I have a CheckBox within a MovieClip, and I'm simply trying to set the selected property to true. my movie clip's instance name is "data" and my CheckBox component's instance name is "opt1". My code is: data.opt1.selected = true; Anybody know why this code doesn't work??? I o...more >>

I have a CheckBox within a MovieClip, and I'm simply trying to set the selected property to true. my movie clip's instance name is "data" and my CheckBox component's instance name is "opt1". My code is: data.opt1.selected = true; Anybody know why this code doesn't work??? I o...more >>

I have soundManager created in Scene 1 using new Sound() with the relevant sound imported and attached so that on start() it plays OK if start() is called from Scene 1. Yet when I call it from a movieclip it does not no matter if I used _root. refix or not. trace(soundManager) from Scene 1 ...more >>

I'de like to move the mouse(cursor) position up in the y-axis (by say - 30 pixels) each time the mouse is clicked. Any advice would be appreciated....more >>

Cannot find in Flash Help how to build a sound into a movieclip. I saw clips with a sound layer so that the sound is spread over frames span. If it is not in Help, perhaps some one direct me to an internet resource please? ...more >>

I need to create a scrubber that starts in the middle and can be dragged both ways. As it is dragged, a sequence of images needs to be shown. Particularly, it needs to show a man gradually losing weight when dragging to the left, and gaining weight when going to the right. I already have the i...more >>

Can i do that?...more >>

Hi! I wanted to write a simple boardgame, so i needed 256 empty cells. I used a for loop to produce them. Then i tryed an eventHandler in the loop which worked good only for the last element (256). Good means: i have to return the id of the element which i clicked. So i tried another...more >>

I tried to make a animation movieclip independent of the framerate using the following code into each frame of that animation movieclip: ========================== if(interval_between_frames) clearInterval(interval_between_frames) interval_between_frames=setInterval(this.nextFrame,1000);...more >>

I am using Flash 8. I have a page that needs to make a call to JavaScript. I have the ExternalInterface.call() working. It calls my function and the function put up the standard testing script Alert window. I set the return string as defined in the Help Example but the return string comes back...more >>

I have a button within a movie clip on the main timelime of Scene 1. I would like to link it to the main timeline of Scene 5. How would I do this? Thanks for any help!...more >>

Hi, it seems to me this should work but it doesn't. I Am creating at runtime preloader_holder_MC and img_holder_MC inside another MC also created at runtime, so these 2 clips are syblings. I load preloader.swf (this movie has the same size as the main movie) into preloader_holder_MC and the...more >>

I am working on a project that calls for multiple label components to be dynamically rendered based on a selected comboBox selectedItem. The comboBox is a choice of fonts available to the user - all of which are embedded fonts. For some reason, the fonts are not embedding correctly for syste...more >>

i'm making a 2d side-scroller and i need some help. I've tried to get to the next map (using play();) by these means: [CODE] onClipEvent (enterFrame) { thingthing = 0 if (this.hitTest(_root.char)) { thingthing==1 } if (thingthing==1){ if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)) { play(); ...more >>

If I use the drawBox function, how can make the corners round? I want to set all the corner radiuses of the dynamically created box to 6 pixels. Maybe later I need to set the corner radius to a different number. How can I achieve this with scripting? thanks Attila ...more >>

Here i am again. I've wrote a class that manages the input from keyboard. It associates a button to an action and sends it to an object. The problem appears at the key listener object. At the constructor i define the variables of the class, but i can't access them from within the listener....more >>

I have a problem with the getUrl command. Im building a navigation in flash for my website. I have 5 buttons with getURL command for my site links. The page is written in PHP. When I open the site and click on any button it opens a new page. If I click any button on that new page it works prop...more >>

Hello everyone, hope u r all well. Got a bit of a simple question. I have a textArea box (mesgArea.text) where a user can write a simple message and then press a send button ("sendMsg"). All i really need is when that user presses the sendMsg button, for the message to be stored in the f...more >>

Hi... I'm trying to make a simple scroll bar that scroll's content from a movieClip. I've done it several times with a textFlied, but it's the first time i'm doing it with a movieClip. Here's the .fla to take a better look: http://www.rld-i.com/menus.fla This is the code i have for e...more >>

Hi, there I am really messd up with my movie controller. I am making movie player that user can drag&drop bubble box onto movie clip. When I drop just one bubble and manage left(for startTime) and right(endTime) limiters, it works. When I drop two bubbles at the same time and manage the...more >>

Hi, thanks for all the help I've gotten. I got loader that worked in Flash 6, but now I use Flash 7 and it doesn't work. The problem is that it doesn't scale the "pBar", so you can't see the progress. Can anybody see what I have to do? Frame 1: setProperty("pBar",_xscale,0); ...more >>

Hi, I'm really thankful for the help I've gotten in this forum. Now I need your genius brains again. I'm making a flash game with levels. In every level there is a door with the code: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (this.hitTest(_root.player)) { _root.gotoAndStop("level2"); } ...more >>