Hi, I have 2 swf files. I have a button on one of the files which open the other file. I am trying to pass a variable from file 1 to file 2 to filter the results in file 2. How would I set up the variables in both files so that when the button is clicked, it opens the second file with ...more >>

I created a flash movie with a lot of buttons for dragging and dropping around in the stage. I wanted to make it such that even if i drag one of the button away from its original position, a new same button will appear at exactly the same position. Also, i would like to make it that some but...more >>

Hello, I am working with AS3/Flash CS3 I have 5 buttons that are dynamically created. I have the buttons completed with tweens etc etc etc. It is time to put the text onto the buttons. How do you do the following: 1. Create the button text 2. Make it so the button text is on top...more >>

I'm attempting to utilize the PrintJob class for a project I'm working on that will ultimately be distributed to a CD. Since I've never used this class I started w/ a simple test. I set up a Flash AS 2.0 project, created a MovieClip containing some text and a shape (both black), created ...more >>

I need a news form, just like this one: http://www.felipemassa.com/home/index.php?lang=en It has one top news, after it there are the rest of the news and there is button for even older news, all in all it's 1:1 with the example. The form should also be able to upload the new news from an xm...more >>

hey everyone, i have been trying to create a function that will allow me to generate text fields dynamically every time i call it. all of the arguments are working perfectly well, except for the instance name string (the one called txtName). whenever i take it out and assign a specific nam...more >>

Hi, I am building something in Flash CS3 where each rollover of a movie clip launches a sound. I would like to stop all sounds once every clip has been rolled over, but I don't want to just use a stop all sounds actionscript that I assigned to a random button, assuming it would be the las...more >>

Hi I am working on a chart for a hotel in Flash CS3 / AS 3.0. I have created a movie clip inside my main movie that I want to replicate to "fill in" the chart. What I want to do is scale the background of the clip to expand across the number of days for a reservation. However, when I scale ...more >>

How do you bring an object to the top? if it's just a movie clip, I could do a swapdepths, but if it's a movieclip that's part of an AS 2.0 object, how do you swap depths of the whole object? I create 2 objects (same class) which each have a movieclip within them. The movie clip is create...more >>

In the following class can someone tell me how I would call the doSomething() function from within myObject.onMouseDown=function()? class Practice extends MovieClip { var myObject:Object; // public function Practice() { myObject = new Object(); myObject.onMouseDown = funct...more >>

The project im working on http://www.stevevk.com/quiz2.html needs to have a function that will keep a record of the time when a user clicks on an answer. So when the timer start and you answer the first quest a serperate panel will display "Checked Scene 00:00:50" Can anyone help!! Tha...more >>

I am dynamically loading a swf called picture1.swf into a blank mc called picture with the following code: loadMovie("picture1.swf", "picture"); In picture1.swf I am using the following script for my preloader: totalBytes = Math.round(getBytesTotal() / 1024); loadedBytes = Math.round...more >>

hi, i am having trouble positioning my slideshow onto the website im building. there seems to be a problem with the y axis. any help would be huge! this is the code: this.createEmptyMovieClip("images", 100); this.attachMovie("mask", "mask", 101); mask._x = images._x =100; mask._y = tar...more >>

I have a dynamic text box that displays a string variable that often wraps to multiple lines. How do I adjust the vertical spacing between text lines? I think this is called "text leading" (or "leeding")? Nothing to control this appears in the properties box (in CS3). Is is possible ...more >>

Hi all, I know similar questions have been answered, but I can't seem to find the solution to this exact problem. I have two FLAs, a master file and an about.fla file. As swfs, the About file is loaded into the master file. In the about file, I want to load external text into a text box. The...more >>

I dont want to opena new window when my button sends the browser to another page on my site i am using this code on (release) { getURL("links.html", _self); i think the _self is the key area, any ideas ? ...more >>

i can load xml file using trace but when displaying the contents in XML variables I get nothing. If i hardcode a string with the same XML eg var sXML:String =.... it works. function showData():Void { //trace(sXML); var xmlVal:XML =new XML(); xmlVal.parseXML(sMXL); xmlVal.i...more >>