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Whre you use the line "movie.getBounds()", replace "movie" with the name of this movie clip the mouse needs to be in range of to work, which I think would be "this" in this case. So use...

The getBounds() method is different than most methods in that it returns an object instead of just one value. It returns an object that holds multiple values. You can access these values via the...

Exxxxxxxcccceeeellllllennnnnnnnnttt!

One good tip I picked up is:

If you have variables all over the place in different timelines in your movie, you can submit them to an ASP page in one simple action like this:

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I think I remember reading on the Colin Moock site that Flash Player on IE 4.5 for Mac does not support the POST method. Is this what you are using?

I think you are right about not including the dot, becasue what the code is doing is looking at the array of Movie Clips on the root timeline.......

I know I'll get blasted for this but you could...

I understand what you are saying FlashGuru, but this command is in the pull down list of built in commands for the FSCommand. You can see it if you are in Normal mode in the actionscript editor. ...

...ahab's code looks better than what I said. I got the syntax for targeting wrong. It should be:

_root.["MC" + j]

Sorry.

Try this:


var j=1
for(j=1;j<3;j++)
{
mc[j].play();
}

I do not think you can tell a MC to "goToAndPlay" a certain frame within it's own timeline because that action (from the help file)

Try doing stuff with the vars in the handler onClipEvent(data). Here is abit from the actionscript dictionary about this event:



-Jeremyx

It may also be that you are loading a cached version of the txt file with the variables, so no update is happening. (I know this sometimes happens when you try to load vars from a script).

To...

The advantage to using onClipEvent(mouseDown) instead of a transparent button is that you will not have the cursor change into a hand when the user clicks. To me this is important becuse the cursor...

I posted the reply in the other forum:

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Try this:

You can get the bounds of any movie clip by calling the getBounds() function, then...

I have found that it does not work either, although I have not tried to rebuild it....

Try this:

You can get the bounds of any movie clip by calling the getBounds() function, then detect if the mouse is in the area of the movie clip before performing an action. Say you have a movie...

That's right. When you load variables in Flash, it looks to see if it has any varibles of the same name on _level0. If it does, it populates them with values from the script. If no matching...

Actually you can do a load movie command (w/ send variables) and point to a script (asp, perl, etc) This load movie action will BOTH post any variables from the movie to the script AND recieve any...

Right click on the movie clip on the stage and choose action. Try something like:

onClipEvent(load){
function doSomething(var){
//code here use var if you want
}
}

On a...

Try this:

Create a new movie with a text box on the stage. Make it a dynamic text box and give it the name "outPut". In the first frame assign the following script:

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When you call the load variables action in your movie, try appending a "?" and random number to the end of the URL. This will stop the browser from caching the page:

"whatever.asp?534187453"

Does that require LiveConnect? Or: Does it work on IE 4.5 on the Mac? (Wait, nothing works on IE 4.5 on the Mac :)

You could always do that with an FS command. For example: Create a button that has the FS command "open_notepad" and the arguments "c:\windows\notepad.exe". If you are hosting the active x flash...

Flash --> client-side JavaScript = LiveConnect

IE 4.5 or IE 5 on Mac = no LiveConnect

IE on Mac = ****ty

(You cannot communicate between Java applets and Javascript either which is what...

The only way I know of is to append a URL encode string to the source attribute of the OBJECT/EMBED tags on the page that will display the movie.

...src=movie.swf?variable=value&variable=value......