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Getting and passing value from text input
Posted by jtouhey at 6/30/2006 10:30:01 PM
Using Flash 8- I have a input box where a user enters an email address and then clicks a button "send". How can I grab the value from the text input to pass to a global variable? Any suggestions would be great. It seems like an easy one but since I have it jumping to another frame right ...more >>


Image slideshow
Posted by mkaster2002 at 6/30/2006 10:04:30 PM
How do I make a box that loads images at a fixed time interval?...more >>

changing movie from flash 6 to 8
Posted by blueprnt at 6/30/2006 9:19:25 PM
Hi, I am trying to use something like this http://www.actionscript.org/showMovie.php?id=1284 but it is in flash 6 and when I try to use it in flash 8 it doesn't work at all, you can download the ..fla from the link above any suggestions would be much appricated :) Thanks BP ...more >>

level issues
Posted by BeniRose at 6/30/2006 9:13:59 PM
Hey guys. I'm currently working on a project where all the content movies are seperate SWF files (because they handle the content differently on each "page") and I'm loading them into my main movie depending on which link they click. Right now I'm having problems getting my included (content) ...more >>

Determining the v2 Component Type
Posted by gurthWERM at 6/30/2006 8:10:33 PM
I'd like to run a looping switch routine to check all of my components and execute different scripts depending on what type of component each is. But I don't know how to check to see if something is a ComboBox, CheckBox, etc. Is there a way to check for the component class? Thanks. J...more >>

positioning
Posted by Asperon at 6/30/2006 7:05:55 PM
ok...say I have dot1(enemy) and I want it to approach the position of dot2(shield)....how do I do that? I can make dot1(enemy) move to the starting location of dot2(shield)...but if dot 2(shield) moves dot1(enemy) does not travel to the new position... this is what I have been using: ( it is i...more >>

reusing a progress bar
Posted by FlashForumName at 6/30/2006 6:57:37 PM
I have a progress bar that uses a loader as it's source. I load various external swf's into this loader based on the users' actions. The problem is, after I load the first external swf then set the progressbar to invisble or transparent (tried both approaches), when I make the progressbar vi...more >>

Active/Inactive buttons
Posted by jdh239 at 6/30/2006 6:12:57 PM
I have ripped apart some tutorials trying to get this to work. Basically, I have created a "target" cursor that allows menu options to be shot at. When shot the sign drops and I would like the button to go inactive. When another menu item is selected or shot I wish for the old, inactive men...more >>



Flash Player 9 getURL only opens new windows
Posted by RA-Ross at 6/30/2006 5:49:21 PM
I know the use of frames to hold content vs. navigation in a page architecture is not ideal, but it's late in the development cycle, so please bear with me. With Flash Player 8, I was able to have a Flash-based navigation interface use a getURL(<page>, "contentframe") script to load a desire...more >>

clearInterval in a class
Posted by tgersic at 6/30/2006 5:06:01 PM
Hi All, I'm creating a class that has a private variable fadeoutInterval: private var fadeoutInterval:Number = null; In a public member function, I'm setting a setInterval to that variable (vastly simplified): fadeoutInterval = setInterval(function(daSound){ //do stuff ...more >>

Movieclip Loader & frame rates
Posted by byenary at 6/30/2006 3:53:36 PM
Hello is there a way to work around this problem: Im having a flash wich is designed to put jpg, and swf into slideshow and playing it. The content is generated by users and is unpredictable; While testing i noticed that when i try playing an swf in my swf with an other frame rate speed ge...more >>

Pause Button - Video and Audio
Posted by bh2005 at 6/30/2006 3:39:24 PM
I am working on a project where the pause button will pause the audio but not the animation/video. Here is the code for the pause button. on (release) { with (stage) stop(); my_sound.stop(); //my_sound.attachSound("mp3filename"); //my_sound.start(); } The rewind, previou...more >>

loadSound doesn't work in IE
Posted by sean-o at 6/30/2006 3:37:44 PM
Many thanks to anyone who can offer some tips... I'm building a flash app that's pretty much a fancy slideshow. One of the key components to the thing is that there is a voiceover narration for each slide. Everything works perfectly in firefox, although when I view it in IE, the sound loads bu...more >>

This should be easy, but I'm no coder
Posted by Galeo Designs at 6/30/2006 3:29:06 PM
First off I apologise if this topic has been posted before, or that its so basic I'm just missing something. I have designed a navigation bar for my website and am having trouble linking the buttons to another page. Do I have to make the other pages in Flash? I have looked at the help ...more >>

setMask woes --- using BitmapData class
Posted by Amy G at 6/30/2006 2:55:04 PM
Okay... here it is. I have a class called Panel, defined by Panel.as. I have another class that is attaching instances of a MovieClip identified with "panel" using the "Panel" class as its "AS 2.0 class" The panel MovieClip has three layers (from top to bottom) the mask holder, the patter...more >>

referencing a movieclip
Posted by Finty at 6/30/2006 2:34:56 PM
is this possible? I have a movieclip called _root.container that contains different movie clip with a animation on each frame. I want to be able to stop the current animation without having to give it an instance name and then to resume playing. (i don't want to hardcode instance names...more >>

flash syntax tips
Posted by rquantin at 6/30/2006 1:05:23 PM
I found some very nice syntax to reduce the code, I give you two of them. I'm always very interested in discover this kind of tips. If some people could add some code reductions, it could be nice for some beginners like me, what do you think? Romu [b]switch true / false[/b] var t...more >>

Square fade in effect with transition
Posted by amithjnt at 6/30/2006 1:01:16 PM
Hey can anybody tell me how to make the effect of squares fade in & out with 2-3 picture transition... As in this site..... http://www.elitechicago.com/ Effect of left side flash transition effects.... PLZ help me.... I hv to make so... Alok ...more >>

AS3 and Flash 9 alpha: how to access non-dynamic children of a MovieClip?
Posted by Andrei Thomaz at 6/30/2006 4:21:31 AM
hello list, I am trying to upgrade this drawing app to ActionScript 3: http://www.rgbdesigndigital.com.br/didaticos/coodraw I wouldn't like to create all the interface through code, so I created a MovieClip with all the buttons inside, and associated a class with this MovieClip. Bu...more >>

using variables w/ loadMovieNum
Posted by mr.nazarko at 6/30/2006 3:37:27 AM
what is the proper syntax for using variables with loadMovie num? ive set up a button that will define a var on (press) { var bigpic = "2"; _root.gotoAndPlay("out"); } and then further down the timeline , i would like to use that the var bigpic in a loadMovieNum command.... ...more >>

Still got a big problem
Posted by ekora at 6/30/2006 3:32:34 AM
First, please check out my site...this will be easier to explain once you see it.... http://www.ekorastudios.com/index2.html Navigate yourself to "Portfolio" and then to "Video" I can't get any of my flv files to play, and I'm guess it's because when you click on the thumbnail of a...more >>

How to send Camera / Microphone data to server without Media Server 2?
Posted by MyDarkSecret at 6/30/2006 3:12:38 AM
I want to capture video and audio in the browser using Camera and Microphone, but I need to get the final recordings to the server. Is there an easy way to push this data to the server without having to buy Media Server 2? Thx, www.MyDarkSecret.com ...more >>

SharedObject buggy
Posted by sneskid at 6/30/2006 12:58:30 AM
ShareObject.Flush( ) can have a number passed, representing how many bytes the movie want's to store. If you want exactly 1 meg, common sense says you'd need 1048576 bytes (1024*1024) 1kb = 1024 bytes 1mb = 1024kb I used 1048576 but then Flash says the movie is requesting 10megs. A...more >>

setInterval - reducing the code
Posted by rquantin at 6/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi everyone, I'd like to know how I can reduce the code for a multiple call using the setInterval. I tried with an Array but It's not working :/ I'd like to reduce this: int_square0 = setInterval(move_square, 500, 0); int_square1 = setInterval(move_square, 1000, 1); ...more >>

Button problem
Posted by jp zoro at 6/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I've made three 'Joker' buttons in frame 5. I want these to stay down when they've been hit (which I've done) but now I don't know how to make the Joker move the timeline onto 'nextframe'. You can see the current version of this at http://jpriordan.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/Plenaries/...more >>

Generate a random number, to a certain decimal point
Posted by twistedpancreas at 6/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Howdy is there anyway to generate a random number (within a range), to a certain decimal point and then display it in a text box? I know how to do a full number, but am struggling to find out how you get random numbers with decimals. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

how to apply extenal variable to object propertie ?
Posted by mokuku at 6/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
I have a php file will pass "a=xx&b=xx" (xx is a number) to my movie, and textfield a and textfield b on root was successfully show up the result. But it got fail when and I try to apply them to a movie clip to change their width: _root.abar._width =a; _root.bbar._width =b; Could any...more >>

components not loading
Posted by sneskid at 6/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
I have a movie that loads another movie. They both use Flash Components (buttons, labels, etc) When the second movie is loaded, the graphics for the components are missing, and the are completely disfunctional. What can i do to make the second movie load in properly? ...more >>

Loading swf file with dynamic text
Posted by PDMart at 6/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
For a website I'm creating I'm going to have a main swf file that loads individual swf files for each page. Each page's swf file loads in external text files through dynamic text boxes so i can edit the website easily. To load the swf files into the main swf file I'm using the loader compone...more >>

Problem with ActionScript
Posted by hantouan at 6/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hey, I am using Flash MX Pro 2004 7.2 and I' ve the following problem: When I use the LocalConnection Object as follows: var lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection(); lc.connect("test"); lc.Foo = function() { DoSomething(); } I get the compiler error message: "There...more >>


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