Can flash be used to check the size of a file on the clients machine?...more >>

I need help with this, I have a movie that need to be launch as the CD is inserted in the caddy for either PC or MacOx. Any Action Script for doinf this Thanks Cesar ...more >>

Why is this line working outside a function: this.pBar.removeMovieClip(); and when I put it in a function, it suddenly doesn't work anymore. Code is listed below. //********************************************************** //Functgion to write the images to the stage with preloader ...more >>

I'm new to flash. I have a pragramming backgroun (C++, PHP, a little Javascript, etc). I have Studio MX 2004. I have been going along my merry way using this syntax to control movie clips: myMovieClip.____(); Now, I tried the target path finder button, and it uses this: this.myMovieClip...more >>

I'm sure this has been asked a million times, Where the heck can I find a good "easy to read" book on learing actionscript? I have Moocks "ActionScript for Flash" but to be honest my head is spinning with all of the information. Anything out there that is a bit easier to read for us non-...more >>

Hey everyone. I just have a quick question. How exactly do I go about combining two seperate .fla files? For example , if the user clicks the button "start", how would i then go to the first frame of another .fla? Thanks :) -Matthew Ostil- ...more >>

...but now I?ve posted this question in the correct "forum" :o Once again here?s the problem: This should be a easy task for a real actionscript programmer: Here: 1. After the preloader animation for "myExternal.swf" is done 2. I want myMc in myMain.swf to play a short animation (a...more >>

I have a button with this script: on(release){ onEnterFrame = function(){ if(this._currentframe == 38){ this.gotoAndPlay(40); delete this.onEnterFrame; } } } There's a scenerio where the animation is stopped, so, when you click this button, it does nothing until the animation...more >>

Hi anybody knows how to Passing variables to JSFL from Embedded Flash Movies ?...more >>

I'm having a lot of trouble with actionscript lately. I've been making a timer and it subtracts a number every 20 frames (1 sec for my game), and I tried to get it to go to the lose screen when it gets to zero by adding the code below, frame 365 being the losing screen. Not that it doesn't w...more >>

I was wondering if anyone could tell me whether it is possible to use a scanned image for a color in a coloring book app....I don't think it is possible, but I want to make sure before I give up on the idea. The idea is to use some carpet swatches I scanned to color carpet designs, but it seem...more >>

Hi, I've linked in a background sound with "export for actionscript" with "export in first frame" activated. This works fine, except I have a preload scene - and the sound is loaded before this first frame. What is the workaround for this (i imagine I have to specify a scene in the following ...more >>

hi im pretty much new to php/sql linking in flash but i know its done through action scripts, basically i have 4 textInputs (name, nickname, city, mobile number) all i need doing is for someone to be able to input the required details then hit submit. the details are then sent straight to mysq...more >>

Hello, I loaded 2 different swfs into my main swf via MovieClip Loader(), the prob I am facing is that both swfs are playing at the same time. I want the first to play and then the second.So how to create that, here's my code: stop(); var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoade...more >>

How do I get the browsers back button to work with my Flash movie? At the moment it just goes back to the browsers main home page. Thanks...more >>

I'm getting very frustrated with trying to target movie clips. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. using Flash MX, I have a movie clip, which contains 6 other movie clips. These six are instance-named S1 - S6. The outer movie clip is animated on the stage (if you can imaging 6 fram...more >>

Hi! I had problems with my preloader that is uses for loaded a flash-movie with the length of more than 1000 frames.... First I used getBytesLoaded....but that didn't work well. Sometimes the preloader stopped before everything was loaded. And the Flash-Film started without being fully loa...more >>

i cant get "[$_GET] vars" from self php file and print it in swf. (swf is in test.php file) [PHP]if(empty($_GET["link"])) {$link="null";} else $link=$_GET["link"]; echo "&page=$link&";?>[/PHP] [as]phpVars = new LoadVars(); phpVars.onLoad = function(){ page = this.page ...more >>

Hi my name is Sergio , I'm from Portugal. Well I must say I'm new to flash actionscript and here is my problem. I got a movie with a lot of buttons and I found reliable to put the action script in a "filename.as" (via #include "filename.as") so everytime I want to give a button an action ...more >>

I am having a bit of trouble getting a actionscript mask to take hold effectivly. I am a relativly new actionscripter, so forgive my poor actionscripting that I have done so far. Here is the code as its stands now.... i = 0; do { _root.FlickrFrame_mc.flickrViewerHome_mc.flickrPh...more >>

Can anybody give me a sample on how to import RSS Feed to flash files, and make dynamic news working? thank you!...more >>

Hey all- I've got a script that loads some variables from text files- here it is: [code] descriptionVar = "data/20050805description.txt" getDescription = new LoadVars(); getDescription.load(descriptionVar) getDescription.onLoad = function (success) { if (success) { tr...more >>

i have a confirmation movie in my application that has a questions asking do "are you sure you want to exit the application?" and then there are 2 buttons yes and no and when the user clicks NO i want the whole movie or application to close.... i just dont know how to do it..... HELP!!! ...more >>

i need to create a variable length array of movieclips whos names will be created on the fly i need to know: 1. how to create a movieclip with a dynamic name, 2. how to access a dynamically created name when its on the left the project is to create a marquee of logos for a display t...more >>

i have a xml <myX> <number>10</number> </myX> this load in to flash movie and get the value. var myXml:XML = new XML; _root.myNum = myXml.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild myXml.load("xmlFile.xml"); trace(_root.myNum) trace action return 10, but not get the valu right for ...more >>

hey guys...it comes down the AS. i have made scrollbar for a text field. i do not want to use the pre-fab scrollbar component. However, i am a bit lost where to go from here....I have the scroller, line, and drager working just fine....it's getting the text to follow! The text loads via a loa...more >>

I am looking into finding a way for flash to display content based on the current date. Such as - If I want to advertise a concert or a upcoming event on a sfw file and one the event has ended I want Flash to know not to display the event concert. Is this possible? My second question is ...more >>

I have a scrollpane in which there is a swf file, and outside the scollpane I have buttons. I wanted to know how I could made liks to a different swf, which would appear in the same scrollpane. I've been trying to made it possible, but with 0% success. PLEASE HELP ME!!! ...more >>

Well I got my main question answered in the general chat but my thread has sunk to page 4 and I don't want to bump it above people's who are still waiting to get answered and seeing as my new problem is with action script I thought I would post here. I wanted to increase the FPS of a certain...more >>

I am new to actionscript and just switched to flash mx 2004. Now, whenever I try and use the actionscript there is no "simple" mode. Previous versions allowed a click style actionscript as well as an "advanced" type your own code style. Is there a way to go back to that style? I don't know all...more >>

I need to set up a button that, once clicked, will continue to play the animation until a certain frame, then jump to another frame. Ex: Lets say the animation I created isn't fancy enough to scroll. It's just a basic top-view shot of a highway that goes from the bottom of the screen, to the...more >>

I have noticed a couple of other posts on the issue of XML memory leak. I am using XML, I think its all ok the way I am doing things. I have attached my XML loading code to show you. I am only loading again once one has finishe loading, well I think so anyway. Is that what onLoadInit does,...more >>

I've been trying to learn the duplicate mc trick to reduce file size, but I've found it won't work with player 7 but it will work with player 6, at this point, I may have 2 choices, 1. Just publish it with player 6, (it's going to be a web site page.) But I don't really understand the mea...more >>

Hey guys, Flash is quite a new thing to me. Anyway, i wanna build a product catalogue: a page full of images of products and their price listed bellow. My problem is filename of images (of products) and their respective prices are dumped in file, which is than loaded at runtime but how do u ...more >>

Hi! I have a pretty large app that uses v2.0 components (menu bar, scroll pane, etc). I also needed to write an external preloader that loads the main app - since the main SWF file is so large and I cannot break it into pieces. I also cannot put the preloader inside the main SWF since it's...more >>

Anyone out there know some Actionscript I can use to change the behaviour where if a user presses F5 in a flash simulation it causes the web browser to refresh? I have the flash simulation in an eLearning program and if a refresh occurs it logs the user out.... Any help is appreciated. ...more >>

Hi, i am making a game, i have made it so u can fire a missle at a spaceship, i have used hittest to blow the spaceship up when the missle touches it but it hits it and blows up no-worries but if the missle doesn't hit the edge of ship and it hits more toward the center, as the missle goes thr...more >>

I need a simple if the frame = 50, then gotoandplay frame 1, if it's anything else, play the next frame. I can't get it to work because I'm stupid....more >>

Hello, I am new to actionscript, and am attempting to create an effect where there is a collection of small slideshows which all cycle randomly through the same collection of images, to create a grid of small changing random images. I was lucky enought to find a quality piece of code whi...more >>

Hello, I have a flash file that is creating a loadVars object and loading a ..cfm file. Currently, the file is called relatively from the same location as the swf and works fine. When I hand it off to the CF developer, they say the file isn't loading the data. Does anyone have any familiar...more >>

I been trying to stop blank messages being sent to my server with out any luck can anyone help please?? FCChatClass.prototype.sendMessage = function(mesg) { if((this.message_txt.text != "") && (this.message_txt.text != null)) // stop blank msgs being sent { }else{ this.nc.call( "...more >>

Does anyone can tell me what's the best -and easy- way to sent the data that my web user fills in a form, to a database (MS Access) or e-mail address? Thnks....more >>

Hi there, This has probably been covered before but I can't find an exact example. I have 3 different XML files read into 3 Arrays, the arrays are name easy, medium and hard. Under each array there are a certain number of activities. So the user chooses easy and I set a global varia...more >>