I'm using a dynamic text field that is loading the text from an external text file. How can I hide the UIScrollBar on the text field if it's not needed, that is, if the length of the text is shorter than the size of the text field? Any help woul dbe greatly appreciated. Thanks! - Bill ...more >>

I have a series of buttons for which I want to apply the same function. For example: btn1.onRollOver = function() { this.tabBtn.gotoAndStop("over"); }; btn2.onRollOver = function() { this.tabBtn.gotoAndStop("over"); }; My question is...how can I call the same function from mult...more >>

Hello, I am building a image gallery and i have a prev and next button that need to disable and a close button needs to be enabled when its open. So i have the close button under the next button and am using the following: function galleriesOpener(){ if (nav._y== 457){ new Tween(n...more >>

At the moment, I can open a new window from the swf, but I need it to be a certain size. I've done some research on the web, gone a few different directions, but I can't seem to get this to work. What I've tried: on (release) { getURL("javascript:windowOpener('mobile.html, '_blank', ...more >>

it's been a while since I have tinkered with flash. I am trying to do some very simple math and have completely lost my senses. Say I have 2 input text boxes... Value1 and Value2 I have a dynamic box call "RESULT" to display the result of : Value1+Value2 This is very simplified for wh...more >>

i doubt the title is the correct terminology, but it's the best paraphrase for what i'm trying to do. let's say i have a xml doc that has a root node, which has children, and each of those children may or may not have children of their own. in the code below, "this" is my xml object. what i...more >>

Hi all thanks for accepting me in this board. An italy based company is looking for a flash developer with flash media server and components skills amount of developing 2 chat / video application and maybe a web site around 400=E2=82=AC for every web chat application is the budget.total is a...more >>

I am using the script below to set up the tooltip and then the short script below that to actiivate it on a button (dot on a map). But I want to be able to use html in the text, and i can't find the right place/right way to script it. any help would be appreciated! thank you. // create th...more >>

The Function Math.Round Has errors try Round Number 1.265 round in 1.26, when the correct answer its 1.27...more >>

i've been using the same method for contact type fields for a long time, and have never had this problem.. have a bunch of input text fields, and send them off to php with LoadVars, when I get the test emails it's looking like thist First Name: <TEXTFORMAT LEADING=\"2\"><P ALIGN=\"LEFT\"><FONT...more >>

I am creating flash banner ads and have run into a size issue. My final scene ends up being like 700k which is too big for it's application. The file is made up of 2 scenes however and If I could split these into two and have them load seperately it would be ideal. The thing is the second scen...more >>

Hi, when I load an external swf file I would like to be able to run some funtions defined on it (considering both applications - my "main one" and the one that I loaded ar as3 files). Howeve I an even unable to locate the loaded swf... Here is some code to explain my question better: [b]a...more >>

Hi - I'm having a problem with my movie clips playing simultaneously and cannot, for the life of me, figure out what I have done wrong. I'm new to flash, so I may have set something up incorrectly, but here's what I have so far: 11 layers, total: 1 layer with 10 control buttons, each but...more >>

I am really new to flash and i am trying and failing miserably in getting my button to link to an external website. It seems simple, but I sure i'm missing something. When i test it by pressing F12 (publish) and click on the button in IE, it wont link to the window i want it to. Please help me...more >>

As of now, with my drag and drop component, when ever I drop the asset to its target, I am not able to move it until I either check the answer or hit reset. I want to be able to move the asset just in case it is dropped on the wrong target. How would I go about doing this? Any help is great...more >>

Hi If I load an external swf (located in the same dir as the one loading it) with addChild. It looks something like this var url:String = "patfinder_extra1.swf"; var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url); ldr.load(urlReq); addChild(ldr); Now, I want to be able to close/remove t...more >>

For a little background, here is what I am dealing with. I have an input text box, which sends it's htmlText to a php script which then saves it in a mysql database. This all works just fine. The problem arises whenever I try to insert something like an image tag. ie: <img src='../whatever...more >>

Hi all, Firstly, thanks kglad for your help on getting a CSV imported and parsed, all works well, but now... I am having real trouble finding an index of an array based on an input that a user puts in (their unique ID). My CSV data contains 3 records, ID, First Name, Surname. What I ultima...more >>

I have a html-document - a frameset with 2 frames - navigation and rightFrame Problem with this statement: [I]btn1.onPress = function () { getURL(home.html,"rightFrame"); };[/I] Statement doesn?t work any longer - how can I solve this problem? I really appreciate some answer...more >>

Is it possible to update the Timer Class Delay time while it is running. I want to update it using the slider component however it doesn't seem to update. I even stop the timer on the THUMB_PRESS event of the slider that restart it after it is changed. Doesn't seem to work that way either. ...more >>

I have been until now a fervent disciple of compositing a graphic instance into a class in every case, rather than making my class extend MovieClip. Admittedly I was a piker at AS2 and only now that I am cranking on AS3 do I consider myself worthy to call myself a beginner OOP programmer. But ...more >>

Hello, I have a page of checkboxes. When each checkbox is clicked I want a unique value entered into a string. The string should build up as multiple checkboxes are clicked (the string wil then be submitted to coldfusion for a database search). I set up the below, however the "+=" operator d...more >>

Hello, upon a submit button click, I am trying to trace 20 different string values ("select_1" thru "select_20)" using looping. It is not working. Is it possible to do this or am I doing something wrong ? thanks kindly in advance. submit.onRelease = function (){ for (var i=1;i<=20;i++)...more >>

Hi, I have a combobox on Frame 1 and it is also on frame 2. When I go back to frame1 from frame2 the number of items in the combobox doubles. How do I prevent this from happening ? The code I have for populating the combobox is: my2_cb.addItem({data:1, label:"First Item"}); my2_cb.addIte...more >>

Hello! I have an .flv and it loads in and plays. At the end of the video, I need another .flv to load in. How can I accomplish this? Is there some method in actionscript that can detect when the video has completed and then I can change the contentPath to a new .flv. Thank you ...more >>