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Problem with movie in IE
Posted by info NO[at]SPAM matti-p.com at 5/9/2006 11:50:57 PM
:confused; Im really lost now... I use Firefox as a browser and the flash code works fine, in preview mode inside flash and also in firefox. Its a menu on my homepage. But when I start it up with internet explorer something very very very annoying happens. The movie does not autost...more >>


Is there a trace command to see what is cossing a rollover?
Posted by Scruffpuff at 5/9/2006 11:39:47 PM
I have a project filled with nested movie clips with a lot of dragging commands. I was wondering if there is a trace command to see what is causing the mouse to switch to the hand icon because occasionally I want to set my draggable clips _visible to false, yet the mouse is still switching to...more >>

matching quiz
Posted by michaelcummings at 5/9/2006 8:57:28 PM
:confused; Ok, this may not be that big of a problem, but i've wasted away several hours trying to fix my problem here.... Im trying to make a sort of matching game, with questions and a wordbank. A user should be able to drag the words from the word bank into the boxes and then a check...more >>

Same input field over several scenes
Posted by Snej at 5/9/2006 8:51:37 PM
I have a form to be filled out. The Flash is build over several scenes but the form is the same. The viewer can start filling out the form in scene 1 but might not have filled out all the fields before the flash starts scene 2. If I do ?nothing? the form in scene 2 gets blank and the viewer wi...more >>

AttachMovie from a loaded SWF
Posted by EricNY523 at 5/9/2006 8:11:01 PM
I'm trying to attach a movie from the library of an SWF I loaded... from what I've read on on the forums, this is possible, however I can't seem to get it to work. My setup for the test files is as follows: CONTAINER.SWF (parent file) - creates empty_mc to hold child.swf - loads child sw...more >>

Referencing duplicated movie clips
Posted by Oni RAMEN at 5/9/2006 8:05:17 PM
I am using the following script to duplicate the movie clips pixel.duplicateMovieClip("pixel"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:p, _y:m}); how can I get the x and y values for the duplicated clips, I tried assigning a text box with variable xget an d wrote the script: xget = pixel+i._...more >>

Please Help how to silently install flash player in browser
Posted by jibysk at 5/9/2006 7:53:47 PM
Hi all, Please help me ...? How can I install flash player plugin (version 8 ) in browser without downloading setup or redirecting to macromedia site if flash plugin is not available in browser ( i mean silent flash plugin installation in the IE browser,without redirection or downl...more >>

loadClip with listener not initiating
Posted by Moztof at 5/9/2006 7:32:19 PM
I am not sure what is going on, but here is what I got. I am trying to load images dynamically from a dataset. I am pumping xml into a dataset(dataDS). After that happens I then move through the dataset and create the dynamic images. For some reason my listener object is not initiating. Th...more >>



zooming a loaded bitmap around the image center
Posted by CastTen at 5/9/2006 6:40:51 PM
Hi, I try to zoom a loaded PNG where the center of the image stays at the middle of the stage. I don't know everyting I do leads me to a clip moving away from the center of the stage. What I do is zooming a clip that contains the clip that is loaded. I set the loaded Clip at the negat...more >>

trapAllKeys not trapping OSX keyboard shortcuts
Posted by flasher36 at 5/9/2006 5:59:38 PM
Anybody out there working with the FlashPlayerSA for OSX? By using "trapAllKeys" I can detect keyDown events on the CMD (apple) key as well as all the regular alphanumeric keys. I can also detect "unresrved " key combinations. I can't seem to find a way to trap when the user hits a key com...more >>

Videoplayer - mute sound as default
Posted by SamiS76 at 5/9/2006 5:57:50 PM
Anybody know how to set videoplayers' (flv-file) sound mute as default? Here is the example of it: http://www.sonybmg.dk/. It would be also great to know how to do the mute on/off-effect with mouse like they've done in Sony's website. I have created a similar videoplayer like Sony.dk using t...more >>

loading a movie in a particular frame
Posted by gse at 5/9/2006 5:31:14 PM
Basically I have to load any swf file in my existing swf file but not from start frame . I want it from frame 10. Like i m having a file "xyz.fla" and having a button in it and on press of that button i want that the 10th frame of file new.swf should load. I tried but its not working.... ...more >>

Tracking how many times a button is clicked by user
Posted by rchdesigns at 5/9/2006 4:21:59 PM
I am building a website the I need to know how many times a button is pressed and how many times a movie is loaded. I'm in the process of trying to make a hit counter activated bya button click but am having no luck. I have searched all over the web and have found nothing. I'm sure that som...more >>

sound problems with an .avi file?
Posted by eDubs at 5/9/2006 3:37:52 PM
Hello all, I am working on a presentation where there is a background loop .wav and some ..avi files. When the .avi files have audio I am dropping the volume of the loop. I made the loop a new sound with the code below and set up a global so that I could properly target the sound. The code i...more >>

Setting Float Precision
Posted by forumnotifier at 5/9/2006 3:18:21 PM
Is there an easy Math function that will round a long decimal down to two positions? Thanks!...more >>

Setting Float Precision
Posted by _bigmac at 5/9/2006 3:18:18 PM
Is there an easy Math function that will round a long decimal down to two positions? Thanks!...more >>

.click question
Posted by mike warby at 5/9/2006 3:14:13 PM
In delphi I can use Button1.click to make a button click and execute the = code behind it. How do i do this in actionscript. Cheers...more >>

little guidance for a newbei
Posted by rohai at 5/9/2006 1:14:50 PM
Hi, here's what I want to do. So far the site was made with asp. But now I want to make it with Flash. So, basicly, I want to keep all the asp - DB (Access) communication. I want that is all happening on one page - no matter where the user wants to go, he/she doesn't leave the page, only the...more >>

giving arrays a dynamic name
Posted by DrEv1l at 5/9/2006 12:52:33 PM
how would you give an array a dynamic name? for(f=0;f<6;f++){ for(g=0;g<hexArray.length;g++){ if(f==0){ var kleurenIndexArray:Array = <---- this has to be a dynamic name like kleurenIndexArray.push("0x"+g+"00000") } } } All the things i've trie...more >>

Parsing XML with more than one Declaration
Posted by Ian Kelleigh at 5/9/2006 11:05:11 AM
Hello all, I'm having troubles with parsing some XML with multiple XML declarations. We have an InfoPath form that is creating the XML for us, and this is what ends up in the XML: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <?mso-infoPathSolution solutionVersion="1.0.0.1" productVersion="11...more >>

depth of movieclips gets screwed-up
Posted by Sarford at 5/9/2006 10:45:49 AM
Ok I tried to resolve this before without any luck. Tim was a big help but I don't realy understand it yet. I have a flash movie, in that movie there are 15 instances ("drop1_mc" - "drop15_mc") of a movieclip all on the same level in the timeline. In frame 1 I give them a depth with getNex...more >>

Updating AS1 to AS2?
Posted by sunday driver at 5/9/2006 10:00:27 AM
Hi I am new to AS and Flash but I have a form that is perfect for my needs, but it seems that it was built in an earlier version of Flash. So when I add it to my existing site, code errors come up when outputting. I am using Flash 8. It is a flash form with input boxes and one drop down (not c...more >>

generating a different color
Posted by DrEv1l at 5/9/2006 9:01:52 AM
I'm trying to make an application that can make a square or whatever change color but is has to start from 0x000000 and end in 0xFFFFFF. How would I make it go through all the possibilities? var hexArray:Array = ; I made this array for a start but I can't figger out how to right the code....more >>

explain
Posted by Abyu at 5/9/2006 6:04:44 AM
hi can anybody explain the code startDrag(target,lockcenter,l,t,r,b); if any please explain me...more >>

Nested movie clips and actionscript
Posted by zenos at 5/9/2006 4:40:43 AM
I have this code set up: /* This is to get the rollover menu movie clip */ this.profile_button.onRollOver = function(){ profile_button.gotoAndStop("on"); } /* This is to get rid of the rollover menu */ this.profile_button.onRollOut = function(){ profile_button.gotoAndStop("off"); }...more >>

need correct script
Posted by Nevermynd at 5/9/2006 3:57:40 AM
I am trying to scroll a graphic that will scroll continuously only while the button is pressed. I can't seem to find the right code to make it work. I have an up button and a down button to move the graphic. The graphic is set up as a frame by frame animation so I am trying to use on enter...more >>

Aargh. Can't change TextArea font attributes.
Posted by MJMalcolm at 5/9/2006 3:46:12 AM
I am trying to customize the font and font size of a TextArea component, but no matter what I try, the text always shows in the default 10 point "_sans". I referred to Macromedia's official reference book, "Using ActionScript 2.0 Components with Macromedia FLASH 8," and tried every example ...more >>

popupmanager
Posted by cibit at 5/9/2006 3:45:40 AM
I'm trying to create a popup window by using the popupmanager class and createpopup etc. My only issue is i want to attach a movie using the class instead of using the window compent or alert box component. How can i go about this using attachmovie? ...more >>

simple question
Posted by The 350Z at 5/9/2006 12:51:44 AM
Hi Attached is the script I'm curretnly working on. I want it so that if ALL values = FALSE then proceed = FALSE. If a TRUE value is detected than proceed = true. Right now what I'm getting is that if the last value is false (clip_1.connections]), then proceed will become FALSE too, ...more >>

depth of movieclips get fucked-up
Posted by Sarford at 5/9/2006 12:43:46 AM
Hi all, I have 15 instances of the same movieclip on my stage, all in the same level in the timeline. Through a script I give them all a unique levelnumber (setdepths). I put the levelnumbers of the movieclips in an Array (Lijst) I trace the levelnumbers to see if everything is ok, and i...more >>

[URGENT] Saving In Flash Player
Posted by Stu Boy at 5/9/2006 12:36:40 AM
I've created a URL saving application and I want the user to be able to save the links. How do I go about this?...more >>


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