I'm experiencing a problem using amfphp and flash. See the below code. I have the RegisterUser function being called by a submit button. The function successfully completes, and I get the expected amf response returned. But I only know I get it returned because I'm using a packet sniffer, a...more >>

I have below in my class myxml.onLoad = function() { //reference the XML text here //can't refence any variables in my class from this inline function //what the hell am I suppose to do //why can't this function be made synchronous without some major hack } ...more >>

Hi, I'm using Flash's template for quiz design and was wondering whether it was possible to add a piece of script to the results page where if the user scored a score greater than 6 for example, that a dynamic text box would change to say "congratulations you have passed the test" else "un...more >>

I found a tutorial on XML and flash. However it only deals with dropping a bunch on nodes in a combo box or list. I need help figureing out how to do the following: Lets say that I have an XML that looks like this, <table> <item id="4" email="email@blank.com" /> ...more >>

I am looking for a sample .FLA that has at least 2 radio buttons, and 2 input text boxes with a script that sends the vars (on a submit button press) to a form.php page which recieves the vars and emails them to someone's (my) email address. I have been trying to get mine to work for wee...more >>

Hi! Does anyone know of a Flash function similar to the PHP function sleep() ?...more >>

From within one Flash movie, I'd like to open another browser window containing a different Flash movie. The movie opens just fine, but I'd like to deactivate the menu bar, address bar, and toolbar. Questions: ? Can I control/set these elements? ? Should this be done with AS? With J...more >>

i need to unload a movie once the new loadMovie is fully loaded because once i click on my button to do so, my current loaded movie goes away & the screen is white until the new loaded movie is loaded. (i hope that made sense) ...more >>

I must be missing something, but I can't seem to figure out how to access timelines or pretty much anything from a container swf in the swf's I'm bringing in with loadMovie() for example I have loadMovie("news_sign.swf", news_holder); I have tried several things but I (like just doing a ...more >>

I know the most basic command in ActionScripts to keep my Flash video from looping (stop();). Can I apply that command if I want to end on a scene used previously in the movie (as in the example in the notes)? How does that work such that my movie doesn't stop after the initial use of that...more >>

ActionScript noob here. I have a input field with an instance name of my_txt, now, sometimes the field displays dynamic text and then other times my content person may choose to leave the field empty. But when its empty, the field displays the word "undefined", which is not what I want. Why d...more >>

This is absolutely bizarre. 2.4 - 1.2 = 1.2 and 1.2-1.2 = 0, or so you'd think, except that Flash keeps telling me 1.2 - 1.2 = -4.44089209850063e-16. Subtract 1.2 once more from -4.44089209850063e-16 and you miraculously get -1.2. Even more bizarre is that this only happens if the starting val...more >>

have a swf page of 10 thumbnails. From a html form on another page I want to generate a list of the thumbnails' url and the url of the movie that plays when each thumbnail is clicked. I can make the form create a text file like: 1. bob.jpg , bob.flv 2. mel.jpg , mel.flv etc. How can ...more >>

I have a videofile given to me from the client as a SWF, they have used AVS software to convert. I load the SWF file in using MovieClipLoader, it plays ok, however, I can't seem to control it. I need to know when the clip is finished, and for it to stop looping. I also want to be able to s...more >>

how can I send data from a flash webpage to an ASP page which has to open in a popup window. I can do them both seperatly, but how to integrate those 2 in 1.... Here's my script... function PlaceOrder(){ SEND DATA TO MY ASP PAGE var oFTransmit:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); ...more >>

Hi There, I have created a custyom cursor that is working fine, but need to change the state when rolling over all button? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks....more >>

Hi, I have a fairly large number in a string (7 characters) but it varies. So what I need is to format it like currency (where commas seperate every third digit e.g 0,123,456,789 That's all I need. :-) ...more >>

have a project originally developed in flash 7. I am now working this project in flash 8 IDE. When I attept to use the external API (import.flash.external.*) I get a syntax error when attempting to debug / publish. Other projects developed in the flash 8 IDE work fine w/ the external API. ...more >>

I am creating an interactive whiteboard which uses action script to trace the useers mouse movements and draw a line. Which works perfectly, the line coulour is set using a variable which is initialised at the beginning of the code: [i]if (count != true){ _global.linesize = 6; _global....more >>

Hi everyone!!! My site goes through the follow structure: (startpage) that loads the (mainpage) in a new container MC (alvo) but in the same level (0). From within the (alvo).(mainpage), I call another container MC (movies), now in level (2). This new MC has a FLV component that should ...more >>

What is the actionsript for doing this. Something to do with If,Then, Else statements: If movieclip1 has played and reached frame 60, Then when button1 is clicked, movieclip2 is played, else if movieclip1 has not played and reached frame 60, and button1 is clicked, Then a msgbox will pop...more >>

I am trying to double the size of a picture by clicking on the button using Actionscript. By "setProperty" that is very easy, but I want to this picture slowly getting and growing bigger to double size. How can I make it happen by using Actionscript. Any suggestions? Thanks. ...more >>

I found the Font problem with Chinese Font. The code works fine with western font, but doesn't work with Chinese Font. Any Help? Please! tf = this.createTextField(tfName,getNextHighestDepth(),0,0,100,100); tf.type = "dynamic"; tf.multiline = true; tf.wordWrap = true; tf.border = tr...more >>

Hi, i have this .swf http://www.innovadesign.com.au/test/ballsinterval.swf its a loop for (k=0; k<150; k++) { duplicateMovieClip(this.orange, "orange"+k, k) } that duplicates a movie clip 150 times the movie clip has this code: onClipEvent (load) { movieWidth = 1024; mo...more >>

Hello, I have a MC that is being dynamically generated and placed in a location that I am not able to decipher. Is there a command that I may put on the MC so that i can TRACE back the dot notation path? something like this: trace(myMovieClip.dotPath) that outputs this: _root.mc...more >>

Hi , I build a website using a J.Tarbell (from Levitated) code, one from his space serie. It is basically customized to fit my design and I use it as a background, with a slow animation. It works well when I test it in flash and on my localhost but as soon as it is uploaded on my site, none...more >>

Hi everyone!!! My site goes through the follow structure: (startpage) that loads the (mainpage) in a new container MC (alvo) but in the same level (0). from within the (alvo).(mainpage), I call another container MC (movies), now in level (2). The problem: From the (statpage) to the...more >>

Hi everyone!! I'm finishing a web site and in some moment I call flv videos dynamicaly into a video flash component, in a new movieclip, through progressive download. In my machine it works fine, same for some MAC's and PC's. But, some times the video doesn't appear, or it plays the first f...more >>

Hi all, Here is a link to a metronome online. http://www.metronomeonline.com/ Would anyone know how to do that ? It works very well on fast and slow computers. I have tried playing the sound in the timeline of a clip, but in slow computers, it does not keep synchronised. Any help...more >>

Hi All, I've been using a nice effect in AS1 to slide things around - this won't work with player 8 which I want to use for the filters etc., Can anyone teach me how to write this in AS2 ? onClipEvent (load) { POZ = new Array("0", "-750", "-1500", "-2250", "-3000", "-3750", "-4250...more >>

Hi I am using MediaPlayback component to play audio and video files, these files are listed in a DataGrid. I want the MediaPlayback to play next song automatically when one is complete, How can i do this ? Thanks ...more >>

I have implemeted Xpath search in flash .the xml contains more than 70000 lines(2 MB in size) and because of this the searching is very slow, and also the flash player gives the warnng message about the script making the flash player slowly. Is there any way to make this warning message not t...more >>

What I'm trying to acheive seems fairly simple, so I'm not sure why I feel so lost. Just one of those days I suppose. My goal is to have an invisable horizontal menu (6 buttons) appear when the cursor approachs it. For example, whenever the mouse is within 250 px of the menu, the menu ...more >>

Can I have some help please? I have a flash file that prints labels, this all works fine for single pages; however I would like to print multiple pages of the same movie clip (sticker_mc) which content changes when my function autoSet() is run. (autoSet() changes content of dynamic text fi...more >>

hope i can make myself undestandable i have several movieclips in flash that are being trigged by clicking on them i'm using 2 variables to store what movieclip is playing and another to store it's path. in the main timeline i declare them and make the 2nd to evalute as a path, using eval(...more >>

Hi all, This is my first attempt at localconnection and this is the scenario. I have a home-brew audio player and a FLVPlayback (FLVP) When you click play on the FLVP the audio stops and when the video.complete fires the audio starts. I have used two local connection objects and everything...more >>

I'm trying to detect when a user clicks in a text input box. The project is going to be displayed on a touch screen monitor, and I have an onscreen keyboard, so I need to come up with a way to tell which text input box the user is trying to type in... thanks! ...more >>

I have a movieclip where I have drawn a bunch of stuff using the Draw API. How do I erase all the drawn stuff to clear the "slate"? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me....more >>

Hello everyone - i am trying to build something using mostly code but i am having a SERIOUS issue with the fact that i can only get it to work properly if i have it spanning 2 frames with my code on the first, and code on frame 2 simply "gotoAndPlay(1);" to loop it so my script keeps being rec...more >>

I have created a component called tab which I'm using in another movie. In the main movie, the linkage identifier for the tab component is called tab. I'm trying to create an empty movie clip and then create a dynamic amount of instances of this tab component and attaching them to the empty ...more >>

I need to create a dynamic collapsing menu from an array. so far I have the array and first level of the menu working. Now I need to create the functionality of the subMenu and I am stumped. Is there any good references out there that might be able to walk me through this process? Here is my c...more >>

I was sent 3 flash files at work, however they infinitely look and many places require that these stop playing after 15 seconds. In addition to this, at the 15 second mark at the current frame rate, the spot is only 85% complete. I figure I can increase the fps but I can't get the spot to st...more >>

Hi there :) Still an ActionScript Newbie, and am trying to figure out how to correctly code something like this. Now, I've done a little bit of training, and the solution is swimming in my mind... but I think I just need a little bit of help shaping this. Here is what I want to do. ...more >>

I'm looking to find a tutorial and some information about setting up a small flash piece for a website that, when loaded, will be able to display x-number of logos that are slowly moving from top to bottom in a loop. When the cursor goes over that area it will either move up or down, depending...more >>

How would I go about making the pacman in my game change direction when he moves. Is there any code to make him rotate left or right 90 degrees when left or right is pressed or "face downwards" when down is pressed? thanks.:grin; ...more >>

I am trying to get one movie playing after the other. So basically when movie1 finishes playing, I want movie2 to play from frame 1-10. Also, where would I put the actionscript? Thank you!...more >>

hello, i have some variables sent out of flash in a LoadVars object, later to be returned with the same values... i have done "trace (typeof (variable));" before sending it out, which tells me that "variable" is a Number, which it should be. i do it again upon Loadvars.load, and i...more >>

Hi there, there seems to be loads of threads about this, but none of the ones I came across helped me: I'm using a scrollPane v2.0 component and I successfuly customized it (playing with the components assets on the library) and removed the border as well ("my_sp.setStyle("borderStyle", "non...more >>

I have imported a mp3 file of 3.6M and the size of my FLA increased by 4.5M I deleted mp3 and saved FLA - its size did not change. I used Compact and Save and the file size went down by 8M Is a FLA file structured like an access database file? Or it is Compact and Save compacts it like a GIF ...more >>

Hi, I need some help in making a rag doll in flash. What is the best method and how do i do it. Thanks Jophish...more >>