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dynamic content two levels deep not showing up
Posted by urbanrevolution at 10/10/2006 11:02:11 PM
I?m building a site with a flash shell / skin. Every sub navigation section is a Dynamic .swf // load swf this.loadMovie("flash/aboutus.swf"); Each of those sub sections is dynamically pulling content. //init TextArea component mmText.html = true; mmText.wordWrap = true; mmText....more >>

Registered users only
Posted by jaidai99 at 10/10/2006 10:38:10 PM
I creating a flash application that can be installed on a person's computer as a standalone application. I am using L=screentime media's swf desktop]http://www.screentime.com/software/swfd/index.html to turn the fla into an desktop app. How do I set up the fla so that it can not be redistrub...more >>

Need help with this navigation
Posted by Bloke at 10/10/2006 10:22:07 PM
I have the following acrionscript for by buttons. When one is pressed it stays highlighted. Works. But if you hit the button again it will load the swf again. I want to tell it, if this has already been pressed , do nothing. Can someone help? stop(); var my_so:SharedObject = SharedObject...more >>

hitTest for array of nested MovieClips
Posted by adam NO[at]SPAM blueapplestudio at 10/10/2006 9:54:31 PM
Been working on this on and off throughout the day, and am having no luck. On the stage are 3 instances of a Target MovieClip. Through scripting, an empty MovieClip is created. Then, MCs (Pentagon, Square, and Triangle) are added from the library into the empty MC. At this time, an array ...more >>

x and y coordinates for movie clip
Posted by MichelleTen at 10/10/2006 9:30:18 PM
I am developing a site and I have a button which when pressed goes to another frame and attaches a movie to play, but it attaches it in the upper left corner. I have tried adding an x and y coordinate in the attachMovieClip and createMovieClip, but when doing that it shifts everything in the...more >>

xml formatting issues when reading into dynamic text field
Posted by stephan.k at 10/10/2006 9:17:39 PM
Dear List I am reading text from an external xml file which at runtime is placed into dynamic text fields. So far so good. Everything works. The client is now asking for italic and bold fonts ([B][/B], [I][/I]), and I realize that the special characters like apostrophes and such are not...more >>

Arrays stored in class
Posted by Nicholas Wood at 10/10/2006 9:07:52 PM
Hi guys, currently workng on my own private class to access and store an xml doc. my current class looks like: // --------------------------- class Blogger { public var feedURL:String; private var totalEntries:Number; public var blogEntries:Array = []; public func...more >>

Dynamic images in embedded movies
Posted by WCole123 at 10/10/2006 8:31:12 PM
I have a base movie that has dynamic images works fine. I have three external swf movies that dynamically load images, however when I call from the base movie to load the external swf's the movies can't find their images. I've tried using _parent, _global, _root nothing seems to work. The...more >>



import Class object
Posted by Brian at 10/10/2006 7:51:58 PM
I have a class that I need to validate a form. My problem right now is that I am pretty sure the class is not getting imported, but I don't understand why? I am doing the following. On the first frame I have: import mainObj; The class starts like this, so it should trace if imported co...more >>

Parameter help
Posted by Simulacrum_ at 10/10/2006 7:40:01 PM
Here's the problem I'm having. I've done some searching, but I'm still completely unsure where to begin. Any pointers, links to tutorials, hints, etc would be most welcome. The client wants an animated logo to be used on all the pages of his site. However, he only wants a particular sound ...more >>

always positive integer?
Posted by KenM at 10/10/2006 6:52:20 PM
Dear list, Is there a shorthand way to code for a positive integer from a subtraction formula? For example: 4 - 5 = (positive) 1 1-3 = 2 I've searched the docs and online, but I think this may require a term I do not know to find. Thanks!...more >>

Can Flash recognize screen resolution?
Posted by bbqdevil at 10/10/2006 6:30:57 PM
I've got a project where we're optimizing image files for use on 3 different display sizes. Is there a way to have Flash automatically determine the screen resolution of the user and choose the .SWF accordingly? I'm guessing no since I've not found any other info on this, but I want to con...more >>

Some problems about key press.
Posted by ricky1980 at 10/10/2006 3:42:51 PM
Dear All, I have the following codes that want to move a movie clip "car_mc", it work fine ! But how can i modify the codes that can accept two or more keypress. For example if i press left key and up key at the same time, it will move the car_mc in x and y position respectively. ...more >>

Problems with removing MouseListener
Posted by tinderstick at 10/10/2006 3:32:41 PM
Hello Everyone, Little explanation of my problem: 1) on the main timeline (_root) I have following simple code-snippet: There is a [b]MouseListener[/b] called [b]mListener[/b]: [i] mListener = new Object(); mListener.onMouseMove = function() { _x = 50; _y = 50; speed = 3; ...more >>

problem with loading a slide show SWF file
Posted by David Mok at 10/10/2006 3:09:24 PM
I run into a problem while loading an external movie, which is an SWF (test.swf) containing 5 keyframes, labeled sequentially, as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, like a slide show. My code is as the following: //******************* this.createEmptyMovieClip("show_swf", 0); // loadMovie("test.s...more >>

Problems with custom classes
Posted by gravideo at 10/10/2006 2:35:26 PM
I have downloaded some custom classes by Lee Brimelow (gotoAndLearn.com) and added a classpath per Lee's tutorial on custom clases. I have replicated the code in this tutorial but it will not compile. I use the following: import com.leebrimelow.utils.*; var s:Scale = new Scale(fac...more >>

fig_???
Posted by Brian at 10/10/2006 1:23:49 PM
Someone gave me a Flash file that has the name fig_contact.fla. When I export that file, the swf file I get is called contact.swf. What is going on with this? There are a bunch of other things weird with this, but I am thinking if I can figure this out, maybe other things will become clear f...more >>

Help required with writing an xml parser function
Posted by BuzzF at 10/10/2006 1:10:10 PM
Hi guys I'm trying to write a function that will parse through an xml document and store the contents into variables, I can write it by using lots of for and if loops (which is a lot of code if there are lots of nodes) however i'm pretty sure there's a really neat and concise way of wri...more >>

How do I add SWF file to a web site
Posted by skateblade at 10/10/2006 12:55:58 PM
Hi, I'm trying to add a SWF file to a web site. I'm using Yahoo Site Builder to create the site (because it's free) and I'm adding this script to add the flash, but it won't work. Does anybody have any idea why? <HTML> <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" ...more >>

How to find out if list contains text?
Posted by cimaea at 10/10/2006 12:29:38 PM
I am using the following code with a list component in Flash 8: [code] my_list.change = function(evt:Object) { getURL(evt.target.selectedItem.data); }; my_list.addEventListener("change", my_list); [/code] I would like to define 2 behaviors - one geturl in blank window and one g...more >>

Scratch Card
Posted by Abyu at 10/10/2006 12:14:02 PM
hello Friends can any body say how to create a scratch card effect i.e when we scratch the image underneath should be revieled in the place we scratched...more >>

NEWBIE: Please how to view/search all script in IDE?
Posted by Jean at 10/10/2006 10:33:21 AM
Hi, I am a long time programmer but new to flash. Now I have to fix a bug for my client with his flash application. Everything is installed and the files (.fla) are opened. I see the different layers and the timeline. Beneath, I see a panel named "actions" As a programmer, I am used to ...more >>

online survey
Posted by Kamdy at 10/10/2006 4:15:33 AM
If I create a flash online survey and all the data from people will be saved and sent to the server, could anyone tell me which component i should use in flash and how should this work? Any examples? Pls help. ...more >>

Array
Posted by Thepoor13 at 10/10/2006 4:14:08 AM
can array store Numberic data and is my code wrong? //Loading Data var total:Number; //Number of questions selected loadVariablesNum("Some.txt", 0); var Question:Array = new Array(); var Answer1:Array = new Array(); var Answer2:Array = new Array(); var Answer3:Array = new Array(); ...more >>

Button Code : URGENT
Posted by bcounts at 10/10/2006 12:01:55 AM
I have a code for one of my buttons that tells the button to look to a TXT file for the link. However sometimes I will not have a link for the button and need the button to disable when the word "disabled" is typed where the URL would be in the text field. Here is the current code for the...more >>

Adding Preload % indicator to movieclip transitions
Posted by stanbridgethegreat at 10/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi Folks, I have a Flash movie where, when you click on one of the buttons, a transition movieclip plays over the top of the currently playing movie. When the transition movieclip finishes playing, the new movieclip (for the button you pressed) is now playing in the middle of the screen in...more >>

Trouble with dynamic MCs
Posted by zakour12 at 10/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hey, I have a set of movie clips created with createEmptyMovieClip( ) and I've loaded an external .png image into each one of them with loadClip( ). Now the problem is getting the properties of those images. For instance, how can I get the height of the image inside the clip? When I use m...more >>

load variables
Posted by Boredo at 10/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi there, I apologize for my ignorance. I am new to Flash. Is it possible to show a HTML file with color images in a Flash movie (like this one: http://www.aseana-lounge.com/ssi/colors/colors.html), or only .txt files? It should be embedded in the movie because I want the underlying ...more >>


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