hello, I have a one frame movie with the attached code in the actions layer. I have a notepad file named "info.txt" in the same folder as my .swf is published. what is wrong. I can't get it to work. help... sky var myInfo:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); myInfo.load("info.txt"...more >>

I need to make a list of stores that users can select. Users should be able to select multiple stores without having to click on Shift or ctrl whilst clicking, can this be done? Thank You...more >>

hello i was wondering how to do a mouse cursor so when the user moves the cursor it rips the background (in this case a water pic) can u show me an example of that effect? thank you!...more >>

I've got a movieclip on the root level with an area to load external swfs and have start/stop controls for the loaded swf. What I'm looking to do is use Actionscript to detect the total time of the loaded swf and display it near my movie controls as well as the elapsed time of the loaded clip....more >>

Hi, I'm creating an enhanced CD and I would like to do 2 things: 1. get rid of the movie menu: I've seen other projector files that don't have the "file / view / control / help" menu on top 2. I've created a "starter" that opens my swf file with two sets of actions in it: ***1 t...more >>

Hi, i am trying to create the ususal flash photo gallery with thumbnails that follow the mouse and when you click the thumbnail a large version appears, can someone point me in the way of a good tutorial for this effect? ...more >>

Creating a flash lite app for Series 60 phone with NavigationType = 4Way. My navigation buttons are in a two column layout and I want to control the movement within the selected buttons. To do this I use something like: on (keyPress "<Down>") { Selection.setFocus(_root.[buttonInstanceName...more >>

Does anyone know if it is possible to have assets from a shared library accessed via ActionScript? What I want to do is have bitmaps stored in the library of a flash movie. I'll assign them linkages and then publish the SWF (for example, to mymovie.swf). I want to then be able to loa...more >>

Hi, I am having issues with this hover caption script I got from kirupa. Most of the captions work great but some (especially long names appear way to the left of the button). You can see an example here: http://design.migcom.com/sonoma_redesign/south_county.html (The two example...more >>

Just changed to t ... arg.onEnterFrame=function(){ no errors now, but still nothing loads, everything is in same folder. what am I doing wrong? Alex ...more >>

I'm at a loss here. Basically, I have a form that I need to make that has an image of a person on it. There are sections on the body that need to be captured when the user clicks on them. They also need to stay highlighted so the user knows which section they have covered. Does anyone know how...more >>

Swapping skins for a Button component is easy and straight forward.: onClipEvent(initialize) { falseUpSkin = "BlueButtonSkin"; } I cannot figure out how to do the same with a Scrollbar component. The help mumbles about skin names for each Scrollbar items: scrollTrackName The sym...more >>

ok, heres my problem. I am loading in a external swf which I dont have the fla for anymore so I cannot add or amend it in any way. Once I load in in it works fine but repeats itself on completion each time. Is there anyway I stop it from repeating in actionscript as I can't add any frames ...more >>

Hi. I'm a relative beginner at Actionscript. I have a project with seven sliding galleries, each containing ten clips. Users can open any of the galleries then drag and drop any of the samples within them. I'd like to attach another copy of whichever sample has been selected. I know how to use...more >>

I have a Flash scroller-type item that I have created that I am needing help enhancing. The images are actually swfs that are called via xml. These swfs contain an image and a button to link them to an external link. Those work fine. My "scroller" works just fine. However, I need to get a...more >>

Hi! I got three mc's that got the same size and same position. All i want them to do is to switch when i click on some buttons. lets say i got mcA mcB mcC When i klick on the "a" button mcA appears When i klick on the "b" button mcB appears When i klick on the "c" button mc...more >>

Hi. I'm not sure that I'll be able to explain this, but I'll try. Here is the site so that you can see what's going on: http://www.enten.com/E&A-324_EntenWeb/portfolio.html Ok. So if you click on the next and back buttons (by the hat) a movie clip occurs. The way I have it set up though I...more >>

I am sure this is an easy process, can someone assist me with the code to make my dynamic text box automatically scroll? I have gotten this far, but can't think of what to do next. onEnterFrame = function(){ this.ongoingEvents_txt.scroll -=10; } any suggestions are much appreciate...more >>

I have a main movie with buttons. the tab key works fine with that. it goes to each button in a row (without using the tabindex). I also have a swf being loaded into the main movie that contains buttons. when i play the complete movie the tab key does not go in order. but i recognizes all the ...more >>

HI! I need to know how to go down a movies chain and specify the frame in which to stop. I tried this but did not work on (release) {) gotoAndPlay(_root.movie1.movie2.movie3.(2); } I want to basicly goto movie3 and start & stop at frame 2 within it. Thanks to all that reply :) ...more >>

I think that this question has been asked before, but after searching through previous posts, I cannot find a definitive answer. I have created a quiz using the Quiz Template and have it as a separate swf that I am loading into my main movie using loadMovieNum("Quiz.swf", 1); The quiz wo...more >>

Hi, having some math problems... hoping someone can help.... Lets say I have a rectangle (height > width). I need to know the bottom middle point. That would be point(clipWidth / 2, clipHeight). But I am having a hard time keeping track of this point after I rotate that clip. If I rotate th...more >>

I have a blank movie that I want to play multiple movies "myMovie1.swf", "myMovie2.swf", "myMovie3.swf" etc. I want first one to play and then when done the next one to play and then so on. Basically, a presentation with no buttons, just play one movie after another. Can someone please...more >>

I must have posted 3 forum topics about various issues surrounding this point and have learnt much useful information fro you guys and gals. One simple point though remains that I just cannot get the attachMovie command to grab a movieClip from the library on the right and stick it in view so...more >>

how can i display symbol in the Dynamic txt Filed.. i try but the output will cut off after symbol.. even i used HTLM code symbol also.. its doen't work.. anyone can help me.. Thanks.. :sad;:confused;:sad; ------ Flash File ------ //load content: loadVariables("dynamic_content...more >>

Is it possible to insert html code into your Flash file? For example, I want to insert a code the shows a blog inside a movie clip that I can resize....more >>

Dear friends, I am trying to embed the following external script from picturetrail.com on flash: <embed src="http://flash.picturetrail.com/pflicks/acrobatcube_r.swf" loop="false" quality="high" FlashVars="backopacity=100&cubecroptofit=1&enlargecroptofit=0&logopath=http://fl ash.pictur...more >>

Hey guys, i just wanna ask if anyone can help me with the action script coding to target the playhead in a different symbol. eg... i'm making a movieclip symbol to act as a button, with rollover, And rollout actions applied to it in it's own time frame. And a on(Release) action on the...more >>

Hi I would like to create a component or use an existing one, for a button which will change it's width according to the length of the text in the label, however I do not want the edges to stretch, just the middle Is that possible ? How do I achieve this? I have attached an example which ...more >>

I've got a main movie clip with a smaller movie on the stage. The movie consists of buttons. I want the buttons in the movie to move the main movie from one frame to another. I can sort-of get it to work, but not consistantly. Nor can I get the parent movie to move to a particular frame label....more >>

This site was created with a main swf which loads in the secondary swfs. The main page comes back up each time, which is annoying in many cases. I will attach the code for you to see. Also, the file sizes are 778kb for the main page, and less than 200 for most of the secondary pages. Yet i...more >>

hi, i read some data from XML and assign them an array variable. But I cant use some of them. When I make a mathematical opeariton, value of varible is not determined and give NaN. ...... i read this and assgin a variable : var num:Number= Number(votes.childNodes [i].childNodes [1].f...more >>