hi am using this if (_xmouse>Stage.width-(Stage.width/4) & _root.mcContainer._x>=-602) { _root.mcContainer._x -= 5; } but the movie clip stops in one go, i want it to slide slowly and stop any idea?? thanks ...more >>

so i see a replace method in the string class but it returns undefined and its not listed in the actionscript 2.0 documentation for the string class whats the deal?...more >>

I wrote the following script in Flash 8, draws line and text when published for Flash Player 8: B = _root.createEmptyMovieClip( "B_ mc" , 1 ); B.lineStyle( 5 , 0x000000 ); B.moveTo( 100 , 100 ); B.lineTo( 300 , 200 ); L = B.createTextField( "L_txt" , 2 , 500 , 200 , 100 , 100 ); L.te...more >>

ok, there are a few different ideas around the web, mostly all old... and i know that MM has presented (on stage) and shown swf's playing with a FPS display. whats the best code to track and display a playing swf's frame rate? ...more >>

Hi Forum I have a very basic OOP problem that so far I have avoided and now the project is getting slightly out of hand. I'd like to figure this thing out in order to be able to track down some of the bugs. Here is goes: In the following example I always get an error stating that on...more >>

hi, i have a listener mclLoaderListener.onLoadComplete = function(target:MovieClip):Void { // the target is equal to "_level0.mcContainer.mcSubContainer1" }; is it possible to get this value "_level0.mcContainer.mcSubContainer50" and put it into a string variable? please help ...more >>

Hello, The following test does not work. The nodeType for the data is 3 (text), and the values are returned as a 0 or 1, yet I can't do a simple test on that. Any ideas anyone? I think it is some sort of data type mismatch between xml and strings in Actionscript. if (this.firstChild.chil...more >>

I've been flapping at this most of the day, and I'm stumped. I want to show harmonic waveforms in motion, like you'd see on an oscilloscope. I want to show several of them overlapping, and also show the interference effect that happens when you add two waves of the same freq (or nearly sa...more >>

I'm loading a swf with a scrollbar into another swf, but using _lockroot does nothing to preserve the scrolling. I'm placing the command into the loader movie and have also tried using it in the loading movie on the assets that use _root as recommended by some. How can I make this work? ...more >>

Hi, sorry about my english. I hope someone can give me a hint. onMouseMove is there any way to get the direction the mouse is moving. When I move the mouse to the right I need to know the mouse is moving right. Thanks for your help. Rene The code I have is: var mouseListene...more >>

I want to construct an array, which is actually a SharedObject, by allowing multiple users input their names in an input text field. That name will be output to another text field later in the movie. This will happen onRelease of a button. Simple enough. The problem I'm having is that if the n...more >>

In my movie I tryed to use the attchMovie command. I have all my movie clips with their linkage AS class names but when i test the movie I get this output... **Error** Symbol=roll5, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: The class or interface 'roll5' could not be loaded. **Error** Symbol=roll4,...more >>

Ok, I have a link in my flash movie, and when it opens the page in a new window as it is supposed to, I want to control the dimensions of that window because it is only a text blurb. I have tried a large number of things but the action script doesn't seem to want to accept javascript resize va...more >>

i have 9 flv files that load at the same time into a flash movie. the following code on frame 1, along with the a preloader mc and FLVPlayback components : stop(); //VIDEO //1 mcCoberly.contentPath = "coberly.flv"; //2 mcVictory.contentPath = "victory.flv"; //3 mcRoman.c...more >>

Hello, This may be off topic, so if it is, please direct me to the correct place to post this. I'm looking to make a flash site for a typographer, and I'm wondering if anyone knows how safe a font is once it has been embedded into a swf file. The site will be selling fonts, and the last...more >>

Problem with _global variable A short and clearer description of the problem Code in navigation.swf - level0 Frame1 _global.education = false; Frame1//The code is placed on a button on (release) { education = true; loadMovieNum(education.swf,1); } Code in education.s...more >>

I think this may be an infamous question, but here goes... I am using Flash MX 2004 and am using thumbnail rollovers that when you click on the thumbnail, a larger image appears at the top of the screen. The only problem is that I can't figure out what the code/action script is to get the ...more >>

I have a standard button (B1) which is placed inside a Movie Clip (MCB), and then MCB is placed inside another movie clip (MCA). I want to put an onRelease event on the button/movie clip (MCB) so that when a user clicks the button, it will say, link to a site etc. But every time I enter A...more >>

I have a SWF that acts as a shell and loads another SWF. This part works. I?m trying to get SWF #1 to load SWF #2 and start it at a specific label (SWF #2 has 3 labels within it). This is the part that doesn?t work. SWF #1 consists of 1 frame and has the following action: loadMovie("side...more >>

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone knows how to make the button navigation setup like on http://2advanced.com/flashindex.htm. more specifically, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to create button rollout events, so an animation plays when the btn is no longer in a rollover state? ...more >>

Hi, I have made an online MP3 player and I want the user to be able to download any files they have just listened to. I have used the getURL method and link it to the file (for example: www.somewebpage.co.uk/music/track01.mp3). However when the user opens the link the browser just opens t...more >>

Declaration in _root's first frame: var speechbubble = "down"; Code of button: on (press) { this.gotoAndStop (3); if (speechbubble == "down") { this.SpeechBubble.gotoAndStop(2); var speechbubble = "up"; }else { this.SpeechBubble.gotoAndStop(1); var speechbubble = "do...more >>

Well Here is my problem. I have a little arrrow that follows the on mouse over effect in my menu for navigation of the site. I would like to have the arrow stop on the click of a menu item and stay there till I click the next item. THis is an example of my problem. Notice the arrow follows you...more >>

Version: MX2004 Is it possible to make an object the return type for a simple function? Here is my code. The traces always come up undefined. var Myobj:Object = {} Myobj.number = 0; Myobj.str = "String"; var obj = reObject(Myobj); trace(obj.number); trace(obj.str); functi...more >>

Hey I'm making a site for a dj. He wants an audio section containing buttons which, when clocked, make his music play. Each button is just the name of the song in question - so for a song called splankface, the button would just be splankface Anyway, so he can update it, I've made the bu...more >>

hello children, long time no see, i have a friend working on some flash lite projects and needs to slit a variable. ie; var myString = "hello.jonny"; myArray = myString.split("."); returns: myArray = hello myArray = jonny it has been years since i have opened flash 4, does anyone...more >>

HI all, I'm relatively new to actionscript. I have a movie that has a series of events that happen depending on the user's clicking etc. Up until now, I had just drawn a squiggle of lines. Now I want to load a jpg instead of these lines so I am using loadMovie to do so. Howeve...more >>

Hi, I hope someone can help me with this project. I want to create a seamless landscape imagescrolling across the screen, it should continually scroll from right to left at a slow speed. When the user moves the mouse over a button on the right hand side of the screen I want the image to s...more >>

hi: i have a recursive function to calculate permutations of n elements Pn = n! is it possible to simulate multi-threading? for example, launch a video when the first permutation finish while the rest is calculated in "background"? tia for any suggestion, jdoe...more >>

when i call variable from text out flash as dynamic text it doesn't show this % symbol to me ...more >>

I want to create dynamic ext that is dragable + on double click can be edited, like see have text tool in flash n photoshop can any body help/...more >>

I have a movie clip that follows the mouse position. Is it possible to limit this effect to only when the mouse rolls over the movie clip? Here is the script: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root.mainVar == 0) { homeX = (-_root._xmouse*.08)+700; } else { homeX = (-_root.mainVar*.08...more >>

I have a custom class that extends movieclip called mcGrid. What I want is to call my class constructor like so var myGrid:mcGrid = new mcGrid(10, 10); This part works if I fill the array with integers. But, when I try to create movieclip instances it does not seem to work. class Grid ext...more >>

Is there a way to disable/enable the enter key. I have been using the following code to listen for the enter key?. IF certain textfields are focused and a variable called 'alreadyPressEntered!==1' and the enter key is pressed then a function called 'eBtn.onRelease();' is run and 'alre...more >>

I maybe dumb, but I still don't know how to make those light balls fly and disappear in different directions..........:confused; someone please help....more >>

I am creating a user login. I want it so that if the user presses the enter button when logging in, it will run the same series of functions as if the user had clicked the mouse on the eBtn m.c. to validate his login. Part of the series of functions is to attach a m.c. that says 'loading', and...more >>

I need a string of actionscript that will cause this to happen: when the mouse moves to anywhere in the bottom 80 pixels of a 550 x 400 movie, a bar scrolls up that has buttons on it. When the mouse leaves this range, the bar scrolls back down. I attempted to do this (just using buttons) wi...more >>

Hi everyone, I really would like to see movie clip members such as alpha and _x and _y etc. is there a way to have these shown in the debugger variable window? TextFields have them visible, filters have them, but not MovieClips... Lee ...more >>

I am trying to make a shopping cart which alows the user to add the items they select to the cart in real-time. The problem Im having is making the cart list. How do I make a list that adds and removes the selected items while at the same tie keeping it bunched together with no spaces ...more >>

I'm fairly new to flash scripting. I'll start by linking to the template I am using: http://www.frontpage-templates.org/frontpage-templates/search.html?keyword=&numb er=9773&x=0&y=0 I am editing it great and I'm learning alot about scripting, the only problem I am encountering is ac...more >>

Can anyone explain to me why addEventListener doesn't work on Symbols created as buttons but does work on Component Buttons? There is a whole different set of events for symbols created as buttons vs. component buttons. Thanks ...more >>

Greetings all, I have created a loader file the load externa , AS, XML, SWF, and CSS files to create a presentation. It works great and have never had a problem untill now. There is two movies in my colletion of over 200 that just dont seem to work. There is no errors with the actionscr...more >>

Hiya all I'm taking my first steps in creating an email form with PHP. you can see the form here http://www.toxiccreations.co.uk/T_C_SITE/contact_band_design_general.html Here is the action script i placed on the send button on (release) { gotoAndPlay(2); loadVariablesNum("www.to...more >>

Hello. Is there a way or a function so I can see if the mouse is gone outside of the flash stage? I have this sample: http://www.adriantnt.com/temp/mouse_in_stage/mouse_in_stage.html Here I trace the x and y positions of the mouse on enter frame and write the position in the text field...more >>

Hi I've got a button which toggles a speech bubble open and closed. The button's code is this: on (press) { this.gotoAndStop (3); if (speechbubbleup == down) { this.SpeechBubble.gotoAndStop(2); var speechbubbleup = up; }else { this.SpeechBubble.gotoAndStop(1); var ...more >>

so i love this site http://www.mewithoutyou.com ... if you go from link to link you see loading occur... i dont know how they do it but i wanna learn how.... is it xml? or as? ...more >>

hi, i have few questions about video and flash... 1. can flash play wma, mpeg and avi files? 2. is it possible to stream video? 3. is it poddible to load external video files? could you also give exaples of code if any of this is possible... thank you. ...more >>

I have two text fields, one above the other, which will be pulling in text dynamically. The second text field should position itself depending on how high the first field is. Normally I would use an empty movieclip and som onClipEvent (enterFrame) to control the second text field, but this...more >>

Hi there, I'd like to add a percentage loading bar to my swf when buffering a streaming FLV-file. Is this possible, or shouldn't I bother? I've been thinking (and trying) along these lines (never mind the syntax, 'cause I'm making this up as I go): bufferF = function(){ bufferTotal ...more >>

hi this is the code am using to load images with a preloader, if i want to load multiple images say 1.jpg, 2.jpg ....and so on....and set different X and Y values for each of those images how do i modify this code... //----------------------------------------------------------------- //--...more >>

Code in navigation.swf: Frame1 _global.education = false; Frame2 on (release) { _global.education = true; loadMovieNum("education.swf",10); } Code in education.swf trace(education); Ouput window education = false Why is education false?after i Pressed the butt...more >>

Hi all, I was hoping someone may be able to help Here goes. Resource list: - Presentation Main (Main swf) - technicaldata.swf (external swf) - enginespecification.swf (external swf) - engineconfigurator.swf (external swf) I am having difficulty setting a variable across several mc'...more >>

Hello I downloaded one of the free flash fla available which shows analog clock. I am currently displaying clock of 4 different locations New York London Karachi Delhi When I want to display New York time I simply do the following mydate.getUTCHours() - 10 To display London a...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to create a program in flash that will allow the user to click on a movieclip and then dynamically draw a line from where they click release the left mouse button. I am having problems though with what function to use to detect where they click and where they released....more >>

Ok let's say ur main movie is main.swf On this file u will have the things u wanna keep on all pages. create another file called home.swf let's say u put all the info u want to be included in ur homepage . and create a file called profile.swf These two should not include the background u...more >>