I am building a application that allows users to upload images for a gallery along with information such as title and caption using FileReference and LoadVars. I was wondering if there is a way to pass the FileReference and my LoadVars Object together to one PHP file so that the image and info...more >>

How can I make XML dynamically inside tha Flash using AS? Basicly i need to make structure like these one: <root> <item></item> ... <item></item> </root> That's is the code i'm using: var doc:XML = new XML("<root></root>"); var item:XMLNode = doc.createElement("item"); doc.firs...more >>

It seems impossible to use relative URLs when calling an ASP page (that returns a valid XML document) via XML.load Everything works fine when the URL is absolute. I usually use a globally defined variable ABS_PATH set to, say, "http://server.com/" so that I can easily switch between server...more >>

Flash Skill Set Not new, but that doesnt say much. Task I am trying to make a flash application that compares cars. Currntly I have combo boxes going from "Make" to "Model" then to "Trim". Once the "Trim" has been listened to I have a bunch of information being populated. Trouble ...more >>

I have the need to authenticate a webservice in the soap header - has this been fixed in FL8? If anyone knows please let me know. Thank you...more >>

Hi there, I have a design question, which I am hoping will allow me to refine my product. Currently, I have complete seperation between content and design, where my flash file receives its data from external XML files. The problem I have is that the flash and XML files are distributed an...more >>

I hope someone can help me out here..... I have made a member form in flash and want the result to be added in mySQL database. (First name, address, place, etc.) When all the fields are filled in and you click the send button it?s checking the required fields, when OK the form is send to t...more >>

I'm a beginner with MX 2004 Prof. so bare with me. :o I want to pass a variable from the previous page to a menu in my movie, which in turn, passes the same variable to the movie clip that corresponds with the menu item that is clicked. It sounds easy enough to me, but I don't know Actio...more >>

I am trying to build something in flash which uses drop down boxes to find documents on the company intranet. I have used XML to populate two comboboxes ... the first displays a list of categories. When a category is selected the documents within that category appear in the second combobo...more >>

I'm trying to add a web service (Flash MX 2004 Professional) and it gives me the following error: WSDL download failed for the following URLs: http://dev.2rmg.com/WebServiceTest/Test.asmx?wsdl I know that it works because if we click on the link (not in flash, just using IE) the wsdl i...more >>

For some reason when I test my file localy, my XML works no problem, but when I upload it, it seems to not function anymore. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi! I have a Flash 8 Movie which sends data to a PHP-file which generates an email. I manage to get it working with plain textfileds, but not with radiobuttons. The only result I get back is something like [object] [object] instead pof the actual data I have searched all over for tutor...more >>

Hi, im trying to use XMLConnector and dataset to integrate an XML file. the structure of the xml file is the following : <members> <member> <name/> <title/> <adress/> ...(a lot of simple string field) <links> <link> <url/> <name/> </link> <link> <url/> <name/> </link...more >>

Hi there I have a dynamic text area that is populated from an xml text file. I have a problem where a particular sentence is not displaying in full i.e "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" Only "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80" is displaying If I change it to "AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS" it...more >>

Hi, I'm working on an offline application and I need an extension (or third party software) for flash that allows me to embed a database. This extension must have a function that synchronize two remote databases (the one that is embedded and another on a server). If someone has an idea... ...more >>

Hi, I'm working with a big amount of data (stored in datasets) and I've got a lot of problems with script execution time limit. So is there possible to bypass this limit (I mean in an elegant way) ? Is there a difference between flash player 7 and flash player 8? Some help'll be appreciate...more >>

hey all, i am having an odd problem. I dont understand why it dont work (well der otherwise why would i be positng). Right.. well i am creating a dynamic photo gallery. The basics of it work well. The combo box is dynamically loaded from a php script that calls the MySQL DB and returns ...more >>

Hi, Can anybody tell me if the datagrid column editor works with flash 8. I have not been able to access it via the datagrid component wizard as per flash mx 2004. Regards, Greg Johnstone...more >>

Hi, I wondering if anyone has had an issue with cached xml files on the server. I have an asp.net application that sits on a server and domain that creates a xml file. The actual .swf file exists on a different server and domain and pulls the xml file and displays the data. The problem is ...more >>

I have all the dynamic texts with its variable, drawing data from MS Access, but when I have TM or R (Registered mark) in MS Access and it will not display in Dynamic Text in Flash? I have rendered text as HTML and tried some settings in Character Option with various numbers of glyphs - none o...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm trying to test out integrating PHP with Flash by creating a Flash document that simply states the current date (information which is transferred from a PHP document). My flash file just contains one dynamic text box with the instance name "theDate_txt." The actions under...more >>

Hi, i'm writing a dataset filter. The user selects and deselcts items in a checkbox group. Each checkbox-button in the group corresponds to a 'pType', see code below. Would like the filter to return 'pType's based on the selection. So, with my construct idea, the question is: how to tell the...more >>

I have dragged a label component on to the stage. How do I make it Multiline? Thanks Geoff...more >>

I have created a simple flash movie that uses a grid, a dataset,a xml connector and a xml file. It works good when i tested. My issue happens when created another movie with a loader and load the first movie. It loads correctly but the connections doesn?t work. The information never appeared i...more >>

Hello. My webpage (www.talhagriot.com) has a News section. For convenience, I want the news section to display a simple HTML document, so that when I update the ..html file, the news section updates itself. Like XML, you know? What's the best way to embed an HTML document into a Flash pa...more >>

I have troubles whith passing text which i get from MySQL database to FLASH movie. CASE 1 I have a PHP script which prints some text in UTF-8 encoding for example: <?php print("text=BLA BLA BLA&text2=??? ??? ??? ???"); ?> in this case text and text2 (english and russian) displ...more >>

The data to be sent(to be diaplayed in flash)from my code has two formats: one is just display all the variables the other is a display of some variables plus a password box when one variable is true eg.(according to my code) if($blog_pwdtf){ //display title and password box } els...more >>

i have a blog which currently uses php + mysql only and i wanted to integrate the data into flash,this is what i did in the php version of my blog( i used a DBAL to get the data from a db): $table =$prefix . 'blog'; $sql = "SELECT * FROM $table WHERE blog_author ='1' && blog_pub ='1' ORDER...more >>

I've been working on this Guestbook for a week straight and I can't seem to find a way to preserve the formatting from the textarea that the entry is sent from. I hate the double-spaces. Furthermore, I can't seem to load CDATA into my textarea with preserved formatting either. Though I can...more >>

Hi all. I'm relatively new to flash, so sorry if I'm asking stupid things. Moreover, I'm a long time programmer in VB and maybe I'm using the wrong approach to this problem... Plain and simple: a friends gave me an ActionScript that builds up a menu. He wants it to be db-dependent. N...more >>

Please excuse & move topic - If posted in the wrong category. This my 1st post on this forum. Hello All, I'm currently hacking together code snippets I've found and have edited together to make an "Events Calendar" for a bar/pub/night club. I have an xml document which has the [eve...more >>

I'm having trouble getting my Web Services to work correctly. We are using Visual Studio.Net to write the Web Service. What's interesting is that when we just use localhost to test, the webservice works correctly. However, now that we have put the web service on a live server, it does not ...more >>

Good evening all. I am new to Flash and have just been learning a lot over the last couple days. I bought a pre-made fla file and am trying to customize it. This will be a little difficult to explain to please bear with me. The fla file has a TON of buttons and a few "Symbol Definitions". I ...more >>

Is there a support document somewhere that explains the different types of data integration (xml, cfc etc...) and which method is most effective? Is there one method that's better or more efficient than the rest? I realize it can depend on different circumstances but I'm just looking for a gen...more >>

Hi Is there a way to save what a user has donw when using the drawing API? A client wants a tool they can draw over dynamically loaded images and video, and then save and retrieve the edits later. The back-end of the site wil be driven by PHP with a MySQL database. If saving the drawing it...more >>

I am new to FLASH MX and I am trying to come up with a solution that would allow me to display dynamically generated XML from a classic ASP Page. I have read through every message I could find on this subject but have yet to come up with a working solution. My first solution used ASP to...more >>

Now i am not certain if this can even be done, but i would like to embed a flash movie into and email and have it autoload with the email.... so it is playing when you open your email. is this possible? ...more >>

Hi everyone, Someone can help me, about, how i can, type a text in flash and when i press the button, this text, will be sent to a xml file?...more >>

I am trying to display both ? and ? from an XML file in a textArea component. When it parses, there are squares where the aforementioned french characters are. Could anyone help? I have tried surrounding the offending characters with CData braces, but it still won't work ...more >>

Is there a way to have flash respond to an external data instruction that may come from a web service or other external component specifially flash receives data telling it that a specific moveiclip should be disabled... obviously flash was not initiating any data transfer to this service it w...more >>

Flash Gurus- I just purchased a Flash Template and need to set up forms and send them via e-mail. I normally only build flash elements, like headers and banners, into sites and have never done a form. When I do an xhtml site my method is post and the action goes to an .asp page to process ...more >>

I am trying to figure out if there is a way to have a USB credit card reader talk to a Flash Application. I am basically trying to have it so that you can swipe your credit card, and have it dump the credit card number, name, expiration date etc, in to Flash. Is this possible without some ki...more >>

I am creating a virtual map of the united states. As some of you might know, it is easier to assemble all of the states right on the timeline than it is to dynamically do it in code (it would be a mess). The issue that I am encountering is that instead of coding a "onRollover" event for each...more >>

I have a good knowledge of acionscript (i am primarily a designer) but no server side languages or databases. i want to make a site that can save data from flash to a server and retrieve it in flash later. my idea to do this in a way that a novice like me can handle is as follows: 1. lear...more >>

I am trying to take variables passed from an ASP page or just plain txt file MIME formated. I know my variables are getting to the flash movie because I can display them in a Dynamic Text box. So the movie is getting the variable, but when I try to use one of the variables in an If statement...more >>

We have a large flash application using .NET/SQL backend. In some areas the app will receive large a dataset and loop through it displaying the data in many various movieclips. The app runs great in Flash Player 7. However in Flash Player 8 it throws error messages "A Script is causing Flas...more >>

Is it possible to save file in a txt format using Flash. I want to create a game that ask for a name and then later store it in a TXT file together with the score (locally) thanks zero_skill ...more >>

In our company we have an software that can save applications (MS Word, IE, Mozilla etc). The saved data are stored as images and xml that describes their attributes (tooltip, location etc). Now we use our import tool called LNG that can import this images and xml into Macromedia Director....more >>