Flash :: A Helping Hand Please

Looking For A Helping Hand
I am really new at trying anything to do with flash, but I have an idea I would like to use on a website I am trying to design.

I want to generate something like a "Laser Targeting Icon", that will move around the page, and stop at predetermined spots, and when it does, will show a picture or text of what may be found in that area.

Is this at all possible to do with Flash! I just downloaded the latest version, and I have absolutely no idea of what to do. Thanks in advance for anyhelp and consideration.

Helping Hand Pls....
Hello,
This is my first flash and I almost followed this site's tutorials. FLA can be found here (right click and save). You need to have 5 pics called pic1.jpg - pic5.jpg in a folder called 'Collections'

http://devank0.tripod.com/fla/new1.fla

It's actually loading 5 pics from a folder. Loading in the following manner..
pic 1 pic3 pic5 pic2 pic 4

so that one pic won't overlap on another. Currently pic1 fadesIn and fadesOut.

Problems:
1) There is a 'flick' in between the fadeIn and fadeOut.
2) I want the 2nd Pic to appear just before the 1st Pic disappears.
3) It takes ages to load the image from the server when I use the loadmovie every time! Is there any way to save the pics when it loads the first time?

I can code a little. Flash knowledge is about _alpha = 10
Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Devank

I Need A Helping Hand
How would someone go about preloading external .swf's?

OOP Helping Hand?
Hello,

My background is more art/design/photography etc than programming.

I learned programming in Flash MX, and recently got back into flash with Flash 8.

So basically, whereas OOP might be second nature to many of you, it really means nothing to me

I have tried and failed to convert some of my code into AS2 classes.

So I would really appreciate it if one of ye OOP faithfuls here at kirupa could do exactly that?

This is a somewhat simple function comprising of 2 elements, a flower whip that gets sort of sucked towards a large vortex flower. It's not basic, but it's not mega complex either.

If I post the FLA, would you be able to turn it into AS2 classes and post it back?

If I could see how the code would be turned into classes, it would help me a lot, I'd be able to learn how it's done.

Cheers.

Lending A Helping Hand
As the subject of Flash, and particularily ActionScript is so vast, I would like to make some tutorials dealing with the most common questions that can be found here, and some which are more complex. Not only do I want to help other users of flashkit with this, but I would then also learn from solving the problem myself.

Now, my main gripe I have with a lot of tutorials, is that they are seldom downloadable, there are many different formats that they come in, and I, myself, prefer to read the instructions of a piece of printed paper.

I am willing to make these tutorials myself, and together with the fla's and swf files and a pdf document, host them on a site for downloading.

What I am asking for is some input on the exact format that you guys -
and gals - would like, and also perhaps some input from senior flash gurus on the best way of compiling a certain script to perform a specific action.

I am not an expert in flash, but I would like to become as close to one as is possible, and I think that by tackling lots of small projects, I can learn a lot more about flash, than by creating my own website, which would be limited to my knowledge in flash.

Another thing we could also include in these tutorials is a "how did they do that section", in essence finding a really cool effect and then trying to recreate it.

If you guys will give me some input on my idea, and let me know if it is even viable then just post a reply with your suggestion, or even a request for a particular tutorial and I will try my best to make it up for you - with of course your own input and that of other members of Flashkit.

And to the owners, moderators and other people who use flashkit, I hope that my idea would not result in my stepping on anyone's toes

Lookin For A Helping Hand
Hi there, and apologies if i have broken any forum rules but I need help if you dont mind

I am a newb to flash / action script and posted in the newbies section but got little response, so can someone help me ?

my post is at http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...913#post448913

Basically I want to make a sample board to mount on my desktop and have scoured for an real idea how to do this but am struggling to understand.

Thanks

Can Someone Please Lend A Free Helping Hand?
I'm looking for a short freelance (FREE) job.
Very tiny project.
i have a short 245KB video file and would like someone to create a text message on top of the video.
Just saying a few words.
Very simple, but of course i can' do it.
my website is called www.djshows.com and the site gets tons of visitors and listeners.
I will be willing to provide some freebie services, but no cash.
The problem is that i needed this done since yesterday.
If anyone has some free time on their hands, please hit me back via e-mail at miguel@djshows.com or via this post.

Cheers and thanks.

Miguel

Second Post Gimme A Helping Hand With The Script
hi all

i've created a simple blur and rotate effect using the below said script,

effect script
============

Intialization 1st frame
------------
i = 0;
v = 99;
setProperty (move, _visible, false);

effect 2nd frame
------

if (i == 80) {
stop ();
}
duplicateMovieClip ("move", "move"+i, v++);
setProperty ("move"+i, _x, i*-2);
_root.i = i;
setProperty ("move"+i, _yscale, i*2);
setProperty ("move"+i, _alpha, i*9);
setProperty ("move"+i, _rotation, i*9);

i = i+1;

looping
-------
gotoplay(2) 3rd frame

i want to reverse the effect, but when i tried to do it created two instance of the same movie clip and
was generating the effect which i don't want, can anybody help me out with this script, any help will be
appreciated, and the rotation is a little slow, is it because of using the if condition, if you didn't understand please tell

thanking you in anticipation

__________________
Vikram

Scrollpane Change Pointer Hand To Grab Hand
I have a scrollpane and has a image in it, but i would like to change the dragging pointer hand to a open hand and grab hand when mouse down(like dragging the image in photoshop)....Somebody know how to do this???

Rotate Hour Hand In Relation To Minute Hand
i am trying to make a tell the time learning aid

i want the user to click on the minute hand of an analogue clock and turn the minute hand ... got that far ... and then move the hour hand in relation to the minute hand.... ugh !!!stuck here

code so far

Quote:

minuteHand_mc.onPress=function () {
// stop analogue clock running off the computer
delete clock_mc.onEnterFrame;
// call function to turn minute hand
pressing = true;
spin();
}

now the function that turns the minute hand

Code:
function spin() {
minuteHand_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (pressing) {
myRadians = Math.atan2((_ymouse-minuteHand_mc._y), (_xmouse-minuteHand_mc._x));
mydegrees = Math.round(myRadians*180/Math.PI);
minuteHand_mc._rotation = mydegrees+90;
minutes = minuteHand_mc._rotation/6;
// move hour hand
// keep hour hand in the right place
var hourAngle:Number = (360*hour/12)+((360*minutes/60)*(1/12));
hourHand_mc._rotation = hourAngle;

}
};
}
i feel the hour hand position should be something like

minuteHand_mc._rotation*(1/12) ... but of course as soon the minute hand goes past the 6 (ie 30 mins) the the minuteHand_mc._rotation goes 180 then -179

can't get my head round this and cant get my head how to update the hours or decrease the hours if the minute goes backwards or forwards over the 12 ... i am normally ok on the maths bit but ugh

if anyone can help monumentally grateful

SWF Optimization Debate: Hand-Drawn Or Hand-Coded?
I was curious if anyone knew a definitive answer or examples of proof that the dynamic drawing of movieclips (using the Drawing API) is more effecient (in terms of .SWF optimization and playback) than hand-drawn movieclips stashed in the Library or vice versa.

I have this hardwiring in my brain that sides with the former of the movieclip creation methods. I tend to find myself writing the code to draw these shapes I require, adding filters and other details through code rather than drawing them.

There is an obvious advantage to this method when it comes to variable sizes of the movieclip that are required (example: a rectangle that is the base of the website with a margin of 10 on all sizes is dependent on the resolution of the user (Stage.width and Stage.height are different by user and browser)). The downside of course is that even the drawing of a simple rectangle is an additional eight to ten lines of code, which can clutter an external ActionScript exceedingly quickly.

I'm just curious of what others think of both methods, or if there is publish information on which is better for .SWF optimization.

No One Else Helping, So I'm Going To Try Here.
no one else is helping me in the flash MX forum, so i'll try here... i REALLY need help with this.

i've been trying to figure this out for a week now on my own, to no avail.

i have a scrollpane component on my site. i want it to match the background color of the rest of the FLA. but whenever i put the movie clip in the scroll pane, the background is white with black text. so, i adjust the tint and a vew other color vairables... but whenver the percentage is at 100% tinted or whatever, the text disappears. but if i bring the tint down, the text slowly starts appearing. like the color of the text is changing with the color of the scrollpane. so the question is, how can i get JUST the scrollpane to change colors to match the rest of the movie, while keeping the text black (like it is in the actual movie clip)?

also, i'm trying to get buttons to link to different movie clips and load them in the scrollpane. but when i click the button, it just empties out the scrollpane. and i ahve the movie clip set to export for actionscript, and everything else i can think of. here is the code i'm using.

on (release) {
scrollpane1.loadScrollContent(newmovieclip);
}

why isn't it loading the new movie clip like it should?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Helping
Ok i started web design 2 mouths ago and now i am going on to flash i have covered javascript, html, php, and i know how to use the programs (i use dreamweaver MX, flash MX, fireworks MX, and freehand MX) the only thing is i hav a hard time getting images, sounds .etc to make my page real good and was hopeing that you may be able to tell me how to get these thing easyer.

Thank You For Helping Me
hi
i'm trying to randomly load 5 images into my movie each time someone enters my site can someone give an idea on how to achieve this?
the problem is that i can't tell if the image is on a portrait or landscape format
thanks

Thanks So Much For Helping Me, But...
I can't seem to make it work. I did as you said--taking the actual video clip (buttermix2.flv) out of the external swf that is loaded through the asfunction/loadMovie link on the scrolling text, and created a video object named my_movie, with the same w/h dimensions and x/y coordinates in its place. The buttermix2 flv and swf are stored in the same location.

Then I used your code in the first frame of buttermix2.swf substituting the last line to read:
netStream.play("buttermix2.flv")

and saved and published both the main movie and buttermix2.

When I go to the "main movie" fla and go into "test movie" mode to click on the link that calls buttermix2.swf to see if it works, what it loads is the swf but there's no movie playing in it--just empty. I can't figure out why it's not streaming/calling the flv into the video object. Thanks so much for helping me. Do you know where I went wrong?

Helping With Rotations
Hi Ive been working on flash for quite some time now and i could never get a wheel or some kind of circle to continuously trun on one side.

Any solutions would be apreciated

Thanks Everyone For Helping Over The Last Year
I didn't know quite where to put this message but since alot of help was received from this section I thought i'd post here!

Some of you may or may not not know that've i've been doing a project on bird watching watching skill development with flash. I have now finally finished this project and all is now concluded!!

Unfortunately alot of my messages were deleted so i can't acknowledge many of you, however for those who know, thanks for helping me me throughout the year! you've all been great help and i would never have been able to achieve what i did without your level of support! Until next time! thanks and goodbye!!

Tom

AS3 Helping Material
Hi every one.
I need AS3 helping material

Helping On Finding,,,
I need help on finding or how to do a load images in flash with xml and then making them draggable into a target?

I have a flash file that has loaded my xml file with my images now I'm stuck on making them draggable...

If you need more information about this, let me know

Thanks!

I Know I Shouldn't Repost But Nobody's Helping
I followed the preloader tut in the archives and it works if I don't have alot of content in the second scene(ie, i have one picture) but when i have alot my preloader sticks at 99%....... here's my code .. i know it works too<>>>

loadedbytes = getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes = getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/1000);
totalkbytes = Math.ceil(totalbytes/1000);
frame = int(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget (_root.loader) {
gotoAndStop (_root.frame);
}
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
gotoAndPlay ("Scene 2", 1);
}

So... why does it work with one picture in the second scene..... but when there's an actual site(pictures and navigation) it sticks??

http://www.sin-city-productions.com/maybe.htm

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!

WANTED: For Helping On New Site....
For our new site we're setting up an online arcade type site full of games ,downloads and more.
We need someone who is moderately good at flash that is willing to work for free (its a non profit site, but will get a small bit if we ever get a sponser!) with us, to create a small isometric world. That sounds a bit big but we only need a small town like place with a few builidngs that a character can enter to takethem to that site!
If anyone is interested in helping us or if you just need more details the feel free to email us at:
webmaster@arkade.co.uk

Thankyou for your time,
David Smith

Repeating A Name? HELPING A FRIEND
Hi you!

I am having trouble doing something!

I want to make an animation that will do the following:

A person writes their name in a line "Peter" for example
and later the name appears repeated in the animation without anyone having to write it again.

So what I want to do is just having the person enter it once, and later in the story line it will come out again but fixed. Meaning I don't want it to be possible to change it.

I have kinda managed by creating a symbol from an input line but when it reapeats later on the animation it won't show up if I rotate the symbol or something, and I will let itself be re-writen.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! THANX!!!!!

Wow, Does Anybody Here Even Bother Helping Out Newbies?
...

[F8] Helping An Old Friend But Stumped
The daughter of an old friend has bought a Flash template for a photography site and asked if I can help modify it. Obviously I said yes, as a favour, but now I've looked at it it's a bit beyond me. I managed to sort out putting a link to her photoblog in it, but she has asked:

'I'd like the left hand box (the main menu area and where the photos are displayed) to be made wider, at the moment it is 332 but I'd like it to be 560. I'd also like the height changed to 567 to 505. The right hand box can stay the same width but the height would need to change to match the left hand box. I'd then like this centred up.

I've have attached a basic example of the sizes I'm after.

The other change I'd like to make is to the gallery section. Would it be possible to add two more pages inside that one? Ideally I'd like each of the pages (total of three) to have a theme title so I could put the images into categories.'

I'd really like to help her get her project off the ground but as I said I can't figure it out. If any of you would be good enough to help the zipped file is here.

Flash Helping Programs?
I know I saw some on here and now I have no idea where - what programs are there? Not just tutorials but actual programs I've seen...

Helping People With Flash
Hello, everyone.
I have written a few books or so (technical ones that is, though I have written more novels) and I thought - why not do one about Flash?

However, I wanted to make it different.
Firstly, I decided I wasn't going to write it alone (unless I really had to).
Therefore I am asking anyone who wishes to submit scraps of information, help, snippets of code or even a full chapter to reply to this post. I really would like people to help me out.

The plan is, I will write chapters of my own of course, but also meld in a compendium of everyone elses. No ones name will be on the front cover, instead, each person that submitted something will get some space at the front of the book about themselves. The first version will be a free e-book available for download. If that version is succesful, I will think about trying to get it to the publishers. (I have some pretty useful connections with publishers).

Finally, I would be very happy if some people would submit small actual .flas and .swfs to put on a side disk / download. Even if you do not write about it, you get credit for it (although I will undoubtedly end up writing something explaining it).

Any help is appreciated,
Rob

If Someone Wouldnt Mind Helping Me
can anyone give me the basics of creating a splash page in flash?

Helping With Navigation And Buttons
hi im new to this site hello everyone.......i recently learned flash and tryin to make a web page.....however im having a problem the problem is ok i kno how to use frame labels and make a button on scene 1 to go to that frame label on scene 1......but how do u make a button in a movie clip to go to a frame or frame label on scene 1 ????? i've tried everything i can think of and tried the "goto" action but it wont work.......... help anyone???

one more thing how do u make a button unfunctional after u've clicked on it ??..... thanks alot everyone

if possible can u plz email me a .fla example

avong2003@hotmail.com

thanks again

Helping Me Will Give You Good Karma
I hope that someone can help me. I am making an interface that is comprised of many different letters in a stream. As the mouse pointer moves over a particular letter (which will be a button to another page), it flies out of the stream and into open space. When the mouse pointer moves off of the letter I want the letter to fly back to its original position. Get it? I can make two separate animations (one flying out and one flying back) but it's realy prone to collisions and there's no guarantee that the flying out will happen first. What I need is some action script that will recognize where on the screen the button is when the mousepointer rolls out and pull it back accordingly. Kind of like a yoyo or snap-back effect.

I hope that this is coherent and that some kind soul out there can help.

Many thanks

Helping N00bs Is Good For Your Karma
I'm using Flash 5, I'm kind of new to this, anyways, why doesn't this work?

on (press) {
guy walking button._y = killedy;
}

It is assigned to a button, the debugger says that it expected a ';'
So what's the problem?

Who Would Like To Make Some Money Helping Me With My Project?
I have recently come up with an idea, but my limited scripting and expertise is preventing me from capitalizing on it. I am establishing a unique on-line musical equipment retailer business, and I am looking to get some help designing the web-site. Although I cannot disclose much information on how the business is unique, I can tell you that I need several things complete before I can begin my business.
First of all, I need a store displaying all of the different products that I will be selling. I was thinking that it would be impractical to have a seperate frame for each product I carry, seeing that there will be several hundred products. I figured that it may not be appropriate to do this in flash.
Second, I need a membership sign-up and log-in, and a shopping cart for them to make their purchases. Their personal information and account info should be displayed in thier personal page. Credit Card info will also be necessary.
Thirdly, I need all orders to be sent to some sort of database for shipping.
Do you think that this would be easier with Flash, or should it be made with HTML. If someone is interested in helping me, e-mail me with a quote, a portfolio of some sort, and some general guidance.
Thank You,
Jesse Drelick

E-mail me @ jesse@simply-records.com

Helping Sorting Out A Local_data Function
Basically i want to be able to set what is effectively a cookie in flash. The example here shows what i have so far.

I think that all the pieces needed are there, and they are in the same place as they are in my movie. But they are not working.

So can someone help me sort out where the code needs to go etc.???

Loosing The Scope And Delegate Is Not Helping Either
Hi Guys,

I'm breaking my head to make this work.
What I want to do is after the xml has loaded
to load an image in a movieClip.
Plase note that the filenameLoader Class
is an extension of the xml class and returns
an array "getPaths()" which contains the names of the images.
So as you understand is importand that the loadClip runs after
the xml has loaded.
The problem in the class bellow is that the:

loader_mcl.loadClip(myXML.getPaths()[0], picHolder);

is loosing the scope.
How can I fix this? Any ideas?

ActionScript Code:
class imageLoader extends MovieClip {
var picHolder:MovieClip;
var frameHolder:MovieClip;
var picWidth:Number;
var picHeight:Number;
var loaded:Boolean = false;
var myXML:filenameLoader;
private var loader_mcl:MovieClipLoader;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function imageLoader() {

loader_mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
picHolder = this.createEmptyMovieClip("picture", 0);
loader_mcl.addListener(this);
myXML = new filenameLoader("featuredimages.xml");

myXML.onLoad = function() {
trace(myXML.getPaths());
loader_mcl.loadClip(myXML.getPaths()[0], picHolder);
};

}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function rR(y:Number, x:Number):Number {
var z:Number = Math.round(Math.random()*(y-x))+x;
return z;
}
private function onLoadInit(target:MovieClip):Void {
new Smoothing(target);
loaded = true;
trace("clip has finished loading");
picWidth = target._width;
picHeight = target._height;
//trace(picWidth+" "+picHeight);
frameGenerator();
//shadowClass.addShadow(frameHolder);
}
public function onLoadProgress(target:MovieClip, bytesLoaded:Number, bytesTotal:Number):Void {
// trace(target + ".onLoadProgress with " + bytesLoaded + " bytes of " + bytesTotal);
}
public function frameGenerator() {
frameHolder = this.createEmptyMovieClip("frame", -1);
frameHolder.lineStyle(1, 0x00000);
frameHolder.beginFill(0x000000, 100);
frameHolder.moveTo(-10, -10);
frameHolder.lineTo(picWidth+10, -10);
frameHolder.lineTo(picWidth+10, picHeight+10);
frameHolder.lineTo(-10, picHeight+10);
frameHolder.lineTo(-10, -10);
frameHolder.endFill();
}
}

thanks a lot in advance.

Falling Snow Tutorial Not Helping At All....
I'm following the Falling snow tutorial for Flash MX 2004, but whenever I try to view it, it says that there is a slow script that could make my computer unresponsive...and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong here.

LoadVariables Doesn't Seem To Be Helping Me Get Info
Okay, I've used tons of languages and applications. I'm a complete newbie to flash.

Here's the deal. I'm trying to create a game where the flash interface grabs info from a script that I haven't created yet (I'll probably do it in PHP) and generates each round of the game based on this info. It's just a word game, nothing too fancy.

From the research I've done so far, Flash can't connect directly to databases, but can connect to urls through loadVariables(). I'm using Flash 8 Pro and it appears that I also have a class that can do this, but loadVariables doesn't seem to be deprecated.

So to get my feet wet, I simply created a text file (called message.txt) with info in the format of

msg-Some message that I want to display

I created a multi-line dynamic text field called "message", right clicked on the first keyframe, selected actions and placed the following code there

loadVariables("message.txt", 0);

I Found This Board A Lot Good People For Helping Me And I Very Appreciate
but thats not all
for all u who want my cool fashion fla file
and help me
u can do either add my icq number which is 23840282
or u can add my aim the screen name is skyline g1
or simply add me to msn messenger
versace_man@hotmail.com

[F8] Helping Embedding A Flash Video In My Website
Ok I have been doing my own research on this and looking everywhere and I am completely stumped so please help me out!

I read the sticky here about swfobject so I am trying to use that. I have uploaded the swfobject.js file to my servers same directory as i host the videos. I am using this code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>

<div id="flashcontent">
[QBsneak.swf]
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("QBsneak.swf", "mymovie", "400", "200", "6", "#336699");
so.addParam("quality", "low");
so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
so.addParam("menu", "flase");
so.write("flashcontent");
</script>

Nothing works. I have tried to place the full URL of my video and that does not work. All I get are the words QBsneak.swf

I have also tried this code:

<object width="250" height="400"
classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/
shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0">
<param name="movie" value="mp3player.swf" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ff0000" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
<param name="quality" value="low" />
<embed src="mp3player.swf" width="250" height="400"
bgcolor="#ff0000" menu="false" quality="low"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage=
"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

I simply replace the "mp3player.swf" with the location of my file. This time, I get a big white box where the video should be.

Any help? I really am at my wits end here, I have been trying to get this figured out for weeks now. Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Javascript? Good Helping Needed Fast
Hi,

I'm a newbie to flash scripting codes(javascript it's called isn't it?) and so please bear with me. I'll try to be as clear as I can. Belive me, I'm working hard to learn flash and its many wonders.

Is possib and if so, how do I create the following:

I want to tile a honeycomb shape filling the whole canvas(workspace) and then have them randomly disappear. About 500 tiles.

Sounds simple in concept and you flash wizards probably know how to do it. My guess is that its done in javascript, and so I'm lost there.

Note: Don't tell me to create 500 honeycombs by copy-paste and motion tween each and everyone. But then, you probably know better anyway.

Thanks,
Elemental Child

MySpace Helping Spread The New Flash 9 Update
So MySpace is bugging everyone when they logged in the other day to upgrade to Flash 9.

It is brilliant and great news for us in my opinion.

Helping Translating Idea From Java To Actionscript
I was trying to do the following code in actionscript but I failed to make it success:

PHP Code:

public class stringChars{
    int anime_x = 75;
    int x = anime_x;
    public stringChars(){
        if(x == anime_x){
            do{
                x++;
                System.out.println("x = "+x+ " and animex = "+anime_x);
                if(x > 450){
                    x = anime_x;
                    continue;
                }
            }while(x<455);
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args){
        stringChars more = new stringChars();
    }
}

well imagine that x = this._x
amd there's no System.out.println operation
by the yes it works it prints a loop of number between (75,455)[if u dont know that it means that it doesn't include 75 or 455 like {x|75 < x < 455}]

hope u can help me I'm a bit lost ^^;

Any1 Have A Good Website For Helping A Young Newbie?
I'm 13 and i've been interested in flash for a long time. Im using a trial version of Flash 8. Any1 have a good website that could teach me the basics? Please don't recomend books cause I'm already saving up for one.

Animation Tweening Problem, Hints Not Helping (with Images)
Hello guys, Im trying to animated this eye.

I made several layers for each of the eye parts, and my idea was to animate the eye using animation tweening but it interpolates wrong everything, I tried using the hints, but still no success...is the shape too complex or should I be able to animate it?

This is an example of a configuration for the hints...is there a better way to place them?

Thanks in advance, Rob
:.

Help Me Stop My Web Site From Helping People Steal Music
Hey,
Just did a site for a band, and we've made them a little mp3 player - works great, no probs at all, except that the site caches the MP3 files to the temp internet files directory on the end user's computer. Something that the band explicitly asked not to happen.

Here's the method we're using to play the sound:

ActionScript Code:
m_currentTrack = new Sound();
m_currentTrack.loadSound(_parent.CurrentMedia.PathHigh, true);

Is there another/better method I can use to stream the audio that would prevent the above from happening? Our netStream code causes the same to happen with the bands video files as well but I think we can get away with that one (vids are small and quite heavily compressed anyhow).

Many thanks if anyone can help out on this...
Cheers,
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Website With Color Sets For Helping Creating A Layout...
Hi guys... does anyone remember a site that had different color sets for chossing and matching your existing colors in the creation of a layout?? I dont'n know if i make myself clear if not please let me know...

A Hand With A Mc?
Hi , i have menu , and i want to call a specific frame whos inside of a mc, the button is outside of the mc , someone know how?

I Need A Hand
Ok...heres my problem...I have made a brain for my soon to be band site. I want it to be so that when you hover over a section of the brain a bar fills up with the name of the section and the brain glows. I have made all of the animations in adobe image ready. so i have:
-The brain when no section is being hovered over
-Each sections animation in gif format and so it only plays once not loops
I have tried html and hotspots to get this across but haven't been to sucsessful...only managed to get 1 section of the brain to light up and the rest dont seem to work.

Can anybody sum up how i can use flashmx to do this? or is there anybody kind enough to piece it together for me? You will get credit and your website or e-mails link on the site.

Apperciate any help