hi all thanks in advance for your help. i am working with a bunch of flvs and i need to have one play [say for 5 seconds] and then when that flv is done, another one should start playing. does any one know how this can be achieved? basically how can the flv play and then flash move onto...more >>

will flash recognize my statement "if (AboutMe=disabled)"? Or do I have to use "enabled"...more >>

Is there a variable or method I can use to find out where the movie came from. In other words, if the browser loaded a movie from "http://www.macromedia.com/movie.swf" how can the movie.swf actionscript find out that it came from "http://www.macromedia.com/" address. reason I ask ...more >>

I have a projector distributing on cd, with a gallery of images in one section. When you click on a thumbnail, the main image becomes the hi-res version of that image. I need a button under the image that allows people to download that image to their desktop. I've tried getURL("xxx.jpg","...more >>

Has anyone ever seen this problem and therefore know how I can solve it. I've created several movieclips and then use actionscript to combine them all into one clip. When I trace() the width or height of any of the clips it comes out wrong. For example, if the width of the clip is 60 it come...more >>

Still learning the way around the Flash Video and streaming buffers so... Problem: I am looking to create a graphic preloader based on the percent of the video buffered. I'm using Flash MX 2004 Pro with the Flash Content Server and looking to set up a stream. A great example of wha...more >>

I have 3 movies clips one of the moring sun, one of a afternoon park and one of the nighlife. I would like it so when say its bout 6am til 1pm, it would show the morning, then 1pm to 7pm the afternoon then 7pm to 6am the evening. Could someone show me how is this is done as I don't know how...more >>

Ok....before I begin with my question, please allow a short disclaimer: I have full working knowlege and understanding of correct target pathing in actionscript. This is DEFINITELY NOT an improper target call error. I've checked, double-checked, and triple checked my paths, and they are correc...more >>

Hi, David, I've just noticed that your DollarToNumber won't work in all cases - what if some of the amounts are greater than $1,000.00? You script would (try) to return Number("5,987.00") for example, which obviously wont work. This function should return the number without commas: ...more >>

Hi, There?s something that I need to know that is vital to the development of my last project. I have a "SectionLoader" component that is basically a wrapper around a loader and a progress bar with some functionality to load SWF and create the sections classes. The "Sections" are run-time ...more >>

Dear Shockers! I have some trouble with the declaration of an object. Since my content-management system has shortage of database fields, I wan't to create some by adding a AS object in a database field (1 database field becomes x fields of the object). Main question: Is it possible to de...more >>

I know it's much more complicated then just using gotoAndPlay, I heard you need event handlers or global vars or something. To be honest, I have no idea where to start, can anyone give me some ideas?...more >>

Hi folks - I can see how I can draw lines and shapes on the stage dynamically using ActionScript. However, when I want to animate those things, eg: make a shape move, I seem to be left with using setInterval and re-running my drawing code with different numbers. This isn't too bad but when you g...more >>

Hi All, I'm using the tree component for a catalog menu structure (maybe), but it clips text. Our items have some long, involved names. I read in the help that it would clip, and I knew what to expect, but I am hoping there is a way to force text to wrap? Thanks, hk ...more >>

Hello, this must be an easy one, but can't find out how to do it... I need to onRollOver my button1 make my button2 rollOver too, how does this work? thanks...more >>

I would like to get a variable into a string and can't figoure it out. I have a variable called "turnOn" which will be something like the below: turnOn = what turnOn = home turnOn = contact etc. I have MCs on my stage called what_sqr_mc, home_sqr_mc, contact_sqr_mc, etc. These I would ...more >>

Hi, your mistake is that you have used the assignment operator "=" rather than the comparison operator "==". You should have: if (master3 == 1) { this.play(); } Hope that helps....more >>

hi there ! i am using // flash var sendToPHP = new LoadVars(); sendToPHP.currentInfo = "Hello World"; sendToPHP.send("test.php","_parent","POST"); // in test.php it is inserting data to database but when its calling test.php it loads So i do not want to load or open in new br...more >>

this works if (Number(getTimer())> Number(Number(pauseTime)+Number(movieTime))) { _root.image_nav.gotoAndStop(1); _root.facts_nav.gotoAndStop(1); } this doesn't if (Number(getTimer())> Number(Number(pauseTime)+Number(movieTime))) { _root.image_nav.go...more >>

This code is in the first frame of my movie and works fine. contact.onRelease = function(){ play(); where = "page16.html"; } Where "contact" is a button and "where" is a variable used in the last frame of the movie in getURL(""+ where); This doesn't work tho. Why? f...more >>

Hello, from within one of my functions Im calling this.gotoAndPlay() the problem is that there's no effect, and yes, 'this' is referencing the correct object, and there are no this.stop() on the frame to which Im trying to jump. The label var Im using is defined, so thats not the problem. ...more >>

HI, Just got a specs for a challenging functionality. We need to develop a functionality such that user can take print screen of flash swf file inside a html page and save it as a JPEG file on his machine. Till date I checked flash docs and didn't find any support for this kind of fucnt...more >>

Hi, Can anyone help me out...ive got a movie which has an fs command which puts the screen full screen but doesnt make the movie go full- fscommand("fullscreen", "true"); fscommand("showmenu", "false"); This movie loads in other movies but when they load in they all go full screen ...more >>

Hi, I can't seem to get my head around "enterframe". I think I've got it when its attached to clips, but how do you use it in a function that sits in a specific timeline frame, if the movie clip is playing? make any sense? Sorry I'm a bit of a dummy on this. Samson ...more >>

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#view=sn106&viewName=Exchang e%20Search%20Details&loc=en_us&authorid=63250063&page=0&scrollPos=0&subcatid=0&s nid=sn106&itemnumber=0&extid=1015122&catid=0 Hi guys, I got the component above--and I used it on a Dynamic Text box that I had....more >>

I am having a very difficult time figuring out how to link a button on a .swf to unload the current movie and load the new .swf. As of right now I am attempting to use this command: on (release) { unloadMovieNum(1); loadMovie ("customers.swf", customers); } I really needed som...more >>

I am trying to create a slideshow but i want each image to be preloaded individually. how do i go about this? is it possible to add a fade in effect? thanks....more >>

Does anyone know of a way to reset a swf back to its original state via actionscript? I have an init() method that can reset the state of most of my variables and recreate arrays, but any movie clips that were created while working remain in their locations after init() is called. Basical...more >>

i am trying to create a gallery for a photographer's website. he wanted to have thumbnails and when the user scrolled over the thumb with their mouse, the large image would appear. it is working, except if you rollover thumbnail A rollout to the black space, and then rollover thumbnail A aga...more >>

I had a movie preloading into level 1 like this: Frame 1 loadMovieNum ("movie_1.swf", 1); Frame 2 _level1._visible = true; _level1.gotoAndPlay(2); _level1._x = 80; _level1._y = 60; But I need to mask "movie_1.swf" on a layer so I decided to load it into a dummy element, "mo...more >>

Hi, Bit of a nivice with action script. I have created an expandable banner which loads a movie on mouse over of a button. I need this movie to unload when the user takes his cursor off the movie/stage. could anyone help me with this? presumably i need to create an actionscript which tells...more >>

Hello everybody, I'm trying to animate a movieclip which contains loaded swf. I just try to move it and make an animation, but it doesn't work!!! I just want to load my contents file in a mc, and try to make it appear and disapear on the left side of the document (with a slide). Does a...more >>

Hi I always wondered how to do this... How can i make a preloader that makes the animation progress as the page loads. This is what i want it to do (ive made a prototype) http://www.iso-land.com/Preloadertest1.swf I have the outline of the character on the top layer, the colored char...more >>

hi guys i have a challenge that needs to hide the mouse and change its_x and _y randomly and i don't know the right piece of action for this. my trial was like this i put a movieclipout of stage and on it i wrote this onClipEvent (enterFrame) { Mouse.hide(); //_xmouse=((this._width)/2); ...more >>

Check your seconds to see if they are less than 10 and then if so force the number plus a leading zero into a string nbstot = (_level1._totalframes)/12; nbseco = (_level1._currentframe)/12; nbsleft = nbstot-nbseco; minutes = (int(nbsleft/60)).toString(); seconds = int(nbsleft-(int(nbsl...more >>

I have to take a whole lotta XML files and move them into something a little more useable for users in Flash. Either an easy way to convert XML to multidimensional arrays or objects would be great. I could write a parser that puts them in but that is a pain if I have to do it for each file....more >>

Let's say I have 10 quiz questions which have 4 answers each. That's 10 different radiogroups and 40 different radiobuttons. Now then, a couple of questions: 1) How do I make a movie clip pop up if they havent selected an answer in a certain radiogroup (ie they've only answered 9 questions...more >>

Hi guys, I would like to make a dynamic textfield's "WIDTH" match the text pulled out from a txt file. In some cases it will be short sentences and in other times, bigger ones. Ex. of my .txt file: "It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of...more >>

hey i just need the script which i can use, so when you click on a button it MUTES ALL sounds and another which will UNMUTE ALL sounds...more >>