Heya, So if you click on Capital Strategies group on this page: http://juice-t.firetree.us you'll find a .swf file that has a collapsable menu (accordion menu). Everything works great except for two problems: 1. There is some sort of wierd masking occuring that's clipping the bottom o...more >>

Hi i wondered if anyone could answer this one for me. I am trying to find out if its posbile to control the browser scrollbar via flash. To explain a little cleaer, is it possible to construct a swf hat houses a movie clip say 2 times the height of the movie size . And for the browser scr...more >>

I have just upgraded to Flash CS3 and I'm having problems with attaching Actionscript to just a button!:) I'm probably just missing something really obvious but can anyone suggest why it is not letting me? Thanks Kit ...more >>

Hi, I was hoping that someone could help me out with this. I have a SWF that plays a FLV with actionscript cue points that when the cue point is reached the timeline plays. I need the cue points variables (the timecode) to be loaded from a text file because non Flash users will be adding c...more >>

I'm currently checking memory usage of an script, but even afer deleting classes, the memory usage does not drop, and even keep icreasing as new instances are created (and then deleted). I believe thit is because even these instances being eligible for garbage collection this is not happening ...more >>

I'm new to Flash and Action Script. I'm creating a banner ad for a clent for the first time. I've created a transparent MovieClip covering the stage called clickthrough_mc. The agency wants a clickTag added. Here's the code I've added to the actions layer. Can someone proof it for me and let m...more >>

I created an XML scrolling thumbnail gallery using a http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm I then had to alter the action script to get my thumbnails to display properly -- they were spaced out or overlapping each other and not in the sequence specified in the XML file. The...more >>

Heya, So I am working on a design that I want to use the accordian style menu. I'd be willing to use the Flash component but I honestly have never successfully used a component before because I can't seem to understand how they require any less effort than just building them yourself. ...more >>

Hi, I consider myself as good AS2 programmer. Now I'd like to take advantage of AS3 speed. But every time I start from beginning to search for the functions I used in AS3. Are there any good tutorials and are there any long lists of equivalent commands from AS2 to As3? TIA...more >>

Hi.... I need to create a count-down timer that has a round "face" and an inner "fill" element within the face that starts as a full 360 degree circle and decreases down to zero degrees as the timer counts down and reaches 0. See the "Be The Referee" demo at the link below for an example o...more >>

Is there a way to increase or decrease the playback speed of an FLA? Something that will alter the frame rate of a swf that is playing? I have been having a hard time finding too much about this. Any tips, hints, a tutuorial somewhere perhaps? thanks ...more >>

Any ideas why here below 'what' would give 'undefined' as a result (AS2)? beta = 1; what = math.cos(beta);...more >>

I want to have the user click and drag on the stage (runtime swf), and have a rectangle draw as they drag. Then on release there will be a rectangle, and something is wrong with my code it is not working right. Any help is appreciated.:embarrassment; Suggestions are welcomed. By the way I am n...more >>

I am sending a mail with my form created in flash and using php... it works... but only sometimes.... why ? if I run it under an HTML form it runs always, but if I run it on flash sometimes it does not.... please help... thanks in advance... ...more >>

Does no response to a post generally mean that it is impossible and can't be done? ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to open an html popup window locally from a flash button. Can anyone help? The issue seems to be specific to local machine because I have managed to get this working on the web. Unfortunately the project we are working on will also be deployed locally - and try as I might I...more >>

I have CS3. I was wondering if there might be some built-in component or class which can help me launch a series of events to synchronize with a movie. I've considered using FLVPlaybackCaptioning, but I can't seem to get that component to trigger the captioning events without actually render...more >>

I am passing some variables from html to flash using the flashVars parameter. In the first frame of the flash file I have the following actionScript: flashVars=new Array(); for (var item in this){ if (item!="flashVars" && item!="$version"){ flashVars[item]=this[item]; } } For wha...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create an array from text contained within an external file. In the external file are multiple variable names. I am passing the variable name to be turned into an array using a query string (based on the directory name). From my page source, I can see the correct string i...more >>

I was recently told that there is a program available that can show you exactly what code was used to make up any Flash website. Does anyone know if this exists, and if so, what its called? Any help would be much appreciated, I'm a desperate man! Thanks a lot ...more >>

has anyone else had difficulty and making changes to global security settings, and found a solution? i've been working on flash remoting code with netConnection in AS3. this works fine when i compile normally, but when i debug, i receive an Adobe Flash Player Security window telling me to ...more >>

Im pretty new to actionscript and the likes so bare with me, here's the situation: I have 2 loader components, each on a different keyframe on the same timeline. They both load an external image like so: [h]myLoader_1.contentPath="image_1.png"[/h] Now what I want to do is create a transi...more >>

Hi. I have used startdrag() and stopdrag() methods to drag my sprite objects using [b]event.target.startDrag()[/b] and [b]event.target.stoptDrag()[/b]. I want to trace X-Y positions of my sprite along with dragging. How can I do this? Please help me. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi there, I am slowly making my way through building my design portfolio in flash. I have loaded my films into flash as FLVs but when I want to load it I want it to open in a new window when the button is pressed. This is the code I have so far, stop(); lenoreBTN.onRelease=function(){...more >>

Custom event example in as3 Hi, Event listener model in cs3 looks nice it is not same as we were heaving earlier in as2 or till flash 8. Here is an example of using and making your own custom event in as3. This example allow user to load n number of XML file when XML file is loaded ...more >>