a movieclip. now i have 2 ot more movieclip in the stage. i have one more button which i want to group all the present movieclip in the stage it is possible can any one help me out:) ...more >>

Smoothness Problem in animation
Posted by Harmeet S. Vohra at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi All, I'm working on one site in flash. I'm using graphics of 742px X 497px dimensions and 130kb in size. I'm using three instances at one time. This makes the all other animations slower. If I will use one graphic at one time it will make animation smoother. But I have to use three insta...more >>

Working with multiple movie clips, need to control main timeline from another swf
Posted by noahyamen at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Ok so heres the structure of what im working with. (I'll try to make this as easy as possible). I have a host swf movie, named ir_as_demo.swf. And then inside this movie, i have a keyframe action script that loads another movie into the host file: loadMovie("scene_1.swf", "_root.menu.sce...more >>

mouse listener
Posted by sprint23 at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
I am a new user. Here is my question: I have several different movie clips; I want to add a mouse listener and count the number of mouse clicks. Depending on the number of mouse clicks, different movie clips are determined to play on the screen. For example, mouse click 1 time, play Movie clip...more >>

Validaciones
Posted by geobasis at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hola necesito validar una entrada de texto para que solo acepte letras mayusculas y/o minusculas, lo he intentado con la funcion DataValidacion.hasValidChars( cadena, caracteresvalidos ), pero no funciona, agradecere cualquier ayuda, mi mail es geobasis@hotmail.com, si necesitan alguna ayuda...more >>

button problem
Posted by lena21 at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have movieClip with 3 buttons. ActionScript for each button is like this. Each one plays defined frame on scene1 on (release) { _parent.gotoAndPlay("test"); } It works fine except of the case when during playing MC I click again the same button. Then I go to the first frame of sce...more >>

getURL script
Posted by jasonfrncs NO[at]SPAM tiscali.co.uk at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
I want to send a Lingo command from Flash via a getURL. Anyone know how to do this? My script keeps coming up with errors, and no matter what I try I can't see what the problem is. This is my script: --- on(release) { getURL(lingo:"sprite("mainanim").tellTarget("mainClip") sprite("ma...more >>

substitute for getUrl
Posted by itinko at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
is there some way to launch a new page by invoking javascript without using getUrl? When I use getUrl with Firefox it appends the url to the current url with a space: The same thing works fine in IE. http://www.mysite.com/%20http://www.newsite.com Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

swapDepths issues
Posted by eyal453 at 5/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
hey... i was just wondering if any1 knows about certain issues with swapDepths... i created a simple clip and i use swapDepths on it at the begining of the timeline... it's all good at the begining and i can control that instance... change visiblity and all... but after a certain point in ...more >>


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