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help with flash6 as2 to flash7 as2 conversion
Posted by mightyj at 4/2/2006 10:49:09 PM
Do you see any reason why this would not work in flash 7 with actionscript 2.0 when it works fine in flash 6 actionscript 2.0? It's basically a panoramic movie where on the edges you can scroll right or left with the use of easing and a left end point and right end point. I assume maybe there ...more >>

hitTest problems
Posted by lostinscript at 4/2/2006 7:09:45 PM
Hi, Can someone advise me where im going wrong with this hitTest? The hitTest wont recognise a hit all the time, only sometimes. Basically a movie clip (a boy) has to avoid other movie clips (birds). The hitTest is right at the bottom of the code (sorry for including all the code, thought ...more >>

movieclip hierarchy
Posted by JanPer at 4/2/2006 6:51:43 PM
i'm having main movieclip (MAIN) with two blank movieclips called (TOP and BOTTOM). I'm loading different .SWFs into these blank movieclips. the SWF loaded in TOP has another movieclip (PICT) with pictures in it. I'm trying to access PICT from BOTTOM. i'm using a relative path _root.TOP.PICT, ...more >>

How is this done? :)
Posted by zibber at 4/2/2006 5:58:01 PM
Hi I was just wondering if osmeone could point me in the right direction. I am really keen on devloping a camera system type effect as sen on: http://www.manloft.co.uk/mlc/ and http://www.luckyvoice.co.uk/ can any point me inr ight directio for tutorials etc? I have got a camera...more >>

text links and actionscript
Posted by dlandfan at 4/2/2006 5:17:11 PM
Hi there...I know this might be a totally obvious and dumb question, but I was wondering..... I am creating a flash site and I have some basic text added (I think I did it as dynamic text and I embedded the font) anyway....I want an "html" link within the text....so i'm assuming I need some ac...more >>

volume slider / pause play
Posted by Broose at 4/2/2006 5:12:32 PM
I need to figure out how to get the a volume slider to work on the code below. I have everything playing and working but having difficulty getting the volume slider to work. I have a button created called volume2.png that I have not imported yet that is the knob on the slider that will move. ...more >>

createEmptyMovieclip with onPress
Posted by Stckman at 4/2/2006 4:50:08 PM
Hi. I was trying to create a series empty moviclips that i would fill with dynamic images and then be able to click on each. (photo gallery) I did manage to make a bunch of dynamically created movie clips. but when i try to add a onPress to any of the dynamically created movie clips nothing ...more >>

is it possible to disable a MC like a button?
Posted by (_seb_) at 4/2/2006 3:50:24 PM
I have read that to disable a button, I should use the following code: myButton.enable = false; But this does not seem to work for a MC. How to do the same thing with ann MC? -- seb ( ---@webtrans1.com) http://webtrans1.com | high-end web design Downloads: Slide Show, Directory Browser,...more >>



Reading linked files
Posted by meme83 at 4/2/2006 1:13:43 PM
Hey All, I have this main flash file where I'm loading an external .swf. Now this external .swf is also loading a couple of movie using the flash movie loader component this is how they're all laid out: mainFolder --> contains mail flash file and .swf mainFolder /subFolder --> co...more >>

Label the first keyframe
Posted by wefollow at 4/2/2006 5:48:10 AM
Create four buttons from Fireworks and add to Video on Flash. I forget to how to add LABEL THE FIRST KEYFRAME START AND LAST KEYFRAME END. Please helpppppppp.. thank you for reading.... ...more >>

crash/stop/halt
Posted by Coke755 at 4/2/2006 5:37:23 AM
Is there an actionscript that like when a symbol touches a line that line will not let the symbol pass. Kinda like in packman. You can't go through a wall. So please any help: Links ActionScript Any Help! ...more >>

Suggestions for the easiest / most efficient solution
Posted by dfreeburn at 4/2/2006 5:23:17 AM
Using FlashMX. Here's what I'm trying to do: Create a website with something like a car 'speedometer' - an arm that rotates from the center. Around the outside of the 'speedometer' are links, and when you rollover a link, the arm moves to point to that link. When you rollout, the arm mo...more >>

Breaking Dynamic Text chunks into multiple pages
Posted by Husain at 4/2/2006 5:04:40 AM
Hello People, I have this urgent requirement of bringing in dynamic text, either from an XML file or a .txt, and once the text is loaded, depending on the amount of text there would be, it is displayed across pages with page numbers at the bottom. The dynamic text field will be fixed in ...more >>

sound object
Posted by codescodescodes at 4/2/2006 4:41:18 AM
Is there a way to fast forward through a sound object? I'm trying to make an audio player with fast forward and rewind buttons, but I can't seem to find any code that allows me to to this. The sound.position property is a read-only property, so I can't manipulate the position of the sound us...more >>

Problems removing dynamic movieclips
Posted by rogz at 4/2/2006 1:40:51 AM
i'm creating several movieclips using _root.createEmptyMovieClip("mcTextArea3", _root.getNextHighestDepth()); i can only seem to get the unloadMovie function to work when i need to remove the movieclip from the stage as the names often get reused which i believe is also causing issues...it ...more >>

Random Music Script
Posted by Zaki at 4/2/2006 1:38:06 AM
Hi, I want to make a random music to load, everytime the flash movie is loaded, and the music files are in the same directory. What is the script to type? Thanks, Waiting to your help... Zaki ...more >>

can't stop movie on animation
Posted by Stefan_Lesik at 4/2/2006 12:56:35 AM
Hi, I've just imported a scroll menu movie from a seperate document which worked fine. Now its in the main movie I am working on I can't stop the movie on the frame where the animation begins it just loops back to the beginning of the movie. Am I using the correct code? Thanks stop();...more >>

Quiz Template - word wrap and alignment
Posted by hetha23 at 4/2/2006 12:24:01 AM
I have created a quiz that has a large amount of text in each checkbox. Here are the problems I just can't figure out. Mainly they are formattting issues: 1/ Word wrap dynamic text in the checkbox component >> on actions layer in frame of Checkbox component: _level0.Checkbox1.labe...more >>

while until return
Posted by doug777 at 4/2/2006 12:00:00 AM
If I want to keep going around a loop inside a function until there is something valid to return, do I need to specify a condition? e.g. while ()//what goes in here?? //my code - the customer chooses try again until he chooses something which gives a valid result or cancel (which is al...more >>

Problem with button component
Posted by alokjain_lucky at 4/2/2006 12:00:00 AM
I created a test application which read value from a textbox and send it to asp page. when i use it with a button symbol it works fine, but when i use it with a button component nothing happens on button click. what can be the problem?? code for button component myButtonListene...more >>

problem with variable in function
Posted by (_seb_) at 4/2/2006 12:00:00 AM
So I am creating dynamic MovieClips through a loop. In the loop I increment a variable: ++n; and I append it to the name of the MCs: mc.duplicateMovieClip("mc"+[n],n); so that the names of the created MCs are: mc1, mc2, mc3 etc. When I create the MCs, in the loop, I also apply a funct...more >>


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