Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Actionscript / January 2008

I have an area where I want to show the text from a text file with some html,
in one part I want the text to be read correctly and make the links (this
works) in the other part I want the html to be shown in the dtext box. But even
if the render text as html isnt checked and if ...

Help greatly appreciated!
My links open in a new window, but I need them to open in the same window.
What do I need to add to my code so that this happens.
Here is my code-

There is a simple solution to my question, Im sure.
I have created 2 different states of my button that I want to make. Each state
is a movie clip with graphics inside (a picture with text on top of it).
I want to, in actionscript, tell flash that when a user mouses over my ...

button_xml.firstChild.childNodes[this.id].attributes.link=_root.buttonURL.text;
my world would be blown away if the above line actually worked.  Id probably
never use arrays again for anything and just use xml to manage everything in
all my movies ever.  but childNodes is read ...

So I have this flash masthead with a bunch of nav features that lives on all
pages of a site I've designed. I've created a working pre-loader. So far so
good. Now I'd like to know if there's any way to detect whether the swf file
has all ready been put in cache so that it doesn't ...

I'd like a small error message box to popup on the top layer when a user makes a an incorrect and/or invalid selection.
Can anyone help me find the easiest way to do this?

I have a simple AS (2) script which sends variables to an ASP file, but does
not get a response back:
on (release) {
loadVariables("myfile.asp",this,"POST");

I'm doing this site for my dad, and i've done a menu in flash.
I made jpeg's and then imported them into flash, made buttons that move and
stuff.
Now my problem is that i just really cant get them to open the page in

Here's a simple requirement...
var arrayName:String = "tabAy_"+commTrayNo;
var this[arrayName] = new Array();
..but the second line gives an error: Identifier expected. How can I generate

I've looked through the help many times and searched for various tutorials all
over the net. Support docs I found have led to writing the following code (code
was attached to comboBox instance) which was not working. The send button is
not sending the label that I am trying to ...

I am trying to capture an FLV Frame with the bitmapdata.draw() function.
I works fine with same domain but don't with cross domain even with
crossdomain.xml
I got a Security SandBox Violation

i want to know what is the difference b/w the symbol Movie clip and the
MovieClip created by using Movieclip class.
b/c when i want to unload movie from the symbol Movieclip created at designe
time and it is on the stage , i have to

Here's my scenario:
I have tabnavigator with 6 tabs, tabs 2-6 are disabled until all
radiobuttongroups on previous numbered tabs are selected.  This is for a
March Madness application, so you have to pick all matchups in round 1

Does anyone know if it is faster or slower to upload a file using flash and
php, rather than an html form and php? or is there no difference?
I only ask becuase it is easier to create an upload progress bar in flash, but
if it is going to make it slower I will not use flash...

Hi everyone. I'm really in a bind here. I've been working on this for two days
now and I'm ready to pull my hair out. I'm making a slideshow that cycles
through x amount of images from an XML file. The images change every 6 seconds.
The image can also change forward or backward ...