I am making a video with flash video encoder where I embed cuepoint (Event). While reading it in flash there is no problem.when time=2.400 the event actualizes exactly at 2.400. But when i embed cruepoint in ationscript addASCuePoint() the event is actualizing at 2.440 or 2.320 for the exa...more >>

Hi everyone!. Well...i?m now testing flash 8 trial version, and i have a problem trying to load an external swf file (local). The action is _root.loadMovie("2.swf"), well..if I publish the movie wich contains this action in a debugger window its worl properly, and if I publish it in a .html ...more >>

I have a working function that I placed on a screen. Both text areas are located on the same screen. If I move the text areas to a child screen, of course it breaks. How does one target screens with XML? For example, I have name_txt and comment_txt on the "presentation" screen. As the ...more >>

how can I pause a FOR loop for X secs/msecs before continueing with the next run ? Something like this for(i=0;i<5;i++){ //DO SOME CODE PAUSE(500); }...more >>

This may be hard to explain, please stick with me ... I want to have an underline slide into postion under the button that has been clicked. Easy, done it plenty of time. I want to do it more efficiently, using AS. (I use MX2004Pro) So I am trying to figure a way to: when any given b...more >>

I am creating a blank movie clip in ActionScript using the createEmptyMovieClip("my_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()) function, and in that blank movie clip, I want to add a series of external swf files. If I use the my_mc.loadMovie("my_swf_url.swf") more than once, it just overwrites the o...more >>

i have 3 MovieClips i'm try'n to manipulate with 2 buttons. 2 are start forward. simple ._visible = true/false; the third i want to only show up when both are visible and yet go away when one of the first two is turned off. how do i script a muli-conditional if statement into the ...more >>

I have been successful in writing and retreiving data from a Shared Object. My problem lies in accessing the lesson if: A) the bookmark button is clicked B) navigating thru the menu If I use the bookmark button and retreive the SO data I am taken to my book mark location, however if i na...more >>

This is very difficult to explain in writing, but I will try my best. I have been struggling with this issue for years now and Flash 8 hasn't helped. But it's probably just me, but if someone could help I would be eternally grateful. I have a main movie which loads several movies using "loa...more >>

I have this script which kglad done for me, and I want to extend it to incorporate more audio clips and buttons (to play the audio clips). I have already increased the for loop to 27 (it used to be 6), that seems to be ok, but my problem is with the buttons. I can't fit all the buttons on on...more >>

I'm attempting to create a game for my college similar to http://images.southparkstudios.com/games/create/, where the user chooses a head, body, hair, etc to create her own person, but I'm having trouble wrapping my head around exactly how to do it. As of right now, I have a main file with...more >>

I'd like to trigger MIDI events from a flash movie, for a presentation. I'm NOT talking about playing MIDI files, per se. I want to generate actual MIDI Events (i.e. a note-on) to an external application. I've gathered that this is impossible to do directly, but several workarounds sugge...more >>

Hi there We have recently had a request for a webpage where a single news headline is typed out across the screen letter by letter - when typed out it disappears, and in its place the next headline types out. There'd be about 6 headlines. When any of the headlines are clicked it would go t...more >>

i've got a string (a) and i'm trying to convert it to an XMLNode object so that i can pass it to my class, MessageBox - but I can't get it to work. see my code below. Both trace actions output "object" and return a type mismatch error if i try and pass them. as a sample, assume a = "<cont...more >>

Greetings, Long-time lurker here and I've been given quite the challenge (for me). This isn't exactly a Flash question, but if it's feasible, I'll likely be using Action Script on the client side. Does anybody have any idea how to create a site that charges per minute of usage? What woul...more >>

I have some dynamic fields, that I go to pull of my text of my HTML, in the IE, it works normal, everything very good, everything very well, I was to test in firefox, give some error, it I did not bring the accents and such, I started to read in the site of macromedia, and instead of placing S...more >>

HI, I came a cross a thread that on the face of it answered my query. Made some adaptions to the code for my application, and low and behold, it didn't work. Fairly new to actionscript/flash so wasn't surprised! Spent some time going quietly mad, I have a feeling there are a number of things w...more >>

Hello. Thanks for reading my query. I'm basically trying to create a flash movie for a webpage, the idea being the core area (main stage, in this case 770 x 440) stays centered and unscaled, while none vital elements can be scaled and moved about the entire view browser window area (ou...more >>

I imported jpeg image via XML to a Mc, Dragging is working Fine But It is not working for swf any tactice Plz /or/ any possible way to import a transperant BG image in flash....more >>

Hi all, I have 1 flash movie on every page of my site. But on each page I need this move to go to a different frame. I have tried using the code below to go to frame 2, but it always goes to frame 1. <script> function jump_to(2) { flash = document.getElementById('flash'); flash.Got...more >>

Okay folks I am a flash newbie. I have a premade template I bought. Inside this template is are serveral text hyperlinks that the developer made into movie clips. When you click on the clips you see the four layers inside -- one later has the double stops and the others have tweens. On...more >>

I've tried using both the FIleReference and ReferenceList classes to upload files to a server side .aspx file. Every time I don't get any files in the Request.Files collection and the Request.ContentLength always returns 0. Has anyone got this to work in flash 8 with asp.net? I will gladly ...more >>

Under "Publish Settings", there is "password" field, wondering what is for. Any ideas? Can you make a password protected stand alone exe? (On both pc and mac.) pu2...more >>

I am trying to open a pdf from projector that's on a cd. There's no problem opening it as I use fscommand to get it and everything's fine there. I can't use geturl as it works if a browser's already open only (if not it brings up misc web pages). So the fscommand works but I can't link...more >>

Hi, I need a complete list of new class names, methods and props added in Flash 8.0 Need it for built tools + keywords for an obfucator. /david...more >>

HI, I have a symbol picmc, on the first frame, I defined: var PicturePath = ""; and on the second frame, loadmovie(PicturePath , "loadpreview"); I want to draw a grid and create new instance of the picmc and assign the new picturePath, but I can' t get it to work: drawGrid = functi...more >>

i have a menu of buttons in numerical sequence such that each button ("1" , "2" , "3" , "4" , etc. ) loads a new .jpg into an empty movie clip on the main stage. it's a sort of portfolio/gallery kind of set-up. while the user can obviously navigate the menu manually, choosing any of the nu...more >>

I am familiar with Flash but never got to know action script very well and would like to learn, especially with video elements. Any ideas on where to get started? Thank you!...more >>

I need to use a swf in different location thru out a project currently I just load it each time I need it but this is becoming a problem with load time. Is there a way to load it once and then recall it again and again with out having to load it again. ...more >>

Hello, I have a button on the main stage. When the user clicks on the button, I want it to open an email window. The script I have is: on (release) { getURL(email address); } This doesn't seem to work. Am I leaving out something? ...more >>

How would you make a FS PUSH BUTTON appear invisable but still be able to work when clicked? This is an old button type! Bryan...more >>

How can I load and play an mpeg without converting it to flv? ...more >>

All of a sudden, in flash 8 export/publish, getting the .textWidth for a dynamic textfield (with an instance name) containing a "space", results in value zero (0). In flash MX or 2004 in AS1 and AS2 it always results in the space-width of the particular font and size used.... never zero. Anyb...more >>

I am using the getURL command to open a Flash movie html file and I'm wondering if it's possible to not only have the html file load, but go to a specific scene in the Flash movie. For example, I use getURL to open the file video.html, (which plays a file called video.swf), but I want to load ...more >>

Im making a flash move that needs to check if the user has written a specifik word in a inputfield... Example: User writes in inputfield: "i have a volvo V70" Im only intrested in the word "volvo", so i can present general information about that using a if statement. Anyone knows ...more >>

Is there a way to bind content from the XMLConnector to a Window that is being created (myWindow = mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp) upon clicking the DG? Since the Window isn't on the stage it obviously doesn't show when in the Component Path window. Is there a way to write in the path,...more >>

I have a slideshow that loads slides in using the attachMovie() to put movie clips into a droptarget, the transitions fade in the next slide with actionscript. However, after an extended period of time, the slide just disappears and the then throws off the other arrays in the slideshow. What o...more >>

hi forum!:D just a quick question on attaching and duplicating movieclips. lets say i have a MC named "soilder" in my library. Its linkage is set to export for action script. There is no instance of "soilder" on the stage. how can i attach the movieclip to the stage (without first ha...more >>

Hello all. Is there a way of creating a popup that is activated via text rather than a button, like Dreamweaver? Many thanks, Darren....more >>

Hi All, Please help me on this. I have a movie in which i am attaching a MC using Linkage method. But the problem is that when providing a linkage to a MC it exports the MC to the first frame of the movie where my preloader script is written. what happens is that before showing the preloder fl...more >>

Hi, What's the best way to reorder an array while making sure that elements of equal value stay in the same position? I'm thinking in terms of a top scores list that should keep the earliest score above all others on a list which score the same (e.g. they both score 120 or another equal value). I ...more >>

let me tell you about the nightmare world i live in. i have this project. its been finished twice now. i'm on the third time of revising it with new features added. this time its the quality thats being increased. i've been told "file size is no object - make it cd quality". so this is w...more >>

I have 3 swfs: Main Info Slide From the button on main.swf, I have the following actionscript: on (release) { this.createEmptyMovieClip("emptyMC", 0) emptyMC.loadMovie("info.swf"); emptyMC._x = 550 emptyMC._y = 0 } This loads without a problem. On the button within info...more >>

Is there anybody who can tell me what's wrong here? arr_categories = ["The good", "The bad", "The ugly", "The live", "The Who"]; arr_funcs = [a,b,c,d,e]; // for (i=0; i<5; i++) { v_mc.duplicateMovieClip("v_mc"+i, i); _root["v_mc"+i]._y = v_mc._y+v_mc._height*i; _root["v_mc"+i].text_txt...more >>

Hi everyone, I need help here. I have two movies. The first one has a button that, when clicked on, loads the second movie using loadMovieNum. I'm want to be able to jump to a specific frame (i.e. 177) in the second movie when I click the button in the first movie. How is this done? ...more >>

Quick question: I want to include a button in my swf that when clicked makes an mp3 from my server download to the user's desktop. How do I do this? Thanks so much! :) Andrew...more >>