Hi, Here is the following dummy class : class dummy extends MovieClip{ function dummy(param1, param2, param3){ this.createEmptyMovieClip("blah" + param1, this.getNextHighestDepth()); //call the "next" function next(); } function next(){ trac...more >>

Hello, I got an actionscipt from a tutorial recently... its really cool so i was going to edit it and use it in one of my movies.... the problem is that it was made for flash player 6 and actionscript 1.0, and i need it to work for flash player 8 and actionscript 2.0 but when i went to pu...more >>

I am struggling to test an ad built in flash 8 but saved as flash 4 to meet the distributors spec. i have read the technote http://www.macromedia.com/go/tn_14192 and downloaded the sample files. BUT still can't get the destination URL to open up in a separate window on release. despite car...more >>

Hi-- I've built a site that uses the movieClipLoader to create slideshows of dynamically loaded jpgs. here's the url: http://www.msbphotography.com I've built the site so that each jpg is loaded individually, and then made visible by an event handler that's triggered when loading is...more >>

Where can I find free documentation about flash actionscript2, but free. Or stuff for flash and actionscripting. Please send me an e-mail : mihaighenie@yahoo.com tnks!...more >>

loadVariables can access php scripts and get dynamic data. I understand the result has to be formatted a certian way, and will flash destinguish variable types, or does it treat all the data as strings? For example: var1="hello"&var2=3.1415&var3="(raw swf data)" does enquoting the variables ...more >>

I have the above code on frame 49 of my movie. I want to make sure that all other animations up to that point stop, the 'gentype' movieClip animation finishes and then moves to the next frame, but it does not seem to be working. I've tried several variation but the movie either stops on Frame ...more >>

I manage the website of a public classical radio station. I would like to add a "Now Playing" feature to the site. There is an example of what I would like to do http://www.king.org. The playlist is created weekly and can be easily transfered to an excel document or another form of database. I...more >>

I have flash movie that contains quite a lot of actionscript. How can I convert this movie to one that I can use as a library component in other movies? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Hi everyone, I'd like to check the value of a variable stored in a text file every second, and act if the variable has changed. My problem is that it seems the VerifierTour function will not execute more than once... how can I make it successfully run every second? Thanks for any hel...more >>

Hey, Im pretty new to flash, I'm trying to build a simple site, and I can't get my button on scene 1 to goto scene 3. . .I looked at the tutorials and did the scripts exactly as they said, it worked when I did the turorial, but not in my file. . .Does the actions layer have to be in the same f...more >>

I'm trying to associate a different sound with each (alpha) key on the keyboard, without scripting them all individually. (i.e. pressing 'Q' will play sound q1, pressing it again will play q2...) I thought this script would trigger the sound but the lkp (Last Key Pressed) variable doesn't ...more >>

I'm using Kirupa's LoadRandomMovie script to load one of three random swfs when the viewer views the home page. Here is the website ::: http://www.spotonsystems.com/ Here is Kirupa's script ::: filename = ; path = "http://www.spotonsystems.com/Flash/"; i = filename.length; k = Mat...more >>

Everyone- I am trying to create a basic dynamic text field, that I can import a long text document into. I have everything working except, when Flash reads the file, it stops whenever it reads an "&" sign. If I remove the "&" sign from the document, it will be displayed completely. This...more >>

This is driving me nuts. Every time I create a new site I bang this problem about for four weeks upon which it magically solves itself. I'd like to cut out the four weeks of foreplay and have these things work immediately. It's a very simple script - see attached. Like I said, basic and si...more >>

Each wheel will be seperate and have an independent suspention when I'm done. So a hittest or a droptarget on each wheel to detect if it's touching land? Then once it touches, I set the wheel one pixel higher? I don't want a one pixel bounce... I will use the postion of the two front wheel...more >>

Hi, I am trying to mask two swf's loaded using loadMovie, here's the code: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("waza", 10); waza._x = 0.0; waza._y = 0.0; waza.loadMovie("poze-meniu.swf"); _root.createEmptyMovieClip("mask", 11); mask._x = 0.0; mask._y = 0.0; mask.loadMovie("mask.swf"); waz...more >>

hi i dont know how to draw a oval using action script. i dont know the math calculation behind that. so please help by providing an idea or a sample code to draw oval. thanks in advance ...more >>

I've created a menu with 3 buttons. Each button has 2 states (images): default and pressed. I know how to program a button to stay in a pressed state so when a user clicks on it, it's pressed. I need to program the buttons so if a user clicks on one of them the rest of the buttons are in a...more >>

getURL("index.cfm", "_self"); Why doesn't the code above work? What's wrong in the code above?...more >>