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Totally New
First off, hi I'm a noob. Please be gentle...

Second and to the point... I'm newish to Flash (but am having little to no problems picking it up) and VERY new to AS. I'm using the CS3 suite. What I'm wondering is, when it comes to picking up some books to use in my learning, do I need to specifically have one on AS3? Or will an older book (like on FlashMX AS) work? How much has changed? Also, if anyone can recommend a book that isn't written like stereo directions... I'm not a moron but all of the books I've been looking at seem to be aimed at people who already know AS and just need a refresher or to learn more. I NEED A STARTER COURSE!!! Ha ha.

Thanks so much in advance. Hopefully someday working with AS won't make me want to scratch my own face off...

Totally New To All This
Hi all

Very new to web design so 2 basic questions.

First question: Is it possible to have the stage the same size as a web browser window and is it practible? if so what would the size be in pixels!!!!

Second Question: How do you centre the stage in a web browser? I did a simple file with just a pic on stage and nothing else, and got it aligned left and right using the publish settings but cant work out how to centre it.

I know i might be pushing my luck here, but anyone who answers could you please answer in very plain language for me and if possible show me a sample so i know what to do.

Many many thanks in advance.

Cheers

Ken

Help I Am So Totally Clueless...
Alright... I'm only 14 yrs. old and run a website on a group. (www.ffhfans.net) I have absolutely NO IDEA how to work this program! LOL! I'm just wondering if you can make the box any bigger?? So, like... I could put bigger pictures on it? It's pretty small. I realize you can change it to 90%, 80%, etc... but I want it bigger to put bigger pictures in there. HELP!

Also, do you guys know how I can make buttons myself?? Instead of having to use that grody blue color?

If anyone replies, please put it in a way that I can understand... I'm not too smart with this program. I work with Adobe Photoshop and thought I could figure it out, but not yet... I'll work on it!

All the help I can get would be wonderful!!

Thanks guys!
Michelle

It's Not Showing Totally.
I dunno what I did, but the other animation I put onto a page worked...but this one is missing the right and left side. All I'm seeing the middle part. Here's the site, let me know what you see http://www.neopets.com/~Piscean_Flame

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Oh yeah, I've tried adjusting the size (smaller and bigger) but I'm still not getting the sides in view.

TOTALLY URGENT
I'm making a menu and have somne rollover buttons on it and i actually forgot the action scrypt to do roll overs! haaha Man ALL I REMEMBER IS

on (rollOver) {
_root.button.XXXXX=1);
}

where the xxxxx i cant remeber wat to put... Can any one help? PLX I'm ALMOST DONE WITH MY SITES MENU AND ALL I NEED IS THIS

I know i can just double click to made rollovers ,but i still need the scrytpt code couse i already did layers... any body?
[Edited by freshguy on 07-22-2002 at 11:00 PM]

Can Someone Help Me, Totally Forgot How To Do This..
I have done this before lots of times but for some reason i just can't remember how to do it. I want to play a frame on the main timeline from a moive clip when the button in the moive clip is pressed.

I tried.

on (press) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(Main, 46);
}

But it wont work, it works if i just put in the frame number, execpt it plays the intro scence instead of the main scene. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

This Is Totally Nuts
I cannot understand what is going on here. I have a site that has nine possible soundtracks. With the first soundtrack, the computer has to load it every time, instead of caching it in its memory. Why?

This is most frustrating as I have start and stop buttons that should enable immediate play once the movie has been loaded once.

Could it be to do with the name? - soundtrack0.swf

All the other soundtracks work ok. - soundtrack1.swf, etc.

If you can help, please do cos I'm totally stumped!!

Thank you

Graeme

I Totally Agree
Don't get me wrong, I'm never going back to Flash 5, I love the new interface too much! I totally agree, my work in more streamlined because of the new interface. This is especially true in Dreamweaver MX.

Believe me, I can live with the little problem I've been discussing. No biggie..

I also just upgraded from Win 2000 to XP Professional. I love it (although I'm still against that WPA thing!). I don't regret any of my recent purchases. I snatched the Studio MX upgrade option the minute I could afford it. $399 for everything, sweet deal! Never used Freehand, but I installed it and I'm gonna take a look at it once I'm done with a current project.

Totally N00b Help..
Hello!

Ok I'm totally newbie. I started working on Flash yesterday.
Before this I've been doing Swish very well.
But for me Swish and Flash are two different thing.
I don't understand anything of Flash, therefore I've started
taking Flash-Lessons. I've got everything with me untill
point "5.Understanding layers". I don't understand properly how layers works and how to do stuff with them. In Flash Mx it says:
"Using the arrow tool, click the triangle next to selecting layers folder is timeline.Use the timeline scroll bar to display the contents of the Selecting layer"

What does this actually mean??
If anyone have any other lessons for understanding layers please give me it.
I'll be very thankfull.

Btw is any Flash support IRC channel where I can ask my question directly?

That's all.

I'm Totally New To Flash
I've ordered a flash template from a company over the internet and now after creating my flash file its redirecting to yahoo.com their directions isn't accurate and I can't get no other help so can some one please help and tell me how to reset my redirectional link. Or how to change what they have put in it. I have attached the directions that came with the template. I'm getting lost where it says maine/link/links, I don't see all of that...

Help Please

Hey, Im Totally New To Flash MX.
Hey im totally new to Flash MX but I wanna get straight into animation i've fiddled with the tools so I know what they do e.g. Pencil but I actually want to know how to animate and put sound in it. so if you can gimme links etc. info I would be greatly happy.

Totally Downtrodden
I'm working on this totally awesome scene for my flash cartoon, but the problem is, it's too awesome. Its really lagging and dropping frames on all the machines I've sent it to including computers less than a year old.
My problem is that there is a lot of shape tweened fire and motion and I'm not exactly sure how best to economize it. As far as breaking objects apart, Ive noticed that it marginally increases performance, but it seems to raise the file size of the exported swf. Is there anywhere I can go or any advice anyone can give me to help figure it out.
I also use little action script because I barely understand it. I'm trying to learn more, but the learning curve is steep.

any advice on SIMPLIFYING and IMPROVING PERFORMANCE would help. Especially when it comes to shape tweening.

Also, I use Illustrator to design my vectors and cut and paste them to freehand as a go between just so that the strokes and fills dont seperate. For some reason, cutting and pasting from Illustrator to flash seperates the strokes and fills

thank you
Andrew

Totally Helpless
hello all, I am EXHAUSTED. I've been scouring the net for a guestbook script. I have no idea of how to create a database, but that is mostly what I have been getting. I am familiar with HTML and a teeny weeny bit of php. Is there a tutorial on how to create a guestbook in FLash, or is there a generic one I could tailor?
Please assist. I'm using Flash v.5

Totally Clueless
I have Flash MX 2004

I'm sure this is easy when one is not panicking.. but...all I want to do is make a text box, type into it, and make a scroll bar on the side since I have so much content.

I've been trying to do this now for two hours, looking in my book, getting confused, and trying again...so... HELP!!!!!

Ok, so I put a text box on the stage. If I want to scroll it, it has to be dynamic with mutiple lines, right? I keep putting text in, the box gets bigger, longer, I re-size the box, the text gets squished. I look in my book to see about a scroll bar and it says something about "no scroll bar but you can make buttons that scroll up and down".

All I want to know is how to make a text box, type in the box without it just...expanding, and then attach some sort of scroll device to it.

Thank you.

Totally From Code?
Ok, I have been given a task that could win me a very sweet job. I have a week to complete it, and I need to learn some stuff, fast.

I have a library full of images and that's it. I am supposed to make a flash file with a blank stage that creates a dynamic button system completely via code.

How do I do this? Specifically, how do I create a button, an mc, a text field, etc. from scratch, and then how to do I get them to load in dynamic external .swf's without hardcoding? There's no need to duplicate, it's just a previous and next button, and then a button that links to something based on the content I load in.

I'm an ok actionscripter, but this is more advanced than anything I've done before.

Thank you VERY much to whoever helps me on this one.

Totally New Need Guidance
Hi everyone, My step son who's like 23 showed me this site, LOL and he figured I'd get all the help I could here. Anyway My name is Alice but you can call me AJ (I prefer it ) I'm totally new here and new to macromedia flash 8, I just got it 2 hours ago LOL...The reason I got it is because I volenteer my time on a free virtual pet site (No I wont' advertize it) thing is it hasn't any games yet and I need help in learning on how to use my program so I can make games for this site they need only to be simle games for little kids to play, but thing is like I said I only got my program 2 hours ago so I haven't a clue on how to use it, I do how ever have a story line for my first game and all the images I think I'll need for it except the box the whole game will be contained in LOL.
Now what I need is pointers and tips on how to acheive the game I'm trying to make.
and how to use my flash 8 program in acheiving this task.
Can someone direct me to a tutorial or info on how I can make the game I'm trying to explain in the bottom section of this posting?

Game idea...

Like a giant tick-tack-toe game (best description, like the jewles game MSN has) object is to get three or more similar images in a row and they disappear but give you points, (a click on object and move it to a new area type of game...)
I could give an example but I have to have permission first in order to show a link to a similar game.
once the three or more items disappear, more fall down replacing the ones that were removed. I think i described it as best as I could...:S and my appologies if this is posted in the wrong spot.
AJ

Totally Clueless...
I happened upon this post in a Flash Help related forum:

Quote:

Initialise a global var. Make a button to toggle that global var. Each frame, tell the 'subtitles' mc to alter its '_visible' property' depending upon that var.

I assume you know 'if' clauses.

P.S. I know there's technically no 'global' vars in flash, but just make it on the main timeline I mean.

...and my reaction was, "Uuuuuuuuuuh...what?" I can't make any sense of these sentences...and I know if I could it would be quite helpful. So, could anyone translate this into simpleton speech?

P.S. He's talking about turning on or off a movie clip within a flash movie.

[MX] Totally New To Flash...
Alright, Im 100% new to Flash and trying to learn it. Are there any specific tutorials, sites, or any other resources that can point me to where I need to get off to a fast start.

[F8] Totally Tiny In IE
Hey all,

Here's a weird one. My site looks as it should in the Flash preview, in Firefox, and in Safari, but in IE, the main page looks about 1"x1". The site is http://www.jon-lee.com, if anyone with IE wants to see what I'm talking about. Is this a known bug? I haven't found much yet. Any ideas?

Totally Clueless Some Help If Possible
I created a movieclip (ball)

im not sure how to make the ball keep moving forever
and how can i duplicate the ball once its being (killed)

Totally Stuck
Hi, I've been asked to try and recreate an interface like the one at http://www.dogdigital.co.uk/dogdigital.htm I started by creating a 'container' clip for the main interface, and then nesting smaller 'card' clips inside it. when i click on a card clip, i use the tween class to move the container clip so the card is in the center of the stage, and i can scale the container so it zooms in on the card. The problem is: if i rotate the container clip to the orientation of the selected card it uses the container clip's registration point for the rotation which does align the card so it's horizontal but totally offsets it so the card is no longer centered on the stage. I have looked into dynamically moving the registration point of the container so that it matches the card,and rotates from that point but this throws off the rest of my code. Does any one know of a method or something that could be used for this, I would be eternally grateful for any suggestions on how to simulate this!

Totally Lost
Howdy,

Not being a Flash guy in any way, shape or form, I just happen to get a flash file and get asked to make the content dynamic.

I've tried so many methods I'm not sure what all I did. The closest I got was a tutorial from kirupa.com, having to do with XML list. But it seems that XML has some type of limits on the amount of text inside the tag?

At anyrate, what I am trying to do is: (Using Flash 6 & ASP)

Flash screen is split into two, right side is a title list of news items pulled from our database, I can get this list in string format, xml format, any format via ASP (I don't know PHP either).

Left side of the flash screen would show the news item when the cooresponding title is clicked on the right side.

Can anybody point a flash newb into the right direction? An almost perfect one was from Bill Watson's website, except it seems to want some type of RSS format? I cannot understand the script enough to realize how to tweak it.

Thank you

Totally Lost
I feel like this code is almost done, it just has a few bugs in it which makes it not run properly.

It will give values sometimes, but it will go randomly to indefined values, and it normally ends in over half being undefined.

All of the variables are initialized properly at some point in the program, and the original length of the array is 40 numbers, so essentially 39...

I'm not sure if the problem is the Array.length or the Array.splice() or if it's something to do with the dynamic textfield. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I look forward to finishing this project up

Attach Code

stop();
BgStr_mc.onLoad = function() {
var x = Stage.width/2;
var y = Stage.height/2;
var txt:TextField = this.createTextField("txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), this._width/2, this._height/2, 200, 50);
rnd = Math.round(Math.random()*(block.length+1));
txt.text = block[rnd];
block.splice(rnd);
BgStr_mc._x = x;
BgStr_mc._y = y;
this.gotoAndPlay(7);
};
BgStr_mc.onRelease = function() {
gotoAndStop(7);
};

Totally Useless
I am sure this will be of no use to anyone but what the heck!

.swf

.fla

Totally At A Loss.
Been trying to figure out how I can make this little jetplane thingy I made not pass the sides of the screen...

This is my code on the jet.

Code:
onClipEvent(load){
speed = 20;
xb = 20;
yb = 20;
}

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
xb += speed;
}else if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
xb -= speed;
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
yb += speed;
}else if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
yb -= speed;
}
this._x = _x + (xb - _x) / speed;
this._y = _y + (yb - _y) / speed;
}
Now I need to get my borders to stop the jet from moving. The borders are simple lines (line tool, 1px each) along the sides of the stage. Each are called (in instance name, they're each movieclips) bordertop_mc, borderbottom_mc, borderleft_mc, and borderright_mc.

Now, I cant figure out a way that will make the ship stop in its tracks without it going haywire... I understand how hittest works, but I just dont know how to try and make the jet_mc movieclip stop moving completely at collision with a border, and still be able to have it go back in another direction when I press the opposite (say its at borderleft_mc, hit the right key and it'll go right, without it staying stuck on the borderleft_mc)

byeah... I don't know.

Totally Stumped On Easy One
I have tried almost everything, except what works. All I want to do is take the three or four MC's that I have in the Lib and use actions to pull them into the main timeline and play one after another.

Here is my .fla:

http://www.impactivity.com/FlashClass/Seminar.fla

I am working to get the OpeningMC to run then I'll worry about the rest with the same function.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Dyl

Maito Not Totally Fine
I am doing my first email form.
My script is :

on (release) {
subject = "Message from :" add first add " " add surname add " ";
message = " reservation from : ++" add first add "+++ " add surname add " +++date : " add date add " +++Time : " add time add " ++Number of people : " add people add " ++phone number :" add contact add " ++Special request :" add special;
getURL ("mailto:blanchardguillaume@hotmail.com?subject =" add subject add "&body=" add message);
}

It works, but not totally.
My email appears cut at "number of people" and I can not have the phone number and special request...
Need help

Totally Confused With Typesets
hi,
i my current project i have to use the following characters:

the letterset includes Latin1 and Latin2 characters.
couriously in photoshop i could paste all these characters by using the standart arial font although this arial is only a Latin1 font!
if i copy and paste these characters in any other application, some of the letters disappear.
so, i could not build a unicoded text file with all these characters to #include them into a falsh mx file.
well, i NEED to build a flash file with all these characters included!!!

thanks for help!

Totally Lost And Confused
I have never ever had such a hard time learning a program as I have Flash. Just when I think I understand a concept it doesn't work when I apply it.

Right now I'm trying to make a book that I have drawn slide from the left of the screen to the right of the screen. I accomplished that easily enough with a tween, which is the one thing that I seem to be able to do every time, though it took me a week to get it right. *sigh*

Alright, then I want the cover of the book to open. That's going to be difficult enough, however, when I try to edit the graphic it edits in all the frames prior to the one I edit in too! I DON'T WANT THAT!

I AM SO FRICKIN' FRUSTRATED! I just want to make something nice, something that my family can use to keep in touch and at the same time I want to advance my skills. I'm including the file so you all can see what I mean, then maybe someone can help me...

Frustrated by hopeful,
Rachel

Totally Dynamic Menu
Hi,

my first post here, hopefully you'll be able to help me!

I'm trying to do this totally dynamic menu, I have two problems currently..
I can't loop the array through the loadMovie()..
I can't make the onClick colour change things dissapear when you click another menu item.

I guess I'm getting worried that I've lost the plot with it.
Some ideas or words of encouragement are welcome

Code:
depth = 1;

mouse_over_colour = 0x00B4FF;
mouse_clicked_colour = 0x666666;
area_width = 200;

ButtonLabelText = new TextFormat();
ButtonLabelText.bold = false;
ButtonLabelText.color = 0xCCCCCC;
ButtonLabelText.font = "Verdana";
ButtonLabelText.size = 9;

main_menu = ['About', 'Work', 'Client', 'Contact', 'Consume'];
main_menu_action = ['work.swf', 'about.swf', 'store.swf', 'client.swf', 'contact.swf'];

for (i=0; i<main_menu.length; i++) {
main_menu_var = "main_menu_"+i;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(main_menu_var, depth++);
_root[main_menu_var].createTextField("titleField", depth++, 0, -3, area_width, 15);
_root[main_menu_var].titleField.selectable = false;
_root[main_menu_var].titleField.setNewTextFormat(ButtonLabelText);
_root[main_menu_var].titleField.text = main_menu[i];
_root[main_menu_var]._y = i*15;
_root[main_menu_var].onRelease = function() {
_root[main_menu_var]["click_effect_"+i].removeMovieClip();
this.createEmptyMovieClip("click_effect_"+i, depth++);
with (this["click_effect_"+i]) {
beginFill(mouse_clicked_colour, 100);
lineStyle(0, mouse_clicked_colour, 100);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(0, 0);
lineTo(area_width, 0);
lineTo(area_width, 9);
lineTo(0, 9);
endFill();
}
trace(_root[main_menu_var]["click_effect_"+i]);
loadMovieNum(main_menu_action[i], depth++);
};
_root[main_menu_var].onRollOver = function() {
this.over_effect.removeMovieClip();
this.createEmptyMovieClip("over_effect", depth++);
with (this.over_effect) {
beginFill(mouse_over_colour, 100);
lineStyle(0, mouse_over_colour, 100);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(0, 0);
lineTo(area_width, 0);
lineTo(area_width, 9);
lineTo(0, 9);
endFill();
}
};
_root[main_menu_var].onRollOut = function() {
this.over_effect.removeMovieClip();
};
}

Totally In A Jam, Anybody Good At Backend
Trying to get this street quiz script to work, Im totally stuck. Computer dork made me this script, its way on the way to working, just cant figure the details out.

Trying to have the user be faced with several "blank" streets where a question will ask them where is such and such street. A scoreboard, next question, reset, etc. Just a fire fighter trying to get some skills on flash to help me boys and I help people. Anybody out there! Much appreachiated!

Big Jon
Bigjonsonfire@hotmail.com

Check out this FLA

Totally Newbie Question.
I have a problem.

I have made a advertisement banner for my webshop.

I have to make an invisible button that covers the entire banner, so when people press it, the will be directet to my webshop.

I am using Flash MX2004.

I can get the button on and hide it, but I cant get the link to work when I click. The mouse button dosent turn into a hand when I hold it over the banner.

Hope someone can help.

Per

From Denmark

2 Fields, 1 Font, Totally Different Looking..
hi everyone,

I have an urgent problem.. I have a site with two text fields both using the same font and size. One is dynamic and one is static. The static text comes out blurry. I've tried importing the text for actionscript, it's at whole x n y axis, i've tried embedding it and even setting it to dynamic. still fuzzy.

any suggestions?

Im New To Flash Mx 2004 Totally Help
Im new to this flash mx 2004 program. Can anyone suggest any good tutorials to look at to learn ? Even any online text tutorials that I can print out .

Thanks !

HELP This Has My Brain Totally Convoluted ...
I have a mainmovie which loads a navigation bar and a dummy movie clip called "loader". The buttons on the navigation creates a variable when clicked:
on (release) {_global.movietoload = "movie2";
}

Movie2 has this on its timeline:
loadMovie((_global.movietoload) + ".swf", _root.loader);
This way "movietoload.swf" is loaded into "mainmovie.loader"
Movie2 also has a dummy movie clip named "dataMC". A function within Movie2 loads "movie3.swf" into "movie2.dataMC" like this:

this.onLoad = onMovieLoaded;

function onMovieLoaded() {
dataMC.loadMovie("movie3.swf");

// Begin XML process
loadData();
}
... more code ...

Movie3 is loaded with data from an XML file ...

The problem is that when I run Movie2, I can see movie3 with its XML data displayed.
But when I click the button in mainmovie to load movie2, I cannot see any XML data!
What going on???!
I am so confused, my brain hurts!!!!
Please help!! Thanks!

Please HELP ... This Is Totally Convoluting My Brain
I have a mainmovie which loads a navigation bar and a dummy movie clip called "loader". The buttons on the navigation creates a variable when clicked:
on (release) {_global.movietoload = "movie2";
}

Movie2 has this on its timeline:
loadMovie((_global.movietoload) + ".swf", _root.loader);
This way "movietoload.swf" is loaded into "mainmovie.loader"
Movie2 also has a dummy movie clip named "dataMC". A function within Movie2 loads "movie3.swf" into "movie2.dataMC" like this:

this.onLoad = onMovieLoaded;

function onMovieLoaded() {
dataMC.loadMovie("movie3.swf");

// Begin XML process
loadData();
}
... more code ...

Movie3 is loaded with data from an XML file ...

The problem is that when I run Movie2, I can see movie3 with its XML data displayed.
But when I click the button in mainmovie to load movie2, I cannot see any XML data!
What going on???!
I am so confused, my brain hurts!!!!
Please help!! Thanks!

Please Help, I Just Got Flash And Am Totally Clueless
Like i saw how everyone elce was making such awesome things so i wanted to try it out and i was like "well it cant be that hard to learn" but it is! I mean i dont get like anything. well i understand the buttons and frames but dont get like action script and what codes to put where. I really wanna start making games and animated movies!

[F8] Totally Confusing Datagrid
I've used datagrids in Flash MX, but now I've upgraded to Flash CS3. I'm publishing to Flash 8, but my datagrid is giving me the strangest problem.

I'm populating my datagrid from a simple array. I was using the dataprovide connection, but I've dummied down to using the addItem for each element in my array. When the grid appears, there is no text of any kind, just the grid. My columns have been spaced out, and the style I want added properly, but no header or grid text appears. However, when you roll over the grid you get a response as if content was available. In this case, I have two elements be added. When you roll over the first two rows, the selection rollover fires.

I don't know why I don't have any text in the grid. I'm completely fired on this problem. Can anyone help out there?

Below is the section of code related to the grid.

Code:
for(i=0;i<assocData._ref.length;i++){
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.addItem({id:assocData._ref[i]._id, fname:assocData._ref[i]._fname, doctitle:assocData._ref[i]._title});
}

_level5.ref_window.ref_list.getColumnAt(0).width =0;
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.getColumnAt(1).width=100;
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.getColumnAt(2).width=280;

_level5.ref_window.ref_list.getColumnAt(1).headerText = "FileName";
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.getColumnAt(2).headerText = "Title";

_level5.ref_window.ref_list.setStyle("fontFamily", "Verdana");
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.setStyle("headerColor", "0xA6CBDD");
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.setStyle("alternatingRowColors", ["0xF0F0F0", "0xFFFFFF"]);
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.setStyle("rollOverColor", "0xDCEBF1");
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.setStyle("selectionColor", "0xFFF97D");
_level5.ref_window.ref_list.setStyle("selectionDuration", 300);

Here is a screen capture of what I am seeing.

Attachment 63550

Oh one other thing, when I trace out what is clicked, I get undefined.

Code:
trace("Opening " + eventObj.target.selectedItem.FileName);

output window:
Opening undefined

Any help or explanation would be most greatful.

Beginner- Totally Stumped
ActionScript Code:
on (release) {
lefty = true;
//lefty in my mc is a square.
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (lefty == true) {
this._x += (250-this._x)/4;
this._y += (250-this._y)/4;
this._height += (300-this._height)/4;
this._width += (450-this._width)/4;
} else {
this._x += (100-this._x)/4;
this._y += (100-this._y)/4;
this._height += (76-this._height)/4;
this._width += (76-this._width)/4;
}
//I understand that this will create a tween for my square.

}

}

I want to fill this square with text after it expands. I unsuccessfully tried

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if(this._height == 249){
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", 2);
//where I have a dynamic text field
}

Any tips?

Totally Weird Preload Bug
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Apart from some other problems this site:
<http://www.model-agency.nl/NEWSITE> www.model-agency.nl/NEWSITE
displays a bug that baffles me.

I added a simple preloader.swf that loads the main.swf in itself.

Everything works fine except ONE component (and the loading of
backgrounds on low bandwidth but that's another problem):

the dropdownboxes that reside in a form.swf (after Geboortedatum (Date
of birth), when clicked on the "Inschrijven" button) loaded into the
main movie - stop working. The dropdownboxes are instances of a Combobox
component.

loader.swf > main.swf > form.swf [dropdownboxes]

Code follows in a secondary post.

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<html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" =
xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" =
xmlns=3D"

I Must Know How They Did This Effect. It's Totally Awesome.
Ok guys i know this site is wicked awesome (www.2advanced.com) and alot of graphics and designs on this site seem like they take a while but does know how to make the flicker design seen on the channel 51 preview they have to the right of the site.

Attach is a picture of the flash animation effect im talking about.

If anyone has any ideas of how to create this effect please post.

Not Totally Full Screen?
I have a full flash site that I have set at full screen. Its great, but with a smaller screen, it shrinks to the point that the text is so small its unreadable, so I want to have full screen, but I want it to be limited the amount that it will allow the user to shrink the movie. meaning if you have a really small screen you gotta scroll... any ideas???

Totally Stumped Please Look At My Code
My code is horribly hard to follow i know ...I tried to comment it but i didnt do a very good job...this movie is 100% as included are the include files and the FLA

Im trying to get the shot (see bullet1.as) to always line up with the circles it hits currently it usually does but sometimes the hit registers wrong(see myprototypes.as line 187)

all i want it to do is tween the hit on an ease out to whatever axis the targets are moving along

please help me Ive included everything i think you need...sorry its so muddled
I have horrible coding etiquit...im sorry

Flas are located at
http://rapidshare.de/files/18541574/...piral.fla.html <--Flash 8
http://rapidshare.de/files/18541644/...al.mx.fla.html <--MX

Also included my sfw incase you just wanted to look quickly and see if you had some suggestions

anyway thanks for any help i can get

[edit] Messing around with the positioning of the MC's in the Movieclip Perimiter will probably fix it...but i keep tweaking it...and i cant get it anyclosert than how it is now...I want to totally eliminate the erronious placing

but id much rather if someone could tell me a better method...failing that maybe someone will have more luck tweaking the perimiter

Disable Tabbing Totally
Hi guys. I ve been reading up about disabling tabbing in flash, and know about the standard features:
FocusManager, focusenabled, _focusrect... but none seem to make tabbing COMPLETELY disabled from get-go(flash file load). I need my flash file to be completely tab disabled, for ALL elements. tried: _global.FocusManager.enabled = false; - still let me sort through tabs.
I think, at one stage, i was able to make it not set focus intially, but once i select an input field, i am able to tab through. As stated above, it needs to be totally disabled. is there a way of making the tab key do nothing, perhaps?
...
ie: make an invisible button(i know, circa flash5, but im lost to ideas)
on(keyPress "<Tab>") {
dont bloody do anything at all damnit!
}

any help would be very very appreciated.

I Am Totally Stumped... No CLUE What Is Going On With This.
Hi I have a very strange problem.. and I am receiving this error "Sandbox Violation" , I am sure most of you know it.

It is occurring in a rather strange scenario though..

If anyone has any free time to look at my swf / full amounts of code and figure out what is going on.. please reply and we can talk pm. or through instant messaging programs.

I will also provide the fla to anyone who think that they can solve my problem under the strict rule that it is not copied, or changed in any other way except that in the desire to help my requested script.

I'm sure all you will need though is the scripts.

I would really appreciate it if anyone would help me in this. I will return the favor with problems that others have.

I'm definately not trying to get a freebie. I make my living off flash.

Reply if interested.
In the meantime I will use my knowledge to try to fix this error.
If you are busy I don't want to waste your time, but if you are free, and want to meet and help me, I WILL return the favor.

Experienced flash "gurus" or even just "pros" please.

I thank all of you on this forum in advance.
This is THE best forum for flash designers anywhere.
peace.
Ideapictorial

Jerod Nelson