Flash :: Tab Index Problems

***. Arrarys, Finding Index, Loading Called Pic From Found Index
I am fairly new to flash, so thanks for bearing with me - here is my problem -
1. I have a bunch of associated arrays, populated from an xml file.
2. I have a dyn mc that displays thumbs, based on the info from the arrays.
3. if the user clicks on the thumb, I want the on release to trigger (among other things) a function that will find the index of, say, "houseID" so I can then apply that index in loading up a different(big) jpg , and other info pertinent to that thumb.
here is my code for the button:
on (release) {
//carry ID being the variable passed thru "oneHouse" function
CarryID=this.houseID;

trace("houseid"+houseID);
_parent.oneHouse(CarryID)
//"big" being the frame label
_parent.play("big")
}

-----------------------
here is code from a frame -

foundIndex = findByID(CarryID);
if (foundIndex != null) {
/*set dynamic textbox values from Arrays
all this stuff is not set up yet...
txtLocation = houseLocationArray[foundIndex];
txtBed = houseBedArray[foundIndex];
txtBath = houseBathArray[foundIndex];
txtPrice = housePriceArray[foundIndex];
//set dynamic jpeg clip from value of photoArray
loadMovie(houseBigpicArray[foundIndex], BigphotoClip);
*/

trace("foundIndex!=null");

}
else{
trace("foundIndex really=null");
}

function findByID(houseID) {
//loop through the IDArray
for (j=0; j<houseIDArray.length; j++) {
//if the passed argument equals an Array value...
if (houseIDArray[j] ==houseID) {
//return the index of the matching value
return j;

}
}
//if nothing is ever found, return null
trace("foundIndex2=null");
return null;
}

gotoAndStop("big");

}

thanks for anyone that can help me with this!!

Index.html Vs. Index.swf (fullscreen) Help
Hi,

I am working on a site and what I am trying to get is the flash movie to load full screen (so there is no scroll bars). How can I set it so that when they go to the website it loads the index.swf file and not the .html file

my example is www.iccimmigration.com/index.swf (this is what I want, no scroll bars)

The index.html file with all margins set to 0... but what happens is when someone views the site with a higher screen resolution the movie is only half the screen.

www.iccimmigration.com

I hope that made some sense. I want it to load the .swf file not the .html

How Can I Load Another Movie Into My Index Page From Another Movie I Have In My Index
Need help:

How to load a movie into my original index. I have an index and i need to load the locacion into the same index, from a link from clicking another movie i have in the index. plz help hope u undeztood

Z-index?
Okay, as the newbie am, I'm not sure if it's called "Z-index" in Flash, but I guess you know what I mean.

When you duplicate a movieclip, you can set the copy´s z-index. But can you change the z-index of a movieclip without copying it?

I can set the z-index to ten like this:
"_root.sikte.duplicateMovieClip("sikteTop", 10);"

But can I switch, like "_root.sikte.setZindex(10);" ?

Or maybe I can do that in the timeline with some neat drag-n-drop feature I havnt seen?

Thanks in advance!

Tab Index MX
hello, i am having problems wth my form, i would like to tab through the field in an order i want. i read other post and they have the code textfield.tabIndex = 1 where textfield is the varible name. am i doing this proporly or do i have to enable something.

should i be putting the scipt in the actions script for the farme. if no where. i am prety new at action scripting so anyhelp would be great. thanks for your time. Pat

Tab Index
I am having problems tabbing past a checkbox component in a flash form that I have built. The tab works fine through my text fields, but when the focus lands on the checkbox I can't tab past it to the submit button.

If anyone knows why this is happening please let me know!!!

Thanks!

Z-index?
Hi

I have a javascript popup menu system, which was created in fireworks on my web site. I have a problem because the drop down menus wont display over my flash movie which is placed below it. The menu drops over everything else like normal images but wont work with flash.

Please can you help?

I have tried to change the z-index of both the flash movie and the drop down menu but no luck...

Pleas help

cheers

Grant

Tab Index
I am loading a swf onto a layer in flash using the loadMovieNum(...);
action my tab order works on the swf alone and inside flash, when I put the file in a browser window it always wants to go to the url bar the first time I hit tab button. When I load the file from the _root document I get a bouncing tab order. I haven't set any tab order in the _root document. Does any one know tab order really well? Could you please help me?

Thanks
Quince Wyss

Web Design

Index.htm
how do you make a flash movie ur index.htm ....... I tried putting the publish version in the same folder as the swf online but that didn't work at all... Help me pleez!

Z-index
Hi,

I have a flash movie containing a field of balls which bounce when moused-over (don't ask). Trouble is, the back few rows of balls are stacked in the wrong order.

I have read about depth (z-index etc) but can't fathom why the problem is occuring.

Can anyone out there help??

Cheers,

VIEW FLASH MOVIE

Z Index
Hello, I am trying to create an effect where there are 3 croped
images in a row.... when you mouse over, The full Image is supposed
to appear....my problem is that the croped images below show above
my full image. Can I set a z index for my full image so that what
ever is below will not layer on top of it??

Thanks so much, M

Tab Index - Help Please.
ok i have the following code to direct tabIndexing on a frame that my form appears

Code:
send_Btn.tabEnabled = true;
child_movie.tabChildren = true;

textFieled1.tabIndex = 1;
textFieled2.tabIndex = 2;
textFieled3.tabIndex = 3;
child_movie.textFieled1.tabIndex = 4;
send_Btn.tabIndex = 5;

when i tab it in my browser... it tabs to the child_movie.textFieled1 then i can't seem to get it back to tab to the send_Btn in the _parent movie clip (where fields 1-3 and the action script are)

any help would be greatly appreciated.

[F8] Z-index--swf--img
I'm building a site that has an omnipresent nav bar at the top using position: fixed; and z-index to place it so that everything scrolls beneath it...my embedded swf file responds differently depending on whether or not I use an image in the nav bar...
Here's the 2 scenarios (IN BOTH, I HAVE SET 'WMODE'='TRANSPARENT')...
1. nav bar with images
- swf scrolls over top nav bar (not good!)
2. nav bar with only html
- swf scrolls underneath nav bar (good!)

the question is--why would the images make a difference?

[CS3] Z-Index - HELP
Basically I have a SWF embeded in a webpage. I need the company logo to over lap the upper right hand corner, however I've tried every available option and nothing seems to pop that log infront of the embedded SWF.

Has anyone done this with success? I don't know much about CSS.

Any help would be appreciated. Here's my HTML code:

Code:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>TEST</title>

<script language="javascript">AC_FL_RunContent = 0;</script>
<script src="AC_RunActiveContent.js" language="javascript"></script>

<style>
body {
scrollbar-base-color: #ED5806;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #FFFFFF;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #ED5806;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #ED5806;
scrollbar-face-color: #ED5806;
}
.style1 {
margin-top: 0px;
}
</style>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#ffffff">

<p style="word-spacing: 0; margin-top: 0">
<img border="0" src="../images/topbar.jpg" width="100%" height="43"></p>
<table style="width: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td style="width: 15%">
<img alt="" src="../images/logo.png" width="332" height="92" style="position: absolute; left: 24px; top: 63px; z-index: 100"></td>
<td style="width: 700px" class="style1">




<script language="javascript">
if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) {
alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.");
} else {
AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0',
'width', '700',
'height', '150',
'src', 'navagation_1',
'quality', 'high',
'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
'align', 'middle',
'play', 'true',
'loop', 'true',
'scale', 'showall',
'wmode', 'window',
'devicefont', 'false',
'id', 'navagation_1',
'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
'name', 'navagation_1',
'menu', 'true',
'allowFullScreen', 'false',
'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
'movie', 'navagation_1',
'salign', ''
); //end AC code
}
</script>
<noscript>
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="700" height="150" z-index="-10" id="navagation_1" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
<param name="movie" value="navagation_1.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="navagation_1.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="700" height="150" name="navagation_1" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</noscript>

</td>
<td style="width: 30%"> </td>
</tr>

Index
When I use the following script are the new movie clips indexed automatically? My thought was "capabilities" would be indexed as 0 and "nav" would be indexed as 1...

PHP Code:

var loadArray:Array = new Array ("capabilities", "nav");

for (var i:int = 0; i < loadArray.length; i++) {

    var movieClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip ();
    addChild (movieClip);
    movieClip.name = loadArray[i];

    var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("content/" + loadArray [i] + ".swf");
    var externalSWF:Loader = new Loader ();

    externalSWF.load (request);
    movieClip.addChild (externalSWF);
}

Can I load external .swf files into a specific index. For example, when a new button is clicked can I load a new .swf file into index 0...thereby replacing the .swf currently indexed at 0.

Index.php
I have a linux based site and I want to put "index.php" page as the default page for it ... I have an swf named "main.swf" to be opened by default using this page. Can someone please get me a small php page ... so that I can start the site.
Thanks

Set Tab Index
I have four buttons on a screen.
I have set tab index as following:

_root.one.tabIndex=1;
_root.twobIndex=2
-----
-----

Its working fine.
I want somthing like this.

When user clicks on second button the tab index should chanege ---- three -- one--- four--- two

I have written the code for this on click of the second button, but because of the initial tab index the new tab index dosn't work.

So, how can i force it to ignore the initial tab index and take the new one?

Tab Index Changes
I have created a flash movie.
i have a button called menu on the stage.
on click of which a simple drop down menu opens... having 3 buttons. I have made 3 buttons a movie clip.
there are 2 two more buttons on the stage.

so in all there are 3 buttons on stage and 3 in a movie clip.

I have set tab index property from the accessibility panel.
Now i copied the same scene.
So , now i have 2 scenes in my flash movie both are same...(i have placed a buton on 1st scene to goto 2nd scene)
The first scene works fine but on the second scene tab index changes..

why?

Z-index--swf--img
I'm building a site that has an omnipresent nav bar at the top using position: fixed; and z-index to place it so that everything scrolls beneath it...my embedded swf file responds differently depending on whether or not I use an image in the nav bar...
Here's the 2 scenarios (IN BOTH, I HAVE SET 'WMODE'='TRANSPARENT')...
1. nav bar with images
- swf scrolls over top nav bar (not good!)
2. nav bar with only html
- swf scrolls underneath nav bar (good!)

the question is--why would the images make a difference?

Z-Index
Is there a type of z-index in flash?

Tab Index AS 3.0
I'm working on my first form in AS 3.0 and I have to say that I must not be grasping this whole display list thing 100%. Every help or tutorial that is out there is for starting with blank documents and adding stuff to containers. What about design? What happened to making a design and then animating it? I don't get it.

I have a popup window that is used for login. It's already on the stage with a movie clip inside it that contains input fields. How can they use the tabIndex?

Everything I've seen creates fields dynamically and then adds the child to a container, in order for it to work. I could do that but I don't know how to link my submit button from the library to be added to the container as well... Please help...Thanks,

Attach Code

import fl.controls.TextInput;

loginPopup.boxMC.userIdTxt.tabEnabled = true;
loginPopup.boxMC.passwordTxt.tabEnabled = true;

loginPopup.boxMC.userIdTxt.tabIndex = 0;
loginPopup.boxMC.passwordTxt.tabIndex = 5;

Tab Index
Hi,
I have create a login box with two text fields inside a movie clip and inside tht i have given two text input's and 2 radio buttons and once i select throgh tab it comes to the radio button and stops, thn i have to go and manually use arrow keys to select it and after selecting one of the radio button i need to select the submit button with tab option but i was unable to do it please can anyone help me out with this...

Attach Code

//on the main window//
stop();
var gl_val = 0;

gl_val = 0;

close_clip._visible=false;
click_mc.onRelease = function () {
gotoAndPlay("gotologin");
_root.click_mc.login_btn._visible=false;
}

stop();
gl_val = 1;
click_mc.onRelease = function() {
gotoAndPlay("close");
_root.click_mc.login_btn._visible = false;
};

gl_val = 0;

//Inside the movie clip On the submit button//
on (release) {
_url;
var chkValue = Number;
chkValue = 0;
rdGroup.setValue("0");
// trace(rdGroup.getValue());

if (rdGroup.getValue() == 1) {
chkValue = 1;
trace("Onshore");
}
if (rdGroup.getValue() == 2) {
chkValue = 2;
trace("offshore");
}
if (uName.text != '' && uPwd.text !='' && chkValue !=0)
{

var cgiusername:String =uName.text;
var cgipassword:String =uPwd.text;
var shoreSel:String =rdGroup.getValue();
/*if(chkValue == 1)
{
shoreSel = "1";
}
else if(chkValue == 2)
{
shoreSel = "2";
}*/

getURL("login2public.aspx", "_self", "POST");
}
else
{
if (uName.text == '' && uPwd.text =='' && chkValue ==0) {
errMsg = " Please Enter User Name, Password and Domicile.";
}
else if (uName.text =='' && uPwd.text =='') {
errMsg = " Please Enter User Name and Password.";
}
else if (uName.text =='' && chkValue == 0) {
errMsg = " Please Enter User Name and Domicile.";
}
else if (uPwd.text =='' && chkValue == 0) {
errMsg = " Please Enter Password and Domicile.";
}
else if (uName.text =='') {
errMsg = " Please Enter UserName.";
}
else if (uPwd.text =='') {
errMsg = " Please Enter Password.";
}
else if (chkValue == 0) {
errMsg = " Please Enter Domicile.";
}

trace(errMsg);
getURL("javascript:alert('"+errMsg+"')");
}

}

Need Tab Index Help
I need to change focus in a certain order between different types of components. The problem is on a few components I can't get focus to leave when tab is pressed. I'm sure there is a solution to this problem but I can't figure it out. Can someone please provide some AS or an explanation?

Tab.index
Hi, new comer to the site. Want to thank all who have contributed tutorials. all very helpful. Here is my question.
I recently used the form tutorial in my flash site. I have a MC named form
which is called into my main movie. When a user attempts to access the form using the tab function to jump form each input box - it appears that the tab jumps in and out of the MC. It seems to go from the MC to the maintime line and back. I tried giving each input instance box a name and then indexed as such.
name.tabIndex = 1; and so on.
I placed this actions script everywhere in my movie with no success.
Hope you can help me
T
http://www.kacdesigns.com

Tab Index
Hi,
this tab index code works in jumping from one field to another in the right order but it also shows this text in the fields when I publish ('form' is the movieclip in which the textfields are):

Code:
level0.form.naam
and then

Code:
level0.form.tel
and so on..

tab index code I am using:

Code:

naam.tabIndex = 1;
tel.tabIndex = 2;
email.tabIndex = 3;
straat.tabIndex = 4;
plaats.tabIndex = 5;
vraag.tabIndex = 6;
Also, this _focusrect code is not working for me to get rid of the green boxes when tabbing through the fields.

Code:
_focusrect=false;
I think the first problem comes from the fact that i am loading my form into my main movie (level0), but does anyone know the answer?

Thank you,

Jerryj.

SWF As Index
Hey, I've got a question.

In Apache, I know you can set the document index to be something like…

Code:
index.php index.html
So, why not put index.swf there, and then be able to have a full-browser Flash site, without worrying about the source to do it. It'll automatically work in every browser.

Just make sure to send the right header, and everything will be fine (it is done correctly by default).

Z-index
I need to be able to change the layering position on the fly. Like say you have 3 squares on top off each other so you could only see the top. When someone clicks a button, the bottom one comes to the top... how would this be done?

Z-index
hello.

i was wondering if it's possible to change the z-index of a flash movie when inserted into a html page. i'm trying to create a site that uses .gif's for layout and i want the flash navs to be partialy hidden behind the gif's.

anyone have any suggestions or ideas?

thanks...

How Do Index A Swf File?
how do i make a *.swf flash file act as index.html for a website...also
how to make it work with java script code?
and help appreciated..thanks

Tab Index Control
hi,

a simple question.
i have 2 textboxes for username and password. an a lot of buttons. i want the user to move from username to password by using tab key on the keyboard. how can i arrange it. (it focuses to other buttons when i press tab on the username)

thanx

Any Suggestion On My Index
Hello Everyone

I just finished the index of my second page ever in flash and it was no small accomplishment. I would really love some secondary opinions that could make the page better or if you want just drop a complement. One thing in particular I would like feed by on is was the interface easy to find on the page.

Thank you and have a nice day

This is the URL:

http://student.lcc.edu/~taylorj3/art...e%20Backup.swf

John Taylor
JohnyT9760@aol.com

How To Index An Array
I should know this; I think I once did . . . but for some reason my brain is frazzled and I am turning up nothing, not in books, nor on the internet.

All I want is to return the index of an array element. Really, that's it.

I am storing ID values for news stories in an array and I want to make a "previous" and a "next" button -- so I want to take the index of the current ID, add or subtract one, and then send that value to my loading function.

Please, someone save me from myself.

Ed

Is There A Flash 5 Z-index
ive got one of these right?
but problems occur when the targetWidth/targetHeight get so big they overlap another MC
Code:
// function for elastic motion
// obj the value to affect
// pdst the previous distance
// trgt the value of the target
// spd the speed to do it in
// frct the friction/elasticity
function motionElastic (meObj, mePdst, meTrgt, meSpd, meFrct) {
meDist = (mePdst/meFrct)+((meTrgt-meObj))/meSpd;
meMove = meObj+meDist;
return [meMove, meDist];
}
---------------------------------------------------------------
onClipEvent (load) {
targetWidth = this._width;
targetHeight = this._height;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
thisW = _root.motionElastic(this._width, previousW, targetWidth, _root.movieSpeed, _root.movieFriction);
this._width = thisW[0];
previousW = thisW[1];
thisH = _root.motionElastic(this._height, previousH, targetHeight, _root.movieSpeed, _root.movieFriction);
this._height = thisH[0];
previousH = thisH[1];
}
so im looking for a command that will change the z-index (thats what its called in CSS) of a peticular MC so that it will be on top.

thanx

ComboBox Set To Index(0)
Hi there,

What I want is simple..., when the user select an item in a comboBox, every other comboBox is set to index 0. Easy...,

When the user select an item, with the propertie 'changeHandler', a function is call to set all other comboBox to index 0.

The problem is when the comboBox is set to 0, the 'changeHandler' is
activate and call the function to set comboBox to index 0.

So, this is a loop, and all comboBox (even the one the user choice) is set to index 0.

Please Help,
Thanks in advance.

Bye !

Preload At Index?
i had an idea... i'm busy building the newest version of my site. it's not incredibly large but just large enough for a couple preloaders. what i wanna do is preload a few movies on the index page just to save time for the viewer. no percentage bars or anything, just load em as soon as you enter the index page. anybody have any ideas? thanks

Array Index
flash mx

i have an array (arrayA) with length of x, and i have a variable (y) with randomly assigned values between 0 and x

i assigned a random value for x, then in the same frame, i have a dynamic textfield, i want to display the value of arrayA[y], but it doesn't seem to work when i put arrayA[y] in the var field of the dynamic textfield...

please help...

Help, Flash Has A Bad Z-index
i was trying to put an iframe "over" a flash movie so i could have my flash all the way around my ifame, but it has come to my attention..

"<Ec|ipse-away> flash has this wierd ability to have a z-index of like infinity^2."

Yeah, so im wondering if anyone has any suggestions other than, dont do it, or use flash for your content area. I would use flash for my content but the problem is i cant do some of the stuff with flash that i can with html + my server side code. Hopefully someone out there can help.

- poj

WMODE And Z-INDEX
I'm having an issue and its time for me to hit the message boards.

I have an HTML page that has 2 <DIV> layers on it. One of them is set to have a z-index depth of 2 and the other is z-index of 3. This all works all in good the layers exist correctly, except when I enable the wmode of the top most layer.

If wmode is set to transparent it then resides behind the z-index 2 layer. Instead of on top of all the layers. I've been looking for a bug fix but cannot find one. I can send some source code if need be.

This is a pretty urgent matter, and responses or ideas are GREATLY appreciated.