I can not use cookies, per company policy.??? That being said, I figured I could show animation 1 once, then set a SharedObject. Each time after that show animation 2. This seemed fine until it was decided that this should only happen per session. I have since found that SharedObjects do...more >>

Hi- i don't know actionscripting, just checking if Flash would even be the proper application to obtain my desired result: I'm setting a grid of squares, say 100x100, and would like to generate a random pattern according to the following rules: 30% (or any percentage I desire) of the gri...more >>

This is in Actionscript 2.0... I need a button called "con1" to appear if a series of three different MC's are pressed. in the initial frame i have: con1._visible = false; When each MC is pressed they become disabled like this: on(release){ this.enabled = false; } The MC'...more >>

Target not found: Target="null" Base="_level0" I am getting this error in my code, which is in a button, I had switch case statements which was not executing cases after case 40, ( i have no idea why) so i created a new switch statement with the same arguments and now although the case is ...more >>

Hi: I'm new at flash, and I was playing around trying to make an mp3 player that would play music on my site from radio stations and such, the problem is that in my xml I have links to mp3's from other sites, and when I try to load my movie I get a security warning saying Im trying to acce...more >>

I need to set and pass a variable to an embedded .swf. I know setting a variable looks like this: var iknow:int; iknow = 20; This just sets the variable on my main .swf. How do I send it down so the child .swf recognizes it too? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. ...more >>

I created a new media player that loads in FLV files in the same directory as the SWF or publshed EXE. if I test it in flash, it works fine, if I publish an HTML page with it and launch the HTML page it works fine.. but if I run the EXE or just double click on the SWF that wsa published,...more >>

Hi, I'm definitely more used to html websites, and I've been trying to incorporate more flash content into my stuff. I recently tried to make my site, completely with flash. It acts so funny & I know its some small actionscript that I have no clue about, but when I go to click each button...more >>

Hello, What I have is a comboBox with the numbers 1-10 available to be selected. What I want to happen is when a number is selected, that many textInput boxes appear on the screen. I don't care where they appear, I will worry about that later, I just want to get them to appear on the scre...more >>

I am trying to get 4 dynamic images to preload into the browser cache via actionscript. It works fine in all browsers EXCEPT Internet Explorer. Here is the script I used. I got it from Jesse Stratford's Sequential Preloader tutorial: stop(); // setting intitial variables for each movi...more >>

i confess, i am a newbie. i have been working with a template, modifying it to my needs. i have ran into an actionscript code that i cant seem to find the reference to in the books. it is: _root.G can someone point me toward the proper reference material to read up on this? thanks! ...more >>

We've created a new media player with a scrubber bar so you can move forward and backwards through videos and mp3s. When we grab the scrubber, it works with the MOUSE_DOWN MouseEvent... but if your mouse isn't over the MC, and you release it, it won't call the MOUSE_UP listener. In the pa...more >>

I'm new to Flash's accessibility options. After doing some preliminary investigation, I have been able to discover some simple techniques for screen reader access regarding static placed text objects. However, I'm importing XML data and populating Label components with the values. I'd like...more >>

Im currently working on an interface that is flex based and has a flash menu. Im not sure if LocalConnection is the best way to communicate through the two... but thats what I used. Currently the user clicks a menu button and LocalConnection sends a string to the flex.. the flex loads a .s...more >>

hi can Any one help me to solve this issue... ~~sk var details:Array = new Array(); var EmpDetail:XML = new XML(); var Employeedetail:XMLNode = EmpDetail.createElement("Employeedetail"); var Employee:XMLNode = EmpDetail.createE...more >>

I am working with Windows Vista Business if that makes a difference in this question. I am testing a class file for NoScale called NoScale.as I have created the class file attached. I have saved the class file in the same location as the fla file. I put in the document.class box: NoScale ...more >>

Hi everyone, I am new to this video in flash thing... I need to add 2 videos to a flash website. The videos are on youtube and I have the .flv. so weather I load from youtube or stream from .flv it doesn't matter. I just need them to play when you click on their assigned buttons. Can so...more >>

i?ve got this to link a time line to a url.... is that correct? to be clear i just need to open a "menu2.swf" related in what page i?m ex. if i?m at ww.xxxxxxxxxx.com/clientes.html, i needed flash to start a "menu2.swf" from frame 30 and playing // AS3 var url:TextField = new TextField...more >>

We have a presentation we built about 10 years ago in Director that is in major need of an overhaul. We use it for new business pitches and it was authored for a 640x480 screen. Yup, it's that old. Anyway, we are going to redo it from scratch. I'd like to do it in Flash. It starts with a cl...more >>

See my php script below. I have put it on a website that I have designed for a company. For now, I have put my own email address for the form information to come to. However, the form information does not come to my email???? Wondering where the error is in PHP? Would someone kindly help me. ...more >>

This might be a silly question but i can't get past it. I am trying to load movieclips dynamically and then apply a script to their onEnterFrame handler and onLoad handler. When i play the movie the trace in the onLoad doesn't work and the variable is undefined in the onEnterFrame. Does anyone...more >>

hi i am using five textboxes... if all the texbox is filled then button need to make enabled... i am used setfocus and killfocus.... but if i clicked the all textboxes whothout make an entry then button become enabled is there any other way to make button active when all t...more >>

I recently bought Adrian TNT's photo gallery for a project. It was a limited-time project and seemed like the best alternative to writing my own photo gallery on short notice. His photo gallery works by loading an xml file with the same name as the swf from the same directory - the only catc...more >>

I need to create a lof of movieclip (with content ) it is about 150 movieclips vertical and each movieclip can have around 55 movieclips in it now my problem is , this process is working slow, very slow , or crashes I wonder is there is a way to load , vertical line by vertical line , b...more >>