I have a button that when clicked makes a movie visible. That movie is draggable. I have a button inside that movie that I want to close or "hide" the movie. For some reason it doesn't seem to recognize the button in the movie, it seems to recognize everything as the draggable content. My ques...more >>

I have a rather seemingly simple question. We are constructing a cd that will autorun and begin playing a flash animation (swf file), and at the end of that animation, I need to put some actionscript into the last frame that will end it, kill the player window, and open a browser window and go...more >>

Coming to OS X from Windows, I was annoyed that the Home and End keys don't function the way I'm used to. You need to hit Cmd+Left Arrow or Cmd+Right Arrow to take the cursor to the start or end of a line. Kind of annoying to need two fingers to accomplish what I did with one finger for 15 yea...more >>

Hello, i have a main swf that i'm trying to preload other swf's into. i'm trying to add a Listener to the MovieClipLoader. i'm using flash cs3 and got the code from livedocs here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?c ontext=LiveDocs_Parts&file=0...more >>

Currently I've got a flash site (www.elkhornpeakcellars.com) with a form in the "wine club" section that isn't properly using the formmail.pl script in my cgi-bin. The form submits without a problem but no email is being received by the client. Trouble shooting the formmails script is beyond...more >>

Hey, I'm having a problem that when I have a movieclip open over the stage of the flash document, even though the buttons aren't visible, they can still be clicked in the place where they should be over the movieclip (if that makes sense!!). I've tried countless things but is there any ...more >>

I have a movie with 3 external jpgs (1.jpg, 2.jpg 3.jpg). I have a blank movie on stage with instance name "photo." I need the jpgs to load using a fade in effect and after 3 secs, load the other jpg. Any thoughts guys? ...more >>

Hi, is there a straight-forward way to resize the stage e.g. from portrat to landscape for pictures that have different height and width dimensions? thanks! ...more >>

Hi everybody I'm new to AS3. Even experienced in AS2, i'm a bit confused in getting the following result. Let's assume the following. The mainmovie has a movieclip instance called 'window1'. I need to have loaded a movieclip (submov.swf) in the mainmovie. As a final result a button ...more >>

Hello, I have several buttons, and when each one is mouse clicked by the user, text appears in a dynamic text box. I want to have the text appear in a different color for each of the buttons. However, it is only working in the first frame, and not in subsequent frames. All of the buttons h...more >>

I am working on a test that will need to monitor how long it takes for a user to respond to onscreen prompts I was wondering if this is something I can do with actionscripting. It needs to be fairly acurate. ...more >>

I have always used two basic functions to navigate timelines in flash. Examples: stop(); this.btn_Continue.onRelease = function(){ _parent.gotoAndPlay("P02"); } I've been reading the help section and cannot seem to find a simple explanation for this simple functionality in AS3. ...more >>

I am using the tutorial code: maskee.cacheAsBitmap = true; maskMC.cacheAsBitmap = true; maskee.setMask("maskMC"); and when I put the elements in a fla file by itself, or if I test the movie clip (not the entire scene) it works fine. But if I test the entire scene, which has the movi...more >>

Im on Flash MX and i want to make it so i can link the .swf file to another web page (document at the moment because it is a school project) using Dreamweaver MX, but i cant do it. is there some sort of actionscript or do i just do it through dreamweaver? thanks ...more >>

Hi there to everyone, I created and fla file that on frame 1 does this: loadMovie("inf_institucional/inf_inst_000.swf",1); and on frame 2: fscommand("cmd","fim"); stop(); When i build the file the following errors appear: Target not found: Target="_root.mc_ctrlBar.mc_ctrl.mc_Time...more >>

Greetings ladies and gentlemen, I have been going round and round in circles, trying to solve this annoying little problem, and have just ended up biting myself in the small of the back. I need help from someone who really knows their flash. My problem is this - I have a parent flash mov...more >>

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone else has run in to this issue, where a movie with no 'export for runtime sharing' assets will be downloaded twice when accessed via a preloader script (see preloader code below). var loader = new MovieClipLoader(); loader.addListener(this.content_mc)...more >>

Hi all, I've searched high and wide to find something about this, as I initially thought it was a 'simple' request. As a last resort I've decided to post a topic about it in the hope it can be achieved (I didn't know whether to post on here or on the Data Integration forum)... Basically, I...more >>

I have a class that represents a symbol in the library. Inside the class I set a timer to create a fade effect. I create the instance from main and add it to a layer, like this. fadeLayer.addChild(fadeSymbol); Everything works fine. What I want to do is have the symbol remove itself after i...more >>

Ok here is the code that I use. Code from Frame1: ________________________ var foofie = "boob"; var numbr = 11; ---------------------------------------- Code from a Button on frame 1: --------------------------------------------------------------- on (release) { loadMovieNum(foo...more >>

i have been trying to figure this out for weeks now, and have even posted on other forums about this, but nobody seems to be willing to help me. i have a main swf, which is the basis for my image gallery. once this page loads, a thumbnail should start loading with a preloader displaying the pr...more >>

OK, so I think I have the basics of loading XML in AS3. But I can't seem to access the info once it is loaded. I'm using the to load the .xml file: var myXML:XML = new XML(); var XML_URL:String = "music.xml"; var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XML_URL); var myLoader:URLLoader = new...more >>

Hello, I`m new to Action script and flash. I would like to know how could i populate (instead of copy and paste) the scene with a small button ex. 10 x 10 px. Let me explain what i am trying to do here. It is a simple game that includes 4000 buttons, 50 rows by 80 buttons. Every button has...more >>

Hi, When I add mouseevents to clips, there is no handcursor but the normal arrow when interacting with the clip. How can I get the handcursor when rolling over a clip for instance? thanks I tried to use the useHandCursor property the same way I used it under AS 2.0 but it is obviou...more >>

I need to use an XML file so I can update one variable every once in a while. Let's say I want to load Variable "foofie" into a flash movie, and the XML says that "foofie" is 11. What code do I put in my flash file to read what 'var foofie' is from an XML, and what do I put in the XML so...more >>