does anyone know if there is a way you could actionscript something to modify the options when you right click in a swf. for example i want to be able to specify which frame the swf will go to when you right click and select forward. thanks in advance. ...more >>

I'm creating a presentation that loads in streaming mp3's for the voice over. I want to be sure that my animations are perfectly insync so I thought it would be a good idea to trigger events upon certain sound durations. For example, once a voice-over (mp3) reaches a certain duration (number o...more >>

Hi All, (I posted this in general but I think it was the wrong place) Does anyone know how to pass variables with paypal? Paypal does offer javascript integration for Flash, it works perfect, simply add this code to any btn: on (release) { getURL("javascriptpenNewWindow('https://ww...more >>

How can I change the color and font of the label of the radio button component. Thanks for the help....more >>

Hello. I need to have this on a button: on (keyPress "<Enter>") { ... } How can I write this so that actions are not writen after I select the button? I have 300 code lines adn al are writen in one keyframe, cant I add this to that keyframe too? Something like: my_button.on...more >>

I would like to embed the contents of a movie clip into the body of an email after a client has configured it. I don't care what format the "picture" takes,. The "picture" in the body of the email should be a WYSIWYG snapshot of what the client saw. ...more >>

Hi There, just looking for some help. I am trying to load an image into loader by using an external text file. I understand how to hardcode it using the component imspector but I want to be able to drop a variable in there that loads from an external text file. Is it just something simple that...more >>

I have an audio off and audio on button. I need to turn the sound on and off in the movie clip and when you turn the sound on it will be where at the point where the sound would be if it was still playing. ...more >>

i am making a game, i want the file to set graphic quality according to framerate. if i play the animation in a pentim 3 500 mhz, i get sometimes 53 ms between frames, if i play the same thing with same setup in a pentium 4 ht 3.2 mhz, i get 62 ms between frames. whats the point? was not the p...more >>

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with it, _root.site_link=("<a href= '" + result.items[0].pageLink + "' get='_blank'>" result.items[0].pageLink + "</a>"); I am trying to make the results I get back from Query (via CFC) as a hyperlink. But on execution it shows it as a <a href ....... ...more >>

Is it possible to set the whole stage to enlarge by 200% when somebody clicks on a button. I tried on(press) { _root._xscale = 200; _root._yscale = 200; } but this don't seem to work. I want to do this so that when somebody clicks to print something out it fills the whole of an A4 page....more >>

Hey all - if I have a projector file, can I get flash to open a powerpoint document inside of it? Or, if that's not possible (which i don't believe it is) can i have a ppt document be controlled from an embedded SWF file? Imagine that the first slide of a power point presentation is a table ...more >>

Hi! I just have a quick question... I'm really new at this... I have an input text field and a Dynamic Text Field on the same Timeline. I want the Dynamic Text Field to display the text entered in the Input Text Field by the user... I gave the Input Text Field the instance name of primerLi...more >>

Hi helpful people, This problem has been driving me insane for a couple of days now?any help much appreciated! My question is, if you have a MovieClip associated with a class embedded inside another MovieClip associated with a different class, can you manipulate variables in the inner ...more >>

I've come across a problem with using ActionScript to switch frames at runtime that I don't know how to fix, if it can be. Here's the current project I'm working on where it's comes up: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~j6/flash/izzy_worlds.html left and right arrow keys to move on surface, up ...more >>

I created a circle which is to be used as a custom cursor as well as a dragable mask. But I'm having trouble fixing it so that the mouse is centered in that symbol. One reference I read said to check the "lock mouse to center" box, but I dont see that option anywhere. Im using flash pro if ...more >>

Hi all, I recently had to pick up a file that was created about 2 years ago in Flash MX. Since then we've upgraded to MX 2004. Long story short, when I test the file I get the following error in the output panel: **Error** Symbol=Symbol 39, layer=Action Layer, frame=1:Line 87: Syntax error...more >>

HI I have *.exe file. I want to run this *.exe file in the SWF file. I can run EXE file in the windows projector using fscommand. for windows projector i written code like this fscommand("exec", "someapplication.exe") i am not able to access exe file in swf. ...more >>

Hi, i've got a button that fades in when you roll over it and fades out when you roll out. only problem is that if you roll out before it reaches its full glow, it fades out from the highest point (and looks weird), how can i write a script that allows it to fade from the point it has reached?...more >>

hi i did everything in the strings panel to use mulit languages and i have no problem if i use default language options to publish multi swf for every language.. but i want to use only one swf for all languages with the language options button. is it possible ? thanks in advanc...more >>

Hello, i want to create dynamic Textfields in a loop, but i only see the last one. I tried the following: var total:Number = 3; for (var i:Number = 0; i< total; i++){ now my textfield will be created with: createTextField("t", 10000, 30,30, 300, 50); t.text = "bei MouseOver k...more >>

Hi I want to assign my array values into a movie clip and want to create like a table. pls refer my code. Thanks in advance function display1(){ for(var i=0; i<gameArr.length; i++){ var gameHolder=_root.tableHolder.attachMovie("mainlabel","gameHolder"+i,100+i) gam...more >>

I have created a very simple preloader(learnt form net) now i want to use it with my already existing fla file. my fla is like this: on the main timeline i am calling MC 1 on each frmae. my pre loader: has 4 frames and only 1 layer and consist of bar that slides alongwith the text telling ...more >>

Hello reader, In the General Discussion Forum I didn't get any response to my http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=194&thre adid=1032752&enterthread=y, so maybe some Action Script Guru's who got the answer? ;-) I'm developing a little website and there...more >>

Voilà la question est dans le titre. ...more >>

I apologize for double posting, however I am not receiving help on the other forum so I?m hoping someone here can help. I?ve been using a flash template that I purchased for my website. I?ve been able to adapt it to meet my needs. However, in my attempt to learn Flash better I would apprec...more >>

I am loading jpgs using an XML file. They are loading into existing empty container clips, but I am not able to determine the size of the jpgs with my script. -- When I test after loading one, I get only the size of the empty container clip (=4bytes). Can you tell me how I can get it? ...more >>

ok, i have a big problem that i thought wouldn't happen but it did, i have a game where on the first frame i initialise everthing, on the second frame i have placed all the element on the stage and a stop action on the frame and on the third i have a blank stage with the text "game over" and a...more >>

I cant seem to figure out why this is happening. I am retrieving a url that is in this format "http://129.79.145.10/output/PDMS_BL-GEOY-RUTILE3740403658.jpg" and then assigning it to a scrollpane as scrollpaneinstance.contentpath = retrievedurl and its throwing this error. I have...more >>

Hi, I have created a movie clip, dragged an instance onto the stage and name it EMPTY. I then use loadMovie to load an exernal jpeg into EMPTY. loadMovie(currentPainting, EMPTY); I use onClipEvent to set the position of EMPTY. Iwould like to use the height and width of EMPTY ...more >>

Apologies if this is simple or has been dealt with before - I am just starting to immerse myself into actionscript (which I rather like btw) and have hit a small snag. I am dynamically loading external .swf on the click of a button. I would like the existing movie clip to slide nicely out...more >>

I hope someone can help: In an old menu I have this AS 1.0 to fade in and out of items on the menu. How do I get the same effect in AS2.0 here is the Actions Script for the menu: if (Number(_level0:x) == 1 and Number(al)<100) { al = Number(al)+5; } else if (Number(al)>0) { al =...more >>

I'm getting this error from my function. Can you tell me if my function is coded corectly as it does not seem to recognise the parameters as the names of the textfiles and image unable to load text and image Error opening URL "file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Dai/Desktop/FLASH/pl...more >>

I read Josh's excellent Flash MX 2004 preloader article and would like to use this technique to preload multiple swfs at once using a single preloader movie. Josh's suggestions on how to load additional content on page 5 didn't really clarify how I could adapt his preloader to do this, and I w...more >>

I'm trying to get the parameter from an html page that flash movie resides on. the parameter is : <param name="visited" value="1"> i need flash to look at the parameter in the 1st frame, and if true flash will go to last frame of movie. if false falsh will play from frame 1 or 2. Anyone ple...more >>

We are developing a chat application using flash/ xml.........we found that if we use flashplayer 8 , the xml sent from the flashmovie is different from the xml sent from the flah player 7. Such a changes in the players will make many of the earlier applications to crash truly Sujin ...more >>

I'm trying to get the next video in my XML List (component) to play automatically when a video is complete. The completion of the video needs to trigger the next video basically. The video is streaming using NetStream and I suppose I need to figure out a way to tell the list comonent to move t...more >>

It's weird... the focus is set to the text input but when I type, nothing shows up. I have to tab to the next text input and then tab back, or use the mouse to click on the text input object to be able to type. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? ...more >>

I am trying to have an action on a button "named "testButton" in the file. I want it to go to a particular frame when rolled over and go to a URL when clicked. I am not getting any error messages but the on Release funtion isn't working. I know very little about actionscript and would appr...more >>

I was wondering, if anyone knows how to display a different movieclip a certain times For instance between 6 am and 2 pm one movieclip will be on the stage, and between 2pm and 9 pm another movieclip and so on. I just need the basic time detection script. I think I can work out the rest...more >>

HI All Iam first in this group. Actually iam facing a problem. i have an XML file. some xml attributs i have added into an array. the array structure like this gameArr[0].id="test" gameArr[0].category="test1" gameArr[0].playType="teste" Here i want to assgn the child elements in to a...more >>

hi guys, i manage to load in the content from a txt file into my dymanic text using loadVariables let say my dymanic text box is mytext. when i trace(mytext); it return undefined. what should i do so that flash know what is e content i load in? flash manage to load and display c...more >>