Hi, I'm double clicking on the Scrub bar to code, and I want to make the play button invisible (gelRight is the instance name for the play button). Can I do like this: gelRight._visible = false; or _global.gelRight._visible =false; Both don't work. What's the right way to call i...more >>

on (press) { if(_parent.donePreLoading){ _parent.stopMovie(_parent.scrubTarget) //_parent.playgelRight(true); _parent.scrubTimeLineHandle = "scrub"; this.startDrag(false, 0, _parent.timeLine._y, _parent.preloadBar._width - this._width, _parent.timeLine._y); } } on (release, r...more >>

To test: I have a small movie with a textarea component. This swf is brought into another movie via actionscript and then the component fails to work. If I use Actionscript, I can get the text that I type into it, but the text isn't visible. Perhaps this is a problem with initialization? C...more >>

Hi Everyone I have an issue with class scope of a .as class. I am using the sendAndLoad function to send information to a php file. I am sending the info with a loadVars object and load the info with an XML object. Within the XML object "onload" function however I can't get a grasp of h...more >>

Need help ASAP. We have one single flash minisite which features two different products. We need to be able to access the product pages independently from two different promotional emails that are dropping tomorrow, despite the fact that both the sections are in the same movie (FLA). Can someo...more >>

I want to load a new movie to replace the one playing. The new swf is in the same directory as the current movie. Lets say the new movie I want to load is called newmovie.swf. What should I put for the url, target, and method???:camera; ...more >>

I have a flash site that has both multilingual capabilities. One is english and the other Spanish. Right before you head on to the main website you are asked to select a language. Is there some code in flash lets your browser understand that once you?ve clicked on the language you want it will...more >>

Hi there. I'd like to create a stopwatch in flash that once started will appear on my webpage. It's basically to time an event but when people launch my webpage I want them to be able to see how much time has elapsed since the event has started. The user should not or does not have to start ...more >>

Hey all, I'm using the loadSound function to load an external .mp3 file in a different directory. The file plays perfectly when the user accesses the HTML page that contains the .swf, but only on the first time. If you page forward and then return to the page, some users don't hear the s...more >>

Can't seem to get this working, but I don't know if it's even possible. on (keyPress "<Up>") { if (_root.menutype == "list") { do whatever } } so basically, if the "Up" key is pressed and the variable is equal to "list" do whatever? anybody if this is possible to do? thanks ...more >>

Hello, F9 only displays my ActionScript code. Would someone kindly tell me the command to view the file's whole ActionScript code? Thank, vhu...more >>

i have an XML that loads text, when i try this flash in the browser i just see only the first variables OK, but when i execute a button, then the new variables that i try to see (from the same XML) are undefined. But when i try this from the Flash, i can see the variables also when i execute the...more >>

I am trying to pass multiple parameters in a function and I cannot get it to work. The following script works fine if I pass just one parameter (yrLvl). If I pass two (yrLvl,goHere) it dies. Any idea why? Thank you for your help! WORKS: _global.checkAccess = function(yrLvl) { if (_glob...more >>

I have a flash document and I have a button/text link that I would like pop up windows 300 x 500 to open up. How is this done or can it be done? ...more >>

Hello I have a cdrom with your usual navigation but there is a help video that pops up in each section how do I use variables so that when I close the help video it remembers where it was in the navigation and returns to that page IE page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 currently on this page cli...more >>

I'm designing a little calculator just for fun, and I have the following Action Script to make the addition and subtraction buttons work: on(press){ _root.Display = _root.NumberWorking +(or - for subtraction) _root.Number; _root.NumberWorking = _root.Display; } How would I go abou...more >>

:) I've posted a 6 MB Flash movie that shows a simple example of how sum three fields Acrobat, Designer and Flash forms. You can view it http://www.pdfconference.com/formtip_media/Summing_Fields.htm. Carl Young www.pdftrain.com ...more >>

I am using the File Reference API to upload a video to a PHP document. Once the user selects a file, I try to load the FLV file into an FLV playback component. However, once they select a file, it does not playback the video. Why does this work on my local machine, but doesn't work on the w...more >>

Hi All, I have a Flash MX2004 movie which contains several classes which extend MovieClip (no hint of component architecture). I would like to remove the outline border these movieclips get when I tab through them... does anyone know of a way? I have seen posts on Focus Manager, which s...more >>

I have a html page where user will click on the link to view a flash movie ...but I want after the flash movie done playing, the movie will disappear. How would I do this? Please help!!...more >>

Hi, I would like to know how I can make a scrubber bar connect to a movieclip, so that when I scrub it, the movie goes a long too. Here is my code: onClipEvent(load){ top = _y; bottom = _y; left = _x; right = _x + 170; } on (press) { startDrag("", false, left, top, right, b...more >>

What I'm messing with is a simplified GUI interface to edit some coldfusion pages that run our intranet. I'm definitely a beginner to intermediate actionscripter, but i've been writing code for a while (web and c++) so I know my way around some things. Without throwing all the actionscript...more >>

I'm fairly new to Actionscript, so have patience. The last frame of a quiz template displays the results of the quiz. I need to add to this page, by displaying what questions a student answered incorrectly or correctly. I currently have 12 questions, and in the results frame I have 12 dy...more >>

Hello everybody. on my flash site i have created a button, on assigend on its actions on getURL ("mailto:x@y.z"); clicking the button opens a new browser window that contains a regular error message, and a new outlook mail, with the adress in it. my question is why there is a new browse...more >>

I'm creating textfields dynamically with createTextField - and though the textfield do appear (as I am possible to mark the text - which is invisible), it doesn't help on the visibility to set embedFonts = true. I've also tried another solution, as of the following code: myFormat = new Tex...more >>

Hi, I am looking for an actionscript code for streaming audio from specific url. I used media playback component, but is there any other way to stream audio. ...more >>

I have two questions. A movieclip was manually placed on the stage at authoring time with the name my_mc. Is there any way to find out what the linkage name of it?s parent movieclip in the library with actionscript? I need this so I can attach it using attachMovie instead of duplicateMovi...more >>

I have a mask (mc) with 9-slice scaling activated. When i resize the mask with actionscript, 9-slice scaling doesn't work. Also when i import the Rectangle Class, activate 9-slice scaling with script and then resize the mc, it doesn't work. Does anybody know of a workaround to get it working? ...more >>

Hi, I'm new to flash.Basicly I use it only when I need it so I learn what I need. Here's what I wanna do. First, the page was done only with asp. But now I want to make it more attractive and I want to include flash by inserting the flash to asp. So I have to send all data from asp to flash....more >>

Please correct me if I'm wrong. If I have a complete site with all sorts of flash files that utilize loadMovie() to load external JPG images, and the SWF files themselves have considerable size (I'm noticing that connection rates on high speed connections in most hotels are slower than DSL, s...more >>

I have a swf that loads a flv. Everything works fine on my server and harddrive ( http://www.mused.co.za/forwardslash/ - only for high-bandwidth users) but as soon as the client loads it on their development server the FLV does not load. I think it's a problem with the ISS server settings. An...more >>

hi, i'm trying to make a simple interactive drawing app with flash (basically the user can click and drag to draw lines, etc) but I am having trouble keeping the cursor above the drawn lines. The code is Drawing API, and a movie clip symbol is created in the first frame: _root.createEm...more >>

hi guys, i have urgent problem. is it possible to divide a particular long text in a number of dynamic text field. where the height of text field will be fixed. where in text character end in a text field. the next character should start in next text field. its view has been given in...more >>

I am trying to get the createTextField to work in my movie and it doesn't work. Here is my script, why doesn't the createTextField work? _global.checkAccess = function(yrLvl) { if (_global.session.accessLevel == "") { getURL("login.php"); } else { if (_global.session.accessLevel...more >>

Hi: I have problems capturing a frame from a webcam, because it automatically resizes down. This is the code and an explanation of what is happening. I'm capturing video from a webcam at 640*480 /**/ var mycam:Camera = Camera.get(); /**/ var vid:Video; /**/ vid.attachVideo(mycam);...more >>

Hi, I would like to know how I can make a scrubber bar connect to a movieclip, so that when I scrub it, the movie goes a long too. Here is my code: onClipEvent(load){ top = _y; bottom = _y; left = _x; right = _x + 170; } on (press) { startDrag("", false, left, ...more >>

hi this fails class myClass { private tData:BitmapData; . . . } **Error** C:\ ... \myClass.as: Line 3: A member attribute was used incorrectly. and trying to use any BitmapData methods fails var t:BitmapData=new BitmapData(this.w,this.h); **Error** C:\ ... \myC...more >>

Is there a way to set a global function that can be called from anywhere in a Flash movie file? If so, how do you create it? Thank you!...more >>

Hello, Can anyone help me out in adding a scrollpane on to the screen through actionscript and after that adding any component inside the added scrollpane component. Thanks in advance....more >>

I am trying to make a racing game with an overhead view looking down. There will be a seperate mc for the ground and another seperate mc for the players car. How can I do this? O ya and just in case your thinking the way I did: I already tried to "_rotate" the ground but when the car moves dow...more >>

Hello, Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to create a slideshow with a play/stop, next and previous button. I cannot seem to get the next button to work. The images are set on every 24th frame. Here is the code I am using for the next button. It makes Flash freeze up every...more >>

I have done some searching on my problem and found some discussion but no direct answer. I have a slide show flash movie that is using actionscript and loadMovie to load a set of jpgs in. My problem is the jpgs are various sizes and I need to have them centered in the movie clip they are loadi...more >>

is there a way to produce say a right-click function in a move like if i was trying to go to right-click my computer then go to properties...is there a way to create that menu effect in flash?...more >>