Hi!... Is my first post... I have three dynamic text: 1. Loading a .txt file with a number as <i>n.nn</i>. [Dt1] 2. Contain a number as <i>nnn.nn</i>. [Dt2] 3. Output between 1. and 2. [Dt3] I load first number as <i>loadVariablesNum("MyFile.txt", "0");</i>... My AS code to outpu...more >>

Hi!... Is my first post... I have three dynamic text: 1. Loading a .txt file with a number as <i>n.nn</i>. [Dt1] 2. Contain a number as <i>nnn.nn</i>. [Dt2] 3. Output between 1. and 2. [Dt3] I load first number as <i>loadVariablesNum("MyFile.txt", "0");</i>... My AS code to outpu...more >>

Hello, What difference between 1) _root.onMouseMove = function() { 2) this.onMouseMove = function() { 3) onMouseMove = function() { for me it's the same :( thank you for person can help me Alain ...more >>

I'm a complete Flash neophyte, but despite this I've been tasked at work with creating an actionscript for a fla file that will receive width, height, and URL (of a .flv file) as arguments so that the file can dynamically display video based on the arguments passed. I have to have this done b...more >>

Hi, this is probably very simple (using MX04). I've got an instance of a Checkbox called soundFXButton. Simple sound effects are triggered in various frames, I want to check the state of soundFXButton before playing each sound as follows: if {not{soundFXButton.selected}} { soundFX = n...more >>

I'm making a flash menu that is a movie symbol. There are sub menus in this movie that are involved in motion tweening so I made them movies as well. The animation all works greats but the sub menus actionscript don't. Does anybody have any information that will help me? I'm pretty new at ...more >>

Hello to all (on a Sunday afternoon), Briefly: Trying to load 32 movie clips (via the script below) onto the stage (dynamically). In theory, each clip (or box) will load through a For Loop and each name of the clip is loaded through the number created by the loop. The problem is the x and ...more >>

i'm trying to load pics into a loader in my movieclip, i'm looping through about 20 items, to be placed in a movieclips dynamically attached... this does not work... mcContainer['node'+nCount].pic.contentPath=myimagepath; this does work... mcContainer['node'+nCount].pic.loadMovie(myima...more >>

Hi...after searching everywhere it seems as though the best way to avoid multiple problems with playing multiple FLV's in sequence is to remove the FLVPlayback instance and then reattach one. Problem is....how do you do it...ha! I attach it to a mc using the attachMovie method as describe...more >>

I've read how to send a variable TO html and how to retrieve a variable FROM html, but how do I do this in one swoop? I'm just testing now, but I want to send text to a variable (to html) by clicking a button in flash, then have another text field show that same text at the same time. I kn...more >>

Hi all, I am writing a script that loads the path to an FLV file and loads it in an FLVPlayback object. The FLVPlayback object is placed inside a MovieClip called "theVideo" and has the instance name "player". If theVideo is already on stage when the movie loads, this works fine. The pr...more >>

I'm attempting to run some a function after the loader.complete event fires. I've added the code as adobe recommends, but to no avail. I'm not seeing the function fire at all. Here is my simple code: private function init(){ var owner = this; var listenerObject:Object = new Obj...more >>

Hi: Can someone help me with a scoping issue? SWF A is being loaded into SWF B. Currently, there's a function located in SWF A that is triggered by a user clicking on a movieclip in SWF A. Basically, I am trying to make it trigger from a button in SWF B, instead of triggering by a bu...more >>

Can anyone provide a brief explanation of how to persist text values? Description: Stuff written into a TextInput field does not persist when moving to another frame, and back again. Example: Frame 1: Put a TextInput component on the stage. Frame 1: Put a "forward" button on the ...more >>

Hi All, I've got a combo box with a list of countries. How can I tell Flash that if the user chooses any country other than Virgin Islands for instance, to then make a load of the other (irrelevant) form elements invisible ? something like if combo != "Virgin Islands" isp._visible = fals...more >>

help! how do you change the highlight color of the selectable text from black to some other color thank you!...more >>

I must be going mad... I just write: var directio:Number=1 //or any other number var someArray:Array=new Array( 1, 0, -1, 0); var deltaX:Number = anyNumber*someArray[directio]; trace (deltaX); and this returns NaN !! I tried even creating a numeric variables and then put them in t...more >>

okay people! emergency here! have to set up 2 clocks.. one showing New Jersey time and another showing Indian (Calcutta) time! how??? thank you! ...more >>

Hi all, i have the following problem: I have a list component on stage. I have 10 Items in the list , selected index is 5. Now i want to delete all the items above 5 (6-10). I think an array would be a solution but im not so kind with this so i need your help. Thank you Simon...more >>

Hi, Sorry if i discribe this poorly! Basicly I'm creating a flash CD ROM interface to which i want to use small draggable 'windows' to display small external swf's that i'll call in using actionscript. This works fine if the 'window' movieclip which contains the scrollpane compon...more >>

I have a form, when users push the next button there will be some input field checking before the user is realy going to the next page. Now I want to check if the zip code (Netherlands) is not less than 6 postions. In the begining I used this code: if (zipcode_txt.text eq "") { resul...more >>

Hi there i am creating a multi-page form. when the user clicks next to go to the next page of the form i need it to go to a particular frame depending on which radio button is selected. eg: if radio button 1 is selected go to frame 2, or if radio button 2 is selected go to frame 3 etc when the...more >>

I have a button which is inside a movie clip. This movie clip is attached when the movie is loaded. I have a function that looks like this: obj3.onPress = function () { startDrag(this); this.swapDepths(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth()); }; This function controls the actions take...more >>

;) Good Day All: Much of my appreciation if someone my help on this - which I believe is easy to those expert... :) I manage to create the onPress based on text field but if I applied to number, it doesn't seem working. The code is as simple as: if a number if pre-assign to a and/o...more >>

Hi, I'm using XML to load data from asp to flash. Here's the XML example: 1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 2. <news> 3. <item> 4. <headline>Flash XML Based News reader out today!</headline> 5. <date>05/09/1986</date> 6. <messag...more >>

Dear all, I am a total beginner to action script. I would like to know some tips on how to cretate geometry such as a circle, box, ellipse etc on click of a button using action script? Thanks in advance. nish123 ...more >>

i've got a movie with and embedded .flv file in it. i can play/pause it no problem, and i can mute it with the stopallsounds commande but i can't get the audio to play again afterwards. is there another way? any help would be much appreciated. ...more >>

Hi guys. I have a small problem which I can't seem to solve. I have a timeline that has two movie clips. The first is called "Questions" and uses Math.floor (Math.random() to show a random frame and therefore a random question. The second movie is called "Answers". What I need is this se...more >>