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Action Script Access to Lines
Posted by Bluejay_00 at 9/12/2005 11:13:56 PM
I have an architectural drawing that was converted to a Flash file with hundreds and hundreds of lines in it. I need to be able to somehow manipulate all lines that have a certain color value. This doesn't have to be done via ActionScript, but I am not aware of a tool in Flash that lets me sel...more >>

next frame delay?
Posted by Dragonusthei at 9/12/2005 10:20:11 PM
Hi im making a photo slide show all i want to know is how do i make it so i have have pics on frame 1 2 3 4 5 and have an auto play that keeps on each photo for a few secs is there like somehting i can add to nextFrame to make it pause on each pic for a few seconds? ...more >>

Pound sign (?) in XML
Posted by daveystew at 9/12/2005 9:51:28 PM
I'm sending a ? sign to my XML from a PHP backend, but Flash won't read £ so I have to use ?. This is fine in Flash, but when output to the browser, or an XML validator, it fails at the ?. I can't seem to get round it: If I use ? Validators fail, if I use £ Flash displays &po...more >>

A little help with mouse follow
Posted by Dragonusthei at 9/12/2005 9:42:45 PM
Hi Im trying to make is so when my house goes over movie clip "mo" it makes a movie clip inside mo follow the mouse but just around the mo movie clip heres the current action script im failing with plz help onClipEvent(enterFrame){ this._x = mo._xmouse; this._y = mo._ymouse; } ...more >>

New Class vs setInterval
Posted by Nixy at 9/12/2005 9:35:34 PM
I'm trying to creata my first Class. So i'm new to this. I need to use a setInterval, but it does not work. The interval works, it call a function in the class, but all the Class variable are undefined when I try to displayed it. If I call the same function by my self, variables show the right...more >>

Change symbol type in AS?
Posted by burritobot at 9/12/2005 8:10:40 PM
Is it possible to change a symbol's behavior type using actionscript? i.e. (pseudocode) 1. on release 2. change this button into a graphic, single frame, frame at #1 3. end ...more >>

shortcut to Stop()
Posted by Caurj at 9/12/2005 7:53:52 PM
is it possible to create a keyboard shortcut to add a keyframe with stop() action ? (not the ESC+st) only one key to add the keyframe with the action.. thanks ...more >>

sound question
Posted by mattmuller at 9/12/2005 7:11:28 PM
Does anyone know, can you see if a channel is busy, once the sound stops playing in that channel, does that channel automatically free up, is there a way to flush dead channels? basically, I have created this random sound class which is controlled by a global pan and volume class to created en...more >>



Resize text area text
Posted by wonderpop at 9/12/2005 12:30:37 PM
I'm loading html text into a text area component (MX 2004) and formatting it using styles. It works pretty well, but I need to be able to increase or decrease the font size via buttons. My problem is that I can't get the text area to redraw with a new style. It takes the style when it initi...more >>

prob with horizontal menu
Posted by 400$ at 9/12/2005 12:12:20 PM
Hi, I am having prob with the horizontal menu that I am building. The probs are: 1)When one item is selected the text should turn white and arrow comes on it.My text remains yellow.When I click another item the other item also have an arrow and this text also has an arrow.This way I can...more >>

Open PDF from Projector
Posted by Che28 at 9/12/2005 11:15:50 AM
Hi there, i?m working on an educational cd-rom. it should include an email-button to order further information and the users should be able to open a pdf wich will be on the disk. i?m no pro, so everything i?ve tried failed. guess the get url function isn?t the hottest choice here? does an...more >>

avi play
Posted by manish vishwakarma at 9/12/2005 10:11:23 AM
:cool; Hello guys, tell me how i m play an avi in action script? ...more >>

web crawler
Posted by had3z at 9/12/2005 9:01:30 AM
I am trying to build a web crawler - sortof. it would run on localhost - flash player and read the pages i specify. the problem is that it does not load the page completly and in the order a normal HTML would be. it seems it loadis it upside-down, the <html> and meta tags are the last (when i ...more >>

XPathAPI testing
Posted by mr.eddy at 9/12/2005 8:22:19 AM
Why does this output "undefined"? I've tested that the XML is loaded and status is 0 (no error). import mx.xpath.XPathApi; myDoc = new XML(); myDoc.onLoad = function(){ var list = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(this.firstChild, "/library/book"); } myDoc.load("content/library.xml"); ...more >>

AS2 Components
Posted by FlashAmit at 9/12/2005 7:28:07 AM
Please help me learn AS2 Components creations. I have tried UsingComponents.pdf by Macromedia. But finally I am stuck. Better to giv me some links and very helpful if someone can giv me step by step instructions. Thanks Amit ...more >>

Flash MX 2004 and css links problem
Posted by kosherMusic at 9/12/2005 7:01:46 AM
I posted this last week at the kirupa forums and no one has taken a crack at solving this problem, so I thought I'd post it here as this project has to be finished ASAP. here's the swf so you can see what's going on.... http://www.bulletfactory.com/dev/act/normal_style.css any help wou...more >>

Creating Chapters in Flash Videos
Posted by Shining_Hand at 9/12/2005 12:34:03 AM
Howdy all. Im needing to convert a 7 min video (its only 2 meg or so) into a flash file to play in a small window on a website. So far a trail version of SWiSH video has yielded the most impressive results, but ive seen on the Macromedia website a man talking (some type of testimonial ...more >>

Mouse over, Mouse off
Posted by smillerd at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
Greetings, I don't know much about action script. I am working on a swf that has a floorplan with several rooms. I made MCs that do this- when the user "mouses over" one of the rooms, a larger image fades up and enlarges. When the mouse moves off, the large version reduces and fades away. ...more >>

Mailto problem while sending special characters thru mailclient
Posted by Luka at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
I've created a mail form in flash, and beside sending regular things such "name" etc, it sends values (elements) from certain number of arrays created in user's curent session. Since there is a great number of arrays i used a loop to gather all the values from those arrays caught inside the loop....more >>

ON/OFF List of Buttons. Need some help please.
Posted by asw000 at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
i'm an intermediate flash designer. and i can't for the life of me figure out how to do this. any ideas? my client wants a list of buttons which link to 25 different charts. that much i can handle. now the client wants to be able to turn on and off certain list items at will. so for ...more >>

Flash and XML
Posted by andrewbyles at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
I'm trying to build my first site using flash reading from an XML file, I have gotten stuck at the very first step and can't see why it will not work. I'm trying to attach movie clips dynamically, using the Array.length: here is my actionscript: var pList:XML = new XML(); pList.ignoreW...more >>

External Loading Issue
Posted by xertzux at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have a contact form and when I click on the Submit button, I have a sending bar in which I would like it to proceed to the thank you message (frame 26) upon loading successfully. I am new to actionscript side of flash, so I am not sure exactly how I would go about doing that, sorry for my la...more >>

Passing PHP Variables into Flash
Posted by D008 at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello everyone, im trying to link PHP Variables to Flash Dynamic Text. I have a PHP page with this variable attached: <?php print text_message("company_description") ?> How can i attach the company description variable into Flash Dynamic Text? I have started the actionscript on the firs...more >>

help with the sllipy and naughty setInterval function
Posted by mcardoso at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
hi everybody. ill try to be straightfoward as possible: im working in a news flash with lots of external variables. one of these variables defines an interval of exibition (te) exactly in the middle of my timeline, between two effects of transition in both sides, that fades one news to...more >>

controlling a loaded movie
Posted by bhnh at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
I'm loading an external swf into a clip in another swf like so... clip.loadMovie("external_swf"); Works fine. What I'd like to do is have the loaded external_swf start playing on frame 5, skipping the first four frames. Seems like some elementary, but I can't track it down. Thanks! ...more >>

_highquality or _quality with mcs
Posted by centrifugal at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
hi can u actually change a specific mc's quality within the main movie, without changing the quality of the whole swf. ive tried mc._highquality=0 and mc._quality="low" but they both change the swfs quality not the mc within the swf chers for any help on this. ...more >>

CGI mail form
Posted by Luka at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
How can i make CGI mail form in flash? And i mean CGI mail form (server side), not regular client side with getUrl and mailto action. Thanks Luka ...more >>

Flash/ASP contact form problems
Posted by sllake at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
I'm having problems with a Flash form. I'm trying to use formmail.asp to process and email the contents of my form. The problem is that the asp script is looking for HTTP_REFERER to make sure that the referring page has permission to use the script, and Flash does not seem to be transmitti...more >>

get Property
Posted by rhouck at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
I started to create a Simon game. And I wanted to have the number become large and smaller. Do I have to make the dynamic text boxes into movieclips and then use setProperty? Here is the code: var SeqSz=20; var NumButs=4; var i=1; var cnt=1; Seq = new Array(); for (x=1;x<=SeqS...more >>


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