Anyone know anything about the status of the other Flash tool, LiveMotion? It wasn't part of the CS upgrade. Does it have a future? DG ...more >>

Hi - I have a button with AS as follows: on (release) { unloadMovie("../movieholder"); _root.gotoAndStop("1"); } My FLA has multiple movieclip holders (movieholder, movieholder2, movieholder3). What is the correct syntax to unload all loaded movies? Thanks warren ...more >>

I am a new user. How do I get the main movie (moving) playhead to trigger a script frame, causing it to target some frames in another movie? Can some give me a little example code? I as able to get a button to work. Thanks Roger (714) area code ...more >>

Hey Guys, I'm trying to simply import more than one frame, say 10, into ONE layer. Any way I try to import multiple frames at a time, it puts them all on separate layers...and then I have to do a lot of work to get them all on the same layer :( Does anyone know of an easy way to just import...more >>

Im thinking that this is as simple as putting graphics in an email, and then your email either has the file embedded within it or linked to your server? But i just wanted to check with the experts on if this was the case or if im forgetting an important factor? Many thanks in advance. ...more >>

Somebody please say it ain't so... Does every user have to restart their computer when installing the Flash 7 plugin? ...more >>

I am using flash mx and i want to publish some swt (template) items. I was told to download macromedia authoring tool but I cannot find it any mor on the macromedia site. What can I do ? thanks ...more >>

Does anyone know a software i can use to make my own sound effects etc. I have an old version of flash 4. My computer is a Mac G4 ...more >>

I'm having trouble with masking a movie clip with action script (I'm trying to create a scrolling text box). The "mask" over the movie clip works well in Flash, but when I press ctrl ENTER, I see nothing on the screen except for my scrolling buttons. Please help. Thanks ...more >>

I've been trying to set up two scroll panes with static text that are not in the same frame. but in the same movie. I've been able to get one of the panes to work, but any additional panes do not load their targets. Is there a setting I've missed? Thanks, Andrea ...more >>

I tried to install the Text Effetcs volume 1 on the Flash exchange with MX 2004 and it said it was not compliant. ...more >>

I've got two bitmap sprites that need to align with each other in the stage. When I zoom in, they are perfectly matched. When I zoom back to 100%, the one on top appears to be a little too far to the left. Which view should I trust? Thanks, http://www.arothman.com ...more >>

Hi! Help me please...I've spent all day researching this. I have a web page with a horizontally-cascading nav bar on the left side and a Flash file on the right portion. When the nav bar "opens", it used to be hidden by the Flash file. After checking on what to do to fix that, I changed the wmod...more >>

I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. I want to make a distributalbe cd with a bunch of .pdf and .doc files on it. I want to have a flash front end to get to the files with a search feature. I'm pretty sure that this is able to be done with flash but I have no idea where...more >>

Hi! I am using Flash MX learning interactions to build a quiz. My answers are longer than what will fit into the space allowed. In Macromedia's "Using Flash MX learning interactions", it says you can extend text fields so they can accommodate more lines of text. I have not been able to figure ou...more >>

I want to do a graphics editing program. Can a line be selected that is respond to a mouse event in flash? thanks john ...more >>

Can anyone tell me what happened to my Flash MX Properties toolbox and how to get it back? It disappeared, and I can't tell where to find it! I tried clicking to Windows/Properties and then clicking Control F3, but nothing happens. It won't open. I restarted the app, and rebooted. Do I need to reins...more >>

I have a presentation I'm building with Flash, it's pretty straightforward, more like a powerpoint presenation.... but there's voiceovers in the flash movie. I have each "page" of the presentation taking place in it's own scene, there's 13 scenes total. The navigation is done with a left or right ar...more >>

I have a presentation I'm building with Flash, it's pretty straightforward, more like a powerpoint presenation.... but there's voiceovers in the flash movie. I have each "page" of the presentation taking place in it's own scene, there's 13 scenes total. The navigation is done with a left or right ar...more >>

Hi, I am stumped.. I have completed all the built-in flash lessons and am working through the tutorial. In the stage where I am creating the bitmap tween effects between the three car views, I am having the following problem: (I am following the directions explicitly) when I select a key frame in th...more >>

After many hours reading the various license agreements and FAQ files and whatnot, I still don't have a clear sense of what licensing and logos are required for distributing a stand-alone projector product. The Tech note linked below indicates that no license is necessary. The logo placement pages a...more >>

Yesterday I installed AvidDV Free and I cold not restart afterwords. I had to reinstall OSX.2 and do all of the updates. Now none of my Dreamweaver MX2004 applications will work nor Contribute 2. I have thrown out the premissions, deleted the programs and reinstalled them, still now luck. Any ideas?...more >>

Hi There, Is there a way to have a button to hide and show a layer as a published .swf?? I have a project that needs to have some text/ captions, which will be toggled on & off. All of these "captions" are graphics on one layer. There is voice-over as well. Can a layer be masked? I'm a rookie in...more >>

I have an image in flash where I need to scale it to 2000% and then rotate it numerically. However, everytime I do that the image resizes itself back down to 143%. I need to have the scaling happen before the rotation and allow for a 90 degree rotation. Any suggestion? ...more >>

I have a hierarchical web site. It is not clear to me how to define this situation with the GetURL. Level A has an index page that allow viewers to go the flash route or with a slower connection to go the non-flash route. Level B has one page - the flash on the level half with buttons with the URL...more >>

I'm new to Flash. I wish to produce a multimedia CD that can be viewed by both PC and Mac users (projector?) I only have a PC, so can I do this with Flash MX 2004 pro (awaiting delivery of this woo hoo!)? I think if you use Director for this you need both PC and Mac versions to mill out the cor...more >>

hey guys, i'm resizing a MC that has a dynamically loaded .jpg in it. Here is the code i have: myV1 = new loadVars(); myV1.load("http://www.stetson.edu/home/story_view.php"); myV1.onLoad = function(success) { if (success) { var maxWidth = 100; var maxHeight = 87; _root.createEmptyMovieClip...more >>

Has anybody seen this error before: The instruction at "0x004468b3" referenced a memory at "0x078ba1cc". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program I get this error fairly consitantly in my Flash movie. Originally I thought the problem was with SWFStudio, which I...more >>

Hi all, Quick question. Is there a way to display a HTML page inside of a flash window? I do not want to have it appear outside of the movie. Thanks, Mark ...more >>

Hi all, is it possible to connect flash to an acces database without having a server running on the system I need to make a CDrom that has an application that stores data on a machine (a laptop with win2k). and its not allowed (don't ask why) to have a webserver running on that system. tha...more >>

Hi everyone. Periodically, when macromedia comes out with the latest updates to Flash, I ask this question to see if anyone else is using Flash in the following way. With the advent of 2004 PRO (I ordered the upgrade today), I thought I would ask again. Is anyone out there successfully u...more >>

track = 1; cd = 1; song = cd+'-'+track+'.mp3'; trace(song); s.loadSound(sound, false); s.start(0,1); s.setVolume(100); total = 17; I want to set it up where my clients will be able to select differnt cd's and tracks of music. But I can't get the first song to play. the mp3 files are n...more >>

Hello, One of the projects I am working on had an .fla file with two imported movies. (total 103 Mb) I wanted to use the animation in in another project so I copied the file and removed the movies, but the filesize stays 103 Mb. To find the problem i started removing all items from the ...more >>

Hi there, I have noticed that the best flash animations use ease in/out keyframes like After Effects. Does anyone know the code for this? Is there a component or something similar that you can use to create custom easing in/out for objects? What is the best way to do it? Thanks! ...more >>

I want import my Power Point's presentation into Flash MX 2004. I import the slide without effect. I do you do to import all Power Point Presentation component? ...more >>

I am editing a web site I did about 2 years ago -- making simple text edits, a few more pages, etc. When I view the new file on line, all the fonts are jagged. It's as if the fonts are not embedded. It's just static text boxes with postscript and truetype fonts. I thought the font outlines were auto...more >>

i can`t open fla file wchith was saved in mx 2004 in flash mx, i saved it as flash mx doc. ...more >>

If someone would please help, I'd be very grateful!!! Take a look at my website www.nextepsolutions.com and tell me how to make the A.D.I.M. button on the red bar flash white like the others do. Rod ...more >>

The situation is as follows: (This is all done on a PC) I have created one computer based training flash presentation which I have exported as a swf file. I have been creating a multimedia portfolio for one of my classes that includes adding this presentation to another Flash file I have been desi...more >>

Sorry if this has been asked a million times but i browsed through the other popup questions on a search and could find the answer. All i simply need to do is get the actionscript for opening an html popup window from my online flash movie - center screen - w=750, h=450, no scrollbars - no toolbars...more >>

I´m creating a multimedia presentation with several movie clips. I´ve to insert them into different scenes, and in the same scene but Í´m having problems. I need the client to control the presentation by clicking a button on the keyboard to go from one movie clip to the other. Could anyone help...more >>

I have a fla with a size of 750 x 300. Depending on the users choices, I may need to add more content to the page dynamically which would then go beyond my original document size, let's say the additional content would then need a document size of 750 x 500. How can I dynamically set the documen...more >>

hello, i have a dynamic textfield, but i want it to become as large or small as the text that it contains ... on the fly. how do i do this? do i use the autoSize function? if so, where to put it? at the point where i define my textfield? or at the moment i dynamically put some text in the...more >>

Hello, This is probably a very basic question. But I had someone develop a flash presentation. They sent me a link to the presentation on their server. How can I get the swf file and everything from that link so I can load the file on my server and have it load on my html pages? Mark ...more >>

Hello I have designed a Flash Movie and would like to load it to the web. How do I do this? How do I add the the necessary html etc? ...more >>

I want a symbol to turn around compeltely. With a motiontween it is not possible because it thinks ik does'nt have to turn. Do I really have to do it in smaller motiontween steps or is there an other option ? (I'ld rather don't use actionscripting.) Christiaan. ...more >>

hopefully something really simple but im new to flash and am having problems reading the actual text in the program. By this i mean the window text, properties, actions, the font appears very small and jagged. I have tried increasing the font size but it doesnt really improve things. Its worth menti...more >>

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/default.asp Along with the new data security stuff for the swf files we have this MS SNAFU to deal with. Maybe MM should have held the release of MX04 till all the issues of the coming ...more >>

Hey guys, I posted some questions a little while ago (look under the name "NicN") I really need some answers if possible relating to the mobile/devices if you guys can help! Thanks heaps guys.... -Nic. ...more >>

Hi, Anyone sucessfully integrated Flash MX with Quicktime VR movies (within Flash itself) thanks Andy ...more >>

I don't get it Urami. Call me stupid, but what is 127.0.0.1? Is it home? seeya, -Nic Ps. thanks for all your help. ...more >>

HI! I have a problem. I'm working on a presentation CD, and I would like that my program change the monitor's screen resolution to 800 x 600 pixels. PLEASE HELP! ...more >>

Hi, I have some problems with layers and levels. First of all, let say on timeline gun(a movieclip library), I have "background" layer, "action" layer and "shoot" layer. Can I refer to just one of those layers in the action script? I am just curious about this. For instance the movieclip lib...more >>

I made a swf in wich you can personalize it with drawing, moving and rezing a mc load inside. Now ,after I make change in a swf, I want to save it like a image (no matter wich kind). I need to save it like a image print with a command print or printAsBitmap but not in a printer, I need to save...more >>

This has less to do with Flash and more to do with Windows (XP) but how do I reset my the size of my browser window after some idiot designer has coded a custom-sized pop-up window? Now every time I click on a link, my browser opens up in a teeny, tiny window and I have to maximise it. This is ...more >>

I'm working at one the tutorials from kirupa.com-"Grid effect"(that one for Mx version over a picture).When I'm trying to test my movie I get the following error: "A script in this movie is causing Flash Player to run slowly.If it continues to run,your computer may become unresponsive.Do you want...more >>

Could anyone tell me how they created the animations for the navigation bar on this site: www.stellamccartney.com? The animation sequence for each button seems to be dependent on which button the mouse has previously rolled over, rather than being independent and specific to the button itself. ...more >>

hi i've just finnished creating a flash presentation which will going on cd for distrubtion, i and have been trying to make the flash file auto load when placed into the cd rom but so far failed! any one know away of doing this? thanx jon ...more >>

hi, i'm having some problems with special characters in flash.. here's the deal: i have a flash file which contains a form. that form is sent via "post" to an .asp file which then sends someone a mail as well as adds the data of the form into a database. i can type special characters into th...more >>

I´ve made several animations (which I´ve converted into movie clips) and I need to merge all in one multimedia presentation. I´d like to see one after another by clicking a key. Does anyone know how can I do this? Thanks Marina ...more >>

Hi-- I have several bitmapped images, and just want to do simple cross fades by tweening them. Is there a way to do this? All My Best, Jeffrey ...more >>

I have just downloaded MX 2004 Trial and I wonder how I can use the Strings panel... I think i have understand the fundamental thing about it but I wonder how I can format (ex: BOLD) different parts of a text string, when I use the new Strings panel!? I have tried to make html-tags (ex: nonBoldT...more >>

hi there, im in need of a site check on http://www.juliancastaldi.com/ some people have had problems with the navigation, if you could let me know that would be great... thanks CRAIG ...more >>

I just received an FLA from a client that was produced by someone else. I'm having the hardest time finding the intro movie. When I hit Ctrl+Enter, the intro movie is there. When I look around the stage and timeline, however, I'm at a loss. I've made all the layers invisibile and went one by one ...more >>

Hi ~!~ I need... desire... help determining a strategy or "fix" for my video situation ... My client created several video files in the latest .wmv format (which uses a newer codec). I've tried to import these files inf Flash MX, but it won't recognize them. Macromedia's web site says the fo...more >>

Hello All, I am developing a J2EE web application using Flash MX 2004. Actually I am re-engineering an existing JSP web application replacing the JSP/HTML UI with a Flash UI. All is going well (and really fast using the new 2004 component features), but the existing application has a requirement ...more >>

I am a new Flasher User. I am just learning Actionscript. I can't seem to get an action on the main timeline to play parts of another targeted movie. I got the button actionscripts to initialize but not from the main timeline itself. I have the instance named correctly but how do I target it wit...more >>

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Is there a way to turn off the aliasing of text? I have tried the Alias button in the property bar with mixed results. ...more >>

Hi guys, I'm not sure what is causing this but maybe you have an idea. I'm using getURL - mailto in one of my buttons so that when a user clicks on it, it will open Outlook or Outlook Express' "New Mail" window. Why is that when I have it set to Outlook it works fine and if it is set to Out...more >>

Hello! What's wrong with my setInterval method? menu["itemGroup"+i].item.slide = function() { if (movieHeight != targetHeight) { movieHeight += (targetHeight-movieHeight)/8; _parent.mask._height = movieHeight; refresh(); } else { clearInterval(showHide); } }; menu["...more >>

If there is anyone that can help me with this problem i would really appreciate it. I've never been a quick one when it comes to script, so a buddy of mine offered to help out in making a music bar from scratch, something he has never done before. But he did one hell of a good job considering he...more >>

Hi, i'm in need of some help with my IFrames. I have 3 on my page which were made by a friend of mine. The concept seems pretty simple on how to set them up, but i need to know how i'm going to activate another page to appear in my iframe when i have a flash menu. What code would i have to us...more >>