I'm working on a portfolio website for class and I need some help. I have a movie clip that plays for 15 frames and then stops and I want it to from 16 to 30 when a button is released and go to a different scene. I have 8 different scenes and I need to be able to go from any one scene to ano...more >>

I'm using this code to open email off the button, but nothing is coming up...do I need to put anything in the window & what should my variables be set at? thanks on(release) { getURL("mailto:test@email.com"); } ...more >>

I've been told before about how to make a loading bar, but It's not quite right. So how do I make a loading bar that actualy works? Thanks in advanced....more >>

I can't figure out how to make it so that when a user types into a text input box and presses enter that the text appears in a dynamic text box for about 3 seconds and then disapears. Also if it is possible, have it only appear in the text box if it is under about, say, 50 letters long. So i w...more >>

Hello, I have a three frame pre-load movie. Frame 2 has an actionscript that loads an FLV file using a variation on the sample code on preloading FLV files. At the top of this script I have stop(); Hoping to stop the movie and allow the pre-load to happen, before using a loader to ...more >>

Hi I'm trying to use a string in a variable name and want to update the string. It's hard to describe but here's the code: tempString = "_level0.mainMovie.container.s1.s1thumbs.s1b" + _global.imageIndex; buttonX = tempString._x; I want tempString to equal _level0.mainMovie.container.s1.s...more >>

OK, I'm sure there's a very simple solution here, but I can't figure it out. I have a basic file structure where I load different external movie clips into my main file in a placeholder called stage_mc I want to be able to target a clip I named voice_mc within the external file. When I did...more >>

Hello Folks, I am new to action scripting. I know flash and i m developing my own site in flash. Could you guyz just write me the code which comes on SUBMIT button on contact us page? Thank you in advance, ...more >>

I was thinking this was a security / sandbox issue, but I never get a pop up warning. The video simply does not play. Videos are linked properly because everything works perfect when playing on my hard drive. But, as soon as I copy it all over to the ftp and view it the browser, no video! ...more >>

I have flash movie that first displays 'Yes' and 'No' buttons. And When the page that my flash movie is embeded opens, I need to click the flash movie first in order to click the 'Yes' or 'NO' button. So, what I want is, my page opens and user is prompted with yes or no button and able to cl...more >>

Flash built in AS editor hilighted as keyword both object.width and object._width What is the difference between the two? ...more >>

hey there... I am trying to make a form in flash, with input text boxes, name, email, phone, subject, and description. Ok, now i found a tutorial on this and I have swapped out the original imput movie clip with my own. And on the .php file when i add $phone = $_POST; name, and em...more >>

I am still new to Flash and got this problem. I imported a movie but it keeps looping. How exactly can i incorporate a stop() ActionScript to stop the movie at the end. Thanks a ton in advance ...more >>

how can i publish transperent swf file in flash8 without publishing html cause i wanna use this swf in dreamweaver 8 which already has a image bkg....more >>

I was working with an existing .fla file that was working and publishing fine yesterday. Today...when I publish it, it's all screwed up? When I do a test export within flash, my movie works fine. When I publish and open the published file it doesnt work right? I've checked all my settings and ...more >>

I have a website that has a different color background on each section. My client wants the colors to blend smoothly together when clicking on a new section of the site, but as there are 9 sections I'm not sure I want to create zillions of blends and then the script to select which one would b...more >>

I am loading in a bunch of text (and other data) from an XML file into Dynamic Text Fields on my stage via an XML.load call. Below is one example of one entry of my XML file: <stillDescriptions> <text>Mack Trucks of North America came to us to help them create marketing materials fo...more >>

Alright, i will provide a link to the swf, so you can see how bad the collision is. When you shoot at the orange dots, you notice they dont directly dissapear- or 'collide' until a few shots later. You will also notice any 'instanced' object will randomly dissapear, even if hasnt collided with...more >>

I have a CD-Based Flash movie that plays in a browser. After the user has taken a test (in Flash), I need to be able to submit the results to a web page to capture the answers. As this is a CD-based project, I don't want to have to walk users through going into a bunch of settings. Is there...more >>

Hi Everybody, Here is my problem...I'm building a horizontal sliding menu on the fly from an XML doc featuring thumbnails and text. I've got 10 childnodes in my XML doc that are supposed to load as 10 movieclips featuring 10 separate and different thumbnails...which they do...the problem a...more >>

I am currently designing some components. I'm wanting to create a a style option in the parameter pane that lists the available styles that can be used. I would like to make a drop-down list (as opposed to a textField that relys on entering the correct spelling of a style). My idea is ...more >>

Hi all, I ve a problem....Im giving you an example of a class... class MyClass { function MyClass(){} function toString(Void):String { //Here I want to return name of my class and instance name of my class.... } } But how cld I return class...more >>

I feel stupid about asking this, but I've never really had a need to use much actionscript.... regardless, I'm needing do have a bool that will get check by buttons, so how do I declare/define it? I work in game code, all I do is bool blablabla; and thats it. I've been looking at dictio...more >>

Hi, Is there a way i can use one built-in component and modify it? I guess first step would be making a copy of it so the original is saved, then proceed to the modifications. where to look for the files and get access to the codes? Any tutorial? ...more >>

I am trying to load text from a text file using LoadVars. The text has HTML tags in it for formating, and I am assigning a CSS to it as well to ease some of the formating. Pretty standard. If I publish my flash project as Flash 8, LoadVars seems to pick up the carriage returns in the text file...more >>

If you have a different FLV on each keyframe and you have a custom flv controller on the stage. Instead of killing the instance of the controller and making it reappear, how can you reset the controller for the next FLV (keyframe with FLV on it) So that the seekbar, volume bar etc - resets....more >>

I want to make a short animated logo in which part of the logo has a pulsating glow whilst a melodramatic sound plays in the background. I took the following code from the helpfile and tweeked it. What I'd like is a pulsating yellow glow... but all I get is some error I can't fix; box_...more >>

I want to create a scrip for a button so that it will go to a certain frame and play and then go to and frame in a completely different zone of the timeline and play. I have to use the action code on the botton and not on a key frame because depending on where it is clicked it will go to diffe...more >>

I'm stillnew to array. So i'm trying to create a dynamic structure like this: this_array = new Array(); some_values = new Array(); some_values = param.split ( " , " ) for ( i = 0 ; i < param.length ; i ++ ){ this = param ; return_values = this } t...more >>

I have a .txt file that contains some .html formatted text. It is loaded into a _mc. I am trying to make a link that contains an & in the path. Is there a way to have Flash read it as and & instead of creating a new variable? Thanks in advance. W. ...more >>

subMenuItem._visible = 0; function theMenu(n) { var newY = 0; var newX = 0; for (var i = 0; i<n; i++) { duplicateMovieClip("subMenuItem", "selectc"+i, i); this._x = newX; this.selectcText = _parent.subMenu; this.ivar = i; myMenuList.push(String("_level0.menu01.selectc"...more >>

I have two attachmovies on different frames. And above these movies I have another "static" movie clip. I run this code first: I want the static movie clip above everything else. ------------------------------ Frame1: this.attachMovie(my_array, "movie1", -16366, {_x:424.5, _y:117}); ----...more >>

hi, iam Kishore well I have seen many flash projectors when opened play in full screen How is it possible can any one say whether it requires any actionscript coding or any change in the publishing way plz tell me :) ...more >>

I loaded variables into my movieOriginal (loadVariables("my.txt", this); and the display just fine. However, when I use loadMovie to load movieOriginal into a new movie anchored by an empty movieClip (emptyMC.loadMovie("movieOriginal.swf") the variables do NOTdisplay. I guess its about lev...more >>

I have an movieclip "menu_item_assembly" with an emty scene and another clip "red_ball" which has a picture of a ball in its scene Then in "menu_item_assembly" I have a code attachMovie("red_ball","red_ball",1) Then in the scene1 of the root clip I have a code attachMovie("menu_item_asse...more >>

Hello yall I am having difficulties with this bit of code. I want to creat an html pop up from Flash, but when I put this in, the Output box comes up with lots of errors. Can any of you understand this one? getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('www.yoursite.com/yourpopup.php,'n...more >>

Hi I hope someone out there can help me with this problem. Basically I?m making a small website site that loads in an external HTML file that can later be edited. This part I can do simply with using LoadVars, but when I edit the file and upload it it still stores the previous text. When I...more >>