Hey everyone, I've been puzzled on this one for quite some time now. I'll start from square one. I have a Web Service Connector, that feeds my Array Of Strings to my Dataset. This works fine. When I take the dataset and try to connect it to the combobox, it only returns the first i...more >>

is there a way to set up a generic motion tween? for example I have an empty circle on the stage. On the stage I also have 4 buttons. red, green, blue and yellow. In the library I have a red, green, blue and yellow circle all the same dimension and registration of the empty circle. ...more >>

I'm loading an external swf into an empty movie clip on my stage using loadMovie. loadMovie("http://www.theexternal.swf", "window"); The external swf I'm loading is only 2kb yet it takes over a minute for it to show up. Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this to happen? ...more >>

Ok I have a cd-rom that uses a cfm file on my server to send out email from the CD. The form had 4 email addresses in list you can choose which one to send to or send to multiple addresses. What I can't figure out is how to get the list component a variable name that can be recognized in my ...more >>

Im loading an xml-file into a datagrid. This populates the datagrid with the data, but the content of the cells arent visible. The reason I know they are populated is that when pressing an editable cell the data of that cell will appear (and disappear when I exit that cell). This of...more >>

I am trying to learn Flash. My first project is to put together a CD that has several applications that my company would like to distribute to our sales force. I am building a Flash based menu that will launch various windows .exe files. I am running into a couple problems. The only way I coul...more >>

Tried to post this a second ago but for some reason it did not take, So if this is rehash, sorry Need help with the following First the layout. On the stage in frame 1 I have three buttons, a red, green and yellow button. Also on the stage I have a circle outline instance named cir...more >>

:confused; Hello, and forgive me if this has been answered before, but I have been trying for 2 days now to get my combobox to work., and I've been unable to find anything on the net that is written in something close to plain speech. I am slowly learning actionscript, but it has been quit...more >>

Ok this is an easy one: just can't find it. I have to apply some tweening to various movieclips. How can I command them all to do the same thing? ex: my_movieclip._x = 300 my_movieclip2._x = 300 my_movieclip3._x = 300 my_movieclip4._x = 300 it's a bit boring after a while! ...more >>

Hello everyone I am currently at work and making a game as a side project. The game I am attempting to make is one of those over head styled racing ones. The problem im facing (and hoping someone out there can help with) is the 'finish line' What I need done is once the "red car'...more >>

how do you open a new window in flash? for example i want to have the user click on the exit button and then a smaller window opens up and asks the user if they are sure that they want to quit or not... with a button saying yes and a button saying no anyone know how to do this..?? Help...more >>

how do you open a new window in flash? for example i want to have the user click on the exit button and then a smaller window opens up and asks the user if they are sure that they want to quit or not... with a button saying yes and a button saying no anyone know how to do this..?? Help...more >>

Hi, I'm currently trying to pass values from PHP to Flash but it seems I'm currently experiencing some wierd results. To explain further, here's my script: in php <? $test = "Hi, this is an just test"; echo "&values=$test"; ?> in Flash var try_load:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); ...more >>

Hi I need to loop round all the text boxes in a loaded movie clip and get the values of the text boxes when a button is pressed. Can anyone help. Regards Kevin...more >>

Hi All, I'm after creating a simple jumping game using 2 keys on the keyboard to tap up the power for a jumping man, I want you to tap 2 keys as fast as possible, then after say 3 seconds, the reading then goes to 3 movie options, the faster on say going to frame 2, middle frame 14, and...more >>

i m so :confused; because i want to make a group btn in flash for selected movicilp to make group after that we can drag all in same time and position . any bodya has a idea how to make it i know to create new movieclip for that but i want some interesting and good idea. ankurpatel1...more >>

I have an instance of a bitmap on the stage, called 'mybitmap'. The bitmap is called 'mybitmap1.tif'. How do I with actionscript change the 'mybitmap' into 'mybitmap2.tif'? Very simple... Where are the properties for the instance listed?? Like is there a property mybitmap.image ? Please ans...more >>

I need help passing different variables to Flash. I can list everything from the database, with each item having it's own id number example: [CODE]<? $server = "localhost"; $user = ""; $pass = ""; $db = ""; $conn = mysql_connect($server,$user,$pass); $db = mysql_select_d...more >>

i did a check and flash did not find any errors in my actionscript but when i test movie it dose not work....more >>

HI take a look at this site of mine http://www.changthai.org there is a page named GALLERY the images take too long to load. they are external .swfs i want to place a preloader there but im at a loss as to where i should place it. i have been fighting this for a week now and i am losin...more >>

i followed this tutorial for making a scrolling panel to the letter and it just plain dose not work when i test the movie. All the actionscript is correct. dose anyone know what may be the problem....more >>

i am following this tutorial and there is a part where the guy types two lines and says that they mean or. how do i type these lines....more >>

Hi I am loading a movie at runtime depending on a user selection. The movie loades in to an MC called Products_Frame which is located at the root level. I can refernce this products_frame by using _root.Products_Frame, however i want to be able to reference the loaded clip instead. The l...more >>

according to flash it is all corect and formated properly but it is not producing anything panel.OnRollOver = panelOver; function panelOver() { this.onEnterFrame = scrollPanel; delete this.onRollOver; } var b = stroke.getBounds(_root); function scrollPanel() { if(_xmouse<b.xmin...more >>

I cant seem to wrap my brain around this. I am trying to do a button with roll over states, but with a toggle mode. If I make a button component, there is no rollover and a button symbol has no toggle mode. Therefore, I have created another symbol behind the button symbol to give the appear...more >>

Hi, I'm stumped with this problems that, after doing searches, can't quite figure out. I'm trying to call movie clips dynamically, from an array, so that they play through one after the other, continuously. The way I have it set up they all play through at the same time. Here is th...more >>

Can someone help me figure out why this doesn't work when I test the movie please? Simple button, simple flash movie: on (release) { getURL("http://www.artistsframeservice.com/", "_blank"); } It seems to recognize that it's a link, but the page won't load....I must not have the ri...more >>

How to find my own sign of design? TO Professionals, please tell me what did you do, when wanted to find your own sign of design... It's hard to talk about it but... I have been learning Flash for 2 years, but i haven't own sign of design yet...=((( I don't want to copy other styles of d...more >>

I have the code below for my_mc... onClipEvent (load) { speedX = -25; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { this._x += speedX; if (this._x<=275){ this._x=275; } } I want my_mc to travel to the center of the screen,so it is centered, and stop...i am sure there is another way of ...more >>

Hi all, I have a bit of a problem, have been working on a project that requires me to dynamically attach movie clips and then load images into these. The problem is that it is increadibly slow when doing tweening of any sort now (about 1/36 of the initial speed!!). Although the images ar...more >>

Hi folks, I would like to be able to do something like this pseudo code: on (press) { while (mouse is still pressed) { do something; update movie; } } What I mean by this is that when the user clicks a button, I would like a particular action to happen in ...more >>

Hi. I'm wondering if it's possible to read from flash different signals sent from a microprocessor connected to a serial port. I just wan't to read the signals received in the serial port. Can that be done ? Thanks ...more >>

Ok, let me try on this forum, I've been scratching around forums, books and web sites for two days and about to go nuts cause I know there's a solution to this. I have gone into a copied theme, changed my combox buttons - so far so good, tests great. The thing I still can't change is the bor...more >>

Hi all, I have a swf that draw dynamic lines on a movie. This movie can be drag. When I draw over 300 lines on the movie then the drag action start to be very slow. So I did a test, I drew 500 lines on the same spot (you see only one line, but on the stage there are actually 500 lines)...more >>

Hey I want to add a website to a flash presentation, there is no way to add HTML to flash, right? so i would like to create a like to the website which will be open in 100% of the screen without any button of the internet exploer, how do i do that? thanks iusim ...more >>

I have a main _root film with an action on the first frame that loads in an exernal swf. This swf consists of the navigation buttons for the rest o fthe site. I have it like this because I need them to always reside in the front, above all other levels. Problem is, this does not always load in...more >>

I've been on this for several days...can someone help? In my button.fla, I have: On (Release) { fscommand("logIn()",what goes here); } and... in my c# app, I have this: private void logIn() { ...do something } How can I do this please? Any help is appreciated. Trint ...more >>