Hello -- I've been trying to write a javascript to create a sortable table (a table that allows data in columns to be sorted by clicking on the column header) and I'm having trouble making it work across a range of browsers. It occurred to me that I could create it in Flash to avoid cross-...more >>

I have want to disable button actions . Suppose i have 50 buttons. At the click of 51 button i want to disable button actions of the 50 buttons and clicking it again should enable the 50 button actions i dont want to do this by go to and stop next frame and there disable of button actions...more >>

I have a flash app where a user must drag each of 20 cards--one each--onto one of 20 targets. i would like the target spots to light up based on the proximity of the dragged object rather than the location of the mouse. because of this, i'm guessing i won't be able to use the drag targeting ...more >>

I have a movie that I have developed and it has navigation on the top which is static on the root. the buttons call out to load a sub navigation for each button which works fine on level 5. then each sub button loads another swf file in the same directory on level 10. the issue is when I t...more >>

Hey people.. I'm desperately trying to get load (getbytes) - info on a SWF video file i want to load. The SWF file is created with Sorenson websqueeze 4.0. The weird thing is, if i place the file i want to load INTO on my desktop.. html+swf , and tries to load the online file, then it WO...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to change the colour of the test and highlight colour, when display a 'list' selection box and if so.. could someone kindly show me how please. Also, what is the process of making it transparent, so graphics underneath the box will show though? Thanks Steve ...more >>

I have spent the past hour searching the forums for an answer to this and haven't found one, so I'm posting it. If there is an answer that I missed, I apologize! I am trying to figure out how to tween a dynamic text field. My developer has written a part of the website I'm working on to ...more >>

Hello every body, I have a big problem, which brought me to this forum. I?m building a catalog with around 100 objects; this objects have some characteristics in common that may be what web page users want to know. I can create 80 different movie clips that will display the products ju...more >>

I'm trying to navigate through items in my array through a button press. Below i set the default value of my array to the first item in the array. By pressing a button, i'd like it to find which value pIcon() has and go to the next item in the array. I'd also like to find a way to naviigate ba...more >>

Is it possible to load a SWF without immediately playing it? In Macromedia's ActionScript 2.0 Dictionary (on page 403) it states: "To preload SWF and JPEG files into movie clip instances, you can use the MovieClipLoader class." I interpret preload to mean load advance of when "it" needs ...more >>

Can anyone direct me to a tutorial about how to control the rest of my flash movie based on the timecode in my flv? All I want to do is have text appear alongside my movie at given points in the video playback. But, I don't want to use the slideshow which seems to be the only tutorial offere...more >>

I'm working with a small project using XML to store a nested textfields attributes and text. Thus far the only part that seems to work is loading the textual content to the text field. I'm sure there is something I'm missing or just backwords in my script cause my trace comes up undefi...more >>

Greetings all, I am trying to create a component MovieClip that increments a number variable using the setInterval operation. I can do this on the regular timeline, but when I create a class .as file, the code breaks. The endgame is that I want another Flash developer to enter a number i...more >>

I have seen action scripted movement with a bounce in many places and always wondered how that was done. Can anyone tell me? Thanks, Brian...more >>

How do I force a swf file to open in a full screen mode in IE and in Macromedia Flash Player? ...more >>

if I repeatedly call a function like attachMovie("object_name","instance_name", 1) ? I expected an error message that an instance with such a name already exists, yet no error was reported. Either I have several instances with the same name, or the previously created object is overwritten...more >>

Dear all, newbie in Flash here with a frustrating problem... I used the loadMovie() function to include some pictures: In the 1st frame of my movie: loadMovie("file:///images/test.jpg", temp) "temp" is an instance of an empty movie clip which i placed on the stage just to position ...more >>

I have a flash intro that I would like to automatically reload after 3 minutes - currently, it's set to stop at the end, how can I make it wait for 3 minutes and the start again instead? thanks...more >>

Hi, I've used setRGB to apply a 'down' colour to a menu button while on a relevant frame. I'd like to remove the colour when on other frames, as if I just use setRGB to put the 'up' colour back on, I lose the rollover property. I could just write the rollover in actionscript, but as it's a...more >>

I have a pile of code which works fine but I'm trying to simplify it so dont repeat myself. Here is the code: mcEye.btnEye.onRollOver = function() { mcEye.gotoAndPlay(2); }; mcEye.btnEye.onRollOut = function() { mcEye.gotoAndPlay(1); }; mcSee.btnSee.onRollOver = function() { m...more >>

hi, i try to load MIME-based Data into my MC. The Data is in Textfile with the following contents "Temp[1]=17.8&Temp[2]=17.8&Temp[3]=17.8&Temp[4]=17.8&.......". There are about 1450 Values in. I tryed with load, loadVariables, loadvariablesNum, i declared a new array with name = "T...more >>

Hi LuigiL (in particular :P) and other members, I have a number of txt input fields, and Im not sure of the correct syntax for disabling the proceed button, if some of the input fields arent filled out. Say for example I had 5 inputs, ('name_txt', 'surname_txt', 'username_txt', 'post_txt')...more >>

I have a movie that has four buttons in it that use the LoadMovieNum() to load external .swf's, on these four external .swf's is a preloader. The preloader works fine when it's loading as the initial movie, but will not work when loading into another swf file with this method. My butto...more >>

So, I initially had a button that moved across the stage. It's speed was set by a variable on the main timeline. when the mouse button was released the variables would change. This is THAT Actionscript which is attached directly to the instance: on(release){ gotoAndPlay(4); var...more >>

Suppose I have an Excel file and there is a value 100 in cell B4. How can I create a Flash file such that the value 100 is displayed in Flash, and when the value of cell B4 in Excel file is changed, the displayed value in Flash is changed as well ?? ...more >>

Here is what I am trying to do. I want a box that when a zip code is entered on release or enter then a if then statement is executed against zip codes that are entered into the if then statement if there is a match then it goes to frame ("b" saying yes we have that zip code) in the movie a...more >>

Hi, I have a Flash app that shows the current flow (direction) of power from node to node. The direction is determined by looking at the two nodes and determining the largest one, then changing the line between the two nodes. The node values are updated from a database. The lines betwe...more >>

I want to change the control's look and feel of media playback component. After a prolonged search ive reached http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/ wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004&file=00002564.html here. But the steps described here is very confu...more >>

I am fairly new to Flash, but have learned alot in the last couple weeks; however, one thing has me stumped. I can't figure out how to change how the text input field looks. The standard is white and I am trying to change the background color and hopefully add a border to it. Any help wo...more >>

Any clues as to why the DateField calls DateChooser just fine in the player, but doesn't call it when the same swf is loaded in a browser? Actually... it's a little more complicated than that. The swf is being loaded into another swf, which is running in the browser. Either way, I am go...more >>

Hello, I want to make a section of a site password protected (username and password). I have discovered that only way to make content truly secure is to use flash with server-side scripts like asp or PHP etc., I'm OK with the flash side of things but the problem is which I know nothing about...more >>

I have a single flash file that is the header of individual pages of HTML. What I'd like to do is have flash check to see what page is being shown and display something accordingly. Basically I have a movieclip that needs to be displayed only on a certain page (Contact, for instance). ...more >>

Hi and thanks for reading my posting. I have a scrollbar that contains buttons, lets say that I click the very last button (green scene) in my scrollbar and takes me to the "green scene" in my flash movie, my question is, how can I go back from my "green scene" to the scroll bar scene at t...more >>

Hello all, I have an issue... I want to add pics that have diff size, but I need them all to be the same size.. Is there a way I can resize them through xml?...more >>

I have tried almost everything and I still need help with making all the pics. having the same size when viewing the slideshow.. Can someone help!?...more >>

Here is what I am trying to do. I want a box that when a zip code is entered on release or enter then a if then statement is executed against zip codes that are entered into the if then statement if there is a match then it goes to frame ("b" saying yes we have that zip code) in the movie an...more >>

If I imported a swf file into the library, then exported is for action script and then created an instance thereof using attachMovie, how do I make it to play? ...more >>

Hi all, I have an html text with anchor (<a name="1914">) loaded in dynamic textfield and I want to dynamically positioning the text in the textfield on specific line of it. For example: <html> <body> <a name="1914">1914:</a> fdsfdsf dsf dsf dsf sdf sfd <a name="1916">19...more >>

Could anyone tell me why I can not get a Quiz movie I deveoped with the Quiz template to run from another movie when I use the following script? var MovieHolder_mc:MovieClip=createEmptyMovie("MovieHolder_mc",1); MovieHolder_mc.loadMovie("Quiz.swf"); It loads but when I hit the next butt...more >>

Hi... I'm trying to learn about combo boxes. I've been through about ten tutorials from various places and they all fall down when I paste one piece of code or anopther in to the AS editor. "This code contains errors"... So I'm looking for a tutorial that actually works ! I need to learn...more >>

Hi, I am trying to exectue an action when the ENTER key is pressed. Here is my code: if (key.isDown(key.ENTER)) { _root.sendChatMsg() _root.msgSend.input_txt.text = "" _root.msgSend._visible = false; } The olny problem is, that when i press the enter key it executes...more >>

Hi, If i have a node in xml and it contains 3 <a href="asfunction:bla bla"></a>, how do i make a for loop to count them. I also have several <br/> tags in the text. i want to get only the <a href> tags. Anyone with a smart solution would be very nice ! Thanks ! Mathias ...more >>

Hello: I am using Flash Paper to show documents, my question is, how can I protect those files to been copies from the cache. Thanks ...more >>

I have a movie that loads another movie into a holder. Is there a way to make the loaded movie fade in using ActionScript?...more >>