I have a simple class which extends MovieClip and requires one constructor argument, we'll call Box. This class is associated to a MovieClip in the library. I can't for the life of me figure out how to actually instantiate it at runtime: new Box('hello world'); // doesn't work, the MovieCl...more >>

Hi all, I'm wondering if someone could recommend a good tutorial on designing a mail page, in which the user can enter his/her name in a text field, enter the email in another text field, and a message in a large text field, and hit a submit button to send the info to a specific email add...more >>

:beer; Heya, I have a Flash file that utilizes a CFC and MSSQL Server 2000 to return some variables in the ComboBox component. The structure of my movie is as follows: (Preloader) (Pages folder) : [ Houses the folders: About, Pictures, Story, and Contact ] - The file that I need to wo...more >>

I have been using javascript popups in actionscript buttons for some time with no issues. However, on a specific movie I have 2 button links, each of which opens a pdf file. I need each pdf to open using the same new window to avoid multiple new windows opening. This works fine on the firs...more >>

I have several questions about actionscript and everything and anything will help me out a lot. Here they are: >From javascript (for questions 1-3) 1) is there a way to iterate through objects in a swf file? For example, if the swf has a jpg or some control that I want to target, I want to ...more >>

Ok I have always had problems with dynamic text fields and fonts but now I am at a crossroads as to a problem. I have a component that fills a dynamic text field created at runtime that is html enabled but it seems to be not "catching" the tags. Now before someone gets on here and says: ...more >>

Hey guys. Check the link below. Access is 123456789. http://www.fedlerstudio.com/flash/previews.swf After the images load, you'll notice that the right side bottom and bottom line segments for the border appear to be drawing slightly off key from where they should be. It's straightfor...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to do the same thing but istead of daily I would like to display a different image every week, for instance on sunday February 25th 2007 I want to display image 1.jpg for sunday March 4th, 2007 I want to display 2.jpg and so on every sunday of the month (is for my church), b...more >>

I have a paragraph of scrollable dynamic text. I need to add an email link to one of the sentences. Is this possible? I can't make the line a button in the dynamic text paragraph. Can anyone help please. ...more >>

Hello, I need to pass a var into a flash movie and depending on the var being "1", "2", "3" etc.. The movie will goto the frame the var has specified. I load my flash movie using an external.js file shown below. Because on every page I need var "page" to be diffrent I am trying to use ...more >>

I have an actionscript that sets 10 movieclips in an array, I then scroll the array. I want to add a funciton to my movieclips listener onRelease method to chane the url of the current broswer (not launch a new window). target_mc.onRelease = function() { changeLocation(); }; ...more >>

How do I destroy a window component? And I don't mean a close button on the top corner. What I want is in that form is a separate close button labeled close that will destroy that object or close it down. The code below pop up's a window component Thanks on (press) { import m...more >>

I want to create a variable array (not array class) to store numbers. Here's what I'm hoping for: _global.CrtElement= 0; _global.BackStepArray = Array(); then later on I will assign a value to the first element: BackStepArray[CrtElement] = 4 I don't want to use named arrays unless...more >>

I've been scrubbing though google trying to get up to speed with AS3, and with a particular job/problem to solve. I need to take a dynamic image, desaturate it, and create the Photoshop effect of the Find Edges filter. Does this seem even vaguely possible? I've got the desaturate part worki...more >>

Would like to put an action at the end of a FLV playback which goes for 3 minutes. Instead of creating 3000 frams and putting an end action there, can I put an action in the FLV file to close the movie and open another? Thanks ...more >>

Does AS proved access to environmental variables of a computer installation it is running on? ...more >>

I have this whole movie that I created using actionscript and I want it to fade in... I created a movie clip on a layer above the actionscript and placed the movie clip on that.... The fade in work (background images fade in) but everything that was created using actions doesn't.... ...more >>

Hi. I'm successfully jumping between playing Frame 1 and Frame 2 using the functions below and setIntervals ... ( The following code is in Frame 1 main timeline ... ) stop(); / / this advances to the next frame var myInterval:Number; function proceed() { nextFrame(); cle...more >>

I am a final year university student and my final year project is to see whether Flash can create a robust point of sale system. I am using PHP and mySQL for the backend of the project. My questions are: Can Flash control/make use of barcode scanners and cash drawers and if so how? Does anyone...more >>

hi, i'm facing a problem with the geturl function when downloading a doc or ppt file in a new window using the script getURL("www.mysite.com/test.doc","_blank"). This prompts to open a new browser but displays an error [b]Action canceled nternet Explorer was unable to link to the Web...more >>

hi guys, can i add something dynamic in Inspectable tag. here is sample code. actually i want to show all fonts in a component field. Thank you for the help. [Inspectable(enumeration=String(TextField.getFontList()), defaultValue="Arial")] public function set TextFont(font):Void {...more >>

As I said... is it possible? Why is it too slow? Any answer is welcome. THANKS!...more >>

hi, i'm facing a problem with the geturl function when downloading a doc or ppt file in a new window using the script getURL("www.mysite.com/test.doc","_blank"). This prompts to open a new browser but displays an error [b]Action canceled nternet Explorer was unable to link to the Web...more >>

Does anyone know of a way to pause the loading of an external file so that it can be resumed later. Alternatively, does anyone know of a way to detect the file size of an external file without actually loading it into your movie? ...more >>

Hi, I am working on flash lite 2.0 for last few days. I am facing a big problem when using duplicatemovieclip and loading jpg images on these movieclips. It is showing an error that "it can not load more than 5 images on one frame on one click " I don't find any solutions for this. Pleas...more >>

Load a .wmv file inside flash dinamically... please help me out. Thanks! ashokkumarblore@gmail.com...more >>

hai to all.. plz help me i am doing xml photogallery for my project. i completed doing the gallery part but at one point i am stucked. here i am loading thumbnails into thumb_mc in _y direction. i have two buttons (up_btn and down_btn) for the thumb_mc to move up and down directions. ...more >>