Flash :: Flash Ques

Easy AS Ques.
ok so I have a flash doc..theres a an MC called target on mainstage that has the entite site in it (doing a fullscreen centered website)..now I have MC nav buttons on the stage (inside target). Inside one of the nav buttons I have a line of AS that says

ActionScript Code:
this.onRelease = function(){
_root.target.loadMovie("bioresume.swf", "loader");
}

Now im not sure If im doing that right..but what i want to happen is; after u release the button, load the ext swf into the empty MC called "loader". But what seems to be happening is it loads the ext swf but everything else on the site disappears. See I originally had this as my AS cause i thought this made sense but it ends up not doing anything:

ActionScript Code:
this.onRelease = function(){
loadMovie("bioresume.swf", "loader");
}

So if anyone knows what I did wrong, much appreciation. Heres the site link if u want a visual:

www.josephsernio.com/test

Easy As Ques.
Ok for some reason the end of this code doesnt work.. on release, i want it to take me to frame 2..and it wont...btw this a movie clip that has button properties through AS:

stop();

this.onEnterFrame = function(){

if(rewind == true){

prevFrame();

}

}

this.onRollOver = function(){

rewind = false;
play();

}

this.onRollOut = function(){

rewind = true;

}

this.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndStop(2);

}

MC Loader As Ques.
im working with the moviecliploader AS..so a button loads an ext SWF and also has a percentage loader .. so on my mainstage i have a loader mc (instance name "loader")and a holder mc (instance name "holder")..heres my AS on the main timeline:

var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

var mclL:Object = new Object();

mclL.onLoadProgress = function(target,loaded,total) {
loader.percent.text = Math.round((loaded/total) * 100) + "%";
}

mclL.onLoadInit = function() {
loader._visible = false;
loader.percent.text = "";
}

mcl.addListener(mclL);

Now i have another MC that houses about 20 or so buttons..so within the buttons MC i have say this for one of the buttons:

b4sub.onRelease = function() {
_root.loader._visible = true;
_root.mcl.loadClip("LevisCampaign.swf",holder);

And unfortunetly it doesnt to load the ext. swf..did I code the _root incorrectly?

Thanks for your help.

Fscommand Ques
Hi all, I was working with fscommand, when it struck me what FSCOMMAND stands for.

"Future Splash Command"

Can anybody confirm this, or am I mad, lol

Later

ORANGE900

LoadVariables Button Ques
Hello all. I have this code attached to a button calling up a different text file to a dynamic text field and it works fine, except I'm having to hit the button "twice" for it to work. Can't figure out why. Can someone enlighten me please?

code:

on (release) {
scrolltext = scrolltext1;
loadVariables ("scrolltext1.txt", scrolltext1);
}

Thanks in advance

Easy - Pong AI Ques.
Ok just to see if I could do it(never really got into game programming) I tried to make a pong game everything works so far but I have a problem with this:
Flash code:

PHP Code:

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if(_global.cspeed == 0) {
}else{
    if (this._y != _root.ball._y){
        if(_root.ball._y < this._y){
                this._y -= _global.cspeed;
        }else if(_root.ball._y > this._y){
                this._y += _global.cspeed;
        }else{
                this._y = this._y;
        }
    }
}
}

The problem is that instead of moving smoothly up the screen it looks like it s shaking up and down really quickly, but I would like it to be smooth.
Please help.

Movie Clip Ques
Hey i just started doing flash yesterday and i am doing a text fade

I made the motion tween and and everything and when i go to control and play everything is smooth but when i go to test movie nothing it just stays the same and doesnt fade :> plz help me

Quick Mask Ques
Im sure this is an easy one.. on the foofighters website http://www.foofighters.com When U click a button that flourish/swashy graphic looks like it is unwinding or growing rather. I would like to get the same effect.. Its obviously a mask of some sort. I know who to mask, im just figuring its a mask that is animated somehow. Anyone have an idea? Appreciate any insight into this. Peace

-R

Quick Actionscript Ques.
Ok so im building a portfolio website and basically if you click on the art image it goes tothe next art image..I have it set up so the art images are buttons and when u click it, it is coded to goto next scene..On one scene however the art image is a movieclip (fading effect)...now how do you write the actionscript so if you click on the movieclip it goes to the next scene? I dk im right but...my guess is to put the MC within a button symbol? But I dk. Thanks guys.

UI Text Input Ques.
Ok so Im making a form in flashmx2004..I drag out onto the stage the UI compnent textinput box..now I want to make this box multiline but it doesnt give me the option to do so. Do I have to make input boxes in a different way?

Motion Guide Ques
Hi all,
Is it possible to create a motion guide, so the object connected to the motion guide is always in the centre of the screen.

What I mean is, if we were trying to go from point A to point B
we could see the full journey of the object travelling along motion guide in the centre of the screen.

A-------->--------->-------->------B

The sort of thing I mean is included, but with no motion guide instead, the car remains in the centre of screen and is able to move around the track which in turns moves the the track below.

Thanks for your time, sorry for the broken language. Hope you can help.

--------------
FLA = MM2004

<> QUICK QUES RE:Positioning After Dupe
Hi Im using a while loop and the dupliacteMovieClip() to dupe a certain number of my Mc's. I want to postion each duped Mc after its created with setProperty but I cant figure out how to do this within the same loop.
It complains in output box:

Symbol=playlist_Mc, Layer=Layer 2, Frame=1: Line 9: Expected a field name after '.' operator.setProperty(_root.playlist."box" + count, _y, vertpos);

Obviously I cant do the <"box" + count> bit, but how else can i do it?
(see code below)

Code:
onClipEvent(load){

var vertpos = 46;
var count = 0;
//create
while(count!=4)
{
duplicateMovieClip(_root.playlist.box, "box" + count, 1);
-->this doesnt work//setProperty(_root.playlist."box" + count, _y, vertpos);

trace(count);
count++;
}
//position
}

-Rich

Pleez Help With Random Keyframe Ques.
I have four different movie clips on four different keyframes (2-5) the first key frame has a clip with an invisible button over it. WHat I would like to achieve is onMouseover of the button in the first frame......I would like the playhead to randomly gotoAndStop on of the other frames (2-5). To give the illusion of random movement. The on mouseout return to the first keyframe. any help greatly appreciated....either a .fla I can study or some AS would be great.

Probably Simple LoadMovie Ques. For JPEGs
I have a target MC that I want to load some JPG's into in my Flash Movie. The Target MC's dimensions are 650x500px. The JPG's are the same. When I attempt to load them, I can notice that something has changed in the tone of the movie clip (I had the target MC a grey color then that color disappears) but the JPG does not load.

I tried a smaller JPG, like 1/4 the size, and it loaded OK. ANyone have a suggestion?

Action Script Ref Code Ques
Hello i keep getting this this action script error when i attempt to render this swf could some one explain what this error message means ......i am not sure what the variables are looking for ....... the version is Flash 8 - the action script is below and the error message is below that.......

#include "lmc_tween.as"
//classes are loaded on this frame
var state:com.collection.State = new com.collection.State(this);
// start program
var main:com.collection.Main = new com.collection.Main(this)
//
bg_img.tween("_alpha",100,1,"linear",.5)
stop()

Error message (below)

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=5:Line 1: Error opening include file lmc_tween.as: File not found.
#include "lmc_tween.as"

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=5:Line 3: The class or interface 'com.collection.State' could not be loaded.
var state:com.collection.State = new com.collection.State(this);

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=5:Line 5: The class or interface 'com.collection.Main' could not be loaded.
var main:com.collection.Main = new com.collection.Main(this)

Total ActionScript Errors: 3 Reported Errors: 3

Action Script Ref Code Ques 2.0
Hello please see this link it is a follow up to the thread i created before....i am stil trying to figure this error out when i generate the flash swf it works but not properly... below is a link to what the swf looks like there are buttons that should show and i get this message (shown below) in the flash error box that says (output) when i hit ctrl+enter to generate the swf.... any suggestions...?

b1,b2,lgText,redText,arrow,a:link,a:hover
yo

http://www.amjaydesign.com/mainCol.html

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=744878

Simple Ques About Blue Border Box
I'm using flash 8. When you draw something or import a picture flash 8 puts the blue border box around it. Well mine is gone. If I draw something and click on it it is a broken shape. How do I get the blue border box back?thanks

Loading Clips Into Levels? -quick Ques
Hi, I need a quick bit of code or at least somebody to give me an idea on how to actually have a clip load itelf into a specific level depending on the value of a variable. I want to do this as my duplicateMovieClip() code is putting MC's on higher levels than other elements (other Mc's) in my movie, and one of these elements in perticular needs to be the 'highest'.

I tried using setProperty() as below but it doesnt work, flash complains (I gather it doesnt consider '_level' as a property?)

Code:

setProperty(need2BHighest_Mc, _level, highestLevel);

Any help appreciated

Flash Script? Is Writing Flash Code Possible? Without A Flash Builder Like Flash MX
I want to get into flash programming on my website, but i do not have thecash to buy flash MX 2004, it is 499 US thats a lot of money.

Basically what i want to know is, can flash be written as code, like HTML or do i need to buy a flash builder. And if so, what can i do about learning this code

Thanx from Fenton Multimedia Designs

Flash Versions Order Of Sequence : Flash 5, Flash MX, FlashMX 2004?
some questions on FLash versions

After Flash 5 was FlashMX then followed by FLashMX 2004 ???

which means Flash MX is version 6??

thanks for answering.

Can You Open A Flash File Made With Flash Mx, Using Flash Mx 2004?
Hi,

I have recently purchased flash mx 2004. However when I go to open my old flash mx flies in flash mx 2004 all I get is unexpected file format! Why is this? Also when I open flash mx 2004 and try to open one of the sample files it comes up with the same message!

Also when you download and install an extension from macromedia exchange, how do you then use the extension feature in flash? Were do you find it?

Any help on these matters would be appreciated?

Thank you

How Do You Update A Flash Object Without Flash? Selling A Flash Site.
I am wondering what may be a large wonder. If I create a website with flash etc for somebody else, how can they update their own site? For example, if they have an 'updates' page, I don't want to have to keep on redoing it for them in Flash. I heard words like 'strings' and 'XML' kicking about, but don't really understand it. Thanks,

Alex

Making A Flash Website (flash In A Flash In A Flash Etc...)
I am working on a flash "database" as it's called and to make this possible I will need to have multiple flash documents that load within a flash to keep the loading time down, otherwise the filesize would be astronomical!

To see what I am working on go to http://www.axeldesigns.com/h2/helpdatabase then click "menu button" to open the project. Hopefully then you can get a good sense of what I am trying to accomplish...So when you click on the individual links, I want a flash within the main flash to load completely on top with it's own load bar and everything.

I'm not very experienced with action scripting, but I am quite experienced with the animation side of flash and drawing tools etc...

So, if anyone knows of any tutorials or examples that I could work off of, please help me out.

Alex

Will An Swf Made In Flash MX That Is Exported As Flash 4- Play On Flash 4 Cpu's?
Will an swf made in Flash MX that is exported as Flash 4- play on Flash 4 cpu's? How do I get my mx movies compatible with people who only have Flash 4???? I ask this because I exported a movie made in Mx to Flash 4, so I am just wondering if it will play on all Flash computers that have Flash 4, eventhough they may not have flash 5 or mx. Thanks...

Updating Flash 4 Code To Flash MX 2004 Or Flash 8
Can Flash MX or Flash 8 automatically update old flash code or update depreciated code? I have a flash 4 project that when resaved as Flash MX 2004, obviously starts to throw errors.

Flash 8: Button For Flash Paper In A Flash Presentation
I am new to Flash. I have a presentation I am putting together. I need a button to open a Flash Paper (Flash Papers 2) .

How do I do this?
Does anyone sell premade buttons?

Thanks!

Flash Over Html, Hide Flash Access Html After Flash Movie Ends
We've got a green screened video playing in a flash movie over top of our html content.

when the movie ends, flash uses external interface .api to call a javascript function which swaps the flash movie out with a 5 x 5 pixel flash movie (rewrites the <div>).

this works and you can interact with the html content after the flash movie in all browsers except firefox...!

anyone know of any work-arounds or is there a better way of handling flash over html in this fashion?

any input would be greatly appreciated!

HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE BG OF THE FLASH THING ON FLASH KIT W/OUT USING FLASH?
Plz tell me because I am making a little kid's website and they'll b sad if doesn't match the flash.

Yikes, Can I Go From Flash MX To Flash MX 2004 To Flash MX?
I have flash MX on my computer here at home, I went on campus to edit a file in a class in Flash MX 2004, now I am trying to reopen the file in Flash MX here at home again and it won't allow me to open it, saything there is an unexpected format error.

Is this caused from opening it in Flash MX 2004? Is there a way to revert the file back to Flash MX? Yikes!

Flash/CSS Question: Can Flash In A <div> Overlay Another <div> Containing Flash?
I'm guessing this answer is no but thought I'd ask anyway.

With the "wmode" set to transparent I can get my top div to overlay text/background images no problems but not on top of another flash movie.

Can it be done?

Flash 8 Function Not Working In Flash 8 But In Flash 9
I use this piece of Code from Senoculars Matrix Tutorial:

Code:
import flash.geom.Matrix;
function duplicateMovieClipImage(from, target){
var pics= new flash.display.BitmapData(from._width, from._height);
pics.draw(from);
target.attachBitmap(pics, 1);
}
duplicateMovieClipImage(this.viewer.picHolder, doubleSize.bigpic);
var my_matrix2 = doubleSize.bigpic.transform.matrix;
my_matrix2.scale(1, 1);
my_matrix2.tx = -2;
my_matrix2.ty = -2;
doubleSize.bigpic.transform.matrix = my_matrix2;

duplicateMovieClipImage(viewer.picHolder, normalSize.bigpic);
var my_matrix = normalSize.bigpic.transform.matrix;
my_matrix.scale(0.25, 0.25);
my_matrix.tx = 0;
my_matrix.ty = 0;
normalSize.bigpic.transform.matrix = my_matrix;
When I play this in a Flash 9 Player everything is made correct (A Pic generated in its Original Form and one in its 0.25/0.25 Size.

But when I watch this in a Flash 8 Player (8.0.22.0 that is)

the Script is ignored

any1 know why???

Firefox Recognizes Quicktime As Flash Player Instead Of Flash As Flash Player
I don't know why when I go to websites and all those old Flash sites don't work anymore, but I get the "Quicktime Question Mark" logo. I've tried reinstalling Flash Player so many times but the quicktime logo keeps coming up. I've tried this both with Firefox and Safari and it just doesn't work.

Nested Function Locks Flash On 2nd Frame. Cold Fusion Problem Or Flash MX ? Or Me?
It's been three days I don't sleep. Anybody,please,.....

// Flash MX code 2nd frame

stop();
validatePackage = new LoadVars();
validatePackage.onLoad = function() {
if (validatePackage.success == "0") {
setPackageCheck = new LoadVars();
setPackageCheck.onLoad = function() {
_root.packageCheck.text = setPackageCheck.packageCheck;
_root.unlockCheck.text = setPackageCheck.unlockCheck;
_root.gotoAndStop("exPrep");/* without this line
everything works perfectly !!!!!. WHY ! I mean I have other functions sending time line somewhere else accordint to if statments and it works fine!*/
};
setPackageCheck.accountID = _root.accountID.text;
setPackageCheck.sendAndLoad("setPackageCheck.cfm", setPackageCheck, "POST");
} else {
_root.packageCheck.text = validatePackage.packageCheck;
_root.unlockCheck.text = validatePackage.unlockCheck;
_root.vdDays1.text = validatePackage.vdDays;
_root.vdHours1.text = validatePackage.vdHours;
_root.vdMinutes1.text = validatePackage.vdMinutes;
_root.gotoAndStop("exPrep");/* without this line
everything works perfectly !!!!!. WHY !*/
}
};
validatePackage.accountID = _root.accountID.text;
validatePackage.sendAndLoad("validatePackage.cfm", validatePackage, "POST");

<--- "validatePackage.cfm"--->

<cfquery name="validatePackage" datasource="dsn">
SELECT packageCheck, unlockCheck
FROM accounts
WHERE accountID=#form.accountID#
</cfquery>
<cfif validatePackage.packageCheck lt 1>
<cfoutput query="validatePackage">
&success=0&
&unlockCheck=#urlencodedformat(validatePackage.unl ockCheck)#&
</cfoutput>
<cfelse>
<cfset vdDays=#DateDiff("d",#validatePackage.packageCheck #, now())#>
<cfset vdHours=#DateDiff("h",#validatePackage.packageChec k#, now())#>
<cfset vdMinutes=#DateDiff("n",#validatePackage.packageCh eck#, now())#>
<cfoutput query="validatePackage">
&packageCheck=#urlencodedformat(validatePackage.pa ckageCheck)#&
&unlockCheck=#urlencodedformat(validatePackage.unl ockCheck)#&
&vdDays=#vdDays#&
&vdHours=#vdHours#&
&vdMinutes=#vdMinutes#&
</cfoutput>
</cfif>

<--- "setPackageCheck.cfm"--->

<cfquery name="setValues" datasource = "dsn">
UPDATE accounts
SET packageCheck= #now()#
WHERE accountID=#form.accountID#
</cfquery>
<cfquery name="setPackageCheck" datasource = "dsn">
SELECT packageCheck, unlockCheck
FROM accounts
WHERE accountID=#form.accountID#
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="setPackageCheck">
&packageCheck=#urlencodedformat(setPackageCheck.pa ckageCheck)#&
&unlockCheck=#urlencodedformat(setPackageCheck.unl ockCheck)#&
</cfoutput>

[MX04] Open A New Link In Html By Clicking Button In Flash (no Code In Flash).
Hi,

I'm facing problem while opening a new html window by clicking button created in flash.

For this i don't want to write single code in flash but want to handle this through the html only.

For this I have used <embed> tag to add swf file in html. but could not add click code in HTML on that button.

Could any one help me out?

Get Variables Inside Flash 9 Movie With Action Script 3 Using Flash Selenium And Sele
Dear All,

I use Selenium RC and I want to do automated flash testing. I am using Flash Selenium.

Web Application has Flash content (SWF file) and is Version 9.0 and uses Action Script 3.0.

I cant use the functions like flashApp.Getvariable(varName) or flashapp.TotalFrames() as mentioned http://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/

I see documentation and functions listed at ( http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/p...h/scriptingwit hflash_03.html functions for Flash 5 ), i cant use them . I get exception all the time.

I am trying to access the varibales in the flash movie which is loaded using GetVariable but Selenium throws an exception but no information message.

I want to ask can I use functions listed on above adobe site with Flash 9 movie with Action Script 3.0 ? If not is there any way to get variables inside Flash movie using Flash External Interface and Selenium RC ?

Best Regards !

/ Yogesh

How Print Html Page Or Word Outside Flash When Click Button Inside Flash ?
hello,

how print html page or word outside flash when click button inside flash ?

any ideas or what the action can help me to do that ?

Remove Double Click In XP For Flash & Show Flash In Firewall Protected Environment
Remove Double click in XP for flash & show flash inside firewall protected environment

Here is some code that will disable the annoying double click feature for flash when using XP. This code also enables all viewers to see your flash. For example some firewalls block flash (SO STUPID) but with this code instead of using the embed tags and object tags allows those users behind firewall environments to see your hard worked flash masterpiece.

Okay here is how you do it.
Inside your main file that is calling the flash .swf.
Remove the code that you currently have there and replace it with the code that is inside the putInsideIndex.html (see attachment)
Make sure that you change the name of the movie in that code so that it opens your swf. You might need to change the width and the height too so that you don't have your flash looking like a monster.

Alright then you need to take the other file called RemoveDoubleClick.js
Open it in your editor and change the name to the name of your choosing on line 12. Then post that file (DO NOT RENAME IT) into the same directory as the main file that you edited above. Most cases that would be the index.html or whatever.

So enjoy and start letting EVERYONE see your sites & be more user friendly!
GOOD LUCK!