I have a window (same specials window from before) that is created when a window function is called. When the window is created, I define two listeners to grab ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT. Above this window is a TextField that loads dynamic text from an external php file. Both are inside the sam...more >>

In AS2 you would: var someVar:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("libraryMovieClip", "attached"+i, _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:X, _y:Y}); I'm aware of the addChild method, but how do you target a movieclip from the library? ...more >>

ok, so you load an mp3 into the library. give it an instance name. create a new instance with testSound:mySound = new mySound(); play the sound with testSound.play(); it all works great. but now I want to stop the sound (background music in a game) . I guess letting us do testSound.stop(); ...more >>

Say you have X number of objects, and you want to assign a value to their properties, or add an EventListener. You could list all X number of objects, and set their property values as such ( objectX.property = value ) Of course that'd be silly if X number of objects was 100, or even 10.....more >>

hello, i am trying to format some text, which comes from a FlashVars, and is put into a textArea component. so far i have been able to format it with a stylesheet within flash, but i need to use an external stylesheet... question 1: is this possible? question 2: if question 1 is doable,...more >>

I don't know if anyone has had this issue, but if you could help it would be great. I have a key listener watching key strokes coming from the key board. I have an onKeyDown and onKeyUp event declared. When I press a key and then release it I see the onKeyDown event fire and then the onKeyUp e...more >>

I am looking for a good tutorial (book or video) that tells how to do a previous and next button. The next will play a MC, and the previous needs to play it backwards. Thanks for any help. smiller ...more >>

Is there some way I can apply the Linkage>Export for action script function to multiple items in the library at one time? Thanks....more >>

I am trying to make a movie clip called "a1" into a button in order to load a swf into anothere MC called "container" , how would I go about doing that? this is the code i am using a1.onRelease = function();{ loadMovie("home.swf",container) } ...more >>

So if I have some nice little timeline animations made by some artists. And I would like to use code to recreate the same effect is there a way to do it? I highlighted the keyframes I'm interested in and pasted the XML (after a bit of difficulty, seems to be a bug there) into my Actionscript...more >>

Hi, what is the purpose of text_lv.parent = this from var text_lv = new LoadVars(); text_lv.load("images.txt"); //refer the parent of the object in a property so we can access some function that //the parent have and inaccessible by the text_lv object. text_lv.parent = this; ...more >>

Long story short, I have a flash movie that is entirely controlled in the first frame using actionscript. The movie loops through displaying four different pictures and texts in their respective dynamic movie clips. The pictures and text are defined in xml files. There is one image movie clip,...more >>

Hi I am trying to set my Mac and PC Projects so that they open up in a Maximized window. I don't want full screen because I feel that, after working with some older and less computer savy clients, people freak out when their screen is taken over by a program and they don't know how to get out ...more >>

I am making a menu bar for my website that has a nice cascading effect to it . I am using Movieclips but can't make them clickable. What I would like to happen is that when I click on a MC button for it to load a SWF, Jpg, or HTML file. I named my movie clips a1,a2,a3,a4,a5, I am using...more >>

I was wondering if there was a way to automatically load a different movie clip after the current one has been up for 2 minutes. I am making an touch screen type project which consists of a screen saver that will play until somebody selects one of the main buttons to begin navigating throughou...more >>

Hi, im a serious flash noob, and am trying to write a thing for my website. What im doing is trying to load an image (a stock history graph) into my applet. I know that it can load it because i tried directly putting in contentPath, but when i dynamically do it, it doesnt work! This is the maj...more >>

I'm working on a project that incorporates a touchscreen interface and traditional monitor in a Kiosk. The touchscreen is the product and can interpret and send out RS-232 commands. The idea is for a user to select an option from the small touchscreen and then view a flash presentation on a ...more >>

Hello, I'm using an XMLConnector in Flash CS3 to load French text. I have no problem with English text, and with most French text. But when a certain character or combination of accented characters is present, I get a "Fault" when trying to load the data (after using XMLConnector::Trigger...more >>

Hello, I have another problem, but this time I think it's a bit more challenging than my last one that I answered myself. Flash says you can get ..tif images to display if you have Quicktime 4 or above installed. I think it may be a lie, or at best only part of the story, because I need to u...more >>

I know this is a long shot, but it'll save a lot of production time. I have a bunch of chaptered audio (assembled in Final Cut and Soundtrack Pro) exported in podcast MP3 format and wonder if there is a way to read the chapter markers as start/stop points for navigation. I don't have a clue...more >>

Try this little program on the main timeline and you'll find that if you press SHIFT + RIGHT + SPACE all at the same time it will trace out "space" yet if you try SHIFT + LEFT + SPACE then nothing? Why wont it work with the left arrow key? I'm programming a game and LEFT is for moving left S...more >>

Alright, I've gotten myself all turned around. First off, this is for a chat room (but the chat room code itself is not involved) Basically what I'm trying to do is this: You log in... from there it gives you a ComboBox with YOUR nicknames (a list of say, ten, retrieved from an SQL Databas...more >>

Hello - Does anyone know if it is possible to controll 2 independent sounds playing at the same time? I am working with a voice-over testimonial and background music. I am only able to control both sounds globally to adjust volume. I have tried every action script approach I can think of t...more >>

I have a need to compare angles in a project I'm working on. For example I have an angle, say 180 degrees. I then want to check if another angle is within 45 degress either side of this angle. that's easy enough, I can check if my angle is less than 225 and greater than 135. But this falls ...more >>

Hi folks, I would like to build up a web application which should do the following: The first step will be that the user will upload a ppt which will be converted into seperate SWF?s and the files will be written into a XML file. After that process the user can start recording: It will ope...more >>

Hi, I have a combo displaying all Fonts available on the users system. On click, a text field shows the selected item, the Font's name and the item is displayed in the selected font. Tis works fine. ComListenerB.change = function(){ var obj = myComboB.selectedItem; showFont.text = obj....more >>