I'm making my own AS2 class, let's say Table. When constructing an instance of the Table class I am using some creating and drawing in some movieclips. I want to have that when any of the clips are clicked the Table instance dispatches an event saying which clip was clicked on. I've ...more >>

The problem is, I used this tutorial to make my scroll window. It seems to coding method isn't the best way to do it, as it makes it a pain in the ass to update. The guy didn't even put it in as an actionscript text, I would have to open up the text layer every time. I'm trying to modify i...more >>

I'm pretty new to this. I've created a flash movie as the header in a html/css web page. After searching extensively, I'm in need of the action script code that will allow me to create a pre-loader that loads just a static jpeg as the rest of the swf loads. None of the tutorials seem to addres...more >>

I am stuck on the stupidest simple problem, I feel like a complete idiot. I have a stage, frame 1 has an MC, in the MC, the last frame, I want to trip to frame 2 on the main timeline. On the main timeline I have a layer with labels, frame 1 has label "mainf1", and a (stop) action, frame 2 has...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to figure out what I'm missing! I've added a close button to a Flash Player 8 file that is running in a browser window. When the user clicks the close button I want the browser window to close. The code on my button that I've tried is: getURL("javascript:window.cl...more >>

I am trying to create a stand-alone video presentation with a video on almost every slide. After the file got way too big when I used embedded video, I now started to use the MediaPlayback component. It works on some slides now, but on some it just doesn't, or it starts working after 20 sec, b...more >>

I am taking computer science and for our final project we are suppose to make a game. We use Java which is pretty similar to Actionscript. My teacher, knowing that I have used flash to make images and such, said that I could use Flash 8 to create my game. I am pretty unfamiliar with actionscri...more >>

I have a library item that is a square and I want to use Actionscript to create a movie and use this square to create a 8x8 grid of them? Does anyone have an Idea or tutorial on how I might do this?...more >>

Hi I've created a movie clip that is draggable. Just looking for some basic code to tell this clip how far within a window it is draggable, so it can't be dragged off the screen, into "no man's land". Thanks. ...more >>

Is there a way that you can clear everything that has been added to a movie clip easily? Basically want to remove all textfields, fills, lines etc so the entire clip is blank without actually removing the clip. ...more >>

hello, I am creating a video player that loads some info from an xml file, places it in a little scrolling menu thingy. When you click on each of the menu items, it is to play the flv referenced in the xml to the side. The xml appears to be coming in fine and everything looks right. The prob...more >>

Hi. Need some help... I have a MCL that is loading a large swf file with a preloader... The problem I am having is this SWF is large and to load this SWF will take too long LIVE... If i break the SWF file into individual swf files, 25 in all (each is an individual image with a si...more >>

I am trying to load an external swf inside another movie clip yet, I am new to actrionscript and am not sure how to call the empty movie clip inside the other movie clip. I have: conradButton.onRelease = function() { framer_trail.trailer_mc.loadMovie("einstein.swf"); } Where the fr...more >>

Hi, I am new to this forum. I am trying to make some updates to a website designed by another designer. It was originally created in Flash 6. When I saved it to Flash 8 I got this error message:**Error** /Users/myname/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Classes/to...more >>

I have to admit that I'm very new to AS but I'm excited about each new thing I'm learning. I would appreciate some input on this. I've created a Flash Slide Presentation in v8. Rather than using timelines in each slide, I'm trying to use AS to fade up certain elements on each slide and t...more >>

Please help with the action script code to change the Color default on the Scroll Pane from the Componets window. Need to change it to a different color, I can only find code in CSS for HTML scroll bars but not for FLASH. Thanks for your help Denise ...more >>

Does anyone have the script that will loop the playback of a flv video in a frame? ...more >>

Does anyone know the method to eliminate the occurance of a text scroll bar on every frame proceeding the frame that it is initially displayed on? ...more >>

Hi, I'm having a problem with XML.onLoad not firing if there is no connection available. If I start up the application, then disable the connection when I press the button to get the XML the onLoad doesn't trigger. If I simply enter an invalid URL it does fire. I cannot use the HTTPstatus ...more >>

Hi all, New to this forum. Hoping someone might be able to help or point me in the right direction. I`m trying to use three combo boxes, with each combination of choices taking the user to a different frame. Is this possible? Any hints of where to start? Many thanks in advance! ...more >>

I write a class as following: /* save in Foo.as */ class Foo { private static var arr:Array; public function Foo() { Foo.arr = []; } public function addSomething(n:Number):Void { Foo.arr.push(n); } public function deleteSomething(n:Number):Void { Foo[arr.pop()]; ...more >>

Once I click on a link on a flash site I am working on, I need it to open a html window that is sized at 300pxx200px. Can someone please help me and give me the code needed. Thanks!...more >>

I have two layers in my flash doc. one with the graphics on it the other a transparent btn called "likage" i inserted this action script into the btn layer: on (press) { getUrl ('http://www.novatec.com') } ------- this is the error that appeared ------- **Error** Scene=Scene 1, la...more >>

Hi All This is Surya. I am working one flash application. While i am developing i got a problem with flash swf file size. The Problem is: If we embed fonts in flash 8 , swf file size is increasing than flash 7 version. What is the difference between flash 8 embed fonts and flash 7 embed...more >>

I've pieced this together from a tutorial on captions. My goal is for a caption to pop up in a customized balloon when the user rolls over a button. I'd also like the balloon to feel like it's stuck to the end of the mouse while in the button's hitspace. I think the way to do the above is ...more >>

I went through a flash map tutorial at : http://www.webdesigntutorials.net/tutorials/flash_tutorials/Flash_MX_tutorials_C reating_a_Magnifying_Glass.php All of the codes are showing errors... is it me or the code? the code is: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { _root.myMap._x = (_root....more >>

inside a for loop I would like to dynamically create new Sprites. How could I accomplish this task. Any help is much appreciated....more >>

I am trying to generate three text fields using data from an array of text. The only text that is displaying is the content of the last array item. I have attached my code. Any ideas why three text fields are not being created with the proper array text in it? Thanks! - Aaron ...more >>

Hello everyone, Could anyone here help me please? I am trying to control swf from a web page. I search in the Flash help, and the answer I found is using ExternalAPI to control movie playing in my swf from a web page. There is a sample in my local machine about how to use ExternalAPI. when ...more >>

I am not sure if I titled this question right but here goes the question. I have a slide show of 15 image. All the images preload and play. when the slideshow reaches the last frame I start another swf slide show with the actionscript below. I also have next and back buttons on my slides...more >>

Why does my movie clip only play the second time I go through this action script? (How I know it plays the second and following times is because I have a button that causes this portion of script to replay.) Here is my loadmovie script... // display Story annimation this.createEmpty...more >>

Hi all, I got this script from a tutorial site (http://www.actionscript.org/showMovie.php?id=1284). It's a 3D rotating menu/panels, reacting to mouse movement. On mouse click, it will expand to a certain size, but I can't stop the rotation. How can I stop the rotation with the specified pa...more >>

Hi, I basically have two flash swfs which need placing in an HTML template which has navigational buttons. Once the first swf has played/complete, I need to send a message to the javascript to allow the user to click the 'next' button (in the HTML template) to then play the second swf. The...more >>

Hey. So - You've created an object. Now you want to have a property of the object - and you want that property to have strict data typing because you're picky. Here's the code you've written. var oTest:Object = new Object(); oTest.nThing = new Number(); oTest.nThing = 1; trace(oTe...more >>