Hey there I have a mc called "nextBut". At one point it has and then later on the main timeline has the following code (see next post since i can't attach code twice in one post): _level0.nextBut.onRelease = function() { _level0.gotoAndStop("calc1"); fastBtn._visible =...more >>

I am trying to use actionscript check a string to see if it is in a valid Canadian postal code [B]format[/B] (ie. M5R1X2). The format is 6 characters and is always Letter,Number,Letter,Number,Letter,Number. Can anyone help me check each character in a string to see it they are numbers ...more >>

Basically, I have a function that is telling this piece of text to move around. When someone rolls over the text however, I'd like for this function to stop. And when someone rolls off of the text, I want it to continue. How can I do this? Thanks. function floatMc(float_mc:MovieCli...more >>

Background: I do a lot of work where I use Flash as an Interface prototype engine. Consequently, much of my material is driven by the Keyboard rather than mouse. (Actually, a lot of it is driven by an IR remote control masquerading as a keyboard; however, I digress...). I have a prototy...more >>

Hi, I've kind of juried rigged some script and it works, but only the first time. I'm using a component called Slideshowpro that builds photo galleries. I'm trying to customize the navigation by having a caption appear on rollover of the image. I've built a movie clip that holds the caption...more >>

Dear All Please help me. What does these 2 lines really do? duplicateMovieClip("fade", "fade" + i, i); eval("fade" + i + ".font.letterfield") = substring(line1, i, 1); all be it the second line fails and thanks to DMennenoh, I was advised to use: var newClip = duplicateMovieClip ("fade...more >>

I've created an array that loads data from an XML file. Now, when a button is pressed I want this array to delete all previous elements found in the array and add new elements coming from the same XML file. So I created a function called arrayUpdate, here it is... function arrayUpdate():V...more >>

I'm designing a simple online floor plan staging area and need to be able to move and rotate (45 degrees at a time) simple boxes. Literally picture squares on a white background that you can move around and with the click of a button (perhaps by clicking a small icon within each square) each s...more >>

I have checked around and have had this problem before. I realize it maybe odd but what I am trying to do is move a movieclip to a different _parent without using a linkage identifier. For example I have a movieclip on the stage that was made at authoring time and it is at level0.my_mc....more >>

Im working on a really simple game but i want to get math Circle to Circle collision working. Contained in the attatched zip is the basic game working with movement. And the example of math collision between circles. Im stuck with how to apply the math to my game. Any help would be ...more >>

I have duplicate a mc several times. Now I want to attach to every duplicated mc a onEnterFrame function. What I'm looking for is a shorten method for: _root.MC0.onEnterframe = function; _root.MC1.onEnterframe = function; _root.MC2.onEnterframe = function; _root.MC3.onEnterframe = f...more >>

I'd like a piece of text to basically move around slightly....like it's floating. Just a slight back and forth, maybe a little up and down. Real subtle though. how would i do this with code. Can you please help me. Thanks ...more >>

So I have a textfield I've created in AS using createTextField. I've set embedFonts to true and all of that part works fine. My font shows up and it works. My question though is how do I get my HTML formatting to show up in this textfield? I understand why it's not working, I'm just not sure w...more >>

I'm making some invisible buttons which on rollover move a movieclip left and right. i have the code ( as good as i can do anyway :smile; ) but now im having problems with stopping it moving when it reaches a certain spot.. i tried the if and else commands, but they didnt work the way i t...more >>

:confused; I'm trying to get a movie clip to scroll on a click of a button, I know I could do this in frames, but the issue is that the movie clip, which is a vertical scrolling, background highlight bar for the buttons, has to go to three different buttons on click of the button. So the the M...more >>

(Please, excuse my English, I am Spanish). I want to export my .fla to .swf, but I don't want the user to play it on full screen. How can I disable that option? Regards, Tris.- ...more >>

i downloaded this handy slideshow [credit to the guy in the code] The script works fine, but there's something i can't do. I'm that well versed in actionscript, so all help is appreciated. I want to be able to place a picture on top of the slideshow [like on the top layer]. Just a simple l...more >>

I have the code below attached to a movieclip which i am attempting to use to call in an email address from a text file. The idea being that the textfile can be altered by a luddite, and the recipient email adress changed in the flash file.... but i'm not doing too well...! The best i have...more >>

I have a fla file that has two scenes. At the end of scene 2 there is a button that is directed upon release to go to prevScene...in this case scene 1. When you hit the replay button it does go back to scene 1, which plays through, but it doesn't continue on to scene 2 - which I want it to do ...more >>

Hi I´ve got several buttons inside a scroll bar... The buttons must "gotoandplay" to a frame label..but it doesn´t work! what should I do?? thanks for helping! Sofia...more >>

hi I need some help. I have a website with a swf file build on a resolution of 1024x768. And when the website is opened on a computer with a resolution of around 1280x1204, it looks small. I want it to resize itself so it will be the same proportion regardless of the screen's resolutio...more >>

Hi Does anybody know how to or is it even possible to create a preloader in a presentation file? I hope some one has the answer to this as i have tried looking every where. Thanks...more >>

Hello, Does anyone see or know why the getURL code below does not work on a button? rollOver and rollOut events work, getURL doesn't. thanks. Here is an example of where the flash is going to be displayed. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=brandPageProcessor&brandpage=moen on (...more >>

i posted about this a while ago but i seem to have lost the topic :/ , i thought i would clarify the problem: I am making a blackjack game in Flash and I am at the stage of getting the cards to display on screen, I have a way I could do it, but that would involve me writing out 1040 If sta...more >>

Is it possible to use action script code with LoadMovie so it goes from an alpha of zero to alpha of 100 and just fades in? Or does each piece of the swf being loaded have to have the fade in built into it. I would like for the swf to fade in when it is loaded the first time, but if a b...more >>

im trying to gett flash to draw an object white the cordinates that is in the xml file. im using a javagui to set the cordinates and the XML file is goning to be genertad by a php script. var link_xml:XML = new XML(); link_xml.ignoreWhite = true; link_xml.load("link.xml"); link_x...more >>

I'm having some problems executing two javascripts in Flash under IE6/IE7. My scripts work fine under FF1.5/2.0/Safari. I have a mc that when the user clicks on it toggles a checkbox in a div. When the user clicks another mc (a back button), a getURL is called to load a javascript to swap ...more >>

Hi there, Thanks for looking at this post. I have a project in which I've got text being loaded in from an external source, to be displayed in a text field object and dynamically moved about and re-scaled. If anyone has tried to do this with dynamic (or, as I've found out, even static) tex...more >>

I thought this was simple. I need some custom cursors. Created the cursor as a movieclip object on a new layer's first frame and on its actions I have onCLipEvent(load) { this.startDrag(); } when the movie loads, the custom cursor moves alright except its some distance from the st...more >>

I would like the navigation on my site www.1dt.biz to go to the cursor when it is over the 'screen' - at the moment the 'screen' area is a button with a drag and stop drag behavior attached - I need the navigation to return from wherever it is to the cursor when the cursor is over the 'screen'...more >>

Hi, I'm making an interactive world map. The idea is that the mouse rolls over a country which makes the country goes red and the countries name appears. I have got this to work fine, but I am trying to use some script so that when the mouse clicks down and releases on the country, ...more >>

Hi, I have a A.swf, B.swf and C.swf. B.swf is loaded into A.swf and it has a scrollpane, into which C.swf is loaded. When I test B.swf, everything works fine, but when I run A.swf, into scrollpane (B.swf) is loaded B.swf and into that scrollpane is loaded C.swf.. Any ideas? What must do to ...more >>

I got this action script // initialize 'counter' & 'myCounter' counter = myCounter.text = 0; // function to call every second updateCounter = function () { // increase 'counter' by 1 counter++; // display result myCounter.text = counter; } // cal...more >>

Hi everyone, Have tried to get some info on this but no luck.... I've created a simple contact form in Flash, but the URL which it's generating contains the text formatting from the text input fields. As a result the script that processes the mail send doesn't work. How do I strip the text f...more >>

I have created a multiple scene flash website, all contained in one movie called yoke_web.swf. The size of the movie is 800x 600 and i want it to be displayed with a background image behind it that changes as you click on the menu items. In order to do this i created a new flash file at th...more >>

I created a flash menu inside my header for the website, and here is my problem, only some of my buttons are working. About half work, and half do not. When I click on the button, nothing happens. All the buttons are named and spelled correctly, but yet they WILL NOT work. Please tell me w...more >>

Hi, I build a context menu for a movie clip, it works in .swf file, but not in Stand-alone projector file. what's wrong?...more >>