:music; can someone please point me to a url of a good site w/ some actionscript tutorials regarding sound. thanx in advance...more >>

What's the best way to detect when a video clip is finished playing in a mediaDisplay component...i want to fire several events when a video is finished playing...more >>

I have a button ; the textField on that is dynamic and has a variable. I want to fill in the variable from _root but it doesnt!!! EX: (My textField is in a moiveClip). I used this action: _root.buttonName.movieName(contains-TextField).VariableName = "String"; whats the problem with that?...more >>

I've faced with a problem; I have 1 movieClip on my stack its name: "movie1" And I have this code in first frame _root.onEnterFrame ... _root.movie1._alpha -= 5; } This works goodly!! Now i put a copy of "movie1" on stack with the same name. The action acts only for the first one!!...more >>

i'm trying to have one button target another. all i need it to do is change to color of the target when the button is clicked. this is the code i'm trying to use: on(press){ gotoAndPlay.northern1(5); } it produces no error, but it does nothing. i would manually change the color but...more >>

Scenario: The first visit: There is a Flash website that users visit that is 1MB in size. It has a preloader that animates for 5 seconds regardless if the users are able to download it in less then 5 seconds. The developer kindly has AS code (using a shared object) to prevent users f...more >>

I need to be able to create dynamic text boxes (multiline) that I can have the user type into it and also have the styling dynamically change (based on a setting the user can change). I've tried using a TextArea component but it seems anytime you apply a stylesheet to it, it locks the componen...more >>

hello all and how are you doing? i am having issue with a script, it works exactly the way i want it to work , but after a while my image will fade out onClipEvent (load) { setProperty(this, _alpha, 0); } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { setProperty(this, _alpha, this._alpha+5); } ...more >>

this is a really simple one, I think - but I can't solve it:) I'm reading text in from an XML file and putting it into a dynamic text field. The text always has the main body text (called slideText) and If there's a disclaimer, then I want to put in a line break, add the disclaimer to the slid...more >>

What I am trying to do is to create nodes (handles) that are located at the corners of the image where a user can Scale the image. I got it kind of working, I am getting quarks like when you click a the top left node it shifts down then when you scale it the bottom left node moves. If anyon...more >>

http://www.cochlear-implants.net/sens_dial2.swf I have a SWF file that shows a hearing aid "sensitivity dial" and how the background noise is filtered according to the rotation of the dial (12:00 to 7:00). I would like to add ambient noise and voice to this as well, to show how the ambie...more >>

I'm trying to create an empty movieclip and then load an image into the movie clip. Is it possible to specify the height and width of the movie clip in order to handle if an image is specified that has dimensions that are larger that the allotted size for the movie clip? ...more >>

I have a site (www.nigs1000.f2s.com/index.htm) and want to create the games (or some at least) so that people can play them. I think if you look at the site you will get an idea of how they work if you have never played Top Trumps before. Can someone point me in the direction of where I co...more >>

Hi, I looked around the forum and found the following code for getting the height and width of an imported image. The problem is that I dont get the trace-message. I know the image has loaded since I can see it in the scene. Have I done something wrong? this.createEmptyMovieClip("loaderC...more >>

Okay so i've searched high and low for an answer but I've only found dead threads of similar questions. Problem: PrintJob class defines the x,y origin (0,0) of the page as the 0,0 point of the printable area (not the page). Printer specs vary in this regard, albeit slight but still. The ...more >>

I have a two buttons that controls a Movie clip called "test". The button , when the mouse moves over the button , the movie clip scrolls the movie clip left and right.. The problem is I don't know how to code it to make the movie clip stop at a when it reaches a certain point on the _x . I'm...more >>

Listen I need help with hthis collsion code. What's wrong? onClipEvent (load) { moveSpeed = 3; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) { this._x += moveSpeed; } else if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) { this._y -= moveSpeed; } else if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) { this._y +=...more >>

Not sure what happened, or why it happens... I've got a samples portfolio section that dynamically loads jpgs of samples into a swf - the image file names come from an XML doc that is created server side with CF. The code has worked beautifully for the past year and a half - and still works...more >>

I'm working on animating a button. When rolled-over it should trigger an animation (isntance - Neck) and go to frame 2. Isn't this the right actionscript that should be applied to the button? on (rollOver) { _target.Neck.gotoAndPlay(2); } on (rollOut) { _target.Neck.gotoAndPlay(7...more >>

Hello, I have a question about rotating movieclips: http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3316/switch5ox.jpg If I click on mc1, then mc1 has to go to the position of mc3, mc3 has to go to the position of mc2. The same thing must happen when I click on mc2, it has to move to the position o...more >>

Good afternoon group. Let me begin by saying that I'm not sure if I'm defining my issue properly in the subject line, so let me know if it isn't appropriate after reading my post. OK, I'm using the Tree Menu as navigation for an online training course. I am using an external class file t...more >>

i'm making an on-screen keyboard, but i cant get an ascii or keycode value for the comma or period keys. does anyone know how to target these keys?...more >>

For interactive museum displays, I need to be able to read input from mocked-up control panels, joysticks, etc. and send control signals to servos, stepper motors, and the like. We can probably bash a keyboard and mouse to get keypress and x-y-click input, but how to do the output? ...more >>

hi, im trying to build a calendar, the only thin i need to finish it, is to determine the firt day of the month.. does anyone know how to do that?...more >>

Howdy again This one may be tricky, but I am sure there is someone here who can help. I have a Flash gallery of my work that I am building, some of which is animations, and I want the user to be able to click a button and the quicktime pops up in a new window. I want to create an html pop...more >>

My preloaders are not appearing until the file is loaded pretty far. I am really not sure why this is happening and was wondering if anyone had an idea? http://www.sacredink.net...more >>

Hi, I'm using Flash 8 Pro on Windows. I'm parsing XML files that I get from a remote server. Occasionally, the files have been deleted and so the load function can't find them. I can program around the errors, but I can't seem to find a way to prevent the "Error opening URL "http...more >>

Does anyone know how to add days to a date taking into consideration that I may be adding any number of days to a date, and that after adding days, the new date may be a new month or new year? Leap year also needs to be considered. Something like the VBScript dateAdd() function is essential...more >>

Hello I have a flash site that I am building that displays a selection of panels - in these panels are scrolling text fields. What I would like is 2 buttons that change the font size of the text in the text fields. I.E - you click on button and the text size increases from size 10 to size ...more >>

Hello, I would like to find out whether there is a time-out or expiry functionality in Flash, a kind of counter that determines when the Flash file (either .swf or .exe ) was first opened and then counts down a number of days, at the end of which the files are disabled? It would be grea...more >>

I've searched for this, but can't find the answer I'm looking for... I'm pretty new to Flash and AS and whatnot and I cannot figure out how I can use a slider to control the timeline. I'll expound.. I want to embed an AVI file into the timeline (say, 500 frames long) and have a slide...more >>

is it possible for an object to move diagonally when using the tween class? if so, how?...more >>

I try to create a new movieclip copying a existing MC. I have a MC called slides_menu_mc (on _root). Wel when i copy the MC to a new one i use this function: newObj = "_level0.slides_menu_mc.slide_boton_mc"+i; duplicateMovieClip(_root.baseLink, newObj, depthcount); depthCount everytim...more >>

I've got this in a function : _root.distancevar = Math.round(_root.getdistance(this.hero._x, this.hero._y, _root.icon_major._x, _root.icon_major._y)); and it's returning NaN. When I trace(_root.getdistance(this.hero._x, this.hero._y, _root.icon_major._x, _root.icon_major._y)) I get a ...more >>

I've been searching for a while and can't seem to find an answer, so here's my question : I have an array like this : [0,4,4,4,3] and I want to count how many members of the array equal 4, how many equal 3, and so on. How do I do this? thanks. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail...more >>

I am writing a flash email form that uses a dateField, which would allow the user to click on the calendar and choose a date. The thing is that I don't know how to get that value (date chosen) to go to the php file and send to the email. Or should I use something else? Thoughts? Than...more >>

How can an object know what object instantiated it? Of course a movieclip and use _parent, but what about custom object that do not extend the MovieClip?...more >>

wow, back when i first was learning flash, (V5) it was so simple to tell a button that on release, its job was to simply open the specified webpage in its own window. on release, get url (http://url.url.com, _self, get) but now, with flash 8, i can not get any button to take me anywhere. this ...more >>

Sorry if this sounds like a basic question to all you gurus out there, but I can't figure this out. I want to read in several textbox properties from a url and assign them dynamically to a textbox via actionscript. If I start my actionscript like this: loadVariables("http://127.0.0...more >>

I'm looking for some guidance on creating dynamic buttons. What i want to do is pull in several images and use them as buttons. I know that i'll have to create and empty movie clip and then use loadMovie() to display the image but how do i assign the on press properties for the button. Is i...more >>

Hi, there. I'm working on a puzzle game and want to load a jpg file and then to cut some parts of it into triangles. So the problem is that it seems to me there's no way of cutting a movieclip at runtime. I know I can create an empty movieclip at runtime but how to cut a part of some jpg or mo...more >>

Hi everyone sorry for asking this again but i spent all yesterday searching through looking for a good way to import jpg into flash, what i have is a next and prev button i want the user to be able to click back and forth or select from the thumbnails that i provide can someone give me a brief...more >>

My apologies if this is not the correct forum for this question. I have learned from several tutorials how to create a form for sending emails using Flash and php. The process entails creating a couple input fields and text areas and having them sent to an address using action script and PH...more >>

Hi! This is a general note concerning the lack of support of the getURL and FSCommands in FlashPlayer 8. Our company has developed and licensed two medical educations. System requirements are in short: Windows with Internet Explorer as the only functional browser. The educations are ...more >>

Hi, i have a problem using this piece of code to call a html file and load it in a browser when a button is pressed.... on (release, press) { getURL("javascript:openNewWindow('artic.html','thewin','height=200,width=250,to olbar=no,scrollbars=no')"); } i know the code works but i ke...more >>

Is there a way I can add a "\0" character in a string ? If I try this : var str:String = "test\0test"; trace(str); the ouput is "test". I know flash truncates a string when encounters the zero byte but there must be a way around it. ...more >>

I recently developed a Flash movie with 83 instances of a movie clip which had to be referenced en masse through a loop. I ended up naming them '0' - '82' and referencing them with the depreciated TellTarget statement. obviously this is not an ideal situation, and I would like to revisit the d...more >>

I can't seem to get a movieclip with the following code to run: on (release) { answerFunction2("a",this); } It refers to a global function on the root timeline. Why is it that I have to convert the symbol to a button first before the code actually works? ...more >>

Please change the output of the PHP-file to print &bloka= etcetera instead of 'numbering' the vars blok1, blok2 and blok3. Change them to bloka, blokb and blokc And the url to your fla is not correct. ...more >>

Hi all, I'm not shure how to start on the folowing problem. I created some kind of drawing application. You move a dot over a grid with the arrow key's and with certain control key's you can start drawing lines. Each line when it is created a a new movieclip. Now I want to create it ...more >>

Hi yall Small problem again, that I'm sure has a very simple solution. I have a gallery, and many buttons, when I click on a button it loads a new movie into layer 1 using the: LoadMovie ("mymovie.swf", 1) script. What I want is that when the user presses a specific button this movie wi...more >>

HI, I am on a project with photoshope based interface. I want to change the skin of the combo box skin. I just copy the component fla (Halo themes library items) and i have edited with my desired images. Now, the button is changed in the combo box. But, the textArea is not change. It...more >>

Hi everybody, I'm trying to export the complete source code from the AS panel to a PDF. Unfortunately with export or print I'm always egetting just the selected script as a result. How do I get the whole code of my whole animation to print or export?? Thanks very much for you input. ...more >>