I've googled this to no end...and I still don't understand why its not working... _global.hairButton = function (hair){ for (x=1; x < 9; x++){ hair[x].gotoAndStop(1); // Wont work hair1.gotoAndStop(1); // Works hair2.gotoAndStop(1); // Works } } Any...more >>

I have a 5 frame diagram that dynamically plots the location of a weather station and a vector corresponding to the wind speed and direction for 4 times of day. (frames: intro, 2am, 8am, 2pm, 8pm). There are four buttons that correspond to the four times of day. Upon loading, the buttons will ...more >>

My stage contains over 300 movie clips. All their instance names start with "STR" (eg. STR01001, STR90564, ect.). I would like to simply like to change all of their _alpha values in one swoop using actionscript. Is there any way of accomplishing this with a few lines of code??? instead of doi...more >>

I am trying to get my audio to play in the default audio player of the one browsing. Or, I would be ok with just Windows Media Player. But know one has been able to help me with this. What is the actionscript for the button that they press on to go to that audio file in a audio player on th...more >>

Im new at this and buttons still confuse me, and im using a button to start my movie. ive got it all figured out except the part where it says in (startingPoint:Number). what do i put there? do i put the frame # it starts on for starting point? and i have no clue what to put in the number slot...more >>

I recently went through the mill getting the loadMovie to function. Here is something like what my code looks like when it works: loadMovie("flash\\myMovie.swf", "container") With my recent project, I needed to use loadMovie() - I started it by using the following code: loadMovie("m...more >>

I am new to ActionScripting...VERY NEW and and am interested in learning it. I have the highly recommended ActionScript for Flash MX the Definitive Guide by Colin Moock. Should I even bother reading through this book? Is ActionScript 1.0 obsolete? Should I get Essential Action Script 2.0 by...more >>

Heya, If you go to www.hookweb.net/testing/index.swf and click on the 'contact us' link you'll see the word 'undefined' where my dynamic text box is told to display my external 'contact_us.txt" file. So rather than having it display my 'contact_us' file, it says 'undefined'. Can someone...more >>

Hi to all!! I´m traying to do a photo gallery with xml. Anybody can help me? Or send me a link to download the file Regards PMI - p h a n t a s i a m e d i a i n t e r a c t i v a >> http://www.pmi.com.pe marco a. muñoz carranza [ coordinador multimedia ] >> tel + ...more >>

I am just getting into learning about classes, so I thought I would try to learn more about design patterns. After searching around a bit, several people seem to rave about the book ?Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software?. Well, the book came today and after flipp...more >>

I know both have advantages and disadvantages, but which language is easier/ friendlier/ more powerful? any opinions? Thanks...more >>

New to ActionScript........ Is there anything in ActionScript that would be similar to this lingo statement? on mousedown me sprite(2).member = "Blue" end Thanks. ...more >>

I know in Dreamweaver it is simple to get a link to shoot you to the default player of any video or audio that is within the site. How do I do this inside Flash. I have a button and want it to play the audio in the browsers default player when pressed. How do I do this? I have tried all th...more >>

I want to see if the photo._witdth is not equal to zero so that i can move onto to placing the images. var num:Number = 4; var i:Number = 1; function doit() { this.onEnterFrame = function() { if (i<=num) { var moo:MovieClip = createEmptyMovieClip("photo", 3); moo = loadMov...more >>

Heya, I am trying to create a button, that, once clicked, will download the linked file. I know this is a no brainer, can anyone help? -Spence...more >>

I have a movieclip that has various interface elements in it ,text fields, images etc, I also have a movieclip that sites beneath all these interface elements. During runtime a jpg image is loaded into this movieclip. The jpg acts as a background for the panel. however when I load the jpeg...more >>

Hi i have a flash banner that will be loading on the top of every page of a website. In this banner there is 2 text input fields, one for the Username and one for the Password. Along with it is a button which will be used to send the information. The username and password are all in a sec...more >>

I have some actionscript that makes a chosen movieclip (preditor) run after a anouther1 (victim) and eat it. The problem is I want two preditors. I tryed just copying and pasting the code into a new timeline and just change the attach movie code to the other preditors name i.e. adam, but It ...more >>

Hi! I make a flash to show news and there is a banner. The banner is one movieclip object with a external image. Now i need to make the movieclip onhover cursor to hand and when the user press there, a event will fire. how? i tried to make a button and add there movieclip, but then...more >>

Hi Friends, I have a text field. I have applied selection.setfocus but its not working. Have anyone idea about it, I am giving sample code that i have used, If there is any other method plz tell me. I am using Flash MX 2004. Selection.setFocus("txt"); ...more >>

I load an external .swf with the following script _root.ct_test.loadMovie("movtest.swf"); The I use _root.ct_test._visible = false; But some elements of the loaded movie remain visible. In this loaded movie there are buttons created with for...next and _root.ct_test.rals0.duplicateMovi...more >>

Hi Guys, I have around 20 Movies (swf) in sequence eg .. movie1 to movie20, I'm calling them one by one into a master movie with the below script this.createEmptyMovieClip("canvas_mc", 1); canvas_mc.loadMovie("script-1.swf"); I have two buttons on the master movies next and previous. H...more >>

I am in desperate need of a quick solution. I used to do flash a few years ago, but havent done much of it in the last 12months+, and i need a feedback form that will have a text field for the user to put name, telephone and a few more, like address, sex, etc. Then i need to have 8 questions, ...more >>

is there a simple script witch makes one movieclip do exactly what another movieclip does, like say the first one moves left thres action script the other won dus the eact same movment at the exact same time but on a differnt bit of the stage? ...more >>

hi, i got a movie of flashkit and tried to convert it for my own needs. It's a picture slider. The problem is i can't work out where the code is that is postioning the pictures in the movie. the pictures end up in the wrong place and i can't find out how it's doing. It is possible someone can...more >>

Hi, I have a problem of calling a method which is a member function on a particular class. The class has one method which does loading of an XML file and another method to display error message. What I am trying to do is once the XML file is not loaded successfully I am trying to call the...more >>

Is it possible to open a URL in a new browser window from Flash with no titlebar, toolbar, statusbar, scrollbar, menubar and at a set size. I also need to give the new window a name. any help appreciated. ...more >>

I am able to print the stage (level 0) using the code below. However, substituting 0 with the name of the movie clip in the addpage command results in no page added to the print job and no print outs. What am I missing? printbutton.onRelease = function() { var pj = new PrintJob(); ...more >>

hi friends, I have a project CBT in which i want to load sound from library and also want that when user pause it it should stop on its current position and when user play it, it should play again from its current position and not from starting, just like when we place a so...more >>

Hi, I'm using this code to check if various loader component have loaded an image: if (list[tv1].shell.bytesLoaded == list[tv1].shell.bytesTotal) { v++; //moves to next pic loader gotoAndPlay(5); } else { gotoAndPlay(7); } It gets through all this... but when the loaders...more >>

The function "fsquare" draws a filled square at the coordinates (x0, y0) with size (w,h). Tracing shows that position and size coordinates are recognized in the function. Also the square appears on the stage as desired. However grass_mc._x shows still as zero. Why has grass_mc._x not the value...more >>

I would love to accomplish this trick if i could figure out how. This is a simple single-scene project with a number of frames. Mostly the user navigates back and forth among the frames using "next" and "back" buttons - this is no problem. What I would like to do is have a button (scri...more >>

I'm using a the duplicate movie clip action and the new clip is being placed over top of a movie clip which is on the stage that I need to see - even though the "new" movie clip is specified to be created on level 0 of the movie. Can I use action script to change the level of a movieClip which...more >>

I'm using a the duplicate movie clip action and the new clip is being placed over top of a movie clip which is on the stage that I need to see - even though the "new" movie clip is specified to be created on level 0 of the movie. Can I use action script to change the level of a movieClip which...more >>

Hi I'm making a html site (no frames) which has an embedded swf player which plays a swf music file when the page loads. Users can click "off" to stop it or "on" to reload / play. How do I set things up so that when the users goes to another page (with the same embedded flash player) i...more >>

I have made a movie using pageflip v2... and in an effort to avoid the problems I seem to always have with preloaders I decided to use a slightly modified version of their preloader. But unfortunately I have once again run into trouble. The preloader connects to the external SWF with no tr...more >>

Looking for a way to retrieve the number of movie clip instances that reside within a given movie clip. I've tried messing around with Depth functions but these aren't swfs loaded into another swf, so they don't seem to work correctly. Is there a property of the MovieClip class that pertains t...more >>

im an trying to count characters in my dynamic text field. i am creating a text file that my users will be able to enter in any text they choose, but if they enter in one or 2 words, the text is aligned on the top row and i want it to be in the center of the text field. what i want to do is ...more >>

Well, I have a audio file that I want to open in Windows Media Player, or the browsers default player when they click on one of my buttons. How do you do this?...more >>

I have a flash projector that uses getURL to open a browser window and show a web page. If the default browser is Firefox, the browser launches but it doesn't got to the requested page. Any pointers? Thanks in advance Alejandro. ...more >>

I have a variable (tempName) that contains the name of the swf that needs to be loaded. the swf is loaded into a empty clip (_root.loadhere) on my _root timeline. the code below works if the movies are in the same folder function nextSwf(){ loadMovie(tempName,_root.loadhere); } ...more >>

Hi all I'm looking to access to FLVplayer class properties? to change somme property and to access onStatus event of the netStream component ? I success to to acces property bufferLength and bufferTime. But it seems impossible to change bufferTime. I try to change it by duplicate the media...more >>

I have some code within a mc, and I wish to use the mc name as a variable. I am not sure how to get the value (the name of the mc). This should be pretty simple, but I can't seem to figure it out. Anyone? ...more >>

I have modified an accordion component to create a navigation system and published it as an swf (64K). I then use flash forms with the progress bar and loader components to load the first swf. When I simulate download at 56K and DSL the progress bar moves like I would expect it. However, ...more >>

I am trying to run a conditional statement in action script as follows: I have already defined titanium:boolean=true and silver:boolean=false trace (titanium) trace (silver) if (titanium=true){ gotoAndPlay(105); trace("105") } if (silver=true){ gotoAndPlay(100); trace("100") ...more >>

I am trying to run a conditional statement in action script as follows: I have already defined titanium:boolean=true and silver:boolean=false trace (titanium) trace (silver) if (titanium=true){ gotoAndPlay(105); trace("105") } if (silver=true){ gotoAndPlay(100); trace("100") ...more >>

this is simple, i know you can do if(this.hitTest)){ but is there away to do it as if (this.NOThitTest)){ just simple i was just wundering if there is!!!...more >>

BUG: If you have a movie with an input text field, you will no be able to use the backspace key to edit it once published using named anchors. Instead you jump to another page, as if you had used the Browser's (IE6 in my case) back button!! This is a serious issue -as it precludes using m...more >>