Hello... what I'm trying to do is use the loadClip method (via the MovieClipLoader class) to load in an external .swf file. Once the file is loaded, I want to be able to take the externally loaded .swf and reposition it inside the main .swf file. Here's my code: buttonName.onRelease = fu...more >>

We are a label printing company. I would like to add the ability for customers to design their own custom labels online. I've seen this done on other websites such as found at <http://ocprintshop.clickprint.com> This looks like it may have been developed with Flash. Just wondering if anyone kn...more >>

Hi, I use XMLSocket class for socket communication. However, I am not able to connect to a server on a different domain. In my policy file, I allow all domains and port numbers like the following <?xml version="1.0"?> <cross-domain-policy> <allow-access-from domain="*" to-ports="*" /...more >>

I've loaded the prototype of the site I'm building here: http://www.thinkseed.com/ouano/index.html I put some placeholder buttons in the upper right that turn the subnav at the bottom on and off. The problem that I'm running into is that I'd like these buttons to appear over the exp...more >>

I've built an application that parses an XML file and pieces together the menu and text, but we have some corresponding images that would look great if they could be inserted and scrolled with the text. I haven't read anywhere that this can't be done, but I also haven't read that it can. Has a...more >>

Is there a way to know when a movieClip has called (for example) an onRelease event handler, so you can call another function to occur when that event handler is called. I would like to create a separate Class file which would perform different functions depending on which event handler ...more >>

Dear all, I'm kinda new to Flash and I created a drop down navigation menu. Now, when I click on a topic the subheaders become visible. So when I click on one of these subheaders, a new HTML page appears, but the Flash menu is resetted and not longer open on the specific topic. I would lik...more >>

Hi, I have an X and Y axes and I am trying to give the user the interactive option of drawing a line with either a posive slope or a negative slope within the axes to just show the relationship between x variable and Y variable. How can this line be drawn dynamically? Please help out. ...more >>

If I had a string like this: "c:\\myFiles\\myPhotoDirectory\\photo_00001.jpg" What would be the easiest way to pull out the name of the sub directory "myPhotoDirectory" from that string above? Parse it someway? Count the "\\"?? Thanks -Richard...more >>

I have a movieClip (A) that has it's visibility turned to true when an item is rolledover (using onRollOver). Nested within A, there is another movieClip (B) that has a getURL call attached to it using onPress. The problem seems to be that A's onRollover seems to take priority over B's getURL ...more >>

Hello, I'm examing the following AS code: _root["plate"+counter].picture = arrayName[counter]; and I don't understand the usage of the ".picture" property. Is this a standard property of an object class or perhaps it is custom? I can't find any reference to ".picture" in the ...more >>

Hi there, I posted this about three weeks ago and still no response... If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it... If not, is this a tough question? --Not sure Here it is: I have 8 movieclips on the stage named "mc1" to "mc8". I am trying to get one of them to rand...more >>

Hi! I need to to write script, something like http://www.absolute.lv/plane.jpg, maybe someone have seen something alreday written ? Or at least can give me operators, so I can combine them ?...more >>

Hi, As i draw near to the end of my flash project i am presented with two problems. Firstly, the size of my file is like,. nearly 1meg, which is totally unaceptable to me, for the likes of dial up users, so i am curious how i can break this down into chunks, but without delays between load...more >>

Hello all. Does anybody know how the "_currentframe" and "if" expressions wor together? Any example scripts or movies available? I couldn't reac anything via search engines because the word "if" is quite an oftenl used one. Please.. -- inha ------------------------------------------...more >>

I've got the following piece of code running the drag and drop command however I want the movie clip to not be able to be dragged over another movie clip, I have tried using the hitTest command and can trace the collision, however when I switch the trace command to a stopDrag(); my movie clip ...more >>

Hi Pukiran, Thanks, but it didnot work. My problem is in the flash script not in the ASP code because in this code onClipEvent (data) { procount = reccount; // the count of the names form asp for (i=1; i<=procount; i++) { duplicateMovieClip(this.curpro, "curpro"+i, i); this["curpro"...more >>

I'm trying to attach a behavior to nav buttons that will check to see if any one of 5 different movieclips are "open" (alpha=100) and if they are, fade them out to zero. I've figured out how to do this for one clip, but I'm stuck with how to do this for multiple clips. I've attached my code...more >>

Hi, On my timeline I want to do a countdown from 10 to 1. I want the numbers to be semi-transparent. How can I make my text semi-transparent? There is no option to change the alpha in the text tabs and I can not select the alpha from the effects tab. I also thought of setting the alpha...more >>

I have a series 12 buttons and I want to know if it's possible to when released keep the button on the over frame until the next button is clicked and so on? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. ...more >>

Ive looked through here and cant find anything that answers my question, but if there is something out there already- you can point me to it. What I am looking to do is create a script that will start my flash movie at pre-determined frames, but at random. For example, there are 8 different...more >>

That might be too easy for you but would help me a lot. Flash MX: how do I create a scroll bar - how can I put a lot of text in few place with the oportunity to scroll thank you for helping out...more >>

hello, I want one swf on an html page to be clicked so that it launches another HTML page which contains another swf.I want the this swf to begin from a frame number as passed from second swf. Any suggestions invited. ...more >>

i've got a script that loads a swf (weddings5.swf) into the main swf (index), and for sake of positioning weddings5.swf, the script involves a preloader function loadSWFweddings(){ loadMovieNum("weddings5.swf",1); preloadI=setInterval(preloadF,100); function preloadF(){ if(_level1.g...more >>

Help- Dynamic text button player 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I am trying to upgrade a quiz that I created to flash player 7. The function works in flash player 6 with no problem but when I export it in flash player 7 ev...more >>

I have a TV screen which when you hit the on button moves to a second frame , where I have a media display playing video. Now the problem I have is when I click the off button I want to return to the first frame but the audio of the video seems to continue playing, then when click the on but...more >>

Is there any way to get the current tempurature from a website but adding in a zip code?...more >>

I'm sure this is so simple. How can I assign an ActionScript variable a value taken from the <param name="myVariable" value="foobar"> and/or from the additional attributes in the <object myVariable="foobar" ...> tag that introduce the Flash movie in the HTML page. My whole movie works ...more >>

I was wondering if any1 knows how to make this tolltip: http://www.adidas.com/campaigns/women/content/ PS: You have to click on fast connection and then on any button afterwords and then when the after the animation loads place your mouse on top. ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to add data to a 10x10 grid, with the data held in a 2D array. i.e. myArray[0][0] holds the first element, and myArray[9][9] holds the last element. I'm having trouble targetting the array positions: I get undefined when I try to read the data back in a simple trace action. ...more >>

right i got a lil bit of a problem. Basically i have a page in my website where people can listen to some of my productions that i make. And basically under each artist, you can listen to their production. Well as you can see from the screen shot. I have the title of the song and then a p...more >>

Is there a bug fix yet to the 1.2 Video Exporter that does NOT transmit a "NetStream.Play.Stop" onStatus event? I just created an FLV video file with the new 1.2 Video Exporter within Quicktime. When I tell the code to report when the video has stopped by using the "NetStream.Play.Stop" on...more >>

Hi All I am facing a problem with getURL method in flash. I have a projector file through which i am trying to open a pdf file using getURL. It works fine if the default browser is set to "Internet explorer" But it open "Apple home page" if i set the default browser to "Mozilla" e.g....more >>

Hi All, I am trying to parse the result from web service call which returns back array of objects, could somebody tell me how to do that? Thank you so much. hxyu...more >>

Hi! I wrote a pretty complex RIA using ActionScript. All my resources (clips, etc) are stored in the Library so I dynamically attach them to the stage from code at runtime. Now came the time to write a preloader for the whole thing, since it turned out pretty big. I learned that you ca...more >>

Hi! I would like a clue to create, at runtime, one or more AudioVideo windows. I want to show only on or some of the windows, using a parameter. Maybe I could do it setting the other to invisible, but I believe it's better creating them. ...more >>

How to stop Sound and Animation at runtime.Can any body Help....more >>

the TextField nor the TextFormat object seems to have a method, or property that alows you to alias text...very strange, cause you can do it with the property inspector..... im trying to dynamicly create a textbutton, with text that does not look like crap...it looks good with alias enabled,...more >>