I'm looking at simulating a computer's mouse in Flash, and I'd like the cord to follow the mouse around as it moves around the screen. Is there some way to do it, so that it looks natural (not just a straight line following the mouse)? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi guys, I got this issue with this test where I am trying to basically drag items onto a canvas. If the correct items are dragged onto it then obviously you score correctly. The trouble started when I considered people may wanna drag items back off the canvas if they change their mi...more >>

Did that, it is getting called but it isn't displaying...still... Chris...more >>

I have a form field that will email me customer info (name, email, message, and so forth). During the email process, if an unknown error occurs my timeline goes to a "resubmit" label. At that frame I have the following code: warning = "Unknown error: Please try again" this.onEnterFram...more >>

I have a site where users can upload there images to a folder. Once uploaded these images are then dynamically inserted into the pages of my swf. However if someone is to upload some type of virus, would they then be infecting peoples computers when the users try to view these images(viruses)....more >>

I am new to actionscript and Flash in general, so this is a newbie question. Here is a http://issues.swingthing.net/flash/2.mov that describes my problem. Here is the actionscript that is (probably) causing the problem.. _root.moreInfo.onRollOver = function() { _root.animatedtext_mc...more >>

I'm making a game and i want the player to be able to put in a password so he/she can start from that level. You've probably seen this before. can someone check my code, it doesnt seem to be working... on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") { if (password eq "train2") { gotoAndStop("Scene 1...more >>

I have a website that has a menu page with 4 movie clip buttons on it named work_mc, behold_mc, corner_mc, and personal_mc. Inside these movieclip buttons, there is an animation that will play whenever the user mouse's over one of the 4 movie clip buttons. The animation has lines that will eit...more >>

I have a button in urgent_mv layer just below the main timeline. I have a reset button on the main timeline. I have a variable called URGENT that gets set to on or off in the urgent_mv. When I have a customer hit the RESET button on the main timeline I want it to go to a particular frame in...more >>

I have a main picture gallery that gives you six buttons that go to different scenes. To preload all the scenes takes too long. So my plan is to load just enough frames to see the one scene they pick out of the 6 buttons in the main gallery. I think this will work becauses chances are they ...more >>

Hi everyone, I am a software developer and have mostly worked in the MS arena. For the development of web applications I have the feeling that Flash (with for example PHP of CF on the server) is the way to go and so recently I have decided to try to delve me in to the Flash experience. It ...more >>

Does flash have the capability of displaying data from a SQL database on an IIS server without using coldfusion? Is there a way to connect to the data on a SQL database much like is done using dreamweaver and HTML? We have a SQL database on an IIS server and cannot purchase coldfusion right no...more >>

Ok, I have everything setup, it preloads images and shows the correctly, the way I set it up is if while downloading an image you press next (or whatever) it will stop loading that image and load the next instead. This is simply done by just unloadClip before loadClip, so if anything is be...more >>

Hello I have 10 images. I import them to separate frames in one movie clip and i give this movie clip name instance "MC". I'm wanting to duplicate the frames so it makes one long vertical stripe by putting one image after another. Like stitched all in one big one. I was searching and s...more >>

hey im making an RPG game with tile based terrain and i just cant seem to find a smooth way of stopping the guy from being able to walk on, for example, water. i have tried a number of diffent uses of the hitTest command but the best result i can get with that is a 'bouncing off ' look, bu...more >>

This question is for someone who is aware of the difference between passing an argument by value and passing an argument by reference. If you know what the difference is, then my question is - is there a way to pass an argument by reference in Actionscript? I know you can use the return s...more >>

I'm having trouble with levels and the gotoandstop command I have index.swf (_level0) that loads up various other swf files into levels Project01.swf (_level1) Project02.swf (_level2), etc In the index.swf I have a movieclip "slider2", which contains another movieclip "slider", which c...more >>

Hey, I've been looking for a solution to this for a while with no success. I have a background image movie that is supposed to load a different image dependent on the value of a variable. I know it's possible to pass a flash movie a variable via get when you're embedding it into an HTML d...more >>

I have an app that I have multiple movie clips loaded via loadMovie...all works as it should. As soon as a drop *any* of the UI Components (Radio Button, ComboBox, CheckBox) into either the app or even just the library, my loadMovie functions stop working. Upon investigation I've fou...more >>

Hello All- My wife is a spanish teacher and I am trying to make a swf that will pull vocab words & there translations from an XML document and insert them into the appropriate text boxes, to act as an internet version of flashcards. I can do all of the above just fine, but I am having tr...more >>

hi - has anyone got the actionscript to make a movieclip move in the opposite direction to the mouse - so that when the mouse cursor moves up, an mc in the backgound moves down a specific distance, and when the mouse cursor moves right the mc moves to the left a specific distance etc etc... ...more >>

i want to put a simple email link to my page. I want it so to make it selectable but also if they click on it, it launches their email program. This is the action script I used with static text: on(release) { getURL("mailto:myEmail.com"); } This launches the email program but I can't...more >>

In my movie I have importaed an flv file that plays, and I have a button that will shut the music off with this script: on (release) { gotoAndPlay(2); //stopAllSounds Behavior stopAllSounds(); } And this seems kinda stupid, but I can't figure out how to turn it back on? It...more >>

Bare with me I am new to flash but I am a long time Director programmer and Lingo programmer but trying to figure out how to do things in Flash like I did in Director. I have a button that I need it to play 10 songs that are MP3's then when the last song is done repeat the 10 songs again? ...more >>

I have a friend who is very avid in making games with GameMaker. Unfortunately Game \Maker only produces executable files. Is there a way I can interface for one of his game exe's? I was thinking fscommand, but I haven't had any luck using it at all and need some guidance. Let me know. Th...more >>