Hello all. I'm using the Flash player detection and it publishes the .html file in a way that I'm not familiar. I used to align the movies with <td> tags, but I'm no ..html guru and this is much different that my previous way of publishing. How do I center the movie? As it stands now wi...more >>

Can I use the results of loading a variables file using loadVariables on the very next frame? Or do I need to build in a set number of frames delay before trying to use the variables being populated by the load statement? Right now I am only giving one frame spacing from execution of the ...more >>

I am trying to develop a diagnostic/inquiry tool for a local chiropractor in Flash, integrating an account management/email PHP application with database and Flash actionscript using some of the more advanced features of Flash, such as drag-and-drop, dynamic resize of elements, and particle ma...more >>

I have a movie that I want to call on to play but the first part is a variable and I am not sure I have the syntax right. Does anyone see anything wrong with it? I want to add Word to the end of the variable name. [currentWord]+Word.gotoAndPlay(2); ...more >>

Where can I find a overview of symbols for extern textfields? For exmaple " = %22 etc. Many thanks!...more >>

so i have a simple .FLV movie playing in the "our Family section " section... i put a this._lockroot(); on it just to be safe. the player skin is in the root folder. it plays fine in IE but for some reason Forefox dosn't see it...urrrr please go to http://www.lightningmedia.com/lightn...more >>

I feel like this code is almost done, it just has a few bugs in it which makes it not run properly. It will give values sometimes, but it will go randomly to indefined values, and it normally ends in over half being undefined. All of the variables are initialized properly at some point i...more >>

I tried searching here but after the 3rd page of topics, I gave up looking... I apologize if this is an basic question but why would a combo box expand up instead of down? ...more >>

The below code is a very simple code that I use to load a movie and able to pass a varible to onLoadInit event... but, somehow the target_mc.Name is undefined. Please help me... Thanks, image_mc = container_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("image_mc", 0); var mcl:MovieClipLoader = n...more >>

Hi, for an upcoming project i am trying to make a keyboard controlled menu. incase you are not quite sure about what i mean i will explain: user uses up and down to slect item on the menu and presses enter to select the menu item. i however have no idea how to go about doing this. th...more >>

Hi, I really need some help with this one. I've looked through all the forums and across the web and can't find a solution. I am somewhat newish to Flash so i apologize in advance. I am making some basic changes to a preexisting website which was created in Flash 6. When I changed out an image...more >>

I used the following actionscript for a scroll bar to appear on a dynamic text field. Unfortunately, the scroll bar continues to appear on every frame proceeding the frame where the text field is displayed. What is the method to eliminate the occurrence of the scroll bar? /** Requires: ...more >>

So I work a ton with XML (and in turn, XMLNode). One piece I would like to use is to truly treat XML nodes like arrays, or strings, and be able to parse them. I know how to extend the XMLNode class with another class, but I don't want to change the type name from XMLNode to anything else. ...more >>

I have an html link which launches a flash movie into a separate html window. The flash movie then loads another movie into level 10. from this level, I am trying to close the flash movie and its associated html page using the code:- javascript:window.close(); This doesn't work. It ...more >>

Hi, new user, just getting into flash again. I've created a contact form that we use on Ebay so customers can easily ask questions. It works great, sends all the info they fill out to a php processing page, and sends us the email. However, since we use it on ebay, and we use the same for...more >>

Hi Everyone I m working on an flash quiz done by learning interactions included in flash 8 pro. But i have an extra feature that i want to add to the quiz. Current setup of the quiz is if the user answers right question "next" button pops up than user proceeds to next question, if user ans...more >>

I have a website that is finished and contains multiple webpages all in a specific web folder edited using dreamweaver. I also have a flash preloader that using actionscript that loads an empty specific flash site but i want to use this preloader to find the file size and download the other we...more >>

Hi all, I was hoping someone will be able to help, I have an mc which is basically a filled rectangle which a width of 1px. I need to work out the actionscript to make the bar get wider by so many pixels as the timeline processes on another mc. This is a little like a loading progress ba...more >>

Im in a project thats is almost done. I need 1 little thing to comlete it and i need your help. Its a Search for video with textstring. And for that i got 7 Huge XML files with the code for filename and the search word. It looks like this. <item i_name="Hello" i_video="hello.flv"/> ...more >>

Hi Everyone I m working on an flash quiz done by learning interactions included in flash 8 pro. But i have an extra feature that i want to add to the quiz. Current setup of the quiz is if the user answers right question "next" button pops up than user proceeds to next question, if user answer...more >>

hello, I want to navigate from one scene to the other scene after 5 seconds. please anyone help me the code to write in actionscript. Regards, Vikram ...more >>

I would like to be able to click on a button one time and have it open and play a movie. This movie would be overlayed on the layer that the button is on with the button still visible. Then after that movie has played, I would like to click on the same button again to close the movie so that...more >>

Hello, I have an interactive map and when you drop the state over the correct matching state it supposed to say 'correct' Whats happening is just the opposite it's saying correct when the state is dropped on any incorrect state or match. Here is the code: var mc_state01:MovieClip...more >>

I have a button within a mc and I want it to play on the main timeline, which it does, however when it gets to the last specified frame I want it to go to another frame. Here is my actionscript I has thus far. on (release) { _root.gotoAndPlay(75); } Basically I want all of my buttons ...more >>

Say if I had a program that had a output box and a input box. Lets say someone decides to not put text into the input box. and just decide to press send. How would I stop the program from send a blank message or stop the program from running period. Not exactly exit the program, but just stop ...more >>

Hi I have a serious problem... i have this code: var dropShadow:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(actiune.distanta, actiune.unghi, actiune.culoare_umbra, 50, actiune.blur, actiune.blur, actiune.cantitate, 3, Inte, Taie, Ascunde); the problem is with the last tree variables: i...more >>

Hi I'm still fairly new to all this, so you'll have to excuse what is probably a very simple question but I'd really appreciate some help with this. I am working on a presentation which starts with let's call it 'Movie_1'. After you've finished watching Movie_1, there are a number of but...more >>

I have constructed a slide show viewer for use on a website. The swf loads jpeg images which are contained in the same directory. This works well on my local machine but when uploaded to a website and called up by an html file, the swf runs and shows the correct backgrounds but fails to load...more >>

Hi guys, I am trying to send an email using flash which does send one but the variables are not loaded to the php file using the POST method. I tried so many things but just couldn't get it to work. This is a way i am currently doing it: on (release) { //parent instance ...more >>

Hello, I have a button in SWF B. I have loaded SWF B into SWF A. Then when I press the button, in SWF B it will not goto Frame 1 of SWF A. The code I have on Frame3 of SWF A.fla is: I have tried using _root and _parent but doesn't work. I have tried adding the button code to SWFB too....more >>

Is ther anything like Application Programming Interface for Flash as well. If anybody can guide me....more >>

Hi, I have a background movieclip that has an onRelease event to go to the next page. When i show i popup on top of this background movieclip, all the popup appears with the hand cursor and if i click it the background gets clicked, though it is not visible. How can i disable this ...more >>

Hello! I'm trying to duplicate a dot shaped mc and place it using x and y values from an array. So, I do a for loop going through the array and it places the dots. But, I'd like to rollover each movieclip and be able to refer to other pieces of information in the same array element. How c...more >>

Hello Guys I think all you know about the amazing flash application Google Earth's Flash version http://www.flashearth.com/?src=nasa I have a huge image .. about 16 mb JPG. It is a map of big housing society and i need to make an flash application that should work like Flash Earth to...more >>