Background: I am using the xmlConnector component to load the title of pdf articles into a list component. Besides a title tag, my XML document also contains a link tag that holds the path to the pdf document. Question: How do I make pdf titles hyperlink so that when the user clicks on ...more >>

Hello, I am hoping someone out there will be able to help me. I am passing variables from text fields on my flash project through to a mySQL database via PHP. The text field I am trying to pass is around 600 characters, and I always get an error when passing this large amount of text. C...more >>

Hi, In mysite i have one guestbook,in that some fields are there like name,email,city. my problem is how to connect flash and ms-access,how to update the ms-access database using flash(for example when i press submit button then the name,email fields should be stored in ms-access databas...more >>

I am trying to parse some XML of photos from Flickr. This is the xml that gets returned when I load it: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <rsp stat="ok"> <photos page="1" pages="94" perpage="10" total="937"> <photo id="95398437" owner="31524827@N00" secret="bde8208452" server="22"...more >>

hi, the #include directive is invoked at compile time. i need to use something simular that will be invoked at runtime. this nice thing about #include is it's so simple. is there something that's perhaps the same but using, perhaps, .xml or an .as or .txt file that can be set up to work at r...more >>

I have built a website that utilizes a XML backend I have nodes containing HTML using just flash supported tags and class attributes for CSS However when I access my XML node containing the HTML and put its childNodes into a textField no formating shows up and all breaks and paragraphs are pr...more >>

What is it that Professional does that Flash basic doesn't do with respect to accessing databases? It looks as though I can use php as an intermediary to move data both ways. Is there some set of hooks in Pro? Thanks:confused; ...more >>

In a tool we developed a simple wizard tool that generates code (links) dynamically for over 1200 diferent entities.It can create text links, button image links and banner ads. We use Java script to make the call to a .asp page which goes to the data base for that specific link with the unique...more >>

Hi, i have set up this register page: http://www.kjslaundry.com/register.php it's working fine, with mySQL and php. what i would like to do, is instead of it being a html page, make it a flash page. How do i get flash to talk to the database? ...more >>

created a form in flash for website. have all the field validations working but when i execute the submit commmand there are no error messages so the post must be working but the email never gets sent...does anyone know of a canned one (asp or php)on the internet that works?...and also i was w...more >>

do i have to import anything to make a sql connection string? and how do i make a connection string for mysql?...more >>

Hi, I have a e-postcard, where U can choose parts, combine them together, add some text. the idea of this postcard is that after U choose the parts U want, you can send it to somebody. All parts are separate movies. the button has code: on (release) { loadpart (partname, p...more >>

Hi, Anyones help on this would be much appreciated. I have a php script as follows: <?php $userScore = strip_tags(trim($_POST)); $wrongQuestions = strip_tags(trim($_POST)); include("connect.php"); $query1 = "INSERT INTO num_test1_useranswers (Questions_Wrong, Score) VALUE...more >>

Does anyone know if something has changed in Flash 8 for loading XML in the same domain? I have never had any trouble with this before. I am working on a project that relies heavily on XML and I am loading XML fine locally. It also works in the server when I add the fully qualified domain name...more >>

Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone might be able to help with my problem. I've got a flash movie pulling data from an ASP file. It works fine in Netscape, however, the data is not displayed when using IE6. It displays on IE6 & netscape locally, but not in IE6 when uploaded to host. ...more >>

Hi I am new to Macromedia... Trying to build a simple form that has Dynamic Text fields, Numericstepper, calendar, check box, email field etc. My first attempt is at http://www.internetx2.com/marie/fla/form.fla and form.swf All I want to do is email the completed form to the my cus...more >>

I have to call a new XML file from the current XML file via a link from what is playing in the TextArea. That link will load a new title into a label field, a new picture into a loader and new text into the TextArea. I am trying to use ASFunction to do this, but it doesn't work. My fun...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a flash presentation as a teaching instrument for hospital patients who are going through treatment for cancer. I'm sort of new to the programming side of Flash. I wanted to know if there was a way that I could set up a presentation that would have basic text and animat...more >>

How do I access a variable that is generated within a function? For example, in the code below, I need to access the "count" variable (which is generated in the "startMovie" function) in another layer. function startMovie(success) { if (success == true) { var childItems:Array = mx.xpat...more >>

I have an XML which i use to get some links to be displayed in a textField inside Flash. My problem is that Flash seems to misunderstand the entities in the XML file. Inside XML file I tried to write the tags in a CDATA section, whitout it, as XML entities or HTMl entities, but flash cannot ...more >>

Hi I am new to using flash with php and databases so I will try to make this as clear as possible. I have a flash movie that has a button component in it and I want the button(movie clip) to display a logo, that is a saved jpg in my database. I would like to have an admin page (php maybe...more >>

Hi, PLEASE, can anyone help me with what seems relatively simple, but which seems to be causing me an absolute nightmare! All i wiish to do is display a php variable in a dynamic text field in flash. I have tried several methods and tutorials, but to no avial. This is what i have at the ...more >>

I have external xml files that load into text area components via a link in the current xml file .. loads into the same space. In other places, where I needed to open external URL files, I used the asfunction and GetUrl to open a browser with the external URL. However .. using the same metho...more >>

Hi guys and thanks in advance for reading , I hope im not repeating a thread, but ive researched far and wide, and cannot find a solution that works. I am using the javascript SetVariable function to change the value of a parameter in flash. In IE it works nicely, thoug...more >>

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum. I thought this one matched my case. Anyways, I'm using the Media Playback component in flash, I'm using Macromedia Flash MX 2004. When you click the top-right of the screen when a movie is playing (One that I created with the Media Playback Compone...more >>

I have php using a for loop to gather sets of info from a mysql database and then send it over to flash. I can't get Flash to loop through it and print it out. I'm attaching my code from both the flash page and the php page. If anyone would be willing to take a look at it I'd certainly appr...more >>

Has anyone run across this problem, and hopefully a fix? I'm working on PC with Flash 8 and recently have had a problem crop up. I do a lot of development with XML and typically have no problem. However, recently all of my files that have been working fine suddenly stopped working when I test ...more >>

I'm trying to load an XML file that has some different variables such as: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <aircraft> <fixedWing> <aircraft1 aircraft ="Casa 212" camera ="16DS-M" customer ="Spanish Fisheries" image ="aircraftImages/CASA-212 M16DSM.jpg" /> <aircraft2 aircraft ="Ca...more >>

I have an flash application using loadvars(); to grab a bunch of variable. When creating the application I was using test file testdata.txt with an example string. My actionscript runs perfectly from the server using this txt file. However when I switch that to read a PHP file that outputs the...more >>

I have a (for i=0;i<num;i++) loop and it tries to concatenate the variable "i" onto the end of a loadVars variable, called "firstName". I'm doing this so that it will match the "firstname".i variable that is being passed from a php program. I have tried using: +i, .concat(i), .toString(i)...more >>

I know this is posted some times, but i cant seem to find the right solution. I always get the error : Error opening URL "http://localhost/getTime/Service1.asmx" and : Unable to connect to endpoint: http://localhost/getTime/Service1.asmx He seems to load the webservice, but the moment i ca...more >>

i have a xml file that i call within my flash app. i want to append some attribute data to one of the nodes. flash updates the xml while in runtime but doesn't save the xml file. i want to run the flash app as standalone app (i mean not on a server). i need to know, if there is any way i can ...more >>

I am the developer of a Flash application that is currently being used about 8,000 times a day. As part of the initialization process, the application uses LoadVars.sendAndLoad() to access a ColdFusion app on our servers, which extracts data from the database and then sends it back to the Flas...more >>

Hello, If i make a new XML and a sendAndLoad on a RSS feed, it's working perfectly. (case1) If i try to load the same RSS feed via the XMLconnector, the loading faill. (status error 9, difference between start tag and end tag) (case2) I haved a look on XMLconnector class and the trigger ...more >>

i have published my test swf to my server, when i open it in the flash player, i am able to send and recieve data no problem. when i try to use the url in my browser, it seems i am not able to send or recieve any data. any ideas? please? i have been killing myself with this one already. ...more >>

Hi. Could anyone please explain, in words for a newbee as my self to understand, what Coldfusion is? Thanks :) Per / Denmark...more >>

Hello everybody: I have a registration form in Flash that sends the data to a PHP file which in turn sends it to a database. The problem is that I have two validation rules for the name (can't be less than 3 characters) and the email (x@x.x). When I insert the data the PHP file has to che...more >>

Looking to see if the following is possible and for experienced Flash and Data Integration folks to comment on what techniques they might use to accomplish it: Our product provides HVAC systems monitoring in "near real time". Data is gathered from remote sites, sent to our servers, is proce...more >>

I create my first ever Flash document. I am using XMLConnector, DataSet and a DataGrid to connect to a Web Service and display a directory of users in a Data grid. Now I am trying to expand my application but I am hitting a wall because I cannot find any information on this, anywhere not eve...more >>

Is there any limitation regarding the file size of xml in flash. We are working on an application which requires loading and filtering of a 40mb XML file containing around 7,00,000 lines of data into flash. The application is working fine with 10mb XML file but not with 30-40 mb XML file. ...more >>

As always I have found my Web-development related answers here. This time it was not what I have thought. I needed to publish videos (that are given to me as WMV or MOV files) to the Website I run. As a Flash 8 Pro User and enthusiast, wanting to have video "ubiquity" and given the f...more >>

I really don't know how to make this just the way I want to be. I wish I could show you the picture what I want. Maybe if I give you an URL: http://www.elanskis.com/pcc.asp?xpath=&xpathid=&lang=eng, see the "Breaking news" part. The asp part is known to me. I know I have to make a XML file...more >>