I have 2 .swf's. The first is named "A.swf" and on this swf there is a button. When i click on that button i would like it to "gotoandplay(50)" on the second swf named "B.swf". Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks ...more >>

Hi I am new with flash and I am trying to load and unload an external swf file with the same button. I looked in the forum and tutorials, but I only find a way with 2 different buttons. Thanx...more >>

Hi! I have this menu I'm working on, with four mc's that act as the primary buttons, but one mc has buttons nested inside and no matter what i do (even tried different target paths, etc) the sub buttons won't work. Here's the fla to the menu I'm trying http://www.seamstressfortheband.com/not...more >>

Below is the code of an html file that works: I want to write an action script from within Flash to transfer the textID variable from flash to this index.html file and then open the file. have tried lots of things, never works var textID:String = "Hello" loadVars.send (textID) getURL(index...more >>

Hi there! Question 1: I use member access control a lot in C++ and I try to do so in Flash as well. But there seems to be a problem: Suppose we have a simple class: class memberAccessTest{ public var pub:Number; private var priv:Number; } and we create an instance of it in a ...more >>

I am looking for some quick advice/tutorial on having a series of numbered rollover buttons in a row, where on(release), that button stays in the over position. Then if you click the next number in a row, the hover state turns off on the previous and locks on the new one. Sorry if this is co...more >>

hey, i'm having trouble with this code. i really dont know why it wont work. the code works fine on it's own, just running when the timeline comes across it, but if i define it as a function and then try to call it, even from within that same frame, it causes a 'A Script Is Causing Flash To Ru...more >>

Hi I have adapted a scroller from a tutorial at http://www.sitepoint.com/article/scrolling-image-gallery I have adapted it and my fla is at http://www.extravaganzadesign.com/work/tracy/scrollertest.htm It is a simple fla that drags a series of images and you can see how it works at ...more >>

I have a clip with several frames.. on first frame is stop() symbol has on (rollover){ _root.gotoAndPlay(2) } and such to make a multistate button. This works fine and is imported into library as test.swf I am using this code to bring it in to new this.attachMovie("TE...more >>

we want to "pause execution of the code" this is the way we did it currently. [code]timeElapsed = getTimer(); while (distance) { if(getTimer() > (timeElapsed+30)){break;} }[/code] it is a nested loop and "break;" seems to completely remove this loop from the parent script every ...more >>

I want to make a movie clip that looks to the left when I press a certain key, but I don't know how to do a simple symmetry with the clip without making a new one... So is there a way to a simple reflection with a movie clip? I searched and I found out how to rotate, but not how to reflect...more >>

I have a little proble rigth now, I have a variable defined as follow, x= "_root.mainmovie"; , this variable was defined using a XML node, thats why it's in text type, but I need, with this information to target a movie clip named mainmovie, i mean using the information of the variable. Is t...more >>

Hi , I am creating this slideShow where the jpg's fade in.They are external so I am using MovieClip Loader object to load them.I have created the container movieClip called holder_mc which is not the Stage. My prob: -the preloader not working -the images don't appear var p:Nu...more >>

Hi! I have a script that creates a movie clip and makes it invisible: _root.attachMovie("menuItem", "menuItem1", buttons); _root.menuItem1._visible = false; Then I have some other code attached to a button. When the user rolls over the button, the movie above becomes visible: on ...more >>

This works fine in 6 and 7, and I have been using it for a while now. Just upgraded to Flash 8 and it no longer works. function check_answers(){ one = m1v + m2v + m3v + m4v + m5v + m6v + m7v + m8v + m9v + m10v + m11v; two = ru1v + ru2v + ru3v + ru4v + m2v + ru5v; if ((one == "maintena...more >>

first.of.all,.i.know.i.have.a.lol.of.full.stops..my.spacebar.is.broken.by.my.bro ther:(.. anyway.i.want.to.load.the.contents.of.a.text.file.into.flash,.but.flash.will.onl y.let.me load.mime.encoded.docs..how.do.i.just.import.the.plain.text.from.the.file.using. actionscript? ...more >>

Hi, I'm mostly looking for opinions here, so feel extra free to comment. I'm suffering from "deep linking" syndrome. In my short/limited experience working with pages with tree menus (xml-driven tree component), it seems to me that they are best used for linking people somewhere else...more >>

I'm moving from Flash 7 to 8 and I am wondering if the new video setup has any way to change the speed at which a video is played back. I'm guessing no since none of my searches have shown anything, but I thought I'd ask... ...more >>

Is it possible to do a color/alpha tween with mx.Transitions.Tween? I know there are other movieclip prototypes out there that will let you do it but I wanted to stick with macromedia's tween class if possible. I haven't been able to figure out how to tween colors/alpha with it though :( ...more >>