I am looking to make a 3d product tour like this http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=160609&EXTRA_PARAMETER=ZOOM& LinkLoc=118&PseudoCat=118&CURRENT_PAGE=0 I need all of those features. Anyone recommend anything inparticular that is equivalent to this? Thanks in advan...more >>

Hello everyone, I am a relatively new user of Flash, but I picked up most of it fairly quickly (using a book), but now I am having problems with some ActionScript code I am working with (I am using MX 2004, so it's AS 2.0). The basic problem is that I have a character who needs to be able...more >>

Hello all, I have a string separated with commas. What can I do to make this an Array? Below is a simplified version of my Actionscript to demonstrate: myitems = "one, two, three, four, five, six" ; itemArray = new Array(myitems) ; // I want to output "one" only here trace( itemArray[0] ...more >>

Hi, new to Actionscript and object oriented programming here. I'm wondering what the benefit of using getters and setters is, why would you use them rather than setting a property directly? Could someone maybe give me an example of a situation where it would be of real benefit to use them? Tha...more >>

I think KGLAD is the "innovator" to this superb reverse script But I have som problems, as usual Forward and backward buttons is laying in Main timeline together with one mc. Here is the "brilliant reverse script": //attach the code to your _root timeline and then you can use: //your...more >>

Hi i'm a bit of an action script beginner and I'd like to have the jpegs in my flash movie to load from my server to save on loading time. ...more >>

I have a preloader.swf loading main.swf into level 1. Everything was fine but now I see that the Preloader is remaining behind, where it used to be replaced by the main.swf. When I load a minor.swf inot the main.swf, the Preloader is still there, behind the main.swf. Its wierd this is happenin...more >>

Hello, I am trying to dynamically create arrays based on a FOR loop. I would the like the array postion to be the number of times the FOR loop has run, and the array name to be based on a counter else where in the script. for ( q = 0, q < 20; q++) { for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++) { ...more >>

I have a site which uses the XMLconnector component in more than one external movie. I'm wondering: is it possible to access the XMLconnector component loaded in a parent movie? Or does anyone have other suggestions for optimization of this type? I'd like to reduce library component redundancy...more >>

Hi you guys, Having a bit of a problem here if anyone of you guys could help it would be very much appreciated. I have 2.swf's main.swf and nav.swf On the 1st frame of main.swf I am loading in some variables from a php file there are 8 variables being loaded in. this works great. b...more >>

From macromedia: "A secure server that allows access to movies hosted via a non-secure protocol It is not advisable to permit HTTP content to access HTTPS content. This practice can compromise the security offered by HTTPS." What is this all about? An SSL connection is an SSL connection, co...more >>

Here is what I'm attempting to do. I work for a media company that owns ~20 tv stations. We are considering moving from Windows Media to Flash video so I'm doing some experiments. We need the ability to play a segment of a longer video file. We used to use RealVideo and could do this with ...more >>

I ve been using textBox = myLoadVar.noit12; to get a variable from a text file (and it works fine). But, i would like to use a string to define the variable i want to load, i.e: myString = "noit12"; textBox = myLoadVar.myString; is there any way to do this? ...more >>

I would like to use prototyping ( I think ) or some other mechanism to enable all TextInput objects in my application to store their text in an array when they receive focus. I've been reading up on prototyping and all of the examples I see are adding a new function to the class. Can anyone ...more >>

Greetings! I'm importing a small movie on the scene of the main swf and by clicking the relevant button i need to somehow remove completely this small swf... glanced some topics with removing a MC, but nowhere couldn't find how to remove the whole swf (where i have a few layers and frames) ...more >>

I am trying to create a News Item, where the text scrolls and scrolls from top to bottom. I have the news items being fed into a Dynamic Text Box from a Database. (using Flash Remoting). Now how do i create the animation or use action script to have it scroll from top to bottom without it chew...more >>

When I embed my flash movie into an html page, I would like an html page (macromedia.com in this case) to populate an iframe in my page when a button is pressed. I have the javascript code in the head of the page and other links work correctly to populate the iframe in the page. How do I...more >>

Hi, I have build a navigation that sets the position of each navigation point relative to the one before. On my intel 3.2/win2000 machine everything works fine, but on an intel 2.8/winXP the space between the last navigation point are not the same. I use a function where I condition the _...more >>

When my menu loads on screen the menu buttons will only work when I roll over it then come off the button then select it. Why won't work 1st time? Can someone see if anything is out of order mcLogo.gotoAndPlay(2); }; _level0.mcLogo.btnEnterBtn.onRollOut = function() { mcLogo.gotoAndPl...more >>

Hi I have a movieClip for my navigation which has a sound on rollover. The soundclip is pulled from the library. The code is below: moviesound = new Sound(); moviesound.attachSound("clickfast") moviesound.start(); This works fine on its own but is actually loaded into a level. No sound ...more >>

Hello, my question is: can i debug code inside my classes, i have several classes and i didn't manage so far to use debuger with them and i would really like to. Is there any chance of success? Thank you. ...more >>

I saw some presentation of the Flash 8 and the new Flash player. But nothing about the bugs that are corrected(or maybe NOT). Flash MX 2004 Professional edition is full with bugs. Especially the UI Components, that are quite hard to use, and has a lot of bugs. When will we know about the bugs ...more >>

Hi, I have posted this in the general flash discussion, but my time is really running out so I have posted it here too in the hope that some nice person will see it and help me. Don't worry I will not repost again. I am having a problem with the scrollbar component which a lot of people...more >>

Dear All, I was wondering whether someone could check this script for me..... I have a scroll box, which works fine as its own fla/swf, but when I import it into another fla and place it into a movie clip it stops working. The working script consists of: on (press) { _root.righ...more >>

Hi! I have a question. Id like to put logotypes on the bottom of my page, there are too much of them for one screen, so the user sould be able to scroll, left or right and pick the one he wants. It would be nice that the scroll speed would be faster as you go more to the corner and slower as y...more >>

I've been working on an uploader for a web project so the user is able to upload a .jpg image to the server. So far, I can open a file selector, in a new window, using java script from Flash, and get the selected file name back into Flash. My problem now is what to do with the file name. The P...more >>

i'm loading some dynamic text into a textbox. i was wondering if theres any way that i can fade the text in and out. basically each subsequent duplicated button loads the next piece of text, via the following script: onRelease=function(){ _parent._parent.loadHelpText(this.selectText); ...more >>

sorry, i've posted this problem a couple of times, but i really need it resolved, i have a site built for player 7 and i need to add this part to it, but it only works up to version 6 (with AS 1 or 2). stop (); begin(); function begin(){ gotoAndPlay("loadHelpText"); } function lo...more >>

I'm having problems with swapdepths, where sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, from the same code. I've double-checked that in all cases the movieclips I'm trying to swap are valid and have the same parent. I've also checked that it doesn't have odd depths (they fall in the 1 to 20 r...more >>

Hi! I would like to ask how can I make ''link'' ACTION to a browser/network - URL: www.google.com for example getURL(); and how can I made a time control to make a ''hyperlink'' to the next frame: nextFrame(); gotoAndStop(); gotoAndPlay(); I home I asked in the right way. If ...more >>

hello, I?m aware that the compiler resolves function scopes at compile time. I just wrote some code where a named function is declared inside a conditional statement (itself inside a function) and the function was traced as 'undefined'. When I moved the definition outside of that conditio...more >>

Hi there. I knowa fair bit of AS, but I've never delt with sound. I decided to make a flash site iwth sound effects when you click on buttons and stuff. I'd like to make an option for the user to turn off the sound effects if they wish not to hear them. Im thinking off having music playing in ...more >>

Hello again people, this one is frustrating, i can't find anything on the net about this and i have no idea how i would script this.......... i had an idea alittle while ago for a sniper game, where instead of using the Mouse.hide and startDrag for the mouse(an aimer/crosshairs/scope kinda t...more >>

Right now i am able to click on a button(movie clip) and have it change to and stay a different color but i can not figure out how to get the button to continue to scene 1 frame 61, i have tried gotoandplay and gotoandstop but it just seems to ignore these commands. ...more >>

I have a nav.as file that makes the navbar work. When I include it in my .fla file and run it as a .swf, the frame counter isn't working. In the .as file I have something that simply says: _root.navBar_mc.page_txt.text = _currentframe + " of "+_totalframes; However, I need to put: #inc...more >>

Hello everyone, Reading senocular's reply to a post in http://www.actionscript.org/forums/archive/index.php3/t-68288.html, among others, has got me wondering about how best to efficiently use onEnterFrame, onMouseMove etc. in external class definitions. As I understand it, if you define ...more >>

ok it's an mp3 player but I have noticed that on a mac (safari/ff/ie) you'll get "NAN" where the song duration is supposed to be (next to the song name) and as a result of mac not reading the length soundObject.id3.TLEN of the mp3 file the white bar will be maximised. is ths a bug in t...more >>

If I've got a movie with 2 frames, and the first frame only has action script to createEmptyMovie and attachMovie, why does my Bandwidth profiler say that there is 738K in frame 1 and NOTHING in frame 2 (which has 12 different graphic symols)?? ...more >>

Hello, I need urgent help, I'm using the tree component and I'm having trouble with removeMovieClip() and with assigning text to dynamic created textfield. using this, _root.mc_detalhes.removeMovieClip(); Flash doesn?t remove anything, using _root.mc_detalhes._visible = f...more >>

I am trying to pass a var name of a dynamic text field into a function but can't seem to be able to. I have a text field with an instance name of 'ans1_txt' and a variable name of 'ans1'. I want to use a function so I can minimise the code I have to use. This code: function quizSetu...more >>

Is it possible to change or atleast make it look like the frame rate is changing of a movie clip in flash lite i can manage it in flash 6 but need a way to do it in flashlite. thanx j...more >>

I just wanted to post an answer to some weird class conflicting errors that we have experienced here at the office. We were getting an error message like this when testing our movie: "**Error** The name of this class <your class name here> conflicts with the name of another class that was lo...more >>

Hi all, I have created a movie with dynamic lines between movie clips but I would like them to be more realistic by have a bit of a curve to them. Can someone help on this. I am assuming that it is something I can add to what I already have. I have attached my code. function draw() ...more >>

I preloaded 5 flash movies with video that range from 30 to 91 megs. The web intro freezes for 30 seconds, I believe due to the bandwidth. The videos clips run only after a user click a button on the home page. Is there a way to steam a movie as you go along, rather then preloading everything...more >>