I'm having trouble with removing a movie clip. This is the area of code in question: _root.ContentContainer.swapDepths(0); removeMovieClip(_root.ContentContainer); _root.createEmptyMovieClip("ContentContainer", _root.getNextHighestDepth()); buildQuestion(questionNum); The "ContentCon...more >>

I need to store a rather large amount of information from my swf. It would be nice if it would store the data as variables but I can make something to interpret text too. I read something once about cookies but I couldn't get it too work. (I'm using Flash MX 2004) Any idea how I can save i...more >>

Hi, I'm using Flash 8 Professional and am trying to make a movie clip play and stop from the main timeline using gotoAndPlay. I got this to work on another movie clip, but it just doesn't work with this one. On a given keyframe I put: valve_w.gotoAndPlay(2); to make it play to a certain ...more >>

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hey, Ev'rybody, I'm having a trouble with my componnet Window in my site... I made a pop-up window and I turn on the close button in the window, but when I press the window doesn't desappear, please help me because I don't know what I must do, You can see it http://iglesiadiospentecostal.o...more >>

I am trying to animate a MC in once a rollover on another mc has been detected. here is my code: musicPlayer._x = -185; musicPlayer._y = -538 musicPlayer._alpha = 0; function musicMove() { musicPlayer._alpha++; musicPlayer._x++; musicPlayer._y++; updateAfterEvent(); } ...more >>

In this multi-dimensional array (groupChannel) I am planning to have its child elements as an associative array. So say there is 12 elements inside groupChannel and each of those 12 elements are going to have child elements. Those child elements are going to contain data, so an associative a...more >>

I need help as a new user on how to make a dynamic text box pop-up text on rolling over a button in a frame. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...more >>

hey LuigiL, do you have an email? i'd like to ask you a question....more >>

when using the onRollOver event for a movieClip is there anyway to stop it blocking all the contents on the movieClip being selected etc. I.e. I have a input textfield inside a movieClip, the movieClip has an onRollOver event assigned to it. When i test the movie and roll over the movie clip...more >>

Is there to _xscale and _yscale external .swf after loading them? Is there a way to 'talk' to the external .swf file after loading and placing it on the stage? By this I mean: will I be able to send variables/commands/functions back and forth from the playing movie and the external .swf fi...more >>

I have a text instance called Btn1txt and I'm trying to make it fade in when the user clicks the button that this code is assigned to. It seems to lock my computer when I try this so does anyone know a solution? on (release) { while(Btn1txt._alpha <= 100){ sleep(.1); Btn1txt._alph...more >>

Hi I'm new to flash and I need a bit of help with some php/actionscript stuff. I've made an entire webpage out of flash and I need a form for it but I just can't seem to do it. Its a fantasy football webpage and i need a submit lineup form. I have the text boxs Team, QB, RB1, RBWR, WR2, WRTE, ...more >>

Hello, I am not a web designer by trade but love to teach myself so go easy on me... I have Flash 8 and I have a full working movie for my website I generated. I also made a buttton that will start the movie. But I cant seem to add the action on keypress to trigger it. Would someone mind giv...more >>

When writing a class file how can you refer to the onMouseOver function of a movieClip of the class?...more >>

Hi all, I have a movie clip containing about 200 other movie clips. I want to write a fuction that returns the name of the clicked movie clip. Ofcourse iI want to avoid to write 200 separate handlers for each movie clip. Any clever idea? Thanx in advance ...more >>

hi, i am facing problem in using actionscript because i am a beginner. i am creating a game where i need my users to find 7hidden items from scene1, after they get all the 7 items it will automatically link to the scene2 which is the 'game over' scene. I created those 7 items as buttons, sho...more >>

Hi, I have constructed a form which collects information over a series of "pages". The input is held as _global variables and is then used to create a financial quote for services. So far all *seems* to be working OK. However, I am now, officially, Out Of My Depth. I need to send a ...more >>

I'm building a photo gallery, and I want to use the Windows's Thumbs.db file, and to use it's thumbnails instead of start resizing all the photos myself. Is it possible to read the Thumbs.db file with Actionscript? I know it can be done with C... ...more >>

I have created some Movie Clip buttons that are a little animated. Upon selecting one button it falls out of view. At that point it becomes inactive. If the user selects another button then it will do the same, but I wish for the first button to become active again (realize by button I mean...more >>

Hi all, I have to count the number of files in a folder and their respectives name in it using flash.Is it possible to do it by JSFL. can anyone give me samples regarding this.thanks in advance. Regards, S.Hidayath ...more >>

Sure could use some help here.:disgust;...more >>

Hi people I have a simple question about preloaders. I didn't found an answer in this forum. Ok, I have a MC on the root of my scene, in this mc I have an another mc, and in this second mc I have a third mc where I load an external file. This several times. The question is: when I place...more >>

Hi all, I'm here due to the lack of assistance at Flashkit. I have a mc button in a movie clip, that i want to, when rollOver, play another movieClip within the current movieclip. I've only gotten it to partially work. At one point i got it to work when testing the scene, but when testing ...more >>

I create a filled square with a one pixel line around it. I make the width and height 100 pixels. I create a symbol out of this and then run the debugger. While the flash environment says the square is 100x100, the _width and _height properties equal 101 and 101. If I do the same a...more >>

Flash contintues to get worse with every improvement to the point where it's almost as useless as the online manual whiich takes half an hour to open and finds trillions of results for every keyword and none for what I want to know. I spent ages learning Flash a couple of versions ago and its ...more >>