Is there a way i could make a button when u click it, it opens up a file on my computer or the internet?...more >>

is this code right? onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root.player.hitTest(_root.wall1)) { gotoAndStop(67); } } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root.player.hitTest(_root.wall2)) { gotoAndStop(67); } } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root.player.hitTest(_root.wall3)) {...more >>

I have a saved web page that needs to be opened with a button in flash in the same manner as a page that existed online would. The "get url" command doesn't work since this page does not exist online anymore and I need to give flash a path as to where the html file is on my hard drive. What ...more >>

I have a compass that I'm trying to rotate by having the user click, then move the mouse in a circle pattern to position it.. I have a MC called "compass" that has the N, S, E and W on it.. then another movie clip called rotateWheel that has the code in it to rotate the compass movie clip ...more >>

hi there. i have a problem i cannot solve. i have a simple xml file, something like this: <data> <sentence word1="asda" word2="asd /> <sentence word1="das" word2="ggd /> </data> and i want to make this: thexmlfile.firstChild.childNodesVARIABLE].attributes.wordVARIABLE so that...more >>

Does anyone know a way that I can disable the actionscript in a loaded movie clip, and toggle on/off with a button in the parent movie; without modifying the movie that is going to be loaded? Im using the loadMovie method. Example myHolder.loadMovie(?mySwf.swf?) Any Ideas? -Ed...more >>

hi, im developing a loader, its working fine. but when i trace progress is show something like this 85.9612534267239%, i need it to be like this 85%. how do i accomplish that??...more >>

I have a square box that contains a moviclip inside it. The moviclip inside the square is called lines_mc which contains several diagonal lines that are being tweened to the left continuously. Does anyone know how to make this clip run with the tween and transition class. I attached the fla. ...more >>

Hi, I have this image gallery from a template file I'm attempting to customize with actionscript for more flexibility but I came across a problem with external jpg image loading. You see, when loading them via a click of a thumbnail, I load the jpeg into a new MC on the highest level. Now I'm ...more >>

My background in in Java and C++ development, but I've playing around with FMS and AS for a while. My question is regarding Form-based applications. When developing Form-based applications, is the typical approach to link the your Form to your custom AS class, which should be a subclass of mx....more >>

I have been working on this for so long and I am 99% there, except the one thing that I really want to have happen, I can't make work. I know this is a lot to ask, but if anyone wants to fiddle with this, I would be forever greatful. I just can't seem to be able to do it and would really lov...more >>

I've created a Video Media Player using a MediaPlayBack and DataGrid Component and a few code samples I've found on the web. The way this works is there is an xml file that loads the video data (label & value) into the DataGrid Component. Then there are listeners setup to load a FLV file int...more >>

hi, I'm tryng to use getURL in a flash object to call a javascript function that resize an image in my html page getURL( "javascript: resiseObj(objToResize, newWidth, newHeight) " ) ; with one flash object it works fine, but... if I do this in several flash objects simultaneously in ...more >>

I have an XML file that populates some dynamic text fields, but I keeps displaying the HTML tags as part of the text. 1. My XML looks something like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <category> ....<questionSet> ............<id>1</id> ............<question><!]></question> ...more >>

Perhaps someone can shed a little light on this little glitch I'm having with loadMovie. For test purposes I've got the main movie with one empty movie clip on the stage, instance name "mc". loadMovie("backGround.swf", mc); now I have the backGround movie setup in two frames. the first ...more >>

Hi everybody. i don't found a valid solution altough i resarch most web sites. Purpose : i use special fonts on my swf. i want appaer this fonts on another web's user's explorer. i assume , this fonts don't loaded user's computers. Solution : i import font a swf (font_library.fla) b...more >>

Hi Everybody, this is my first post- so I hope I don't sound too novice. Okay, I am designing http://homepage.mac.com/bbabics/datanat/index.html and am racking my brain trying to figure out to make this work. The issue I am having is the navigation and the heading of the page are contain...more >>

i have a movie clip that has several other movie clips rotating within it. The "inside" movie clips are moving around on guides. How would you use action script to rotate those movie clips around a central pivot point? thanks ...more >>

allright. here's my problem: on my stage I have a movieclip instancenamed theBox. on frame 80 of theBox i have a movieclip named theButton. ------------------------------------------------ this code traces out my message theButton.onRelease = function(){ trace("test"); } t...more >>

Is there a method available in Flash 8 Pro to get a movie clip's x and y coords relative to _root, rather than relative to the parent clip? Or at least relative to the top left corner of the stage? Thanks! ...more >>

I am using a component called Liquid Studio which adds a visual volume meter to the flash movie. When added to the page it creates a library item that is a compiled clip. I have not come across compiled clip before and do not know how to run it. I have tried to run it the same way you woul...more >>

Hi, Im coding a game (quite big with lots of graphics) and each level is done in a Scene. Now I realise that I cant use variables to define my Scene jumping. E.G.: var _level:String = "level" + g_currentLevel; gotoAndPlay(_level,10); So, I have a simple question. What is the best p...more >>

hi im using the base file from kirupa 3d spining images, and what i want to do is stop the image from fliping/rotating, basicly i want to see the front of the image all the time as it goes round in the circle not like its doing now where the image is distoring/sqausing togther to seem like ...more >>

hi, i have to use getURL("javascript:window.close(); "); but it doesnt work if project is run locally. but, this is a cd project and it must be run with IE Explorer. javascript is not permitted from player but i could not find hoe can i disable or allow it. anyone help me? regards ...more >>

hello does anyone know how to make a script in AS that given a string, say "This is a Flash application", will find if a piece of string, say "app" is included in the string (in this case yes). thanks A ...more >>

Hi, Let's say I have this function A that is currently running. Then when I click on a button, Function B is running as well. Is it possible to disable function A temporarilly, until a few onditions in function B have been met? After those conditions have been met, function A would ru...more >>