Version: CS3, Windows XP I'd like to be able to apply a stroke outline to a symbol at runtime. Is there any way to do this? Adding a glow filter to the symbol can achieve the general effect I want, but can be quite memory intensive. It also does too much - I don't really need any blurr...more >>

Can someone give me any insight into a way to create an effect similar to the one on http://eu.wrangler.com/ I want the users mouse to have a painting effect on the picture as they mouse over. ...more >>

I try thist: trace(Math.round(1.265*100)/100); Flash Result: 1.26 Error, the correct answer it's 1.27 Any Ideas? Jorge....more >>

This is a new challenge and I keep getting stuck. What I have is an array of (x,y) coordinates, display intervals, and a loop back to continue going through the array until a set amount of time has passed. I have an ASP.Net application that generates the array for me based on my input. W...more >>

I need a way to set the properties of a text box--color and font of the text inside it--upon an event, wether it's in the timeline or off a button release or even LoadMovie would work. Is this possible? woodbury ...more >>

Pretty new to action script and I tried to do as suggested by Paul Whitham: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/flash_buttons.html# However, I can not get the swf file to load a variable to open the PDF file - here is the code I'm using. HTML: page name "home.htm" "http...more >>

Hello, I'm hoping someone will help me out with this issue. I've looked around and can't quite find what I'm looking for. I have a button within a movie clip, and I would like to have some sort of script that causes the movie clip to gotoandplay a certain frame if the user clicks anywhere outs...more >>

Hi Using Flash Prof. v 8 On a slide in a presentation, I have the following script to print a movieClip (print1) using a button (btn1): btn1.onRelease = function() { var pj = new PrintJob(); var success = pj.start(); if(success) { ...more >>

I'm trying to draw a smooth line in actionscript using curveTo(), based on an array of user-defined Y values. I'm trying to figure out how to calculate the control point for the smoothest line. The code below shows the original line in blue, and a test red line that I want smoothed (but ...more >>

Hello Forums: Here's a link to the package of files I've been working on, and it has been causing me a tremendous amount of grief. http://www.clanna.com/aux/Flash.zip What I'm trying to do is that every single page is its own movie clip (To reduce loading times), as a child clipunde...more >>

Is there a way in actionscript to change the arrow colors of my datagrid component that reside in the header area? also is there a way to get rid of the vertical lines that are in the header of my datagrid or give then a certain color? thanks! ...more >>

I got to moviclips on the timeline (m1_mc, m2_mc), From the timeline of m1_mc I try to rotate moviclip m2_mc. The script given below. But it result in this error : 1119: Access of possibly undefined property m2_mc through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject. Note...more >>

hi guys, I created a FLV player that worked pretty well (play, pause, audio controls, scrubber). However, I implemented the dynamic bandwidth detection (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashco..._bandwidth.html) and had to make a few tweaks to my player but now my audio controls don't work and...more >>

for (i=0;i<_global.searchSearchArray.length;i++){ this["searchResultsArray"+i]=searchSearchArray[i].split("|");} _root.testerText.text=searchResultsArray1[1]; I am geting undefined. It is to do with the: this["searchResultsArray"+i]= because if I change this to searchResul...more >>

Is it possible to have objects (a MovieClip containing a button) move on their own without anybody using their directional arrows ir mouse? I've only just started to build it so am happy to redo it if I've got anything wrong. thanks Lucy By the way I'm using Flash 8 ...more >>

Hi, Real fast question. In a form, does the uncheckedness or checkedness of a checkbox output as like, 'true' and 'false'? Or what does it output? Thanks...more >>

Hi, I saw a post similar to mine from 2006, but there was no response. What I want to do is make an 8-10 question quiz, and have the users click either yes or no, and, based on that, display feedback (sort of like a recommendation). Neither answer will be wrong or right, but there will be ...more >>

i know I can set up an If statement to do something if the resolution isn't what I specify, but how would I say to scale the movie if it isn't what I specify?...more >>

Hi, I am doing a web ad for a site and they stipulate that the flash file can only loop 3 times max. How do I do this? I am a designer who is very limited in my action scripting knowledge so any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi, I was hoping someone might be able to clear this issue up for me. I am currently running Flash MX 2004, and have been looking at tranistions. I am also trying to get onMotionFinished function to work however when testing my fla there is a syntax error on this function. I have looked...more >>

Here is a script that moves a pointer horizontally along a bar. Positioned horizontally along the bar is a series of images. The pointer points to the image that the cursor moves over. It works but the pointer seems to jump from one position to the next rather than "slide" with a smooth motion...more >>

I have been trying to run this code but I always get a "packages cannot be nested" error. What can I do to make it work? please help me. Here is the code: package firstPackage{ public class firstClass { public var textVariable:String = " blah"; public var numericVariable:Number = 34...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with NetConnection when trying to play back a streaming video and I'm hoping someone has had some experience with this problem. Basically I'm trying to stream videos from Akamai. I've been using Akamai for a number of months now and understand the entire ed...more >>

Alrighty, so I don't do books. Any time I need something I go to the web, but I am now going to teach an AS 2.0 class and need a good book for my students. I'm going to Barnes and Nobles tonight to look through some, but wondered if y'all have any recommendations. Look forward to hearing yo...more >>

I have an onRelease function. Within the onRelease function there are lts of if statements. If one of the stements is correct I want to onRelease function to stop exectuting. I can't use delete this.onRelease as I will again need to use the onRelease. Is there a way to simply exit the f...more >>

Hi All, I have a question. I would like to create a type of slide show with next and back buttons that a customer would click on to go to next picture or back to last picture. I tried to set the pictures in a frame by frame sequence. Added the next and back buttons. On the next button ac...more >>

Well, for my site i have a movieClip called mMainMenu. Inside that movieClip are seven other movieclips, each on their own layer. These seven movieclips are being used as buttons to navigate the site. The problem comes in with the AS3 code for my MOUSE_OVER event. I get an error that i do not ...more >>

Hi, I'm building a site, and i want to load a swf that gradually fades in lines of copy. The copy can either be set in flash, or i can bring it in from another app. My question: do I use actionscript for this? If not, I guess I tween them, but isn't that just for motion. What about somethi...more >>

the php script outputs a urlencoded string, with the first variable named records, which has an integer value. The AS code looks like this: var zDP=new Array(); var getFeed:LoadVars=new LoadVars(); getFeed.load("http://localhost/php/sendrecords.php?ck="+new Date().getTime()); getFeed.o...more >>

Hi all, I'm wondering if somebody out there could answer this.. I've been struggling with this problem for the whole day now.. I'm learning AS 3 now, to keep in touch with AS (which is evolving really fast !! Hopefully no major version 4 upgrades for at least another 10 years!!) Any...more >>

I need a little help guys. I'm building an XML menu based on a sample that Adobe wrote and I'm having issues with a function not doing what it should. The menu should be hiding whenever mouse fails either hitTest and the menu is visible. Can anyone see what the issue is? This menu has been...more >>

I want to increase the Drop down's Option list?s font size to 20, If I increase the font size, the options tab are merging one over other, is it possible to increase the width of each options in the list so that each has to be visible (means increase spacing between tabs) drop1.setSize (200...more >>

For some reason I am not able to properly load the BlurFilter Class. I have: import flash.filters.BitmapFilter; (I have my AS2.0 Class Path settings to: INDRA:Applications:Macromedia Flash 8:First Run:Classes:FP8:flash:filters). But I get this error: **Error** /Applications/Macrom...more >>

Hi I wondered if someone could help me with this problem. I essentially making a display for a friends panel which display heads and user names of all your firends on a community project. Now what I have done is added this into a scrollpane so as u get more firends the lsit can be scrolle...more >>