Hello, if anyone can please help me I would really appreciate it. I have a template that I am trying to change around. I have 5 navigation tabs on top and in each one I want a different movie clip to play as I click on the navigation bar. How can i do that? I have the first one ok but when I...more >>

im having some problems with the gotoAndStop command. could you check this code to see if it's right? on (release) { root.gotoAndStop("level2"); } if i just do gotoAndStop("level2"); it tries to go to "level2" frame inside that symbol. Please HELP! ...more >>

Is it possible to load standard looking AS arrays from txt files without having to use .split functions etc. Also, if arrays are loaded into a swf from extrenal file will these values be retaied and show in a decompiled swf. The idea was to use arrays to hold username and passwords, but this...more >>

I have a huge problem on my hands which is kind of annoing. The website in progress is http://www.fusion-com.tv/hometown/ I have 4 navigation buttons and a movie clip wich is riggered by those buttons with On (rollover) { tellTarget ("blah") { gotoAndPlay (blah) ; } On (ro...more >>

skip the intro and go to the actuall website on this site... and look 1) see how the squares flip over 1) see the continuous the movement of the squares which are actually the menu.... http://www.buttr.com/ anyonw know how to do this or give me some hints how to start??? I ...more >>

Hello I was wandering if there was a simple way to set a tint for a movie clip... I found the following code, but I can't get it to work.... stop(); myColor = new Color(myClip); //set myClip's tint to be 50% red myColor.setTint(255,0,0, 50); ... anyone know? if this works? Thanks J...more >>

hi i have 2 swf intro.swf and main.swf, i want to load the main.swf in the background while the into plays, so that its already in the cache and doesnt need loading again.....please help!!! thanks...more >>

Sorry, I should have explained myself better. I created an .as file called MySuperClass.as with: class MySuperClass { var nTemp:Number = 100; } Then, when, say, item6.swf is loaded, it'll do: var c1:MySuperClass = new MySuperClass(); if (c1.nTemp > 0) { c1.nTemp = 350; ...more >>

what i am trying to do is return a number of characters in a variable. like myVar = whatchmadoodle i would need it to return the number of letters in "whatchamadoodle" anybody got any ideas? ...more >>

Hi Can anyone tell me what actionscript to have if I want to create navigation using form in flash. I am being told that not to use the on Reveal event to change visibility of forms.... can anyone shed some light Godwin ...more >>

What is the easiet wasy to access javascript when the swf not is in am pop up...more >>

Hi all, I have A menu in SWF. It opens the page but resets the swf file. So the button is not "selected anymore" My buttons use the same script and are just _MC instances, The go to the page by getUrl(...), yeah well if u need code plese ask This is anoying. I is possible to set a va...more >>

I am loading image paths from an XML array into flash. I also want to be able to bring captions that correspond to the images and display them in a text field. I have the code to load the images into an array from the XML, can anyone help me to work the code for the captions. I have attached t...more >>

I've been working with the tutorial and example here: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/webcam_motion.html Code download at: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/developer/webcam_old_new.zip It's a great tutorial, but the sample code isn't working properly for me, in th...more >>

I use the following code to print a series of pages that are dynamically created from user input (run when user clicks "print" button. The printout is fine, but the window is zoomed in way too far. Adjusting the _xscale and _yscale to 10 instead of 100 and I can see the movieclip (like it ...more >>

Ive started writing the 'hitTest' code for the game, i wasnt sure how, since i hadnt' tried it before- but after a short tutorial it's simple enough. However, i am running into problems. Currently, my stage is set up with a ship, that fires bullets, at the top of the stage, i have a long m...more >>

Hello, My work in progress is here: http://servinitup.net/bull/master.swf Click on a button at the bottom, a preLoader shoud do it's think, and then a movie loads into _level5. Click all three buttons, preLoader works fine. Now go back to the first, and nothing works! the movie loads, ...more >>

Hello! Im building a small action shooter for a client(this is a fun client, for once..) Im having trouble figure out how to randomly 'drop item's from the top of the screen. The levels last for two minuets, so within that period, i would like to drop a few items. I am not sure where ...more >>

Hi all, I read some messagges on yhis forum about how to discover download speed client. Well it's quite clear to me... So using a movieclip and loadmovie, with methods getBytesLoaded and getBytesTotal and getTimer I can discover download speed. But what is not clear to me is how to disc...more >>

Hi I need help with getting the drag and drop action script to start a new scene when the dragged movieclip is dropped onto its dropzone. I have tried all sorts of action script in the movie clip but still have had no results what so ever. Can anyone help? ...more >>

Once LoadVars starts receiving data back from a script (for example a PHP script) is there a way to start reading what has been received thus far? Basically I'd like to be able to use LoadVars and a PHP script together and continuously recieve data as needed. The PHP script can run a loop ...more >>

I have a job where there are menu rolldowns, i want the user to be able to click a button, a smaller menu roll down, then when they click another option, it rolls back up (first goto action) and then goes to the sequence for the new selection (second goto action). Is it possible to string two ...more >>

Greetings, I have a SWF that had the choice of playing two videos (FLV) when a button is clicked on. I now need to use LoadMovieNum to load another SWF on top of the SWF that play the FLV. How do I make that FLV stop playing when I use the LoadMovieNum? Thanks for any help. (I am ...more >>

Really, does anybody understand it? Every article I read that allows comments, litterelly each comment is one person saying how the the previous person(s) are wrong in there interpretation of the security model. Flash 8 has been out for awhile now, and I've fully read dozens of articles a...more >>

Hey, In my flash movie I am loading a video player into level2... but when I click the button that unloads the movie from level 2... the sound continues to play even though that level has been unloaded... I tried using the stopAllSounds command... but I'm not sure how to tell it to target ...more >>

why doesn't this process work? how can i get it to work? Thanks function firststep(sendit:Number){ var nextthing:Number = sendit + 4; } var comeback:Number = firststep(5); trace(comeback); ...more >>

I am using some code to creat the page turning effect, which works quite nicely to turn pages. But it only turns pages from right to left and I would like the option of going left to right. The code or file i used is from: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/09/03/flashhacks....more >>

I using netstream class to playing external FLV files. if i put into a folder name contain japanese text, it wouldn't work anymore. y?...more >>

Hi, So basically I had 2 classic buttons one to call a movie clip by rolling over, like that on (rollOver) { essaideupdate1.gotoAndPlay(2); } on (rollOut) { essaideupdate1.gotoAndPlay(7); } Another one to call a sound object, like that on (release) { stopAllSounds(); mons...more >>

I am sending commands to the root timeline from within a movie clip on the root timeline. What I want it to do is when the movie clip is clicked (released) the root timeline begins playing (from where it was previously stopped) then, when the root timeline gets to frame 120, I want the playh...more >>

You can set a bounding box which determines which area will be printed, see Help....more >>

:confused; Simple? Only 1 week into Flash 8 and I'm still stuck! I have a menu made up of normal text - ie: NOT buttons! There's also a text area which I'd like to fill dynamically with a brief description of what to expect once the menu item has been clicked. Basically, I'm trying to rep...more >>

i am want to build a timer whereby when the flash page is loaded,after 2 mins it will execute a function but from wat i learn timer could only be executed against a movie clip?~any help would be appreciated~~Thanks~ ...more >>

The flash banner functions as a menu. when i click on one button it has a current state and opens the correct page in same window. however when the page loads the flash menu is back to its original state. Can i solv this in flash? Can i prevent the flash menu from reloading? thanx regard...more >>

This is the Actionscript for my "next" button - it loads the next .swf in the array. I want to apply this in reverse for my "previous" button. How do I do this - I am going round in circles! Thanks var nextNews1: Number = 1; function loadNews1(mc:MovieClip){ if( nextNews1 < news.leng...more >>

I created a flash file that reads data from xml file and display it into datagrid component. when i run the flash file it load all data form the xml file. but how can i refresh or reload this data when i make some changes in xml file externally using asp.net ? ...more >>

Ok so ive got my self some nice graphics in text all i have done is got my self a nice button which i have entered a nice unique piece of text called LOL yes thats right HOME how original :P ok well what i have done is aplied a bevel and glow to it using the filters. Problem is in the tweeni...more >>

I have a button I want to move down when clicked on. I know how to use the _y actionscript, but how do I add the amount of time it takes to get from the original position to the new _y position? I'd like a smooth animation, rather than it just popping into a different spot instantly. ...more >>