Hi, I'm curious if there is a way to make a movie clip which is sitting behind some text as its background, scroll along with the text. I have the text sort of fitted onto the background, and if the text scrolls without it, it looks funny. Is there a way to lock them together somehow or ...more >>

I first learned how to add video with ActionScipt 2.0 and MX 2004, so although I've heard it is possible to display video in Flash Player 6, I am unsure how to do this and I cannot find any resouces that describes the process. Can someone point me to a reference where I can learn how to crea...more >>

Me and my friends have formed a flash team, I do actionscript, one animates, and the other gets the ideas. So today i noticed that a lot of people steal our flash movies or display without permission. So today I decided i was going to put a stop to that, so I came up with a nifty little script...more >>

Hi, been trying to work this out for a couple of days via the help, a few tutorials and the reference panel but I keep falling over my own feet. If someone has the time I'd really appreciate a step by step on this. I need to do a few things: Import a text file with a list of clients and jo...more >>

I have a very basic ColdFusion Component that returns a "Yes" or "No" value to Flash. If the value is "Yes", I want it to output the word "Yes" to a dataField, if "No" then I want the dataField left blank. I can't seem to get the ActionScript syntax correct. In reality, my question is larger ...more >>

Been looking at the Easing Classes and Methods and would like to learn how to use them. Can anyone point me in the right direction or give me some help with this? I would like to be able to change the size of a MC with this. How is that done, and is this even the right thing to do that with?...more >>

RE: printjob class; printing all text from dynamic scrollable text box How do I tell it , when adding addtional pages, that the text is supposed to CONTINUE pulling from the text coming into the scrollable text block? It thinks it needs to print 3 pages, each starting at the begining. All ...more >>

Just so you all know, I'm one of three people in our company that uses Flash and I'm considered "the expert". However, we don't do more than a few Flash projects a year, so my scripting knowledge if very, very green. Thanks in advance for your patience. I have 22 buttons on the stage and e...more >>

I'm creating a mock scoll bar effect. I have a large group of text and what the users to scroll down it at the press of a button: For example the user presses the button and the text scrolls to the next section, which on the first press may be only 6 frames. When the press the button ag...more >>

Sorry for the wierd nick name....but after trying for a while to come up with one and having them all currently in use...I just randomly hit the keyboard and hit enter. Anyway...I have flash loop that opens an xml file from the server every second or so to find out what the status of a run...more >>

hey guys. i have a button on the main timeline which has a startdrag and stopdrag script. nested within the button is a movie clip. on the movie clip is a "close window" button. i can't access the button because the startdrag blocks access to the button. is there a workaround for this? ...more >>

Only half my .txt doc shows up in the dynamic text box in my .swf. It is a lot of text, but shouldn't it all show up? Thanks....more >>

you can download the source file here http://www.pixelstudios.cc/subtelltarget.fla the file above is a generic representation of what i'm trying to achieve on a much more complex file. here is my problem. i have a movieclip inside of another movieclip that has the instance name of "ci...more >>

what I'm looking for is a simple script for loading a text in a dynamic text field , wich I want to add to a button there are only a few words so I would prefere to spcify the text to be loaded and not to be opened from an extern file but anyway is good , as long as I can open different text...more >>

Here is the code: I tryed to change rates to 50 instead of 100 and no success? sorry im a newbee. #initclip 1 function JCPreloaderClass(){ this.orgWidth = 100; this.orgHeight = 20; this.factor = 0; this.proceedAt = 99; this.spacer = 2; this.init(); } JCPreloaderClas...more >>

Hi everybody... I'm facing a not very nice problem, I have embed the font I want to use for my swf. This font has lots of characters, including some special ones (like some weird accentuated character or other things...). The problem occurs when I want to use these special characters i...more >>

Anyone know the answer to this ill be amazed. I am creating a movie clip and loading to lvl 4, ( I have other MC loaded below this one) _root.createEmptyMovieClip("targetMC_4",4); targetMC_4.loadmovie("center_test.swf") I am calling the HTML MC with a button from another navigation MC ...more >>

Hi, I have a movie Clip which is an animated menu. When open at any point on the timeline I want to disable the buttons which are not in the menu and are on the timeline. Is there way of doing this without having to specify each individual button. For example, not having to do: _root...more >>

I have multiple scenes in my flash file, and after a period of time, i want the playhead to go to the next scene. so i have some code as follows. (The code is on a movie clip on the main stage) but it won't go to the next scene. I've tried replacing it with gotoAndPlay but still a nono.....more >>

I'm creating a demo where I am using the 10-key number pad on the keyboard to navigate through my movie. Since there is no mouse, and therefore no buttons, how do i determine which item is selected? I have a highlight_mc that is always on screen, I'd like to find its position, and apply an act...more >>

SORRY, I KNOW I ASKED THIS BEFORE BUT IT STILL ISN"T WORKING... I've tried multiple ways to achieve this. All I am trying to do is attach a handler to a dynamically loaded movie clip. Everything I've read has lead me to believe that the code below should work...but it doesn't! createEmpt...more >>

Is there a way to load movie clips to be used later with attach movie? I have 15 different movie clips that can each have one out of 30 different clips attached to it. If I load all 30 movie clips they appear on the stage unless I make them invisible. I only want to load them and make them ava...more >>

I have a main "main-menu.swf" I'm loading "map1.swf" in main-menu I'm also loading "nslidebar.swf" "nslidebar.swf" does not control the map when in "main-menu" It only controls the map if I launch "map1.swf" What can I do to use the zoom control in "main-menu"? http://www.keithur...more >>

I am a newbie at Flash, so action script is bewildering to me. I have a text variable movie I have edited from a flash template. All I have done is changed the content of the text, not the animation or coding or action script. When the user clicks a button the new text comes up just fine, but...more >>

I am working on a preloader for a flash file and doing a very good job of breaking everything that I have created. I took the first two frames and used the code attached below. I also set the actionscript classes to export on frame 3. Problem: The components (combobox and listbox) th...more >>

OK Here it is... I made a little flash movie to show on the splash page opf my web site...www.bucwyld.com the web advisor that I asked to critique the site said that the flash movie that i put up was obnoxious because it was too loud and there was no way to trun the sound off opr even down...more >>

Hi, I tried to save german and japanese text inside an XML and then put in into my flash text, but the japanese text doesn't have the right signs. When I use a static text or put the text directly into a textfield via copy/paste everything looks ok. I tried UTF-8 encoding, Shift_jp, shif...more >>

I was wondering if the community could point an AS beginner to some books that deal heavily with AS but are, relatively, easy to use and read. Also, if anyone knows of some good Flash design books, those will come in handy here at the office. Thanks! Jeph ...more >>

I was wondering if there is an easy way to imbed an externally formated CSS HTML web page into a dynamic text box with MX pro 2004? any help would be greatly appreciated....more >>

Hello, I have a window that I open with createPopup. Inside there's a movie clip. I can close the window with the close button (I added the right code), but I didn't manage to find any way to close the window when a certain button in the movie clip is pressed. How can I do such a thing? ...more >>

I am making a Jeopardy game. Each money choice under each category is a button that links to a frame that asks a question, then returns to frame 1 which has the grid of questions. (hope that makes sense) Everything works great for now, but I want the buttons that have been pressed to change...more >>

is it impossible that make a MC frothy with the effect of mask? just like a cirque. maybe the mask can be use in a reverse way? i mean "not keep somearea with a shape,but screen them " impossible? ...more >>

I have some actions in a button that are not executing. The button suppoe to tell a movie clip to jump to frame number 2. It stays in frame 1 which has a stop(); action. When releasing the button it suppose to tell the movie clip to jump and play to frame 2 then when it reaches frame number ...more >>

Hello. In the Flash project I am working on, there are several buttons and a Dynamic Text Field. Let's say the ID of one of the buttons is about_btn and that of the Dynamic Text Field is PageDes_txt. When the visitor rollovers about_btn, I want some text to be shown in PageDes_txt ...more >>

Hi If I have a variable called i and it has an intial vaule of 0 how easy is it to builder a counter that increases the value of i by 1 everytime the user clicks on a button - do you need a loop statment and if so how do you use it. I am new to this kind of thing so if anyone can give me ...more >>

is there a way of putting in a command that will quit flash projector with press of ctrl and t for a PC and apple and t for a mac?...more >>

I need help with a project that is run entirely with swf's I know that there are flash players for PC and Mac. The project I am working on is not for the Web, but a program that can be run at both PC's and Mac's computers offline. I would like to use an autorunner to start the program auto...more >>

Hi, how can i include a Java applet into Flash?...more >>

;) Hello, it is possible to configure Flash MX 2004 to play flash movies using action script 1? Thanks...more >>

are there any actionscript 2 tutorials that can teach me how to send v7.2FLASH vars from input txt to CGI on the webserver? LuigiL? I gave you an email. You may wanna check. im at school atm, I ll attend to this later when I get home, Regards. ...more >>

but always get error ,the error message is error sign, flash.ocx and so on .. how can i do ... the progrom run on xp sp2 ....more >>

i should check before i ask this, but can you get input from the house wheel in flash? Im pretty sure ive seen a flash movie use it before and id like to also. if not dirrectly from flash, maybe there is a way with javascript? thanks ...more >>

Could someone please tell me why this doesn't work? the files load ok but it won't let me assign a handler??? var buttonTest_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); this.createEmptyMovieClip("button_01_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()); buttonTest_mcl.loadClip("button_01.swf", "button_...more >>