after successfully creating six movieclips, each holds a different image, within a loop structure that calls duplicateMovieClip, i am unable to use these movie clips as a button, ie my_mc.onRelease = function(){}.. does not work, yet debug shows that the clips exists and i use the name that ...more >>

var arr:Array = new Array( {food:'Hamburger', soda:'Rootbeer'}, {food:'Pizza', soda:'7up'} ); trace(arr.indexOf(food:'Hamburger')); ?? I know that doesn't work, but is there syntax to make it work, or does one have to write their own class to handle this? ...more >>

I'd like to dynamically load multiple swf files into my movie to speed things along because the total file is 37 MB when not broken into scenes. I put a white box in frame one and made it a movie clip with the name Blank_mc. I then load in the swf using: loadMovie("First.swf", Blank_mc); ...more >>

I have a SWF movie that I am viewing in IE. I uploaded an updated version, but it is still puling the old SWF. I cleared the files, history, and cookies in IE. Close IE and then reopened it, but it still displays the old SWF. Any one know why. Iknow big surprise, I do not have this issue in...more >>

Hi, and thanks in Advance!!! So i have a button that needs to be activated from the key board. Does anyone have a completed script that will allow the user to activate this button that has sound attached to it from hitting the letter "A" ? Also, the sound file that i want to have p...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a basic "windowing" setup in a Flash app. I have lots of separate "window" symbols, and when I click on each one I want it to come to the front, overlapping other windows. So I write something like myWindow.onPress = function() { if (this.getDepth() != t...more >>

is it possible to use the properties of the videoPlayer class with a video object that is not wrapped in a flvplayBack component. I am having trouble using the maintainAspectRatio property with my current video object. Additional question, If you use a flvPlayBack component are you forced to u...more >>

Hello guys! How do i turn a string to movieclip? i tried something like this and is not working: [b]function funcaoMenuCom(choice:Number){ var myMovie:MovieClip = _parent["button" + String(choice)]; } [/b] ...more >>

I have a dataset which filters my XML results according to category. I'm trying to get it to evaluate more than one field, but can't figure out how. The code below works to filter on the first <category>, but won't touch the second. I've also tried naming them <cat1> and <cat2>, then adding ...more >>

Is there a way to use an external AS file from HTML? I know I can do basic stuff with asfunction, but I don't know if what I want to do is possible with dynamic text... I have two dynamic text boxes on my scene. I want to load text into one (a sub-menu, if you will) and program the text ...more >>

Hi, I have a pdf in flash that i want clients to be able to download or print. I put the file on my host server, then created a getURL action to get it. But then when you click on the link, the flash message pops up restricting access. Is it possible to embed the pdf in the swf and dow...more >>

Hey Guys, I am having an issue where an image is being loaded via HTML and a text area but WILL not display no matter what. If I click on the button that displays the html text, the words from the p and span and links work fine and will even jump to the right exactly the same distances as th...more >>

I'm trying to figure out a way for users to be able to save "favorites" into a "side bar" with the click of a button. This doesn't have to be in Flash, it can be just JS or whatever... but Flash would be great if possible. TheFWA does exactly what I'm looking for. Visitors can add thin...more >>

Plotting points on a circle, like a radar. I?ve been working with this one code for a while now that plots points in a circle where the center of the circle is today?s date and the out edge is 2 or 3 years out. The code places each point the correct distance from center randomly around th...more >>

How can i create a list of textfields dynamically through actionscript. I have textfields and they all effect the one before them, so a list would be useful. I need to be able to delete the first one in the list and them to reposition themselves automatically this is why i cant use an array...more >>

Hi, I have been working on a project that I finally realized could have been, and will be, easier if I used variables within my AS. So I came home this evening and started working on my idea and after several hours of it not working, working part way, and googling like mad I decided to try ...more >>

If I have a nested movie clip, how can I make the parent timeline switch over to the child timeline? I have created a learning interaction where the parent timeline contains a set of math problems and the child timeline contains a clock. When the student is finished with the math problems...more >>

I'm still fairly new to AS 3.0 and I'm having a bit of a problem understand this process: I have a more complex program where a series of MovieClips are created in a for loop. I'm writing a function to remove all these clips afterwards, but I'm not exactly sure how to do this. I've inc...more >>

I have a site I am working on that is based on a full flash template. In this site there is a contact form that has layers for the input fields, actions and send buttons. The send is a movie clip, in that clip is the send button. Here is my problem. I can not figure out how to send the...more >>

Hi, in as2 I was able to list "everything inside" an object with a simple loop: for (var index in myObject) { trace(index + ": " + myObject[index]); } While in as3 this still work for arrays, it seems I can't do it for an object or a class. Is there a way to do it? ...more >>

Hello, When you have any object that's only in one frame of a movieClip, it seems this object is "null" and can't be accessed through code. I find it really strange and I must be doing something wrong, but what I do is simple: got the first frame showing something and on mouseOver show a s...more >>

Basically, I am creating a side-scrolling game, and I want the character to be invincible for half a second after they get hurt. I have a set interval and it works fine for the first time, but then when I hit the object again it doesn't wait a second. I'm pretty sure that the interval isn't be...more >>

Hello ActionScripters, I have a series of html files with embedded flash content. I have one html file with embedded flash, that always opens a new browser window when a button is clicked. I always want the button, when clicked to open the next html file (along with its embedded flash ...more >>

I want to know the URL or domain of the HTML page which embeds my SWF file. Although I can get the domain of the SWF file itelf via LocalConnection.domain, this doesnt work when the SWF and HTML files are on different servers. A ugly workaround would be to call a PHP page and let that get the ...more >>

Hi, Beginner and trying to get a feel for flash. I?m extremely competent Lingo programmer but finding Flash extremely frustrating. I have an external .as script that imports successfully. I put a mouseListerner inside this .as and I want to detect the mouseDown within a movieClip I?ve plac...more >>

Hi I'm trying to change the color of the font of the TextArea component to white. I use this code which I copy and paste directly from "help": import mx.styles.CSSStyleDeclaration; if (_global.styles.TextArea == undefined) { _global.styles.TextArea = new CSSSty...more >>

:confused; Ok so I have a text box set up which receives the date on a callendar which you click on. On another page (a seperate html file) I have an input text box for receiveing this text. I've been trying to do this using various methods using getURL, but, I can't get it to work. Th...more >>

Hi guys, I need an hint if you please... I'm making a Flash website, the main swf has got an animation in the timeline, pressing the bottons in the pubblished file you activate this animation that leads to single frames where I've dragged a MC instance called Loading, witch I've used to lo...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create dynamic text boxes through actionscript which essentially isn't difficult. But i have 2 issues, 1. I don't know how much text is going to be in the box so i want to resize the box according to the amount of text. I cant resize the actual text as i need conti...more >>

Hey guys, Working on a Flip Book development, and after nailing the zoom / pan feature, then the double page, front & back animation feature (coded separately) I ran into a bump. [B]My zoom feature will only rescale any objects that do not have the getNextHighestDepth property[/B] (All obj...more >>