I set this Actionscript for a button in my Flash movie. I tested it on my website and I get no action from clicking on the button. on (release) { getURL("http://www.mywebsite.com/cd/richard", "_blank"); } ...more >>

At the end of 120 frames my Flash movie loops five frames continuously. I would like to have those five frames loop 10 times then continue further along the timeline. Where can I find the action script to control this activity? ...more >>

Hi, where can I find all the things that show what you can do with them? Like when you type Math., you can see everything... It's the same with Key., where can I find others than Key and Math?...more >>

Hi all I'm a newb to AS 2.0, (but I know AS 1.0 inside and out) and I'm coming across this problem that is just confusing me, just because it should just work. But I think I need another set of eyes to look at it. I created an square MC in an fla, called "square". I have a class that's ...more >>

Hello, I am curious on how to create a button that runs this. What i want to do, and i'm not sure this is even what i use, but i want to have a clip that plays and there is a forward button(done) and then a reverse one that plays that exact item backwards. I don't want to recreate it in the ti...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to use loadMovie to load an external swf. I don't want to use a button to launch these external swfs, I'd like them to load as I get to a particular frame. So I've tried using: onClipEvent (load){ loadMovie("_Frame.swf",1); } That seems to work ok evethough this ...more >>

Hi: Let's say I have .swf A and B. Swf B is loaded into a mc in swf A through loadMovie. Both swf A and B have labelled frames in them. Is there a way that swf A can determine if swf B is on a particular named (labelled) frame? For instance, when swf B (is loaded into swf A) and swf B...more >>

Is there a simple way to have flash only print one designated frame. I've created an interactive map for my companies website and with each different state the user selects, different information will show up at the bottom of my stage. I'd like to create a print button that will print whatev...more >>

Hi! I've looked through the forum and thought I had found some scripts that would make a flash movie loop only 3 times, but the movie keeps repeating continuously. I'm using Flash MX (not 2004) and exporting my movie as a flash player 6 file. Here's what I'd like to do....I have created a fl...more >>

Continue from the http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=288&thre adid=1120562&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear. I'm trying to put a sharedobject into this flash to store the data local on the pc, but it's not working :( You can see it http://flash.4dim...more >>

Ok, I've got an issue here that I can't fix for the life of me. The code I have goes like this: var newLetter:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip( "newText"+currentChunk, this.getNextHighestDepth() ); it's in an object, and I call the object multiple times. The first few times I ca...more >>

hi all i have a visible audio button that works well with music : on/off i also have a trailer button that when clicked launches a html pop up window. also when the trailer button is clicked it stops all sound in the flash movie. i would like the sound to resume once the user closes the ...more >>

I have a movie that was developed in Flash MX 2004 Actionscript 1.0. I am now trying to publish the movie from withing Flash 8 (with publish settings of Flash Player 7, Actionscript 1.0). The file utilizes flash remoting. Previously I used the line #include "NetServices.as" to include th...more >>

hi all i know how to open a pop up window from flash. my question is how do i keep the pop up on top even if the user clicks on the broswer window under the pop up? is there a script that keeps the pop up window on top? thanks ...more >>

Hi, I often use the technic to build one movieclip on stage and later duplicate multiple instance of it and give them nice programming. But, when I do use the loadMovie command it seem not to work. Example: // 1st frame: load a clip in a given instance i_mc.loadMovie("pix/1.swf"); ...more >>

Hi! I am working on a flash presentation. The movie should advance every time the user presses a key... I read that to accomplish this, I only have to create a botton and assign an actionscript like this one for instance: on (keyPress "<Left>") { gotoAndPlay(2); } But it doesn?t w...more >>

I have the code for making snow fall, but I need to know to things. 1. What part of the action window do I insert the code? 2.I tried and could only get one snowflake to fall. How can I get it so that several fall at once? I'd really appreciate the help ...more >>

What's wrong in this code? I have an array for suits (hearts, diamons, clubs, spades), an array for faces (2,3,4,-j,q,k,a). I'm trying to combine them to create a full deck in an array, like this: cardSuit_array = ["S","C","D","H"]; cardFace_array = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8"...more >>

Does anyone know an easy way to load PDF (stored externally on CD) files from a Flash movie running off a CD-ROM?...more >>

I am using Flash 8 and am trying to use an OnRollOver button to act like a drop down box but I am having trouble. I have text on layer 1 and then created layer 2 and put an invisible button over the text in that layer. I have a movie clip in the library called dropdown and would like it to dis...more >>

hi i have to create a simple site for a local burrito joint, and they do corporate catering. they want to have a page with an order form, that once filled out, generates an email that will be sent to them with all the order info. is this possible? I want to use fireworks to creat...more >>

Hi, I am creating buttons and menus dynamically via actionscript. I have 2 rows of buttons and each button, when clicked on, opens a dropdown menu right below it. For some reason, the buttons on the 2nd row ALWAYS obscure the menus that pop up on the top row. I've tried creating the m...more >>

Sorry for my bad englis :-( How can I get the actual url, where my movie will be shown? I have one movie and would like to place it on different sites. Now I want to know how often will be clicked on this movie. How can I get in my PHP file information about current URL, where my movie was...more >>

Dear Forum, I have an external text file (starts: content=) which loads into a dynamic text field with the var content on that frame I have the script: loadVariablesNum("text.txt", 0); all which works fine, all I want is to be able to add a Scrollbar component. When I test the movie i ...more >>

Does anyone know of a way to enable anti-aliasing on a text field created with the 'createTextField' command? Thanks!...more >>

Hi. I have an artist client who wants to be able to have a movie shell gallery that will be able to display 10-15 images that he can change by uploading them to a server with a specific filename, and have flash load the info in for each page. i need to know the actionscript for this (...more >>

Hi to all. I'm in a hurry and stuck with a problem. I'm loading and external flash file with the help of a movieclip but I've got the _root problem. The file I load has 2 actionscripty things. 1) scroll 2) links to other external files. The problem is, if I use the lockroot comman...more >>

i am drawing some objects in runtime using the beginFill, endFill , lineTo commands and i want to fill my objects with texture bitmaps instead of plain colors, please help me...more >>

sorry for the repost. i just cant work this out! i'm creating a movieclip within my container movieclip like this... mc_container.createEmptyMovieClip('mc_1', mc_container.getNextHighestDepth()); each new chosen movieclip (mc_2, mc_38, mc_21 etc...) within the container loads on top o...more >>

I am embarking on my first project that will have multiple languages. The project is entirely action-script which is #included. I currently publish for the flash 6 player to reach the widest installed base. All text is in an external file but the current version sets codepage to true (I wil...more >>

I'm not even sure if this is the best way to do this. I am making a map similar to Google's maps. I want a scrollable list of rooms and if I click on one of the room names it performs my function jumpTo(x,y). The jumpTo function works, I don't know how to trigger it based on a list item se...more >>

Hey, I know how to read an external text file into flash, but I now have a different issue... I have a flash file (flash8 pro) that has three status lights (blinking movie clips -red,yellow,green). I want my customer to be able to change these status lights by editing an external file...(tx...more >>

Can anyone refer me to more information on creating progress actions during a preloader? Visualize a string of boxes at the outset of the loader. As the site loads, one by one the box pops up to be a bigger size. pop - pop - pop - pop - pop (and when they're all the bigger size) ...100% ...more >>

Hi everyone; this forum is very useful and I've gotten good help here. I'm trying to adapt to decent coding practice after a lot of self-teaching of ugly shortcuts. I have all my code in a .as file, stuffed into a class extending a holder movieclip at the root of my .fla. So far (hopeful...more >>

Sorry, but im kinda new at flash and i've searched everywhere to find out how to have things happen when there is a collision. This is my code, i may not even be close but as i said, im a beginner... onClipEvent (mouseMove) { if (_root.follow.hitTest(walls)); { gotoAndStop(5) }...more >>

I was wondering if it was possible to use the calendar component to make a calander that when ever the user scrolls over it when there is an event, that a message box comes up and shows what the event is. I'm using Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 ...more >>

Evening. Nice Forum! i have a problem i haven't found an aswer to. I'm loading a image into a ScrollPane:sp.contentPath='http:/localhost/go.jpg'; The ScrollPane reads the image and shows it. I then go to the localhost folder and replace the 'go.jpg' pic with another image file and rena...more >>

hello i am new in flash and actionscript. i want to ask you how to create a function in as that passes a parameter. say that in: var InsertCoin = function() i want to insert a parameter inside the function brackets, how should i do it? thanks ...more >>

I am wondering how I can prevent flash from caching all the external text that loads into my movies so people can see my updates when they refresh the page. These are just txt files not xml. Thanks...more >>

Hi, I try to make a MC draggable after loading a jpg with MC.loadMovie, but the ..onPress event and other MC events cannot be fired... :( any idea? I am using Flash 8, is it a bug? Here is my code. this.createEmptyMovieClip("My_mc", 10); My_mc.loadMovie("http://i3.microsoft.com/h/e...more >>

I get horrible green highlighting in my entire movie when pressing the TAB key to run through my contact form which is loaded in as a separate .swf How do I restrict the TAB property to my _txt fields in my contact form? btn_btn.tabEnabled = false; Should I apply this to all the buttons...more >>

I just need a button that browse files. Like on a html form browse files . And then i want to put that info in a text box... but i guess that wwill be v easy ass well... Any help? Thanks! ...more >>

Please, someone, my job is hanging on this... I created a form in Flash 8 straight from the HOT tutorial, which assures me a Perl script can accept the variables. I did, of course, add additional fields as shown below: one date field, two list fields, the rest text. I could not find any refe...more >>

Hi I am quite new to flash and I would appreciate if some one can help me out with the following problem. I want to create a slide show where I have several movie clips which I load into the stage. All movie clips have around 80 frames (1 - 80) but my problem here is that I do not want the...more >>

I have a search function but it is case sensitive and it also is searching for the entire expression rather than per term. does anyone have suggestions or links to resources explaining how to modify the search to make it insensitive and term-based rather than expression-based? thanks ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to write a flash cookie in which to store variables, I have had a look at the shared object and have came across a problem with it not working. Could someone have a look and see whats wrong. http://www.triadsinteractive.com/assessment/CheckboxTestlight.rar Many thank...more >>

I'm relatively new to Flash, and I'm having real trouble with something which I'm sure is simple, but I just can't see what I'm doing wrong. I've got a big button (250 x 156 px). I would like the whole image to be the hotspot for the button. Within the button I have a smaller triangle (25 x ...more >>