Background Preloading / Cashing Hold on to last movie loaded and load the next movie while viewing the current movie I am creating a slide based presentation model for delivery online. I don?t want to load the entire presentation at once as it is way too large for that. I have it setu...more >>

Hello all, I've been browsing every time of forum possible and I have yet to come across a solution to my problem. Here it is. I have an swf. Within the swf's library, I have a movie clip. Within the main swf I use a FOR loop to attach the movie clip that is in the library, and then I u...more >>

After trying to find a solution on mtasc?s mailing list and SEPY?s forum I am still unable to find the solution to this problem, so here I go. When I check my projects syntax using mtasc in SEPY I get the following error; Compile Error; C://?std8/flash/geom./Point.as(10): character 10-13,...more >>

Hi, Im new to the forums so I will make my first post short. I load an external .png and it overlaps whats on the main timeline of the flash that calls the file. How do I make it so the contets of _level0 is on top? ...more >>

I have two moviclips that are being loaded with some actionscript but they are not being fading in the way in which I would like them to appear. Instead of them from fading from a still position to an opacity position as seen in the flash file. I would like them to load from 0% opacity to 100%...more >>

can you guys gice me some tips on how to keep all your variables, functions, etc. organized to reduce the possibility of cross referenceing the same name you forgot you used earlier??? I am new to Actionscript and am trying to find a system from the people who use it the most......YOU. Any imf...more >>

I am trying to create an actionscript button; in the _root I have two layers: on one the a movie clip (button_ant), taken frome the library (which is the button), and on the other the code to animate the movie clip: this.button_ant.onRollOver = function() { button_ant.gotoAndPlay("_ove...more >>

for onEnterFrame- delete target.onEnterFrame; // target is path or object the onEnterFrame is attached to for SetInterval- clearInterval(intervalID); // intervalID is interval variable name the script for your movie to stop would be - delete this.onEnterFrame; // kills onEnterFrame ...more >>

I have a movie clip that is inside a symbol. After the clip plays I want flash to forward (GETURL) to a webpage. How is this done? Thanks, Kevin...more >>

i dont know of a perfect ratio of actionscript to manual animation but, I do know that when using methods with onEnterFrame and setInterval, they need to be cleared or deleted from running once they are done animating in the stage. This will free up memory and processing and allow other action...more >>

Anybody could tel to me if is possible this? I have readed a lot of masks and dynamic texts. I have put a dynamic text in my movieclip and i want that it appear in the escene with a mask, not all the text at the same time. So, i have tried several things... a) Making a dynamic textfiel...more >>

this will fade in from alpha 0 to aplha 100 (note the 0, 100 position) var myTween:Tween = new Tween(currentMC, "_alpha", Regular.easeIn, 0, 100, 5, true); this will fade out from alpha 100 to aplha 0 (note the 0, 100 position) var myTween:Tween = new Tween(currentMC, "_alpha", Regular.easeI...more >>

they should be easing in .... what frame rate do you have?...more >>

is this what you were trying to do? import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.*; txt1_mc.play(); txt2_mc._alpha = 0; txt2_mc.stop(); var currentMC:MovieClip = txt1_mc; // fade in first movieclip var myTween:Tween = new Tween(currentMC, "_alpha", Regular.easeIn, 0, 1...more >>

i am attempting to create a virtual audio mixer that has several channels all playing a different sound. each channel has a start button and a stop button and will soon have volume and pan controls. anyway, for today, i am trying to create a script independant of the start and stop but...more >>

I'm embarking on making a program (to run on CD/HD) with the purpose of editing an XML document. I'm able to read the XML and display parsed data in the List Component and am also able to save out the XML data using Zinc. Where I'm having the trouble is using the List Component to to drive...more >>

:confused; I want to create an action that will allow me to use a button to turn on a movie and then click it again to turn it off. The button is on the main time line and I have the movie on the timeline as weel. I wish to start with the movie off (not playing) then click the button the t...more >>

I have a simple array with just integers inside. I want to take a value and remove it from my array randomly and use it in a switch statement but it can't seem to recognize the value in the switch. I've tried to convert into a integer but it doesn't seem to help: myArray = ; var rand...more >>

I need to figure this out; this has to be live Saturday. I adapted a FLA file for my site and since I?m new at scripting I DESPERATELY need some help. I had a static nav bar referring to sections on a timeline that was on one layer with an identical one on a separate layer. This was done for...more >>

:confused; i'm tryin 2 create a lotto number generator, the thing is don't know how to make it not display zero as part of the random numbers....more >>

This is probably related to the question I just asked about transparent backgrounds and loadMovie, but.... suppose you have a transparent PNG that you want to composite (lay over) the current movie. Is there a way to load it as an external resource and place it on the stage such that it ret...more >>

It would seem that loadMovie offers a lot of potential for combining a bunch of movie pieces into a single movie. This would be most useful if the background of the loaded movies were transparent, so that they could be seamlessly integrated into a container movie. I have not figured out ...more >>

Hello everyone. I have some actionscript classes that I want to sell and ditribute, but I dont want to expose the source code. How do I pack an *.as file that contains a class in a SWF, and how do I use that class in another FLA app ? Thanks, Shachar Weis. ...more >>

Hi all, I have a graph with icons on, that should load up as an alpha tween but the speachbubbles that are triggered by the icons all load up before they should do as they should be invisible to start off with. This only happens once then the cache kicks in unless you are using fireforx, t...more >>

I have a movie clip with 2 frames. On the first frame is a button. I created a class for the movieclip listed below. class com.mcTest extends MovieClip { private var btnButton:Button; public function mcTest() { init(); } private function init():Void { var app = this; ...more >>

I have a movieclip that when clicked, I want it to open a user's default email program to send a mail to a certain address. What type of scripting do I need to use for this? Thanks for any help anyone can offer. ...more >>

Hi!!! short question how to disable dragable movieclip using button. Thanks...more >>

Hello.. Can someone give me just and idea how to do something like this: http://www.head-banging.com/zizimars14/images/FLASH/ Here is jpg file of what i want to do.. And the XML file that i got for sample. Im going crazy this past few days cause im not gettin nowhere.. I have a blank ....more >>

i have been sitting around for a few hours trying to set up a preloader like this. Preload sound 01 When complete Preload Sound 02 When Complete Preload movie clips on frame 01 When Complete Preload graphic clips on frame 01 When Complete Preload other (bmps shaps and so on, t...more >>

Hello... I am trying very load a jpg image into a movie from a htm. I stripped it down to the absolute most basic code and it will not load and can't resize the photo. here is the code i written: myVars_obj = new loadVars(); myVars_obj.onLoad = function() { loadMovie(myVars_obj.phot...more >>

I have never used the list component, so please forgive if this is a ridiculously simple question ... I want visitors to my site to be able to click on a "label" in the list component and go to another part of my site. The only tutorials that I seem to be able to find have a list with an "...more >>

I am having trouble with this site i am making. I use movie clips a lot, buttons, pages almost everthing. I can make it go from one frame to another using action within the same movie clip. But i can't get it to got from one movie clip to another. I am trying to add a button to each so they ...more >>

Okay, I am trying to make it so that an uploaded image is refreshed. 1. User uploads an image called? ?username.jpg? ..... (username is his/or her username.) 2. He then uploads another image... This will also be called ?username.jpg?. The second image upload deletes the first image. Perfec...more >>

Hello to all!!! It is posible to create multiple movieclip in stage by clicking one button with different instance name....more >>

Hi Folks, I'm programmer, never worked with Flash Actionscript, but had the feeling some stuff done by my designer could be more efficiënt with some programming. Any help will be greatly appericiated: What's the problem? I've got a .swf file: Main.swf which has to load a SWF called: P...more >>

Hi I wander is it possble to: Disable the right click menu options and fully customize it (change the look of it and not only the list of the menu) Because it's gotta have the same look and feel of my overall project. Is this possible? Thanks ...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm trying to exectute some drawing commands in Flash 8, such as lineTo and curveTo, using nonstadard stroke styles, such as 'Ragged'. But the only script I can find out there to chance the stroke style is the jsfl fl.getDocumentDOM().setCustomStroke(). Is there anyway to sc...more >>

I need help guys, I'm still working on my .exe movie (my exe will be running in my local computer) and at one point I wanted to load a swf from my online sever, I used loadMovie, worked just fine. Then I made a button for my swf in the online sever to tell my root time line to stop. Now here c...more >>

Ok well this is my first site and i have no idea why the buttons mess up if you dont press them in the right order... http://timsphotography.net/other/Home.html Please help!!! Thanks Tim...more >>

I'm trying to send variables using Flash, and processing them using PHP. I already did a HTML form, and the variables sent through a PHP-generated mail, and now i'm trying a Flash where you can type in stuff, and send it via PHP. I used this code on the send button: on(release) { _root....more >>

First off the easiest way to see what I'm talking about in action, please visit http://www.bigspaceship.com/. On their front page is exactly what I'm talking about. I've experimented trying this on my own several times but I always run into a variety of issues. Probably the most prominent ...more >>

Hi I have this 2 items from my menu that people can drag and drop them to the stage by using attachMovie. So each of the item that is already on the stage can be deleted, rotated and a user can even find more information about that particular item. To do one of these actions they need to...more >>

Hi, I have problem with FLVPlayback component. In List component I have list of videos which are played in FLVPlayback. It works fine. But if I accidentally put invalid FLV file in my XML, error connection occurs. After that I can?t open any other valid video paths, and FLVPlayback.stat...more >>

is it possible to direct Flash to go to a random frame, or better yet one of a few pre-selected frames randomly within a movie clip? Right now my code for the button says this: b1.onRelease = b1release; function b1release() { this.gotoAndPlay(2); } I would like this to gotoAnd...more >>

Hello there! Please help I'm going insane. I'm trying to sendandLoad some XML with my server. I've got the load bit working sweet. But I can't send the data I want (some XML, or an XML type string) I'll list the different strings that I've got working/sending and the ones that I haven'...more >>

I've got a flash movie and load an external swf file (e.g. through loadMovie or alike). How do I get the stage size of that loaded movie, e.g. the size the movie was designed for. _width and _height return the total sizes including the parts that are out of bounds of the stage. ...more >>

Hi Guys, Just to check how can I enable and disable the layer thru action script. may thanks in advance....more >>

I am using the TransitionManager function to fade-in a sequence of graphics. For example, Clip1_mc fades-in, and when it completes, Clip2_mc fades-in, and so on. What I don't understand is how to figure out when the fade-in of the Clip1_mc has completed so I can start fading-in Clip2_mc? ...more >>