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Printing in landscape
Posted by xrsixturbo at 9/14/2006 11:41:35 PM
I'm using the following JS to print in flash: my_print.onRelease = function(){ var my_pj:PrintJob = new PrintJob(); var myResult:Boolean = my_pj.start(); if(myResult) { my_pj.addPage("main"); //change resultPage to the name or level of the movieClip you want to print my_pj....more >>

Multiple Embedded Fonts for Dynamic Text that is rotated
Posted by Gary Townsend at 9/14/2006 10:53:43 PM
I am trying to build an application that will allow people to enter in numbers of their choice into a box in a font of their choice from a list that will be given to them and then that text will have to be rotated. Now from reading up on the text rotation i see that you have to embed the fonts i...more >>

Passing Parameters with loadMovie()
Posted by malachite00 at 9/14/2006 10:42:26 PM
I'm trying to use loadMovie to load a SWF at a particular URL into a movie clip. The SWF requires that I pass certain parameters as name/value pairs (such as ver=2.0&plat=win&lang=en ). The Help file implies that this is possible, but it doesn't give an example, and I have been unable to make ...more >>

Trying to simulate button click via ActionScript
Posted by pinion247 at 9/14/2006 9:11:44 PM
Hello, I've got code written to tell if a user is hitting his/her left or right arrow keys. I currently have a "next" button named realNext, and a "back" button named realBack. Both buttons have lots of code written in their on(release) functions. How can I utilize ActionScript to simulate...more >>

LoadVariables not working on Windows
Posted by sergio_zambrano at 9/14/2006 9:07:36 PM
Sorry for posting this twice. Previous I didn't notice I was on "General Flash" and didn't see an "delete" or "move" option. I'm loading variables from a .txt file on server (formatted as var1="text string 1"&var2="text string 2"?) on _level0 and then called from there all over the animati...more >>

Action based on tab?
Posted by Angyl at 9/14/2006 9:05:34 PM
Simple question: Is it possible for Flash to react to a user Tabbing Out of a field rather than just onRelease of a button?...more >>

Nested Movie Clip Mouse Clicks
Posted by rtoepf at 9/14/2006 8:27:21 PM
Simple question: I have a movie clip nested inside another movie clip. If I create an onpress function for the outside movieclip I cannot capture mouse clicks for the inside movie clip. How can I do this? I've searched this forum and livedocs but can't seem to find anything. This is a sim...more >>

FocusRect bug??
Posted by gurthWERM at 9/14/2006 8:24:07 PM
Please Please, I have a piece I'm working on with various components, xml, binding, etc. Please look at it http://www.jwmm.com/test2 and note when you open the search panel and select an item in the list, it gets focus. When you close the window, or select "view on map" the window closes bu...more >>



Browser Issues
Posted by ewon15 at 9/14/2006 8:23:27 PM
I put my main swf file into an html page and then also tried it in an asp page. The main movie loads fine but i have an external swf that loads into the main movie and it sometimes loads in and sometimes does not. Has anyone heard of this type of problem before and has a solution? I can't even...more >>

Re: scope problem
Posted by sbryner at 9/14/2006 8:01:19 PM
do you have this online? can I see it? question. I've got the images loaded into a loader.... can I resize them to fit inside the loader? they are larger than the loader component is. this code is complicated for my young flash mind to wrap around. though it appears to be what I'm trying...more >>

Referencing component parameters from other components
Posted by jordana309 at 9/14/2006 7:29:48 PM
I have a training application that uses a variety of components, including a browser that, as a parameter, takes a movie clip instance and will move it around when the scroll bars and the browser are used. I also have transparent buttons that on mouse-over turn slightly opaque so the user can ...more >>

Re: scope problem
Posted by sbryner at 9/14/2006 7:17:04 PM
Actually, I'd like to load a bunch of images into a loader component inside a movieClip. The movieClip also contains dynamic text fields as well. Is it better to try to load the images an "image_mc" inside the movieClip instead of loading into loader component inside the movieClip? sky...more >>

Flash game miss counter
Posted by Hajk at 9/14/2006 7:09:35 PM
Hi I've finally managed to create a game in Flash 8 following a great tutorial. Everything worked out fine except one last thing: I?ve managed to get a hit-counter to work and show up on the scene but the miss-counter still says blank even when it's exactly the same script as the hit-count...more >>

Reading Global
Posted by tomandjerryy at 9/14/2006 7:07:54 PM
Hi everyone, my friends and I have been stuck on this issue for awhile now. We are loading this flash movie into our VB6 program so we have no control over editting the flash file to use fscommands. But in the flash file there is this variable called _global.rating We want to read what t...more >>

Trying to send info to a CFM file, with UI Components, using GET method
Posted by Blakice_iceman at 9/14/2006 7:00:04 PM
Hello, I'm using one DateField and three ComboBoxes to submit the entered data to a CFM file. The form with those components are inside of a movie clip on a full flash site. How do I get the CFM file to recognize the DateField entry and the ComboBox entries in its query string? Thanks f...more >>

pause
Posted by dzedward at 9/14/2006 6:10:09 PM
i want to pause my MC for 20 seconds then have it play again. how would i do that?...more >>

duplicating external swf problem with duplicateMovieClip
Posted by I tried at 9/14/2006 4:52:15 PM
Hi all, I'm running into a problem that I think should have a simple answer, but can't seem to find it. I have an external swf that I used to load over and over and populate with different data. I'm trying to reduce server load and disk access, so I'd like to preload the movieclip...more >>

if Statement
Posted by Martyn_C at 9/14/2006 3:14:56 PM
Hi everyone, I just buy a book to help me understand more advanced AS 2.0 concept and I have a quick question about if statement. Generally when you use if, you have to use a comparaison operator in the parameter. Why in the below exemple they didn?t? Someone knows why? If I use one, the f...more >>

Sound Balance
Posted by zband409 at 9/14/2006 5:45:11 AM
How do I control a FLV video's sound balance? For instance, only output the left channel by clicking a button. Thanks...more >>

textfield
Posted by jagguy99 at 9/14/2006 4:39:19 AM
I want to click on a dynamic textfield and the currect value appears somewhere else. What event can I use because the current extfield events don't handle this and a onPress function doesn't work on the textfield. The textfield also inherits objects events so I am confused as to why onPress ...more >>

volatility of variable scope
Posted by TomBisciglia at 9/14/2006 2:45:05 AM
I am confused about what seems, on the surface, to be a huge limitation of variables in ActionScript. I'm looking at the following statement from documentation on creating variables: "If a variable is declared in the FLA (instead of in an external file), it works only for the frame where ...more >>

Creating a movieClip on a new level
Posted by greg_brant at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
HI, so i want to do like this _level99.createEmptyMovieClip([i]blahh[/i]); but unless i have loadMovieNum()'d something onto level99 it doesnt exist. is there some way i can initialize _level99 without loading a movie into it? thanks greg ...more >>

Action script 2 syntax - how not to use telltarget?
Posted by artdoggy at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
I have an action attached to a button: on (release) {tellTarget (this.aboutuspg) gotoAndPlay("startclient"); } This works fine I know that tell target is depreciated but when I try: on (release) {this.aboutuspg gotoAndPlay("start"); } Nothing happens when I test the button. What am...more >>

Dynamic content in scroll pane component
Posted by Bob Pierce at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
As far as I can see, the contentPath for a scroll pane component can only point to a movie clip in the library, not to an instance on stage. Does this mean that the content can only be something created during authoring with no possibility of modifying it in Actionscript? ...more >>

Open URL in Previous Browser
Posted by Kalpers at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
On my page, I have a link to a virtual catalog that I am working on. Once the user clicks on the catalog it opens in a new window. When viewing the catalog the user can click on any of the images which in turn is suppose to redirect to a different browser window to go to that page. As of ri...more >>

open swf in new browser window
Posted by xyz123 at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello, I want a feature in a swf file(e.g. a button) that will open the animation in a new browser allowing for fullscreen or at least resizable view to the viewers liking. Any suggestions?? Thanks! ...more >>

EventDispatcher Class
Posted by AwesomeDigital at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
I placed this in the general forum by accident yesterday, so I am moving it here today. Sorry for the double post. I don't see a way to move the post. I am trying to use the event dispatcher class as in this article http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/creating_events.html But f...more >>

Rotating menu system URGENT
Posted by layerburn at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
I've created a menu system with 15 buttons that spins in a circle based on the mouses x position. What i really want is to have it rotate only when i drag the mouse left or right and have it slowly drift when i don't drag. Also, because there are so many buttons, i wanted to stagger them in th...more >>

loading new swf in level or mc holder?
Posted by rohai at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, while preparing everything to start developing a flash site, this question occured to me. Is it better to load new swf into mc holder or into new level? I have a main.swf, which only loads swfs and communicates with asp. THX ...more >>


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