I've got my preloader on a seperate scene, and it preloads just like I want it to. The file itself is going as a banner for a forums site. My problem is that whenever someone clicks on a thread, the banner at the top will play the animation that is part of the preloader, and then play the m...more >>

:confused; Does anyone know how the new file upload on flash 8 works? any white papers/help topics anywhere? can someone tell me or point me to the official explanation or something close. Thanks, I'm sure many of us are wondering the same thing. ...more >>

Hey there, Does anyone know how to make for example 11,16946% to show as only 11% ? So i want just to use/see te number before the comma... Thanx!...more >>

SAY I HAVE STOP ON FRAME 23 AND HAVE BEGUN A STREAMING MP3. HOW WOULD I GO ABOUT MOVE TO FRAME 24 ONCE THE STREAMING MP3 FILE FINISHED? PLEASE HELP. THANKS http://www.mostified.com...more >>

Hello, need some help with setting one setInterval inside my enventHandler, making the change function wait lets say 2 seconds, Is this possible? Can you please give me a few lines of code so I can aply it to my own? Many thanks, Pluda ...more >>

Anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong in this code, it is supposed to slowly bring down the sound when you move the slider I am using - on the button I have on(press) { oldnum = _parent.slide._x startDrag(_parent.slide,false,0,7,300,7) } on(release, releaseOutside) { newnum = _pare...more >>

Hi Guys, need some help with stoping or pausing a function. Since this function is on my first frame on the timeline. It will continuously initialize... I would like to be able to stop or pause the function when you click stop button. On my button this code resets the ticking value: ...more >>

what's the best, SIMPLIEST way to do this?...more >>

can anyone help me with a piece of code to stop someone moving on with out having some info into a text box? I have an ok button that is clicked to move on - but i want the user to type something into the text box before they can move on. if they dont type anything then they cannot move on...more >>

can anyone help me with a piece of code to stop someone moving on with out having some info into a text box? I have an ok button that is clicked to move on - but i want the user to type something into the text box before they can move on. if they dont type anything then they cannot move on...more >>

i am developing and interactive CD rom where cartoon characters will be created by draggingng and dropping body parts to the stage and the n using attach movie and then i want these characters to be remebered the next time the user runs the CD i dont want the user to have to be online or co...more >>

anyone know where i can find the files written to shared objects? I think its .SOL file ext. Thanks MaTT...more >>

hi I'm have a problem in myproject. when test the movie, a script in this movie is causing flash player to run slowly. if you can, troubleshooting this problem answer to email:h_ghamkhar@yahoo.com thank you.:brokenheart;:disgust;:frown; ...more >>

I use javascript to extract name/value pairs from a querystring. The variables extracted are then added to the <object> and <embed> tags via a query. The values are then accessible in flash. This works fine, I extract the querystring, add to flash and then get flash to send this to another...more >>

I put a stop action at the last frame oy main timeline. I put an "animated movieclip" - that's suppose to loop continuously in the last frame. I test the movie, it's working fine. I test it in Firefox, it's working. I try testing the movie in IE and after the first loop of the maintimeline t...more >>

I am trying on making a website by FLASH MX. I would like to make a function like a forum. How can I save the words that someone type into a input TextField inside my web and load it next time? ...more >>

please help me with this. i want to preload 3 movies one after another and then play the main movie, where the other 2 movies are called. can any1 help me?...more >>

I am currently loading one xml file into flash as follows: <XML> <ROOT> <PICTURE_1 src="splash.jpg" fixed_height="50" fixed_width="50" /> <COLOR_1 value="444444"/> <COLOR_2 value="ff0000"/> </ROOT> </XML> Now, I want to seperate these into usable variables throughout the flash fi...more >>

I have been hacking at this file for far too long. I want the menu to ALWAYS go back to the same xloc. It seems like a no brainer...but I have had problems figuring this out... I have posted the zip file on http://www.phonon56.com/UNKNOWN_CAPTAIN.zip. Please have a look. I actuallly was su...more >>

Ok, I am trying to get a 2 dimensional array to story my info.... in my array i want to have the name of the object along with the X and Y coordinates stored..... now the way i am doing it in the script below, when i do a trace to get teh array i keep gettign undefined... can someone plesa...more >>

So I got this cam thing to work on about 60% of the machines here.. usually on the ones that dont work if I update EVERYTHING (OS, Flash, etc) they end up working. The flash piece has one frame with just actionscript. What I was wondering is if there is a way that I could make the ...more >>

Hello, I am a new customer for Macromedia Flash MX 2004. I hardly know anything so I advice you to be VERY specific when you answer my question, ;). I need to know how do I make a flash document secured. For example, I make a sound button and when I publish it I want to right click on the flas...more >>

Is there any way using Dynamic text to have the text "Justify" - Is there a code or script that will allow the text box to do this while in dynamic text mode. Bryan ...more >>

Hello, I have a very simple action script event which starts playing amovie clip at frame 1, however, I would like for it to stop at frame 13. How would I modify the following code to make it stop at frame 13? (Sorry, I'm a real beginner here ;-) Thanks! on (release) { //Moviec...more >>

:beer; Hi, I am creating a CD ROM that will play on PCs. It will have lots of FLVs playing, as well as MC animation graphs. My client wants the CD to bookmark where it has been. In other words, they want to CD ROM (not DVD, mind you), to allow the viewer to go back where they left ...more >>

I created a presentation if FlashMX 2004. It has a dozen slides. The back/forward buttons on the Navigation Layer of the Presentation slide work fine. I wanted to insert text, so that if it is clicked the user would jump to a specific slide. I inserted the text. Went to Behaviors ...more >>

Can anyone who listened in maths classes help me out here? I have a hand travelling around a clock, by setting the _rotation of a movieClip. I want to rotate a duplicate of this movieClip to represent the hand's shadow... The 'light source' is coming from the top left, which means that w...more >>

In a previous thread the problems of removing movie clips was discussed and it became obvious that it was associated with the use of 'getNextHighestDepth' when attaching the movie clip in the first place. I propose the following work-around which appears to be too simple to be true. //in...more >>

Hey yall, Is there a function in flash for inversing numbers, turning a negative into a positive or a positive to a negative? If not does anyone know the proper way to do this? I can seem to get it right. Thanks, * redLetter ~ ...more >>

Is it bad scripting practice to simultaneously invoke a function with different parameters? I have an on( ) when rollOvered will invoke the same function in the _root 5 times with different parameter values and datatypes. I know I could have five functions in the _root and use Overloading to...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to get my head around arrays, as I figured it'd be the best way of solving a problem. I'm creating a card trading game, similar to Top Trumps, and need to figure a way of randoming splitting a pack of 20 cards (20 movieclips) between 2 players, the user and the computer....more >>

Hi, just wondering, is there a way to make a Text Area transparent?, I'm using this code: _level0.taDescription.depthChild0._alpha = 0; and works, but then, I'm loading that SWF in another SWF and I loose the alpha property, any Idea? Thanks a lot!!!! ...more >>

again hi I have problem in my project. When i start using project, i recive a errore in flash player . "a script in this movie is causing flash player to run slowly." if you can, troubleshooting this problem. thank you.http://www.tavasol.com/main.zip ...more >>

First of all, I'm building a flash header/ad for a new corporate website and the header will be displayed on every page, yet I don't want it to play all the way through on every page -- only on the first time a person visits the site per day. If the user has visited that site at least once on ...more >>

I am using FlashMX Professional 2004 quiz template to put together a quiz of 10 questions. I need to show what questions the user had wrong on the summary page, for example it will say you had questions 1 and 2 wrong etc. Can this be done? Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone had come across an AS or media controller component that allowed the end user to set the play speed of an MC? There are plenty that allow the 'speeding' up of other media types, e.g MP3's/FLV/video etc, but none that I've seen for movie clips, probably because the speed...more >>

why it does not work? on main timelime: new DoSoundThings("ip", soundLibarysMC); class file: class DoSoundThings{ // look this function DoSoundThings($source:String, $mc:MovieClip){ var $s=new Sound($mc); $s.loadSound($source, true); } } ...more >>

I am trying to create a gameboard. I have 10 tiles and 10 spots for the tiles to go to. Once a tile has been placed, another cannot be put in that spot. Below is the code that finds a random number and places a tile. What I can't figure out is how to check to see if a tile has already been pla...more >>

I would like to do a menu like this, (i.e., when rolling over certain word along bottom menu, a submenu swings up) : http://www.webwasp.co.uk/tutorials/b04-menu-swing/menu-swing.php That all works fine if there are no submenus, but I can't figure out how to modify the code to enable a su...more >>

Hi! I would like to ask about Registry reading in Macromedia Flash. How can I do that? I want to read a specified key in the registry (Windows 95 - 98 - ME - XP..) How to do that? just to read.. and if it is possible to write it would be cool! Regards,.. ...more >>

Hi! I?m new and I don?t know what I?m doing wrong here... I have a two different movie symbols inside Stage 1: ?foto? and ?lista?. Inside of ?foto? I have a button, and when released, I want that button to take me to a certain frame inside of ?lista?. But the button doesn?t do anything......more >>

This is must be simple, but I?m using ?Button component? first time. I have 2 text input (a & b) boxes & one dynamic text field (c). For simple calculation I?m using this script in button on(press) {c=a*1*b*1 } If I use ?Button component? how to implement this script? ...more >>