Hi, Is there any way to make a text with scroll wiht out use the components like textarea or scrollPanel (just using the text tool from the toolbar). Tnks....more >>

Hi everybody...i want to create a simple horizontal scroller for a movieclip but i can´t find any good tutorials for it...im new at this and i was wondering if someone could point me to some nice tutorials for this...all i find is vertical scrollbars :S thanks ...more >>

I am still a rookie but enjoying trying to trouble shoot what i want Flash to do. This one has stumped me. If someone could help i would really appreciate it. What i am trying to figure out the solution to is this: I have an Nested Movie Clip (pickwheel_mc) that i am using as a rotat...more >>

Hi, Please anyone here to help me out? I have this code in my loadxml.as file: ================================================== function readXML(){ var origInvestment:String = ""; var origInvestmentUSD:String = ""; var TempNum:Number= 0; origInvestment = ...more >>

I have a ScrollPane and this ScrollPane loads an item from the Library. And this library item contains moviecilp and I'm trying to add 'onPress' event to this movieclip by.. MovieName.onPress = function() { trace("Pressed"); } But, since this movie is inside of ScrollPane the on...more >>

Working on a window class for my project here. My window class has a destructor that cleans up the main movie clip container. Inside each window I create, there is a close button (created dynamically by the class). I am trying to add an event handler to this button that will call the ...more >>

I have developed an online learning course using Flash. It has been in use for a couple of years without many issues, but someone has recently reported that they are hearing no audio. Their audio is fine elsewhere (e.g. playing mp3s). They are using a PC with Win 98. Are their any issue...more >>

Hi all I'm not able to read array of objects returned by a web method...whereas if the web method returns a single object its no problem... can anyone please help regards Siva...more >>

I have this code that is supposed to move a movieclip once loaded. It is loading into the initial position but doesn't then trigger the onEnterFrame ///////////////////////////// var easing = 0.2; var targX = -10; var targY = 250; ///////////////////////////// namesArray = new Array(...more >>

I have a grid that is being generated dynamically. Each square in the grid is a movieclip button square. When you rollover the mc-btn square you activate a large movieclip. Currently, the movieclip is behind the grid created by the dozens of other squares generated at higher levels. What...more >>

I'm having a little bit of a problem with this very basic bit of code. The following code works fine: (I apologize for not having it in a format that may be more suitable) this.createTextField("my_text", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 70, 400, 100); my_text.text = "This is my TextField.";...more >>

Okay, I've set up a tree component, populated it with XML and set up onClick functions to dynamically make an input text box to change the labels at runtime. The only issue is, I would like my new dynamic text box to be located over the old label. I can't seem to find out how far in the clic...more >>

A client complained about the colors in a movie. As it turns out they see boundaries of mc's and text fields (in text fields it's the rendeing area of the text, not the complete text field) in a slightly lighter tint than the background. I tried to replicate it and had to set my display to 16 ...more >>

Hi, I'm fairly new to actionscript (dabbled a bit a few years back in MX and have just recently upgraded to Flash 8 - although as far as I'm aware there is no change in the actionscript), but have a solid background in C++, so I seem to be picking things up reasonably quickly. I have run into a ...more >>

I have read in my Actionscript Bible that ". . .nested instances that were created programically are not duplicated either". Can anyone confirm this? I have a nested mc named _level0.mcWing1.dmcPiece2 that is passed into a function (passedMC) that was created programatically. I have tried...more >>

I am currently working on a flash site with a talking head video. What I'm looking to do is when the video completes, to have that last frame of the video fade to the first frame with the video rewound and ready to play again when the user chooses. Is there any tutorials out there that anyone...more >>

After struggling with the code for a Paypal checkout of multiple personalized silver charms on assorted necklaces, (thus the need for many arrays) I have the code set up for the Paypal sandbox testing area. When I test it from the swf locally, everything is perfect-- aah, satisfaction. The i...more >>

I've set up a test file and I'm having big problems loading a video file from within a loaded movie. I have 3 files - "base.swf". This loads a swf - "LoadVideo.swf" into level 10 loadMovieNum("Files/videoFiles/LoadVideo.swf",10); This, ("LoadVideo.swf"), has a button with the code ...more >>

I want a movie clip to randomly appear with a non-rectangular boundary. I've got random position changes within in a rectangular boundary working fine. Ideally i'd like to be able to draw a shape and use that as the boundary for the position changes. Any ideas (i'm using flash 8) ...more >>

Hey all, This might be an easy question but I am new to flash. I have a movie file (.swf) and I would like that to open up in a moveable(if possible) flash pop up window when I click on the assigned link. DOes anyone have action script for this? Or is this harder that I think it is? ...more >>

I have the following ifStatment. function subMenuOff(theBtn:MovieClip):Void{ if(!nav1.production_menu.digital_btn.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse) && !nav1.production_menu.video_btn.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse) && !nav1.production_menu.events_btn.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse)){ trace("sub...more >>

I have a variable var letters:String = "adcbaebca"; how can I tell what's a second letter from the right side of the variable? For example, now it would be "c". But how to get it? Thanks ...more >>

I need a help about preloading flv file while previous one is already playing on the stage. I don't use FLV playback component but a simple video holder. And I load and play flv with this actions: var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection(); my_nc.connect(null); var sea_ns:NetStream...more >>

I want to create animation with a few MC's say for a game. I want each MC to be a class to simplify things eg a mc for me and a random number for 'aliens'. Each 'alien' has its own class with events properties etc. To record the movieclip events for each alien would i include them in a c...more >>

when i try to make transpareny in tree component mouse events misses.what can in do:confused;...more >>

Hi, What I am trying to do is dynamically assign a rollout and over behavior to each movieclip with a certain name on my stage. I'm looping through and attaching a function to each movieclip's event. So far that works. All the clips on roll out and over do something. However the problem I'...more >>

I have created a quiz movie, it loads each quiz as a swf, within the main movie shell. my problem is that i created one of the three quiz types using the flash quiz extension. when i click on next question in takes me to frame two in the shell movie rather than in itself. i dont have time t...more >>

Hi, I have created a navigation bar, and I believe I have it linked properly. The file looks like: http://surfinthebay.net/links_a.swf It is streched, but you get the idea. It should open a new page when you click a link, however it goes to a page called 'undefined'. You can download ...more >>

How on earth do I make my timeline pause for 5 seconds, then jump back to a frame? cheers :)...more >>

I can't get the timer to work with array notation of MC. left=function (){ mcc1._x+=10; //works fine //this["mcc1"]._x+=10; //fails with array notation //this._parent["mcc1"]._x+=10; } var ww:Number=setInterval(left,200); ...more >>

Hey guys im trying to recreate this transition on a site and i need a little help on how to do it. This is the site with the transition. http://www.andyfoulds.co.uk/flash_design.html...more >>

Sorry, I posted this on the tail end of another topic but was worried it wouldn't get looked at because it was marked as answered. I have had this problem in the past and just gotten around it by manually drawing a dynamic text field and embedding fonts in it. Now I need to use differend ...more >>

Hi, now I need to know whe the user selects or clicks on any item from a list that has 6 items. Every item has a label and data reference so I need this data reference to do something. thanks....more >>

Hi, I have 7 little movieclips named (data_flickr_1_MC through to data_flickr_7_MC). What I am trying to do, is when the flash starts, get it to pause for around 10 seconds, then I want the 7 movieclips to play randomly (of eachother) and repeat say every 4 seconds. How can i achi...more >>

I have a script and I can't figure out how to trigger the preloader when the external files load Here is my script \ stop(); ///////////////////////////// namesArray = new Array("bg", "widget1", "widget2", "widget3", "MainLogo", "MainMessage"); locationsArray = new Array([0, 0]...more >>

Hello folks, I have a list of swf files and I need to know the amount of frames of each one of them. I tried the following: 1. I created a xml file called "data.xml" (an example with 5 files - lesson1.swf, lesson2.swf, lesson3.swf, lesson4.swf and lesson5.swf): <?xml version="1.0" enco...more >>