hi there, i was wondering if there was a way to do hit detection without the on enterframe clip event. This is because if there are alot of things that need to be checked it could get a bit laggy. thanks ...more >>

I have an MC called "placeholder", I use it to load swf's into my movie, the old rule of speed being the same of the parent movie is a problem. I am using Flash MX, is there any code to speed up the imported movie? I found an MXP but I have no idea how to use it. Thanks, Ramey ...more >>

Hi all- Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I can't quite figure this one out. Is there any way to check and see if a specific key has been relased? I'm working on a game that currently works great with a mouse, but I'm trying to convert it so that it works with keyboard as well. R...more >>

If I have a loop for(var i=0;i<N;i++) { do something } and wanted that a pause of, say 1 sec between every step in the loop, how do I do that? ...more >>

i have some variables in a flash document and at the end of the document i need to export the values inside the cariables into a file. my question is : 1) what kind of file can i export it into ( e.g. *.txt, *.xml) i don't mind. 2) how do i do it? thanks in advance pineapple-pp ...more >>

The text field scroll property scrolls text vertically by the line. I was wondering if there's any way to scroll dynamically loaded text by the pixel? Rob...more >>

Forum, I'm making a zoomable and panable graphic and I have used four nested MCs as follows: main_mc->zoom_mc->pan_mc->content_mc. Main is top level and contains everything, zooming is done on zoom_mc, panning on pan_mc and my content is in content_mc. The zooming and panning works perf...more >>

Hi, I have a project tha that has a teaserloop and once someone touches the kiosk it goes to the presentation portion. I am looking for the actionscript to have it timeout if left idle in the presentation portion for 10 minutes and go back to the scene with the teaser loop. Any assist...more >>

i have 50 movic clip (box 10px by 10px) in my flash with the instance name is "test_mc" (all 50 MC same name of instance) then i write this code this.createEmptyMovieClip("test_mc", 0); test_mc._visible = false; // try to hide the movie clip but when i publish the file only single ...more >>

can anyone shed some light on how http://www.templatehelp.com/aff/preview.php?aff=flashydesign&skin=22&locale=en&c urrency=0&pr=yes&src=yes&nt=yes&help=yes&sample=yes&faq=yes&nmg=yes&auth=yes&dow n=yes&chm=&hide_flash=0&search=&PHPSESSID=001be603ef073cda9e9c8b38ce7d8179&refer er=http%3A%2F%2Fww...more >>

I am new to AS and Flash, so excuse this basic question... I am trying to create a single frame application that simply shows some pictures (one at a time). The picture loads are controlled either by (a) a button being pressed or (b) a timer. I have (a) working fine, but (b) is a little...more >>

I have this code that works at root. I'd like to have it work from within a movie clip but that moves it in a level. I was reading about how to call xml but I'm confused and am not sure what path to give it. A lesson I just found states that "Given the XML instance my_xml, the root node wou...more >>

I know I know.. This problem has been posted before.. But I truly believe my situation is unique. I've searched through the previous posts and nothing has shed any new light on my problem. I'm using javascript to launch a new window with custom parameters via Flash 8 (we all know how it ...more >>

i want to use .as file on just one frame of my webpage. when i do [b]#include xmlgalley.as[/b] it appers on all the frames. how can i remove this .as file on other frames ? thanks...more >>

Hi to all, This is vertical xml gallery code, where the mouse will move up, then the scoller will move up and vice versa. now i want the reverse . if it move up , then the scoller come down and if it move down , then the scoller move up. Can anyone please help me. Thanks Krishna :c...more >>

i am connecting on a database via flash remoting, and i'd like to get the result of my query. on the clientside, my code is: trace(result.items[0].F1_1) this will return first item on the query with column name of F1_1 however, i have a lot of columns returned and column names are ...more >>