Hi, I have a script where I load and scale different images in a single movie clip but it does not work correctly. The dimensions seem to "stay in memory" so every new image I load gets scaled according to the first scaling value. The scaling value stays the same until I load a larger im...more >>

Does anyone have a simple script that will load a variable from a text file. I have tried LoadVars and loadVariables? I'm sure I must be doing something wrong. I can display the variable value in a dynamic text box, but if I try to use the variable in an if statement, it doesn't work. If I t...more >>

I am developing a form-based application. There is one root form called "Application" and a few child forms off the root (e.g., Login, CustView). I would like the sibling forms to be able to pass contol to each other (e.g., after successful login, I want to make Login invisible and CustView vi...more >>

What is the best all-round canvas size when authoring a swi for a web browser? by this I mean best for authoring without scrollbars. I know a chap whose screen res is 800x600 and who has every single toolbar displayed in IE, leaving around 400pixels in height free. For crying out loud. I o...more >>

I've been experimenting with XML. No doubt you guys have too. Do any of you know how to set Bold, Italic, and URLs in an XML file? regular <b>, <i>, and <a href> just don't kick in. Thanks, Hrududu ...more >>

Hello, I've been trying to get the keyboard navigation to work with no success. What I want is for users (especially visually impaired) to be able to navigate using right and left buttons to progress through a slide show using Flash MX 2004. These are the instructions I've followed to ...more >>

I have a question and hope that someone may be able to help; this might be a piece of cake for you... I have a container .fla movie and would like to load consecutive external .swf files. Right now I have a play button triggering the loading of the next movie, but what I would REALLY lik...more >>

This is to create a flash driven navigation menu. What I have is a coldfusion page that serves a simple XML formatted page. There are 3 XML components, linkLabel, linkURL and linkType. The label just passes text, the type is just a number 0-9 that is used to determine the style of the button. ...more >>

Hello I am trying to do a simple interaction for a training course. The interaction is measuring if someone is X amount of pounds overweight it puts y amount of additonal pressure on the back. I want the user to be able to input any number of pounds overwight up to 3 digits and when t...more >>

Does anybody have any code or tutorials on how to create a map that allows the user to zoom in and out and pan. I want to keep the map as vector art. Below is a link to a sample of what I am trying to create. http://www.westminsterwoods.org/toc.php Thanks ...more >>

ok. im trying to get the data that is entered into the created text fields and turn them into an Array. for some reason it reads the text field varibles as the variable name not the value of the text field. anyone got any idea how to work this out? the code: word = "test_test";...more >>

I have seen flash animations that have their own right click functions (right click on movie, and it has its own functions, not just rewind, forward, back, about macromedia flash player 8 etc)...more >>

If there anyone out there who can help me with a log-in script for a flash website. Basically we have confidential files that we want clients to view and not to all the public. I want to set up a log-in button and the client will have to type in name and password then take you to another page ...more >>

Thisi s the script I am using: if (_root.importImage <> '') { trace(_root.importImage); this.loadMovie("images/"+_root.importImage+".jpg"); } else { trace("wha?"); } I have this in a movieclip on the stage with several buttons. When I click on the button it send that variab...more >>

I'm new to flash and action script but working a little bit with it i have found some problems. Imagine I want build an html with 4 pictures on in. obiously these pictures can be anyone, i mean , i pass a parameter to the page and it loads the pictures i need. Can i do these with flash?. Imagi...more >>

Not sure how to do this one: I want to trigger an action when the playhead reaches a certain labeled frame. I can make it work using: if (_currentframe == 10){ dothis; } but I anticipate moving things around in the timeline so I would rather have the action triggered when the playhea...more >>

is there a way to auto-tab between input text boxes that are created through the createTextBox method? i have a series of text boxes that can only have one character typed in each. i want it to automaticly go to the next text box once someone has input whatever character. any ideas? ...more >>

Hi, First of all, i will declare i am a total noob at flash, i have been using it for the past few weeks and am just getting to grips with it, but there is one thing that i have been trying to do for the past 2 days and it really is driving me up the wall. I have searched the net and this ...more >>

Can anyone tell me why this function is not working from the main timeline (frame 1)? The movie has a stop action on frame 2 and on the main movie is the MC with an instance name of "newsNav_mc". In that MC is a frame label "openR" and it has a tween from that frame to frame 34 which has a sto...more >>

What is the action script for caching a movie clip named "bLunch"? ...more >>

Is there way to make rows of a grid component draggable or interchangable on runtime?...more >>

Is it possible to get the filename of the swf loaded within the swf itself? Why? I have been working on a loader that checks the status of the load and reports back to the main timeline what is currently loaded (or trying to load and it's status). I would prefer it if i didn't have to wr...more >>

I have a basic ynamic text box importing random quotes from an external .txt file. How can I get the quotes to display without repeating until all of the quotes have been viewed? Thanks in advance....more >>

I am having trouble here. I upload a file using flash and coldfusion, and if the file is made unique in the coldfusion script, flash will receive the image back that was the original file, not unique. So lets say I upload an image of a mountain named "mountain.jpg". I go and upload another...more >>

Umm yes, I have figured out all of my button issues, but I seem to have a new problem. My Movie, as soon as it is done playing, jumps right to the begginings, and I have a Button in there that is supposed to be a replay button. Im fairly sure this is right, on (press, release) { go...more >>

Hi I am trying to position instances of a moveiclip with different parameters for X, Y, rotation, and Y Scale which does not seems to happen. I have created a movie clip and have exported it for actionscript with a linkage name "mcGraph". Now when I try to postion the movieclip using var...more >>

This is probably a fairly easy problem, but it seems to be baffling me. I have a javascript function that's just opens a new window, writes a little bit of html, and grabs an image to place in the window. The javascript is on the page that my flash .swf is embedded in. It looks like this: ...more >>

I want to pass a variable from flash to php. How do I do that?? I am using Flash 8. I had written the code in flash that loads php file given below.. myXml.load("myphp.php?myVar="somevalue); And I had written in myphp.php file to catch the variable; $value=HTTP_GET_VARS; But it do no...more >>

my datagrid lists a name of an object and a number associated with it. i want to decrement the number and cause the grid to display the new value immediately. dataGrid.redraw() apparently doesn't work. var ps:Object = groups1.content_mc.groupDataGrid.selectedItem; ps.productCount -= ...more >>

Can i define Variable contain a specific MovieClip name ? i think it's possiable in AS 2.0 !! but is it in AS 1.0? Thanks...more >>

Im am trying to do a dragable map of my homecity, but i also want clickable button, which brings you to a decided location. I know how to make the map drgable, and i know how to make a button that brings you to a decided location, but i dont know how to make them work togehter. Please down...more >>

Hi, How do you resolve references to variables on multiple screens - i.e I have multiple variables on multiple screens and I want to use a for loop to access the variable names as well as the screen names. e.g. 5 screens ... Screen1 thru Screen5... variables on each screen Screen(n)...more >>

guys i was wondering how u change the quality of a movie which i see in sooo many games using a simple on(press){ function. can someone please tell me the code u need to use to change the quality using a button? much appreciated :o ...more >>