I've got an external swf that I load into a movie clip using: loadMovie("Projects.swf", _root.ProjectsBox); I could swear that when I first created this website the swf would load in the background as you looked at other areas of the site, and if you clicked on the button that takes you ...more >>

Hey all, I became a Flash user about 3 months ago. I am still very much a beginner, but I am working my butt off to become an expert. Unfortunately I am not able to take face to face classes on Flash and Actionscript, so the only course of action I am left with is to work my way through tu...more >>

I'm using PHP to query a MySQL database. In this particular instance, it's retrieving song names and urls to load into a Media Controller. Here's the pertinent Actionscript: thisButton.onRelease = function() { dbQuery.action = 'getSong'; dbQuery.bandId = 25; dbQuery.sendAndLoad("htt...more >>

i.m trying to create a 3d rotation much like the widely used carousel only the rotation i desire consist of four upright movieclips resting on a slanted plane which rotate onEnterFrame to or following a tween - then pause for a given number of seconds at the four movieclips positions equal in ...more >>

Does anyone even use the Alert class to pop alerts when there's the popUpManager.createPopUp ? If so, is there any advantage of the Alert class? I'm curious, because it seems that it's so much more limited. Jim ...more >>

how do i link a button to a new scene...more >>

Greetings, all. I apologize in advance if this is the lamest question ever posted here, but I'm having a terrible time with it. Here's the deal: I have a Flash presentation document (slides). The first set of slides are an index to a video that is displayed later. In the index slides, I...more >>

Sorry to bother you again with this... i am new to flash and this is kind of overwhelming sometimes... I'm using loadMovieNum to load a swf movie as kglad suggested, and it works, but when I try to make the preloader I get stuck. I use _level1.getBytesTotal and _level1.getBytesLoaded bu...more >>

Hello, I have this code for a .mp3 player and I really need it modified slightly. The tracks play thought just fine but id like tracks to loop after they have finished playing instead of moving onto the next track in the playlist. I have small sound files which make nice ambient music when...more >>

I am creating full flash training that requires each swf to function separately simply by double-clicking the swf file. I am using classes and xml to control functionality. I use the xml to determine what type of interactivity is on the page. This works seemlessly inside the lessons becaus...more >>

I'm trying to work on reducing some of my actionscript code, to get better and more efficient in writing it. I'm at a loss as to how to reduce this code. I've tried a number of things but it never works. This is on the first frame of the actions layer within the movieclip that all the bu...more >>

I have added a simple preloader to my main movie that tells users the percentage of file left to download and a simple red bar goes across the screen to show the download procedure. I have noticed that when the main movie is loaded the preloader does not show up on screen until the movie is al...more >>

I'm loading a number of external swf files into the same movie clip instance on a main movie. Menu buttons on the main movie allow users to load the swf of their choice into the movie clip instance on the stage. I have noticed in simulated download mode that each SWF file downloads each ti...more >>

Hey all, I am in the middle of a project, which launches 6 different application (exe files). QA has sent it back to me saying that they want the "Launcher" not to open an app, if one is already running. Is there a way to check for this? I have been beating my head trying to figure it o...more >>

OK, I give up! I have tried most everything and am just not finding the correct solution. I am trying to load and run an ASP script from a Flash Document and it just wont run? My code is: ?loadVariables("SendCode.asp",0,"GET");? The ASP script works as written as I ran it directly ...more >>

I am trying to design a simple interface, but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere!!! What I am trying to do: 1. Movie clip with instance named "A" is on the main stage, with action scrip already attached to it. There is a button inside the movie clip. The action script att...more >>

hi , i want to load multiple external flash movie(.swf) in a main flash movie. it should play one by one. after playing the first movie, the second movie should be loaded and play. next the third , fourth.,....... movie. how to do this. Thanks in advance..... ...more >>

When printing text with antiAliasType = "advanced", Flash 9 player prints the text with blocky coloured backgrounds. No problems with Flash 8 plugin. Anyone found a workaround yet? ...more >>

Hi, I wanted to know how I could load a random image into the background of my website behind my main movie, so it changes everytime you go to the site (a total of 5 different images/backgrounds) How possible is this to do, are there any tutorials on this kind of subject anywhere? Than...more >>

First i don't even know if Flash can do this but i imagine so. I'm not the greatest at flash but i do know how to use the program so if someone can answer this question no matter how technical i will understand it. Ok, heres my question: this may be a rediculas question but i must know ho...more >>

I am loading an external .swf file and it's too large for the empty mc I'm loading it into. In the example below I need to resize "Company.swf" to the size of picsMC which is 416 x 312. Current Code: var picMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var frameClicked:String; functio...more >>

Hi Really pulling my hair out with this one. I have a draggable movie clip (a map) with various icons on. I want to be able to click on the icons to get more info. I've tried these icons as standard buttons and as movieclips with button functionality but no joy. I've tried using onRo...more >>

I'm making a navigation menu. On previous menus, I've had a movieclip of a bar that changed places on the menu to correspond to where the user is on the site. Example: If the user clicks on the "media" button, I would have the bar movieclip change position by something like: bar_mc._y = 150...more >>

I have several images that I want to load at the same time into various Movie Clips, using MovieClipLoader. I want to use as little ActionScript as possible, so I've written a few functions, the main one is this: function loadMiniPhoto(miniNum, mcNum) { var miniNum:Number; var mcNum:Nu...more >>

Ill bet no one can answer this. I have an oval that drags. I want to place a ball INSIDE the oval that will react with gravity and the movment of the oval. Like a superball inside a balloon, only 2D. Can you do this simply by somehow attaching a movie clip to the below code? I searched everyw...more >>

Forgive me if this is the improper forum for this question. I am certain that if it is, someone will kindly re-direct me. What can I say, I'm sort of a noob. Anyway, I have a single frame .swf file that is mostly actionscript that is triggered by a set of buttons. It works a charm in it's...more >>

I am real new to Flash. I have been working on a site http://d9wc.com on of many problems I am currently having difficulty in figuring out is - when you click on a button you can send it to a particular frame number (for this instance frame 99. I want it to play 99 through159. I then want...more >>

The issue goes as follows: I have a movieclip placed on the stage. When I click it, another MovieClip with a button inside it is loaded onto the stage. I am then unable to target the button inside the movieclip. I have found if I dynamically load the movieclip outside the onRelease scrip...more >>

I would like to know if somebody can help me out with this. It should be a simple problem, but I'm still learning basic actionscript. My animation has an intro and an outro. I want songs to play for the scenes, and I want the song to play through the whole movie(intro/outro) which is sever...more >>

Am trying to access the width of an image loaded using the code shown below. Obviously I know the image width but have written this code into a dynamic function that can load different images dependant on user interaction. Would like to access each images' dimension so that I can position i...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to achieve creating active button states in flash within my movieclip. My guess is it needs to be more technical than what I am attempting so if someone can point me in the right direction or even provide a snippet of code that will help, I would appreciate it. Wha...more >>

Hi, im designing a flash site for someone, and they have just asked if it is possible to make a news section on the website which they can update the text daily themselves. Is this possible? It needs to be as simple and easy for them to change the text as possible as i think there compter know...more >>

Evenin all, Can, or should Flash 8 be able to fully decode a SOAP call that return an array of objects? The reason I ask is because flash can easily decode a SOAP call that returns an object. The exact problem Im having is Flash seems to decode the SOAP call into an Array of XML items. ...more >>