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Paying someone $10 for a quick 5 minute script.
Posted by Trizzay at 11/23/2006 11:34:14 PM
You'll need Paypal so I can pay you the $10. If you don't have a Paypal account, then just ignore this. It's quite simple really, but I'm too lazy to look up the code myself. I have a flash file already set up with all the graphics and buttons you need, but I just need someone to script ...more >>

passing parameters to a function in setInterval()
Posted by aa at 11/23/2006 10:15:34 PM
If I wanted to set inteval for a function requiring a parameter, how do I pass the parameter? If I do like this: var myInterval =setInterval(f(p),2000); it causes the functuion to execute immediately ...more >>

Object methods and properties
Posted by crispymuscat at 11/23/2006 8:55:05 PM
:confused; just begininng OOP ---so pls excuse stupid ? Would appreciate it, if anyone could explain in plain english, why when my custom class is extended, and i loop through the object properties from within the fla, only the private properties are listed. How come the methods of the cu...more >>

varaiable in a path?
Posted by Peter Vermeulen at 11/23/2006 8:48:18 PM
Hello all, I cant figure out how to out a variable in a path. these ares the "fixed" paths i have now _root.alpha[var1 + "_movieclip"].label _root.betas[var1 + "_movieclip"].label What i want is to replace "alpha" and "betas" by a variable "var2" <guess that what i am looking f...more >>

Navigation transition
Posted by rzt at 11/23/2006 6:54:25 PM
Seems like this should be basic, but I've spent too many hours at this point trying to figure it out. I have a main swf, and I've used the movie clip loader to show a menu on level 10 and the content on level 5. I can get the content (for example, biography.swf) to slide in from the right,...more >>

Easy problem.. anyone got a min?
Posted by Benappease at 11/23/2006 6:15:53 PM
Hi, this site helped me before I'm hoping you can help me again :) I have a audio event loaded into a single keyframe and when that audio event finishes (ie comes to the end of the 3 minute track) I want it to start playing the next keyframe which also has a similar audio event. Is there a b...more >>

XML ASP POLL
Posted by rohai at 11/23/2006 2:58:15 PM
It's the Flash part that I'm wondering. Can someone give me some advice how to create a poll in a flash, driven by asp and XML? Do you know for any good tutorial? I did check the google and yahoo, but nothing usefull was in the search results. THX ...more >>

side scroll in games?
Posted by sol martin at 11/23/2006 2:04:15 PM
I'm planning on making a test game similar in scope to the original mario bros. what I'm wondering is what type of code you would use to implement a side scroll? I have the hit test and mouse controls down, and can move the character across the screen, but don't really know how to move the s...more >>



action when movieclip is finished
Posted by johk at 11/23/2006 1:06:08 PM
I have the code below on a movieclip. I basically want it to jump to a Frame Label in the main scene when the movie clip is finished playing. The above code is not working so any suggestions would be appriciated. Thanks jonas onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root.currentFrame ==...more >>

How would I write this in "modern" actionscript?
Posted by asiabackpacker at 11/23/2006 2:28:13 AM
I am an old-school actionscripter. Got into AS way back when it first came out, haven't done it in a few years, and am trying to get back into it recently. As a result, I am sure that a lot of my syntax is out of date, like the below.... This is a little function I wrote to fade in a movie ...more >>

Print a specific area of flash ?
Posted by costin at 11/23/2006 1:55:23 AM
Hi there Im trying to print just a part of a movie. is that posible ? with this : printAsBitmapNum(0, "bframe") print the whole document size and I don't need that. I need to specify from whwre to where to capture the movie : example print form y10 to x350 is that posible ? thank...more >>

Flash Preloader for a ASP web page
Posted by jfarrow at 11/23/2006 1:52:10 AM
Is there a way to design a flash preloader for a asp web page? The web page may include images, background SQL stored procedures etc. . ...more >>

Example code for a simple action?
Posted by Alaskakaz at 11/23/2006 1:51:28 AM
:beer; We're pretty much neophytes when it comes to AS and would like to build a UI very similar to this IKEA example w/o having to build dozens of scenes, etc. Can anyone suggest a simple combination of buttons, scenes, layers and AS to emulate this behavior of mouseover - hold and onClic...more >>

Flash email form woes
Posted by khat_b at 11/23/2006 1:41:09 AM
I am almost there; but, now I'm completely stumped!!! I have been trying to figure out this part of the problem for the better part of the day; but no joy! Please help! I found this awesome tute: http://www.thegoldenmean.com/technique/flashMX_mailform1.html (thanks Steve Nelson!). To w...more >>

to 4 decimal points
Posted by twistedpancreas at 11/23/2006 12:03:24 AM
Ok i'm lost, even though I've asked this before. I've got my file here http://home.exetel.com.au/twistedpancreas/images/test1.fla , calculating an equation. But once again I need the answer to be to 4 decimal points (ie like an answer of 0.0393), but for the life of me I can't get it ...more >>

Functions triggered on variable change
Posted by davidesieb at 11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi there! It's surely something quite easy, but couldn't find exactly what I wanted; it must be related to the eventListener thing, but don't know how to do it: I'd like several movie clips to react (each one in its own way) when a variable changes; say I've got a website that needs to b...more >>

Can you recommend me a book?
Posted by roozbeh_fir at 11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
I'm a complete amateur in actionscript. Although i've been working with flash for years as a designer so i've got to do something with actionscript but not beyond simple scripts like loadmovie and fscommand! Now i feel i need some more serious and huge upgrades. you guys can show me a complete...more >>

Hypertext link from image loaded via xml
Posted by Novian at 11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
I thought this would be easy but for some reason it's not working. What I want to accomplish: Make an image loaded into my textArea via XML a link. I thought I could do something like this: <a href='http://www.mysite.com"><img src="myImage.jpg"/></a> Simple enough you'd think but ...more >>

using loaded variables in url
Posted by Jont63 at 11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
I have a text file from which I load a variable XML_path using: loadVariablesNum ("get_xml_path.lasso", 0, "POST"); A dynamic text field on the stage with var set to XML_path displays the variable: 90ZESJAN06 However, when I try: var my_url = ("http://myurl.com/flash/" + XML_path +...more >>

Flash Random Video
Posted by M M Rahman Maqsood at 11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
I want to play flash flv video randomly from specific folder. Is there any one who can help me to solve this problem. Description: I create a flash flv video player usging flash 8. But this palyer only can play one flv flash video file. I want a player in flash 8 which can able to rea...more >>

How to Scale a Drawn Movieclip
Posted by Denesh Kumar at 11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi Genius, I am dragging a movieclip while dragging i want to drag another movieclip too which has been on the stage which is the box. While dragging the drawn shape should be scaled in width and height(resizing) how ?? The drawn shape is as movieclip which is eval("content_mc."+mcNa...more >>

What does "/" means?
Posted by roozbeh_fir at 11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
i'm working on a code like this .... currPos = getProperty("/timeline", _x); .... i want to know what "/" means before timeline in this code? i need to know because i'm gonna make this target relative for some reason. i've changed it to "this._parent.timeline" but it didn't work. If ...more >>


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