Is there a way to have a dynamic variable that is controlled from outside the flash file that can give a link to a URL? I want to have the text or button that will invoke the url be dynamic also? In other words, I want to have a link show up when needed that will take the user to a URL. I...more >>

Here is a short list :) : 1. Can i load a hole html page into a movie clip ? 2. Can i add somehow onPress to a textfield (created with createTextField)? 3. Can i make a variable dinamic text , this means if it's 5 char.s to return its corect size,but same if it is 10 char.s .? ...more >>

I can get the FLV files to play as long as I don't tell the projector files to play full screen. If I do, as soon as it hits the first FLV file the projector file goes black and when I hit escape the file has quit running. The script that I have tried for full screen is as follows... flash....more >>

Hello all, Is there anyway to open an external application utilizing the ExternalInterface API while running inside of a standalone projector? I've read that fscommand was the preferred method for doing this, it seems that most documentation suggests ExternalInterface to be a replacement fo...more >>

Hey there, I'm supposed to be wrapping up another xml slideshow and could use some help ironing out some of the problems. 1. The transitions between sections is a bit harsh, I'd like to smooth it out some by fading from 1 color to the next or something. 2. The captions don't sync...more >>

Is there a way within Flash, with actionscript, to make an image swap on an html page? Help!...more >>

I've seen a way of using setTimeout to do a function at a specific time. function myFunc(){ trace("called'); } setTimeout(myFunc,1000); But what if I didn't want to make/name a function. Is there a way to do this: setTimeout(trace("called"),1000); ...more >>

Here's the issue: I created a custom class to handle image loading, cropping, etc. for this particular project. The file works fine when viewed by launching the SWF file itself, but when the HTML file is launched, none of the content appears. Anyone have any idea why this happens? ...more >>

I have created a movie clip with a combobox component in it. This is attached to another movie clip. No worries so far, this works fine when viewed and the data can be seen that the combobox is displaying.This is then loaded into another movie using loadMovie, lockroot applied. The combobox do...more >>

I have a problem. I have a array with information, for each post in the array i create o textfield with information. But when i want to use the Textformat, my first textfield wont get textformated (all the other post gets the textformat).. i have tried to solve this problem without any res...more >>

Hi again, still working through the tutorial on Space Invaders in Flash MX 2004 (bit out of date, I know). I've got the player craft under mouse control. What I don't like about the game is that you can fire as rapidly as you wan't, though the number of bullets is limited. You can ch...more >>

I have a button where when you roll over it, it shows a pop up menu but when you click on it, I want it to go to a certain URL, right now it opens up a blank browser and doesn't display yahoo.com (which I'm using as just an example). Also eventually when my webpage is done I want the link to o...more >>

Hi I want to make a simple show reel using a number of swf's of simple animations. I have used this code to load up the first movie stop(); loadMovie("Winston2D.swf",1); When the swf has finished playing I want to unload the movie and either move on to the next frame which will cont...more >>

HI - I have a mc that plays an FLV. When the video ends AS moves the timeline to another frame where other stuff happens. At that point I want all the video controls to fade and be disabled. I made an array of all the video controls but I can't seem to get the array of controls to fade ...more >>

I need some guidance with a small flash project. I have a magazine page, with a small area of text. I need to create a zoomed in version that text. I want to display the whole page on the screen, but when the small area of text is moused over, a box appears to the right of the small text (m...more >>

I'm just getting into AS3 and it is making me crazy. All over the place (help files etc.) I see code like this. addChild(myLoader); Where myLoader is an instance of the Loader class. But it could be a Sprite or something else. But to what are we adding the child? It seems that Loader i...more >>

While I haven't any hints in the documentation on how to control a dynamically loaded FLV's sound(volume), everywhere I read that you create a Sound object on the parent MovieClip. This isn't working var nc = new NetConnection(); nc.connect(null); var ns = new NetStream(nc); mc.vid.att...more >>

i'm thinking i need a simple actionscript to do this but i'm not exactly sure. i have a dynamic text field that is loading a variable named count. however i would like to place static text on either side of the value of the variable. since the variable is an integer that will only increase,...more >>

we all know that it is possible, using flash decompilers, to read as 2.0 file down to variable names. I know that as3.0 is supposed to be faster language, so I presume that it compile code into something a bit more native and therefore harder to understand. I am creating a very complex game us...more >>

When I make a new clip in a library ,or a new sound, I have an option to export it in a first frame. If I turn off that option, how can I export it later using actionscript? The problem is that a huge sound file, for example, would normally download itself before preloader has a chance to show...more >>

Hi & Help! New to the forum. I don't know if this has already been covered as i don't know exactly what the issue is so if someone knows of an answer already posted, please direct me to it. My issue is a load variables button which seems to work in one movie, but while doing the e...more >>

ive been making a car racing type game, and ive managed designing the levels, made character, added if (Key.isDown(Key. -x-) statmentsd to move down and up and ive added rotation for left and right? it all works perfect ( no syntax errors) but when using up and down keys it uses the default ...more >>

Hi all, I'm in the process of learning flash just now and am completing an online tutorial on Space Invaders. Thing is, the bombs drop from a random location on the screen. I want them to drop from a random enemy (I'm not too bothered just now about making it one on the bottom row or one...more >>

Is there any limit for x/y coordinate of MovieClip (real question is what is maximum x/y coordinate that MovieClip can have) ? Thanks, Zaharije Pasalic...more >>

Hi there. So I've got situation like this: I would like to present .dcr files on my site (modified Coppermine gallery). And it would be great if I could play these files with internal player (or sth like this) and not count that my visitors have a plugin installed. The point is that only...more >>

Hello, I am dynamically assigning MCs to have an onRelease handler. Some of the MCs I do not want to be clickable at certain times, so I am assigning "onRelease=null" to them. Trouble is, the cursor is still a hand pointer when I rollover them. I would rather it be the normal arrow icon, ...more >>

FMS allows audio/video broadcasting. But, is it possible to use flash to record audio on client side (preferable in mp3 format, but not necessary) , then later upload to the server? It is useful because using server recording wastes bandwidth if user needs to rerecord many times before publish...more >>

hey people, i posted this topic a few days back and had a great response but can't seem to make the code supplied work... my current code is hello ! some one on this forum posted the below code which has been perfect for my requirements but i would like to stop the randomise...more >>

So I have 2 problems. One is with an XMLSocket connections. When I have it running in flash it obviously works, but when it's running throught the swf or on a website I get a security error. Is there a way I can make it work either way? Here are the two errors. When running the swf S...more >>

In a test file, I have two input text fields on the stage, one_txt and two_txt. I want the default text to become selected when the text field gains focus. I have the following code in frame 1: one_txt.border = two_txt.border = true; one_txt.maxChars = two_txt.maxChars = 3; one_txt.text = ...more >>

Hi, I am using the code below, which I borrowed, to display thumbnails on the Stage. What I don't understand is why the "depth" of the movieclip "thumb" has to be increased, when different instances of that movieclip are being created and displayed on different x,y coordinates on the stag...more >>

Hi everyone, I've created a quiz for my school and at the end of the quiz it will shows the student's name, class, their answer, the questions and the correct answers. I want to allow students to be able to print the page that shows their results by clicking a button but i do not know how ...more >>

Hello, I have a plain text file with special charset like ' ???' I finally got it to work. But now i am trying to use a asp file to write out the text. But i don't know how to convert to UTF-8 in ASP. I have this, but it still does not work: <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="C...more >>

Hello all, this is what I want to achieve: There are some animated buttons that move around the stage. This movement is keyframed (not actionscripted, it would be smoother maybe, but I do not have the knowledge for this). I want the frame-number where the playing swf-file is at to be...more >>

ive been making a car racing type game, and ive managed designing the levels, made character, added if (Key.isDown(Key. -x-) statmentsd to move down and up and ive added rotation for left and right? it all works perfect ( no syntax errors) but when using up and down keys it uses the default ...more >>

var diff_level = 3; var yPos = -10; for(i = 0;i<diff_level;i++){ _root.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth()); yPos += 110; _root["holder_mc"+i].attachMovie("turret", "turret"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth()); _root["holder_mc"+i]._x = 515; _root["holder_m...more >>

I tried to implement video player that work with a list component using xml for importing flv details dynamically. Actually i got a tutorial for changing videos with list componnet. to make it iteractive i added some player coding to that and place respected movieclips for that. that code in ...more >>