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gotoAndStop(scene_variable, 1);
if I do this I get an error saying the first value must be a quoted string,
but if i type it as "scene_variable", it looks for a scene called
"scene_variable"

Heya,
    I am trying to give a button a rollout effect but the code I'm using sucks and closes the flash or whatever browser it's open in when you rollover, haha. Ideas anyone?
-Spence

Hi guys, how can i resize my scene according to the browser's window size or
the currents screen resolution.
I used the 'System' class to read the screens resolution, after this i resized
the scene to a size a little bit smaller than the screen size, the problem is

I've got a Flash piece with multiple sounds which I'm using as sound objects.
I've defining the sound objects like this:
 rollover = new Sound ();
 rollover.attachSound ("rollover.aif");

I can open a Excel document from Flash, but the problem is that it opens in
explorer window. I'd like to open only Excel.
I know that exist some extension or software that allow us to some fscommand
or other code, but does it can do that ... I'd never used it before. I found

I did a search and found only one other person having this problem, but I guess
he figured out a differnt way to do what he wanted.
I am pulling an rss feed from weather.com and trying to get values from the
xml file it returns.

Hi,
Is there a simple way to navigate between actionscript functions, classes, etc
within Flash 8 or must I use eclipse or something.  Please say yes.  
This is so basic, I must be missing something.

I will be brief. I have a very nice little class for generating labels. This
class attaches mcs at runtime for various parts of the label (text, background,
drop shadow). All of these elements make up a dragable, fully customisable
label. HOWEVER, now I have added a little ...

Hello i am having problems with a simple if statement.. i have a project with
some sound, and i have different frames for the content of the project. there
is a background music, and i made the background music stop on one frame. i
want the background music to continue when i ...

From "ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide" by Colin Moock:
    "The loadMovie() function is not immediately executed when it appears in a
statement block. In fact, it is not executed
      until all other statements in the block have finished executing."

Dear all experienced & less-experience,
Does anyone know why a Dynamic Text box/field/area is not expandable?
I have a dynamic text area that will contain text that is editable from a
content management system. I have just found that if the dynamic text box I

I have a movie clip called R&D Buttons on the main timeline. Within this movie
clip I have 10 additional movie clips, which are basically animated buttons.
You can only see 5 of these buttons at a time so I have a button to toggle
which buttons are viewable. This button is placed ...

Okay, you have probably noticed by my scripting that I am new to any type of
coding and I am trying to run before I can walk, so you?re help is much
appreciated, which brings me to second point thanks to everyone who posted a
reply especially Kglad whos coding solved an earlier ...

I want to set up a simple dynamic text field.  When you click on a button it
will pass new text to a text field in the parent movie.    For instance..  If
the original text said 'cat'  when you clicked on button 'dog'  the parent
movie text field will change to say 'dog'  This ...

i want to load multiple xml files using a loop. suppose i have five xml file
plan1.xml, plan2.xml.........plan5.xml
in a loop i want all this xml files to be loaded in flash
can any one help