hi all i am having trouble getting the text and image to scroll in a text box using the scrollbar component. ok i was able to get the html text to show up in the text box using the action script box. the problem is i can't get the image to show up in the text Box and now the text box...more >>

I am duplicating a movie clip with a bubble floating up. However, I want to mask the duplicated movie so that it appears to be inside of my object. I have created a movieclip named myMasking and use the MovieClip.setMask(myMasking). However, it does not seem to be working. Here is my co...more >>

Hey everybody, I have a question for you. You've probably read about a thousand "how do I save files to the hard drive in flash?" questions by now. We all know the short answer: You can't. HOWEVER, I know you can save to an external file using a javascript FSCommand. In fact, I've don...more >>

the MC linked as btnclip has nothing on it but a text field named txtlabel Why does this not work? _root.attachMovie("btnclip", "top1", 1); _root.top1.txtlabel.text = "This is some text";...more >>

Hi, What action scripting would I need to code a button that would close/quit a flash program?...more >>

Hello, I currently have a flash component I'm working on, but I've ran into a bit of a snag. I'm needing to make a call to a function on the root level from the comoponent. So if I have the function written out in the timeline code, how do I call it from the component? I've tried th...more >>

OK, I'm a coder but new to actionscript and this is driving me crazy. I have a movieclip that has a dynamic textfield. Its called txtlabel I attach the clip and try to set the text for the dynamic field and it won't work. //Code// var newName = "top" + i; mainLayer = mainLayer +...more >>

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Hello, I am sure this not as hard as I am making it out to be, but I have hit a wall. I have made a movieclip button with 3 states each within a frame: UP (frame 1), OVER (frame 2), SELECTED (frame 3) The code I am using on the button movieclip from the main timeline is: moviecli...more >>

hello friends kindly help me, i'm creating a Flash Application and i want to know what's the trick behind www.netdisaster.com this website, i repeat , i've bannged my head on all desks but never came to know what's the trick behind this website.... how is he doing this ???? www.netdisaster...more >>

hello all thanks in advance for reading this. i am using text with a scrollbar component and would like to add images next to the text and have them scroll with the text when you use the scrollbar. can someone please tell me how i can do this. thanks leanne ...more >>

I have external .swfs to load into my main movie page. you click on a thumbnail to call it in. can I use ActionScript to determine specifically where and what dimensions it will play on the main movie stage? the problem is I have certain movies that would take too much time and effort to rebui...more >>

ok, I think my brain is fried OR AS is playing games with me. 1) I want to set the color of a MC 2) I want to do this from a class for a component In its most simple form I want to have a component property that sets the background color of the component. The background is a simple moviec...more >>

I'm making a drop down menu... I downloaded a free menu componate and I have everything perfect except the functionallity. The menu needs to be clicked to drop down and I'm trying to change that to a rollOver drop down, But the componate I downloaded has ActionScript lables in Italian... Here...more >>

What I want is to show display all the images in a scrollpane, and when one of the images is clicked, the full sized image shows in a window component. I have all my images being displayed in a scrollpane, and they display where they should. the issue is with the following function: Loader...more >>

ScrollPane.redraw(true); where would I enter this code. would I enter it into the first AS frame or in the movieclip contained within the scrollpane component. and does this code apply globally? My flash site contains numerous scrollpane components on the root timeline. Each scroll...more >>

I am an Action Script novice and a newbie Flash MX 2004 user. I have just got FLASH 2004, but I got the book "Flash MX 2004 Professional Application Development" by Jeanette Stallons a week previously. This led me to try out the examples in Flash MX. I had problems with the examples and gave u...more >>

Anyone know how to do a response redirect from flash to an aspx page? Possible at all? ~Brahm...more >>

I am preloading the movie TM3 and have a stop action on the first frame. Audio and movie begin on the second frame. I'll be background loading 29 movies while previous movies are playing. Here's the initial script I'll use to preload each movie separately - I'm preloading in a "preload" an...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to import the dataProvider so I can use it in my code without adding a component; can anyone help? Thanks Troy...more >>

2 problems. 1. I loaded a mp3 like this: mp3sound=new Sound(); mp3sound.loadSound("Sounds/sound.mp3",true); mp3sound.start(); it works , but I tryed to loda like this a wav file , won't work: wavsound=new Sound(); wavsound.loadSound("Sounds/sound2.wav",true); wavsound.start(); ...more >>

Howdy! Quick question for you and I hope its a simple answer. On the timeline I have the following functions bdy.onRelease = function() { stopDrag(); }; bdy.onReleaseOutside = function() { stopDrag(); }; My question; is there any way to combine these functions? Like on t...more >>

Hi, Strange thing happening here. In the code attached to this message there's this line: if(this.i < 11) { this.initObject._x = this.i * 20; this._parent.ball_mc.duplicateMovieClip("ball"+this.i+"_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), this.initObject); trace('i incremented ...more >>

Probably simple for Intermediate level flash guru. I have a fully functioning scroller which has some nice inertia effects I would like to keep. If I keep the text field as static, the scrollers work great, always adjusting to the amount of text that's loaded. If I try to make it "dy...more >>

Is there anyway via action script, that you can flip a movie by key.is down...key right he is walking in the right direction but key left he will be walking backwards... ta ...more >>

I'm looking to create video controls via actionScript to control embedded video. they would be the same basic controls that are included in the MediaPlayback components. play/pause are simple but I was wondering about ff and rewind buttons and even a playhead so that the user can scrub through...more >>

I'm looking for some code that will restrict mouse movement on the stage. e.g.- I don't want the cursor to be able to go below a certain _y value. I'm not sure if this is even possible but any help or sugestions would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi I am creating a form in Flash MX and want to change the properties of text fields, ie border and background colors. I have sourced info on changing components but not for Dynamic and Static text fields. Thanks Emu! ...more >>

Greetings. Ive got a XML function that I'm working on.. I'm trying to exact a node from it, to parse the data. And I'm also tying to do it with standards (for me). var theLession = myXML.childNodes[i]; Is what I have right now. Which is correct? 1) var theLession:Array = myXML....more >>

I have a normal flash page but as the pages have a lot of stuff going on, I have buttons that load up the other pages so it takes less time for the user to view the pages. The problem that I have is when it loads up a new swf page all the buttons on the old page still work :S and I don't know ...more >>

Hi, i made a window popup with this code but i'd like to adapt a tween effect on this. like moveTo(0,200) How can i do ? My Code: //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- ouvrirFenetre = function () { // trace ("...more >>

OK here is the deal.... i am loading a swf dynamically at run time.... now what i want to do is an attachMovie using one of the symbols in the movie that i loaded at run time.... do i have access to the symbols in the library of the loaded movie ? can i do that or do all symbols have to be ...more >>

I made a presentation and in navigation i have two link to open pdf file but when i run the presentation, the firlst link is corectly open in Internet Explorer but when i shift back to presentation and click the next link so it's not appearing as top, its appearing on the back in internet expl...more >>

Hello, The problem is about _global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("color", ...) and _global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("fontFamily", ...) which doesn't seem to work. See the comments in the attached code for explanations about what works and what doesn't. Thanks in advance for your answers....more >>

Hi all, I have a flash form (movie) with text fields. Within flash the text field blinks when the focus is on it. But once i put the flash movie in a html page, it won't blink when it's on focus. Does anyone know why and has a solution ?? Cheers ...more >>

How does one control the x and y coordinates in a shockwave file through changing the coordinates in a text file placed in the same folder as the swf? What would be the script required to be added to the movie clips? Please help. ...more >>

I have downloaded a sample videopoker game and game is working fine...only this error is coming...I think it is b'coz of tellTarget() method .....can anybody help how 2 solve this... Target not found: Target="pair" Base="_level0" Target not found: Target="2p" Base="_level0" Target not fo...more >>

hi I'm having the wierdest problem. I'm doing a form in flash mx 2004, but the textinut component is not working propertly. Every time I instance thsi component it doesn't work.. if i try to write text in it nothng happens. the only thing i have is a data grid on stage. The data grid is fille...more >>

can anyone give me some source or show something to explain how you go about doing this? I have searched all over but I cant find a simple image thumbnail type thing. I have a series of thumbnails and I want to just click one, show a quick load bar, and then the image. Help is appreciated ...more >>

Ok, this is gonna be a little complicated to say, so here I go. I will give you an example... I make a game where I am a spaceship, and I have to kill all of the enemies that come towards me. I have this script that creates a simple enemy in a random spot: enemy = new Object(); enemy.cli...more >>

I am trying to pass setInterval a variable time - see code below based on how much text there is (to give someone an appropriate time to read it). When i substitute a number for interval it works. I have spent hours on this looking at other code, and none of it seems to work. I tried using...more >>

I am trying to have a variable that is ?global? that is set with button and retrieved with another button. It?s for a Nav bar that I am creating and I want Flash to know what is currently on the stage for it can do a specific action when different button is released. I am trying to do this w...more >>

this is probably going to be no, however is it possible to load a movie into a specific frame of an instance? so the main movie is one frame and this contains an empty movie with 10 empty frame can i load a 10 different movies onto the 10 frames(each frame will then have a movie loaded into ...more >>

I call inst.columnNames(...) and application freezes for some time. There are about 8 columns and 20 rows in DataGrid, so 7 second freezing before repainting seems unexpected....more >>

Hello, I am working on a flash website template. Many of the buttons on the template are movie clips. For instance it looks like a button and says "more info" and when you mouse over it, it will change color and move. When I put a button link over the area, I loose the movement. How can ...more >>