I am using XML.load("myXML.xml"); to load an XML document into a presentation model and for it wo wor correctly I need to be able to clear the XML and load anoth file. if I just use the same action again it add the new file to the end of the current XML. Is there a way to unload/cle...more >>

i have this code percent -= (percent-((loading/total)*100))*.25; which works fine in flash player 6 but not if i export the .swf to flash player 7. this baffles me. i think it must be something to do with the -= operator. in flash player 7 trace(percent) returns Nan, but in FP6 the cor...more >>

hi all... ill keep it short and sweet. im trying to call a javascript function in flash from my html page. Here is the function... <script language="javascript"> <!-- function loadTopic(){ var loadMenuItem = "sub_aboutus.swf"; //loadMenuItem = String(loadMenuItem); } --> </...more >>

I'm have a number of scenes and I want to play them in order but wait about 5 seconds between each scene. I guess I can just add frames until the 5 seconds is up, but how can I use this in acitonscript. I couldn't find anything helpful in searching the forums Thanks. ...more >>

I am creating buttons from the info that is loading in by a xml file. The xml file passes in a color for each button. this is all created dynamically, there could be any number of buttons. Just depends on the xml. So i need a way to have all of the buttons be different colors. How would go ...more >>

I have a dynamic text inside a rectangle. I need to adjust the font size of the dynamic text so that it'll fit into the rectangle. I also want to adjust the text font size when the movie clip is scaled. I'm attaching here with the sample. It'll be great if you can tell me to adjust font size a...more >>

I've make a Movie clip and the my idea is: 1. The webcam show may face into the flash 2. All colors of my hair (i've a brown hair) change into yellow And i've make this script: // import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.geom.Rectangle; import flash.geom.Point; import flash.geom...more >>

Hello - I need to create basic stop and play buttons for a flash movie for class. I have all the movie parts together - they are just movie clips that fade in and out. I attemped to create a button to play the movie and one to stop. Neither are working. I have all the move clips in one fol...more >>

how to write command in Actionscript lenguage "if (timeline volume=0) {...};" i have a problem with button which should respond to volume property. it should check the main volume on refresh, is it a 0% ir 100%. or cuold this action be figered out by creating a variable of volume value and the...more >>

I'm trying to remove the border from the ScrollPane component. I see in Flash 8 help that the border of all components uses the RectBorder class; that class has four standard display styles, one if which is 'none'. It sounds like I need to find the borderStyle setting and change it to none. ...more >>

so I have my main fla file and I am importing another swf into it via the loadMovie function. On my main timeline, i have placed a holder movieClip onto my stage and the actionScript for that movieClip reads something like this... ppeSWF.loadMovie("swf/ppe.swf"); Hurray, it works like a ...more >>

Should be a simple question. I am new to actionscripting, not new to Flash I have a place holder movie clip called "placeholder_mc" on the main timeline I am loading an internal movieClip called "helpmenu" into the place holder using the following script on a button in the main timeline. ...more >>

I need a function to adjust the text field's size automatically by the length of the text content., so that the text field always is just long enough for the content . Sometime, if the content is a lot, I need it to have multiple line once it reach its maximum length. Could someone give me...more >>

hi, I need to duplicate a movieclip which has dynamic content, i've been trying, but i cant seem to achive what i need. using duplicateMovieClip(), it creates a copy from the original, but without the dynamic content. How can i solve this issue? ...more >>

I am trying to use a button on stage to load a swf into a component loader (mx.controls.Loader) (mx2004)and then on subsequent presses, advance to next frame. the code is attached to the button The movie loads, but on subsequent presses, it either reloads the movie? or replays the 1st frame?...more >>

OK. So just when I think I'm on a roll with my component, I hit another wall. Basically I have a line component. The developer can drag the component to the stage and apply changes to the color, length and flow direction. As you adjust the length you have to resize the component (bounding b...more >>

I am loading multiple swf's into the same "empty_mc" on main movie. Each loaded swf contains a slideshow xml (cross-fading jpegs). But, as each swf plays, the xml data gets all confused and the slideshows get buggy - images from a previous xml start to appear. It seems I need to flush out the ...more >>

This seems like it should work but it doesn't. I have a 1 frame movie with a circle MC instance (circle_mc). I have it set so you can click and drag it around the screen. I also have a reset button (reset_btn) that should (but doesn't) reset the circle to it's original location. The dragging a...more >>

Hi Everyone - I did this some time ago but I forgot how to do it...I have a basic flash animation and I want to create a Play/Pause button does anyone have the actionscript for this button... one button push to play and push to pause ...more >>

can i turn off a button instance that is embeded in a movieclip based on the mouse positon on the main stage? if so how would i do this i amagine i would use the if/else actionscript but i unsure how to do this. please help ...more >>

Help! I'm rather new to all of this and trying to learn. I have a movie clip in my library that contains the pages for my site. One of the pages is an email form. It is the 4th page (frame) in the movie clip. I had everything working great, but noticed the tab order was incorrect. So, I clicke...more >>

Hi all, I wrote a dialogue box. I can set the questions and answers etc. and the buttons are dynamically created on it with names button0, button1 etc. In a larger piece of code, i do the following: Code: attachMovie("DialogueBox", "mcDialogueBox", getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:200, _...more >>

I am having trouble controlling a motionTween Movie Clip I created. The motionTween is 10 Frames long and I want it to be controlled by a rollOver and rollOut function. When the user rollOver the movie clip I wan it to play frames 1 thru 10 and stop and when the user rollOut I want to the Movi...more >>

what are differences between these two function statements? -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- function func1 () { //....... //....... } -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- and ...more >>

I tried posting this once but it got run over by a ton of other posts. ;) I trying to create a multimedia cd so that the main swf plays. This isn't a problem, however I need for mpg clips under a different path on the CD to open on a button press. What script do I need to open_blank a .mpg fil...more >>

I just answered someone's post by recommending the TextFormat.getTextExtent() method. In researching my response, I found that this method is deprecated as of Flash 8. Curiously, there is no replacement. I don't think I've ever seen a deprecated feature without a recommended alternati...more >>

I'm trying to create a preloader for a movieclip. I have the preloader as its own SWF file and then I call the LoadClip() method of the MovieClipLoader class to load the Final.swf on _level2 in the main timeline of the preloader. Final.swf is a form made up of textInput, comboBox, and radioBu...more >>

Hi! I have a problem on creating an website. the main page is divided on frames and in each frame i've put a flash movie. the problem is that the buttons in the flash movies don't work. but if i open a frame page separately, the buttons work. what can i do??? ...more >>

How do you get actionscript to dynamically change the background color of the stage to a random color? Any help appreciated....more >>

Hi, I'm trying to add the numbers automatically when new object is dragged to the stage, so the total price would be updated any thoughts? Thanks automatically if new item is added/deleted. But for some reason it gives me this: [start with zero in front, i think it was from...more >>

Hi... I need some help..here's the problem..: I have a main MC (let's name it "Main.swf"). When main.swf starts playing it animates and stops at the last frame, and a button will appear.(name it "Home"). This is (Scene 1). When someone clicks on "Home"... Scene 4 of Main MC will play......more >>

Hi, ive been following the 3d wheel turioal and its just what i want ive slighty edited it to suit what i need but i just cant seem to get other movie clips to go onto the wheel im pretty sure its to do with this line ( attachedObj = theScene.attachMovie("pane2", "pane2"+i, i) of code but don...more >>

getURL and fscommand does not work if called from a local SWF (that is not loaded over internet). This is a problem that appeared with the new Flash8 player's more strict sequrity. I got interested in this problem so I thought I would write my conclusions so far on it. I am in no way an expert...more >>

Hi all, must be very easy for most of you, not for me though, as being a recent beginner! I want to jump the head to a specific frame on specific (system) time. Plz help me what should be the steps to play the animation at specific time. thanks ...more >>

I'm playing a flv movie within my clip. I'm trying to figure out how to turn off the movie sound and turn it back on with a toggle button. I have my toggle button, and I can get the music to the .flv movie to stop using this: _parent.song.stop(); song was defined in the main timeline a...more >>

i'm doing a portfolio site and have a intro swf file with animation with buttons the buttons then open other previous client swf's (in a new layer), but need to be scaled down slightly to fit into the intro swf's frame is there some actionscript that will loadmovie in a new layer, scale it...more >>

I have a main swf file in which I'm loading other swf files via a combobox and xml files. I can't get the xml files to load from anywhere other than root. I'm making a CD. If all files sit in the root directory, everything works but if I want to load a file in root/subdirectory with the xml fi...more >>

I'm looking for a tutorial or FLA of Multi-Directional Mouse Controlled Panning of an image with a border. So say the mouse is positioned in the center of the stage and you begin to move the mouse upwards the movie will follow at a controlled speed, same would go for downwords, diagonal etc. ...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm kinda new to actionscript, and I can't seem to figure this one out. I'm making a flash website, and it takes a few seconds to load up. So I want to make a preloader for it, but I want the preloader to be a movieclip that I made. I want it so that every time it reaches ...more >>

Does anyone have a way to get the URL of the page that is hosting a swf file? My swf file will be shared publically, and I am looking for a way to track where it is used. (_url provides the url to the swf itself. I want the page's file name) Thanks Geoff ...more >>

Hi Forum I'm building a scaling class which takes the movieClip and the targetScale as input parameters. The class's main functionality is that it scales the movieClip to its target scale and also readjust its position so that the scaling appears to happen from the center outwards (does t...more >>

I have a dynamic text field that I have transformed slightly with a skew. The problem is the text doesn't render. If I remove the transform the text renders. I have also tried with a rotation and it's the same problem. Does anybody know a work around? Thanks. ...more >>

HI folks I am trying to create a "reading" tool that highlights individual words as they are read. My thinking is that each word should be in its own textbox. Using the mc.CreateTextField(instanceName, depth, x y width, height) method to create individual text fields would be good if I cou...more >>

/////// cont = 0; j = 0; while (cont<section[i].subsN) { if (picHolder.childNodes[j].nodeName == "content") { cont++; trace("Nuevo nodo:"+picHolder.childNodes[j].nodeName); trace("("+picHolder.childNodes[j].firstChild+")"); section[i].subs[j] = picHolder.child...more >>

hi! I've a problem, I've to make a "scrolling gallery" and I've seen this example http://mannometer.homeip.net/flash/endless_mc.html but my problem is that I've to scroll my gallery under a mask that show me only a part of the gallery. I've change the script: LEFTBORDER = mc._x; RIGHTB...more >>

Hi, im building a website using flash, and have some animations i want to include in this flsh file. I know how to have the animation sitting on the stage or timeline (import to stage/library) but i want to load this swf file using action script, and load it several times throughout the web...more >>

Hi, We've just about finished an button driven navigation menu (for an interactive cd) in flash that loads new movies depending on the button pressed. We have been asked if there is a way that the user can see which of the buttons they have accessed(pressed)? The buttons are a seperate ...more >>

i have some check boxes, some radio buttons and text feilds in my flash movie from which i want to send the dat to an email address can someone help me soon pls...more >>

Is there a way to change the registration point of a text field in action script? I'm using the 'zoom' transition, and it's coming in from the upper left. The docs say if you want to start at 'center', then change the registration point of textField. However, it's created on the fly with act...more >>

Hi, I don't understand why the search function in Flash sometimes is not working. I want to find a string in my actionscript (the word 'font') to see where I set a font on a textfield in my code. But the result gives me one code-line that has nothing to do with what I was searching for. ...more >>

Hi I am triyingo to upload a file with ASPUPLOAD which works fine the only problem I need to change the folder where is going to be uploaded. I tried with folder = "\"+cstr(request.querystring("folder")) path=Server.MapPath("."&folder) Set Upload = Server.CreateObject("Persits.Upload....more >>

Hi everyone. Just a newbie on this forum and need a little help. I designed one site using flash 8 and framesets. I made 4 navigation buttons in flash which when clicked will load a page on an iframe. 3 of the buttons will load html pages on the iframe and the other will load a page with ...more >>

Howdy fellas! I have a .mov file that i want the user to be able to download to their hard drive by simply pushing a button on my flash page. How would the actinoscript for such a button look? Thanx! Finn, Sweden ...more >>

Hai kglad, Can u tell ur chat id i want to learn basic of xml and connecting with flash . ...more >>