Hi, I have created a flash movie to go on my page that ends with three buttons. Wach button points to the same page which hasn't been a problem. The problem I have is that each button relates to a different bit of info on the page and would like to have the pae open on the correct bit of...more >>

Hi, I recently found a post which gave some code for a spark effect. I cannot get it to work and was wondering if anyone could help me with it. this is the code I used: temp = 1; while (temp <= _parent.dustinstances) { current = random(1000); duplicateMovieClip (_parent.spark, "spa...more >>

I'm going through a set of tutorials, and where in the past I have used addListener to specify an object as an event listener, a new tutorial is asking me to use addEventListener(). The differrence is that addListener() requires only one parameter - the object that will be the listener. a...more >>

Hello, I make a XML connector component parse a XML document. In a node, there is a "<br />" (return to line in HTML) EXEMLE : [B]<book> <page> Here some text and a <br /> here ! the code s broken up here </page> </book>[/B] Problem : My XML connector considere the <br /> as th...more >>

I'm trying to do a color transform on a loaded movie completely within action script. I can do the transform on a dynamically created movieclip. I can do the color transform on a movieClip that has been imported, but I can't do the transform on a loaded movieclip. The following code works to c...more >>

For Actionscript 2.0 I have a projector exe which is invoked full screen. In the exe I have a button which invokes a URL using the getURL command. This link gets invoked in the browser window in the background and since the projector exe is playing fullscreen I dont see the browser. ...more >>

Hello, I'm new to this forum but i know a little bit about macromedia flash but i would also like to learn more.... my question is, If I make a website with a flash picture on it,and a typing space bar and lets say for an instant I send that website to someone and that person types into th...more >>

On the top you can see my XML file The problem is that when i load it in to a textfield, it loads "This is the news" instead of "Header", and I just cant figure out why. Please anyone help me, I'm not quite sure on the code since most of it is more or less copied. //This is the XML fil...more >>

Hi, I am triyig to execute the code on a text box... i have a text box (text3) with the text: "chr(54)+chr(12)". I have a function that is like this: function () { text1.text = _root[text3.value]; } But it doesnt work. It shows undefined on text1 textbox... How can i do it??!?...more >>

Is it possible to limit numeric values? i.e. if I was to set the arrow keys to move an object around the stage, could some code stop it from going beyond a value point. Or if I was using plus and minus keys to scale an object could I stop it from scaling beyond a particular value? Any id...more >>

Passing variables out of Flash to a .cfm file using Internet Explorer. I've tested here on my local Mac OS X ColdFusion server -- and it works fine. Using Safari. When I test at my associate's office on their Windows NT/ColdFusion server -- using IE PC -- it doesn't seem to pass the variables ...more >>

I am trying to figure out how to get the transition changed in Actionscript. I want to make it where they fade in and out. I have my presentation set to where it is all in one slide and I have the pictures in the layer key frames. I need to know what I need to do as far as coding to change ...more >>

Is there any way to size your input text box on screen and then only allow users to type into the visible space, i.e no scrolling whatsoever? Thanks Dave ...more >>

Is it possible to break up a textfield into movieclips with somekind of AS? I can't find any way to do this :/ I need it to code some text animating, but not as a whole textfield, I want to animate the _x, _y properties of the individual letters. ...more >>

Hi all, I have a Flash movie and within that movie I want to load an external SWF file (intro.swf) This is the code that I use in frame 1: var mclListener:Object = new Object(); mclListener.onLoadStart = function(target_mc:MovieClip) { // empty }; mclListener.onLoadProgress =...more >>

Hi all I have 20 odd little swfs, each of which will be loaded into a body swf at one point or another. Each of these contains anywhere between 4 and 20 single-colour buttons. What I need is for each of them to simply change colour when rolled over/out. Here is the code thus far than...more >>

Hi guys, I have never worked with flash before so please excuse my newbieness. I need to pass characters from JavaScript to flash that do not appear in latin alphabet. For example é (if you don't see it its e with an accent, same as &eacute;, %E9, &#233;) In JavaScript I set flashVars ...more >>

hello, i have the following: button1.onRelease = function():Void { trace("yo"); } my question: i want button2 to do the same thing... i know i could just copy the above and substitue button2 for button1, but is it possible to include BOTH button1 and button2 in the same onRelease...more >>

I want to build a flash image gallery, which is similar to (http://www.whispersphotography.com/) I have already designed 20% of it. But there are few mistakes. So I want your help to sort-out this problems. First I want to resize main move clip and change images automatically (without click ...more >>

Hi, If I do a sendandLoad to an asp program and I do a .toString on the returned data what should I expect to see? I seem to be getting the entire asp document displayed. I don't know whether this is correct. If it isn't correct does it mean that IIS isn't working properly or I need to set...more >>

Hey, I have my XML that looks somthing like this: <menu> <group name="work"> <project name="art"/> <project name="sites"/> <project name="school"/> </group> <group name="photos"> <project name="croydon"/> <project name="holiday"/> </group> </menu> I want i...more >>

Hello, I have some actionscript that reads image information from a XML file that contains information such as path, size, and location. Once I have the information about the image I load it into an empty movie clip, then set the movie clips parameters. I can set the ._x and ._y attributes of th...more >>

I have a checkbox that I have created (checkbox_mc) and inside of the checkbox I have 2 frames. The frames include the following code respectively: [Q]on (release) { _root.email = "on"; _root.box1.gotoAndStop(2) _root.subscribe = "off"; _root.box2.gotoAndStop(1) _root.unsubs...more >>

:confused; Hello All, I have a little problem. i only want is to make a button, then make it so i can click and it will move to the next key frame. i'm getting this error. **Error** Symbol=slide1, layer=Main, frame=53:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler nextF...more >>

Hello everyone, I'm building my own little aquarium and found a couple tuts on bubbles http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=589417 http://www.flashdevils.com/showthread.php?threadid=18395/Bubbles%20(MX).html I've asked around at these sites and other forums and haven't...more >>

I have 3 check boxes and a combobox. By default, if someone chooses an item from the combobox without one of the 3 checkboxes being selected, it throws an error and tells them to first pick a checkbox, then to repick from the combo box. That works fine as long as they don't pick the same ite...more >>

Hi, Can anyone help with the following please? - I am using sendandLoad from Flash and pass information via an asp script, however I cant seem to get it to work properly. I trace what's passed back in Flash to see the result. I just need to know why the following syntax doesn't wor...more >>

How would you delete a function eg. target.onRollOut=function(){ slider._visible=false; } steve.onRelease=function(){ delete target.onRollOut();} however when you click on steve, it does not delete the onRollOut function. Thanks to any responders. ...more >>