Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Actionscript / February 2007

I am trying to preload images that are used throughout a flash slideshow.  I
have a preloader that takes an array of filenames (imageArray) and uses that to
load an image into a movie clip.  Each movie clip has an image, all movie clip
images are  held within one other movieclip.

Hi. I made a simple Quiz and it enters text "Congratulations" when all 6
questions are correctly answered.  
if (score == 6) {
output.text = "Congratulations";

I am trying to attach many instances of a MovieClip to an array so when the
mouse is pressed it puts the image on the stage and "fires" it in a line to the
ground. It goes into the array fine but also attaches one at (0, 0) making it
run slower and slower. I need a way to attach ...

I have a text field I'm loading text into.  This text is has an amp symbol in
(&) denoted in html as &.  Basically, I need to know the requirements for
special characters and how they are rendered in flash.  Especially when they
are being pulled from an external file that has ...

I did just realise that swapDepths() doesnt work with buttons. Is there any other way to change depths for buttons
/Antewik

I have a flash based PHP form I am playing around with - the form works great,
only one problem.  I have 4 variable "name" "email" "phone" and "message"  and
I want the form to not continue if any of the variable are not filled in.
This is what I have:

I am trying to figure out the best way to Monitor the status of loading of an
ASP generated XML file.
I created a class that handles the loading of the XML but because it
continuously being updated I need to monitor its loading status.  

I'm having a issue:
I have a mc on the main timeline, inside that mc i
have multiple mc's, in one of those mc's--we'll call
it content2_mc--on the actions layer I have:

Hey Folks
I've got four flv files I need to play  I put the first on in with no issues.  
Set up the frames and the scripting w/out difficulty.  On a rollover it goes to
a still when you press the button it goes to the flv.  I went to set up the

     In using the Alert Box component how do you control where the AlertBox is displayed?
Thanks for any help!

I need to parse some information from input data fields to be saved to a .txt
file on the users computer. The flash file will be published as an .exe flash
projector.
This will not be used for the net, but will be used on some computers at a

I have several questions about actionscript and everything and anything will
help me out a lot.  Here they are:
From javascript (for questions 1-3)
1) is there a way to iterate through objects in a swf file?  For example, if

I have some code that needs to be updated to work in Flash Player 8. I've
received advice, but because I'm still learning Action Script I'm not able to
make sense of it.
Here's the code that needs to be updated:

OK I have a basic button that on the down state I want to do an animation that
I have set up. It works but only by holding down the button. So what I need is
some sort of actionscript that will play a movie clip within the down symbol. I
hope I explained that ok. Thank you for ...

            I'm a newbie so please dont laugh, I'm trying to learn by example.
i have a sample code downloaded from the web. when I click a button it goes to
a page, i'm trying to find the code that controls the action of this button. I
have looked under actions for that button ...