Hello Forums: This problem is a little complex, and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Situation: I have 1 main file called the DOCK. This file loads. The DOCK loads a movie on level 1 (loadMovieNum) called PAGE0.SWF at a certain frame. PAGE0.SWF is an ...more >>

Hey, I really can't figure this one out. I'm sure it's something simple, and I'll feel stupid after someone explains it. Oh well. All the actionscript in my flash file is on its own layer in frame on. On frame one, on another layer, I have a button called "GoButton". When someone clicks th...more >>

:confused; Hello To All I am using Flash 8 windows XP. i have two mp3 Players made in flash on the same page . Both are different swf files . Now player 1 is playing a song . if user clicks on play button of player 2 . both players plays their songs . I want if user cilcks on pl...more >>

I am working in AS 2.0 and I am having a problem making variables globally visible throughout my class. For example Class foo extends MovieClip { private var _seeAllFlag:Boolean; public function foo() { _seeAllFlag = true; } function checkFlag() { trace(_se...more >>

I'm trying to pause streaming audio with a "pause" button. However, when I click the "play" button, the audio begins a few seconds after where it stopped. My theory is that the "pause" button isn't recording where the audio stopped playing; it's actually recording where the audio stopped loa...more >>

I don't know SQUAT about Actionscript but figure you folks will 1.) have an answer, 2.) point me in the right direction, or 3.) blow me out of this forum for being an idiot. I'd like to use a chalkboard image of my choice as a background and use Flash to randomly select a line of text from...more >>

Can you switch movie clips in flash using actionscript? And if you can, please tell me how....more >>

Hi, I am learning and using as 3.0. It is really great. But now I use some timeline scripts with author-environment created clips. clipA contains clip B. Under clip B, in the script layer, I want to tell clip A to go to frame 2 with the following script : this.parent.gotoAndPlay("intro...more >>

I am really hoping someone else has encountered this issue, it is driving me crazy... I am building a new flash site for my creative studio... On the main timeline, I have set an onMouseOver & onMouseOut for the background MC... When you mouseOver the BG, a content area pops up that contain...more >>

Hello, How can I make Flash Read a PHP News Like http://www.raven-symone.org/updates/show_news.php . lntxt is my text area I came up with this code but its not working myData = new LoadVars(); myData.onLoad = function() { lntxt.text = this; }; myData.loadVariables("http://www.r...more >>

What actionscript is needed to call a swf file from a button and then a return/back button to go back to the original swf file?...more >>

Hi all // begin sarcasm So I have this little XML file, with 300,000+ nodes (318,006 lines in this XML code to be exact). // end sarcasm Right now, I'm loading this monster in. When I finish loading, I want to take all these nodes and save them to an Object, so I can easily reference...more >>

hi i have attached my code which i have been trying unsuccesfully to execute... basically, i want the "tab_mc" to be duplicated as "new_tab0", "new_tab1", "new_tab2" etc... but no luck... can anyone see what i am doing wrong? thanks! this.createEmptyMovieClip("tab_mc", this.getNextHighes...more >>

I had a question that I hope someone would be able to answer. Is there a way to pause code, leaving a set amount of time between when one line of code is executed and when the next line of code is called? I'm assuming there is atleast one way to do it, but I'm still very new to actionscript ...more >>

can layer names be referenced and manipulated in the AS of a swf? i know they serve a great purpose when editing and debugging a fla file, but they can they be used beyond that? let's say, something like using _visible to toggle the visibility of entire layer. ...more >>

Hello all, I am trying to figure out how to use a couple of variables that I have attached to an swf file via the object tag, like so: Chat.swf?appInstance=Red&myColor=0x006633&username=thisusername The swf runs fine. What I'm trying to figure out is how to take the variables like ...more >>

in actionscript, i have variables that contains html content $var = "<html><head></head><body><font color='#ff0000'>ACTIONSCRIPT</font></body></html>" and i wanna print them to screen. what are the ways of this, except textarea? thanks ...more >>

how would i write the actionscript in AS2 or AS3 to make a button when clicked jump to a specific frame?...more >>

hi guys I am hoping some one can help me out here. I'm building my portfolio/resume in Flash, and i am having a real big headach getting teh actionscript to navigat from one frame to another with the buttons. i.e the stop(); code works fine on its own, but i want to get the slider to go ...more >>

I'm just trying to get a mc to move across the page. I entered.... trainRight_mc.onEnterFrame = function (){ this._x += 10; } yet it goes nowhere. I got this code from an action script tutorial & it works great for that. What am I doing wrong? ...more >>

Hello, I would like to know if it is possible for a standalone flash application to output data into a text document (create the file and write in it). thank you. Christine...more >>

Hi, Any one knows why MouseListener stops working when you right click. and resumes again only when you close the context menu which opened by right click? Regards, Kumar....more >>

Hello, Just wondering if anyone can help me. I have a series of movie clips, movieClip1_mc, movieClip2_mc, movieClip3_mc.............etc. and i have another series of dragable movie clips, drag1_mc, drag2_mc, drag3_mc...............etc. I need to code my action script so that when ...more >>

Hi, I am new to oops concept.I have one problem.... // this is my code ..... class KnightsMove { public var currI:Number = 9; . . . . eventOnRelease(obj) . . . private function eventOnRelease() { objName.onRelease = function() { trace(currI); } ...more >>

Can't see to get this to work. All I want to do is out an action on frame 10 that makes my movie clip 'ball' move. This is what I get [b]Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances[/b] ...more >>

How can I reach/call my function say() from inside my xml.load function? I tried with Delegate.create but even that one can't reach him. How I can call say() function from out there? import mx.utils.Delegate; class clsMenu { private var numOfItems:Number; function clsMenu(swf:M...more >>