Hey everyone, I am creating a navigation system that is comprised of multiple swf's, and I am trying to create a transition. My goal is to have the currently loaded swf play an outro while the new swf plays it's intro. My idea was to do this by rotating the levels that each of the swf's l...more >>

Anyone know a way to make a paint program in flash 8 with save function? The paint area should be quite large so the current jpg saving methods don't seem to work. Any solutions for this?...more >>

This program works with a rotating image with 3 pictures. q) How can I use an array for declaring this variable for 'X' number of these var this["mLoad"+2]:MovieClipLoader= new MovieClipLoader(); q0 Is there an easier way to load an 'X' number of pictures like i have done? //import...more >>

hey there, is it possible to make a draggable text box that can later have input text entered into it. You can't enter type in the box when the movie clip it resides in becomes draggable. I've pinned the ._x and ._y values of the text box to a draggable move clip so it sort of "follows" it...more >>

I have a text filed created using createTextField() and ist properties set this way: ..type = "dynamic"; ..html = true; ..text = some_variable; var TextFormat = new TextFormat(); set some formats ..setTextFormat(TextFormat) It works fine - it shows the initial value of some_variable (which...more >>

Hi All, I want the visitor to click on a button. First a sound is heard and then they are taken to a url. I'm using this script: on (release) { var your_sound:Sound = new Sound(); your_sound.attachSound("store"); your_sound.onSoundComplete = function() { ...more >>

hi again, ive decided to do my menus for a game of mine using the list component. I have come across a problem. the player's character is controlled with the arrow keys but i also wish for the menu to be controlled this way. The problem is that when the list component or menu has focus the...more >>

Hello all~ The questions i have may be too complicated for this forum, but as I'm struggling desperately, I thought I'd give it a try. I bought a premade site almost a year ago, and I managed to update it myself, but I've never been able to get the submit button on the contact form to wo...more >>

ok, got this code of some good chap earlier on for reversing the timeline and it works. stop(); BackButton.onRelease = function() { onEnterFrame = function() { gotoAndStop(this.prevFrame()); } } ForwardButton.onRelease = function() { onEnterFrame = function() { goto...more >>

I've been trying to make an interactive timeline on a historical figure for th past few hours and I'm wondering if anyone can help with the scripting. I wanted mouse based scrolling like the one in the link below. if that's not possible could some one tell me how to make buttons that could hav...more >>

I have imported several hundred small gif bitmaps into my FLA, wich I want to export to AS. But manually right clicking each bitmap in the library and click export seems very tedious. Anyone know if there is some easier way or some way to automate it? In fact there are many situations whe...more >>

Two questions - first, can anybody recommend a good NOVICE PRIMER on Actionscript. I don't expect to become an Actionscript genius but want to be resonably versed in it so I can work with various Flash components such as drop down menus, accordian menus, slide show controls and slide show navi...more >>

all i want to do is have two buttons. one that goes left and one that goes right. the left button on release i want it to play the timeline in reverse! is this possible? and can some one show me how!, cheers in advance! im using flash mx pro ...more >>

Hi there Im building an application that loads a list of other swfs into it. Im using a class to handle all the loading and to allow the user to switch between swfs. Ive created an empty movieclip on the stage for each swf to load into ( ib code ), each clip has seperate MovieClipLoaders ...more >>

Dear list, I have a class which opens an XMLSocket. I would like my onData function to access other functions in my class, but it is not working. I attached an approximation of my code. So, when I instantiate an object, I get this output when my server sends data: Connection Status: tr...more >>

Hello Action Script Writers, I am new to action script although understand the basic programming principals and have worked from template scripts in the past. I would like to place a piece of script within 1 cell which will then request 1 of 5 files on a random basis (named 1.swf - 5.sw...more >>

Hi, I can't access the properties of a MC in a function using array notation. eg this works when using mc2 but fails when using this["mc"+2]._x? I need array notation for mc but I can't get it to work in a function called by a timer. It works for a function not called by a timer. [...more >>

I would like to create a text field for the user to input the img URL which will be put into the contentPath of a Loader. I have a question that how to detect when the user entered a invalid URL and the loader will load the default image?? Thanks so much ...more >>

on 6/3/07 I posted a question with the subject "adding a text field to a number of FLA files" and received useful advices. Unfortunately I did not save them to my local disk and now for some reason this subject does not show up in my Outlook Express which I use to read NGs. Neither helps search. ...more >>