Flash :: Easy Question For You Guys/gals

Pretty Basic Question For You Guys/gals
I am making a flash intro and for some reason I can't seem to remember how to do this. I have some different motion tweens throught the movie...how do I stop one but allow the others to keep playing?

If I put a "stop" action on the first one it ends up stopping the entire movie...

Did that make any sense? Hopefully someone can help me out.

Thanks

Hi Please Help.. This Will Be Easy For You Guys..
Hi:

I have a movieclip called nav with a variable called curQuest and in the same timeline I have a restart button. When i hit the restart button I want the curquest variable to be set to 1.. can someone please please help.

Thanks

Can Someone Help.. This Is Easy For You'll Guys
Hi:

I'm trying to make a movie where if I move my mouse to the upper left corner of the screen the buttons show and if I move it away from the upper left corner of the screen the buttons disappear. The movie has audio and hence i cannot use frame labels..

any ideas..

thanks

Uday

I Know Its Easy For You Guys...please Help
How can I get details from text file when a button is pressed in flash?

I want to make a calender like http://www.superhere.net

When a day button is pressed, its schedule should be listed from a text file.

I posted many times, still no serious help. Somebody Please help. your help will be deeply appreciated. Thanks.

Easy One For You Guys
I have a dynamic text field and I want to make sure it's text is seen as a number and if it's higher than 12 gotoAndStop at another frame.

This is how I wrote it:

if ((Number(hold1.text)) > 12){
gotoAndStop(5);
}

what am I doing wrong? I know this is easy for lots of you so please help me out here.

Thanks

-Lemorris

Got An Easy One For You Guys
say i have a zip file on my server...and i want to make a button...that you click...

and it downloads...

what is the command...

simple..i know....

but i dont know..haha

Easy One For You Guys I'm Sure
could someone please tell me why this preloader isn't working ?

i have this file that i have placed a preloader scene into and if i load it on its own the preloader works just fine

however what i want to do is to call this movie into another one and when i do that it just freezes on frame 2 of the preloader scene

am i missing something or is it just a case of i shouldn't be using scenes again ?

This Should Be Easy For You Guys
Hi everyone i know this is easy but im new to all this stuff and cant quite get this right.

Basically i have a slider bar and a movie clip. when i drag the slider bar down i want the movie clip to go up, and when i drag the slider bar up i want the movie clip to move down. simple (so i thought) : )

if you can help me i would be most gratefull.

thanks. Sam

This Should Be Easy For You Guys
Hi,

i want a link in flash to open a new browser window but i want to be able to turn all the internet explorer toolbars off as well as set the size of the new window.

I know how to do this in dreamweaver but i dont know how to get it to work in flash. (i am using flash mx).

Thanks in advance chris.

[AS2] Easy One For You Guys :)
I hate using _root in my code.

I have no clue what to do when I'm referencing from inside listeners though. For example, a MovieClipLoader listener.

Code:

var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var listener:Object = new Object();
mcl.addListener(listener);

mcl.loadClip("somefile.jpg", some_mc);

listener.onLoadInit = function(loadedMC){
trace(this); // will output "[object Object]"
trace(this._parent) //will output undefined
}
Should not the this._parent trace leave you at the root? _level0? The only way I've been able to get out of it is using _root and I HATE using _root.

Please somebody, show me the error of my ways.

AN EASY ONE FOR YOU GUYS
Hi all

Here is a quick one, (im a bit lost on this)

I have an xml file that has my members infomation in it, i have a page for them that when you click on thie name in the list component it will load their infoamtion into the relevant dynamic text field.

I have got this far but im a bit lost on how to do it, I have tried to use Lee's tutorial on xml video play list and chamge it to load in the infoamtion but i got stuck.

Can you help as i am lost in code. :oops:

the xml file :
[code]
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Members>
<item label="Angrytoad" CMPN="Angrytoad" CMRN="Mark Campbell CMOC="Council Worker" CMLC="West Wickham" CMCO="ENGLAND" CMDJ="July 18th 2006" CMCR="OFFICER" CMAG="34" CMFF="Raiders of the Lost Ark" CMFD="sea bass!!" CMFG="Rome Total War" CMFMO="Immigration" CMFM="All Sorts" CMFS="HeartÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦alone" CMFT="Crystal Palace" CMMH="Tony Blair" CMCM="The sa80 in battlefield 2 kicks as I can hit everybody with it, incuding mushroom when he is playing his favourite game of being VERY sneaky!! "/>
</Members>

Flash code (not finished):
[code]
var mList:XML = new XML();
mList.ignoreWhite = true;

vList.onLoad = function(){
var members:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for(i=0;i<members.length;i++){
CL.addItem(members[i].attributes.label,members[i].attributes.CMPN);
}

}
var MemberListLObject = new Object();
MemberList.change = function(){
(IM STUCK HERE DO I USE LOAD/ONLOAD)
}
[/code]

Basically i have 20 dynamic text fields on the page HERE
and i have a movieclip in the right hand corner to load the members pictures, I have not added the picture location into the xml file as i want to get the infomation working first.

Thanks

Dunky

Easy Question For You Guys
OK I've got an animated drop down menu and instead of doing this the noob way I'm trying to use actionscript. Now when the menu retracts I want it when you mouse over to go to the frame corresponding to the same place on when the menu is coming out (if that makes any sense).

There are 30 frames in the menu animation, 1-15 are dropping down, 16-30 are coming back. When you mouse out it starts retracting if you mouse back over at 27 it should go to frame 3 and play. here's my code :

Code:
frame = Math.abs(30 - _currentframe)

hitarea.onRollOver = function () {
trace(frame)
gotoAndPlay(frame)
}
that is in a keyframe at frame 16 there is a stop on frame 15. Is the problem in the math? cause it just out puts 14 every time and goes to and plays 14 no matter when I roll over

thanks in advance

Easy One For You Guys, But Hard For Me Lol
hey guys does anyone now how to make a time countdown on one frame, and when you go the the finish screen, it will display how long you took to get there, eg im making a running game, i wanna put a timer on top, so when the race finishes it goes to another screen, i want to display the time here?????

Probally Easy For You Guys...
im curious, i made a movie clip, and i would like to know, if i am able to put that movie clip on a path. so that it swoops in and so on.. anyone know of any tutorials, i cant seem to find the wording to you.

thank you.

Starving For Ypur Help Guys - Seems To Be Easy..
Hi to everyone!

yesterday I prayed for help relating to the issue of that famous message box which appears when your code does a lot of commands in one frame - flash cries that "to much code" or something like that. I 've got a lot of responses (thanks to everyone) and the core was to break the code (some loop) to several frames. Dear friends - it doesn't help!!! I'm 100% sure that in each frame I don't create more then 50 MCs but the total - 500. And I get that message box.

Is there any solution at all?

Please help me - I'm starving for advice!!!

Hey, Guys, Here's An Easy Question For A Change.
Hey - I've been poking at this one for a while, and I'd like to see if anyone has any suggestions.

I created a simple flash intro for a client of the company I work for, and when they saw it, the client had tons of ideas for me to add to it. In the end, the flash intro was 70k, and they couldn't be happier.

I thought I could just toss on a pre-loader and be done with it, but this site gets several million hits a month, and this would be very taxing on the servers to bring up thousands of times a day. That would add up in bandwidth VERY quickly.

So, I planned on using the LoadMovie function and splitting up the flash animation into several parts, that way, it doesn't take the 70k all in one big chunk, but instead, just takes it a little at a time. Problem solved, right?

Not quite (I'll close with this, I swear). I ran it on our T-1 here at work, and it loaded and ran marvelously. I ran it on a 56k, and it just cuts out once it goes to the second movie. It's an obvious loading feature. I have a preloader still on the movie, but the preloader won't recognise the movies loaded with the LoadMovie command. It will just look at the space on the timeline as blank space.

So - this is my dilema. How do you preload movies loaded with the LoadMovie command? Should I load the movie into a movieclip? It all comes down to being able to load this movie, in chunks, relatively quickly.

Any help would be appreciated!

- James

Heres An Easy One For You Smart Guys
I am trying to get a dot like effect where the dots fade in and then back out in a random order. Heres the part that has me all goofed up i want them to trace an object like an outline. A good example of what i'm trying to get at is in the header for http://www.hostrocket.com . the waty the dots fade around the planet and the guy. i want it to be random though cause i think the effect will be cooler. But i'd settle for just some kind of idea as to how the effect was achieved.

Pls Help. Prolly Real Easy For You Guys
i just want to click on a button and have it open a new window, but i want to control the size of the window.

like get url and use the _blank thing.... but how do i tell it, for example, to be 400px by 300px and control appearance of scrollbars (i dont want any scrollbars to be visible in the new window)?

Easy Actionscript Question For You Guys
Just trying to learn some actionscript from this book! There is this script

if (inputNumber % 2 ==0 ){
gotoAndStop("even");
}else{
gotoAndStop("odd");
}
}

I understand everything, and it works great. But what I don't get is, if you place "24" you obviously get "12" and it goes to "even". Ok that is fine.

But according to the script to me it looks like the actual number divided by 2 literally has to equal 0. Is it because it is impossible?

SUPER EASY / RETARDED EASY SetMask ?
Ok got a simple retarded question. I have 1 swf loading into a holder_mc and a mask_mc set with setMask but it is not working. There is nothing else to this but so help me it is not working and I know I have to be overlooking something simple but I am just not seeing it.

Heres the whopping 3 lines of code:
code: stop();
contentHolder_mc.loadMovie("home.swf");
contentHolder_mc.setMask(contentMask_mc);

Example attached.

thx

c

Com'on Guys
Who has installed the flash guestbook cause i need some help before I tear my hair out I can get the .swf to load but it dosn't appear after.

So whos the real flash pro who's going to step up to the plate and help.

Please,guys I Need Your Help
Hi
I would like to know where how can i make a script like in the menu of this site
http://cubano.techiewhore.com/cubanoRed/index.html

or where i can see a FLA of that script

thank's

Please,guys I Need Your Help
In that site there is afew pics up the page , and when u move on it with the mouse, u can see how they change.

i had this script before a few weeks from flashkit, but i don't find it now.

Can u please send me a link to that script?

thank's

ofir

GUYS HELP ME PLEASE I BEG YOU
in the preloader i want it to load variables such as a txt for dynamic text or music. Can u tell me how to do it. For example like what i have in the preloader for the frames are:

if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) {
nextScene ();
}

OMG U GUYS PLZ HELP ME
in the preloader i want it to load variables such as a txt for dynamic text or music. Can u tell me how to do it. For example like what i have in the preloader for the frames are:

if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) {
nextScene ();
}

Hey Guys How Do You This?
hi just wondering if i can find a tutorial that teaches me how to do these scrolling selection screens.

http://www.nec-mitsubishi.com/coremedia/generator/index,realm=Products__ShowRoom__Selection,spec=?__hq__e n

an this page with rotation.. just like quiktimeVR!

http://www.nec-mitsubishi.com/coreme...m/mslcd1550mbk,spec=_3F__hq__en.html

do you have any idea on how to do this?

What You Guys Think?
Hi, Ive been working on a new layout for my company site, now I'm not so shure about the design, ( http://www.b3design.ch/new.jpg ) Can I use this? With the links being the hexagonial objects top and bottom, any crit please, or ideas on improvment, or ideas on how the animation will work....anything be it good or bad is VERY VERY welcome!

Thanks

You Guys Have To Help Us, Plz
We got a problem. We want to create a game.
It will be a game with scores.
The scores are going to be updated trough asp.
So we work with LoadVariables from a asp file.
In the game there are 10 race-cars, so there is a top 10.
Each car is a movie-clip with a instance name.
When someone update the asp file, a variable in the extern asp file, that var will be Loaded in flash and with that variable flash has to gotoAndStop to a frame in one of the Movie-Clip cars.

So, how to count frames in a Movie-Clip from a extern file?
I found something on macromedia.com, maybe you can take our point from this:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...p_ext_data.htm

So you can Load Variables in a MovieClip with a Value
But not a Movie-Clip with a Animation¿

Sorry for the bad english, it's a difficult problem.

Hope you can help us out

Need Some Help Guys
A friend of mine asked me to make him a banner.
He told me that he wants to have the number 7 appear randomly on the banner then slide to a predetermined(fixed) set of coordonates which are already known.(let's say x=100,y=100)
I managed to make the number 7 appear randomly :
onClipEvent (load) {
setProperty(c1, _x, random(648));
setProperty(c1, _y, random(60));
}
//c1 is the instance name for the movieclip which shows the number 7
But I can't manage to get it to slide to those coordonates.
I tried using motion tweening but it didn't do the trick so if there's anybody out there who can help me please show me the way to do this.(I really don't want to dissapoint my friend).
I have a hunch that there will be some serious actionscripting envolved.

Guys Plz Help Me Out ............................................
guys .. simple Q?
how to include flash movie .. in a power point movie ...
is that possible .. i heard it works .. but i didnt .. really tried ...

Can You Help Me Out Guys?
Whats up Guys,

I just found this board. It seems like a good place to get some advice, and input. I need a little help, I downloaded this .fla file
http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Inter...4712/index.php

And i was wondering if there is anyway I can change the content of each square? Does anybody have any advice for me? What program shoudl I be using. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks guys in advance!

Joel

Come On, Guys. Someone Must Know This...
Hi guys

I need to use 2 instances of the scrollpane on my movie and I want to have one with the scrollbar on the right and one with the scrollbar on the left.

How can I move the bar to the left on one of these instances? Should I stick with the scrollpane component or are there customisable movieclip scrollers that I can use?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Thanks Guys
I think I got the problem solved. For some reason my hosting co. didn't explain where everything was to be dragged and dropped (bastards!) The site is up, but REALLY ugly! Needs lots more work. Anyways this was a problem beyond Flash. Does anyone know of any forums or sites that cater to Dreamweaver or bizarre FTP-ing issues? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

Guys I Need Your Help
i dont how to explain this...ok...the problem is with the loop...the k loop...
the things is that it completely ignores the parameters...it doesnt matter if the hitTest is true or false it still goes through the code instead of ignoring it...plz could you help....

function bounce() {

if (j this.speedx = 2;
this.speedy = 2;
}
for (var k = 0; k
if (this.hitTest(_root["b"+k]) && this._x>=_root["b"+k]._x && this._y>=_root["b"+k]._y) {
this.speedx = this.speedx;
this.speedy = this.speedy;
this._x += this.speedx;
this._y += this.speedy;
}
if (this.hitTest(_root["b"+k]) && this._x<=_root["b"+k]._x && this._y<=_root["b"+k]._y) {
this.speedx = -this.speedx;
this.speedy = this.speedy;
this._x += this.speedx;
this._y += this.speedy;
}
if (this.hitTest(_root["b"+k]) && this._x>=_root["b"+k]._x && this._y<=_root["b"+k]._y) {
this.speedx = this.speedx;
this.speedy = -this.speedy;
this._x += this.speedx;
this._y += this.speedy;
}
if (this.hitTest(_root["b"+k]) && this._x<=_root["b"+k]._x && this._y>=_root["b"+k]._y) {
this.speedx = -this.speedx;
this.speedy = -this.speedy;
this._x += this.speedx;
this._y += this.speedy;
}
}
j++;
}
for (c=1; c balls = attachMovie("balls", "b"+i, i++);
balls._x = Math.random()*100;
balls._y = Math.random()*100;
balls.onEnterFrame = bounce;
}

Guys..i Need Your Help Plz...
i dont how to explain this...ok...the problem is with the loop...the k loop...
the things is that it completely ignores the parameters...it doesnt matter if the hitTest is true or false it still goes through the code instead of ignoring it...plz could you help....

function bounce() {

if (j this.speedx = 2;
this.speedy = 2;
}
for (var k = 0; k
if (this.hitTest(_root["b"+k]) && this._x>=_root["b"+k]._x && this._y>=_root["b"+k]._y) {
this.speedx = this.speedx;
this.speedy = this.speedy;
this._x += this.speedx;
this._y += this.speedy;
}
if (this.hitTest(_root["b"+k]) && this._x<=_root["b"+k]._x && this._y<=_root["b"+k]._y) {
this.speedx = -this.speedx;
this.speedy = this.speedy;
this._x += this.speedx;
this._y += this.speedy;
}
if (this.hitTest(_root["b"+k]) && this._x>=_root["b"+k]._x && this._y<=_root["b"+k]._y) {
this.speedx = this.speedx;
this.speedy = -this.speedy;
this._x += this.speedx;
this._y += this.speedy;
}
if (this.hitTest(_root["b"+k]) && this._x<=_root["b"+k]._x && this._y>=_root["b"+k]._y) {
this.speedx = -this.speedx;
this.speedy = -this.speedy;
this._x += this.speedx;
this._y += this.speedy;
}
}
j++;
}
for (c=1; c balls = attachMovie("balls", "b"+i, i++);
balls._x = Math.random()*100;
balls._y = Math.random()*100;
balls.onEnterFrame = bounce;
}

Hi Guys Pls Help Me
hi there i am trying to make my whole site in flash and for that i am learning action scripts. i am new to that so pls help

i am trying to make IMAGE SLIDE SCROLLER WITH MOTION BLUR"

here is the script
==================================
onClipEvent(load) {
//change picno
// and totalpics
// to a different number
//if you have more or
//less than 5 images

picno=3;
totalpics=3;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

//the picture number times the

// width of the pictures

//minus one half the width of the

//pictures

newdist =
(((picno*(_width/totalpics) -
(.3*_width) - _x)) / 4);
_x= _x+newdist;
}
===================================

i finshed the file and it dont work i got these errors

==============================================
Scene=Scene 1, Layer=motion blur, Frame=1: Line 5: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

Scene=Scene 1, Layer=bigfilmstrip, Frame=1: Line 1: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances
onClipEvent(load) {

Scene=Scene 1, Layer=bigfilmstrip, Frame=1: Line 5: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

==============================================

here is the fla can anyone pls help me with this !!!

Hi Guys
Hi guys!
Hi everone i just singed up, so hi! this is just a message to introduce myself to all of you, i think this is a realy grate site and forums! and i really like flash i consider myself almost an expert at it and i think i could make pretty much aynthing with it! so if u need some help just ask!

Hi Guys
Hmmm i thought i posted here b4 but its not here...o well

Hi guys!
Hi everone i just singed up, so hi! this is just a message to introduce myself to all of you, i think this is a realy grate site and forums! and i really like flash i consider myself almost an expert at it and i think i could make pretty much aynthing with it! so if u need some help just ask!

Guys.
I'm trying to make a somewhat simple side-scrolling game, but i can't figure out how to add a colision affect to keep my MC characters from passing through. also, does anyone know the actionscript to play a certain animation within the MC when a key is held down? i can get them to move easy, but they don't start the animation until after the key is realeased.

I Bet You Guys Will Know
I have a large flash page where ther are many buttons pointing to different artists
see http://www.thesouthwillriseagain.co.uk/music.htm for reference

Problem: I want the page to point back to the top when each artist is loaded, but the problem is when i use get url with #top, it works EXCEPT it reloads the page from the initial timeline.

How can i get the flash movie to move to the top of the screen each time a new song is chosen without it reloading the whole page?

thanks in advance

If Anyone Can HELP...u Guys Can
Im new to some of this and had a question hopin to get an answer with. If i am making a drop down meny once a button is scrolled over. When that drop down menu comes down....how do you make a sub menu to come up off of one of the buttons

How Do Ya Do This Guys?
Ok...Im doing this site and need the same effect they use when you click the crosses on the top left of the screen (ie the menu) a pop up window of each piece pops up...ie is it just "on click open .swf" kinda thing????

Heres the link:

http://www.fusegraphics.com/portfolio.html#

Thanks guys
ps-i know this was part created in html but am sure this can be done in flash also yea?!

Have A Look Guys:)
on my website i have my main menu, press one and you'll get the submenu.
now on my submenu there is a slider below that indicates what client you are looking at.
there is an indicator showing if you are looking at picture 1 or 3 (looks like this 1/3) but the way it is now ain't to cool.
i was wondering if there is a way to put the number on the slider and make it update dynamically according to what picture you are looking at?

i hope you know what i'm talking about

http://mokuindustries.com

thanks for your interrest!
martin

Hey Guys, Need Some Help
Hey mates. Recently joined up. Seems to be some very helpful people here, I have been reading the forums for a while and decided to join. I have a small project that I'm experimenting with. I need you guys to help me make my church's logo do something neat.

There it is. On our projection system, we would like some type of a shimmering, professional, sleek logo that's moving to run in the background. I recently visited a church who had made their logo 3D, and it was rotating, and when the logo got to a certain angle, light came thru it. Kind of hard to explain but it was really neat. I would really really appreciate it if you guys could possibly come up with 5-10 different variations for me to check out and possibly use. See if you can make the logo any more sleek and professional and see how you can make it move. Thank you so much.

Here is the PSD: http://www.pypehosting.net/files/letterhead.psd

-Brendon

P.S. pypehosting.net is a free public domain file host for anyone who wants to use it. Unlimited uploads, file size limit of 10 meg. Feel free to use it!

Guys I Need Ya Help Please
Well first of let me say sorry if this is in the wrong forum I dont know where to post it really. But anyways my friend bought a flash menu from template monster place. Well I spent like 7days on it and couldnt make it work right. I was wondering if anybody that is willin to help with this that would be so awesome. We are tryin to get it done quick cause he tryin to sell his cd. The site that we wanted to look like when you click on the flash menu bar is like this 50cent Site So if anybody that could that would be great. So again sorry for posting this in the wrong place.

Help Me I Beg Of All U Guys
i dont have any experiance with flash ....and i want to get into making my own flash games can someone please just give me a list of things i will need and some stuff i should look into too i thank anyone who helps me in this thread

Help Me Guys
Hello,
I was wandering how you have zoom effect in side the curser like this:

----------> zoom effect

Hi Guys Need A Bit Of Help
I made some buttons in photoshop imported them into flash and I Am geting an error in the code

this is the code

on(rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

and this is the error

**Error** Symbol=home butt movieclip, layer=home butt, frame=1:Line 1: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances
on(rollOver) {

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

could someone please help this is sort of urgent

Thanks Guys
Hi,

Thanks to all the ppl in here tat helped me out.
Below is the finished template tat i will b using for my project.
Feel free to browse thru.

Well me totally new in flash 8 so forgive me if my flash look simple. And btw if there is any advise on how can i improve my flash feel free to said so i will glady want to make my flash more nicer but pls tell me how can i do about it. ;p

once again thank you.

rgds,