I want to pass a variable which will represent a filename to a swf file from a hypertext link in an HTML document. When the user clicks on the link which has ?variablename=filename_to_use appended to a "normal" link to a page, this variablename will be passed to the swf file. I've a...more >>

Alright, so I'm new to the world of Flash but up until now I've been able to work everything out. I'm stuck. So I created a small side menu of 3 buttons. Each one is set to gotoandplay a named from (water, air, and main). When I publish it on my computer in every format it works. As soon a...more >>

I have a flash web site and I'm trying to load a flash publicity in this flash web site. I'm using pub.loadmovie(path); where pub is the occurance where I want to position it. My problem is that at the end of this animation I need to load another one at the exact same position wic...more >>

I have searched and asked everywhere! Is this really that hard?!? And believe me, I continue to try every variation that I can think of. I simply want to identify one radio button in the radio group. Something like: var riteAnswer = radioButton Instance "c" of radioGroup "1" ...more >>

Hello, Please how can I change the background in a TextArea Thank you for your help Alain ...more >>

If I have a movieclip that tweens on the timeline, with a stop action on frame 1, and I put that movie clip on the root timeline, what actionscript should I write on the root timeline to tell the movieclip to play? I run into this roadblock almost every time I use flash, and forget how I solve...more >>

If anyone has any ideas about how to code this, it'd be greatly appreciated. I have a one frame swf with a few buttons and two movie clips of a wheel. The wheel needs to spin when you mouse over the buttons and stop when not hovering. I tried setting the property rotation of the clip on ro...more >>

I am trying to have a ball move from one side of the stage to the exact x and y points on the other side of the stage. For example, let's say the ball's x =25 and y=80, and the point I want it to move it to is at point x=350 and y=100. So if I want this ball to travel at a consistant speed (d...more >>

Flash 8 Pro Here's a good one: The only way I can create a text field is to: - Create one using Action Script, or - Copy an existing one on the stage and paste it as a new one. If I try to create a new one on the stage, it doesn't seem to be enabled. For clarity, I didn't hav...more >>

I have flash file that loads a XML file. The XML load works fine in a regular internet browser. I have a .Net environment (.aspx) that loads this flash file which is also reading the XML. This is where the XML data is not showing. What is it about .NET that prevents this data from loading?...more >>

Problem sorting an array. Flash 7, As2 I have this array with 3 elements. For each element I have 3 fields [name; win; loose] I would like to sort the array by field win. But when win is equal for more then one element what I would like to do is maintain the win order and add the loose...more >>

Can values set via the Accessibility panel be accessed via AS? The _accProps property is by default 'undefined' for every object/movieclip, even if you have specified values(ex. name/description) for a MovieClip via the Accessibility panel. Also, I'm unable to get the OSX screen reader to...more >>

Hello! Using the code below, and the MediaPlayback component, I am using named CuePoints that are labelled with the name of the MovieClip that I would like to have fade in and move up from 20 pixels below the mc's origin. All of this works just fine, but after the mp3 file completes, a...more >>

hey all. new to the preloader game. what i want is the alpha scale of a graphic to increase (fade in) as the page loads. what i have currently is a simple preloader from the flash mx 2004 bible book. the actionscript looks like this. anyway, any help would be appreciated //lbytes stores...more >>

Hello everyone, I was wondering what the actionscript is to open a file in a new window? getURL opens a URL I want to open a file, not a URL, I cannot get it to work no matter what I do. Someone please help me. Anything at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Doug ...more >>

I'll ask it quite simple: There is a triangle movie clip with vertices A (0, 0); B (256, 0); C (0, 256) Each vertex has some color (e.g., A - red, B - green, C - blue). I need to shade the entire area of this triangle by interpolating between these 3 colors. Something like a gradient, but ...more >>

Attached code is part of a function for creating a navigation menu using createEmptyMovieClip and createTextfield. I just can't seem to find the right combination to make the text visible on the screen. function BuildButtons() { var spacing:Number=30; var Iy:Number=0; var my_fmt:...more >>

When we create button or movieClip with press event (like button), we have to set the hitzone. By default all the image represent this zone. When can set a mask and the zone is just the part. The problem is that I load PNH that is a picture of someone. All around is completely transparent. I d...more >>

Hi, I've downloaded this XML/PHP photo gallery and I cannot get it to work and the company I bought it from seems to be slow on the draw when it comes to support. The problem is (I think) that the XML is not loading. As you can see I've set the dynamic text box to show the XML but nothing ...more >>

This may be an odd question, but if anyone can offer any ideas on how / if this is possible, I would appreciate it. I am attempting to create a image editor / markup tool using flash as the interface. It will import a dynamic base raster image and allow the user to draw and text over it. ...more >>

I am loading some movieclips that have a variable number of sub-movieclips contained within. Each of these sub-movieclips has an object associated with it that gives some points of distortion. My question is this... I could have as few as 1 sub-movieclip or as many as 10+. Once the main ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to get a datagrid with two cells containing text and one cell containing a list of buttons (which buttons are to be shown varies). I got to a point where I am able to get the correct buttons to show up, but only on selecting / deselecting the rows. What I would like to see...more >>

Hi there, I'm quite new to using flash and actionscript and I'm trying to approach things from an object oriented point of view. I've been reading, (amongst other things), Colin Moock's excellent "Essential ActionScript 2.0" which really goes into OO. I'm puzzled about a few things though, and ...more >>

I am using NetStream to view a video in a slide show. I'm using an action-script-controlled video player from the Library. The video is on a nested slide. It works OK, but while the slide show loads, the audio portion of the video plays while the Presentation slide is playing. How can I stop t...more >>

Hi guys, Please help. My problem is that I have a movie clip inside a movie clip and a movie clip. The first movie clip which I call it as <i>emptyMc</i>, this is the placeholder where I will load the second movie clip. The second movie clip as I call it as <i>reqtMc</i>, this movie c...more >>

Flash-8 Help says about loadMovieNum(): "you can load SWF files into a level that already has a SWF file loaded into it. If you do, the new SWF file will replace the existing SWF file. If you load a SWF file into level 0, every level in Flash Player is unloaded, and level 0 is replaced with the...more >>

I know there's been a bit of talk about this but I haven?t found anything specific for my particular problem. I have designed a website that displays 3 different world times (like a newsroom wall displays the times of certain cities). It was easy enough to get the UTC offset to set these times...more >>

I have 2 .swf files. There is a button on first swf file. On click of this button i want to open second swf file and unload the first one. How can i do this? ...more >>

I am using send and load to send a bunch of varibales to a php script on the server which in turn uses the data to generate a PDF which is then zipped up and the name of the zip file is sent back to flash. The process works perfectly when the PDF generated only has a few pages however once...more >>

Hello Hello Though I already checked some old forum answers here but didn't help. <b>on (release) { getURL("javascript:window.close()");</b> is the code I have to assigned to the close button but it doesn't work neither gives an error alert. I want to close the window from within the fl...more >>

I there, Does anyone no were can I find flash player 7 for netscape. I need to make some tests. Thanks ...more >>

hi can anybody help me please say if the gotoAndplay function can be added in onclipEvent of a movie clip for eg. like this onClipEvent (enterFrame){ if (life == 0){ //life is number from _root.life gotoAndPlay(2); } } ...more >>

I want to resize the height of a rectangle to a random size between 0 and 200 pixels every half a second. Is this possible - does anyone have any advice or tutorials on wher to start...? Thanks...more >>

Hi friends, I am new user of macromedia flash MX.I dont know anything about it.So can any one help me for creat the simple action script which is using two buttons.When we click one button it will moves to next scene and clicking another wants to tell some message. I want full de...more >>