I'm trying to add textfields to a movieclip, then use it as the contentPath on a ScrollPane. How do you dynamically alter a movieclip that doesn't have an instance (resides only in the library)? I've also tried creating an empty movieclip, adding a textfield then setting the contentPath:...more >>

I was running a basic form with Flash 8 and PHP 4.*.* so that customers could email a client of mine. My clients web hoster has since upgraded to PHP 5.2.0 and the form has quit working. Does anyone know what changed in the new version that would affect this script? <?php $to = 'some...more >>

i'm trying to create a button that will replace the current swf with another and i need to change the sizes between the various sizes of each page. i'm currently using the following code in the action inspector: on(release){loadMovieNum("myfilename.swf",0); } i know there has to be a s...more >>

I would like to query at runtime to see what the frame rate of the .swf is set to. Is there a way to do this? I saw in help that you can access this for Camera, Netstream and Tween, but what about for the .swf itself? Thanks to anyone who can help. ...more >>

I've created an online Flash presentation that works by loading numerous .swf files into a container. It can be viewed here: http://www.aafp.org/multimedia/chittest4/ As each .swf plays, another is automatically loaded. Since the duration runs about 30 minutes I want to show the viewer h...more >>

Hey guys, I haven't been using flash as much. Can someone please guide me on controlling an FLV Movie. I imported a FLV movie into my fla file, and i have it on frame one and it plays right on through. The parameters are set to auto play, auto rewind but it stops at the end. I wanted...more >>

I have a catalogue of swf which itself is a Windows projector of a FLA file (i.e. an EXE) This EXE contains icons (which are imported JPEG files) , and when an icon is clicked, a relevant swf is loaded using loadMovieNum() It was working fine on several computers so far until this week it failed...more >>

Once I've downloaded XPath from xfactorstudio where do I put it? I've looked for a 'Classes' folder in the application data folder for flash but its not there. I've created one but I still can't get XPath to work. import com.xfactorstudio.xml.xpath.*; var myDoc = new XPathDocument(); ...more >>

I want to load a new "Page" really it is a new section of the same movie, but I need to update the URL address WITHOUT reloading the site. Is this possible using actionscript?? THANK YOU!...more >>

I'm creating a photo gallery using XML and Flash. I already have XML connectivity working and the photos are all loading properly into one empty_mc on the stage. Now I want to generate a dynamic 10 pixel thick border around each image loaded into the empty_mc. Since the photos are all diff...more >>

Morning all, I am messing around and trying to create a tornado or cyclone effect with actionscript. I have created my particles moving in an oval, but cannot figure out how to change the y positions and in turn, decrease the x positions to create the tornado. can someone assist me. I h...more >>

Hi I was wondering how to build dynamically onEnterframe functions. I want that my first onEnterframe() uses the values of the first time the for loop runs, the second onEnterframe uses the values build in the second time the for loop runs, the third time, ...... What my script does n...more >>

The basic gist: I have an swf loaded into a movieclip on the stage. It plays fine, I can reference it without any problems. When I motion tween the holder clip on the root stage, however, it seems to unload the loaded movie... I checked it with a variable that I loaded within the loaded movie;...more >>

Hi, Sorry to bother you people again but i need some more help with my flash game. I have a movieclip instance that i have sorted out the left/right movements of it but, as this is a platform game i need to be able to make the instance jump up and fall back down to its original position. ...more >>

I want to make the text to Float or flying( if it the right word....) Is it possible in Text effect to give a text a float effect like flying or somthing like that ....? If yes how ? :cool;...more >>

Hello Flash Geeks, I am wondering if we could develop the Flash Photo Gallery Importing the images dynamically (autometic) from the defined folder with the extension ..JPEG, .GIF etc. Thank you... ...more >>

I have a movie looping in one swf which I would like to control from another Flash movie. I want to tell the looping movie on click to stop and start another movie in the same flash...more >>

Once i click on the movieclip the picture appear on the stage but if i click on the movieclip, the second object will overwrite the first picture. How can i do to not overwrite the picture? and how can i allow muliple click and mutiple picture appear? var mySelection = "";//Gobal decl...more >>

I'm wanting to know, "How to Make a Multi-Level game with Flash 5"? EX: If I were to make a space game, where after reaching a score of 2000 points, the game pauses and displays the text "Stage 2", then continues or provides a button to make the game continue starting on stage 2. Any help with...more >>

Hi, I was hoping someone might be able to help me get my head round populating 3 combo boxes with XML. Background on what I am trying to accomplish. I have 3 combo boxes on my stage: - carmake_cb - carmodel_cb - cartype _cb carmake_cb is the only populated and active / vi...more >>

Hi I have a flash file reading from a php file and the output is return and saved inside an array in the flash file and the content is then displayed inside a text field. I would like to know how I am going to take each one of the items inside the array and make them buttons or at least add...more >>

Howdy. Can anyone help with a problem with getting UTC time? I've got this actionscript in my main timeline (with the result going to three dynamic text fields): onEnterFrame = function() { pDate = new Date(); nUTCHours = pDate.getUTCHours(); nUTCMinutes = pDate.getUTCMinutes...more >>

Hmm.. Nobody Around Here Know How To Do The Webcam Game?...more >>

Hi - I've been seeing this type of scrollbar quite a lot recently on various sites - heres a good example http://www.orange-project.com/#fashion_072 I was just wondering if there was any opensource code anywhere that anyone new of that would enable me to do something similar? thanks a lo...more >>

Hi! Are buildning a stand-alone flash application CD-ROM use. The application contains video (720*405) and i want it to be able to play fullscreen. I've seen a few scripts for this but as I can see the basic idea is to manually resize the video (no command for fullscreen). I use th...more >>

Hello, I have been wondering how to prevent a user from entering more than 100 chars into an input text box. Basically i tried something like, text1_tb.maxLength = 100; however this didnt work and then found out it wasnt a correct to use this in flash. i was thinking about us...more >>

>>after som clean up of kglads code This guy has balls :grin;...more >>

i have created a delete button and would like to delete away the selected movie clip upon pressing the delete button. How can i do it in Actionscript? Is there anyone who can help me? Thanks. ...more >>