Hello why when i use this.clip.loadMovie("dessin.swf"); all my button is not ok this.loadMovie("dessin.swf"); all my button is ok but if i dont put clip. I cant use progress bar thank you for your help ...more >>

Is it possible to check the url of the current html page with AS? I want to us an if statement to disable the menu item for the currently viewed page so clicking it doesn't reload the page. I searched the help and looked through the AS reference and couldn't find anything. stillwaiting...more >>

up to a challenge? ok, so do you have any idea how to sync an .flv cue point to trigger a movie clip to play? i have been searching for almost 2 hours on adobe and every forum i can find and can't figure it out. they all talk about flash presentations etc, not just a simple .swf. s...more >>

:confused; I have this code attached. what i need to do here is if it failed once, try again, until the third time of trying to send the values, then show the error message. how can i loop that into this code? please help! myData = new LoadVars(); myData.position = "1"; ...more >>

i have been trying in vain to recreate various examples that spawn popup windows. i have been certain to follow instructions carefully in each example (from both livedocs and the forums and other sites)...copying and pasting the code where applicable. yet, nothing works. everytime i am gree...more >>

Hello, The Issue: Have input boxes on stage. Would like to compare the results to an array through a loop. I am not fully understanding how. Taking the existing Input Text Box Variable enter_1 (1- 14) and assigning the number to a standard variable when testing: enter_[x] enter...more >>

I'm having problems with removeMovieClip(). I read somewhere that you cannot use that function on clips that have been placed on the stage in author-time, but could the use of UI components in the clip to be removed cause the function to not work? I have a clip on the stage that is called ...more >>

I'm using Flash MX 2004. I created my site on my MAC and when i uploaded it to the web all of the popupwindows on my site work perfectly on my MAC. But other people have been telling me that on their PC's that only some of them work. I looked on another PC for myself and found out that only ...more >>

Anyone know the best way to portray condensation on a glass? For example, the sweat on an iced beverage? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated...not sure if this is the correct forum but I assume that the most efficient way would be through ActionScript. Kind Regards, J ...more >>

This was the method I was using (note the "?pageLoad=$pageLoad"): <object classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' codebase='<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#versio n=7,0,19,0'">http://down...more >>

I have a movie with a sound on the timeline set to stream and it is synched with the animation. I now need a button to stop the sound. I used the stop all sounds behavior and that works fine. But if I want that button to toggle and all the sound to be heard again wherever they are in the movie...more >>

hi: i'm having this problem on a project that already passed the deadline so, i'll really appreciate any suggestion/advice/idea MX2004 dynamic field, no HTML, Arial, 8 points, no font embeded the text wraps differently in screen preview and printed page. i think it's normal due to diffe...more >>

Hello everyone (still raining where you are??) Basis of problem: Have input boxes on stage. Would like to compare the results to an array through a loop. I am not fully understanding how. Taking the existing Input Text Box Variable enter_1 (1- 14) and assigning the number to a standa...more >>

I'm having a problem catching an event that I trigger. I'm doing this in a dozen other places where I listen from a MovieClip for an event from a class instantiated on the _root timeline. The difference here is this MovieClip has an AS class attached to it and the 'data' class is instanti...more >>

I've run into an issue while working on my Mac. When I use the Action below on (press) { //load Movie Behavior if(this.bioswap == Number(this.bioswap)){ loadMovieNum("file:///Users/Tim/Desktop/Local_Sites/SJPA/Images/Hamilton_Bio.s wf",this.bioswap); } else { this.bioswa...more >>

Hi all, brand new to Flash and I'm being employed to work with a previously-written Flash template. In this template there is a search box. My goal is to get whatever someone puts in that little white search box to my Coldfusion page for further processing. I want this because I know nothing ...more >>

Hello, hopefully I can explain this well enough that someone can understand it. First off, I have a movieclip which just holds an image; also a combobox, 3 graphics and then a movieclip component. I have no problems when I run this in the Flash player and everything displays great. The issu...more >>

summary: 1 swf with 3 movieclips. mc1 has input text field "name_txt", mc2 has dynamic text field "nameOutput_txt" When I: <font color=white style="background-color: 3E3E3E;"> trace (mc1.name_txt); </font ft> I get the following in the Output panel: <font color=white style="backgro...more >>

summary: 1 swf with 3 movieclips. mc1 has input text field "name_txt", mc2 has dynamic text field "nameOutput_txt" When I: trace (mc1.name_txt); I get the following in the Output panel: "<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="10" COLOR="#000000...more >>

I am trying to clean up all the 'instanced' bad guys that are created during game play. Im having some problems though! I can get them to reset, but they keep coming back anyway! this is the code i use to create them.. function initEnemy() { for (i; i<enemys; i++) { attachMovie("r...more >>

I need someone to help me with the script. I want to make a form where people can put their email in and a message and it get sent to me. I have done the link to email with on (release) { getURL("mailto:test@email.com"); } but it is not working at the moment (maybe the config on this P...more >>

Yeah, I know, read the book. Well this came straight outta th' book! gotoAndStop ("Scene 3", 1); Whats happenning instead is it's going to the last frame in scene 2. got an answer?...more >>

I have HTML loading into a dynamic field with embedded fonts. No problems. However the file size is rather big since Flash is embedding the WHOLE font including all the loopy freaky characters. I just want basic alphanumeric and some punctuation. Is it possible to embed only a portion of ...more >>

I am creating my clips from library using attach.... The instance names and counts are all stored in arrays. All of this works fine when I trace it. the next step on my journey was to try to read the width of the first placed clip and make each succesive clip move 100 or so pixels to the ri...more >>

I've managed to figure out how to embedded a cue poins into an FLV and then script an object listener to complete an action when a cue point is reached but what I would like to do and I am having trouble understanding is how do I get specific cue points to complete different actions? I.E. I ...more >>

I am about at wits end, I hope someone can help me here. What I am trying to do is create a small flash rss feed that feeds into a dataGrid, where you can link on the topic to go directly to that URL. There is a ComboBox that lists all the different topics to choose from and a button to ac...more >>

Does ActionScript have functions that can import and edit data in a MySQL database? I am making a game, a sort of battle system where users can chat, fight, buy items that can help them in battle, and earn money. I'm going to be using a turn-based system, and the options will be much like that...more >>

These combo jumbo boxes are hurting my head. I've read the help eight times - maybe it's me but I can't help feeling that I've written better help for my babysitter. If you already understand then the help is great - if you don't then it is utterly inpenetrable. C'mon guys. Help me out and s...more >>

Is there a way to evaluate, via Actionscript, if myColor is brighter than, say #CCCCCC? Thanks, Geoff...more >>

Totally been pulling my hair out over this over the past few nights... I have a flash file that has 101 frames. Frame 1 is a navigation page that does a _root.gotoAndStop(x); on 100 buttons. Each of the 100 frames there after have between 50 and 100 movieclips on them. Inside each of the m...more >>

Hello All , Actually I am stuck into one point :( is anyone help me out from I will be very thankfull for the same......... I am displaying the recordes from mysql to flash using dynamic text but I can not able to show one by one record using flash and php. I am able to show all r...more >>

Is there a function to round a decimal fraction to certain digits after the dot? eg.: 3.1416 ---> 3.14 ...more >>

Is there a simple way of producing random numbers without repitition in flash. I.e. I have a range of numbers I want it to choose randomly from but without withdrawing the same number twice? Is this a valid method (from a programming point of view): Have an array of the values then every t...more >>

Hello, I can't make this work, and I think this is a problem of crossDomain config. The goal be able to upload images from my computer to my server (this can be done in a pure html/php process, so I guess it can be possible in flash too) In flash I have, System.security.loadPol...more >>

Hi - I'm using this script to animate some movieclips: import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.*; kText.onRollOver = function() { var btnScale:Tween = new Tween(kText.people, "_width", Elastic.easeOut, 30, 300, 30, false); var btnScale:Tween = new Tween(kText.people...more >>

I would like to write a flash app that accesses a local webcam and then on the click of a button saves a jpg image to a server. Is this possible, and are there any examples or tutorials. Many thanks Dave ...more >>

Once again, I know I have to be missing something simple. But, I just can't find it. For some reason the alpha is easing in and out, but the colors won't change. I do have the Beta version of Flash Player 9, but I don't think that's the problem since it works on my other projects. Been up ...more >>

Hi everybody, I create a static text which contains a text, and then I create a dynamic text and assign a value to it. I set the same format to both of them but when I publish it; their views are different in the swf file. Why? Is it usual? ...more >>