Hi, Forgive me if there is obvious information on this here. Is there a standard way to pause, rewind, and fast forward flash movies? ...more >>

Is there an easy way to submit a form with flash where the input text values would not be displayed in thr url? ...more >>

Iam using the following method to send the values from java to servlet java.io.PrintWriter out = new java.io.PrintWriter(response.getOutputStream()); String temp = URLEncoder.encode("name") + "=" + Result1.trim() + "&"+ ("city") + "=" + Result2.trim(); out.print(temp); But I want to send...more >>

In MX 2004 what has happened to the Normal Mode in the ActionScript Panel - I cann't find it & my Actions Panel is stuck in Expert mode. Have macromedia moved it to some other place or has it been scrapped?? Can anybody help?? :( ...more >>

Here's the situation. Company.fla contains 2 scenes: Intro and Trailer. Trailer contains 15 layers. Market.fla contains 15 scenes. What is the proper way to import Trailer scene from Company.fla into Market.fla? TIA. ...more >>

This is probably been covered but i really dont see the freakin point, what is macromedia trying to do, screw the entire planets files? My entire hd of files can't open in 2004 and my 2004 can't open in flash mx. If someone has a solution please tell me asap because i'm getting really fed up as y...more >>

Many times, I need to place a new symbol exactly where another one was in an earlier frame or another scene. I find myself copying down the original symbol's size and position from the Properties Inspector on a scrap of paper, and then using it as a reference when placing the new symbol. Is ther...more >>

How can I make subnav visible/invisible depending on wether or not a user has rolled over something or clicked on something. Example: Let's say you have a set of primary navigations that contains sub-navigation which shows up only when the user rollovers it or clicks on it. However, wh...more >>

I'm looking for a Flash developer who can help us finish our eCommerce site. The one we had bailed on us and now we need to search for a new resource. We have all the backend logic written, but need help with the movie and optimization. Pls. email me: jwevers@mjmtech.com ...more >>

Anyone know if this can be done? I can get variables into an .swf with no problem, but as soon as I loadMovie that .swf, the variables no longer load. Any ideas? Could it be a path qualification thing? I've tried _root.movie.movieclip.textfield = etc.. to no avail. Thanks ...more >>

please i Have guestbook http://invisible.wz.cz/dates/GuestBook.swf and its good working... but if i past in http://invisible.wz.cz/ guestbook not working :( GuestBook Button have this actions: on (release) { _root.okno.unloadMovie(); _root.okno.loadMovie("dates/GuestBook.swf"); } ...more >>

Does anybody have any clues that could lead me in the right direction as to why this might be happening? I am using Flash Remoting to deliver data to a chart. It works fine when published as Flash 6, both with actionscript 1.0 and 2.0. However, when I try publishing as Flash 7, the swf loads with...more >>

Hi there, I am looking for someone who can help me to build a Flash web site using similar effects as you can see at http://www.alrubinstudio.com/studio.html Thanks, Mike ...more >>

I am using MX 2004 Professional and am trying to make text move in the possitive y direction about 10 pixels as it fades in from 0 to 100% alpha. The motion is happening, yet the alpha is remaining 100%. If I look in design mode and go frame by frame, it looks right, yet when I publish it, there i...more >>

I have created a transition across 30 frames to fade in text, I want the next 30 frames to fade out the text, but when i do this the text remains on the screen until the 60th frame then completely disappears. I am new to flash so what am I doing wrong? ...more >>

I just upgraded to Flash MX 2004 Pro, and since Macromedia screwed up my order I'm stuck in trial mode until I get a new SN. Running a Mac G4 667, OSX 10.2.8 with 1.5 GB RAM. When I try to drag an object on my workspace, the program hangs for about a minute, then the object I was dragging disappe...more >>

Hi friends, I have two .swf files with 36K each but I want to combine and make one .swf file. If I make then it will become 75K, so is it ok to see the users from web with modem connections. There are any recomended figures for the file size we have to use for web. ...more >>

How to preload next 3 presentations while the first one is playing? Help! I've created 4 big heavy presentations. How to preload next 3 presentations while the first one is playing? Thanks!!!! ...more >>

Hello, my question is: what action script do I put on the last frame of a loadedmovie to instruct the parent timeline playhead to jump to a labeled frame? I tried this on the last frame of the loadedmovie (swf) but it doesn't work: stop(); Parent.gotoAndStop("main_menu"); Details: In ...more >>

i have a flash movie opening in a new window, and i want the links from that movie to open in the previous window. in other words, a link in Window A opens a flash file in Window B, and the links from the movie in Window B should open in Window A, not in Window B or an entirely new Window. anyone...more >>

I've been having troubles having my images come out crisp upon publishing the swf to the web. I have a personal portfolio site in which I want to showcase my projects and whenever I use jpgs or gifs (saved for web at the size I will be using them at), they are "jagged." You can still tell what they ...more >>

Macromedia: Is there any one at Macromedia that can tell me how to change the Flash 2004 undo functionality back to the way it was in Flash MX? The undo is seriously screwed up. In the old Flash MX, one could edit a symbol on the stage (using "edit in place"); and, then return to the main stag...more >>

Does anyone know where i can get a streaming video player which shows how much is streamed and starts playing the video if some file is downloaded? I am using on at http://www.swaminarayansatsang.com ...more >>

I built a movie in Flash MX 2004 and exported it into a QuickTime movie. I unchecked the compress movie in the Publish Settings box. The problem is that the audio does not play in the QuickTime movie published from 04 - If I publish it in Flash MX it works fine. Does anyone know why this is? ...more >>

I'm just learning to use Flash MX. I've built a program with multiple still images in it. I've put the stills on different layers and created motion tweens and changed the alpha on the images to give the appearance of dissolving from one image to the next. When I move the cursor along the timeline, ...more >>

I get text data from database. And I must use dynamic text to show it. I want to create something like O2(chemistry forlmula). In HTML I should write "O₂" or "O<span style='verical-align:sub'>2</span> ". Can I do it in Flash MX? Or FlashMX 2004? ...more >>

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oi oi ladies and gents! I am working on a projector file nothing difficult nore too script heavy. but i am having a major problem. The images i am working look fine out side of flash, even when I preview inside flash. yet when publish to .exe format the images i used look like [ i know i should u...more >>

Hey out there, I?m having trouble with 2004 when I load an swf of a quiz created from one of the 2004 quiz templates into a movie. The quiz won?t advance to the next frame when the next button is clicked. Is this a level issue with the quiz?s next button code? Any help would be much appreciated. ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to change the font/size in a menu? The menu is coming from an XML file. I've modified this file, to add/change menu items, and now, some won't fit in the flash window. I'd like to change the font and its size, but can't seem to find out where to do this. Any help is appreci...more >>

Hi, I need to show the bold effect within dynamic text. From a sentence I want to "bold" few words for some importance. It shows in fla but doesn't reflect in swf. Also I don't want to change it to static. Pl. write me ASAP. Thanks Wada ...more >>

I have SSL on my website and am using https:// When I include the flash Object and it links off to the Macromedia website to verify that the user has the flash player, It then displays that both secure and non secure items are on the page. How can I avoid this message? Is there a https:// check s...more >>

Hey: I'm having problems centering my .swf in the browswer window. Here's what I did: In Flash: Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"; Stage.showMenu = "false"; then make the size 100% in HTML. Only problem is, it doesn't center this when viewed on a PC...any suggestions? (It works p...more >>

I am using the trial version of Flash MX 2004. WHen I create a SWF of my project the playback is choppy at about every 29th frame. I have experimented with different frame rates from 12-60/second, but nothing seems to help. I should also note that this happens even with only one letter moving acr...more >>

Hello, Can I use the loadMovieNum or the loadMovie to load a movie clip or this is just for loading .swf and jpeg files? I want to load a different movie clip everytime an specific button is pressed. How you do this? And what is the difference of using the _visibility option for each movi...more >>

Hi, I'm going through the tutorials in Flash MX 2004 and don't understand the part in the following text where it says `select the black oval shape for Button 1.' `Create animation for a button state You'll create a movie clip within the Over state of Button 1, and then create a shape tween...more >>

I have a textarea into which I am loading a local HTML file. (I will be distribuing a Projector file on a CD.) What I would love to be able to do is to embed an <A HREF> tag in the HTML that can call an Actionscript function in the SWF. I want to be able to pop-up (rather like a tool-tip) an image w...more >>

Hi i am new to Flash and find it a very powerfull program. However whenever I try to create a button that links to a different scene either the current scene replays or nothing happens at all!! Why is this. Is there anything else I need to do? I can create a link to the same scene at a dif...more >>

I'm hoping someone can help me out here. Sometimes my buttons are hanging up & the roll over doesn't function. However if you move the mouse off the button then back on---it unsticks & works fine. I'd assume it has to something to do with the button hot spot...But I'm not so sure what to do t...more >>

I am creating a site for a client who wants to use both html and Flash right from the index page. Is there any way to ensure that a user has, or to alert a user to download the latest version of Flash Player if they don't have it? And if the website is supposed to be easily accessed by all (in...more >>

Another great assortment of tutorials, extensions and articles this week. Have fun! Interview with Lucian Beebe on the Future of Flash MX [Free] http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=A326E0BFDB5DFD79 CMX 'Find a File' Extension http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=A5FAC4...more >>

Hi, The 'Protect from Import' publish setting - it's great for protecting something from being imported in to Flash - but the various decompilers out there just bypass this setting and load the Flash in regardless. Is there any way to secure a Flash file so that it can't easily be decompiled l...more >>

I am having trouble with the new style of flash scripting. i have flash 5 and that is easy to go from scene to scene gotoAndPlay ("Scene2", 1); in flash mx04 i have to type in the whole thing and it doesn't work i have gotoAndPlay ("Scene2", 1); because i figured it was the same ...more >>

Hello, this is small anoing problem I encountered twice in m projects recently.. my txt file: -------------------- txt= +1234567890 -------------- simple phone number, I cant load: "+" I inserted I tag insted of + and replaced it thith AS... but how to load such a simbo...more >>

Using Flash MX 2004 I'm trying to make a menu (as a Flash Projector) that will launch some demo applications. This menu and all the demo apps will be on a CD. The menu app is in the root and each demo is in its own folder. e.g. \Yiagen\start.exe In the menu app I have a button and I put this...more >>

Hey everyone, Has anyone had any issues with sound popping/crackling after being exported from flash? i've imported an mp3 and if i put the setting on "Event" it sounds perfect on export. but if i put it on "Stream" which is the setting i need to use, it crackles and pops every so often. i've tried...more >>

hi all i am pretty stuck on this one... i need to create a horizontally scrolling menu of buttons (50px by 50px). I would like the user to hover over an icon to the left of the menu bar and have the buttons scroll from right to left. when the user rolls off the icon i would like the scroll to ...more >>

Flash MX. I have ten image one after an other scrolling accross the scene. I am using the tweening method (not any action script). My problem is that the animation is not smoothly. As the images passes by you can see that they stuck for some milliseconds. Thank you in advanced. ...more >>

Hello all, I have a question regarding allocating virtual memory. I have Windows XP Professional - and I use heavy graphics in everything I do. I praimarily use Adobe Photoshop 7, FLash MX, and Director MX to edit all of my work. I am currently working on a big project that requires alot of me...more >>

Is there somewhere, preferably online, that has step-by-step instructions, downloadable or not, on how to create a Flash preloader (MX preferably). I am looking for information on this. I haven't the money to spend $40 for a book and I have found barely anything helpful online. I would like to...more >>

Hi all, I'm having problems with Flash MX since purchase. The program seems to 'Hang' on each attempt to use a menu item, or a palette item. eg: If I am to change a font, I must wait about 5-8 seconds for the program to work. If I would like to choose a menu item, I must wait again for a ...more >>

My flash is to be loaded with a html page in a browser. Now, I want to pop up another browser to load a html page when some button is clicked in the flash. How? Thanks. ...more >>

after having gone through the considerable expense of *upgrading* my tiBook to get flash 2004 professional above an agonizing crawl, it's still generating a lot of issues. most infuriating = flash tanks at an astounding frequency. for what it's worth, I don't have any legacy issues, as I'm running a...more >>

assuming that I've installed Flash Remoting for .NET succesfully in my machine running Windows XP and all the examples are running well, of course pointing to http://localhost/flashremoting/ virtual directory what is the bare minumum that i need to do to set up another virtual directory to host a...more >>

Is it possible to make a password so that when you open a flash document (not movie), only people that know the password can open it?! ...more >>

I have a javascript file that validates an email address. I want to include this in a basic html page. Pass the email address from the flash form, validate it and pass back the result. The code if (_root.email.text != "") { sendText = new LoadVars(); sendText.emailAddress = _root.txt_Email...more >>

thanks any kind suggestions would be appreciated kevin D 3D 2D Webdesign http://members.optusnet.com.au/~kevindauth/ ...more >>