I have a website that has several pages on it that are accessible through a nav bar at the top of the site. On the home page there is a continuous playing slideshow in a movieclip. when I go to another page and then back to the homepage the slideshow doesn't work sometimes, or other times it...more >>

I am trying to add an opening movieclip to a website and am having some difficulty with transitioning from the movieclip to the website. currently I have the movieclip set up so that on the last frame I have another movieclip that continually scrolls through 3 images to be a visual preloader ...more >>

:D Hi I have a Flash Pro 8 application that uses getURL to send a string back to a web server that the server stores in a database for tracking purposes. It's working but it opens a browser window each time - i don't want that - i just want to send the string - the browser opening is ext...more >>

website I'm working on <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.revolutionhairstudio.biz/revolution.html There's">http://www.revolutionhairstudio.biz/revolution.html There's</a> actually 3 things I need to get done on this site 1) when the user clicks on staff,...more >>

I have 2 snippets of code for a game. In the code, the spacebar key is defined as "jump". I want to use a left mouse click instead of the space bar to perform the action, however. The code snippets are quite lengthy, but I have no other choice. Here is the first code: <i> if ...more >>

Hey Everyone! i need some help!! everything was working PERFECTLY when i was working on this - then i went to test it again and now some of the buttons are getting screwey and not going to where the action script directs it.... Take a look... <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlin...more >>

can a frame label be assigned to a variable? like: var fLabel:String = "overState"; then call it in a statement like: if (_currentframe > fLabel) { gotoAndPlay("out") }; ???? thanks david ...more >>

:confused; Extremely confused about an issue. I have the following action script in my "AA.fla": i = 1; while (i<=4) { markerbackx = getProperty(_root.menuclip.markerback, _x); markerbacky = getProperty(_root.menuclip.markerback, _y); backx = getProperty(_root.menuclip.back1, _x...more >>

hello to all, i have this simple example of the problem.<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://panos.ultravintage.com/test.html">example</a> if you zoom the map more than x2, direct it to the corners and then zoom out once you will see that it leaves blank space...more >>

Hello, I have it 012 014 02 015 01 and I would like have 12 14 02 15 01 in visual basic I use right(ma_string, 2) but in actionscript ? please do you have a solution thank you I am beggin in actionscript ...more >>

Please help me with this issue. I have tried to solve this myself without luck. I am very close! <b>WEBSITE:</b> <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.baardlunde.com">www.baardlunde.com</a> <b>ISSUE:</b> get the "next" and "previous"-buttons to work proper...more >>

Hi, I'm frustrated. I can't get my rollover to even work I keep getting this error **Error** Symbol=MovieClipBtn_mc, layer=Actions, frame=5:Line 2: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances on(rollOver){ Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1 I thought t...more >>

Hi all. In the flash environment you can take a rectangle and distort it using the free transform tool. However, I can't seem to find this functionality in Actionscript. Can I do more then change the x and y scale in actionscript? Can I access the free transform tool from actionscript? ...more >>

hi I figured out how to make the small icon in the IE favorites, but how do I control the name not to be index as the first file name is? I mean when I drag the address to the favorites or to the desktop. thanks H ...more >>

i need help, i want to change one thing in a hyperlink. i have seen thing such as file.swf?text=hello&link=home.php and the swf file shows a bit of text saying hello and it has a hyperlink that goes to home.php . how is that done, can some one give me a load of actionscript and instructions pl...more >>

hi While draging my new site to favorites, the name I get is INDEX - like the name of the main home page. What do I have to do to get the site name atomaticly? And further - how do I embed an icon beside the name? thank you so much. H ...more >>

I've looked through every piece of information I can find on the threshold method and I still can't get it to do what I want. I've got it almost working, but it removes more colors than it should. All I want to do is chage the color 0xFF00CCFF to transparent (ie. 0x00000000). My bitmap i...more >>

Im trying to loop through some XML and use the two attributes name and href for each button im creating. so far all I have been able to do is onfuse myself, well not totally - I can pull the first name attribute from the firstChild. But I have not been able to successfully assign it to a but...more >>

Im trying to create a flash header/drop down menu in an HTML file and i want the flash menu to drop above the the HTML content. Basically 1 column and 2 rows, with the flash element on the top row and the HTML content on the bottom. And when the users rolls over the top row with the flash emb...more >>

:confused; I have a temperature reader that integrates with my flash file. The temperature reader/thermometer takes a reading every 5 minutes and displays that tempearture reading and displays it in a dyanamic text field. What I am trying to do is capture all those temperature readings, in an...more >>

Ok, I have 5 buttons. When one is clicked, I want the current SWF to play it's exit animation, have the background move after waiting a few seconds, then load a SWF in place of the one that just exited depending on which button was pressed. All of this is working except for the background wait...more >>

Ok.. I see. When I made the mainElement_txt an input field instead of dyanamic, the element1_txt field changed when I started typing in that field. I really need the element1_txt to change automatically when the mainElement_txt changes. Do you know of anyway to make that txt field change? That...more >>

I send an array from flash to an asp page as follows: _global.addToCart = _global.cartArray.toString(); getURL("<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.custombrackets.com/byb/flashmail.asp?addToCart="+_global.addToC art,">http://www.custombrackets.com/byb/flashmail...more >>

The following is part of over and release states _parent.l1.gotoAndPlay(1); _parent.l2.gotoAndPlay(1); Can anyone tell by looking at this what the l1 and l2 could possibly be? are they levels, labels or mc? Thanks ...more >>

I have variables for each players score as global variables and i was wondering how to display them on the game board in text boxes if it's possible? thanks, Aaron...more >>

I'm trying to make a tic tac toe game, and each button is a movie clip, and i want the program when a player wins to go to the next frame in Scene 1 the coding is in the frame inside the movie clip on a graphic, that is displayed when a player has won that square. ttone, tttwo, and ttthree a...more >>

I'm trying to create a mp3 palyer which load songs via a XML file, but i'm having problems creating movieclips and textfields at runtime. If i trace the depths I can se that they are all created at depth 0. // Create status text this.createTextField("musicStatus_txt", this.getNextHighestDe...more >>

hello everyone, i need help. i have made a lil movie poster for my movie and i figured out how to make the buttons to put on the poster, like story,trailer,images, but i don't know how to make it so the buttons actualy do anything, like i wanna make it so when you click story, the story will a...more >>

We have a Flash program (with few SWF files) which was compiled in Flash 5 and has been working fine for the past 3 years. Now that program is not loading in Flash 8 pluggin within the browser (both IE and FireFox). It still continues to work with lower Flash pluggins. The program is acc...more >>

Hey, im kinda new to var am i able to load a the var "curFrame" in to the path that for the loadmovie ie. stop(); var curFrame = _currentframe; loadMovie("[curFrame]/loadme.swf",clipp2); i have the the frame stoped at 1, i have a dynamic txt loading the var and says 1, thi...more >>

Hi , Anyone can help me. i want to change the color in flash when a text is selected . See normally it is in white color when a text is selected . What is the solution. Regards Denesh rdene2000@yahoo.com ...more >>

Hi! I've just a strange thing happening; I managed to succefully use a dynamic scrollbar, everything worked perfectly, but then, willing to add some UIScrollBars to my existing flash 8 site, I found that just the pasting (and immediate deleting) of the component on the scene would "corrupt...more >>

When putting large amounts of text into dynamic text box the usual case is to Mask it and then add a Scrollbar. However I wish to paginate the text so that a user can click onto the next page if there is more text.. (no scrolling) My problem is how do I detect this Over-Flowing text in Flash...more >>