I'm currently trying to get my head around using SharedObjects in AS2 and was wondering if anyone else has also had this happen and whether a remedy exists - here's the issue:- while using mySO.flush() with some simple code, as a trial to save some test data to a client harddrive, i've fou...more >>

I allow users to change the color of their buttons. However if they select a color that is too light, the white text becomes unreadable. Therefore I need a way to detect if a color is past a certain pont of lightness as it were. In the same way that I can find the opposite of a color by opp...more >>

Hi, i am trying to setup a flash application on my site. I quite a novice at the ole flash so i was wondering if anyone out their could help me. I want to create something that allowed my customers to select a number of options. And then they send this information to me. What would be the best...more >>

I have a dual menu system. There are some movies which animate when you roll over them and there are also some standard buttons. When you roll over the buttons the corresponding movies animate. Now I need the reverse to happen. I need the buttons to go to the over state when the corresponding ...more >>

Hi there, I have dynamically generated xml from an sql database using php. The xml is contained in a string in the source of a php file if you know what i mean. How can I access and use this information from flash? :confused; I would appreciate any help! Marty ...more >>

I am trying to do basic alpha tweens with actionsctipt. Can someone show me how to do it? I have the cs3 trial. ...more >>

Is there a way to tell a TextField of input type to have the background color of what is selected anything other than black? I am building a mini application with entry fields, and the design dictates that it has to be a very dark brown with white or light brown text. So if I put input tex...more >>

Hi there! I'm using a simple actionscript code to load an image from an url and place it on a dynamic text box. The problem is, this swf file on the first time works well but when played a second time it doesn't refresh the pictures, it uses the one's downloaded on the first execution. I know th...more >>

Dear all, Why channel.position and sound.lenght give different values when the sound finishes playing? In my case I am loading an external mp3 file and using Event.SOUND_COMPLETE to trace both values (postion=3761 ms, length=4495 ms ). I am using Flash CS3 I will appreciate your he...more >>

I want an image lidded dynamically in a scoll pane to drag outside the scoll pane. how to do. ...more >>

Help please. I am presenting some training. At the bottom of the training I have a combo box with selections like poor outstanding etc. Next to that I have a text field for user comments. My question is how do I send that data to an email address? any port in a storm thanks ...more >>

Hello GTALIANS!! Anyways, I have this code: I'm basically loading someting from URLLoader. The loading part works perfectly. That's been mastered. However I have this problem. When the loading is done, addEventListener fires completeHandler... right? Then the completeHandler assign...more >>

I want this button to be clicked and pop up with a movie clip at the coordinates (27.9,0) so this code should do it... alas it doesn't. please tell me what's wrong within it. doc_butt.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, function(evt:MouseEvent):void { trace(this._name); ...more >>

i want to have a movie clip come up on a specific pixel coordinate. how would i finish this code? my_btn.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, function(evt:MouseEvent):void { trace(evt.target.name); } ); ...more >>

I can't program my buttons effectively. I use CS3 and that uses AS 1, 2, and 3. Any Actions Script i write does nothing it seems. I have even downloaded templates to look at thier's but it makes no sense to me at all. So i want to learn actionscript, and fast if possible. I just need to make a...more >>

Hello. I am a very new flash user and am working on a flash project that involves as many as 50 movie clip buttons. Each button will look different so I plan on making 50 buttons in the library. Each button will have 4 states - Up, Down, Upover, & Downover. There are 4 keyframes on the ...more >>

Hi I am using a flash file that uses an xml file to upload a series of images one at a time into a picture holder. There are two different widths of the images. The height is always the same. Is it possible to set this up so every image that the xml file calls is centre aligned within the ...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a Flash site. The site is quite long and doesn't fit the page vertically so automatically, the browser but its usual vertical scroller to be able to scroll down the page. In HTML, you can put some "back to the top" links to go back to the top of the page. Is it possible ...more >>

Hi guys, Im creating a dynmic scroll pane and adding images to create a vertical scrolling nav of sorts. The problem is that if I test the script in its own swf if works not problem. But when I add it to a .as include and add it to another file, everything loads no problem but for some god...more >>

Our current project needs to simultaneously present two videos and keep them synchronized. We are using ActionScript 3 and we use one controller (play, pause, stop, hSlider). Our controller is able to start, pause and stop the two videos just fine. They start simultaneously, but as they are...more >>

I am trying to write an email form with PHP..... I have the PHP file and the SWF file.... Do I need to put just those 2 files in the server ? or I need to add more files ? (can I just put them in the server or the place is relevent) Where can i read this ? (special web site) or som...more >>