Flash :: Fscommand Ques

_parent. Ques
im trying to load an external jpg. and the file name of this jpg is the name of the mc 2 levels above the command.
if u dont understand this is thi code im trying to use

Code:
x = _parent._parent._name;
loadMovieNum("x".jpg, 1);

i also tried putting th eparent crap in the load move itself like this

Code:
loadMovieNum("_parent._parent._name".jpg, 1);

and its still not working. any one able to give some advice

AttachMovie Ques
Hi -
I'm using the code below to bring mcs from the Library to the stage. It works fine until I tried to add the x,y at the end.
I thought there was a way to include _x and _y coordinates to the same statement as the attactMovie. Is there?

TIA the correct way to accomplish this.

jl

Attach Code

mc_btn2.btn2.onRelease = function():Void {

attachMovie("Q2WithGame","Q2Game",this.getNextHighestDepth,[_x=45,_y=110]);

};

Simple AS 1.0 Ques
AS 1.0
I have this code in a keyframe on the main timeline:

var score = 0;
if (score == 2500){trace("winner")}

Othe stage in the maintimeline i have a dynamic text field I labeled "score" in the var box. The instance name is "pts" but i wasnt sure if i needed an instance name anyway here. The score box works fine as far as keeping score but when it reaches 2500, I dont get my trace. What am I missing? Thanks

-Chris

Stupid Ques
hello new be ere (welsh) i got a prob wanderin if some1 could help im tryin to get a news page that updates ive got this off yahoo

this

so now tryin to use it but flash does ntlike it im prob doin some thing stupidly wrong now on the verge of not botherin

PLEASE HELP

Attaching MC Ques
hi.. anyone out there can give me a tutorial which teaches attaching a MC to another MC?? urgent..

Flash Ques
please can you explane me how can I make this file like on this site:
http://www.t-s-k-b.com .You go on this site and press SAKUBA WORKS and then button Painting/Drawing

I would like to make a picture gallery like in Painting/Drawing: So how I can make when the mause on the button to show small image of the picture and when I press the image to open the picture how is on the site(not in a new window)?
Please tell give me advice how could I make it!
thank you

Another Loading Ques
Is it possible to make the movie load let's say... only the 1st 2 frames of movie that has 8?

Button Ques
Ok real dumb ques..I have this animation..u can dl it from here: www.zeroxposur.com/test/nav.fla
So what I want to do is have 5 buttons fade in ..onto the bar as it finishes its animation..but I dont know how to do it.. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Thanks

Easy AS Ques.
ok so I have a flash doc..theres a an MC called target on mainstage that has the entite site in it (doing a fullscreen centered website)..now I have MC nav buttons on the stage (inside target). Inside one of the nav buttons I have a line of AS that says

ActionScript Code:
this.onRelease = function(){
_root.target.loadMovie("bioresume.swf", "loader");
}

Now im not sure If im doing that right..but what i want to happen is; after u release the button, load the ext swf into the empty MC called "loader". But what seems to be happening is it loads the ext swf but everything else on the site disappears. See I originally had this as my AS cause i thought this made sense but it ends up not doing anything:

ActionScript Code:
this.onRelease = function(){
loadMovie("bioresume.swf", "loader");
}

So if anyone knows what I did wrong, much appreciation. Heres the site link if u want a visual:

www.josephsernio.com/test

Easy As Ques.
Ok for some reason the end of this code doesnt work.. on release, i want it to take me to frame 2..and it wont...btw this a movie clip that has button properties through AS:

stop();

this.onEnterFrame = function(){

if(rewind == true){

prevFrame();

}

}

this.onRollOver = function(){

rewind = false;
play();

}

this.onRollOut = function(){

rewind = true;

}

this.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndStop(2);

}

MC Loader As Ques.
im working with the moviecliploader AS..so a button loads an ext SWF and also has a percentage loader .. so on my mainstage i have a loader mc (instance name "loader")and a holder mc (instance name "holder")..heres my AS on the main timeline:

var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

var mclL:Object = new Object();

mclL.onLoadProgress = function(target,loaded,total) {
loader.percent.text = Math.round((loaded/total) * 100) + "%";
}

mclL.onLoadInit = function() {
loader._visible = false;
loader.percent.text = "";
}

mcl.addListener(mclL);

Now i have another MC that houses about 20 or so buttons..so within the buttons MC i have say this for one of the buttons:

b4sub.onRelease = function() {
_root.loader._visible = true;
_root.mcl.loadClip("LevisCampaign.swf",holder);

And unfortunetly it doesnt to load the ext. swf..did I code the _root incorrectly?

Thanks for your help.

LoadVariables Button Ques
Hello all. I have this code attached to a button calling up a different text file to a dynamic text field and it works fine, except I'm having to hit the button "twice" for it to work. Can't figure out why. Can someone enlighten me please?

code:

on (release) {
scrolltext = scrolltext1;
loadVariables ("scrolltext1.txt", scrolltext1);
}

Thanks in advance

Easy - Pong AI Ques.
Ok just to see if I could do it(never really got into game programming) I tried to make a pong game everything works so far but I have a problem with this:
Flash code:

PHP Code:

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if(_global.cspeed == 0) {
}else{
    if (this._y != _root.ball._y){
        if(_root.ball._y < this._y){
                this._y -= _global.cspeed;
        }else if(_root.ball._y > this._y){
                this._y += _global.cspeed;
        }else{
                this._y = this._y;
        }
    }
}
}

The problem is that instead of moving smoothly up the screen it looks like it s shaking up and down really quickly, but I would like it to be smooth.
Please help.

Movie Clip Ques
Hey i just started doing flash yesterday and i am doing a text fade

I made the motion tween and and everything and when i go to control and play everything is smooth but when i go to test movie nothing it just stays the same and doesnt fade :> plz help me

Quick Mask Ques
Im sure this is an easy one.. on the foofighters website http://www.foofighters.com When U click a button that flourish/swashy graphic looks like it is unwinding or growing rather. I would like to get the same effect.. Its obviously a mask of some sort. I know who to mask, im just figuring its a mask that is animated somehow. Anyone have an idea? Appreciate any insight into this. Peace

-R

Quick Actionscript Ques.
Ok so im building a portfolio website and basically if you click on the art image it goes tothe next art image..I have it set up so the art images are buttons and when u click it, it is coded to goto next scene..On one scene however the art image is a movieclip (fading effect)...now how do you write the actionscript so if you click on the movieclip it goes to the next scene? I dk im right but...my guess is to put the MC within a button symbol? But I dk. Thanks guys.

UI Text Input Ques.
Ok so Im making a form in flashmx2004..I drag out onto the stage the UI compnent textinput box..now I want to make this box multiline but it doesnt give me the option to do so. Do I have to make input boxes in a different way?

Motion Guide Ques
Hi all,
Is it possible to create a motion guide, so the object connected to the motion guide is always in the centre of the screen.

What I mean is, if we were trying to go from point A to point B
we could see the full journey of the object travelling along motion guide in the centre of the screen.

A-------->--------->-------->------B

The sort of thing I mean is included, but with no motion guide instead, the car remains in the centre of screen and is able to move around the track which in turns moves the the track below.

Thanks for your time, sorry for the broken language. Hope you can help.

--------------
FLA = MM2004

<> QUICK QUES RE:Positioning After Dupe
Hi Im using a while loop and the dupliacteMovieClip() to dupe a certain number of my Mc's. I want to postion each duped Mc after its created with setProperty but I cant figure out how to do this within the same loop.
It complains in output box:

Symbol=playlist_Mc, Layer=Layer 2, Frame=1: Line 9: Expected a field name after '.' operator.setProperty(_root.playlist."box" + count, _y, vertpos);

Obviously I cant do the <"box" + count> bit, but how else can i do it?
(see code below)

Code:
onClipEvent(load){

var vertpos = 46;
var count = 0;
//create
while(count!=4)
{
duplicateMovieClip(_root.playlist.box, "box" + count, 1);
-->this doesnt work//setProperty(_root.playlist."box" + count, _y, vertpos);

trace(count);
count++;
}
//position
}

-Rich

Pleez Help With Random Keyframe Ques.
I have four different movie clips on four different keyframes (2-5) the first key frame has a clip with an invisible button over it. WHat I would like to achieve is onMouseover of the button in the first frame......I would like the playhead to randomly gotoAndStop on of the other frames (2-5). To give the illusion of random movement. The on mouseout return to the first keyframe. any help greatly appreciated....either a .fla I can study or some AS would be great.

Probably Simple LoadMovie Ques. For JPEGs
I have a target MC that I want to load some JPG's into in my Flash Movie. The Target MC's dimensions are 650x500px. The JPG's are the same. When I attempt to load them, I can notice that something has changed in the tone of the movie clip (I had the target MC a grey color then that color disappears) but the JPG does not load.

I tried a smaller JPG, like 1/4 the size, and it loaded OK. ANyone have a suggestion?

Action Script Ref Code Ques
Hello i keep getting this this action script error when i attempt to render this swf could some one explain what this error message means ......i am not sure what the variables are looking for ....... the version is Flash 8 - the action script is below and the error message is below that.......

#include "lmc_tween.as"
//classes are loaded on this frame
var state:com.collection.State = new com.collection.State(this);
// start program
var main:com.collection.Main = new com.collection.Main(this)
//
bg_img.tween("_alpha",100,1,"linear",.5)
stop()

Error message (below)

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=5:Line 1: Error opening include file lmc_tween.as: File not found.
#include "lmc_tween.as"

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=5:Line 3: The class or interface 'com.collection.State' could not be loaded.
var state:com.collection.State = new com.collection.State(this);

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=5:Line 5: The class or interface 'com.collection.Main' could not be loaded.
var main:com.collection.Main = new com.collection.Main(this)

Total ActionScript Errors: 3 Reported Errors: 3

Action Script Ref Code Ques 2.0
Hello please see this link it is a follow up to the thread i created before....i am stil trying to figure this error out when i generate the flash swf it works but not properly... below is a link to what the swf looks like there are buttons that should show and i get this message (shown below) in the flash error box that says (output) when i hit ctrl+enter to generate the swf.... any suggestions...?

b1,b2,lgText,redText,arrow,a:link,a:hover
yo

http://www.amjaydesign.com/mainCol.html

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=744878

Simple Ques About Blue Border Box
I'm using flash 8. When you draw something or import a picture flash 8 puts the blue border box around it. Well mine is gone. If I draw something and click on it it is a broken shape. How do I get the blue border box back?thanks

Loading Clips Into Levels? -quick Ques
Hi, I need a quick bit of code or at least somebody to give me an idea on how to actually have a clip load itelf into a specific level depending on the value of a variable. I want to do this as my duplicateMovieClip() code is putting MC's on higher levels than other elements (other Mc's) in my movie, and one of these elements in perticular needs to be the 'highest'.

I tried using setProperty() as below but it doesnt work, flash complains (I gather it doesnt consider '_level' as a property?)

Code:

setProperty(need2BHighest_Mc, _level, highestLevel);

Any help appreciated

Html Code Inside Flash Ques
I have a client who wants me too put some html inside the flash actionscript. He's not sure it will work and I'm not sure if it's possible or how to do it. Here's the code any suggestions thanks

<form action="/gift/save/1234" enctype="multipart/form-data"
method="post">
<input name="file" type="file" />
</form>

How Do You Get Pdf Fscommand Script Into Fscommand
I'm trying to link to a pdf file. I have viewed others messages about creating a .dat file, but it mentions about making sure this is in the fscommand folder. Please can someone detail how this complete process should be done?

If this wont work on a Mac, then that leaves me with the GetUrl command only. As I want this to be a CD Rom not web page I need to link to the html pages offline (if this is my only option) and I have a projector file, where should these htm files be?

Thank you.

I Know, I Can Send Fscommand But Can I Take In Fscommand
I know, I can send fscommand but can i take in fscommand and process it?
Is that possible?

Fscommand
Ok, Im trying to have flash open a program on my HDD. i have tried several atemps but still can't get it to open.
I know that it has to be a .exe file to work. I have got it to save a text file in flash that way.
I guess i just need the command for it, like is it open, Run, Go what ever. If you can add an example that would help me to understand that would be great.
Thanks you,
andrue.
Here is what Im trying now.

on (release) {
fscommand ("open", "c:/windows/notepad.exe");
}

FSCommand With IE4
Dear community!

I am syncronizing 2 flash4 animations by using FSCommands.
With my browser (IE5.5) it works fine. My customer is using IE4 - the scripts do not work correctly.
Please check if possible: http://www.kaheba.com

Do you have any info concerning problems with IE4?

Thank you,
Gerfried Ranner

Help In FSCommand
Is there a way to accept or pass variables to a flash file when it is opened in a browser.
e.g. I need to change the state of my flash file depending on user input.

FSCommand
I've heard rumors about how the FSCommand would allow a user to do some serious damage from notepad -- Is this true? Any corrections?
[Edited by cmw on 08-30-2001 at 12:41 PM]

FSCommand HELP
I've had success using the FSCommand to launch .EXE's on my hard drive....until now.

Apparently, Flash doesn't like Folders with spaces in the names. Here is my example:

on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "C:/Progra~1/Golden~1/Cdrwin~1/Cdrwin.exe");
}

As you can see, I've tried using short names. I've also tried using long ones. Flash won't budge.

Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

FSCommand
Does this command get inserted on the first frame of your movie, also what does it mean? As I want the full screen effect to happen on load up! Thanks for any help

Fscommand
I don't understand fscommand, can I use it to make my flash site full screen in a web browser or not? That's what I hope to accomplish, if someone could help me out I would be much appreciated.

Fscommand Help
I'm creating a flash exe file which is a product demo to be placed on a CD and handed out.

In this flash exe file I have a button to run another flash exe file displaying a case study in a separate window so the user can select from other buttons if they want to.

I've used the FSCOMMAND to do this, but I haven't figured out how the FSCOMMAND can find the file since the users CD-ROM may not always be the standard D:/ drive location.

Is there a way to set up the FSCOMMAND to find the exe file on the CD if the users drive letter varies?

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Fscommand ?
I set up FScommand to trigger a script on the web page. How do I pass a flash variable to this script. Also, the FScommand is failing in Netscape. The swLiveConnect=true and name tag are both set. Still fails, any ideas?
The code is below.

<A HREF=FSCommand:Go></A> <A HREF=FSCommand:Close></A> <A HREF=FSCommand:Backward></A> <A HREF=FSCommand:Forward></A> <A HREF=FSCommand:Stop></A> <A HREF=FSCommand:Webs></A> <A HREF=FSCommand:Focus></A> 
<OBJECT classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
ID=interface WIDTH=532 HEIGHT=20>
<param name="_cx" value="14076">
<param name="_cy" value="529">
<param name="Movie" value="interface.swf">
<param name="Src" value="interface.swf">
<param name="WMode" value="Window">
<param name="Play" value="0">
<param name="Loop" value="-1">
<param name="Quality" value="High">
<param name="SAlign" value>
<param name="Menu" value="-1">
<param name="Base" value>
<param name="Scale" value="ShowAll">
<param name="DeviceFont" value="0">
<param name="EmbedMovie" value="0">
<param name="BGColor" value="FFFFFF">
<param name="SWRemote" value>
<param name="Stacking" value="below"><embed src="interface.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" WIDTH="532" HEIGHT="20" swLiveConnect="true" NAME="interface" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
</OBJECT>

Fscommand Help Plz..
Ive got 2 questions..

1. I'm using fscommand to trigger a script on the web page. How do I pass a Actionscript variable to this script?

2. The fscommand is failing in NS. The swLiveConnect=true, no table is being used and emb name tag is being used.

You can view test page at http://dapop.com/test.htm

When viewing the page source in netscape, you'll see a problem occurs in the Fscommand script at the line

document.write('</SCRIPT>
');

On and after this line, netscape misreads the code.

Fscommand
Dear Allofyoos,

I am making an interface to open up videos on a cd.
I use the fscommand in a stand alone player to open the Windows Media Player but it will not open the application.
I used "Open URL" which works fine on Windows98 but any system above that opens IE and plays the video really small in the bottom left corner AAAARRRGGG!
I think my fscommand to open media player is wrong:
C:/program_files/windows_media%player/mplayer2.exe
HELP!!!
Thanks again.

Andy

Fscommand(
Hey,I'm having a little problem, I have my new site all set and ready for it's big launch.

I have one fustrating problem!!

I cannot figure the window problem

If you go here > http://www.noinc.net/ You see the window expands from a few pixels big to 1/8 of the screen.

How can this be done, I refuse to launch my site without this effect! I have written DHTML.js file and I've used basic javascript to set the window size, I just can't figure how to make it interact with FLASH, It's really getting fustrating as I'm so close!

As he shouts * I WILL OVER COME THIS CHALLANGE, ARRGHH* lol

If anyone could help me where situated, it would be highly appreciated.

Thank you

FSCommand Pan
Hi!
I have a flic that has a scaleable height depend on
XML input date, but the absolute size of the objects inside the flic must stay constantly. So, I scale the
<object> by getURL("javascript:WinResize(X)");
(WinResize it's my function in Javascript in HTML)
But now I have to move my flic to the top.
I know that there is such a FSCommand "Pan", but how to
use it? And is it exist really? May be there is anouther
solution for this problem.
Thanks

FSCommand
Does anyone know if there's more than the 6 arguments for the Stand-alone player command in FSCommand???

In case, does anyone have a list???

Fscommand
Hi , my question :

I want to use html script ( or other script can help )
to tell the flash movie to gotoandplay frame 2 .How to do it ?

In the flash movie , I use this script

fscommand ("play")

And the html I put the flash movie

function play ()
???????
[

What I have to write for the function ?

Please help , thank .

Fscommand ?
Hi,
I can use the fscommand in Flash 5 fine. Works great on the main timeline, but how can I use this command in a button inside a MC? I use a clean function to pull the variables from the MC to _root, it reads the variable names
in the text file, but does not read the actual variables(input text),they remain blank.
Any ideas???

Thx in advance
~GD~

Please Help With Fscommand
Hello all:
Has anyone been able to get the fscommand to work in an MX projector? I tried with no success. here is how I have it set up, A button with this AS:

Code:
on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "car.txt");
}
in this instance I have a folder named fscommand in the same folder as the projector. In the fscommand folder I have the car.txt file. This doesn't work.

I even have tried using the flash tools ftoolapp.exe. Here is how I set that up, A button in flash with this AS:

Code:
on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "ftoolapp.exe" add Chr(9) add "car.txt");
}
in the same folder the projector is in I have a folder named fscommand. In that folder I have the ftoolapp.exe and the car.txt file. this seems like it should work, but no dice.

This is killing me. I need to be able to open several kinds of files this way. The wierd thing is If I use the first method, I can open a Flash exe all day but when I change to a doc or a txt file it doesn't work. Nothing like a tech problem in the face of a deadline! Any help would be appreciated.
[Edited by felix_man on 05-07-2002 at 08:47 AM]

Fscommand Ques

Hi all, I was working with fscommand, when it struck me what FSCOMMAND stands for."Future Splash Command"Can anybody confirm this, or am I mad, lolLaterORANGE900

Hi all, I was working with fscommand, when it struck me what FSCOMMAND stands for.

"Future Splash Command"

Can anybody confirm this, or am I mad, lol

Later

ORANGE900