I squeezed video to swf with Sorenson. I can play the 12mb video with the Flash Player, I can open the movie and play it with Flash MX, but when I import this swf into a document /scene or into the library I get no audio and only black frames. What am I doing wrong? ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to get a button to do what happens of the simpsons web page ! i want to scroll over a button and have something else happen on the screen, what & how do i do this "scroll over the the places and a little thing in the top changes" i want to make a web site that h...more >>

Hey, I've got my flash menu in my top frame, and it points every link to my main frame: on (release) { getURL("main.html", "mainFrame"); } It works, or worked fine until I decided to have one (and only one) of my buttons point to an absolute address (ie: http://www.thedomain.com/the...more >>

I am trying to do a simple mouse over button. So far I can get everything to work, except when I go into *test Movie*. The button works, but the Hit area acts like it is just the border of the button. If I go back and edit it, and make the button the whole size of the page, then go to *test Movie*...more >>

my topmost layer has a picture in frame 1, with one of the forward buttons below it to be able to navigate to another image, having problems moving to next picture. when i click the forward button and look in the actions pane, i see a gotoAndPlay which i think is what i need but how do i tell it to ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to place a small animation (100x100) on top a a big image (1400x1050) to finally obtain an animated wallpaper under Win XP. I need suggestions: should I create the entire wallpaper (1400x1050) in flash? should I create an HTML page with background (1400x1050) and add a sw...more >>

how do you add a hyperlink to text and pictures in Flash MX?? I have seen the hyperlink option thingy in the properties box but i want a link to another page which is up on the web. Eg, www.google.co.uk Any help appreciated Thanks, Miles ...more >>

When selecting and drawing with the oval or rectangle tool, the resulting line does not appear until the mouse button is released. How can I force the outline to appear as it is being drawn on the stage?Text ...more >>

Here's the URL: http://www.flyingtigerwebdesign.com/ifc_new/html/index.htm Here's the problem: Click on Two IFC > Click Architecture > This is how it's SUPPOSE to look. The button has the following script: on (release) { gotoAndStop ("2ifccontent"); loadMovie ("images/2ifc/2ifc_arch...more >>

I thought I had configured my pages to open up in a flash player but they only ever load in MS explorer (from the web I mean). Also there is a download error but I think that that is due to my host. Also, what should I have in my root directory for the site? Just the published *.swf files or ...more >>

I have a website project I'm working on and I made some simple rollover buttons, when I test it out of flash they work great, but when previewing in HTML they are no longer there. Any hints would be great. DAve ...more >>

Hello, I am fairly new to Flash MX and I am currently trying to teach myself how to use the program. I would like to have a push in the right direction for creating buttons. I was asked to design to some buttons very similiar to this website: www.bluetooth.com. If you notice the colorful ...more >>

Environment: HP 8250 Pavilion PC with Internet Explorer 6.0 Hi group: A while back, I used to have Flash Player 5.0 and it worked fine on my PC. I wanted to upgrade to Version 6.0 so I downloaded an Uninstall program from Macromedia and removed version 5.0. Now Version 7.0 is available. ...more >>

I made a intro to my website and I had the music lined up with the text, but then some how the music layer got deleted and I had to replace it. Now nothing lines up. I need someone to overlook my intro if possible please. I'd really appreciate it. ...more >>

I'm doing a site using flash5 for a record label. In the catalogue section I have the cover of a CD as a MovieClip with a hidden button, once you roll over it it will turn to the CD's back cover that's sitting on the next frame of the CD MovieClip. I have another button attached to that next frame ...more >>

I want to create a database app in flash and use MySQL as the database but I'm not sure which technology would be best for the communications between the 2. PHP, ASP, Coldfusion? Can anyone make any suggestions. I'm ideally looking for the easiest option. Also any tutorials on how to connec...more >>

How to make so that the active buttons below a target instance movie symbol are not active? ...more >>

Does anybody know of a flash product/tool that will allow me to zoom in and out of an external JPG file? I have a database of over 2,000 images that I need to allow the user to zoom in and out of each picture, so converting them into another format is not practical. Thanks Phil Hayes ...more >>

I learn best by deconstructing what others have done ... where can I find lots of .fla files for some flash games? ...more >>

the problem is that I have a slide show where I want to use the same picture in two consecutive slides but it seems to be impossible to place the (same) picture exactly the same place in the to slides, resulting in a jump in the picture when shifting from one slide to the next ...more >>

I'm wondering if a movie exported from FMX2004 to Flash 6 compatible file will retain aliasing of fonts when viewed in Flash Player 6..? ..soma ...more >>

Forgive me, if I am asking lame newbie questions... Say I have an avi or other movie file... is it possible for me to load it into my flash movie (which is going to be a webpage) and make a button that starts the avi-movie in the flash movie (like a frame inside flash, where the avi-movie is p...more >>

dear sir If swf file is created some one else and i want to import that swf file in flash and save in gif file. How to do it ? shehnaz ...more >>

Hey all, Just wondering how do you create a glow effect, on anything that you want to animate in flash. Like 2Advanced's Josh Todd website. http://www.joshtodd.com/indexFlash.php See that glow on the menu options. How do you create something like that in flash. In an interview Eric Jord...more >>

Dear folks. I downloaded the darwin file and its working but the slides are not showing according to the timings. it shows error inside the flash 2004. some errors are **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\en\Configuration\Classes\m...more >>

When I try to use the fscrollbar (which into the flash MX library) and it don't work, however, it detect the textbox (it's, of course, dynamic=1)? but do not scroll. And I wrote my own scrollbar: it works as swiss clock, however, autodecting the textfield. I don't want to develop the bycycle aga...more >>

I am tring to make a flash intro for my friends website. I want it to display a picture, then a letter, then the same picture then a different letter and so forth. I did this fine in the program but when I hit preview it onlys shows the pictures with the first letter in between the picture slides. H...more >>

I know how to skin the scrollBar already... I want change the textArea's background color and let the alpha =80 can anyone help me find out ??? thanks~~~ ...more >>

Hi, What am I doing wrong? I have an interactive flash with several buttons. Using the on(release) action, whenever a user clicks a button, an external .swf file (containing quicktime video) is loaded and played. Unfortunately, the file which has been loaded automatically loops; I can't seem t...more >>

Hello, I made a video file (.FLV) file with Sorenson Squeeze and imported into the library of my Flash movie. I thought since it was in the library, it would be a symbol, and that I could use it over and over again without my file size increasing, but when I placed it in each of my 4 scenes, ...more >>

Hi I'm trying to integrate flash graphics into dreamweaver. I know how to import flash animation into dreamweaver, but I'm not able to import Buttons or graphics/images that I create in flash. anyone help ? thanks. ...more >>