Flash / Actionscript Forum

Hi there, I am a newbee. searched intensively for a quite simple problem but couldnt find an answer. Here is my problem: I have two layers with 2 movie clips. The movie clip on layer 1 stays static, the movie clip on layer 2 fades in on a few frames, thus I crossfade from clip 1 to clip 2 (actually it is a bit more complicated what I am...

Greetings, For my DESKTOP application I have more than one exit button where I would like the user to be prompted to confirm they really wish to exit. Much like in VBA with msgbox VbYesNo functionality. I haven't got a message box within my installed components at the moment. I've seen fscommand("messagebox") functionality mentioned to, I...

I have the following in Flash 8 BriefLook_mc.btnStudentLife_mc.onRelease = function():Void { this.createEmptyMovieClip("craveLoader_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()); this.craveLoader_mc.getURL("BWC_Crave.swf", "_blank"); } This opens a new window for BWC_Crave.swf ...like I want. But the window scales depending on my current...

Still rush about cities to take part in a conference? Although you know that travelling around the world for business meetings is a good way to meet and know your business partners, you have to agree that it is also a good way of wasting time and money. Specially, sometimes you spend a day or two travelling only to attend a meeting that is half...

hi is it possible to save a external file through flash application in a particular folder specified in the flash application? means 1)would like to specify a folder while saving a particular external file through flash 2)need to take the saved file again through the same flash file..

Hi, I am currently working on an XML Gallery for my girlfriend's brother who is a photographer. I have created a flash front end template and am using an XML database to load the images and accompanying captions. The gallery has more than one image and the user can navigate the gallery by clicking forward and backward buttons to take then...

This is my first flash project and i've been doing it all of tutorials. working in Flash CS3 windows xp pro actionscript 2.0 the website can be found here: http://balfourwest.50webs.com/balfour%20west.html and i want to be able to scroll the entire page with the mouse. i can scroll the page until i actually click within it. (make...

Hi everyone, I am starting to dabble with using flash as an interface for php and mysql and, while I could do what I want to do in AJAX, it wouldn't be as pretty. So I grabbed some code and started hacking. What a surprise that it's not working! I know, I know, but everything is functioning except for one thing. I can retrieve the data with...

Hey there. I need to add a link in my current project from which the user will be able to download some images. I tried to find a tutorial to find the way or an actionscript example but I couldn't. Can someone help me plz? thnx

Is it possible to build sql queries into flash so that when the flash loads on the page it will retrieve the latest data from the database?

hi Im new here....i am developing awebsite using Flash.... i want to know what programming language can best be used with flash....

Hello, I inherited a flash application and I need to make changes to it. However I am having one heck of a time finding all the action script in the project as I have to click on each and every component of every movie clip. There must be an easier way to find and view all the actionscript in a project. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I haven't seen anyone post this on the web... I am working on a project to show a flipbook (modified to show a single page) when you resize a browser the swf moves in relation to the background image, a pile of papers. Since absolute positioning won't help the only thing i can think of is to create a background image of the pages and put it in...

Hi all Im relatively new at flash, and am needing to make a "demo file" which consists of a photo album. The people viewing the album must then be able to click on an image, and this will bring up a dialogue box that will allow them to save the image they clicked on and the associated word file in a location of their choice. I have looked at...

Hi guys , just a quick one, if anyone knows I have a listbox that contains some items . Is there mouse over action for that when i go over the item from that listbox to do something? Thanks.

Hi, I am creating a contact page for a my website and I am having a bit of trouble. I have created the form in flash, and am using a php file to send the email to myself. The form works OK, but when it deliver's it to my inbox, I am getting all of this jibberish with the email Example: Name: <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT...

I have a movie clip that is called "timertoo_mc". It is a digital timer displaying the time associated with certain step by step functions on the main movie. The main movie has stops and buttons that can re-start and stop the main movie between each step. The timer works great but it keeps going even when the main movie is stopped and waiting for...

hi, Can anybody can tell how to play .asx file with flash player. thanks

I have created a digital timer movie clip to embed in an interactive step by step animation. When the movie plays a step the timer is supposed to show how long that process takes(i.e. how long it took an item to travel the length of a conveyer belt) then the movie stops and explains what will happen next. The user presses start and the next step...

Hey guys, I am trying to display a date within a flash movie created in CS3. I only know AS 2.0 so I wrote a script to display the time, and long date. For example: 14:27 Monday January 7, 2008. Ok, my client doesn't like the date in that format, and instead wants it to be in a 12 hour format and include AM or PM behind the time. I am...

I've implemented flash shared objects (FSO's) in javascript successfully, in part thanks to this helpful webpage: http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashSharedObject/index.html I have not found the answer to my question anywhere so am posting it here. Is there any reason why the call to SharedObject.getLocal() would crash internally rather than...

Hi. So I have this flash movie that plays a Mp3 file using the MediaPlayback component, which is all working wonderfully. If the user presses a play button, the song starts to play, and I would like it to continue to do so while he is browsing around my page. The only thing I can think of at the moment that would make this possible would be...

hi. I need to create a Quiz program in flash. The question's answers are given as radio button for selection. There is also 2 button "next" and " previous". How can i do this. By "previous" button i have to go back to previous qn and change the answer. How to display the previously selected answer(in radio buttons).Plz help...

i am using a flash template for my website.i am working on asp.net 2.0 for creating my website. this flash template has got buttons.on the click of the button i want the user to be redirected to the respective pages.hence i have written the following code in the action script window of flash for my "products" button on (press) {...

currentArticle.loadMovie(articleText); currentArticle.onPress = function() { trace("working"); } where articleText = dynamic image Now i can display the image but the onpress function is not working. I need to click on the image a open a window in flash itself, but i cant even trace. Any suggestions Please early response, this...