Flash :: I Need A Simple Favor

I Need A Favor, Please Help
I have been working on a flash site for my band for the last four months and it has certainly been a great experience, im addicted to flash now! Anyhow, in one of the clips there is an apartment bulding in part of the backround. I have been trying to create a vectorized vidoe of a girl dancing to incorporate into one of the windows. I have found out that i have not the money or the means to do this. It will not be a focal point of this part of the movie as there is a lot of depth and content so far but i am really stuck on wanting to do this. If anyone has a short clip that i could use in the movie i would be so very grateful. If i use your clip i will include a link in the, well, links section of the site if you would like me to do that. I tried to get around not having the tools to do it but to no anail. Thank you all for your help.

Need A Favor
Hi, I am working on something in flash and I need a simple timer. it needs to go from 0 and just count up until a certain time. I would like it in the format hh:mm:ss and should start automatically. I plan to use it on a game frame and it needs to start as soon as the frame is shown and then stop and save in a var to be displayed on the gameover screen.

Favor
Not sure what's going on but my client cant seem to view my movie. He said that the movie has &amp and   everywhere even though I set the text field to be dynamic without "rendering text as html". He also said that some of the links are not working. NOt sure if he has the older flash player or not and I tried to get him to download it but he refuses. It seems to be working perfectly for me though, thats the weird part.

Can you guys to me a favor and go through this link quickly to see if there's any discrepencies anywhere?

http://www.geocities.com/muerte696/movie_t6.swf (published as v.5)

Also, it would also be helpful if you mention which version of flash player you have. Thanks a bunch.

Huge Favor
If I were to give someone text, would they make me a scrollpane. I have been working and researching on scrolling for weeks. I cant do it! All I want is the text in a box and the vertical scrollbar! Please.
Thanks.

TabIndex Help Por Favor.
i'm trying to use tabIndex for a few input text boxes. seem to be having to probelms with this.

1. when they have a var name and an instance name, flash places text into the input text boxes showing their position in flash (i.e. _level0.right_mc.varname)

2. the tabIndex won't work in general. i was under the impression if you had tabIndex, tabbing would be restricted to only the items you specifiy . . but this doesn't seem to be working at all for me. part of this problem could be due to the fact i am loading multiple swfs onto my layout . . but couldn't i just put the tabIndex information somewhere which can constrict the tabbing to the fields i want? (all the fields are within one movie btw)

thanks for any help. much appreciated.

> j

Hi Guys...Favor Pls
how can i learn flashmx do you have some lessons or ebooks that i can read, thanks

Hi And Small Favor To Ask
Hi there, my first post.

This is a little strange, just got the trial version of flash mx 2004, and am working thru' a book to learn flash, only the book is using stiletto.fla as an example to follow, and the trial version does not seem to include this.

I was hoping that somebody may be able to direct me to a place i could download it, or if neccesary, send it to me as an attachment on an e-mail(which i believe is displayed somewhere on my profile).

Thank you for any help offered :-)

madnet

I Need A Large Favor..
Ok guys, im 15 years old. I live in california and i am brand new to flash, I just purchased it a week ago. But I am working on a webpage for a local church and the site needs a flash intro. Ive gone throguh some tutorials already but i need help. Can anyone make me a very very basic flash intro? Just text effects and music, I will provide all the info on it. Please, nothing fancy. My aim screename is itbugssme if I could get some help, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your time

Kris Chase

itbugssme

I Need A Large Favor
Ok guys, im 15 years old. I live in california and i am brand new to flash, I just purchased it a week ago. But I am working on a webpage for a local church and the site needs a flash intro. Ive gone throguh some tutorials already but i need help. Can anyone make me a very very basic flash intro? Just text effects and music, I will provide all the info on it. Please, nothing fancy. My aim screename is itbugssme if I could get some help, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your time

Kris Chase

itbugssme

A Small Favor
Hi all. I used to do a bit of flash stuff over a year ago, but have forgotton most of everything. I've attached a contact page with a contact form. Can you please tell me what script I write to make a button work properly.
Thanks in advance,
Russell

[MX] Looking For Scripting Help/favor...
I usually don't do this, but I'm going to ask for an outright favor. Hopefully, this is something relatively easy for an experienced scripter to do; I haven't had a chance to mess with Flash all that much, and scripting, not at all.

I'm a high school English & Journalism teacher, and I'm getting some computers for my Journalism class this year. Kicking around the net, I ran across Jared Tarbell's open source Flash work at Levitatated, and thought his Emotion Fractal animation would make a cool screensaver for them. (Link to the source.)

I've got it working as a screensaver in OS X just fine, and I'm going to make a couple of other versions (for each of the machines) using different word lists.

My question is this: how hard would it be modify the script so that it chooses a different random color for each new word, maybe with limiting parameters to keep the colors within a certain brightness range?

Would someone be willing to show me how that could be done? (I know that's a huge favor to ask; again, I'm assuming it wouldn't be too tough, if one knew what one was doing...which I don't. :-P)

I'll tack the scripts on at the bottom here, if anyone feels like looking at them (or, you can grab the source for the whole thing above.) If not, just ignore me, and I'll go away!

Thanks!
Jeff.

Here comes the code...

Script 1:

Code:
function fillRegion(x0, y0, x1, y1, d) {
// pick one of the words and place
n = random(wordList.length);
word = wordList[n];
// place the word object
nombre = "word"+String(depth++);
neo = this.attachMovie("mcWord", nombre, depth);
// set word
neo.setWord(word);
neo.fitInto(x0, y0, x1, y1, d);
}
function fillRegionRequest(x0, y0, x1, y1, d) {
// request has been made to recursively fill a region
// only allow if reasonable
rWidth = x1-x0;
rHeight = y1-y0;
if ((rWidth>2) && (rHeight>2)) {
addFillRequest(x0, y0, x1, y1, d+1);
//fillRegion(x0, y0, x1, y1, d+1);
}
}
function addFillRequest(x0, y0, x1, y1, d) {
// que up a request to fill a region
var freq = {x0:x0, y0:y0, x1:x1, y1:y1, d:d};
fillRequests.push(freq);
}
Script 2:

Code:
// que of fill requests
fillRequests = new Array();

// word sets
// emotional words
vernacular = "A loooooooong list of words to choose from...";
// array of words
wordList = new Array();
wordList = vernacular.split(" ");

// fill the page with words!
fillRegion(0,0,600,337);

this.onEnterFrame = function() {
// pull fill requests from que and execute
if (fillRequests.length>0) {
freq = fillRequests.pop();
fillRegion(freq.x0, freq.y0, freq.x1, freq.y1, freq.d);
}
}

// required because of extra long comment layers
stop();

Need A Favor Guys
Can any of you who perhpas not have the FlashPlayer 6 Plugin go to my site. I have an plugindetection scrip which I am testing, can someone do this for me, and see if it works?

http://www.alexkurth.com

thanks in advance!

A Small Favor To Ask...
I have slowly (but steadily) been working my way through the tutorials using Flash MX. I am curious to know whether anyone could download the following file, open it using Flash MX 2004, save it in the Flash MX format, and repost it as part of this thread for my use.

I would be grateful for anyone's help!

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/acti...g_distance.zip

Buttons Are Bad :( Help Por Favor
Sup All //

I have a menu movieclip that pops out from the right hand side on rollover. On this menu there are four buttons for menu navigation options. However these buttons are not working properly.

I feel that the menu movieclip is taking precedence over the buttons because the whole menu is than clickable, while the buttons show up, however are not clickable.

Here's what I have so far:

http://www.michaelcawcutt.com/test

Here's the fla file:

http://www.michaelcawcutt.com/test/main.fla

Thanks all

AS Help Pour Favor
I hope you guys can help, I've neen stuck on this for weeks.

I have this preloader code that works OK but the problem is , it's not smooth (too choppy), I have this other code that generates a smooth preloader but I don't know how to place it within the "setInterval" scenario that I have going on with the first preloader. I need to integrate the two.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the code that works great except for the choppiness:

ActionScript Code:
function loader() {
_root.target_mc.loadMovie(whattoload);
//U say what u want to load at the Button....
preloadI = setInterval(function () {
_root.bar2._alpha = 0;
loading = _root.target_mc.getBytesLoaded();
total = _root.target_mc.getBytesTotal();
if ((loading>=total) && (total>4)) {
clearInterval(preloadI);
} else {
_root.bar2._alpha = 100;
percentage = (loading/total*100)*.25;
_root.bar2._yscale = (loading/total)*100;
}
}, .0);
}

And here's the code that generates the smooth preloader:

ActionScript Code:
function loader() {
_root.target_mc.loadMovie(whattoload);
loading = _root.target_mc.getBytesLoaded();
total = _root.target_mc.getBytesTotal();
percent -= (percent-((loading/total)*150))*.25;
per = int(percent);
percentage = per+"%";
_root.bar2._height = per;
}

SMART CLIPS AGAIN, I NEED A FAVOR
Alright, i really wanna use this method but i cant figure the **** out, so what i wanna know is: if anyone, ANYONE thinks they have the time, make a fla for me that uses smartclips to redirect to diff. frames, like a menu, but the buttons are smartclips... its not really important that i use this method, i just don like giving up.. this would realy help me a lot, just post up a url so id be able to d/l. peace

enkriptid

Please Brasil Por Favor Me Ajude
Ola pessoal gostaria de saber como posso trabalhar com activx no flash.
Bem meu amigo tem um aparelho que esta conectado no pc como se fosse uma empressora, e entao me mostrou um programa que nele tem botoes,graficos e resultado tudo em tempo real.
a medida em que ele aumenta ou gire o botao ele vai temdo resultado em tempo real e o grafico vai girando de acordo com o aumento. Bem gostaria de saber como integrar os componentes activx no flash como fazer isso usando flash.

Hello personnel would like to know how I can work with activx in the flash.
Well my friend has an apparel that this connected in the pc as if it was an empressora, and then it showed me a program that in him has botoes,graficos and result everything in real time.
the measure in that he increases or rotate the button he is going temdo resulted in real time and the graph is going rotating in agreement with the increase. Well he/she would like to know how to integrate the components activx in the flash how to do that using flash.or be I have the components and now as colocalos in the flash and rodalo.

I Needa Large Favor
Ok guys, im 15 years old. I live in california and i am brand new to flash, I just purchased it a week ago. But I am working on a webpage for a local church and the site needs a flash intro. Ive gone throguh some tutorials already but i need help. Can anyone make me a very very basic flash intro? Just text effects and music, I will provide all the info on it. Please, nothing fancy. My aim screename is itbugssme if I could get some help, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your time

Kris Chase

itbugssme

Quick Favor To Ask From Someone With Flash 8
I have a file I need to open in Flash MX 2004, which was created in Flash 8. I cannot open it in it's current format. If someone would be willing, I could PM you a link to download the .fla file and you could save it as a .fla file I can open with Flash MX 2004. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Just reply to this thread and I will PM you the link.

I was away from my desk for the weekend, if anyone is still willing to do this please reply or PM me and I will get you the link back ASAP.

AttachMovie Difficulty. Help, Por Favor?
I've been beating my head against the wall for the last few hours, and my Google fu has turned up nothing.

I have a bunch of empty movie clips on the stage ("Dropdown1" through "Dropdown5"). I'm trying to add menu items to each dropdown dynamically, pulling the info from an XML document. Anyway, I can't seem to get the menuItem mcs to attach to my Dropdown mcs.

This works fine:
Dropdown1.attachMovie("menuDropdown_mc", menuName, 1);

But if I try and use a variable like this:
['Dropdown' + theCategory]attachMovie("menuDropdown_mc", menuName, 1);

the mc gets attached to the root. I tried doing my concatenation elswhere and using a variable name like this:
var DropdownName = 'Dropdown' + theCategory;
DropdownName.attachMovie("menuDropdown_mc", menuName, 1);
trace(DropdownName);

which doesn't work either (still attaches the mc to the root instead of Dropdown1, although the trace does output the variable "DropdownName" as "Dropdown1".

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

Mx 2004 To Mx Conversion Favor
I'd really like to study the source file for the image viewer tutorial found here at krupa.com- however im only running mx and it was saved for mx 2004- i was wondering if anyone could do me a favor and load it up in 04 and save it as mx so i can load it ??

heres the link to the page where the .fla file can be found at the bottom
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails7.htm

this is ofcourse- assuming it dosent use a whole bunch of features not available in mx.

Mouseover Guidance Por Favor
I have a page with 10 buttons and 10 movie clips. I want the user to mouseover's each button to bring up the specified movie clip. A mouseout takes out the clip.
The following code works for 1 button and 1 clip.

//Initialize document to hide screen movie clip
this.screen_mc._visible = false;

//function to show movieclip
this.Button_btn.onRollOver = function() {
screen_mc._visible = true;
};
//function to hide movieclip
this.Button_btn.onRollOut = function(){
screen_mc._visible = false;
}

Q's:

1. Is there a way to hide all ten movie clips without having to name each clip._visble = false?
2. Is there an easier way to do this? Code examples welcome. I'm no genius at flash, but I know this is probavly the place to find one.

Thanks!

NEED A FAVOR PLEASE ...someone Familiar With LoadV
I'm having some issues with an interface I'm designing (thread reference here).

I'm using LoadVars() for all the content and #include for all of the AS. Everything works as planned, except the titles (which I want shown on load) only show when the button is rolled over.

The interface is still rough. When it loads, just click on 2001, 2002, or 2003 to start.

Here is my problem version : problem file

Is there anyone whith some time on his hands, and who knows LoadVars() and #include, who can take a look at my source files to tell me what might be wrong.

I don't want to post the files here (my employer gets nervous when I tell him I want to post source files ), but will email you the zip or link to the zip. Please email me at - bryan(AT)bleedingtree.com - or just reply to this post.

Thanks in advance

NEED A FAVOR PLEASE ...someone Familiar With LoadVars() And #include...
I'm having some issues with an interface I'm designing (thread reference here).

I'm using LoadVars() for all the content and #include for all of the AS. Everything works as planned, except the titles (which I want shown on load) only show when the button is rolled over.

The interface is still rough. When it loads, just click on 2001, 2002, or 2003 to start.

Here is my problem version : problem file

Is there anyone whith some time on his hands, and who knows LoadVars() and #include, who can take a look at my source files to tell me what might be wrong.

I don't want to post the files here (my employer gets nervous when I tell him I want to post source files ), but will email you the zip or link to the zip. Please email me at - bryan(AT)bleedingtree.com - or just reply to this post.

Thanks in advance

Anyone With Flash MX 2004 Windows Want To Do Me A Favor Please? If Possible?
Is it possible to email a .fla file as an attachment??

If so, does someone who is nice, has windows, and Flash MX 2004 want to do me a big big favor??

If emailing is possible, could I email my file, in MX2004 format, to you, you save it as MX , and email it back to me please??

If it is possible, I do not know. I am a Flash noob.

But if it is, and someone is nice enough to, I shall hold you in deep respect and high regards FOREVER.

Thank you for your time.

Explain Doubleclick Events, Por Favor?
Okay, can someone PLEASE explain how to get doubleclick events to work in anything other than the uber-simple examples shown in the manuals?

I've got a movieclip that uses MOUSE_MOVE, MOUSE_UP, CLICK and a few other events, and it needs to use MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK as well. It's supposed to be draggable, have a rollover highlight, and be both clickable (selects) and double-clickable (opens).

The code works great when my clip is simple like a bitmap or rectangle, but when the clip is complex, (buttons, other clips, etc) everything works except double-click... or double-click works and nothing else does.

I've already clued into the basics of setting obj.doubleClickEnabled=true. That's in the manual.

Much less obvious: double-click detection on complex/compound movieclips (clips that contain sub-clips and other DisplayObjects) also apparently requires obj.mouseChildren=false to be set, or else the doubleclick event can be sent to a non-doubleclick-able sub-object and thus never seems to fire. Apparently this has something to do with event propagation, bubbling, the Olsen twins menstrual cycle, and ambiguous targeting references.

But setting obj.mouseChildren=false on my main object also kills ALL other MouseEvents on the object, so it no longer drags.

Can someone explain the magic combo of which of the following items should be applied to what objects and sub objects? Are there tutorials on this subject?

ActionScript Code:
obj.doubleClickEnabled=true;
obj.mouseEnabled = true;
obj.mouseChildren = false;
obj.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, doDoubleClick);
obj.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doClick);
obj.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, doStartDrag);

Abandoning The Authoring Environment In Favor Of AS
i want to do most of my work with AS but i keep having to go back to the authoring tool to create motion tweens of graphic symbols, is there a way of doing it with AS, if there is, how do i reference the instance when it has no name? is it something to do with the "export for actionscript" checkbox when im making the graphic?

Por Favor Help A Brudda Out W/ Dynamically Loading MP3
:-
hey guys

you see im making this site...with a dynamically loaded mp3

so on an independent frame i put this in ACTIONS

mySound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("NELLY_NUMBER_ONE.mp3", true);

and then on another layer...
i have two buttons

STOP button(to stop the dyn. loaded mp3)

with this action

on (release) {
stopAllSounds();
}

and a PLAY button(to play the dyn. loaded mp3 just in case the user wants to play mp3 after s(he) has stopped it using the STOP button) the actions on this button is

on (release) {
mySound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("NELLY_NUMBER_ONE.mp3", true);
}

the problem i have is that after pressing stop...it does not play again when i press the play button...

whats going on guys?

can you help a brudda out?

thanks in advance

Just Do Me A Huge Favor And Explain Levels
like when making an empty movieclip container for loadmovieclip..

Code:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", "100");

why would i load it into level 100.. and what level would i use to make it the lowest level.. and how do i implement that.. i'm trying to learn.. thanks

Una Pregunta Por Favor, Exporting Library Items?
i have a flash file:
inside the flash file's library live 200 jpgs.

they make up my frame by frame animation!

is there a way to export all of those jpgs out of the library onto my disk so that i may use those jpg's for other purposes?

gracias,

jh.

[MX04] A Not So Quick Favor - Looking For Somone To Edit My Code
Hey gang,

I know you all are busy people and this post may not go anywhere beyond this point, but I was wondering if there was a brave soul out there with a bit of time on his or her hands that would be so kind as to take a look at my code for a website I'm building and see if there are any places where I can tighten it up. I'm having a bit of performance issues and I'd like to make sure my code is as clean as possible to ensure a smoother site. Currently the code is 1134 lines long, and the .swf is 204k, which isn't terrible, but could stand to be looked at.

Rather than post the code here, I thought I'd just put the request out there. If you are feeling kind enough to take a look, please PM me and I'll send it along.

The code all works, BTW... it's just a little dirty.

Anyway, if nothing more comes of this post, that's totally cool. I know I'm asking a lot and am greatful to any person who wants to take a stab at it.

Thanks in advance!

-Sandy

LoadMovie SIMPLE Question For Simple Minded Graphic Artist
OK! So this will be EASY EASY for all of you.

I need to load a seperate SWF file onto the stage on a level above the main swf.

the seperate SWF file is in the same folder as the original all located in the "flash" folder of the root directory.

How do I get th e outside SWF to load on top of the movie.

The original movie is called grid.swf the outside movie is called liquid-print.swf

If anyone can help me with giving me the code I'd appreciate it. I really am quite dense when it comes to coding.

Can You Help Me Fix Simple Javascript Code On Button Inside My Very Simple Component?
Flash MX 2004 (mac)
******************

Hi,

I have a custom component that consists of nothing more than two dynamic text feilds and a button. I want the button to open a popup window in the browser, and it does so using javascript (an extension i found).

I put the following function in the first (and only) frame of my actual component (and its also in the first frame of my entire movie, just in case):

callPopup = function() {
getURL(popup);
};

And then on the button in my component i have this:

on(press){
callPopup();
}

and then finally,there is a variable named 'popup' within my component (which would change in each instance) which is given a value in my test instance as :

"javascript:jspw3('../vwd_scripts/','popups/acroyoga.swf',',,0,Past%20Event,index,Past%20Event ,20,0,,0,450,550,0,0.001,0.001,,,1,0,,.0.0.');"

somewhere i am doing something wrong.. ..i am not sure if its the button code, or my link (variable 'popup') syntax. Or if its impossible to use javascript in this way.

I know my html page is set up correctly (correct info in the head of the page etc), since i am able to call the javascript from a regular html link (just for testings sake) which is on the same page as my swf.

Hmm..i hope i made some sense here.

I will be very gratefull for some help...i'm totally lost on this one...

thanks in advance

Cheska

[F8] Very Simple Question, Very Simple Answer, I Hope. (Flash 8, Collisions)
Alright, so I've got my ball that moves up and down; it has gravity too. There are two things I want to do:

1. I want it to 'jump' when the UP key is pressed, rather than just accumulatively move upward.

2. I only want gravity to be applied while the ball is in the air(In other words, I basically just don't want it falling through the floor; however, want the edges to be the collision, not the center, and I also still want to be able to jump afterwards.

Thanks for any help, I don't need an explanation, I can figure it out by looking at the code. I'm going to attach a basic file with what I already have, please add the coding to it, then send the file back. Thanks for any help, and I apologise if this is hard to understand, or if I sound any bit rude to be asking how to do something; I don't mean to.

Can You Help Me Fix Simple Javascript Code On Button Inside My Very Simple Component?
Flash MX 2004 (mac)

Hi,

I have a custom component that consists of nothing more than two dynamic text feilds and a button. I want the button to open a popup window in the browser, and it does so using javascript (an extension i found).

I put the following function in the first (and only) frame of my actual component (and its also in the first frame of my entire movie, just in case):

callPopup = function() {
getURL(popup);
};

And then on the button in my component i have this:

on(press){
callPopup();
}

and then finally,there is a variable named 'popup' within my component (which would change in each instance) which is given a value in my test instance as :

"javascript:jspw3('../vwd_scripts/','popups/acroyoga.swf',',,0,Past%20Event,index,Past%20Event ,20,0,,0,450,550,0,0.001,0.001,,,1,0,,.0.0.');"

somewhere i am doing something wrong.. ..i am not sure if its the button code, or my link (variable 'popup') syntax. Or if its impossible to use javascript in this way.

I know my html page is set up correctly (correct info in the head of the page etc), since i am able to call the javascript from a regular html link (just for testings sake) which is on the same page as my swf.

Hmm..i hope i made some sense here.

I will be very gratefull for some help...i'm totally lost on this one...

thanks in advance

Cheska

Simple Problem. Simple Answer? Arranging Windows W/flash
SIMPLE problem. | SIMPLE answer?
We're trying to have a Full screen CD presentation in flash that plays .avi's in windows media player, & opens up url's in a web-browser. The problem is the URLs AND the .AVIs show up underneath the flash, is there a way to have them open on top of the presentation?

Thank you.

Random Tweens - Simple Question, Simple Answer?
Hello, I have one swf with a few different motion tweens inside their own movie clips. I want to write some code to play only one of the tweens at random. I know how to use setInterval to get the process to repeat with a delay. But I just want a different/random tween to play with each repeat. I hope that makes sense.

I imagine this must be easy, but I'm having a tough time getting it to work. Random tweens, somebody please help.

HELP SIMPLE, SIMPLE XML-FLASH Load Into Movie Clip
This is so stupid, my first dive into XML, with a company project - a tutorial/training piece which will require mjultiple screens with questions, etc.

Anwyay- I can get the XML loaded into the root, and it works pefectly, but I'd like to put things INTO a movie clip, so that each new screen or slide is just he movie clip advancing.

How the HELL do I target the movie clip? I even tried setting a NEW variable in teh main timeline once the XML was loaded, but the best I get is not the value from the XML, but the path (e.g. "level0title1")

Any help? I imagine it's a really stupid, easy question, but I can't find anythign ANYWHERE to answer it.

Simple Problem Neeeds Simple Answer
hey i figured one of u geniuses here could help me figure this out much faster than me fiddling around so here goes.

All I'm trying to do is have a button (which is loaded in an MC in _level6) allow the user to switch between languages on the website. To do this I figured all I would do is have it 2 scenes...one in English and the other in Chinese. When the user clicked the toggle button I would have it go to the current frame in _level0 but switch to Chinese scene.

Get it? basically i want it to switch between frames but remain on the same frame number. Here is the last piece of code I tried using, but nothing seems to work (this code is connected to the release of the toggle button)

Code:
_level0.gotoandplay("Chinese", _level0._currentframe)
Anybody got any idea what i need to do??

Thanks for your help!
Brad

Simple Question, Probable Simple Answer
still in my quest for new flash knowledge and being a "noobie" in the world of flash i would like help.

whats the easiest way to create a Button that upon rollover creates a text discription in a text box. just so i can give a description of what the button is going to lead to....

ohh and i will have multiple bittons on 1 frame and 1 designated box for all descriptions

thanx in advance

Simple Button Mouseover Effect - I Know It's Simple, Just Don't Know How To Do It
I know how to insert an MC into the OVER keyframe of a button so that it enlarges, but how do you make the button decrease to it's original state on mouseout? ie, so it tweens back to it's original state.

Thanks
G

Simple Button, Needs Simple Action Script
Hi there,

I have made button in flahs mx. The over state of this button contains a short movie clip. My prblem is that I would like the button to remain on the down state on release (ie. once the user has released the mous button)instead of just going back to the over state as it does at present. Ideally I would like the button to go back to the up state on a second click.

I have pulled most of my hair out trying to put together the right bits of action script that would help me do this but to no avail, and having no time to learn action script properly I don't think I'll get there anytime soon on my own. Can anyone help me, pretty, pretty please ~?

Simple Question - Simple Answer FLASH MX
hi you good people out there. hope you could help me too. using flash mx, not beyond beginner yet.
about finishing my homepage with it. one problem is there:
i have a premade flash and changed graphics, etc. all no problem, the menu is included as well - i have changed the text of the 9 menus already, works fine - only when i use the preview - the original text appears when going over with the mouse... i changed the text visible to me - but cannot locate and change the text for the mouse over.
for instance the first two of the menu named

start
gallery

i changed it to

home
pictures

in the prview it show again
start
gallery
upon mouseover.

so i need to locate where to change also that hidden text (only active upon mouseover) to the same word.

if anyone of you could help me - i would be going into learning faster and finally getting my homepage up and running. if needed please e-mail me at

harton@harton.at

thank you so much!

....................I have uploaded a screenshot of it - clearly you can see, I changed the text yet have to located the original text below of it (?) and write the same text so that it shows up correctly upon mouseover.....

Simple, Simple... Input Field Question
OK, I have two input text fields, one is var x1 and another is var x2

onRelease I`m trying to use this code
score = Math.sqrt (x1+1) - Math.sqrt (x2)

It`s not working, check out attached fla file

Thanks folks

Simple Question *(I Hope) From A Simple Newbie...
Hi All... well, since this is my first post, I'll be cordial by saying hey and how are ya and all that later (sorry) but I'm in a bit of a pickle, or at least a cucumber that's been sweatting his luck for a while. I'm trying to create a news ticker that autoscrolls events accross the bottom of a movie, and allows users to click the text to take them to the appropriate page / site / picture or what ever (just need the link. I'm running into issues with the xml connector loading data dynamicly, I can get the file loaded, but I can't move it accross the screen. Basicaly, I'm looking for a basic news ticker tut or else the appropriate google keywords. Anyone? Anyone? Bueler? Please?

Thanks in advance.

Rick