I have to admit I'm finding the BitmapData class, Transform class, Matrix class, all very hard to put together. var bmp = new BitmapData(55, 55, true, 0); //so now I have a 55x55 bitmap. great. In addition to not having any clue how to rotate, scale, or position a BitmapData object, ho...more >>

I understand that the Matrix can be used to apply a rotated transformation with the BitmapData.draw() method, but how do you rotate an already drawn bitmap? I can't seem to figure it out from the F1 docs... the BitmapData class has no method to do any transformations, so I go over to the Matix...more >>

...or maybe getURL is not the right action. I want to replace the current page which contains my Flash app. with a new HTML page. I have a button with the action getURL("www.newsite.com/","_self"). Tested in Flash this opens my browser and loads the new site. But on the testing or remote serve...more >>

if anyone has some suggestions for this simple little doozy, i'll buy them a drink: after scripting a _btn to make an _mc become visible and play, i need another _btn within the _mc to do the same to another _mc. i know this must be ridiculously simple, but i tried this: first_mc._vis...more >>

Hey this will be really quick. For some reason im totally blanking on the actionscript that creates boundries for a movieclip. does anyone remeber?...more >>

I am using createClassObject to dynamically add RadioButton instances to my movie. Each set of radio buttons is assigned to a group. This seems to work perfectly well in that they all appear. I can move my mouse across the labels and see the radio button circle shade green. However, when I cli...more >>

Hello all, I have a clip that is masked and it is going to be a week to week calendar. I foresee a slight issue in regards to the published project being out of date once the published week is in the past. How do I move the clip based on the date so that the viewer sees the current week ...more >>

i have two movies on the stage, the first gallery_mc contains a gallery of pictures which have been converted into buttons, the second movie order_mc contains a nested movie details_mc. details_mc contains a dynamic textfield which have instance name imageId_txt . I want help on how i can ...more >>

i have to plead complete ignorance and, perhaps, stupidity. but can anyone tell me how, in the relationship between a button and a movie-clip, i can keep a hidden _mc paused at frame 1 until the button reveals and plays it? i can do the animations easily enough, and do the basic action script...more >>

:confused; how can i change the _y and _x properties of a movie clip during runtime. I want the movie to change position as if it has been tweened on the Timeline....more >>

Greetings, I'm a beginner at Actionscripting, but I need to create a script that will allow a person to "close out" of a browser window. I created a page which opens to a Blank Target in the browser and added a button ("Close Window") to that page. Please see link: http://www.hofmannhom...more >>

I would like to be able to refer to a class with a string, but I can?t get it to work with a variable. For example, the following works: var easing = mx.transitions.easing; But this does not: var string:String = "Bounce"; var easing = mx.transitions.easing; What should I do...more >>

Hello, basically let me explain what the heck i want it to do. I NEED a tree navigation on the left side of the screen, and when i select a heading on the tree i need it to load a corosponding SWF into a movieclip holder on the right side of the screen. Not only that, but i need the menu ite...more >>

Hi all, I am building my own graphing functions since as of a few months ago the graphing plugins for Flash 8 did not exist or work properly. In my graphs, I could have 100 lines going across 50 (or more) time points, which adds up to over 5,000 points on the graph. I currently show the...more >>

Hi there, I am a total beginner in flash and am building my first slideshow. Somehow my slideshow doesn't advance to the next image when I click on the next button, it reloads the same image. Here is the code I am using: var slideInfoPortraitsLV:LoadVars = new LoadVars (); slideInfoPor...more >>

I have an image of a pen that has a white background. I want to get rid of the white background and just have the pen by itself, because if I import the image with the background and I convert it to a movie clip, it will still have the white part around it. How do I get just the pen part. I...more >>

I have a preloader/progress bar script in an old flash 5 file that I want to use in a new file that I've made in flash 7. The old AS is: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_parent.doneLoading == 0) { total = _parent._parent.getBytesTotal(); isloaded = _parent._parent.getBytesLoaded(); ...more >>

I would like to use the MediaDisplay component only to play mp3 files, there fore don't need any of the functionality of the flv playback or interface. Is there anyway to lower the import filesize of this component and tailor it to my needs? currently when I import it it adds 70k to my movie w...more >>

I can't believe I'm asking this because I know it's so simple but I could swear that I'm doing it right. :sigh: lol I'm just trying to make a circle move from point A to point B then back to A. Nothing fancy. Main timeline, actions in the first frame, own layer. so layer 2, frame 1, empt...more >>

I'm stuck on a idea, that I just don't know how to program. I have 5 folders with the folder name next to them on the right side. There are sub folders as well (4), and 1 document icon sub to these. Looks something like below: <folder image> Folder Name -----<subfolder image> Folder ...more >>

On frame 1, I have this code. if(!alreadyLogged){ attachMovie('loggedText','logged',nIndex++); logged._x=300; logged._y=600; logged.logged.text='cat';} When a user clicks on a button to move to a different frame it sets alreadyLogged=1; On the frame they move to eg frame2 I set ...more >>

Hi, I have been trying to get answers to a few questions and can't seem to get any concrete answers from anywhere and it is extremely frustrating. I have emailed a few addresses at macromedia and have not had any reply either. Hopefully this forum will help me somehow. If anyone could ans...more >>

hi I'm trying to achieve a simplified version of the move to screen area and zoom nav similiar to: http://www.leoburnett.ca. I've read and completed the macromedia tweening tutorials (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/fla.../tweening.html) and gained overview of tween class etc (http://...more >>

Hi there! I'm setting up a scrolling gameworld that takes up a reasonable amount of space. I started moving objects to the extreme ends ofe the stage to help 'open out' the working area, and i noticed at about 3000 pixels in either direction it just stops. A rough estimate tells me I want ...more >>

Hi, how can a swf be randomly selected from a group of say 20 possible swfs, played in a movie clip target, then, when it is finished playing load another swf from the same group of 20 without repeating any of the 20 possible swfs before all 20 have been played -- each swf calling up randomly ...more >>

2 questions in 1 actually... I have to make this application, some sort of graphics application, and for that I want to create a slider control. I wrote a class Slider.as, and the drawing of the control goes just fine. But I have 2 issues: 1) in my constructor I have a parameter "createdBy...more >>

Has anyone else encountered lagging when using the tween class? Whenever a tween is initiated in my actionscript, my CPU goes to 100% until the tween is complete....more >>