I have someone working with limited access to MX 2004 and who wants to work on MX at home. Does anyone know if it can be done? I know I can degrade the files but can I reverse them back or convert his original MX files for edit in 2004? I've searched but haven't found an answer. I needed to ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with the component Accordion. I want to load a picture that Iinto a scrollPane at runtime and the picture is bigger than the childObject. My problem is that I can't scroll the picture. Is there anyone who now a way to make this work /antewik ...more >>

I create an input text box. I name the instance and the var associated with the text box. The user types something into the box. When the var is traced there are HTML tags in the var contents. HTML is not turned on in the properties of the text box. The auto kerning check box i...more >>

Hello. I'm working on this class for few days now and still not getting it to work properly. The problem is inside of for statement... all Arrays inside of it should be filled with correct data and all what I get from tracers is undefined. Well this is my AS: [num] class com.ml...more >>

Ok i can create a basic page that changes text in one part of the page only whilst keeping the logo and buttons on a page that never needs reloading, it basically works by which button you press shows different text, this is very straight forward by adding frame labels, and small code button...more >>

Hi, I hope you can understand my question. As you click on each button in this animation (link below), a picture is shown like a gallery according to which button the user clicks on. When I click on a button to go to a picture, it follows through nicely when going forward, but if I want t...more >>

so I tracked down some references to using fscommand to send info from flash ocx to visual basic inside a vb application. Then I found this in the flash 8 help "NOTE The External API is a replacement for fscommand() in Flash 8 for interoperating with a HTML page or a container applicati...more >>

I have an FLV i imported into my .fla and need to figure out how to create some buttons that will let me go to specific places in the video. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have used ActionScript before, but I'm no expert. Any help is greatly appreciated. Mike ...more >>

Hello, this might create a debate more than a "this is better than that" fact, I'm not sure... I want to create an array that "could be" very long with many properites for each element. would it be better to load it in from an XML file or create the array in an external actionscript ...more >>

As a motion graphic artist who's been working with keyframes forever, it's really blowing my mind that you can create cool animation with just code. Being new to this concept, I can't figure out how to get this to happen: onRelease, movieClip1 (where ever it happens to be at the time of clic...more >>

Not sure what I have to do to make a swf NOT loop. In publish settings I have deselected loop under the html tab. even in the exported code it shows ><param name="loop" value="false" /> In action script I have the following, (its imported as a movie clip), this is Frame 1, action layer ...more >>

I have built a flash movie that has 8 options which you can turn ON and OFF via radio buttons. Some of the options can not be on at the same time as others. (Example: Option 3 cannot be ON at the same time as Option 6.) Is there some code that I can attach to the radio buttons so that if...more >>

Hi guys and gals, I'm creating an app where the user can add textareas onto the stage dynamically by click and dragging to define the locate and size. It works fine for the first one, but when I start the next, the original textarea vanishes. I've been playing around for ages and can't ...more >>

I'm trying to load a FLV file into Flash (swf) file and it is only loading the audio, and not the video. This is the code I have entered: nc=new NetConnection(); nc.connect(null); ns=new NetStream(nc); my_video.attachVideo(ns); ns.setBufferTime(0); ns.play("sampleFLV.flv"); A...more >>

I am fairly experienced with Dreamweaver and Fireworks, but a newbie to Flash. My first attempt at using Flash is basically a modification of the tutorial that comes with Flash for creating an FMA. You can see mine at http://www.perfectfitweb.com/testing/lightimages/www/lightimages.html. I ...more >>

hello, i have a problem, i need to put a text when rollovers a button with the mouse and that small text follows the mouse, i already now to do that but the problem is that the buttons are inside a movie clip so the text doesn't apear, it doesn't work can anybody help me? my code is...more >>

trying to load a streaming background sound externally as the file is large [for conductor] and cant get it to load reasonably any suggestions? i want to call the external swf from within the first movie [full flash website www.sidneyrothstein.com] also need help with an brochure that has pa...more >>

:frown; I have used this code many times and it doesn't work anymore. Anybody have any idea why? on (release) { getURL("commercial.html", "mainFrame"); } The html file opens up in a new window instead of loading into the mainFrame ...more >>

I'm a learning AS 2.0 programmer. I'm using a basic event broadcasting system to handle file loading, button presses, etc. Something like [I]menuBar_mc.left_btn.onPress = function() { var evtObj:Object = new Object(); EventBroadcaster.getInstance().broadcastEvent("leftBtnPressed", ...more >>

Hi, is there any javascript or something available to get rid of those eagly border around Flash objects. Offcourse they disapear when clicked once. Thx ...more >>

Dear all I have a movie wher in the first frame i need to load a jpeg that will act like the background of the movie so it take time more than the content and i decided to load it first to an emptymovieclip on the stage first and if it is loaded then it will continue playing my movie as the rest...more >>

I've been working on a spotlight movie for a webpage. What I have is a random movie loading to a set target and then after a short delay (on a subsequent frame) the action of "loadMovie" is repeated. The code I'm currently using is "[h]loadMovie("media/backgrounds/spotlight"+(Math.ceil(Ma...more >>

Hi, is it possible to dissable the onRollOver action after the user rolls over the first time? I have a menu, which loads a external SWF into a MC and after click the loaded swf plays. In menu are five item and each one load different swf. What I want is to prevent the onRollOver action af...more >>

Anyone.. Please help me.. im cuckoo already.. i dont know where mistake i made.. can anyone please show me.. this is about Global Variable array, ================== error shown: =============================== **Error** Symbol=bannerPOC, layer=Actions, frame=1:Line 2: Syntax error. ...more >>

:sad; Hi all, Actually i have an input text box and a button in my Flash file. I have to store user entered text in my PC as a .txt file. that should be save in my flash file location only. I used " MMSave(inputtext.text,"filename.txt") " script line in my flash, but it saving a text fi...more >>

Hi, I've searched but couldn't find a solution. I have two MovieClips, one in for navigation and the other is for pictures, which are loaded based on the navigation. I know how to load the proper SWF into a MC with picuters (these are swfs), but I don't know hot to tell to go to the right la...more >>

Hi, I have a symbol consisting of a dynamic text field and a scroll bar that is tied to the text field. The symbol is in a layer. It is tweened for about 10 frames to have the fade in effect using alpha channel. I want to control the scroll bar so that it only shows up when there are en...more >>

Hi guys I'm having real trouble trying to get my head around the logic of a loop. basically I want to conduct a for loop where a variable has the value of a function call on its previous iteration. I know how many iterations i need to do. here is an example of what i want to do - (with...more >>

Hi there Sorry about this but I'm a beginner with Flash. My preloader doesn't appear to be working. I have tried several websites and different examples currently the code is: if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) { gotoAndPlay("intro", "start"); } else { gotoAndPlay("intro", 1); ...more >>