I have 4 mc's on the stage c1, c2, c3, c4 and I am trying to load mc's in them from with in a loop. The only way I can get them to load is _root.loadMovie but I need them to load inside a emptyMC. Here is my code stop(); /////////////////////////////////// // ------ Variables --...more >>

Right this is what I have, about 50 buttons that show a _mc of a shoe style, color etc.. then next to that I have combo boxes with a list of the stlye, colors etc.. I what to be able to add some code to the buttons so that you only have to click the button on the style you want and it select's...more >>

I have the main movie with a button on it with the following command: on (release) { loadMovie("loadCentralCommandSGUnload.swf", "_root.loadCentralCommand"); } That works great - it loads the movie into the loadCentralCommand clip The problem if I load a different movie to a differe...more >>

My maskImage functions will not trigger from inside of my loop function. If I place the tasks outside of the function it works but agian still not inside the loop. What am I doing wrong. Here is my code. /////////////////////////////////// // --------- Variables ----------- ////////...more >>

Hey guys. If you would, look at the code below. Below is the code for my button handlers in my SubMenu class. Now that I have a finished Window class, I want the SubMenu class to create the Window when an option is pressed. This works great. The issue I have is that I need this window del...more >>

Hi guys, I am trying to subtract 2 characters in action script, My code line looks like this : temp=Number(str.charAt(j)-'A'); trace(temp); But everytime i run the command i get NaN as the O/P, such a command works fine in C, what to do to get this working in actionsc...more >>

Hello fellow flashers, I have a slide bar type button that delivers values of -50 to +50 based on an _y position. I have two line animations that are controlled by the same switch. However, what I want to happen is to have the animations to have an opposite reaction to the slider bar. ...more >>

I have a vertical thumbnail scroller that scrolls up or down depending on where your mouse is. The problem is that when the movie starts the thumbnails start scrolling. Does anybody know a way for me to have it be still until someone rolls over it. Also, i would like it to stop when someo...more >>

I have a movie that loads an xml. 1) Update the xml file 2) Upload to my server 3) open IE and load my flash movie. NOTE : my flash movie still uses the xml before it was updated. How do I force my Flash movie to download the xml again? Thanks in advance.... ...more >>

I have a snippet of code I'm using to draw rectangles on stage. Any idea on how to control fading-in/out the rectangles? function DrawRect() { var x:Number, y:Number; var cx:Number, cy:Number; var myW:Number, myH:Number; this.clear(); myW = System.capabilities.sc...more >>

I'm VERY new to flash, and just know the basics of actionscript. I've completed all my buttons and have my layout completed as well. But I need to be able to click my thumbnails, which i'm sure I have to make buttons, and open the larger images in a new window. OR Would it be more eff...more >>

I have a flash project running on a white background using the FLVPlayback component in Flash 8 to play my videos. I have around 30 FLVs I'm playing back, all encoded using On2 VP6 at 640x480 25fps. Some though are displayed with a black border of 4-8 pixels. When I screen grab the stage I see...more >>

hi all I have a problem loading in movies from a movie with a scrolling menu. the problem is the movie(load.swf, the movie trying to load into)is also loaded into main movie, so because of this needs the code; _global.loadNewMovie(): at the end of the maintimeline to load in and out ...more >>

I have a chronological timeline for a historic site. There are a series of buttons (chronological dates) that change the x position of the timeline_mc. At either end of this series of dates, (buttons which reference the array i established for the timeline x position) I have forward and back...more >>

OK heres my problem. I got this set of button that are in an mc on the main timeline. those button need to call upon and load other mc's with other buttons that have basic functions like gotoAndPlay(). which i have done by using loadMovie(_level.contholder_mc.loadMovie("contractor_m...more >>

Im trying to find a way to disable the keyboard backspace button from going back a page in the site but allowing it to function as a character delete when needed for typing in an input text field of a form. Strangely this problem only occurs for about a minute after the page is opened....aft...more >>

Hi All, I'm working on a project to make a Flash Projector that will let the user right mouse click on a jpeg and have it automatically make it the Desktop Wallpaper. Is there a Flash Script that can do this? Your help is MUCH appreciated! Scott ...more >>

Well we have a database with codes that create sketches of buildings. The codes are simple to understand but we cannot wrap our minds around how to do this. code example: U= Up D= Down R= Right L= Left U13R7D13L7 we would make this data become an image. Can this be done with Actionscript? Doe...more >>

is it possible to load an html file inside the flash movie...and if..how..?...more >>

I have an interactive flash file that has dynamic variables that I'm trying to send to a php file which in turn will send an email with the variables attached. I'm using SendAndLoad with "POST" to send the variables to php and an email script in php to send the variables. I have been abl...more >>

I am using a MovieClipLoader to load external contents from a remote server to a movieClip. After a while, I would like to load it again due to dynamic changes in the contents. However, the flash movie keeps reloading the temperorary cached file. Within ActionScript, is th...more >>

Hello, I have a small button pic of an image on a main .swf movie that when you click on it, it loads a .swf movie into "loadPhotoMain" - when this movie loads you can see the image enlarged - I wanted to have a button that says "close" and when pressed would unload the movie out of "load...more >>

I am very new to flash, and I've been all around it trying to find a way to make a button that opens up a website. How can I do that? Thx...more >>

How do you play the next frame of a movie after you have stopped the previous frame. ...more >>

I have a problem with my XML setup here i use Tab key to aligh up info in the xml text for aligned display in the program hoever i tested on several computers and get different resolts. how can i fix this. Please view the linked Image http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/8394/flashtextp...more >>

Don't laugh ! Something so simple I can't set it up... I load a .swf into a movie clip. How can I write my code in order to load an alternate .swf in case the one first called doesn't exist?...more >>

how to decode the base 64 representation of the image? ...more >>

I have a flash movie that serves as a header. I am passing a variable from a php page to the movie using flashVars and swfObject. When the movie gets the variable it shows which page they are on by a tab (this works fine) and is supposed to load the accompanying header swf file (this does not ...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a quiz document, and I would like to have a few frames in the beginning where you can input the questions and answers, the names of the candidates, and so on. These would then be used in the other frames in the quiz. What actionscript do I need for this. I need dynamic t...more >>

Hi, As3 script cannot be checked - although code gets compiled - Can anyone brief me on its setup? Preferences already checked - $(LocalData)Classes added plus EnabledWarnings.xml - Warnings mode, StrictMode ticked Thanks Lant ...more >>

Hi, I created a Flash application using ActionScript2.0 which calls the web service and Updates the Cricket score in Flash application. Can anyone tell me can I live that application for TV broadcast? Can anyone tell me how to use Flash for TV channels purpose. Thanks & Regards Sri...more >>

Hello. I have a rather large vid which I have imported into my SWF dynamically using the FLV playback componenet. What I am looking to do is display some text in my original SWF during certain points in the movie. since the FLV is not on the actual timeline and will buffer differently on diffe...more >>

I am able to get a button with a movie clip to appear when the movie clip is a single frame. However, I want this button to be invisible when you start, and then appear when you hover over it. When I try to give the movieclip states of up, over, and out, I cant figure out how to get the movie ...more >>

I would like to place a graphic in a defined area after clicking on a button. I tried this and the graphic loads but not on releas of the button. on (release) { var ourTextfield:TextField; ourTextField.text = "Please wait...Loading..."; var ourLoadVar:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); ...more >>

Hi, I need to configure actionscript within a movieclip to load another movieclip to play at a certain frame, then stop after 5 frames of play. So within Movieclip_1 at frame 40, I need Movieclip_2 to load and play at frame 10 and stop at frame 20. (it might be important to note that...more >>