OK, I'm trying to use that removeItemAt() command to remove an Item out of the 0 selectedIndex space but it won't delete it. It works for the others. The documentation says it won't work for the "0" space (says the number has to be greater than 0? Why?) but how do you remove an Item with th...more >>

I have atached actionscript code and xml file code as references. I found these files available for download from someone's site (he distributed for free, what a great guy!!) Well, I am a flash newbie, and what may seem real simple to others, has now given me a splitting headache. This code cr...more >>

Hello.. I am building a website and I would like the background to scroll along when the mouse cursor touches the edges of the screen. Basically like this: http://www.pspartgallery.com/ Any suggestions would be more than welcome! Thanks, Ginger ...more >>

Probably a simple answer but... When i try to add text to my sting and show it in my textbox like mess.htmlText = newtext + '<br>' + mess.htmlText; so that the newly added text is at the top of my screen the old text loses its spacing and line breaks from before.. i.e. what i want ...more >>

Is it possible to replace colors in a movieclip through actionscript. I have a movie clip that contains some blue and white and i want to swap the blue with red...can i do this or do i need to go the route of reloading the movie clip with images? ...more >>

I have a button in flash that I want to call a javascript function when pressed. For some reason the code is no longer working. I searched for the answer here but nothing really helped. I don't care if the method is an action like: button1.onRelease.getURL("javascript:myfunct()",_self"); ...more >>

Stubbern... Try this: Put an instance of the loader on the stage and give it an instance name 'loader'. Code on frame 1 (seperate layer): try { if(this.loader.contentPath="images/02.jpg"){ throw new Error("Image path incorrect"); } } catch (e:Error) { trace("Error: "+e.messa...more >>

Not sure why, but, my UI ComboBox List shows up in a wrong direction. When I click the comboBox, the list goes where the comboBox is and to UP Why? and how do I fix this? cmbOrder = container_mc.createClassObject(ComboBox, "cmbOrder", container_mc.getNextHighestDepth()); cmbOrder.set...more >>

Hey, I need some help here. I've got a flash movie that creates an empty movie clip and then loads an swf into that movie clip. I have an external class and I want to have the movieClip inherit from the class. I can't figure out how to do it without setting the linkage in the library. Any ...more >>

I'm creating an email form for my flash site, I want to use PHP since it seems so simple to set up. My current Web Hosting Provider requires me to download a PHP script for email. I visited hotscripts.com and was overwhelmed by the choices. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I have build a XML socket server on one site and i have a few swf files running on another site but i have a problem getting the files to connect to my server. I have placed a crossdomain file with *.myswfdomain at the root of the server containing the XML socket server but it dosent s...more >>

:confused; I am trying to get two separate Flash movies to communicate. I finally got them to talk to one another, but I am finding that the effect only works for one and a half loops. What I am trying to accomplish is to have a top banner transition between photos and then have a side bar...more >>

Greetings, I have been using the built-in flash plugin detection code that comes with Flash 8, but wanted to add in an image or clickable image that would be displayed if a visitor did not have the plugin installed. Is there a solution where instead of just showing text and a link to downloa...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to display an external text file into a dynamic text field using a next page button. The layout is this I have 80 frames. Frames 1-10 with a static text field with text & a next page button and Frames 11-20 with a dynamic text field with a previous button. I want to onR...more >>

I've been toying with the http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/ slideshow tutorial. I really would like to load images from a web URL instead of from the local machine, so that I can constantly update the files used by the slideshow without the user needin...more >>

Hey, im relatively new with actionscript. I have a movieclip named 'name_mc' on _root. Inside of name_mc is a textbox named 'txtName' which is dynamic. I am running some actionscript from _root that pulls variables and displays them from a text file. But now I want the text to fade in with _al...more >>

I've been developing a pseudo-3D site based on a similar French site. It seems that on HyperThreaded machines running Internet Explorer 6 or 7 beta, the page will lag everytime an mp3 stream loads, then after a second or two, will rectify itself. This does not happen when using a single ...more >>

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Hi, I'm trying to create a shell, only purpose is to read in some xml, and then load some swf's based on that. What I'm not getting at all, is if I have (lets say navigation.swf) all ready to go, and I load this into an empty movieclip... why do the library items used in navigation.swf need to...more >>

Hi, I am creating a scrollpane in which several images from 1 directory should be loaded. The images are numbered (in this example CarlCox1.jpg,CarlCox2.jpg..CarlCox6.jpg). Because each directory can contain a different number of files, I have come up with the following solution. Now, the ...more >>

Hello everyone, I am assigning the button behaviors to a set of movieclips through a for loop, however, I am coming up against something where I know what is happening, but don't know how to fix it. Basically, inside that for loop I assign each of the button behaviors as a function but I do...more >>

I started off with about 10 scenes and everything seem to be working fine. As I added more some of my buttons calling scenes lower in the scene list seem to stop working. I know the code is correct and the names of the scenes haven't changed. Is this a glitch in Flash or something else? I'...more >>

Is it possible to open a browser and navigate on internet ,inside a flash application? (a browser without the buttons and menus..only the page) thanks Cristiano ...more >>

When i test my movie for my flash poll i get a message saying the following: **Warning** Scene=Scene 1, layer=scripts, frame=1:Line 40: Case-insensitive identifier 'number' will obscure built-in object 'Number'. var number = submain.childNodes.attributes.NUMBER **Warning** Scen...more >>

Hi, How can I control the tempo of the attached sound? If it is possible, I want to slow down the speed of the mp3 and slow it down to a stop. Thanks! ~ JS...more >>

I just started working in Flash mx 2004 in my new job and to my horror have found that the actionscript panel has changed. It no longer has the bar that allows you to add variables such as 'on release' or 'parent window' or add information such as url's in 'get url'. I cant even get it to go...more >>

I need all the UI components' (TextInput & ComboBox) background is TRANSPARENT!! Could anyone help???? ...more >>

Hello. I'm using a fair few sound clips in one flash projector, and although all the sounds are linked (linkage properties in Library) I don't want them all to load on the first frame... yet I don't want the sounds playing anywhere strange like when I drag the sounds to a set frame. Is...more >>

Hi- without using any PHP or JavaScript is it possible for Flash to get a users IP Address or Computer Name? Cheers...more >>

Hi, I am diving head-first into my first Flash project, with previous experience in Asp.NET and other web technologies. I'm making a state map which will receive statistics by county and color-code the counties accordingly. The data will presumably come from an XML feed, but I'm not there y...more >>

I just built a new site and it is in flash8. I thought I built the tester right, but just had someone in Nicaragua look at it and see nothing. He looked at some other projects of mine with flash in them and had no problem. Did I do it wrong? Why could that happen? Here is the site I am talk...more >>

I am using the following code to load an mp3 file as a sound object. but I need the music to loop. Can anyone assist with getting the audio to loop. Thank you ahead of time for any assistance. Here is the code I am currently using; "var my_sound:Sound = new Sound(); my_sound.loadSou...more >>

What's up everyone! I'm having a terrible time trying to find out why Formmail is not receiving the "recipient" variable from flash properly. I never had a problem until now. Just recently, i noticed i was not getting emails from through my website, and then i did a mock email to myself- throu...more >>

How do I make a movie clip move in the direction of the rotation? meaning, if I rotate the _mc 30 degrees, how do I make it head in that direction?...more >>

Would it be possible to create a whole new coding language in flash just using ActionScript and maybe some help by XML or something else? Not that the code will be scripted in Flash's scriptwindow, but creating an application that will handle the code and transform it so flash player can under...more >>

what im trying to do is make a simple game alien ships fall and you have to protectcities with a canon the canon rotates via detecting the mouse point then when the left mouse button is clicked a laser will be shoot at that specific point. im having trouble coding the detect mouse point it...more >>

hey, I was havin a problem that I cant explain and was hopin someone can point out whats not being done here. Im trying to create my own calendar. I am aware that there is a calendar component (date picker) but I have more specific needs so i have created my own. I created a moviecl...more >>

Hi Flasher experts, How can I create: A drag and drop object which create a line trail and when you drop object A to object B, a unique color appears and vice versa. The objects are expandable not just A and B. Could have couple objects which has its own logic which have different color resul...more >>

Hi, Im having some problems with detecting when a variable has changed in flash, I am changing this variable using authorware but need flash to act upon the change, var audstring_global = ""; var my_sound:Sound = new Sound(); var test :Boolean = false; txtVariable.text="howdy dow...more >>