I'm just a beginner. I'm now learning flash and I came upon a problem. I created a button which I put inside a movie clip. And if the movie clip is pressed then a variable within the button is modified. My question is what is the path to that variable. What would I have to do so that the varia...more >>

I need to clear an array and put new data in it. When used only locally, I've just been declaring it every time within the function. But now I need it to be available for other timelines, so I don't want to re-declare it within a function, but to just clear it. In Lingo you just code: m...more >>

I'm looking for a good introductory tutorial on using .as files. Is there one on Macromedia site or somewhere else? Thanks ...more >>

Is there a way to determine the name of a swf and use that name within the actionscript? I am loading a series of sequential flash movies that load a series of txt files (i.e mainmovie.swf loads textmovie1.swf which loads textmovie1.txt, the user clicks a button and mainmovie.swf loads te...more >>

Greetings, I would like to create the following: A timeline where a progressive FLV plays via Media Component on the left side of the screen. Then an image (graphic/movieClip) appears at center stage at a certain Cue Point. Then a new progressive FLV appears on the right side at anothe...more >>

I have this one keylistener code attached in a .as file, which I've included in my frames. It checks to see if you user has entered the correct text into an input text box, and then reacts accordingly. I have this other keylistener code on two separate frames, which allows the user to press "T...more >>

I'm trying to incorporate a scrolling text fla into a map, but when I paste the code into my fla, I get syntax errors. I'm a relative newcomer to flash actionscripting and have no idea why the _root line now gives an error when it didn't in the original scroller fla (which I downloaded from Fl...more >>

Hi Guys, I am currently loading in some variables from php mysql, this works fine but one of the variables holds the path to a audio files .mp3 I am then using this script to play the audio file if (playing != true) { playing = true; preloadNow = 1; ...more >>

Okay... I am new to flash and to the whole actionscript thing so please bear with me. I am building a website all in flash (first one), I have an animation of a photo that I need to finish. The photo has a picture of a diner on it and behind it are clouds that go buy. I have revamped the a...more >>

I'm trying to make a drag and drop "game" . if you can call it that I've got 3 pieces that I want to drop in 3 places this is the code body_foto_mc._x = -223.9 body_foto_mc._y = 177.3 batterij_foto_mc._x = -112.0 batterij_foto_mc._y = 93.0 kop_foto_mc._x = -25.9 kop_foto_mc._y = 325....more >>

I am trying to create a xml based photo grid for my web application. This is my actionscript: I can display my images in 1 row across but I can't seem to make a new row down... Ultimately what I want is 4 images in each row as they decend down the page. I have included my code that makes the...more >>

When I click on a mc on the stage one time with the code below all the event handlers fire instead of just the event handler that should be attached to that mc. I have no idea how this is happening... See trace out below... _root.createEmptyMovieClip("pa?rentMCClip", this.getNextH...more >>

:confused; The movie clip I created as a library item does not reflect the layers I created. The general idea behind this is that when you select one of the buttons (out of 3), the other two dissappear to reveal text that serves as a topic introduction for the section that the button point...more >>

All; Here is my problem, I have a text field that is populated by an array. The text field can get large and I would like the user to have the ability to print the content. But Flash takes the whole text box shrinks it down to fit on one page. I there a way to have Flash print the text ...more >>

hello everybody I have a series of swfs which i want to run in a specific HTML table cell depending on the link in a table is selected. This is probably more a HTML code question really. The links are in the left hand column of the HTML page. The cell immediately to the right is where I wa...more >>

i've got scrolling text with accompanying voiceover. i want to pause the text and the voiceover and then unpause it. it works fine the first time i pause it, but after that when i press pause the voiceover seems to just go silent and carry on playing til i unpause and then its a few lines...more >>

Hi. Thx for reading. i deal with AS since 4 years now, but did never care about classes. now i want to make up my mind and learn the rest i dont know for "good programming" (as good as it gets if you?re a designer ;-) so i tried to make my first classes. after some simple ones that worke...more >>

Hi everyone I've been racking my brains all morning trying to sort this problem out but i cant seem to get around it. I have created a form in flash where the user inputs news details and when the user presses the send button i want the info theyve entered to be emailed to me. now i know ...more >>

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Is there a reason why when viewing my movie in Flash MX04 everything looks fine, but as soon as I export it into a html document things don't work? I made sure my html page is the right folder with my swf files. Confusing? ...more >>

Hello, I am getting a one dimensional assotiative array from a database function and would like the keys- / indicies-names of this array. Php for example provides the function array_keys() for this case. Is this possible in action script? ...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a way to load FLV's dynamically into the media playback component? I want to have one SWF loading on one CFM page. While loading the variables with CF from the database including the info on which FLV to play in the SWF. I want to avoid having to create 100 SW...more >>

I have a simple button in flash with action to load movie when released. ?on (release) { LoadMovieNum ("brazil.swf" ,2);}? Basically the first movie that?s load is the main movie (only 3 buttons and a background). These 3 buttons load an external movie that are all within the same folder. ...more >>

I apologise in advance for this but I have a very simple question which I cannot find an answer for in the help documentation. I have set up a preloader and want it to only download a portion of my flash website. How do I tell it to download a fixed range of frames? M ...more >>

hi everybody. i have a crazy problem with a very simple flash-project. i've made two swf's: in the first one, i have placed this code in the first frame: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("video",1); video.loadMovie("bygning_1_v2_adsl.swf"); /*_root.video.loadMovie("http://tekocenterdanmark.d...more >>

if I have a function like this: selectItem = function(bname:String){ ///Code } How can I use setInterval to change the value of 'banme'?...more >>

I have a form that sends data to a specific email. This works fine. What doesn't work is when php send's the results, if the email has been sent or not, back to flash, nothing happen. Like flash can't get php vars. I don't know whats wrong. This is the part of the code where is the probl...more >>

I¹m loading in multiple XML files.. The code I¹ve written is good to handle a few XML files at once, but I¹m firing 15 in there. At about the 15th an alert appears saying.. ³A script in the movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 7 to run slowly... Etc² If I click ³No² to continue the...more >>

Hi there, I'm want to make a little bar, that when the movie clip is loaded, it will "load" to a specific percentage......well, really "fill in width". I'm trying my best to not confuse this with a loading/preloader bar, cause it's not what i want - here's what im thinking: I have an outl...more >>

My first venture into Flash has yielded the following website. http://www.showseason.com Everything was done within one flash document and there is hardly any action script at all. The only thing I have are stop() commands and for the rotating banner, an onmouseover stop(). I'd like ...more >>

I'm having trouble working with a template form. ] on (release) { url_var = "server_option="+_root.server_option+"&recipient="+_root.recipient+"&your_name=" +_parent.your_name+"&your_email="+_parent.your_email+"&message="+_parent.message ; getURL("contact."+_root.server_optio...more >>

Hello reader, I've tried to activate the mouse wheel for a specific text field, but it doesn't work. I thought it was a property that I had to set like: textfield.mouseWheeEnabled = true; Wrong? Because the scrollbar does work but not by use of the mousewheel. My second question is...more >>

I have a main movie that has a preloader on it. When a user clicks a button I'm using the loadMovieNum command to bring a new movie into level 0. That works fine. At the end of the new movie it jumps back to the main movie using the following code: loadMovieNum("previewclass.swf?myvar=age1...more >>

plase, may be you can help me. I need a button to change a frame and stop in an independent movie clip when I click on the button. any idea how to do this? Thank you! ...more >>

Quick question about loadvars. Is it possible to tell flash to do a loadvars command to get variables that are defined on the current page (page the flash is loading on) without actually hard coding the path to the page? I have a flash banner that is reading information out of a SQL database...more >>

Hi, I need to display chars/graphs in an ASP page on the website. The Graph will have hot-spots, which, when clicked (or mouse hovered) should pop-up an image. I am planning to use Flash for this. I have never come across a tool in Flash that enables making charts/graphs based on data tak...more >>

OK I have a Combo Box with three font names that I need to control which font is used in a text field. I'm a little stuck. Any ideas? Thanks in advance....more >>

I'm creating a Flash program to be used as a presentation during workshops/seminars. How do I open a separate .swf fie in it's own window - not in the main Flash piece. I've tried making the separate file an .exe, the problem is the security setting on our machines sends us silly prompts abo...more >>

When you have a "if" statement within a "for" statement, and the "if" evaluates to an undesirable outcome, what is the command to skip the remainder of the script within the for, and go on to the next repeat. ...more >>

Hi, I don't want to use function from within my movie. Instead I want to use AS files. And some of these classes should use the pre-defined classes from AS. Here is a non-functional sample of what I want to do: class mybuttons { on (rollOver) { gotoAndPlay(2); } on (press) { gotoAndPl...more >>

I'm creating a small image gallery that is run off an XML file. I have everything importing into Flash just fine but I need some help making my row of thumbnails scroll up and down when a user mouses over the up/down buttons. I have a real simple scroll right now that is slow and doesn't stop ...more >>

This is my problem: I've already disabled the yellow focus rectangle box when the user presses 'tab', with _focusrect = false;, but when the user presses tab, it will bring focus to some buttons, and make some things visible that are invisible on the stage. What I mean is, if I press tab, ...more >>

Hi Guys, I have just developed a simple xml photo gallery. Below is the code that I have used to generate the gallery: var gallery = createEmptyMovieClip("galleryImage",0); for (i=0; i<total; i++) { cur_item = gallery.attachMovie("mainImage","spec"+i, i); cur_item.loadMov...more >>

In the root of my flash I've made a global variable: _global.teller = 0 now in up_mc I want to assign the number 1 to the variable. I thought I could just do teller = 1 and it would automaticly know that its the global if I didn't define one local But it doesn't seem to want to do that How...more >>

I've got a button on the stage that's supposed to load an external image into a movie clip place-holder. The container is a movie clip with an instance name of myContainer. The button has the following script: on (release) {myContainer.loadMovie("image.jpg"); } When I test the m...more >>

Help. I have external swfs which I load into a empty movieclip (_root.loadhere) on my _root timeline. I would like to have a var that can store the name of the swf which is being load into the empty movie clip I have on the_root timeline tempName = null; when you press a button th...more >>

I don't do a lot of action scripting as you'll be able to tell by this post. I'm trying to use a variable to specify which movie clip to control. I've set trace actions to make sure that the variable is set and present, but I suspect that somewhere along the line I'm using the incorrect syntax...more >>

I want to use anchor tags in a textfield to link to sections of the text from a list of names outside the textbox. How do I accomplish that Site is here: http://cmmentertainment.com/beta/...more >>

Hi all, I'll make this quick. I am trying to create a series of MovieClips (which will act as buttons eventually) for a main menu screen. When the user right (or CTRL) clicks I want a context menu to appear. Since I am extending the MovieClip class to create my "buttons", I don't under...more >>

Can some one please help me out. What I am doing is buliding a contact form using actionscripting. I have hit a wall and I can't go any further with what I know. Below is my coding thus far. var myLV:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); myLV.onLoad = function(success) { if (success) { ...more >>