Hi there, I have a bit of a mystery. I'm working on a website that has a page that loads a small 200kb Flash video file - this file has a preloader on it. Once loaded it plays automatically. When it ends it presents the user with a button to play the movie again. When you click on the button it take...more >>

I think there's a away to "knock off" the black background away from an imported bitmap in flash and without breaking it into a shape. But how? ...more >>

Can someone check this link and tell me why these pages load like this(designed in Fireworks) and how I can fix it. I am perplexed. It is a simple site I designed for a friend. But it loads in strips? http://www.oceannetworks.ca/naylor_index.html ...more >>

I have added a sound to an existing movie. When I test the movie the sound plays correctly. When I embed it into my html and test it- it plays correctly, but when I upload the movie and test it on the web it does not play. I had the sync on stream but I have changed it to event. Please help! ...more >>

I use to be big on Flash back in version 4 but I have stayed away from it during 5,and MX. What are MX 04 current capabilities with video? Can you playback good quality video in Flash? How well of a job does it do of compressing the video? What formats can you bring into Flash? Thank...more >>

I keep getting a pop-up window with the following error on gamespot.com website. But I have also received a similar error on other websites. What does the error mean? ** Security Sandbox Violation *** SecurityDomain 'http://mads.gamespot.com/mac-ad?&_RGROUP=5128&NCAT=1:&CNET-BRAND-ID=4&HUB=...more >>

While creating an XML tree in flash, I came across a very strange behavior in flash (and quite possibly a bug). Just want to let people know so they don't end up debugging it for hours as I did. Basically, I have code that looks like this //----------------------------------------------------...more >>

this may just be a syntax thing, but I have a movie set to play when i roll over a button, and then reset to frame 0 when the mouse rolls off it. the code looks like this: on (rollOver) { Banim.onRollOver = function() { loadMovie("anim",_root.Tanim); }; } on (rollOut) { Banim.onRoll...more >>

I am trying to get to some old Flash content. For some reason I have archived versions of exe Flash Player files but do not have the swfs or the flas. I can live without the flas but the swfs would be far more useful to me than the exes. Does anybody have any idea how I can extract the swfs from th...more >>

Hi, can anyone tell where this white flash is coming from? http://www.hotwaxcandle.com/tester Thanks John ...more >>

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hey, i was wondering if i could learn how to make it so that when the mouse rolls over a button on my page, it starts a little movie playing at another spot on the page. it would be a menu set-up, so as soon as the mouse left that particular menu item and rolled over another one, the movie would st...more >>

I've seen a deceleration effect on lots of sites where something flies onto the screen and gradually slows down as it reaches its destination. I think it's a nice effect, can anyone tell me how it's done? Thanks. ...more >>

I cannot get my flash animation to display correctly in mozilla (it displays fine in ie and opera). I want it to be in 100% x 100%, but I think mozilla doesn't recognize the object height=100% property. I tried doing it with styles instead but that doesn't work either. It does work on other sites...more >>

Hello, Is there a way to create a link in a flash file to open a popup box? For example, text reads "Make Reservations" and when clicked it opens up the pop up window. Can I use javascript? I am using Flash MX. Thanks, MonaE ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to get my flash animation in my website, the website contains a background picture. Now i wont to make my flash animation transparant, but how. I think i'ts verry simple, but i keep getting a white square around my animaton. Any suggestion's? Greeting's salom722@plane...more >>

am trying to do something that seems fairly simple (using Flash MX 2004 Pro). I have a parent movie with 2 buttons that load a high quality or low quality version of a video. The videos are served up using the new video components. On their own, the video enhanced swf's play fine. When I try to loa...more >>

how to make a bytes preloader step by step in flash mx. i have tried websites like flashkit but it seem to be difficult to understand. can anyone help? ...more >>

I need to Know how to swap a button with other button to make two diferent functions. By example Play/Pause Please answer me. ...more >>

OK. I'm having a problem with the Video Playback Component. On my home system there is no problem at all... I did exactly(i think)what is explained in the MX 2004 tutorial link 1 seen here: www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/media_components.html I put the playback component on the...more >>

Hi I'm having this little problem. I created a sound loop in FL Studio 4 and am trying to loop the clip without having that split second pause. When I exported the file to MP3 I cut the remainder but that didn't help. I've tried the suggested instanceName.onSoundComplete to see if that worked,...more >>

Im trying to create a button who swap between two functions, in this case Play/Pause and change the look once the user make clic. Is must be easy but i dont know how to do it. If you know where i can find an example or the Action Script to do it i'll be gratefull. ...more >>

here's the problem: -installed my flash mx 2004 pro on a win system -deactivated my serial -installed flash mx 2004 pro on a mac os 10.2.8 system -activation error stated that the product had already been activated any way around this or is this another great step towards consumer-friendly ...more >>

I am using a combo box component and non-component buttons in the same flash movie. The buttons are controling another swf file loaded into the movie. In the exported swf, the buttons work fine until I select something from the combo box. When I click on the non-component buttons, they only work the...more >>

HI, I'm new here - so if this was already addressed, I sure couldn't find it! OK - this may be impossible. but.... In a pop-up window. I'm trying to add a button to load a different .swf and resize the window to that .swf - all while NOT knowing the size of said .swf. Somehow the js would have...more >>

Hi All, I used a turorial to create a pop-up window with a fixed size, no tool bars and scroll bars and it worked brilliantly. The problem is that when I try to repeat this from the window I have created, it doesn't work. Any ideas? Cheers Alfie ...more >>

is there a place where you can get free music for your flash movie? if not can you create music in flash? thanks matt ...more >>

I have my main swf and then I have another swf loaded into it using loadmovie. In my loaded movie I have a viewing window with my target "holder" and some buttons that load another movie into my viewing window, but instead it unloads my movie and loads it into the main movies "holder." Here's ...more >>

Hi - new to Flash MX - please be kind :-) My question refers to the drag & drop interaction of the quiz template... Is there a way to have more than one target area a single symbol? The built-in interactions use a separate symbol for each drag and each target, what I'd like to do is have seve...more >>

I'm a long time user of Macromedia Flash but I was wonder if there's an application that Macromedia produces that allows users to easily create forms in HTML or some scripting language so web surfers can fill out forms and submit the information via email. Is this possible? ...more >>

I am looking to switch my online specialty store over to a complete Flash interface. I have been reading about the benifits of using ColdFusion as the back end. The costs of commercial hosting with a ColdFusion server is more than I was expecting. My store is small, less than 200 products. Is there ...more >>

Hi, I have made a form in flash. I have also made a server in 'ASP', the sever and the form works, but I don't know how I can send the information, that is filed in the form and send to the sever, to an e-mail address. Thanks. You can always send an e-mail to: jasperverschuere@skynet.be. ...more >>

Please Help; Would anyone be able to tell me where I might download the file (insert.swf). I have been going through the "tip of the week" movies and have been working on the flash forms I have been through all the movies except one, the first one. I can't seem to locate it. Can anyone help? Tha...more >>

I have been experiencing problems when running Flash MX 2004 Pro and Adobe applications at the same time. Symptoms are often not predictable, but regularly include the following: 1. Running Adobe Acrobat Reader while running Flash MX 2004 Pro causes Adobe Reader to hang on search request. 2....more >>

I am trying to change the look of a Tree control but I can't find a listing of the available properties for this (or any) control. Can someone tell me how to find out what properties are available for a given control? Specifically, I'm trying to set the color of the mouseover highlight for a tree....more >>

does anyone know how to set the x and y positions of the stages in a Flash presentation or form layout? My parent stage has an x of -2.2, y of -2.9 and all of the sub stages have different values as well, and the area is greyed out so I can not edit them. Any suggestions? ...more >>

I have searched this forum and can't find a sufficient answer... So here is my question in simplest terms. I have a 150 scene project... I want to add navigation buttons to the project... a next, back, play and stop... these buttons reside at the bottom throughout the project. I have labeled ...more >>

Can anyone help me figure out if it is possible to get a DHTML menu to show up 'on top' of a flash file? I'm not advanced at Flash, or Programming, but I have smart co-workers who have tried to help but given up. Anyone seen this done before? Any suggestions? Here is an example of the problem: ...more >>

I am developing a site for a client and I can't fgure out how to get my buttons to work on a sliding navigation that I have on the video page. I have a picture frame viewer and below it is a sliding navigation of the thumbsnails for the 6 movies, I want to click on the movie and have it play in th...more >>

Hi, I have 3 SWF movies loading into a target and for some reason the third swf streaming loading very slow (about 1 or 2 minutes) from the server. (DSL, Flash MX) I need to wait about 2 minutes to be able to access it. The lenght of each swf is about 1 minute. Is there any issues of loading mor...more >>

I would like to design a page that has pictures cropped at odd angles, but I can't figure out how to do it in Flash MX. These pictures would be in front of a background that has a pattern to it, so the cropped area has to be transparent. If I use a mask in Fireworks, the area imports as a white ba...more >>

I got a bunch of swfs that belong on one page in various places. is there a way of placing these all into one swf for export into dreamweaver, or do i need to use dreamweaver or fireworks to embed them all? em ...more >>

I am trying to adjust the size of scrolling text boxes and scroll panes. But when I drag and drop my scroll bar component into the newly adjusted text box, it does not automatically resize itself to fit the text box. And when I test the movie the scroll bar does not work! Any idea why this might be?...more >>

1- Why doesn't Flash MX import the mov file? I have the following message when I test: there were problems reading them. 2- Where is the video Flash to export plug-in? ...more >>

Hi, we are working on a dress-up game and we would like to save a configured doll with different SWF files as one GIF or PNG file. We are debugging the game now but its available at www.whyrobbierocks.com see section Shopping. Is there somebody how knows a way to save the configured character as a...more >>

How to fill the intire (whole) browser with a flash (swf) movie? (not full browser) example: http://www.markseliger.com/home.html Thanks, ...more >>

I can see several uses for FlashPaper, but would prefer to not have to buy Contribute soley for that purpose. Is there a way, either documented or not, in FlashMX2004 Pro that will allow me create FlashPaper documents without Contribute? We also have Dreamweaver 2004 as well, but I didn't see...more >>

I had just been upgraded to the 2004 MX version of Flash from the previous MX version which ran great. Question I have for all of you is this. Are any of you experiencing a significant drop in the applications performance for all interactions with the software? I noticed from day one the application...more >>

Hello, I need to import dynamic HTML files into an existing Flash animation (www), but they must me complete HTML with tags e.g. <img><table> etc. Do you know any component which does this, or any help or procedure? Thanx in advance for your help. matuska@enelux.sk ...more >>

Hello Thanks for helping me out if you can. I have thumbnails of pictures on my site. I want the user to view a larger version of the image in a new window when they click on it. I have tried the getURL action, but I cant adjust the size of the browser window that opens. Also i dont want an...more >>

I'm looking to add a "Talkback" feature to one of my websites. What I'm looking for is this : http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=15966 Not something "like" this... but exactly this. It's perfect. I would sell my mother for this. Where can I find such...more >>

All Having never used Flash, but am happy to spend time working through stuff until it works, I have a project that involves 4 or 5 images - my task is to fad one in, then out, then the next one in and so on until all 5 have been viewed - I may want to fade text in and out as well but at different ...more >>

I want to create an inner bevel effect in flash without using thord party programm and import to flash. Is there any tutorial about how you can simulate this efect in flash using alpha and shadows. ...more >>

i would like to ask how to put a url on a created button? ...more >>

Just wondering if anyone has any idea what could be causing this error I get when I import PNG files. I import the file and it crashes instantly leaving the following error message: http://www.pixelimage.co.uk/error/flash_png.gif I have Flash MX running on Windows XP Professional. Anyone ...more >>

I have created a presentation with many scenes, all labeled at the first frame i.e "02_home", and with their respective preloaders. then i made a menu of simple buttons to point to this labels in diferent scenes with this code: on (release) { _root.gotoAndStop("02_home"); } when I debug...more >>

I got a mac with 10.2.8 running. I installed the new player 7 today uninstalling all old players beforehand. The plug-in works fine with browsers but where is the player? I used to use the old SAFlashPlayer (6) to check my swfs before i uploaded them, does the new flash player not have this applicat...more >>

Hi, I've done the preloader tutorial in "referring url 1". just wondering if someone could let me know how to change it from a percentage counter to a kb counter? and also i want the load bar to extend out to 718 pixels wide when it reaches 100%. also if someone knows of a similar better/more ...more >>

this is a little confusing. i have used the media display and media controller components. www.steriogram.com/50 the streaming bar goes fully green, what does that mean ? its not the streaming progress because the movie jumps a bit when downloading, and it fills up to quick to be streaming ...more >>

hello newbie here: i am busy with a page with a bunch of buttons on the side and they have to display information on the rest of the right hand side of the page. how do i display this info without it overlapping? ...more >>

I'm attempting to make a movie instance play when someone moves their mouse over it, or clicks on it. If anyone knows how to do this, it would be very much appreciated! Thanks! Jonathan ...more >>

I 've made a small music player for a client that loads external mp3's. The problem is its not working on the clients pc. His page wont load completely , but stops halfway, although the browser keeps downloading data. No sound, and half a website. After some comparing we figured out it had someth...more >>

I want to dynamically change the background of my movie, thus on frame 1, I have the following: myColor = new Color(this); myColor.setRGB(0x000000); stop(); As I read the manuals, this should work....... I can trace myColor and I get a valid object. Why isn't this working? Thanks...more >>

Hello I have a rare thing to ask. A colleague of us left us his work in Flash for our intranetsite. I need to modify some menufiles now and I get an error when opening the file. It says "CANNOT OPEN A PROTECTED MOVE MOVIE". Can anyone please tell me what this could mean and how I get rid of that...more >>

That's what I'm looking for. I have found a form validation component, but I don't understand the paramenters. Right now, when submit is clicked, the form input fields get thrown to the CGI program by loadVariablesNum and I just want to simply check to see if there is data in some of the inputs ...more >>

Hi. I would like to launch Windows Media Player from within the Flash Player. I've tried using getURL but that just opens a new IE window which I don't want. Also I don't want to load into _self as that would replace my Flash movie in IE. Maybe I can use actionscript?? Any ideas? Thanks....more >>

I am using Flash to develop an interactive CD for my multimedia project. I have it setup so it's 800 x 600 (requirements) and it has high-quality photos in it. Is there any way that I can improve the graphics rendering? I have the JPEG setting upto 100% (which is required) and I have used the _quali...more >>

Hi, I'm a webmaster. My flash designer created a banner for me, but the linking URL wasn't "hard-coded" into the HTML. I have to get this banner up ASAP on 3 different sites. I'm posting the HTML code below along with the URL I'd like it to link to: <OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf...more >>

After installing and launching Flash, a dialog comes up saying: Flash XML parsing fatal error: An exception occurred! Type: XMLPlatformException, Message:Could not open file: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Flash MX 2004/en/Configuration/Screen Types/Form/catalog.xml, line...more >>

Is there a way to control where your cursor jumps to next in a movie? Right now my form goes from input text to a button, then to the next input text. Can I dictate that it goes directly to the next input text? ...more >>

I'm creating a video with playback buttons. I was able to program the play, stop, rewind (to start) and forward (to end) buttons. Since the video is a few minutes long, I was thinking of using the "step back" & "step forward" buttons to be able to go back or forward, say, 50 frames. Does anyone know...more >>