Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Actionscript / November 2007

i'm having issues with the dateField component.  i would like to dynamically
specify today's date as the rangeEnd of the selectableRange, but i can't seem
to get it to work.
can someone show me how to create a dateField component that does not allow

In the attached code, the xml onLoad event is never triggered. If getVars() is
called directly from the root then it works fine. If calling this way is the
onLoad function out of scope?
stop();

Please help me how to call a movieClip from the library of a swf file from a
different swf using action script.
For example, if I have flash1.swf and it contains mov1 as movieClip. I want to
call mov1 from another swf flash2.swf by using action script 2.

hello,
in my root .swf i have the following code:
var mc:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
var logoLoad:MovieClip = mc.createEmptyMovieClip("logoLoad",

I have been working on an animation in which a playing card flips over.  I
would like to make the card clickable so that when the user clicks on the card,
the animation begins.  When the user clicks on the last frame of the flipped
card animation, I would like the card to flip ...

i have to create a screensaver that's not fullscreen. it has to be a small box
in a corner of the screen, with a text that changes every day. This text box
appeares when the computer is idle (hasn't been used for 10 minutes, for
example). does anybody know how can i do this in ...

Hi there everyone,
I want a button in a swf to launch a file or application that's on my
computer. The swf would live only on my computer and most likely in the same
folder as the file or app I'm trying to launch. I figure this should be easy

Hi there. I'm trying to do a very simple urlRequest ...
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onLoadCSS);
loader.load(new URLRequest("htmlStyles.css"));

Hi all,
Curious if we have any seasoned keyboard lovers here that suffer this same
issue, or better, have solved it! I believe the issue to be flash though, and a
glitch that needs patching, as it happens on multiple systems for me.

I am developing one flash based website. My client wants to change the movie
size depending on the screen resolution.
Easily I can get the screen resolution using
System.capabilities.screenResolutionX, System.capabilities.screenResolutionY.

I posted me test here at http://www.urbanlinx.com/Test.swf.
I have 4 MCs in the movie. A header, content box (center), footer, and
background image.
When the browser is scaled the background scales in proportion to the widow

Hello, I am very new at flash. I have downloaded a template and can not get the
send button to work on the contact form. I have been everywhere on tutorials
and tried changing many things. If someone could help me figure out what I am
doing wrong, it would be greatly appreciated.

my question is to diplay random files , and i have given the code as
mcMain.btn1.onRelease = function() { //btn1
myContent.load("assets/fvg/FlashVideoGallery.xml");
var movieArray:Array = new Array("holes.swf","slideShowFinal.swf","publish

I am setting up a flash ad and I want to add a condition that shows one scene
for one situation and another scene for everything else. The condition is part
of the URL the ad is shown on. For example
if (listings.htm) {

this is the script for 24 buttons that play 24 movie clips (its a chronological
timeline with thumbnails and popups). The second line calls a function to clear
all other buttons than the one clicked, by going to a frame "hidden" in each
movie clip. The 3rd is fine. All works. Is ...