I have a draggable movie clip with a button inside of it but i cannot get the close button to fire. If the drag code is applied to the movieclip the button will not work.. if the drag code is taken off the button will fire...i'm assuming that the drag code overwrites the button... ...more >>

Hi, I have this file which I created from http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial...entation/11499 where the actionscript works in Flash Player 6 but when I publish into Flash player 7 or 8 it does not seem to want to play. It gets a pop up message stating: "A script in this movie is ca...more >>

Hi, I have this file which I created from http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial...entation/11499 where the actionscript works in Flash Player 6 but when I publish into Flash player 7 or 8 it does not seem to want to play. It gets a pop up message stating: "A script in this movie is ca...more >>

I?m trying to load an image on an empty movieclip on to my flash stage but it doesn't want to load the picture. The output window displays "the class or interface 'Logo' could not be loaded.? What class should i script here? class Logo { private var targetClip:MovieClip; ...more >>

Is there any way to get multiple .swf movies on a web page to begin playing at the same time? I have a site with three separate .swf movies on the home page. I would like for them to all begin playing at the same time after they have all finished loading. ...more >>

Hello, So we had a small file management site created in PHP and mySQL that I'm redesigning. The entire site is coded and working already, but I'd like to take parts of it and put it into flash. For instance, on the top of one page there is a simple echo statement that lists the proje...more >>

I have spaceships that shoot lasers, lasers are class instances extending movieclip. On every frame, lasers do a hitTest to determine if it collides with an opponent ship: function onEnterFrame() { if(this.hitTest( _root.gm.opponent) ) { _root.gm.opponent.recieveHit(this....more >>

I'm new to working with video in flash. The project I'm working now- I have a master.swf that certain buttons will load a short .flv into a new level. What I would like to do is after the .flv has finished playing, use actionscript to 'unload' that movie and leave that level empty again. ...more >>

I was using the script below, and now with a new file/.swf it is not working... What is wrong?? var loopCount = 0; loopCount++; if (loopCount < 3){ goToAndPlay(1); } else { stop(); } ...more >>

Hi all, I keep getting this error 'The class or interface 'xxx.as' could not be loaded.' i've checked and double checked and the path to the package is correct, but the library item (movieclip) isn't on stage...is this why i'm having this problem?? i don't uncerstand why it can't load the...more >>

I thought I'd start with something really, really simple as my first project. I have a slide presentation consisting of two slides (so far). I created two buttons, LeftArrow and RightArrow. I placed the RightArrow button on Slide 1 and both buttons on Slide 2 . I gave each instance a unique...more >>

I think this should be a fairly simple question for someone. I was trying to play around with the bitmapdata class and I ran into a problem... When I load a .jpg image from my server (local) and use the bitmapdata to ..draw and copy it to another movieclip it works great but when I do the sa...more >>

Hi all, I've had this problem a few times now and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I have a Flash movie that attaches a .as defined MovieClip in the first frame of the timeline. In my MovieClip class, I attach a background image movie and a couple of buttons and whatnot - basically b...more >>

Please help.. I am a newbie to flash animation...I downloaded a draggable animated menu http://www.stephengates.com/tutorials/Drag_Animated_Menu.html just to check it out.....Very cool....but how would I link webpages to the menu items? It does not seem to let you.....if you place an actionsc...more >>

I have a movie clip named rVideo which is an instance of ext. rVideo loads an external swf file. I have a button named btnPause and i need to figure out how to pause the external swf running. I have tried _root.rVideo.stop(); and _root.ext.stop(); but nothing works. Thanks!, Mike ...more >>

i am new here, i just started to learn about flash and i wonder if i can ask you people something? my problem is, i want my button after is pressed, it will lead to the nest scene. the output always error. it said that Statement must appear within on handler what is handler ...more >>

Dear, I'm beginner of using Flash and Action Script. I'm making my University graduation work. Ihave to make web site made in Flash. I bought Flash 8 PRO version. I have hudge problem. I watched many forums and I cannot find exackly what I need. I have one *.html and one *.swf file. S...more >>

How do I get this script in a for loop? game.Tile1 = function() { }; game.Tile1.prototype.walkable = false; game.Tile1.prototype.frame = 1; I am using: for (var i; i <= 40; i++) { game.Tile = function() { }; game.Tile.prototype.walkable = false; game.Tile.prototype.frame = ; } ...more >>

for some odd reason this text kept on coming up with an error that said: **Error** filename.as : Line 3: Type mismatch in assignment statement: found Array where String is required. #include "german/EducationTrainingAndEmployment.as" //the text class language.German { fun...more >>

I have an array of global variables... and they are fine until I load XML data : xmlData.load(""+mapname); then they are all lost (many are booleans that are TRUE .. and after the load are FALSE....) I'm not sure what is going on here. I didn't change the variable value. Does a ' load ...more >>

Hi, I have come accross an issue that many have complained about (google), but I have yet to find a solution... I am loading a series of videos and playing them with FLVPlayback component. I've noticed that, with certain FLV files, they play to the end, but the "complete" event is never sen...more >>

I'm writing a movie with 8 buttons, each containing an audio clip. When you roll over a button, a sound clip plays. The problem is, since all 8 buttons exist in frame 1, the SWF player loads all 8 audio clips (streamed Library objects) before the buttons appear. This can take a while. I...more >>

I have code that lets a character move right and left, but how could I get it so the computer "presses the right key for a second"? This happens when the character reaches the end of the world and I want the computer to make them walk back Thanks for you time and any help would be great ...more >>

I'm using: fscommand("AllowScale", false); fscommand("FullScreen", true); ...to autoplay my projector fullscreen, but any objects outside the stage are showing up in the outlying areas when viewed on monitors with higher resolution then what the project is set to. How do I cover up...more >>

Hi. I'm working in FlashMX 2004 on OSx 3.9. I would like to create a simple Flash quiz. It will be multiple choice and each question will have just three possible answers. I would like to make it so that the user's answer causes a certain animation to play. I'm trying to learn more actions...more >>

I need to cycle through all variations of a set of numbers (1,2,3,4,5,12,24,60,64,70,72,81,84,99) My problem is that each number can only be used once (see below)... and each set has to include all 14 figures shown above. Good: 1,2,3,4,5 1,2,3,5,4 1,2,4,5,3 1,2,4,3,5 Bad: 1,...more >>

I want to have my users be able to draw arrows dynamically and the way I'm thinking of doing it is to have them draw a line, and attach an arrowhead at the end of it.. the problem is that I don't know how to get the angle of the line to draw it.. I found this: http://members.shaw.ca/fla...more >>

I'm using: fscommand("AllowScale", false); fscommand("FullScreen", true); ...to autoplay my projector file fullscreen, but I'm not sure how to set the background color around the stage and my objects outside the stage are also showing up on screen so I'd need to set some kind of viewab...more >>

Hi! I have this code to create an animation where when someone rolls over a certain movieclip another movieclip appears saying the name of that movieclip. My SWF is a map divided in several regions. When someone rolls over a region its name appears. for (var i:Number = 1;i<=20;i++){ ...more >>

I've made a large Flash movie in which I have the illusion of items growing out a shiney floor, casting a reflection in the floor as they grow. To achieve this I've used a gradient mask in a movie clip. At run time I set the mask movie clip and the growing-out-of-the-floor animation movie c...more >>

Hi everybody, I m trying to make a webradio site using flash php mysql , the radio stream is from an icecast server... I manage to load it correctly into flash using : _root.radio= new Sound(); _root.radio.loadSound("http://8082.str.ovh.net:8082/",true); it goes ok but after around...more >>

I'd like to be able to trigger a print command from inside a flash movie that simply prints the exactly what is on the screen. It works perfectly when I right click on the movie and use the Print command from the context menu. But - how would I do this from a button inside the movie? Thank...more >>

I'm currently in the process of trying to port an application to Flash for use in standard web browsers. But there are a number of server calls I need to be able to make that return byte data. Is there any way to get raw data back from a server call using Flash, without having to set it to a v...more >>

I am trying to develop a simple drum synth in Flash 8 using multiple setInterval functions to play short drum samples in unison. My problem is that the setInterval plays inconsistantly for example, I have the system play one sample every 300ms and another at 600ms. Theoretically one should pla...more >>

I'm almost embarassed to post this here, but this is what I have: The problem is that when the code gets the navBar to the right location the homeBak movie does not play. Any help? var speed:Number = 25; navBar.onEnterFrame = function() { if (navBar._x>=106) { navBar._x -= spe...more >>

Hi, is there a function in Flash to get the number of elements of an array? It would be easy to write it by myself, but maybe not very good in performance. TIA BTW length property does not....more >>

When I try the following code: var a:Number = 1.025 * 100; trace(Math.round(a)); Flash outputs 102. However, instead if I directly put 102.5 instead of allotting it to "a" and then rounding it, as under: trace(Math.round(102.5)); I get 103 as output. Is there any explanations/p...more >>

I have a small exercise. In that, i need to drag a dragable movie clip. But , it shuold move only in 45 degree. Please help me....more >>

fl.getDocumentDOM().height = 400; fl.getDocumentDOM().width = 400; This is result i got after searching so many things. But in this query i won't be able to understand that what is this fl and what is getDocumentDOM() I read somewhere that fl is a document object and we can write flash a...more >>

OK, so there are countless hits on Google regarding this question, but there is not a single decent answer out there which seems to work. All I need is a surefire way of opening a PDF document after the user clicks a button. That is all. Most of the answers on the web talk about batch files fo...more >>

Hello, I have got a pic which has to fade out when you press on a button. After the fade out (tween) it has to go directly (whithout doing anything) to an url. What script do I have to use in the timeline at the end of the tween, Already tnxx //wesley ...more >>

Is it possible to get the current sound level from the sound card. I guess I don't mean the volume setting, because that would be a constant, but rather the current level. So if I connected a microphone and spoke into it I need the current level of that, compared to if i shouted into it. I...more >>