I have severa SWF files that are being loaded into seperate Movie Clips on my stage. Each Movie Clip has this command, to control the random placement of them on the stage: onClipEvent (load) { this._x = random(665); this._y = random(400); } Using this: loadMovie("shell_03....more >>

I have made an .exe Projector file which loads .swf files. The question is: Is there a way to have the windows for these files be consistent at a particular size (full screen, I hope). Normally, on running the .exe file I get a small window in the left-upper corner, I click on the maximize...more >>

Hey... flash 8 player beta was just released. Im wondering if someone has any links to partial or full API specification, or any technical articles about what the new player is capable of... I saw the demo video from some conference, and I was happy about the things they put in, especially a...more >>

Is there any way to capture the mouse scroller in Flash? Something like an event. I would like to use the mouse scroll input for something other than scrolling a focused textbox....more >>

What is the Proper way to remotly tell a movie clip to start playing in actionscript 2.0 Here is the code I am working on. I am not sure if the path is is ending up the way i need it to. I need "_root.desCurrent.play();" to resolve with "desCurrent being the the value that is assigned to...more >>

Hello. I've built a sliding menu that dynamically slides a .swf into a target. So far, so good. But I am having trouble getting my "Next" and "Previous" arrows to work in conjunction with the sliding function. I tried using if () and else if () conditions in the ActionScript, but it all so...more >>

I have an interactive map i'm working on. right now you can click and drag the map, and zoom in when you click on the magnification that you want. right now i have some points plotted with text labels next to them. i want to have it so the text does not scale when you zoom in, and i do want ...more >>

i am making a little 2d magaman/mario type game BUT i cant get this code to work! Here is my problem... then you hold the left arrow hey the character moves left and when you hold left then hold shift he moves to the left even faster (runing) but if you hold shift THEN hold left he mov...more >>

Hello, I posted this in site design but then after looking at the other catagories, i thought it might fit this one best. I'm not so sure how to delete the old post, but i would if i could. I'm trying to create a navigation interface for my website in which there is a wheel in the cen...more >>

I have variables imported via a text file, and some of those values are for colors (hex numbers). My problem is that when I try to assign the value to a TextFormat.color property, I get a type mismatch or it just reads "NaN". The value is imported in the correct format (such as 0x000000), so I...more >>

We are a design agency located in Miami Florida, looking for an experienced flash actionscript programmer to work in a specific project. People with high experience please send portfolio and contact information. Duration of the poject is 1 month. Well paid job. ...more >>

I have two swf's, Day.swf and Night.swf. I am loading Night.swf into a blank movieclip called "holder". I want Night.swf to slowly fade in when loaded and fade out when unloaded. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

I am creating a drawing / painting game where the user basically has 6 different coloured crayons and can draw on a blank canvas. There is a print button that allows them to print their picture. There is also an eraser that acts similar to a coloured crayon (i.e it paints in white which ha...more >>

Is it possible to make a dynamic target for a gotoAndPlay function? for(i = 1; i <= 5; ++i){ var thisTarget = "thisMC" + i; playThis(thisTarget); //trace(thisTarget); function playThis(x){ x.gotoAndPlay(21); } } ...more >>

My friend made me an example where there are two sections. One is the thumbnails.swf which displays on the left and when you click on the picture in thumbnails.swf it displays the full image on the right side. The example eneded up working. Now the only problem is when I try to edit thumbn...more >>

Im new to flash and have been through some help files and have a basic understanding now and can pretty much understand most of the Actionscript due to being a vb programmer the logic is the same. hat Im stuck on tho is Im trying to build a flash site and I want to be able to click a button ...more >>

hi all , my question is that how i gona get the name of page where my flash control is running ...more >>

I only found one response in Google Groups that addressed this issue - and the author said, "Never mind, I figured it out" but never said how. Anyway, I would just like to populale the URL of the Media Playback Component with a variable. I can get the variable into Flash no problem, just ...more >>

I know Flash can export XML to a Web service for parsing and saving in a database, etc, and I know I can create XML files and text files externally which can be used within Flash, but can Flash save an XML or text file to a URL (hard drive, network server, etc) it created without the use of so...more >>

I am relatively new to using Flash. I can create scenes, animate etc and add music and put words/pics to it but when it comes to the Action scripts, I don't know where to start. I am self taught with HTML but it all looks rather complicated still! All I would like to do, is have a looping ...more >>

Shalom, (Hi,) 1. Is there an action script way to Right align the Accordion Header Label ? . 2. Is there a way to change Accordion Header Label Font Size ? Toda, (Thanks) Chai Heller...more >>

ive found few threads about dispatchEvent, i was trying to do, what there were written but.. it doesnt work in my script X-( i have one class (eg MyObject) which makes fall object down on the stage.. second class (MyGame) creates onEnterFrame event aninymous instance of first class.. MyObj...more >>

hi i'm trying building a class with flashremoting and i have one last problem. i have a function "call" for calling the cfc function. now a cfc function can have any number of arguments if any. so how can i create such a function wich takes any numbers of arguments? the "func" argument i...more >>

I have a MPEG1 movie that I want to encode to .flv-format. When I do this using Sorenson Squeeze and import it into my flashmovie the movie plays ok but the there's no audio. Anyone have an idea on where the problem might be at? ...more >>

I want to change the skin of mediaplay back component 2004. I've already tried so many methods to make it. Loading the library files of original themes, editing SWC file and so on. In the last time people suggested links to ultrashock.com and macromedia.com. But nothing happened so far. A...more >>

A have an asynchonous function and I need to know if this traitement is finished. I get a notification so I can put a flag saying the result is here. But I have to test this flag and I think it must be atomic if I don't want to put all variables upside down. Maybe boolean affectation and rea...more >>

Really simple I know, but I've just attached the following actionscript to the first frame on my movie: fscommand("showmenu", "false"); But when I export it to IE, Firefox or any other browser, the full menu still appears? Any ideas why? ...more >>

hi, i'm locking my background image (it's big, 1024px by 740px !): Stage.align = "LT"; Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"; but i have a graphic (instance name 'menu') over the top that is positioned 50 pixels from the bottom of the image. all i want to do is make the graphic stay 50 pixels up...more >>

Can we create movieclip in dynamically created movieclip??...more >>

How do I apply the getNextHighestDepth command to a movie clip in order to get it above my other animation???...more >>

gotoAndStop("myLabel"); works but Lname="myLabel"; gotoAndStop(Lname); Doesn't work. Why?...more >>

gotoAndStop("myLabel"); works but Lname="myLabel"; gotoAndStop(Lname); Doesn't work. Why?...more >>

Hi, i added a progress bar to my flash movie. I want the progress bar to show the progres while the movie is loading. I just can figure out how to do it. Thanks...more >>

I am new to flash and actionscript, so appologise if this is a little basic. I have a presentation I am working on which needs to load text from a file on several pages. I have managed to get flash to set up the variable and load the contents of the file, but for some reason it is no display...more >>

i have a bunch of movieclips that are supposed to be draggable, rotatable, and have an input text box in them. the problem is i can only seem to get 2 of the 3 to work at the same time. like i can drag and type but not rotate or i can drag and rotate but not type. if anyone had any suggesti...more >>

hi, How do I flip a movie clip horazontal, in action scripts?...more >>

Ok so the .AS file checks out with no errors, but when #included in another ..fla it returns 3 errors. It could be something simple, I'm new at all of this. Thanks Script = count = new Number(); countT = new Number(); function FrameDelay(count,countT){ if (++count<countT){ g...more >>

I am having trouble creating a simple JavaScript in my Flash file where the getURL targets the parent browser window. My flash file is in a pop up window. When a link is clicked I want the URL to open in the parent browser. This sounds simple but I can't figure out the correct syntax. The ...more >>

Hi, I'm making a flash program to view .swfs generated by a program called MapServer (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/). My problem is, the swf's that Mapserver spits out have various buttons laid out over multiple _levels and I need a way to Roll Over the buttons and get their _level and ins...more >>

Hi I been doing as for several years now. I always put my code in a frame, not on object instances. Never the less, I made an experience with it and I don't understand the way things are working. Hoped someone in here could give me the answer. If I have a button, and on the button a sc...more >>

Hey I have run into a problem with this thing I am creating. You can copy this into an actions frame and then make a movieclip that is a width of 600 and height of 10 and call name it "bar" in Linkage in the library. It will work in Flash MX 2004 only. I can't figure out how to attach a movie ...more >>

I have a FLA file that needs to be modified. I've tried to modify it, but not that well versed in AS to do it, so I give up, and will pay someone to do it for me: It's an Actionscript based calendar, that gets populated from a text file (cfm output). What I need, is a ComboBox added to it, ...more >>

what to know what is object oriented programming how it is used in the flash ? which book i have to refer to get a good idea of it?...more >>

My friend made me an example where there are two sections. One is the thumbnails.swf which displays on the left and when you click on the picture in thumbnails.swf it displays the full image on the right side. The example eneded up working. Now the only problem is when I try to edit thum...more >>

:confused; Hi there I have a problem with my actionscripting, when someone double clicks on a button rather than click once, the image seems to repeat, I gather this is because every time you click the button it reads the code and executes it, my problem is people seem to double click ...more >>

Error received: 256 levels of recursion were exceeded in one action list. This is probably an infinite loop. Further execution of actions has been disabled in this movie. Code where call to Alert.show is: var txtListener:Object = new Object(); txtListener.focusOut = function() { ...more >>

I have this code in my thumbnails.swf: for (i=0; i<2; i++) { this["thumb"+i].ID = i; this["thumb"+i].onRelease = function() { _root.full_version.loadMovie("fullimage"+this.ID+".jpg"); }; } Is there something I need to edit to get more than 2 thumbnails to work? I've created 69 mo...more >>

I create a MovieClip which I exported for ActionScript and created a class for it that extends MovieClip. I am dynamically creating instances of the MovieClip: for(i=0;i<myArray.length;i++){ var clipName:String = "clip" + i; newClip = cont.attachMovie("myscrollclip",clipName,cont.g...more >>

I use flash ActiveX to insert into my C++ form. When I don't use screen/slide/form there is no prblem to access to flash variables using GetVariable and SetVariable. But when I use form/slide I can't access to any variables. I tried FlashControl->SetVariable( "_level0.application.form1.v...more >>

I am producing a Personal Finance tool in flash that would allow users to login to my site, create a budget that would be saved in my SQL database, so that they can login to my site in the future and edit their profile and/or budget. Would anyone have any guidance and/or direction in how I wou...more >>

Hey I have run into a problem with this thing I am creating. You can copy this into an actions frame and then make a movieclip that is a width of 600 and height of 10 and call name it "bar" in Linkage in the library. It will work in Flash MX 2004 only. I can't figure out how to attach a movie ...more >>