I'm in the process of writing a flash framework that is used to load other swfs in as 'applications'. The framework provides a simple API by attaching some functions to the _root, so that loaded applications may call them using _root.whatever(...). This is all working beautifully.. except ...more >>

hello, I have a flash header with a log out btn--I was wondering if it is pssible to end a session with this flash btn? or if it is possible to link the btn to a php file that ends the session then sends the user to a new page? thanks, hutch ...more >>

I want to trace all actions as they are executed. Currently, I do this manually. "Entering so and so function, trace each line" etc. Is there a faster way?...more >>

I want to trace all actions as they are executed. Currently, I do this manually. "Entering so and so function, trace each line" etc. Is there a faster way?...more >>

Anyone who can help, will go down in history as my (pretty much) ultimate hero... Ok, here's the deal: I'm populating a combobox with data from an array. The array is created dynamically from an XML file. It all works beautifully, except for that I have some undefined values in my array...more >>

Using loadMovie, I've loaded an SWF file into a new movie. The SWF doesn't play once its loaded. The SWF is a siide show using prevFrame and nextFrame to advance the images. It works fine by itself but won't advance when loaded in the new movie. Any help would be greatly appreachated. ...more >>

First, thank you for your help. I receive this actionscript, which I have working. However, I would like to added a pause control in the script. For example, there are 5 rotating images and when you hover over the image, I am wanting it to pause until your cursor moves off of the image. I've i...more >>

Hi... I'm Importing some text from a XML file. The decoration comes from a CSS file. Everything is working just fine- But only if the dynamic textField is using the Device Fonts. I want to Embed the fonts but when I do so the text can't be seen. Does Flash can't embed text that was imp...more >>

1. cat_txt is the text on the button, and bg is the background of the button. 2. the width of cat_txt is dynamic, because the value is a variable. the button size is fixed. 3. i want each text always appear at the center of each button background. anyone has any good suggestions? /...more >>

Ok, so at the end of this code you will notice that I am trying to bring certian MCs up to alpha 100 when I rollover another dyanamically created MC. To get an idea, it is a gallery script that displays numbers from 1 to total amount of images for each thumbnail. I was wondering if anyone had ...more >>

I have 10 Movie Clips and I gave all of them different instance names. when I roll over with the mouse I have the alpha go to 100 when I roll out it gos back to 50 ai_computer_01_mc.onRollOut = function() { this._alpha = 50; }; network_computer01_mc.onRollOver = function() { ...more >>

How do you save information so that everytime you go back to that website or refresh the page the information is updated? Something as simple as recording site visits so that everytime the swf runs it adds 1 to the total number of visits? Would this have to be done in external actionscript o...more >>

//-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= // Generate menu //-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= function generateMenu() { var menu_x=43; var menu_y=128; for...more >>

Here's what I do. I am in Symbol Mode. I go to Action Script, Global Functions, Timeline Control, stop( ); (with the semi-colon). When I test, the movie clip does not play. I'm sure there is something else I have to do or another cue in Action Script to play it first? ...more >>

I want to do a simple 30 frame fade up of a logo. I converted the graphic to a symbol and did the transition. But I want the fade up to STOP after 30 frames. Now, it keeps repeating. I believe you can stop it with an Action Script command, but I don't know which one. Help. ...more >>

Hello, I heed some help on creating a button in flash,I need the steps to create a button that links to a website. Thanks in advance....more >>

I have the following error **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=1:Line 47: Unexpected '}' encountered } // end while Can anyone tell me how to fix - script is this; TotalRubs = "7"; RubHeight = getProperty("Rub", _height); SubrubHeight = getProperty("Subrub", _heig...more >>

Hi i have problems to execute a class constructor: I have in the fla this code: *****fileUploader.fla****** var uploader1:fUploader = new fUploader(); ********************** and then i have a class in the same folder of the fla and i have this code: *****fUploader.as*****************...more >>

Hi: I'm trying to randomly load a set of 10 short videos. I have an instance of FLVplayback on the stage named my_video. Here is the script I used, which loads the first video randomly. However, after the first video finished, no other video is loaded. var VideoArray = new Array(); V...more >>

Ok i am creating a class that includes file Reference but i cant make it to start working... What do i do wrong??? //file starts here: import flash.net.FileReference //System.security.allowDomain(path); class fileUploader { private var fileUpload : FileReference = new FileReference (); ...more >>

HI everyone, I have some script which loads a movieClip into a /blank one onRelease, but can I get the movie clip that loads to go a ceratin frame label ? I'm sure I can, I'm just a bit lost, any ideas would be gratefully recieved. Thanks for your time in advnace. Martin ...more >>

Alright, I've been working on the following for our client, however, the grey bar in the file should sit over top of the carousel, but doesn't, regardless of depth. any help with this would be greatly apperciated. http://www.otishuck.com/clients/coffeeconcept/ccBuild_v2.rar stop(); //I...more >>

I was able to create a list component in Flash 8 and load the items from an xml file, but I can't figure out how to make each line clickable in order to work as a link. The code used to populate the list is: form = new Object(); form.load=xmlConn.trigger(); The xml file is something like: ...more >>

Hey all, This is so basic it's almost embarassing to post about, but I'm in a pinch and can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong... I'm using MX Professional 2004. My movie has four scenes; "Main" which plays on load, then three other scenes: "Whitepapers", "Products", and "Broch...more >>

Hello, Wonder if anyone can help me on this one... Say you create a picture gallery in flash - how would you then enable the user to download a picture? All I want is a button that brings up a windows (or whatever) download window, so that the user can download a picture onto their ...more >>

This code is based on the _droptarget info in the Actionscript 2.0 language reference. It works when published fro Flashplayer 6 but breaks in 7. I've isolated the problem to the "if" condition. Player 7 doesn't seem to recognize the equivalence of the names. But when debugging with Trace, the...more >>

I have searched the forums and interweb to see if I can find somebody complaining of this problem before, but I can't seem to find anything. What I have is a handful of buttons on the stage that play a sound on rollover. At first, I simply had this sound placed in the over state of the ...more >>

i have a loader component on stage to load external jpeg and in front of it i have a square with fade-in animation applied to it. How do i go about telling flash to play that animation only after the external jpeg image is fully loaded? ...more >>

Is there a way to remove or delete a movieclip that has not been attached via the attachMovieclip or duplicateMovieclip methods? I thought I remember something about just needing to place the mc on a positive numbered depth level... ...more >>

Hello, I need help custumizing my tree component. I've spended my last 3 days searching for a solution to have my branches using fontsize = 16 and their childs using fontsize = 12. Do you have any idea on how to achieve this? I've tryed many things in the tree.as, list.as, treeRow.as...more >>

I've imported a text file into a nice scrollin text field. I can put in regular HTML links no problem. But now the question is: Is it possible to execute actionscript from that file as well? What I need to do is if someone clicks a word in the file (like a regular link) I want to load ...more >>

Ok,I have two files I am working with.(My Custom AS Class,and the core flash movie that will use this file).I am connecting to a webservice using my AS Class known as MyWebUtility .In the MyWeb Utility class I have a custom event known as DataFilled.THis is used when the service is returned so...more >>

Hi, Can anyone help me here? I am pulling my hair out trying to get this code to work. When I test the following code I get a Error: A 'with' action failed because the specified object did not exist. problem. I can't see what is wrong. My three images display however the rollOver bi...more >>

Hi. I'm playing with Flex/AS3 a little, and I can't find how to do the following. I fetch a mp3 files through a homemade process using sockets, and I have the binary in a String somewhere (i'm not sure there isn't a better way to store it). I have the data, and I'd like to play it, but the So...more >>

hello fellow peoples, got this problem this.input1.text = Math.round( (0.140 + Math.random() * 0.040) * 1000 ) / 1000; sometimes this gives an answer of 0.14 or 0.15, etc, etc... is there anyway to make it not drop off the end 0, ie it should be 0.140, or 0.150 (got a very specific...more >>

I've created a slide presentation about 80 slides long and have built a nifty chapter button navigation... but I can't figure out how to designate specific slides/pages in the buttons. I've tried _root.gotoAndPlay(slideNameHere) in just about every configuration I can think of for the pas...more >>

Does anyone know of a clever way to get the opposite of a color. http://www.colortools.net/color_complementary.html There is an example here. However it doesn't use actionscript, infact I don't know how they have done it, but maybe some clever person here may know of a way to do this wit...more >>

Dear All, I have a movie clip named A which inside this movie clip there is another Movie clip named B and inside B there is a listbox component. Inside Movie clip A there are 20 frames which at frame 10 there is a stop() script. My question is how to control Movieclip A to run gotoAndPl...more >>

I have a loop creating movieclips that count to the number of images I have in an xml file. When you rollover "1", I would like it to show the first thumbnail defined in the xml file. This script however, only lets me rollover the last number (because its the last number in the loop). So...more >>

Is it possible to load specific xml nodes instead of loading the entire file ? ...more >>

Hi guys, been a while that I posted here. I even forgot my log-in.. Anyway, I have this problem with our PDF buttons, so my idea is to create a flash movie with menus that opens up a list of .PDF files using Adobe Acrobat, and the flash file will ALWAYS be ON TOP of the application. Basical...more >>

Hi , im getting a flash form together for an estate agent and i've hit yet another problem. Kglad was kind enough to help me out last time with some A.S. for randomly selected checkboxes to appear in order. Now I've slightly modified the script to work with the form and it does but i've tried ...more >>

Please have a look at my xml code below. I've managed to get all the "mainTitles" into an array called mm_array. Now I need to get all the "subTitles" under "main 1" into an array called "sm1_array", "subTitles" under "main 2" into an array called "sm2_array" and so on. I twist my brain on thi...more >>

Hi This has become an urgent problem today, please could someone shed some light! I am having problem with the character "Ö" Flash seems to think that this has the urlencoded value of %C3%96 but when I use server.urlencode in my asp page that supplies the value, it sends %D6 which f...more >>

Hi there I need to be able to control the ,mediaplayback component that ships with mx proffessional. All I need to to is enable the component to play different video files that are selected by an html link. As a test i am able to use the setMedia method within the flash envioment, this ...more >>

Hi, can anybody tell me, why this works when I test the movie but not if I start the swf? Because this is just a test, there is nothing else in the movie. thx! // frame1 var my_sound:Sound = new Sound(); my_sound.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) { if (success) { pl...more >>

Is there any way how to "TURN OFF" a button by AS? I mean keep the button _visible just make it not react like button (no on roll over, on press behaviour). In reality, I have semi transparent menu and there might be a case when there will be some stage buttons under my menu. I need keep the s...more >>

and I have on more question: How can I make sure that CSS has been loaded? I have a dynamic textfiled which loads CSS and HTML page. I would like to show the text AFTER the CSS is loaded. I use this code, from Macromedia Help: var myVars_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); var styles:Tex...more >>