I have created a web page with a flash movie that gets its data (text only) from an external text document. I have two questions: 1 in doing my load var I used absolute linking becuase I couldn't get relative links to work. Is there a way to get relative links? 2. I want to create a...more >>

:confused; Can someone settle a question? Are there any libraries or functions that exist in actionscript (2 or 3) for importing audio, clipping said audio on the fly, then exporting the audio? Like, let's say there's a client app for doing media mashups. Could actionscript in the ...more >>

Can anyone shed any light on why my Listener isn't listening any more? It worked fine until one day it just stopped. I can't find anything else in the script that would conflict in any way. There are two buttons in a radio group named "gallery". They are named "water" and "oil" The data for "o...more >>

i've added the fullscreen function to a site. it works fine but.... the default or stock action pops up saying " press escape key to return to normal screen" the Esc key it set to default Stage.displayState == "normal" is there anyway to remove this default function flash sets...more >>

I am working on a flash player in AS3, and the default skin fullscreen button works. However, I want to use JavaScript to control the fullscreen behavior, and even launch the player fullscreen when playing. The problem I am encountering is a security error. I have allowFullScreen = true and...more >>

Okay, this seems like it should be very basic, commonly done, and simple, but I can't figure it out! I have a simple set up with a layer containing a few frames with frame labels. Each frame label has a movie clip. When the first movie clip finishes, i want the playhead to go back to the main ...more >>

I have a movie that at the end of it, I want the graphics in the final frame to freeze, but the sound to keep looping for eternity. I've tried a "go to and play" and play on the final frame to a frame that should make the sound loop. But it seems like there is a hiccup or a pause when it ...more >>

I have a movie that at the end of it, I want the action in the final frame to freeze, but the sound to keep looping for eternity. I've tried a "go to and play" a...more >>

Hello, I need some help! I need to subtract two dates from each other and come up with a numeric value that will be used in another calculation. For example: 070107 - 06/28/07 = 4 days I've looked for conversion to julian date and actionscript and have not had any luck. Thank you f...more >>

I have this movie created from a tutorial, but to start it you have to click a button, instead I want it to start automatically, how can I do that. Right now, this is the actionscript used to start it with a button: on (release) { call("/subroutines:start"); } is there some kind of ...more >>

Hi all, This is probably a topic that has been covered already, probably too many times, but I've been searching for a post on this and have had no luck. Anyway, here is my question. I am trying to develop a banner for an event planner, she wants me to take the pictures she gave me to...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to set the text properties for the code below. I need to set it to Arial and change its size. Thank you. /* Count Down Timer T. Norman http://ntdesigns.net */ function countDownTimer(minute, tX, tY) { _root.createEmptyMovieClip("countDown",10...more >>

May be simple question, but... I've create a static Class. I call it on the main timeline. If I create a second instance anywhere else in the same movie, those two instance refer to the same object. I ceate instance usign MyClass.getInstance();. Well What I try to understand is the scope ...more >>

to find the inverse of a colour the following you subtract it from white... eg.. inverseColor=(0xFFFFFF)-origColor; however if I just want to keep the same color but want to find a lighter shade of it, how would i work that out? thanks to any responders J. ...more >>

Hi Im wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for my problem. I have a set of buttons using the code below // C Buttons C1a_btn.onRollOver = function (){ _root.CBMain.gotoAndStop(2); this.gotoAndPlay("over"); } C1a_btn.onRollOut = function (){ this.gotoAn...more >>

Anyone know of an existing class that extends LoadVars to permit multipart/form-data encoding? Obviously still limited to text data. I guess this might be easier to do in as3. I'm trying to provide the possibility to mirror existing form submissions in my own site (which doesn't exist yet)...more >>

I have some graphics that I want to load into my flash file above the stage and then slide into the stage area the stage area. I am obviously new to actionscript, but I thought this would not be too difficult to figure out. Here's what I have: On the frame: //load Graphic Behavior...more >>

i´ve 2 swf movies with your respective classes (is a simple example) : index.fla main.fla the problem is that can´t be loaded from the index stage: say: null object. if remove the stage property... works, but, how can i get pass the refence from the stage? how can i do that ? please,...more >>

The FLA is CS3 and uses AS3 code so saving it in Flash 8 format isn't going to help. The mail.php file is a bare bones file and will work for any version of Flash. For Flash 8 AS2, look into the LoadVars class. I'll try to add a post tomorrow showing the AS code for AS2 and AS3. ...more >>

hi I'm using the Text Area component in AS3.0 but i need to make the text as left align,rightalign ,center by Action Script Can any one help me .... for this issue ...more >>

Hello I am trying to move around a graphic by using action scripting. this is all I could figure out buttonhome.onPress = function() { main.onEnterFrame = function() { this._x -= 4; }; }; BUT it just keeps moving (main) my graphic forever. I would like it to do something...more >>

Okay, I've done things like this a few times, and yet I've ran around every way that I can see possibly doing this without success: I load an MC dynamically from the library ("WIN_ABOUT"). The MC has a few buttons (MCs) within it, one of which is intended to delete the entire MC from the ...more >>

I have a score of numbers that total up percent, but get like 25.22222222%. These are input numbers so don't know value until until put in. How do I set it to only pull up 2 decimal places? thks...more >>

I have a sprite, on a layer. If I set the layer above it as a mask, the sprite's MouseEvents aren't captured. If I remove the mask, they are..... I have never encountered this before, and in fact I have several other movieclips on timeline layers, that are beneath a mask-layer, which aren'...more >>

Hi, var str:String ="123+31+21-25*5"; var re:RegExp = /(\d+)/; var results:Array = str.split(re); trace(results) // ,123,+,31,+,21,-,25,*,5,*/ //but if the string will be is ... var str:String ="123.5+31.5+21-25*5"; var re:RegExp = /(\d+)/; var results:Array = str.split(re); ...more >>

This is the code of my Flash component for Flex. It loads 2 images, one with a "Loader" and the other with a "UILoader" and a progressbar. When the completeHandler function is executed, the error message " Error #1023: Stack overflow occurred." appears. (The whole message is a the end of ...more >>

I load a flv from code. I want to be able to get the next frame every time I push a button. I tried using seek() and passing it playheadTime+0.045 but it doesn't seem to work. It jumps much more than one frame. (For a flv movie frame rate of 20 per second one frame will occur once every 0.05 s...more >>

ExternalInterface class is a good way to transfer date between flash and html. But I found a bug today. In IE AS can activate html's JS function, but can never get the return value from it. Firefox have no problem. I tried Adobe's sample application "IntrovertIM", the problem is the same ...more >>

I have an empty movieclip (mc_holder).Now I dynamically create some textbox instances inside this movieclip. A function takes this mc_holder and duplicates it with a new name. Strange the mc_holder duplicated does not have the textboxes. How to do that Help . ...more >>

have a look at this img: http://richtextformat.org/proofs/combobox-green-border.gif that green rectangle over the main photo there is left behind after the combobox at the bottom closes. it marked the extent of the dropdown list whilst it was displaying. what the hell is it and how c...more >>

i'm on an inherited project. The developer wrote everything as actionscript in the first frame. It's a web banner that after //scene1 needs to on rollover (or after 60 seconds) begin playing //scene 2, and right now it plays automatically. I'm a total timeline guy and need help. I know it's si...more >>

Hi all I am creating an array from the flashVars passed from html. the string in the html flashVars params looks like this: var1=01.jpg|02.jpg|03.jpg&var2=01.jpg|02.jpg So basically each var is a list of images separated with the bar sign "|" I am succesfully retreiving the flashVars ...more >>

hi, im creating a calculator functionality in As3.0 here i'm passing the number and also operator as a string to TextArea by pressing the particular button like 1,2,3..+.../. but i need to restrict the operator here i'm using the restrict function for the Text...more >>