I think that I'm close, I can position the new MC on the stage ok and it does sort of resize, but I just can't get this to work. _root.createEmptyMovieClip("holderMC",1); _root.holderMC.loadMovie(myArray); _root.holderMC._x = 205.9; _root.hol...more >>

My company had a 3rd party develop a flash mini site that has had some issues with loading external swf files. When asked about it they said there is an issue with a flash movie loading any file with a capital letter in the name such as "BikeTire.swf" and suggested using all lower case letters...more >>

I am trying to use the getURL command to open a new window with set dimentions. The code I am using is: getURL("javascript:window.open('http://www.google.com','mywindow','width=400,hei ght=200')") This code works with one exception. The origanal page changes to read: How do I keep th...more >>

hi everybody! i'm building a news scroller and my questions are the flowing: 1. - did I embed the pixel font in the appropriate way? 2. - special characters are shown fine in my computer, but... will anybody see these characters without problems? 3. - why url links doesn't work? (they w...more >>

the movie i am making is approx. 900 frames but i want the second half of the movie to cycle over and over again until the user stops it. i have never used actionscript before so i want to the last frame and put in 'gotoandplay(frame);' and it doesn't work. i need to figure this out tonight ...more >>

Hi! I need to create 4 different animations. And I wonder if the any easy way to make it happened with actionscript. Basically there are 3 cars on a stage they moving from different directions. First one yields second and then passing to incoming traffic. If you do it regular way and use...more >>

does anyone have any idea or can guide me to a tutorial or somehitng to be able to create moving squares like the ones continuously moving on the right on this website... http://www.buttr.com/ Thanks ...more >>

i tried loading text into a text field, using actionscript. the text does display when i test the movie, but it's coming out wrong. the text field is on the stage. it is set for dynamic text, scrollable, and multiline. the external file is a TXT, and its styles are set by a CSS file. the...more >>

I have a drop-down menu that is entirely contained within a movie clip. I want the buttons for each menu item to gotoAndPlay("select scene"), but for some reason it will not jump to that scene when pressed. Here is my script for each button, pretty simple I thought: on (rollOver, dragOve...more >>

Hello, I've been lurking around here for a while. I have a problem that I just can't seem to solve, I hope on of you can help. I need to get an entire url from a server script via get or post and assign it to a variable in flash. This is the code I'm using (minus some error checking stuff that...more >>

Here is the situation. I am loading "test.png" into my scene, I have 3 clips already on the scene, these clips are named MClip1, MClip2, and MClip3. I know I can use the following code to load the image into my movie clips CODE: MClip1.loadMovie("test.png"); MClip2.loadMovie("tes...more >>

Hello everyone! I'm new here and I have a problem... I have six flash movies on my website that all need to write to and pull from the very same shared object cookie. The documentation for Flash MX says that they are stored individually so that they DON'T conflict, but I need them to "confli...more >>

http://www.arbyschickennaturals.com/?loadPage=promotions The page loads (sorry there is no skip button). Then input your age (make one up if needed). When the actual form comes up, click on the state drop down or select the CITY input area and TAB over to the state drop down list. If you ...more >>

Hey all, So I have two classes talking to each other with EventDispatcher. One is a thumbnail of an image, and when it's clicked, it sends an event to the other class to display the full size version. I'm using a MovieClipLoader instance to load the full version (and the thumbnail). He...more >>

I am having problems getting my form I have created sent back to me. This is the first time I have tried to create this sort of thing and I don't quite get it! Does anyone know a general Actionscript example for sending a simple created form to an email address? Cheers neil.w ...more >>

Hi, please check this for me: www.mental-image.co.uk/Flash/Hearts.zip If I run the file "Hearts.fla" on its own, it works fine. If, however, I copy all the contents of the library into another Flash file, and then drag an instance of DarkHeart Gen onto the stage, I get the four errors shown...more >>

I am trying to load a variable from an HTML query string into my flash movie to load the appropriate movieclip. However, everything I've tried to do is not working... I must be doing something wrong. My query string in the HTML file looks like this: <param name="movie" value="components/...more >>

Please could someone help me - I am trying to replicate something like the singing horses in Flash (http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf) . I can get the sound to come on when I click on a horse by defining the horse as a button and using the on(press) action and the...more >>

All I want to do is provide a form for my client to update his site. I can't believe I am having a hard time finding this answer. Maybe I'm using the wrong keywords in my searches. Anyway, I digress... If I'm using an XML document for the text in my Flash site, isn't there a way for me to ...more >>

Is there a way, hypothetically, that there are any/or can be made, for Interrupt calls. For this I mean, if a certain action is made .. say from a movieclip.. a function will be called. Obviously you can throw IF statements all over the place. But its made for more un-obvious places and cleanl...more >>

I am working on a php script to send mail through flash form. I can't get it to post. It will send the email but it will be blank. I have tried get instead of post etc. etc. I must be doing something wrong: I have tried all the relative and absolute paths that could be possible with ...more >>

I have a client site that works dynamically all the images and data is taken from xml an simple animation (fade out the iamge) is made on which a text appears from left to right, which works smooth, now what i want is the text opacity to be decreased. I have set the embedFont property tr...more >>

I have a problem with the website i am making. I am loading in swfs, txt and jpeg from external files. it works fine in Internet explorer, but in firefox has a loader problem. i am using a variation of the external data preloader tutorials found on http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/prel...more >>

Hi, I have successfully used the LoadVars.Send method to send data from my Flash App to an ASPX web page. It just sends the data as a request string that the ASP can easily read. I need to be able to send like data back to my Flash App. The only examples that I have found rely on havin...more >>

I've got a problem I hope you experts can help with. Is there a way to move a child movie clip from one parent movie clip to another without reloading it? Alternatively, can the bytes of a .SWF file be downloaded into memory and later be constructed into a movie clip without going back to...more >>

i am trying to use loadvars to load external HTML text into a text field. the actionscript window says i can't, and i don't understand why. shouldn't this be possible? the field is set to have dynamic text. the text is scrollable. the field is set to render text as HTML. what's amiss...more >>

Hi, Anyone can help with code or link to tutorial about how to rotate and scale dragged MC? Thanks Golem2...more >>

I created a simple class that draws a shape (i.e. box). I was wondering if it is possible to create an onRollOver function where each time the user rolls over this defined object/shape in the main flash file it does something (i.e. expands or shrinks). I want to put the roll over action in t...more >>

hi, i've got this script to ease my elements in to place on stageResize.... startingSizeY and cbsoriginalY and addressoriginalY need to be recorded first of all, i'm not sure how to do this and also, once they have moved position, set their new position as the original value. function posi...more >>

I have created an Order Form in Flash 8 and have also created a PHP script to go along with it. I was able to get the email to send, but the text that was typed in the fields did not display IN THE SENT EMAIL. Please help I have a deadline of this Thursday. http://apexls.com/mail.html ...more >>

Hi all I am trying to define a broad function and I would need certain arguments in the function to be optional. for example: function myFunction(arg1, arg2){ if(arg1 !== 'undefined'){ doThis; } if(arg2 !== 'undefined'){ doThat; } } and then I would call the function lik...more >>

Hi, I have a sound object loading a MP3 file. I make a preload of this sound by using mySound.loadSound("file.mp3",false). When I then want to play it (assured that the onLoad(true) was sent) it takes a while (600 ms) before the sound starts. I need to synchonize sounds with my movie and...more >>

Post 1: I have a function, external class, and an MovieClip. The movieclip holds a textfield containing the value in mName. Which infact is an, external, class object name. i.e. var Jug:Container = new Container("Jug", "blue", "medium", $20); my_mc.mName.text = Jug.getName(); ...more >>

I put my preloader as the first scene(preloader), then have my main movie as its own scene(main). When I do an "simulate download," the preloader doesn't show until the file is 75% loaded. Can anyone tell me if my actionscript is wrong? I want to see the preloader loading as soon as the page i...more >>

Hi, i have created an email form, and want users to be able to tab from one text box to another. I posted a question on here last week, and got some info, but i need more. I have the following action script set up on the time line, but think it needs adding to. text1_txt.tabIndex = 1; te...more >>

I'm quite new to actionscript and I was hoping someone could help me with this. I want to create an image gallery that dynamically loads in the graphics and I would like the buttons that load the graphics to change colour once they have loaded their image so the user can tell where they have b...more >>

Hi guys I need to get my flash document to go to a specific frame decided by whatever variable it receives from my HTML document. I know what to put in the HTML ( <param name="movie" value="../flash/mainmenu.swf?menu=15">) but what do I put in my flash actionscript layer to use that ...more >>

I want to make the backgroundColor of Text input field (UI compoent) transparent (no background color at all). And so far, I cannot make it! I'm working with style Object like below. I have read if you set global style, it works (for the scroll list for that exemple). But for me, it doesn't lo...more >>

can I load a document size from an external file? Example: I have a swf file 800X600. I have a XML file that has the new document size (ex: 1024X768) On event I want to load the new dimension from the XML file (ex: 1024X768) or any other dimenision that is in the XML file. IT IS POSIBLE ...more >>

Howdy everyone... Is it possible to save a frame as a JPEG by using actionscripting? Im building a simple drawing tool in Flash and want to be able to save the finished drawing as a Jpeg. Is that possible? If so how? Thanks for your help. ...more >>

Is PHP an automatic thing or can it be created in Notebook like html can? what do i save files as if so? Cheers neil.w...more >>

I put my preloader as the first scene(preloader), then have my main movie as its own scene(main). When I do an "simulate download," the preloader doesn't show until the file is 75% loaded. Can anyone tell me if my actionscript is wrong? I want to see the preloader loading as soon as the page i...more >>