I have been trying to upload files using ASP.NET too, and it is driving my crazy. I also get a Request.ContentLength equal to 0, no matter if I try it locally or using my server. From the Flash side, I am using the standard code that is available in the help files and pretty much anywhere else...more >>

I have a movie clip with and action script in itslast frame gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", 2). When I enable simple frame actions it works OK, but once I test the movie it goes to the 2. frame of the movie clip instead of the 2. frame of Scene 1. Any ideas? ...more >>

Hi, In a game im trying to make, Im trying to get a movie clip to appear on stage at certain times, say..every 10 seconds, move off the stage, either left or right (according to a different mc's position on stage). I've been playing with both the setInterval and getTimer with no luck.....more >>

I am working on an ActionScriot project listed in the Macromedia ActionScriot 8.0 Bible and I do not understand this part After drawing a circle, Set circle to export for ActionScript in the linkage properties. Use Circle as the linkage identifier. where is this done in the Flash interfa...more >>

Is there a way to pause an FLV file halfway through with cue points and actionscript, then resume playback using a simple button? I can't use any skins with this project. Thanks...more >>

:confused; I have seen a movie that follows a cursor on the following site http://www.tbwa.com/ on the home page Can you please give some instructions and advice on how I can do something similar ?? / All I need to know is how I would get the movie clip to follow the cursor.. Sample ...more >>

picture the following scenario: frame one of my main scene has the following code: _root.attachMovie("id-off", "mc_off", 1); { mc_off._x = 50; mc_off._y = 50; mc_off._width = 360; mc_off._height = 240; } this loads correctly. mc_off is a video clip that also contains a butt...more >>

Can someone help? I have a bit of code that looks like this: fooXml = new XML(); fooXml.ignoreWhite = true; fooXml.onLoad = fooList.populateFoo(fooXml); fooXml.load("foo.xml"); I want to pass the "fooXml" to a function called "populateFoo" (it belongs to a class), but the other e...more >>

the body agrees with the topic summary: "title says it all..."...more >>

I created an intro and when the flash movie is complete I want it to automatically open the website rather than having to press a button/link. It seems simple, but I cant find a way to do this...more >>

I have several long movie clips within my scene and I want the ability to "seek" through them with a fast forward button. I am a novice at action script, but I came up with this: on (press) { _parent.nextFrame(); } on (release) { _parent.play(); } This works (sort of)...more >>

I'm using the following line of javascript code in Action script to enable a button (a thumbnail of a picture) to present a bigger version of the picture in a popup window: on (release) { getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('1.htm','newWin','width=379,height=576,left=0 ,top=0,too...more >>

I think I am missing something obvious here that hopefully someone here can help me out with. I have a textArea component on the stage. What I want is it to have some text with a movie clip inserted after it and more text to follow like this: text movieclip text Problem is, it di...more >>

I'm loading images with a text label from a database. I would like them to fade in one after another and overlap. I've succeed in making this work for the images, but not for the text. The number of images (and text labels) can vary, so I can't just hardcode it. Here's the snippet code ...more >>

I?m having trouble displaying my boxes and input from my xml file. What I want to do is create 1 rectangle box (size 285 x 59 pixels). This box will be duplicated for the other 5 boxes that are needed to be displayed. So there are a total of 6 rectangle boxes. Within these 6 box fields I wa...more >>

What is the best way to create an animation before an event takes place? For example, if a viewer is looking at a page on my site and they click a button to move to another page, how can I incorporate an animation on the existing page before the next page is loaded up? I want to have everyth...more >>

Hi, I am doing a project with the flying text in the stage. I have completed that. But, after upload the same project in the server, the text is not appear. But, its work well in the local. Anyone know why this problem happening ???? ...more >>

I have searched the forums for timer hints and tips and although I've tried utilising some suggested code - I can't quite get this to work in my particular project. I have a Flash presentation set up for our reception area. It consists of a looped movie clip in one Scene which acts simila...more >>

Ok, thanks Luigi, Remember, it's not all mine, and it was written a long time ago. I've just started redoing it, so you might see things that disgust you! :) http://www.servinitup.net/main.fla Thanks! ...more >>

Hi, I have a simple UIScrollBar attatched to a text box, and I'm wondering how I can get the position of the scrollbar. I've tried a few things but can't find any code that quite works for this. If anyone could help that would be great or if you needs more info feel free to ask. Thanks! ...more >>

Okay I have an example url.... www.myDomain.com/profile.php?user=dunno I need to pass the value of user=dunno into my flash movie. my flash movie is embeded within the page of profile.php... How do I pass the value of user to flash? It is making my brain hurt trying to do this. ...more >>

hi: is there a quick wait to block exit app combination keys in a PC projector (Ctrl+Q, Ctrl+W, Alt+F4)? tia, jdoe...more >>

Greetings all, I've posted this in the general forum with no luck, so I thought I'd try here. Situation: A simple flash movie, using a loadSound method, works correctly in FireFox/Safari in our production environment, but IE will NOT play any sound. All browsers work just fine in our s...more >>

I have macromedia FLASH professional 8. I am very new to the softwarwe and trying to learn it as I go. Q1. Someone has a made a presentation in .FLA format but when I publish it, I have to click the NEXT symbol for it to go on the next screen. I want to make the presentaiton go AUTOMATIC...more >>

Any help would be appreciated. What action scripting is used to create an "closure" animation tailored to a specific page or button when clicking on another button. This website has numerous examples of what I am looking for, www.seanjohnwheel.com. When you click on a diffe...more >>

the code below is very simple, i press a button and it is suppose to lighten the text and circle but the test stays opaque and the circle is semi-trasparent. So waht could be wrong :confused; btn_btn.onPress = function() { test_mc._alpha = 50; } ...more >>

Hello, I am using ASP / VBScript to generate XML on the fly for a Flash app. In one usage, I am posting a set of variables to an ASP page where it parses the data and writes it to a DB. Once the data has been written, Flash then calls another ASP page and writes XML to reflect the changes. ...more >>

I have buttons that are created dynamically for courseware and I want to turn the text inside the buttons grey until they have visited the frame (to show that the button is disabled and and they can't use it)... if I put just a dynamic text box down, and give it a name, I can change the color,...more >>

Thanks to everyone's help throughout this process, I finally have the finished product of my first full code. I'm sure y'all have had a few explicitives for me for all my questions, and n00bness, but I wanna thank you all for bearing with me. I have one more thing to add (a reset button) ...more >>

Does anyone know of any way for an swf to read in it's own location and filename using actionscritp? Thanks Scott...more >>

Is it possible to converts a shape tweened animation into a frame by frame animation?...more >>

Can someone lead me to good explanations as to why Scenes should not be suggested or used in Flash Projects?...more >>

does anyone know how to set the font size of a menubar component? I have been able to set the theme and font by using the following code, but the code I have here for the font size has no affect: MainMenu.setStyle("themeColor", "haloBlue"); MainMenu.setStyle("embedFonts", "true"); MainM...more >>

Hi all. I know i've done this before, but for the life of me I can't find my other code. I know this is probably one of those obvious 'duh' answers but I have the following: class com.moviestore.admin extends Movieclip { private var btnAdd:Button; private var btnMod:Button;...more >>

I'm a newbie. I Copy 1 button from sample of Flash8, and type this code: import mx.controls.*; inv_btn.onRelease = function(){ getURL("http://localhost"); // or other links like www.vnagency.com.vn , ..v.v... } >> Why I can't get this URL :( Can you show me or give me an example? ...more >>

I read through the animated Roll out tutorial on this website but it only offers a solution if you want to create a parked movieclip as the rollout animation. What i am looking to do is have the animated rollout be the same as the roll over, just the oposite effect. When the user rolls ...more >>

I read through the animated Roll out tutorial on this website but it only offers a solution if you want to create a parked movieclip as the rollout animation. What i am looking to do is have the animated rollout be the same as the roll over, just the oposite effect. When the user rolls ...more >>

Hello Everyone! I need a Guru on Classes and attaching video. If I have this code in frame 1 with a FLVPlayback Component in the library, everything works fine. import mx.video.*; this.attachMovie("FLVPlayback", "my_FLVPlybk", 10, {width:320, height:240, x:100, y:100}); my_FLV...more >>

I, this is my first post so > greetings to you all :cool; :o My question: is there a way to kill a streaming process in the loadSound event ? Cos if i make a loadSound to a sound object that is "currently loading a previous sound", flash stops the previous sound, starts the new one, but...more >>

Hello forum, this problem is very similar to the problem http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=288&thre adid=1128053&highlight_key=y&keyword1=memory: I have a quite large MC (10000x10000 pix) and want it to scroll on key presses. The scrolling is just cha...more >>

What is wrong with the following script? feedback = new Array(); feedback = "That is correct"; feedback_txt.text = feedback; feedback_txt is a dynamic text field that should diaplay on stage.....but it comes back as UNDEFINED. ...more >>

using MX2004 have 8 button action calls a line drawing function - works except I can't figure how to pass dynamic MC names to lineStyle eval was my usual kludge - something with brackets - but I can't find it. on (press) { newname = "newshape"+1; createEmptyMovieClip(newname, _lev...more >>

Hi, there I'm working on Flex project. In order to change the visual appearance of button, I drew the skin in Fla file and tried to use these skins (i.e. symbol) in another AS file. Both Fla and AS file (named as myButton.fla and myButton.as) are in the same directory. However, it doesn't wo...more >>

I need my button to do 2 things. 1. go to frame 2 and stop AND 2. run the actionscrit listed below. I just do not know how to tie both of them together. on (release) { if (_root.section != "photos/01.jpg") { _root.section = "photos/01.jpg"; _root.transition.gotoAndPlay("cl...more >>

Hi, If you embed your SWF on a HTML page that is not in the same folder as the SWF file, any loadMovie() in the SWF will fail because the relative path used is the path of the HTML file and not the SWF file??? This seems absurd. Workarounds needed ASAP! ...more >>

OK, I have 3 layers. The top one is the actions layer that I put all my actionscript on to control the items on the other two layers (buttons and movie clips). On Keyframe 1 of the actions layer, let's say I have the script: stop(); navBar.b2.gotoAndStop(6); navBar.b1.buttText.buttonTex...more >>

hello guys..., glad to join macromedia flash forum... i hope all of you will be my friends and welcome me friendly okay.. i got a problem... i have some swf files these are my files : \tes.swf (not finished file) \subdirectory\wawa.swf \subdirectory\MojaveOverNoVol.swf \...more >>

I can use .change broadcast to tell me which selection a user makes from a menu, but I can't seem to do the same for a menubar. Some items on my menubar I want to be selectable themselves without any further menu coming down from them. For example, I have a Contact button on the menubar whic...more >>

Please assist. How can I create a slideshow which actually slides each image on and off the screen as seen in http://www.arcadeagency.com/. - view work portfolio to see. I know its a tween effect coupled probably with some actionscript. Is thier a tutorial on this anywhere?, or perhaps ...more >>

Hey all, I'm sort of new to AS. I've read a few books on AS, and have a decent understanding, and tonight I began working on a friends' old site. I think it was created with Flash 4 techniques and practices, so I'm trying to update it and modify the code to take advantage of all the ne...more >>

I dont't know if this problem had already been address in this forum. this.myleg_btn.onRelease=function(){ this.gotoAndPlay(20); this attachMovie"(head_mc","head",2); } The problem is the tween on frame doesn't finish playing then the movie is attached to the satge. is there away to en...more >>

Hi all, I am not advanced in flash at all yet but i have many ideas i want to do on my site. The latest idea i have is as this: If you imagine an old slide projector, where you click the button and the slides all move round one in a circle to the front to show that slide. Well i want t...more >>

Hello all, I have tried to find this issue here, and couldn't, so, here goes: When I use swapDepths on a movie clip (which always works for me, I don't know why people wrote here it doesn't work some times..), the clips move the depth I want, and all is good (I am talking about movieclips I ha...more >>

Hi, I am trying to write action scripts but have no idea of the controls available in flash and how to write code in their events, is there any documentation provided for the same....more >>

i was just wandering is it possibile to define a function to a button(below); next_btn.onPress = nextFun(); function nextFun() { trace('hello'); } //or does it have to be next_btn.onPress = function() { trace('hello'); } ...more >>