Flash :: Simple AS 1.0 Ques

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?

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

Nav Ques
Hey guys I seem to remember a thread regarding how to make this kinda of NAV :

http://dopepope.com/ntps/Build_onff/

Anyone remember the thread or have a link on a tutorial to dup that kind of load jpg and have the window resize automatically...thanks all

_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]);

};

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.

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, lol

Later

ORANGE900

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.

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

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>

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

Simple Questions...mean Simple Answers....right?
I just have a question about the various ways to loop in Flash.

now I know the for, and the while, and the do while,etc. My question is I can never get any of these loops to work unless they are on the main timeline. If I put a for loop inside a movie clip, i get nothing, or errors of the script continually running.

Just wondered if and how to use a loop script inside a movieclip without generating errors, and not having to revert to making the movieclip continually play two frames to get what I want.

curious.........

dduck1934

Simple Question.....any Simple Answers?
Hi...
A simple question...

From a button in a standalone Projector ( Flash) file how do I open an external HTML file....called ...xxx.html??
Can anyone ease my pain??..
THX

Simple Problem Simple Solution?
Can someone who is smarter than me (plenty of you out there ) solve my problem. I have a button on the timeline that has a gotoAndPlay action. I have another action that advances the timeline to the nextframe to execute some actionscript then it returns to the previous frame where the button is. The button works the first time but after going to the nextframe and then coming back it loses its functionality. What can I do to restore functionality in my button. Oh i'm using MX but publishing in 5. Can someone please save the day?

million thanks

Simple Problem, Simple Movie
i have a simple movie (using MX) with one scene and a handful of movie clips on individual layers. i am using this to jump from clip to clip in main timeline

_root.MCmyclip.gotoAndPlay (1);

the movie plays fine the first time through. but when i need to return to the first MC again it plays but then stops and does not move on to the next clip? like this:

in the final MC i have:
_root.MCfirstclip.gotoAndPlay (1);

it goes to first clip and plays but does not moveon when encountering this action for the second time:

_root.MCsecondclip.gotoAndPlay (1);

i don't understand why this is happening. it should just loop continuously...right?

Simple Question - Simple Answer?
I'm looking to do something basic to start off with Flash - and I'm hoping this is the project. Basically, I'm looking to have a movie with an image (or images) that will fade in and out over a set period of time - as seen in this website.

http://www.westonfl.org (The pictures on the left - yes I know, this was done by 2advanced....)

Any help you can give, would be great. The more detailed the better.

Talk to me like I'm 5.

Need A Simple Script For A Simple Button
Hi,

I've got this simple button, that when I roll over it has a clip that fades in to orange, but it won't fade out when I roll off the button. How do I get the "orange" to fade out when I roll off the button?

I've attached the file.

Thanks for your help.

Blastbum