Is there any way to export an incredible simple animation frame by frame instead of all in one file? (It is a 100 frame animation with 3 layers, very simple 2d movement). I would like to be able to be able to open up each frame by itself in fireworks or as an animation in fireworks. thanks! ...more >>

I need to install the Flash Player in a computer that has no Internet connection so I can't download it from the Macromedia website. Is there any STAND ALONE INSTALLER around there? (EXE file) ...more >>

Hi all. Im very new to flash and havent got the time to learn it deep. What i'm looking for is how to make these nice effects like the ones that i link below. I'm referring to the repetitive bright stripes/lines flying around those paths. See below to knwo what im talking about. http://www.t...more >>

Dows anyone outthere knows why I'm having problems playing my Flash MX UI components in Flash MX 2004? Raymond ...more >>

Can someone let me know how to pause for a designated time on one frame in the timeline then continue after the designated time passes? ...more >>

I'm looking to switch the src of a Flash movie embedded in a webpage using Javascript and something akin to the method used to switch image objects (document.imageName.src = "myImage.gif") - which doesn't work obviously. Is this possible or do I have rocks in my head. Any suggestions will be grea...more >>

Hi, I am trying to include a non-device pixel font for a Fash application that is fully data driven and dynamic. Whenever I embed the font for the dynamic fields either through ActionScript or through the 'Character' options the font display becomes slightly unclear and blurry. I have tried ma...more >>

Anyone know how to implement an image map in flash? I would like to display a jpeg with clickable areas. How do I do this? ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to mask a text movie clip, but I dont know how to create a text/font outline. Please help. -Rocky ...more >>

I had an swf that I converted over from MX to MX 2004 so that I could use the V2 components instead of the old ones. I got everything converted properly and now when I open the swf on different machines it won't load properly. To be more specific, I have two developer boxes and the swf loads just ...more >>

I made a very simple test animation with 3 scenes. Scene 3, Frame 1 is just a button that calls for a replay of scene 1, and then a return to Scene 3 again, but to Frame 2. My scene 3 button uses the gotoAndPlay command to replay scene 1, but I don't know how to skip scene 2 and jump to scene 3,...more >>

Hello. I am hoping somebody has run into a situation similar to what I am experiencing. I am using Flash 6 (MX). Background I have 3 .swf files. One .swf has some buttons which call the other two .swf via a getURL command using _self for the window value. Problem The first .swf has been p...more >>

Anyone else seen this, or is it just me? The trails are not planned, and don't appear in development view. They only appear after exporting, and the are present in all versions I try exporting, all SWFs for Flash 6 and 7 players, with action script 1 or 2, they also appear in the EXEs I'm export...more >>

I am trying to export an .flv from Final Cut Pro 3 using the FLV export plugin, and no matter what frame rate I specify in the drop down box, the .flv plays back at the same frame rate as the native video. This means that when I embed a .flv (originally 29.97 fps) with a specified frame rate of 15 f...more >>

AAAAAAAAAAAAAARHH. I experience a lot of trouble working with the Form en Screen feature in MX 2004 Pro. Sometime te navigation from one Form to another doesn't work. Look: trace( _root.Application.Opdrachten.Balans1._visible); _root.Application.Opdrachten.Balans1.setVisible(false); t...more >>

Hi, I am trying out Flash MX 2004 (not the pro). I wanted to export to QT but again it says that I need a different QT player...I have the latest version. so now what! do I need to delete QT and find somewhere in the world a old version of QT ? that was the problem with MX. also, why doe...more >>

Greetings! I have a movie consisting of 15 scenes. How can I make the last (15th) scene stay on the screen and not going to the 1st scene again? TIA ...more >>

I wanted to have the date at the top of my Flash movie. Is there a simple way to do this? I have a basic tutorial, but it uses the date of my computer, whereas I need something online. I guess I just use the date object and a dynamic text box, correct? If you know of a good tutorial link, or...more >>

I need to write some simple data to an external file or "database" on a PDA. I don't need a sophisticated RDBMS here...just some flat file numbers and text. Can anybody suggest a minimalist approach? TIA Regards, Jon T. Camp Applied Research Associates ...more >>

I am building a project for use in both web and CD. End-users receive a CD and can view lesson plans (especially if they do not have web access). The CD needs to call out to a PDF file for teachers to see and print lesson plans. THe only way, thus far, for me to link to the PDF has been to embed...more >>

where to you get the file frconfig.txt? for flash remoting... ...more >>

Staff IT is currently seeking a Director of IT for a small company. This position requires a strong management background w/ commercial software development (Flash, Director, XML) http://www.operationit.com/showjob.asp?jobid=208659 Please respond to the online job posting or email us at infor...more >>

Are there any books, sites, general resources "out there" to help someone learn about the Pro version of Flash MX 2004 and take use of it's added functionality (e.g. Forms)? Thanks in advance for any advice! Steve ...more >>

I'm developing a floating menu in Flash MX which acts like a image browser. It has 6 available options at the same time, but there are an indeterminated number of potentially active options to navigate between. When an item is selected, the application requests the server for a XML description of...more >>

I am wondering how to "save" a .SWF file from the net and bring it into FLASH MX so I can analyse it.. And tweak it ..(to learn more about all that Flash can do..)Kinda like backwards engineering. I received Flash MX as a gift and am wondering what it is all about. Sorry if this has been asked a...more >>

Is there someone have Macromedia Flash Player 5 for mac os X ,Or know where i can download this file? Thanks {CLAme01} ...more >>

i am pulling images into a sequence to be looped, like this: // make the clip: createEmptyMovieClip("maps", 0); // give it an event-based script: maps.loadMovie("http://image.weather.com/looper/archive/us_atl_closeradar_large_usen/1L.jpg"); maps._alpha = 100; createEmptyMovieClip("mapsTwo...more >>

I would like to know how to disable the right-click in a flash movie. I have a simple login that I want to place in the first frame of my movie. The login and password part work fine but the problem is that if someone wanted to bypass the login and continue to the rest of the movie, all they would h...more >>

in macromedia flash mx, i have created a 30sec movie. the movie contains some fading which i did by editing the alpha on letters and text, i also have text rotating, this all works when viewing in the program but when i export it as a movie or test the movie some of the fading does not work and the ...more >>

I have distributed flash movies on CD and the web but I have never used DVD for distribution. Is there a certain process to get the flash file to play from the DVD. Is there anything I need to consider in production. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance TommyG ...more >>

I´m currently planning a documentation tool for that reason I was looking for a way to use the Movie Explorer Funktion to show up all ActionScript in my movie in a single Textwindow. Is there anyone how can point me to the right direction??? Any help will be welcome! Detlef ...more >>

Does anyone know if you can open an .fla created in MX 2004 in MX 2003? Thanks Jay ...more >>

I have a client that has asked me to look at their current website (www.aplaceforallseasonsnotl.com) as it loads really slow. When I recieved the .fla file I noticed that it was developed for Flash player 5 (no compression). I re-published it to run on Flash 6, compressed and set the jpg quality to ...more >>

I am looking to create an online quiz using Flash MX2004 Pro quiz templates. When the user has completed the quiz I would like to display their results on the results page, as the template offers, but at the same time store the details of their quiz in a SQL database. The template help talks ...more >>

hi i was wondering if someone can please help me? I made a presentation in swish and exported it to swf. Then i tried to import it to flash but all the colors and everything were weird looking. All iam trying to do is create a projector with the exported swf file i made. I have the presentation the ...more >>

Pretty soon the Actionscript dictionary 2.0 will be released as can be seen at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321228413/qid=1068036268/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/002-6049129-3676002 $17.49 being the Amazon price. Now from what I understand Flash has until recently always been provided with p...more >>

Hi. Not sure if anyone else has seen this (I did not see a post about it yet anywhere) but when I use the tooltip component in my Flash Forms project it causes the following error when I try to run the movie: **Error** Symbol= Tooltip, layer=actions, frame=1:Line 240: Type mismatch in assignment ...more >>

Is there a way to open a flash4 .fla in 5 or MX and not have it perform the insertion of Number() in the script conversion? As far as I can see the adding of Number() around the variables is useseless in the scripts I wrote and very annoying in the 5/mx actionscript overview Any suggestions? ...more >>

Hello Is mp3 decoder embedded in Flash Player plugin/standalone Flash Player or mp3 sound in Flash requires a mp3 codec present in the client operating system in order to play mp3? Best regards, Micha³ Gruda ...more >>

Hi, Awhile ago, I stumbled onto a site with an animation of an orange koi fish swimming in a pond. Unforunately, I cannot find this website again. Could someone please send me the link to that site or a similar site? By the way, I do recall that the site had several other animations of ani...more >>

Hello Is there any discernable difference between the speed at which Flash MX can read from an XML object, and that at which it reads from an array? I need to search an XML tree for a particular string, and this needs to happen on every frame of a movie, so I need it to be as quick as pos...more >>

hello, people i need help, i want put the scroll bar windows on in my page, i dont now!!? in options i put "no border" when i make publish, and i lost my vertical scroll bar? Thanks..... ...more >>

I have an animation with movie clips and a number of layers. However I wanted to extend the size of the canvas, now the animation is at the top and there is no way I can find to move the whole thing arround on the canvas. If I select all the timelines It will only move one of the keyframes :( ...more >>

Looking for a way to create a button symbol in which each instance of the button has a different polygon for the over, down, and hit states. Simply sizing or rotating the polygon is not general enough. Is it just simpler to create the graphics and then covert each to a button smbol? All buttons ...more >>

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Is there an official Macromedia Flash Projector to download that will play flash files as .exe's? ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with too many movieclip to be loaded in the main one!! The main movie (interface) loads another movie "start.swf". this.createEmptyMovieClip("menu_mc", 0); this.onLoad = function(){ menu_mc.loadMovie("Start.swf"); }; menu_mc._x = 0.0; menu_mc._y = 163.5 S...more >>

I'm looking for some simple tutorials on controlling the look and feel of the textarea component. It seems you have to use AS to code the background, etc. into a frame global and you can't modifiy the text style directly with a behavior or component properties. In Flash MX, I used html text fi...more >>

I have created a flash movie and would like to import it into dreamweaver and make it a link to another web page. I was told in the dreamweaver forums that the link is added while in flash. What I have is a picture going from left to right, then stops. At this point I was hoping to have the custo...more >>

i initially created a standalone movie that is about 500k and when i posted it on the web i realized the importance of preloading because my buttons became out of sinc with my content by sending the user to random frames. anyway, when i put a preloader in the first scene and refered it to the second...more >>

Nice and easy one, How do i get the current level of a loaded swf eg: the swf has a dynamic text box on the main timeline and when loaded it show its current level. so if a load it into level 10 it will show level10, if i load it into level 5 in will show level5 i was using this.levelnum...more >>

Hi guys, I want to create a cd that, when inserted into the user's cd-rom drive, automatically opens a flash movie in their browser. How would I go about doing this? Thank-You very much! artane My guidance counselor was right, I did grow up to be a flasher....more >>

Hai all, i need to prepare a Presentation about a company in VCD output.Can anyone help me to guide what are the things i must obey like resolution,scene,actionscript,conversion. i have a idea about first we must make the animation in 3:2 bases resolution and we can capture it using any capture ca...more >>

Where can I find information on release dates for old versions of Flash Player? I need to find out when version 6.0r65 was released to the public. Thanks! ...more >>

hi guys, i have applied for my new job and i am expecting some interviews soon, can u flash gurus help me out regarding the topic i really need to concentrate. thanks in advance. ...more >>

With help, I was able to get my stacking order and motion tweening issues solved, now on to the next New Thing... I've got a block of text I'd like to fade out, change the text, fade back in, and repeat a few times. So, not having any fun trying to cope with the online !Help and just guessing, ...more >>

I've tried he following script check to see if the value of 'username' variable equals the value of 'usernameload' variable AND if the value of 'password' variable equals the value of 'passwordload' variable If so it goes to frame 100 else, it goes to frame 61 Note: Both conditions must be ...more >>

i have a framescrubber that i want to follow a graphic(video time line). so it starts at the beginning of the graphic and ends to the right of the graphic when the video is finished. im going to have many videos using this, so i need it to be dynamic, so each video will be adjusted to it. here ar...more >>