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[AS1] Using ReplaceSel() To Delete Text
hello, everyone.

i'm having a rather peculiar problem. i've been working on a script to format text brought in from an xml file, and because it's an xml file, i've been using tags much like the ultracode used in these forums, using brackets instead of carets to designate formatting tags.

because the client will later be editing this text in flash and regenerating the xml used to display the text (i guess this is just a kind of kludged text editor), i'm staying away from using html formatting for the text and instead going with straight actionscropt formatting for the text.

okay, now that i've got the "why are you making it so hard on yourself" out of the way, here's my dilemma: i'm using the bold, italic, etc., tags to designate where text formatting begins and ends, formatting the text between tags using TextField.setTextFormat(), and then i want to strip the tags from the text after the formatting is complete. to do this, and keep the formatting, my only option is using TextField.replaceSel().

this is all fine and good, except that i can't replace the text with a goddamned null character! it seems to me that TextField.replaceSel() requires a non-empty string to replace the current selection, so i can't use myText_txt.replaceSel(""); or myText_txt.replaceSel("u0000");. it always requires a space (" ") or some other character that messes up the formatting of the field (not to mention makes it look like all style changes require spacing typos for them to work).

anyone have any ideas on how to make this bend to my will?

thanks in advance

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ReplaceSel Fails On Stylesheet Formatted Text
I'm building a text editor for a back-end project. The editable text field is formatted by a stylesheet. When I try to use myTextfield.replaceSel on it, it doesn't work ( though if I don't apply a stylesheet it works fine).

I've read somewhere that using a stylesheet on an input textfield locks it, preventing editing?
Can anybody suggest a fix?

Code:
Selection.setFocus(targetText);
Selection.setSelection(startPoint, endPoint);
targetText.replaceSel(insertTags);
Thanks

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Expert Needed (maybe)
Hi,

Let me try and explain this....

I have a movie clip which contains a different photo on each frame.

I want to make a button that makes this movie clip move forward one frame every time it is pressed, and another button that moves the movie clip backwards one frame each time it is pressed.

Is there a script that will work out what the current frame of a movieclip is, and then either make it move forwards or backwards by 1 fame?

Thanks a lot.

(ps....what i don't want to end up with are loads of diffrent buttons with slightly different gotoAndPlay () actions assigned to them)

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Expert Help Needed
jow guys

what i want is this;
mc blabla needs to play according to the horizontal mouse position in a navigation bar. (the more the mouse to the right, the deeper the timeline plays)

ex; http://www.yulia-nau.de/eng.htm

so

var = _xmouse
var2 = var-200 ///(200=left margin to nav bar)
var3 = (450/100) ///(450=width nav bar, 100=total frames)
tot = (var2/var3)

and then _root.bla should play frame 'tot'

Im not sure how i should script this

Can someone help me plz?

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Expert Help Needed
hey guys.

This question may seem quite basic you those of you here- but thats why Im asking the question at this forum ;^)

I have created a nav system with Buttons that animate forward and backwards. However once the slide out animation is complete, the buttons will not jump to the scene assigned?

Ive done a quick example of nav system im trying to do; only a small emulation of the actual nav. The .fla file is there as well for those who can help

Any help on this prob would be most appreciated!
my thx in advance guys
[Edited by SYiTHE on 09-23-2002 at 11:06 AM]

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Expert Help Needed
Hey guys.

I need some help. I’ve been looking around for some information on a particular project I’m working on, and I seem to be having a real problem. Information from some flash experts like yourselves would be a great help!

Essentially it boils down to the fact I just don’t know a way to animate tweens backwards - if possible at all.

Here is a basic mock up swf, imitating what I’m trying to achieve.

Ideally, this is what I would like do: When the user clicks on the right (or forward) button- the image present scrolls along to reveal the next image. And obviously when the user clicks on the left button (or backward) button the image scrolls back.

How do I do this?! --I’m sure there is a script that can tween or appear to tween the image back into place.

Any help on this would be awesome. Here is the mock up .fla file if you need it. Maybe this doesn’t sound like expert knowledge- but thats why I’m asking here
--Thx in advance guys.

X

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Expert Needed
I have been searching for ages for a way to make a photo/picture gallery site which could be completely and easily updated by the owner. I would like to do it all in Flash and actionscript but otherwise XML or PHP.
Can someone please post an .fla file or a method of doing this?

Ideally, the owner would just upload jpegs and these would automatically be made into thumbnails in the Flash site, then displayed in a scrollable pane.

Any help would be appreciated

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Expert Help Needed
Hey guys,

This question may sound simple to those of you who are flash experts, but thats why I'm posting here
My question is simply this:

I have a long mc that stretches horizontally long the stage, and I need the mc to slide forwards and backwards along the stage. The slide would be invoked by a forward and backward button. Sounds simple enough right? well I've been traversing through these forums and others trying to find a solution, but I keep hitting a brick wall.

I know I can just copy and reverse the frames and use frame-labels to mimic a mc playing forwards and backwards, but that bloats the swf and most importantly - its going to be an absolute nightmare to update - which is a pre-requisite for this site. They want the site to be easily updated with new photos on a regular basis. My theory is - I'll make one long mc that I can update quickly - and this mc will be navigable by using a forwards and backwards button.

Am I approaching this from the wrong angle? Is there an easier way to make a mc scroll back and forth using buttons? -I have attached a rough mockup of what I trying to achieve for you guys.

Many thanks in advance - and I look forward to hearing from you flash gurus!

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Expert Help Needed
i want to create a flash site that houses scrolling text boxes for each page of content.(pref html) within the center of each page. site will have 10 pages. like thi ssite http://www.slaverecordings.com/site/flash.php but will have flash around the page. makes more sense if u look at the page link.

prob is if u use a flash scroller, its a bit fiddly. any one any ideas on the best way to do this?

thanks in advance.

simon

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Expert Help Needed Here
ok, so i need some expert help and i hope that someone will be able to help me, so consider it a challange.

my code is working the way i want ( which is that on click of any given button it will find each movie clip that is currently on the stage and play the "close" frame of it which basically runs a final series of masking frames and then removes itself and then loads the movieclip specific to the button that was clicked) the problem is, and i will certainly admit that my code is very messy, that when you double click on any button everything sort of flys out the window. I know this might be too much for a lot of people to deal with but if anyone could help me i would greatly appreciate it, i've been working on this for days now with no solution. Thank you

the flash file can be downloaded here

http://www.lasalle.edu/~emmerip1/fla...ortfolio_3.fla

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Expert Help Needed
is there any way to make a forum with flash or even html
i need a tutorial cause i can;t afford to pay 30$ a month for a un advertised forum

thx

PS perfered in flash

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Expert Help Needed Please...
I am going to try and explain myself a little better in the hope that someone out there can help me...here goes.

I have a set of thumbnails (converted to buttons) which when clicked on load the larger versions into an empty movieclip on the stage. As i have (or intend to have) quite a few i thought the best thing to do would be to place them all inside a movieclip which in turn i placed inside the scrollpane component, thus enabling me to maintain all my thumbs on the one page. The problem is now when i click on each button inside the scrollpane, the larger image no longer loads into the container on the stage.
Is this because the buttons (thumbs) are now inside a movieclip which is inside the scrollpane or do i need to change the code (see below)

on (release) {
loadMovie("s1.jpg", "frame");
}

"frame" is the instance name of the target clip and "s1.jpg" is the full size image of the button this code is assigned to. The image also resides in the same folder as the flash file.

I really would be grateful for some assistance with this as its for a college project. I can provide more info if needed.
Thanx

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ReplaceSel Results In Extra Space Preceding Text Replaced
Hi all - I'm working on a little app that allows the user to select a text segment in a dynamic/input field, and upon key press the selected text will change based on built-in parameters.

PROBLEM: Everything is working EXCEPT that when the text segment is replaced, an extra space is inserted before the new text segment.

Here's my code, which lives on Frame 1 and corresponds w/an input text field w/instance name 'myText':

____________________________
myText.addListener(myText);

//note to self: load textContent dynamically in next version
textContent = "This is the text I want to change. This is some other text. Leave this line alone. In this sentence, only select the following word: word."

myText.text=textContent
s = textContent;

_root.onMouseUp = function() {
x = Selection.getBeginIndex();
y = Selection.getEndIndex();
correctText = _level0.s.slice(_level0.x,_level0.y);
}

myText.onChanged = function() {
if ((correctText == "This is the text I want to change") || (correctText == "word")) {
newText = "text is changed";
myText.replaceSel( newText );
z = newText.length;
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.color = "0xff0000";
myText.setTextFormat(x, x+z+1, myTextFormat);
s = myText.text;
} else {
newText = correctText
myText.replaceSel( newText );
s = myText.text;
}
};
____________________________

Thanks in advance for any inspirations.

-Sarah

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What The HTTP? Expert Needed
Hi,

i am having a bit of trouble with a feature of flash (which i am relatively new to) and HTTP headers. I am using flash diagrams (embeded in a .php file) that users click on a button to add an item to a cart.

I use the getURL to send:

shopping/shopping_cart_add.php?product_id=956

to my PHP script shopping_cart_add.php. This works fine and adds the item.

However the script then tries to refresh the page it has been called from using HTTP_REFERER:

if (! empty($HTTP_REFERER))
header("Location: $HTTP_REFERER");

// Or go back to the Home Page
else
header("Location: $CFG->firstpage");

I have tried searching for articles on this but none really explain except to say that swf files don't send an HTTP_REFERER.

Does anyone know away around this??

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LoadMovie -- Expert Help Needed
I'm using the following code to load a small animation into an empty movie clip to superimpose over a main movie:

loadMovie ("sparklies.swf", "empty");

The main movie and the .swf file are in the same directory, but the animation doesn't show up on the main movie. If anyone would like to look at the code and see what I'm doing wrong, that'd be fantastic.

Here's the main movie:

Musket Drill (drill.swf)
Musket Drill (drill.fla)

Here's the slowmatch animation (it scales according to your browser window size--should be very small):

Fuse (sparklies.swf)
Fuse (sparklies.fla)

The sparklies.swf is supposed to appear as a lighted fuse that the musketeer is holding to light his matchlock. As you'll see, the movie isn't appearing anywhere.

Thanks for helping me out.

Devon

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Flash/AS Expert Needed
Hey,

I need some help, obviously...

I have a drag and drop window, and I am trying to put a scroll pane thing inside it, one I downloaded from here. It's not a scroll pane component, it's a scroll made out of masks and such. I keep getting this error when I try to put it inside the drag and drop window.

Code:
Target not found: Target="_root.controlmove" Base="_level0.window.instance19.bar"
And I duno what is wrong, I can't figure it out.. It all works fine except when I use the scroll bar. (the scroll window I downloaded is made to look like windows, the arrows and bar inside that resizes depending on how much content you have inside)

Any ideas, if someone would wana help me out I could send them the fla and perhaps they could look inside to see whats wrong with it... If anyone would be so kind.
If not and you can tell me whats wrong on here it would be a great help too.
ICQ: 46549062
MSN: ibbanging@hotmail.com
Yahoo IM: ibbanging (ibbanging@yahoo.com) Duno which one you use to add people.

Those are the easiest ways I can think of to get in touch with me, alough I don't check the E-mail addys within those, so messages would be best.

This is the last thing I need to get my site up and running, I hope.

Ian

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ActionScript Expert Needed
Hi

when using Flash MX .attachMovie from a button

how do you code the OnClipEvent(data) for the attached movie?

i need some data that loads into the attached movie to populate a textbox in
a different movie clip after the data has fully loaded!!

Button Code....
on (release) {
drop.attachMovie("exparent", "insp", 0);
}

then where do i put this code... (code below is supposed to be refering to the
attached movie "insp"

OnClipEvent(data){
_root.anotherClip.textbox = eval("name"+Counter);
}

also just to clarify....

i'm using attachMovie and removeMovieClip because it's the only way i've
found to clear data loaded in from my php script.

is there a more efficient way of doing this or am i on the right track??

even if there's another way i'd still like to know the solution stated above
if possible

Thanks

Jado

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Expert Advise Needed
Hello All,

I have a quick question, I want to build an interactive test inside a flash movie, where the user can make choices to answer questions and be given a final score at the end. And if the score is high enough they would be able to print off a token certificate to prove they passed. I think it would be best to do a simple button selection system, say choose A,B,C or D but I may be wrong, can anyone who has an idea point me in the right direction? with first hand help or send me a link to a good tutorial many thanks and all the best Paul...

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Array Expert Help Needed
i am trying to build something simular to the rake and trail calculator on this site(click rake and trail from the top menu):

http://perseperformance.com/perse-v1.0-1024.swf

everything works in my project except if you select anything above 0 for the tree rake this where i think the array is my problem. the tree rake part is the only thing that has to do with an array.

if you would like to try and help i can email you my fla.

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Sound Expert Needed
I'm controling a sound with actionscript in my current project... Everything is working fine except the sound, sounds like CRAP!
I checked the bit-rate and compression settings but nothing seems to help.
If I place the sound on the stage it works fine but once I attach the sound to an MC through actionscript and call it in the timeline it goes to crap again!
Anybody have experience with anything like this?

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Flash <b>expert</b> Needed
ok, i need a way in flash to draw arrows like in microsoft word's autoshapes, like you click once to start the arrow, then it follows around your cursor until you click again and the arrow ends, then it needs to be made into a movie clip so i can put an action on it for when its clicked on again...i hope some real pro can help me out here

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An Expert's Help Needed - Navigation
Hello All!

I have previously posted this, but noone replied.

I have a problem with navigation and I just can't figure it out why it doesn't work.

What I want is, that from the main navigation ("support") when a "previous" button is clicked the previous .swf loads to its last scene.It sounds so easy, but when I try "gotoAndPlay" or any other way, for some reason it bypasses the last scene and just goes to the first one of the loaded movie. (Ps.If I don't load any movie i can make the main navigation stop at the right navigation place.You see what I'm talking about if you look at the files.)

I post the fla. files, for seeing and understanding what is my problem.I really-really could use a help on this one.(I am not an Action Script expert, but I do have a great understanding.)

Thank you, thank you - who ever can help me out!

Hamvaska

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:: Flash Expert Needed ::
hi experts,

My problem is when the green square is dragged, I need the red circle to stay centred over the red cross and the text box to display the red circle's _x & _y coordinates in relation to the green square.

you can see my problem here:
http://www.dado-gs.net/dragcenter.zip

I have attached the fla file. waiting for your answers...........

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:: FLASH Expert Needed ::
hi experts,

My problem is when the green square is dragged, I need the red circle to stay centred over the red cross and the text box to display the red circle's _x & _y coordinates in relation to the green square.

you can see my problem here:
http://www.dado-gs.net/dragcenter.zip

I have attached the fla file. waiting for your answers...........
__________________
regards
chochweets

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Please.. Expert Scripters Needed...
I was wondering if someone could create this into a count down timer instead of it just counting the seconds..

Code:
now = new Date();
for (i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
this["n0" + i + "_1"] = this["n" + i + "_1"];
this["n0" + i + "_2"] = this["n" + i + "_2"];
} // end of for
for (i = 6; i <= 6; i++)
{
this["n0" + i + "_1"] = this["n" + i + "_1"];
this["n0" + i + "_2"] = this["n" + i + "_2"];
this["n0" + i + "_3"] = this["n" + i + "_3"];
this["n0" + i + "_4"] = this["n" + i + "_4"];
} // end of for
time1 = now.getSeconds();
time2 = now.getMinutes();
time3 = now.getHours();
time4 = now.getDate();
time5 = now.getMonth() + 1;
time6 = now.getFullYear();
for (i = 1; i <= 6; i++)
{
if (this["time" + i] < 10)
{
this["time" + i] = "0" + String(this["time" + i]);
}
else
{
this["time" + i] = String(this["time" + i]);
} // end if
for (j = 1; j <= 2; j++)
{
this["n" + i + "_" + j] = this["time" + i].substring(j - 1, j);
if (this["n" + i + "_" + j] != this["n0" + i + "_" + j])
{
this["digit" + i + "_" + j].gotoAndPlay("flag" + _root["n" + i + "_" + j]);
} // end if
} // end of for
} // end of for
for (i = 6; i <= 6; i++)
{
if (this["time" + i] < 10)
{
this["time" + i] = "0" + String(this["time" + i]);
}
else
{
this["time" + i] = String(this["time" + i]);
} // end if
for (j = 1; j <= 4; j++)
{
this["n" + i + "_" + j] = this["time" + i].substring(j - 1, j);
if (this["n" + i + "_" + j] != this["n0" + i + "_" + j])
{
this["digit" + i + "_" + j].gotoAndPlay("flag" + _root["n" + i + "_" + j]);
} // end if
} // end of for
} // end of for

I tried and tried but couldn't do it.. I grabed some countdown script but it didnt work.. here it is if it helps..

Code:
//
// The Countdown - V 1.1
// Created by Sekka Studios
// Contributions from Johnathan Young
//
// If you feel you can contribute, e-mail me on stephen@sekka.co.uk
//
onClipEvent (load) {
countdown = "yes";
// Target Time Information
tyear = 2005;
tmonth = 12;
tday = 15;
thours = 10;
tminutes = 00;
tseconds = 0;
//
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (countdown == "yes") {
mon = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12"];
daysinmonth = ["31", "28", "31", "30", "31", "30", "31", "31", "30", "31", "30", "31"];
now = new Date();
nyear = now.getFullYear();
nmonth = mon[now.getMonth()];
ndays = daysinmonth[now.getMonth()];
nday = now.getDate();
nhours = now.getHours();
nminutes = now.getMinutes();
nseconds = now.getSeconds();
// Year Code
ryear = tyear-nyear;
//Month Code
if (tmonth>=nmonth) {
rmonth = tmonth-nmonth;
} else {
rmonth = (12-nmonth)+tmonth;
ryear = ryear-1;
}
// Day Code
if (tday>=nday) {
rday = tday-nday;
} else {
rday = (ndays-nday)+tday;
rmonth = rmonth-1;
if (rmonth<0) {
ryear = ryear-1;
rmonth = 12+rmonth;
}
}
// Hour Code
if (thours>=nhours) {
rhours = thours-nhours;
} else {
rhours = (24-nhours)+thours;
rday = rday-1;
if (rday<0) {
rmonth = rmonth-1;
rday = Number(ndays)+Number(rday);
if (rmonth<0) {
ryear = ryear-1;
rmonth = 12+rmonth;
}
}
}
// Minute Code
if (tminutes>=nminutes) {
rminutes = tminutes-nminutes;
} else {
rminutes = (60-nminutes)+tminutes;
rhours = rhours-1;
if (rhours<0) {
rday = rday-1;
rhours = 24+rhours;
if (rday<0) {
rmonth = rmonth-1;
rday = Number(ndays)+Number(rday);
if (rmonth<0) {
ryear = ryear-1;
rmonth = 12+rmonth;
}
}
}
}
// Seconds Code
if (tseconds>=nseconds) {
rseconds = tseconds-nseconds;
} else {
rseconds = (60-nseconds)+tseconds;
rminutes = rminutes-1;
if (rminutes<0) {
rhours = rhours-1;
rminutes = 60+rminutes;
if (rhours<0) {
rday = rday-1;
rhours = 24+rhours;
if (rday<0) {
rmonth = rmonth-1;
rday = Number(ndays)+Number(rday);
if (rmonth<0) {
ryear = ryear-1;
rmonth = 12+rmonth;
}
}
}
}
}
// Countdown Checker
if (ryear<0) {
disyear = 0;
dismonth = 0;
disday = 0;
dishours = 0;
disminutes = 0;
disseconds = 0;
discountdown = "no";
this.play();
countdown = "no";
} else {
// Update Clock Check
if (ryear ne year) {
year = ryear;
if (year<10) {
this.years.years.disyear = "0"+year;
} else {
this.years.years.disyear = year;
}
this.years.play();
}
if (rmonth ne month) {
month = rmonth;
if (month<10) {
this.months.months.dismonth = "0"+month;
} else {
this.months.months.dismonth = month;
}
this.months.play();
}
if (rday ne day) {
day = rday;
if (day<10) {
this.days.days.disday = "0"+day;
} else {
this.days.days.disday = day;
}
this.days.play();
}
if (rhours ne hours) {
hours = rhours;
if (hours<10) {
this.hour.hour.dishours = "0"+hours;
} else {
this.hour.hour.dishours = hours;
}
this.hour.play();
}
if (rminutes ne minutes) {
minutes = rminutes;
if (minutes<10) {
this.minute.minute.disminutes = "0"+minutes;
} else {
this.minute.minute.disminutes = minutes;
}
this.minute.play();
}
if (rseconds ne seconds) {
seconds = rseconds;
if (seconds<10) {
this.second.second.disseconds = "0"+seconds;
} else {
this.second.second.disseconds = seconds;
}
this.second.play();
}
}
}
}

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Expert Advice Needed
I am creating a kiosk for a company that showcases 5 of their products. The opening menu will consist of these products rotating on a vertical carousel (rotating around the x axis). When the user clicks to get more info, they will basically be taken to a series of videos that runs through each product.

There are 2 tricky parts here. The first is that I need to make the transitions between videos relatively seamless (or as seamless as possible). If one video ends with the product in a certain position, the next one in queue needs to start at the same position and I'm worried about a blink between the two. Don't know if there's a way to leave one video up and somehow load the other beneath it. These will all be pulled in using netStream

The other tricky part is that it will be playing on a 63" plasma flipped 90? so it's vertical in a 16:9 format. Originally, they wanted to do this all in Flash but each segment contains a lot of video, audio and special fx. I suggested they'd be better off just creating videos of each and using flash as a shell to control the whole thing. Luckily, the company I'm building it for is a post-house so they will be doing all the vids.

That said, I'm not really sure what size this should be. Maybe that doesn't matter as far as Flash is concerned as the entire thing will essentially be a series of videos. The guy creating the vids seems to think 486x864 is the correct size ... not really sure.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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Next Level Expert Needed.
Hi,

I found a cool mail form that works but when I load the swf in another swf the level changes. So the form doesn't send anything anymore.
How to solve this? Here are some things that maby need to change.

In the fla?

loadVariablesNum (mailform, 0, "POST"); and loadVariablesNum(mailform, 0);

if (Selection.getFocus() == "_level0.fname") {
_root.fname = "";
}

Or (also) something in the mailform:

$sendresult = "Send!";
$send_answer = "answer=";
$send_answer .= rawurlencode($sendresult);
echo "$send_answer";

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Flash Expert Needed
can anyone help me im making this thing so when you click somwhere on the screen the person moves there and avoids objects is there a way

thanks

Flash Monkey

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Flash Expert Needed....
Hi guys,

Thought some of you flash people would be interested in talking to this guy. He emailed me looking for someone to help him on a project, and I don't know enough about doing flash to be of any use to him.

So, I figured I'd pass this along so somebody could maybe make a buck, or two helping this guy with his project.

Here's the email he senty me...

Quote:

Hi there Rockrz.

I hope you don't mind me writing to you via The Laughingbird Software forum. I'm emailing all the members of the forum.

I have a quick question.

I'm in need of a Flash animation expert for a new project I'm working on. If you know of anybody that you could put me in touch with, I'd be interested in speaking with them.

I need a Flash Cartoonist. Somebody who knows Flash inside and out, and who loves cartooning!

have them email me: marc1@thelogocreator.com
If they have any sample animations, perhaps you can ask them to have some handy.

Thanks for your time!
Hope all is well.

- Marc

Marc "Laughingbird" Sylvester
Creator of The Logo Creator software

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the name of the text fields are
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for Website: web

i hope, there is enough sense in the script. please help me out. for any other further clarification, you all can let me know.

ravi.tandon@learningmate.com

// Script prepared by Answer Studios / ToUnite.com
// Version 1.1 (Feb. 1, 2001

// Logic:
// 8 steps: Preset elements, 6 error checks, write error (if appicable)

// --- Presets
count1 = 0;
count = 0;
Err = 0;

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}
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for(a=0; a<invalidChars.length; a++) {
for(j=0; j<invalidChars.length; j++) {
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}
}
}
}

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for ( n=0; n < web.length; n++ ) {
if (web.charAt(n) == ".") {
count1 = count1 + 1;
}
}
if ( count1 != 1 ) {
Err = 8;
/
}*/
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webName = splitweb[0];
webDom = splitweb[1];
if ( webName != "www" ) {
Err = 9;
}
if (webDom.indexOf(".") < 0) {
Err = 10;
}
splitDoms = webDom.split(".");
if ( splitDoms[0].length < 2 ) {
Err = 11;
}
if ( splitDoms[1].length < 2 ) {
Err = 12;
}
}

// #2 If passed previous error step >>> Check the @ symbol (1 instance of the symbol)
if (Err == 0) {
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for ( i=0; i < email.length; i++ ) {
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}
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if ( count != 1 ) {
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}
}

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emailName = splitEmail[0];
emailDom = splitEmail[1];

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Err = 4;
} else {

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Err = 5;
}

// #6 Verify a minimum of 2 characters after the dot, if not throw an error.
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Err = 6;
}
}
}

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In a nutshell, I have this

Code:

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then.setSeconds(0);

targ = then.getTime();

Frame 2: (No snickering allowed, but constructive criticism welcome)
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hours = "." + hack[1];

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hours = hours*24;
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http://oppressa.freeservers.com/introver5.zip (Flash 5 Version)

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Code:
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Code:
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Can anyone please help me?

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I have one dummy projector which calls another swf, which calls numerous other swf's. the loading of the swf's takes way too long reading from PC-CDRom, again on the Mac it is fine.

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The problem is the AS that came along with the player's tut.
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I want to select a certain track to start playing first.

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format = new TextFormat();
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_global.songband = [];
_global.songfile = [];
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delete this.onEnterFrame;
this._parent.display_txt.text = name;
} else {
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}
};
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_root.sound_mc.songStarter(songfiles[song_nr], songname[song_nr]);
};
};
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this._parent.sound_mc.songStarter(songfile[song_nr], songname[song_nr]);
};
btn_stop.onRelease = function() {
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_root.sound_mc.songStarter(songfile[song_nr], songname[song_nr]);
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I have created some demo files for anyone who feels up to the challenge. zoomdemos.zip
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I posted this question yesterday and recieved NO responces (but had 33 views), so maybe it is a bit more difficult that I first thought, if it is possible at all. I thought this was a stupid question actually, but it seems that many people can not answer this!!!! (I do appologise if I am just being stupid about this somehow.)

Sorry to post twice (I know, I hate that too!!!) But I can not believe that this is not possible, I guess I just need a FLASH EXPERT's help. So if you can help me, you must be a genious. LOL

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Another keyboard underneath, where the person could practice on.

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