I'm new to Flash... When I test the movie/website file... it starts on the 60th frame, not the first and when I try to click the button I made, "HOME" it won't go to the 1st frame, it stays at 60.. Any idea what might be going wrong and how to fix it? thanks ...more >>

Hi...need some advice on things I can't seem to grasp Can it seem to get a working AS on a button or event to unload a imported FLV tried ns.Close(); and this jsut stops the playhead. Doens't unload the movie also tried. ns.play(""); to no avail. Also is there a way to know when ...more >>

Is it possible to have an action script email a variable to an email address. for example, if i had a text with the variable: bob. can an AS on a button email bob to me?...more >>

Hi I have made several movieclips and added "on"-events for them on the main timeline. These events tells it to play something INSIDE the movieclips (i have been labeling keyframes inside the MC). So far no problems. I'm using Flash Pro 8 btw.. The problem occurrs between the onRollOver ...more >>

I have an older Flash piece that I am revising. It has a ticker tape of company names that run along the bottom of the piece. The list of names is very long, so it ends up being a very wide object. We have tried doing both text and bitmaps for the ticker and bitmaps works better. Becuase t...more >>

I'm loading an external swf using loadClip. My problem is that this swf loops which I don't want. I don't have the .fla for it so I can't modify the original file. I was trying to detect when the loaded swf reaches the last frame, and then stopping it, but I'm not having any luck. Any sug...more >>

I ahve several button objects on stage and I am looking for a way to have them return their instance names or other properties without having to write a code for each. for example, for the button gaur_btn, I have gaur_btn.onPress = function () { trace(gaur_btn._x); }; which retu...more >>

So I'm building a dynamic menu where the button actions change for each item that is listed. Now I think I could do this while writing classes, but I'm rushing to get it done, I'd rather just script functions for it. However, when I run a for loop, it sets all values of all buttons (see code...more >>

I have learnt much about objects and classes lately. Well I would like to know how I can create symbol 'target''s instance in somewhere in stage with AS? Like target instance x100,y100. Can I create it like normal objects and give parameters? And another question, how I can replace mouse cu...more >>

I have a client who wants the hypertexts in my 'Flash RSS aggregator' to change appearance when rolling overthem with the mouse. This does not appear to be a default behavior in a Flash object, or am I missing some setting or other? Using Flash 8 Pro Academic Budsy ...more >>

I know there has got to be a simple way to do this, but I've just bought this Flash 8 Pro and can't find out how... I am trying to resize a text area from 270 pixels high to 135 pixels high-- one half the height-- but every time I try this with various tools, the text that displays in the ...more >>

I've created a scrollPane with dynamically created text fields inside. When I tab through the fields and get to the last one the scroll bar stays just a few pixels up from the bottom. Is there a way to get the max position for the scroll bar so that when I tab into the last field I can set th...more >>

Is there any way to tell the window to justify (top, center of the screen) when opening the executable ? Mine keeps opening up at the bottom of the screen and half cut-off. Thanks. Rob Childress ...more >>

Is there anyway to get the ampersand to show in the context menu. It's a simple string and I don't understand why it sees the ampersand as code instead of text. I've attached the affected code. Please help a newbie out! Thanks! JK function deadClick () { } var myMenu:ContextMenu =...more >>

am importing xml from a xml attribute and storing it as a string. I am then loading it into a dynamic text box with render as html on. The problem is formating only part of the data in the dynamic text field as Italics or bold. I'm unable to put any <>brackets inside the xml attribute so that ...more >>

Hi, Does anybody know of a way to customise the colours in the accordion component. I need to change the button colour, and the background colour. Thanks, Dylan...more >>

Hi there, I'm currently working on a Flash based internet application that customers subscribe to. We have been looking into possible ways of adding a version no. to the application at compile time - this way we can track which version people are currently using. Has anyone got any ide...more >>

I am loading external text files in dynamic text fields on my webage. These texts contain html links (<a href="page.html" target="_blank">Click Here</a> and I have "render as HTML" on and "selectable" off in my dynamic text field. Also, I am loading a CSS file. Not only do I not have a han...more >>

Hi, I am developing an application that has intense use of hotkeys. It always worked well, but I recently found out there is an issue with the onRelease method. You know the CTRL + drag in windows to choose multiple files? Well it worked perfectly since a few days ago when I discovered tha...more >>

Ok, I have an attached object on the stage with the linkage name red1. On an event, varable _root.game.piecetomove = "red1". If I want flash to trace the x coordinates of the object with the linkage name "red1" why can't I simply put trace (_root.game.piecetomove._x); ? It keeps returni...more >>

I want to create a dynamic text box with a start value of $918,000 Then I wan to create a button that would minus 125,000 from what ever the dynamic text boxs value is every time it is clicked. In addtion to this calculation I want to see the number in the text box dynamically decrease -...more >>

I have a simple Flash movie with a few buttons - this movie will be my .exe (not on the web). Just like a Main Menu. I noticed that when I click on a button that plays a .swf file over the Main Menu, the buttons on the Main Menu are still active. No problem, I just disable them when click...more >>

Hi, I am new in Action scripting. Plz help me! I want to drag a button into specified area. how can i restrict user to drag my button into given area.. thanks in advance!...more >>

I am starting a yahoo maps api project and am pretty new to flash. What I am trying to do is make it so that when i create my own MovieClip and link the MovieClip to my actionscript class, I can then reference the YahooMap instance that i have dragged onto the movie stage. It doesn't work and t...more >>

hi, I'm only a few months into deep actionscripting for the web, and have encountered a simple problem that I personally can't solve. I'm confident someone here can help me. basically, I have a movie attached called bottleInfo. Inside bottleInfo is a button named blueButton. What I wan...more >>

Hi! I'll try to explain step by step: 1) On the main (root) timeline I have MovieClip "base_mc" (instance name "base_mc") , but inside that MC "base_mc" I have another MC called "insideBase_mc" (instance name "insideBase_mc"). 2) On the main (root) timeline I have ActionScript: insi...more >>

Hi How can i resize a dynamically loaded image in flash? this.createEmptyMovieClip("new_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()); this.new_mc.loadMovie("testimage.jpg");...more >>

Hi! I make flash website. And I put there e mail adress like ismail@yahoo.com or etc. What should I do for its working when someone clicks it to send e mail. What action script should I use? My second problem is about making message board in flash. It has e mail section, message title and ...more >>

Hi all! I want to use file's own name in the actionscript written in flash. For example! I made a file namely myfile.fla, it will compile to myfile.swf, I want to use this name dynamically in actionscript written in the flash. Can anyone help me in this regard? Though its a very childish que...more >>

Is it possible to change a flash document to a flash presentation, or a scene to e slide?...more >>

Hi, I've loaded an image into a loader from an XML file. Now I need to access that image to change it's X position. How do I go about doing this? I have used the debug to list all my objects, but my image is going to change whenever it loads a new one, so I can't use the image name... ...more >>

I just bought Flash 8 Pro, and discovered that the ActionScript version is 2.0. I was really hoping for the Regular Expressions classes, but they are only coming in ActionScript 3.0 evidently. Will we be able to update the ActionScript version in our present Flash systems? Bob, Moscow ...more >>