I get this message both when I try to export and publish my flash file: Sound has no valid device sound path although exporting device sounds was requested in the export settings. This sound will be ignored. any suggestions? ...more >>

I have gotten these errors in many different forms depending on how i've tried to code it, but I cannot get it to accept my coding. **Error** Symbol=content_mc, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 3: ')' or ',' expected 'height=400','width=400','toolbar=no','scrollbars=yes')} **Error...more >>

hi -- i'm unclear what the proper syntax is for using #include "lmc_tween.as" in conjunction with a piece of script like this: on (rollOver) { this.slideTo(20,50,12); } i keep getting errors... could someone show me what the right code is? ...more >>

Using sendAndLoad() to retrieve xml from a server, the response is stored in a new XML object. stripWhite=true DOES NOT eliminate whitespace between nodes. Using sendAndLoad() to retrieve xml from a local doc.xml, stripWhite=true DOES eliminate whitespace between nodes. Unfortunately I n...more >>

Hi all I'm wondering if it's possible to prevent caching of a music track (either if it's in a swf file or mp3) in flash. I wan't to put an artists latest single on a webpage but he doesn't want anybody to be able to save it from temporary internet files. This goes for an mp3 song and a...more >>

Being an amateur Flash developer, I naturally want to try to make a game of my own. I did, if not completely successfully develop a control for my game character. It could walk with ease but when it comes to jumping, sometimes impossible things happen, with the character getting stuck in the a...more >>

If I load a streaming sound : new_sound = new Sound( _root ) new_sound.loadSound( "sound.mp3" , true ) And then I specify an onLoad handler : new_sound.onLoad = function() { .. } When will the function be called? Will it be called (a) when the sound has buffered enough ...more >>

I'm not sure whats going on here. Maybe someone can take a look and see. Pretty much I'm trying to trace imgObj.panImage. Of course imgObj being the class and panImage is a getter. private function imagePan(direct:String):Void{ if (imgPan) { trace("start pan"); startPan(); ...more >>

I have a static ErrorHandler.as class. And there's also a Script.as class which contains all the paths to all the external php scripts. The ErrorHandler class needs to know where to send the Errors and asks the Script.as class... however I can't get that to work because ErrorHandler.as is ...more >>

I am trying to create a single little function that can handle a variety of sounds (audio narration) that play during my movie. When someone clicks the "mute" button, I want to stop all sounds (easy), and then get the current position of the audio clip that happens to be playing. That way...more >>

At the end of the code I have included a stopButton. btn_stopTime. What I need to be able to do is shut this thing down in mid-stream so whenever I hit STOP - it stops - and leaves the whatever is in timer_txt there. (Stop watch style) Can you folks poke around and let me know if clearInt...more >>

I have a list component being populated with XML. I want to be able to use ActionScript to select an item by index. How would I go about doing this. I won't get into details of why I want to do this, but suppose I wanted to create a button that, when clicked, did the same thing as clicking on ...more >>

Hi I've set a series of movie clips buttons to automatically assume the highest position on on mouse press - however, I'd like the movie clips to remain under (a lower depth) a movie clip (a 'picture frame') on another higher layer. The depth change for the movie clip buttons was achiev...more >>

We are building a Flash 8 application for spelling training, and it uses onSoundComplete in many places to playback the spelling of words (such as all the letters in a word: D-O-G, etc). We use a recursive onSoundComplete function to increment through an array of sounds, playing them all unti...more >>

This thread actually stems off a previous thread on line measurement, but I thought a new thread was in order (as that one grew into another topic). With the fantastic help of kglad and NSurveyor, I was able to get my idea of having a basic logic box structure take place. My question now...more >>

Hi, does anybody know how can i capture a frame from a webcam and save it as a JPG file? Thanks Daniel...more >>

How can I detect When the ENTER key is pressed? You used to be able to do it inprevious version of flash but for some reason I cant appear to be able to do it now. I can detect other button presses but not enter. Has anyone any ideas. Cheers ...more >>

I have been working on a project which was built using Flash 8. I have noticed that certain declarations produce compile time errors in MX 2004. e.g - var myTween:Tween = new etc..... compiles an error if I use the onMotionFinished function. yet - var myTween = new etc... compiles fi...more >>

This is a class I wrote with the help of a book, which I'm using to try to retrieve some data from a basic xml file which has 3 root nodes and those having 3 child nodes. It is showing all attributes as undefined. I am new to actionScript2 so your guidence on this would really help. Thanks! ...more >>

Hello I would like to develop a CD elearning course that will not be web accesible, so i'll be using the Shared Objects to save the users info on their computer. I understand how Shared Objects work and have one working but i would like to have the ability to allow numerous users for one c...more >>

Hi Forum I am creating a input form with about 10 fields. I am using flash8 and I would like to set an order in which they are activated if the user tries to use the "tab" key to tab through the form. Is that possible? If so How? If anyone could point me in the right direction th...more >>

Hello: I'm doing a dynamic drop down menu, each button is called from a variable in an .tx where I wrote: &nItems=89&country1=aediva&country2=anden&country3=anclas&country4=andromeda&cou ntry5=anubis&country6=aula73&country7=babylon&country8=bagus&country9=barba...et c until 89 my ...more >>

Hi, Does anybody know exactly how to loop an external flv in flash 8? I'm using the FLVPlayback component to display the video, how can I make this one video loop? Second question is how to play one video, then onto a list of videos, so after one is done, it plays the next. Everythin...more >>

this is an action within a movieclip/button which traces the number of the dynamically generated button and goes to the relevant frame on the _root timeline, but it isnt working, it seems to be tracing the button, but isnt going to a new frame. onRelease = function () { // find out what...more >>

I created a class called MatrixEfect and it uses Math and MovieClips functions. But, when I run the script, i recive these errors: **Error** MatrixEfect.as: Line 78: There is no method with the name 'Math'. this.charCode = String.fromCharCode(97+Math.random()*(122-97)); The same error oc...more >>

I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge of writing files out of flash and then reading them back in via actionscript or javascript with in flash. If anyone knows could you please help. I found this as a starting point but any other help would be appreciated. /////script/////// on ...more >>

To create Media Player in Flash, which dynamically creates movie clip taking data from XML file and displays videos accordingly in flash media player. Navigation buttons controlling the current playing video ...more >>

Hi, I have a requirement to :- fade in a gif, followed by a fade in of a block of text then followed by a fade in of another block of text. i'm newish to flash (have vers 5) but am pretty software savvy. is this possible in flash, is it best to use actionscript, how do i do it? ...more >>

I have the following AS and it works good as long as I publish the file as a player 6 file. Once I change it to 7 it does not work anymore. I am not sure what parts are causing the problems. I would like to make this work for 7 somehow. Could anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks a...more >>

how do I open large images from an external source, by clicking the thumbnail: in a new window, with an exact size? (boy, that was exactly to the point, wasn't it? ;) also, could I load a template, and just swap the image inside it, that would be very helpful for my project? ...more >>

Drop down row count problem in flash-8.if the items is more than rowcount a slider will appear inside combobox in FlashMx.But not in Flash-8.why? Help Appreciated....more >>

Hi! My swf file is on www.server1.com the i am trying to retrive data in swf from server2.com. All scripting is working fine on local... but when i upload the swf file it stops working. urgent help needed. thanks, Erphan Rajput. ...more >>

when the control button is pressed it goes to the next frame I don't have much experience with the action script, if you could someone me something to copy and paste that would be great...more >>

Hi I have 9 images that are draggable on my screen - and when pressed become the top image- using the script below. I'd also like to constrain to a rectangle (or coordinates) - ideally adapting the exisiting script and movie clip set-up. Grateful for any ideas on achieving this. ...more >>

hi! what I'd like to do is disable the whole stage at a point in the application. I'd like the buttons not to respond to mouse clicks and pressing the keyboard to have no effect whatsoever. I know that an option is to change the on??? event handlers of every button and movie clip to nothing,...more >>

Hi all, I have made a flash file that progressively downloads a movie from an flv. The problem is that when i run it locally it works, when i run it on a web server the video just doesnt load. Am i missing something completely obvious here?? one line of code maybe?? Here is my code t...more >>

:confused; is it possible to display the contents of an external txt file in the screen without using textfields? i am a newbie to flash as well as actionscripting.. in the lectures i have gone through they discuss about how to dynamically display text and all of them used textfields plus scro...more >>

Hello I'm working on an accessible site for children with disabilities and I need to scan buttons the same way flash does with tab key or spacebar but using other keys (right arrow and enter). It's easy to simulate the tab key but how can I simulate the spacebar (when the button is selected,...more >>

Hi, does anyone know if there is a way to determine the size of a swf movie (ie the movie's _width and _height) when loading it into a target movie clip, but before it has been assigned the dimensions of the movie clip that receives it? Or to put it another way... if submovie.swf has ...more >>

i am loading an xml file for a flash calander "Events" some months have events the others doesnt how can i know if there is a file for a particular month and load it if not just display an empty month. http://demo.ascasociety.org/newsgroup.aspx?group_key=news&lang=en the calander as at ...more >>

Hi. I have two components on stage - one of which is a drag and drop implementation using mx.controls.Tree. the other component is an empty 'diagram' where I have components which I can drag around. I have a wierd problem where when I mouse down over the background of the 'diagram' or I ...more >>

Hi, I have an animation of a man running, andI want to use it in my menu bar. I want the man to run towards a button when the mouse is over him. I used the rollOver rollOut of the button, and it works fine with one button, but when I use it on several button there are sort of "jumps" of th...more >>

Hi, I need to create an flv file sequence. I have 3 flv 1.flv 2.flv 3.flv I tryed this way: 1.flv and 2.flv play correctly, when the sequence arrive to 3.flv it stop. _root.i=1; playVideo() function playVideo() { video.setMedia(_root.i+".flv"); video.play(); var ...more >>

I'm sure this has come up many times. Say I have 1000 movie clips, all created based on the same movie clip, I know they are all unique but is there a way to make some of the properties shared. The point being you don't have to run a for loop to change each one? It would be like a static c...more >>

Hi All I have a issue. I hope some has a solution. I have a textfield in flash i can write text on it. but when i press CTRL+J a new hidden character is add to it as " NEWLINE " i as i am checking a string so if i have right answer in the text field and i press ctrl+j and then check the a...more >>