Lets say I have two MCs on the stage on the same layer. I want to be able to drag both this movies but I want that when the user clicks to drag the movie it should come to the foreground of the movie. I'm using getNextHighestDepth on the on press even but not having any luck. Below is a sample...more >>

Hello -- I may have made a mess of things here. I am new to Actionscript. I have a master SWF ("master.swf") file, and using a MovieClipLoader I have loaded a few SWFs into the master. One of these SWFs is a main navbar made up of a series of buttons ("main_nav.swf"), and another is a photo...more >>

I'm adapting a class explained in 'Flash Application Design Solution". The code is used for populating a menu system. In the original code, the menu system array is hardcoded in this fashion: var MenuData:Array = [{title:"Advanced Flash Interface Design"}, {title:"Flash 3D Cheats Most Want...more >>

I followed the tutorial on this page, http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flvplayback_behaviors.html. (This tutorial uses "Set Videos" from the FlVPlayback control" Behaviors.) However, the videos load one after another until the last one is reached. I am using a button to start ea...more >>

Hi there, I have a case where i need to tween the width, height, x and y of a movieclip. So i have four tween classes instantiated. Is this the most efficient way to do this. It seems a little messy to me, but not sure what other way to go about it. Thanks, Nathan Wallis ...more >>

I am mega flash newb, please excuse me. k is a loop index that is incrementing by 1 var thisDiv = m_parent_mc.attachMovie("divider","div" + k,k+200); thisDiv._x = vodLength+10; thisDiv._y = 405; I have a movie clip symbol in my library called divider, I right click, go to linkage a...more >>

I have a two movies 1.swf and 2.swf I can load movie 2.swf from 1.swf on (press) { _root.loadMovie("2.swf", this); } but I want to goto the frame with lable "this" how to do that need help.. ...more >>

I've created a scroller that loads xml data. There are 4 parts of data, the name, the image, the description, and the link. By using the url sent by LINK, I want to make the image that is loaded a button, to getURL("THE LINK"). I've tried and tried and can't seem to figure this out, could anyo...more >>

I am receiving an error trying to create a drop shadow with AS, and I am not sure why. I think the problem could be coming from using Flash MX with a Flash 8 tutorial, but I am not sure. the error: Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 2: ';' expected import flash.filters.Dr...more >>

Hi... this is a script i'm using to duplicate a button for each item in a menu, each button is allocated a 'selectcText' variable (which is taken from an external txt file). (see attached code) on each frame of my _root. timeline i need to trace the next selectcText, e.g. on frame 9, i need ...more >>

http://www.manipulator.com/ does anyone have any ideas on how these rollovers are created. i figured with hitTest but couldn't really figure it out. ...more >>

A newbie here, so please be gentle. I am trying to create a new class where I want each instance to be able to broadcast messages. I have tried to use AsBroadcaster. In the constructor function I have AsBroadcaster.initialize(this); Then inside one of my class's private methods ...more >>

Hello, I will soon start developing a game in Flash (note: not necessarily a webgame - it should be a standalone, also). The game is an isometric managerial simulation, so i would need to learn more not only about isometric tiles, but also data handling, zoom levels, time (and the action...more >>

I'm loading data from an XML file into a xml connector --> into a dataset --> into a datagrid components. The datagrid is editable so the user can change values in it etc. I want the user to be able to re-set the datagrid to its original state at the click of a button. I was using XmlConn.tr...more >>

hello, i have a swf with some movie clips that used "getNextHighestDepth" successfully. then a swf is loaded which contains comboBoxes.... and the depths get all messed up using "getNextHighestDepth". when i use absolute depths, then everything is ok... will ths lead to problems, if i...more >>

Hi, I'm using the camera method to view input from a webcam or to view input from my capture card locally. My webcam looks perfect, but I don't see any input from my capture card. Of course I've got input (tested with windows media encoder). Should I activate or define the input (compo...more >>

I need some help figuring out the actionscript used on this site: http://www.samsung.com/se/current/campaign/slim/site/index.htm I'm developing a site kind of like this with flash video and need help figuring out how to make the 3-d rotation work. Any suggestions would be much appreciated...more >>

I am using a delphi component to control flash movies. It allows me to use the flash external apis. I need to extract all the variables from a movie and their values. Is there a command to do this? Any help appreciated. SteveW ...more >>

Is there any way to create a swf (with audio as background music) that plays once and only once per ip session? What I want is for the animation and sound to play once as a user loads the page (say, index.htm) then not play again as the user navigates through the site and back to the page...more >>

how do you point to a specific frame when calling in an external swf file? This is what I"m using to pull the external swf file in.... _root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1); container.loadMovie ("_MoviePlayer.swf"); I'd like it to go directly to frame 3, how can I do that? Th...more >>

I have 6 swf files that I need to play consecutively and am having trouble loading them. I come from a video background and am new to this. I just need to load them and have the next one start when it is finished? Help soon please? ck ...more >>

Is it possible to use a variable name with onRelease? Example: _root[_global.fullName].onRelease = _root[_global.fullName].onReleaseOutside = function() { BTW the above one does not work. I have also tried to use a mouse listener but the script does not function properly. ...more >>

hi, i'm working on a project and i thought that an easy way to get around a problem i have would be to make an array to store info and then output it later. But i have no idea how to make an array in flash... could someone please explain how to define an array and possibly ouput the conte...more >>

Hi all Can anyone help please? I am having a problem dynamically loading a gif file into my swf, using flash player 8 at run time. I am using flashMX to develop my site but I do understand that dynamically loading gifs & pngs has recently be introduced in the new flash player 8 so I ...more >>

The class mx.messaging.Producer has a property called resendAttempts which is read/write. It is implemented as follows: public function get resendAttempts():int public function set resendAttempts(value:int):void How do I set this value to say 5? pro = new mx.messaging.Producer(); pro...more >>

I've got a button on the stage with an instance name of "submit" I then have some action script like this... submit.onPress = function() { trace("do something"); } Simple enough but the function isn't called when I first press the button however it is called when I press it for the s...more >>

I'm currently learning Flash 8 Pro by working my way through a 'Teach Yourself Flash 8' book and have run into an teaching example that appears not to work. The (very basic) AS code is to populate three lines of a ComboBox component (with the instance name "myComboBox"). I've double checked th...more >>

I'm trying to change the cursor when I'm dragging a movieclip. The cursor i want to use it the "move" cursor, which (from what I understand) doesn't exist in the preset cursors. I copies the icon windows uses and made it into at mc in flash. I then tried to hide the mouse and then drag the...more >>

Hi, I am recording the sound using the Microphone. Sound also get recorded but the quality of sound is very low. Now I want to record the sound without using Micophone. i.e. I want to record sound internally using any sound player. Please help me to complete this application. ...more >>

I have code right now that attaches movie clips to the stage and pushes a referrence to them in an array. Cycling through the array reads off their absolute paths from _root/_level0. These movie clips are later removed and the array still contains the same amount of elements but prints ...more >>

I have a function ('checkDrop') which I call in ?onRelease? for several draggable MCs. At present I?ve hard coded each draggable MC , eg: drag2_mc.onRelease = function() { stopDrag(); checkDrop(); if (HITtest == 2 or HITtest == 1) { this.gotoAndStop("_down"); this.enabled = fa...more >>

Hi all, OK - don't worry, I'm not serious about the subject question. I just wanted to let you know about the Flash vs Director - Director Podcast that has just been released. It compares Flash to Director in a very light-hearted way. Remember, it is on the Director Podcast and is just havi...more >>