How would I access a library item (movieClip) using actionscript to say change the size. For example, I have a movieClip named zoomer1 with the linkage of zoom. Is there any way I can access this with actionscript to change the size and such? ...more >>

i have a navigation bar with 6 buttons and i want to link to 6 separate movie clips.. im using the following action script on (release) { _root.gotoAndPlay("frame2"); } for some reason when i click any of the buttons it always displays the first movieclip ... all buttons are name...more >>

I scripted a back and forward flash browser button..they work fine...EXCEPT>..>>.when I use them on my website I have to click 2x to get the buttons to move back or forward...ahhh!....here is the script I used....below....any suggestions?? Is there another script that works better? on (r...more >>

I am using the following code: __email.sendAndLoad(__spamURL, __email, "POST"); to post form values to a php page that lives on a different server (and url) that the swf that is sending the values. If I publish the swf locally the values are sent (and then stored properly by the php co...more >>

I want to create a Flash buttons with a "rollover effect" and a "rollout effect". I a already want to use this button to call others frame in the same document. How I can't realize that with a MovieClip in a button symbol and still be able to call a frame in the same document. Thank yo...more >>

Hi all, Im completely new to Flash and am struggling to get a simple thing working: I have a "MovieClip" (called "gadget") within my scene which is made up of two "Buttons" (but_burn and but_sandbag) I need to know when the user is holding the left mouse button down within the "but_bur...more >>

I used an oval shape and convetered that to a button symbol. I have 10 instances of that and all do the same job (put its caption on a text field) onclick. The following code does not work var obj = new Object(); obj.onRelease = function(evt) { trace(evt.target); } bu1.addEv...more >>

I have two MCs that I create like this: topLoad = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mainContent_top", 50); bottomLoad = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mainContent_bottom", 49); I want to use these to load movies into and I want the next/newest movie, to be loaded into the topLoad. So what I want to do i...more >>

i have two swfs that i am importing into levels on a maintime. i can get the tabindex to work for each individual swf when not loaded into the maintime line. once it is in the timeline it does not work. I have top.swf loading into level2 that has tabindex 1-10. i then have intro.swf loading...more >>

i'm trying to customise the right click menu in my flash website but I'm having difficulty.... i've tried several tutorials but can't get any of them to work...can anyone help me out! thanks bB_...more >>

Hi everybody! scrollpane is into a movieclip. how i understand when user click mouse while it's over scrollpane. (Scrollpane includus many form elements such as input , combobox and datagrid.) Help please ...more >>

Hi Everyone I have a basic programming question. How do I exit a for loop while it is in process? for(i=0;i<1000;i++){ if(drawingOn){ do things here... }else{ don't continue the loop... } } What is the right way of doing this? Should I use a while loop...more >>

I have created a Dynamic text field that scrolls using the UIScrollBar component. The dynamic text field uses two fonts that are imported from an external library. In this external library I made the fonts symbols to reduce file size. The two font symbols are the same typeface, but one is bold...more >>

If I create a 3 frame symbol as a button (i.e. frame1=up; frame2 = over; frame 3 = down), how can I make this button go into toggle mode where it stays down when clicked the first time and then goes up when clicked the second time. There is a "toggle" property on the SimpleButton Class. But,...more >>

Hi, I've made an authentication portal for my team using Flash. After the user enters in his userid and password, he should be brought to the main menu. What's happening in the code is this: On the second frame of the Flash movie, I'm checking for two session variables (userId an...more >>

New to Flash! When I call attachMovie attaching a clip from the library I want to then create an empty movie clip, which lives inside the first clip (mcSym1). The height/width properties and the x/y properties are all out of whack. I've tried using globalToLocal and localToGlobal but without ...more >>

is there anyway to make a silouette animation from an imported video clip so that it looks like the itunes commercials. isn't there something that you can do to make the process easier than drawing it frame by frame? ...more >>

I am loading xml data that contains information about individuals (i.e. name, picture, email address, bio). I have this data saved in an xml file. Each category is a separate element of node for each individual. I also have an object name as an element for each individual. I have no pro...more >>

I have a function that I am rolling into a class and then ultimately into a component for use in Director, however, the class instance does not end up rendering the text to the screen. The following class code is being called like: "var textObj:Object = new strokedText();" from the first ...more >>

I created a flash form with a php file for it to read from. It works as a stand alone form, but when I put it into another movie, it doesn't work. I have a UI scrollPane component getting the form from a movieclip. It's using a few combo box components, and when I hit send, the error come...more >>

I have been using Flash MX with varying degrees of success and although I'm not sure how it works I have been able to use Action Script files to import text from a text file into a text field with scroll bars. Recently I upgraded my flash player to version 7 (Its the only thing I can think...more >>

I am trying to figure out a way so that when a user closes their browser window, it will trigger a flash movie action or function. Does anyone know a way that I can do this? And if so, how? ...more >>

I load images dynamic, but I would like to do it with shuffle and repeat. Is that posible?...more >>

Hi everyone, I have a timer in Flash that shows the length of the movie, and then a counter that shows the amount of the movie the user has watched. For example, if the viewer has watched 3:11 of a 15 minute movie, the timer would display "3:11/15:00". The problem I am having is that if t...more >>

Hi am trying to set different x and y cordinates to my movieclip in array. but they seem to follow the same path ...can anyone please help? thanks setInterval(moveBallOne, 80, _root.mcBallOne, _root.mcBallTwo); //--------------------------------------------------------------------- ...more >>

hello everyone i am developing a flash interface for google and I am having a small problem which is giving me headache for more than one day. I have created a code for a web service connector, and I think is the cause of the application not to working properly. Does anyone have an idea if the...more >>

Hello. I have built a presentation for a presenter using the stock Flash Slide Presentation as the core. This presentation will never be played online, only on one presenter's laptop. This presentation uses the presenter's keyboard to display jpgs and play about 30 individual MP3 files (k...more >>

Hi - I've got a project I'm working on where external media is being loaded into movie clips. I've got the loading part down - including the listeners - etc. That's all working properly. What I want to know is - apparently onLoadComplete doesn't mean that the graphic is being disp...more >>

Hi. I have put together a very simple 'Spot the Difference' Flash game. I thought I might be able to steer away from any heavy action script. I could be wrong, as I am completely stumped. I just need to know how to load a 'tick' on the hotspot and then when all the differendes (ho...more >>

I have made a flash presentation, in which the presentation jumps to labelled frames at certain times in a playing MP3 using the media component and specified cue points. I all works fine when moving forwards and I can grab the seek bar and move forward through the presentation with no pro...more >>

With the code below, the required value is correctly displayed in the Ouput Window via the Trace statement, however; if I change it to output into a dynamic text field, nothing happens. Can anyone explain why this is? The code takes the Numeric Stepper and works out the price of an item base...more >>

HI, I want to open outlook express though an email link in a flash presentation. On clicking on the email link the outlook should open with the same email add in it's "To" field. Pl. help it's urgent. ibmshadow ...more >>

I opened the zip file and everything looks great, just what I'm looking for!! But....I tried to open the mp3List.fla file, and Flash MX says "unexpected file format". Can you resend the .fla file again OR any other suggestions? I'm almost there, thanks P.S. I also sent an email ...more >>

Hi, im using the code below so that the users computer opens up an new email message, but in the body of the text, i would like more than one message on multiple lines, how would I do this? I can create the code so that one line of text appears, but what would i need to do for multiple lines o...more >>

Hi I have this actionscript. What it does is that it lets a user to drag an item to a map (stage) and from there they can move it around or drag another item to the stage. (same item or different one (I only have 2 items: sphere and cube)) On the stage I also have a recycle bin, so that wh...more >>

Hi all. Here is my problem: I have 3 dynamic txt boxes box1 (var h1), box2 (var h2) and box3 (var h3). Now at the begining of flash I have loadVariables("http://www.somepage.html/somefile.txt", box1); loadVariables("http://www.somepage.html/somefile.txt", box2); loadVariables("http://ww...more >>

Hello people, My name is Kalle. Me and my friend Max are 11 and 12 years old. We are making a website for Thinkquest Junior in Holland. ThinkQuest is a part of Kennisnet which belongs to the Ministry of Education. The competition is for children of the primary school. Many children attend th...more >>