Hello. I'm pretty much a beginner when it comes to flash. So, I assume there's been a post about this topic already. But, does anyone know how to script a code that lets you hit a button multiple times to execute an action without using the time line. For example. on http://www.group94.com/ we...more >>

as to why my flash 6 actionscripting will not work when saved as a flash 8 document? And how can I get a reference guide to the changes that are made in actionscripting when a new version of flash is invented? I am sure it is just simple changes in the code, but how does a designer/developer...more >>

Hi All, I have some code to drag and drop a movieclip. The code works ok if it is inside the movieclip and in my old flash photo gallery the clips were put in manually and the photos added by xml. onClipEvent (mouseDown) { if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse)) { this.setD...more >>

In a nutshell what I want to be able to do is call var someInstance:SomeClass = new SomeClass(); and have someInstance be globally available. By globally available I mean I want the ability to call someInstance.someMethod() from within methods of other objects, from the timeline of movie...more >>

Hi, I have Flash 8 Professional and was wondering how I can load a variable from an external txt file using Actionscript. I already have an Array called infotext that I need to hold various strings to display through my Flash Movie. How do I go about setting infotext[1], infotext[2], etc to eq...more >>

I am attempting to make my own drop down menu (combobox) When you click on the first item, it goes to and plays a movie where all the other 5 buttons apear below it. I want it to act like a combo box and have it so when you click anywhere else, it will close (or gotoAndStop(10. Is there ...more >>

I'm trying to get a swapDepth to work on rollOver, but am having trouble. I've never used swapDepth before so this is my first venture into it and trying to make something rather simple. An example of something similar is the thumbnails on www.mlb.com. Can anybody give me any direction on t...more >>

Hi, I am a newbie in actionscripting. However, I do have a background in c++ and java programming. I make a flash with 12 movie clips. I want them move depending on the mouse's position. I have the code so that it works to one of the instance, let's call it "movclip1". Then, I apply ...more >>

Hi, I am a newbie in actionscripting. However, I do have a background in c++ and java programming. I make a flash with 12 movie clips. I want them move depending on the mouse's position. I have the code so that it works to one of the instance, let's call it "movclip1". Then, I apply ...more >>

I'm not exactly sure how to explain this.. but I have a flash shell that pulls in html code with css styles for courses created here. One of the tags is <span class='def'>word or phrase here</span> this changes the text of phrase to orange (or any other color we decide on) and tells the stude...more >>

Ok, I'll cut right to the code - it's not working and I can't find what I missed... var nImage:Number = 1; var oImageListener:Object = new Object(); var mclImageLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); mclImageLoader.addListener(oImageListener); // create an empty movie...more >>

Hello, I created a scroller that reads from an RSS page using the XML object and XML Load method. Every minute I call the XML Load method to reload the data. This works well when under Firefox and Opera, but it is not reloading on Internet Explorer. Any ideas? I am using IE Versio...more >>

First I'd like to say thank you to anyone that can help me out with this. I've set up a key listner and it works fine with the space bar but I want to use the number keys to control it instead. Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 to be exact and I was wondering how I would need to change my code to have ...more >>

Hey all. I have designed a quick and dirty power point to flash converter. One thing I would like to do is to be able to tell how many slides there are beforehand, without user input yet knowing the folder the slides are in, so I can dynamically create an index of some sort. I know there ar...more >>

I need to produce a button that will create a file of any type when it is clicked. It can be an empty .txt file or any other type of file. I am using a flash intro to another program and when this exported .txt file is seen, the program will know to skip the intro. I have no idea how to do ...more >>

This is in the external CSS-file; p { font-family: "DIN-Regular"; font-size: 11px; color: #999999; } a:link { color: #000000; text-decoration: none; } a:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: underline; } .hilight { font-family: "DIN-Bold"; } -----...more >>

Hello, I've downloaded a FLA car racing games from this site: http://lightforce.freestuff.gr/fastlap.php I'm a newbie in flash but I need to get a result as soon as possible and I advance quicker if I get an example to use. I've tried to read and understand the code, I've changed ...more >>

Dear Forum, I have a swf that I load into my movie using the code below loadMovie("demo.swf", _root.dropZone); What I would like to do is when 'demo.swf' has got to the last frame it triggers an action to go to a certain frame in my movie. Any help would be greatly received. Rega...more >>

i created a class for my game and i've been having problems accessing my variables. i know its a scope problem(i think) so can anyone just point it out for me? i have been stumped for teh past hour on this so i figured i'll just ask for a little help. the problem is i cant get the fourLet...more >>

Bit of a long shot I know, but does flash by any chance have a way to find which word the mouse is currently over in a dynamic text field? ...more >>

G'day all, I am receiving XML from ASP.NET and I want to assign one of the values to an object. Then send the object through a query string back to the ASP.NET page. Basically I have something like this: <announcements> <announcement name="Today"> <id>112</id> </announc...more >>

I'm trying to load a picture (actually, about 40, but one at a time... I really want to avoid multiple loads of each jpg) into 3 different movie clips. It's actually the same symbol as three different movie clip instances, but I don't know if that makes any difference... here's the site you ...more >>

I have a set of dynamic text that is animating slowly and apparently it will be faster if I can break the text and convert it to vector. The problem is that it's dynamic data that creates the text and so I need to break it on the fly. Any ideas internet?? p.s. iloveuinternet:heart; ...more >>

This is driving me nuts. I'm trying to load an html text file into a dynamic text box labeled 'loadedInfo.' 'loadedInfo' is in a movieclip instance called 'text_field' - however I can't seem to get it to work or even pull up the error that I wrote into the action script (even though I have a s...more >>

I assume this is accomplished with AfterEffects and some type of water or ripple filter. Anyone with any ideas please drop a line. I would love to know how this was done. More importantly I would like to know how to pull it off. The link is below. http://solarisdesigns.net ...more >>

Hi. I'm looking at updating a load of Java Applets here at work accross to Flash. I'm not looking at using the quiz templates but wondered if anyone can help me out? Basically I need to create a multiple response question using an xml file and was wondering on the best way to achieve...more >>

Ok - this question will make it obvious that I've only been doing this for a little over a month... I need to access a movie clip inside another movie clip inside another movie clip... ie: mcThingOne.mcThingTwo.mcThingThree._x = 15; Here's the hang up - the second level is dynamically ...more >>

hi can anybody say the actionscript required to open an application from the flash swf or exe the application should open when i press a button ...more >>

hello all i will ve very much glad if anyone of u can tell me how to do an avtar(like yahoo) and save. i have all ready done the avtar and scrpit is working fine.its a simple one where m just changing eye color , face expression and head accesseries(all has 3 options) now what i d...more >>

Hello, I'm wondering if it's possible to force a movieclip to display as soon as it is created. Rather than having to wait for the next frame. For example the code attached attempts to show a loading screen before a cpu heavy task executes. It then hides the load screen after the task h...more >>

I have two buttons("b1_btn" and "b2_btn" ) and they are in different layers. Here's what I hope to do, when people click on "b1_btn", I hope it can act exactly the same like "b2_btn" when it was clicked. The actionscript in "b2_btn" is a little mess, and since two buttons are in different la...more >>