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Hi all I'm struggling with a simple program I wrote to calculate perimeters of squares and rectangles. (yeah I know... but I'm just starting out with practising functions). Once the user has entered an option and found out their perimeter, I can get the menu showing again, but when the select...

Hi, I installed python 2.4 on win xp and have been getting intermittent errors when trying to start it or run my code. The error messsage is Sockt Error:Connection refused (Idle subprocess error). Another window then says it may be a firewall blocking the connection. I have disabled my...

Thanks for the quick reply! Much appreciated. I have this so far... number = 50 guess = 0 shots = 0 while guess != number and shots < 4: guess = input("Guess a Number ") if guess > number: shots=shots +1 print "Too High" elif guess < number...

Hi all I'm new to Python and working through some tutorials from my books. I'm trying to write a simple program which the user has to guess a number, and it will say if they are to high or to low. I would like the program to stop after the user has had say 4 guesses and not allow them to guess...

Hey thanks that worked a treat. Could you explain what the line trace("pleas......."); does?, also how would I display a message within a blank text box on the stage? saying something like...Please fill out all details. etc.. Thanks again

Hi I have a button in my movie that when pressed submits 3 pieces of data, name, email and a message. I would like to be able to check whether the user has actually entered anything and give an error message in a dynamic text box if they have left either input field blank. Below is the action I...

Hey pixl8r Did a search on those two and seems this is what I need. I've read through few examples but still unsure as where and how I place them in my movie.. any pointers much appreciated, I'd also like to understand how these work if anyone can explain it in a simple easy to understand...

Hi, Thanks alot. That worked perfectly! How would I enable it to refresh and reload itself once a user submits there details to the shoutbox? is this possible? This is the actions I have on the add button so far addButton.onRelease = function() { myData = new LoadVars(); myData.name =...

Hi, I'm slowly getting my site together and have a button which when pressed displays, messages etc.. from a mysql database. I want to know how to get this info to load automatically when the actual flash movie loads, so I don't have to push my refresh/display. Heres the code I have for my...

Thanks Bill. I think I'll have it tonight sussed tonight! :) This is the part in the loader.php script that is puzzling me, well some of it. $r_string ='n='.mysql_num_rows ($qr); $i=0 while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc ($qr)) { while (list ($key, $val) = each ($row)){ $r_string .='&' . $key .$i...

Hi thanks for the reply. Tried it but still won't work because if the invisible button is on the top layer, I can't use my normal buttons as they are covered by the invisible layer, so I cant press them. I've tried moving the buttons layer, but then my initial problem comes back...

Hi, This question may not be difficult for some but I'm just learning. I have a button that when pushed, plays a movie clip which is supposed to act as a navigation menu. This works fine, and within that movie clip I have an invisible button, which on a roll out, plays a certain frame and the...

Sorry, my mistake. I added the swf inseatd of the .fla. This should have the .fla http://www.mutepunk.co.uk/test/shout1.zip I've tried resizing the box, still the same. I've been reading through some tutorials etc.., and it says that to output my variables in Flash, they have to be converted to...

Bill Thanks a lot for the info. I've managed to get my data into my database, and display it when i click my "refresh button", but I have a problem somewhere as it's not displaying as it should in my messages box. The font seems to be huge even though it's set at only size 10, also the name is...

Hi thanks for the reply, I was thinking about going along the mysql route....I'm going to be hosting this on my home server. Is there advantages/disadvantages between the text/mysql routes? what would the basic as look like for my submit button? Thanks