I want the sound to stop loading when I press the stop button, I have: var my_sound:Sound = new Sound(_root); my_sound.onLoad = function() { my_sound.start(); }; preload_btn.onRelease = function() { my_sound.loadSound("some_sound.mp3", false); }; stop_btn.onRelease = function() {...more >>

:mad; ok, I have been at this now for 2 days straight without success. I am using external swfs as a mean of customizing gui design. The default main swf is supposed to load the external swf, and manipulate the variables and methods. When I debug, it seems to show up on the stack that the vari...more >>

How can I use a variable in the path? (I know this is not called the path but I can't think of what it's called). For instance: instead of: this.symbol1.symbol2._height = 800; I want var my_var = "this.symbol1.symbol2"; my_var._height = 800; ...more >>

Hi - I have a site with some pretty hefty FLV's and I want to show the user that they are loading...the progress bar thing. So I used the code right out of the livedocs for "Creating a progress bar for loading FLV files with Actionscript". I used it with their sample FLV and with my FLV ...more >>

Don't get any error msg's, just a blank stage. Any ideas what's wrong? Frame 1 of Main.swf: ------------------------------- if (init == undefined) { var aSWFs:Array = new Array("an1.swf", "an2.swf", "an3.swf"); var nSWFs:Number = aSWFs.length; var nCurSWF:Number = 0; var aSWFmcs:Array =...more >>

I need to take a variable with the name "11.swf" and restrict it to just the number. I know this code is wrong but it gets the idea across. on (release) { var page = "11.swf"; var pagenumber = (page-".swf"); trace(pagenumber); } I want the trace function to return 11 ...more >>

What is the easiest way to get the page name of the html document which the swf is in. I can not place a js function on the page. I was hoping I could easily use the js property window.location. ...more >>

Hi Guys Any help here would be a blessing. I have created a a set of dynamic buttons using a loop, (not a for loop as i wanted each button to animate onto the stage using onMotionFinished. But I cannot remove them from the stage and seem to have some major targeting issues. I have tried to...more >>

hello, Could anyone tell me how to turn the attached .SWF ("other.swf") into a "button" that could have an onRelease function attached to it? i tried to just make a function with its name, but no luck... and one step further: how to address a movieClip that resides within "other.swf" ca...more >>

The following code throws an error (Attribute used outside class) on line 3 and 4. What have I done wrong? Can you see any other problems with this code / approach?? (the goal is to load a number of swf's into movie clips and then show them one after the other) Steve -----------------...more >>

I need to have text loaded dynamically into a star-shaped text area. Is there any way to do this? For example, could I place a few dynamic text areas of different widths so that they make the rough shape of a star, then get the text to load into the first area and have the words wrap onto eac...more >>

I am developing an interface for controlling my house. The controller Can recognize URL encoded commands. My test button worked flawlessly using get URL function, but returns with opening a new browser and displaying the results. So I have been trying load vars. I created a texfile with t...more >>

this is working... on(release){ _root.QuitButton.enabled = false; } this is not working... button script: on(release){ mDisableQuitButton(); } timeline script: function mDisableQuitButton(){ trace("disable function called"); _root.QuitButton.enabled = false; } t...more >>

Hi: What are the known differences in SWF file format between Flash and third party tools? I've inherited a desktop app project and I'm having a lo t of problems when loading a rather big and complex movie in a MC/level. Sometimes it doesn't run at all, others it halts in a randowm way...more >>

Please help! I have search and read and nothing has seemed to answer this question. I have created a complete/incomplete module (no score needed...just show completed when user finishes) and published it with Flash w/Scorm 1.2 tracking template. The movie plays in the LMS but I still need s...more >>

I'm using a loadvars action to load external .txt file, and it loads the file BUT only will read numbers out of the file. It won't read letters-which make words- which make sentences-which makes me angry. Any idea why this would be? I've tried playing around with the .txt file encoding,...more >>

HI, Im using a script that will do this on a button release on (release) { play(); screen.loadMovie("HR-start.swf"); } The problem is that I want it to play for about 7 frames, and THEN load the movie. The playing creates a transition of my thumbnails, which then reveal the s...more >>

Hi members, I need some clarification in FLV format. I am having three flv files in my server and I am loading them one by one. And using stream.onMetaData( ) function i am getting the total duration and other information of video file. But, it doesn't work for all the files. Its worki...more >>

I have a list of text fields (21 of them) each with a button that loads a movie clip based on the text in it's correspondingtext field. I have also created 21 emptyMovieClips (I need each swf to load and be moved around once loaded, otherwise I could just use one empty clip). However, I get ...more >>

I heard rumors of Flash going back to just JScript instead of Action scipt. And was just wondering if this is true? I was thinking of buying version 8 but was not sure. Thanks...more >>

So I have a class. Within this class. I have a function that I want to declare local variables for. So it looks something like this: class MyClass{ //DECLARATIONS OF MyClass public var MyClassArr:Array = []; //CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION public function MyClass(c:Object) { constru...more >>

hello, i have figured out how to load 4 swf's into a master swf. each swf loads some jpgs at runtime which are treated as buttons (they have rollover effect, and i can make a trace statement happen onRelease). now i have an empty movie clip placed in the master swf, which is supposed to h...more >>

Hi Does anyone know how to move the horizontal scroll bar to the top of the scroll pane. The scroll pane is the standard component that comes with flash. I've looked through the actionscript but cant see anything that stands out. Thanks for any help! Carly ...more >>

i'm using: loadVariablesNum("percentagestext.txt", "/dynamicText"); to load some text into a dynamic text field (located in mc dynamicText). When i test the movie i get the flash error for when it can't find the file: Error opening URL "file:///F|/james/StatsRLO/RLO/All/percentagestext...more >>

Hi, Please can someone help? I have some code that attaches a movie using actionscript so many times so that they are all over the screen. This all works fine however how do you reference them once they have been created? Here is the code: var box:MovieClip; r = 0; for (var v=0; v < ...more >>

I have been having problems displaying the labels on tree component , I have now found the cause it was in a mask. Once I moved it out of the mask it worked fine!!. But the thing is now how do I get it to work in a mask???? You can test this for yourself by opening the gallery_tree.fla ...more >>

Hi Im creating a simple matching game where user clicks on a red square, then they have to find the other red square and click on it, which is a match. The problem is that if I click on one button, it registers the value into the array (e.g. "red"). But then when I click the second button...more >>

Hi there guys, got a pickle for ya; Is there someway for a assignment (done in flash) to inform a teacher when a student has finished it? Sorry if thats a bit general, but just getting an idea. Would it involve some database work? ...more >>

Hello. I want to download a SWF file and load it in a MovieClip. Once the downloaded SWF is loaded in the MoviClip I want to adjust its size to the parent MovieClip. I also want to restore the child clip to its original size and to drag it inside the parent MovieClip But it doesn't work:...more >>

I am creating a samll quiz kind of a thing wherin there will be a question on the stage along with four images(these are movieclips). User can click on any of the image and then click on next button in order to goto the next question. When user clicks on next button another question with fou...more >>

In dynamic text one can can change font color etc. How do I change background color from Action script? ...more >>

I am attempting to print a dynamically loaded movie clip and scale it to fill the page. The clip begins at 300x400. I can successfully resize the clip but I cannot get it to print the whole clip. The clip resizes but the printer only prints a 300x400 section of the resized clip. How can I get ...more >>

hi, i'm making a flash application installer... at the user end the exe file will be installed. i want to call the support files i.e; xml, sound, pictures..etc from cd how do i define a path since the path will change on every machine? ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to load an external .swf into my current flash document. I have a "dummy" MC (dummy_mc) dummy_mc.loadMovie("slideshow.swf"); This seems to only play the first frame of the movie!?! Anyone know what that's about? ...more >>