Newbie here, so please be gentle. Also, this may be a math problem, and I am most certainly NOT a mathematician, so assume I am a total dummy and need to be led by the nose. I have a formula someone has provided me from an Excel spreadsheet which says LOG(number). In Excel, the help sa...more >>

Not sure if this is a bug or what, but I've a bit of flash with two buttons for going up and down a list of movieclips, 4 of which are displayed on screen at one time. When I click the Down button, it scrolls the list by doing a loadClip() to re-load each clip at its new position, and brin...more >>

Help me, I'm completely stuck. All I want to do is make a button when pressed, change the frame of another movie clip at the same hierarchy as it (the button and clip have the same parent clip). I've tried this and it doesn't work: _parent.pdf2.gotoAndPlay(2); pdf2 is the name o...more >>

Okay I have a m.c. with an instance name of 'dave'. Dave m.c. has a setInterval that I want to clear when the m.c. is removed. this.onUnload=function():Void{ clearInterval(fadeOutInterval); clearInterval(zoomInterval);} The above code works fine if dave m.c is removed. However I also w...more >>

Hi! How can I round the number to a particular decimal place? Example: 0.132456783929 should be 0.1324 Any cool algorithms or existing solutions for that? Tnx! Cheers ...more >>

i created a flash animation like whats http://www.mlb.com "the headline news section in the middle of the page" now my problem is getting my forward and back buttons to work. how can i make it so when somone clicks on the forward button it skips to the next frame if they dont want to wait for ...more >>

Hello Everyone, I am pretty much a noob when it comes to flash. HOwever, I am eager to learn and a project I have decided to pursue involves orbiting items around a central figure. Just like plantes orbiting around the sun. Does anyone have any how - to items or where I should begin. ...more >>

I am trying to create a textfield at runtime with my own formatting. The following code is an example of how I am doing this, yet the textfield is not displaying the correct format. Any ideas? var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); my_fmt.size = 30; my_fmt.bold = true; my_fmt....more >>

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Hi everyone! I am getting exremly stressed with my uni project. i am making a simple game in flash mx. I am stuck trying to detect when a movie clip 'bad guy' comes into contact with you as the main player and therefore the number of lives should decrease by one and the player return to it's...more >>

Hi there. I want to put a flash movie onto 20+ pages of my website. The flash movie has a link to a particular pdf file (different for all 20+ pages). So, is it possible for me to use a variable on the .asp page and for that variable to be useable in the flash movie to save me making a diff...more >>

I'm working on a project where I need to set the tabIndex on elements within the flash movie. I'm having a difficult time as it seems that nothing is really working for me. I have a main swf that creates an empty movie clip and then adds a swf file that has a movie clip that acts like buttons....more >>

HI ...ok, I tried to post before, but my code was too long... So I decided to post only important code... Ok here is shorten code: import mx.utils.Delegate; import com.mosesSupposes.fuse.*; // class com.mloncaric.Gallery { public var onError:Function; private var contai...more >>

Hope this is a simple one - Im attaching new mc via _root.attachMovie("mymc", "mymc_ins"+step, _root.getNextHighestDep... each mc is added with mousedown and each instance name becomes mymc_ins1, mymc_ins2 as I increment step. Now I would like to scale the instantly generated mc while the m...more >>

Here is my situation, i have a framework in which i load the diffrent pages of my website. The framework is resized so it spreads across the full webpage. In this framework i load my swfs(pages), I want these swfs to contain the bg movieclip for that particular page. But this movieClip mus...more >>

Hello - Trying to add getURL links to each of the menu items in this fla: http://www.softwarelessons.com/flash/27.fla but can't seem to do it. All help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, John ...more >>

I'm creating an art thing that put instances of vectors randomly onto the stage from the library. (w/ different colors, transparencies..etc) to create an art image. I need to be able to print out the image very large (hence why I was using Flash / vectors). My code works fine, but I can't fig...more >>

:confused; I'm using a simple string of code to navigate througha presentation I have created. on (keyPress"<down>") { gotoAndStop("Scene 3", 1); } ...more >>

hi if got a little problem how can I use the target_mc._height outside of my onloadinit function? i have to add it to my var K to keep me on the right height? var k = 10; //variabele voor het bijhouden van de hoogte var j = 10; //variabele voor het bijhouden van dfe depth function ...more >>

Hello, I'm having a big problem to make the shoping cart work in my aplication. I need something like Ref, Quantity, Taxes, Total when user choses one product flash should be able to make an array with this values, so user can continue to purchase, and when user finaly presses the ...more >>

Hi, I have a dynamic textField with custom made scrollbar into which the text from XML is loaded. I also have a dynamicly created menu. After you click on menu, a new content is loaded into a textField. The scrollBar is visible if the content_mc (where the textfield is) is higher then the ma...more >>

Every time I need to reset the colors on my 24 mcs I run the following script. Is there a more compact way to write this? var my_color:Color = new Color("num01"); my_color.setRGB(0x252525); var my_color:Color = new Color("num02"); my_color.setRGB(0x252525); var my_color:Color = new...more >>

:confused; Help! I have scoured pages and pages of books and forums, and cannot seem to find a straight answer on this. Even on the recent posts in this forum the answers seem very muddled. I have created a drop down menu, which consists of a movie clip with an onRollover action, whic...more >>

in my project, i have to load multiple jpg file, and i use MovieClipLoader Class, this class' events have only a params, but when i want to know which Movieclip is errored in Number (index of array) i can't pass this param to the event exam: my_mcl.onLoadStart=function([u]theFirst:Boolean[...more >>

This is to make an "active state" for my buttons invA_but._visible=false; invB_but._visible=false; invC_but._visible=false; invD_but._visible=false; invE_but._visible=false; invF_but._visible=false; a_but.onRelease=function(){ invA_but._visible=true; invB_but._visible=f...more >>

Hi, I use the following code in flash 7 . I cant see my pic file even though I can see in flash 8. My gif file is not animated one. Can anyone help me on this? And I specify my movie clip width and height but it always return me 0. I use trace to display my movie clip width and height. ...more >>

Hello, I went to gotoandlearn.com and watched the tutorial on the carousel. It was very helpful and I'm using the code to create something similar, but I would like to tweak one thing and add another feautre, but I'm having a hard time figuring them out. Currently the images that go t...more >>

I'm trying to put these functions into a Loop to conserve space. Why won't this work? . function showRegion(reg) { reg.onEnterFrame = function() { if (eval(reg)._alpha < 100) { eval(reg)._alpha += 15; } } } function hideRegion(reg) { reg.onEnterFrame = function(...more >>

Hi, I am developing a CDROM / Internet application that has a story displayed on the screen and an audio file plays. Beacuse this product is aimed at people learning to read, the pauses in between words are definite and exagerated which I am hoping can work in my favor. Highlighting t...more >>