Hi i want to to put a checkbox that when it is selected some text appears in a textarea but I can not figure out the correct script. What I intend to do is something like this... if (checkbox selected){ textArea_one.text = "whatever"; } anybody know how to do this?? ...more >>

Hey all. Just a little unsure about something from the ActionScript API provided with Flash MX. In "Sound" ("Methods.Movie.Sound", if you will), is the "mysound" in mysound.stop(); an object (sound)? Or does mysound call the class, stop() is the method, and you have to specifiy what o...more >>

This has got to be the #1 question: Is there a chart of something somewhere that explains how to target vars and instances, movieclips, etc. from different objets,depths, etc?? And why are the paths to attachMovie MCs different in the browser when served from the website rather than previ...more >>

Well, I'm developing this website, and keep on finding problems when loading external files. The greatest pain in the **s is that, right now, it works on some browser on some domains (I've got multiple domains for the same website). But anyway, as I may keep on finding this sort of problem, I ...more >>

Hi, im trying to make a popup close at the push of a button with the following code but it is not working: on (release) { getURL ("javascript:NewWindow.close(); void(0);"); } Is the code wrong, or am I doing something else wrong?? Thanks, toti ...more >>

I want a button to close the window. How do I write in the action panel a script that does this: <a href="javascript:window.close();">Back</a> I tried the following, but it didn't work: on (release) { javascript:window.close(); } Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I have the following actionscript as a link within a flash component: on (release) { getURL ("javascript:n_name=window.open('pagename.html','width=700,height=500');void(0); "); } Someone clicks on that button and pagename.html will appear within a sized window just as I want. The t...more >>

hi, i would really like to know how to password protect a page in a flash website any help will be really appreciated thanks !! ...more >>

Is it possible to have 3 dynamic fields, 6 external file with quotes, and have them randomly inserted into those dynamic fields? Also (because I don't have flash on this computer and can't try it right off-hand) - is it possible to make a dynamic text field fade in and out as shapes and ot...more >>

I am trying my hand at learning actionscript and am using the flash mx 2004 actionscript training from the source. (Chapter 9). var buttonNames:Array = ["Example One", "Example 2", "Example 3", "Example Four"]; I am using the array to populate a duplicate movie clips making a menu. But ...more >>

Macromedia has a tutorial that says you can link external jpegs into dynamic text controls by using <img> tags. I have the following code: myText_txt.htmlText = "Here is an example of an image: <img src='Images\photo3.jpg'>"; This syntax matches exactly what is shown in their tutorial, howe...more >>

Hi, How can I Customize the border of a menu component myMenu.setStyle("borderStyle","none") or myMenu.setStyle("borderColor",0x000000) dont work. richard ...more >>

I have a dynamic text control that I need to determine the width of. It is set to autosize. The property .length appears that it is giving me the number of characters. I need a number on the same scale as the ._x property (pixels?). Any way to do this? ...more >>

I have my main flash file (let's call it main.swf). In this main file, I created a blank movie clip with an instance name of "blankMC". I have a Play and Stop button in this main file. I am loading an external swf (sampleMC.swf) file that contains a movie clip. I am attempting to control the ...more >>

The 'with' keyword is partially working. See code below: with (m_theClip.br_mc) { // works ok trace(_name); // the following drawing methods do not work moveTo(xRight, yBottom-m_curveControl); beginFill(m_color.getR...more >>

When using the curveTo method - is it at all possible to give a weight value to the control point so that the drawn value actually passes through the control point? I'm working on a drawing app of sorts and one of the things the user does is outline areas of an image using vector lines, along...more >>

hey am building a small menu(which at first was simple). Now its getting a bit complicated. the issue am confronted to is that i need to keep track of the last menu clicked, to be able to show some effects state. Any tutorial out there from which i can learn or any source codes. thx ;...more >>

Below is my .as file code class Char { private var container_mc:MovieClip; public function Char (target:MovieClip, depth:Number) { container_mc = target.createEmptyMovieClip("container_mc" + depth, depth); } public function loadImage (URL:String):Void { con...more >>

Hi, Please help to check the following problem.. 1. The wierd problem can be test at the URL: http://www.evonne.com.tw/testLoadXM...FileStatus.html (Reload this page will crash IE) 2. swf in the above HTML try to load the following xml: http://www.evonne.com.tw/testLoadXML/test.xml 3....more >>

Hello, I am looking to create a navigation where the movieclip on my stage would scroll in the direction of the user's mouse movement. I saw this on another page a while ago. Not sure if I'm clear enough - but lets say you have an image that is larger than the stage - while the user's mouse is d...more >>

Hi All, I have a file with the only actionscript being some buttons events i.e. rolloxer, rollout and release. The filesize is mainly from Actionscript 2.0 classes i.e. about 50Kb. what's going on! thanks George. ...more >>

I'm having a anoying problem with my progressBar... I have one main movie In this movie i load other movie's each with their own progressBar. Once loaded the progressBar destroyed with: this._parent.destroyObject("pBar_pbr"); The problem is than the first movie that i load works just fin...more >>

Can someone tell me why my movie wont play when movie has been initailized stop(); this.onEnterFrame = function() { _root.mcEmptyClip03.attachMovie('movRedArrows', 'mcRedArrows', 0); };...more >>

i have a program set up where i can drag 'n drop items to build a room. with some help i managed to have a "grouping" tool where i can grab a bunch of items and move them together using arrays. basically i want to take that group of items and duplicate/reload those items creating like a "cop...more >>

Greetrings Yall, Is there a simple way I can control Tint using Actionscript? -redLetter...more >>

I have a movie with 5 pages. Each page has a fade of 5 frames. I need the user to be able to click on a page's button, have the fade happen, then stop the movie. I need the stop to happen 5 frames after the action. How would I do this. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I need to write some code that will enable the user to trace (using the mouse) over a shape (that I supply in the movie)--giving them feedback (like painting over the shape in a different color) and I need the mouse movements to determine whether or not they have traced the shape correctly. I...more >>

Hi, I'd like to be able to have a button which when clicked, will save a screenshot of my flash file to disk. Is this possible and if so how?...more >>

Hi, I've been searching the web for methods of converting Java to Actionscript. I've manually converted Javascript to Actionscript a buch of times, but I've found some Java applets with source code that I'm interested in trying to convert. I'm relatively new to Java applets, as well as its...more >>

I have a shell application that dynamically loads swf's which were created by captivate. I do not want to have to figure out a way to add a trigger to the captivate movie because the clients are going to be creatin gthe demos with captivate. I need to find a way to unload the swf movie...more >>

I have a function within a loop to define the onRelease actions of the buttons that the loop places on stage. The problem is that the loop variable doesn't keep it's number for each button instead they all become the same when the script ends. So all of my buttons have the same id number a...more >>

I have a statement from a FLA file that I don't quite understand. I know the overall aspect of it but could someone break this down for me? Thank you. else if (!Email.length || Email.indexOf("@") == -1 || Email.indexOf(".") == -1) { EmailStatus = "Please enter a valid E-mail"; Not...more >>

I want to animate the movement of a movie clip using actionscript from one position to another position So for example if the positions are as follows: pCurrent_X_Position pCurrent_Y_Position pDestination_X_Position pDestination_Y_Position I would like to know the equation that...more >>

I have a Flash app with lots of frames. I have to control which frames the user sees based on what they do. I do not want the user to jump to frames arbitrarily. When I run my swf (or Flash exe), I find that the control+left or right arrow keys move the app from frame to frame automatically...more >>

I have a script that scrolls a set of images left-right and vice versa based on the position of the mouse... I want to create limits, so that this action still happens, but when i get to the end of the photos it stops scrolling, and allows the scrolling in the other direction. Here is ...more >>

Here is my code: var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var myListener:Object = new Object(); myMCL.addListener(myListener); myListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc, loadedBytes, totalBytes) { _level50._visible = true; var preloadPercent:Num...more >>

I want to define a function that can be called by different button actions. Where do you physically place the code that defines the function. I placed the following code in the Actions for Frame1 Layer1 and I can call it when needed. However, the function also executes when the movie begins. H...more >>

I use this to display a jpg image from a url in the main movie. I read text.txt in the loading scene. Then to give it time to read the txt file. I know I should be using LoadVar instead of loadVariablesNum. I'm assuming that if it has time to load in explorer it should have time to lo...more >>

Hi, Can anyone help me? I have a movie that has buttons, that when you click on a button, it plays a movie clip, then goes to a url. The moveclip that plays, is the same movieclip for all the buttons, but when you click on different buttons they go to different URL's. Thanks Dave ...more >>

I can setStyle("textAlignment", "right") on the entire DataGrid, how do I set "textAlignment" by DataGrid Column ? Thanks...more >>

Hello, I have variables called "user1", "user2", "user3", etc depending on how many have been created by the user.(I have a user class). I am trying to save these variables but it doesn't seem to work. Here is my script: function save(){ saver.data.rememberNumber = rememberNumber; save...more >>