I am using a movie clip prototype (see below) to blur my navigation when the user rolls over it. It works, but i would like for it to just blur once, then go back to being clear, all while the mouse is over it. Any suggestions? Thank you :0) MovieClip.prototype.blurMC = function(){ ...more >>

I have done a projector with Flash MX, it will run offline in a cd, I need to download a file from that cd to my local hd, I do not want to use any browser application, I have tried to use: Get url It does not download a file, it open a browser default and after that, open a system pop u...more >>

Hi, Well below is my code, its a countdown timer that does some functions on reaching 0: //TIMER to CLEAR SCREEN displayTime = 10; countDown = function () { displayTime--; if (displayTime == 0) { clearInterval(timer); _root.line.clear(); left._visible ...more >>

I bought the latest version of Flash CS3 and it doesn't have the ArrayCollection Class that Flex does. WTF?! Flash is very weak (code wise) this time around. No Accordion component. No ArrayCollection Class. Are you going to try and make me pay extra for those? ...more >>

Good Afternoon, Im new to actionscript so I need a little help - I figured how to make a dynamic image scroller - I think im using dynamic right. I have a txt file that flash looks to for text content and images, I did this with a loadvariable command. I would like to be able to create button...more >>

Does anybody know what happened to the MenuBar, Tree, and Accordion components in Flash CS3? We are using these components heavily and need to migrate to CS3 soon....more >>

NEWBIE ALERT: I've created a flash form (taking bits of code from Motion Maker & others). It is capturing the data just fine - and forwarding it as well - but my value test isn't quite working and it's getting stuck in a loop. not sure if the problem is in the test or in the php. On Frame...more >>

Hello there. I created an instance of FLVPlayback on my stage. When I press a button, I assign a "complete" event to the video. I delegated the function to my class scope, so I can use the correct 'this' inside the event function. But now I want to remove the listener when it occurs: ...more >>

Hello Flash Developers, Can you recommend a good book(s) on general Flash project design? I am participating in a project that may have a fair amount of animation, navigation (perhaps using Captivate), and some sort of 3D animation, like some sort of rotating image (a part, or object). Thi...more >>

I am able to launch open office apps installed on a CD from a Flash projector. Is there a way to link open office documents with the app installed on the CD or open an open office template with the app installed on the CD? Thanks Edwin...more >>

anyone know if there's a way to make a UIScrollBar transparent? I'd like it to be about 50% so some of the background image is showing through it, but you can still see that it's there... I tried looking around the help docs and online, couldn't find anything :( is it even possible or would I...more >>

I have the follwoing code to load from a text file. My text files are in pairs. The code i have in my first frame is as follows. myData = new LoadVars(); myData.onLoad = function() { lu.Recsign = this.myvariable; }; if (loadlang = "UK") { myData.load("UK.txt"); } if...more >>

I am working on a project that is a web tool that guides users to appropriate links, based on their selections and criteria. I would like for the first frame of this Flash movie to be a "Top 5" list of the links that the tool guided users to. Essentially, everytime a user uses the tool and c...more >>

I have an object identifier error with ExternalInterface.addCallback on IE7.0. This works fine with IE 6.0 and firefox 1.5. Following is the flash code and html code. Please tell me how should I address this? //flash import flash.external.*; var flashFunction:String = "callPlayTest"; ...more >>

like the title says, my movie starts playing when at 66% total loaded, this wasn't like that from beginning it worked before. noticed it after i've made changes to frames and layers (no changes i recall to even come close to affecting this functionality) :frown; On Slower Speeds (as teste...more >>

Here's what i'm wanting: I have a flash header that plays nicely at index or home page, this is the only page i want the animation to play from beginning (ie loading a menu) from other pages on the site, i want it to be at the state of the last frame. My Question: Is there a way to te...more >>

I have many buttons on my page that have different sounds on their roll over, and I was wondering what would be the easiest way to do that. Sorry kind of new with flash and dont know much about sound yet. Do I have to make different identifiers for each sound? ...more >>

Hello! I am having either thought constipation or lack of knowledge or both. Or maybe I want too much. My application allows user to select an MP3 file from his hard drive and upload it to the server utilizing FileReference class -- they browse, select and upload. Everything works fin...more >>

Hello All. I am in a bit of a situation. I am trying to get an HTML button to go to a specific frame in the flash SWF timeline. Now thats not hard - just pop in a flashvar, easy right? well...I ran into some problems...it seems that flash only exports anchors and labels on the main timel...more >>

Hi, I have a dynamic text box. The AS code I have is: ring_txt.htmlText = "<a href='http://www.ring.com//webring.php?action=rand'><</a>" I have replaced the < with %3c but it doesn't work. If I wanted to use the character ">" instead it works fine without any special code ! How do I plac...more >>

Hi all, We can add or remove an item (except 'Settings') from the context menu in an ..swf file. I want to use the right mouse button to perform some other action instead of displaying the context menu. Is it possible? It will be useful for our current project. ...more >>

Hi everyone here, I am working on the quiz for my school and had encountered some very weird problems. I created 2 movie clips, Correct_mc and Wrong_mc to be show to the students when they submit their answer. If they got the right ans, the Correct_mc would show, or else Wrong_mc. I ...more >>

I'd like to add a visual effect to a movie clip which is dependent upon the direction that a user rotates the mouse wheel and the speed at which it's rotated. I've been looking at the onScroller handler, but it only tells me if the wheel was used, not the direction, nor the speed. Any help...more >>

Hi All, It would be great if any one can help me about how to get the full file path( the file which is in local system) in flash 8. i do not want to use any server side uploading or downloading....i just want to view the image in loader component when we select image from any location in ...more >>

Hi I have a site made on flash and i am having problem send email the site is http://www.humanrecruit.com when i go on contact and submit the feed back which is a flash form i get an error [h]Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP"...more >>