hi all........... again. all your help with getting the car to turn was a very big help and now woth some minor tweeks it is turning and startin to look real good (hooorayyyyyy) but now the prob is getting the car to drive in the direction that the player has it pionted in, which would be ...more >>

when I ry and reuse a variable on a different frame it comes back undefined?? does any one know why this is? ...more >>

ok, i can get the data from a txt file into the dynamic txt field ok, but when i place the txt field inside a movie clip i cannot get the data from the txt file to load. Any guru's with Suggestions? ...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a way to disable the "Enter" key on the on release button command? Would like the enter key to be used for one particular purpose and have several buttons on the page. ...more >>

Hi Is there anyway to control sound like you do in Director? Can you tell flash to wait for a sound to finish and then go to the next frame? I have an animation sequence with sound and the only way that I know how to control it is just by extending the frames, is there another way to do th...more >>

I am soo frustrated - none of the examples in the Flash help are doing it for me - I am loading an external event sound (.mp3 file) at the beginning of my movie. Before I figure out progress bars, I simply want to poll whether the file is loaded and if it is I want the playhead to continue on...more >>

Hi - I'm pretty new to Flash - so forgive me if I'm posting a lame question... I've got a project I'm working on - that has numerous buttons on the stage - all in close proximity to each other. When the user rolls over the button - it grows. I need the active/rolled over button to beco...more >>

I?ve a child movie called diaporama.swf in which there are several TextFields( dynamic), when i run him stand-alone, every thing works fine, but when i load this movie 'diaporama.swf' into a main movie and i run it i no longer see the textfields placed in diaporama.swf. ps. i heard that th...more >>

OK I just recently wrote this code, and it works. Now, all I want to know is, is this a good solution? I'm not trying to brag or anything, honestly, I was just AMAZED that this actually worked. So please, tell me if I did this awkwardly or what not: function loadScenario () { myArra...more >>

Hello Everybody, tell me, how can i play moive in the format of .avi means i want to play a .avi which is in a folder bye...more >>

Hi! I have some trouble with multilevel menu trace. Can you help me: function part(id:Number, parent:Number, visible:Boolean, title:String):Object{ this.id = id; this.parent = parent; this.visible = visible; this.title = title; return this; } var parts:Array = ...more >>

Im having problems when trying to trigger simple JavaScript and fscommands in a Safari browser via a .swf . Does anyone know of any issues that Safari has in terms of communicating with flash? And if so are there any web sites that tackle these issues? Cheers :D ...more >>

I'm working on a way to set the focus to an invisible button, then run a function off the button using onSetFocus. However, after that runs and all, I want to kill the focus, but there is no Selection.killFocus command. There is an onKillFocus command for buttons and textfields, but it doesn't...more >>

Is it possible to push data to an swf with javascript. when somebody sets focus on an html-field? All elements must be visible on one html-page Thanks in advance Niels...more >>

hi all, hows things? anyway 2 the prob! i have a flash website, and i want the user to be able to click on a button and download files to their computer, such as .exe and .avi files. any 1 know the scripting for this? i have googled 4 this, but to no avail. cheers, dean ...more >>

If I use the following line of code TEMP=Number("050"); The value of TEMP is 40. I was kind of hoping it would return 50! What I am trying to do is have a text entry box and on submit I need to try to convert what the user has entered into a number. What would be a better way of doin...more >>

i am designer. i created a moive, which is in the scenes. And i write this below script. when i click on the link for second scene, the my_mc remains. how can i remove it? on (rollOver) { my_mc.swapDepths(10); _root.my_mc.gotoAndPlay(2); } on (rollOut){_root.my_mc.go...more >>

Hi there, I have a selection of images that i am loading into movieclips to do sort of a slide show. The problem is that when i have loaded these images into a movieclip and i try to get say, the width, of the movieclip, it still remains at 0 even though the width of the image is 300px...more >>

Hi all, I'v encountered a strange problem... I have to SWF files, they are: lib.swf <== used to store my resources in MCs with an empty scene. main.swf <== main frame with functions and my classes. lib.swf contains a MC, and I named it "Resource_ABC" in the linkage property pag...more >>

Heya, I am designing a website in which I am trying to launch my html documents into a new HTML frame using my flash button. I've done it before, but it isn't working this time around, I think I am just overlooking something... Can anyone help? -Spence ...more >>

Hi Guys, I have this function but I would like it to be global so that I can call the function whenever needed. Please help. globalActions = function () {if (state == "n") scene = scene + 1; if (scene == numScenes) { scene = "0"; } // end if if (st...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create function that stacks movie clips on top of each other, but I think I'm having some trouble with the syntax. I have a movieclip in the library with a linkage name of "mcClip" (I know, it was a bad idea to use this name more than once). On the trace for sCurrent, t...more >>

Howdy fellow geeks. I have what I think is a simple problem and I hope you can help. I have a date in a variable. var myDate = "8/5/2005" I need code to extract the month, day and year. var mth = ?? var dy = ?? var yr = ?? Thanks for your help. Troy ...more >>

Hi, what actionscript would be used to get a certain jpg image infront of everything esle, as I have a lot of attached movieclips which seem to stay above the jpg no matter what :S Thanks for youe time Jason ...more >>

I'm having trouble writing to a dynamic text field via click of a button (ie, onPress). I can do "trace" and the like via the button click, so I think I have the onPress syntax okay. Also, I can write to the dynamic text box by adding actionscript directly to frames, ie: caps.text = "Hell...more >>

I have loaded an external jpg file: this.createEmptyMovieClip("clip1", this.getNextHighestDepth()); clip1.loadMovie("metal013.jpg"); Now I would like to tile it. I have tried a few things, but no luck so far. Thanks. ...more >>

I am using MX 2004 and having trouble with a banner. I want to randomly load ..jpg's from a file - pausing for 5 sec on each pic. I can get one .jpg to load, but it stops after one. Here's is the codes: var numArray = ["randomPics/01.jpg", "randomPics/02.jpg", "randomPics/03.jpg", ...more >>

I'm having probs with the comboxes with in the feedback form. They won't dropdown/display the info. The mailing list has an older version of the combox and it seems to work. Any clues? http://www.perspektiv.co.uk/lebistrotpierre/nottm/ The feedback form is a .swf called into a movieclip ...more >>

I am having trouble getting the attached code to work, is there any way to have an array name change using the eval or other function? thanks. var Bonus2= new Array; y=1; x=2; Bonus2[y]=4; trace (Bonus2[y]); trace (eval("Bonus"+x[y])); stop(); ...more >>

:frown; Ok, here we go. Im currently using Flash MX Pro, for students (im a student). I also bought a ?ready made? flash website template to use & practice on. Im learning my way around, so far so good. my dead end problem, trying to create a ?pop-up window? from a button. I have fo...more >>

I have a movie clip on my main timeline with a button in it. On the button inside the movieclip I have the following action script: on (release){ _root.play(); _root.nextPage = "Page1"; } This gets the _root timeline to play just fine, and is supposed to load the variable nextpag...more >>

i am making a math game for my students. when the user clicks a button for help i want 2 of the wrong answers to dissapear. im not sure i am doing this right. the correct answer is being called by a dynamic text field from a .txt file. i tried it with all if's but that doesnt work and i tri...more >>

I have a movie which is a test engine. The engine needs to know the test ID, testee's name and ID. In my dynamic HTML, I have code that looks like this: <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="http://www.mywebsite.com/testengine.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#D2EB...more >>

Is there anything special I would need to do to populate an Array with identifier names of mc's in my library that have been exported for AS? Or would I just do something as follows: myArray = ["myScenario","myScenario1"]; //and so on Or would I need to do it like this: myArray = [my...more >>

Hey, I'm building a mp3 player in flash that's reading in XML. So far i can get Flash to read in the basic album title, artist and track title. But i was interested to see if flash could also read in the mp3's album art. I've tried using this: mc_ablumart.image = this.id3.APIC; But th...more >>

Hi All, I am having a very annoying problem whenever I hit F12 to publish my flash document. I am getting the "information bar help" saying that it is blocking active x. Each time I publish I have to allow blocked content and go through a two step process just to see my flash document. D...more >>

i was frustrated to see that there was a array.join() but no array.split() function. i need to take a string and split it based on a variable delimeter. Can Help plz?...more >>

Hi All, I have a made a flash movie which is around 600 kb. I have put a preloader in the first frame. but the thing is that the preloader is visible only after loading 20% of the whole movie. I have seen in many websites that the preloader comes as soon as the page is loaded. Any suggestio...more >>

Hover Cursor not responding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm having trouble with the cursor hovering the yellow buttons. 1. The arrow keys on keyboard should move the cursor from button to button. 2. When button is hover show too tip and shadowe...more >>

I am having an issue trying to open a pdf from a flash projector on Mac Os X. I am trying to use a bash script: Glossary.pdf.sh -rwxr-xr-x -----------BOF----------------- #!/bin/bash open ../pdfs/Glossary.pdf & -----------EOF----------------- The script works successfully fro...more >>

I have created a test swf which loads an external swf at the press of a button. There is another button which unloads the movie, but this is not working. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Here's the script //load_btn load_btn.onPress=function(){ loadMovie("loaded_movie.swf...more >>

I am currently using the following function: onClipEvent (load) { this._height = (200/(_parent.mission._height/227)); } But I want this._height to change whenever _parent.mission._height changes. How do I loop this script? ...more >>

okay, in my first scene, i have a lot of buttons fading in, then they stop. heres the prioblem, it keeps going onto the next scene without anything prompting it to go....the goal is you clcik the buttons to do it, and the buttons work, it just never gets the chance to stop so you can click it...more >>

Hey Folks, So, anybody know if there's a way to determine which button or movie clip has been pressed from one global script -- without putting a script in every button and movie clip in the whole project? Seems like there should be some function I just don't know about like "Object Under...more >>

working on a project, creating cd for corpartion, 26 min to dead line. need code for a button, that when clicked will eject the cd or just close the window. please help ...more >>

Hi, I am attempting to learn some basic action script to add behaviours to buttons. All the tutorials i have looked at including the Macromedia University Flash 2 course mention that when you press F9 it brings up the action panel (which it does) and that on the left hand side there will b...more >>

I have been researching a few about launching external apps (ie., PowerPoint Application) and it looks like it can not be done. I would just like someone to verify for me... I have a Flash Presentation that will ship on a CD. This CD contains the swf file along with some mpg, doc and ppt f...more >>

Alright, as of now, I have a bunch of rollOver/rollOut code in a .as file so the programmer can just drag a button onto the stage and a popup box, give them instance names, and it will automatically work. Right now, the code looks like this, very long: roll1_btn.onRollOver = function() { ...more >>

Can some one pls tell me whats wrong with this: if your swfs need to be named differently e.g fish.swf cheese.swf eggs.swf then use: swfArray = new Array('fish','cheese','eggs') loadMovie(swfArray[Math.round(Math.random()*swfArray.length)]+'.swf') * I get an error : **Error** Sce...more >>

i have this code , i have 15 images in the xml file the script is getting into my onEnterFrame just once, any idea? the script: function loadXML(loaded) { if(loaded) { xmlNode = this.firstChild; _global.images = []; for (var i = 0; i<xmlNode.childNodes.length; i++) ...more >>