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Create a link to a .html file
Posted by cadagi at 5/24/2007 11:57:33 PM
I'm creating a web page with a flash introduction, but the rest of the website is done in dreamweaver. At the end of my intro animation two buttons are displayed to go to two different parts of the website, I want these buttons to link to a .html file on my computer which is part of my site...more >>

I need to create a button that links to another swf file...
Posted by janemig at 5/24/2007 11:37:19 PM
i'm creating my first website, and, for each menu item, i am creating a new flash document... is this the correct way to create a multi-page website? plus: how to create a button that links to a jpg, thanks! jane ...more >>

Add Sound
Posted by janemig at 5/24/2007 11:34:08 PM
much appreciated! jane...more >>

Detect FLV end and create an action
Posted by Inactionscript at 5/24/2007 10:49:37 PM
As this is my first post, I hope I pose my question correctly. I want to be able to detect that my FLV video has ended and then create an action like gotoAndPlay or getURL. I am using Flash MX 2004 and I'm using the Flash MediaDisplay component. Does anyone have input for me? ...more >>

asfunction problem
Posted by Nicholas Desbiens at 5/24/2007 8:58:32 PM
I'm trying to use a php script to highlight parts of a text. That script seems to be working fine (it returns text that seems to be correctly formatted). But when I insert the text into a dynamic TextField as html, the 'asfuncion' parts don't do anything (nor are they formatted correctly). ...more >>

Capture audio with microphone and save to disk
Posted by jcavardfromneta at 5/24/2007 7:54:03 PM
Hello, I would like to know if there is any way to record audio from user's output? Let's say I capture it using its microphone, and I want to create an audio file with it, or a swf file or whatever file it is. I need to save that audio for further playback. Can someone point me in any dir...more >>

Stepping through a shuffled array
Posted by Rectallinear at 5/24/2007 7:21:11 PM
I have 15 movie clips in my Flash file, each located on a different frame of the main timeline. Each of these frames has been given a label: "a" through "o". I need the Flash to play each of these labeled frames in a random order, not allowing any one frame to repeat until all the others have ...more >>

Code only works in Flash Player 6 and below
Posted by LeopoldStotch at 5/24/2007 7:05:59 PM
Can anyone tell me why this ActionScript only works in Flash Player 6 and not 7 or 8? Thank you! onClipEvent (load) { this.elasticScale = function(tar, accel, convert) { xScale = (xScale*accel)+(tar-this._xscale)*convert; yScale = (yScale*accel)+(tar-this._yscale)*convert; ...more >>



FileReference and addListener error?
Posted by Bodero1 at 5/24/2007 6:37:43 PM
Hello, I am relatively new to ActionScript programming, so maybe this is a simple thing that I can't seem to figure out. I've tried to copy the code from Adobe's FileReference and upload example, but I can't seem to get it to work. I've since started a new project and narrowed the code...more >>

Synching Clip and Audio
Posted by Rothrock at 5/24/2007 6:26:06 PM
I've got some "puppets" that give various audio feedback to students during a game. They slide on, say the audio, and (hopefully) slide back out. Sometimes however, they don't slide out. Here is how the puppet is set up. blank keyframe with a stop(); A label "enter" on frame 2 with the...more >>

Help with resetting movie
Posted by Taidaishar at 5/24/2007 5:41:53 PM
Hello all, I'm new here and just recently I've started training on flash. I've got a movie up and running that may be introduced into a new site that my company is working on, but I can't figure out why this keeps happening. I have 4 buttons at the bottom of 300x300 box. Each button has...more >>

Mouse effect
Posted by billy nugz at 5/24/2007 5:22:42 PM
Hi all, Im using flash 8 here is a link to what im trying to do http://www.maireles.com/home.htm I cant seem to get the script down thow Any help would be great....more >>

Web application best practice...
Posted by najh at 5/24/2007 4:09:00 PM
I'm creating a web site with heaps of Flash stuff on it. I'd like it to load plenty of information from a database server and save plenty of information back again. It's not a vast amount of information by the way - i don't need to load video clips and things, but there will be loads of differ...more >>

scollbar drag that works outside browser window?
Posted by Nickholl at 5/24/2007 2:55:27 PM
Hi there - ive noticed that on this site http://lab.mathieu-badimon.com/ (referring to the scrollers at the edge of the screen) that if you click and drag and then move themouse outside of your browser window the scroll still works. The scroller that Im using (similar to this one http://www....more >>

Fade In movie when using attachMovie()
Posted by eljefeloco101 at 5/24/2007 6:06:19 AM
I need to fade in a movie clip when using attachMovie() but I'm not sure how to do so without already having the movie clip on stage. Preferably this could be done without using AS 3.0. Any ideas? my_btn.onRelease = function():Void{ container_mc.attachMovie("testMc", "MCname", 100); ...more >>

Getting my buttons active when movieclips are within movieclips
Posted by StephanieGoddess at 5/24/2007 4:02:02 AM
Ok so I have this site in progress with these neat drop down menus. When you rollover the image, two or more choices appear that link you to other pages. Only when you rollover them, the buttons don't work. The buttons work when you isolate each movie clip. But once I place the movieclip in t...more >>

my dynamic htmlText doesn't show all of the text
Posted by felisan at 5/24/2007 3:01:21 AM
hello everyone. I have a dynamic textfield on my stage with the instancename theText besides that, I've written this code: System.useCodepage =3D true; theText.html =3D true; theText.htmlText =3D "<b>Om Jobbet:</b>\n\nSom ferieafl=F8ser i Aktivitet & Pleje, Herning Kommune, f=E5r du he...more >>

dynamically assign vars to text fields by reference
Posted by alt.testing NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/24/2007 12:44:54 AM
Hi All, I have a task that I'm not quite sure is possible. I know that in Perl, I can just make a reference to ...well "anything" But, in Flash AC (which I've just started yesterday), I want to do this. Create a bunch of dynamic text fields with instance names that go "title1_inst", "title2_...more >>

referencing variable: component parameter panel
Posted by Adam West at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Here is my sample fla.... http://swsidev.tafensw.edu.au/ElectricalTrades/sampleForPosting.fla (file size 48 K) I have posted this a couple of times, but hopefully the fla will help someone work out the answer for me...if you could i would appreciate that heaps. I am a very average pr...more >>

XML Cacheing AS3
Posted by smazr123 at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Im using XML to store data, my flash program then loads the XML edits it, saves it with php, and then reloads it. Its saving it properly and the XML is changed, but when it reloads it seems to reload the old XML. I assume its loading it from the explorer cache. Is there a way around this??? ...more >>

Virtual bouncing ball using webcam
Posted by LUMENPHON at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Guys, Flash has just got gr8. Please check this out and post your comments. Connect you webcam and play with a virtual bounce ball on the computer screen. Move your hand to keep the ball up in the air. This program uses complex bitmap tranformation algorithms for motion detection. ht...more >>

Position MC
Posted by fire orchid at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I have a movie clip that i want to move forward so many pixels with each click of a button. I can move it to a certain x/y co-ordinate, but i want it to move forward each time you click on the same button, by so many pixels. Currently my button action is: on (press) { this._pa...more >>

Problem with contact form..Please Helpl me!
Posted by Eduardo Tavares at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi! I have been using Flash since version 3 and in its version 8 I use to do a contact form using this code for the send button: Code: stop(); String.prototype.isEmail = function() { var ref = arguments.callee; if(this.indexOf("@") == -1) return false; if(!isNaN(this....more >>

Some SWF file with DefineButtonTag and DoInitActionTag are needed
Posted by AtlasPubTeam at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Some SWF file with DefineButtonTag and DoInitActionTag are needed. We are developers working in pune. We are validating some swf files using C# and J#. we have some flash file but we don't have swf files with DefineButtonTag and DoInitActionTag. Can anybody help us here. We are in hurry. ...more >>

Size to screen resolution
Posted by Ckeezer at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Extremely new to flash, just downloaded the CS3 trial to test her out. Now my first question is how do you make the stage resize to fit the full size of what ever the screen resolution is for the user? I would like my site to take up 100% of IE window. Thank, CK ...more >>

xml loading question
Posted by The bloke from stoke at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi There I am trying to build a flash application that loads in different item details. So when you rollover an item it calls the xml and then retrives the information on that item. I have this working fine but at the moment when a rollover occurs I then load the xml, parse it and then...more >>

Please Help with function!
Posted by Hadgy at 5/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
Im making a website and have a little animation that plays when the user clicks a button to navigate to a part of the website. eg home, news section, contact. Below is my code to play the movie when the button is clicked and then proceed to the frame in which the desired page (eg news sectio...more >>


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