Hi all, I have an ever growing array which holds the names of the clips that are duplicated through the duplicateMovieClip action and the names are assigned to the array. over time the array grows so big that my movie starts to jerk up a little ... is there any way through which i can keep t...more >>

this may be a stuipd question when I create a transition effect for a movie clip sometimes it takes as many frames on the timeline as I choose when I create the effect , but somethimes it only takes one (the effect still works) when does it take only one frame , and how can I make the opposi...more >>

Here is the (complete) code: this.createEmptyMovieClip("theScene", 1); theScene._x = 250; theScene._y = 250; objectsInScene = new Array(); focalLength = 500; spin = 0; numProducts = 25; scaleRatioConstant = 10; displayPane = function(){ var angle = this.angle + spin; var x = Mat...more >>

Is there a way to set the format for input text to Upper Case? I've been looking for a while and am used to Authorware "Forcecaps" command, but there does not seem to be anything simular in Flash. I am using Flash MX 2004 Pro addition. Thanks!:D ...more >>

with "on (release) { _root.mcname.gotoAndPlay () }" i can jump to one frame from a mc that is placed on the main timeline but If I want to change the frame of a mc that is the "grandchildren" of a mc that is placed on the main timeline ? ...more >>

Ok, I'm running Flash MX 2004, PHP5. I'm trying to write a simple test PHP script that emails me a variable defined in Flash just so I can see if I can do this. In my Flash file, I'm defining a variable like so in the code: newVar = "Hello there"; I've also tried creating an input...more >>

Hello, I have a filmstrip. I'm telling the movieclip to go xpos=300 or xpos=800. How can I write --- "if the movie clip xpos = 300" THEN "box.gotoandPlay...." ? If anyone can help out I would appreciate it. Thanks, -ec ...more >>

Here is the fla and xml file: http://www.danielhau.com/temp/projecttest.zip In the first frame of the main timeline, you'll see _root.chosen = "firstproject"; and if you run the file, you'll see that the data is displayed and it works. Now change that variable to _root.chosen = "second...more >>

hi all, i know how to create an ease out effect using actionscript. i wanted to know if we can create an ease in effect using actionscript .. and if yes , then how ? thanks peace Bali Khan...more >>

Hi, all! :D In this template, the News scene displays some text that comes from a file called text.txt. And there's some buttons on the right, but they do nothing. I want each button to be a different news article, as I think that's what the template was designed for. [url=http://ww...more >>

hello everyone. Im defining two classes and each is being registered for a symbol by importing code in the first frame of the library symbol between the #initclip (#endinitclip) pragmas. My problem is that the functionality of one clip requires the runtime reference to an instance of the oth...more >>

hello there, Ive got a swf loading into level 5 and it works just dandy until you start pressing the buttons quickly, on doing so a mc that is actually in scene1 on level0 disappears, mind you one other clip on level0 doesn;t weird? the movie is running on scene1 and is stoped on a frame ...more >>

i'm using the builtin tween class in MX04 and am having a small issue. i've got a menu bar with a background clip. when you roll over the item, the bg fades up quickly (.5 sec) and then fades down on roll out (2 sec). if you roll back over it before the 2nd (out) tween has finished, the compet...more >>

hi i am trying to add an affiliate banner to my flash site and am having NO luck with this, the banner code is html with what looks like some javascript, here it is below <SCRIPT type="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="javascript" src="http://www.qksz.net/1e-a8v6"> </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT type="te...more >>

Hi there, I am having trouble with the following http://pastebin.sekati.com/?id=Anonymous@b2726-da04b8a2-t&start=0 My XML parsing code works fine and I am happy with that. I want to call the function that parses the XML file 3 times as you can see at the bottom. Each time with a NEW ...more >>

After looking at LiveDocs I am still unable to figure out how to pass a variable using setInterval( ). I can pass a string easily as the livedocs have but, when I replace the string with an i(:Number) it does not seem to update the variable?s value. It will iterate at a constant 0 value. W...more >>

hi all....i am looking for a solution on attachSound(). how do i stop all the attachSound with one button..i don;t want to use stopAllSound as i have other sound which is loaded from other SWF...just want to stop all the sound which are attached using attachSound...i tried globalSound but due ...more >>

hello again guys!!! here?s the problem i have my .swf file when play it stops on frame(39) a couple of buttons apears ok here?s the problem a want to make a button that tell the scene to play only if the timeline is at frame(39) how can i do this? by the way the button is inside a movie clip i...more >>

Thebox = function(x,y) { this._x = x; this._y = y; } Thebox.prototype = new MovieClip; Object.registerClass("Box", Thebox(100,100)); _root.attachMovie("Box", "box1", 2); somehow this code causes the STAGE to move instead of the box moving. I have tried tracing the values of x and...more >>

I've created a two scene movie with a "play demo" button to got to and play scene2. I applied all the states to the button. I applied a stop action and gotoAndPlay(scene2). The button states work but onclick it does not go to scene 2??? Any Help out there??? stop(); nextScene(scene...more >>