Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Actionscript / July 2008

Hello.  I'm loading a flash movie (2.swf) into a main flash container
movie(main.swf). 2.swf has a combo box component that works fine independently,
but when loaded into the main.swf the combo box is not functional. Is this
normal combo box behavior or is there a glitch within ...

First, I would like you to forgive me for my poor English and thank the ones
that will take time to understand my questions.
I?m having a hard time to build a data base for a tire company Web site, but
it's almost done. I'll do my best to explain my problem to you, and than I'll ...

I'm trying to create closed captioning for an FLV playing in my Flash file.
I've looked at tutorials on Lynda.com and used that exact code but I get errors
- I've checked a bunch of times to make sure I've typed it in correctly and I
think I have. Can you see why I'd get errors ...

I am having some difficulty triggering a onRollover command on a Movieclip.
From my testing it seems to work fine until I put its layer underneath a
Masking layer I have set up.
Here is what I am using to trigger the Movieclip:

I am trying to make a single mp3 player to stream various mp3 files on a
website.
I can get it to work if i state the mp3 file in the action script but i want
to state the mp3 file in the param code of the HTML page

I'm using the FLV playback component in AS2 published to Flash 9.
I'm loading in a list of possible FLV (and mp4) videos from XML and then based
on the user's input setting the contentPath of the component.
I'm using the external steel playback controls--although I've tried some ...

Hello flash experts,
I purchased a started flash template for my site and all is done except I
cannot figure out how to use the email.php form within the site.  On one of the
pages that was already created I have a form with things to enter such as name,

i have a photography based site where i'm hoping to create a simple AS code to
move a navigation menu in relation to changing image sizes. there are many
different widths to the images and i'm hoping to have the navigation menu
(movie clip buttons currently in the top right area) ...

workin on my first ever flash website, and its pretty much finished.
im having problems with centering my site.
i know its an issue that has allready alot of posts and i have looked then all
up but all

Can you tell me if the URL of the PHP script I'm calling in sendAndLoad has to
be a full URL or whether it can be just a relative document address? eg, just
the file name if it's in the same directory as the calling SWF? Thanks...

I have a MC inside an MC, and i cant seem to get it to respond to actionscript
commands like on (rollover), I cant even get the prefab buttons that you can
drag and drop in to respond to mouse overs when it inside another mc, any
pointers?

Hi I am Flash newbie trying to get a Flash quiz to pass a score to my Plateau
LMS. I was told I could enter the following code below in Action Script 2.0 to
get it to work.  
btnComplete.onRelease = function(){

I would like to write A Day counter in my flash program.
I currently use macromedia flash MX 2004 for programming.
My program is basically one big loop. I would like to start out with DAY 1 and end the program (loop) when day 25 ends. I have tried several times to do the math but, ...

I use Flash as a thin client running on a Desktop mode, not on a web page. My
Flash application has the usual button controls, grids, dropdown controls and
others.
How can I do so to apply internationalisation to my Flash applications? In a

I've been using AS3 at an intermediate level, and am getting deeper
into classes. I'm loving classes! I'm just cloudy on a few general
concepts.
It's easy for me to create a child object from a parent object, like a