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I found (by accident) a solution to this riddle. You can't apply a alpah effects to dynamic text fields containing non-embedded fonts. Or so I thought. I am doing the same thing, and my textfields...

I sort of see what you are trying to do. Here is what I came up with as a solution

function redraw(node:XMLNode):Void {
// create an empty holder clip
this.createEmptyMovieClip("holderClip",...

I don't want to talk to the MC. I wan to the talk to the customized Object that created it.

I don' think I have made my question clear. I haev created a class called Breadcrumb, that shows a...

No that isn't really what I am trying to do. That script you wrote talks to the parent of the movieclip generated by the Object instance. What I want to do is actually talk to the object instance...

I am having difficulty trying to pass the current object to one of it's own methods.

My Class creates a movieClip on screen, and inside the movieClip is a button. I am creating the code on the...

Does anyone know of a good tutorial on how to use the colour settings box in Flash? I understand how to change the brightness, alpha or tint of my movie clips manually, and programmatically, but I...

works perfectly! thanks heaps. I assume that you can use this syntax for a lot of things - kind of liek having variable variables is PHP?

Gareth

I have a loop that generates a bunch of 5 (from an array) dynamic TextField objects using the createTextField() Method.

for(var i:Number=0; i<languages.length; i++) {
...

think of my problem as trying to do three things:

1. dynamically control the text inside a button.

2. to be able to acess/control the width of the button without clipping the text or squishing...

I am using Flash MX 2004.

I am attempting to create a dynamic breadcrumb navigation system similar to this example:

Flash Kit Community Forums > Flash Help > Flash MX >

THe links are dynamic...

I am looking for a very specific wave file...

a camera flash soudn followed by the distinctive highly pitched squeal that you get as the capacitor recharges.

If any one can help, please reply...

I have an image gallery. My images are presented on the screen ina vertical list of 4. I would like ht eimages to appear in greyscale until a user shows interset in a particular image (by clicking or...

Does anyone know a way of using the advacned color settings to make symbols appear greyscale...

Thanks

Gareth

dunno.
I grabbed from the loops section at flashkit. IT was a while ago. But I think I still have the raw wav files if you want them.

I have a very simple preloader that displays the total bytes, the bytes loaded so far, as an integer, and the bytes loaded so far as a percentage onf the total. I tcalculates everything perfectly:
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I know that FS commands can pass information at runtime from my swf movie to the ost environment (ie the standalone player or the web browser).

I want to know if the opposite can be done and how...

A simple qustion... is masking dynamic text one of those unexplainable things that you just can't do?

che che developette.

Help please!

Is it possible to specify onClipEvents for movie clip instances that have been loaded dynamically from the library using the attachMovie syntax? Specifically I want to have an...

"isn't a button in Flash the same IDEA as a hyperlink in HTML"

Well lind of, it depends what you want the button to do. I f I was just getting the button to link to a new html page, hten sure. ...

i appreciate the difference but do not see how the on re3lease script can added if the object is not a button? Surely the XML list will just be text.

i nee the on Release event to call a...

I want to use an XML file to populate a text list in my main movie. The entries on the list need to be clickable, and when clicked, i want to load a movie based on the list item selected. I have...

I am trying to set a flag on the "key press" event, and un-set it on the key release event. Any ideas?

Hi,

I have serached high and low fir that classic sound effect of a vone or creeping plant stretching or snaking around somehting... you that sound you hear on cartoons when a "killer vine"...

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I have a small map with a boat. When a user clicks a point on the map I want my boat to 'sail' to that point. There are numerous islands and areas of land jutting out that my boat can't sail...