I need to learn the basics of Actionscripting 2.0...I have the Actionscript book " Macromedia Flash 8 ActionScript: Training from the Source" but I am still lacking the basics... I don't know when to use certain functions and where to place them. I have the hardest time with some of the most ...more >>

I've adopted a web site that's built in flash in a manner I'm not too familiar with. I'm hoping someone can shed some light for me. The site comprises a main .swf shell, and the various navigational links point to embedded .swf files that sit on top of the general frame or shell. I have re...more >>

Hey Everyone... I hate to have a PowerPoint reference - but here it goes.... theres a Hyperlink feature that you can have "on mouse click go to previous viewed slide" like a back button. What - if one exists - would be the AS for that? Thanxs :) ...more >>

I've used the Movie Clip Loader class before to load one item, or a list of items... (load one, set up a listener object... use the onLoadInit event to tell Movie Clip Loader to load the next... etc...) but I find myself at a place where I need to load about 5-10 (depending on the page) im...more >>

Hello experts. I need a bit of help. I have constructed a navigation that loads external .jpgs in individual movieclips consecutively using MovieClipLoader. I can't seem to figure out how to make a preloader that is assigned to each movieclip. Any help would be very much appreciated. I...more >>

I have a variable called "managername". My movie calls upon data in a text document. The problem is the name of my flash varible is also part of entry name in text document. like this: myText_district=109 &myText_Ian=189 &myText_Dave=8 &myText_Ray=14 Is there a syntax that I can...more >>

Hi Simple question, but I didn't find the way to do this. I have a clip named Clip1 for this exemple. This Clip1 load an external Clip2. Then when I click a btn in the Clip2 I want to attach a clip that reside in the Clip2 Library to the Clip1 root. That does not work. Any idea to do tha...more >>

Can someone take a look at this and tell me why I get "NaN" for: combinedLabel.text = Number(gratuity.text) + Number(contribLabel.text); here is the entire function: private function calculatesemi():Void { var hipercent = (.06); var contribpercent:Number = Number(increase.tex...more >>

I am trying to use an embedded font inside a dynamic text field that pulls external XML content. The code is working properly only there is one small problem... When I publish preview, the top of the XML content is chopped off (the font seems to be rendering too high in the dynamic text bo...more >>

hi, i'm trying to attach a symbol to a loaded clip so far unsuccessfully. i've found older threads in this forum, tried to implement what i've found there, but that didn't help either. this is my basic code: function loadLogo(lFile){ var mclLogo:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader()...more >>

For some strange reason Flash stopped returning trace results (Actionscript 2.0) Any idea what could cause this? The movie doesn't look like it stopped. Is there anything that would conflict with a trace? And actually will I'm asking about traces...is there a way to make the results of a t...more >>

Hi - I'm trying to build a preloader into "master.fla" showing a simple animation (loaderani_mc) and the progress % count (loading_txt). This preloader is not for bringing in external content but for preloading stuff on subsequent frames of master.fla. I've been messing with so many v...more >>

Hello, I have a movie which loads data from a text file into flash (-no problem there). The twist to this is that one of the fields in my movie loads text into fields from a text file which looks similar to the example below: myText_district=109 &myText_Ian=189 &myText_Dave=8 &m...more >>

I have a base movie that loads up "flvLoader.swf". flvLoader.swf contains the script that opens the netStream and loads the FLV file into it. This file is loaded onto _level7. I am trying to control the sound from _level10, where the navigation is loaded and I already have a volume controll...more >>

Instead of attaching movie clips to the stage spacing them with a set variable how can I space them 10px more than the bottom of the last MovieClip attached? I am creating a menu and some of the text in the menu items has to wrap which increases the height of the menu so I need the nex...more >>

Hi I want that combobox has itens in varied colors. If I use - > combo.setStyle (?color?, ?0x000FFF?); itens is all of the same color. I need that an item is blue, another red, another yellow therefore each item I go to mean a thing different as the color. How to add in combobox itens in ...more >>

Ok a little background info: I have a countdown script that reads the server time from a mktime php file (xml type) It works great UNTIL i change the timezone. Is it possible to static set the timezone, so it doesnt mather from what timezone the user comes from, it will use the servers...more >>

I've had loads of conflicting advice on this one. Someone must know surely. How do I stop a flash movie from reloading each time a link button is clicked. In other words I just want the movie to load once on the home page and the integrated buttons to work as links to other html pages without ...more >>

Is there a script you can put in a movie that will act as cue point in the timeline based on seconds that isn't attached to a FLV? I need my movie to play for 22 seconds, stop on a frame, then continue playing after those 22 seconds are up. ...more >>

Hi, How can I use a function that is declared outside the object or layer? I that way I can group all my functions into one layer. Thanks...more >>

Please help. How can I popup a tooltip like message to the left of my cursor when I mouse over any cell on a grid? I know that more likely I have to use itemRollOver and itemRollOut, but how? Thank you in advance, ...more >>

Hello, When i load an external image (.jpg) how can i trace the original height and width of this image? I already made a MoveiClip loader, so i can fire a function when the image is loaded completely. But i don't know how to get this value of the original image size, because i plac...more >>

I'm somewhat of an amateur when it comes to ActionScripting, since I'm more of an artist than a coder. I've got a stretch of 60 frames that are looped, repeating an animation. I want to make it so when I click a button, first the looped frame finish playing from that point, then move on t...more >>

How do I go about witting a callback function? In other words, lets say I have an function that does something. Once that function is completed, I need to call another function. Would witting a new class for that be better? Thanks.. -bill...more >>

I have an art gallery that is in three parts. The Flash movie used to load everything before opening, but the gallery has grown too large. So now I've divided it up into three sections. The first section loads the first set of pics with the movie. The second and third sections load when yo...more >>

Hi everyone there, I am creating a quiz for my school using flash. I am wondering if it is possible to pass the answers key in by students in the input text field to the dynamic textbox at the end of the entire quiz to show all the ans by the students and all the model ans of the quiz. ...more >>

I have assigned the onRollOver and onRollOut event handlers for a movie clip to enact an alpha animation function on an interval, and it works, but only once. http://www.kustedg.com/lincoln.swf mcEnterSite.onRollOver = function():Void { var nInterval:Number = setInterval(fadeIn, 1...more >>

Hi guys, I cant seem to get the actionscript to work on this menu. http://www.flashvault.net/tutorial.asp?ID=105 Do i have to create different layers for everything? I cant seem to get it to work on more than one button. If someone could please help me figure it out. Thank you :) ...more >>

My swf checks a file on a server every frame at the moment but that is a bit extreme, I'd like it to check it every 3 seconds. I found the setInterval() function but i'm having trouble getting it to work. I'm not really sure where abouts in the program it needs to be. I understand that ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create the following: 1.A play button that plays an flv. 2.A pause button. 3.Actionscript that makes movie go to a certain frame on timeline when flv finishes playing. Any help with the actionscript for these will be much appreciated. Cheers ...more >>

I would like to add search into my Flash website. How would I achieve this? At least would it be able to highlight the searched words (and jump to the first of them) in a dynamic text field or even bring up a list of pages (scenes or whatever) that have the searched for words. Thanks! Nick...more >>

I have a form with 4 textfileds. 1. When the user drag the mouse over the textfilelds the cursor should remian as a blipping text cursor. 2. When I click on one textfield the textfiled should be high lighted. I?ve tried som tricky stuff with mcButton but I didn?t manage to solve the pro...more >>