Hello there, Can any one tell me how to get the text sharp on a button? The text is kind of fading, i tried a few ways to get it sharp, but without any succes. I will appreciate any help. Thnx in advance Raven ...more >>

Hiya, I have several buttons on the stage (one scene only). 1 of them (the skip intro button) works, the rest of them don't. All the buttons use the same code, all placed in a layer called Actions: this.InstanceName.onRelease = function() { gotoAndStop("frameLabel"); } I have found ...more >>

Hi. Im new here, sorry its such a long post. I have a website originally created in FlashMX (not 2004) by someone else. Now I am using MX2004 to modify it, the original guy left the company. The site loads textfiles (spanish, english, or portuguese depending on user preference) to populate t...more >>

Hi, Is there anyway to trim off the elements not on a stage, so that even when I maximize the Flash Player window, only those inside the the stage will show. Thanks...more >>

Hi, I'm sorta new to flash, and i'm using flash 5, and i can't figure out how to make a button at the end of my intro movie so that the user can advance to the home page of my web site. Thanks in advance. ~FRiZzLe~ ...more >>

I have created a form for my website visitors to fill in on Flash MX. I have created all the necessary components, but, i am really stuck as i do not know what action script will get the data that my visitors will put in from the flash form, to my computer. Even a basic idea of how to do it would be...more >>

Hi Everyone, Trying to figure out how to dissolve a series of images in Flash. My client wants 5 images to dissolve beginning with a crisp look on image one, slowly dissolving into image two, slowing dissolving into image three and so on back to image 5. Any ideas? ...more >>

I have a flash file that was created by another co-worker at 800 X 600. After doing all the motion tweening and everything else we now know we can shrink down the size of the document, how do you do this and make all your objects on the stage. You can change your document demisions but then that m...more >>

Hello all, I dabble in Flash from time to time and create web sites for others as more or less a hobby (though I do get paid). I was wondering what your thoughts are in regards to me moving to 2004. Are there enough features missing from MX to justify this upgrade for a user that doesn't get in...more >>

I am using ColdFusion MX 6.1. Win 2003 server, Flash MX, IIS 6.0 and DreamWeaver MX One of the programmers has created a flash movie, .flv, that is called by a web page. Inside the file, it is supposed to run a .swf file. The web page opens the .flv file and everything works fine. When you cli...more >>

The keyboard shortcut for 'Copy Frames' in Flash MX Pro 2004 is not working on my Mac in OSX 10.2.8. Anyone else experiencing this same issue? ...more >>

I'm having a problem importing photoshop files that contain transparent backgrounds. I get a messages that says "Flash cannot recognize the files" and asks to import via Quicktime. I click yes, then another error message that says "cannot import the file, there may be a problem with the file...more >>

Hi, does anyone have any idea how to create an image gallery like the one here: http://www.vw.com/touareg/ on the left of the page, there is link to go to the Touareg site (it open a pop-up window). Then go to the gallery section. it starts with one picture and when you click on it, it beca...more >>

This is for anyone who can help! Here is the breakdown: 1. When I click a button, I need to randomly generate two numbers (x & y). Then it will move an object from its current x,y coordinate to the new x,y that was generated. I can use Math.round() to generate the numbers but don't know how to...more >>

It's taking approximately 28 seconds for my Flash MX 2004 movies/apps to load when either using the "Test Movie" feature (i.e. testing withing the flash app), or previewing the apps in a browser. Flash MX was way, way faster. Is this normal? ...more >>

I need to make a word fade from blue to white. When I break the word down so I can apply a gradient, MX restarts the fade for each component letter. Is there any way to 'group' the letters of the word so that the gradient fades across all of them? I think I can achieve the effect if I create a ...more >>

I just got Studio MX 2004, and would really like to know which books are best for learning Flash. I am primarily a designer, but would like to make some things interactive too. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a client that wants a simple maze game on his site. For now, I want to simply use the maze sample provided with Flash MX, and maybe make my own later. I just wanted to make sure that is completely legal(allbeit kinda cheap of me. :p) "Notice You may reuse these files as you want, but they...more >>

Movie loads for PC not MAC This is not a huge problem but, I'd like to get some idea as to why... http://www.nczoo.org/news_events/events/holiday/index.htm Could it be my pre-loader? <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="JavaScript...more >>

Hi all: I have a small logo that is animated with Flash. The logo is clickable to our contact.html page in the contact directory of our site. We want to use the animated logo on our home page and on the contact page (and possibly other pages). The home page (index.html) is in the root director...more >>

Hello, I am on the Mac platform using Flash MX. How can I update Flash Player 6 (stand alone) to 7? Also publish to 7? Thanks, Steve Scheaffer ...more >>

I am working on a presentation in flash to be run on a laptop and a smartboard (touch sensitive screen). I have 7 scenes in my overall movie, the 3rd scene having a 7megabyte mpeg (or some sort of movie file) in it. As the movie runs after this mpeg has played, some of the sound events do not do t...more >>

Within my Flash movie I have a logo created using a custom font. I am getting really frustrated because it appears slightly blurry. It's not particularly small (25pt) and within Flash it views fine if I take off anti alias. When I view it in a browser however, it looks rubbish. I appreciate that...more >>

When I test the current movie I am working on on my pc (xp 2100, gig of RAM), it compiles in 6 seconds. Yet on a 1.8 ghz Mac G5 with 1.5 Gb of Ram in it, the same movie takes 15 seconds to compile. Is this similar to the sort of results other users are getting? Why so slow on a Mac which is...more >>

1. UI a. clicking on dialogue boxes or settings panels removes focus from shortcut keys even after dialogue has been un-focused. b. line thinkness and fill data resets on most versions of flash c. common windows shortcuts cannot be used, EG: F2 for rename etc. d. ESC key removes f...more >>

I've downloaded Flash MX Pro 2004 trial, but I'm not sure if i'm using the right software for the task. I'd really appreciate some guidance, so here's what i want to do. My company are Resort architects - think Disney/Hawaii/Florida. My aim is to produce a 'movie' about one of our Resort ideas t...more >>

Easy one but never done it before. How do you send the content of a text field in flash on in a URL. My text box is called "search" and I'm trying to forward the vaule on to an asp page called search.asp I thought this would work but it dose not. getURL(search.asp) search, "post"); Thanks ...more >>

I'd like to replace an entire Flash animation after its played, with a static image due to conflicts with my DHTML menus. Can I do that without resorting to redirects or iFrames? Thanks for any advice offerred. ...more >>

I created a button with a link to a URL which I want to display in a specific frame in my web page. In behaviors there are choices _self, _parent, _blank, and _top. The button is placed in a page created in Namo web editor. I know how to make links created in it display in specific frames by nami...more >>

When I open an .swf file in FlashPlayer I get a 20 pixel white border around the left hand side and along the bottom. I presume that this is where the scroll bars would go if the image was bigger than the window. To compensate for this I have given the left and top of the Flash file a 20 pixel borde...more >>

Since yesterday, I can't get either Flash MX or Flash MX 2004 to start up reliably. Both usually quit unexpectedly shortly after the splash screen when the panels and windows are appearing. Once in a while they will start up successfully, but if I quit and try to start up again, they go back to ...more >>

Hi I'm new to Flash , I ve made small Banner with 4 buttons , Each button for a page in the same website , i'm going to Behaviors > Event > On Press , Then Action go to the page , But always its opening new window , I want to be in the same website and without opening a new window , Any help ...more >>

Hi All! IS there a way to actually have Dynamic TextFields in Buttons so that your button changes according to user input. Here is what i'm trying to do, I am building a demo wich will be multi-languages and I want everything to be dynamic so that when the user chooses his language, all the da...more >>

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/boats/MOVIE%20PAGE.htm i think it's quite good ...more >>

I have a holiday flash with 4 bells. each bell is a symbol and they have their own sound when the knocker hits. I want to put a mute button on there but I'm not sure how. Any ideas? Since the sounds are played as the symbol loops, I can;t figure it out. thanks! ...more >>

Hi, Anyone know how this scratch game is done? http://www.microsoftpromotions.com/scratchAndWin.html Anyone knows a tutorial on this? (looked at Flashkit.com but didn't find any) thx! Jorix ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with the 'stand alone' flash player (the latest version). If I double click on a swf file, the player opens but does not display the file that I open. It always plays a different file (always the same one), whichever file I try to open. When I test a movie in flash, it ...more >>

We have a 'corporate' brochure which comprises a projector file on a CD. The 'brochure' contains 4 short video clips and the projector file size is around 90Mb. (we tried to achieve a sensible balance between quality and file size and the brochure will always be distributed on CD). Our reason for...more >>

Hey everyone, I was wondering if there are any tutorials or components for a horizontal dropdown menu. Kind of like the Macromedia.com menu is what I'm looking for. Thanks as always and have a great Holiday. -Chris ...more >>

Hi.... I'm using flash MX. 1) I would like to import sound and linked it externally. After linking externally, I must be able to Play, Pause and Replay the sound. How do I go about doing it? I realise that when I import sound, it's always linked internally. 2) I have this very long music a...more >>

Ok, I have discovered something wrong with Flash MX. I want to drag a frame, but when I try to drag it, the cursor changes to the hourglass and stays there. Theres is quite a lot of content on that frame but it is all vector with nothing too heavy. I also cannot insert a new keyframe of that frame. ...more >>

I am working on a Mac (OS 9.1). I use I.E 5.1.6. My Flash plug-in is v 7,0,14,0. I am using Flash MX. I have created a Flash movie that has a percentage preloader in scene 1. When I upload my movie to a test page and view on my Mac it works 100%. When I view the same page on a PC (Flash plug-in...more >>

I've a problem with the datagrid in mx 2004. when I loaded data into the datagrid for display, it shows partially the text in the last column. and when I click on the tab bar for any adjustment, then it only it will shows up properly. I suspect this is a refresh problem and I tried to use invalid...more >>

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I have found a funky little glitch that I have never run into before. I was hoping that some of you would be able to help. I am creating a projector app and I have a simple static text box in which I have created some links in the standard way. Well, the mailto's don't work. It is sort of funn...more >>

I'm trying to get my flash movie into an actual video format (DV would be preferred)...I tried outputting as Quicktime and then using Cleaner to convert the quicktime but I think the problem is that quicktime is just embedding the swf in a mov and not actually making the frames but playing back the ...more >>

Hi I am working in FLASH MX (latest version) and when working with my flash project the movie within it looks clear. No matter what settings I try when publishing the resulting flash file is blurry. I have tried everything like setting the quality to best, resizing, etc. Looks great with th...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know if there's a way of opening a page in a browser full screen, like a projector? Once on a web site, I'd like the user to be able to click on a link that will open a separate page, this time full screen. Please note that the web site is not full screen, it's a regular .swf...more >>

Is there way, you can add images and links to scrolling flash text in MX 2004? I am currently using a site with some "iFrames" ... but it would be cool if I could sub them out with pieces of flash ... I need to add links and images though ... Mr. Atkinson ...more >>

The problem: I have a movie where I load a lot of external jpgs, swfs, and other data throughout the program. All the loads work correctly but the movie often jumps to different frames, so that the data loaded is not longer in scope. On returning to the previous frames I have to reload the sam...more >>

Wondering if anyone can give me an idea what I'm doing wrong concerning loading some dynamic text...whenever I test the movie, instead of seeing the variable text, I see "_level0.Target1.v1" Here's the setup: The _root file has a clip on it called "Target1" Target1 has a dynamic text input ...more >>

Hi, How do you tel when a flash animation has finished loading with javascript. I tried: document.getElementById("full_animation").complete but that does not work. regards andrew ...more >>

i have created a small .swf movie that i would like to link to open a web page. when i insert this .swf file into Dreamweaver...how can I apply a link to it...i can't figure out a way...invisible button etc........i am perplexed? ...more >>

I have a demo here: http://hail.he.net/~sanelijo/current_morgans.php Click on th elevations tab. Click the small nav elements at the bottom of the tab to see different elevations. The Floorplans and Elevations are each on long sliding symbols that move horizontally or vertically. The ho...more >>

Hi My situation is this: I have a page that is a frameset. In one of the frames there is a flash object with a link. The link links to a JavaScript function that opens a new window. The JavaScript function is on the same page as the Flash object. My problem is this: In Internet Explorer 6...more >>