I have a main swf opening other swf's in other levels. In one of those other 'top' levels is a button which should be able to close all levels except level 0. i know there is this code: on (release) { unloadMovie(0); } problem is this unloads level 0 as well. Basically i just ...more >>

i have an image scroller that moves left or right depending on the position of the mouse. the image scroller is a movie clip with the instance name "photo". once the scroller reaches the left or right edge of the movie clip . . . it stops scrolling . . . obviously. i need to figure o...more >>

Hi, I'm a newbie to flash and i am trying to create a button in flash for a menu, the button works fine until i click it., i am trying to link it to another scene but when it is clicked it just plays back the scene its on, here is the actionscript i am using: on (release) { gotoAndPl...more >>

Hi I'm just trying to make my box grow with onEnterFrame - I can't figure out why this bit of code will not work: import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.*; box_mc.onEnterFrame = function() { var t1:Tween = new Tween(this."_xscale",Strong.easeOut,100,540,1,true); va...more >>

Well last time i uses flash generator to create a dynamic photo gallery but the lastest flash does support generator, is there ways can I create a dynamic photo gallery, retrieving directly from the database.. ...more >>

Hi - I was wondering if anyone could help me Basically I have different components within a flash file, and i either jump to different scenes or frames for the 'next question' of the web form. however, when going back to the previous questions, the components aren't cached or 'remembered'...more >>

I've seen this asked a couple dozen times in various places, but have never seen an answer. I start the app, then click a button that calls my premade form with this: createEmptyMovieClip("register1_mc", 20002); register1_mc.attachMovie("register_mc", "register2_mc", level, {_x:150, ...more >>

I have 6 images, that scatter around the flash screen when clicked (Designing for a photo album) and onRollOver expands the image 10px on each site. A few of them overlap, however, and instead of going through and adjusting those images on the thousand some frames, I want to make the image to...more >>

Hm, this code should work fine... did you place it on a frame and named the MC instance right? I used Math.random(), because random() is deprecated and may not work in future versions. The randRange(min, max) function is from the Flash Help and not really complicated... it just makes sure ...more >>

So, I'm passing different variables into an html-enabled text field for content, and whenever one of the content blocks has a <li> in it, when I swap out the content, it automatically makes the rest of the content block's <p>'s into list items as well. I'm thinking of workarounds (destroy ...more >>

Can any one give me a hand with this... I am working on editing this xml menu that uses the xml data component in flash mx pro. I have figured out everything except making my buttons active... They select fine but if I use a URL tag it does not go to that link or open a pdf file on our intrne...more >>

if I have a movie say check 1, check2 , check3... and for those movies to play I want to take the movie name Check and add the varialbe to get the right name. something like this _root.check.gotoAndPlay(2); which translates to _root.check2.gotoAndPlay(2); Is this possible?? ...more >>

is there a way to save a part of the flash movie (the user while on the web) as an image (jpg or bmp) - if so, can you specify the area or MC(s) you want to be a part of it? thanks!!!!!...more >>

the following code is what i am using: on (release) { printAsBitmapNum(0, "bframe"); } and it prints every frame of my movie. how can i make it print just a certain section of just one frame? thanks!!!! ...more >>

I scripted a back and forward flash browser button..they work fine...EXCEPT>..>>.when I use them on my website I have to click 2x to get the buttons to move back or forward...ahhh!....here is the script I used....below....any suggestions?? Do I need a script to open the Flash page first? ...more >>

I have an array of MCs. Inside each MC there are five MCs named "image1" through "image4". Now what I want to do is go through the array and the inner MCs and change one of their inner MCs _alpha property.. Should this not work: this.image"+j+".innerclip"]._alpha = x; Thanks.. ...more >>

Hello ppl, I have a button on the stage, it has the following code: on(press){ getURL("http://www.google.com"); } I published this file (flash player 7) and I use IE 6 to run the produced html file. the problem is that nothing happens when I press on the button. I also tried ...more >>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hi there folks i'm baffled by the following quirk: i cannot load text into dynamic text varibles if they are in a masked layer but the same code works fine if they are in the same place but not in a maske...more >>

Hello all, After doing many searches on the internet I have found myself on these forums looking for a solution, if it is at all possible. I have a website I am designing for a friend and there is a flash header on the site. The flash header has a search box and a button. I have made i...more >>

I'm hopeful that someone can enlighten me as to how you can nest a scrollpane within a window component (the content of the scrollpane needs to update dynamically). I've got a scrollpane instance working. Since the Window component requires a content path to an item in the library, I made ...more >>

I want to know I mark the tab order in both AS and plan ,which one will be accept?...more >>

I have a movie with three input text fields: name_ti, zip_ti, email_ti. I want the user to be able to tab between the fields using the TAB key. When the viewer visits initially, I've set focus on name_ti using Selection.setFocus(name_ti); After the user enters info in name_ti, I want the...more >>

Hey everyone ;) I know basic flash... and i'm trying to challange myself now by re-creating my web site in flash. Now im VERY stuck on the action script and how to get the buttons to work! So far, I have made my text into a button, and tried the "goto and play" action and directed i...more >>

is there a way w/ action script to creat a new browser without using javascript? even w/ all the functions "yes" or "no" of dim's and toolbar's?...more >>

Is there a way to use the Drawing API to erase certain areas of a shape? If there is does it make a difference if the shape is made with the drawing tools, or Drawing API? Im trying to use this for destructible terrain in a game, and I've tried using masks, but it still requires parts of ...more >>

I have a three text field comment section on my contact page of my site. I have written the action script for it and it all checks out fine. but nothing happens when I enter in text and then submit it. here is the script I have for the form and button var gatherForm:LoadVars = new LoadVa...more >>

hi, i have a xml object into which i load external xml file using 'load' command and parse it once its loaded using 'onLoad' event. until yesterday it worked perfectly, but i probably made some change (i wish i knew what it was...) which caused the 'onLoad' event never to take place. to make su...more >>

:| Ok, here goes... I have a sub-movie that contains a dynamic text field and associated variable name. If I go to "test scene" the text displays but when I go to "test movie" the text box is there but the the text from my text file doesn't display. The code below is embedded in the sub-mov...more >>

I am making a product for physically disabled peoples. In this user types frequently in text fields. Each time user presses a key that is echoed.The problem occurs when user's focus is not at the textfield. Now keys are continously echoed but since focus is not at the field so nothing is typed...more >>

I have a MediaDisplay with an MP3 all ready to go. I also have a MediaController linked to the displayer. I then have a button with this coding on it: on (press) { _root.mediacontroller.activePlayControl = "play"; } I click the button, and predictably, the MediaDisplay which the con...more >>

hi, how do i use filters througth actionscript... say i have a movieClip mcBall how do i apply blur filter to mcBall can anyone help thanks is it possible to apply filters to empty movieClips??? ...more >>

(posted in the General forum as well, but noone ever answered) I'm currently planning and estimating a project, and i've bumped into the following problem: I need to export a movieclip containing shapes and bitmaps (with various alphas, rotations etc) as a bitmap file, f.ex. the jpg form...more >>

Hi, I m looking for an horizontal images scroller script. I need to display 5 little pictures (like a thumbnail) and add the scroll functions (right to left and left to right) if I have more than 5 pictures. The picture path comes from an xml file (I don't have problem to parse the xml fil...more >>

Hi all, I want to create a movie clip (not a button), and on mouse over, the cursor should change to 'hand' on Frame0, I created a movieClip with instance name 'mymc'. and create the following action : stop(); _root.mymc.useHandCursor = true; but its seems the action did not worked...more >>

Hi, i am new to Flash, and have a simple question here: I want to control an imported GIFanimation, such as playing it once a button is clicked. So I used "File/Import/Import to library" and make the linkage for the default movie clip imported. For some reason, when "test movie",...more >>

How would I access a library item (movieClip) using actionscript to say change the size. For example, I have a movieClip named zoomer1 with the linkage of zoom. Is there any way I can access this with actionscript to change the size and such? ...more >>

i have a navigation bar with 6 buttons and i want to link to 6 separate movie clips.. im using the following action script on (release) { _root.gotoAndPlay("frame2"); } for some reason when i click any of the buttons it always displays the first movieclip ... all buttons are name...more >>

I scripted a back and forward flash browser button..they work fine...EXCEPT>..>>.when I use them on my website I have to click 2x to get the buttons to move back or forward...ahhh!....here is the script I used....below....any suggestions?? Is there another script that works better? on (r...more >>

I am using the following code: __email.sendAndLoad(__spamURL, __email, "POST"); to post form values to a php page that lives on a different server (and url) that the swf that is sending the values. If I publish the swf locally the values are sent (and then stored properly by the php co...more >>

I want to create a Flash buttons with a "rollover effect" and a "rollout effect". I a already want to use this button to call others frame in the same document. How I can't realize that with a MovieClip in a button symbol and still be able to call a frame in the same document. Thank yo...more >>

Hi all, Im completely new to Flash and am struggling to get a simple thing working: I have a "MovieClip" (called "gadget") within my scene which is made up of two "Buttons" (but_burn and but_sandbag) I need to know when the user is holding the left mouse button down within the "but_bur...more >>

I used an oval shape and convetered that to a button symbol. I have 10 instances of that and all do the same job (put its caption on a text field) onclick. The following code does not work var obj = new Object(); obj.onRelease = function(evt) { trace(evt.target); } bu1.addEv...more >>

I have two MCs that I create like this: topLoad = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mainContent_top", 50); bottomLoad = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mainContent_bottom", 49); I want to use these to load movies into and I want the next/newest movie, to be loaded into the topLoad. So what I want to do i...more >>

i have two swfs that i am importing into levels on a maintime. i can get the tabindex to work for each individual swf when not loaded into the maintime line. once it is in the timeline it does not work. I have top.swf loading into level2 that has tabindex 1-10. i then have intro.swf loading...more >>

i'm trying to customise the right click menu in my flash website but I'm having difficulty.... i've tried several tutorials but can't get any of them to work...can anyone help me out! thanks bB_...more >>

Hi everybody! scrollpane is into a movieclip. how i understand when user click mouse while it's over scrollpane. (Scrollpane includus many form elements such as input , combobox and datagrid.) Help please ...more >>

Hi Everyone I have a basic programming question. How do I exit a for loop while it is in process? for(i=0;i<1000;i++){ if(drawingOn){ do things here... }else{ don't continue the loop... } } What is the right way of doing this? Should I use a while loop...more >>

I have created a Dynamic text field that scrolls using the UIScrollBar component. The dynamic text field uses two fonts that are imported from an external library. In this external library I made the fonts symbols to reduce file size. The two font symbols are the same typeface, but one is bold...more >>

If I create a 3 frame symbol as a button (i.e. frame1=up; frame2 = over; frame 3 = down), how can I make this button go into toggle mode where it stays down when clicked the first time and then goes up when clicked the second time. There is a "toggle" property on the SimpleButton Class. But,...more >>

Hi, I've made an authentication portal for my team using Flash. After the user enters in his userid and password, he should be brought to the main menu. What's happening in the code is this: On the second frame of the Flash movie, I'm checking for two session variables (userId an...more >>