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 >>

Ok I basically have a navigation which has 5 buttons. What I want to achieve is when one of the buttons is pushed the sub navigation slides out on the right of it. I had planned on creating an mc on the stage that only had a mc inside which has an alpha of 0. This mc is motion tweened over fra...more >>

Hi, I've developed a FLV player (very simple of course, we just enter the path into the actions panel and it uses the media player components to stream the FLV file.) What I'm trying to achieve is some codes that I add to the project so that we can grab the first frame of the external ...more >>

As simple as it sounds, I can't seem to find a tutorial for the combination of panning and zooming. I have a floor plan that is too large and too detailed to show all at one time so I need to use the feature for panning up and down the image and zooming. Does anyone know of a particular tutori...more >>

I have a .exe file (not web) that loads a fullscreen .swf file and I disable the buttons on the .exe when the .swf is loaded. When I click a button in the ..swf file to unload it I need to send a command back to the .exe to enable the buttons. How is this done? Thanks. Rob Childress ...more >>

Ok, I have a problem. :( Heres the code I have: var button1 = this.createEmptyMovieClip("button1", "button1", 3); loadMovie("button1.swf", "button1"); button1._y = 65; button1._x = 415; _root.button1.onRelease = function() { trace("hi"); }; Now my problem arises because when ...more >>

Hi All, If I want certain date of the calendar to have a different bg colour, how to do that? Moreover, there will be a sql db, from which few dates will be fetched and all of them will be of some diff. bg color? How to achieve the same? Regards and thanx in advance. ...more >>

I am a complete actionscript novice, but use flash GUI and read loads of guides and just can't find the answer to this. I want to load movieclips at specific frame numbers, but can't work out how to specify the frame number. I want to load and remove lots of movieclips in time with some musi...more >>

Please help i have read through the previous post about this subject however i have applied this to my problem and it's not working wonder if anyone can help?? I have an array at the moment, where the content is determined by what the user inputs, however if the user enters data in a certain...more >>

I am trying to do the same effect of scaling objects in Flash the way they do it at uberprints ( http://www.uberprints.com/studio/ ). Can anyone tell me ho to mimick the Free Transform tool using Actionscript? Thanks, Ed ...more >>

I've made a scrollable window that basically scrolls some text and images. I'd like the images to link to another site but I'm having trouble getting the invisible buttons to scroll with the images. The text and images laid out in Flash. That is, I'm not linking to an HTML file. Here's t...more >>

I'm trying to create an animation where a ball rotates around a still object. how would i make it so during half the rotation the ball is behind the object, and the other half of the rotation is in front of the object?? ...more >>

I know this is very basic stuff, but I'm at a loss. If I have movies loaded on from the main timeline, what is the easiest way to remove them using buttons on other depths? ex: main timeline has topNav static, and calls: bottomNav(25) I want bottomNav to disappear when clicking any...more >>

hi there! it's a really stupid question but i really don't know hot to make it work in the main timeline i got two movie clips, one in frame 1 (i'll name it mcA) and the other in frame 2 (i'll name it mcB) i got a button inside mcA, and if i clik that button i wanna go to the frame 2 of ...more >>

I am working on a mapquest direction script - however I have run into a syntax error problem I can not solve. Below is the code that I have placed on my get directions button. Can anyone see a problem right off? I am using Flash 8, ActionScript 2!!! Here is a link to my fla file - if someo...more >>

Hello I am producing a Flash presentation for a client. Annoyingly, the presentation runs faster on my computer than on theirs. This results in the audio becoming out of sync on theirs. Is there a way of making the audio in a particular layer fade out when the play head enters a particula...more >>

Is my array setup properly? Why can't I trace the length of the nested array subMenuItem? Here is my code, if you notice anything peculiar please let me know. I also know I can shorten this but I need to know how to do it first. var menuItem = Array = new Array(); var subMenuItem = Array...more >>

hi, although i have over 5 years of flash experience, only recently i've actually learnt how to use OOP, and began implementing code via classes in my projects. for examle, i have several different projects on my computer, all of them have in them more-or-less the same type of menu. up unti...more >>

hi everyvbody another simlpe question... iwanna load a mc, but not an external swf, a movie clip in the same fla is it possible? how do i do it? thanxs in advance...more >>