Need some backup over here people.... I started a search engine in flash for a small 15 pages website,and in these cases I think it's best to create an XML file as a database... I need to say that I am a beginner in using actionscript and Macromedia Flash as I used other software before... ...more >>

HI, Is there a way to detect from within a flash movie, that the user has closed the browser? I want to send a variable to php page when a user is closing the browser. Thanks. ...more >>

[Q]1000: Unable to make connection to server or to find FLV on server[/Q] Hey all, I'm trying to create a XML video player as per lee's tutorial on the site. However, no matter what, I'm always getting that error. I have checked my source codes back and forth and my filepaths up and down an...more >>

I am working on updating an interactive tutorial with navigation buttons. When a person moves back to a certain frame the code below removes the buttons (movie clips). It works in Flash 7 with AS 1, but freezes up in Flash 8 AS 2. Any suggestions //Removes the screen navigation if exis...more >>

This seems simple, but for some reason it is not working. I have a button on the main stage. I want to target my MC (McSlidey01) that is placed on the main stage. facts: McSlidey01 is a MC that is 50 frames long. On the last frame it has an action script that takes it back to the root ...more >>

I've done a little searching in this forum & found little. I want to know if it is possible to dynmaically set the frame rate at runtime for the root movie clip in ActionScript 2.0. I've found that ActionScript 3 can. A separate solution I found on this forum provided code where the frame r...more >>

I've done a little searching in this forum & found little. I want to know if it is possible to dynmaically set the frame rate at runtime for the root movie clip in ActionScript 2.0. I've found that ActionScript 3 can. A separate solution I found on this forum provided code where the frame r...more >>

Does anyone have the script to pause a movie in a frame in seconds, then continue playing when the pause is over?...more >>

I have not been able to find any reference in the help file on how to set linkage properties through action script. I want to make a scrollpane and then display movie clips in the scrollwindow but the movie clips will change depending what is clicked on in the main movie. ...more >>

Dear Forum I'm trying to find the current time in a flash video (progressive download). The time property doesn't seem to return anything. I posted the code below. What am I doing wrong? Any clues? Thanks Stephan //////////////////////////////////////////////////...more >>

I need to loop a banner animation a set number of times, then get it to gotoandstop on a final frame. I know in the past I could use: counter++; if (counter<5) { gotoAndPlay (1); } At least for the looping part (don't even know yet about the stop pon a particular frame part). but now...more >>

Hello, Maybe somebody knows actionscript for background like this: http://www.lookmumimontheinternet.com/flash/fullscreenbackground/...more >>

I have an array that looks like this: var myArray:Array = [{name:"Peter", email:"peter@web.com"}, {name:"Mark", email:"mark@web.com"}]; I would like to join the array to achieve this result: var namesJoined:String = "Peter|Mark"; var emailsJoined:String = "peter@web.com|mark@web.com"; ...more >>

Im just messing around with flash doing basic stuff. I want to create a small program that sends a value from a input text box, into a dynamic text box. One of my big problems is I dont know how to set the value of my button. How do I set values of my button. And say If I did set the value, ho...more >>

hi guys, i am building a flash player similar to the one on myspace.com. i need the player to be able to stream an mp3 file from a database depending on which viewprofile page the user is looking at. the only buttons that the player will have are just play and stop although i would l...more >>

I created a file in MX 2004 Professional with some dynamic text to show the date. Can I make the date text show smoother by anti aliasing it? I typed some static text to test it out and the static text looks great, but the dynamic text looks really jagged, even though they both have anti ali...more >>

Hi Im using Flash 8. I have followed a tutorial on creating a digital clock and ctraed a movie that brings the time and full date. What I am trying to do next is create the digital clock using images instead of dynamic text. I have the images I require but I am not sure which way to ...more >>

Hello, I know how to do the no scale stage thing for a movie clip in the center of the page, but how do you do this for the elements that sit on the edges of the page? I would like these movie clips to hug the side of the window and adjust (but not scale) when the browser window is resized...more >>

Hey All! I am having a doozy here . . . pulling my hair out and wearing sack cloth and ashes . . . can anyone drop me a line? I am trying to make this navigation scheme for a new site. The .fla I am working in is the navigation.swf that will load into the master.swf. There are a couple of ...more >>

Hi, I am calling an image from a server to be displayed in flash using php, mySQL. If the image is in part of a browsing gallery where there are eight images on screen all in movieclips how do I get it so when a movieclip is clicked it recognises what image it contains and then goes to ano...more >>

Can anyone enlighten me as to why this glitch is happening on a website I designed? Please go to http://www.boulevardpropertiesllc.com Why does the "Welcome" page continually pop up during page transitions on button release?? In some browsers it pops up for an instant, others as long as 3...more >>

I've got a 5 digit number, for example 12345. I want to extract the second last number, in the example it would be 4. I'm sure there's a way to do this, but i don't know which phrase to use when i google. Can anyone please help me? Thanks!! ...more >>

I would like to pass a number of variables in flash when clicking a button in the php page. Can anyone give me any information on how to pass the variables from php to flash, or provide me with a relevant tutorial? Thanks a lot. ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to load an external transparent GIF file with loadMovie("mypicture.gif", container); I made on the stage a movieclip with the instance container. When i manually apply a filter to this movieclip and when the picuter is loaded in this target you don't see a glow. ...more >>