how can use HTML tags in XML ? i mean i want to take a string from XML line like : <item name='<b>bla bla bla</b>' /> but, i couldnt use it like above. how should I enter HTML tags in XML? regards ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to build a nought-n-cross game. During the first phase, I am facing a weird problem. On the first click, the nought appears, on the second click it replaces the nought with a cross whereas it should not replace but keep both. Then, third click, no nought appears, fourth click ...more >>

http://homepage.mac.com/newtriks/drag.swf What the heck is going on, I am using flash 8, publishing to flash player 8, as2. When I access the above swf on my mac, using osx tiger and safari, the file works a dream, I drag all the squares down to the bottom grid EXCEPT 3 & 8 and it goes...more >>

Hi all, I've got a problem here .... In my index.php are some buttons with the links: - button 1: index.php?mod=shops - button 2: index.php?mod=shops - button 3: index.php?mod=global - button 4: index.php?mod=gallery When a button is clicked I want to load the relevant external s...more >>

Hello! I have a flash movie clip made up of several buttons, inside an HTML file. What I want to happen is that when you click on one of the buttons, the browser goes to a different page (exactly like a hyperlink). This is the actionscript I have on the button right now: on (release) {...more >>

ok... i'm probably confusing myself right now ... so any assitance would be appreciated... I have a MC (using 'linkage' identifier) loading into a scrollPane... inside the MC being loaded... i require to duplicate other MC's (menu buttons) which can be of any number... inside the MC bei...more >>

hi this is my code mclLoaderListener.onLoadProgress = function(target:MovieClip, bytesLoaded:Number, bytesTotal:Number):Void { //trace(target+".onLoadProgress with "+bytesLoaded+" bytes of "+bytesTotal); //getting number form the movieclip name var sMovieNameString:String = String(ta...more >>

Hello, I have afew jpg's in a gallery and they need to be availible to download to desktop from the /pics folder on my server. Can someone please enlighten me as to the correct AS.. So simple if its not a image file but .jpg's just open in a new window and id like the popup 'SaveAs' wi...more >>

hi, i want to load images from a folder, how do i know the names of the images , the only thing i know is they are .jpg? any help thank you...more >>

Hi all, here is my problem: Put a button on the screen and a text field. Make some simple animation to play when u push the button. Try pushing the button over and over again without removing the mouse from the point of pushing. All is ok. Now click on the text field (that is enough). ...more >>

Hi, I need to display some words on top of animation while it is playing full screen size. For some reason, the text is not displayed. Tried both making a dynamic text box on a layer, and creating a dynamic box at run time. When I shrink the animation, and make it NOT overlap with my tex...more >>

This is not the first time I've attempted to solve this topic...but here's my current situation. Scene 1, Frame 1, on a layer labeled _actions: var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var myListener:Object = new Object(); myMCL.addListener(myListener); myListener.onL...more >>

i have two movie clips that interact with each other and work fine. Although after about 5 seconds it becomes inactive. it is like they just time out and i have to refresh the page inorder for them to work again. i tried to use updateAfterEvent() but it didn't seem to do anything. thank...more >>

Hi Forum I have been having this issue for a while now and I start to think something might be wrong with my flash version or some libary file of flash. I have downloaded a sample chapter from Colin Moocks website: http://moock.org/eas2/examples/eas2_randomizer.zip When I complie t...more >>

Does anyone know how to detect the users IP address while they are in a flash file? I didn't see it anywhere in the forums...more >>

I have the following code on the first frame of my timeline: Code: card_flip_move.onMouseDown = function() { startDrag(card_flip_move); }; card_flip_move.onMouseUp = function() { stopDrag(); }; The weird thing is that it doesn't matter where I hold down my mouse the card ...more >>

Hello everybody, I created a text field (using createTextField( ) ) and I need to control its alpha so that I can apply the fade in/out effect to it but the newly created textfield simply isn't affected by the _alpha. I have also tryed to create an empty movie clip first and then create ...more >>

I have 6 button in the navigation.swf: home education references galleri contact Each button onReleased, loads a external movie called: homeBackround.swf educationBackground.swf referencesBackground.swf galleriBackground.swf contactBackground.swf I want to do a transiti...more >>

I am about to toss my computer out the window. I have created a flash form and a php. I have them both in the same directory on the server. I can't get it to send an email. any suggestions?...more >>

Hello, I'm just learning how to make custom classes so this is probably a very simple problem. I apologize in advance for my ignorance. I'm making a sort of game to test out my custom class making skills and in order to find out where the instances are I thought it would be easy to attac...more >>