I have a text field with about 5 lines of text. Is it possible to have the user select any given word on any given line and change the font color of just that word? Or does anybody know how to detect the first and last character of a selection? Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over...more >>

I would like to create a similar animation (video perhaps) for my site, where two hands will manipulate a product about the same size: http://www.hi-au.jp/ I would like to get some tips on it. Thanks, ...more >>

Hi experts This code works if the browser has Flash Player 8 installed but crashes browsers with 7: var tempSound = new Sound(); tempSound.onID3 = function(success) { if (success) { delete tempSound; } }; tempSound.loadSound("../assets/mp3s/Toxic.mp3", true)...more >>

I've got a Flash piece with multiple sounds which I'm using as sound objects. I've defining the sound objects like this: rollover = new Sound (); rollover.attachSound ("rollover.aif"); buttonsIn = new Sound (); buttonsIn.attachSound ("buttons_in.aif"); Then, from ot...more >>

gotoAndStop(scene_variable, 1); if I do this I get an error saying the first value must be a quoted string, but if i type it as "scene_variable", it looks for a scene called "scene_variable" anyone know how to do this??? ...more >>

gotoAndStop(scene_variable, 1); if I do this I get an error saying the first value must be a quoted string, but if i type it as "scene_variable", it looks for a scene called "scene_variable" anyone know how to do this??? ...more >>

Check out one of the vids here: http://sofrenchysochic.com/ There's a "slow" button that appears to halve the frame rate and slows the audio without affecting pitch. No clue how they achieve this within Flash. Thanks! Danny ...more >>

Using actionscript, I have adjusted the alpha of a movie clip when I rollOver it and restored it when I rollOut. It is an abrupt change: on (rollOver) { this._alpha = 50; } on (rollOut) { this._alpha = 100; } Now I'd like to adjust the script to fade the alpha from 100...more >>

I am thinking of building something where it is a snowman and the user needs to drag all of the pieces to the right place. I am not sure how to check if they are close to the area where it should be. If they were close, then I would like to snap the piece into place. Could somebody toss ...more >>

I have a flash animation, which uses external .mp3 file as sound source. It all works fine, untill I put my flash animation into .htm document. Then animations lags 2-3 seconds afther the mp3 sound throughout whole animation. where is the problem ? ...more >>

I'm currently creating a flash game in Flash 8. I'm using floating windows, like we all know from PC's.. I added a dropshadow filter to this window, but I want the dropshadow to increase distance when you drag it, so it seems like you actually 'lift and drag' it. Would I be able to script ...more >>

This problem is completely baffling me. Maybe its me just being dumb and overlooking something really easy but right now I just can't see it. So if anybody can spare a few minutes, please take a look and help me out. A mock fla is here I've got a movie clip on the main timeline ( called "m...more >>

Hi I am currently building a Flash site, a sample page of which can be viewed here; http://www.cream-ink.co.uk/CreamInkTest As you will see, the images that scroll along the bottom are working fine and if you click one, you get a larger image above. My problem is this. You'll se...more >>

Hello i am having problems with a simple if statement.. i have a project with some sound, and i have different frames for the content of the project. there is a background music, and i made the background music stop on one frame. i want the background music to continue when i click on the link...more >>

I did a search and found only one other person having this problem, but I guess he figured out a differnt way to do what he wanted. I am pulling an rss feed from weather.com and trying to get values from the xml file it returns. here is part of the rss feed's xml return: - <cc> <ls...more >>

Okay, you have probably noticed by my scripting that I am new to any type of coding and I am trying to run before I can walk, so you?re help is much appreciated, which brings me to second point thanks to everyone who posted a reply especially Kglad whos coding solved an earlier problem with th...more >>

Hi there, Is there a way to use my shared fonts from from my library with an = external css text configuration? Thanks in advanced, Steve...more >>

I was wondering if there is a way to add a checkbox to the tree nodes if you are loading the tree data via XML Please let me know thanks and any links to samples would be grateful. ...more >>

Hi, I'm pretty new at flash but I understand most things easily. I found this site (www.kirsten-dunst.org) and I was wondering how to make the effects on the main graphic. Also if you look over at the left panel where it says Members Login, there are three images that are rollover buttons. Cou...more >>

In my interface i am using an Accordion component and on one of the tabs i have a combo box. All other components appear to work fine but the combo box does not open when i compile the movie. Can anyone give me a hint why? ...more >>

Dear all, There is lots of stuff about unloadMovie, but I cannot get this to work.... I have an overlay that comes up on top of the flash app using:- onClipEvent (load) { this.loadVariables("companypage.txt"); } and want to close it when you click on any button underneath the o...more >>

Dear all experienced & less-experience, Does anyone know why a Dynamic Text box/field/area is not expandable? I have a dynamic text area that will contain text that is editable from a content management system. I have just found that if the dynamic text box I create is not long enough to...more >>

It seems there are a ton of ways to do a preloader. The frist kind i ever learned was a simple loop that kept the user informed about the amount of bytes loading with a dynamic text field and a bar set to scale. Recently, i saw a preloader that was its own external .swf file....is there an adv...more >>

well i have a ComboBox with 3 fields and a dynamic text box in witch i want to display the current var selected in ComboBox. I can do that but only if i loop between two frames. Is there a statement that loads continuosly without the frame looping thing? Thanks. ...more >>

Hello all. Is there a way to create a Javascript popup window (set size - no buttons, etc) that is activated from a text link rather than a button, like in Dreamweaver? With this particular project, it really isn't an option to use buttons! I don't know how to custom script, so if anyo...more >>

Hi, I a new to Flash and need some help. I have a flash file with an image (within a movie clip) at the top and buttons below. When I mouseover each button the movieclip above is set to visible. The movie clip plays ok but when I rollout of the movie and then back on to it, the movie does n...more >>

hi i want to load multiple xml files using a loop. suppose i have five xml file plan1.xml, plan2.xml.........plan5.xml in a loop i want all this xml files to be loaded in flash can any one help ...more >>

I will be brief. I have a very nice little class for generating labels. This class attaches mcs at runtime for various parts of the label (text, background, drop shadow). All of these elements make up a dragable, fully customisable label. HOWEVER, now I have added a little 'close' button, agai...more >>

Hello, I am trying to nest a movieclip to another at runtime. I tryed to do that with attachMovie but it did not work. Here are the details : I have 3 MovieClips: MovieClip A, which contains 6 MovieClips (A1 to A6) MovieClip B, which contains 6 MovieClips (B1 to B6) MovieClip C All M...more >>

I have the main timeline with a movie clip in frame 1 with an instance name of thumbs_mc. That movie clip contains 3 instances of another clip, each named with an instance name. thumb1_mc, thumb2_mc, thumb3_mc, etc. I have loadMovie script on frame one of the timeline for thumbs_mc which l...more >>

Dear friends, I apologize if there is some similar topic as mine. My problem: I am loading file external.swf to main.swf via button in main.swf. But if I change something in external.swf and upload this file on ftp, my browser (FF, IE) still uses "original" external.swf that was loaded p...more >>

Does anyone know how I can pass a value into a swf file via the HTML when one of the variables is a URL with an ampersand in it. i.e. See my example below... myswf.swf?variable1=9393&variable2=abc&variable3=http://www.def.com&urlvariable1 =393 I want to pass variable3 to flash but the...more >>

i want to know that can we add additional data in an existing xml file from flash? i know that we can retrieve the info from xml file but i dont know whether i can add also. i am a beginner so please bear with me. thanks. ...more >>

what i'm tryng to do: function MYOBJ(uno, due, tre){ this.uno = uno; this.due = due; this.tre = tre; } sand = new Array(); sand[0] = new MYOBJ("v1", "v2", "v3"); sand[1] = new MYOBJ("a1", "a2", "a3"); sand[2] = new MYOBJ("x1", "x2", "x3"); but sand[0], san...more >>

I want to set the value of a dynamic text field to be the same as a variable. I've tried: error1_txt.text = _global.cb1; where error1_txt.text is the dynamic text field and _global.cb1 is the variable. But this isn't working. ...more >>

Well to make the wording easier, I copy-paste someone else's question with the same problem: I try to scale a dynamic textfield with a zoom button. The Text scales with the field as intended. But now the big Problem: The word-wrap changes with each zoom step, so sometimes a word is i...more >>

Hey guys, I am amateur to actionscript and just starting to build preloaders. I borrowed this code from the Flash MX Bible. It is supposed to be updating a text box and bar._xscale in respect to the loading .swf file. Instead my text box says NA / 0 % NA KB Loaded. If I click just after th...more >>

I have an application that loads a graphic mask on a guitar. The user can define the image they wish to load, either from a jpg file local to the hard drive or a jpg file hosted on a web site. This is the link. Click the "Graphic" radio button to use the feature described above: http://...more >>

Hi, I'm creating a series of images using createEmptyMovieClip, then loading the jpeg dynamically. I need to find the width / height of the loaded jpeg. using the _height property always returns no value. Is there a way to find the dimensions of a dynamically loaded image? ...more >>

I have a variable in my mc defined by: _global.cb1 = "yes"; I have another bit of code that sends the information of text boxes to a PHP file. Where name_txt.text is the text form the text feild name_txt. ect. I want to send "yes" as the value for cb1 to my php file. message.cb1 = _globa...more >>

I?m trying to figure out a way to make a movie clip with action scripting in it where I can type in a sentence and have flash type it out for me. I found this text effect generator that uses texto= ?{insert text here}? but theres alot of code I dont understand. I don?t know how to place it i...more >>

I want to load mp3 file in my swf.Normally i use Sound.loadSound() action. But i want to use this mp3 with sound.attachSound() action. therefore i need one ID name. in this instance can i assign ID name for this mp3? ...more >>

I'm testing something out for a flash game, and in this testing scenario I have a button that can effectivly 'spawn' or replicate these movie clip objects I've called umbrellas. (They're just blue scribbles, but I had to use a mc just for the testing purpose.) So I've got this array full of um...more >>

I am intersted, as part of securing my flash web site , in removing flash movies from from the user system when they are not used. I was wondering if the unload movie command removes the movie from the computer cache, and from the user system enirely. I would also like to know if the sorce movi...more >>

Hi, I have this code: _global.styles.ComboBox = new mx.styles.CSSStyleDeclaration(); _global.styles.ComboBox.setStyle("color", 0x333333); _global.styles.ComboBox.setStyle("fontFamily", "arial"); _global.styles.ComboBox.setStyle("fontSize", 11); _global.styles.ComboBox.setStyle("theme...more >>

Hi, Is there a simple way to navigate between actionscript functions, classes, etc within Flash 8 or must I use eclipse or something. Please say yes. This is so basic, I must be missing something. Thanks Jim ...more >>

At the end of my movie I have a link to open a website and to send an email. I made a rollover button for the website link, but I can't make it open the website - the button itself workd fine. My code for the button is: website.onRelease = function () { getURL("http://www.mywebsite.co...more >>

Is there anyway to use a different text file that contans the dynamic loadVariables? I need to be able to do something like this: When the Web page loads, have <param name=myVarFile value=file999.txt> where 999 is dynamically assigned by PHP? I can handle the PHP part, I just need to...more >>

From "ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide" by Colin Moock: "The loadMovie() function is not immediately executed when it appears in a statement block. In fact, it is not executed until all other statements in the block have finished executing." "We cannot access...more >>

Here is the code I am using to try to get the weather from the rss feed from weather.com. It worked ONCE but now it won't do anything when I try to get the data from the file. Does anyone know why this is? like I said.. when I hit "CTRL + ENTER" and ran it the first time.. it worked fi...more >>