Note: Using AS2, Flash 8 Here's the setup: I'm developing a small game based on Wheel of Fortune. The .swf for the game is loaded into another flash application on another developer's end. Their application is build like a slideshow. (switching from one .swf to the next, one of which...more >>

Hi, Inside the Flash8 the fonts are nicely anti-aliased, but after I export the movie and preview it in the browser, the fonts are not anti- aliased. Does this have anything to do with render-html enabled? Any other ideas? Thanks, -Roman ...more >>

alright i have 2 questions and 1 problem... when I split an array with a certain phrase/keyword the rest of the data that isnt filtered gets listed as undefined... I'm wondering how do I filter undefined strings/variables out of the list component... a flashkit.com dev helped me with my prob...more >>

I have an FLV and I want to have several cue points, each will "cue" different text to appear. I have a movie clip on my stage (instance name "hello") which is set to not be visible until the 5 second mark of the video, where the cue point "sayHello" tells the clip "hello" to become visibl...more >>

Hello again. I seem to be permently on here at the moment. Trying to do advanced things thats the trouble. I have started to try and program "properly" in flash which means using classes. i have a class file and this is imported into an fla file. in the fla file i create some objects from...more >>

When I resize the stage during execution stage.stageWidth changes as expected, but the 0,0 coorinate seems to ove. When I trace out the stage.mouseX or mouseY coordinates after maximizing the stage I get negative numbers for the upper left hand corner, and the lower right gives numbers that a...more >>

Hi -- I am trying to create a simple error message pop up for my user to see, however, I can't figure out how to access the Alert class in ActionScript 3. Has this been removed? Or placed into a new package? Thanks Rich ...more >>

Alright guys, does anyone have any knowledge on building Components. I'm almost done, packaged and complied SWC, but I can't seem to figure out how to add a 'visual' icon to the stage that shows durring authoring. I'm not talking about the menu icon png, I mean one that shows up on the Stage...more >>

Hello! I have 3 combo boxes. The first one has 3 labels "1", "2" and "3". The second combo box has 5 labels "a", "b", "c", "d" and "e". The third combo box has 3 labels "zz", "xx" and "ww". I would like to know if it is possible to have a script that says: If i chose "1", "c" and "xx" ...more >>

This seems to be the last thing that is holding up my video application. I got the video to play (RTMP using NetConnection/NetStream), however, I keep getting this error about "unable to invoke callback onBWDone" .. So after some googling, I see it all pertains to Flex...?.. I'm at a total ...more >>

Hello! First I would like you to forgive my poor English. I have a document called "main" with a combo box with the following code: cb.dataProvider = [ {label:"Seleccione a Marca", data:""}, {label:"Make1", data:"make1. swf"}, {label:"Make2", data:"make2.swf"}, {label:"Make3", data...more >>

I am trying to understand using onEnterFrame to position MovieClips: Here is a simple, example: 1) I have a MC on the stage: "content_mc" 2) I position it on stage sucessfully but uncessfully delete onEnterFrame Here is the sample code: if (10 < content_mc._x) { this.onEnterFrame = f...more >>

I define an array at the top of the file in FLASH var questions:Array = new Array(); I read in a list of short XML files and push them onto the array in the COMPLETE callback function of the loader event listener using inside a for each loop questions.push( new XML(evt.target.data)) Insi...more >>

I am making a dialpad. It is just for display so I am using a string for the numbers selected. I am trying to make a back button that would clear the last number added. I tried mystring.length-1 but that doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Is there a simple way to truncate the last character ...more >>

Hi I know that I can create a new class that extends MovieClip, but is it possible to add custom methods to regular, built-in Flash Classes, such as MovieClip or Sprite?...more >>

I can create a new instance by (please tell me if this is wrong) var myVar:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); How do I give that movie clip an instance name using only AS3? Thanks, Wayne ...more >>

I have a contact form set up with 5 fields and it can only be sent if all 5 fields are filled in. Not all my clients want to enter a phone number or wedding date, so I need to know how to change the action script so that it will still send if only 2 or 3 of the text fields have been entered. ...more >>

I am using the attached code for my preloader. The code works fine in all of the browsers I have used except Internet Explorer. When navigate to the page it works fine the first time. Then if you refresh the page the loading bar just sits at 100% and the movie never plays. If you want to s...more >>

For some reason, probably my lack of knowledge, I can't move up one level to access a movie clip. I want to call upon a movie clip from inside that movie clip. Visual: Main Stage:Movie Clip (my_mc) my_mc:Actions layer I can't access my_mc from inside of it. I've tried using parent.my_...more >>

I am making the transition to AS3 and have been finding it quite difficult. If my root file loads in a child SWF, and I want to call a function inside that child SWF, how would i do it? The code on my root file is like.... var loader:Loader = new Loader(); var path:String = "square.swf";...more >>

Hello, I have a small problem. I have a video (flv) that i need to cue once it ends. I need to open a new URL once video finishes. Please help. thanks in advance! -J ...more >>

hi all. I´m trying to load some youtube videos in my flash app...I'm desperate. a quick example passing this url (http://www.alumni.org.br/tmp/rodrigo/v.html) works fine online you can see it here: and this is the code used:loadMovie ("http://www.youtube.com/v/qUNZO1Xti1E", _root); w...more >>

Good Morning -- Is it possible in a flash movie (CS3/AS 3.0) to get the host name of the server running the flash movie? For example, if the URL is http://www.domain.com/movie.swf, I would like to be able to read a variable / function and have the result be "domain.com" Thanks Rich ...more >>

I've got a flash movie set up online that isn't working properly. The details are this: the movie has two frames, the first being a blank loading frame meant to keep anything from being displayed till the variables are delivered by my PHP script, and the second being the frame with the actual ...more >>

hello, i used this action : [code] this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcHolder", this.getNextHighestDepth()); var mclLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); mclLoader.loadClip("cloud.png", mcHolder); /*var oListener:Object = new Object(); oListener.onLoadInit = function(mcConte...more >>

OK, we just got CS3 installed at work, and we're starting to learn the new AS3. So far we love it... but we want to know ALL the import classes and descriptions of what they are. is there a list anywhere? I've searched the help, searched the web, can't seem to find anything. something li...more >>

Hello, I got the flash detection kit and integrated it with a website i am developing. Well a few people told me that they end up with a blank page. I think that the flash detection did not work and i am unable to check this part since all PCs at the office are installed with the latest ...more >>

Hello. I'm trying add a music on/off button to my flash project. The music is on it's own layer (called "sounds layer") and is an .mp3 set to repeat. What script command could I use to stop the music? I've tried... on (release) { stopAllSounds(); } ... but that just halts t...more >>

These are maybe some simple lines of codes, but i would like to find out what bal name is on my stage. As you can see, you can change all properties of the movieclip, but i can't trace the name of the bal? Does anyone know how to do this? var i:Number = 0; var initmovebal:Ob...more >>

hi , i am As2.0 functionality it's working fine if i wriiten all the script inside the suceess loop but if i tried to pass the file then it's not working public function getEmpDetailsFrmXML() { var xmlFileName:String = "emp.xml"; var employee_xml:XML = new XML(); employ...more >>

I am working in MX 2004. I have two separate swf files that I need to merge together and export as a projector file to burn to CD. I can get the first movie in place or I can get the second movie in place over the first, but I'm not sure how to script it so that the second swf file will play r...more >>

Hi, Is there something different going on when, using the getURL when working within movieClips; buttColor_mc.onRelease = function(){ mySound.start(0, 1); trace('You've landed'); getURL("http://www.adobe.com", "_blank"); }; This works perfectly, while testing in Flash cs3,...more >>

Hi. On my stage I have a MC with teh instance name 'cover' in the library I have a .gif file with the linkage identifier of 'tile'. The problem that I am having is that when the movie is run the bitmap(.gif) does not appear. Can anyone make a suggestion as to what might be wrong. See atta...more >>