I'm using the script below (from theFlash pro 8 training guide) to load two videos (one after another). The way it's written it continuously loops through both videos. Is there a way to play both and stop at the end - ready to replay? var videoLoaderIndex:Number = 0; var videoPlayerIndex...more >>

Hi I just found a cool swf today and I really want to learn how to write the script to make it happen, I know it must have something to do with random() and alpha since there are growing light come out and fly in a random direction then fade out, and also one thing is very interesting that if ...more >>

I have a site with 4 nav buttons on the right. This nav is the same on 5 seperate scenes. On mouse over I would like to show a page from one of 4 destination scenes. On click you should go to your selected scene. On roll out, you go back to the scene and frame that you were when you rolled...more >>

The .fla file which used to get published and run OK suddenly started take too long to publish and then throws and error "Not enought memory" It nevertheless creates a swf file of enormous size (16M) whereas it used to be 250K What happened? ...more >>

Hi Guys, I am attempting to create a login screen which sends and loads the variables using php, php will query the database and print out a variable which wil then be loaded back into flsh and tell flash which frame to go to. the little issue I'm having is, I did this two weeks ago and ...more >>

Hi all! I got some trouble with Tree component. I have a button on my stage named MakeChild. That button makes currently selected node a child of the previous sibling. The code is provided below. The problem is that the result of the function are TWO new nodes that are identical and one ...more >>

So I am having this problem with dynamic text boxes that makes me want to throw my computer off a 10 story building. I know everyone has had those days....weeks? So anyway to the point. I have a dynamic text box that I have either tweened, or put inside an MC that is tweened. If I embed...more >>

Very strange problem indeed. I'm loading sounds from the queue, aprox. 800 sounds. So, after each of the sounds is loaded with loadSound(), the next one is called to load an mp3 into itself. I've done this locally in it works really great. But when I put it on the server the problems are arisi...more >>

aScript from a button, loading a swf file into a instance of loader (component) the loading works, but not the step through playing of the frames? successive clicks reload swf on (press) { this._parent.picLoader.loadMovie("show_01.swf"); } on (press) { if (this._parent....more >>

bah.. recently decided to venture into actionscript, and.. well i don't have a clue what to do for this: I want to recieve a value from a .php file, and display it in a textfield, with the instance name commentField. After reading through various tutorials (most of which didn't make much s...more >>

Been trying to begin writing basic script. In the following I have a stage with a movieclip (ball). Embedded in the movieclip is the same graphic (ball) that be converted to a button. The movieclip simply tweens the ball from alpha 100 to alpha 30 and back over 30 frames. Very slow, very basic...more >>

If I leave trace() commands in my code will it effect the animation when it is running on a website? Below is my code. I have a page that loads (the first three chunks of code is a preloader). When the user clicks one of the buttons, it goes to a certain page. The user says when she clicks the...more >>

i want to set a variable when a mouse rollover occurs but can't seem to get it right. I simply want to set Variable: mouse =1. How is this coded for actionscripts? I get syntax errors with the following: on (rollover) { set variable ("dummy" = 1); } ...more >>

Please assist if you can... How can I determine the time length in seconds of external FLV clips dynamically speaking with actionscript "prior to loading" them into the FLV player? Thats it in a nutshell ... I can grab the time once they are loaded into the flv-player, but i really need ...more >>

Situation: I have a custom (extended through actin script) movie clip "B" that is loaded into another movie "A" via the MovieClipLoader class. The load code work great, but a few of my methods (in the extended class) reference _root and will not work. "A" uses a MovieClipLoader to load "...more >>

Hi everybody, By default, XML class extend XMLNode Class. I would like the XML Class to extends XMLE, my class that extend the XMLNode Class. How do i do that, without changing/editing the XML.as of macromedia ? XML.as (macromedia) --> XMLE.as (my class) --> XMLNode.as (macromedia) ...more >>

Hey Im really pissed of ive been working for like an hour and i can't get this damn thing to work. How can i simply load a jpg into a movie clip and either get a function to tell me when its fully loaded, or find its getBytesLoaded / getBytestTotal properties. My problem is that i have a num...more >>

How can I copy\move\etc a MovieClip to a different parent. for example: _rootmc1mc2mc21 I want to copy\move mc21 to become a child of mc1. I'm working on a flash application that consists out of a viewer and an admin applet, the admin applet is loaded on request and I need to add mov...more >>

:confused; my actionScript knowledge is basic I am using studioMx, flash Pro 7 on mac i am trying to load a external swf "Thumb_01.swf" into an instance of component Loader "instance name is thumbLoader", the "thumbloader" is on the stage on a layer, I want to load the "Thumb_01.swf" i...more >>

I am trying to use the fscommand to open a pdf file. I am using the following parameters to do this. I must be missing something as the file does not open. It is sitting in the same directory as my flash file. Any suggestions would be helpful. fscommand("exec", "my.pdf"); ...more >>

i'm running through an external xml file, and i'm assigning the nodes to a custom object defined in an external .as file (the object is called Folder, defined in Folder.as). i'm treating the object as an array (i.e. folder[0].attribute, folder[1].attribute, etc). basically i'm trying to set th...more >>

Hey I have an a menu movieclip and in it i have item1 to item20. If I call this in the menu it would work fine, but i cant figure out how to do it from the _root. I have tried many ways: menu._x menu._x this.menu._x this_x and nothing works!? There must be a simple sollution. T...more >>

Hi, this is what I wanna do. The scene is a room. The user has a feeling he/she is standing in the center of that room. When he/she moves the mouse to the left, the room spins around and it doesn't stop when it reaches the end. Instead in countinues with the start of the room. And the same...more >>

Can anyone help me convert the following HTML/JavaScript into flash compatible action script? I have a new flash site and need to reproduce the old login "POST" form in flash as actionscript. <script language=javascript> var showinfowin function showinfo(){ if(showinfowin) showinfow...more >>

i need help on my movieclip. i will call my movieclip MC and it is nested on two more movieclip, specifically MC_parent_1 and under it MC_parent_2 and then MC. i want that when i click MC it will bring me to another frame in the _root timeline of another scene. i used this codes but it doesn't...more >>

Does enyone kow how to make listener that will be listening transformation of movie clip (resizing, scalling, rotation...)?...more >>

I have created a SWF that has a link to another SWF containted in it. The parent SWF loads the child SWF fine, but the child won't play. Any ideas why? The parent SWF is only 2 frames long, it just loads a 'loading' page in frame 1 and then other movie in frame 2 and then stops. The child...more >>

OK - quick background. Learned Flash 4/5 never did any scripting. Haven't touched it in a number of years. My flash designer is on maternity leave and I need to get a Flash self assessment interface completed in a month. Self Assessment consists of 12 questions which will display a dynamic ...more >>

im making a pinball game and i just cannot figure out how to give the ball gravity so it rolls down. also i cant figure out how to make it so if the ball gets hit by the flipper when it flips up it will go up, like a pinball machine. If i make this game good i will get paid so please help! t...more >>

is there any way to make certain areas in a movie clip button clickable and others not? For instance, i have a shape and text inside the button but i only want the shape to be clickable and not the text. Any ideas? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

ok I'm really new to flash and am trying to load a slide show into my movie using the loadMovieNum command. I got it to load but I can't seem to control it's position. When I did a trace of the x position I get undefined. Here's the code I used: btSlideShow.onRelease = function():Void ...more >>

A kick in the right direction wanted please. Hi all. I'm unashamedly begging for some help, or at least a pointer to where I can find a tutorial or something similar to what I'm after. I would like to create a flash window within my html page that performs just like the google maps windo...more >>

Alright, i'm making a card game in flash, and i decided to add all cards into an array (cardArray). All 52 cards should be added in this array, and then, the array should be shuffled. Look at the example: BEFORE cardArray = new Array(); cardArray = card1; cardArray = card2; cardA...more >>

Hello! Imagine, we have 2 MovieClips on the stage: _root.mc1 and _root.mc2. How can we put the second MovieClip into the first one via ActionScript to have _root.mc1.mc2? Thanks!...more >>

:confused; my country is holding local elections, so i want to create a ballot box. the thing is when the user intend 2 select the candidate i don't like, i want the focus movie to run away from the mouse, i.e. change its xpos & ypos randomly. ...more >>

i've created a fairly complex 3D FLash application using the Quaternion 3D Flash engine: http://www.jalaka.com/shikhara the FLA imports several external .as files, and a number of custom classes. everything had worked fine when i created the application over a year ago. now when i go...more >>

I downloaded the trial version of Flash 8. I have never used flash before so I was doing a tutorial. I was doing "Building your first Flash application". Upon completion I have no errors in my action scrpit but my images will not appear. Can someone tell me why this is happening? ...more >>