Hi there you all, I've got a problem here. Anytime I use a customer made preloader with v2 components in my flash apps, the preloader doesn't show until the flash app is about 90 % (or there about) preloaded. That is to say that, when the movie is just about to finish loading that is when ...more >>

Hi Guys, been trying to use setProperty to resize a movieclip but it seems that it only works on press or release and I need it on Frame 1. Any suggestions or work arounds welcome. Thaks in advance. ...more >>

Hi all, I want to create an slide photo, I saw one long time ago... displaying the big picture in the center and a little tumbnails on the bottom. Any one have an example o saw an example? so I can start some where... Tks in advance. JFB ...more >>

Hi all, I have a movie clip which has a button on it. This movie clip is inside anothe rmovie clip and so on and so forth. When i trace (hello) for example, it pops up "hello" when i click it, but when i tell it to go to the next frame, nothing happens. How can i trace the level or...more >>

If you have a button, and you set enabled=false, the button can no longer be interacted with. However, if you have something underneath that is set to enabled, I find that the button on top with enabled=false still blocks interaction from occuring with anything underneath it. It appears to do ...more >>

Hello I'm using xml to load .txt file in a text fields in specifyly frame Im plasting this code in all frames with text fields. And It's work but I notice that when the text file is loading it's some sort of lag in animation with text . Is there any change to do some change in first preloade...more >>

What?s wrong in this if - statement? Sometimes - mostly the second time the following statement runs and the trace action says this - "check if Kund4Down is true". But the statement _parent.mcKund4.gotoAndStop("Hit2"); never runs. I?ve checked the debugger in detail and the variable k...more >>

I have been working in all the versions of Flash since 4 and have just converted to MX 2004 and frankly I'm a tad pissed. Why did the people at Macromedia take the normal as opposed to expert action script ability away. I am a graphic designer who designs websites and up till now have had no p...more >>

Does anybody know how the hitTest() functions exactly. I'm trying to use it but it is very unreliable... I have this deeply nested movieclips I would like to check wether one falls on top of another. It's like this... I have a big environment panorama in which you can look around with t...more >>

Hello, I im currently loading external jpg files with success. The trick is I now need to be able to colorize the jpg files. eg. similar effect to that of photoshop hue and saturation. Is this possible when downgrading to flash player 6 via flashmx2004? I have been changing colors to mc at...more >>

Hello, Thanks for reading my query. My problem is I've a series of audio clips, these are added using the following code: voiceOver = new Sound(this); function newVoiceOver(clipName) { voiceOver.stop(); voiceOver.attachSound(clipName); voiceOver.setVolume(_global.volumeL...more >>

Dear Flash users, I have a very large flash swf, which already has a functional preloader (all together in one file) - although it does not appear until 60% of the file has loaded. I understand why this is happening, but I was wondering....... If I place the preloader into its own swf a...more >>

i am doing a drag and drop onto the stage and then once the image is complete i want to convert it to a jpeg or symbol and add it to the library is that possible???? i am currently using attach movie but the problem is i want to do actions on the image once it is created..... help ...more >>

I'm using a php formmail to process a flash form, it uses the following to process each field: pt_register('POST','faxField'); pt_register('POST','messageField'); Mobile: ".$mobileField." Fax: ".$faxField." Message: ".$messageField. I need to add drop downs and checkboxes to my f...more >>

Hi all, Thanks for reading me post... I have my main movie which has a placeHolder for an external swf... In the external swf there is an mpeg movie which I've imported. I've made a preloader for the external swf but it doesn't seem to load the mpg too - just the external swf! Ho...more >>

Hi all, I've got a text box which has a change eventlistener attached. If you update the content directly in the movie the listener kicks in and does what is required. However, I'm actually going to be updating the content of the textbox via javascript in the web page: documen...more >>

Is there a way to enumerate all the movieclip instances. for(var movieclip in _root){ // Run code here. } something like...more >>

I'm having trouble with "nslidebar.fla" file. The swf file not zoom when I have it all load into "main-menu.swf" Can anyone give me a hand. http://www.keithurbandesign.com/map-test1.zip...more >>

I am attempting to declare a class file (xx.as file) dynamically using var fname:String = "myfile"; var freference:fname = new fname(); myfile.as is the class definition file that I am trying to declare. This does not work. I have also tried: var freference:eval(fname) = new eva...more >>

I have a movie clip, and inside the movie clip is an input text field. The mc is called myText_mc, the input text field inside the mc is called myText_txt. When the user navigates to the next frame, I want the input text field to have focus so the user does not need to click it in order to ent...more >>

I've really struggled with scrollpanes for a long time now. So i've set my goals much lower all I want to do now is put a scrollpane on the screen, set a MovieClip containing a dynamic text box inside it as the content path for that scrollpane, then when the user clicks a button the text ...more >>

Is it possible to clear al the flash content out of IE cache? and so reload a site? I would like to achieve this not by deleting al temp files of ie manually but just by a button or something... Thanx allot! ...more >>

I'm making a game and I'm trying to get the flash movie to skip to another frame when ever the little ball you control hits a wall. The link to my game is at the bottom. I've been using a bunch of different variations of hitTest, but none of them seem to work. I've only just started using flas...more >>

Hello. I would like to create a mouse over that shows a different image on screen when the user runs their mouse over different buttons. The buttons are button symbols and have been given instance names. Do I set the images that are to appear as Graphics? The images are in the library...more >>

plz help me how to write .xml files(edit/update/modify) - external .xml files using flash? or just post a link for a tutorial which will guide me on how to do so. thankyou -sap ...more >>

Hi, Im having trouble getting one of my movie clips to stop looping. This is strange because its near enough identical to another movie clip which stops just fine! I guess i'm missing something simple. Heres a link to the .fla file: http://www.riffmasters.co.uk/tag3.fla The whole movie...more >>

I have a flash menu/button thingy that has developed a problem. http://www.furisdead.com/. When you click on the Tommy Lee button at the top, then try to click on the other buttons, you get nothing but Tommy Lee. The data is called in via XML. I didn't create this, another staff member who ...more >>

Does anyone know if there is support for Regular Expressions in the new ActionScript 2.0? If not will it somehow be incorporated to the new Flash 8?...more >>

When defining component parameters in in the component definition window, how exactly do you refer to an object? I can easily obtain strings, integers etc, but when selecting 'Object' as a variable type, you are asked to specify a Name and and Value. This is not documented as far as I c...more >>

Hi. I'm building a portfolio site for myself and I'm trying to set up some buttons to open new windows to show quicktime movies, but when I hit the buttons and the window opens I keep getting a broken quicktime symbol. When I click on that symbol I get an error message that says "The plugin wa...more >>

I have built a Domain Check area for my site, however, I have dealt with Html so much this Action Script is taking its toll on me and I think I am confusing the two. Here is the script I thought I had correctly written, however, I keep getting errors. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong and f...more >>

Hi, In the first frame of my movie I have a this.onLoad function defined to load and initialize movie clips. It works fine when I use the test movie option in Flash and when I open my published .swf directly with the flash player. When I embed the .swf in HTML, however, the movie does no...more >>

Hi I have a movie clip that contains 3 different maps. When the user clicks on a button I need to display some data attached to the area of the map the user has selected. I am using the following code without much success. I may have missed something very simple which I can put down att...more >>

hello, basically, i am making an audio player for my website, but i am a beginner when it comes to action scripting the music instead of just dropping it onto a frame. the reasons i want to use action script are as follows: i want to be able to pause the music i want to load the music fr...more >>

I can't remember the name but I was wondering if there is examples on how to create a menu like this. http://www.q107.com/ and rollover info. You will see another menu come below it. Thans for everybody that helps. ...more >>

In other words, if I find the user has entered invalid data, I want to discontinue running the remainder of the script....more >>