Thanks for reading this, I'm a newbie to flash and I have a problem....!! I'm doing a flash website with actionscript, the problem is that I have a menu that I have converted to a movie-clip for it is a "pop-down" menu. The thing is that I managed to make it, at least I think so, but when I...more >>

hi, i'm trying to dynamically load 20+ images into empty movie clips that can then be cycled through like a slideshow. for some reason i can't wrap my head around a good way to make this work. so far i can only get them to load into the same container. any thoughts anyone? ...more >>

I'm using startDrag and stopDrag along with movie clips to allow the user to drag image thumbnails around within a browser window. They can then click on a smaller button within any thumbnail to be taken to a larger version of the image via loadMovie. When the user returns to the thumbnails, I...more >>

I have an included file which accesses a shared object created by a Master SWF file. This file is included into several FLA files and all the relevant SWF work fine except one. trace(so.data.my_parameter) returnes undefined All the files are made re published on FLASH-8 The only difference i...more >>

Is there a way to control the registration point of a movieclip with actionscript? Or another way to rotate a movieclip with dynamic text around it center? KD...more >>

HI beginner back again! I have imported a video with 120 cuepoints The idea is that as the video plays a graph will plot. This works fine (for a change) but i need to make a nice curve and im having problems. I understand that a curveTo works with 4 points but i just want a curve to ...more >>

When using the FLVPlayback methods seek or seekPercent the seek event is not triggered. I'm using seekPercent to change positions in the FLVPlayback control, and want to know when the method has completed. The documentation says to use the seek event, but its not working. I'm running ...more >>

Hello all Im trying to get the GetURL function in Flash 8 to allow me to set the size of the new window that opens, Any ideas, I just cant seem to figure it! any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks! ...more >>

I am trying to import a wmv9 file... using flash file>import video. I have 15 videos I want to encode. However it took me about an hour of trying to get the first video to encode... it kept on crashing whilst trynig to encode the video... i have continued tryingto encode. It is taking about ...more >>

Hi all, I am running the tutorial http://www.onebyonedesign.com/tutorials/as3site/tutorial/ But when I put in the class in the Document Class property, Flash tells me that I didnt declare a path. So I changed the Class and accidently deleted the original Actionscript 3.0 path. Anyone ple...more >>

hi wondered if someone could help me as this problemo is really slowing me down an dmy head hurts:| in this instance what i want to do is load in an image into a movieclip that I have already created (by hand if u will ) and place don the stage. The main clip i have placed on the stage is ...more >>

I'm building a form for users and gathering their information using simple strings like var contactFirst:String = contactFirstName.text; The problem I'm having is at the end of the form, I ask the user if they made a mistake to go back and correct it before continuing. On the button the...more >>

I've got a problem that i am pulling my hair out over. :( I have a SWF file that reads and XML file and loads images that are mentioned in the XML file. OK so far. I can test on one domain and it works fine. Problem: I need to call the SWF file from another domain, called anotherDom...more >>

Here's the skinny. I created a VERY simple site, main page, one button, and a second page with samples. Each sample is an external .swf with a fade in and fade out for nice transitions between each sample. If I go to the samples page and click on a number the external .swf loads fine for...more >>

Hello, I am loading multiple SWF's to one time line. I would like to fade the SWF's out as the next SWF is faded in. ¿possible while using the movieClipLoader class? I am using the onLoadInit event to Fade the first SWF, but then I am not sure of the correct AS function or AS placement for...more >>

Is there any way that I can fade in images, with minimal modification to the following script? on (release) { //load Movie Behavior if(this.mycontainer == Number(this.mycontainer)){ loadMovieNum("images/gr20061.jpg",this.mycontainer); } else { this.mycontainer.loadMovie("image...more >>

Hi... Sory my English.. Im Argentine.. my website page is http://www.rantar.com.ar http://www.rantar.com.ar when some people wants in my page... they tellme "I cant see that... y see only a blank page"... but sometimes it works if you press 3 or 4 times F5... the people can see my pa...more >>

I look and I look and I can't find an explanation for this. Basically, what is the difference between writing code in a document class and writing it in the timeline. I understand all this about classes, but I cant understand how writing code in the timeline then gets translated into the whole...more >>

HI I am trying to create a whole simulation and im having problems wiht some aspects. One is with a measuremnet swf i have. Basically it plays a video and the user has to enter the correct value. I want it to give them three attempts and then it loads an external swf with some help gu...more >>

AC2.0 I have several instances of a movieclip, named p1 through p20, inside another movie clip. The instances get dragged around the screen when a user clicks on one: var nomen:MovieClip = p1; nomen.onDragOut = function () { setProperty(nomen, _x, _xmouse-5); setProperty(nomen...more >>

how do i populate the combobox component's labels from an external file?...more >>

i have a problem with addChildAt(); it's method not replace sprite or mc on thos level exempl addChildAt(mySprite,0); it's every time place on new level and work like addChild(mySprite) sprite overwrite only when has same name (class) ...more >>

I am creatign a flash website with in it a movieclip. The movieclip contains 8 frames. In frames 1 to 4 you will find text which belongs together. With the use of buttons you can skip one frame to the next part of the text (with on press gotoandstop(2) etc.) In frame 5 to 8 you will al...more >>

i hope i catch my favorite genius on here, who was helping me yesterday. i closed the thread before i actually tested the script because it made total sense. however, it's not working... import flash.geom.Matrix; var mat:Matrix = mc.transform.matrix; //where "mc" = the instance name o...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to learn how to make a simple game, and I'm having trouble with my keyUp code. When I press "W" on the keyboard mc1 will play, and when I let go "W" mc1 will stop. Now here's the trouble, when I press "W" then I press "A" (keeping "W" pressed") and I let go of "A" key the...more >>

Hi, I wanted to create a button in Flash (invisible button) that is linked to a URL, but I want to be able to change the URL anytime I want. I've try using xml but somehow it's not working..Is there other way to do this? Thanks ...more >>

I'm very new with Flash, so please bear with me. I'm trying to make my entire ..swf a giant link, I don't need a specific button in the swf, the whole thing is fine. So, I made a layer at the bottom, made a button that is a box covering the whole thing. Made a hit state of the whole thing....more >>

I've never used the loadMovie function before so I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong. I have a button. When you push the button, an .swf file (or .jpg, I need to be able to load both into different clips with different buttons and the problem is the same) should load into a rec...more >>

:confused; This should be easy for any one who designs websites in flash. I have a movie clip embedded in my main timeline that appears after an animation sequence happens. In this movie clip is button that changes color when you rollover it and links to an email address. Pretty simple....more >>

Hi! I'm trying to get output parameters from a function, (not a return value). Does somebody know if this is posible? (an example is posted below) thanks in advance var x,y,z; x = "equis"; ff(x,y); trace(y) // -> undefined; y is never asigned in ff f...more >>

Every time I put a flash movie into an html document i get that grey square around it when you mouse over it and then you have to click it before it becomes normal and then you can click on it as link or whatever you have set it up to be...I have seen some sites where there is no grey outline...more >>

I can't make the Flash actionscript "getURL" link to an HTML Frame. It's 4 days now that I'm Breaking my head trying to figure that out. I'm working on: - Windows XP- with Flash MX Pro. - Dreamweaver for HTML. - Browsers: Internet Explorer 6 and 7. I'm trying to create an HTML Frames...more >>

Hi, Presently I'm in developing a game simulation for my client's network machines, where I've need to save game data as per machine/user specific. So, I preferred to use SharedObject for storing data as the game can also be played offline. Now the problem is, the client's company does...more >>

Hey I need some help to develop an infinite menu http://www.alienworkers.com, for an image gallery. Well i need the menu to be dynamic since images will be uploaded from a backffice at anytime. Can anyone help. Some guidelines about how to develop the actionscript. Thanks in advanc...more >>

How can i get the background color from an external swf file? (or even from the main swf file) I'm loading the external swf with: moviecontainer = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("moviecontainer", 10); moviecontainer.loadMovie("pacman.swf",0); I tried to do get the background color of pacma...more >>

Hi All. I'm new to Flash and am trying to create a Flash questionnaire using checkboxes. The idea is that a user has a 70 questions to answer and each question belongs to a group e.g linguistics, music etc. There are 7 groups, 10 questions in each group. Once the questions are completed t...more >>

where to start! - i'm new to this! - and i'm running out of time! ok. i am trying to create a form in flash that will post results to a nominated email address. the form contains some text fields - 'firstname' 'phone' 'email' 'address' .... blah, blah..... and some checkboxes. Thus far i h...more >>

I need to make a full screen website were elements are placed in the upper right corner, lower left corner etc.. exactly like this website: http://thunderdome.com/ how do position elements that way? I tried so far to use action script to position a movieclip on 0,0. but all it does i...more >>

Display a linked html.doc in another frame looks now impossible. This statement is now kaputt //getURL("content.htm", "contentFrame"); Years of work is kaputt. Is there something I can do to get around this and without contact a lawyer and bring an action for damages against ADOBE. :bro...more >>

i start learning for flash action script. ---------------------------------------------- i have mc1,mc2 when i click mc1 the line following mouse and when click mc2 the line stoping.And we can move mc1,mc2 with line anywhere. :-) ------------ somebody can guide for me. thanks. ...more >>

Is there a way to shuffle/ramdomize a playlist that is loaded from a xml-file? the code looks like this: ... XMLRetrieve = new XML(); XMLRetrieve.ignoreWhite = true; XMLRetrieve.load("playlist.xml"); XMLRetrieve.onLoad = function() { for (var j = 0; j<this.firstChild.childNodes.leng...more >>

Hi I'm new to actionscript and need a little help... I'm trying to use a button to scroll an image across my movie 1 px at a time, I've got as far as making the image's movie clip move by 1 px everytime the user mouses over my button. However I want the image to continue moving until the cl...more >>