I have created a simple preloader that looks at the number of frames loaded and compaires it to a preset number. I am using FlashMX. The Movie is made up of two scenes. The first "PreLoader" which has two frames, First frame has the folllowing Action Script: nBytesLoaded = this.getBytesL...more >>

I want to preload the movie buth with the extern xml files included. is this actionscript correct? myXml = new XML(); myXml.load("xmlDATA.xml"); this.onEnterFrame = function () { pour = Math.floor(_root.getBytesLoaded() / _root.getBytesTotal() * 100); percentText = !isN...more >>

Hi all, I have a link with a ? in it and it won't work. So I read the help file about URL encoding and saw a post on this site about it as well. So I used %3F instead of the ? in the code. But it still doesn't work. Is there something I'm missing? Do I need to write a line of code about co...more >>

I saw this mask effect using action script, but i don't know how to edit the mask parameters, such as blur or fade on mask edge. Here is the script. flower_maskee.setMask(oval_mask); (flower_maskee) being the image masked. (oval-mask) being the shape used to create a mask that fades at ...more >>

Hola! I'm trying to use loadVars from inside a custom class to load values for the instance variables, so I load the data from an external txt file, and in the constructor I assign the values to the variables. The problem is that when I try to access the values of the public variables ...more >>

Hello, I was trying to convert some flash projects that use remoting from flash mx 2004 to flash 8. I first recieved this error w/ the old header includes: #include "NetServices.as" #include "NetDebug.as" Which I fixed by changing them to this: import mx.remoting.NetServices; i...more >>

I haven't ran into a problem like this before. My external asset does not load after I instatiate my ImageReveal class and then use a loadImage method that is actually wrapping around 'MovieClip.loadClip();'. Please review my code and check if you see any errors in my syntax. Hoping someone ca...more >>

I am building a website and will have several .pdf pages within the site. But I am not sure how to open a .pdf from within a .swf file. I would like the file to open in a seperate window. Can anyone help me out with this.. Kind of a newbie. thanks! D ...more >>

I want to load an external SWF into my original SWF by clicking a button. So far I have tried it 2 ways: 1. USING LEVELS on (release) { loadMovie("external.swf", 1); } 2. USING A CONTAINER on (release) { loadMovie("external.swf", "container"); } Both ways load the externa...more >>

I am trying to call an exe file from my flash projector .exe file. Using get url i can run the exe but not without the dialog box (run, save, etc...)popping up. I need to bypass the dialogs. I've used 'get url' and 'fscommand' code below, still can't get it to work: on (release) { ...more >>

it seem that when I use the xml to load in the pictures there is no problem. But in the onRelease event it seems not to work anymore. I get undefined in item_txt makeimages = function (data) { for (i = 0; i<data.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) { item = root.createEmptyMovieClip("...more >>

Is there any way to force the combobox to open UP rather than down? I have searched the component and come up with nothing. I tried placing the box at the bottom of the stage to no avail and I was hoping there is a way to do it other than build my own. ...more >>

I've created a course that dynamically loads content into Flash. The course works fine on my desktop however once loaded into the LMS some of the objects never load. I also get an error that says "script causing Flash Player to run slow." I think I need to preload the XML though I'm not sure h...more >>

:confused; The sendAndLoad does not connect with the cfm script. I tried just using gatherForm.send and the blank CFM page appears. This e-mail works for my PHP script but with with the CFMAIL below?? Please have mercy anyone. Henrik The CFMAIL is: <CFMAIL to="henrik@toad.net" from="#F...more >>

Anyone know if a movieclip can detect what is in a frame script in the main timeline? In other words, I have a movieclip on the stage that has a script in it. I want it to be able to check the value of: _level0.layer[6].frame[2].script and see if it equals a certain command, but don't know...more >>

i'm making an e-card 4 my friend. i drew her, and i want to make her choose her hair style and outfit and shoes etc... i want her to be able to choose a certain hair or shoes etc, but that she will be able to change it whenever she wants. i thought of using scenes for each "look", but it's...more >>

I can't seem to get this onRelease function to work in the forloop. I make some movieclips and put pics in them and they need to be clickable makeimages = function (data) { for (var i = 0; i<data.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) { item = root.createEmptyMovieClip("item"+i+"_mc", roo...more >>

how do i make a close button to the flash movie, so that the viewer can close it. (useful for when the movie is maximised on the screen) thanx....more >>

Whenever I take a JPEG or a GIF and try to make it into a button, when it gets published, it always looks distorted. Help me Obi-Wan, you're my only hope. -MM...more >>

Flash makes the drawing into a lot of small .png files in the library. I flattened transparency in Illustrator to 100% vector but still Flash wont do it right. Anyone know the problem?...more >>

For some reason when my quiz rendors the font goes from changes from times to arial, I can't seem to figure out why? Checkbox1.setStyle("fontSize",14,"fontFace",Arial); is this the corect code to make this not happen? shubz ...more >>

for those of you struggling with this, there's a detailed explanation of why this doesn't work over at the flash DevNet. I scanned through a bit and the explanations are good, but I haven't yet managed to get many of the workarounds to actually work - for example the bit about changing the a...more >>

how can i copy a scene in flash 8? In flash mx i can do it with modify -- copy scene... ...more >>

I use this code to attach two movie clips: for (var i = 0; i<display; i++) { // attach item movie clip trace(display) // equals 2 var item_mc:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("item_shell", "item"+i, _root.getNextHighestDepth()); } ...and this code to attempt to remove the movie ...more >>

I have a scroll pane and I attached a movie clip with dynamically drawn some data. Could some one help me to get the thump position of the vertical scrollbar? What I really want to do is I have a movie clip attached to the scrollpane, in that clip it has a transparent clip that I want to m...more >>

can anyone give me the script for having a movie loop 3x and then stop? TIA, Greg ...more >>

making a section of a site where news is shown and old news is archived, I am working with scenes and wish to click a read more button from scene one which loads scene 2 up with a list in one text box of old news and a text box on the right with the chosen article. I have a function in sce...more >>

I would like to be able to pause and then resume the loading of external movies. I did not want to use unloadMovieNum() as this will, well, unload them! Thanks! Caroline ...more >>

curious what checking detect flash version in flash 8 puclish settings really does. Does flash 8 trigger an autoupdater like i have seen on some of the new flash 8 sites or is that something else? ...more >>

Has anyone had experience with packaging help files with there component so that they install and appear in the Flash component help menu tree? Also, is this called stub code? What are your favorite tools to create Help content that is readable by the Flash help panel? Thanks, -- ...more >>

Hi all, I seem to be having problems getting my buttons to open pop-up windows. I have downloaded the tutorials (How to create pop-up browser windows in Flash) from here, & none of them seem to work for me! Is there some bizarre setting somewhere that I need to change? I am using Flash 8 P...more >>

Dear, I'm looking for a solution in order too synchronizes two loadMovies: for example: loadMovie ("small.swf"); loadMovie ("aeds2.swf"); in order to aeds2.swf play only after small.swf. Do you have some idea ? Note: My player is gflashplayer, the linux/debian player of macr...more >>

I've created two movies clips - one is a simple bar that's 200 pixels wide and 20 pixels tall; the second mc is a small ball that's going to act as the slider. What I'd like to know is, how can I control a sound's volume by where the user drags the ball mc from left to right and vice versa acr...more >>

Hey, It seems that Firefox is turning the 100% height flash content into 33%. It's happened even on some FWA sites. Any help? Sam...more >>

Hi all, I am making a small app where people build their own sign. I have found a source .fla where it allows scaling of Movie Clips on the stage. My issue is that I will need to scale different objects as they appear on the stage. The way the script works is that it applies the behavi...more >>

My problem is that iam working on flash photo gallery and I want: >onReleased load kk.swf at level 10 >onReleased load bb.swf at level 10 But i want kk.swf dont get unload unless bb.swf is completelly loaded, however I would like to see the preloader for bb.swf on the kk.swf. So user dont n...more >>

hi to all . frist am glad to be a new member in this great Forum . i have some littel problem i hope to find the answer and help for it here. some time when i visit some site i find the Url changing when press any button and the page never change also the main flash movie is still in the...more >>

When I attaching a MovieClip by using the following code, I can't add event to the button in it. // ActionScript 2.0, Flash MX 2004 Pro, Windows 2000 // I have changed the <Instance Name> of the button in myMC( Linkage Name) to "myBt". _root.attachMovie("myMC","myMC",1); _root.myMC.myBt.onRe...more >>

Hi I'm using the "loadMovie" command to load JPEG's into a movieclip. But sometimes de JPEG doesn?t show and the movie goes on playing. My question is: is there anyway to check if the movie (jpeg) has really loaded? My goal is to give an action if it is true (go on with the movie) and if not g...more >>