Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Actionscript / July 2008

Im making a dynamic slideshow webcomic to flip trough a number of pages i
update frequently, so im using a XML file and I have everything working quite
great but i have a question.
I need to have a button that sends the viewer to the very last (or latest

I'm having trouble with a custom scroller. I want it to go left to right and
NOT up and down as it currently does. I thought I could just switch the x and y
coordinates and letters and it would work but it still scrolls upand down.
Thanks for any help.

So I was doing this preloader tutorial and got it all working so far except for
some reason they felt the need to leave out the last code...  He simply states
that you need to name the first frame of your main thing (the thing you're
loading) "start" and name the last frame that ...

I am currently making a quiz/board game. There is a "Take question card" button
which goes to a random frame in a specified movie. Every frame in that movie
has a question with answers that make the players advence on the board. The
problem is, I need to make sure that once a ...

With the script below I want to assign 10 functions to 10 clips (named
hitzone1, hitzone2 etc).
First clip hitzone1 should have the function mc_ball.gotoAndStop(1)
Second clip hitzone2 should have the function mc_ball.gotoAndStop(2)

i am wondering is there any way to CUT a FLV file at runtime.
I want to Cut from a XX start Time to YY end time.
Do you know any other Softwares to cut it.
Please note onething i am in need of online cutting application. It may run

As my topic says, I am experiencing some difficulty with the on(roolOver) code.
I have designed a small animation where by placing the cursor (rollOver) over
a button, an MC would animate.  Everything works fine the only preoblem is that
the animation keeps on repeating over and ...

I have as2 code in a class file that is imported into a fla file. I've been
trying to manipulate the movieClip instance that I have on the Stage via just
the Class file.
Example:

I have working on this all day. I finally figured out how to make text wrap in
a combobox but now my links aren't working and I can't figure out what to do
next. I know the problem is in my eventlistener.
Here is the link to the code I used for the whole thing.

In the action panel, the script assistant fails to insert--or inserts
erratically- the "on [this event]" line, inserting only the action itself. The
action therefore doesn't work. Any thoughts about what's wrong? I am a new
Flash user.

Is there a way to find the frame label of the _currentframe under the play head
from AS2 code.
I need something that would be the equivalent of _currentframe.labelname
I am loading a swf from a DVD and it  is slow to respond. Iwould like to test

Hello everyone, I'm having a bit of trouble with a Flash Video file. I'm
helping a friend out by doing some work on his webpage. He had a video that he
wanted to put up on his news page, so I converted the video to an flv and used
the flv player component to make a video player ...

Hello,
I have to buttons on my stage called: button1_btn and button2_btn.
When you press on it, the color parameter is passed to the makeText function.
What i would like it to do, is when you press on button 1, a text is added to

I have a loan calculator that is working. As long as the field has
something entered. If the field is left blank, it doesn't work because
the variable assigned to the field is empty.
How can I write an IF statement for this? I've tried:

If anyone is willing to assist me with this, it would be greatly appreciated.
I've created an interactive animation. On load, a number appears in the
dynamic text box. When button one is pushed, the number needs to change; when
button two is pushed, the number needs to 'clear' - ...