I?m using flash 8. I would like some help with action script I suck. I have created 12 buttons name button_1 2, 3, and so forth. I would like on rollover for a small image to appear on the stage. 12 images named ?invitation_1.gif?, 2, 3, 4 and so forth. I only want the image to appear during t...more >>

Im having a dillema. my whole game rests on being able to access functions from a movieclip inside a movieclip in a top level layer called "Cards" to another layer called "Functions". I've used this code: [i]play_modifier_card(this.num.text);[/i] to access this function: [i]function...more >>

I created a Movie that displays flvs and has a couple of menus, and a window for displaying text. I created a class file to run it. it just extends a MovieClip. This interface is used in a flash based online course that steps through "slides". There are 5 slides that the interface, so there...more >>

:confused; I'm terrible at Actionscript and generally use Flash as an animation program. I found this neat little warping star field code on another board, and it looks very cool. However, it plays on top of anything and everything else I place on the timeline. I tried the swapDepths Actio...more >>

I'm loading a number of movies into existing mcs. Eg existingClip_mc.loadMovie("newClip"). The first line of code on the new mc sets visible to false. Before that code runs, however, as the mcs are loaded they appear momentarily and are then hidden. I've tried setting the hosting mc to visib...more >>

Hey everybody, I'm not sure how possible something like this would be, but is it possible to create some form of graphing application in flash? I'm interested in trying to create something that would graph curves and waveforms, but I'm not sure if this is even possible. Does anybody know o...more >>

I'm sure this answer is incredibly simple... argh! I'm creating an empty movie clip and loading both SWFs and GIFs into it via XML. The problem I'm having is that the SWFs are showing the content that is off-stage instead of clipping it to the stage dimensions. Do I create a mask for off-...more >>

I am using a checkbox for the first time and I have no idea how to format it. I need to find out how to change the color or font of the text and also how to change the color and background of the checkbox itself? Does anyone know how? or where I can find these answers? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi. I'm trying to get an element in a specific position so i tried something like that: "child[fn:position() = 3]" but unfortunately, it didn't work. I know i can get the element by using a ChildNodes array but it can realy make my life alot easier :). Thanks... ...more >>

If i have a large group of movieClips on the screen and i want only one visible does anyone know which of these methods would more processor intensive? a) swapping the depth of the desired mc to be seen to the top layer b) setting the visibility to true (if visibility was set to false on mov...more >>

I have a movie clip, whose instance name is unique and is 'focusfacts'. I have a function: function scaledown() { this.focusfacts.gotoAndPlay(2); trace("I've found the scaledown function"); } The function is called from a button elsewhere, and it can be found... I get the trace value...more >>

I want to upload files using filereference ie import flash.net.FileReferenceList; import flash.net.FileReference. I found a number of examples but most included php and I cant use php on the windows server I am on - only asp. I contacted Host and they told me they do not support asp.net. ...more >>

can I assign a getURL on a movieclip using an onClipEvent or would I need to create a button over the MC to do this. If I can do this directly on the MC, what would the syntax be? I cannot get it to work. thanks ...more >>

Hey guys, I have one question. I have a flash file that when you go on a particular frame it will "connect" to an flv movie and start playing (using NetStream). Heres my problem... I have other buttons on the page that take you out of the movie frame. [b]But the movie keeps on playing![/...more >>

Hello, I have a button that adds instances of a movie clip to the stage. I want to be able to scale the movie clip after it has been loaded to the stage. The following code works, but it scales eveything on the stage, not just the movie clip instance. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

hello, i have create a rollOver, thumbnail gallery in one file, and it works just fine BUT... when i load it into a different file (the rollOver page now being the external SWF), it seems to load ok, but when i rollOver the thumbs, the picture just disappears... does anyone have any thoughts...more >>

Hi all, I have a flash movie which contains 4 verrtical buttons. The movie will be used with only a scroll wheel, so I will need to replace the tab and shift+tab focus functions with mousewheel movements. Is it possible? Does anyone have an idea for a starting point? Much appreciat...more >>

I have a swf movie loading into level 2 inside the main container swf...is there any way off postioning the entire loaded movie to display 20 pixels lower and 10 pixels to the right? By default the loaded movie is positioned to the top left corner and it would be very time consuming moving ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to set the voume of an individual sound via the time line without affecting the global volume. I'll explain. You're outside a house and the rain is loud, you enter the house the rain sound decreases while background elements such as music remain constant. I've found plenty...more >>

I have been using this code on this documnet for a while al was OK. the newline seems to stop working. I have a dynamic textfield called: debago it is set for multiline. but the code: debugo.text = "some text"+newline debugo.text = "some text"+newline debugo.text = "some text"+newli...more >>

I am a designer trying to be a flash programmer and I have a navigation idea that I've been struggling with. I am simply trying to do this: put a movie on the stage and as the mouse moves closer or farther from the movie, it plays forwards and backwards. The movie I made is a circular logo ...more >>

Hi, I made a swf movie with pictures and 1 sound. The sound is imported and then scripted into the movie using attachMovie(ID:String) and the pictures are also imported and tweened. Then I generated the movie (ctrl-enter) everything runs fine like its supposed to (the sound and image all g...more >>

I am design a movie clip that having two buttons include in that movieclip, when i resize my movie clip by coding , it is resize well but, i dont want to resize that 2 buttons, can any 1 tell me how we can block that 2 buttons size where we resize th e movieclip and 2 buttons keep there ori...more >>

hello, does anybody know if there is a way to control external swf files? if i load a file into a new one, is it possible to call a function that exists in the loaded file from the loading file? for example if i have a function that moves a ball in one swf, and i load that swf into a new pag...more >>

Hi guys. At this point in time i have a brief understanding of actionscript and have the ability to make easy games without the aid of a tutorial. i am extremely interested in hopefully becoming a professional and i need somewhere to start. can any of you pros recommend a book or something tha...more >>

Hi, Currently we load external xml file and parse it for our internal use. However, parsing take time, is it possible to reduce this step? Such as serialize / de-serialize? thanks. ...more >>

Each button is in its original state set to an alpha of 30. I want each button to be set to alpha=100 when clicked and set back to alpha=30 when some other button is clicked. Anyone have a good idea? The code looks like this; function hitButton(nbrID) { btn = _root["btn"+nbrID];...more >>

Hi I did not find any export function. I found "printAsBitmap", which is great to print the whole _root movieclip. But what I want to do is to let the user copy the current display (as an image, a pdf, an emf ..) on hard drive or on clipboard, so he can put it in a word document, modify it o...more >>

Hey... this is my first significant actionscript application... and i'm almost done with it, but i've gotten to the point where it crashes flash 8 when I test it... not just the player, it crashes the whole application. I'm starting to go through and check for bugs, but i just thought I'd po...more >>

Is there a good way to detect if a mouse is no longer hovering over a flash movie? I have tried the method: if (_ymouse < 390) { if (_ymouse > 20) { if (_xmouse > 20) { if (_xmouse < 421) { gotoAndPlay(3); } } } } This method uses a border of 20px ...more >>

hi, how to get a variable back to its parent during a fucntion creation? e.g. //---------------------------------------------------------------- var ret:String = ""; var dataLoader:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); dataLoader.onData = function (contents...more >>

Hi, I have made a scrolling menu of thumbnails. A movie_clip( named as thumbs) nests another m_clip (thumbsHolder) . the second clip(thumbsHolder) is duplicated as many times as reqd. and each duplicated clip loads a jpeg file from external source. There is a button placed on second clip...more >>

Hi i have got a small problem in the Flash.. there r three flash file in my presentation..... 1.MainMovie.fla, 2.loadOur_C, 3.Sound_File.fla first i want load loadOur_C.swf in the MainMovie.swf.... this is done.... in the loadOur_C.swf there r one Main button is there if click it...more >>