Flash :: Clueless About Frames ...

Clueless Here...
I have two problems, that are uniquely related...in my app there are tabs on the side of the viewing area that contain tools, such as an accordion with lists, print/switch modes, and a minimap...the problems rest with the first tab which contains an accordion...

The first problem: when you click an exhibitor in the list, the map zooms and pans to center that booth and places a target in the top left corner...that works fine, but when an exhibitor rents multiple booths (for example Brewster Red) the map zooms and pans to show both booths, then places two targets in each top left corner of the booth...but one of the booths (the left one) appears below the tab when it is extended...but the target appears on top of the accordion...this is not right...how do I place the target on top of the booths but below the accordion? (the targets are being placed using attachMovie and I tried swap depths which works fine until you try to select another exhibitor)....

The second problem is with the accordion itself...the tabs are supposed to retract when the user's mouse is not on top of them...and that works (sort of)...the accordion tabs seem to take up space even though they are not visible...what happens is that when you are looking at the first or second tab in the accordion (exhibitor list or booth list) the tab containing the accordion extends down well past the tools tab and into the minimap tab area...so if you move the mouse down past the edge of the tab containing the accordion...it does not disappear...also if you try to expand the tools tab when all the tabs are closed...the exhibitor list tab opens as well...this does not happen when you are looking at the last tab (Category List)..as it would be expanded within the exhibitor list tab...and it would not go past its edges...

I know this is really hard to understand, but it will all come together when you see what I mean...

www.expocadvr.com/new/default.html

Clueless
So I've Designed a movie before knowing that it would be problem just to get it on MySpace. I currently have no hosting accounts, just a freebie with angelfire.com. When I upload my movie.swf to angelfire and create my own html website on my hard drive with the embedded script/coding for the movie it works fine. But when I go to run it on my myspace profile it doesn't seem to work at all. It doesn't load by itself. But if I view the movie directly by going to http://www.angelfire.com........movie.swf, it loads. and then if I go back to my profile then it seems to work fine..... after the swf file is saved in my temporary internet files. I'm knowing that I'm using the correct coding because I've currently had flash games on my profiles; directly embedded and they've all worked fine. What am I doing wrong? Is there a secret to this MySpace jumble?? HELP!!!!!!!

Help I Am So Totally Clueless...
Alright... I'm only 14 yrs. old and run a website on a group. (www.ffhfans.net) I have absolutely NO IDEA how to work this program! LOL! I'm just wondering if you can make the box any bigger?? So, like... I could put bigger pictures on it? It's pretty small. I realize you can change it to 90%, 80%, etc... but I want it bigger to put bigger pictures in there. HELP!

Also, do you guys know how I can make buttons myself?? Instead of having to use that grody blue color?

If anyone replies, please put it in a way that I can understand... I'm not too smart with this program. I work with Adobe Photoshop and thought I could figure it out, but not yet... I'll work on it!

All the help I can get would be wonderful!!

Thanks guys!
Michelle

Clueless Newbie
I have been tinkering with Macromedia Flash 6.0 and have noticed that when I try to save the work I have been doing, it saves it as a .fla file. When I try to upload this file to my webpage, it doesn't come up. My question is how do I go about changing this .fla file to a .swf file? And is that what I am supposed to do?

Help.. First Time And CLUELESS
Hi, this is my first time using Flash MX 2004.

I have previously used swish max and was not bad with that, but i decided to try and use this thing lol.

So, i am reading this tutorial on how to do stuff, and it says
Quote:

Create a text box and set to dynamic text, with a variable name of 'texty'.

How do i do this..? I managed to pull off a TextArea but couldnt do anything past that. I have no scripting problems yet, so that isn't an issue, just I would like to know what dynamic text is and how i can give this text area (box?) a variable name.

I think the tut was written for flash MX non-2004, so i am really out of it for the time being.

oo

Totally Clueless
I have Flash MX 2004

I'm sure this is easy when one is not panicking.. but...all I want to do is make a text box, type into it, and make a scroll bar on the side since I have so much content.

I've been trying to do this now for two hours, looking in my book, getting confused, and trying again...so... HELP!!!!!

Ok, so I put a text box on the stage. If I want to scroll it, it has to be dynamic with mutiple lines, right? I keep putting text in, the box gets bigger, longer, I re-size the box, the text gets squished. I look in my book to see about a scroll bar and it says something about "no scroll bar but you can make buttons that scroll up and down".

All I want to know is how to make a text box, type in the box without it just...expanding, and then attach some sort of scroll device to it.

Thank you.

Totally Clueless...
I happened upon this post in a Flash Help related forum:

Quote:

Initialise a global var. Make a button to toggle that global var. Each frame, tell the 'subtitles' mc to alter its '_visible' property' depending upon that var.

I assume you know 'if' clauses.

P.S. I know there's technically no 'global' vars in flash, but just make it on the main timeline I mean.

...and my reaction was, "Uuuuuuuuuuh...what?" I can't make any sense of these sentences...and I know if I could it would be quite helpful. So, could anyone translate this into simpleton speech?

P.S. He's talking about turning on or off a movie clip within a flash movie.

Totally Clueless Some Help If Possible
I created a movieclip (ball)

im not sure how to make the ball keep moving forever
and how can i duplicate the ball once its being (killed)

Help For The Clueless - Where To Start?
Let's say, hypothetically, that I have no programming experience beyond writing a random number generator in basic on my Commodore 64 back in 1984. Let's pretend that I haven't the slightest understanding of Javascript and only a handful of basic HTML tags in my programming arsenal. Imagine that I have no real idea of the method or syntax of any modern programming language. Where would I even begin to learn how to apply ActionScript to my Flash project?

I have plenty of animation and design experience, am extremely familiar with AfterEffects, Carrara and other timeline-based animation programs, and am fairly intelligent, but almost every "basic" Flash ActionScript resource I find online seems to assume that I have a basic understanding of computer programming. I need something that tells me how to "speak" AS3 - what a bracket means as opposed to a parenthesis, what a "string" is and how it's used, what's an "event handler", etc.

Can anyone recommend the best way for a non-programmer to get a grasp on the basics? If I could learn those, I'm pretty sure I could figure out much for myself. My sincere thanks in advance for any advice.

PS - What's got me skeered is that I went online to find out how to make a text box populate one letter at a time as if it was being typed. It would seem such an effect would be pretty popular and thus have an easy mechanism built in to accomplish it. The answer I got pointed to a huge page of code that was entirely cryptic to me. Is this pretty much what I'm in for?

Still Clueless Abt Smoke...
Hey ppl, d/l couple of source files that has smoke in them fr flashkit but i'm still clueless...saw the graphics used in the sigara_mriu, had no idea how to even create the 3D spinnin graphic nor apply it to the smoke...sigh any1 can help? i want to learn how to do it cos i'm thinkin of applyin the same technique to flames too..tks

Undefined And Clueless
Okay, I've searched all over these boards and while finding some topics regarding this, I've not been able to find a fix for this. Can anybody help with the xml gallery "undefined" issue when clicking on the image that's attached to a link? The image is setup to open a url specified in the xml file, however when the URL is clicked, and undefined error page is displayed, such as http://www.website.com/undefined is displayed in the address bar.
Here's the AS I'm using, starting on line 51, what am I doing wrong???

Code:
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
description = [];
thumbnails = [];
link = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
link[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails_fn(i);
}
firstImage();
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("pc_photo.xml");
/////////////////////////////////////
listen = new Object();
listen.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
prevImage();
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
nextImage();
}
};
Key.addListener(listen);
previous_btn.onRelease = function() {
prevImage();
};
next_btn.onRelease = function() {
nextImage();
};
/////////////////////////////////////
p = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();
preloader._visible = true;
if (loaded != filesize) {
preloader.preload_bar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
} else {
preloader._visible = false;
picture.onPress = function() {
getURL(this.link, "_blank");
};
if (picture._alpha<100) {
picture._alpha += 10;
}
}
};
function nextImage() {
if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
}
function prevImage() {
if (p>0) {
p--;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
function firstImage() {
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[0];
picture_num();
}
}
function picture_num() {
current_pos = p+1;
pos_txt.text = current_pos+" / "+total;
}
function thumbNailScroller() {
// thumbnail code!
this.createEmptyMovieClip("tscroller", 1000);
scroll_speed = 10;
tscroller.onEnterFrame = function() {
if ((_root._ymouse>=thumbnail_mc._y) && (_root._ymouse<=thumbnail_mc._y+thumbnail_mc._height)) {
if ((_root._xmouse>=(hit_right._x-40)) && (thumbnail_mc.hitTest(hit_right))) {
thumbnail_mc._x -= scroll_speed;
} else if ((_root._xmouse<=(hit_left._x+40)) && (thumbnail_mc.hitTest(hit_left))) {
thumbnail_mc._x += scroll_speed;
}
} else {
delete tscroller.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}
function thumbnails_fn(k) {
thumbnail_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("t"+k, thumbnail_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
tlistener = new Object();
tlistener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc) {
target_mc._x = hit_left._x+(target_mc._width+5)*k;
target_mc.pictureValue = k;
target_mc.onRelease = function() {
p = this.pictureValue-1;
nextImage();
};
target_mc.onRollOver = function() {
this._alpha = 50;
thumbNailScroller();
};
target_mc.onRollOut = function() {
this._alpha = 100;
};
};
image_mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(tlistener);
image_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], "thumbnail_mc.t"+k);
}

Clueless With Sprites
First, let me show you what Im working with before I go explaining what I'm wanting..

http://pixbydre.bliztech.com/Clarence.swf

What I'm wanting to do is create a menu on the bottom section of that page and have it load in the center of the page. Is this done by using sprites, and if so, how in the world do I program a sprite to act as a menu and load the content in the sprite that acts as a content window?

Clueless (targetting Issue)
Really rusty on flash and hope someone can put me right. I have 3 mcs on the stage, I have a variable which targets them via if it == that, that mc will play.

This is due to animations having to finish etc, so it checks to see if its finished then the mc will play. However my problem is that the buttons are within a mc themselves

now _root.holder=about.

My problem is this function on the button within a mc doesn't work

on (press) {
_root.holder.play();
}

As I can image it reads it as such to the player

on (press) {
about.play();
}

Because if I hard code...

on (press) {
_root.about.play();
}

It makes the About MC play. So how can i go about basically doing this...

on (press) {
_root.(_root.holder).play();
}

Thx in advance...

MX: Scrollbar. I'm Completely Clueless
hi guys, i tried making my own scrollbar, but there's this weird problem. it looks like top = left, right = bottom, etc. look at the code "scrollbarMC", you'll see what i'm talking about.. it's weird.

help is much appreciated.

thanks!

[MX04] Ughhh...clueless
I have the same code for another button on a different project...and that works...but this doesn't. Please look at index.fla then the button over "Flash Site". That's the button that won't work. Thanks so much.

Please Help, I Just Got Flash And Am Totally Clueless
Like i saw how everyone elce was making such awesome things so i wanted to try it out and i was like "well it cant be that hard to learn" but it is! I mean i dont get like anything. well i understand the buttons and frames but dont get like action script and what codes to put where. I really wanna start making games and animated movies!

I'm Clueless About Audio And Syncing
Hi, I don't know anything with regards to recording my voice and putting it into an animated short with flash.
1) Is there any preferred way to record my voice, in any specific file format?
2) Should I record everything at once, or would recording small tidbits be better?
3) Is there any other program I have to use to edit the length of the sound files if I need to edit them?

Thanks

Brand New And Clueless Sort Of...
I am new to Flash and am making an experimental/interactive animation. I have graphics I have created in illustrator ( about 40 layers of something ' growing ') and using flash cs3 I want to import those layers and somehow imitate this growth, so each layer is eventually adding up to the whole composition. Im having trouble importing illustrator layers, I previously had them organised in layers and sub-layers, somehow I lose all of my sublayers on the import.
I would love ANY help at all, and maybe a basic tool/way of making these layers 'grow'.
I hope that made some sense

XML Question, And It's Funny Because I'm Clueless
I am creating an xml file, like this:
<myItem name="Amex: Notify" string="http://amazon.com/" position="otp" label2="screenshot.amexinside.swf">

etc.

Why am I limited to certain keywords? label2 works, but label1 does not. What up with that?

Thanks for your wisdom.

Clueless Progress Bar Strikes Again
The bar sits there at 0%:

Attach Code

function loadAclip(theName) {
var pBar:mx.controls.ProgressBar;
//Set progress bar mode
pbar.mode = "manual";
setProperty("pBar", _visible, true);
myLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
myListener = new Object();
//
// CHECK FOR LOAD ERROR OF LARGE IMAGE
myListener.onLoadError = function(empty_mc:MovieClip, errorCode:String, httpStatus:Number) {
if (errorCode == "URLNotFound") {
}
};
//
//
myListener.onLoadStart = function(theName) {
pBar.label = "Loading Next...: ";
};
myListener.onLoadProgress = function(theName, bytesLoaded, bytesTotal) {
var percentLoaded = int(100*(bytesLoaded/bytesTotal));
pBar.setProgress(bytesLoaded, bytesTotal);
};
myLoader.addListener(myListener);
myLoader.loadClip(theName, empty_mc);
myListener.onLoadComplete = function(theName) {
pBar.label = "Load Complete: ";
setProperty("pBar", _visible, false);
};
}

Printing In Flash, I Am Clueless, Can You Help?
I have a photography site. The client wants to be able to print the images that come up.

I've never dealt with printing before...can you tell me how this is done? I have external swfs loading in with an image on each one. Is it possible to have them printable?

Thanks.

Major Task To Complete, And I Am Clueless
I am trying to build a flash application that will record the information a user chooses (from clicking buttons) and then have that information sent to me in an email.

I would need a way for the user to login first. Then have flash make a record of the buttons they pressed. Then when the user presses a "done" button, it will send that information to me via e-mail.

Here is exactly what I am trying to build: I am trying to make a page that my family and friends can go to on the internet to make NFL Football picks. They would sign in, and then select the teams (by clicking the team logo) who they think will win each game. Then I need flash to send me that information via email. Is there a way to build such a thing in flash?

Could anyone help me get on the right track or does anyone have any advice?

[F8] Button Inside MC Problem (So New So Clueless)
Hey! This is probably a really simple problem.

I have a button inside a movieclip that needs to control something outside the movie clip and I have no clue how to make it work..

This is what I've got...

btn_red.onRelease = function (){
setProperty("red", _visible, true);
}

"btn_red" is inside an MC called "all" and both "all" and "red" are in the main stage area.

I have no clue what I need to add to fix this. Please help!

[AS3] Isometric Conversion (Mathematics), For A Clueless Guy ._.
Hello!

I'm a guy who didn't study to much math back in school, but I'd really like to learn a few things without taking on any major study. One of the things I'm currently curious about is the math behind 2D to Isometric conversion (as in X,Y plane conversion to X,Y,Z, and the other way round of course). During my search for some base material (Due to the fact that I don't know much math) I found the library as3isolib (http://code.google.com/p/as3isolib/) which naturally had its own conversion functions for XY > XYZ and XYZ > XY.

Being Open Source I figure I can paste the code straight here.

ActionScript Code:
/*as3isolib - An open-source ActionScript 3.0 Isometric Library developed to assist in creating isometrically projected content (such as games and graphics) targeted for the Flash player platform<a href="http://code.google.com/p/as3isolib/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/as3isolib/</a>Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008 J.W.Opitz, All Rights Reserved.Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy ofthis software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal inthe Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights touse, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copiesof the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to doso, subject to the following conditions:The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in allcopies or substantial portions of the Software.THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS ORIMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THEAUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHERLIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THESOFTWARE.*/package as3isolib.geom{ /** * IsoMath provides functions for converting pts back and forth between 3D isometric space and cartesian coordinates. */ public class IsoMath { /** * Converts a given pt in cartesian coordinates to 3D isometric space. * * @param screenPt The pt in cartesian coordinates. * @param createNew Flag indicating whether to affect the provided pt or to return a converted copy. * @return pt A pt in 3D isometric space. */ static public function screenToIso (screenPt:Pt, createNew:Boolean = false):Pt { var z:Number = screenPt.z / Math.sqrt(1.25); var y:Number = (2 * screenPt.y - screenPt.x) / 2 + screenPt.z; var x:Number = screenPt.x + y; if (createNew) return new Pt(x, y, z); else { screenPt.x = x; screenPt.y = y; screenPt.z = z; return screenPt; } } /** * Converts a given pt in 3D isometric space to cartesian coordinates. * * @param isoPt The pt in 3D isometric space. * @param createNew Flag indicating whether to affect the provided pt or to return a converted copy. * @return pt A pt in cartesian coordinates. */ static public function isoToScreen (isoPt:Pt, createNew:Boolean = false):Pt { var z:Number = isoPt.z * Math.sqrt(1.25); var y:Number = 0.5 * (isoPt.x + isoPt.y) - isoPt.z; var x:Number = isoPt.x - isoPt.y; if (createNew) return new Pt(x, y, z); else { isoPt.x = x; isoPt.y = y; isoPt.z = z; return isoPt; } } }}

I found that these conversions where off by about 1% when converting from XYZ to XY, so here I am! So if anyone could literally spell it out for me how to do a conversion like this (without the 1% inaccuracy) or link me some crazy tutorial/guide/helplines I'd be very happy.

Note: I'm not asking for code! I want to understand the math.

Thanks for you time,
Matt

Flash Guy, Who Is Clueless About Making An Html Si
I have laid out a long vertical photoshop file for an html site.

It's a pretty big file.

How would I go about turning this into an html site. My first stupid idea would be to just insert one huge jpeg of the thing. But that wouldnt be efficient in terms of loading.

Can you

Help Needed For Flash Endeavour (Totally Clueless Here)
I'm trying to make a website that is basically images. The initial image is an image of a room. You click on one of three pieces of furniture to zoom in on them, but that loads a new image because there are different angles (there's no actual zooming on the original image involved). Then you click some more and eventually wind up in a book you can flip through. The books will have a table of contents that jumps you to a specific page, but you can also go page by page through it. Someone told me that had to be Flash because it was way too much content for just normal website loading.

Okay, I have Flash MX installed on my computer, and DreamWaver, and Fireworks, and I have absolutely no idea where to even begin with this. Is this even Flash that I want to use? If so, what do I do? I opened the program and everyone I have asked points me to tutorials. I can't even load the main image I want to use into this program. I'm so lost it's not even funny, and I could really REALLY use some guidance right about now. Any and all help that anyone can provide me would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks.

How To Close Projector Window (Clueless Newbie Alert)
Hi everyone,

I'm new here but hopefully I will become a regular.

I've been tearing my hair out with what is probably a really SIMPLE problem, but the thing is I have only been using Flash since 2 months ago so I am a clueless newbie.

I've made a splash screen for a CD. When the user clicks a button it launches an external executable to install something. This is a HUGE file so the gap between clicking the button and it appearing on screen is quite big.

In the meantime I make the text on the button change to "Loading, please wait" but then I need the projector to wait 20 seconds and then quit to desktop.

I've managed to get everything working except for the part where it quits to desktop! What is the single command to make the projector quit when the timeline runs over it? (Not by pressing a button, I know how to do that)

THANK YOU THANK YOU whoever saves me!

Keira

How To Have Frames In Flash (frames That Are Like HTML Frames)?
hi
Does anyone know how i can have frames (frames that are like html frames) in my movie?
Like say:
I want movie 1 to load into frame 1 of my main movie.
Movie 2 to load into frame 2 of my main movie.
Thanks for your help.
Metal Fusion

Buttons Are "Clueless In Atlanta"
I've created a few rollOver buttons that do exactly what I intended with "Enable simple buttons" active in F8pro. When I test, test scene or publish, all the buttons have "Fallen Asleep in Seattle"! I've tested with actionscript 1 & 2 settings and neither work. Does anyone have a clue why this is happening? Help will be appreciated and thanked . Sleepless in Atlanta

Puzzled On Frames Loaded And Total Frames Calculation Issue
The Goal:
I am trying to find out if the last frame of a loaded swf has been completed so I can then unload that swf and replace it with another swf.

The Process:
I have on the main time line a MC called movie1. (The main time line is only one frame long)

In the first frame on the main time line I have the following code:
---- start code ----
loadMovie("test/test_movie.swf", "movie1");
if (_root.movie1.framesloaded=_root.movie1.totalframe s) {
getURL("javascript:alert("Frames Fully Loaded")");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", 1);
getURL("javascript:alert("Frames Not Loaded")");
}

---- end code ----

This code will load and play the movie into the MC and gives me an alert that the "Frames Not Loaded". Thats great because it means I am loading the movie correctly and testing the total frames correctly. But I need to know when the last frame of the loaded swf has played so I can then load another. Even if I take out the else statment in my testing code I still can't get it to tell me when all the frames are loaded.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

Looping Frames X-y For 'z' Amount Of Times Then Proceeding To Frames After Loop
Hi,

I'm relatively new to Flash and have not done much work with the AS. I was hoping someone here could enlighten me on an area which has been stumping me.

I need to know how to loop (for example) frames 1 to 5, 4 times then continue to frame 6 until the last frame, then go back to frame 1, thus re-entering the loop, etc. I do believe it would involve something like this... but then again I'm a newbie to this so... what do I know (which is why I wanna learn)

Frame 1:
i=0

Frame 5:
i=i+1
if (i>4) {
gotoAndPlay(6);
} else if (i<4) {
gotoAndPlay(1);
}

Thanks so much

Looping First 38 Frames 7 Times, Then Playing The Whole 76 Frames And Stopping
Hi Guys, I have a movieclip that the first half has one set of movements, but the second half changes. I want to be able to loop this movieclip (instance on the root), so that it plays the first 38 frames 7 times...i.e., loops 7 times, and the 8th time, it plays the whole clip, then stips...the movie is 76 frames long.

I know it's going to be...make i=1 first time...add 1 to i each time...and if i=7, then play past frame 38...and put a stop(); at the end of the movie, but i don't know how that code would look, if I could please ask for more...basic (ugh...) help...
In other words, how do I write this (pseudocode) in AS:

i=1
play frames 1-38
i=i+1
if i is less than 8, play frames 1-38
if i is more than 7, play the whole movieclip, all 76 frames

Shawn

How To Repeat A Group Of Frames Without Adding A Million Frames?
Hello,

I have made a small flash intro using Flash MX 2004 Professional. The intro is about 3 seconds long. Here's what I want to do:

I want to add a few frames to the intro where I add things shooting through randomly, and I need these few frames to repeat themselves while keeping the main intro sort of paused in the background... How would I do this? How would I "pause" the background without adding a million frames? And is there some way that I can loop a group of frames? Please respond as "newbish" as possible so I can understand

Thank you!

Copy Frames Paste Frames... File Size.
Sooo I have a bunch of vector art I imported from swift3d and than I want to reverse the animation later on in the project so I copy the frames and than I paste them then I use the reverse frames option.... When I compile it doubles the size when I compile.... I know that maybe I should expect this. But if the symbols are already in the library why doesnt flash just use those symbols again and not increase in size?'

I hope this makes sense thanks in advance

Quiz Or Quiz Template Help For The Clueless?
Hi all. I just wanted to make a simple quiz in flash and then take that quiz and throw it in with some other older flash samples I made. I'm losing my mind as my "handle" for this forum implies

I tried following the help section for the flash quiz template, but I got even more confused! The help/tutorial talks about using a randomizer and I couldn't find the randomizer for the life of me!!

Is there anyone out there that can help me? Maybe you have a script for a basic quiz I can use, or you can send me somewhere online that will help me out. I looked at Atomic Learning's site, but they didn't say if they have tutorials for making a quiz. I have the paperback, "Teach yourself Flash MX in 24 hours" and when I got to page 310, Task: Make a simple draggable object, #2 I had no %$!! clue as to where I was supposed to find "the button instance and open the Actions panel" let alone the "plus button, actions, movie clip control, startDrag".

Can/Will someone please, please, please help me? If I need to be talked/through over the phone or IM, I'll pay for your tutoring services. I'm in northern cali.

Also need to know how the heck to throw the old flash movies (or files) into one big movie with the quiz. Of course, I needed it yesterday.

Thanks!

Clueless About Frames ...

Hi everyone. I was wondering about frames. When I say frames, I mean frames as used in HTML, when you split the screen into pieces. I'm clueless about creating these kinds of frames in FlashMX. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.-Edgar De Loa

Hi everyone. I was wondering about frames. When I say frames, I mean frames as used in HTML, when you split the screen into pieces. I'm clueless about creating these kinds of frames in FlashMX. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

-Edgar De Loa