Perhaps someone can help me. I have a map of the US in flash mx. Each state is a flash button, that performs an action in flash. However, I need to write an action script that can send this information to PHP: examples: "state=california" "state=new_york" "state=georgia" etc...you ...more >>

I'm working on a project where I am displaying lines of dynamic text that can be anywhere from 1 - 5 lines long. I'd like for the text boxes to be enclosed in art similar to a talk bubble which shrinks or grows to fit the amount of text on the screen rather than using scrollbars. I was ho...more >>

How do I load a number from a external file? I try several ways, but I get just atex loadVariables("planets.asp", this); stop(); var sunx2=Number(sunx); var suny2=Number(suny); var suny2 = new Number(1); setProperty("moon", _x, "90"); setProperty("moon", _y, "10"); set...more >>

I have unfortunatley done a project that I have been working on for months. I have been publishing my work for flashplayer 7. The problem is that now that I have to incorporate flash's upload facility I therefore need to publish for flash player 8. The problem arises because when I do, it crea...more >>

Hiya, Im having a problem adding data to an array. The way im working it is my flash sever sends a unique name to my client function which is below. When I trace the "tankName" the name prints outs fine. The problem is when I try to add it to an array it comes up as undefined. I was...more >>

Ok here is the problem.. I have one button with instance name btn11 and when it is pressed it does sertain thing like opening trough animation 4 other buttons. You push one of them and a text appears in a text field and the 4 buttons disappear. So when I push the first button again I want the ...more >>

Hi! I want to set text margins for TextArea component and I cant get it to work.. textarea.setStyle("marginLeft",40); textarea.setStyle("marginRight",50); ..regarding to documentation this should work .. but it does not.. Any ideas? thanks! ...more >>

I'm not sure if it's really a depth issue but when I put the following code in the first frame of my movie, it moves the manually placed mc instances also. Why does it do that? I am only trying to position the dynamic mc instance. I originally had "this." targeted and just recently changed it...more >>

Hello, I'm dynamically loading variables via a php and everything works fine, I'm using the LoadVars object and I need the variables downloaded to be "situated" on the _root of my movie, is that possible? I'd like to access to my variables like this: "_root.myVar" and not like this "myLoadVars...more >>

Hello, I'm dynamically loading variables via a php and everything works fine, I'm using the LoadVars object and I need the variables downloaded to be "situated" on the _root of my movie, is that possible? I'd like to access to my variables like this: "_root.myVar" and not like this "myLoadVars...more >>

The problem is next: I have a txt file (frame.txt) in which I have a variable: kep=2. I want read this variable into my swf file from the frame.txt file, and then jump to this frame in the swf (kep = 2 = framenumber). The next actionscript doesn't working: loadVariablesNum("frame.txt",0); ...more >>

I have hunted high and low for a decent scrollbar tutorial and I have too much work on to waste any more time on it, does anybody have a decent tutorial out there that does not include masking and tweening the text, and does not include using the UI component? I have found two so far but t...more >>

Hi We are a specialist digital media recruitment agency and have depserate need for high level AS2 developers. XML integration is essential. Our clients are primarily new media agencies in Central London and rates are c?250 a day. . If you or if you know anyone who would be interested ...more >>

If i send data to server through XML Socket using asp dot net i am getting in server, But the reply is not available in flash.I don't know where the mistake is? Help appreciated !...more >>

Does Flash have a continuation character like Director so long lines of code can fit within the editor window? Is there a limit to the numbers of characters in a single line of script? Just curious - I have one real long line of code in a current project so it made me wonder. -- Dave - w...more >>

Hi, I have a web-application project which requires interactive User Interfaces. It is more like a web based xml content editor. I have seen a few javascript based text editors but not much flash based ones. I dont have much experience on neither of the technologies so I have to spent some time...more >>

hi all, i have a problem in creating combobox dynamically, without having or using the combobox component in library.please help me solve this problem by providing necessary code. thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi everyone; Please help me solve this problem. I am working on a matching game. For each card I have created a movie clip with two frames. One is the cover and the other is the graphic. When the user clicks on the cover, the graphic is displayed. I declared variables for each card...more >>

I just learned how to load text through the embed code. I also learned how to load text through a text file. What I would like to do is load text through a text file, that a person can call through the embed code. how would i do this? example: <embed src="myswf.swf?mytext=thisfile.tx...more >>

is it possible to change the contents of a textfield using actionscript? im using flash 4 by the way. can someone give me a sample code how to do this in flash 4 AS?...more >>

i am tryin to create a toy on flash where there are 3 images of the same thing but at different views. i have cut up the image in photoshop and got each section of each image pasted into flash, (havent made them buttons yet). what i want to allow the user to do, is to click and drag these pr...more >>

Is it possible to change the instance name of a movieclip during runtime? ...more >>

Hello, I need the ability to add image buttons at runtime. possibly 100+(diff button images); Therefore, I don't wanna create 100 different components. What I've read is to create an image component and "LINK" the location of the image. Then create a button and assign the button image to...more >>

Hello Forum I am using the following line to read the name attribute of an external XML file. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///////////////// xmldata.firstChild.childNodes.attributes.name Intead of using childNoder is it possible ...more >>

I have this issue that I just can't get around. I have a function that executes some code... and plays a sound in the middle... afterwards executes some more code and plays a sound at the end. Now... since the code executes in under a second... both of the sounds end up playing at the same tim...more >>

:confused; Hi, currently on our website we a java applet that creats all our dynamic seating plans for theatres. We want to move away from java, and flash was the number one chose. so below we have these parameters in a html. would I would like to know is how can flash use these parameters and...more >>

how to pass variable between enternal movies, which are loaded into a main mc....more >>