Hi, I am uploading an image using flash8. Now When I upload the image the PHP will store the file on the server and will return the complete url for the image as response. Now How can i get the response back in flash or in my browser? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I have a moviclip that I want to play for a set duration. The MC only contains a couple of frames. I know I can just adjust the the amount of frames in the movie clip to get the desired length but it seems to be a bit tedious. Are there a way to set for how long I want the movie clip to ...more >>

kglad, thx for your suggestion. I did put the _y position line right after the line, where a assign the title attribute to a text field. But now there's a new problem. The first two item are in right position and the distance between them is also right. But then the distance between the third ...more >>

Why does the following code convert the string to 399? var str:String = "0617"; var strNum:Number = Number(str); trace("strNum: "+ strNum); Thanks, Jeff ...more >>

Hi Can you help me with this: I need to open a specific window browser (500x300 pixels) from an executable file; and need to open it OVER the current executable. I´ve tried with "get URL" but I cannot give the size....and it opens behind the executable, so if I don´t minimize the curr...more >>

I am creating a computer based lesson that uses a parent movie for the overall interface and it loads each topic as a child movie. Everything works as advertised except for the combo box. I have matching questions in a topic and when I run the topic on it's own, it's all good. HOWEVER, w...more >>

Hi flash forum, I need help with 2 things: 1. I have an html link that opens a .swf flash movie in a full window. I need the flash movie to open as a new window so when the user closes out, they're not closing out of the entire site. Can you send me the instructions for this? 2. ...more >>

I have an object instance called thumbnail1 with the following code... this["thumbnail1"].onPress = function() { // code here works perfect; } this["thumbnail1"].onMouseOver = this["thumbnail1"].displayHoverState(); When user hovers over my object, I want my object to invokes its displ...more >>

[URL=(URL address blocked: See forum rules)]OmanD's Tutorial[/URL] I followed Oman3D's Tutorial on a Countdown Script but I can't seem to find anything different. [CODE]this.onEnterFrame = funtion() { var today:Date = new Date(); var currentYear = today.getFullYear(); var curr...more >>

Hey I'm using the projector Screenweaver 3. Whenever an exe created using Screenweaver is launched, a shared object (sol file) is created. These shared objects are called "SW3_xxxxxx.sol" where xxxxxx is a random number. Is there a way to delete the surplus SOs using actionscript? ...more >>

Hi I want to run a animation after I pres a button to go to antoher scene. How can I do this??? I really tried alot. If anyone knows please tell me. I have made in flash 5 scenes. Every scene starts with a video and a menu that's slides in from the side. The menu consists of 5 butto...more >>

now flash 8 acts very different on different machines. assume 1 frame on main timeline: one text input assigned to variable x, prefilled with the number "1" (without quotes, of course, and dispite we´re supposed to use instance names instead of variables...). also on frame 1: trace(x); ...more >>

Hi, I'm just beginning in actionscript so I might be looking at this the wrong way!! I have created a simple slider that gives me a variable depending on where the slider is positioned i.e. the percentage. I then have a simple movieclip 100 frames long where a red square turns into a blue ...more >>

Hi, I have some navigation that needs to show what page is currently active e.g. by showing a pink dot. I am passing the variable to flash on the end of the swf e.g. picker.swf?tag=web I then have a series of if statements to make the dots invisible/visible depending on the content of the ...more >>

Hi, I have some navigation that needs to show what page is currently active e.g. by showing a pink dot. I am passing the variable to flash on the end of the swf e.g. picker.swf?tag=web I then have a series of if statements to make the dots invisible/visible depending on the content of the ...more >>

Hey there -- new to actionscript and having some issues... I have variables being loaded in the main timeline of my swf, and then I need these variables to appear within a movieclip inside that main timeline (an XML has to be dynamically called based upon an external variable). The probl...more >>

The script is little buggy and cant seem to figure it out. When I mouse over set boundary of x,y, mouse position triggers easing alpha from 0 to 100%. Following bugs seems to happen: - On continuous mouse over with in that position, it fades away on its own and ceases to work until i go in...more >>

Now I have sent a lot of New Topics and asked for some help, but there seems no one who can help me with my problems... It?s hard for some one new beginner in Flash to explain what I need help with, the things that I need help with is several right now?.. I think at least? If I try ...more >>

Hi everyone, I am looking to add a section to my website where users can post a question or a comment and other people can comment back to them. does anyone know how i can set this up?? basically just having a box set up a user will be able to type in and it will be then added directly to ...more >>

I'm currently putting a presentation together for a client and I 'm wondering if there's a way to use the arrow keys to jump to different scenes/ sections within my presentation. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated THANKS!:) ...more >>

hi everyone! i made a page in CSS with 3 frames in each frame a load a swf in total 3 the topmenu.swf, rightmenu.swf and content.swf ok everything works fine, i just want to make a progress bar that loads the entire page i mean the 3 swf but the best way for me would be that it can load the i...more >>

Hi, I've done this chrono but it seems that it's not very acurate. Any tip how I could improve it? Thanks It starts like this: [B]var intervalId:Number; var count:Number = 0; var duration:Number = 10; function executeCallback():Void { count++; } intervalId = setInterval(...more >>

I have the date in the number of seconds past since midnight on January 1, 1970 and i what to transform them in day, month, year date.... for example: this is the number of seconds 1145966451 and i want to transform it in to date In flash i found only the revers function "getTime()" that...more >>

How would you get a scroll button to stop scrolling if the mouse is either released or it's moved away from the button? Currently I have an onRelease and an onRollOut but the onRollOut doesn't seem to take affect if the mouse is being held down and it's moved away from the button. ...more >>

My question is: Can I have antialiased text in list, tree and datagrid components? If yes, how can I do this? Thanks again Yiannis...more >>

hi all, I use list, tree and datagrid components to display my data. Some of them are Medical names and they have to be in [i]italic[/i] or [b]bold[/b] style. How can I do this? Is it possible to use a different font family or a font style only to some special characters of my data? Than...more >>

I want to creat a Timer ...when it is reach to some number he will stop... Lets say I want him to start from 0 and rich to 40....and not continue 41....he will stop in 40..... Thank you .........more >>