hi, the problem is as follows: beginfill gets colour parameter as 0xrgb hex, i want to 'calculate' the colour that should be in the fill, and it would be a bother to make a function just to create a hex string to pass as parameter and then pass it as evaluate (something) or whatever, is there ...more >>

I want to create the effect where the user will drag a 10px by 10px movieclip on a grid that starts at x: 0 and y: 0 to x: 100 and y:100. When the user releases the movieclip it should lock in place. for example x:20 y:50 ...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 >>

There seems to be some changes to how forum and newsgroup synchronise, so I want to see what will and won't appear when posted from the web forum open-square-bracket letter-i close-square bracket: open-square-bracket space letter-i space close-square bracket: open-square-bracket hello cl...more >>

Ahhhh, I'm sure this maybe will not make sense but here it goes anyways. Ok I have a container movie in which I'm loading several other .swf and .txt variables and jpgs. I've set up this container to load: a slideshow.swf, with the following code: stop(); var slideInfoLV:LoadVars...more >>

Is there a way I can load an external .swf into a level and not an existing clip with the new MovieClipLoader class? In the past I've always used something like this: loadMovieNum("splash.swf", 20); Meaning that I could reference it as: _level20.whatever I like the listener ...more >>

Hello Forum I am encoutering trouble with fileuploading using the new flash 8 fileReference class. The server seems to be set up to handle larger files (up to 20megs right now). I am not sure how to debug this. Anyone experienced this problem? Any insight or leads appreciated. ...more >>

I have to setup a navigation that is similar to having a back button in a browser. Im not sure exactly how to do this. It appears to sound pretty dynamic. 1. The user can select one of 12 options 2. then another 12 (btns) options replace the prior. 3. There are two other buttons - very ...more >>

Guys, I need some help with an odd issue. Most mp3 players tell what to play and where to get the songfiles inside the movie itself. Now I need to adapt a player that will pull a song from a html link into that mp3 player on the page. In other words, play a mp3 song in the player when...more >>

How do I transfer data (for example x=5) from movie 1 into movie 2 when loading movie 2? When using loadMovie the data from movie 1 is lost in the process. Sincerely Jens ...more >>

Hi, A while ago I played a game where you clicked and a helicopter flew up while going along a tunnel and you had to dodge the walls. Anyway I wanted to recreate something similar so I came up with the following piece of code. However there is a flaw when it comes to the code!! :( The clips (...more >>

I have read tutorial after tutorial and created a small example of a much larger problem. Anyone who could take a look at it would be greatly appreciated. I created a little flash document with a textarea called MyText and a label component called myTitle. Haven't added the loader yet, bu...more >>

Hi ! I really need help and fast ! Im doing my portfolio to apply for a new job and I need to solve this problem quick. I got my main swf. My "button" use the following code: mchit_cje.onRollOver = function() { mc_cje.gotoAndPlay(1); mc_cje.swapDepths(_root.getNextHighestDepth()); ...more >>

I am trying to create a button for a worksheet that, when clicked it will stay a certain color, then when clicked again it will go back to the original. I saw somewhere in the help section that a "toggle" action would do this, however I cannot get it to work? I put in the correct script, and g...more >>

I creating a sort of a database, the problem is how can i save the information that is contained in variables for future use. i want users to register on my site, and use their login name and pass to login next time. how can i save the variables?:confused; ...more >>

Is there a way to load embedded fonts on the fly? The ways I have found to do this have been unacceptable thus far. What I would like to be able to do is as follows: 1) Load a main SWF file with textfields 2) Upon some user interaction, another SWF file is loaded which contains the em...more >>

I have an mp3 player that loads up each track as an .swf, it uses loadMovie to load the track, all I'm after is a bit of script that will show the word 'streaming' when the track is loading and then when loaded make the image disapear. Also I need to make sure this will happen for every track,...more >>

Hi All I'm building a memory type game without the random background cards. I have created a couple of arrays one for the colour that I'll use to compare cards with and one for the cards covering the background image. It all works till the last else when comparing the 2 cards in the sh...more >>

Hi, How do I pass the date chosen from a DateField component to a PHP mail script? I can pass the variables from text input boxes but the DateField component just outputs a blank in the email sent from the PHP script. I have been looking for days for this. Any help would be greatly a...more >>

I am dynamically loading text into a text area controlled by one of flash's scroll bar compnents, however if the text that is being loaded isn't enough to fit the text area, the scroll bar is still present. It loses its functionality to scroll(the slider bar dissapears), but it still leaves th...more >>

Hi. It`s been a while since I last worked in Flash and my skills have become a bit rusty. I`m making this web-site with a photo-gallery wich all are external swf-files. No problem loading them in, but if I have been into this side and push a button on the menubar to go to another side , t...more >>

I know this should be simple, but I am lost. Maybe too much Python is a bad thing? Anyway, what I'm doing is opening an XML file and placing these values into an array from layer "Actions". I then need to pass myxmldata variable to other movie clips. I have _parent.myxmldata in my clips, ...more >>

I have a movie clip that I attach dynamically, wich has a MC in it which I am using as a button. Somehow I can't seem to make it work. I exported the movie and used the "List Objects" menu. It gave me the following for the button where url_btn is the mc I would like to use as a button. Movi...more >>

I know in php it is something line /n or \n, but what is it for actionscript? I checked the help topics but couldn't find it anyhwere. Thanks for any help, ~Oni....more >>

In this code i have an array that make me 10 duplicates, and a player_mc that eats them. The Problem is with the Random Movement code. I cant get the objects to move randomly apart from each other. Instead, the array moves randomly in a group. I am not to sure how to use the .splice ...more >>

right now i am using a variable so when i change its value it changes in all its calls, but the value of it never changes (is a constant). is there any way to declare constants in flash? (please do not tell me to use find->replace) ...more >>

I wanted to know if it is possible to create an action script for the controls that will controll a slide in captivate. I can't seem to bring a published file from captivate into flash, so if it could go the other way would be great. ...more >>

Hey .. I am building a Flash streaming player with bandwidth detection. A couple of users have experienced crashes when google desktop is installed on their machines Anyone out there run into this problem? thanks, Brian ...more >>

I'm trying to load the following text from a text file into a dynamic field (formatted for HTML) and have it be clickable. The dynamic field's var = "water". I was told I could do this but I think I have the text below formatted wrong. Nothing loads into the field. &water=<FONT FACE ="aria...more >>

Does anyone know how to get a similar effect to: http://www.amplifier.com/ Or point me in the direction of a toot? When a user clicks a button, the movie will move left/right or up/down to that designated place (originally off screen). I think this is common but I can't locate any tutor...more >>

I have seen several other people reporting problems all over the net, but I have not seen a solution. I have also seen other people that say that they had the problem unil they used the PrintJob class. But not saying how they used the class to solve their problem. I have a formated page ...more >>

//the folowoing A>S loads a picture into a m.c.called invis, on rollover. this.onRollOver = function() {_root.specText.invis.loadMovie('picturesthum/'+pictureName);} // what I want to do is the same but instead of loading an image, I want to attach a m.c. // Problem is, attachMovie cli...more >>

Hi folks, I have a problem with scope. I'm writing a little application to run a course, and the engine creates the navigation menu putting labels in the button etc... So, as far as I change things like a dynamic text that's on the stage with something like mybutton.itemText.text = my...more >>

Hi, I found a tutorial online ages ago that showed how to select all of the text in an input field when you click on it, but I've proper gone and lost it now and I can't figure out how to do it. Ideally I would like the input field to clear itself when you click on it - so whatever was th...more >>

hello, i build a extern preloader that works fine. in my "main.swf" i want to use _root. .... in the first frame ( framscript). testing the main.swf alone, everything works fine, but loading the main.swf with the preloader for exampe _root._y is undefinied. any solutions for my problem...more >>

In this code the attachMovie doesn't work: It seems that you can't play with the target movieclip and the library in the onLoadInit statement. You can't attach movies, neither work with fonts in the library, etc. But you can attach movies to the _root for example. Bug? think so... th...more >>