After duplicating a movieclip and positioning them on the stage, I would like to have them all individually fade in, stay for a period of time, then fade out. I have a fade function that uses setInterval and works perfectly for one movieclip, but I can't get it to work for each in a series of ...more >>

I would like to turn on and off the visibility of one of the layers within a movie clip dynamically, during runtime. Is this possible? Thx....more >>

Hey folks..gotta prob with this... I've got an xml powered slideshow with a fade transition...everything is perfect...now, I've tried to place three seperate slideshows ( swf's ) externally loaded into a main swf ie main swf externally loading slide1, slide2 slide3 into mc1 mc2 mc3 in the ...more >>

I have 4 arrays whith 4 random variables. I am trying to write a concise function to change the values of those arrays when I want. this is what it looks like: function randRange(min:Number, max:Number):Number { var randomNum:Number = Math.round(Math.random()*(max-min))+min; return...more >>

okay, so i am wanting to use a link in an .swf file and i want this link to open up another .swf file within the first .swf. now if i am understanding this correctly, then i should use the "loadMovieNum" action. however, this is my first attempt at ever using any action script so i am havi...more >>

I'm trying to register a movie clip to a class using actionscript. What I'm doing is creating an empty movie clip using the createEmptyMovieClip function and then I want to register that movie clip to a class that I've written. Is that possible? Thanks for your help. ...more >>

Hello, I have something here that I hope maybe some of you have an answer to my problem. I have a flash file, sized 800x520. http://www.nwebb.co.uk/nw_htmlsite/index.php?page=browse_tutorial&tutorial=xmlht mlcss1&part=1 Now, it work.. but how can I chance background color of it? T...more >>

when i open my executable file in full screen view, my document size enlarges too much. this is bad b/c my jpegs now look very pixelated. i tried increasing my document size, hoping that having more negative space around the edges would make the visible portion shrink back down. but when i c...more >>

Newbie to Flash, and I love the software! Any books out there which cover database driven web apps using Flash pro 8? I just got the H.O.T book for Flash MX 2004, and it's great, but I'd like to get into the database portion, and the book says that's only for Pro 8. I just got Studio 8, ...more >>

I'm in the process of creating a menu bar for a project, and two task that i want the user to be able to do is, A) Change the text colour B) change the text size, and maybe even change the font. The menu has been created in flash, and i want the user to choose which task they want to perfo...more >>

Hello. How can I see when loading of an external JPG file was completed? After I load it with loadMovie("bg.jpg") I need to position it on stage but I cannot position it until is completely loaded so I know its size. How to see when loading is complete? Thank you. -Adrian. ...more >>

hi i got 2 frames, first frame is only actionscript, the last line in this actionscript is gotoAndStop(2) when entering the second frame, not all of my movieclips and graphics are displayed, and every movieclip or graphic that i add won't be shown either. It seems that when i delete the ...more >>

I've made a preloader for a flash animation but it doesn't show up until 53% is loaded. To overcome this I made sure that all of the components don't get exported in the first frame. This works however some of the components that I need later on with in an attached movie don't appear anymore??...more >>

My Flash video movie loads in a new movie. When I click on another menu button, the movie disappears as requested, but the music keeps playing. How do i prevent this? You can view this at: www.tangentgraphic.co.uk/main.html and navigate to "extras" - "vj sets" then click on "portfolio"...more >>

How do i display images at random... i want to have the image be different on my home page change everytime a person goes back to the home page from another page.... how can i do that?? thanks...more >>

I'm making a game. It works pretty well. Problem is that I want to create more levels. The variables (my life, health, score) don't carry over to a new frame however. I don't know how to fix it....more >>

For this game I'm creating, I have a high scores board. At the end of the game, I want Flash to read in the scores from the .txt file so I can compare the current score with the old scores. I do this with LoadVars and it works just fine...the first time. Here's the kicker(s): Because it...more >>

Hello Everyone, My problem is this - in Internet Explorer(4+) my images loading from external source into Loader components turn up really huge on a Mac OS 9, and don't show at all on Mac OS X. But everything is fine in Mozilla Firefox browser on a PC. On my PC, IE first shows the images re...more >>

Hello. Anyone knows what am I doing wrong in this code? //sounds top_sound = new Sound(); top_sound.setVolume(40); top_sound.attachSound("1.wav"); // base_sound = new Sound(); base_sound.setVolume(90); base_sound.attachSound("2.wav"); It doesn't change voume. I wor...more >>

I have a button with music that plays on hit and an action script. Everytime it plays the music works fine but it immediately goes to the next scene. button ActionScript on (press) { stopAllSounds(); } on (release) { play(); } I don't want the next scene to launch while the m...more >>