How do i create hyperlinks, in buttons?...more >>

I need to change a function parameter, but I don't want to actually call the function itself, it is to 'fool' the function. How do I do that? if I have a function like this one, how can I change [bname] without acutally calling the function?: selectMe = function(bname:String) { if...more >>

I'm creatign an website animation and it's a paint pallet and splashes appear, but after the last splash I want it too end and not loop, how do I do that?...more >>

:disgust; I need to figure out how to reset the function below on the fly so that it has either one or two parameters based on whether or not the object 'selected' contains 'mc' and 'fr' ('Movieclip' and 'Frame') or just 'fr'. 'Frame' calls a frame in a loaded swf 'Movieclip' calls an ...more >>

Hi All, Ok I'm just having a brain fart I have a html page with 1 swf on it. I need to load 5 hardcoded vars from that html file into the swf. In flash I have 4 dyn text boxes: response1 response2 correct incorrect I need help on the html side I know how to code it if using the te...more >>

I have a website with a navigation bar use an Image Map, and want a similer functionality in Flash. I have a single image with 20 links in no systematic size and location. How can I tell if someone clicked on a certin area of an image? It would take me way too long the make a file with coorden...more >>

What is the syntax used to check the frame of a movie? say the movie is called "blob". I do something like this right? blob/_currentframe Can someone correct this plz...more >>

Hi, I'm experiencing some problems with mx's form components inside a loaded movie. My contact form is a seperate movie which I load into the main movie, the problem is that when I export the main movie the TextInput and TextArea fields do not show text when I type into them. It isn't that t...more >>

My AS is a little rusty and I am having a problem. I need to load an external txt file, select a random variable from it, and load that string into a global variable. I can do it with a MC, but not in a global variable in the 1st frame. Here is what I have so far: myLoadbleData = new LoadVa...more >>

I am building a swf (will run in a browser) that can (and will be) called (started) from various different links. Once the user has entered their information into the login page I can pass this information with the URL that calls the swf launching html. (e.g. http ://www.somewhere.com/lau...more >>

hi all is this normal? System.capabilities.screenResolutionX; with AS1 works perfect. System.capabilities.screenResolutionX; with AS2 gives the following error: **Error** Scene=Page 1, layer=screen, frame=1:Line 4: There is no property with the name 'capabil...more >>

Stuggling to get this to work: I'm using the following current login script: on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") { if (password eq "ref00") { getURL("http://www.test.co.uk/bub/registrationform.htm", target="_blank"); } else if (password eq "forum") { getURL("http://www.webwasp.co....more >>

If I have a dynamic textfield that contains some HTML text, part of which is a hyperlink - how do I make the hyperlink accessible to keyboard navigation? Is this even possible? -- MOLOKO Macromedia Certified Flash MX 2004 Developer Macromedia Certified Flash MX Developer ----------------...more >>

i made a movie consists of many scens and i want to integrate background sound as a stream , i don't know how to make that with many scenes thanks...more >>

Hello!!! I am trying to do something but I don?t know how, so I decide to ask help! MyApplication.exe or MyMovie.swf, witches are on local computer, once per month need to make update (data.txt or data.sol) from MySite.com . Witch is the best way to do this using Action script. Thanks for h...more >>

i wan tto attach a movie to a movie using attachMovie and then i want to duplicate it.... can this be done?? i am doing this but it doesnt seem to work var tm = imc_guitar.attachMovie("mc_bucket","sp2",0); sp2.tm.duplicateMovieClip("daneh") //not sure about this li...more >>

Hi all, I am currently working on a flash application that requires images (dynamic number of images) to be displayed. There is nothing wrong with displaying them, but I would like to position them at equal distances from one another and the edges of the screen. I am interested to know if ...more >>

I am creating a text box and would like to be able to embed the fonts, so it looks the same on any computer. Seems to work fine as long as I keep the sectionTitle.embedFonts = true; out, eventhough, it only looks right then, if the right font is installed on the computer. So I tried to do it...more >>

Hi there, I have a bit of a problem on a project that i am working on.. I have been using the eval function in my usual manner and i have had no problems so far, I have now tried using it in a slightly different context and it refuses to work.. Can anybody shed some light on it??.. T...more >>

Hey there :) In case you're can't tell by the following code, I'm not best of friends with geometry... Nonetheless, I've tried to write some code that will take an array of objects (art projects, in this case), and spread them on a movieclip, by putting one in the center, then put the rest in...more >>

I have player 7 installed on both IE and Firefox. My Local Connection scripts are working fine on IE 6.0.28..., but not Firefox 1.0. Is this a documented problem, and if so, is there a work around? Is there a way to do the same thing using Javascript? Help much appreciated. It took me...more >>

hi, i'm a newbie in flash, i have a movie clip symbol which is in my scene, the movie clip consist of text "Enter Flash", i've brought this into my scene and added code: on (release) { gotoAndPlay(96); } on frame 96, it's an motion tween'ed jpeg file which slides from the right ...more >>

I want to stagger a function call that takes an array of moviecilps as a paramter. In the function I need to pause for each clip. I made a hack. I have a static Array that holds the clips. then I use the setInterval to pop them off the stack. There is a problem though There is an initial paus...more >>

I have 2 movie objects in 2 frames on the main timeline. On the first frame, I wanted a command similar to if (_currentframe==45) { gotoAndStop (2); } 45 is meant to be the frame of the 1st movie 2 is meant to be the 2nd frame of the main timeline. Can someone please correct th...more >>

I'm trying to assigning the _currentframe of menu_mc to the variable frame but it won't work var frame = 0 up_mc.onRollOver = function(){ frame = menu_mc._currentframe if(frame == 95){ menu_mc.gotoAndPlay(1) } the rest of the code is not important it just won't assign the valu...more >>

I want to make a guestbook, so I have made a flash, php file and a txt file. I use php to save the new message into the txt file. ( It's work!! ) However, when I want to load the message inside the txt file, i used the LoadVars object. Since the message is in html, I added a code: m...more >>

i am building a flash site that consist of the home page being the main movie and when a button represnting a page is selected a movie is loaded into level 50 in that movie contains to movieclips the above layer contains the loader movie clip and the below layer holds the actual page movi...more >>

I am a total Flash newbie (but an old programmer) and I am trying to learn from other folks examples. I am currently playing with the Ball MovieClip from this site (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/mc_subclasses_v2_print.html) but I cannot figure out how to escape the endless ...more >>

Hi Is it possible to load a swf with font embedded and use that font in dynamic textField in main swf Thanks...more >>

Im currently making a little app where their is a ball moving around the screen, and occasionally i want the ball to stop moving but for a breif amount of time. I tried a for loop for(i=0; i<=500; i++) { now the for loop was processed instantly the values of i where over in less then...more >>

Im running into problems with the following script. On my main timeline, I have a movieclip that: 1. plays on release 2. loads a movie on release 3. rewinds another MC that has the same functions everything works; however, it only works once. repeated attempts will load the movie, but ...more >>

I'm stitching a bunch of text inputs together but it bunches them up, I want some line breaks in there.... does anyone know how to add line breaks dynamically?...more >>

Using a listener or eventListener for the change of a variable value... Is this possible using an actual addListener or addEventListener or would I need to just have some sort of onEnterFrame() I have 2 different movieclips that are going to be able to control one another. one showing ...more >>

I want my flash submit client side event to server side and process the event flow on server side, then generate response in action script format, the flash run the script to make change to client. So, how to invoke dynamic generated as from serverside? I'm newbie in flash, pls post som...more >>

HI all !! I have a text area in scene1 of frame one and then i have added another scene to the same frame1. Now my scene 1 has a text area where you can enter your name . Now i want to display this input by the user in scene 2. How can i do that. will i be able to assi...more >>

I have an application that launches a Flash projector file from a primary display (0,0). How do you force the launched projector file to appear on a secondary display (1025,0)?...more >>

hi friends, i have to create something like "history", problem is that i have a file in which i have multiple navigation and navigation is all happening through "frame labels" in fla file, now i want that when a user is seeing a particular page or content, i want that its i...more >>

I want to ease and zoom in. I suppose I have to enlarge everything. I have to shift everything into view as the content enlarges. It should be easy but I am not sure how to go about it. ...more >>

on my main.swf I have a button on the stage which when click opens another .swf file on the same page. This works fine until I click it twice, it then plays the swf called on another button, then when pressed again goes back to the first swf. I am using the following on the button: on ...more >>