I'm begining to code with AS. I'm using a FlashMX AS book to learn with Flash 8. Will that cause a problem? In my textbook, it has a simple code to load up an external .txt file onto a static text field. -The .txt file (with MS Notepad): &electricBill=60 -.txt file saved as: Electri...more >>

Hello. I am creating a messaging system for my site. However I would like it so that if you are online and you receive a new message, for a m.c. to popup and inform you that you have a new message. However how would I go about this? My messages are all stored in a mysql database. Theref...more >>

I'm trying to create a single elimination chart for a competition. The names of 32 participants are inputted with input text. How can I create an actionscript that if you click on a button next to their name (the winner) that their name will copy into another text box to the right. ...more >>

Hi there, i have a flash movie (main.swf) which loads shared resources from another flash movie (resources.swf) using 'import for runtime sharing'. The problem is that the flash movie which stores all the shared items (resources.swf) is in a subdirectory, and that subdirectory url sometimes ...more >>

Hi again all, Same problem agian but with vars.... I have vars called cf1, cf2 cf3 etc. I wonder how i can concatenate a var with another var. ---> acounter>="cf"+cN; // cN is a number var = 1, than 2 than 3 etc how can i get the calue of the variable when testing with a concate...more >>

Hi, I havea swf that i am usin as my header and navigation. When the header loads it plays a short animation. I would like to use this header on all subsequernt pages but don't want the intro to play each time. Is thaere a way that I can set a cookie session and once the cookie is set when a n...more >>

Any ideas why this does nothing? Not even throw an error? init(); // intialise the swf function init() { // load in main image this.createEmptyMovieClip("logo_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()); _root.logo_mc.loadMovie("../images/Title_logo.png"); _root.logo_mc._width ...more >>

hi, i'm having a weird problem with a rather simple movie: 1. it loads images from the server using the loadMovie method from different folders 2. the folder can be choosen from a combo box component 3. LoadVars sendAndLoad method send the folder name to a PHP script wich returns images nam...more >>

HI, I am using Flash MX 2004 on the mac platform. A while backcI found the following code that enabled me to set up paypal donatoins from my flash site. It was after searching through a huge amount of complicated code and help forum ideas that I eventually found what turned out to be i...more >>

Hi all, I was wondering how i can concatenate inctance name.... I have l 10 movie clips with each instance name of d c1, c2, c3 ... c10 etc.. In actionscript i want to call them, by using another variable : someting like this : var fCounter:Number = 0 ; var count:Number = 4; var cN:N...more >>

Help! I?m new to actionscripting and have been stuck on what I imagine as an ?easy? yet fundamental problem with flash. I?ve created a simple menu with 4 option buttons. When each one is clicked upon, it will play a movieclip instance to the right of the buttons. There are 4 movieclip i...more >>

Is it possible to check if a frame contain a movie clip with AS, and then if movie clip is found run a function? Like a global "event handler " for movie clips. ...more >>

hi there i need to embed quite a few fonts in my swf file - they are all Trebuchet MS, but of different sizes, and some with bold on i created a new font in the library for each font 'type', and also set the linkage for ActionScript (load first frame) in my actionscript code i creat...more >>

Is it possible to write the data to a text file from flash WITH OUT server side application (ASP, PHP, CFM or JSP)??? Thanks, Stealla...more >>

This is so aggravating. I'm getting the following error message everytime I test my movie: **Error** Symbol=itemHolder_mc, layer=layer6, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler z Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1 Ok, so I go to item...more >>

I have a menu button that plays a move by going to a particular frame in the main scene. The menu button opens a movie that has 5 pictures of staff for a salon. When the user clicks on an image it takes them to a brief description of the hair stylist. What I can't seem to get it to do is t...more >>

Hi, sorry my bad english isn't my first language. i'm trying to do a rotated form (with some grades of inclination) but if i try to rotate the inputs, this inputs disappear in the exportation. Maybe i can do this with AS but my skill level is no good how can i do it? thanks and sorry aga...more >>

Hi All, Spent so much time and I really dont find the way to slove this issue so I am pasting my code as below. The "printWishList" Movieclip duplicates itself denpending on the records added by the user in the wishlist. The dilemma is that I want to PRINT that out :) and the number of pag...more >>

Hi there, I'm pretty new to Action script - I'm trying to build a series of buttons with drop menus - I've built a movie clip button then within the movie clip button on the "over" frame I have the menu button which is also a movieclip button. So obviously what I want to happen is.... when ...more >>

Hi, I want to add a scroll bar to a page. The page contains the text fields. Prachi...more >>