I have dynamically created a drop shadow for an mc in my project. That's no big deal. The settings are not difficult, either. This is the frustrating part - I cannot get the settings to change on the fly and react to input. In this instance, I am using a couple of equations to determine th...more >>

Okay I don't know much/anything about javascript, however I thought if javascript were disabled then you could not run javascript scripts. Therefore I wanted to test my actionscript that runs a javascript function with j.s. disabled to see what problems may occur. However all is still working ...more >>

I've got a dynamic navigation made up of textfields, i've set the autoSize of each to "left" so I can measure their height for positioning. I also want to change the text of the fields to bold when you rollOver using setTextFormat. It seems I can only do one and not the other, if i remove th...more >>

Is there a way to find a variable's data type? I've created a QuickSort routine for an associative array. Right now it's just sorting alphabetically. I send it a 'column name' and it sorts by that 'column'. I want to find by the variable name(this is all in a class file) what that vari...more >>

I'm wondering if someone has an idea why this won't work.... //------------------------------ function example(){ trace(this); } example(); setInterval(example, 100); //------------------------------------- When I call function without setInterval it traces "_level0" , but whe...more >>

hey guys and gals quick question...i am building a little widget that allows a user to type in keyword(s) into one input field and then a zip code into another when the user clicks submit, it plugs them into the search url i have it working for one input field, but i am not sure how to...more >>

Hello, i have the qLoader class to load Multiple Files. if i put it outside a Function Works Good. Like this: qLoader.addItem("images/zepelin.png", mcZepelin, {name:"zepelin"}); But, if i make something Like: function showMcOnStage(emptyMc,emptyMc_depth, loaderMcFile) { this.createEmptyM...more >>

I am writing a Class that uses an array to capture the position of letters in the alphabet. When I create the first instance of the class the array works well. It seems that each time I create subsequent instances of the class, the array keeps the information from all previous instantiations. ...more >>

I have a scrollPane that loads a swf into itself using: my_sp.contentPath = mySWF.swf; When I test this locally it works in my web browser as well as in the player window. Now when I post it on the server, the 'content' gets loaded into my_sp but it does not produce scrollbars. mySWF.swf...more >>

Hi, Let's say I have two Images on a Canvas, and they overlap. The images have transparency. If the user clicks in a transparent portion of the top Image, I would like for the event to be passed to the Image underneath. (If the click is in an opaque portion of the top image, I want the t...more >>

Building a slide presentation of twenty some slides, each of which has audio (each wav file exported in the library with a linkage name and attached to the slide with an attach.Sound script). When it came time to throw a preloader onto slide 1 I discovered that preloaders are not possible wit...more >>

I have a bunch of menus on my website that are supposed to open HTML in blank windows using the "_blank" function but now it won't work in IE 7. Now when I click on those buttons it doesn't open anything. Please help!!! ...more >>

Here is the code I have so far. it has been driving me nuts in my attempt to make my homepage the problem is it will not read the gotoAndPlay command to take the overall movie to frame 5 and then stop. seems easy and not overwelming but no matter what i do it does not work. here is the cod...more >>

I have a project that demands control of the fill color of a rectangle shaped mc externally. So the user would have the control to change the fill color of a movie clip by editing something externally, not having to edit the flash file. Is this possible? ...more >>

Is there any way to capture the event when a user stops scrolling a scrollPane component. Right now I have actions set to take place when my scroll listener hears the user scrolling, but i have no way of stopping them once they let up.I thought to use an onRelease but that turned the entire t...more >>

I am new to this stuff so play nice, please. I have a movieclip that has about 18 frames. On the last frame I have a script to goto and play at frame 8. This works fine. What I need is to have it keep looping and then stop after like 10 seconds. so if someone could edit this code tha...more >>

I am new to this stuff so play nice, please. I have a movieclip that has about 18 frames. On the last frame I have a script to goto and play at frame 8. This works fine. What I need is to have it keep looping and then stop after like 10 seconds. so if someone could edit this code tha...more >>

Hmm,... I believe this is causing the problem. When this function is called, it should send variables to asp and open a new swf. But instead it opens asp page in a new window and the loaded swf doesn't receive the data. Any ideas? THX Here's the code: program = function(){ movie =...more >>

I am running Flash MX Pro 2004 and have rudimentary Flash skills (forgive me for being another newbie seeking help). I have a "master" SWF out of which I want other movies to run. For example, my current problem is that I have "child" SWF, which is a simple mc that has a "stop();" action o...more >>

I currently have a swf slideshow (EHS.swf) and would like to append another as a continuation (EHS1.swf). My problem is - EHS1.swf appends but plays very fast. My current fps for both files are 20fps. I would like to append more, but I can't seem to find the right way of appending the first. ...more >>

please try this code (http://www.moreeasy.it/rotation_resize/): I think it should be always a square, but when rotation is different from 90 or 180 it change in a rectangle... seem that flash change scale one dimension when I change the orher... any hint? on (release) { this._ro...more >>

My apologies for cross posting (in DW forum) but I am desperate I have read the other threads in this regard, implemented the recommended changes but cannot get a flash button to open a new page in a named frame. I am publishing for FP 8 and have FP 9 installed The Script folder is loaded ...more >>

I have a attached MC called "menu_items", which has been attached to the main movie by linking from imported library (external .swf loaded into a MC called "loader") _root.loader.attachMovie("menu_items", "_root.menu_items_MC", 0, {_x:0, _y:0}); it works. I cheked it and I see the first ...more >>

I'm not sure if anyone has used Photoshop's web gallery tool, but it's really useful. I created a gallery and would like to display it in my flash movie. I would have a button be clicked in the flash movie, then have the gallery display. The gallery is exported to a .htm file. I hope to find a...more >>

Hi I've already posted a thread with a scripts, but maybe it's too large. Anyway, please somebody, tell me, how can I send values from flash to server side script which then digs into DB to get the right data, creates xml, which is then read by new swf. I did all with function. In the main...more >>

I am trying to get an attached Movie to move across the screen using an as file. Not sure where I am going wrong. class Move { var clip_mc:MovieClip; public function Move(target_mc:MovieClip) { clip_mc = target_mc.attachMovie("clip_ID", "clip_mc", 1); clip_mc._x = 100; cli...more >>

Situation: I have a runtime created movieclip with a dynamic textfield contained in it. Some fonts types cause overflow in the textfield (part of the text is drawed outside the textfield area) causing a redraw bug when dragging the movieclip. The overlow occurs on the left / right side of the ...more >>