Flash MX (6) - I create a new Scene (2nd in the movie), create a new movie clip, drag the clip onto the stage in a keyframe. If i go to Test Scene, it plays as it should. BUT if I test the whole movie, the movie clip doesn't play! I know it goes to the scene (I use a trace() actionscript line)...more >>

hi guys , i am new to this forum and this is my first message. i would like to know whether can we covert flash mx files to flash 5 files(.fla files). Because i did a project in flash mx , and i couldnt open it in flash 5 ,(as my flash mx trial period was over). i do really appreciate ...more >>

Hi, I have made a flash movie with a black background. I have insert an input textfield but the color of the textfield is white. How do I have to change this to another color (like black). Thanks ...more >>

hi, i've created a flash form that im using to send four variables to a php script.. I am having some trouble sending the variables to the script.. In fact, i cant get it to work at all. I have created the file http://members.optushome.com.au/panus/flash.swf The drop down buttons are set in the...more >>

I have a regular expression question, but don't know what forum to post this in. So, since I like this forum the most, I figured someone just might know the answer. What is wrong with this RE? (\[[0-9]+\]) I am trying to find all data in a file that is like [1], [142] any number surrounded by bra...more >>

I'm interested in creating interactive online presentations for educational purposes. What I'd ideally like to create are the online "movies" where slides move around and there are voice-overs. I'd like to have some interactive elements during the presentation, so the person watching can answe...more >>

FLMX04 (still learnin, so be gentle) Lets say I have 50 movieclips on the stage. Lets also say that I have one movie clip (the indicator) that the user can move via the arrow keys on the keyboard. How can I tell which of the 50 random movieclips the indicator is on top of? Tanks Alex ...more >>

I have three files. Yes I went thru the fscommand folder and yes it all works. My problem is this. All three files are exe and they need to talk to each other back and forth. One opens the other closes itself and vice versa. Now I can't do that anymore. I can open only the files inside the...more >>

I was just curious what the difference between the academic edition and the developer's edition is besides the fact that you have to be a student to by the AE. I was just wondering if there is something that AE doesn't have that the Developer's edition does have, etc.... Thanks alot, Fred ...more >>

Let me preface this with two things: A.) I am a Flash moron - completely and utterly. My brain is small and puny and weak. 2.) I tried to search for an answer but no previous post that I found befits my question wholly. III.) I am using FlashMX 2004, and its built-in Timeline Effects options. ...more >>

Hi! Is there an idiot tutorial out there for a Flash beginner who wants to make a small ad with layers that fade up and out? Or layers that fade from one to another? I'm sure this is pretty simple to do. I have done this sort of thing in After Effects, but to export those files to SWF format w...more >>

I found this tuturial http://http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Interactivity/Navigation/Mac_OS_X-Aaron_Ha-722/index.php How do you make it so when you roll off the buttons they gradual go back to there normal size?? Is there a better tuturial out there? ...more >>

Hi, I did not design this site so no ulterior motives there - just curious what a designer or developer would charge for an all flash website like this one:- http://www.1800bepetty.com/index2.html I contacted the compnay that designed this but they are slow to respond Thansk Richa...more >>

Hi Flash People I am using Flash MX and I have a QT video (originally 4.6 Gigs-uncompressed), I am creating a CDROM. I had trouble importing the QT video at that large file size into Flash, so i thought I would compress it as a QT movie. I used Media Cleaner to compress for CDROM quality, got i...more >>

Publishing for Flash Player 7 BUG alert!!! When I create a text field manually using the toolbar and setting it's properties in the properties panel, <br> and <p> tags work fine. However, when I create a text field dynamically using createTextField and give it the exact same settings (including ...more >>

Using Flash MX: ( I have 47 moviel clips named a1 through a47, and I need each to have a distinct URL) for (i=1; i<48; i++) { model = Eval("a" +i); newurl= "newwindow.asp?Id="+i; model.onRelease = function() { getURL(newurl); }; } My problem is that the variable newurl is only the las...more >>

Hello everybody: Ok, its short question that would help a lot. (if this is not the right = channel I beg you all pardon). How much can we charge for design (on average per ICON) development for = PALM PILOT's software. We really don't know if there is a average on = this kind of jobs. Botto...more >>

I have built a slide presentation based on the Darwin tutorial. Works very well. I am attempting to add additional text layers to my slides by adding child screens, which I can see on the stage when I select the child screens. I've added additional cue points to trigger the child slides. Problem...more >>

I have an Input Text field. I need text to be entered into this field by the user, using buttons on screen(so not keyboard) presses. However i also need the cursor in the input field to move to, as if being entered using the keyboard. The focus needs to be set, so the cursor appears in the field...more >>

I just bought Flash 2004 and wanted to learn from the Templates, but this message pops up for the Photo Slideshows. "Unable to open document with this version of Flash because it contains screens" Can anyone tell me what that means, and how can I open the slideshow templates? Thanks ...more >>

I have a .png file that I imported to the library and then converted to a symbol. It looks fine when viewing the movie in Flash but when I publish it (to .swf) the .png looks slightly distorted. I've tried making sure that there's no compression or scaling but it still seems to happen. Any ideas? ...more >>

With this post I'd like to publicly thank Urami, who went raelly out of his way to help me out with some code. He posted his reply to my message "Image thumbs" 16/10/2003 by Oli, and I can't thank him enough for that. Once again, I really appreciate his help, and I would also like to thanks ...more >>

Hello everyone, Having been busy designing i've hit a problem that none of my books seem to cover. I have 2 movies the first is a website which is made of several scenes. The second is a slideshow where a user can hover over a button to watch a sequence of pictures. I have already created a bu...more >>

Hi I am not a big Flash developer just a few small projects. I keep getting Macromedia stuff about video and am more not less confused. To use the FLV format would I need Flash MX professional or just Flash MX? If the latter I guess I would need a plug-in to convert AVI to FLV.; what programs...more >>

Hello, I have created an executable using Flash...but now I would like to customize the Flash Player window. As it stands currently, I have a few things I would like to accomplish... 1. Get rid of the toolbar (ie. File, Edit etc.) 2. Get rid of the title (where logo and title reside) I'd ...more >>

I know that people take images by right-clicking and saving, and that there's no real way to prevent that. Can they do that same thing with your swf files? For example, I want to do a site for a band with a "Photos" section so that users can save the band photos to their machine. If the pics ...more >>

How do you achieve live text over a swf website? I don't mean adding text in a Flash file that is a vector or part of the stage, but like Dreamweaver text on top of the swf document that can be selected or highlighted by the webpage viewer. Thanks in advance, Julie ...more >>

1. Can someone explain what classid is other than: Identifies the ActiveX control for the browser. The value must be entered exactly as shown. OBJECT only. and what the number/letter combination is? classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 2. This is necessary to check for Play...more >>

Hi can any one help please i have made a flash movie in mx2004 pro everything plays ok when in main window but when I check it in test movie some things dont show please help pmd6rText ...more >>

Is it possible to render (produce .swf or .mov) flash projects (.fla) without launching an interactive Flash app ? Is there an API or a way to script the application (VBScript, AppleScript) ? Even a hack would be appreciated ! Thanks a lot. ...more >>

I know, you're not supposed to post same message twice, but , well it's a long story - sorry, won't do it again..... Anyway, urgently need a shopping cart for my site. I downloaded the only tutorial I could find - created very rough test fla (attached) to see if it worked - no luck. It is short s...more >>

Hello, How has macromedia done their rounded rectangle animation with a small bevel around the edges on their homepage? I'm struggling to do a similar thing. I've tried doing it in FW and then importing and everything looks great but then when I preview it, it does't look great - ie. just the ...more >>

I want to have a Symbol rotate clockwise infinitely. Rather than setting a large (but limited) Loop number in the timeline, I assume there must be a way via ActionScript to program a Symbol to rotate in a continuous loop? On a related note, does the bug still exist where rotated symbols shrink ...more >>

A client has asked us to provide some additional information on RIA's and would like us to demo some of the capabilities. Aside from the apps we have done, is there any good Macromedia sites that can be easily setup and demo'ed from a laptop? Any chance that there are samples that will run off...more >>

how can i put external jpg file in swf? free to email me at dotcommakers@hotmail.com thanks ...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm using LoadMovie to bring a MC into an existing movie. What I need to be able to do is pull some of the variables from this parent MC to use in the child. I have a feeling that it's a path thing (e.g., _root.movie, etc.), but am having trouble wrapping my brain around t...more >>

Does anyone know whether or not Studio MX 2004 Windows version will work on Linux? Cheers, Gary ...more >>

Hi I'm building an learning application to present and teach users how to use the company database.. my problem is this: I want buttons that will play sound clips that expand on various topics and for those people who don't have sound capabilities they will be open a window or a pop up bit of tex...more >>

FLMX04 I have a small bit of actionscript in my movie that depends on Stage.width. The problem is that when I'm previewing the movie, flash thinks that my "stage" is 1200 pixels wide. I realize that with flash, everything is scalable, but this makes it really annoying when previewing because ...more >>

First off, does anyone have Studio 2004 education version? i have ordered it and i have a funny feeling they arent gunna send me the software and that i have to fill in a form in order to get the software?? Does anyone know what the procedure is??? ...more >>

I'm looking for an actionscript programmer (student?) willing to do 1 project (to start with) for me. This first project payes 10 euro's / hour. I prefer a dutchman (like I am...) Ik have an flash file and think the animation and buttons can be done in actionscript. Please contact me by mail...more >>

Does anyone know how to change the default resolution when streaming live video from a webcam into Flash MX2004. I am using the action "_root.LiveVideo.attachVideo(Camera.get(0));" on an embedded video object, which works great, but the resolution seems to default to 160 X 120 and I need to incr...more >>

hello i currently have 2 flash sites up which link to eachother. each site has its own splash page to download fash and enter the site. now, when you click on the link to one from the other - a new window pops up with the splash page for the other site, that's fine, but when you click enter it us...more >>

Found this recently, its pretty fun. http://www.wonpwn.com/modules.php?name=viewFlash&swf=balloonHunter ...more >>

hello all. i've just spent all day trying some different things, but have gotten absolutely nowhere. i'm having a huge issue with my media player where it works absolutely beautifully on the PC, but not on the Mac. i've tested on two PCs, my mac and had 2 friends check it out on their macs. i've us...more >>

Does anyone know if it is possible to pipe output from an .exe file (eg c++ program) to a flash file via the command line or some other method. for example: myDataGenerator.exe >> myFlashOutput.swf I understand that is possible to read variables into flash from a file but I would prefer to be ...more >>

So I upgraded from Flash MX to MX 2004. After the installation I noticed that all my .SWF files were converted to Shockwave Flash Objects. I can't even open them in Flash or by the usual double clicking. I believe the error message I get is that one or more of th compents is missing. Any help...more >>

here's a site i did quickly for a friend of mine: www.jesseshadoan.com I'm being told that Windows XP users are having difficulties with some of the navigation. Any ideas as to why?/ what I can do about it? Any wisdom is greatly appreciated. r. Referring URLs www.jesseshad...more >>

Small games that is like on www.neopets.com those small games. Anyone? o.o ...more >>

I've created a Flash movie (.swf file) and embedded it in a webpage with Dreamweaver. It plays fine when I load the webpage locally on my computer, but it won't play when I load the webpage online from my website. Does anyone know why? Here's the link: http://www.thunderbubble.com/Media%20...more >>

Can anyone point me to a tutorial or perhaps email me a tutorial on how to make a sound player like the one at this url http://www.jasonupton.com/ It is really cool how the songs streams and you can see the loading bar as it progresses.. thanks to anyone who is so generous to help me out!!!...more >>

I'd like to create a simple photo gallery, where a series of images can be scrolled vertically or horizontally, and clicking on a thumbnail will display a corresponding image in a larger size. I'm a complete Flash beginner; any suggestions on Macromedia tutorials, or third-party extensions that wil...more >>

Hi folks, I use JStartor to open PDFs or word docs on a PC. My client has asked me to do a MAC version of the disc and we only use pc's so does anyone know the code I can enter on a PC and then publish a MAC version that will open documents - if you see what I mean. Many thanks. ...more >>

The title says pretty much everything. I want to create a menu with buttons but with the capability to change the language. I was thinking about using xml to provide the correponding texts. How can I do that? Does somebody have an example I could see? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Dear flasher fellows ! I would like to inform you about the launch of a new flash related project - http://www.flashvista.com/ . The idea behind it was to create a mix between the biggest (hopefully) flash links directory and kind of a search engine for flash websites. You know how hard it cou...more >>