When I'm drawing for example rectangles, I will not get an outline of what the box will be (the moving 'ants' that run back and forth showing you what your image's shape will be etc. This is driving me nuts. Help anyone :( -Alan ...more >>

Hi All, Anyone know where to find, or has the updater for FlashMX player update? It was an .exe that uninstalled everything and updated the player in the First Run Folder etc. I seem to have misplaced it somewhere. Thanks, Jon ...more >>

Hi, shawnamos has a trackplayer that plays it's songs in their ENTIRETY almost automatically after you click on a song title. How the heck do they get their songs to play so fast? I use XML but i still cant get my tracks to play without loading. How do they do it? Do they even USE XML? ...more >>

Hi Flash People I have a tween right at the beginning of my movie. I have decided it comes to soon and want to add 2 secs (24 frames) right before it. I haven't been able to do it yet. Help? ...more >>

Hi all, I have been experiencing an issue that has grown from a minor anoyance to a major pain in my coffee cup. I am running Flash MX (v6.0 r25) on Windows XP Pro 2.8Gb P4 1GB DDR333 RAM Its like this: Whenever I try to save one document as another which already exists, Flash goes ...more >>

Hello Flash Gurus! I am very new to Flash and I have installed Flash MX 2004 the demo version to see if this is something for me to get into. I will describe what I want to do and hopefully some of you Gurus will understand me and feel like helping a newbie to get in to Flash. It is lik...more >>

Hi I'm running windows 98 and would like to uninstall Flash Player 7 for testing purposes. All the tech notes seem to point to uninstalling versions 6 or lower. These don't seem to work for version 7. Anybody know how this is done? Thanks ...more >>

It's crazy! I put "text" on the stage and F8 it into a Graphic..then i F6 frame 25 and transform the symbol a bit and tween the difference. Now when i press <ENTER> on the stage for preview, i see the text enlarge and tween to the final frame like normal. But when i Ctrl-Enter for actual SW...more >>

I want to find out if anyone else has a problem with what Macromedia has decided to do. With the new Flash 2004 Pro, it comes with an encoder that they advertise can be used with "Final Cut Pro", "AVID", and "Cleaner" to create FLASH FLV files. That's great! Here's the problem, the FLASH VIDEO EN...more >>

Hi, thanks for any help: I have an mp3 that is 4MB. I somehow was under the impression that in Flash, if you edit out what you don't want of an .mp3 file, it would not load the whole file - like if I'm only using the first 15 seconds, the file size should only be a fraction of 4MB, since I'm only...more >>

As Flash can write to a database, is there a way to get Flash to pull images from a database or a way that if you import the images and convert them to the appropriate symbol that is named the same as the old symbol you can replace those images and still maintain their properties without having to r...more >>

Hi, I use XML to play song tracks into my flash movie. I noticed a site: www.shawnamos.com that can play flash tracks REALLY fast. Without even loading, how the heck do they do that? Even with XML my tracks still take a while to load. ...more >>

Hi there guys! This is a site i have made in 3D Studio and Flash and I would like to know what people think of it! It is not large so don't be afraid of long loadings .... about 170 Kb. THX alot. P.S. Only sincere comments are welcome. Tomislav! ...more >>

hi i imported several eps logos to stage and trying to desing something like a vendor list i scale to 50% of the original logo and convert it to a MC at 100% i wrote some action script to scale the logo MCs according to the x position of mouse but when i play the movie i saw that the s...more >>

I have a couple of questions hopefully some can help, I want to make slide presentation in flash with audio and slides. 1.Does the flash player come with a server 2.Can you batch the movies ...more >>

Can anyone help me please. I have been given a SWF flash file with audio to drop into a PowerPoint presentation. I have followed the instructions on how to get it into PowerPoint and got it to play 1 or 2 times but it is very glitchy. Basically, when I get the 45 second SWF clip to play, it seems...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to put a link on a movie that doesn't have a link inside. Is it possible. Thanks Alessandro ...more >>

I have Flash MX 2004 and recently purchased the upgrade to Flash MX Professional 2004. However, when upgrading it request the serial number of Flash MX 2004 - this is not being recognised. Both serial numbers have been registered with Macromedia and I've sent various emails and haven't had a sing...more >>

What is the best way to make a button's over motion go backwards when the user rolls out of it? I would rather not get into complex scripting at all as I don't know it well at all. I tried putting an invisible button on the timeline of the over state of the button so that when you rolled out of it, ...more >>

Hey, I need to build a cellphone keyboard that simulates texting, so when you press on the "1" key, it displays: "a" then "b" then "c" then 1 ... and so on.. like a cellphone.... Are they any scripts out there that would do that? Any way to that without scripting? Thanks for your help ...more >>

Just curious if anyone else has had this problem. I'm running Flash MX on XP Pro 500MB RAM 2.6 G- I can only import one image or item at a time - whether it's "import to library" or just "import" - after importing say a single .png (doesn't matter what file type it is) on the next import Flash im...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to get a file to play full-screen on my mac g4 laptop. I know on windows, you can get an external flash player to do this quite easily. On a MAC however, I can't seem to find a flash player. The only flash player it has is built into the browsers (i.e. internet explorer, nets...more >>

Hello, I wasn't sure where to put this so I guess I will start a new Post here. I ran into a problem with importing images. What I would do is edit the images in photoshop so they will wind up with a Transparent background. When I would import them over to Flash MX, They will come up with a Solid Wh...more >>

Ok my preloaders are not working when I publish to flash player 7.0 I have no clue why they would just stop working unless some methods were depreciated from this version of studio. I need some solid preloader code I took a browse at some of the new loaderclip class and such but I am in need of a go...more >>

am I right in thinking that flash player 7 is backwards compatabile with the older versions?? The reason I ask is because I was looking at this site www.sloggi.co.uk and before I installed flash player 7 over 6 it was viewing fine but after installing 7 it won't go past the pre loader, I doub...more >>

Hi, I created a circular text image in Photoshop, and imported to my library as "dial". on a hitTest, the dial rotates. However, I want the dial to rotate only if the mouse is over the text itself...so if I move the mouse to the center of the dial (where no text is) I want it to stop rotating. I...more >>

I have a project with 130 Scenes... Now I need to add some more buttons to the project... Is possible to add elements such as buttons to all the scenes or multple scenes at one time, instead of having to add them to each individual scene... They will be in the place on the stage, so I was hoping...more >>

Hi there, My boss wants an online mp3-player for 30 second examples of his work. I read in this forum that it's possible to use the "stream" feature of flash to make sure it doesn't take ages before the sound starts. I've tried to use imported sounds, as well as external mp3-files on the web. ...more >>

Hi All, I have searched all the forums, both general discussion and actionscripting, but have not found an answer. Perhaps some HTML/Flash MX guru can help me out because I only know basic HTML. I have a dynamically loaded resume.txt file that contains multiple headings/descriptions, each sur...more >>

How can I load a specific frame number in an external swf? I have a movie contains several menu options. Each option should jump to a specific number in an external swf. ...more >>

Tried different references, cannot find info on how to have two graphs (lines) in a chart one visually growing up faster than the other and then the space is gradually filled up (painted) between them. Thanks! ...more >>

hello everyone! i made few websites in flash but never made a menu that slide! (i know it probably sound weird)... by sliding menu i mean... button 1 button 2 button 3 button 1 button 2 button 3 just like that, when u go over button 1 than button 2 show e...more >>

I buld CD interface, and it has to open on fullscreen. But script fscommand("fullscreen", "true") doesn't suitable for me, because it hides taskbar and window title. What should I do? I would be grateful for some help. Thanks. ...more >>

can you publish a flash movie with a transparent background? i need to make a text animatiojn that goes over an image, but flash is glitching the image, whether broken apart or not. so if i make a movie with just text an then place it over a background image in dreamweaver, i will need the movie to...more >>

Im having probs with adding hyperlinks to my flash file. im creating the navigation in flash and the rest of the site is in php. therefore thats what i need the hyperlinks for, problem is i add them upload them and then they disappear. they dont work when i test them so when i go back to check there...more >>

Hi, I am having a problem when if I add a Component to the "Components Panel" and then try to delete the component. After I delete the component it is still shown in the "Components Panel". Here is what I have done: open folder "C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\en\First Run\Compon...more >>

I´m creating an animation insert several movie clips into one file. Each movie clip is in a different layer. I´ve inserted a button with the following actions: on (keyPress "<Space>") { _root.p2.gotoAndPlay(2); gotoAndStop(nextFrame); } p2 is the layer where is movieclip 2. Pro...more >>

Can anyone point me to a site or tutorial that explains how to have an html link/button use the .setVolume of a flash audio file to off or on? Thanks Tony ...more >>

http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=A326E0BFDB5DFD79&print=true ...more >>

It is obvious many of you do not understand the concept of crossposting. = While useful when you have a topic that may fit in two or three = different categories, it is just as wrong to crosspost to everything as = it is to SHOUT! =20 Look at who you are replying to. If there are newsgroups ...more >>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/default.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/activexchanges.asp M$ has there new version of IE improved with better security :s:s this means, every time you load an swf, you have to klik OK to really load it! On the pages of microsoft, there is a workar...more >>

Hi guys and gals Just a quickie I hope you might be able to clear up for me - I have a Flash movie that has a preloader that works fine, but when applying the preloader to the movies that load seperately as content on other levels/targets the preloader does not wish to appear or work. Probably...more >>

Hai, I have a listbox which needs to be populated dynamically by reading from a text file. The Text file has data within it and also has % values. For Ex: ========================================= 9/23/2003,1,Chapter Challenge-Combining Forms,0%,0 / 10 =================================...more >>

may well be a simple answer to this. I am creating simple banner ads in flash mx, but when text goes over a jpeg image, it causes glitches within the image. but when breaking apart the imported image, flash seems to shave of a pixel per side. this means when creating the original image, i have to...more >>

Hello, Want to change the colour of a scroll bar in flash, i have attched the scroll bar to one of my dynamic text boxes, i have been sent a flash document showing me how to change it once it is running, in this case a button to change the colour of the scroll bar but i want it to do it automati...more >>

Hola. Quiero hacer un visualizador de páginas web, puedo hacer que el contenido de una ´página aparezca dentro de la ventana de un swf o un exe de flas MX? para no utilizar el explorador de windows sino la interface que yo haya diseñado. Muchas gracias. Jesús Antonio ...more >>

in the previous version i could clear the screen by pressing "TAB" key... all the options or tools windows will close and i only get the workiung stage alone... but i cant do that by pressing "tab" key... is there any other way or the key already changed??? thanks ...more >>

Hi everybody: I want to know what products are used in Neostream.com project? How the character is made and moves? The 3D effects are incridable, how it came true?;) Thanks Benign ...more >>

Hello, it's me again. Thanks to everyone for previuos help. I need to produce a slight moving from one picture (photo-quality) to another (actually, the previous being changed). Already tried: - motion tweening: doesn't work since it's impossible to use it on a layer with more than one group or...more >>

Hi all, How can we drop shadow for any object or image. I know how to do that in photoshop but i don't how to do that in flash. Thanks Ram ...more >>

Does anyone have any idea when MacroMedia will update their documentation for Flash MX 2004? My employer recently bought this software and is expecting me to produce results but the documentation is missing for most of the things that I am looking for -- specifically Tree and XML manipulation. I v...more >>

Hello: I am using the Macromedia Flash Player version 7.0.14.0. Evertime I start a flash screensaver I am assuming my flash player tries to connect to the internet. It tries to connect to IP 127.0.0.1 on Port 2014. This happens whenever I play a screensaver made with a swf file. I scan for trojan...more >>

when you specify the contentPath of a form, and you make it an external swf(smaller than the form) how do you affect/control the placement of that swf? Thanks in advance... ...more >>

Hello, Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried working on this myself for over a week and being the novice I am, have not had much luck. I'm trying to get my form so a viewer can fill out, then the information goes to an email and a thank you screen prompts thereafter. I tried atta...more >>