Most notibly what happens is, I have an ExternalInterface callback that receives javascript updates, and uses them to move an object on stage around. Everything works great, until I right-click in the browser. Then the ExternalInterface call acts sluggish, only updating sporadically as oppos...more >>

Can Flash do highly interactive graphically intense websites like a 3d computer game or is the internet still to slow for this? Secondlife.com seems to be getting close. Can Flash create a site where you can zoom in and out and rotate objects. Can anyone tell me some cool websites that are g...more >>

Hi all! Before you shout "you can't!" please hear the question... ;) I'd like some advice on protecting swf files. I am well aware what can and what can't be done, but I find it hard to figure out what some of the obfuscators do. I guess all of them rename the variables, but is that all the...more >>

Ok, so I got this flash guest book that sends the name/message to the .asp script. The .asp script puts the name/message nicely into a .txt file. How do I use the response from the .asp to trigger something in my actionscript? ...more >>

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I'm getting this error after I use the loader to load in an swf- and then try to rename it to something useful. Error #2078: The name property of a Timeline-placed object cannot be modified. This is a new one - this means that I cannot rename a loaded file? I would like to actually access ...more >>

i have a button on the stage. the document class loads two sub classes. how do you get the sub class to access/work with a stage item that is already on the display list? as3.0 is killing me!!! grrrr... thanks! ...more >>

Hello folks! Looking for a little technical advice - let me explain: I'm converting a small flash game that I had built in flash 8 with as2 to flash 9 with as3 and have hit a snag. The visible object on the stage in that application is simialr to a rubiks cube as seen from an upper corner (sor...more >>

ActionScript 2.0: class myclass{ public obj:Object=new Object(), myxml:XML = new XML(); public function myclass(){ myxml.load('test.xml'); obj.test1 = 1; // it work because flash found object "obj" myxml.onLoad =fucntIon(){ obj.test2 = 2; // dont work because flas...more >>

Dear Forum I have a syntax question. I am not quite familiar with the Delegate class and I was wondering how to properly remove the following event : dg.addEventListener("onDrop", Delegate.create(this, itemDrop)); Thanks SK ...more >>

Is there a way to preserve relative paths links with 3 levels? Here the problem. We have a bunch of swf files in a swf directory. say swf/file1.swf that share a font in a shared library... linked at say: fonts/myFont.swf These swf are loaded with LoadClip ...more >>

It's known to use a string as index to call an array element as follows: City["Chicago"]={_county:Cook, _state:"IL", ...} But is it possible to use a variable to hold a state name and use that to reference an array element? It is helpful in cases when we iterate through a subset of all e...more >>

I'm attempting to create a projector that will go fullscreen and without scaling using AS 3.0 In AS 2.0 I simply did this: fscommand("allowscale", false); fscommand('fullscreen",true); Worked every time... I've tried a few things, like the following: import flas...more >>

Folks, I have a movie that has 25 frames. I would like to actionscript that on designated dates the movie would target a specific frame. (i.e., on Aug. 22, 2007 go to frame 2, on Aug. 26, 2007 goto frame 3 and so on) I am a major newb in actionscript so can you please tell/show me what the a...more >>

I have a main document class. Then I have another class that represents the "tools" available for a map section. This class is in a sub folder and they both load fine. I want to know how to access methods from two different packages. My classes are all public. Also if the mapTools.as class...more >>

Can anyone here point me to a place to look to learn how to make custom components in CS3? I found only two tutorials on it on the entire internet - FlashBrighton and a SWC version posted by someone named smackme. Neither of them really explains the AS logic to how they work. Yes I can follow ...more >>

Hey all, So, I am trying to connect a Flash movie to a serial port and have it react to the input coming in. Of course, Flash does not have this capability built in, so I need a workaround. I also program in Director, and there are easier ways to deal with this there, but since there hasn...more >>

This isn't specific to ActionScript. I have the 4 points that make up a cubic bezier curve. I want to: 1) Determine the length of the bezier curve 2) Determine a point along the bezier curve based on a distance from the start point 3) Determine the angle/direction/orientation of a point ...more >>

Hello, I am doing my first xml project. I can update a dynamic text box from a xml file on the server, but when the dynamic text box is populated the <tag> data</tag> appears. I only want the word "data" without all the <> </>. Any help would be great. ...more >>

Using FlashCS3, This works: _root.mcScreen1._visible=0; So why doesn't this work: i=1; _root.eval("mcScreen"+i)._visible=0; Is this a valid wayto use the eval() function? Thanks for your help. ...more >>

I have put a dynamic text (multiline) on the stage with width 91.3 and height 21.9 . The instance name of the text is "txtdirection". On the other hand, I have a variable called "mymessage". And my code is like this: mymessage = "Turning right...."; _root.txtdirection.textWidth=my...more >>

I have a text box. I want to set it so that people cant type more room than there is in the textField. Is there a way to do this. maxChars does not really work, for example if I type. 'mmmmmmmmmm' opposed to '123456789112345' I can fit alot less Chars in the same space, as the le...more >>

Hi, I've been looking for a tutorial to make an XML video playlist, where the user clicks on a thumbnail and a video is loaded in via XML (kind of like youtube). Does anyone know of any good tutorials for this, i've been looking for ages but cant find any...i've checked the adobe site, f...more >>

I have a scene which contain a movie that is the menu bar. when a user clicks on one of the links on the menu bar, i would like the scene to jump to frame 2. no go! any ideas? thank you. //menu commands in movie that is located on scene 1 mybutton.onRelease = function(){ gotoAndstop("Sce...more >>

I am doing a flash game, like changing faces but get suck on the scripts.:frown; Please see the below scripts(I put them on the frame action) that is there any problem: ------------------------------------------- loadVariables("data.txt", "_root"); // loading external text file, to make c...more >>

how to Call HTML Layers from Flash? i need a help on example or script. ...more >>