Hi, I have a swf file that was done in Flash 7. I need to bring this file into Flash 8. However, when I do this, the sound no longer plays. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, is there a "work around?" Thanks! ...more >>

Hi all, So I solved one problem earlier thanks to this site, but it's generated a different problem. I was able to figure out how to get external text to load into a text box inside a movie clip. However, the problem is that I want to have a series of buttons also inside said MC which will c...more >>

Hello (again), I am building a gallery for a photographer. The setup: one large mc loader on mainstage (myLoader_mc). Several movie clip thumbnails contained in one large movie clip. You click on the thumbnail, large image loads into myLoader_mc. I am using a purchased component from ex...more >>

Hi, I am back with more questions now :) Anyway, m friend and I are working on a cartoon now now and the one thing I was looking forward to is the commentary fr some reason, so long story short, I was basing the commentary idea on on used in the popular Decline of Video games series. The...more >>

I went through Lee Brimelow's XML video playlist tutorial, and I wanted to add a feature. I wanted to add a graphic on the stage that would change along with the video when a selection was made from the listbox. Getting the first graphic to appear was the easy part, but getting the graphic t...more >>

This is the synopsis. I'm attempting to convert an application built in AS2 to an AIR application, therefore I have to first convert it to AS3. I'm having one hell of a time too. I can not find out where this error is, or even what it is.. Hopefully someone can shed some light on the situa...more >>

When I load a movie on top of another movie, I'm still hearing the sounds of the movie below. The below movie (instance name "register") has a button "regisBtn" that triggers a sound when rolled over. All I want to do is disable the movie when I have a movie loaded on top of it and I have thi...more >>

Hi all using Mac OSX. Safari, FireFox and Opera sometimes crash when opening this page: http://annetteberrydesign.com/index_content_new.php sometimes they don't crash... It seems random, but they often crash. There is something wrong with the swf for sure: the grey frame (grey lines) that...more >>

I have a board with various movie clips on it, most have audio attached to them. The movie Clips are loaded via buttons over the top of the board (i have a close botton to make the movie clip disappear to view the original board). Unfortunately, when you roll over areas of the loaded movie cl...more >>

Alright so I won't post my code since it's basic and I just need help on this I have a movieClip named Cloud Cloud create movieClips named drop dropfalls down drop hit floor drop is removed from childList childList set drop to null garbage collector remove drop cloud ...more >>

mac OSX 10.4.1 powerPC G5 Flash CS3 Pro i'm trying launch an applescript from my flashplayer. fscommands for 'fullscreen' and 'quit' work fine. however, when using the 'exec' command to launch the applescript, it does nothing. no errors... the applescript is in the root level of a fol...more >>

Please help out... I want to know how to use the gotoandstop (or gotoandplay), from inside a movie clip. I want it to got to a frame that's in the main timeline. which means it's outside the movie clip. it doesn't seem to work. I have this: stop(); secs = 3; function me() { ...more >>

So this is pretty much the standard applied to a button (in AS 2.0), that will get the clickTag url assigned by the page your advertising on right: on(release) { getURL(clickTag, "_blank"); } Which, when tested locally will open a browser window with the address "undefined" (a good...more >>

Hi -- I am setting the text in a label and trying to check the width of the label after the text has been set but label.width always returns 0. Am I missing something? Thanks Rich ...more >>

I have a problem outputting documentation using ASDoc. How do I get ASDoc to output documentation for one class without it stopping when it sees errors in the classes dependencies? I tell ASDoc to output documentation for one particular class, let's call "ClassA". But because there's an error ...more >>

Hey all. I am thinking about creating some kind of mapping application using Flash. I already have done a little bit, using the bitmapdata class along with a mysql database to create some small mapping apps. I draw everything pixel by pixel and do my queries based on what pixel they click o...more >>

Hi, I'm using external swf files to add skins to an application. Currenlty,I'm loading isolated elements successfully by the use of the Loader class. However, now I want to load a more complex skin structure that will have some movieclips already placed on the loaded swf stage. The question is...more >>

Good morning y'all I am trying to load a picture in a new window when a button is clicked. My code is as follows: on (release) { _root.loadMovie("screenshots\\clientprofile.jpg", "_blank"); } It will load the graphic, but not in a new window. Any suggestions? ...more >>

Hi, I want to load an external swf into a container movie. The swf I am loading in could be any size and any aspect ratio. I have got my code successfully resizing the external swf and making it as large as it can be inside the container movie, maintaining the aspect ratio. The problem...more >>

Hi all, I am willing to sort array2 based on sorting order of array1 .. How to do it ? In detail, I have two arrays - one with x coordinates and the other with y coordinates of points. I need to sort those points (arrays) based on their x position. Is it possible to create multidimensional...more >>

Hello All, I hope you can help please; I am attempting to POST contact information that someone enters into my contact page of a Flash page. I have attached a screen shot of the ActionScript associated with the Submit button that I have added after the onRelease statement. This doesn?t wor...more >>

Is it possible to let the client view his directory structure inside .swf file except by browsing dialog box. In short providing client with window explorer type interface inside .swf file...more >>

Hi -- I am wondering if there is a way to determine, when the mouse is pressed, if the mouse is over a child object on the stage or over just the "blank" stage. Is there any way to do this? Thanks Rich ...more >>

I have some frame code that looks like this: var mc = new myClass(); addChild( mc ); // Try to access mc.stage here, no problem Inside myClass it looks like this: package { class myClass { function myClass() { // try to access "stage" here, it comes up null! }}} S...more >>

Hi, All: Can anyone explain how to pass an array into JavaScript using the getURL function? Current code looks something like this, but it does not work: getURL("javascript: myFunc(" + myArray + ");") However, this call seems to produce this actual code in both IE and Firefox: get...more >>

If i make 1 button, when it "Roll Over", "Roll Out", "Mouse Up" also will play different motion. Is it need to add 3 EventListener to it? buttonName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,buttonOver); buttonName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT,buttonOut); buttonName.addEventListener(...more >>

Alright Garbage collector = slow Creating MovieClip dynamicly (aka run time) MovieClip delete itself when it touch something Something disapear BEFORE MovieClip touch it Event handlng pointing to null Lots of mistakes So how do I use the .unload I tried the new EGYPTI...more >>

Hi all, I'm sorry if this is subject posted twice. I tried to improve my original description of the problem, and I have two swfs, a Master file and an About file. As swfs, the About file is loaded into the master swf through a movie clip loader. In the about file, I want to load extern...more >>

Hi, i am trying to attach a movieclip from my library to the movieclip that is loaded. It does not seem to work. I only can attach it to the _root! In this example i have an movieclip with an idintifier link of 'round'. As you can see i can approach the loaded movieclip, because i r...more >>

Hi, I'm absolutely new to AS3 and I'm trying to convert my AS2 fla files to AS3 code. Now one suggestion I've heard all the time is to keep ur code in one place, preferably at frame 1 of the main timeline. Now that sound like a good idea to me, but here's my question: Is it possi...more >>

Hi. I have a TextField made at authoring time. I need to place the content of a variable in a TextField. The variable counts the clicks and i want to display the sum in a TextField. Here is the code I made: var limit:Number=29; var count:Number=0; var current:Number=0; _root.ma...more >>

In AS2, I can make a dynamic text box set a var name, when i use button set/change the var value, this textbox can show the value also. but In AS3, dynamic text box can't add var name. than how can i do it now? ...more >>

Hi There, I am using Flash CS3 and ActionScript3.0 for development. I am trying to run some sample codes from Adobe site [and also from Flash Help, copied directly] but on compiling it throws "1037: Packages cannot be nested.". I m totally clueless... my only assumption is... this might be...more >>

Hi, The situation: A Developer, using Dreamwaever for ex. will link from a button to >myIndex.html< window=_blank. The myIndex.html loads myIndex.swf on init. How can I tell >myIndex.html< that it should open ITSELF in a Pop-up in full size?? There is no way that I can provide th...more >>

I am using loadMovie to load all my external jpgs at once. On start I have thumbnails which animates, and using loadMovie load jpgs into that thumbnails. Offline it works fine, but online it only loads few jpgs first with animation and rest loads without animation just blink and loads. can y...more >>

I have loaded a song into flash broken down into multiple frames: Frame 1 = Drums Frame 2 = Strings Frame 3 = Piano etc. I want to create a single play button to play them all at the same time... I would also like to create an individual volume button for each of them... so that if...more >>

Hi. I want to create an application which counts my clicks. I want to have a score(textfield) which will record my clicks. So when i press the mouse button it will count my clicks. Here is the code: _root.mask_mc.onPress = function() { _root.bat_mc.gotoAndPlay(2); _root.scor_txt....more >>