Dear all experienced & less-experience, Does anyone know why a Dynamic Text box/field/area is not expandable? I have a dynamic text area that will contain text that is editable from a content management system. I have just found that if the dynamic text box I create is not long enough to...more >>

I am newbie and I needed some help. I recently started playing with flash and designed an opening to a website through flash. How can I integrate that to the home page of the already existant website that was made through frontpage? Are there any extentions that I might need? Thanks! -Edward ...more >>

Hi I am trying to get the values out of an xml file to manipulate the rotation of a movie clip. The idea is that an xml file will provide wind direction data and a movie clip of an arrow will be rotated to match the xml file data. Here is the actionscript code at the moment and the xml c...more >>

I have a number of different *.txt files in a directory on the server. Each *.txt has the same number of dynamic variables (&text1, &text2, &text3, &text4). Howevere, each *.txt has different content assigned to each of the 4 variables. I want to be able to dynamically select a *.txt usng ...more >>

I have a simple Dynamic Text movie. My text file sits on the server and is named ticker.txt. I have MSIE 6.x open, Forefox 1.0.7 open and Netscape 7.2 open to the Web page with my Dynamic Text movie. The moment I upload a change to the sample.txt file and observe the move on the page i...more >>

Hello !! My problem is the following : A.swf is on client side. It use ./content/__library.swf as shared library. B.swf is on server side. It use __library.swf too When I try to dynamically load B.swf in A.swf (via loadMovie), I encounted a sandbox security violation : Error ...more >>

hi . i need to send a data from asp file into flash. i want to display the asp variable in flash. can any one help with sample...more >>

From XML post of mine yesterday, same project The data is now showing up, but not the font (ie, I can copy it out of the box, but my text is invisible. When I tell it to include the font, then I lose the data. Any suggestions? http://priiva.net/perusich/ you can copy text from here, bu...more >>

Is it possible to re-arrange the order of the dataset, not just sort it. If you have a look at: http://www.ducksoupdesign.net/tak/stock/ You will see that I am drawing a table on the screen from a dataset and wanting to rearrange the the fields and redraw the table. I've placed a datag...more >>

Hello, I'm faced with a request from a client of mine. He wants me to build a news ticker and a top ten list based on a file that gets updated once a week. This file is located on an outside server and is accessible using a username and password. Is there any way that flash can access t...more >>

Hi When displaying the time using Date filed type with the mask HH:MM:SS the number displayed in the MM position is the month not the minutes, is there a fix for this or a work around ? We are on a very tight dead line so any help would be appreciated. Thank you ...more >>

I'm having problems creating a binding between a List Component linked to an Accordion Component and a DataSet. Can anyone help with this? Thanks...more >>

I am trying to create a top ten highscore table inside my flash game using PHP and MYSQL. My problem is I am not sure how to get the data into Flash. My database is called "mkhighscores" The table is called "highscores_tb" The fields are as follows: id INT NOT NULL AUTO INCREMENT...more >>

I'm using XMLConnector, DataSet and list. Is there a way to show only unique values from a certain XML node from my XML? I have a "<phase>" node that I'd like only the unique names to show in the list. Is this something I can do from the DataSet? Thanks ...more >>

I'm connecting to a very simple web service that takes three text strings as input and returns a text string as output. In MX 2004 Pro, I'm expecting to get the string "mike" as output, but I get the following: <MDKSecretMessageResponse xmlns="MDKSecretMessage"><Message>mike</Message></MDKSe...more >>

I wanted to add a macromedia flash animation for my power point presentation for a school project. I wanted to know if this can actually be done. The source of the animation is a university webct programed website. if anyone has any suggested please email or reply back ...more >>

I'm not sure I fully understand what the difference is between the two. Could someone who has a strong understanding give me, and others that don't know, a quick reply as to the difference and why I might use one over the other in a given project. Or if there's a tutorial somewhere explainin...more >>

hi i want to load the xml data in rows and in coloumns.. i am new with the complex xml integration in flash... do anyone know how to it? required help. AB ...more >>

Hi people! (or in Croatian - Bok!) So I'm trying to output XML formated data from ASP (plain ASP, not .NET). You can have a look at my output XML http://codeave.com/asp/code.asp?u_log=149 solutions that are easy to implement but require modification for each new SQL query. It's flexible al...more >>

I have a dynamic text box that gets its content from an external text file. I have set the dynamic text box to render its content as HTML. Anyway, everything works fine when i run it from within flash, or when I run it's output swf file. The problem occurs when I load this swf file into anothe...more >>

Hi guys, I have a WebServiceConnector component which is bound to a DataSet component, which is in turn bound to a DataGrid component. All is well except that I cannot figure out how to reformat the returned date in a specific column of the DataGrid. It appears in "Wed Jul 6 23:00:00 GMT-0...more >>

Hi, I am filling a datagrid via xml and the columns as not created in the order I have in my xml. I've also added them in the correct order in the schema in the datagrid. I want the order to appear as OrderID, CustID, Company, Items, AMT. But is shows as OrderID, Items, CustID, Compa...more >>

Hi, Simple question - is it possible to write values to an XML files from Flash withoutText...more >>

I am creating an application using Flash and ASP.NET. I have had no problem connecting my ASP.NET pages with Flash but once the String reaches Flash in the onLoad event/function it will not decode the string. I tried overriding the onData event/function and calling the decode method directly...more >>

Hi I am trying to apply html formatting to a block of text in an xml file. I understand that the best way to do this is to use CDATA tags. The problem i have is that the text is an attribute of a node. If i alter this, i.e. make it a child node with its own opening and closing tags, it p...more >>

Is it possible to load a foreign language in a .txt file?? Whenever I try all the foreign accents and characters are displayed as white boxes. :( I've tried embeding fonts which doesn't work either. I included the actionscript code I tried using to load the txt file. Thanks a lot /...more >>

My forehead has gone completely flat from banging it against a wall... Any explanation for the following will be greatly appreciated: I have an asp page that returns the following string: &newsitems=<p><b>News Header</b></p><p>News Item Text</p><br> here's the ASP URL: http://neo.artsytech.co...more >>

HELP! im designing flash web page with multilang. and i thinked that i make some text file for example for cyrllic and from php aplication i will enter some cyrrlic text to this file and after that in flash after clicking on russian icon it loads external text with international signs to Fl...more >>

Hi All! Ok, so I've finally managed to get data from an Access DB to an XML file. I loaded the XML file into Flash using the XML connector. There are about 20 records in the XML file. I binded some fields and the first XML record gets displayed succesfully!!! Now I'm at another dea...more >>

Hello, I have a visual c++ application that puts data(variables) into a txt file, and every time it runs, it puts a different number of variables into the file(sometimes 3, sometimes 10). I need to know how to get flash to read the variables, and put them together. What I have now is the...more >>

I have been looking for this everywhere! I am parsing a variable through javascript on the .swf file: ex: filename.swf?variable=<?php echo $variable?> I can catch it easily with dynamic text and adding "variable" to the Var: but whats the equivalent on the TextArea Component???? Somethin...more >>

I am populating the datagrid with 10 columns and 5 rows with static XML, it takes 3-4 seconds to populate the datagrid. Is it normal behavior to take that long? Or there is some trick to make it fast. I tried using XMLConnector and also thru' Actionscript. Both were equally slow. Any c...more >>

I'm pretty decent at using XML with Flash, but have always hand-coded the loading of the XML file. I decided to try out the XMLConnector and had a question. Does the XMLConnector not create an XML Object when successfully loaded? I can bind the results of the XMLConnector to a data-aware ...more >>

ok guys i want to make a flash based forum using coldfusion like this one so is there any resource or tutorial to get me started on this help please i have to do it ...more >>

Is it possible to get Flash MX2004 pro to execute a stored procedure in a MSSQL database? Each time I run a particular SWF I would like the database to run a query to create an XML file. Thanks, Alan. ...more >>

Hi I worked in macromedia flash mx 2004 and raised issue in data grid .. I have used datagrid which has 4 columns . But if value of first column increases then value of first column will overwrite on second column. So I need to restrict this bug. Is there any solution like wrap colu...more >>

Hi, I have a list in which I would like to set the number of columns to just more than two. Is this possible ? Earlier I downloaded an example from Macromedia re ASP, Access and list. Here it is easy to add or remove columns. But I am here connecting/ binding my data to a dataset (retrie...more >>

I hope this is simple, but can't figure out how to build. I have a text file that has (7) separate sentences "qoutes." I am wanting flash to load only one qoute from the text file per page view. For example, each page view would generate a random one line quote from the txt file. This woul...more >>

I need to export some data from Flash to MySQL. Some elements which have own properties, defined into the Flash application. I need to create a record (into MySQL table) for each element I export, with all the fields compiled. I was thinking about a way to export associative arrays, a way that...more >>

Hi, I am trying to design a flash based form but I am not able to get the variables to be posted to a asp file. I placed a textbox and set the props - input text and assigned a variable name as fname I place a button on the stage and tried geturl(url,"","post") I am using a request....more >>

So i'm helping some people design a flash application that runs off of a cd and they want to be able to store data from use to use without really having to install an app. on the host computer. I figured there might be a way to write data to a txt file stored in the temp files. But i would h...more >>

Hi there. sorry for my poor english, i'm from Venezuela. I have a houge problem here. All the flash paga that i do are in Spanish and i need many time to send data from flash to an email using php.... but the text with acents come corrupt. example: In Flash: "Direcci?n" (this mean Adress in ...more >>

Hi all, I need to set up a CD for a client on which we need a flash front end connecting to a database also held on the CD. I don't much care what the database type is although the data is currently stored in Access 2003. What I need moost of all is some help in connecting to the data with...more >>

Hiya Friendzzzzzzzzz, I am new at FLASH and i have got a project in which i have to use flash database connectivity for showing ( Picture and its sub detail like price a little description etc. ) in flash slide show animation. this is the client's requirement. ple...more >>

I have a movie that pulls sports headlines from the BBC Sports xml feed. I can display the data ok, however, when i click on the stories, i'm not taken to the relevent page, in fact nothing happens. The url is present in the xml, so am I missing something: http://www.yourbirmingham.co.u...more >>

I'm trying to display pages text using the ScrollPane. I want to load the text from an external file, that will rest in the same directory as the swf. Any Ideas?...more >>

Hi, I want to send a integer from flash to php. There it is used in a function and the result of the function should be send back to flash. I figured out how to send to php with Loadvars.send(url,_self,post), receive from php Loadvars.load() but i don't get the sendAndLoad to work. ...more >>

http://www.univenture.com/acatalog/unikeep_binders2.html. You'll need to add a cart, and then put the url in the address bar. This page is not linked to from anywhere for testing purposes. You'll be able to see the Javascript that creates the variable in the same block that places the flas...more >>

Is it possible to export a snapshot of a movie to an image/jpeg ? ...more >>

Seems to be a little problem, but still can't find a solution for it. So here is what i have. Dynamic text field that renders text as HTML and a .txt file that contains some text with <font> <img> and other tags. Everything goes well until the place with "i<5" text. Flash renders that "<" char...more >>