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all groups > flash actionscript > may 2006 > threads for tuesday may 30

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go to last frame and stop
Posted by Carlos Gonçalves at 5/30/2006 11:04:15 PM
How can I make Flash detect which is the last frame and go and stop there? Thanks a lot, Carlos ...more >>

swf in browser cache - problem
Posted by makijaveli NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/30/2006 10:22:04 PM
hay, I don=B4t knoe how to solve problem in browser not to cache flash (.swf) files. I am loading external.swf file to main.swf via button in main.swf. But if I change something in external.swf and upload this file on ftp, my browser (FF, IE) still uses "original" external.swf that was loaded...more >>

dynamic text performance
Posted by cadflash2 at 5/30/2006 10:16:54 PM
Hi, I have a movie clip which is having a dynamic text. I need to create around 3000 instance of this movieclip while running the script. The perfromance is slow if I have this dynamic text on the movie clip while loading the page and closing the page. If I remove this dynamictext, then perf...more >>

Movie Clip Button to open PDF
Posted by danny biy at 5/30/2006 9:57:11 PM
Does anyone know how to open a PDF file separate from the browser. I need the file to open in adobe, brand new window, not in the browser. I have this code which opens it in the browser, I just need it to open separate from the browser. _root.resume2_mc.onPress = function(){ get...more >>

Progressive Flash Video 8
Posted by flash 8 student at 5/30/2006 9:01:41 PM
Hey guys! I went ahead & completed the tutorial Creating a Dynamic Playlist for Progressive Flash Video by Lisa Larson, it works great. But I cant seem to figure out how to create controls that will actually work with this tutorial. It plays all videos but I cant stop it, pause it or mute, etc...more >>

movie clip button issue
Posted by hushhurt at 5/30/2006 7:28:14 PM
hello, I am still in the process of learning flash, and i am trying to make a animated MC button. I created the MC, it has a begining animation then stops at frame 80, on frame 84, which I labeled "over" I have a small "over state" animation. the issue i am having is, when i test the compl...more >>

Automatically get images from folder and play Slide Show
Posted by IndioDoido at 5/30/2006 6:03:02 PM
Hi, I would like to create a Flash Slide Show that can automatically find images from a specific folder and display them in a nice fade in/out slide show. This slide show is going to display products for a web site, and I would like to update the images just by uploading them to a folder or ...more >>

Runtime components problem
Posted by mm21h at 5/30/2006 5:09:17 PM
I've created a custom class in which I create an instance of the datagrid component. Unless I change "this.createClassObject[...]" to "_root.createClassObject[...]", the component fails to show in the test movie. Of course, I don't want to use _root. I've tried using "this._parent" to no ...more >>



Two simultaneous movie clip motions
Posted by spinz2112 at 5/30/2006 5:03:46 PM
I figured out how to "record" the path of a single movieclip being dragged by the mouse, and then to play it back. Here is what I do: I have an array of 3 objects, the mc instance name (actually for just moving one mc i dont even need this...but i might for the actual problem stated), the x ...more >>

import .as file at runtime
Posted by LSNsaltlamp at 5/30/2006 4:50:09 PM
Is there any way to import a .as file at runtime? When I just type: filename.as I get this error: **Error** C:\foldername\filename.as: Line 15: ActionScript 2.0 class scripts may only define class or interface constructs. }; ...more >>

Passing variables: Functions
Posted by Tolk at 5/30/2006 3:51:36 PM
Sorry if this is nooby questions: How can i pass variables between functions in AS. I know how to return a value and you can pass parameters into a function but say I had an outer function (say "a") with a local var (say "vara") with a subtended function (say "b") how can i pass "vara" into ...more >>

Menubar and Checkboxes
Posted by andros at 5/30/2006 3:44:59 PM
I am using a menubar with sub menus. Various submenu items utilize checkboxes. I would like to treat these check boxes much like a radio group in that when one is clicked to TRUE, the others are set to FALSE. Is there way to tell a specific menu item in a sub menu to set its checked valu...more >>

Text Format Lost
Posted by Tolk at 5/30/2006 1:22:43 PM
I have a movieclip symbol in my flash document and in it's own timeline it sets the text format of various dynamic and input text boxes to a predefined format. When i change the text from the main timeline i.e. movieclip.textbox.text .......it resets the format to it's default. Is there a way ...more >>

XPath OR-expression or //node-syntax
Posted by tukenator NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/30/2006 5:41:29 AM
Hello! I have an xml music library with artist, album and song nodes. And I would like to get the song nodes XPathAPI.selectNodeList regardless if they exist alone or below an artist and/or album. In XPath you are supposed to do this with the expression "//song" but the Flash XPath implemen...more >>

String to HEX
Posted by JimmySlam at 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Doest anyone how to convert from string "RRGGBB" to hex to use on textformat. ".color"??? ...more >>

Text Fields.
Posted by JimmySlam at 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Im triying to use embed fonts that i inluded on the library* . Any one knows what to write on the code to make it work? I have this. myTextFormat = new TextFormat(); myTextFormat.bold = true; myTextFormat.font = "Font_RusellSquare"; //It show on my font explorer as : Font_RusellSquare*...more >>

Converting SECS (0306) in to Time (5:06)
Posted by GmR at 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
I am trying to build a script that will convert SECONDS into HH:MM:SS, as in a duration for a song. I am able to supply the number of seconds in 4 digits... e.g. 0306 (which equals 5:06). Can someone help with a script? I will need hours, minutes, seconds. Thanks Geoff ...more >>

Flash Scrollier and XML
Posted by Takatoshi at 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello, Hope everyone's ok. Ok, i have a problem, I currently have a flash file that I have made which is a scroller using x and y axis to determine when the user rolls over a certain point the scroller moves whichever way. Inside this movie clip i have a set of dynamic content that i hav...more >>

dynamically named arrays?
Posted by forums.macromedia.com at 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi Is it possible to create arrays on the fly? ie. sections = new Array(); sections[0] = "section1"; sections[1] = "section2"; sections[2] = "section3"; for (x=0;x<sections.length;x++) { arraycreator = sections[x]; arraycreator = new Array(); } P.s. the code above doesnt work...more >>

Digi watch problems
Posted by Xepfeon at 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
i'm having a problem with my digital watch i've created i flash 8, the code is clean for errors (sorry the bad spelling) but i can't visualize it.....when i start the movie clip....it's plain blank......can you help me? ...more >>


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