I'm new to actionscript, and I'm making a simple steady mouse game. (A game where the cursor has to get thru a maze type thing without touching the walls). The way I'm doing it so far, is just making the walls all together as a button that says- on (rollOver) { gotoAndPlay(1) } This w...more >>

Hello. I am learning ActionScript and i have a question..... I have googled some code i need but cant get it to work like i want. I have a question about functions..... What i want to do is load variables from a file... and have the flash document refresh the document every some many seco...more >>

:confused; I am using the following syntax to set a variable to a blank value: Set Variable: "name" = "" The action is linked to a button The target is an input textbox on the stage within the same frame, with the variable name: name The instance does not have an instance name ...more >>

i have done a lot of drag and drop games in the past using code like this: if (eval(this._droptarget) == _root.movieClipTarget) { and it has worked for what i needed. however, here is my question/dilema: in this code, it seems that the mouse hand must be over "movieClipTarget". how can i...more >>

so I made a button in Fireworks and set a URL that the button is supposed to link to when it is clicked. I then imported it into Flash and put it in the libray. And then I dropped it onto the spot that I wanted it to be. Saved it to my site and now nothing happens when you click the button. ...more >>

Hello, I would be glad if someone could bring some light in this: I did a Movie where I have a MovieClip in the library with some variables and functions on its first Frame. I added this dynamically in a loop to the main Movie via -- day = _root.attachMovie("day", "day"+(i+1), i+1, {_x...more >>

I am trying to load a numerical variable from a text file into my flash file. I would like to then call this variable to use in a function. How do I do this. Some code I have been trying is attached. But when I trace my variable "my_lv" it returns "text=Hi%20there%2E&onLoad=%5Btype%20Functi...more >>

I'm loading a number value from an external .txt file. The data feed however doesn't use english nomenclature, so the value I'm getting is like this for example: 19873328347201. I want to somehow make flash automatically optimize that number it pulls in to look like this: 19,873,328,347,201 so...more >>

Can anyone direct me to a tutorial, or give me the Reader's Digest version of how to add "ease in/out" to a scrolling movie clip. For example, I have a movie clip, scrolling_mc, that I want to move up and down on rollOver of up_btn and down_btn. up_btn.onRollOver=function() { scrolling_...more >>

OK I hav a scrollbar that dynamically loads xml docs into it! Thats all working fine! :) However, to match the rest of the site I need the buttons (which I modified to look differently, this shouldn't really make a difference) to change color when they are rolled over. I tried changing the mov...more >>

In frame 1 of my movie, I build my screen. On that screen, I have a movie I created called termMovie. That movie has two components -- a dynamic text box named termWin and a scroll bar named termScroll. In my script layer, I have a function called check_btn.onRelease. When my ...more >>

Is there anyway that I can resize movieclip by specifying the number of pixles? I want to obtain similar result as using setSize in objects. I've tried mc._width and mc._height but it only good for getting the information but I don't seem to be able to set the width and the height using th...more >>

I want to know if this is possible, basically i want to have a slider, much like a volume slider that you can click and drag sideways, and would i be able to make it so that depending where it is dragged along a line, it can affect another moveiclip in some way? Basically the way it will b...more >>

hi there, this code works fine in 1 frame on the main time line, but y need an intro so this code will be on a frame>1 the problem is that after the duplicatemovie function execute few times the movie will goandplay frame 1 in the main time line i have no idea why is that other thing i...more >>

I've done a topic search on this and found a couple of similar threads, but they haven't concluded much. I've got an swf form loaded into a flash site (the site 'panel' has a mask on it, put in at runtime).When I put a TextInput component onto the form's movieclip (this is all done in AS),...more >>

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I have resubmitted my question by attaching the code. Thanks Jeckyl for letting me know people could not view it in newsreaders. 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 a...more >>

What would I need to do to this code to make it an onRollover clipevent: this.but1.buttonName.text = "Casa 212"; function loadFrame() { _level0.myImage.loadClip("aircraftimages/r0.jpg",this.image.image); } loadFrame(); ...more >>

Hi, i am wondering if anyone knows how to have a get url on a mc when i already have that mc with this on it: on (rollOver) { _root.mcScreenEffect.play(); } So what i am looking to do is also have it get a url when it is pressed. Thanks, Neil ...more >>

I was wondering if there was a way to preload other SWFs on a web server before they load onto a page?... For example, let's say I have six web pages that contain six different SWFs. When the first web page comes up and the first SWF is displayed, can I somehow "cache" the other five SWFs...more >>

For the quiz part in my project I am using the flash Quiz template radio buttons type only. But I need atleast 4 buttons in all per page. Could some one advise me on how I can alter the code in the template to accommodate two more radio buttons. Thank you Vijjy ...more >>

help i am trying to make a button run a windows application on release please help...more >>

I am wondering how to make my life easier for a Flash piece. Let's say I have a graphic symbol that's an instance on the stage called, say "widget". Inside that symbol would be a button with, say (GetURL "widget.pdf"). Is there a way to pass down the instance name into all of the...more >>

Hi, I am building a flash file where I need the server time (specifically the date number) I successfully did that with php integration PHP Code: <?php $todayDate = date(d); echo "&todayDate=$todayDate" ?> Actionscript code: phpVar.onLoad = function (success) { if (suc...more >>

I need to load an image into SWF based on variable from parsed URL. IE: Page called: URL http://www.domain.com/gallery1.html which contains gallery.swf Loader in gallery.swf would pull gallery1.jpg from directory /images/ by parsing the URL and creating myVariable=gallery1 + 'jpg' ...more >>

How do I get rid of the green highlight that appears on the Scroll Pane component or the Text Area component when it receives focus? If you look at the input text areas on this forum page then you will know what I am talking about, they all turn green with you are typing in them. How do I c...more >>

hi everyone, is there a way to move a movieclip as long as a button is pressed?...more >>

I'm BRAND spanking new to Flash and the first thing I'd like to do is create a simple scrolling text box for a webpage I'm developing. I've seen a few tutorials on-line, but I was hoping someone here might give me some simple instructions to follow. OR... is there some kind of template ...more >>

My situation is this: I use setRGB to set the color of a MovieClip. I then apply a DropShadowFilter, with the color property set to black, to the MovieClip. However, the drop shadow still takes on the original setRGB color, and not the color set in the DropShadowFilter constructor. ...more >>

Hi, I have a form that has a mix of textfields and components which I am trying to send data to a PHP script which emails the results to me. It is a booking form that has been modified from a Kirupa tutorial. The textfields send data fine but the component fields send nothing. The ...more >>

hi could anyoe explain why this code doesnt work while mcOrange is a movieClip in the library which is linked to actionscript...the linkage name is mcOrange too... please help setInterval(loadDots, 1000); function loadDots():Void { this.attachMovie("mcOrange", "mcMain...more >>

How do I do an array of objects (from a class). I created that class and i want an array of that kind ob objets. I have something like tihs. section.id section.name section.link But what happen when is more than one section? Shall I use ... ?: section[1].id section[1].name section[...more >>

Hi! I have been using flash for a while but this has me stumped. I want to create a site that moves like a movie filmstrip, so if you click on button 1 the mc would scroll to the first frame of the strip. If you clicked on button 5 the mc would scroll through the frames in between to g...more >>

Hi, I'm creating a flash video player and need to load various files to be played etc.. HOWEVER one function i'd like is the ability to detect if the requested contentPath actually exists, and to do something about it if it does not. I know there's the "try - catch" VideoError option but...more >>

Hi, I am new to actionscript, so I would like to ask for help. I have a page (it?s online) and on that pagethere are lots of mp3?s (all legal, own music) it?s a list, next to each song you see a speaker, when you click on the speaker the mp3 will play. it takes a long time ofcourse before th...more >>

I am trying to get a selection of buttons to show in a 2 column list. They are 15x15001..15x150010 in this example. The x/y coords dont seem to work correctly. if anyone has any suggestions, please help! Thanks, David for (var i:Number = 1; i<=10; i++) { ypos = int((i-1)/...more >>