I'm running MX Pro 2004 on Windows Xp. I've created a menu bar w/ the MenuBar component, including drop-down menus. Here's my script for one of the menu items: var menu = topMenuBar.addMenu("Treatment"); menu.addMenuItem({label:"Bacterial", instanceName:"bacTreatInstance"}); menu.addMen...more >>

I have ten numericsteppers that all show the same problem at various times (I can't figure out a pattern -- it seems random.) Sometimes, when I try to increase a stepper by 1, it acts as if it is handling strings instead of numbers. For example, I will try to increase a 3 by 1 (one click), and...more >>

I am attempting to create a scrolling marquee for our company intranet, that can be updated from a external text file. I have accomplished both reading from the text file, and getting the scrolling marquee to work, but when I combine the two, the marquee will not scroll. Here is my code... ...more >>

I am attempting to launch a browser window from a flash projector on a CD-rom so that the url opens in FRONT of the flash projector. Currently, the window will only appear in front if there are NO open browser windows. If there are any browser windows open then the window will load the url b...more >>

Hi all- I am starting with Flash and need some help with a form. I have never created/installed a form using Flash. Does anyone have any tutorials or sites that could help me and walk me through it. I plan on installing a very simple "Contact Us" form and don't need anything fancy. ...more >>

I am working on a flash intro. for a client. I can't figure out how to keep my poem on there without repeating. I just want to keep it there with the music playing in the background and and have it keep going until the user hits my home button. ...more >>

:| So i've done this before but can't remember the script for it. Have some buttons and when you roll over each one it will change a movie clip on the same page to a different frame. thanks...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a way to make the place holder for the scroll bar go away when using the tree component? My tree menu is so small it will probably never need to scroll. Thanks, Scott ...more >>

Hi, I give the data in the text box ex: my_txt.text="Flash\ngroups" its print: Flash groups but I need print Flash\ngroups I meen '\n' not read in the new line(Interprete) Regards Flash groups ...more >>

Hello, I try to make a Scratch & Win Game but I have a problem. I want to make the scratch part with a dynamic mask, that's no problem and it works with setMask etc... The problem is... how can i find out that the user has finished scratching ? Maybe someone can help me with that Pr...more >>

Hi, Could anyone tell me please, why my below code does not load my movieclip in trace("HIHH"); // create event listener object for the loader myListener = new Object(); // click event handler myListener.onLoadComplete = function ( target ) { trace("finished loading"); ...more >>

I've had enough of trying to work out how to script this thing now. I need some help - please!!! I have these four mcs acting like buttons which when rolled over have to play a 'lighton' effect (which in itself is an mc called 'lighton'). However, when rolled out, have to reverse this 'ligh...more >>

HI, I have posted this before, but no one seems to want to reply. I would be most greatful if someone could assist me, as my project cannot progress until i have resolved it - and i have been searching and searching for an answer. To most, this question will seem basic probs, but to me....more >>

Hi, i have a question about setProperty function, isn't setProperty("star", _alpha, "30"); equivalent to star._alpha=30; and if it is why do i get a different result if i use image_mc._x=(image_mc._x+counter*image_mc._width); instead of setProperty(image_mc, _x, getProperty(image_mc, _x) ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to attach a sound and play it from an imported library? Here is my code.. _root.effectAudio = new Sound (); _root.effectAudio.attachSound(_root.graphicsContainer.effectSound); _root.effectAudio.start(); my attached library is currently in _root.graphicsContainer...more >>

hi: I'm wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to send an AIM instant message to a user (in this case me) using flash? or php? or whatever. I'm guessing AOL has a proprietary format or something, but i've seen code to do it for yahoo. any hints would be much appreciated. ...more >>

Hi there, I am trying to make a little application, that will move a large image i have (well, its going to be 9 images stiched together) - each image will be the size of the viewable stage within the flash app. I want it so that when the mouse hovers over each sectioned (as numbered in the p...more >>

hello, I wanted to load sound on user request. so called the following function (this function is written on main timeline) on a button (press event) which is contained inside a movieclip. var s:Sound=Sound(); function loadSound_As(VO_num) { s.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) { if (...more >>

I have this script in which there are draggable objects once all the objects have been dragged i want a movie to play on say frame 5....anyone help me on this..to finalise this....ta function dragSetup(clip, targ) { clip.onPress = function() { startDrag(this); this.beingDragged=true; ...more >>

I am NOT an actionscript guy. In fact I'm just a flash hacker. But I am trying to create a slide show where an image stays on the screen for 6 seconds, fades out while the next one fades in (crossfade), 6 secs, fade out, fade in... I could do it with motion tweening the Alfa color but it wou...more >>

friends i m using scorll pane component i m facing a few problems with that 1) i dont want borders around it 2) whenever user selects item inside the pane, a green focus border appear .. i dont want that 3) i want to disable "tab" button in all of my movies that r being loaded one by one...more >>

Two frames: frame 1 one with a box button, frame 2 with an oval button. Both frames assigned stop. My script is as follows: Frame 1 = box.onMouseDown; gotoAndPlay(2); Frame 2 = oval.onMouseDown; gotoAndPlay(1); I can't get this to work. What am I doing wrong? I have assigned insta...more >>

Hi. My question is: How do I control Accordion's children via ActionScript? I tried to perform the following code in order to open one specific tab, but it failed: myChild.setFocus(); I didn't found a method to do this in the documentation... Can someone tell me the answer? Tha...more >>

Thanks to everyone again for their help and suggestions... I have a dynamic textField which displays data retreived from my database. The amount of data varies per user. I've created a dandy little 'smooth' scroller which should allow the user to scroll down and view data when all the in...more >>

Hello forum, I have a client who wants to create a reflection of an image below the image itself. Picture an image sitting against a wall, where the floor is a mirror. The image will be viewed face-on, while the reflection on the floor-mirror will be upside-down, and skewed to the right ...more >>

onClipEvent (load) { height = 200; width = 300; this._x = Math.round(Math.random()*width); this._y = Math.round(Math.random()*height); var temp = this._alpha=Math.random()*100; this._xscale = this._yscale=temp; cx = this._x; cy = this._y; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { t...more >>

Hi, Hope very much someone can help me, I receive text from a TextFile trough a LoadVars object. Both computer Win98 and XP have no problem. Now I change the text and sent it back through LoadVars to the Text file. This works fine on the Win98 maschine, but not on the XP. The text I...more >>

+ - The Problem - + I have set up a flash movie to load quotes from an external xml file. When it loads I dont want it to allways display the first quote. Is there a way I can geretate a ramdom number between 0 and xmlNode.childNodes.length; In my code " p = the number of the selected XML ...more >>

What is the actionscript to get a button, when pressed, to enter a number into an input field? I have an onscreen keypad so that if the user clicks the number with the mouse, it's supposed to enter the corrosponding number into a text input field. thanks in advance... ...more >>

Still can't get this to work... currently the animation seems to freeze on Scene0...not sure if the code is incorrect or my logic....? any help is appreciated. I want my flash header to animate the first time someone enters my site, then display a static header until they close the browser ...more >>