Hello all, i started to use components to try and speed some things up ( more into easy things up since components are supposed to make things easier ) but got an even bigger problem while trying to make some things easy. point is i put an Accordion Component in the stage and fead some swf...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a PowerPoint-esque presentation where a user watches and listens to a loaded swf in the main movie, clicks the next button (which unloads the swf, advances to the next frame and loads the next swf), and watches the next one. Lather, rinse, repeat. Some of the sections ar...more >>

Hey, Im having some issues with some sound I put into my file and Im wondering if I could get some suggestions. If you can only answer one or two that would be awesome, just answer what you know. :) 1. I've linked a small sound file to loop through out the movie. Is it possible to,...more >>

I'm having a brain cramp. How do I change this to load layer 300, instead of the root layer? onClipEvent (load) { total = _root.getBytesTotal(); } do I just change it to this? onClipEvent (load) { total = 300.getBytesTotal(); } ...more >>

I am trying to create a interactive information movie like this: http://www.mavtech.cc/index.asp I want to be able to have the user click a button and have it unload the current "page" and load the new "page" So how do I program it to know what "page" is currently loaded so it knows to...more >>

How can I control the property of a movie clip in the parent movie, from the child movie? I've got a parent movie that loads separate movies into it. I want to move a clip in the parent when the child movie loads. I've tried all of the following in an actions layer in the child timeline wit...more >>

hi, i`ve beeing having problems with pipeline order of movieclip actions, like enterframe, onMouseMove. I would like to sort the pipeline but i can`t find where. I`ve already changed depths but it dosen`t change witch movieclip enterframe goes first. if anyone know anything about it plea...more >>

I am new to Flash and in need of help. I have built a site with multiple movies with using loadMovieNum script. I have an animated main page which needs to be reloaded when 'HOME' is clicked; however, it needs to start not from the frame 1 but from the last frame of the movie so the viewers...more >>

Is there a way to declare a data object (at runtime) from a string descriptor? For example, lets say I load a text file that contains the following string: "{name:"bob", age:42, location:"earth"}". Is there a way to then have Flash parse the string and interpret it as an Object object in memor...more >>

I saw a new progress bar, with new animation and easing. This looks more beautiful, I have tried to make a progress bar like this one, but I couldn't. Please tell me tutorial how to make progress bar with easing ... See this progress bar at: http://www.greenovia.net/ I want to make sam...more >>

I downloaded the Alpha version of the Flash 9 and was trying out a few AS 3.0 statements and then was just checking to see if there was AS 3.0 language support in the help menu and it either isn't there, or I wasn't bright enough to find it. A little help? ...more >>

I've got a button in my flash movie with a script attached to open a new flash movie in a pop-up window. Is it possible to have the script just launch the new flash movie without it being embedded in an HTML file? My issue is that I'm trying to have this pop-up window sized exactly to my f...more >>

I'm creating a small flash file to do some compounding interest calculations for me, unfortunitly I goofed somewhere if not a few places. Depending on what I enter, it may or may not comeout correctly. Sometimes it'll give NaN as the answer, sometimes negatives if I go way too high with balanc...more >>

Hi all, I have a flash piece where the user needs to enter info into an input textbox. If the user does not put anything into the textbox, upon clicking the 'Submit' button, the box will appear with the text "please enter an answer." What is the actionscript needed to make it so after thi...more >>

>>This was a Flash 7 file. Which originally was a Flash 4 file...? Otherwise, when you're in Europe, your cpu is probably cooking :grin;...more >>

I have just managed to figure out how to get a button to work, and now I get the message 'Macromedia flash player has stopped a pontentially unsafe operartion'! It says that I need to go and edit the settings, so I have gone to the part of adobe/macromedia website clicked always allow, but...more >>

I am presently creating a site in Dreamweaver and a Slide Show intro in Flash, how do I link the two so that after the Flash intro plays it goes directly to the dreamweaver site? I have tried a few codes but NOTHING is working. PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I created an empty movieclip and figure out why it dosn't duplicate when I store it in a for loop and extend its _x cordinates....please help thanks var duplicate:Function = function(){ var holder = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("objectholder", 1); with (holder) { attachMovie("klp.jpg...more >>

I asked previously about this subject about controlling MCs from the main timeline via AS. However, the code I use does not work correctly and will not advance the movie along the way I intend it . Two crabs are tossing a disc back and forth. These nested clips need to trigger each other i...more >>

I am new to flash 8 pro and I am having problems with getting a URL and I can't figure out what is wrong, could you let me know please. The code I have at present is as follows: button.onRelease = function(getURL){ getURL("http://www.website.com", "_blank"); }; The buttons name i...more >>

Ok, this might be hard to explain (and a little long), but it will be really thankful if someone can answer this problem I am having. I am moving a character around the stage and when this character collides with another object (enemy/character), I tell it to: gotoAndPlay('this_scene', 1...more >>

Hello, I am curious if anyone else has encountered the following: [Q]Automactic conversion performed to update your ActionScript to Flash MX 2004: * The old string congatenation operator '&' was converted to 'add'[/Q] [Q]Automactic conversion performed to update your ActionScript to F...more >>

When I create just a .swf file, my close button works, but when I choose to create a projector file, it doesn't work. I am using the following code for my close button. btn_Close1.onPress = function() { getURL("javascript:window.close()"); } Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

I have a “wipe” that is a bunch of balloons rising across the stage, leaving a message, image, whatever, after they are done. I can do this at author time using instances of a balloon_mc (to allow minor “jiggle” of each baloon), varying their color and creating individual motion tweens. I...more >>

Hi, I would like to create a class in action script 2.0 to be used as a component class file, and i want the flash movie containing the component to be published to flash 6 and to be supported by all flash players 6. Specifically i would like to extend MovieClip class and use "inspectable"...more >>

Guys, I've inherited a project which saves a data file into the root of the current users My Documents folder. I need to load this data into another flash player but can't seemt o find a way of flash targeting the said folder. i can't use : C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\My Docume...more >>

I have created few key frames and put some instances [b]True or False[/b] and some of [b]Multiple Choice Component[/b] (each instance on separed keyframe). In Component Inspector -> Opstions (on the bottm) -> navigation I set opstion "Auto go to next frame." Almoust every thing works f...more >>

O.K. I'm pretty rusty, and I often get things cross linked between different scripting and programming languages, but here goes. I am making a slide show with the standard forward and back buttons, but want to have an auto-play option that allows the viewer to stop, go back, or go forward wit...more >>

all i need is a script that will add a cookie when the page is loaded. and check if the cookie exists before its added. this is so when someone watches the header of my site it will only play once and when they click the next link it will not play the vid again. ...more >>

I have learn AS three months.But I never use "Class". So who can give me some project about "class"...more >>

I have two values, angles in radians, that I compare in an if statement. "if(a==b){do this}". I trace 'a' and 'b' and I can see that they are the same. I have even rounded the values to 4 decimal places. They trace as the same but the 'do this' does not run every time. So i did a trace of (a -...more >>

I've set up a presentation in flash with about 28 pages. From any one of those pages you can access an asp page - eg. getURL("MapPage.asp?CountryNo=24"). That happens without any problem but when I want to jump back to the swf file the browser refreshes the page and the swf file starts from t...more >>

Hi Is it possible to draw a curve with multiple interpolation points, similar to a spline with the drawing api. Any suggestions would be helpfull....more >>

Are there any possibilities to use a comparable function (onClipEvent for movie clips) for buttons. They should follow the mouse! Thanks in advance....more >>

Like this: this.attachMovie("presentation", "presentation_mc", "the mc where I want to load into");...more >>

Hi to All... plz check this path.. http://rapidshare.de/files/24980412/DummyTestFiles.zip.html i have uploaded files here any plz help me on loadmovie with gotoAndPlay... its simple but i dont know where i m going wrong.... plz help me..... Thnx in advance Satish Kumar Raj...more >>

Hi all, solid member I'm currently designing an HTML site that will include flash animations, Does any one have a clue on how to controll flash movies (i.e. play, stop) using HTML. Gabe ...more >>

Hi Everybody!! In my actual web project I need the following code (on object, e.g. a ball) for following the mouse: onClipEvent (load) { _x = 0; _y = 0; speed = 10; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { endX = _root._xmouse; endY = _root._ymouse; _x += (endX-_x)/speed; _y +...more >>