I have an invisable button on a form that I need to do something when the Tab key is pressed. The following code does nothing. on (release, keyPress "<TAB>") { trace("The Left arrow key has been pressed."); } Grateful for any help cluttrell ...more >>

Hello all, I got myself a quite annoying problem. I'm building a website for the shop I work in and I want to build something where people can input a text and then see how that text looks in a specific font, color and background color. (it is for making stickers for on boats) The problem is ...more >>

Hi everyone, I am in need of an eyedropper "tool" that an end user can use within a Flash movie. I need them to be able to select a color/pixel/etc. of a dynamically loaded JPG (bitmap). Has anyone come across such a thing? Any suggestions? There is a component that allows you to use an e...more >>

This should be simple and yet I cant find an answer. I have a SWF embedded in an HTML page. the SWF is the navigation for the HTML page. When I resize the HTML browser the SWF disappears. Im on a mac using MX. Ive tried putting my HTML table into pixels and percents, neither attempt helps. ...more >>

Is there any free flash decomplier? I already used the free trial of sothink, so i cannot use that. Can anybody help? Thanks! ...more >>

Is there a tool or a process I can use to almost give the illusion of an objext vibrating, shaking, etc.. Thanks ...more >>

Hello, Is there a way to find out _dynamically_ an MC's absolute path inside Flash movie during runtime? So the output would be something like _root.MC1.M2... Thanks! -Mike ...more >>

Hey, again! I wanted to ask also, is there any proper step by step tutorials in teh demo version of Flash?? Cause when I start up flash, it starts as Professional... I think that might be what's with it... So is there any way to start up just flash mx 2004, no professional?? Thanx!! BattleGuard ...more >>

Hi! how can a site created on the flash mx be uploaded to the web, I use loadmovie option to upload external swf to my main swf. Can I create a index page in the dreaweaver mx and then insert my main swf on that page and upload the rest of the swf files placed in that same root folder and send t...more >>

I'd like to string together animations in swf format, but flash is not cooperative. i usually import a new swf and paste in where the 1st one ends in a new timeline. flash usually ignores the second swf and stops the show after the 1st. is there a better way to play several swf's in a row (eg dreamw...more >>

Hi Group, just trying to get a random generator of 3 to goto 3 different frames.. basicly its just going to the last one all the time even though ive traced X and it varies between 0,1,2 ? what have I missed ? Thanks if you can Chris!! BELOW! ---------------------------------- var X;...more >>

Hey, I just got Flash MX 2004!!! (how do you insert smilies... oh well -- :) And I wanted to ask, is there any way to have external help (or tutorials), as a different file, like in Fireworks, like a different window, I just feel more comfortable with it... Is there, could I set it in preferences??...more >>

Hi I am trying to learn how to create components with flash mx 2004. In particular I have hit 2 snags: First, how do I define component parameters for flash 2004 components. The documentation I have read seems to suggest that I can do so using Inspectable and Inspectable List Metadata comman...more >>

Hi How do I resize a shockwave file (DCR file ) I have an old old file. I need to resize the file. Make it smaller. When I put it in dreamweaver and set height and lenth smaller, it gets black the "box" What should I do ?? Is there a converter program ? The new ones I can resize. But what ab...more >>

Hi there, i've created a presentation of 4 minutes with lots (30) of moving & fading with tweening (in- & out) images (all full screen) and texts scrolling over these images. when I run it on my mac (g4 800 dual) or pc (same speed) it runs smooth. but on my home laptop(hp pentium4) it's verrry sl...more >>

Hi I have a situation where i need to find the color of a movie clip, is there anyway of obtaining the color of a movieclip without using setRGB() first. The client is going to prepare a simple movie of each of their products (shirts), and the movie will then be loaded into the interface. Eac...more >>

Hi does anyone know any good tutorials for creating components in flash 2004? I am trying to figure out how to create SWC files in flash 2004, but with no luck. I tried to follow the "Creating Components" section in the Help that comes with Flash 2004" but I cannot get my component to work. To ...more >>

Why Flash MX 2004 doesn't work under WinME? With Win98SE work and under WinME doesn't work, it's terrible for me! :-) I use only WinME and I don't change Operating System. What i do you do? Help ME! ...more >>

hello, i am trying to create a simple web page for a presentation that is due on Tuesday. to best describe my problem, i'll go through step by step what i did with the problem as the result: -i create scene 1 and then i create a simple button in scene 1, -next i create scene 2 and what i w...more >>

how do you do them, i was 1/2 explaned but i stl dont really no thanks ...more >>

Is there a way I can have a client update or make changes to a .fla file? Is this possible using "Contribute"? The client needs to be able to update photos in the .fla file from time to time. Any suggestions??? ...more >>

In flash 5 when I "getURL" I click the expressions box on the right hand side. I don't see such an option in MX. Not sure if this makes sense as I am a beginner but I have been told that when making a flash file I must mark the URL as an expression. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I'm just starting out with the flash interface, and have successfully been able to load a text string into the flash from the HTML. <param name="movie" value="titlebar.swf?text=TITLEGOESHERE"> <param name=FlashVars VALUE="text=TITLEGOESHERE"> <embed src="titleba.swf?text=TITLEGOESHERE" FlashV...more >>

I'm just setting up a basic UI layout for an app and i'm finding that the menubar component takes up to 30 seconds (of spinning coloured wheel fun!) to move when i try to drag it around the stage if i have snap aligned turned on. its ok if you turn that setting off - spent an hour on this bug. ...more >>

I have developed an educational piece that will be distributed to the grade schools in my area. They have both PCs and iMacs but mainly iMacs. For the PC side, I have the shell as and excuteable so that if the user doesnt have the latest version of Flash no biggie. All the other files that ar...more >>

I am attempting to update the help files in mx 2004 pro (mac) so i can learn more about the new components but the update procedure seems to cut out early and provides no feedback and the files dont get updated (i'm on adsl without a firewall) anyone else having this problem? or a way to u...more >>

If I have a button in Flash, how do I link it to an executable file? or any file for that matter? Let's say I want a button to open Flash which is located at C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX\Flash.exe, and I want it to run the program and open it. Any thoughts? This is not necessarily web bas...more >>

I am a new user. I made a movie right in the middle of the page thinking that I could crop or reduce white space around the the movie when I finished. Now I find that I can only reduce the size of the page from the right or bottom. How can I select the entire movie (not just a layer or scene)...more >>

I'm just wondering if I'm going crazy or if there is something seriously wrong with Flash MX 2004. It seems that often, when I save a file, it acts like it worked (the asterisk next to the file name goes away) but it doesn't actually save it! I've only seen this phenomenon in actionScript for libr...more >>

I have asked this on a couple of other forums, but don't seem to get any answers, i wanted to get the opinion of the macromedia online unversity, is is worth it,or would you recomend something different, i just can't beleive that out of all the people that read theses forums, that no one has taken t...more >>

hey all... I've got a quick issue for you all to address, and hopefully give me some insight on. I'm VERY new with Flash MX and recently learned how to create disjointed rollovers. I've got a pretty good little flash movie going with a menu system that utilizes the disjointed rollover effect. Now...more >>

How is it that on some sites, flickering or vibration of objects appears faster than 20- 30 frames per second? Is there a way to make something (i.e.) like a small blue circle, "appear" to flicker like 50-100 frames per second - or just super fast in general? There has to be something going...eith...more >>