Sorry for the noobQ but I'm trying to translate a bit of syntax into actionscript. In ASP, I can use myval = request("carrot") In AS2, I need to do something similar with loadvars froma text file. We read in the data and pull out this.carrot and this.cucumber but what I need to do is pull out...more >>

As is always the case I am trying to load a movie in on a specific frame of my main timeline. The main timeline has a layer calleg 3DOne and 3DOne contains a movieclip symbol that I am using as a container for the movie I am loading. The following code is what I have in the actionscript for th...more >>

I have a presentation that is about 15MB total, I have broken each scene into a separate swf, now I want to create one small swf that will load each swf in order and play as a seamless presentation. What is the best way to do this? I have loaded the sound into the scene swf's by using this ...more >>

Ok, i am really frustrated: I have created a XML file that has the name of the file. I am creating buttons dynamically so when you click on one, an associated movie clip is loaded displaying a picture related to that button. I have the buttons created, and I am using the filename from th...more >>

First, im a newbie at this. Now for the question. I have put a stop actionscript to my flash file.movie, and have check it for errors,. well, when i test the movie, it throws up two errors both fromt eh stop error. the error reads: **Error** Scene = Scene1 , Layer "the...more >>

If I duplicate a movieclip which has actionscript attached to it, does that actionscript get duplicated along with the movieclip so that the duplicate movieclip has its own unique assignments? In other words, if I attach actionscript that has "this._y" in the original movieclip, will that sam...more >>

I am trying to get 10 swfs to load and play one after the other without the use of buttons. I have created an empty mc and of course the first swf loads fine without any problems. Does anyone know of a place on the web (I have searched) that will give me more information as to how to writ...more >>

I have some buttons that I want to change state when one rolls over them (arrow to object on screen), but I don't want the hand symbol to appear. I've tried this code on the button: on(rollOver){ useHandCursor=false; } but it doesn't work. Any hints? --Elizabeth ...more >>

ok well, I'm farly new with using buttons and action scripts I'm tying to make a button that will play my animated movie and every time i give it and actionscript to do so the error report reads as follows "Statement must appear within on handler" I need to know how I can fix this it would be...more >>

I'm pretty new with flash , I'm tryin to make a site ,well anyway... the questions are: 1.my site is gonna be preatty big , how do I do a loading page before? 2.I'm gonna make an animation category : I wil make a picture of everyone so It won't load that much and when I select one the animat...more >>

I have a movie clip (bar_mc) that only contains a small graphic on one layer and, above that, some dynamic text whose variable is "title." I have six bar_mc clips lined up and each has an instance name of bar1, bar2, etc... All of this is then in a movie clip named and with an intstance ...more >>

Help! I have buttons that create a series of duplicated movieClips (object1_mc, object2_mc, etc.) That I then want to be able to group/ungroup and move as a single unit. I also would like to rotate these objects around a common axis. As well, I need to restrict the movement of the group with...more >>

just go through this link can any one help me on this http://geocities.com/mails4u_alwayshttp://geocities.com/mails4u_always...more >>

when we right click over a swf file place in a html file, few option pops out saying setting,debugger and about Macromedia flash Player 5,6,7 . my question is can we disable this,if yes then please help me ...more >>

Hi All, I have a movie in which i am loading five movies seperately one by one on click of their respective button.How can i preload all the five movies while the main movie loads. so that the movie plays soomthly with no loading message after clicking the button. any help will be appreciat...more >>

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I have a light in my animation that I want viewers to interactively turn on and off by clicking a switch. How can I do this?...more >>

I know I have been jumping around a bit in my questions in the forums here, but I was wondering how you could add artificial inteligence to a game so that the computer skillfully selects buttons based on previous players' selections. Artificial inteligence in actionscript is very complicated,...more >>

Hello, The function getURL can send variables to a server-side script buy using either POST or GET methods. But which variables are sent? Those who are in the same scope, where getURL is called? -- Blade hails you......more >>

I am a little confused on how depth works. I am creating green boxes just to test something out using createEmptyMovieClip(). The thing is when I create more than one using the same depth, my square gets all messed up. The thing is, it works when I make the depth of one of the movie clips m...more >>

HELP! I have a small, simple site that is basically four pages with four .swf's that link in and out of each other. All of my getURL's go where they are supposed to, but it isn't going to the right target windows consistantly and I can't figure it out for the life of me. 1. From the .s...more >>

My presentation has 150 slides that each forward to the next slide automatically after a variable amount of time. I figured out that this code does the trick if I attach it to each slide: on (reveal) { foo=setInterval( function(){ gotoNextSlide(); clearInterval(foo); }, 7000 ); } Th...more >>

Hey, I have been searching, yes "searching" so don't yell at me for being lazy ;-) cuz I have tried, but I didnt see any posts here or any where else the address my specific issue, I need to make a digital clock or in this case clocks that display different time zones, I figure its something ...more >>

A B C |----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----|----| o-------- animation ---------------->o --------- | MClip | --------- The system above is to play an animation on main timeline by clicking the ...more >>

Hi, When I load a txt with loadVars, It work fine, but when the text is very long, the end of that text is not visible. Is there some character limit? ...more >>

Hi all A current e-learning project i'm working on includes the following code checkCost = 0; for (i=0; i<_root.shopArray[_root.currentPage][2].length; i++) { checkCost +=_root.shopArray[_root.currentPage][2][0]*_root.shopArray[_root.currentPage][2] [2]; } enteredNumber = Number(th...more >>

hi, I have the same trouble than Alex. I'm using a tree component and and external xml file. some content in the xml (tilte) is much too long and can't be seen. I would like to introduce a line break that in the arborescence the title appears on two line. How can I do that? thank'...more >>

How do I create a "sound player" that I can change tracks on and start and stop whatever is playing. I have a few examples that are perfect. Here they go: http://www.fat-joe.com Thanks...more >>

Hi, I've just finished a huge project for a local law firm - an online document management system. It works great - except that windows users cannot download any documents ! All docs are zipped. Buttons say simply "Get URL" followed by the address of the zip. Nothing I have tried will work...more >>

Hi people, I want to create effect that is used in the url below. It basically resizes a movieclip depending on the size of the jpg that is loaded into it. http://jimmymcgrathphoto.com/ Any help would be really good. Thanks, Dave ...more >>