I make in Flash 8 a some math tests, and I have problems at addition in number alignment. I need to make an input text that would write from left to right, if I click on align right, it will just align to write from right, but I need to write from right to left, like arabics do. When someone t...more >>

Wow... I can't believe I didn't figure this out on my own yet. I have my main timeline with one movie clip on it, within that movie clip I want the timeline to reach a frame which has a frame action on it. I want that frame action to go to and play a label within a movie clip (it is already...more >>

I'm trying to load and unload movies into the same level. However, with one movie I want to load it and have it start at a particular frame number as well. Here is my attempt at it. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated! Thanks! Russ on (release) { loadMovieNum("digit...more >>

I have a project I'm working on that creates a slide presentation playback device, and one of the features is a 'magnifying glass' that allows users to more closely inspect a slide image. The magnifying glass works by loading a new, enlarged version of the current slide into a second layer, a...more >>

On a server i have in the main swf some swfs that load into it through loadMovie. But jpg that load into the main swf by clicking on the little swfs, don't load. The jpg don't load. I use the same loadMovie. On my computer, localy it works. When i upload the site on the server the up-mentioned...more >>

OK, so how do I get to a variable in scene 'home' in layer 'action-scripts' from a button on release event handler which is on that very same scene. Is is a problem that there is a hypen in the layer name?? thanks, FG ...more >>

I am attempting to make a more interesting background for a page that involves several objects moving slightly, depending on the 'x' coordinate of the mouse. I am trying to limit the movement to 100 pixels at the inverse of the mouse's 'x' coordinate. For clarity, I'll stick to just one o...more >>

I am an experienced Flash developer, but I have never seen this before. Here is what is going on: My page calls a JavaScript function (from an included JS) that does Flash version detection and then writes the <object> into the page if the Major version is 7 or newer. This seems to work fi...more >>

On the root timeline I loadVars on frame 1 and with success the movie moves to another frame and stops. At that frame I have a movie clip called detail_list which runs a series of iterations loading the movie clip "details" in a number of times. The problem is that only one of the iteratio...more >>

Does LoadVars onLoad timeout? Or does it wait until there is a response from the server? If the URL times out, does the onLoad function still get called with a success = false?...more >>

I am designing my first flash site, and created a Dynamic text field called header_txt. I want the content inside this field changed based on which page the user navigates to. I have used an "IF" statement inside a Declared Function , but wonder if that is the best option, also, my IF statem...more >>

Hi I am developing a game, which has heads that popup at random from behind two hills. the user throws snowballs at the heads. I am using the hittest function to test for the collison. the problem i m having is when the heads are hidden, the hittest is still coming back as true if the snowb...more >>

We are deploying a CD with several HTML files that require IE to load correctly. We've coded a Flash application to be autorun from the CD, however we have only been able to use the default browser to load our HTML files, and there is no telling what everyones default browser is nowadays. Is...more >>

I am loading a bunch of movie clips dynamically. Right now, the movie clips undergo a color transform for the onRelease() action. Now, I want to be able to transform a group of movie clips on the onRelease() action of a single movieclip. What would be the recommendation to accomplish this ...more >>

I have a folder which holds all the files for my project. Inside this main folder is an "FLV", and a "PLAYER" folder. I want to use a content path that looks like this: "../FLV/test.flv" inside my FLVplayback component. I can't have the "FLV" folder inside the "PLAYER" folder for various r...more >>

Wondering... How do people develope flashscript that uses WebServices from Flash Pro 8? Do you use a URL to a development server from ActionScript when in Flash Pro 8 and then use a URL relative to the HTML page that served up the SWF file in production? The reason I ask is, the brow...more >>

I have a scrolling text box i am using, however, i am curious. Can someone assist me with code to make my text stop on a portion of text every 4 seconds or so? If you don't understand, check out the scrolling text box on bobparsons.com. I would like my text to scroll, but stop for a moment ...more >>

I'm calling the same swf file from different aspx page. Based on the aspx file name, I need to do some code change on the action script. How can I get the aspx file name from which the swf is called? I tried the _URL which gives the location of the SWF file. ...more >>

I wirte an action in a button: on (realase) {gotoAndPlay (Y);} more or less. And then I want to say in that frame Y: "If you come from frame X, then do ...." ...more >>

Hi I'm having trouble getting a button work correctly when pressed it should take user to a particular label on the main scene. Is there a problem with my script? The button is inside a movie clip which is inside another movie clip. Thanks in advance. on (release) { _root.gotoAndPlay("h...more >>

Hi, I'm using a ComboBox that pulls down over a MovieClip which has functions for the onMouseDown and onMouseMove events assigned to them. Also, the function onMouseDown and onMouseMove is because i draw a fill rectangle in a MC called canvas_mc. Its a example that appears on "onMouseDown" h...more >>

Hello I am using the Total training videos for my action scripting to learn to make smoother websites, and have been currently working on my own in the process. but I am finding that everytime i work with a tutorial and then try to add other code in my website it doesnt seem to work, i get syn...more >>

I know this has probably been answered a number of times, but I have been through a number of books and a number of faqs and I still have not been able to find the right answer as to how to make a font usable on any machine that is playing my flash presentation. ...more >>

I'd like to have a sound play and loop while a key is pressed (not a button but an actual key on the keyboard). Upon release of the key being pushed, I'd like the sound to stop. I'm having a heck of a time getting this to work. It seems like the code is there for this to be possible but it doe...more >>

A best-efforts session with identifying, in ActionScript, an image placed in a TextArea and identified with id, leads me to wonder whether the id attribute is supported. I have on disk a jpeg file of the amazom.com logo, a small image. In a scene, I have a TextArea with instance name Tex...more >>

I would be very grateful if someone could help me acheive the following effect please see http://www.testthis.co.uk/johnsonv2/Very_Hig-_Da-541/final_work.swf I have already created the level ones' rollover effect See http://www.testthis.co.uk/johnsonv2/hotspots.html (kitchens link only) ...more >>

Hi Is it possible to change the frame rate at which the movie plays at runtime. thanks for any help bye...more >>

I'm creating an imageslider which loads jpg's from an external source (server) and then slides throught them (with fades and movement). Problem A. The problem is that when I load them directly from the external source the animation (movement from left to right etc.) shows unacceptable jitte...more >>

Hello all, I am wondering if this is possible.... I have two movie clips, one includes the menus and the second one is the stage. I will like to know if is possible to control de site with an independent movie clip. Both movies will be include in the same html document. Thanks ...more >>

Hi, Are there any tutorials for creating a system to upload and convert a video file to .flv (much like youtube)? Thanks for any help, ~Oni....more >>

I've made a dynamic textfield on the stage. Then, i add some mc with actionscript. I want the textfield to stay on top of the movie clip, so i've added this: textfield1.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth()); to my actionscript. Nothing happens :( When i write trace(textfield1.getDepth());...more >>

Hi All, I want to know about the "standard Flash quiz engine". How we can use this? is it a inbuild component in flash ? Please provide the details as soon as possible. I am in a critical position. Thanks ...more >>

I have 25 different instances of a movie clip on my form and currently they last for 25 frames * the block number. i.e. Block1 lasts for 25 frames, Block2 lasts for 50 frames and so on. This is was all done manually via the GUI. What I'm wanting to do is change how long each block lasts for in...more >>