Hello, I'm interested in anyone knows if it is bad practice to check if a value has been defined using this method... if(!myVar) trace("myVar is not defined) it should be equivalent to ... if(myVar == undefined) trace("myVar is not defined) I'm aware that the first meth...more >>

:confused; Hi I'm very new to Flash and have version 7.2, but I'll have flash CS3 very soon. What I'm trying to do is put a slide show into an existing HTML page that is XHTML transitional and uses CSS styles for design and positioning (no tables). What I want to do is have a slideshow of 6 di...more >>

i'm going crazy and i hope someone can help me here is the script i'm trying to pass to the php page /******************************* PHP Checkbox tutorial www.flashscript.biz, 2005 ********************************/ stop (); // // importing button and checkbox class var name_tx...more >>

This seems to be the holy grail of the flash videos. I searched google all over, but can't find a solution.... I need to make my flv full screen. I saw youtube does it, and the flv truely takes the entire fullscreen, and the video quality does not seem to degrade. Does anybody know how ...more >>

Hi. I'm completely rusty with actionscript, having been away from it for a few years. In Flash MX I was able to create a button and use the simple gotoandStop("frame label") language for a text button. Now, in CS3, I'm unable to use that language, as the actionscript window says something ...more >>

Ok, I think this will prob. be simple for you AS experts out there, here's my code: [CODE] function loadPic(whichPic):Void { var i:Number = 0; var pic:String; var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var mclL:Object = new Object(); mclL.onLoadProg...more >>

Hi! I just got the program somewhat recently and I wanted to practice by making a dating game for my school. For a while, I was going to make a typical personality quiz that went one question a page and depending on your anwer would alter your next page. But I relized how complicated tha...more >>

Hello, I am using the BitmapData.draw() method to draw a Sprite into a bitmap object. The Sprite contains a video with an flv playing in it, the FLV is paused. I then create a new Bitmap object and add the bitmapdata to it. Then I placed the bitmap on the display list. When the bitmap ...more >>

hey all, i'm playing around with the progress bar component included in CS3 and am a bit stuck. the tutorials i've read that discuss using this component don't explain how to use it to target the nested movie clip it's contained in. one tutorial i found says to use _root as the source,...more >>

i'm having some trouble with an actionscript-generated ComboBox here's my script //create object to pass to ComboBox init var comboInit:Object = new Object(); //create array to pass to combobox and set initial state var sizes:Array = [{thisSize: "choose one"}]; //populate arr...more >>

I'm a beginner with Actionscript, but am comfortable with programming in other languages. I am creating a simple interface in Flash 8, and need to include some actionscript that I can apply to a button that will load a movieclip onto the stage from my library into a certain position. I have th...more >>

I am building an app that needs to upload files to a web server. Very straight-forward stuff: I create a FileReference instance and assign a SELECT event listener. I call browse() when they click the browse button. When they select a file, I assign event listeners for CANCEL, COMPLETE, IO_ERRO...more >>

Just a quick, basic question. Every example I see of classes in this OReilly book I have been looking over extends Sprite. Why would they all extend Sprite? I don't see the reaosn or value. They are not overriding any methods of it... Thanks in advance. ...more >>

i have a combo box filled with dynamically loaded labels, and in my php script, I call for it to be alphabetical, however it doesnt pull it in that way.. so, is there a way to mycombobox.sortItems() to make alphabetical? ...more >>

I have the OReilly AS 3.0 cookbook...and it has basically a code snippet similar to this one: private function loadMenuData(){ var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); loader.dataFormat = DataFormat.TEXT; loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete); loader.load(new URL...more >>

Hi there, I wonder if anyone can help me out with this problem I have. I?m fairly experienced in flash but this I just can?t get my head around! I?m trying to make a header of a webpage load random images from an xml file. This I can do fine but as the images are good quality they tend ...more >>

Hi, I have a MC with a 20 frame animation. I want its time line to repeat a couple of times but not forever. Besides copying and pasting frames, is there a way to set the number of repeats? and then just have it stop on the last frame? Isn't there a setting somewhere? Appreciate the help....more >>

another problem cropping up! in another movieclip on my main timeline "casefile" I again have smaller movieclips inside. however, these movieclips have an empty first frame, only 'appearing' by checking for a declared variable which sends it to the second frame. on the second frame, an invis...more >>

I am looking for some tutorials about managing images with actionscript like: cropping a picture, rotating, moving, increasing, decreasing (zoom in , zoom out). For best understanding, please come inside this example, and let me know where to find related summaries.. I will appreciate your hel...more >>

Hi, I'm currently working on an application where I am reading in pngs files, that are specified in an XML file. I have it reading in and storing all of the image names/paths appropriately, and then each one being put into a dynamically created movieClip..and then once the image has been l...more >>

Hello everyone... I am trying to figure out why my thumbnail movie clip will not scroll when clicked. I thought I had the action script right but it appears that I have not. Could anyone help me troubleshoot this? If you could give me your email addy, I will send the .FLA file for you to l...more >>

Does anyone know how to do actionscipt to make a loading bar appear on your page when it is loading?...more >>

Hi I was hoping someone can help me, I've had a decent look on the net, but as yet haven't come across a fix. I have 2 input fields and once the first is full (max character is set), id like it to auto focus on the next field, without the user needing to tab. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Is it possible to detect the color of the desktop below the mouse? I want to make a very small Flash widget that will allow me to detect the color of a pixel in an image on a web page (not inside a Flash app) and then display it or pass it through to a web form. Is this possible? ...more >>

:brokenheart; I am populating two comboxes one with state names and the other with city names from a simple xml file using xmlconnector. If I click on a state name in the first combo box then its corresponding city names populate correctly in the second combobox. Now I added three b...more >>

Hi - I am hoping this is possible - I have an actionscript controlled gallery of thumbnails that scrolls across so far to reveal a group of six thumbs... easiest way to explain is to just show you... http://www.weensyweb.com/womad/GalleryMay07/ what i need to do is disable the "forward" ...more >>

Hi everyone, There is this sound item which i would like to load after the movie clip has finish playing. But i do not know how am i going to do it. Since there is onSoundComplete() funciton, is there any similar function for movie clip? Let's say something like onMovieClipComplete??...more >>

On my main timeline is a clip 'photobook' within one of the frames of photobook, sit two other clips, 'news1' 'news2' when either news clip is clicked, a larger version of the image appears, complete with a close button to close the larger image and return to the original. I had some problem...more >>

i don't have the code in front of me so can't quote from it i'm afraid, but as a general picture: we have a pop up browser window generated by the http://www.fckeditor.net/ within which 2 iframes inside of which either <object> & <embed> tags or geoff sterns http://blog.deconcept.com/swfo...more >>

I am new to Flash, currently I am trying to design a educational flash quiz, I want to know how to make my answer boxes only hold one answer at a time instead on being able to place more than one answer in a box all at the same time? I have been stuck here all day and cant figure out the code...more >>

Can i trap "Error opening URL" ? I am using someMC.loadMovie("someImg.jpg") This works fine I would however like to be able to use the error "Error opening URL" and switch to another file if the first dose not exist. Can i do this? ...more >>

Im making a flash banner that opens link in a new Window. getURL("bla bla", "_blank"); In explorer everything works fine but in Firefox its not working, it blocks popups. Is there a way that i can open link without using external javascript?! Or open the link in new tab?!? Is there such comma...more >>