Hi, I'm building an expandable flash banner that plays video clips. You rollover a static image to open out a larger playback area. With this area I have an FLVPlayback window that i'm loading different clips into using a menu of buttons. There is also the option to close the banner to ...more >>

Hi I have a flash 8 combobox which I populate from a remoting call. The problem is that the width doesnt automatically resize for the text added to it. If I force a width using _width, it stretches the component. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance Shaun ...more >>

I have a movie clip (mc) I want to be able to drag around the screen with the mouse. The problem is within the mc I have some buttons, and these buttons stop working when I use the standard drag code for the mc. Below is the code I am using to drag the mc: mc.onPress = function() :Void {...more >>

i have built a drop down menu with xml and actionscript but i need multiple instances of the menu on the stage so i want to detect when the mouse touches the stage so i may close all current open menus. thanks ...more >>

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Hi, I searched in previous threads here and discovered that the only way to get the stage width and height of a SWF that you load in is to "create a rectangle on the first page of the imported SWF that is the same height and width as the document" - Is that still true? - Or has there been ...more >>

It will be local so could you explain what a wrapper for the projector is? Thanks....more >>

if i get my images from a .txt file, i think i have to use: g_img_urls[g_cur_page] and maybe loadMovie??? im not really sure, ive never had to do enlarge b4... some help on the script for the button would help me soooo much.. Thanks everyone ...more >>

I have a dynamic text field (W: 403.3, H: 45.6) with font Trebuchet MS, fontsize 35. I want to display a variable in here (an album name to be precise) which is pulled in from an XML file. However, if the variable text is longer than 23 characters, the text gets cut off at the end of the ...more >>

OK, this is a real noob question and I think I already know the answer but I?d like some conformation of my fears ;-) ? is there any way to globally mute sound effects placed in timeline layers or do I really have to make sound objects out of each and every one of them and use soundObject.setV...more >>

Hi, wondered if anyone could help me. I really like the way the images appear when clicked on in the gallery section of this website http://www.graemeswinton.co.uk Could anyone point me in the right direction, or know any tutorials i could follow to replicate this effect?? Thanks so much f...more >>

I need to create approximately 5 questions with yes/no answers for a self-assessment check. All the results need to be showed in a summary, so there are no right or wrong answers. I've had a look at the quiz templates and wondered if they could be modified in some way? I don't know very muc...more >>

Hi! Is it possible to know which MovieClip is at location x, y ? Thanks....more >>

Hello, I created a flash movie that has a "Contact us" form, that sends name, email, phone number and comments to an ASP.NET web page that acts as an email relay. If it is able to contact the ASP page, then it displays a "success" message. If it is unable to contact the server or if the ...more >>

I want to load a gif file into a movieclip and rotate it around its center point. But my code rotates the picture around the 0,0 point in the top right corner. var cx:Number = Stage.width / 2; var cy:Number = Stage.height / 2; import flash.display.BitmapData; //my picture 506px by ...more >>

Most of the Flash game books are still written in procedural code, sometimes with a small example of oop in .as files. I'm looking for some really good examples of simple arcade games written using best practise AS2 OOP (compatible with AS3 practises). 1. I'm assuming this will include m...more >>

Hi All, My problem is related to language inplementation in actionscripting. I am involved in development of a website.In which i am working on flash applications. This website is multilingual. We have finished working in English version and now we are looking for development in another l...more >>

I know this is most inelegant and I'm wondering if there is an easy way to clean this up rather than repeating it 12 times. (A fair number of eyes roll skyward about now - I'm a newb) How would I write a function that would take care of all of them, given that the instance names of each ob...more >>

I received a flash file that uses 'import' and 'include' statements for a number of external class files. The author has given me the published file and it was OK. However, when I tried publishing the FLA file from my system (I am using Flash 8 on a mac and the author uses its windows version)...more >>

Hi fellow flashers, My jsfl traverses an fla file looking for movie clips, it is working just fine but takes longer times for larger fla files causing flash to dispaly a message telling me that the jsfl is taking long time and whether I want to continue or not. How can I suppress this ...more >>

Hi, I've created an interactive map that loads data from XML. The map is made from several areas (MCs, currently 16) - all positioned in a "mega MC" that holds the map together. The JPG are loaded externally respectively to the area MC that it belongs to. The problem is that the Map MC (t...more >>

Hi forum, I'm working on jsfl routine that traverses the fla file looking for every movie clip. My routine is recursive meaning that each time I find a movieclip I call the enterEditMode('inPlace') function and then call the main function again. The problem is that I can't perform an ed...more >>

Hi there, I donwloaded a sample ffrom www.macromedia.com/go/component_samples. which embeeds check box , combobox into a list component..... I placed a new button on the stage called selectAll_btn , on clicking this button I should be ablt to make all the checkboxes in the list compo...more >>

Ok, here is a tricky one: I've got a project which was working correctly on all the platforms and browsers (early XP as well) and now the same disc is not working anymore only on windows XP machines. I suspect some security update might be the cause of some conflict with the javascript in ...more >>

This works by creating a bitmap on the fly then loading , but how do i work with a bitmap loaded in library from a file? import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.geom.Rectangle; import flash.geom.Point; var bitmapData_1:BitmapData = new BitmapData(100, 80, false, 0x00CCCCCC); va...more >>

Hello, I mad 2 frames with on frame one the normal button and a code that it has to go to frame2 onRollover. On frame 2 there is the rollover button and I have got this code on the button on(rollOut){ gotoAndPlay(1); } What is the question. I want that after the rollout the roll...more >>

hi all, can u please suggest me some tips to improve performance of flash file using action script. thanks in advance....more >>

Hi there, Im trying to set a shared object to set the color of two mc's. everything works up to the point of my_color.setTransform(myColorTransform); which trace's undefined. I cant see whats heppening here. can you? dataFile = SharedObject.getLocal("myData"); // Set color var my...more >>

Does anyone know where I can download an older version of the flash player (pre7), so that I can test to see if my flash detection is working? thanks jonny,...more >>

Long time proceedural programmer trying to switch to OOP. Using the book "Object Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8" I've created the example of a class with a movieclip passed to it as a parameter. Trying to expand that to an array of clips/classes and without success. Here's the class: ...more >>

I have a slideshow that is working with one slight problem. When the photo comes up, it acts like a button, meaning it is clickable. the link doesn't work of course, but I can't figure out how to make it so it's just an image. I have attached the actionscript I'm using. stop(); var t...more >>

I have an AVI video imported into a library. Then drug and drop this AVI into a movieclip. Now in this movieclip timeline I see all 120 frames making the avi file. If I wanted to place some AS code into a certain frame, how do I do that? I understand, I need first to convert this frame into a ...more >>

Hi, wondered if anyone could help me. I really like the way the images appear when clicked on in the gallery section of this website http://www.graemeswinton.co.uk. Could anyone point me in the right direction, or know any tutorials i could follow to replicate this effect?? Thanks so much ...more >>

Heya, So if you visit http://www.hookmedia.biz/cabinet_source/v4_f and you access the "contact us" page you'll see that once you complete and submit the form that it does not direct you to the thank you page. I can figure out why, can someone please help? Thanks. The .fla can be acc...more >>

Hi everyone... I just completed the relative scrolling content tutorial found on this page: http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/intermediate/relative_scrolling/rel_scrol _1.shtml as I'm looking to create a similar effect on a client's web site. However, when I go to test the animation I cr...more >>

I am working on a site that has two swf files communicating to each other via javascript. It works in all browsers I am targeting until recently when IE on a PC has stopped working properly. Has anyone experienced a similiar issue recently? I was wondering whether it had to do with the new...more >>

I'm using Flash PLayer 8, ActionScript 1.0 and have this piece of code: <CODE> this.createEmptyMovieClip("img_mc", 999); var my_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var mclListener:Object = new Object() mclListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc:MovieClip, numBytesLoaded:Num...more >>

Is it possible to have external actionscript that can be edited and saved simply due to actions in the swf it is a part of? For instance, have a website that users must log in to with the ability to "remember" them. So that after they've logged in on thier computer and chose to "remember"...more >>

hi all, i've got 3 swfs: call them 1, 2, and 3. i have a function in swf2 that i want to run when the viewer presses a button in swf3. if 2 is nested in 1, and 3 is nested in 2, how would i go about running a script in 2 from a script in 3? i tried _root.loadImage(); and _paren...more >>

hi all, i've got 3 swfs: call them 1, 2, and 3. i have a function in swf2 that i want to run when the viewer presses a button in swf3. if 2 is nested in 1, and 3 is nested in 2, how would i go about running a script in 2 from a script in 3? i tried _root.loadImage(); and parent...more >>

I've been caught in this for 2 days, please help, it's been difficult to get someone to answer my threads... Thanks I have a preloader movie that loads a movie called rotando6.swf the problem is that on the main stage I have only a movie called sphere, I need the preloader to load rotando6...more >>

I've been caught in this for 2 days, please help, it's been difficult to get someone to answer my threads... Thanks I have a preloader movie that loads a movie called rotando6.swf the problem is that on the main stage I have only a movie called sphere, I need the preloader to load rotando6...more >>

I have a problem assigning a function to the buttons is the attached file. Each attempt either causes the actioncript to stop working or doesn't work at all. I would like to add some script like [ <home>.onPress = function() ]. I just can't get it to work. Thanks for any help.:confused; ...more >>

Hi, I made sometime ago a project in flash/html which uses pop-up windows from a flash page (script) to load html/flash windows. It was working fine with the first releases of windows XP but I've tried it recently and the pop-up windows are not loaded anymore. It works fine on a mac/saf...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to load a sound into various objects created on stage dynamically. Within Flash env. and FireFox, all goes right: [num] A container MC is created A Sound object is created within that MC onLoad function is registered for each container['s].sound [/num] I can't fi...more >>

Hello, I am looking for a good comprehensive tutorial on storing data locally on a user's machine. I am creating an e-Learning app and need to have it store quiz results, etc. on the user's machine so it is there when they come back to it. Has anyone had luck with this and maybe knows whe...more >>

hi all, when i am running my swf file i am getting the message saying that " flash script causes flash player run slowly do u want abort script ". even it's not the problem of infinite loop.in that i am passing huge data. please help me how to avoid this situation. ...more >>

Hi there All, I want to use the numeric stepper to select time. I want to be able to move up and down using the numeric stepper in 15 minute intervals...can this be done. For example if the default value is 12:00 - I want to move down to chose 12:15 and up to chose 11:45. I would u...more >>

Is there any reason why the attached code shouldn't work? /******** Tab Index *********/ itemname_txt.tabIndex = 1; maincat_cbx.tabIndex = 2; var nextIndex:Number = 3; for (i=0; i<20; i++) { var size_mc:MovieClip = size_pane.content["size"+i]; size_mc.itemid_txt.tabIndex =...more >>

Can I load a symbol from the library with actionscript at run time ? Some symbols have more than 1 frame like animation and have to be created in flash and stored into a library. I want the animation to appear when i click a button, so it seems awkward to read from a file, using actonscrip...more >>