Using Flash 8 and the tutorial at http://reallyshiny.com/tutorials/flash.php, I created a dynamic FLV player. Everything works but the player loads the entire FLV video when going to the URL. Is there an easy way to prevent FLVPlayback component from loading the complete FLV video until some...more >>

How do I write a script to ask a streaming video to go to play a next movie clip or to do something after it is finised playing automatically?...more >>

How do I write a script to do a daily display images on Flash? For instance, I want to display a.jpg on Monday, b.jpg on Tuesday, and so on......more >>

I bought a motion effect from ohmyflash.com. When I opened it in Flash 8, it ran fine, but the Player sttings were set to Flash MX: The player version was set to 6 and the AS version was at 1. When I changed the Player to 8 and the AS version to 2, it wouldn't run right. I am a bit of a newbie...more >>

Hi ! I need to limit my text area to 3 lines. How do I do this ? I was thinking about character limitation but if the user press "enter" 3 times, I'm screwed since it is only 3 characters but it bust my 3 lines limit. Thx guys ! ...more >>

I've a related question: how do you get the localPath working? I tried "C:\someFolder", but I keep on getting the error message: saveToSharedObj error: Couldn't access specified shared object. Error for DataSet 'myDS'. I did create the folder before trying the method. The manual stat...more >>

Hello dears, I'm just looking for samples oriented to develop 3D artifacts with AScript 2 or 3 Thanks a lot in advance. Sergio...more >>

hi, just out of curiosity: why doesn't the playhead "restart" the current frame when u call gotoAndPlay(the_current_frame)? i.e. if at frame 1, i have: trace("frame1"); gotoAndPlay(1); it goes straight to frame 2! does the flash player virtual machine check that if playhea...more >>

Hi guys, I recently converted an application from Flash 6 to Flash 8 only to notice a huge issue with the shared objects. My original application (player 6) was storing the user's account in a shared object at #SharedObjects/xxxx/mydomain.com/myswf.swf/myso.sol I uploaded my new appl...more >>

Hi All, I'm working on a Flash project that will be distributed via CD or DVD. I need to include several jpegs in the Flash file that can be opened in the user's browser by a simple mouse click when the user runs the Flash program from their CD/DVD player. Any help would be much appr...more >>

Hi I'm trying to load an image on the fly in flash which is no problem, but then when i need it to unload it doesn't and i get an *** Security Sandbox Violation *** Connection to file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Latest%20Versions/Hi gh%20res%20newsreader/ halte...more >>

Hi I'm trying to achieve the technique which is applied here by some clever chuffer: :smile; http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/13425.html The effect I am talking about is the image gallery and the masking that takes place here once a thumbnail graphic is clicked on. Th...more >>

I would like to know how to set up actionscript FLV Playback where it does not automatically play the video FLV file (including seek bar or buffering). I want the visitors to manually click on play button and begin the video streaming. ...more >>

Hi Guys please help, I have a question can you unload a loadClip at the middle of the progress? Also I have this code (downBelow) The twFade.yoyo() it sometimes worked and sometimes not, is it my code or is the flash has some bug, Thanks for(var i:Number = 0;i<aBtnAbout.length;i+...more >>

I would like to know if anyone has purchased the flash basic library training for 99.00 on this site and is it worth the money? Also do you get to have access to all the topics in the program for 99.00 or is this not the case? I am new at Flash and looking to self train and will purchase if ...more >>

I can't figure this out. I've got some en dashes in an XML doc that when parsed in Flash, seem to disappear in the dynamic text field. The text field is set to HTML in the properties panel since it was manually created at author time. When tracing the string, they show up in the outputs panel....more >>

I know this question has been raised before and it usually just boils down to using the frame #'s and labels. But, even with that it is not working. I have a map of the US and when each state is rolled over I would like a menu to appear - this menu is a list with several options and all of...more >>

Could anyone please show me a simple way to script (oldstyle>) myclip._visible=0; in ActionScript 3.0. I've been looking through the help files for an hour. Thanks!...more >>

I have a custom class called line that takes two sets of co ordinates and draws a line between them. The class uses _root.createEmptyMovieClip() to make a container to draw in to but I need it to draw in to other movies on the stage in a similar way to createEmptyMovieClip() eg _root.childCl...more >>

Hi, I imported a video (progressive) and would like some text to appear after the video finishes. The video is in frame 1 and I inserted a keyframe after that and added text. When I play the movie all I see is the text blinking, no video. What did I do wrong? Thanks in advance. Robert ...more >>

how do i get a MC to remove itself? seems like this should be simple enough. i have a movie clip with a button within it. code on the button: on(release) { removeMovieClip(this); } or this?: on(release) { this.removeMovieClip(); } or this?: on(release) { _parent....more >>

Hi everyone, This may seem to be silly question,but I am new in Flash, so please don't laugh. I have a picture on one of my web pages. All i need is to link a Quick Time video file to it. So when someone will click on that photo, the video will load and play. That video file (clip1.mov) will...more >>

Hi everyone, This may seem to be silly question,but I am new in Flash, so please don't laugh. I have a picture on one of my web pages. All i need is to link a Quick Time video file to it. So when someone will click on that photo, the video will load and play. That video file (clip1.mov) will...more >>

I deeply apologize for my ignorance in regards to Flash, saying that there is an issue that I'm having and that is, when I bring a embedded video component on to my stage, weather it's a video 8 player or display,for some reason or another, when I go to 'test' my movie, the video isn't showing...more >>

I have an HTML page with a navigation bar created in Flash MX. I would like to make the buttons open a URL in an iframe on the same page. The iframe is called simply, 'iframe'. I have read many forums and tried a dozen suggested action scripts, but none work. A few examples below. Can anyo...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to understand how GetVariable() and SetVariable() work. I've written the following ActionScript code in the actions frame of the top layer in my .fla: testVar = "test1"; getVar = GetVariable("testVar"); SetVariable("testVar", "test2"); getVar2 = GetVariable("testVar...more >>

I've used onClipEvent(enterFrame) handler whenever i wanted to check something when i didn't know when the change is going to happen. It seems to slow down the application since its always "checking" because the enterFrame. Is there any way i can dettect the change of variable value using set...more >>

Does anyone knows how i can make google like pie charts that arent static, i mean, to be dynamic - like the ones on google, to change depending on data. Since i know how to draw them freehand, now i dont know how to make them :) Anything: hint, help, something-like tutorial would of great use? ...more >>

I am attaching several instances of a nested MC which has some on keyPress code. Only the very first instance responds to the keyPress events. Why don't the other instances behave the same? The only logical reason I can think of is the subsequent instances are at different depths, coul...more >>

I am an Actionscript newbie trying to code an a movie symbol so that I have a rollover annimation play, then rollout annimation and the over and our work fine but when the symbol is clicked I want to go to another site. Has anyone here had expreience with this? I frakenstined the onrelease be...more >>

Hi! Im quite new to using actionscript & got a bit stuck... Im using the attatchMovie command _root.AttatchMovie("mymovie","mymovie2",1) but I need to alter part of this to allow two seporate movies to be opened, (and change the movie which is displayed at the front when someone clicks on ei...more >>

Hello all, I have a Flash file where I want to load another SWF. I would like to change the framerate of the movie I am loading... Please help me how can i play with FPS. -- BRegards Anup Pardasani ...more >>

hi, I want to know difference between instance name & variable name. ...more >>

hi, i want to create dynamic photo album for one website. Problem is that i know only flash ,i serach in google for this but i get photoalbum with using XML,FIREWORK,ETC.in it. can you mail me some website having above animation using flash,action scripting only. thanks ...more >>

When you load an image into the scrollpane via the contentPath it displays the image full size, ie if the image is larger than the scrollpane window you get srcoll bars so that you can view the complete image. Is there a way to resize the image so that it fits into the current scrollpane w...more >>

Using the code below I can only play FLV video format. Is that correct or does Flash Script let you play other video formats? var my_video:Video; // my_video is a Video object on the Stage var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection(); my_nc.connect(null); var my_ns:NetStream = new NetS...more >>

Dear Video pros I am trying to figure out what options I have to stream content from my server. flv content that is. The main effect is something like the brightcove player where you can hit a full sccreen button in the middle of a movie and the full screen version pops up continui...more >>

Hi, I have created a flash audio player which can play streaming audio (mp3) files and it takes data from external xml file. Everthing is working fine. But when i used a low bitrate mp3 file (size 600 kb, time 3min approx) , it plays the audio with max speed and get ended in 30 seconds. The...more >>

I've made a photo galery like in flash semples "...\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and Tutorials\Samples\ActionScript\Galleries\gallery_tree.fla". The lables of fotos are loaded to the "Tree component" from the XML file. The question is if the label of photo is too long, how to make it in multilin...more >>