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Contact Page
Posted by stary_eyes47 at 7/30/2007 11:48:54 PM
Hi, I am creating a contact page for a my website and I am having a bit of trouble. I have created the form in flash, and am using a php file to send the email to myself. The form works OK, but when it deliver's it to my inbox, I am getting all of this jibberish with the email Example: ...more >>


Frame Count for dynamic SWFs?
Posted by cconcannon at 7/30/2007 11:04:17 PM
I have made several separate SWF movies using Captivate and I want to compile and create a continuous playback in flash. I tried using a loadMovie which, of course, loads the first movie fine. But how do I let Flash know when it's done playing to load the second one? I thought I'd get a fra...more >>

textField_txt.scroll += 1 Someone?
Posted by Atmosfera at 7/30/2007 9:30:27 PM
Hi there guys, I'm wondering if it's possible to have a continuous scroll with this AS: Now the scroll works per click, one line per click, but I want to have the button pressed and the thing scrolling, using this script how that can be achieved? down_btn.onPress = function() { t...more >>

GetURL appending tween values to URL strings - help!
Posted by billbob_ at 7/30/2007 7:13:07 PM
Here's my code: [Q] on(release){ import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.*; var tweenImageX:Object = new Tween(whiteout_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeIn, 0, 100, 1.5, true); tweenImageX.onMotionFinished = function() { getURL("/shop/category_splash.aspx?gp_coll_i...more >>

------ n00b can't make buttons work inside movie clip
Posted by töff at 7/30/2007 6:24:43 PM
(Adobe Flash CS3, Actionscript 3.0) I have a movie clip on the stage. Inside the movie clip I have some buttons (and lots of non-interactive graphics). When I am editing inside the movie clip, the buttons work with "Enable Simple Buttons" on. But when I go back to the parent scene, they d...more >>

Load SWF B from SWF A - pass values
Posted by drzeller at 7/30/2007 6:21:17 PM
I am modifying a template that loads SWF B from within SWF A using: loadMovieNum("B.swf", 1); I want re-use SWF B in multiple places and leverage a variable, call it myValue, within SWF B that is sent from SWF A. What is the best way to accomplish this? I cannot figure out how to pass ...more >>

Fullscreen, detect when leaving
Posted by Matt Blubaugh at 7/30/2007 6:02:08 PM
I was wondering if someone knew how to detect when Flash exits fullscreen mode via the escape key? I have this video app I'm developing that scales any video inputted to be full screen, as well as appropriate resizing of the transport. I added in a stage listener that updates a text field ...more >>

Movie clips, layers and Actionscript
Posted by eholz1 at 7/30/2007 5:53:33 PM
Hello Forum, There is something I do not quite understand. I have a base flash 8 document. I have a main timeline, and then I create 2 containers, each of which I attach a movie clip. I use the createEmpymovieclip, and the attacheMovieClip for this process. In one container I have a b...more >>



Movie clips, layers and Actionscript
Posted by eholz1 at 7/30/2007 5:53:30 PM
Hello Forum, There is something I do not quite understand. I have a base flash 8 document. I have a main timeline, and then I create 2 containers, each of which I attach a movie clip. I use the createEmpymovieclip, and the attacheMovieClip for this process. In one container I have a b...more >>

Event Handler Scope Issue
Posted by Almal at 7/30/2007 5:02:39 PM
Hi. I'm pretty new at AS and I'm having some trouble understanding event handler scope. I tried searching the forums, but there doesn't seem to be any threads on this particular problem. I'm trying to dynamically set onRelease event handlers for movie clips created in an onLoad event handle...more >>

JSON?
Posted by NickTheNameless at 7/30/2007 4:13:31 PM
I would like to use an external data feed that is formatted in JSON. If the information was XML, I would have very few questions. How do I request, retrieve, and display information with JSON?...more >>

What is wrong!!!!
Posted by jak9942 at 7/30/2007 4:12:03 PM
i am using this code to make a check box become selected if a text box contains the word "yes" for some reason it is not working. if (att_flashintro_txt.text="yes") { att_flashintro_cb.selected = true; } else { att_flashintro_cb.selected = false; } ...more >>

check box in actionscript
Posted by jak9942 at 7/30/2007 4:02:41 PM
hi, i am creating an app that uses a checkbox if a text area is equal to yes the check box should be selected, i am using the following actionscript. What should the action be within the "if" action to make a check box become selected? if (att_flashintro_txt.text = "yes"){ } ...more >>

Help with MovieClipLoader
Posted by wistatboy at 7/30/2007 3:55:00 PM
I know there's a million posts about this topic (believe me, I've been through most of them) but there is nothing that seems to fit my problem. No matter what I do, I cannot get my external swfs to load into the main swf of my project. I know the key pretty much lies in the MoveClipLoader clas...more >>

Adding variables
Posted by dzedward at 7/30/2007 3:24:25 PM
im making this, sort of preloader, more to show the user the progress. In the site i'm building, you can't progress to the next section until 22 images load using MovieClipLoader class.. when each loads I have it sending out a global variable that equals true.. as of now im using an if statem...more >>

Actionscript Help Needed
Posted by Kenobebe at 7/30/2007 2:28:15 PM
:confused; Hello-To start off im making a game banner in which there is a crying baby and in order to make him happy you need to feed him (excited yet?). Above his head there are randomly rotating food items which you can ciick on to feed the baby and depending on what you feed him the "ha...more >>

AS3.0: LocalConnection and custom classes
Posted by RobDan75 at 7/30/2007 1:57:14 PM
Hi, I've a small but rather an annoying problem I'm trying to send a custom class instance through localconnection but no luck so far. Here are the sources: first.fla(timeline): import flash.net.LocalConnection; var lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection(); var aargh:Aargh = new ...more >>

Movie Clips Simple Control
Posted by Jens1701 at 7/30/2007 1:39:00 PM
Hello Folks, i want to learn how to use Actionsscript 3. As practice i tried to build the controls Play, Stop, Rewind, FF and Jump for a simple tween with no continous loop. But soon i got stuck with the rewind function. The ENTER_FRAME Event that is needed for an automatic rewind interfer...more >>

embed fonts (html = true) ->createTextField
Posted by Michealnl at 7/30/2007 1:23:24 PM
Hello, when i am creating a text field like this code below the bold and italic style does not work. I know before i post a similar problem. But this was with a textfield placed on the stage. You had to place a dummy text in it and make one letter bold and one letter italic to make it wor...more >>

Loading Variable from HTML
Posted by scholzr at 7/30/2007 4:26:20 AM
I am trying to load a variable into a flash file from the html page which it is displayed on. What i am trying to do is load a photo album category from a GET variable (photo_album.htm?cat=test) into the loadXMLgroup Actionscript event for a program which I am using. I essentially want to be a...more >>

external swfs
Posted by _name at 7/30/2007 4:21:52 AM
am using mx o4, v 7.0, as2. my issue is this: i have created a pop up window that is located on the root. when i load any external swf into the main movie that contains a scrolling text box, that scroller will control my pop up window (if pop up window is open). other wise if the pop up wi...more >>

AS 3.0 is sooo unforgiving!
Posted by Beatie3 at 7/30/2007 2:41:58 AM
Just so Adobe knows, I'm really really not happy with them! AS 3.0 is sooo not intuitive and sooo hard to use when you've got some idea of AS 2.0, but you're not a programmer. Why buy out Macromedia for their best product and then screw over the users of that product? I'm at a loss. I'm...more >>

Accessing the stage variable problems in AS 3.0
Posted by SamDonaldson at 7/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi. Quick question...I'm trying to access the stage variable which I believe is supposed to be global and I should be able to access it from any class. Is this true? The compiler is complaining that it doesn't recognize this variable? Note that these objects have not been added to the stag...more >>

AS2: cuePoints don't always trigger events
Posted by pixelfreak01 at 7/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hello, I am trying to synchronize sound and images (images change according to music). I have added cuePoints according to when they need be changed and an EventListener triggered by these. When moving the progress slider on the MediaController component (associated with MediaDisplay - pla...more >>

AS 3.0 compiler not recognizing internal class in file
Posted by SamDonaldson at 7/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I have a file that defines the package such as the following: package com.data{ public class Blah{ } internal class Foo{ } } For some reason, the compiler still complains on line 1, which is the package definition, that I am trying to expose to classes b...more >>

newbie here, with button action script issue
Posted by jsireno23 at 7/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
I have just started to scrach the surface with actionscript and I have attempted to assign it to buttons. Much to my supprise, it worked, sort of... All my buttons require a double click the first time you click on them. I was able to put http://homepage.mac.com/jsireno23 together, by usin...more >>


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