Hi all, I'm at a quandary on either making my audio file a manual or automatic function. I can't seem to get my audiofile to auto-play! Can someone steer me in the right direction? Using Flash MX ...more >>

Hi, I'm using FileReference to upload files to my server with a php script. Whe I try to send small files, like ones with 500KB or less, everything works fine. However, when I try to send bigger files, I got no error, but also no file on server... I read that the file limit is about 100MB, but...more >>

:confused; Here's problem: Created preloader using actionscript from text book. The Flash movie has two scenes - one for the preloader called "preloader," and the second scene called "main." The main scene has the content to be preloaded with the first scene containing the preloader movi...more >>

This should be a simple problem and I'm not sure why I havent figured it out, but... I have a menu of buttons used throughout a site made up of 6 scenes. each button is within a seperate movie. i need for the user to click on the button and be taken to a different scene, frame 1. i tried ...more >>

Hi. Does anyone know how can I use a string to access a method with its value. So I want to create a method in Class1 which to use sValue and sValue2 to access the Class2.Hello() and Class2.Hello2() methods. -------------- in Class1: public var sValue:String = "Hello"; public var sVa...more >>

What does this return? x = this._xmouse;...more >>

have 3 buttons instances - myButton1, myButton2, myButton3. now i have myButton3 off as the movie loads... if ((myButton1._visible==true)&&(myButton2._visible==true)) { myButton3._visible=false; } then adding an else if statement to the previous logic i get myButton3 to turn on when...more >>

I have an external text file that will have two variables and look like this: &months=January,February,...&days=Sunday,Monday,... I am using loadVars to load the textfile in. When it is done loading, I want to load each of the of the 2 variables into an array so I have an array for month...more >>

The following line of code does not work within Firefox: getURL("http://www.adobe.com", "_blank"); The reason I think it is not working is because Firefox's popup blocker is blocking any additional browser windows from opening. Is there a way around this? Is there a javaScript cod...more >>

I have a movieclip named Popup with 3 Components inside a Label "Title", a TextArea "Content" and finally a Loader "ImageLoad" function OpenPopup(Title:String,Image:String,Content:String) { this.attachMovie("Popup", "win", this.getNextHighestDepth(),{_x:533, _y:113}); win.Titulo.text = T...more >>

Hi all, I got problem with Some Webservices, when i got a Soap Fault it returns a correct envellope like ... ....><SOAP-ENV:Body><SOAP-ENV:Fault><faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Server</faultcode><faults tring>Login Failed for user Admin</faultstring>... but when i try to catch this error by a ...more >>

I drag an instance of a checkbox component to my stage. I then refer to it in my actionscript: myCheckBox.selected; I am using Flash 8 and I've looked through the docs and I am using the correct property field; 'selected' should return a Boolean value for whether the checkbox is cl...more >>

I have a symbol (changer) in the library of my flash document. The movieclip contains a numeric stepper with instance name numstep. When I dynamially create the clip using var c = new Changer(); then the cliip gets created, the numeric stepper is visible, but I can not change the pro...more >>

hi!!.. just a question: how do i declare a global array??...and how do i access it inside functions, and from text fields?.. thanks!! ...more >>

I need to open new Window from Flash and it needs to be done with ActionScript 1 and it needs to work on Macintosh (FireFox, Safari). On PC WindowXP everything works fine, but on Mac it just won't open new window I don't understand what is the problem. Does anyone knows is there any problems ...more >>

Howdy! Got a standalone CD-deliverable Flash presentation that launches in Full Screen mode, but I know some clients are going to want to escape Full Screen and go into a windowed version. My problem is the client's logo has some very small condensed type that looks crappy as a vector at 100%,...more >>

Hi, I am a beginner . I just create one text box in a flashform and a perl sript file in Perl who reads POST data .The script works with a htmlform but not with my flashform.Can someone help me ? stop(); this.submit_btn.onRelease = function(){ if(id_txt.text == null || id_txt.text...more >>

I want to create a decimal fraction between two dates. so say date is 13 Jan 2006 and other date is 1 January 1990 I wnat to have a value that = 16.0356. How can I acheieve this reliably handling Leap Years as well? ...more >>

I am currently creating a breakout type of game. I have many movie clips on the stage which I have placed that have the same instance names. The following is the code I used: redBrick.onEnterFrame = function() { if (this.hitTest(ball)) { _root.numy = 12; redBrick.play(); trace...more >>

Anyone help. I have a button in my swf movie, which when pressed will open a new browser window. My question is this.. How can I make the flash button on press - not just open the new page, but also centre the new browser window, size it, remove its scollbars and url bar? It's a tough ...more >>

In debugging an application, I've been tracing the values kept in setInterval. It's been quite interesting. Here are my results so far: intervalVarName, 1st use, 2nd use, 3rd use, etc. intervalVar1, 6, 17, 19, 24, 33, 35 intervalVar2, 7, 18, 25, 34 Does anyone know the background of ho...more >>

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here is the sernaio: I have main header flash file, below it i have html navigation. I want to mouseover the nav to trigger or target a frame in the header swf file. I have used javascript to communication with the flash file in the past on the maintime line only. I am able to trigg...more >>

i load from an xml with x items and 2 attributes. after loading i wanna attach to the scene a library symbol (allready exported in the first frame and linked). it load the xml perfectly (verified and double verified) but when attaching the movieclip it doesn't do it ... i attach my as code her...more >>

Hello, everybody! Well, I have the following function: function pic (something){ if (something == 1) { this.someButton._alpha = 10 } } Instead of "this.someButton._alpha = 10" I'd like to use something like "check if the instance name has the word ...more >>

I let the user make a design in a swf. Is it possible to convert the design into a pdf or jpg or something similar and store it on the server using flash and php?...more >>

I have created a menu which links together various swfs by loading them on different layers and pausing them on the empty first frame until the appropriate button is clicked. The swfs begin loading in the first frame of the menu: loadMovieNum("intro.swf", 1); loadMovieNum("setloc.swf"...more >>

I have created a flash document with one action in the first fram: trace(_root.getNextHighestDepth()); When I test the document the output panel shows 0, exactly as I expected Now I drag a numeric stepper on the stage, that is all. When I test the document again, the output panel shows...more >>

I?m having some trouble to get my script to work properly. What it is supposed to do is when the user goes to the web-address the first time they are prompt to click on a language of their choice. After they enter their language selection they should then be at the main site. The problem that ...more >>

Hi! I have read almost every thread concerning this issue... still yet to get my script working! I need help! In my website i am creating [URL="http://www.flip-media.com/en/"]http://www.flip-media.com/en/[/URL] In the section "PORTFOLIO" By clicking the first button at the top left of th...more >>

I know my skills are feeble and the way I've done this is repetitious and easily handled by other means, but for now, what I need to know is why only ONE button is acting properly in this script. I created a movie with five buttons. The buttons are controlled by actionscript, not actual b...more >>

Hi there, I am a Computer Graphic Design Honours student from New Zealand. For my Honours exhibition I would like to be able to use flash to make a webzine interactive. To do this I would like to be able to capture a flat page, via a webcam, which then tells Flash what to do, depending on w...more >>

I am trying to jump to a different scene from a button inside a movie-clip I have tried with this code no luck on (release) { _root.gotoAndPlay("schedule"); } schedule would be the next scene Thanks... ...more >>

I am having a problem where my pictures in a slideshow are showing in IE fine but not showing in firefox or netscape. I think it has to do with my loading a text file and putting the variables into arrays. In firefox and Netscape I see the text/pics every once in a while, most of the time it c...more >>

I have created a SharedObject named "recipes". For the sake of argument, let's say that I created that SharedObject in testOne.swf. I want to create another ..swf, again for the sake of argument, called testTwo.swf. Is there a way that I can open "recipes" in either/or .swf's? Up to now, ...more >>