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Flash + Comm Ports + On/Off Signal
Posted by Welding Guy at 8/15/2006 11:00:47 PM
Can flash communicate with COMM ports? Can flash send an electronic on/off signal? Time to see if flash is robust! Any help is appreciated....more >>


Easing MovieClip playback
Posted by knucklenutz at 8/15/2006 10:16:08 PM
Hello all, I have had recent success developing a horizontal scrolling menu that eases into place based on the user's mouse position. I have recently received a request to do something similar, but instead of easing the X position of the clip, I would need to ease the playback of the clip...more >>

Button embedded in MC (Call gotoAndPlay)
Posted by MoonPilot at 8/15/2006 7:08:06 PM
Well, I have a MC named "panel". Inside "panel" are multiple buttons. One button is named "nflbut". When the panel MC is loaded the individual buttons scroll across the screen and stop via mouseover. I want to use AS for a rollover of "nflbut" which will gotoAndPlay another MC (textmc) below t...more >>

Any way to avoid having to click to activate...
Posted by RSHerhuth at 8/15/2006 6:48:13 PM
I published my flash movie and everything is working well thanks to those who helped me! Upon deploying the Flash movie I was a bit disturbed that a leabel comes up telling the user to click to activate the control. Is there any way to make the control active by default? This is potentia...more >>

Fade out FLV?
Posted by createmedia at 8/15/2006 6:40:41 PM
Hello all, I am trying to fade out an FLV file that is playing with a button object? Does anyone know if this is possible? I need to fade out the audio/video...and go to another frame... Appreciate any help you can give.. thanks, john ...more >>

flash 8 detection
Posted by _flash_m at 8/15/2006 4:38:14 PM
can any body give me some input on how to go about adding a 8 detection on to my html page...more >>

Button click loads a new URL...HOW?
Posted by RSHerhuth at 8/15/2006 4:32:47 PM
Sorry for the basic question but I am trying to get this Flash app done. I have a button on the main timeline. I want to have the button cause a new page to load in the current window. I tried this, but it didn't work...what is the correct syntax to make this happen? Thanks! Ron ...more >>

Running a function on a different movieclip
Posted by Josh Pratt at 8/15/2006 3:52:51 PM
Here's how I've got my stuff laid out: main_mc (movieclip) - maincode(movieclip) - text1(movieclip) I've got a bunch of code on the maincode movieclip. On there I have a function called "enablebuttons", which enables buttons that are on that movieclip. On the text1 mov...more >>



New popup window from flash.....
Posted by setmybabyfree at 8/15/2006 3:43:31 PM
Hi people just wondering if anyone can help me. I want to create a new customizable popup window containing a SWF from clicking a button from the main flash website. The code i've put in the new window <head> tag looks like this: ============================== <script language="javas...more >>

How to use Action Sctipt 2 or 3 in Linux
Posted by rochribre1 at 8/15/2006 3:39:51 PM
I need to see the page flash in linux, how I do to see this pages if there aren't flash player for linux. thanks....more >>

Loadvars Undefined?
Posted by marcofella at 8/15/2006 3:38:01 PM
I?m having a few problems with some actionscript. Basically when I test the SWF file without it being embedded in an HTML file (just by testing it in Flash itself) it formats the number perfectly. However when I place the file in an HTML page it returns an ?undefined? response to the variabl...more >>

.NET 2.0 C# Web Service File Upload Via FileReference
Posted by JohnWolff at 8/15/2006 3:13:09 PM
I?m trying to upload a file to a Web Service. Ultimately, we are submitting the file from a Flash 8 application that uses Macromedia?s flash.net.FileReference class. I?ve written a web service in C# on the .NET 2.0 Framework using Visual Studio 2005. It is configured to accept the binary...more >>

Please Help...Dynamic Text not displaying
Posted by RSHerhuth at 8/15/2006 2:45:54 PM
Hi, I created a simple Dynamic Text object and placed it directly on a layer in the main movie timeline. I also have several buttons on the stage. Each button has a script that looks like this: on (rollOver) { for (i=100;i>=50;i--) { _btnInstance2._alpha=i; _btnInstanc...more >>

3d rotation
Posted by microes at 8/15/2006 2:43:21 PM
var count:Number = 0; function around() { count++; if (count<180) { this._x = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX; this._y = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY; var s = (this._y - perspective) /(centerY+radiusY- perspective); this._y -= (this._x-(centerX-radiusX))/Math.sqrt(...more >>

Open a jpg picture in a pop menu
Posted by OneTimeObi1 at 8/15/2006 2:24:14 PM
I want to be able to load a picture using a button so it opens in its own window not the swf file, or browser window. Can anyone help....more >>

Can I load a movieclip in same swf into different layer?
Posted by Josh Pratt at 8/15/2006 2:09:41 PM
Is it possible to put or load a movieclip into a different layer inside the same swf file? I've got a swf loaded into level 5. But, within that same swf, I'd like to be able to load 4 movieclips in that library into level 6. Can I do that? If so, how? ...more >>

Sounds, Timelines, Controls, Oh My!
Posted by THEwagner at 8/15/2006 1:59:44 PM
Greetings, I am using a MovieClipLoader to load external SWFs into a blank movie clip. I have created buttons in the main SWF that pauses and plays the external SWFs, but I don?t know how to pause and play the audio track embedded within the same timeline. (example: User hits pause: Anim...more >>

mouse rollover and sound problem
Posted by dj.michaud at 8/15/2006 1:40:27 PM
I NEED HELP!! I developed a website (www.rivertowngym.com) and on the website the buttons I created, some work some do not. I built them all the same. Please go to the above site and scroll over HOME and RATES page. See how these do not change color, and the other do. I think i must be over...more >>

javascript in page invokes function in swf?
Posted by Bruce McMurry at 8/15/2006 12:25:04 PM
In Flash MX (6), is it possible to have a javascript function in the page housing the swf, call a function within the swf itself?... If so, how?... any tutorials or references you know of?... examples?...more >>

How do I externally control which frame a button directs the movie to?
Posted by srelberger at 8/15/2006 4:24:20 AM
I have a website I am building for a client where the client wants to be able to decide what page the "home" button goes to on his whim. So, what I want to figure out what I would need to enter as an expression or other type of code for a "on release gotoandstop" which would read a line of tx...more >>

Check what version of flash they are using
Posted by AntiSocialLord at 8/15/2006 3:50:47 AM
I have a script but it only works on flash 8 and below so i want it to do sumthin else for flash 9, is there any way to detect it?...more >>

attachMovie fails
Posted by Semantica at 8/15/2006 1:11:21 AM
I am trying to attach a movie and everytime I try to pass a variable that contains a colon in it, it blows. The variable is a string and I am using strong typing. Any idea on I can get around this. NOTE: I started learning Actionscript about an hour ago. I am trying to fix a bug in ...more >>

Crash course in Drop Down Menus
Posted by Wallpe70 at 8/15/2006 12:57:55 AM
I am reletively new at Flash web site development. I am working on a Flash web site for a client and they are asking for drop dow menus. I am somewhat familiar with making movie clips but I don't know enough about action scripting to make functional drop down menus. Does anyone know where ...more >>

Strangness.... loading text
Posted by Dyer55 at 8/15/2006 12:56:47 AM
I am loading some text from a text file into a Dynamic text field via Actionscript using LoadVars. Easy stuff. My code works properly and everything is loading fine. That is until I angle the text field. If I load my text into a angled text field it doesn't show up at all. The way I have ...more >>

Overlapping movie clips!?
Posted by philzzz at 8/15/2006 12:44:08 AM
Hi, on my website at www.flip-media.com, I have overlapping movieclips in the SERVICES section... The first mc has rollovers with sound. When we press on one of them, it loads another mc ontop of itself... The problem is, the mc underneath is still selectable... This causes great confusion... ...more >>

Fade transitions
Posted by Tom Lyon at 8/15/2006 12:41:05 AM
I have built a controlled slide show in Flash MX (now using 8) using buttons to advance from one slide to another. I'd like to add a transition that would fade in and out between slides instead of just jumping from one image to another, creating a smoother transition. Does anyone have any idea...more >>

easeInOut
Posted by kingdom29 at 8/15/2006 12:24:23 AM
How can I make this script easeInOut on (release) { _root.studio_mn._x = 0.0; _root.studio_mn._y = 153.1; } Thanks...more >>

XMLSocket crossdomain problem on Flash 8
Posted by todau at 8/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, there: I have a flash application using XMLSocket connecting to another socket server. Everything worked fine with a proper crossdomain.xml setting as suggested in flash document. However, thing changs when I download and evaluate Flash 8.... My application build by Flash 8 doesn...more >>

Arrays and timeline position
Posted by bertocorredor at 8/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
How can I use _currentframe (or other action) to interact with my array, I mean, I want to get the value 10 of my array when my flash timeline is in frame 10, the value 20 when the timeline frame is 20, and so on... If it's not the right approach, please let me know your ideas. ...more >>


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