I was wondering, since apparently that Dynamic Text Fields are not rendered while under a Layer Mask, if there was a work around or if macromedia intends to correct this problem. Or if it's even a problem at all, if there is a setting I have overlooked. Any help or direction to resolution ...more >>

I have never used xml, and the research I have done into it is confusing me as to what it actually is and more importantly why I would. As far as I understand it is a script that you write using your own personal tags, that basically stores data. You then write an application to interact with ...more >>

Hi guys! I've made a form from where a user can sign up. Now I want to tjeck in the MySQL db if the email already exists. How is this done? I understand I have to to the tjeck in the php file, but how do I make the php file tell fla what to do or which frame to go to? Any help is apr...more >>

Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has a suggestion to resolving the dataset-datagrid problem I have been having. The dataset and datagrid are created dynamically in my application. The dataset data-provider is filled with a reocord-set passed in from a flash remoting procedure. ...more >>

Hey everyone. I'm wondering if this is possible... I would like to build an FLA template, with a dynamic text field. I would then like to render Quicktime output of that template with many different strings in that text field. Other than manually opening the file, cutting and pasting the ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to make a small app with a combo box, a dataset and an xmlconnector component. The xmlconnector gets a list iof names from a database via php, then the dataset gets it and binds to the combobox. All this process works fine, except that all items in the combo box are fol...more >>

I am working on a CDrom (built in flash) that has easily outdatable content. Instead of offering weblinks for all of the text content, I'd like to have the CDrom call up xml from a web location that can be updated. The problem I am running into is this: what happens when someone doesn't have ...more >>

I'm importing XML data into a Datagrid. There are 7 fields to each row, but I'd like to only display 1 field within the datagrid. When a cell is clicked, I'll use that selectedIndex and use the value from the unseen fields to compute some formulas and make some things happen on the stage. The...more >>

I'm using sendAndLoad to get some data from a SQL database. It worked fine in F7, and also works fine in F8 when the swf is on the server. But it will not work when the swf is local (i.e. during testing). I (think) I've tried/applied all the various settings/ policy settings suggested in M...more >>

i have text loading from xml my text needed to be masked, there for i convert the text field to movie clip but now i cant see the text from the external file. my question is: can i load text into text box converted to movie clip? ...more >>

hello, could someone please help me with an issue i'm having.... i'm trying to pass data from flash form fields into my coldfusion component using a insert into (mysql statement)... but i can't add any data to my database.... <cfcomponent> <cffunction name="InsertData" access="re...more >>

I'm experienced in flash, but a newbie in PHP (running 7.9)- so here's what I want to do (It seems fairly simple) -I have a link on my homepage that will lead to a content page -On this content page I want an embedded flash movie to play -So I published an swf and html file and uploaded th...more >>

I have a Flash movie wich displays information from some xml files. Whenever I upload changes in the xml files, it is not displayed in the Flash movie, even if I force the refresh of the page the old content is still displayed. The only way I could display the new content in Explorer is by di...more >>

Hi! Please, help me on the following task: I'm creating a product catalog (Flash + XML ) that will be used locally (from CD or on hard drive). Trying to program it i stuck in the following problems: 1. How to display images in DataGrid rows? (every row got it's own image according to d...more >>

Hi all, my application needs help on the XML-Access binding step. I mean my work runs good between flash components and XML files (i converted the access database in XML data) but now i'm not able to create a binding between XML and Access to permit the user admin to update data... any s...more >>

Hi, I am looking into the possibility of creating an application for school students studying languages, that could play pre-recorded pronunciation clips, as well as record & playback a student's attempt at pronunciation. It may ideally be a browser-based tool (or, if not, then at least ...more >>

I've got a flash app that takes a web cam picture (and posts the image's pixel data to a .aspx page via the LoadVars object). The problem I'm having is that when I embed the flash app into a .aspx page, the app doesn't work correctly - it won't take a picture - all I see is a blank scree...more >>

Hi, I made a website entirely in Flash. During intialization, the flash-program downloads an external xml-file containing all the text of he different sections of the site. This way, content and UI are nicely seperated and a user can switch easily between different languages. All data ...more >>

Hi there everyone, my name is Jeff and I have a problem. I need to save an xml file to the server upon creation in flash app. I'm sending the xml data via xml class xmlVal.send(url) to a cgi script that would handle the saving/creation of file on server. I think my problem is in the cgi s...more >>

i am going out of my mind looking for a tutorial i am able to use a xml document and the xml connector component to populate a pulldown menu, i would like to know how i can use the same xml info (now that it is loaded) and populate the listbox with a set of titles based on the combobox sel...more >>

So I have a web service which returns a result and I have a PendingCall object which handles the asynchronicity of this transaction. My problem is that I want to share the result with the rest of my object-oriented application. There are two parts to this : I can create a globally scoped struc...more >>

I have a project where I need to load an images into a movie clips based on urls in that is in an XML file. [code] // xml object for xml content (defines sources for selections) var featured_xml = new XML(); featured_xml.ignoreWhite = true; featured_xml.onLoad = function(success)...more >>

I am trying to access a mySQL database from Flash via PHP and XML. I use this code to open the XML: sXML.load("www.mysite.com/myscript.php?someTypeOfQuery"); When I run the compiled SWF file, the onLoad event is triggered, and the data get successfully extracted from the XML. However, ...more >>

Ok, I've been working days on this and finally have broke down to ask. I'm importing via coldfusion, information from a database. Like the parks database that comes with coldfusion. I'm bringing the data into flash with the flash web service connector. it works fine bringing in a list of the p...more >>

Hi, All I want to do is to have a table load from mysql into a datagrid and display items in a list. I have found examples on the internet but they are over complicated and I am a noob. this is my setup - mysql database- php which creates an xml file with my database items in. In flas...more >>

I have used sendAndLoad with the XML object before to update data inside a movie clip, using Flash 2004. In my very first data related project using Flash 8, I've gotten stumped. I'm communicating with mysql through php, a small app that allows updating recordsets. When submitting a chan...more >>

i m still new in this actionscript thingy. i know how to load external .swf file from the same folder to flash when it is call by using loadMovieNum. but problem is now i trying to create one application is like combination of "flash + asp + microsoft access." i know how to assign url to butt...more >>

hi there, i'm working on a very simple flash data integration project, i have been trying to send a query string without opening/reloading a browser for instance: http://localhost/u2/test.asp?model=UG123 i need send the above string out without reloading the browser i have tried on (...more >>

Hello, i'd like to build a FLASH DATABASE application to be published over the WEB + offline CD-ROM. To ensure lowest possible interface, development, and maintenance issues, I plan building a single Flash App published online and offline. The problem is that i need a DATABASE integrat...more >>

Hi all, I have a db containing company names and I need to pass them to flash. some company names are 'smith & son' so the & is a problem, when passing strings to flash. in fact i flash I get the company name above as 'smith', leaving out the '& son' portion. How can I solve this? is th...more >>

Folder has "money.txt" and "money.fla" Money.txt has just one variable... &money=500 In Frame 1, of action layer, I just want to trace out in the output window the value of money in the money.txt. I can't even get that to work. //Create instance of LoadVars var myData:LoadVars ...more >>

Hi, I've to make a difficult choice. Either I can actually see my date. Or I can update it. Let me explain in more details, I've afield date, linked to a MySQL through a CFC (web service). Now if I put the "Encoder" in the Connector Schema for the date to YYYY-MM-DDTHH:NN:SS, I can upd...more >>

I have a ticker that i have created for my website and inserted it into a html page and it works fine on the server. When i add it a PHP it doesn't work. I have also saved the page as .ihtml Is it possible for it to work like this? ...more >>

I am trying to stop my XML from being stored in the Temporary Internet Folder of IE. When I use XML or XMLConnector, I notice that my XML file is cached there. Would switching to a SOAP Request stop this? ...more >>

i'm developing a Flash application that needs very fast access to a very large amount of data to represent in a dynamic visualization. currently, i am planning to have the data parsed into several XML documents to then load into Flash, and parsed into Arrays via ActionScript. it appears, ...more >>