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that was it.. the path didnt direct to geocities.. its always something minute and silly... thanks for the help... ;-)

Im trying to embed a flash thingy that I made into a myspace comment. For some reason I just cant get it to work right. Im using an incredibly old ass version of Flash 5.. because of work and all I...

wow...thank you both so much for the help..Im going to try that later... see i tried to do an if rollMode = over statement, but i didnt think of putting it inside an on(enterframe) action...that...

this is probably a real easy fix...but i have been staring at it for so long i dont think i would see the answer if it slapped me...Im working in Flash 5. I have a function and I want the function to...

I have a box on stage that I want to use as a mask .maskBox. When a button is rolled over the maskBox moves to targety. When I dont have the maskBox mc set to mask it moves just fine, but when I...

well I have a mask that moves around depending on which button is rolled over. It was working fine then all of a sudden it doesnt. I have named my sliding mask instance maskPanel but when i debug...

wow...I have a book with a tutorial on how to do this in photoshop.. unfortunately i am out of town right now...about 2,000 miles away from my stuff...but it looks like Mista Juxta can help you out...

well...ella..Im not exactly sure then..If you want to e-mail me you .Fla file I can look at it and figure out whats going on... I can also leave comments in the actions window for you to see exactly...

Im sure there are other answers but here is a technique I use. I first make the full length line that I want. Then I just use a mask. I'll put the mask so you only see a small portion of the line,...

Does anybody else happen to have any suggestions for this?

well...Im not sure about the problem that you are having. If you absolutely Have to have the info in scene two, then you might try:
on(release){
gotoAndPlay ("scene2",frameNumber);

But what...

Well... If you go to Window>Panels>Instance and look in that panel you will see a box for you to give you Mc a variable name. Make sure your Mc is selected on stage. You can also do a search on...

Well... actually I do have a pre loader. Im using the _root.getBytesLoaded technique. (gosh, I sound like a dork).Thanks for the suggestion.

So far..I believe that the best way to add an MP3 to a flash file Is like this:
First start a NEW flash file. Go to File>Import.. and import your MP3. Save the file and name it something creative...

Make sure that in the first frame on your timeline is blank except for the pre-load script. Make sure the second frame is also totally empty stage with a gotoAndPlay(1) action. Tell your preload...

Well... you go into object actions for the button that you want to link... and assign it:

on (release) {
getUrl ();

In the getUrl parameters box..type in the url name. In a box just below...

When people visit my web site, nothing comes up on the screen but the title of the site. If the user hits re-load, then the site works fine. As long as the site is already in the cache it runs...

Nope... I tried this actionscript. I couldnt use it as a frame action because it uses the onClipEvent handler, so I tried assigning it to the rock MC. When I tested the movie, however, it didnt...

is there a way to delay when the Mc duplicates each time, so that it doesnt look so uniform?

Wow...thanks for the help. Your scripts seem to make alot more sense than mine. I'll try it and let you know how it turns out. One question though. I didnt understand what the "ball" script was...

Oops, sorry for the Italics. And thanks for the tips.

I really appreciate the help. My only problem is that I am very new to action scripts. So I dont know anything about functions yet. Im just now learning about object actions, arrays, and...

Thanks for your help. Your right about the setProperty script. I'll move that one. Also, as for the hitTest. When I can get my duplication working properly, then I will conduct the hitTest for the...

if you make a drawing on the stage the go to Insert>convert to symbol. Give it a name and choose movie clip, button, or graphic. Then if you go to window>library. And drag the symbol from the...

Here is what I would do.... On the very last possible frame that plays in the first movie, whether it be on the main timeline or in a Mc. Find the last frame that plays before you want the next swf...