hello, i apologize if this is against the forum rules, but it seems easier just to post this link: there is a thread posted by my programmer about trying to get variables out of flash, into asp to search a DB, then back to asp, and back to flash.... so far we have had NO luck. plea...more >>

Does your Flash animation know the value of the variables? It is possible to run: fscommand("exec", "whatever.exe command_line_argument_1 argument_2");...more >>

I am making an applet for a college level chemical engineering course, everything runs fine except for one annoying problem: I have a mathematically involved script that runs just fine, except that every thousand itterations or so, Flash Player 8 interrupts execution and says that the script...more >>

I posted this to the chattyfig list, but it seems to be down. I'll try my luck here! Group, so i kinda got my questions answered by Drew Shefman (flash developer in Houston, TX): There were two problems: one, the .ignoreWhitespace = true; has to be AFTER you pass the xmlText into t...more >>

Ok I am making a flash game banner. Now when I shot the two characters (they are in there own movie clip) I want it to go to the last frame in the main time line. I am rusty with my action script. Any help??? ...more >>

Basically i have a download button and when its clicked on i want the 'save as' screen to pop up, hows is this done in flash? i also have an email button where i want an automatic email screen to pop up just as what happens if u use the mailto code in html. it may be basic, im not sure, ...more >>

Hi, I'm creating a site where most pages 'fit' within the designated 1000x674 pixel Project Size. These pages don't need any scrolling. However, I do have a few pages which display a lot of images which don't fit within the Project Size without having to scrolling down. I don't mind havi...more >>

I am loading an XML into flash which contains a carriage return. In Flash version 7+ this is no problem. In version 6 any node with the carriage return Kills the XML parse. All other aspects of the swf work in version 6 and would like to keep it in the that version. Anybody have a solu...more >>

have a random script in my code: var die = random(5); switch (_root.die) { case 0 : var rootNode = quizXML.firstChild.firstChild; break; case 1 : var rootNode = quizXML.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling; break; case 2 : var rootNode = quizXML.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.nex...more >>

I have a movie clip (MyMc_mc), within which there is a dynamic textfield (myText_txt). The text exists only in frame 2 of the movie clip How can I access the textfield from the first frame of my application (main stage)? _root.MyMc_mc.myText_txt didn't work! ...more >>

I am brand new to the Tween class. Would like to use it to animate some text. Don't know where to start. Is there a good tuturial somewhere? The one on Adobe is complicated. Need a no-brainer version. -Kirk...more >>

I'm trying to pull text out of an XML document into Flash 8. I've done this a million times, but for some reason it isn't working with this one. When I try access the data in a node, it comes back undefined. When I trace the "start" var, I get the following: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso...more >>

Hi, Here is the deal : I got an swf with symbol in is library with linkage id. This is the "external.swf" file. What I'm trying to do is to load this swf into "loader.swf" and use the linkage id to set a skin on my button component. The thing is, to set the skin I must use linkage i...more >>

There is a way to detect for true o false or whatever if an flv has metadata or not??? Ia have made a custom flv player for a website, and I need to determine if there?s metadata or not coming in the flv file, so, if metadata is present I ?ll show a full control with seek bar if not, seek ba...more >>

hello, i have created an input textField, which of course demands that i specify a width... however, i would actually like the border of the textField to encompass only the text, not the whole specified width. in other words, if there is only one letter typed in there, and the alignment ...more >>

the code shows how i'm trying to grab the var line_value from an external ".txt" file. "exhibitions.txt" is : "line_value=54" i think want to use that variable to modify the height of another mc on the stage, but for some reason I can't get it to fly. any help would be much appreciated as ...more >>

Hey guys I put a loading movie for my flash site , unfortunately it works in IE and doesn't in firefox. ...more >>

Hello all I have a small question about vars. I am making a questionnaire and the results are saved to an access database. There are some questions that require the user to input their 'top 5' from a selection and I have set it up so that when they select the option an number pad appea...more >>

Hello, I have created a media player using Flash and everything works fine. The player has ?Mute Button? and ?Volume Slide? which they both work just fine on their own. In the case that ?Mute? has already selected, if the Volume Slide is moved I would like to take the player out of ?Mute?...more >>

Hello all, I'm trying to create a dynamic flash slideshow that loads external jpgs (and thus can be reused). I can get my jpgs to load just fine but when I try to center the loaded images I run into problems. Here is my code for reference: [Q] _root.createEmptyMovieClip("parentClip", ...more >>

Hi ! Is it possible to mask more than one movieclip in action script. I see that's possible in the gaphical author environment. _root.attachMovie("mask_mc","mask_mc",10); _root.attachMovie("a_mc","a_mc",0); _root.attachMovie("another_mc","another_mc",1); _root.a_mc.setMask(_root.mask...more >>

Trying to create a stand alone flash 8 player that lauches aseperate program installer .exe. Can't seem to link strate to the program.exe & am only able to link to the url where the file is on the server . Can anyone help with this actionscript????? ...more >>

Hi All, My Challenge is this... To feed up to 5 video references (filepaths) into the SWF which contains the FLVPlayBack component, and have these play in sequence automatically. Once the first video ends, the next begins... Currently our FLV player takes 1 filepath passed by Fla...more >>

Hi. I have a Flash file that reads text from an XML document and displays it in dynamic text boxes. Some of these boxes are animated and/or rotated, so I have embedded the fonts. Everything works great with English characters, but I need it to work on International systems also. When the XML f...more >>

Can anyone recommend a designer (who isn't a Actionscript genus, but knows the basics) on a good book that teaches AS2 in a sensible and step by step way? Covering things like arrays, random numbers, and anything at that level. Or is it not appropriate to ask here? ...more >>

Hello Folk, I am new at being a website designer, My client who I design a website is asking for the actual dot fla file.. Its like giving away the source code. What is the Normal business practice, Client can keep the dot swf files or do we also supply the source code dot fla file. ? Is t...more >>

Heya, So if you visit http://www.hookmedia.biz/cabinet_source/v4_f then you'll see that on the gallery page there is an area for a filmstrip. This filmstrip works great except that I need the images to magnify a little when you mouseover them. Can anyone help? Thanks! ...more >>

I have an SWF animation made using ActionScript. It works fine. However when I import it into another FLA file's library, it does not. What might be the problem? ...more >>

i have searched some contents in the web, such as: http://www.osflash.org/flashjs but seems it is a little bit difficult to use, are there other alternatives? thanks......more >>

Right. I am using AMFPHP for flash -> php but for some odd reason its coming up with errors but i put the code in as i normally do from the AMFPHP browser. I'm sure there is nothing wrong but its hard to find one mistake or more in code so second pair of eyes may help. At the moment i'm blam...more >>

Hi, Ive been searching and cant find much one the specific subject of bluring a mc on roll over, un-bluring on roll out. Ive tried various ways but now I have to ask. Below is the last thing I tried. The "navMc.imageArrayMc.filter.blurY = 10;" lines dont do anything. The below only blurs onRo...more >>

whenevr i use a component( ex. Accordian component) it takes the default themeColor if i want to change it to my own colors other then the one which is given in the mxclass files is it possible? if possible how should i do it? im struggling with this for 2 days... pls help me out :sad; ...more >>

Right. I am using AMFPHP for flash -> php but for some odd reason its coming up with errors but i put the code in as i normally do from the AMFPHP browser. I'm sure there is nothing wrong but its hard to find one mistake or more in code so second pair of eyes may help. At the moment i'm blam...more >>

I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to Flash, so please bear with me, especially if this is actually a really simple problem ^^;;. I have a program with an imbedded menu created from Flash. I'm looking to send a message to the application, telling it to full-screen when the user presses t...more >>