I Have A Flash Application That loads Data From A PHP File And Displays It in A Dynamic Text Box. When I Direct The Dynamic Text Box Var To shout_lv.shouts And Don't Render It As HTML I Get The HTML unrendered. But When I Do Render It as HTML I Get Nothing. Text Box: Dynamic, Multiline ...more >>

I Have A Flash Application That loads Data From A PHP File And Displays It in A Dynamic Text Box. When I Direct The Dynamic Text Box Var To shout_lv.shouts And Don't Render It As HTML I Get The HTML unrendered. But When I Do Render It as HTML I Get Nothing. Text Box: Dynamic, Multiline ...more >>

I have a contact form with a ComboBox component in it. The ComboBox is simply used for the subject portion of the contact form. I have it set up so that it has labels such as Inquiries, Questions, Suggestions, etc. Currently because 'Inquiries' is the first label in the ComboBox, respectively ...more >>

Hi all, I know this topic has been posted before, but previous posts didn't seem to lend any help. I am trying to retrieve weather conditions based on a specific zip code. Many of the prior posts talked about web services. Do I need to be running some sort of server side app to use a we...more >>

I can manipulate a custome class object through a Shared object durign the first run. However, When I try to restart the app, the information is lost or isn't loaded. Is there a way to store information from a custom class in a shared object os it isn't lost? ...more >>

i'm having trouble clearing the contents of a movieclip. rather, i don't know exactly which movieclip to clear or the syntax for it. basically i have a holderMC called 'pictureframe' into which different JPGs are loaded and centered using the following scripts: function loadJPG1(){ cr...more >>

I am creating a slide show in MX 2004 that fades images in and out as you go to the next slide. When you move through it somewhat quickly, it works fine. However, if you wait say 20+ seconds to view the next slide, the fading out image flickers on its way out. The images are linked movie c...more >>

I have been using set interval but was ondering about setting something up so when music ended moved to next "whatever"...more >>

This is a follow up to an earlier post, but sort of a new question. For the code below, I can only zoom into an image using SetInterval so fast up to a point. If I bump up the setInterval the speed does not get faster. Does anybody know where the upper limit for setInterval is? Thanks ...more >>

Thanks for your promt reply guys. There is nothing heavier in the first two frames. What i have is a vector graphic(a line) a dynamic text box in which the percentage of the movie laoded is diaplayed, a Background made of gradient fill in the borders and a loader bar thats it. even then it is ...more >>

Hi, I'm a designer and know next to nothing about scripting so I'd really appreciate any help here: I have an SWF which opens in a new browser window from the main flash site page. Within the SWF I have a 'close' button that requires a script to close the browser window. Essentially i'...more >>

hey guys...i am making a simple picture viewer...got the thumbs to load, present, and postition...RollOver and RollOut work fine...all is happing with XML and for loops. Now the kicker....the onRelease function will only load the last image of the xml document.....how can i dynamically assign ...more >>

Hi, I?m having a bit weird problem that's driving me on nuts, I'd thank you any idea. I have: - One swf (news.swf) which presents a text area with data taken from an rss data feed. - One swf with one loader component that calls the news.swf. The problem is that news.swf works s...more >>

I pulled this code straight from my ActionScript book and it doesn't let you select muliple items. If I drag the list onto the stage and set it up with the component inspector, it works fine, but not when attaching it with code. What did I do wrong? I am using Flash MX 2004 Pro (v7.2) I ...more >>

Hi I am a Graphic designer so don't know much about action scripting. There is this quire I have for this particular flash file I have with my self. Its got that page flipping effect which is very common on various flash based web sites. It would be nice if you could go through the action scri...more >>

I have made a contact form for my website and it is fully functioning. I have managed to build in form validation to eliminate invalid entries. The only thing I would like to add to the ActionScript is the blocking of symbols such as: <, >, /, etc. Is there an ActionScript code to do this ...more >>

:confused; Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Seems like I've done this a zillion times and now it doesn't work. In frame 1, I load an XML file and put the data into an object. In Frame 3 I am going to use it to control the output. BUT in frame 3 it says the object is undefined. I have ...more >>

In this code i have declared the Xspeed and Yspeed variables as Numbers but when i trace both variables i get NaN . I dont believe it's a type mis-match error, but i cant see it. Can you guys. onClipEvent (load) { var org_x:Number = this._x; var org_y:Number = this._y; var new...more >>

Hey everyone, first time on this forum. Been working with preloaders for quite some time now. Finally found the loadMovie() function for a MovieClip and it works great. My problem now is that I have a Main SWF, and from there I'm preloading many different SWF's on different forms of th...more >>

Hi, I am working on a photography website... I would like it that when a user rolls the mouse over a thumnail it will appear in the middle of my screen bigger, and when the remove the mouse from the picture it will go away. I have made each thumbnail a button, and would like to know how to scr...more >>

I have a telephone number field in a contact form and I was wondering if there was a way to automatically insert brackets around the area code and a hyphen after the first 3 numbers of the phone number. Thanks in advance ...more >>

Have just started playing with classes and components in actionscript 2 and am coming across an error generating a color object in my class. when placing the component on the stage I get the following error **Error** E:\FlashClasses\tests\skinStamp.as: Line 4: A class's instance variables ...more >>

My preloader works on FireFox 100% of the time, however, it appears that on internet explorer, the first time the page is viewed, the preloader stays on the page once the site has loaded. then the second time you load the page, the preloader goes away. I have tested this on other computers wi...more >>

how would you get a start date and an end date and then find out how many days went in between!?! this is driving me nuts ...more >>

If this is a stupid question, I apologize in advance. I'm loading three movies into an swf. The first and third movies are external swf files and the 2nd one is an flv file. So, basically, it's an flv file bookended by two swf files. I want to make it all look like one movie and so...more >>

This is the strangest thing: If I use the following code, I can successfully pass the variable "usrSped": on (release) { unloadMovie(_root.holder); var usrSped:String = "2"; getURL("http://www.lbgvideos.com/speeddetect.aspx?usrSped=2", "_blank", "GET"); stop(); } but if I t...more >>

I am playing with the code below to see how to make something zoom in. But when I change the speed, it will only go so fast no matter what I change the speed to. I would like to make it go twice as fast. Could somebody tell me why? Thanks Mathias //:Settings: var scaleSize:Number...more >>

Can anyone explain how this generates a number between 1 & 2, and then how to make it generate a number between 1, 2 and 3? randomNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*2)+1;...more >>

Hi I am looking for a little help. I am working on sending out an email through flash using FormMail.pl. Everything runs great and I had the script running perfectly. Now my next step is to make it so that depending on what check box the user clicks (using componet check boxes) flash appends ...more >>