I have a photogallery i created in Photoshop and i'd like to load it into my movie. I got the gallery SWF and have it unlocked, but when i load it in photoshop, it gives me a log of code it runs through but doesn't display any images. mytimelesspix.com/photogallery.rar All the files are in t...more >>

I have a movie that uses drag & drop actions. It works fine when published for Flashplayer 6 but breaks with 7. When the drag object is pressed it jumps to the 0,0 location on the stage and does not drag. I need Flashplayer 7 so that I can use the lockroot property so the move can be loaded ...more >>

In calculations using action script I need that the result always shows two decimals (,00) same when = to zero...more >>

Im trying to make it so that when i click on a button in the navigation, it loads its corresponding external movie file into a movie clip on the main timeline. It seems to load the movies, with intro animation, with no problem, but it dosent play the outro animation in each movie clip when ...more >>

My boss has challenged me with a new project and I am a little unsure of where to start. I have been asked to design a form in which users request blocks of time (such as Monday/Wednesday 9:15-10:30). He then wishes for there to be an online calendar that shows which time blocks have alre...more >>

I can find plenty of tutorials detailing how to load variables from a defined asp page into Flash, but here's my dilemma... I have an asp page that is reading a URL with a unique identifier in it (www.sampleURL.com?id=123456), and then turns the id number from the URL into a variable. On t...more >>

Here's an example of how I am using this.. I am calling a function "nearestOctet()" that begins with the following two lines: [Q]currentFrame = theMovie_mc._currentframe; trace("On entering nearestOctet, the currentFrame is: "+currentFrame);[/Q] Sometimes I call it and it returns a numb...more >>

I'm jumping into full blown ActionScripting for the first time here. I need to call an external SWF from a clickable button...and I have about 50 buttons and 50 corresponding external SWFs. The final output is a projector playing on a laptop. Is MovieClipLoader the way to go here or does ...more >>

Recently I decided to write a timeline class to help out with an idea I had. Well it's evolved quite a bit (in a good way). Well I started writing some other classes and having them dispatch events using the eventDispatcher. Now what's weird to me is that I have one class that it seems to hate...more >>

When uploading multiple files, sometimes my browser will become unresponsive and the following error message will popup: A script in this movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 9 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script...more >>

Is there a String length limit to the amount of chars a String can contain when passed as a parameter to ExternalInterface.call()? Also, are there any chars that ExternalInterface.call() cannot serialize in a string?? Like \n, \t ...etc. The livedocs don't answer these questions. ...more >>

this is frustrating i have a flash movie that is ready to deploy but can't get the reply email link to function can anyone help?...more >>

Any assistance on making parts of an image randomly disappear would be greatly appreciated? ...more >>

I've been working on a SCORM-compatible Flash movie for a while now, and it's almost complete. My issue is that, after clicking a button that makes the calls to the SCORM API, several different lines of AS don't work anymore. I've found that if the button is pressed, and the mouse doesn't move...more >>

I need an easy way to convert the milliseconds from playheadTime and totalTime of an FLV clip into minutes and seconds. I am currently using: Math.floor (_parent.timX.playheadTime / 60) (Math.floor (_parent.timX.playheadTime % 60)/100) ...more >>

I'm having trouble controlling the placement of an mc when I use the attachMovie code to put it on the stage. Could someone please show me the proper syntax for putting say "milk_mc" into "cow_mc" at 100,192?? I've been trying cow_mc.attachMovie("milk_mc", "milk", {_x:100, _y:192}) ...more >>

I am not really experienced in AS. I would like to write a simple function which would move a MC on _x or _y coordinates, both ways - left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up. Than I want to call this function whenever I need to move some MC objects on the stage, just giving ...more >>

Does anyone know of a way to control the zoom in feature while in a projector file (used in an interactive presentation to clients)? I have a client that hates the right-click contextual menu and wants me to build in a feature for him to zoom in and out. I've looked at the fscommands and can't...more >>

Hi, I am having task to do a style of input text. If i am typing in a input text, the text in the feild should come in a curved path. Now, i am trying. I am creating mc for all the each letters and tried to rotate them but, it doesnt seem like a curved path. I think, using the ma...more >>

Hi, I'm sending vars as querystring to asp, which then with SELECT sentence grabs the right data from DB and creates xml. This XML is then loaded into new swf, which is loaded into MC from the first swf. The problem is that it's working if I don't send vars to asp, but only tell the new lo...more >>

_level0.preloaderGraphics.percent=int(Percentage) add "%" this code seems to work with no problems as a flash mx file, but it wont work with flash 8.....anyone know why?...more >>

Hi I'm having problems getting a dynamic field to display some XML properly, i think it is jut my syntax but not sure, if i make a manual path of Movieclips with instance names it displays fine!!! Basically I have this load Var statement, which contains the path to the dynamic field when g...more >>

.. I'm not a coder and I haven't had much luck finding the answer to this... [B]I'm using this code below to run a flash movie -- which I didn't do as I can't code -- and want to know how to make the movie simulate that constant looping effect (using the current code below) even when the...more >>

Hello, I'm using a text field in which I want to display the copyright symbol (c) : the letter "c" in a small circle. I tried this : texte.text ="&copy BRAND" but it doesn't work. Can you help me ? ...more >>

I have a site with the usual design: main.swf with a container clip which loads the various swfs into it using MovieClipLoader. In one of the swfs that is loaded into the container clip, I have a button that, onRelease, I'd like to load another swf into the main container clip. Can I hav...more >>

I'm using screens in Flash MX Pro to create a small slide show. I'd like the first image to auto advance to the next screen after 5 seconds. The code below works only if the user clicks on the image (since it's activated by the MouseDown event.) How can I modify this code to auto advance afte...more >>

my project bellow var Total:Number var Num:Number; loadVariablesNum("Document.txt",0); this.onData=function(){ Total=Number(total); Num=Number(num) trace(Total); trace(Num); } out put is following: NaN 10 NaN 5 ?? why this? another: var Total:Number var Num:...more >>

I am creating an interactive cd which basically runs a blank projector which then loads in various swf files from fscommand folder as and when required. Part of the CD is a quiz - created using one of the standard flash templates. When this is loaded into the main projector as a swf file it ...more >>

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Hi everyone, I'm trying to implement a navigation tool bar like the flash paper toolbar. The functions will be the same as the flash paper. This will be used on a existing movie, a pageflip movie. I want to have the zooming, printing, searching and everything else on this and, plus, I want to ...more >>

Hey guys, I don't seem to be able to wrap my head around this. I'm navigating through a flash document created by someone else - which has been done very nicely - though he has a different style of building flash sites than I have. He builds them up entirely by actionscript, whil...more >>

Im deployng an application in actionscript2... Im using Flash 8 from a preview installation of Flash MX and with import of control class there are no problems (C:\Programs\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\First Run\Classes\mx\controls)... Classes NetStream.as, Camera.as e Video.as are on this location ...more >>

Hi, my script sends the vars to asp, which creates new xml. In flash a new swf opens and loads the new xml. But here's the problem. The second swf doesn't receive the data. I assume that the xml in not ready when the swf loads. How can I check to see if the data is ready to load into flas...more >>