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How to troubleshoot
Posted by kayakerjim at 7/18/2005 11:35:39 PM
I have a movie the displays an image onrelease triggers a play event to another movie. I works in the player It works in a browser locally But not on the server for some reason StaffDisp is the instance I am trying to make run. on (release) { myvar = this._name; for (zz in dlv) { ...more >>


Help with navigation using variables & ext. SWFs
Posted by bigred8689 at 7/18/2005 10:38:14 PM
I'm having issues with getting navigation for a site I'm working on to function. I'm a college student trying to teach myself Flash but having issues with variables/navigation. There are several things I want to do with it: 1) Have my navigation MC in the main timeline have rollOver function...more >>

Platform game movement
Posted by TheDoubleG at 7/18/2005 9:34:49 PM
Hi, I'm working on a platform game... I've come across a problem though. When the main character hits the ground, he shakes up and down. I've included a link to the source .fla... any help would be appreciated, as well as tips/suggestions! http://www.geocities.com/winaprise/level1.fla ...more >>

linking multiple video files using mediaplayback
Posted by sripley814 at 7/18/2005 8:59:29 PM
Hi, I have a media page that has multiple video clips. I want to be able to use the mediaplayback component to link to the files on the server. However, I don't want to have 10 mediaplayback windows for the 10 video links. I want 10 links and when each link is clicked, I want it to open that v...more >>

getNextHighestDepth problems
Posted by Kirstin Krutsch at 7/18/2005 8:01:46 PM
Ok, I have asked this question once before, and gotten some answers but for some reason this will not work!!!! I have created an action script that is 3 frames in Scene 1, it is a bunch of scrolling numbers. On top of these numbers I want to add another animation, so I have created a new lay...more >>

on (release) problem
Posted by igates at 7/18/2005 7:50:49 PM
someone please help, im going slowly mad here. I have an animation, the images and text move into position, and then a stop(); action halts it (this is on its own line), I then want to add a button that when clicked moves onto the next frame. Im using a button I created which is transparen...more >>

How to create & load a dinamic var?
Posted by bernizt at 7/18/2005 7:37:33 PM
Hello Here's the piece of code inside my movieclip: z = 1 p1x = 1 trace (["p"+z+"x"]) Ok, this is just a simplified version, but this is the basic. What I want to do is that trace shuld return 1, because using this code the only thing I managed to get in the output window is p1x. I hop...more >>

Referencing MC with attachMovie
Posted by Brian at 7/18/2005 4:50:26 PM
I am trying to use a button that is inside a MC that I am attaching at runtime, but don't seem to be able to make it work. Below is the code, what am I doing wrong? Thank you. I am attaching the movie like this and that part works great: this.attachMovie("enter_btn_wrapper", "enter_bt...more >>



How can i create a SAVE AS button?
Posted by Mechan V.01 at 7/18/2005 1:31:07 PM
Im making a presentation cd-rom using flash but i have trouble figuring out how to create a SAVE AS button that will take a pdf file either from within the swf file or a folder outside the swf and save it to the viewers hard drive... if anybody can help me out on this plz do! ...more >>

Enumerate layers
Posted by jwize at 7/18/2005 1:29:38 PM
I have just imported a .ai file to flash. I want to pop up all the pieces frame by frame. something like this for each layer in timeline.layers make each layer visible. I am not sure how to enumerate layers in actionscript. ...more >>

AS timed delays
Posted by Brian at 7/18/2005 10:25:56 AM
I would like to be able to have a list of functions and have a delay timer so they fire/ execute their actions on at a time in order with specifiable delays in between them. How is that done? Thank you. Brian ...more >>

Script runs twice
Posted by SurfR at 7/18/2005 10:19:39 AM
:confused; Situation: Webpage with a flash animation on the left side and on the right an iframe containing a page with two layers. Layer 'Home' (visible) shows an animation as ort of lead-in. Layer 'HomeWeg'(hidden) shows the same animation exvcept for the fact that it plays from frame 2....more >>

manipulating loaded content
Posted by Brian at 7/18/2005 10:13:31 AM
I am loading a movie called home.swf into my main movie. I would like to be able to set properties for MC inside the home.swf movie from my main movie, but don't seem to be able to somehow. The MC I am trying to manipulate is called theImage. My path must be wrong, but I am not sure why? ...more >>

Frame Label
Posted by vimalli at 7/18/2005 6:10:30 AM
Hi Folks, My 10th frame "Build_level1" Label name is there. through scripting how can i get this label name. Please help me. Thanks, Vijay...more >>

IE Sound() cache Problem
Posted by heiopai at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello, i have Problem making streaming sounds available in IE explorer 6.* following code works in every browser except IE. _global.sound_obj.onLoad = function (true){ _global.sound_obj.start(); } global.sound_obj = new Sound(); _global.sound_obj.loadSound(fileName); The pr...more >>

get url with button
Posted by eb-go at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have read the two previuos posts on this and tried them. i had success opeining new window with pasting this in the button "on hit " url line: javascript:openNewWindow('http://www.macromedia.com','thewin','height=400,width= 400,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes') then this on the page that ho...more >>

Conditional Statements...?
Posted by Papa Rabbit at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
I'm trying to writing some AS to return numeric values in my "if" statement, rather than a true/false... But it is evaluating the variables as true/false rather than as a number... I did some searching but all I've come up with is tuts and livedocs showing the true/false... Anyone ...more >>

Can't find existing errors
Posted by alyyoop at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have an application that was developed in Flash. The error is a preexisting problem. We can recreate it on 3 machines by running multiple applications on a machine and then launching the Flash app. The issue seems to get worse however when we recompile the code we received. We have tried...more >>

Contact Form Not Going to Thank You Page
Posted by saraazriel at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Here is the site: http://www.christinarobertsmusic.com/test.php When you fill out the form, the form works fine and sends the variables to form.php which then sends them through email. Here is the code on the submit button: on (release) { form.loadVariables("form.php", "POST"); ...more >>

set xmlconnector component url with actionscript
Posted by bbarbin at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I'm trying to set the url for a xmlconnector component using actionscript. I can get the xml in if I put the path in the url field, but I need to set the url dynamically with actionscript and I can't seem to get it to work. You can download a zip with the fla and xml files at the link ...more >>

call a flash remoting function using the contents of an array as the arguments
Posted by Joe at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I would like to be able to call a flash remoting function passing the contents of an array as the arguments. So, If I had a remoting function called myRemoteMethod which could take any number of arguments then I would like to be able to call it by turning an array of args into the ar...more >>

How to create indirect reference to dynamic text field
Posted by sarova at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Does anyone know how to set or change a dynamic text field whose reference is generated internally (e.g. received as a parameter)? myTextFieldName = "A"; how can I set "A" to some text, like "Hello" ? ...more >>

Alert produces Infinite Loop on focusOut
Posted by artcoder at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have something very simple. Put two TextInput controls on a new Flash document. On the first input, put ... on (focusOut) { mx.controls.Alert.show("Please use positive values.", "Please try again", Alert.OK, null, null); } When I run the app and move focus from the first textbox ...more >>

gotoAndStop
Posted by dawndawg at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Well, I'm a newbie to flash and I'm teaching myself as I create a new website to host my graphic design portfolio. I got so far but now I'm stuck. I've got my movie clip we'll call Portfolio. Inside Portfolio I've got 4 buttons and 4 corresponding movie clips ("print" button, "printM" movie c...more >>

dynamic function/dynamic object
Posted by StupidNicknameSystem at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have a loop that is building a menu by using attachmovie naming the instances using the loop counter. I just need to have a unique function for each instance I create. ala _root[newName].onRelease = function() { _level0[subName].gotoAndPlay(2); } (it expands its dynamica...more >>

Saving
Posted by kamyarabhari at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I wanna the player replay the game just played. You can find more about my question here: http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage sketch something and press REPLAY button and watch! this is more complex than i need, however I think the basic is the same and I have no idea with this....more >>

Datagrid and replaceItemAt
Posted by OhWhite at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
How do I modify the Actionscript so it just modifies the value of a specific cell. At the moment it is wiping out the whole line. var yes = {name:"Yes", value:newValue_num}; _root.statementsgrid.replaceitemAt(4, yes); Any assistance is kindly appreciated. Thanks ...more >>

While button is pressed script ...
Posted by D. J. Faber at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello, I have a dial on the stage and I want it to rotate clock wise or counter clockwise while a button is pressed. Also while the button is pressed i want the dial to continue to rotate. I have the following script obn a button but it creates an endless loop. on (Press) { x = ...more >>

progressive and netStream video
Posted by rhythmofrain at 7/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have a confusion between progressive and netstream flv, 1) For what different purposes they are used? 2) In which out of these two methods the entire file is loaded first before it starts playing? 3) Are these(progressive and netstream) the the property of flv or they are defined in flas...more >>


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