I have written a slide show flash app. On the app, there're 100 viewable movieclips on a scrollpane to load 100 slides. I have one swf that has 100 frames with 1 slide on each frame. The app will load this swf and load 1 frame onto 1 movie clip. My question is 1. is there anyway t...more >>

Hello! I have a swf that loads other swfs into a level based on a release. Works great. I also have a secondary navigation in HTML and need this to tell the initiate swf which swf to load into the set level on button press. I've looked over some code and can't seem to get it working. ? Tha...more >>

What I need to know for know is how to zoom a symbol by about 250%. What I am not sure about is that sybol will have buttons on it and they need, of course, to work. I suppose I have to insert the buttons in the symbol for it to work and not put them on the symbol in the main scene. To giv...more >>

I hope someone here can help me with this. I've really exhausted my capabilities to figure this out. I'm trying to delve into the world of Flash/XML and the horrible mess they make together for me This is my XML: Code: <?xml version="1.0 envoding="IS0-8859-1"?> <events> ...more >>

KGlad, I tried the following script and it doesn't work. Do you see an error in my ways? Beat_Poets.htmlText = "THE LION ROARS By William Perkins Michael McClure's roar was first heard amidst the roars of several literary lions- Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Kenneth Rexroth on October 12, ...more >>

Does anyone have an example script that will take the contents of a dynamic text field and sort it? Such as: one two three four ----will become: four one three two lines are separated by line breaks thanks ...more >>

Ok im not sure if this i possible but hopefully it is and someone can very kindly tell me how to do it i want to make a kind of e-card where the user types in an artists name into a form. i want then to take the name of the artist and serach for a song by that artist and bring that s...more >>

I created a window and loaded a Movie Clip (PopUpContent) on it. var my_win:MovieClip = PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, Window, true, {closeButton:true}); my_win.contentPath = "PopUpContent"; my_win.setSize(400, 450); my_win.move(124, 133); my_win.title = "Window Title"; I have a bu...more >>

I'm familiar with the typical syntax to load a piece of external content into a movie clip... but is there a way to load an external clip to somewhere off stage so you can use it later? For instance - load a JPG so it becomes an asset with a linkage ID? thanks! ...more >>

I am trying to create an advanced admin login system! I need a code that will play a frame called "p1" in a movie called "login" when a sequence of letters is typed blindly spelling out the word "admin". Can someone write me a code - I am not sure how to do the sequence thing. Example:...more >>

In Flash 8 I know there is the FileReference class but it seems to be geared around uploading files. Is there a way to just read an existing local files modification date? I am building an executable that loads a .swf file, and the ..exe just needs to know if the file has been updated. It will...more >>

KGlad, I appreciate all of your advice as well as from others. I've only been using Flash for about a 6 weeks and I'm quite the newbie. Can you or anyone please give a variable script that I can use for a back button. http://www.avistarmedia.com/mcclure.html That will be my lasy technical is...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if it possible to run a acionscript function in a movieclip. On my main timeline i would like to run this function. But this function is on the first keyframe of a movieclip that is on the stage. I am trying to do some test, but i don't know how i can run it. ...more >>

Hi, This is either going to be a really easy question or something that I am just going about in the wrong way. I have a movie clip on a timeline. I've stopped the main timeline at the point that I pull in the movie clip which then plays while the rest of the timeline stays put. How do I...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create an application which can be downloaded by the intended audience on their machines. The application consists of a Flash client and an XML file. The flash client loads the data from the XML file and the user can update the data and store it back in the XML file. In ...more >>

I'm loading a movieclip (a jpg) into my SWF but i'd like to specify the layer it goes to as i have buttons in my SWF that i'd like to be active whilst the movieclip is playing. My code is _root.createEmptyMovieClip("box",1); _root.box.createEmptyMovieClip("pic_mc",2); _root...more >>

Hi i have an SWF which plays mp3s from a remote server. The mp3s are generated by the server and updated on an irregular basis. What I'd like the SWF to do is play the mp3 from the server only when the mp3 is new i.e. not updated. I've made a text file with a timecode in it, when the mp3 is...more >>

Hi, I'm calling a webservice that will occasionally throw an HTTP500 error when you call it. When this happens if I'm running in debug I get the "Error opening URL "http:\\... " Is there a way that I can trap this error? Obviously fixing the webservice would be the best scenario ...more >>

I have a flash movie that uses a variable that is passed in on the querystring. It's added like this: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash/header10.swf?var=value" width="920" height="104"> This works fine. However on the same page I have this: <object type="applic...more >>

createTextField("yLegend", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 5, 80, 80, 30); yLegend.multiline = false; yLegend.wordWrap = false; yLegend.border = false; yLegend.text = "Percentage"; yLegend.setTextFormat(myformat); Displays correctly. If it is rotated, the text message disappear??? ...more >>

I am using a code that will center my "mainsite" movie clip and keep it centered even on resize. However becuase it centers it when the browser window is scaled smaller than the MovieClip / SWF (800x650) it continues to center the clip and cuts off the top/bottom and left/right and does not en...more >>

Still looking for a script for a back button that will take the user back to where the previous button was clicked. I've had a suggestion that used a variable but I haven't got a solution yet. ...more >>

I have th e following code to create a hypertext link to another frame label w/in a dynamic text field. I'm pretty sure it will work, but I don't know where to implement the code. If I put it in the dynamic text field's actions layer it wipes out my other text in the field but gives me a worki...more >>

I have 3 buttons, named but,but2,but3. What I want is if you click a button it changes color to show what page your on. But when you click a different button now that one is highlighted and the original one goes back to the original color. Here's the code. but3.onPress = function () { _roo...more >>

Why is the output on the last line of these traces not the same as the next to last line of output? trace("countLang2Next = " + countLang2Next) // output: countLang2Next = 2 trace("Menu_Lang2.Lang2_" + countLang2Next) // output: Menu_Lang2.Lang2_2 ...more >>

My SWF has Key_Listener.onKeyDown On "M" it callas function which toggles between mouse.show and mouse.hide On "R" it reloads itself using loadMovieNum("filename",0) It works fine except after reloading, every press of M causes the toggling function to be called two times. Another reload ...more >>

Hi all Just trying to create a box in actionscript into an empty movieclip. I then wanted to reurn the _x postion of the box, but it's just not happening for me. Here is my code. Any ideas? Cheers all Stage.scaleMode = "scale"; ////Create a box to encapsulate the loader indicator...more >>

I had a code written for me where the person has 10000 equaling 10 seconds. I am having a mental lapse and can not figure out what number would equal 30 minutes. Please Help! Thanks In Advance!...more >>

I've searched everywhere but the only thing I found was other peoples questions about gotoSlide() issues and almost never an answer! Are there so few people using slide based presentations in Flash? I have a slide setup like this: presentation title mediacontrols sl...more >>