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Loading External Images
Posted by ewon15 at 4/9/2007 11:05:13 PM
I have a website that I am creating and the secondary pages have a swf file in them. The pages are located in a sub folder and the swf file is in a separate sub folder. The swf should be loading in external images (from another separate folder) however, it does not. i have tried giving everyth...more >>


geturl() doesn't work with variable
Posted by bvillanyi at 4/9/2007 10:08:24 PM
I have a button which does two things: First, it opens a new Flash movie in a new window, using the line: getURL("javascript:OpenBrWindow('/movie2.asp','MyMovie','status=0,scrollbars=1', '865','690','true')"); then it redirects the original window to a different URL using the line: ...more >>

Autosize Text with Filters
Posted by BSpero at 4/9/2007 9:34:46 PM
Hey all, I have been messing around with autosizing some text for about an hour. I realize now that if I remove the drop shadow filter, the autosizing and word wrap work. If I have a shadow, then the text will wrap, but the field will not enlarge to show it all. Does this make sense to an...more >>

Using Actionscript to generate a grid
Posted by Bitjammer at 4/9/2007 7:35:05 PM
Hello all. I am working on a Flash project and have a problem that has turned out to be a real head scratcher for me. I need to create a Flash form that will generate a floorplan grid based upon width and length values entered by the user. I have successfully completed part of the task and...more >>

onMouseOver dinamic text
Posted by Txar?n at 4/9/2007 7:32:31 PM
I have some dinamic text and i would like to have a small popUp with further instruction to apear onMouseOver some words in that text. I have been able to do it onMouseOver images but How can i do it over text? Thanks ...more >>

hitTest issue
Posted by chrissy b at 4/9/2007 7:05:37 PM
i am trying to correct an issue with the hitTest method used in one of my projects. i have a scrolling mc that contains several mc's, and when the user clicks on an area of the main mc, an event occurs elsewhere in my movie. it is working for the most part, however in a couple of instances....more >>

Displaying results in a text column
Posted by paulpsd7 at 4/9/2007 6:42:47 PM
I'm developing a health questionnaire, where you answer a bunch of health-related questions, and are shown a bunch of health recommendations at the end. After the user answers all 15 questions, I use a bunch of logic (if...then...else) to go through the answers and determine which result t...more >>

Game Creation Question
Posted by small_guy at 4/9/2007 5:14:55 PM
Although I have a background in Flash, game creation has not been a part of it. I have been asked to apply for a Flash position that would involve some game creation. Towards this end, the company has a Flash Test to create what is (for those who really know this area) a simple sounding game. ...more >>



ActionScript 3 - Learning
Posted by Junio Vitorino at 4/9/2007 4:56:08 PM
guys i get this error to import a class. [h]1180: Call to a possibly undefined method sayHello....more >>

onSoundComplete - Loading new sound
Posted by TheDoubleG at 4/9/2007 4:44:23 PM
Hi, Is it possible to use onSoundComplete to load a new external .mp3 each time a song finishes? I've tried several methods but it only works once, then after the second song finishes it no longer loads the next song... onClipEvent (load) { songNum = Number(random(12))+1; var so...more >>

One Target for multiple items
Posted by elearningdiva at 4/9/2007 4:00:27 PM
Does anyone know how to set up a drag and drop activity where you can have 1 target that multiple items get dragged to? For example, an activity where you would drag multiple images into a trash can. I've tried, and it seems like once one items goes into the target, nothing else works bec...more >>

Special signs
Posted by Northowl at 4/9/2007 2:59:32 PM
Hope this is the right place to ask for this. I have made (well, customised one I found on web) a guestbook that works quite well, except for one problem. This is a norwegian guestbook that require people to use three extra letters - ?, ? and ?. But when I send the text out of flash with the...more >>

Help, Quicktime/.flv End of Movie Action needed
Posted by kskstudios at 4/9/2007 2:25:33 PM
Hi, we've made a simple flash 8 presentation for a client that is essentially a branded main menu from which 9 different .flv training movies (converted with flash 8 from quicktimes) can be launched. Everything is working fine but we'd like to add in a an action script that would automaticall...more >>

Effect similar to OSX navigation and Zune Marketplace
Posted by Outside5.com at 4/9/2007 1:57:24 PM
Hi all, I am trying to achieve something between the Mac OSX menu and the main page of the Marketplace in the Zune software which can sort of be seen http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/software.htm. Basically, a row of thumbnails are shown and when the cursor rolls over one of them, it...more >>

lounching another application by clicking a flash botton
Posted by creativemindmultimedia at 4/9/2007 1:24:24 PM
i am building a multimedia presentation and i want a script that can launch another application(acrobat reader document) after cliking a botton in my projector.exe. i've many thing including the fscommand but it does not work. pls any info will be appreciated ...more >>

how to setup a Desaturation Tween
Posted by Sketchsta at 4/9/2007 5:19:53 AM
Hi just a quick question, i have a function to swap depths and tween the _alpha property of some movie clips, ---=> Thanx kglad <=--- but i was wondering if theres a way to change the color property without filters?? im especially interested in the Saturation / De-Saturation for this idea i ...more >>

getURL Javascript Animated Gif and IE
Posted by liriom at 4/9/2007 4:30:58 AM
Do you know why when calling a JavaScript function from inside the Flash using the getURL(), the animated gifs stop looping ? for example: on (rollOver) { getURL("javascript: alert('after this the gifs will stop animate...');"); } ...more >>

Dynamic Object Reference
Posted by evil_muffin_man at 4/9/2007 3:07:36 AM
I am the webmaster at http://eric.steveneaton.com/. I am workign on a game called Marco's Polo's. I'll spare the extreme details here, but I was bulding an inventory class (Inv). I want to have some way to take a string like "slot0" in a variable and use it to access an object called slot0. A ...more >>

Change stage size
Posted by XMLman at 4/9/2007 1:11:03 AM
Is it possible to change the stage size of an swf externally without changing the .fla file Kind Regards...more >>

controlling one ad from another
Posted by wwscoper at 4/9/2007 1:02:05 AM
Can someone point me in the direction of a good tutorial describing how to control the contents of one flash (ad) from another? I would like to make some controls in one ad that control the contents of another ad on a site. ...more >>

Please Help, Dynamically attached dynamic textbox
Posted by ahmedmasri at 4/9/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hello, I'm creating a timeline structured site where a movie clip on the stage called 'slider' is set to slide automatically according to how far left, or right the mouse position is from the center of the stage. This works. I even have it set it up so that using two variables, i can decid...more >>

Please see my code and helpme out pls
Posted by prafulka at 4/9/2007 12:00:00 AM
//Making Circle here gridx=20; gridy=20; num=0; for (var i=0;i < 10;i++) { for (var j=0;j < 10;j++) { dot.duplicateMovieClip("dot"+num,num); mc=this["dot"+num]; mc._x=gridx*i; mc._y=gridy*j; num++; } } dot._visible=0; --------------------...more >>

create avatar: convert into jpg
Posted by b612-adobe at 4/9/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi all, I would like to let my website members to create their avatars. There will be a .swf file for them selecting the facial features, clicking the "save" button, converting and saving the outlook into .jpg file, storing the file path into the database My friend will do the flash fi...more >>


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