Hi I'm having a little code problem.. if (success) { var o = this.firstChild.firstChild; while(o <> null){ menuItem = o.childNodes area = menuItem[0].firstChild if (area == 1) { not_titulo = menuItem[1].firstChild not_corpo = menuItem[2].firstChild i+...more >>

I made a MC which is stopped at the first frame. The MC is duplicated 20 times. They are named s1 to s20. I want one of the MC's to start playing randomly. I put this code in: mcToPlay = "s" add (Math.round(Math.random()* 20)); _root.bg.mcToPlay.play(); I checked the variable mcToPla...more >>

When I use the code listed below, the application won't display both text fields, they are overwriting each other at the same level. When I use specific depths it works fine. In my main code I execute each item sequentially, and the second call displays. When I call only one, everything appear...more >>

Folks, I want to load a .swf into main timeline, but only after 10 seconds has elapsed from the time my script begins to run. Would anyone be so kind to give me a hand with a script. I can load the .swf in frame 2 hundred whatever, but that is tacky. Thanks! ...more >>

here is the code from the for statement down: for (var i = 0; i<aMenuNodes.length; i++) { var currentName = aMenuNodes[i].firstChild.firstChild; createEmptyMovieClip("clipHolder"+i, i); _root["clipHolder"+i].attachMovie("menuItem_mc", "myMenu"+i, i, {_Y:clipHghtPad*i}); _...more >>

I have a button that has the following code below it: on (release) { _root.ClearStage(); _root.myInterval = setInterval(_root.ContentLoad,100,["description.swf","map.swf"], ["200","200"], ["20","300"]); } Each loaded movie ends with following code in the last frame: _root.Sta...more >>

I'm not sure if this is the right group but it involves ActionScript so here it is. I created an animated page with one frame of objects that animate strictly through ActionScript. The code works and the animation runs fine. But now I want to export this to an AVI or MOV file. When I expo...more >>

I am really struggling with this for some reason. On frame 100 of the main timeline, I have stop and load movie, which loads a SWF onto level 1 of the main timeline. The movie plays. now I can't move on. on the last frame of the loaded swf, I have _parent.gotoAndPlay(101); that doesn't see...more >>

Hi folks, i was wondering if any of you could provide some insight into how the navigation at http://www.pepsi.com/ was created. I have managed to achieve the rotating icons and swapDepth (using actionscript and trig) to have 5 icons rotate along an elliptical path while changing size and ...more >>

first the innacurate getTextExtent is deprecated with no replacement, initobject doesn't work for attachMovie when attaching buttons, and now this... (no way I'm paying for this software) Try this code yourself. If you make two separate instances of this class, you will see that both hav...more >>

I'm using a WebServiceConnector and connecting to my server. The first method call I created worked fine. I've since updated the Web service and Flash isn't seeing the new methods that were added. I've deleted the component, restarted Flash and for some reason I can't see the new operations list...more >>

Hello forum I have a movie with two frames, each frame has a movie clip, and each movie clip has a combo box. I also have two buttons (next and previous) to navigate between the two frames. I provide data to each one of the combo boxes using a data provider array, and I have a function t...more >>

Hello, I'm experimenting with the FileReferenceList class and having a bit of trouble getting the full path to the file. I'd like to try to load a swf file inside my movie (locally..can this be done?) by having the user select which file, but when I use loadMovie, I dont get the correct pa...more >>

Do you create a separate class for each kind of graphical element that has some dynamic content, say Menu, MenuItem, Title, Image, etc? How about settings like menu location, background colors etc., do you have all the settings in some Settings class? Or do you have them hard coded in your ...more >>

Hi, (I am less than 24 hours from my deadline now and panicking a lot - any help on this would be great) I am making a (fairly simple) site which uses an XML menu to load movies. http://www.toucandesign.co.uk/online/flash.html For some reason, it takes a few seconds before the prel...more >>

i am currently making a ringtone website and want to add a few tables for stuff like top 10 polytones etc etc, what is best to view mySql in flash xml or php. ive got an understanding of exporting data from flash to a database through php so im guessing php might be a better choice but how do ...more >>

Hello , I want to know whether we can find out the current frame and total frame of a preloader in the onLoadProgress. To be clear here is my code masterListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc, loadedBytes, totalBytes) { preloader_mc.gotoAndPlay("IN"); var percentage = (l...more >>

Hi there, I'm having a few problems when loading SWF's into my main movieclip. It seems when i unload an SWF, and then loads it again, some of my varable-values get "stuck" in the memory. I try running traces on the variables and it shows up as if the are all reset, but my reloaded SWF beh...more >>

Hello all I have a little problem. I made a website in PHP with this address: index.php?cust=home In this site there is also a little piece of flash. In this little piece of flash you can click a button, the button has this actionscript: on (press) { getURL("page1.php?cust=<...more >>

Meenakshi You have to use third party software to create custom projector. like swfkit, jugglor or other....more >>

I made a very simple example of what I'm trying to talk about using just a basic fade technique. I'm still learning Actionscript and most of it I'm okay with, but one of the issues I'm having is ending setInterval...because it never seems to stop, even when I tell it to with clearInterval();. ...more >>

Hi Group I'm trying to use loadvars to load a list of mp3 tracks from a txt file to a flash music player, it works fine when using loadsound and the file names are hard coded eg my_sound = new Sound(this); my_sound.loadSound("http://localhost/myfolder/bday.mp3", true); but when i try to lo...more >>

Hi All, I have a function that i want to call after a four second period. setInterval function is working fine except for the fact that it is calling the function every four seconds and i only require it to run through one. I guess i need to use clearInterval() but i'm not sure where, or ...more >>

Hi everyone... I'm using this with aguestbook that i'm creating: myloader.load( "loadvalues.asp") Everything works fine and i can post entrys to a access database. The problem is that the new entry in the guestbook doesn apear until i delete al offline files in ie and refresh the site....more >>

want my movie to play only one time per visit to the site. It will play on the home page, and then when a visitor returns to the home page the movie will know it played and goto the last frame. I have found very little regarding this which usually means the answer is obvious. I have had no su...more >>

I have a multidimensional array where the first element is a movie clip name. I want to be able to make various movie clips visible/invisible based on that name. Please see the attached code, which hopefully explains it better than I can! :-) Thanks for any suggestions! Mike Here ...more >>

Hi, im new to actionscript 2.0 class... and im trying to learn how to use them. and i made a little class for preloading multiple movies from a list in a xml file ... but im getting this error: "Classes may only be defined in external ActionScript 2.0 class scripts." i dont really un...more >>

Hi, I am creating a Flash Projector CD-Rom - Ok, well the client wants the CD(movie) to expire on October, 26th 2005. Ok, i set my clock ahead, and the movie does not advance to the Scene i have designated "Expire" Sorry, i have never coded this type of thing .... attached is the code, i...more >>

Hey guys I am trying to play a Movie clip inside the main timeline but it doesn't work can anyone tell me if this command is wrong in my Actionscript. _root.OpeningDoors.gotoAndPlay(2); Thanks for any help ...more >>

Hi guys I am trying to pass a variable from one MC to another MC this is what I tried inside the one MC var page=4; _root.Pages.gotoAndPlay(page); this worked in the one MC but when I move this line to the MC I need it in it no longer works _root.Pages.gotoAndPlay(page); Seen as I ...more >>

Hi ! I'm having trouble with my input fields. I'm trying to set the text value to "" onFocus, but this seems to erase all previous formating on the field. It seems it is impossible to keep formating on an empty input field. Any ideas ? Thanks Joseph ...more >>

Hi, I have used the follwowing code to load mp3 but it doesn't work... I placed the code in an external .as file, "test.as" and set linkage to a movie clip. class test extends MovieClip{ public function test(){ loadmusic(); } public function loadmusic():Void{ var mysound1...more >>

When I open the .swf in IE, the movie scales properly when the window is resized. It's great! When the movie is embedded as an object in an html file and the html file is opened in IE, the movie stays the same size as the document size regardless of how the window is sized. Is there a way t...more >>

How would you make scrolling images like on this site http://www.kateryaninc.com/detected.php?page=&pass= pick a photographer, and see the scrolling on the right side? I know how to scroll images when you click on something. But I want the user to be able to hover over a button and have the ...more >>

I may simply be trying to do something that Flash won't allow (wouldn't be the first time), but I would like to see if anyone else has run into this. Here's what I'm trying to do: I have created a MovieClip with and attached AS 2.0 class. I exported this clip to a SWF file. I then use th...more >>

Hi everybody, I have to put a couple of videos into a website and they are 2-5 mb of size. if I select the 'streaming' option in flash mx it still stops three or four times to reload new context. is there a way to get around it, so it streams in constantly and without interruption ?? thank...more >>

I want to create a page similar to the studio 8 site (link found below) http://www.macromedia.com/software/studio/experience/ When you move the mouse it scrolls through the room (left, right, up, down) with a different timeing it seems for different layers. I have tryed a bunch of diff...more >>

My goodness I need help. I am the UI designer helping a .net programmer with a piece that I concocted in Flash. We need to know how to get a movieclip to function as a button so we may continue our project. We can't navigation from Scene1 to "dataenglish" scene via a movieclip command. Buttons...more >>

hi i am facing very strang problem. i have draw the line dynamically in my flash movie, it working fine but when i import any image as a background then those lines go behind that. any help welcome thanks in advanced ...more >>