Hi, Im playing with the Robert Penners Easing Equations extension to flash and can make a ball bounce, but only once. I have set a variable called state and the variable is working, but i cant make the ball (symbo)bounce every time i roll over my button(ball) When i test the movie, on ro...more >>

Hello, thanks for tuning in... I have some dynamically generated input fields that I cannot seem to format with the textformat actionscipt... Here is some code.... var my_fmter:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); my_fmter.font = "akz"; my_fmter.size = 12; my_fmter.color = 0x00ff00; ...more >>

I've programmed a movie clip to move slowly towards the bottom of the screen. When it gets there, you're supposed to lose a life and it goes back to the top. It moves towards the bottom of the screen, but when it gets there, it just keeps going and no lives are lost. (I have some more scrip...more >>

Let me try to explain my situation as clearly as possible. I have 5 buttons with each a fade-in and fade-out functions to them. I want to be able to have the button freeze on a state (ex frame 10 once text faded into blue) if pressed while puttin any other pressed button back to original sta...more >>

Hello, thanks for tuning in... I have some dynamically generated input fields that I cannot seem to format with the textformat actionscipt... Here is some code.... var my_fmter:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); my_fmter.font = "akz"; my_fmter.size = 12; my_fmter.color = 0x00ff00; ...more >>

When I place an object on the stage within a group of frames that are not separated by keyframes, it is shared across those frames. When I place action script in a frame across a group of frames, I can see that action script in the script window no matter which frame has focus. However, it app...more >>

Hey guys, working on a project where an XML file is being read into a Flash movie, basically its a store directory with descriptions for each store. I can format an HTML link in the XML doc so that the text appearing in the TextArea is clickable and linked to a URL, but I can't apply any sort ...more >>

Can I write directly from flash mx to an XML file? Here is my code so far... var myXML = new XML(); function submit() { var myLogin = myXML.createElement("login"); myLogin.attributes.username = username; myLogin.attributes.password = password; myXML.appendChild(myLogin); myXMLSocket.send...more >>

i've hardly used flash before and barely touched AS, can someone help me write a simple script that will, when clicked go to a specific frame in the movie i am working on? this is sorta important as i am working on my place of employs website ...more >>

I am loading a swf into a main timeline. in the swf being loaded i have a dynamic text box that will display the page number you are on. i can not see the dynamic text box when i load the swf into the main timeline. the code i am using to display the page is this: page = ((_root._currentfr...more >>

When I use textFormat on a textfield the formating is gone when I set autosize = true. When autosize is false, my multiline textfield only shows the first line. Hope they fix that on F8, but how can I workaround this in MX2004?...more >>

Hi, I have followed a tutorial on Flashkit.com (http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Actionscripting/Basic/Making_a-Alexande-735/i ndex.php) to make a MC clip to follow the mosue cursor. When the MC follows the mouse towards the edge of the stage it goes off it so you can't see the clip. How can...more >>

Hi there,=20 I'm looking for a way to shuffle an array. It seems not to be working = write. The only way I had to return all the length of the array was by = increasing the initial value of var i in the for cycle. It just doesn't = seem correct for me. Another thing is that this way it o...more >>

Ok i just started with flash here in iraq, I am new at all this i been reading and readi and i doesnt work for me. I need to know the action script for a contact form. all i have is Name, Email, Feedabck. I need to know how do i make it were it sends that data to my email. Thanks Sol...more >>

Sorry about this v basic question. I'm a newbie to Flash I want to create a fish and have bubbles come out of its mouth. As the bubbles rise a different number will appear in each bubble. I have created a symbol called "bubble" with a dynamic text box in it and dragged a number of instan...more >>

I have googled far and wide, and thus far, I have only seen ONE working example of a Flash screen where the focus are properly set on the first input field, in the browser, not stand-alone player. OK, so can you please email me the source-code for the MM shopping cart :D Alternately, can y...more >>

how can i attach a MC on a level different than _level0?? thanks rS...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with my linkages between my scenes. Everytime you hit a link it goes to the next scene... So it doesn't matter witch link you click. Can somebody please help me? My website: http://www.redquest.net (My question might be easy to answer. But that's because I'm not rea...more >>

Is it possible to load an array with loadVariablesNum? The script I call creates an array which should be used by the actionscript. How do I do this? Normally I would use a session to get array from one page to another, but this is not possible now, correct? How do I handle this? ...more >>

I have a movie clip on my stage with the code: on(rollOver) { tellTarget ("_root.square1") { gotoAndPlay("start"); } } and I have a movie clip called square1 with a frame named start. But this script gives me the error: Target not found: Target="_root.square1" Base="_level0.i...more >>

Hi, I'm half way building a site in Flash and the client has reported that sometimes the simply swf file containing text only appears outside the component scrollpane when called. I have searched around and found many folk have the same problem but none have a solution. Then I found this ...more >>

HI All, I know the basics of Flash Acrionscripting when it comes to just navigation. Looking forard to learn more and advanced level action scripting for application development. Dont know where do I start! Does it require any prior programming language skills. If so! then where do i start...more >>

i have a movie which has 3 buttons. with clicking on any button the animation will play. the problem i am facing is that when i click on any other button in middle of any animation playing it ends abruptly. i want a smooth action. whn any button is clicked the animation which is playing shud e...more >>

oki my frustration has overwhelmed me already ...been working on my website for a looooong time ! works just fine in firefox ...doesn't want to load at all in ie ...please help or i'll shoot myself ;) thx a lot for ANY suggestions ...more >>

Hi on press of a movieclip i am calling a function like mc.onPress=function(){ } the above function i want to call my onLoad of page alse. is it possible? ...more >>

I'm trying to write a wrapper for the WebServiceClasses class (Common Libraries > Classes). The existing class expects the following syntax: var ws:WebService = new WebService("http://domain.com/services/wsdlFile.wsdl"); var pc:PendingCall = ws.RemoteWebMethod("paramA", "paramB", "param...more >>

myTrace(typeof(localVID.toString())); //if(typeof(localVID.toString())=="object"){ for (var i in localVID){ myTrace(i + " :: "+ localVID); } //} myTrace("damnit, give the string back to me: " + localVID.toString()); i've been debuging all night , and still got ...more >>

Hi, I have a preloader but it isn't working correct. I have made a testmovie of 4MB. When I open the webpage, IE explorer is opening and starts loading the webpage(the bar on the bottom of IE). This lasts for a 15 minutes. When loaded ,the page is shown. The preloader is not shown due to i...more >>

I have a main timeline with several movieclips. When the play head reaches the movieclips, I stop(), play the timeline inside the movieclip, then return to the main timeline again. Some of these clips are getting quite large, and I would like to check that the next clip is fully loaded before ...more >>

:confused; I'm currently using the following code which works fine BUT it loads the entire .swf before it will play. How can I make it so it will only load a "percentage" of the .swf // create both a MovieClipLoader object and a listener object myLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); myLis...more >>

Hi i have several textinput components on stage that act as a form for emailing. the box is too tall, and if i make it smaller the text gets cut off at the bottom. there is nothing in the component properties that let me change the font size. Anybody know the best way to change it? ...more >>

:confused; I'm trying to use the XMLConnector in a Flash Screens application, however, the component only seems to work on the top-most screen, ie doesn't work on the nested screens... The topmost screen is darForm The nested screen is customForm I actually copy the instance from...more >>

Hi i have a dymanic text fiels, on release i want to fade the textfield out before loading the new text (which has a scripted fade in), troule is, the alpha script only runs once (i.e it only depletes by 10, as opposed to repeatedly, 10, 20, 30 etc...) what am i doing wrong? onRelease = ...more >>

Hi, I have a very basic flash movie which contains 2 movie clips.... 1) a single graphic 2) an empty clip .... when the movie runs it uses the movieClipLoader to load an external movie into the empty clip on the stage. The freshly loaded clip now needs to load the single graphic from ...more >>

i would like to know more about the actionScript that can link to a database.. And how can i call them back by the actionScript. (e.g. should i use LoadVars.)...more >>

bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded()); bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal()); getPercent = this.bytes_loaded/this.bytes_total; loadText = Math.round(this.getPercent*100)+" %"; if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) { gotoAndPlay("Go"); } THIS preloader ActionScript work...more >>

Hello, Dynamically using the actionscript i want to export last frame as JPG or GIF file. Can we do this ? Please let me know Dhiru ...more >>

I have a multiple selection DataGrid with a lot of records (around 1000). When the user selects a large number of records, getting the ids of the selected objects takes a lot of time, actually more time then what it takes to get the records from the server and populate them in the first place....more >>