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  1. Fion

    Unload command being sketchy for control array

    Hi all, I am having an odd problem with objects in a control array. I can load then fine, but for some reason, I cannot call the unload command where I want to. I have a combobox where, when the user selects "End" all of the control array components beyond that unload. But, when I try to do...
  2. Fion

    movie clip not showing in html

    ok, I have a slight problem, I'm hoping somone can help me with. I have an index page with a menu that loads movies into it's main frame. One of the movies will show up locally just fine, and it will show up in dreamweaver just fine, but when I upload it to the server, it does not show up. To...
  3. Fion

    Specify object names with variables

    Hi, I am tring to consolidate some code in a program I am writing, and I'm hoping what I want to do is possible... I have sets of objects (text and comboboxes in a frame) and each object in the sets have the same name, but for the last number. For example: Condition1: (a frame) Con1.text (a...
  4. Fion

    Setting Var inside functions

    Hi all, I have a pretty simple question. I have a global var that I declare in the main level of the movie. I then set it to assorted movieclip paths inside functions. But the problem is, when the function ends, the variable empties. I need a varible that I can pass between functions (this will...
  5. Fion

    Movieclip playing only once

    Hi all, I have an... intersting problem. Something tells me it is a really simple one.. I hope so :-) I have been build a full site in flash, and I am now working on the menu for the index page. I have dropdown menus that will (eventually) slide down and reveal new options each time a menu...
  6. Fion

    Portuguese characters in remoting

    Hi all, I have a flash translating program that uses Remoting with the babelfish web service. Now it works great, except for one thing, when I translate from english to portuguese, anytime there is a non-english character in the string returned from the web service, it messes up. No I am...
  7. Fion

    A good translation webservice?

    Hi all, I am looking for a good translation webservice, like the babelfish one that is no longer working... I looked around and found a few, but I want to ask also, to see if anyone had a favorite, or knows which one is the best... Anyone have any ideas? Fion
  8. Fion

    XML importing problems, missing nodes

    Hi all, This time I have a question I am hoping someone can help me with. I have an XML document that I am importing for settings, but for some reason, it will only import 3 nodes... I have about 7 in there now, and I had planned quite a few more, but it only sees the first three. I don't...
  9. Fion

    Embedding codecs

    Hi again all, I have a small movie (actual movie not flash movie, an mpeg I think) that I would like us in a small flash project. It looks like there is no problem adding the movie to the project, but I do know that it (the mpeg) is encoded with the divx codec. Some computers don't have the divx...
  10. Fion

    Dragable flash movie

    Hi again, just a quick question... I have a page with a flash toolbar at the top and the reest is html. Now I have a flash language translator that I would like to be able to load, and be able to drag the movie around on top of the page (not affecting the html or anything, just be able to move...
  11. Fion

    Portguese characters imported form a text file

    Hi all, I am importing text fields from a .txt file using LoadVariableNum and it is working great, except that I am importing portuguese text and the extra characters there don't get imported right. How can I fix this? Is there a better import command or is it something else? Thanks!
  12. Fion

    resize images

    Hi all, Does anyone know how I could go about resizing images as they are loaded into a movie with loadMovie()? This is for a photo gallery that I am making. When you click on the thumbnail of the picture, a frame fades in and a larger version of that picture is loaded onto that frame. Most of...
  13. Fion

    Dynamically assigning actions to buttons

    Here I am with yet another question... I have a movieclip, that contains a bunch of dynamically created movieclips. I want to be able to use these movieclips as buttons (for .onRelease stuff, not button states...) but I can't get past the master movie clip... It's like this: MasterClip...
  14. Fion

    Dynamic movieclip variables

    Hi all, I have come with another question for your Flash...all...knowingness... I have a loop that reads some data from an XML file, and uses that to create a group of movieclips. Below is my code. function loadXML(loaded) { if (loaded) { xmlNode = this.firstChild; image = []; description...
  15. Fion

    Dynamically changing button text

    Hello again, I have been banging my head against a wall for a few hours tring to figure this out. Finally, I decided that I can probably get an answer faster if I just ask... What I am tring to do is this: I have a dynamic textfield that I turned into a button. now when I load the program, I...
  16. Fion

    Detecting current frame of a Movie Clip

    Hello again, My last question was answered so well that I now have another one... :-) I have dropdown menus in my website, and when you select an option from that menu, a window moves on screen (from the left side). Now, my question is this, how do I make it so that when a window is onscreen...
  17. Fion

    Multi language and menu questions

    Hi all, I am a beginner using flash, and I have a few questions for someone that is better in the know then I. First, this is probably really simple, but I can't find any reference to it anywhere, how do I play a movie from inside a button instance? I have a button that when you mouse over it...
  18. Fion

    help searching an access database

    Hi, I am tring to figure out how to search an Access database. Here is my current code... Dim rstInfo As Recordset Dim db As Database Dim item Set db = OpenDatabase(App.Path & dbpath) Set rstInfo = db.OpenRecordset("Info", dbOpenDynaset) rstInfo.FindFirst "Name=" & Criti.Text With...
  19. Fion

    Combobox_change not working

    Hi, I have a combobox in a program I am building, which I fill with a list of options. What I want to have happen is when one the user picks an option from the combo box, the secondary options (fields, checkboxs and such) change. I had thought to do this through the _change sub, but it is not...
  20. Fion

    How do I check to see if Word exists?

    Hi, I am making a program that uses word for some functions, and I would like to be able to put some code in that will check to see if word is installed, so I can then enable the extra functions. Does anyone know a good way to do this? Ideally one that would work across multipule platforms (Xp...

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