ok, i am trying to create a mp3 player within flash. i want to create an menu when you rollover an "audio" button. the audio mc fades, and the stop, play, etc. buttons fade in. so i created a movieclip with "audio" and then a tween to fade in the play buttons. I then made a large hitArea but...more >>

I have a mystery to solve. My drag and drop puzzle, with 3 correct positions, was working until I changed the graphics (from bags to boxes). Now only two of the positions will trigger correct results when my check button script runs. When in correct position movieclips play frame 2 with...more >>

Hi-- I have successfully placed an flv (video) file (progressive download) on the main timeline of my movie with controls to play and pause (Flash 8 Professional). So far, so good! NOW TWO PROBLEMS: Does anyone know how to set it up so that when a specific cue point is reached in the v...more >>

I'd like to fade some text from 0xFF00CC to 0xFFFFFF in Flash 8. I tried using the Tween object to accomplish this. var showTween2 = new mx.transitions.Tween (clip.textClip.menuText, "textColor", null, 0xFF00CC, 0xFFFFFF, .75, true); menuText is a dynamic text field. It starts and en...more >>

I am working with a client on a video player and their programmer wants to serve me the flv file via php. Apparently they are using the "f" command in PHP (fopen fwrite etc) and they want to send that information to my flash video player (and not just a url to the flv). Has anyone done this be...more >>

Hello. Here is what I am trying to do. I have a .swf that is loading a .swf containing a .flv set for progressive download. When I test, the .flv plays fine. I now need to load this main .swf into another .swf using an empty movie clip and an instance name. When I test this, everything works...more >>

I've got a half dozen buttons (all instances of the same symbol). I had them working fine except that they lacked that 'locked' state -- you know, where the button remains in an 'over' or otherwise highlighted state to show the use which part of the site they are in. So I added some code to so...more >>

Sorry if this is trivial but I am new to Actionscript and have spent couple of days messing about with this. I am using FLVPlayer and have added these lines to the HTML page: <param name="FlashVars" value="thisVideo=clouds.flv" /> <embed src="myflvplayer.swf" FlashVars="thisVideo=clouds.fl...more >>

I'm using ondrag with a custom made scrollbar, everything works great, buttons, track clicking etc. and dragging too... except that I have to move the draggable slider by a set amount of pixels. The slider adjusts it's height proportionaly to the number of pictures there are to scroll through,...more >>

Hey, how do I learn to write my own codes? Is there a site that has every code typed up?...more >>

I'm working on a projector class for displaying images as a slide show. I've been getting errors like as follows: **Error** D:\jjesteban.com\src\flash\SlideScroller\Projector.as: Line 98: This statement is not permitted in a class definition. Projector_mcListener.onLoadComplete=func...more >>

Hi, I have a FLA file with 2 audio clips. In the FLA file, I have multiple movieclips, each referencing the same audio clips at multiple points in their timelines. I have these audio clips as "streams", loaded on a keyframe. It seems as though when I export the FLA to SWF, it's expor...more >>

The next code works fine with Flash Player 6 and Action Script 1 but I'm trying to get it work on Flash Player 8 and Action Script 2. Any help, thanks in advance. onClipEvent (load) { accel1 = 0.8; rate1 = 0.1; trace(_x); _root.xkoord1 = 0; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { ...more >>

Hello Everyone, I have created the following code below. It is basically pulling a delayed stock quote and placing it on a shockwave file. When I test movie within flash it works fine. When I place it on a webhost it doesn't put the variables don't appear at all. I am completely puzzled...more >>

I?m trying to create an audio mute button on a flash interface that can mute all audio. The problem is that my interface loads external SWFs and the audio is embedded in the external SWFs. How do I create a button on the interface that can turn off all the audio? I want it so that if I press t...more >>

I need to insert a javascript that I got from a search engine analysis company to track the web conversions I get from a lead entry form. Our lead form is written in flash. I need the movie to fire this code when the button is clicked. <script language="javascript" src="http://track.roiservi...more >>

I have a new Data type ( fxn ) declared in delphi, and i would like to convert the code to actionscript [Q] type fxn=procedure(t:extended;x:array of extended;var f:array of extended); ..... procedure fp(t:extended;x:array of extended;var f:array of extended); begin f[0]:=x[1]; f[1]:=...more >>

I am trying to attach a picture to the stage, resize it, and then move it later. How come this piece of code I wrote does not work properly. _root.attachMovie("Empty Panel",current_board.panel_position,4); _root.current_board.panel_position._width=60; _root.current_board.panel_position._h...more >>

I'm a newbie at Flash. I bought a template and so far have managed OK, but now am stumped. The swf shows a photo, then blurs the photo to almost nothing, then restarts with another photo. The fla has an image file (named 2.jpg) and then several successive images of the same photo, each blurred...more >>

Hello, I have a movie with buttons. and when i click a button, it loads another movie and I want it to go to a specific frame - Frame 2 for example, and stop. Any help would be great! Thanks Here's an example of the AS on the button: button5.onRollOver = function () { change...more >>

I'm calling an external xml file and loading it into Flash. I can only pull the varables out in the onLoad function. Here it is. var courseXML:XML = new XML(); courseXML.ignoreWhite = true; courseXML.load("presentSlidesOne.xml"); courseXML.onLoad = function(bSuccess:Boolean):Void ...more >>

I had read in another form that changing the speed at which an FLV plays is not possible unless you create keyframes every frame in the FLV. I hope this is not the case. I'm wondering if anyone else has found a solution to this problem. Possibly by changing the FPS? or creating some way of usi...more >>

I have a variable currentGame which points to a blank Object. A random game is chosen from a pool of many games. I want to then call the right constructor based on the game that was chosen, for example if game1 is chosen, I want my constructor to say currentGame = new game1(); if game 2 was ...more >>

It's it possible to create an empty clip and then add frames, frame labels and scripting to it at runtime?...more >>

Hi there, I'm using the following code to animate the _alpha value of a button up and down: _root.fadeIn = function(){ nav.tekst._alpha += 2; if (nav.tekst._alpha >= 100) { delete this.onEnterFrame; this.onEnterFrame = _root.fadeOut; } } _root.fadeOut = function(...more >>

hi i my question goes like this: I have a web site lets call it aa.com and anouther web site lets call it bb.com i have html page in aa.com that calles to f.swf in bb.com (the othere server) i want to know what is the calling page ? if it was from aa.com or from bb.com. i know ho...more >>

on the stage I have 9 movie clips with 9 buttons inside each. (these movie clips are going to be drag and drop) The movie clips are named 'answ1_mc' and buttons are named 'answ1_btn' (1-9). I am trying to put the code on the buttons using a loop but can't seem to get them to even trace som...more >>

I've made an app that loads images into the scene w. loadmovie. Since we've only handled jpegs it's never been a problem. Now we have to make it work for gif as well, and I've heard that you can make the gif:s into a swf and still use the loadmovie. Do i nead a plugin or somenting for this...more >>

I am a recruitment consultant and I am currently looking for a top flash developer with dream actionscripting skills. Its to work for a top agency in the midlands. If you can bring development and creativity you would be the ideal candidate. Let me know if you want to be considered. Thanks...more >>

i am starter in flash and i have a q i have a movieclip and i want to load a web page on it how to load a web page on flash stage (either using any component or with any method ) ...more >>

I've built a simple Batting Average calculator, but I would like to format the final decimal value so that it doesn't hava a leading zero and only has 3 digits after the decimal point. How do you format decimal values? Here's my current code: stop(); var avg:Number = 0; var hi...more >>

Hello, Is there a (rather) simple way to change the color or highlight a movieclip (only a movieclip) on rollOver? Perhaps even target the color of text inside a dynamic text box within a movieclip? I would like to try this without using an embeded button, as I require the same (560) seper...more >>

I have an empty movieclip with this code attached to it. class com.mcTakePicture extends MovieClip{ //***************************** // public functions //***************************** public function mcTakePicture() { init(); } //***************************** // end /...more >>

I have a ScrollPane on which I can change the value of ScrollContent, using some buttons on it side to load different movieclips. The problem is, those movie clips are not in the timeline, they stay on the library. And are only called when the buttons are pressed. But in one of those moviecl...more >>

Hi, I'm new to Flash and programming in general, so this question may seem very basic and easy for most of you. I'm working on a "Catching" game where the objective is to catch objects falling out of the sky. I already have it programmed to where I can get things to fall out of the sky, and ca...more >>

Hi there, I've got a animation to do for a science experiment, simulating a student adding some solution (iodine) into a flask (with disolved vitamin c). At some point the vitamin c solution needs to change colour, and the iodine solution stops being added to the vitamin c. See http://im...more >>

Hello im loading dynamicly a bunch of jpg's When they are same size of stage its fine but when they do not have the width or hight, they end up in lef top corner... Can i get dimensions of jpg before doing this loadMovie(pathToPics+arrFilename[teller], mcPlayer.mcFotoList); If there is a ...more >>

Hi, i am developing a "Secure Hosting" ecommerce site. On the shopmain.php page there is a frame that displays to the basket total as with all ecommerce sites. Currently the ecommerce site is a seperate entity from our main HTML hope page but we are currently trying to intergrate the two more ...more >>

Hi, I am some code below that is working fine, except that I would like it to ease into the position that I have set gradually, kind of like if you were to spin a wheel. ..it starts off slow, gains speed, then slows to a stop at the position I have on (rollOver) { this._x = 520 ...more >>

Iv'e created an empty movieclip in my main fla. and assigned it's AS 2.0 Class to a custom class i created in an external as file. I want my custom class at some stage to draw an emptyMovieClip into this containing movieClip on the main fla. I tried using, in the class draw procedure: th...more >>

i have a loader movie that has the following frames: it works just fine on my computer and in internet explorer, but would fail loading swf to level 1 on firefox. please suggest. thank you // frame 1 for loader swf loadMovieNum("bupromo.swf",1); // frame 3 for loader swf fr...more >>

hi, How to minimize a browser window or force the window to lost the focus in standalone mode? The window is open with the getURL command (getURl("www.adobe.com","_blank","Post"). Thanks Maur?cio...more >>

Im loading second.swf in main swf using a loader component, second swf is has a stage size of 800*85, i load it in a component with the same size, and scaleContent = true This goes wrong, after investigating second.swf it actualy has a stage size but some components on the size like a textfi...more >>

i have the following code: if (_level0.vlcode != undefined) { _root.pages_mc.gotoAndPlay("result"); _root.gotoAndStop("secondpage"); } now, the movie works just fine when tested in flash. when i test it on browser it stars failing. it would execute the gotoAndPlay() for pages_mc ...more >>

Hi, I am quite new to Flash and am creating my first website. I currently have 3 SWF pages which I want to link together. these pages are "Home_Page", "Portfolio" and "Portfolio_outro". At the moment, when you click a button in "Home_Page" you are taken to "Portfolio". There is a...more >>

Hi. I have created a CD ROM and am trying to iron out this glitch with my sound. I have a sound clip (trains.wav) that is activated when I play a small animation. I have a Stop button and a play button for this sound. This animation and sound is contained in a movie clip where i have created t...more >>

I have a load movie button working correctly, and I have a photo gallery with 'back' and f'orward' buttons working correctly - but when I try to load the photo gallery swf file, onto my page with the load movie button, I get an endless NaN error pop up on screen. Does anybody have any sugges...more >>