that code shouldn't even compile. is q21a defined on the main (_level0) timeline? do you want to assign its value to be 1, if totalX is exactly 2?...more >>

I have a scrollpane that I am using in swf A that loads swf B using the contentPath attribute. In swf B I have function that runs when the swf is loaded that attaches movie clips representing advertisements (1 rectangle for each ad) while looping over the number of ads available. This works ...more >>

Hello, I made a flash button for my web site which I am making in Dreamweaver. I am trying to make the button have a link however when I try and select the button in Flash it says that this selection can not have action script added to it. When I test the button everything works fine ...more >>

I have a movie created in Captivate, and exported to Flash 8, within the Flash 8 movie I added custom control buttons. But the stop() command is not working, the movie continues playing even though I have tried and confirmed various targetPaths, and my path is correct. _level0.stop(); Any idea...more >>

I have created a disgusting little hack. W needed to talk to the serial port from within Flash. We can't use Hernando Barragan's socket server because our clients' IT people might complain about having to work around it in their firewall. Frankly, I can't blame them--who would want to compromi...more >>

Hi everybody, I got a small animation written in actionscript 2.0. I need to load it several times in a webpage (about 20 instances), but seems to be too many work and the web browser freezes. Anyway, it's a relatively simple script (not complex arithmetics per cycle, although two or ...more >>

I have this block of code which is giving me an error **Error** Symbol=mc:thumbnails, layer=action, frame=1:Line 15: There is no property with the name 'onLoadComplete'. thLoader.onLoadComplete = function(emptyThumb_mc:MovieClip){ It must be the way I have it arranged within the loop bec...more >>

I am trying to time how long a frame as been the active frame. Once the frame is displayed, if the user doesnt press a button to move to another frame after 6 seconds, the movie should jump back to the previous frame it was at. I think the setInterval function would be correct to use here to ...more >>

I remember Adobe saying, when Flash 9 was released, that there was going to be some way to silently update people's flash player plugins to the latest version? But I can't find anyone talking about how to do this... The only Google result confiming what I read is on this page... http://osfla...more >>

I have a dynamic textbox with slide bar populated by and action infotext="some text"; this works fine but i want the text to be a doccument with parragraphs etc as soon as the text has a carrige return the flash wont display it what can i type to create a new line ? many thanks in advan...more >>

Why can't I use ../ for getUrl? I am very frustrated with this... I want to test my site locally without having to change all the links... Thank you! on (release) { getURL(../pages/citicard.html); } ...more >>

Hi everyone, I just started to learn AS 3.0. I was ok with 2.0 but now I read a lot of things out there that encourage people to make THE move! I am one of those? but I?m a newbie? so, I have a question: I just read a 2.0 book that said that Top-Level classes are classes that you can use w...more >>

I want an error message to display for, lets say 15 frames, then to disappear. I have been working on the code, but I can't figure out how to get the if statement to stay looping until it reaches 15. Here is the code im using, any help would be great. thanks ! selectModuleCounter = 0; ...more >>

Hello, this is my first post lol, I have a solution I'm working right now, and it will be running locally(in IE), I have XML data being loaded from an outside file. I need this data to be live so right now I have a movie clip looping, so it will keep on loading the data, problem is that ...more >>

Is it possible to have multiple timers and pause only one of them?...more >>

Is it possible to have multiple timers and pause only one of them?...more >>

Hello, I would like to have a movie clip that can be scrolled horizontally, either with arrows or the scroll bar and I am having a hard time figuring it out. Any suggestions ? Thanks...more >>

Hello everyone, my name is Vincent,. and I would like to know if someone out there know's how to show the loading of an external swf that is being loaded in a other window that have is own loading clip. ...more >>

Hey all. I've been stumped on this.... ------------------------------------------ import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.*; var ball_tween:Object = new Tween(ball_mc, "_x", Bounce.easeOut, ball_mc._x, 56, 6, true); //start pic_tween while ball_tween is still going// va...more >>

I've created an intro Flash movie for my website and have two questions: 1) Once the movie has run its course, how do I automatically get the next swf file (home.swf) to automatically load after it? I am using Flash CS3 and will be using Dreamweaver CS3 to publish. 2) If someone wants to s...more >>

Hello all. I was wondering if I could get some help on this topic. I am trying to figure out a way to have a button jump to a certain frame if pressed but then also jump to a different frame if the button is held down for a certain time period, lets say 2 seconds. I am assuming I would have to...more >>

Hello I want do draw a circle on ballons and detecting there presence inside the circle. just like this http://www.flashgames247.com/play/823.html How do I do that. Please help. ...more >>

Anyone have any tips or suggestions as to how I can play a movie clip once my volume level for my music reaches a cetain number/level? Here's my code: player_mc.volumeUp_btn.onRelease = function (){ if(song.getVolume() < 100) { song.setVolume(song.getVolume() + 20); if(song.getV...more >>

Hello everybody, I have a flash file with two dynamic fields which get data from a txt file. There is one more dynamic field in flash which i want to display a certain calculation result between the values of the two other dynamic fields. The two vars are loaded from the txt file without a...more >>

Hi. I wrote down the summary of my project so that you can understand and answer me more easily: I have to build an application (a little flash game) in which I record the number of clicks. I want the player to choose a nick at the beginning and when he finishes one or all the four choices...more >>

is it possible to see text tags like [B] or <br> or <td> from clipboard on paste in textfield...more >>

Hi everyone... I hope there is someone who can demystify and solve the problem I'm having. I would like to load flashbanners in to other movies, like this: Movie on one domain loads a movie from another domain. Locally I get a Sandbox Security Violation notice *** Security Sandbox...more >>

I want what is written by a user in an inputTextField to be written down in a variable for further use. I want the action to be triggered when i press "Enter". Can someone help me? Thanks very much. ...more >>

ok this noobie needs help! Flash 8 portfolio site almost done - now I just want to make button that links to email programme, have tried the getURL action but this won't work either locally or on server, any suggestions would be very welcome :wink; ...more >>

Hi there How can i flip/rotate a movieclip around it's own axis (a rectangle) with actionscript? I have been playing around with _width but i can't make it look good. :( Simular to this one: http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/16467.html ...more >>

Hello everyone, I've put together one of those great masked scrolling thumbnail panels by working through a tutorial. I'd like to slow it down a bit, could someone suggest how this is done. Here's the code: panel.onRollOver = panelOver; function panelOver() { this.onEnterFrame = s...more >>

A website button on click opens a Link.swf. The Link.swf on init opens a PopUp in Full size. Perfect. But now, I have under my PopUp window the useless Link.swf. I want to get rid of it. The code in my Link.swf is: getURL ("javascript:var myWin; if(!myWin || myWin.closed){myWin = win...more >>

i can add data to XML file but not in the right place. i load this from a file and want to add another author and title. I can do this but not in the correct place. How do i copy data back to a file? input ------ <books> <book> <author>mark twain</author> <title>huck finn</title> ...more >>

Okay, here's the deal. My site that I designed in Flash is pretty heavy. Well here's my site www.mylandim.com and I want you guys to look at it. Give me some hints. First of all, as I believe, the loading....takes a long time because its loading the whole movie. (1) How would I change that to ...more >>