Is there a way to preserve the frame rate of a swf when loading it into another swf that plays at a higher frame rate. I'm loading some flash ads that mostly run at around 12-15 frames a second into a portfolio site that runs at around 40 frames per second. All my ads play too fast. The link i...more >>

Is there a way to preserve the frame rate of a swf when loading it into another swf that plays at a higher frame rate. I'm loading some flash ads that mostly run at around 12-15 frames a second into a portfolio site that runs at around 40 frames per second. All my ads play too fast. The link i...more >>

For selecting all the text in a dynamic text field. I had problems with the code below losing focus after the selection. I was chasing my tail like a mad dog trying to figure it out. I embedded the text field in a movie clip, published it as HTML, traced it, everything, till our ARTIST said, "...more >>

Hello all. I've ran into a bit of a snag and I'm thinking the obvious is sitting right in front of me... I have a dynamic movieclip that is created to serve as a container for a dynamically created textfield. The textfield has html text. Within that html text is an asfunction to call a...more >>

ok, so i've got a movie with a scrollpane (god these things are a hassle) on the stage. the movie tells the scrollpage to load content from an outside swf called testes.swf (short for testimonials). in testes.swf, there are a series of invisable buttons on top of client testimonials. when you ...more >>

can anyone get this to work. if (Key.isDown(key.SHIFT)) { this.attachMovie("aaa", "theSymbol_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()); theSymbol_mc._x = 16; theSymbol_mc._y = 3; } It works without the if (Key.isDown(key.SHIFT)) { so that must be the problem. ...more >>

I set up the Flash Media Server 2.0 on Windows (test box) under the host dl35.tamu.edu (behind a firewall so I don't mind giving it out) Under the applications directory I create a directory called "test" Under this directory I place a flash movie called "motion.flv" In this same directory I...more >>

:confused; I have a parent movie with a couple of placeholder movieclips on it. I use the loadMovie to load 2 separate SWFs onto the placeholders at runtime: one swf contains the sound, which I initialize by using the following: sounds = new Object(); sounds.reelSpin1L = new Sound(); ...more >>

i'm geting a litle anoyed with this i'm using this code on a botton: on(release){ getURL("conteudo.html", "_mainFrame"); } when i click on the botton in a single html i'll get the url but when i use it in frames nothing appends... what am i doing wrong here plus dreamweaver se...more >>

I currently have a site that loads pics by rolling over a button. I would like to change the buttons to Movie Clips but still be able to load the pics. In the root of my Flash file I have this action script: var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); Then on each button I have th...more >>

Hello, - I have main Timeline with a button to pause a music. - But a music player is in another SWF loaded into top of main Timeline on let's say level 10. - What script do I use for the pause button on the main Timeline to reference and pause the music. Thanks ...more >>

I'm not sure if I've got a depth problem or a parent/child problem but the popup generated from the SWF loaded in the shell projector opens to the right size and the title comes up but the contents are empty. The one that opens from the shell directly comes up fine. When I put test the SWF alo...more >>

Hi, I can't seem to find anything that closely fits the effect I am looking for. I'd like to find a tutorial or the like of exploding confetti using particles. I am going to try to edit a snow effect to get what I'm looking for but I wonder if anyone's seen something closer to what I am lookin...more >>

hello, I have a problem using Strings and referncing to them within a function. I have a tick box that i have created on stage that on release makes an movieClip called mcTick visible or not visible. however i want to pass on that visible state to another box that has the same insta...more >>

I have a movie that loads a "navs" .swf file to use for menu items - when items are selected they appear in another .swf file. When I use: myMCL.loadClip("Navs.swf", 999); //then from here myMCLloadClip("myfile.swf", 5); This works fine - the Navs are on top. But if I use: thiscr...more >>

I have a .swf file that needs resizing before printing - is there a way to do this ? Thanks. Rob Childress...more >>

Hello, I am very stuck. I tried looking over my old Director scripts for help but I cant make anything of them to help them with Actionscript. Basically what i want to do is, when i am dragging a a movie clip such as 'lungs_mc' i dont want the user to be able to drag it outside of a ...more >>

Does anyone know of a string class extension for actionscript. I am looking for some of the stuff that Tcl/Tk can do such as lindex, lreplace, lsearch etc .. Thanks for the time. Sean....more >>

How do I preload a scene and not an entire movie, My movie have multiple scenes and my preloader is taking too long. is there a way to preload one scene at a time instead of the whole movie. this is the code I am using now. thankyou interval = setInterval(preload, 100); function preload() ...more >>

Could Someone please help. I have a button that opens a popup containing the text of one of four Movie Clips that came with a Flash template that I have bought. I have duplicated one of these Movie Clips and replaced the text with my own. What I want be able to do is press the button and see t...more >>

This is kind of my first script in Actionscript and wanted to get some input. /* By Sean Levy Dec 14, 2006 Description: This is a Dataset object. You pass to it an obecjt which holds an array of data which is constructed of: myData[0] = "prim_key value, field1 value, field...more >>

So I have five buttons on my site and I need them to link to differant scenes. This is the code I am using. the problem I am having is the buttons don't seem to go to the right scene. I have been trouble shooting it all day. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here. Thank you wha...more >>

In my project I am creating a window using the PopUpManager. The symbol used to create that window has several objects. For the sake of discussion we'll discuss the object message_txt inside myWindow. How do I reference message_txt.text from actionscript after the object is dynamically...more >>

my dynamically created text looses formatting after I try to show the percent loaded from my moviecliploader or if I just have a button that has a simple: dummy_mc.percent_txt.text="testing"; The text does not disappear but it simply looses all formatting, going back to its default, times ro...more >>

my dynamically created text looses formatting after I try to show the percent loaded from my moviecliploader or if I just have a button that has a simple: dummy_mc.percent_txt.text="testing"; The text does not disappear but it simply looses all formatting, going back to its default, times ro...more >>

I need some help locking rounded corners in drawRectangle function im making. when i call the function i want to be able to specify the width and height, and i want the rounded corners to keep the same amount of curve, but i need them to update their position on stage. I hope that made sen...more >>

Hello, I am creating the Official website for Echuca-Moama, and am stuggling to get some buttons in my flash movie working. I would like to be able to change the text on the button by changing the action script, and not actually changing the text it's self. This was I can change the co...more >>

Hey If have a line that is shot from my guy. The angle, distance and start and end points are known. I have again, a 30x30 grid. Is it possible to find out which grid spaces the line crosses? E.g. a line from 0,0 to 0,90 will cross grid spaces 0,0 0,1 0,2. Its obviously easy in this example ...more >>

This is the most annoying thing I find about Flash. When you call any function and pass through incorrect parameters Flash does not pick you up on it. For example I was tyring to remove a movieclip using [b]this._scope.removeMovieClip("projectsMediaContainer_mc")[/b]. Obviously this should...more >>