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 >>

Hello, I have a flash movie (.swf) embeded into a page from a different domain. What I'm trying to do is to redirect the main page from the swf movie Everything works fine using getURL() but only when the page the flash movie are on the same domain Any ideas ? ...more >>

Every object has events that you can simply code in the main frame1 eg object.onPress for a button. I read the listener events are for objects to communciate with each other as the main difference, but some objects i see have listener events but only deal with itself. I am confused as ...more >>

Hi,all,I import image from outside with following method ,but how to get w3c_main.png's property about width and height ? I'll appreciate for your reply .. var mcLoader=new MovieClipLoader() mcLoader.loadClip("http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_main.png", image); or image.LoadMovie("http://w...more >>

I'm having trouble scrolling. When I scroll my mc it the text turn invisible 1/2 way down. The mc is 2783 pixels in height. I do not see why it should be limited if code is set to 100. Can anyone please help me? [CODE]// Yes, this is a constant loop... onClipEvent (enterFrame) { ...more >>

hello, is there ANY way to get something like a "screen capture" of an swf created at runtime? i know of an example by 'sephiroth', using getPixel, but it uses PHP and i am using ASP... i need to send this image to an html page. any help greatly appreciated. ...more >>

hi guys...not sure why , but this is not working as planned. i am trying to make a custom moviecliploader. As of now, it loads the first two images, and then then stops. On my main movie , i call the class like this: var here:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("here", this.getNextHighes...more >>

Hi, I'm loading some XML data into Flash which looks like this: <slideNode jpegURL="image.jpg" name = "Bill Benn" title="Train Driver" desc="Text to be placed here and ramble and blah blah">More text denoting something</slideNode> What I would like to do is to declare certain words as ...more >>

If I want to load an image which takes up more than the screen, can I load part of the image somehow, eg for a case where you have a large background for a game, and you only want to load part of it or just a 64X64 pixels tile chunk at a time. ...more >>

is there any possibility if we have MP3 files to generate automatically a flash having this audio inside. we do have lots of mp3 and problems to use Microsoft Mediaplayer from your Web Application. Now we tested with a flash having only an audio inside and this is working fine. But we have...more >>