Hi all, Just wondering if the Sound Class has any undocumented properties that I can use to create a waveform effect in my FLA? For example, I want to create a waveform similar to the one you might see on any modern MP3 software that changes with the sound being played. Judging by the ...more >>

Hey All, I have a very simple Flash RSVP form that I would like to talk to a remote PHP script. Ive looked everywhere and cant find a good resource regarding it. Please help! Here is the remote PHP URL: http://nutternet.com/PMGN/add_person.php And here is a link to my .fla: http://...more >>

I am trying to script a database editing module for my flash app. I have one already I made on the stage but I would rather have it all actionscript. The editor is just a set of forms which are selected with a comboBox and call asp pages. On the stage I just have set frames which are cal...more >>

hey all, I tried searching for this because I am sure its been answered, but the only thing I could find was the Localconnection information which I am not looking for. Half of the page I have set up is HTML based, it has some flash stuff integrated into it. I need to have one of my b...more >>

Please help. My movie works fine w/o component, if I add a v1 component it works still, if I add a v2 component it stops. Through my traces it seems that the actions inside my other movies won't play once the v2 component is added! It is probably some actionscript 1.0 and 2.0 compatibilit...more >>

Hello, This is my first post here, quick question. I am currently converting Perl scripts into actionscipt. I have run into a * * (exponentiation operator). Is there any such item in actionscript? the action script equivalent to the perl script is below: for (i=0; i<=8; i++){ intr ...more >>

For some reason many of the lessons within this action script book don't seem to work even though the scripts are as the book says they should be. For instance in lesson 19 the first excersise at step 10 has only seven scripted lines one of which is designed to have an error so that when I or...more >>

Hi Guys, Just a quick one, im am just new to xml and flash and have found it very useful. However i get a little confused how to extract cetain information from the xml file. I have the following in my xml file: <specs name="m110"> <spec><name>Motovert</name><desc>dadadada</desc></spec>...more >>

Hi, this is a bit tricky for my knowledge. i've basically created a dynamic menu system which takes titles from an external text file). But, only i want to have columns of buttons instead of a big list. e.g if there are more than 8 items in the text file, then shift the next button to a co...more >>

hi, i have this script in my movieclip (basically allows it to fade i and out on rollover), the only problem is that i need it to also function as a button (if i try putting a separate button on top or behind with the function i want, i either lose the function or the animation). stop(); ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to detect the users settings, such as: language, browser type, etc. and relay that info to an swf? Or is it possible to do this detection within flash itself though actionscript? Thanks, Josh. ...more >>

Hi I have designed a quiz (standalone and on cd) using as2 and xml. Works like this: Register user, unique ID created (using AS2). Question send from xml (with answers and explanations also stored in xml). User proceeds with quiz and score attaches to unique ID (AS2). All info i.e. ID, ...more >>

Hi, Any body knows how to calculate inverse of Sin, Cos and Tan in Flash....more >>

hi, is there a way to make a vovieClip onTop using actionScript?? Thanks...more >>

Hi, I'm sure this is the most basic thing in the world, but i have searched forever.....does anyone possible know the code for when you press a key down ie key press...(pref on the number pad) it activates a movie clip to play. so kinda like on key press 1 play movie clip.....thats what i ...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to center my flashmovie index page for my website and keep it centered as the browser window is adjusted. heres what I was told: Click on frame 1. Open the Actions Panel. Paste in the following: Stage.scaleMode = "showAll"; Stage.align = "TL"; Then, go...more >>

How can u have it so where ever you click in a square, a blob will appear, but you can also keep on clicking and making the same blob appear again again over the other ones? E.g. like throwing wet paper on a target again and again Thanks for your time Jason ...more >>

Alright I've defined an array as follows: caseArray = ["case1_mc", "case2_mc", "case3_mc", "case4_mc"]; Now here's my question: is there a way to set the _x and _y properties of each mc in that array to a certain number in one fell swoop, so to speak? I want to say this: every mc in ...more >>

I have a text field on a button that is squashed horizontally. The text is in "sub-caps", where the first letter of a word and others are set to a larger font size. Right now the text is static. Is there a way I can have actionscript read a string composed of lower and upper case letters, ...more >>

I've seen it used like this: /:CurrentClip = Number(/:CurrentClip)+1; What does the /: do? I can't find any reference for it....more >>

I was wondering if it were possible to check a data type of a variable, specifically an Array, and if so, how I would go about it. I've tried searching, but was unable to turn up anything. ...more >>

I have a movie clip that loads and displays an XML file. That works great. So next step is to make a login page. The person logs in and the movie clip will display with the info. One problem. The movie clip shows as soon as it loads. I have set its _visible attribute to false, trie...more >>

I am using FlashMX Professional 2004 and I am creating a quiz in their quiz tool. At the end of the quiz you have a summary page and there is a variable on that page that shows you how may questions you have wrong called "QuizTrack.total_wrong". I created a movie in my library called "fail" an...more >>

Does anyone know a way to convert a numeric value of 10000 to be displayed as 10,000?...more >>

my movie wont work in player 7, i'm not sure if its to do with the actionscript 2 or just the player. the "//" inbetween denotes a different frame: stop (); begin(); function begin(){ gotoAndPlay("loadHelpText"); } function loadHelpText (str) { menu01.helpText = this[str]...more >>

Hi, I'm currently working on a flash "movie" which should print a list read out from Database. The Information the php file returns looks like: &num=3&file0=test.txt&file1=test2.txt&file2=test3.txt Now I need to get this into flash. I used a for loop. Thats what I got so far: num = l...more >>

Simple concept here. I have some boxes that the user can drag, yet when he/she presses a certain button, I want them to not be draggable anymore. How would I go about doing this?...more >>

I have set up a preloader within the main movie that checks _totalFrames and gets the percentage of load. I am moving 2 objects on the x axis towards each other using positive and negative values based on the percent loaded. My dilema is that I need the objects to meet each other at 100% load,...more >>

Need to find code to refresh a radio button group if user selects a refresh button....using flash mx2004 (actually doing this with cf7, but you can use actionscript to make this happen) thanks dan ...more >>

I have image panels rotating 360 degrees and have an actionscript that enlarges the panels when pressed. I am trying to add an action that will go to another scene (named "bulbLife" in the file) when the user clicks on one of the panels. The action is in place; however, is not working properly...more >>

Hi, I?m new on this. I?d like to save or export the result of my swf as jpeg, gif or any image format. I need to use drag and drop of elements to create an image. Is that posible? Thanks to answer my require. ...more >>

http://www.houseof3d.com/pete/applets/graph/graph.html Can we do this in flash, the graph with this equation y=x^4-z^4...more >>

Does anyone have any knowledge or resources for any kind of alternative input device (other than a touchscreen) and how to get it to read as mouse actions in Flash?...more >>