Hi, I was trying to create some event handlers for butons in an efficient way, in a small amount of code. I came up with this, thinking it wouldn't work, but it does!.....but with a bug that I don't understand. look at it below. now, this code creates event handlers for each button, however...more >>

I would like to fade my buttons from black to grey when onRollOver. Since I'm gonna use this in a Class for my buttons I dont think I can use the "lmc_tween.as" functions. I must use the colorTransform to get it working. My question is if I can get the colorTransform to change the color a litt...more >>

Hi Everyone I am trying to loop through all the variables in an object. The object contains variables in the following format: storyObj = new Object(); storyObj.id_1 = "Hello" storyObj.id_200 = "Hello" storyObj.id_23 = "Hello" the id's are not in any order of any kind. any ...more >>

I have these instances that I would like to change now and then. The problem is that it is very time consuming to write like this, and wonder if there's an easier way? undermeny1.alphaTo (100); undermeny2.slideTo ("",50); undermeny2.alphaTo (0); undermeny3.slideTo ("",50); unde...more >>

Here's my dilema: I'm working on a schedule that takes a total number of hours, then distributes them evenly across 5 days AND a certain number of people. For example, I have 50 hours... that would divide up into 10 hours per day, and for 5 people, 2 hours per day per person. That's the e...more >>

I was able to make this work in the earler ver. of Flash. But when the movie ends it will not goto the url that I am telling it to goto. Is there something I am doing wrong. at the end of the movie I am telling it to stop and then I want it to jump right to the web page. Why want it goto the ...more >>

let me give you a description of the situation I'm building a dynamicly created picture gallery the gallery loads in a list of pictures, and appends it into an array, grabs the array to create empty movie clips and then adds location information to them What I want to do is in the loop I wan...more >>

I need help comprehending this coding if someone wants to do some comments for me that would be amazing i really need your helpppp to better understand.....thank you startDrag("/tracker", true); Counter = 0; NumberObjects = getProperty("/Line", _totalframes); /:OldX = getProperty("/Li...more >>

Hi Forum I am trying to set the scope of the setInterval function in a static function. I'm getting an error.... ? Here's the code: class com.Instructions{ public static var msgDispIntId:Number; public static function startTimer(){ msgDispIntId = setInterv...more >>

Hi All, Bit of an odd one here... I have an swf that contains a combox along with a load of other stuff and another swf which loads in the first one. Initially my problem was that the combobox didn't work at all, however after reading some threads here I realised that you need to add the ...more >>

I am loading some MovieClips with attachMovie. Each movieclip has a stop() in the first frame. Each movieclip 'fades in' and 'fades out'. Right now, they do that at the same time. I would like them to fade in/out one after the other. I tried to add a setInterval around the 'fadeIn(myObjec...more >>

Im trying to create a button so that i have an online form that potential customers can fill in and then submit an email query to a particular email address... any ideas on how to do that with a button and some actionscript as the way im doing it pulls up a new window which leads directly to m...more >>

Is there any command in Actionscript or switch in the development environment that forces strict use of variable types? I teach beginning programmers how to use Actionscript and life would be easier for all if you could. What I want to require is: var intValue:Number; Thanks ...more >>

Hi everyone: Please help me find out the right script so that I can randomly place movies in a grid. I have an array with 10 movie clips. I copied the following script from this forum, but it doesn't sort the 10 movies randomly. It does in pairs. I just want to sort the 10 movies rando...more >>

Hi, I have several movieclips: Word1, Word2 etc. I want to use an array with attachMovie: This works and attaches the movie: var numObjectsWord = 2; var nameArray = new Array("Word1", "Word2", "Word3"); for (i=0; i<numObjectsWord; i++) { var randomObject = attachMovie(nameArray, ...more >>

I'm using this code: _root.onEnterFrame = function() { var loading = video.getBytesLoaded(); var total = video.getBytesTotal(); var percent = (loading/total)*100; if (percent>=100) { _root.gotoAndStop(2); delete this.onEnterFrame; } } stop(); I want it to preload A...more >>

Does anyone know how to create a Popup window that will stay on top of all web pages unless minimized or closed. I want to create a popup window with an .swf that contains an .flv with Video cue points that will trigger web pages below the popup. I would also like for the pages below to h...more >>

I am in a layer and I want users to click on one part of the page and go to another part of the same page. How do I do this?...more >>

I would like to create a slide show and will have to fade images in and out. It will be something like this, where one will be faded in and one out, in blocks of two: 1 and 2 2 and 3 3 and 4 .. .. .. n and 1 How could I do that wiht AS. I was thinking about something like this: ...more >>

Hi, I think I must be missing something really obvious I have the following piece of AS : for (var i:Number = 0; i < newsnodes.length; i++) { // for each person node: var newsitemnode:XMLNode = newsnodes[i]; _root.butt_n0+i = newsitemnode.attributes.ntitle; ...more >>

I am trying to switch the level of two MCs. Reason being is that I want to move the loaded content of one to the other, but that does not seems to be possible. So instead, I want to switch the names and then switch their depth. This is what I was thinking, but something is going wrong and I ...more >>

my question is pretty simple but its causeing me alot of trouble. I want this mc to gotoandplay frame 1 when the R key is pressed. I read all of the ASCii(?) tables and it said to use the number 82. so i used that in my code and although it said it was error-free when i press the r key nothing...more >>

hey this is my first post so don't be mad if i don't follow some form or anything. anyway my question is pretty simple but its causeing me alot of trouble. I want this mc to gotoandplay frame 1 when the R key is pressed. I read all of the ASCii(?) tables and it said to use the number 82. so i ...more >>

Hello experts! I'm new to actionscript, but I'm a semi-professional in VB/Delphi. My question is: Is there any way to create a custom control in actionscript/flash? This means: I want to develop a custom slider (for example), including methods, properties, values and so on. This slider s...more >>

Hello experts! I'm new to actionscript, but I'm a semi-professional in VB/Delphi. My question is: Is there any way to create a custom control in actionscript/flash? This means: I want to develop a custom slider (for example), including methods, properties, values and so on. This slider s...more >>

I've been trying to detect when the ENTER key is pressed in a input text, but no luck :( i've been doing like this: // verificar quando o user carrega no ENTER var newsletterInputListener:Object = new Object(); newsletterInputListener.onKeyDown = function() { if(Key.isDown(Key.ENTER))...more >>

I have a movie which is my shared library of objects which I use in several movies. From my main movie, I load a trigger movie that has one of the items from the shared library off to the side of the stage. Not visible, but on the stage. In the second frame of my trigger movie I start my...more >>

I'm trying to build a typing application and I can't get Flash to recognise the period (.) button. var keyListener:Object = new Object(); keyListener.onKeyDown = function():Void { trace(Key.getAscii()); // when the period (.) key is pressed nothing happens; ...more >>

Hi there, I could really use some help on this because I'm working on it for quite some time and really hit a wall. I have some video I need captionated. So I imported the video into a flash file (progressive download) and added 11 cuepoints named 'cuepoint01' trough 'cuepoint11'. I added ...more >>

hi there as i said im loading external jpg into MCs using a for() command what i whant to do is if loadMovie faild replace de jpg to a "image not available" jpg how can i detect if loadMovie faild to load the jpg the replacement ill take care of it i just need the detection many thanks...more >>

Hi! I have worked allot in a program called Rapid Builder in my master thesis. It is a screen capturing program to make software simulations. The nice part with this program is that you can convert the finished project to a swf file and play it on a flash player. The thing is that I ...more >>

i'm using this script to preload a flash intro this.bar.onEnterFrame = function() { var bytesLoaded:Number = _root.getBytesLoaded(); var bytesTotal:Number = _root.getBytesTotal(); var percentLoaded:Number = Math.round((bytesLoaded/bytesTotal)*100); if (bytesLoaded>=bytesTotal) { ...more >>

I have a flash on the website and a js . When i open it in IE it works fine. But in mozilla 1.0.4 the js menu is coming behind the flash. I have use the object & embed tag for the flash wmode="transperant". Can any one suggest me a solution for this . its really urgent. thanks in advance ...more >>