I'm very new to using Flash MX. I have a short .mov clip that I want to put on my home page. I want to edit it so the edges are feathered, but I don't know what software I need to do that. Can anyone help? Also, when I import the .mov file into Flash it gets very pixelated. Why? ...more >>

I VERY new to flash and see things from a programmer perspective. Does anyone know of any good books that go into vertical navigation drop down boxes ( kinda of like a tree-view look). I need help ...more >>

How can I get artwork built in Illustrator into FlashMX without having extra nodes being added to the vector shapes? I have optimized the source artwork by hand in Illustrator, but when I either export it to a .swf, or import the .ai file within Flash, I get additional nodes added to the shapes. ...more >>

Is there a template or tutorial on how to create a menu that is the same as the macromedia web site? I am really a newbie in flash, most of my experience resides in CF and DW. Any help is appreciated. Ronin ...more >>

I can't figure this out. If I use shapes, no problem, but when tryng to punch text. nothing happens. Im definitly missing somethig here. Am I supposed to convert the text to ?????? before trying to cut it out? Masking doesn't do the trick either! ...more >>

I bought Flash MX 2004, and after installing it, it poped up an activiation window. Does this mean I am only able to install this version only on this computer ? What if it died or I bought another one? Thank you ...more >>

Greetings, I have read and searched for the past 4 hours. I cannot even find one reference to targeting a specific frame when triggering/loading another movie/swf file. In Director, I merely have to add a comma then the frame number in a lingo script. I thought it would be the same in Flash. N...more >>

I am using Flash MX and creating my own sounds for a site I am working on. I am recording the sounds and editing them using the creative sound card recorder and editor. Also, editing some in ProTools. The sounds replay fine in the editors. Level is good. 44.1 khz, 16-bit, .wav, no distortion, semi-s...more >>

What systems are compatible with the Flash Projector? Will Windows 95 and 98 play them? What other hardware and software requirements are necessary to play a Flash MX projector? I have a client who is playing the Flash projector I created and the video plays, but the audio does not play. It works...more >>

I imported to Flash MX a png image that I created in Photoshop. This image has complex shape, is not a rectangle or a circle and it has a transparent background. If I try using this image as a mask, the transparent background is added to the mask and it makes the mask to be rectangular in shape. ...more >>

Okay, wanting to see if Flash(MX 2004 standard or pro) can do the following: Nedding a flash movie to display a varible, which is in the url of the page, and can also be set in php - trying to add something w/o having to alter very much, and afetr reading about how to integrate php + mySQL w/ fla...more >>

Hi FLash Users... I know that MX comes with some standard sound files (clanking cow bells and creaking door hinges) but i'm looking to expand my options. Are there software/collections out there, for purchase, of sounds/noise/music that are compatible with MX? Anyone have any suggestions? I'm ...more >>

As the subject said: I have a given Flash *.fla source and want to replace all occurencies in all scenes of a given button by another button. The other (new) button is currently not imported into Flash but is outside as a *.gif file. How do I do this most conveniently with Flash MX ? Please co...more >>

HI! I am working on a pretty simple interactive map of the US. There are buttons on the map that you click on to open a window with information on certain cities. That's all working fine. The problem is that, the hit state of my buttons is getting messed up when I add text to identify the city you a...more >>

Hi I am trying to pass some variables to a database using asp. Below are the code i used this.userData.Name = _root.txt_Name; this.userData.Age = _root.txt_Age; this.userData.Nric = _root.txt_Nric; this.userData.Email = _root.txt_Email; this.userData.send("addregistration.asp", "post");...more >>

> I imported using the File -> import movies to library > - I thought by importing the movie file (which should contain the > sound), it would also bring in the sound. it does not allow to import FLA source , only SWF and by importing SWF you can't have - Movie Clip , Buttons , Sound , Label...more >>

Is it me or Flash MX 2004, but the new comboBox component does not seem able to fire the focusOut event. I tried : _comboBoxInstance.addEventListener("change",someEventHandler); _comboBoxInstance.addEventListener("focusOut",someEventHandler); _comboBoxInstance.addEventListener("itemRollOu...more >>

I have created a banner ad for a website, but what code do I insert on the page so that when a visitor clicks the banner, they go to the ad's site? Thanks! Josiah ...more >>

Anyone else noticed that if you fill a grid with more than a few columns and more than a few (let's say 60) rows then the VERTICAL scrolling is horrendous ? It takes FOREVER. And this is on a reasonable (2gig P4 processor, 512mb mem) machine. It's so bad, in fact, that it's not usable. So... ques...more >>

I have a problem with the scroll bar! I've try to load an external file. But when I run the test movie, the scroll bar hust sit in there an do nothing. I still can scroll the text by selectin it and drag in it down. But the scroll bar doesn't work! Any help with this thing? I'm running Flash MX. An...more >>

i have a problem i make a function ad sometimes it does a large process and when it runs it all the interface blocks for a moment, so i need a sleep function to stop my function for a moment and let the other movie clip run. note sorry if i make mistakes writing, english is not my native language...more >>

I am filling scrollPanes with xml. The mc is getting attached, and duplicated the way it is meant to. The problem is that it is not being place IN the scrollPane. It is getting placed on top of the Pane and when it excedes the limit the content just spills out. I have viewed almost all the thread...more >>

I'm fairly new to flash...and I'm sure I can figure out the hardway to do this, but I just know there is someone out there who know the easy way... I want to run a leaf blower thru a pile of leaves and make the leaves fly. Do I have to put each leaf on a separate layer and animate each one indiv...more >>

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Hi, I have a flash file in which I want to set up a basic score board. Every time a button is hit I want it to subtract 100 points from the score board that starts of at 10 000 I guess it would be a case of OnRelease take 100 points from mytext box, However being nieve in the world of ac...more >>

Any advice on the best Beginner/Intermediate book on Flash. Thanks. We become more knowledgeable when we explain what we know....more >>

hi all, i just noticed that using pixel fonts in v2 components is not working well. e.g. the font standard 07_56 is aliased in components by default. the character "e" is garbled. in flash mx i could dig into components and do a quick fix by applying rounding where necessary. i know that wasn't...more >>

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http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/oldplayers.htm We have more plans to add minor releases to this, but it's going to be awhile before that happens. But we decided we should get 6.0r79 out to you guys ASAP. -- Regards, Bentley Wolfe Senior Support Engineer, Macromed...more >>

I've reported this as a bug, but I'm posting it here to see if others are having a similar experience. In my work I often get cds of wav files which I import into Flash movies. In MX 2004, EVERY wav file I try to import off a cd gives me the error "one or more files were not imported because the...more >>

Is anyone aware of a method (involving coding, software or any other method) by which I can: - Create a series of Flash Presentation "modules" for a client, sort of like chapters - Give the modules to them and allow them to burn any sequence of those modules to a CD and have the presentation r...more >>

Hello, --- How big could be a SWF file? --- I want to make a 'video' (about 350-400 photo/slide + some musik traks). There is about 300 Mo photo & musik files Is anyone done this before? thx Alex ...more >>

I'm having two problems. I am very new to flash, and have been trying to do a simple movie with text effects. When I click on the help button in Flash MX my pc hangs and I cannot get to the help section. Is there some type of fix for this? Second question: I did in fact create a movie (swf) p...more >>

Hi! I'm looking for a tutorial for start building a Guest Book and ven more ... A Forum completle in Flash if is possible! Can please someone give me a hint? Thank you for your time! ...more >>

Hi, I have a preloader with these functions: percent_loaded = 36; total_frames = 875; LOADED_FRAME = 315; The preloader contains 315 frames, and what I do not understand is if I should leave the LOADED_FRAME = 0; and the total_frames = 560; Can somebody please help I do not understand wha...more >>

Any comments/thoughts on the game we've just finished for MTV gratefully received! http://ema.european.mtve.com/ema2003/mission/monkeymission.html ...more >>

I've been using Director for a while now for CD-Rom/Exibition Stand work and Flash for Web stuff. But Since flash 7 has come out I now have moved to produce all my media work in flash. ONE Problem for me tho.. RIGHT MOUSE click ..... The settings in context menu has a link to a website that ...more >>

Excuse me if this is qite an easy task but I cant seem to get round it at the moment... I am looking to animate a button I have designed so as that the button changes colour when it is hovered over. I have designed the button in a different program and saved it as a .gif file. I then importe...more >>

Can you use functions in flash to create secure payment with for example Visa Card? If no, please answer! /Mia Hello! Please answer me!!...more >>

Hi, I heard you can create your own credit card payment on your site by using Flash and implementing it functions for it???? How??? Somebody knows something about it? Thanks, Mia ...more >>

Hi, I have several floating buttons on a page and I want the cursor to chnge from the standard user cursor to a different cursor, but only when over the hit area of the buttons. Is this possible, I know about the use of hide mouse for a total site, but not just over single buttons. Any help wi...more >>

I have built a scene... and now flash mx2004 and wont let me duplicate it... Its so weird... my scene is called scene 1 when I press duplicate scene nothing happens... Say I press it twice If I then press add scene a new scene comes up labled as scene 4 ??? When building a project ...more >>

Can someone help me find a list with all browsers that support Flash, please? Thanks! ...more >>

If they aren't bugs, then I don't know why they are here. 1. Say I have this code on a movie clip: (substitute _y for any property) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- onClipEvent(enterFrame){ if (this._y = whatever){ do...more >>

OK, If you saw my last post please ignore it, I was under immense pressure and typed waffle. Im designing a forms application but cannot get my head round a few simple things....my project is as follows: 2 forms. Form 1: On press shows form2 (Using behaviour) On press hides form1 (Using b...more >>

Hi, I'm looking to create a navigation interface similiar to that found at http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/home Does anyone how they did this or does anyone know of any tutorials that explain it in some way? cheers ...more >>

Has anyone had any success with this in MX 2004? I am trying to implement a datagrid with one column with checkboxes in it.... I am not having much luck!!!! I have found out from other postings there is an inbuilt class CheckCellRender.as included in Flash. But how do i use anyone? If ...more >>

Hi Would anyone be able to tell me how I can customise the appearance of the scroll bar for a scrollable text field? Many thanks. ...more >>

Hi guys. This is my problem. I have a main flash movie (main.swf) and I want to call another swf (scroll.swf) into that movie using an empty Movie Clip as a place holder. scroll.swf is a scrolling box used to scroll an image. It works fine when I test it alone, but when it's called into main.swf it...more >>

I import txt files in flash so I can make quick changes in the text. On advice from some one in the forum i changed the txt to Unicode - Utf-8, wich allows you to use characters like é, è, etc. But unfortunatly it doesn't know & or % or am i wrong here Any help will be very much appreciated (as a...more >>

Why does my pre-loader not show up till it's 60% loaded ? Well, I got this preloader from Moock about a year ago, and it works great except for the fact that the dynamic textfields that display the TotalBytes, Loaded, percentage, etc. don't immediately show up, in fact, it shows up at about 50-60%...more >>

I have been struggling to load some text from a text file into a dynamic text box within a movie clip in my webpage. The movie clip in question is loaded on top of another movie clip... When I test the movie clip by itself, the text shows up fine. When I test the scene however, it disappears. I tri...more >>

Hi, What is the easiest way for text to appear in a circlular shape? I'm not talking about rotation or animation, just following the path around a circle. Any hints? Thanks, Mark ...more >>

I'm a newbie to Flash. 1 - Is Shockwave a part of Flash? 2 - Is it a Macromedia product? 3 - What does Shockwave do that Flash does not do? thanks for any help. Will ...more >>

i made a realy easy mothion tween with fading text last night and it worked fine, now, it doesnt work at all, but it only doesnt work when i preview it, f i just drag the red thing across the time line, i can see it working on the stage, but it doesnt work on the preview! why?. I would send you the ...more >>

Hello, I recieve the following message when attempting to import a modified mp3 file: the file was not imported because there was a problem reading it. The mp3 was converted to a .wav with a freeware converter, edited in cool edit and the converted back to an mp3 file with a freeware converte...more >>

Alright I dont know how to find Macromedia Flash player on this site. I cant seem to find the install button. ...more >>

hi there:-), don't know how but now can't read the error reports of my code because it lists alll the objects straight away Where are the settings for the output box thanks kevin ...more >>

I want to have 3 diffrent songs on a mini juke box would i need to put each song in a diffrent scene? or can i just leave it in teh current scene as the start and stop buttons? ...more >>

How would you code the following action using MX? I've tried several different ways and can't get the action to work. I was looking through a tutorial that was for an earlier version of Flash and want to apply the principal using Flash MX. Here is the code: Begin Tell Target ("_level1/") G...more >>