I have designed a webpage in Flash. I designed it placed in upper left corner of document. It is now completed. How do I ensure that it opens right in the centre of the browser window? No matter what browser the end user uses. Also, how can I make a page open up in a small window(i have a small...more >>

I am having a problem with MX 2004. Every time I try to import a large video into flash, I get the following error: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library ----------------------------------------------- Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\Flash.exe This appl...more >>

I have made a button that I want to slide to the right when I mouse over and slide back to the left when I move the mouse off. I can get it to slide over on the mouse over but I can't figure out how to make the buttons slide back. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Hi Ive asked for some opinions on a problem but havent been satisfyed with the results. If I use loadmovie in frame 5, for example but the playhead moves to frame 6 etc, will loadmovie still be trying to load the movie ?? When Ive said I want to use loadmovie to load some swf's into a ...more >>

Hi Guys, I am totally new to flash and was wondering, well hoping if anyone can please point me in the direction of any good macromedia flash tutorial sites. Many thanks. Dave -- Dave -- All Incoming and Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (htt...more >>

I guess everybody has seen James Bond.... What I am looking for is the BLOOD effect on the logo.... where he cames out and shoot towards you and the blod started to "glide" down (on every james bond at the very beginning) I am making something for my work .... that should look soomthing like...more >>

Ok, Ive been trying to think of a practicle way to have my portfolio in flash, what would be the easyiest way to do this? I would like to have the mainflash movie pull the individual flash movies of the portfolio out of a database or dir taht way i just drop new stuff in the database or dir as i ...more >>

Hello all, I've got a simple navigation thing in flash where the first frame is the menu, and all the other frames are content. I have a movie clip in my first frame that I want to play AFTER someone clicks on a menu item and BEFORE they're taken to the frame containing their content. So, I th...more >>

I am trying to find out if it is possible to embed a swf into a lotus notes email.... If anyone knows how to do this... I would be forever grateful ;) ...more >>

My scrollwheel works fine in all applications, the FlashMX timeline (for going through layers) and the workarea (as expected) but for some reason it just wont scroll Library items nor will it work in the Swap Symbol popup. Any ideas as to why this is? Any ideas as to how to FIX it? Ive tried a few d...more >>

Hi all: I've done this once before, but silly me, I forget how I did it. What I'm trying to do is to add the javascript:window.close function to a button so that it renders the function and calls it in the .html document that references the .swf file. I think I'm supposed to assign an action to...more >>

We are having some serious issues with the Flash 6.0 plugin/player and IE 5.1 for Mac. Every time you scoll down, the top of the movie gets cut off - or goes blank. If you scroll back up and then down again, the top is disappears. What is the fix here? Is this just a Flash 6.0 and IE 5.1 proble...more >>

I am using Flash to make a QuickTime .mov. I have figured out how to export it as an 32 bit alpha channel but it won't work when import it into Media 100, it is not 'alphaed' it is white. I have tried to make the back ground green or blue and take it into aftereffects to make it an alpha but i...more >>

Hey, Fczone is a new flashcom resource site that releases with xmas, despite brilliant tutorials web forums many sample apps and components we will offer a mini download.com for development apps, we have teamed up with xburn the people who provide the cd burning system for file planet so u can do...more >>

ok how do i make the backgroung of my stage area clear so that any thing i create on the stage will be the only thing seen by the user when i tranfer the document over to front page? please help. thanks. ...more >>

I have created a form in MX (easy part), now I am trying to figure out how to email the data inputted into the for. I don't need to send the datat to a database, I simply need it to be emailed. The forms contains a few input text boxes, for the name and address, and one combo box, with the states ...more >>

I am trying to build a site for a customer and I was wondering if it was possible to have import a xml or html that contains images and text and a html table format. It would make updating easier and save me a ton of time. Please help if you know of a way to do this. thank you, chad ...more >>

Does anyone know a good color to use for skin? I am color blind and I keep choosing colors that are green. I don't want my people to look sick :) Thanks K_C ...more >>

hi, im a total newbiw to flash,, i come from a cfm background, i have a silly questions, i have a client who wants music playing through out her site, and i have 1 or 2 questions: 1) is there a piece of software that i can use that will just alow me to drop in the music and let the users turn it ...more >>

Ok I've been trying to install Macromedia Flash Player for a day now. and this is what I get everytime, at first it told me to check my security settings. I did, and then I lowered them appropriately. It asks 2 times, and I select yes 2 times. I let ACTIVEX controls run, if not it would have...more >>

OK, I've looked for some free flash polls and looked for how to make a poll in flash. I've come up with nothing on my searches. All the free flash polls seem to be in German and I can't find one tutorial on how to make a poll in flash. Any help would be appreciated, thanks, Steve ...more >>

I purchased flash 4 recently for a decent price but I have not opened the box. Is flash 4 as obsolete as I have read? I am totally new to flash. It is primarily to play with and to produce the odd website with some nice flash graphics. Having said that though I do like some bang for my buck and ...more >>

My movie is running real slow. It works fine when I remove the background. Optimizing the background (about 80% reduction) imroved performance by about 2%. The background doesn't change frame to frame, but does change occasionally, and using bitmaps would take up too much space. Can anyone sugge...more >>

I am building an employee orientation program for my employer and running into a problem. I am trying to make a pause button so it will stop at the current frame and then when the play button is clicked again it starts from that point. So far I have searched flash kit and cbtcafe and cannot find ...more >>

I am very new to Flash, in fact working on my first job as I learn. I have been succesful in doing several tweening animations, but now am stuck. I am trying to add a new layer and animate text on it. I want it to move in from the right side of the frame and stop. I am having no problem with the ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to compress My Flash movie that I"ve been trying to upload to my website. The Flash movie is about 6MB in size. I noticed each time when I'd try to upload that it would appear as if it were uploading but when i went to check the website the Flash Movie was not there. I t...more >>

Sorry to keep askin about this im trying to clarify how flash is working in order to solve a problem. im using loadmovie command in frame 50 for example it loads a jpeg in a swf - flash 5 however if the playhead goes past frame 50, because the frame rate is set at 25 as well then has it...more >>

How to LoadMovie within its Swf player box and have it draggable?? do you know what i mean? basically like a html window but a swf that is draggable within a nother swf player window or do you have to creat a fake one with a mouse draggable actionscript? Do you know the script for that?? th...more >>

Can spam harvesters get email addresses from Flash (swf) files? In other words, is it safe to use emails in Flash files? Thanks Andrew ...more >>

Could someone who "knows" how to do this kind of thing tell me whether the two SWFs linked here are identical? http://www.sonicmemo.com/dupes/smplayerls.swf http://www.sonicmemo.com/dupes/playerl.swf As far as I can tell they are exactly the same, but I want to make sure before I yell at so...more >>

Flash 2004 now has integrated help instead of opening the documentation in a browser. The documentation is also available in pdf. These systems are nice but inferior to the old html based documentation. For actionscript authors that use other tools, running Flash just to see it's documentati...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know a good source for short video clips for flash use? I'm looking mostly for generic business images (people typing, on the telephone etc). If anyone knows any decent and relatively cheap sites to get this sort of thing from please let me know. Thanks Designer1. ...more >>

Are there any examples out there that show Flash 7's capabilities to do accessible content? The example that Macromedia provides is way too simplistic. I work for the Department of State and I'm trying to evaluate the new version's ability to make 508-compliant courseware that works with the JAWS ...more >>

Ok, I?m making a video player console (Flash MX). I?ve made the skin, I have an index on the left where the user can pick which video they want; it then loads the movie which is an external .swf file into the player and has the appropriate buttons of play, forward, rewind, stop. All that works great...more >>

I have got preloader set up to show progress bar, % remaining, kBytes remaining, and seconds remaining but cant get the seconds remaining to display correctly..please look at my code and tell me what is wrong... thanks. here is the thread to the fla file... only http://www.digitaldirectory...more >>

If I want to replace a button sound throughout the entire site, how do I replace the library item with the new sound without going into every little button. ...more >>

I'm looking for examples of sites where Flash has been used to explain concepts or processes for which someone would ordinarily write directions - for example, filling out a form. Has anyone seen anything like that? Thanks! ...more >>

I have designed a webpage in FLash. I designed it placed in upper left corner of document. It is now completed. How do I ensure that it opens right in the centre of the browser window? I published in Default alignment and it still goes to upper left corner. ...more >>

I have recently bought a Compaq Presario 900 series laptop with windows xp a few months ago. To my suprise it did not come with a flash media player on it. I went to the web and tried to download it, but every time i went to the download page, it would come up with errors on the page and would never...more >>

I have a high quality jpeg, which looks great in PS and IE, but as soon as I import it into Flash, it gets really bad banding. I double checked all the preferences and bitmap options, but everything is set to the highest quality. Any ideas? Thanks, - olaf ...more >>

I have two named buttons generated from the same master & a clip instance called ?rad_mc? that I would like to move across the stage reflecting the parameters supplied by the buttons when a function is called. So within the port_btn I have the code - on (release) {this.move(Left); } And in a St...more >>

Is their a known BUG in FLASH 5 that when you fade an image in from 0 to 100% that the seems to move slightly during the fade, just 1 pixel i have checked the INFO pallete and its coordinates from start keyframe to end keyframe on the fade are the same ? it is a jpeg image i cant see a...more >>

Hi, I have created a flash blog/diary application in Flash MX and I am at the stage where Id like to take the project further. It can be viewed here: http://www.parasme.com/blog/ I would like some kind of discussion on how individuals should go about turning flash apps into revenue. I've in...more >>

DEAR SIR, I imported .swf file with import option and convert into gif but whatever animation on swf file that is not there in gif file and photo qualitiy also disturbed. Pl solve my problem. how to convert swf file in gif format without any disturb. Shehnaz ...more >>

hi! can I from a html document export text to a flash movie. html document: <html> <head> <title>TEST</title> </head> <body> test=bla bla </body> </html> its only work for me if I take away the html tags and just write test=bla bla /Fredrik ...more >>

I am having trouble with the Forms-based development environment in MX Professional 2004. I built an app the "old" way, using a timeline and keyframes. I used the new 2004 text field and comboBox components. I also used a WebServiceConnector to fetch data. Everything works perfectly. I then tr...more >>

Hey I was wondering if it was possible to link flash to an excel file and display it the data from the excel file in a text area or something. Thanks ...more >>

hello !!! how can i change the center of a shape??? i do this with the free transform tool, baut when i click over it again the center is in the default position, how can i change it??? thanks !! ...more >>

I recently got Flash MX 2004 installed on my computer and there's a problem with the .mxp files. I tried installing them using the Macromedia Extension Manager and when I open up Flash MX 2004, it popped up with an error message saying "Unexpected file format". The component I installed also did not...more >>

Hi, I hope someone can help with this. I have probably done something wrong, I am new developing with Flash. I started with the tutorial_textchat which comes with FLash MX 2004. There is a listbox (People) which is populated as people enter the chat (with sharedObject.data). The list was ok, work...more >>

Hi all , i am wondering if I can write a multiplayer game in flash (which is downloaded via web browser) ? If yes, is there any link having some sample of work or tutorials or anything related ? Thanks. Perseus ...more >>

Hi Group, Tell me if I use "if frame loaded 56" for example and frame 55 uses a loadmovie command to load a swf conatining just 1 jpeg init will the "if frame loaded" actually determine if the " loadmovie" has finished ? do you see what i mean.... or does "if frame loaded" actually j...more >>

I have a dynamic text area containing html formmated text. Other than embedding an underlined version of the font, is there any way of viewing the underlined text as antialias text? Regards Dirk ...more >>

Hallo, ich versuche einen Button in meine Flash einzubauen. Den Button habe ich nur als background gefiniert, ums so darüber Text legen zu können. Auf die Art muß ich nich jeden button neu machen. Leider lege ich einem neuen Layer Text daüber und damit ist der Button mit dem Text zugedeckt. Wie l...more >>

the subject isn't a very good description but abyway, I've got a problem. I'm trying to have a screen full of thumb nail pictures and when you roll over one that picture fills the screen. but when it does the other thumb nail boxes that are still small that are on a higher level will sit on top of...more >>

How can I cover a button with a layer, so that the cursor does not react at the button. I want to make some kind of windows surface in which other windows are deactivated. when deactivated youll have to click on it to reactivate it. But when there is another window over it (activated) and there i...more >>

Hi Do any one know of a decent lossless and time saving way to extract images from a Power Point presentation Thanks Praveen greetings from India !!!...more >>

Greetings. Firstly, I am a flash newb. What I want to know is how do I get flash to load text from a .txt file in to a text field? I see it mentioned in alot of posts here, but not one of the ones i saw had an explanation on how its done( I looked back 17 pages). Thanks in advance - Rami...more >>

I have flashplayer6axinstaller.exe. My impression is that after I run it, it will create a player that will let me play a swf file outside of a browser. It is not working, nor is it creating an association such that if someone were to double click on the swf, it would begin to play (again outs...more >>

If anyone can help me with this one, or come up with some solution to help will be much appreciated! The problem i have stumbled across, is that, i need to create a movie player, that will play avi, mpg, or any other movie files. I know i can import them into flash, and then publish this as a swf,...more >>

I have a movie with requires multitrack audio. By that I mean a separate sound for piano, drums, guitar. So that I could start the movie by playing just drums, then slowly add piano, and then guitar. I'm not sure how to go about it. Should I start all three at the same time and control t...more >>

i was working on this fla file, then got this **Warning** Symbol= Calendar, layer=Actions : Class, frame=1:Line 682: The identifier 'object' will not resolve to built-in object 'Object' at runtime. point = new object(); Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1 I was trying...more >>

Community MX has created quite a treasure trove of articles and tutorials for you this week! Stop by and take a look. Community MXtra for Flash 2004 http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=AA3970CDBFED2A67 The New Flash Player 7 Security Model http://www.communitymx.com/abstract....more >>

I found a flash site with lots of good information. I would like to copy the information onto a document. If I right click the mouse, the "copy" option is not there. I've tried to print it to pdf and right click but there's no copy option on pdf...it only recognize it as an image. ...more >>

I always loved flash sites and movies, but now people are really starting to annoy me with flash. Out of all the pop-up stoppers I've tried none of them seem to be able to stop flash, they claim they can but none of them do the job. I don't want all flash being blocked out anyway, that I why I was w...more >>

Hi, I encounter "Flash 6.0 r25 has encountered a problem and needs to close" error, when I pin an ActionScript on the root while editing a movieclip. I need to code my ActionScript on the root while referring to the component names on the moveclip. Anyone knows how to word around with this ...more >>

I have designed my web in flash and need to know if one sees correctly. Some persons have said to me that they cannot unload it. Thank you: Fernando www.ciberimagen.com ...more >>

Flash MX 2004 has a lot of new concepts and features that would be much easier to learn if there was more then the help files to use as a resource!! Why is it that there is only one book that is available for sale as of today? I would have thought that Macromedia would have allowed all of the in...more >>

When I try and launch Flash MX 2004 under Panther, it gives me this error: "Flash XML parsing fatal error: An exception occurred! Type:XMLPlatformException, Message: Could not open file: /Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Flash MX 2004/en/Configuration/Screen Types/Form/catalog.xml, line:0, fi...more >>

Our client, a government agency, would like the ability to track certain variables from a CD based instructional course with the ability to save their progress and test results to a floppy disc. The CD's are distributed to remote locations worldwide, so their is no internet cabability and no server ...more >>

I have just shifted over from Flash 5 to MX and there is one little thing that is driving me NUTS!!!!! I find that in the timeline, i cannot completely delete frames anymore. In flash 5 i would select the frames i wanted to get rid of and then just press delete a few time to get them back to thei...more >>

How can we read from a file and use the contect of the file in the swf file Thanx ...more >>