#include "XMLSA.as" // Setup text fields temp_txt.text = "Loading"; temp_txt.TextFormat.align = "center" // Load the XML/RSS weather = new XMLSA(); // Load the RSS file weather.load("http://news.gc.ca/cfmx/ccnews/xml/rss/Regional_en.xml"); weather.onLoad = function(success){ if ...more >>

This was posted in the flash.sitedesign but I have not received a response so I thought I would post here. Forgive me for cross posting but I didn't know which group to post to. My newgroup reader only shows flash. Anyways, here is what I need help with. I'm working on this site: http://...more >>

Hi all, I'll appreciate any available help to my following problem: I use an xml connector component to read the following simple xml: How can I bind the results to a tree component using formatter? I want to have a tree view with town names (label) and company names only. Thanks in adva...more >>

Can I somehow keep track of how many times buttons in my flash site are clicked so that I can let people know how many people are using the links to their site?...more >>

i want to load a small piece of data (like a phone number) from my swf to an external server where my site reside. i try all the "send" possibilities - it does not work. can someone give me a simple scripts both for the swf and for the server. what kind of file should be in the server side ?...more >>

I'd like to create a website that displays a swf file. Is there a way I can make it so that the content of the .swf file comes from session variables (probably coldfusion). So, if someone types in their name, I want to save their name to the database & then later display their name in the s...more >>

:confused; I've suddenly found that I am unable to post data from Flash forms on one machine. Simple as that. Other machines around it on the same network with exactly the same firewall/security/browser/Flash Player version have no difficulty whatsoever. The form is submitting a post to an...more >>

Okay so I have a website im making in which jpgs are loaded through the loader component (using flash pro 2004) and I set the path and to autoload but the jpg. files won't load; something to note I have many instances of one loader but with different paths for different pictures. Please he...more >>

I'm new to the flash development community, has anyone married the flash environment with the real-time data world? Can I use the viewer to "walk" a bulding floor plan with real-time data inserted into it? What I need is the zoom, pan, a vector interface brings, but want to insert data feed in...more >>

All the web services tutorials I have reviewed always demonstrate how to setup the WebServicesConnector and bound to other input components on the stage (like the textinput component). I want to bind from a variable value in my Flash movie (ie; _level0.set_zone ) to somewheres in my WebServic...more >>

I need to open a text file, parse it and convert it into XML using Flash. Is this possible with Flash 8 Pro? If so can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks....more >>

Is it possible to develop original content with Actionscript using bespoke question formats and transfer this to a LMS. I have just developed lots of script without using the question templates & feel that it has been a waste if I cannot make it SCORM compliant. The alternative is that I switc...more >>

My company has a database-driven system of web forms, each of which consists of many questions in various layouts (2-column radio, 1 column checkbox, etc). The forms are never hard-coded. Each HTTP request causes Java code to perform DB queries to dynamically generate the various questions and...more >>

Hi there! I wish to detect and store the IPs of the users of my site which is All-Flash-Built. Where can I find a simple IP detect method in Flash working with a MySQL DB via PHP ? Thanks in advance, guys! ...more >>

Hi, I have the Following requirement and I do not even know where to begin. I have created a map of a Country and on the map are several towns and cities, obviously easy enough so far. So, for example, say the XML data provides information of ten different pieces of information, one ...more >>

I have a Flash output file that uses both LoadVars and XMLConnectors. While LoadVars all work on all tested browsers, XMLConnector does something very strange and ONLY on Internet Explorer. When I try to use it, the listeners for the XMLConnector say send (using GET Method), status is c...more >>

Hello, I make a XML connector component parse a XML document. In a node, there is a "<br />" (return to line in HTML) EXEMLE : <book> <page> Here some text and a <br /> here ! the code s broken up here </page> </book> Problem : My XML connector considere the <br /> as the begin...more >>

Hi. I am trying to develop a simple product catalog using flash and xml. The xml file only has a list of catagories and under each a few products. I have a combobox wich list the catagories and another which list the products in that catagory. Each works fine but the products don't change...more >>

I've created a SharedObject on My Computer, saved it in a movie, and ran the movie again and data came up well enough. My problem is, I want to delete the SharedObject saved on my hard-drive. I currenly have Flash 8, and Flash MX 2004 uses the [b].sol[/b] extention, but I can't find the S...more >>

Hi, i've got a project due in around one year from now. One of the main features i'd like to include in this project is the ability to save/load a user and their score. I've had a look at some tutorials and it seems that a local XML file would be the easiest way to go, but i haven't quite ...more >>

i'm trying to load a full html page with layout table cells intact and full function (like an i frame) i can load text and image but i can seem to get the entire page flash just lods it how it wants. does anyone have an idea? Can this be done? i've tried it with a dynamic text field, co...more >>

I've been working on a flash video player in which icons float in a circular motion around a large video window. When you click on one of the floating icons, I want that video to play in the large window. The whole thing reads from an xml file to get the images inside the icons as well as what...more >>

made a small swf which contains telephone dial. is it possible to connect flash to skype (or any other phone system) so that users can write (or click) numbers and it will make real phone connection? ...more >>

Currently I am designing a project and it has two scenes.First scene contains a button and it will take you to the next scene, where I have an XML connector and a combobox, bounded together. But nothing is working for me.. Please anybody give me suggestion. Is that a problem loading a XML con...more >>

I have a Flash file containing a floor plan over my office. I want visitors to be able to locate the room for a specific person by clicking on the room nr. In my HTML-code I give the FlashVars a value equal to the chosen person's room number like this: [b]<param name="FlashVars" value="roo...more >>

i keep reading everywhere that it is insecure to hard code the connection string to serverside services as it can be used by hackers. so where do i put it and then how do i get it into the swf at runtime without anyone else being able to get hold of it? I am sure there must be a simple answe...more >>

I need some help writing a PHP script that will decide to create a new row in mysql or just update an exsisting account and pass the information back to my swf file... any suggestions? I am sure alot of people would need this when creating a form that updates or creates account information.....more >>

ok so when i need to connect a swf to some sort of data source on the server be it XML, a .NET DLL, a CFC or what ever so that i can load data from a database or what ever, everyone is always saying that i shouldn't hard code the connection string into my actionscript as anyone can get it and ...more >>

i need to be able to do the following.... type into flash a membership number....then send the data out to a php file (via a submit button)...the php in-turn will query the mySQL database and find the membership number and their corresponding details (their name, their date of birth and th...more >>

this liveDoc covers getting a url variable into flash: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00001205.html you can pass data to a flash movie by doing the following: www.myflash.com/testflash.swf?variablename=thisisthedatastring this will create a variable: _level0.variablename ...more >>

What would be the best way to create a flash application that a client can log into and have news or other messages posted into the flash document. I have seen message boards where you can login and post, but I would want the client (without coding knowledge) to login on its own page and have ...more >>

Shouldn't it be possible to pass in a dynamic url path for this property? I am successfully loading a variable using loadVars and then attempting to use that variable to populate the xmlConnector.URL property but it does not seem to work. Do you HAVE to hardcode a url for this property? ...more >>

Hi all I need to make a temperature controller. How can i bring a live temperature inside flash I have a external text file that have the value. It needs to update every 3 sec, so need to reed every 3 sec the value in a external text file. I am new in this please help me Thanks for...more >>

I attempting to make a slideshow like the one on this page: http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/ But i was wondering if it is possible to change the code so that if you click on the main image, another image could come up next to it? (I'm making a portfolio s...more >>

Hi all, Please help me to the following: I use the XML connector to read an XML file. It works fine. My question is how can I take the attributes of a specific node? For example, in the following simple XML how can I take the attrubutes of the node PARIS/George directly? Thanks in adva...more >>

Hello everyone, i'm new here and i am new with the flash development. Well, i have a problem with the update of xml data, i have an exe file and i want to change data from the xml file, the exe must to show those changes isn't it?, i have a config.xml, that file contains images, messages and...more >>

I want to change the register point of a movieclip from action script. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

I am making a simple quiz with the Q and As held in an external XML file. I load the data and check it no problem and put the answer to the randomly chosen question in a variable like this: this["thisAnswer"] = data.childNodes[0].childNodes[number].childNodes[1].childNodes[0]; I take input...more >>

I am trying to run some code after the XMLConnector trigger function is completely done loading all of the xml data into the flash file and the bindings are updated. Is there an event or some kind of way to pause and run the code after all the radiobuttons and checkboxes are updated with the ...more >>