# flash **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1898 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 1899 --- ## [sendAndLoad not working?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sendandload-not-working/175965)
**Author:** [@FreakSheep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FreakSheep)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sendandload-not-working/175965 "2006-01-19T06:08:55Z")
Hey. I'm trying to learn how to use actionscript and such, and its proving to be hard \[frowning\] I have a sendAndLoad sending a GET var (dsp) of 'blog' to main.php, and i'm getting nothing back. You can see the .fla … --- ## [Translate a string](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translate-a-string/175959)
**Author:** [@B\_L\_U\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/B_L_U_E)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translate-a-string/175959 "2006-01-19T03:17:03Z")
Im trying to translate a string from a textbox by shifting each letter (excluding vowels) up a character. For example, B changes to C, C changes to D, D changes to E, etc. I think Im on the right path but i need some hel… --- ## [Button or Animation Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-or-animation-problem/175955)
**Author:** [@HecticMedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HecticMedia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-or-animation-problem/175955 "2006-01-19T02:38:14Z")
Hey all, In my movie I have a menu of buttons.. when you click one it says gotoAndPlay frame 85.. which then does a little transition animation while it loads in an external swf.. Now I've used this system before on … --- ## [Losing focus because of html link in textfield](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-focus-because-of-html-link-in-textfield/175954)
**Author:** [@pittsburghjoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pittsburghjoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-focus-because-of-html-link-in-textfield/175954 "2006-01-19T02:27:39Z")
I’m creating an interactive U.S. map that renders specific factory info in popups (all in flash). I used the drawing api to create the background of the popups and then I dynamically position textfields over them for t… --- ## [Sound Chaos using ActionScript!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-chaos-using-actionscript/175946)
**Author:** [@bzouchir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bzouchir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-chaos-using-actionscript/175946 "2006-01-19T01:36:09Z")
Hi guys, I'm putting music for my flash website, I'm adding the audio using Actionscript as per the tutorial below: This is my script assigned to a mc at the frame I want the music to start play: onClipEvent (lo… --- ## [\*sigh\* External SWF Transition Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sigh-external-swf-transition-problem/175945)
**Author:** [@mtmoore55](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mtmoore55)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sigh-external-swf-transition-problem/175945 "2006-01-19T01:21:05Z")
After going through the tutorial here and getting stuck, I've been trying to figure this out for the better part of the day with none of the other threads shedding much light on it. Here is my problem: I have my naviga… --- ## [Flash to Text issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-text-issue/175943)
**Author:** [@Tyg3r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tyg3r)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-text-issue/175943 "2006-01-19T00:53:48Z")
I've had a good look around now, and I cant find exactly what Im after. Im trying to develop a basic input form. You type your name and when you click "enter"; the name will be put into a .txt file. Nothing fancy. A… --- ## [How do I make an "if" statement out of this?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-an-if-statement-out-of-this/175936)
**Author:** [@lariat1997](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lariat1997)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-an-if-statement-out-of-this/175936 "2006-01-18T23:19:04Z")
this.powerUp\_btn.onPress = function(){ xyz\_mc.gotoAndPlay(powerUpFrame); } this.rotate360\_btn.onPress = function(){ xyz\_mc.gotoAndPlay(rotate360Frame); } this.turnAround\_btn.onPress = function(){ xyz\_mc.gotoAndPlay(tu… --- ## [Printing Specific Frames](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-specific-frames/175934)
**Author:** [@chant9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chant9)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-specific-frames/175934 "2006-01-18T23:10:04Z")
Hi I am trying to work out printing from Flash. I have seen that to print a frame you make it's frame label '#p'. This however always prints each frame labelled '#p' on a print command. I was wondering if there is a… --- ## [Accessing the Tab Order of Objects](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-the-tab-order-of-objects/175930)
**Author:** [@Syberia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syberia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-the-tab-order-of-objects/175930 "2006-01-18T22:46:18Z")
Hello, I am having difficulty determining the identity of the next object in the tabbing order. I set the tabIndex of a group of text fields as they are attached and upon running the app the tab key works as expected. H… --- ## [Event v. Stream](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-v-stream/175923)
**Author:** [@Histtin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Histtin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-v-stream/175923 "2006-01-18T21:31:27Z")
For rollovers on my site, I added a sound (not with actionscript) to play during the rollover state. When I tried stream, it slowed down the animation. So I used event. however, when I test it online, the event type a… --- ## [Flash 8 problem w/ remoting (More)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-problem-w-remoting-more/175921)
**Author:** [@clem\_c\_rock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clem_c_rock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-problem-w-remoting-more/175921 "2006-01-18T21:21:25Z")
Hello, I was trying to convert some flash projects that use remoting from flash mx 2004 to flash 8. I first recieved this error w/ the old header includes: #include "NetServices.as" #include "NetDebug.as" Which… --- ## [Flash-XML gallery pictures preloader](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-gallery-pictures-preloader/175910)
**Author:** [@The\_Musician](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/The_Musician)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-gallery-pictures-preloader/175910 "2006-01-18T19:50:14Z")
Hi, I would like to add a simple preloader, to preload images from XML in this picture gallery (it's Scotty's resize gallery variation with thumbnails). I am new to the action scripts... could somebody help me? Here is… --- ## [Unable to publish to .mov format](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unable-to-publish-to-mov-format/175909)
**Author:** [@final\_end](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/final_end)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unable-to-publish-to-mov-format/175909 "2006-01-18T19:44:47Z")
I select the option to publish a quicktime .mov file from my animation in flash and i get the error message that, "Quicktime does not have a handler for this type Macromedia Flash Movie," but i have the newest version of… --- ## [PreLoader Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-problem/175902)
**Author:** [@youngloopy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youngloopy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-problem/175902 "2006-01-18T18:46:09Z")
I've got a preloader with the same code I've used MANY times and it has always worked fine. Now when I test it in a browser it just stays on the fullyloaded preloader and doesn't go to the 3rd frame,the strange part is t… --- ## [\_root Transitions](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-transitions/175900)
**Author:** [@pantas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pantas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-transitions/175900 "2006-01-18T18:36:53Z")
hey there, i know this sounds stupid but i made a crucial mistake in a function, but cannot work it out... i'm builting a site where there are transitions through the areas, but i do not want to load external files...j… --- ## [AS connect to SQL](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-connect-to-sql/175894)
**Author:** [@Thinker2501](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thinker2501)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-connect-to-sql/175894 "2006-01-18T17:27:38Z")
Is it possible to connect directly to a SQL database using AS, or do you still have to go througha php script? --- ## [MC if and else](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-if-and-else/175891)
**Author:** [@gllanci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gllanci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mc-if-and-else/175891 "2006-01-18T17:10:05Z")
Menu: Im tryong to make a menu if home is OPEN and if the user clicks on Contact the home must close and the contact must open!! Take a look at the FLA file and maybe u gonna understand me! Thanx in your adavnc… --- ## [Live News Area](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/live-news-area/175885)
**Author:** [@lewi\_p](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewi_p)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/live-news-area/175885 "2006-01-18T16:02:46Z")
Hi, I'm in the process of making a live sports news area similar to the one here and wondered if anyone can give me some pointers on how to go about it? I've made afew flash apps before that retrieves data from xml … --- ## [Flash Detection Script Redirecting page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-detection-script-redirecting-page/175883)
**Author:** [@opel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/opel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-detection-script-redirecting-page/175883 "2006-01-18T15:35:31Z")
I have installed the Macromedia Flash Detection Script and it all works fine. I just want to alter the code so that if a user does not have the flash player it will redirect them to another page with instructions about f… --- ## [XML class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-class/175881)
**Author:** [@fat\_ron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fat_ron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-class/175881 "2006-01-18T15:22:54Z")
I am trying to make use of the nodeType property but the default XML class used by the flash player only recognises 1 (elementNode) and 3 (textNode) it states this in the Help under nodeType so how do I load another clas… --- ## [Using other world times in a clock?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-other-world-times-in-a-clock/175879)
**Author:** [@3stripe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/3stripe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-other-world-times-in-a-clock/175879 "2006-01-18T15:05:26Z")
Hello, I've got a clock which needs to show UK and American time... If I can get one to always show the correct UK time (not the time on your computer) then I can easily set the other one. I though that .getUTCDate… --- ## [Text Box Scrollbars](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-scrollbars/175876)
**Author:** [@jaderoberts](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jaderoberts)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-scrollbars/175876 "2006-01-18T14:40:01Z")
Does anyone know how to have a Scrollbar attached to a Text Box that is pulling data from an External Source? I can get the Scrollbar to work on a Text Box containing Static Text, but not when the Text is Dynamic. Re… --- ## [Importing Isometric shapes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-isometric-shapes/175866)
**Author:** [@Fraggs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fraggs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-isometric-shapes/175866 "2006-01-18T13:21:23Z")
Hey, Its been quiet some time since I last used Flash and I\`m having trouble importing an isometric cube from photoshop CS2. The shape gets imported fine, but there is a white border around the image where the cube d… --- ## [Flash local shared object and XPSP2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-local-shared-object-and-xpsp2/175865)
**Author:** [@flash\_noob1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flash_noob1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-local-shared-object-and-xpsp2/175865 "2006-01-18T13:18:13Z")
Is there a bug with windows XP SP2 and local shared objects? I cannot get the local shared object working under XPSP2 when run as projector... Can anyone get these working under XPSP2? Here are the files ive tested… --- ## [Retrieving Data for a Cookie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieving-data-for-a-cookie/175863)
**Author:** [@lewi\_p](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewi_p)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieving-data-for-a-cookie/175863 "2006-01-18T13:02:29Z")
I've just started out working with cookies in flash and looked at the \*\*poms tutorials \*\*http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/sharedobjects.htm I think its quite kool how flash can see what OS the user has and want to kn… --- ## [\[AS2\] Reffering to this from function defined inside class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-reffering-to-this-from-function-defined-inside-class/175855)
**Author:** [@virusescu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/virusescu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-reffering-to-this-from-function-defined-inside-class/175855 "2006-01-18T11:51:02Z")
Hello fellow kirupians. Time for me again to ask for you help. I'll begin with the example code class className () { //constructor function className(targetmc,linkId) { xxx = targetmc.attachMovie(linkId… --- ## [Movie Clip and button merging?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-and-button-merging/175854)
**Author:** [@Gibson98](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gibson98)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-and-button-merging/175854 "2006-01-18T10:56:57Z")
Hi, I have a problem \[wink\] I have a movie clip that is a picture attached to it i have some action script allowing it to move left/right depending on which way the mouse is going. Thats working fine! Then i need… --- ## [Lloading external text INTO the actionscript](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lloading-external-text-into-the-actionscript/175853)
**Author:** [@DesignerDude05](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DesignerDude05)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lloading-external-text-into-the-actionscript/175853 "2006-01-18T10:19:27Z")
Is this possible, because what i have is a simple 1 user admin login system, but i want the user to beable to change the password as simple as changing a text file and uploading it which the actionscript will dynamicly l… --- ## [Get a List of the Items in the Library?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-a-list-of-the-items-in-the-library/175852)
**Author:** [@CEOofAEP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CEOofAEP)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-a-list-of-the-items-in-the-library/175852 "2006-01-18T10:16:23Z")
Hello people- I was just wondering if there is a way to get a manual text list (or an array or really just anything I could use to get an overview) of items in the library of an FLA...? I have about 60 movieclips of… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1897) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/programming/flash/38.md?page=1899)