Pls view SWF and help with Actionscript

I am trying to get my thumbnails (Which are individual
buttons) to show in the box to the right when you click on them but
I don't know the code to put on the buttons to make that happen.
Can someone please help me.
http://www.geocities.com/demetriusmcclain/

there are weekend course offered from time to time i large
cities. but i think it would be less expensive to look at your
local community college(s) and see if they have anything offered.
you could search google for actionscript classes.
i looked at your project and i really don't see an easy way
to accomplish what you want. there are reasons i say that but all
of them are solvable but one.
the one that can't be resolved is that you cannot change the
parentage of a duplicated movieclip.
so, each of your elephant thumbnail duplications, for
example, is going to be a child of panel. and panel is masked. so,
all your duplicated elephants are going to be masked and therefore
cannot be positioned over your canvas and still be visible. there
is not work-around with your current set-up.
the only way i can see to resolve the issue is to assign a
linkage id to each of your panel buttons, use shared library assets
and attach the corresponding button to the _level0 swf.

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Here's some quick code review:
public abstract class BankAccount {
public static final String bankName =
me = "BrianBank";
protected String custName;
protected String pin;
protected Transaction[] history;
private double balance;
private double amt, amount;
private double bal, initBal;
private int transactions;// make MAX_HISTORY private static final, too.
private final int MAX_HISTORY = 100;
private int acct;
protected BankAccount(String cname, String cpin,
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     pin = cpin;
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     transactions =0;
public double getBalance() {
     return balance;
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balance = bal;
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transactions = transactions + 1;
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public abstract int getAcctNum();
// abstract method to return a summary of
y of transactions as a string// why abstract?
public abstract String getStatement();
public class CheckingAccount extends BankAccount
implements IncursFee
private int transactions;
private double balance, initBal, amt;
private static final int NOFEE_WITHDRAWALS =
WALS = 10;
private static final double TRANSACTION_FEE =
_FEE = 5.00;
public static final String bankName = "iBank";
public static final int STARTING_ACCOUNT_NUMBER
NUMBER = 10000;
private int checkingAccountNumber =
mber = STARTING_ACCOUNT_NUMBER;
private static int accountNumberCounter =
nter = STARTING_ACCOUNT_NUMBER;// BankAccount has a custName attribute; why does CheckingAccount need
// one if it extends BankAccount?
private String custName;
private String pin;
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String cpin, double initBal)
super (cname, cpin, initBal);
custName = cname;
pin = cpin;
balance = initBal;
accountNumberCounter++;
checkingAccountNumber =
tNumber = accountNumberCounter;
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super.withdraw (amt);
transactions ++;
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super.deposit (amt);
transactions ++;
          // same as BankAccount - why rewrite it?
public int getAcctNum ()
return checkingAccountNumber;
public String getStatement ()
int i = 0;
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while ( i < history.length && history[i] !=
ory[i] != null )
output += history.toString () + "\n";
i++;
return output;
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if (transactions > NOFEE_WITHDRAWALS)
{ fee = TRANSACTION_FEE *(transactions -
ansactions - NOFEE_WITHDRAWALS);
super.withdraw(fee);
balance -=fee;
transactions = 0;
public interface IncursFee {
public abstract void deductFee(double fee);
public abstract class Transaction {
protected double initBal;
protected double tranAmt;
// constructor
// why protected? make it public.
protected Transaction(double bal, double amt) {
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abstract public String toString();
public class Withdrawal extends Transaction
     private double initBal;
     private double amount;
private static NumberFormat fmt =
= NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
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          super (bal, amt);
          initBal = bal;
          amount = amt;
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return "Balance : " + fmt.format(initBal) + "\n" +
+ "Withdrawal : " + fmt.format(amount);
import java.text.NumberFormat;
public class Deposit extends Transaction
     private double initbal, balance;
     private double amount;
private static NumberFormat fmt =
= NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
     public Deposit (double bal, double amt)
     super (bal, amt);
     initbal = bal;
     amount = amt;
     public String toString ()
return "Balance : " + fmt.format(initbal) + "\n" +
+ "Deposit : " + fmt.format(amount);
public class TestCheckingAcct {
public static void main(String[] args) {
BankAccount b1 = new CheckingAccount("Harry",
, "1234", 500.0);
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     b1.withdraw(1);
     b1.withdraw(1);
     b1.withdraw(1);
     b1.withdraw(1);
     b1.withdraw(1);
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     b1.withdraw(1);
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public interface Bank {
public abstract int openNewAccount(String
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public abstract void processWithdrawal(int
(int accNum, String pin, double amount);
// executes a deposit on the specified acct by
t by the amount
public abstract void processDeposit(int accNum,
Num, String pin, double amount);
// returns the balance of acct
public abstract double processBalanceInquiry(int
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// returns summary of transactions
public abstract String
ring processStatementInquiry(int accNum, String
pin);
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class MyBank implements Bank
private ArrayList<BankAccount> savAccounts =
unts = new ArrayList<BankAccount>(); //dynamically
grows
private ArrayList<BankAccount> chkAccounts =
unts = new ArrayList<BankAccount>(); //dynamically
grows
private SavingsAccount sav;
private CheckingAccount chk;
private int accNum;
private String customerName, customerPIN,
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m, String pin)
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     this.pin = pin;
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if (accNum >10000 && accNum <20000)
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Very bad style with those brace placements. Pick a style and stick with it. Consistency is the key.
Your code isn't very readable.
You don't have a SavingsAccount here anywhere, even though your MyBank uses one.
You use JDK 1.5 generics yet you've got ArrayList as the static type on those declarations. Better to use the interface type List as the compile time type on the LHS.
You have a lot of compile time problems, and some incomprehensible stuff, but I was able to change it enough to my TestCheckingAcct run to completion. No NPE exceptions.
I'm not sure I agree with your design.
No SavingsAccount. The accounts I have ALL incur fees - no need for a special interface there. Savings accounts are usually interest bearing. That's the way they behave differently from checking accounts. Where do you have that?
You rewrite too much code. If you put behavior in the abstract BankingAccount class (a good idea), the whole idea is that concrete classes that extend BankingAccount don't need to overload any methods whose default behavior is correct for them.
I don't know that I'd have separate Deposit and Withdrawal to implement Transaction. I'd make Transaction concrete and have starting balance, ending balance, and a transaction type String (e.g., "DEPOSIT", "WITHDRAWAL")
It'd be good to see some thought put into exception handling. I don't see an OverdrawnException anywhere. Seems appropriate.
No transfer methods from one account to another. I often do that with my bank.
That's enough to get started.

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I've read so much about clients, servers, etc. here lately that my head is swimming and I’m more confused than ever!
Can I even do what I'd like? It'd sure be a sweet deal for me and avoid a lot of frustration for my Mom .......who, incidentally, is switching to a Mac from a PC at the tender young age of 75! Cool, huh? I'd really like to make it as painless for her as possible.
Thanks,
Kathy
G4/dual 1.25 and iBook G4/933 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

The phone line speed is the BIG issue.... there are things like DynDNS that cab help with the static issue...
now if you get her highspeed through cable...
good luck

Help with ActionScript 2.0 and XML

Here I am trying to use actionscript to load my content with is an XML file with html formatting. I have the actionscript on only 1 Scene and i have links that switch between scences. The problem(s) is(are) that when I click the link for the scene that has the actionscipt all it says is "null" where it should have the text i want to display from the XML file. Here is the code for the AS and XML:
xml = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.load("contenido.xml");
xml.onLoad = function () {
    txt = createTextField("txt",getNextHighestDepth(), 30, 300, 300, 100);
    txt.html = true;
    txt.htmlText = xml.firstChild.nodeValue;
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<htmlData><![CDATA[   Here is my <br/> html text   ]]></htmlData>
any help is greatly appreciated

Try...
xml.onLoad = function () {
     txt = createTextField("txt",getNextHighestDepth(), 30, 300, 300, 100);
     txt.multiline = true;
     txt.html = true;
     txt.htmlText = xml.firstChild.childNodes[0].nodeValue;

Snow falling: pls help with actionscript

Hallo,
I made a flash movie with snow falling from the sky in Flash 8 (actionscript 2.0)
However, the snow I made differs from the original.
The original is here:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/snow.htm
I put mine here:
http://toetssite.webs.com/
You will notice that my snow only falls downward: there is no randomness for the flakes to go left or right. there is no movement.
WHere in the script below can I change that so that there's more movement for the flakes? Thank you
I use the following script for the snow itself:
onClipEvent (load) {
     //specifies the size of the movie stage
     movieWidth = 300;
     movieHeight = 200;
     //variables that will modify the falling snow
     i = 1+Math.random()*2;
     k = -Math.PI+Math.random()*Math.PI;
     //giving each snowflake unique characteristics
     this._xscale = this._yscale=50+Math.random()*100;
     this._alpha = 75+Math.random()*100;
     this._x = -10+Math.random()*movieWidth;
     this._y = -10+Math.random()*movieHeight;
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
     //putting it all together
     rad += (k/180)*Math.PI;
     this._x -= Math.cos(rad);
     this._y += i;
     if (this._y>=movieHeight) {
         this._y = -5;
     if ((this._x>=movieWidth) || (this._x<=0)) {
         this._x = -10+Math.random()*movieWidth;
         this._y = -5;
and on the first frame of my movie I put the following:
for (k=0; k<50; k++) {
    duplicateMovieClip(this.snow, "snow"+k, k);
Thank you!

Just initialize the rad variable. I added following line to your code and it works fine.
     rad = 0; //line I inserted.
No other change required. It is advised to initialize all your variables before you use them.
Anyways, below I am providing the whole script for the snow after modification
onClipEvent (load) {
//specifies the size of the movie stage
movieWidth = 300;
movieHeight = 200;
rad = 0; //line I inserted.
//variables that will modify the falling snow
i = 1+Math.random()*2;
k = -Math.PI+Math.random()*Math.PI;
//giving each snowflake unique characteristics
this._xscale = this._yscale=50+Math.random()*100;
this._alpha = 75+Math.random()*100;
this._x = -10+Math.random()*movieWidth;
this._y = -10+Math.random()*movieHeight;
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
//putting it all together
rad += (k/180)*Math.PI;
this._x -= Math.cos(rad);
this._y += i;
if (this._y>=movieHeight) {
this._y = -5;
if ((this._x>=movieWidth) || (this._x<=0)) {
this._x = -10+Math.random()*movieWidth;
this._y = -5;

Need help with actionscript for media controller

I seem to be having a slight problem. I've been looking
around and everything I see is for .flv playback. Anyways, here's
my problem.
Client wants a video that's interactive. When a transition
occurs a simple tex button shows up which links to certain web
pages. Deploying this as a .swf would be no problem, but they want
a controlbar with it so a user can scrub back and forth in the
video. So the best way to do this would be progressive or
streaming.
I created a source file that utilizes the "loader component"
and inserted the "media controller component". I'm not very good
when it comes to actionscript and can't seem to find the proper
script which utilizes the media controller so the user can scrub
back and forth. Everything else seems to work fine with the loader
as it loads an external .swf file.
Just need to get the controller working properly. Total
frames of the swf is a little over 3,000 and dividing the total
frames by 30 was 107.7 seconds. So I round that to 108 seconds. The
online docs seem to be fragmented and not always consistant
especially when i'm not using the flvplayback or display.
Does anybody know the actionscript for this? Or where I can
find the information on this? I've associated the loader with the
controller and vice versa in the behaviors panel as well if that's
any help. Any help is much appreciated thanks.

Look, I hope you don't have false expectation that by knowing one piece of AS capabilities you will be able to accomplish your task.
If I say that the code for placing one MovieClip into another is:
clip1.addChild(clip2);
will it make any difference in terms of implementation?
Also, you say "select." This may mean a lot of thing: click, drag and drop, mouse down, etc. I am saying that implementation tightly depends of definitions that you give.
I don't know the extend of your AS skills, so it is not easy to figure where to start helping. Also, forum, perhaps, is not the medium where someone will write a lot of code for you. It is good for getting answers to very specific questions and solutions. This is when you have some code in place already.
What I would suggest is to start developing a very rough concept - no video, no birds, no numbers - just a static background image of the person you have in your first post. If you advance to an application that will allow user to select a square, place the square into another one - it will be a good start.

I Need some assistant and HELP with my iPod Touch soon

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I need HELP to reset my IPod Touch to where I had it when I was able to send emails. (can't send emails anymore from my iPod Touch)
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Agreed! If you want help soon, call Apples paid support line. Now while you were waiting for us to slowly get around to answering you, you could have downloaded the manual for the ipod, so that you understood the function of the mail sync options in itunes. Mail sync only copies the settings needed to access your mail servers, from the mail client on your computer, over to the ipod touch. It does not copy any actual mail messages, and does not copy any settings from the ipod back to your mail program. The advanced section is meant to be used if you have messed up the settings on the ipod itself. It will ignore any changes to bookmarks, contacts, or mail settings depending on which you check, and will copy new information to the ipod. So in your case if you are able to access, and send mail correctly from the account on your mac, then clicking on the sync mail account button in itunes as well as the replace info on this ipod whatever in the advanced section should transfer over the correct mail account settings to your ipod.

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I am trying to create an interactive music video in After Effects and Flash.
The concept is that while the music video is taking place the user can decorate the hair of the woman with any of the objects they select. There will be predetermined animations and destination spots but the user can choose whatever objects they select to be delivered to the predetermined spot. I need to figure out how to let the user to select an object that will become part of the animation. I created a PDF Roughly explaining what I am trying to do. If anyone can help me I'd be very grateful as I am more versed in After Effects, I don't know ActionScript well enough to execute what I am trying to do.
Below is a rough example of what I am trying to do. There will be a music video of an animated woman singing. As she is singing the user will be able to click any of the objects , below the numbers 1-10. Below it is illustrated that the user wants to press the blue number 2. If the user presses the 2 the 2 will animate in the mouth of a bird to a predetermined pre-animated spot. I assume I need to send a movieclip to a blank holder on the timeline and use a gotoAndPlay() action ??? I am not well versed in ActionScript so any advice would help
Now whatever number (movieclip) the user chooses next needs to be placed in another blank spot in the timeline? Below the user selcts the Pink 5.
If the user just wanted to Place two "Blue 2's" then the "Blue 2's" would follow the same animated path and end up at the same predetermined space.
If the user selected just 5's and 7's they would go to the predetermined preanimated paths
How would I go about writing the Actionscript for this?

Look, I hope you don't have false expectation that by knowing one piece of AS capabilities you will be able to accomplish your task.
If I say that the code for placing one MovieClip into another is:
clip1.addChild(clip2);
will it make any difference in terms of implementation?
Also, you say "select." This may mean a lot of thing: click, drag and drop, mouse down, etc. I am saying that implementation tightly depends of definitions that you give.
I don't know the extend of your AS skills, so it is not easy to figure where to start helping. Also, forum, perhaps, is not the medium where someone will write a lot of code for you. It is good for getting answers to very specific questions and solutions. This is when you have some code in place already.
What I would suggest is to start developing a very rough concept - no video, no birds, no numbers - just a static background image of the person you have in your first post. If you advance to an application that will allow user to select a square, place the square into another one - it will be a good start.

Help with ActionScript/PHP email form

Hey guys, hope someone can help me out with this!
Haven't programmed in a while, but a friend asked me to look
at this and figure out why it isn't working. It's a simple form,
with the text boxes labeled inTxt_1, inTxt_2 ..... inTxt_13.
The ActionScript looks like this ...
Code:
submit.onRelease = function () {
var loadv = new LoadVars();
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_1 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_1.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_2 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_2.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_3 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_3.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_4 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_4.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_5 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_5.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_6 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_6.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_7 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_7.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_8 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_8.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_9 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_9.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_10 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_10.text;
loadv._level0.mc1.inTxt_11 = _level0.mc1.inTxt_11.text;
loadv.send("email.php",loadv,"POST");
(Quick question ... why is the _level0.mc1 part needed? Or is
it even required?)
Here's the PHP ...
Code:
<?php
$To = "[email protected]";
$subject = "site reply";
$Name = $_POST["inTxt_1"];
$Email = $_POST["inTxt_2"];
$Company = $_POST["inTxt_3"];
$Position = $_POST["inTxt_4"];
$Address = $_POST["inTxt_5"];
$Address1 = $_POST["inTxt_6"];
$Address2 = $_POST["inTxt_7"];
$ZipCode = $_POST["inTxt_8"];
$Country = $_POST["inTxt_9"];
$Tel = $_POST["inTxt_10"];
$Enquiry = $_POST["enquiry"];
$Comments = $_POST["inTxt_11"];
\$headers = "From: " . $_POST["inTxt_1"]. "<" .
$_POST["inTxt_2"] .">\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST["inTxt_2"] . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-path: " . $_POST["inTxt_2"];
$message = "Name: $Name\n";
$message .= "Position: $Position\n";
$message .= "Company: $Company\n";
$message .= "Email: $Email\n";
$message .= "Address: $Address\n";
$message .= "Address1: $Address1\n";
$message .= "Address2: $Address2\n";
$message .= "Zip Code: $ZipCode\n";
$message .= "Country: $Country\n";
$message .= "Enquiry: $Enquiry\n";
$message .= "Phone: $Tel\n";
$message .= "Comments: $Comments\n";
mail($To, $subject, $message, $headers);
Print "Your mail has been sent";
?>
(Another question - why does the one $headers line have a /
infront of it? Should it be there?)
Now when I submit it, "Your mail has been sent" appears on
the screen, but I don't receive an e-mail. Can anyone help me??
Thanks so much!!
~Ganj

all those loadv._level0.mc1.whatever variables are incorrect.
they should be:

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