I have made a 355 Frame movie with soundtrack for insertion in my website (http://www.mokillustration.com/NaviMatrix.html ? PUNCH the Hitchhiker button) the movie plays through just fine - its a little jerky because it's slowed down animated still frames, but it more or less does what I want for...more >>

Hello all. I am a FLASH 5 person and recently started working with FLASH MX Pro 2004 ED. The UI is definitely a bit different and as I go to tell a button to play movie clip, I find myself not able to. I have been out of development for about a year and I seem to recall using telltarget to load a...more >>

I just upgraded my Flash MX Professional 7.0 to the new 7.0.1. Now anything I created in the older versions of MX Professional will not open up in the new version!?!? I keep getting "Unexpected file format". Just wondering if anyone experienced the same problem? ...more >>

I have created a template with a iframe in the body surrounded by three flash movies, all is well untilI tried to change the iframe from my flash movie. Below is the code from the html button that worked in the same setup. I would appreciate any help. <a href="javascript:;" onClick="Lvl_targetI...more >>

I am not sure about the Flash Player and the Shockwave player differences and how a Shockwave file is created. At first I thought it was simple: a .fla played in Flash players and a .swf played in Shockwave player. But, I am not sure. Thanks for a reply. ...more >>

I would have to say that One of the Most Annoying things I've come across is 5 second samples that loop endlessly. When are music modules going to be supported already? Would someone be so kind enough to point out to MM that music is just as important as graphics!!! And music modules (MOD, ...more >>

I have been working on a little game for a couple of months now and I have Beta version that I need feedback on. It's fairly simple, but I think fun. Here is the url: dave.vergemedia.com/war/ Please send me feedback through the email provided on the site. Thanks so much. - david z. ...more >>

This is kind of a 2-part question: In summary: 1) how do I 'switch off' Flash's internal codec if I'm using 3rd party codecs? 2) why am I only getting mono sound from either aiff or mp3 original soundtracks? In researching why I can't seem to get FlashMX to create a stereo soundtrack from ...more >>

I have a shape and it is moving across a background, but I can't find a transparency option. I have to choose a color, which won't work because it won't look good on this graphic background. Any suggestions? ...more >>

Trying to create a very simple button. But as a designer, I'm a little lacking in the ActionScript area. WHY did they get rid of Normal Mode? I always thought that upgrades were supposed to make things better and hopefully easier. Not the case here. Anyway here is the ActionScript I wrote...more >>

Hello...Happy New Year everyone... I am having a strange problem with a Flash movie. The first frame of the movie is 500k in size. However, the first frame on my timeline is tiny...just some text and a vector image. So it appears that Flash is exporting a large part of the movie's contents ...more >>

how to make the loader (MC) (instance name: loaderS) put 3 pic in each line ??? Now all the pic will be loaded in the same row (pic size: 100px * 100px) I want each row to have 3 pic only. Thx so much ..::herman for (i=1; i<8; i++) { loadMovie("images/pic"+i+".jpg", "moviePlayer.loade...more >>

Hello Fellow Flashers! I am trying to accomplish a particular effect with a Flash file. What I need to do is have a set of 5 images fade in and out in a random fashion. This is part of a "banner" graphic that will be appearing on a web page. I can accomplish this very quickly and easily in another ...more >>

There is a nice scroll bar in flash communication server sample file: "sample_room.fla" How can I export and then import it into flash mx 2004 professional? Previously I just export it as .swc file and put it under directory "Flash MX 2004\en\First Run\Components\UI Components\". It doesn't wo...more >>

There is a "Button" components in UI components library. I give the button an instance name say "sample_btn" I used Actionsript like : sample_btn.setEnabled(false); // this works, it disable the button but sample_btn.setEnabled(true); // this doesn't work basically once the button is...more >>

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hi all i need a flash top menubar component for my project. the one i found at: http://www.coolfocus.net/ was just what i needed, but it seems like there is no way to have it functioning without internet, and since my project is an offline one - i discovered i could not use that menu. what a sham...more >>

I want to run a movie clip on button press but i m anable what can i do pls help me. Movie clip is running on holding the button. i want to run movie clip in single click. ...more >>

Greetings, I'm still pretty new to Flash, especially MX2004. I began my project (a map) using Flash 4. Now that I have MX2004, all of the text (_sans, static not dynamic) displays much larger after exporting. It looks fine in Flash, but when previewing and exporting as .swf it displays much mo...more >>

I have a shell file, there are 4 buttons that are supposed to load 4 seperate external files. This works on my computer, but when I upload it, and try it on the web, it does not load the external files. what is going on? on (release) { unloadMovie("images"); } on(release){ _root.images....more >>

I'm a newbe to flash and I want to make the top menu that macromedia.com has made. Any advices from the gurus? ...more >>

Hi, Hopefully somebody can help me with this problem. I?ve opened a popup browser window with a ?flash tour? in it. At the end of the tour I?ve got a button that I want to do the following: Go to an URL in the browser that opened the popup window and then close the popup window. Is this ...more >>

I did a search in the forum and did not see an answer so here is my question... Can anyone direct me to a tutorial/explanation on how to create custom buttons for controlling video (volume, play, pause, ff, rew) in a Flash presentation. The built in controls are nice but do not match my presen...more >>

I've build a menu bar using flash 6. I did it following a template for a menu bar (similar to macromedia.com one) To build it i also had to modify an .xml template which serves as the source file. I can go ahead and test movie & see it, but when i put it in dreamweaver it doesn't work......it see...more >>

Hi, I have an element in my current project which is an animated symbol. At a certain point in the animation I would like this symbol to 'become' the mouse, so the user has control of it from then on in. I can make the symbol change and 'become' the mouse no problem, but it jumps from it's curren...more >>

Hi, I create a text field whose dat are retrieved from a database through php. As there are several columns, I programmed a little script setting the tab index of the next column and based on the number of the caracters of the previous column. It looks fine and seems to work, but I observe that...more >>

Hi, I want to be able to detect flash with javascript and then have php do something like: <?php if ($flash=="yes") { print ("<img src="image.jpg"); } else if ($flash=="no") { print ("<emded flash swf etc...>"); ?> I know its possible to do redirects to different HTML pages ...more >>

I am making a digital measuring tape, and am well on the way to having it going but I need help. //I used the following code to create the lines on the measuring tape. basex = _root.one._x; ht= _root.one._height; for(i=0; i <101; i++){ one.duplicateMovieClip ("line_" + i, 120+i); this["lin...more >>

Our graphics department decided to spiff up our web site for the season. With snowflakes. However, with it enabled, we cannot click on the search text box "underneath" the Flash layer. Is this a known problem? Is there a workaround? Thanks, Robert Syndrome can be seen at http://...more >>

I want to use draw commands to create a mask. So, I had them draw inside a movieclip on a layer that masks another movieclip. This causes Flash player 7.0 r19 to crash, and in 6.0 r79 it just doesn't work. I noticed that if I draw on the masker movieclip, then that will work as a mask, but nothin...more >>

Hello group!! I am learning how to create a dynamic text field that will display the contents of a text file. I closely followed a simple tutorial in the Flash MX Savvy book with no luck using my files. (I used their tutorial files and they worked fine - until I changed the content of a file...more >>

Does anyone know a Flash sample which reads and/or writes something to/from a text file? I read somewhere that this is possible in general but never found a sample. Carl ...more >>

How to create floating flash banner over the content? ...more >>

If I have code like this <tr> <td background="myimage.jpg" height="100" width="100"><EMBED Src="MOVIE.SWF" object blah blah etcc...</EMBED></td> </tr> </table> what will a user see who doesn't not have the plugin installed? ...more >>

Bill Mitchell at CNN sent me a cartoon similar to the one at: http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/01/28/toons/mitchell/ You can see that it has motion to it (it's a gif file), though in a regular image browser you don't see the motion--only the first scene. Yet in PowerPoint you do see the mo...more >>

I need help on storing flash exe file online for an online presentation. I have created the swf file but don't know how to place them online to be veiwed. My company currently has a powerpoint presentation online which I have redesigned with flash. I dont understand how to set up the files so the ...more >>

Is there a shortcut to make a Symbol go right to the center of the Stage when dragging it from the Library? ...without having to click on the Align Tool over and over again? ...more >>

I am having the strangest problem. I am working on a logo that includes a capital letter N. For some reason when I select the N and attempt to Break Apart the letter it disappears from the screen. The other letters in the logo don't do it, nor do N's in other fonts. Another strange thing about it is...more >>

All, Sorry for the boring question, but i'm having difficulty and cant seem to figure this one out. I am trying to create a button with text so that when it is moused-over, it changes colors. The only thing that i cant seem to figure out is -- sometimes the font is a bit blurred and sometim...more >>

I created a Drag and Drop with the Drag and Drop component in Flash. When I modify the target image, the drop images will not stick to it when I test it. The generic target images remain functional. Also, the labels for the Check Answer and Reset buttons disappear when testing. Is this a problem wit...more >>

OK I know this can be done on the internet so I would assume it is even easier if I am doing this on my hard drive but I don't know.... I created a flash file that keeps statistics for a game me and my buddies play, like win %, average points per game ect What I'm needing to do is save the varia...more >>

Hello, I don't know if anyone can help? I've created a movie clip that has a fade-in fade out sequence with two jpegs. When I test the movie in flash the images jump despite the fact that I have set the y and x axis of each instance to zero. It's fine when I view this in the browser in dreamweaver...more >>

I am looking for a premade generic loading bar for a splash page... I am terrible with flash. Does anyone know where I could find one, or have on you would be willing to give me? Paul ...more >>

i'm pretty new to flash and can't remember at all how to make a car go accross the screen with it's wheels turning! i did have an idiot proof tutorial but i've lost it, so if anyone could help me out, you'd have to tell me pretty much from scatch though! jenny xtichbelly@hotmail.com ...more >>

I am using Flash MX 2004. When I choose Window > Other Panels > Common Libraries, there is no Sound library listed. Buttons, Class, and Learning Interactions are there, but no Sound. In Flash MX, I could access the Sound common library by choose Window > Common Libraries > Sound. I can't find ...more >>

Hey, If you don't mind, i've got a question... working with flash since the flash 4 times.. but i got myself wondering now.. i must admid i've always found a way to go around arrays.. but well.. you just need them :) i want to use array2 = array1 , when i do this i get array2 to have a value ...more >>

Hi all ! What is the best technics to connect to a database ? I want to do the interface with flash mx and I (maybe) gonna use .net to transfer my data to the database. I think that using XML with this, it's gonna be faster to play with the data. What about the RDBMSResolver ??? (comes w...more >>

Hi everybody (happy new year, etc.) I'm trying to download a jpeg from my flash movie I can download into a movieclip instance, with "loadmovie" but I'd like to download my image in a movieclip-in-the-library, not on-the-stage. My image has to appear in three different locations on the stage As...more >>

Flash MX Crashing in OS 10.3.2 Does anyone else have this problem? Anyone know what causes it? It happens quite frequently, especially when I first begin working. After I relaunch a few times it seems to improve but does still crash during the day. ...more >>

anyone know how do i use normal AS mode in flash MX pro 04 ? i can seem to find that on the AS panel ... thanks ...more >>