Flash :: Biggest Noob Question Of All Time

Rotation With Time (prob Easy *noob Here)
I have a flash file that is 730px by 250 tall. It has 3 buttons that when clicked shows the image assigned to the button. The image is in an XML file so i can change them quickly. The buttons do work.

Now the next thing im trying to achieve is an autoplay. I want flash to rotate automatically between the images on the buttons. Below is the code i have and im not sure if im even going the right way with this but here it is. My goal is to get something like what is on the home page of www.genielift.com.

PHP Code:

function rotator(Event:Timer) { var i=1; while (i<=1000) { if (i<=475) { ldImage.source = "photos/"+barXML.bar[0].photo; } else if (i>=476) { ldImage.source = "photos/"+barXML.bar[1].photo; } else if (i==999) { i=1; } else { ldImage.source = "photos/"+barXML.bar[2].photo; } trace("This code is repeated"); i++; }}

Thanks,
Justin

The Biggest Problem...
..for me now, after all the work on my design, is the publishing??? it cant be so hard!! i looks fine on my computer (1024x768) , but as soon as i have a lower res it looks way too small (the movie itself is 800x600). i used the % publishing settings so its always fully in the browser. what can i do? i dont want to design it for 2 resolutions..

Biggest Number $$$
I neede this doing very quickly so I will pay to have it done.

I have 10 Variables:

_root.Q1 = "1";
_root.Q2 = "2";
_root.Q3 = "3";
_root.Q4 = "4";
_root.Q5 = "5";
_root.Q6 = "6";
_root.Q7 = "7";
_root.Q8 = "8";
_root.Q9 = "9";
_root.Q10 = "10";
_root.ans = "4.5";

These will eventually become random, but I need to have this sorted out first.

well....erm this is gonna take some explaining. This is a school project so I cannot do this any other way. I need to be able to do all this without arrays.

I am making a game.

I need to be able to find out the numbers that are progressivly bigger than _root.ans . and I need to assign these numbers in order to the following names

_root.Q1A = "";
_root.Q2A = "";
_root.Q3A = "";
_root.Q4A = "";
_root.Q5A = "";
_root.Q6A = "";
_root.Q7A = "";
_root.Q8A = "";
_root.Q9A = "";
_root.Q10A = "";

_root.Q1A being the smallest number that is bigger that _root.ans .
Then _root.Q2A would be the next biggest.

If anyone could help please reply with your palpay email address at the bottom of the post. I will pay your ciountry's equivelent of £30.

I'm Probably Going To Look Like The Biggest Newb Here...
But how do I change the background color of a scene without changing the entire movie's background color?

I'm a newb. Seriously, please forgive me. Note, I only own Flash 5..

Biggest Array?
Hi,

quick question, whats the biggest array size Flash can handle? and when I say handle I mean be able to look through quickly.

thanks for any help.

regards
boombanguk

Biggest Web Community
I am currently trying to build the biggest iso community on the net......we have the programmers, we have the concept artists we need iso and pixel artists

our team currently consists of:

2 professional back-end programmers

2 professional graphic designers

numerous art students

1 professional web designer

we are working to create a massive online community based in mediaevil times, so lots of castles dragons, kinghts, orcs goblins, trolls....well basically think lord of the rings........in the community people will be able to decided on what creature they would like to start as, and of course they can alter and change the characters head shape, eyes, clothes.....all the usual....as people play in the community they can better their characters skills in magic, fighting, commerce, black magic, battle tactics and many many more ......... their aim.......to be cometo king of the land..............so who ever id the current king watch out cos everyone wants to kill you.................players can do this either becoming the ultimate warrior and recruit other players to join forces to over run the kings castle and ran sack his treasury...................or people can create a huge business empire: owning blacksmiths, bakeries, butchers, farms and numerous others, in an attend to become to richest player, and be able to buy the king out, or simple just hire a huge army to destroy him......................as players get better and better and their money in the game increases they will be able to upgrade their homes and shops and buy bigger and better tools so they can produce more and make more money.

does this sound like something you would be interested in helping with?

if so either drop a post or email me at xtremetom@hotmail.com.

our current business play is to produce a working prototype in about 3-5 months which we can then take to major corporations for possible investment.

cheers tom

Biggest. Error. Ever.
I had been working on a rudimentary platformer game on Flash CS3, until I tried to load a bitmap greater than the maximum size. Even though I've axed that section of the code, restarted the program, and restarted the computer, it acts like I've loaded the too-big-bitmap again.

It gets better. In desperation, I made the block of code that used to start loading the oversize bitmap throw a standard error. I was treated to an error so large that it contains 199 separate errors in this pattern:

Code:
verify com.flashgames.bunnyhopper::LevelManager/setLevel()
stack:
scope: [global Object$ flash.events::EventDispatcher$ flash.display::DisplayObject$ flash.display::InteractiveObject$ flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer$ flash.display::Sprite$ com.flashgames.bunnyhopper::LevelManager$]
locals: com.flashgames.bunnyhopper::LevelManager * * * * * * * *
...followed by this cryptic output:

Code:
VerifyError: Error #1058: Illegal operand type: * must be int.

at com.flashgames.bunnyhopper::LevelManager/setLevel()
at com.flashgames.bunnyhopper::LevelManager/xmlLoadedListener()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at com.learningactionscript3::LoadText/onComplete()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at flash.net::URLLoader/onComplete()
Here's the culprit block of code:

ActionScript Code:
private function setLevel():void { throw new Error('Big Nasty Error!'); fireController = new FireController(); levelSprites = new Sprite(); addChild(levelSprites); enemies = []; projectiles = []; items = []; var fighterInfo:XML = levelsXML.level.(@num == levelNum).fighter[0]; var FighterType:Class = getDefinitionByName("com.flashgames.bunnyhopper." + fighterInfo.@type) as Class; fighter = new FighterType(this); fighter.x = fighterInfo.@x; fighter.y = fighterInfo.@y; addFighter(fighter); for each (var enemyInfo:XML in levelsXML.level.(@num == levelNum).enemy) { var EnemyType:Class = getDefinitionByName("com.flashgames.bunnyhopper." + enemyInfo.@type) as Class; var enemy:Enemy = new EnemyType(this); enemy.x = enemyInfo.@x; enemy.y = enemyInfo.@y; addEnemy(enemy); } var goal:Goal; for each (var itemInfo:XML in levelsXML.level.(@num == levelNum).item) { var ItemType:Class = getDefinitionByName("com.flashgames.bunnyhopper." + itemInfo.@type) as Class; var item:Item = new ItemType(this); item.x = itemInfo.@x; item.y = itemInfo.@y; addItem(item); } var terrainURL = levelsXML.level.(@num == levelNum).@terrain; var bgURL = levelsXML.level.(@num == levelNum).@background; bgLoader = new Loader(); bgLoader.load(new URLRequest(bgURL)); bgLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, imageLoadedListener, false, 0, true); terrainLoader = new Loader(); terrainLoader.load(new URLRequest(terrainURL)); terrainLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, imageLoadedListener, false, 0, true); numLoading = 1;}

The only thing I can think of to try now is reinstalling CS3, but I want some professional opinions first. Does anybody know what all this means?

Biggest Problem Ever Posted
hi fellows.this is going to be a real test for u flash guru's as i am having real trouble here. i am trying to develope a game in flash for bursting bubbles .. the bubble are going to bounce inside a frame .
wat i want to do is that when some missle or laser should hit the bubble it should duplicate itself and then the duplicated bubble should start bouncing in the opposite direction then the original one but i still can't figure out how to do it . pls help me with this problem . i am really freaked out

Which Variable Is Biggest Determination?
The problem is that win2 and tab will always be "de radikale" for some reason.(I know that is because of that none of the others are true, but why are they not, some of them has to be) Why????
The variables are just numbers
Everything not translated to danish is unimportant.
The only thing the code does is determing which of the variables there are highest, next-highest and lowest.

// Hvilket parti har flest point og
// vil udfylde "win" variablen
if (K>=V && K>=A && K>=Ø && K>=O && K>=Q && K>=R) {
win = "Konservativt Folkeparti";
} else if (V>=A && V>=Ø && V>=O && V>=Q && V>=R) {
win = "Venstre";
} else if (A>=Ø && A>=O && A>=Q && A>=R) {
win = "Socialdemokratiet";
} else if (Ø>=O && Ø>=Q && Ø>=R) {
win = "Enhedslisten";
} else if (O>=Q && O>=R) {
win = "Dansk Folkeparti";
} else if (Q>=R) {
win = "Kristeligt Folkeparti";
} else {
win = "De Radikale";
}
// Hvilket parti har fået mindst point og
// vil udfylde "tab" variablen
if (K tab = "Konservativt Folkeparti";
}
else if (V tab = "Venstre";
}
else if (A<Ø && A tab = "Socialdemokratiet";
}
else if (Ø tab = "Enhedslisten";
}
else if (O tab = "Dansk Folkeparti";
}
else if (Q tab = "Kristeligt Folkeparti";
} else {
tab = "De Radikale";
}
// Hvilket parti har fået næstflest stemmer
// og vil udfylde win2
if ((KV && K>A && K>Ø && K>O && K>Q && K>R)) {
win2 = "Konservativt Folkeparti";
}
else if ((VA && V>Ø && V>O && V>Q && V>R)) {
win2 = "Venstre";
}
else if ((AØ && A>O && A>Q && A>R)) {
win2 = "Socialdemokratiet";
}
else if ((ØO && Ø>Q && Ø>R)) {
win2 = "Enhedslisten";
}
else if ((OQ && O>R)) {
win2 = "Dansk Folkeparti";
}
else if ((QR)) {
win2 = "Kristeligt Folkeparti";
} else {
win2 = "De Radikale";
}

Biggest N00b Qusetion Out There....
Ok I used flash back in the day, and I think its cause I'm having a brain fade and right now but I'll ask anyways...

In FLASH MX 2004 (just got it for a gift) w00t

how do i make a button, i read this Tutorial but it says once you make it a button, they it will add 4 other frames Up down over blah
but mine does do that, mabye I'm reading an old Tutorial

lol

I know this is n00b but could someone take the extra second to write to me

thanks

Biggest Newb Question
I just got the macromedia studio mx.
There are so much to learn here.
From what i was told is that I don't really need to learn dreamweaver and that i should go straight to Flash.
Now ....I was also looking at fireworks to help build sites.
So i guess my question is / can i take a shortcut and just learn flash or should i take fireworks as well as other macromedia software.
Thanx for helping

(one Of) The Biggest Shame Of My Life
I had to present a lecture today, and it was about the connexion betwwen flash, php and mysql. I prepared a lot of files showing how the queries could be made, increasing the level of complexity, form loadVariables to data sharing with amfphp.
Then, I came one hour earlier this mornig, to prepare the files, create the database, install components and etc...
Well, for my surprise, nothing worked. I had to say I was sorry because I was not going to show the results of the queries, and you imagine how mad the audience was....
Now, her's a list of the things I tried to do to fix the problem: remember: I came one hour before the sceduled.
1. Path problem: no, it wasn't...
2. Wrong passwords for the database: no, it wasn't...
Php queries works, it means that it was not a path issue.

3. Version problem: nope. The installation of all that system is just like mine.

So, I accessed my swf files from the browser, and, for my surprise, the swf opend in a new window. I wrotte a html file with one of those file embeded, and the browser didnt read it!
What the heck! I though, is it possible that I do not have flash plugin installed? I installed flash certainly more than 10 times, and I know that the plugin is installed along!

Please, if someone has a hint on what went wrong please tell me!
tnx

Biggest ActionScript N00b Ever
Ok so yea I just fell of the turnip truck...

Anyway I'm making this game where this arrow shoots and hits a target and you get points and stuff... ok so now I want the user to be able to input the speed and angle they shoot the arrow at. I think I have the physics down, I just need to know how I can get a user to be able to input say "52" in a text field, and then that gets defined as a variable or something.

If you have questions just ask... sorry I'm such a n00b.

Which Variable Is Biggest Determination
The only thing this code does is to check which of the variables there are biggest, next biggest, and lowest. For some reason will win2 and tab always be "de radikale".

The variables are just numbers. Everything in danish is just some comments.'

// Hvilket parti har flest point og
// vil udfylde "win" variablen
if (K>=V && K>=A && K>=Ø && K>=O && K>=Q && K>=R) {
win = "Konservativt Folkeparti";
} else if (V>=A && V>=Ø && V>=O && V>=Q && V>=R) {
win = "Venstre";
} else if (A>=Ø && A>=O && A>=Q && A>=R) {
win = "Socialdemokratiet";
} else if (Ø>=O && Ø>=Q && Ø>=R) {
win = "Enhedslisten";
} else if (O>=Q && O>=R) {
win = "Dansk Folkeparti";
} else if (Q>=R) {
win = "Kristeligt Folkeparti";
} else {
win = "De Radikale";
}
// Hvilket parti har fået mindst point og
// vil udfylde "tab" variablen
if (K<V && K<A && K<Ø && K<O & K<Q & K<R) {
tab = "Konservativt Folkeparti";
}
else if (V<A && V<Ø && V<O && V<Q && V<R) {
tab = "Venstre";
}
else if (A<Ø && A<O && A<Q && A<R) {
tab = "Socialdemokratiet";
}
else if (Ø<O && Ø<Q && Ø<R) {
tab = "Enhedslisten";
}
else if (O<Q && O<R) {
tab = "Dansk Folkeparti";
}
else if (Q<R) {
tab = "Kristeligt Folkeparti";
} else {
tab = "De Radikale";
}
// Hvilket parti har fået næstflest stemmer
// og vil udfylde win2
if ((K<win) && (K>V && K>A && K>Ø && K>O && K>Q && K>R)) {
win2 = "Konservativt Folkeparti";
}
else if ((V<win) && (V>A && V>Ø && V>O && V>Q && V>R)) {
win2 = "Venstre";
}
else if ((A<win) && (A>Ø && A>O && A>Q && A>R)) {
win2 = "Socialdemokratiet";
}
else if ((Ø<win) && (Ø>O && Ø>Q && Ø>R)) {
win2 = "Enhedslisten";
}
else if ((O<win) && (O>Q && O>R)) {
win2 = "Dansk Folkeparti";
}
else if ((Q<win) && (Q>R)) {
win2 = "Kristeligt Folkeparti";
} else {
win2 = "De Radikale";
}

Thanks in advance.

What's The Biggest Thing You Have To Learn Going From Flash 5 To MX ?
Hi - new MX user here.. experienced w/flash 5... what was hardest for you to learn, making the transition to MX?

and any other tips to a newbie MX user would be much appreciated. I don't use actionscript other than button links, so not concerned w/enhancements there..

but, in getting started w/MX, any tips re configuration changes I should make to default settings, and other tips for a new MX user?

mucho appreciado flash dudes...

Whats The Biggest Differences In Pro And Regular Mx?
Im in the process of learning action script using a video tutorial but i have pro and its for regular mx..... i am trying to decide of i want to go back to the regular mx or just stick it out with pro!!!! Whats will i be missing if i go backwards back to regular mx?????

The Biggest And High Quality Library
brought you by : www.imagine-center.com
on top menu click on library !

the biggest free high quality flash library on the net ,
http://www.imagine-studio.net/library/flashdl.html

you guys please check it out and tell me what you think.
for any suggestions for new items works drawings etc to the library tell me.
im creating new things every day!

thanks cya

Continuous Background And Biggest Size?
Look at this site http://www.niciezalavilla.com/ and tell me how to make the background continue like that...also, how does it fit exactly to the screen size?

thanks,
Dean

Whee Who Wants To Help The Biggest N00b In The Known Universe? (that's Meeee)
Hi everyone.. ::waves:: The subject line basically says it all - I'm quite new to Flash and there's just something about it that I can't wrap my mind around. Sooo confusing..Argh. Anyway.

Right now I'm having trouble with movie clip symbols. Specifically, I'm trying to motion tween (and scale) a simple movie clip I made, and it just doesn't want to work. Is what I'm trying to do even POSSIBLE? I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be...but like I said, I'm new and have no idea what I'm doing ^^;

The Biggest Picture Of Abobe + Other Programs Working Together
I couldn't find a good place to post this, but here is as good as any i suppose.

I have a feeling that many people (including me) end up wasting a lot of time because they are not aware that other programs are designed to meet the shortfalls of the ones they know.

I am looking for good sites that you guys have come across that give a clear and CONCISE summary of how all these programs of today work together. Optimally would be a site that describes a problem then talks about or shows a solution using different combonations of programs... I know thats pretty niche of a site, but you never know....

Thanks for any pointers!

What Is The Biggest Pixel Size You Can Have W/o The Browser Scrollbar?
I was wondering how big (in pixels) your background for your website can be before the browser scroll bar starts showing up. Also, what's the width for the background to stretch all the way across the browser so there is no html?

Like these guys, see how it goes all the way across and everywhere you right click it's flash - no html?

see here:
http://blur.com/indexs.html

NOOB NEEDS HELP(yes Thats Right All Laugh Im A Noob)
pleaz can sum1 dict me 2 a link or sumthn that ill teach the basics or sumthn 2 that effect of creat a game...

many thax 2 all that do

Record The Date & Time Each Time The Flash File Is Played
Hello,

Do you know an action script which will be inserted into each flash
file that is played on a stand alone display monitor.
The display monitor plays several separate flash files using load an un load movie. The script should do
the following:
1. Record the date & time each time the flash file is played
2. Record the file name that played
3. Append this information to a text/log file
This application would be used in-house and is not for the web. I did check out this tatorial useing XML but I counldn't get it to work.

Saving XML to a file when used locally

Saving xml to a file when used locally can be done in two ways, the first is this:
Cookie.setCookie(xmlobj)
and the second way is this:

yourxmlobj.toString() FSCommand("save","filename.xml")

Can you Please give me some kind of direction
Thanks!

Time Elapse - Making Something Happen After Specific Time Has Elapsed
Hi people,

I wondering if there is any code i can use to make flash continue playing a movie clip to the next frame after a certain amount of time has elapsed.

Thanks!

Lara.

Submit Button Doesn't Work First Time, Does Second Time (using Variables And Php)
I've got a button with the following actions:

code: on (press, keyPress "<Enter>") {
if (!enterEmail.length || enterEmail.indexOf("@") == -1 || enterEmail.indexOf(".") == -1) {
EmailStatus = "Please enter an E-mail address";
} else if (!FirstName.length) {
EmailStatus = "Please enter your first name.";
} else if (!LastName.length) {
EmailStatus = "Please enter your last name.";
} else if (!enterCity.length) {
EmailStatus = "Please enter the city/province/country in which you live.";
} else if (wanna = 1) {
loadVariablesNum("emailtest.php", 0, "POST");
EmailStatus = "sending form ... please wait";
output = "I would like to be a part of World of Trout's mailing list!";
loading = "YES";
nextFrame();
}
}

Which connects to this php script.

PHP Code:

<?php
$msg = "";

$user      = "myusername";
$password  = "";
$db        = "test";

$link = mysql_connect("localhost", $user, $password);
    if (!$link) die ("cant connect to mysql");

mysql_select_db($db, $link) or die ("cannot connect");

$query = "SELECT email FROM tablename WHERE email='$enterEmail'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($result)){
echo "&EmailStatus=A person with this email address has already entered.";
}
else {
$name=$FirstName." ".$LastName."";
$city=$enterCity."";
$email=$enterEmail."";
$subscribe=$wanna."";

print "&name=".$name;
print "&city=".$city;
print "&email=".$email;
print "&subscribe=".$subscribe;

print "&loading=NO";
}
?>

Here is my problem: if you hit the above mention button once, it spits out the EmailStatus message, but appears to do nothing else. No loading=Yes, no nextframe(). Tthe script is supposed to spit back the loading=NO message, which will take my movie to the appropriate frame, which it does not.

However, if you hit the button a second time, it functions normally, and does everything it is supposed to including recieving the loading=NO message, which moves my movie to the appropriate frame.

To make it simple: I hit the submit info button once, it doesn't function properly, if I hit it again, it works properly.

Is my scripting wrong, my php wrong, or is my server doing something weird?

Hopefully this all makes sense...

Any Idea Make A Clock Base On Given Time(server Time)
as title,

thanks.

Random Movies Each Time The Browser's Refreshed (this Time With .fla)
Hello, all...

I found a tutorial on this subject earlier on, but the e-mail address of the person who wrote it is invalid. I've got flash files attached.

All I'm trying to do is create a movie for my web site's front page which will load and play a different movie each time the browser is refreshed. Right now all I see is all the movies loading at the same time.

Flash files attached...any ideas on how to adjust the actionscript to let only one movie play each time the page is refreshed?

Thanks in advance. Here's the main.fla...

Movie Clip Differs From Time To Time By One Pixel
I am duplicating a movie clip and sometimes it has a 1 pixel line underneeth it.
Can someone tell me why this happens/how to prevent it from happening?

Attached you see a magnified screenie of the thing.

Differnt Points In The Same Time Line Running At Same Time
Hi guys,

I have a wierd one here and I'm really hoping someone can help because I am totally stuck. Pls bear with me as this is quite difficult to explain

This is the background.
My app is a quiz game, it pulls questions from an ASP page, once the questions are pulled the quiz begins.
The main movie lasts 30 seconds and all the main movie does is pull the questions, then display the number of seconds left in the game as its timeline moves along.

The questions and answers are all handled by a submovie.
The submovie will display a question, the user has 10 seconds to answer. The answer is processed on an answer Frame, which is 10 seconds into the question timeline. After 10 seconds if the user hasn't answered then the answer Frame will display anyway and mark the answer as wrong. If the user selects an answer then the timeline will jump to the answer Frame, and skip the remaining number of seconds left. The answer frame is the last frame in the sub movie, after this frame the sub movie repeats and asks the next question.

My problem is that, say for instance, the user selects an answer in the submovie after 5 seconds then the submovie jumps to the answer frame, the answer is processed and that works fine and the next question is loaded. HOWEVER after a further 5 seconds (when the question would have naturally come to the answer frame on the timeline) the same answer is re-processed. I have lots of trac() commands s in my script which suggest that this is whats happening, but I have no idea why, or how to stop it.

In summary it seems to me that differnet points in the same time line are running at the same time. Is this possible?

Any help is much appreciated :-)

Setting A Modify Time Stamp // Update Time.
dear gang

as most of you know theres a little way to set a current date, in a rich text file. and get that info in the text file into flash.
or even just type in the latest modified date into the textfield

but i was thinking maybe there is another way, strictly in flash. with code.

now i was wondering if there was a way to set the last modification date directly in flash with the getDate instructions.

i want to use this to display the latest update time.

i know there are numerous way to accomplish this with text files / php.
but i'd like to know if theres a way in flash

Flv Player. Show Duration Time And Time Played
Hi guys,
i am tinkering about with the flv player player.
I am trying to get the time(length) and time played to display.
From what i see the metadata.duration only displays in seconds.
Does anyone know the code to turn this into a properly displaying formatted time for the flv?
Thanks
Paul

Clock Showing Server Time And Different Time Zones.
Hey all,
I have a clock that shows time according to local pc time but i want it to show according to the server. I have referred to all the Forum threads for the same but couldn't get it done. Is there any server side script to be written..if yes i can't cause i don't know any sever side scripts.I M a Designer and not a Programmer yet i can do action scripting a bit...if anyone can help please thanks in advance
whenever i change the time on my pc the time displayed gets changed.

Here's the code:
MyDate = new Date();
hours = MyDate.getHours();
minutes = MyDate.getMinutes();
seconds = MyDate.getSeconds();
hourAdjust = 0;
hours = hours+hourAdjust;
if (hours>24) {
hours = 0+(hours-24);
} else if (hours<0) {
hours = 24+hours;
}
tellTarget ("hours") {
_rotation = ((../:hours*30)+(../:minutes*.5));
}
tellTarget ("minutes") {
_rotation = ((../:minutes*6)+(../:seconds*.1));
}

tellTarget ("seconds") {
_rotation = (../:seconds*6);
}

gotoAndPlay(1);

Also can we pass an external value for .getHours(); syntax from an html?

Please help it urgent..

Flv Player. Show Duration Time And Time Played
Hi guys,
i am tinkering about with the flv player player.

I am trying to get the time(length) and time played to display.
From what i see the metadata.duration only displays in seconds.
Does anyone know the code to turn this into a properly displaying formatted time for the flv?

Thanks
Paul

Taking Time From The Time Of The Updated File
Is it possible to read the time of the updated data file and put it dynamically into flash?

Server Time Insted Of Client Time
hello flashers.

help needed.

working on a project where on the top left corner of the screen i display
the current date and a clock.
they are the user machine's date and time.

i want to display the server time rather then the user's machine time.

how can i acomplish this task?

thanks
piny.

HELP Site Plays Great 1st Time, Not 2nd Time
hi there,

I've got my site up and it plays great - the first time. The problem is, when you've visited the site once (and it's saved within your computers cookies) it will play slow when you return to it.

Can somebody please check it out and give me some ideas on how to keep this from happening?

Thanks very much!

artane

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Drawing Real-time During Play Time
It's kind of hard to explain, but what I want to happen is make the movie look like I'm drawing the shapes and lines during playtime. So say if I've got a character, I want it to look like he's being drawn line by line like an old Looney Tunes cartoon or such.

Any help is much appreciated!

How Can I Show The Current Time In A Particular Time Zone?
getHours gets time from the users machine, so this can vary. anyway to post the current time in a specific time zone..?

thanks.

Server Time As Opposed To System Time
hello, i'm currently working on a count down timer to the end of semsester for a website i am making for school. My problem is that the way i have my movie scripted at the moment it retrieves the time from the users computer. is there any way to have it retrieve the accurate time from somewhere else other than the users computer, so that it doesn't matter what time the user has their computer to, it will still be accurate?

Changing Military Time To Regular Time..
Here is the code I saw in the Tutorials section.. it works great.. but I don't want Military time.. I want regular hour and minutes.

here is the code.

Code:
function howlong(arg) {
if (length(arg) == 1) {
arg = "0"+arg;
return arg;
} else {
arg = arg;
return arg;
}
}
myDate = new Date();
hr = howlong(String(myDate.getHours()));
mnt = howlong(String(myDate.getMinutes()));
daytext = myDate.getDay();
dd = myDate.getDate();
mm = myDate.getMonth();
yyyy = myDate.getFullYear();
switch (daytext) {
case 0 :
daytext = "Sunday";
break;
case 1 :
daytext = "Monday";
break;
case 2 :
daytext = "Tuesday";
break;
case 3 :
daytext = "Wednesday";
break;
case 4 :
daytext = "Thursday";
break;
case 5 :
daytext = "Friday";
break;
case 6 :
daytext = "Saturday";
break;
}
switch (mm) {
case 0 :
mm = "January";
break;
case 1 :
mm = "February";
break;
case 2 :
mm = "March";
break;
case 3 :
mm = "April";
break;
case 4 :
mm = "May";
break;
case 5 :
mm = "June";
break;
case 6 :
mm = "July";
break;
case 7 :
mm = "August";
break;
case 8 :
mm = "September";
break;
case 9 :
mm = "October";
break;
case 10 :
mm = "November";
break;
case 11 :
mm = "December";
break;
}
textdate = (hr+":"+mnt+" - "+daytext+","+dd+" "+mm+" "+yyyy);