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A strange question
Posted by E..B.. at 7/15/2006 10:17:25 PM
My situation is: I have a movie clip instance (a box which slides in and then 5 buttons appear on top of it) which functions as the navigation. Buttons are contained within the movie clip instance. A mouse click on a button slides the box into the "page", then another click slides it bac...more >>


flash menu in IE
Posted by phyrron at 7/15/2006 9:09:16 PM
i have designed flash menu which directs main frame to related page. flash menu stays at the top frame and have buttons to redirect the main frame to related pages(ex: geturl("news.htm", "main") .) it works in firefox but doesnt work in IE, i have updated for ActionScript due to MS update, how...more >>

MovieClip Behaving Erratically
Posted by hushhurt at 7/15/2006 7:53:26 PM
ok - I have a listner set up with a mouse event so when i move my mouse over an area, a MC fades in. problem is, it behaves erratically, sometimes i have to keep my mouse over the area for a few seconds before it finally fades in, but sometimes it fades in quickly (as intended) i have ...more >>

Removing MC from stage?
Posted by Nickname339966 at 7/15/2006 7:32:45 PM
I have a MC on stage called "label_SF" that slowly fades away. After it's completely faded (_alpha < 0), I was taught to remove the MC so it doesn't take up processing power. This is the only script I have in the file so far (just started this project), but it doesn't work: label_SF.onEnte...more >>

Double click issue on menu navigation
Posted by Tjisana at 7/15/2006 7:29:23 PM
I have some buttons on my nav bar that need to remain highlighted once clicked so users know were they are. The script works well except for the first click. The mc changes however the button is not highliged. Ont he second click all goes to normal. That gives? Any help would be greatl...more >>

Call a function or selection from HTML page?
Posted by muzicman82 at 7/15/2006 7:14:36 PM
I have a Flash SWF inside of an HTM document (technically PHP). Is it possible to set up a hyperlink to call a function in Flash and send a parameter? The scope is this: I have an MP3 in Flash. The player loads all of the MP3 files I want to play into a playlist with XML/PHP. All I want to d...more >>

Is there an easy way to find the area of a shape?
Posted by harrda at 7/15/2006 4:32:48 PM
I'm drawing a spyder chart using scores in an XML file. I use the drawing methods to connect a bunch of dots along some spokes. Once the shape is drawn, I'd like to find the area. I could use trig and get the area of each triangular wedge of the shape, but I'd like to steer clear of that if...more >>

AS2: Can main movie itself have a class?
Posted by Henri at 7/15/2006 4:20:47 PM
I know that it's possible to attach a class to a movieclip symbol. But how to attach a class to the main movie itself? What I want is to create a movie called GUI that will be loaded from a separate movie called loader: loader.swf is run by FPlayer and loads GUI.swf How can I embed a class ...more >>



Component question
Posted by Luka at 7/15/2006 3:39:48 PM
You know when you put audio cd in your stereo, and when you're on a, lets say, first track, and you choose to skip to the 15th track... the player instantly forwards it. Now, i have an external flv video file, and when i forward it via buttons in flash with myMedia.play(xyz) action where xyz i...more >>

scrollPane component's border
Posted by msabljic at 7/15/2006 3:17:33 PM
Hi guys, I am having a problem with scrollPane component, i want to remove it's border entirely but i can't succeed. I tried with myscrollpane.setStyle("borderStyle", "none"); which removes border but only until I scroll or click anywhere inside scrollPane and then that green highli...more >>

Img tag in dynamic html text fields
Posted by stephan.k at 7/15/2006 2:47:57 PM
Hi Forum I have a dynanmic text field which reads html from a mySQL server with php. I got almost everything working which is very excciting. The only thing that doesnt work is the align attribute of the <img> tag. Right now I don't have any control over the text flow around the image (...more >>

gotoFrameLabel after FLV complete.
Posted by SugnaShane at 7/15/2006 2:44:24 PM
Hi everyone, http://www.pbats.com/dev/ I would like to make the timeline go to a specified frame after the FLV has completed playing and preload the FLV. I've tried the provided code in Flash Help but need more details. See what I have so far. The video is fading in and out due to edit...more >>

Buttons that react to each other
Posted by falldowngoboom at 7/15/2006 2:20:44 PM
I've tried to figure it out... and have no clue how to get this to work. I have 4 words... home, work, contact, links... I'd like them to be buttons that when you roll over the one the others on the right to them would be pushed to the right as the one that's being hovered over enlarges a bit....more >>

RPG Game
Posted by DarkVortex at 7/15/2006 1:39:19 PM
im creating an RPG game. It is where a red ball is against a blue ball. the options are attacking or defending. if you press attack it tells the ball to goto the frame in which it is attacking, the same is with defending. what i need help with is that i am trying to get the other ball to lose ...more >>

onloadProgress for sound
Posted by wally_errrr at 7/15/2006 12:04:20 PM
Hi there, Is there anyway to get the download progress of a sound? My sounds are downloading fine, it would be just good to know how long there is left. Thanks Nathan...more >>

lottery effect
Posted by VaheMark at 7/15/2006 11:16:10 AM
I've tried different ways to solve this problem, but couldn't figure out a way to get away with it... i want something like two pictures one above the other, where the one in front is the same as in the back but black and white, and the one in the back is colorful. and with an action script i ...more >>

TextInput/Buttons in A Masked Movie
Posted by wavuti at 7/15/2006 4:13:18 AM
I have a form that that has some textinput components plus a submit button. The form is included as a movie clip within a masked movie. For some reason, both the input fields and button are disabled in the movie. When I remove the mask, the form works with no problems. Is there any workaround?...more >>

Call for Help- Flash Ecommerce
Posted by fanmap81 at 7/15/2006 2:16:20 AM
Hello everybody. I was wondering if anybody would be able to lend me a hand on this website im working on. the current url for it right now is: www.fantasticfantasymm.com/CovalierBranded Click on the link on the left side stripe that says "The Brand". Im trying to build an e-store i...more >>

HELP, HELP Please!
Posted by KelFisher at 7/15/2006 1:56:21 AM
Help! Can anyone help please? I'm tryng to figure out how the technique at www.advertisingdesign was done. It's a cool bit of Flash animation (floating words), and I need to learn the technique in a hurry! It's not my site, so I don't have the source fla. I've seen it before on another site....more >>

help please(eveyone plz help/work to gether w/ me)
Posted by Jimmathy at 7/15/2006 1:24:53 AM
okay, i know as soon as i post this you will all think that im absolutely nuts and that im not expirienced enough(which im not) to pull this off. Here's the deal and please post anything that might help with this, any little bit WILL HELP A LOT!!!!!! I enjoy making flash games and i have alwa...more >>

Button code
Posted by bibliomania at 7/15/2006 12:18:15 AM
I have a swf that loads into a master swf. I've placed a button on the swf that's going into the master that onRelease needs to advance the user to the next frame in the master swf but I can't figure out how to make it work (am still on training wheels with actionscript). Am I wrong in think...more >>

Serial port control
Posted by Anne at 7/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
Dear all: Can I control the serial port with FlashMX, Send/Receive data from serial port?. What do I need? Can you send me a sample if can do this? Thank you very much. ...more >>

Zoom Class
Posted by FlashAmit at 7/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
Can you please suggest a use of Zoom Class and explain the zoom parameters... Zoom(content:MovieClip, transParams:Object, manager:TransitionManager) ...more >>

Smooth Drag
Posted by Walloompoom at 7/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, Is there a way to ease draging? so that there is a slight delay and easing when you move your mouse across the stage. This would be a startDrag...more >>

How to load a movie once?
Posted by Angyl at 7/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
I'm building a site where each "page" is a stopped frame. Frame 1 is the preloader which when loaded, goes to and Stops frame 3 which is "home" of my movie. On the Home frame I have the action script and loader to stream an flv movie and it loads a movie using the NetStream. The movie i...more >>


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