Flash :: Help Me With My Combo Box Probs

Populate Combo Box Values Using Another Combo Box Instance
Hi,
I have two combo boxes. The first combo box's data is added through an XMLConnector object, the second combo box, I would like to populate through an on (change) event in the first combo box. The items in the second combo box would relate to the selection made in the first combo box.

I have attempted the following within the Actions for the first combo box:

on(change) {
switch(this.value) {
case "value1":
comboBox2.addItem({Label:"Label",Data:"Data"});
break;
} // end switch
} // end event

which is not working.

should an event be dispatched by comboBox1 and a listener be attached to comboBox2? I can't find any examples of this on the internet.. but i might be using the wrong search terms. any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Seriously, i'll buy beers.

-Thanks

Tab Probs
I'm successfully tabbing between my text fields in a form, but a non flashing cursor gets left behind in some of the text fields. Does any body have a solution?

Help IF Probs
Below is the code for a button. In the target transition I have a frame labeled (transtop)it has a stop action and stops between the open and close animations. I need to get this frame before the decoy loads the window.

on (rollOver) {
_root.bottone1.Xpos = -289;
}
on (release) {
// Notice the Decoy A / WIN1
tellTarget ("transition") {
gotoAndPlay("close");

I need the transition animation to stop on frame label (transstop) prior to the execution of the below scripts....Help!

}
if (_root.decoyA._currentFrame == 1) {
_root.draglines.swapDepths(10);
_root.WIN1.swapDepths(10);
transition.stop
tellTarget (_root.decoyA) {
gotoAndStop(2);
}
tellTarget ("WIN1") {
// Notice the WIN1
loadVariables("text.txt", "text_box");
// load from txt file
loaded = 1;
}
} else if (_root.decoyA._currentFrame == 2) {
tellTarget (_root.decoyA) {
gotoAndStop(1);
}
tellTarget ("WIN1") {
loadVariables("blank.txt", "text_box");
// loads a blank text file when closed to kill text
loaded = 0;
}
}
}

Img Probs
i have imported a few imgs(jpegs) into flash mx to make a graphic that is 4200 x 110 that is contained in a movieclip when exported the img in the swf is half missing is ther a maximun size of movie clip ??

IE Probs 2 Come?
Hi all,

I read with increasing alarm the difficulties that us flash designers are in for with the changes to the way that movies are displayed! I have a few questions that I could with some clued up answers to...

1) When are these changes due to come into play?
2) Is it in a new version of IE?
3) Is it only IE that there is going to be problems with?
4) Will we need to set up different embedding techniques for different browsers?

5) WHY?

and most importantly, at the moment when I have created an swf file I house it in Dreamweaver by simply adding a table and placing the file into it so I don't really follow the html/java talk.

Where can I find a tutorial or some code that I can literally cut and paste the code to stop me having any problems.

I really someone will take pity on a slightly panicked flasher and give me the answers that I need! PLEASE =(

Digz

IE Probs 2 Com?
Hi all,

I read with increasing alarm the difficulties that us flash designers are in for with the changes to the way that movies are displayed! I have a few questions that I could with some clued up answers to...

1) When are these changes due to come into play?
2) Is it in a new version of IE?
3) Is it only IE that there is going to be problems with?
4) Will we need to set up different embedding techniques for different browsers?
5) WHY?

and most importantly, at the moment when I have created an swf file I house it in Dreamweaver by simply adding a table and placing the file into it so I don't really follow the html/java talk.

Where can I find a tutorial or some code that I can literally cut and paste the code to stop me having any problems.

I really someone will take pity on a slightly panicked flasher and give me the answers that I need! PLEASE =(

Digz

Little Probs....
hi flash board
like many things i got 4 little nub probs:

1. i want to convert a text to a vector graphic .... how does this work in flash mx ? in flash4 the break apart options has done it but in flash mx it wont work

2. i want to set a timer for a code,
like this
if(timer==500) {
code
timer=0;
}
this timer should run the code every 0,5 sec - anyone knows the timer function ?

3.

i want to duplicate a movie clip like this :
_root.laser.duplicateMovieClip("laser"+lasercounte r,lasercounter);

works perfectly ... but my problem is whats that secound lasercounter for ? ok i count up a variable for gettin this workin ... but what is this exactly ?
if i dublicated some other objekts
in the same movie.. sometimes some objekts dissappered until i have done this ...

for (i=oldnum+2; i<=numEnemy; i++){
enemy1.duplicateMovieClip( "enemy"+i,i+10000000);
}

to set the variable +10000000

4.

ok the last question
i have dublicated this movie clips for a game ... now i got the prob that i dont get my HUD in front, even if the HUD is in the highest layer and the enemys are in the lowest one.

greetz from frankfurt/germany

buttermilk

Having Probs With }else{
Here is the code that is working perfectly:
on(release){
if(text == "36")
correct.gotoAndPlay("correct")

else{
incorrect.gotoAndPlay("incorrect")

}
}
Here is when I added the "gotoAndPlay(3);":

on(release){
if(text == "36")
correct.gotoAndPlay("correct")
gotoAndPlay(3)

else{
incorrect.gotoAndPlay("incorrect")

}
}

It doesn't work, it says:
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=2:Line 6: 'else' encountered without matching 'if'
else{

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

What am I doing wrong??

Having Probs... Please Help
My problem is... I can't get a simple mask to work. I've followed all the tutorials I could. My problem is do masks work in movie clips? As in a movie symbol? I'm trying to create a simple mouse over on a button but when I make a mask and want the item that is animated to be masked partly... nothing shows up when I go to test it? Am I doing something wrong? Or maybe direct me to a good tutorial.

I would also like to learn more about actionscript 2.0 any good books or videos....lol ? or even simpler tutorials?

I haven't used flash since the first version and I went out and got studio 8. WOW! has it changed. I'm trying to read as much as I can on how to use it the right way.... but like most of us graphic designers... I'm a visual learner. Slight learning curve.

Thanks
chris

Pop Up Probs...
Hey, im setting up a website in which the first oage needs to fire off a pop up to a certain size. I know how to do this in flash, but i need to get it to work in html coding. Iv seen loads of tutorials on getting a window to open via a picture/image, but i need mine to open from a word (not an image). Iv got the coding i think i need, i just dont know where to put it? Html and dreamwaever are not my strong points!

can anyone point me in the direction i need to be?

cheers.

please take a look at my pic, you can get a better idea of what i mean.

http://www.fault151.com/cherish.jpg

Preload Probs
Hi there,

I've got a preloader which has to preload a movieclip and
the rest of the scenes has to load streaming. Now here is the prob I've used this preloader before but it doesn't have to load a MC. I think the prob is with the movieclip
but I'm stuck.

Here's the action I used.

loader:FrameLoad = int ((100 / 607 )* _framesloaded) add "% loaded";
FrameLoad = int ((100 / 607 )*_framesloaded);
tellTarget ("/loader") {
gotoAndStop (/:FrameLoad);
}
ifFrameLoaded ("end") {
gotoAndPlay ("start");
}

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Still Having Probs W/scrolling Txt
Hey everyone,

I have been trying to get a scrolling text box to work by using a tutorial from this site. I have followed it to the letter but can't get the text to appear in the window during preview.

In the first four frames of the mc, I have the following code:

1- Load Variables ("./scrolltext.txt", "");

2- if (scrolltext ne "") {
gotoAndStop ("end");
}
End if

3- Go to and Play ("load")

4- balkheight = "200";
stop

I have the .txt file saved in the same folder just like the tute says but still no dice.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.

Link Probs.
I would like to put a link in my movie to another site but when you hit the button which should take you there, looks for a site with my web site host and gives me a 404.
The code attached to the button is as follows:
on (release) {
getURL ("www.touchlinewebdesign.co.uk");

What is wrong with this command???

Thanks in addvance with this one.

bainsk8

Browser Probs.
I have been told that when my site opens it is sometimes croped. They tell me its because thier browser settings are different to the settings i had my browser on when I made the movie.
Two questions. 1st Is there a bit of script that i can either put in a movie or put on my index.html page to correct this? And 2nd Is, when making a movie what is the best size setting?(I use pix setting)
If anyone can help me on this one i would be well pleased.

I know its not all to do with action scripts but I seem to get a good responce from this section and am a bit confused where this question lies.

All the best my ship M8's

bainsk8

Button Probs
Ive got a row of buttons and I want each one to have a differnt picture assigned to it and when one is clicked I want it to show the image in a "veiw screen" then when a differnt one is clicked i want to replace the image with another assigned to that button. In html i would just do a swap image. What is the flash equivlent? Im kind of a novice in case you couldnt tell.
Thanks

Loadmovie Probs
hi guys i have 2 seperate move,
1.anim.swf
2.sound.swf

in my main movie, i call the anim.swf using loadmovie command
loadMovieNum ("anim.swf", 1);

this works fine

but the sound file is giving me problems

i got this from some site, its a swf, it has the sound initially off, on rightclick of the movie, when i press play, the sound starts playing,

now is there a way, by which i can load my sound.swf and say that if loaded start playing, anyway of making it play will b helpful

thanx guys
rex

Resolution Probs
ive created a template in flash now what i want to do is to enable the htmal page to be forever maximised. I.e stop the user trying to minimise it. if this cant be done iwant it so that the scrolls bars appear when minimised but when maximised in either 800*600 or the popular 1024* 768 no scroll bars appear. how can i do this. You can check the on going work @

http://www.z-reign.co.uk

Preloader Probs
If I link sounds from the library to attach later in the movie they will load in frame no 1. That makes it hard to have a working actionscript preloader since it needs to reach frame no 2 to return any info.
So if the main reason to have a preloader is large soundfiles the actionscript preloader is not the way to do it... or?
Is there a way?

Major Probs...?
Hey guys
I have a few problems that i have been trying to solve for days now but i can't seem to get at it

Can I make buttons respond to a rollout command very quickly
ie say I give a button to do something like
gotoAndPlay("start");
on rollover but if i move the mouse over it veryfast the rollover doesn't get registered
Only if i slowly move the mouse onto the button does it initiate the action.
The same also goes for rollout
What should i do for the button to initiate the command no matter how fast the mouse moves on it.

Problem 2.
say i give an area in the shape of a square in terms of x and y coordinates.
And whenever the cursor moves into this area some action takes place.
My problem is that will the x and y coordionate values remain the same at higher resolutions?

eg if X=150 y=150 represents the middle of the screen in
640 * 480

will it still represent the middle of the screen in
1024 * 768 resolution?
If not..then how can i accomplish it.

Thanx a lot in advance
Anakin

Bandwidth Probs I Think
hello , i have built a site using a book "foundation actionscript" and it all went swimmingly well until i uploaded it . I got it to run locally on apacheand a friend of mine tested it ok with broadband. But with a 56k modem it seems as though it cloggs up and the preloader dosnt get past 53%.
I have tried changing a few bits of script in the preloader ie:
if((_framesLoaded/_totalFrames)*100)to
if((_getBytesLoaded/_BytesLoaded)*100)
but to no avail , although this does make the preloader smoother up to 53%. I have read somewhere that you can make the soundtrack load up last but how you do that i dont know.
I read the 500 pages thought the guy was god and now i am as confused as i was b4 i started!!

please help

Panrama Probs Help Please
Hi and thanks for viewing this cos I’ve been tearing my hair out for months over this one.
I am trying to make a panorama that has both x and y movement to no avail
I have sourced a number of tutorials already but alas they are either one way or another and now I totally confused!!!!
One version works great as x movement only , containing 3 movie clips of a third of the overall picture, this has the benefit of after loading of rotating slowly then controlled by the arrows fast or slow or by release to stop the movement altogether– fine but no y movement.
I also want to make it so you can click on the door and “go through” to see another panorama
The button in the movie clip ( to take you through the wall) doesn’t work but one in the timeline does but it just stays where it is doesn’t’ move with the wall- so that’s no good and I don’t know why it doesn’t work in the movie clip??? http://203.18.38.234/jo/tiger/vr/v12nbut.swf

The other tutorial has both x and y movement but is made completely differently in that it is just one picture and very different Actionscript code and the mouse moves the movie, but no control to stop it at all, (without dexterous finding of the dead set middle). http://203.18.38.234/jo/tiger/vr/myvr1_scene1.swf

The third tutorial I found of a living room has both x and code thru to other views but it relies on frame numbers I can’t figure out they can say numbers like 29 when only a few frames in each- to use them but no y parameter
http://203.18.38.234/jo/tiger/vr/apt.swf
Please help by answering the best way to go about this – ie getting both x and y controls happening and able to go to other views as I’m more and more confused!
Thanks
jo

Duplicating Probs
I have a button on the stage which duplicates a movie clip of a snake (instance name "snake"). Each time you press the button, another snake is created.

I am trying to get each new duplicate to have a randomly assigned variation in its rotation, however the code below only changes the rotation of the FIRST duplicate. Each press of the button adds a new duplicate but
alters the rotation of the first duplicate, not the new duplicate.

And guess what - I can't understand why !!

on (release) {
c = c+1;
duplicateMovieClip (_root.snake, snake+c, c);
setProperty (_root.snake+c, _rotation, random(30));
}

Note: c is set to 2 at the beginning of movie.

Any help here would be very appreciated.

Cheers

Pete

Scroll Probs
How do you make it so it keeps scrolling text when you hold the mouse down over a button, rather than only scrolling once when you press the button.

Scroll Bar Probs (MX)
Hi all,

Hopefully there is just something stupid I have overlooked but any help would be appreciated..... I have just started using MX so this may be simple.

Prob : I have created a scrollable text box (mx component) that works fine on the main time line. I go to other labels/section and go back and all is fine. The problem is when I load in an additional movie that has a scroll bar in it (which works) then go back to the main timeline the scroll bar there is disabled and no scroll bars in the main movie work any more - any ideas ?

Flash MX And IE6 Probs
Any1 encountered the below problem....?

setup::::Internet Explorer 6(on WIndows XP)and using MX.

Problem:::When viewing a flash clip on-line which is loaded into a popup window, no preloader is shown.
Only a white screen is visible which eventually starts flash clip when fully loaded.

All worked ok untill I installed XP and MX...who is to blame???????

Probs With Looping Mc
well, I haven't actually got a looping mc in my flash file yet.

Basically, I've got two buttons. When you roll over the first button a mc starts playing, when you roll off, a script in the mc reverses it and it goes back to the beginning. Exactly the same thing happens on the second button.

The problems have risen as I want to "disable" the buttons while the mc is playing. To do this I've set the following on the button:

on (rollOver) {
if (_root.handanim1.handsplaya==1 || _root.handanim2.handsplayb==1) {
//play ();
} else {
_root.handanim1.loop.stop();
_root.handanim1.gotoAndPlay("start");
}

}
on (rollOut) {
_root.handanim1.loop.play();
}

handanim1 and handanim2 are variables that are only set to 1 while the relevant mc is playing.

Now, this works as required, if you roll off the first button onto the second while the mc is playing nothing happens, but if you want to activate the second mc, you have to roll off the button and back on again.

My actionscript isn't too great, so I'm not sure if the following is possible - I want to second mc to start playing directly after the first, possibly by checking the variables in some kind of loop.

I'm not sure at the moment if I'd be better off setting some different variables (set at the end of the mc) so that when one mc has finished it automatically moves onto the second required mc.

Apologies if this makes no sense!

Thanking ya'll in advance.

LoadMovieNum Probs
Hi
can any one please explain to me how to have a loaded movie play a certain frame or label when using loadmovieNum i know how to do it with a clip holder but not otherwise

1. i have a movie which is called test.swf

2. i would like to load into the test.swf another swf called help.swf and have it play a lable called
please

like i said this might sound stupid but it's for me to understand how it works, i have no problem loading and unloading movies when i don't need to have them play a certain frame or label.

Button Probs
(Flash 5 question)

I'm trying to link from a button on the main stage to various content pages within a MC. Each frame is labeled 'page1', 'page2' etc and I gave the MC an instance name of 'content'.

on (release) {
_root.content.gotoAndPlay(page1);
}

I thought this code would work ok but the buttons aren't working when published. Whats going wrong?

THanks

Preloading Probs
Hi there,
I've got a movie which requires a preloader. I have the getBytesLoaded() and getBytesTotal() actionscript working fine BUT the preloder itself does not appear until 80% of the movie has already loaded.
Looking at the load simulator in Flash it shows a hell of a lot of bytes in the first frame, but there's hardly anything form the libary in there!
Does any one know whats going on??

cheers,
George.

Tracking Probs
Well my main mc rotates according to the mouse angel and i have a bullet that should follow the mc but it doesnt anyone know the math to have the bullet go tward the mouse?

Button Probs.....
Hi All,

Does anyone know how to 'hide' part of a button? Here is the scenario: On one part of the screen I have a box which is a button. It's normal state is invisible but when someone moves the mouse over it, then the box becomes visible. When this happens some text appears in the bottom half of the screen. My problem is that when someone moves the mouse over where the text appears then the box appears! I know that this is actaully correct behaviour but is there any way of masking the area where the text appears so that the button is not activated. It must be a roll over feature, I cannot change it to a 'on click' which would in a way (but not perfectly, solve my problem).

Words of wisdom most welcome!!

Thanks

Flood

Probs Loading Swf
Hi all

sorry for asking again, i have been trying so many things that other people have told me to do that i dont know whether im coming or going!!

Im trying to load an swf into a movie clip box. ive followed all the instructions and tried some of my own but to no avail. The problem is that even though it loads into the html page it opens up in the bottom right hand corner. Ive tried to reposition the centre to the top right hand corner, tried to reset xand y, this only caused whole thing to disappear! Ive tried to input root box but wasnt told how to do this as it kept coming back syntax error?? can any one help me please!! . i havent added a preloader yet as if i cant get it centralised theres no point!! it takes about 30 secs to load up

HELP

!! A thick one

coz

Visibility Probs
I am trying to hide and show a series of movieclips using the visibility function. The clips all have to reside in the same frames (different layers) on the same timeline so that I can preserve user selcted component states. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone knows of an easier way to do this, please tell me.

Thanks

Preloading Probs
hey peeps,

I found me this preloader but it needs a bit modification. I want it to play when it has loaded 200k and not the full amount of kb's

Code:
loadedbytes = getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes = getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/1000);
totalkbytes = Math.ceil(totalbytes/1000);
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
gotoAndPlay("logistiek", 1);

}
frame = int(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget (_root.loader) {
gotoAndStop(_root.frame);
}
I could say if (loadedbytes == 200000) or isn't it that simple?

thanks in advance

-sploenk-

Preload Probs
hey peeps,

I found me this preloader but it needs a bit modification. I want it to play when it has loaded 200k and not the full amount of kb's

Code:
loadedbytes = getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes = getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/1000);
totalkbytes = Math.ceil(totalbytes/1000);
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
gotoAndPlay("logistiek", 1);
}

frame = int(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget (_root.loader) {
gotoAndStop(_root.frame);
}
I could say if (loadedbytes == 200000) or isn't it that simple?

thanks in advance

-sploenk-

Scrolling Probs, Please Help
Hi guys I've some probs with a movie clip I've created. In this mc I've changed the classic pointer's arrow with a small logo. Now the problem is that I've a text scroll with a scroll bar which doesn't work if the mouse drag option in on. I don't know if I've been clear in short I can't have two drags in the same page: one for the mouse the other for the scroller.

Anybodu can help please??

TIA
Giano

Now I'm Having Scrollbar Probs.
Hey,

Now, after I load my text, my "Flash MX UI Component" scrollbar won't allow it to scroll, it only shows what's on screen...

Got any tips on this one?

Resolution Probs
hello,

could somebody take a look at this site in 800x600 res.? is the text blurry, unreadable? if so, could somebody tell me what th.... happend. and maybe how to solve it. it would be a great help.

www.copacollection.com

Probs With JS .html & AS - Pop-ups
Here's the question. But it's more JS than flash/AS

From a flash movie, I have various new defined windows opening using on(release) commands mixed with JS. Usual gobbledigook. However, my problems lays with the idea that I want each new .html (those which open in the new pop-ups) to pull itself to the front.

So, I think I'm looking for some JS coding in the flash-based on(release) command to tell each pop-up to open that pop-up up-front, regardless of whether a pop-up with the same windowname (winName) is already open, but has been pushed behind the main window. I think that we all know that an .html-based JS command (held inside the .html of the pop-up), such as onBlur="self.focus()" or onBlur="self.close()" won't work 'cos the links coming from those new pop-up windows won't function as they should, either they open behind the pop-up window or they don't open at all.

What I do need it as a flash-based command that will do just that - open or bring each new window, with the same window-name, to the front - along the script-string of
on (release) {
getURL ("javascript:openNewWindow('project1.html','projec t','height=275,width=500,top=70,left=70,status=no, scrollbars=no')");
}

Ideally, I'd like all this, plus the bonus of being able to close the pop-up onBlur, provided the visitor has finished looking through the 4 individual pop-ups. Difficult.

You don't get the idea? Check out http://www.inetcorner.net/oli and click through the book link.

Any help?? Thanks in advance.

BTW, I'm still using Flash 5, so any MX help will be useless. Sorry

Loadmovie Probs..
Hey I have a movie that in frame 1 action i have

currentDay = new Date();
currentMonth = new Date();
currentDay.getDate();
currentMonth.getMonth();
currentDM = new String("");
currentDM.concat(currentDay,currentMonth);
imageLocation = new String("");
textLocation = new String("");
imageLocation.concat("Images/Thumbs/",currentDM,".jpg");
textLocation.concat("Images/Text/",currentDM,".txt");

This is a WW2 History site and it gives a Picture and Txt description of what happened on this day.

This site is completely in Flash.

I have then made a empty movie clip and tried to load it with:

loadMovie (imageLocation, _root.Picoftheday)

I know there is something wrong with the concat or Image script...but I don't know what

[edit] When I go and replace the imageLocation with a jpg file for example "Images/Thumbs/215.jpg" it loads the picture fine...So I have been looking at the concat for about a couple of hours here and I am loosing my mind. [edit]

Case

_ymose Probs.
Here is my script:

tracer_mc.onMouseUp = function() {
strelica_mc._y = _root._ymouse;
}

Here is problem:

Scene=Scene 1, Layer=tracer, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
tracer_mc.onMouseUp = function() {

What am i donig wrong ?

Thnx.

Entish

MP3 Load Probs
Hey all

I read in the mp3 players section that someone suggested putting the mp3 thread here so thats why I am putting this here

Basically my prob is that songs sometimes don't seem to load all the way. They seem to load random lengths. Sometimes a song will load all the way and others it will only load 2/3 of the way.

mySoundObject = new Sound();
mySoundObject.loadSound(url0, true);

This is what I am using to load the mp3.

I don't know if its something else I need to add to the actionscript or if its the server or if its perhaps the quality of the mp3s themselves.

http://www.bodyimagedesigns.com/radi...radiolite.html

Any ideas?

Thanks
Toad

SWF Download Probs?
OK, weird problem...

Admittedly, I am not the design guy for this Flash file, but we work together and we are getting some complaints that are kind of odd and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

We have a site, that will be for broadband users almost exclusively so file size is not much of an issue. There is a 260K intro, and a 300K main file. The complaint I am hearing is that on a truly fast connection (like T1) it screams, but on connects slower than 100K it is acting as if the movie is not downloading to the temp directory at all but almost as if it is redownloading (based on performance not file loading status) every time a nav is clicked... Could someone take a look and shed some light on this issue (as in is it real or imagined LOL).. The complaint made me think at first that it was a vector tweening/processor issue (as in the machine they use one time is not the one they experience problems with) but that is not the case.

Many thanks for any help.. URL is http://www.thebluezone.com