Thanks again. I'm gonna try and figure something out. You were very helpful and I appreciate it greatly. Gary ... View more

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then the author of the combobox also used an array function name doesntmatter. to remedy change the name of your prototype function or edit the combobox code or don't use the combobox. ... View more

i know of none. this was an active topic when flash mx first arrived and i don't remember any satisfactory solutions ever being found. i could be wrong because it's not a topic that's of interest to me, but i've been here so long and read so many threads i'm 80% certain that i'm correct. ... View more

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I have managed to get the collision detection working but there is another problem. I have made this Picture which shows that when in some places, the snake body movie clip and the collision detection movieclip are overlapping when i don't i dont want a collision to be detected. Can you see? Is there any way of preventing this?? for example can you make the area of the movie clip fit exactly to the objects inside them?? Thankyou so much for your contributions Harry Eakins ... View more

try adding the following before any other code in your as file: ... View more

kglad, Thank you very much for all the attention that you have given me. Things still aren't working though. I really have tried to do exactly all that you have instructed. I wrote: q1a.groupName="q1"; q1c.groupName="q1"; q1d.groupName="q1"; q1e.groupName="q1"; even though I think I established all this on the "Parameters Panel". And I wrote (q1.selection.data) . Still it returned undefined after I selected a radio button of that group, and then clicked the "Total Score" button. (which by the way, is where all the AS is embeded.) No matter what variation of syntax that I use the radioGroup remains undefined. I even tried this: var apple=groupName.q1.getData(); I thought maybe apple=groupName.q1.radioInsanceName.getData(); might work, but nope. What I am asking for is: var answer1 = the radioGroup.radioInstance.selectedData I want to click on any button within the radioGroup q1 and get the radioGroup to return the data (value?) of the selected radioButton. In order to do this, I need to understand how to call, by name, each radioButton and the radioGroup housing them. Because I am obviously easily confused, would you answer using the names I've already established. Finally, please tell me the name of a solid AS2 primer! Thank you again. ... View more

I would put the other code inside a function: function updateTime(){ //date stuff goes in here } then call it once a second: intID = setInterval(updateTime,1000) you could do the same thing with an onEnterFrame, but then you'd be making a lot of useless calls....this way you'll only call it as often as new information is available. ... View more

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Well the funny thing is that although you can not load a large JPEG you actually can load a large SWF. So all you need is a third party software to produce the large SWFs from JPEGs. Enter jpeg2swf from http://www.swftools.org/ . Eddy ... View more

if you have a specific place to put it you could place a div tag absolutely using css and then place the flash within the div tag. If you have no idea what I'm talking about have a look at css help on the web - its very very basic stuff Sam ... View more

im off to do some reading. thanks kglad. if you'ld like the see my old smoke-particles let me know. you might have some ideas for what i could do to make it better. ... View more

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Great, it works perfect. Here's the final function if anyone wants it function floatMc(float_mc:MovieClip, range_num:Number, frames_num:Number):Void { var xMin:Number = float_mc._x-range_num; var xMax:Number = float_mc._x+range_num; var yMin:Number = float_mc._y-range_num; var yMax:Number = float_mc._y+range_num; var frames:Number = frames_num; //number of seconds for the tween to take, and how often to start a new tween var me:MovieClip = float_mc; function newTween() { //adjust the easing class as needed var xNew:Number = (Math.random()*(xMax-xMin))+xMin; var yNew:Number = (Math.random()*(yMax-yMin))+yMin; xTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(me, "_x", mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeInOut, me._x, xNew, frames, false); yTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(me, "_y", mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeInOut, me._y, yNew, frames, false); } var IntID:Number = setInterval(newTween, (frames*(1000/31))); } floatMc(hotAir_mc, 20, 62); ... View more

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use getURL() to open in a new window. ... View more

the following code will display all objects undergoing a rollOver, including some (or many) that have no mouse handler's attached: ... View more

you can't cause the execution of code that's in an on(release) handler to execute via actionscript. you can put that code in a funciton and call that function with an on(release) handler and "...within another movie at a certain time". those compiler errors are pointing out a name collision. there are several possiblities, none of which are diagnosable without looking at your fla. you could try deleting movieclips from the library until you no longer get that error. that would allow you to narrow the movieclips causing the name collision. ... View more

it's usually better to have flash only send the variables needed by the asp program and to have the asp response returned to flash so flash can perform all actions using the returned data. to send specific variables, use the LoadVars() class. you have more control over what variables are and are not sent compared to using getURL() and loadVariables() which are other functions/methods that can be used to communicate between flash and asp. ... View more

you must convert your graphic to a movieclip. ... View more

use: ... View more

there is no best practice for having an outro movie. it depends upon your needs. does each movieclip have a unique outro? or are all the outros the same. eg, does each movieclip fade out before displaying the next movieclip? how is the next movieclip instantiated? is it loaded, attached or on a main timeline frame and you need to direct the main timeline to that frame? there's also no best for displaying different "pages". it depends upon your needs. ... View more

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i don't see a problem. ... View more

check the flash help files for information on the asfunction(). it allows the use of flash functions in html-enabled textfields. ... View more

i have a typo in my code. try: ... View more