I have a teaching tutorial for children which uses quite a lot of sound clips (MP3) In order for the children to navigate easily I use onSoundComplete to move to the next frame or scene when the sound is finished. Actionscript connects to the linked sound files, which although small are numerous. ...more >>

i have a quicktime movie that i want to generate a projector file from. when i publish the file, it comes out with none of the audio track that is part of the original .mov file. also, how do i get it to auto-play when the end user double-clicks on the icon? thanks! ...more >>

I'm just new to actionscript and looking to use vertical and horizontal scrolling on the main navigation page of my site. I want to get my page to have 9 buttons and one large page, each portion of that page corresponding to each respective button press (one button pulls up one part of the stage...more >>

I am loading XML from a file that is created dynamically. the XML data changes occur during the users time on the site. All works well other than the annoying cahceing of past XML data. If I clean out the browser cache inbetween new XML data loads I get new data. if i don't the last files dat...more >>

I have a base intro.swf movie that plays on start up of my website and loads the home page into level 10, then stops. Then when I click the "biography" button the actionscript says... on (press) { unloadMovieNum(10); gotoAndStop("bio"); when the play head goes to the label "bio" it s...more >>

Flash MX 2004 Professional. Re-installed it. All .fla files prior to installation won't open. There are hundreds of files, not corrupted. None open. They open on another computer so I know they work. MX 2004 Pro will only open .fla's that are created from this point on. I had the ...more >>

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I recently upgraded my Flash 5 Pro to Flash MX Pro 2004. When I open a file that was made on a mac with either Flash 5 or 6 it gives me an error. Unespected file format. What should i do to solve this? ...more >>

Is there a way to show an image in place of the flash file if a viewer does not have the flash plugin ? I do not want to redirect to another page. many thanks, Greg ...more >>

Hello, This is my first flash movie. I followed the demo on the web site: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/fadingtext.htm After I ceated the flash, it only works when I click on the drop-down menu Control -> Play. But if I export it to movie or publish preview, I don't see the text is fad...more >>

Hello. I want the long text to be scrolling vertically (slowly), but only some part of it should be visible. - Just like at the end of the film. How can I do this? thanks, L. ...more >>

http://www.intentionallies.co.jp/content_normal.html How come when you resize the window the objects don't scale/distort? The object move along with the window's size, where as, the logo and text stand still. thanx in advance, tom Referring URLs http://www.intentionallies.co.jp/con...more >>

Hi, everyone I had to reinstall my system. I reinstalled Flash MX but now many of my .fla files, which I have backed up in two locations, won't open. All I get is a "Failed to open." message. What can I do? Thanks. Dan ...more >>

This is the first time I'm making flash buttons so I would like a little help. It's probably been explained a million times but still I would really appreciate it if you could resolve this problem I'm having. In the forth frame of a button my action script looks like this: on (release) { {getURL...more >>

I haven't worked with sound at all before .. so here is my question... I'm making a cd presentation, when the presentation begins c.mp3 is playing, but I want to give the user a choice of what soundtrack they want to listen to. They could also choose to turn the music off altogether by pushing the ...more >>

Is there an article some where that states the current percentage of browsers that have the Flash Plugin installed? Dan ...more >>

As a beginner to Flash, I just altered a bunch .fla link buttons and My page won't refresh to the new design. One of the reasons is that I don't know how to convert an .fla into a .swf, which is what my web page is readinf. how do I bring the .swf up to date withe the altered .fla? ...more >>

I just recently made a flash movie and the .swf plays extremely slow especially when it's streamed on other people's computers over the internet. Does anyone know why it would play slowly. There's one low quality picture and the rest is all symbols. There are a lot of instances of symbols with gr...more >>

Total newbie here so I apologize if this question has been answered before (I haven't been able to find an answer after looking.) I am creating an HTML page using Macromedia Dreamweaver and want to embed a flash button that will link to a file on a computer. For technical reasons I need to be ab...more >>

I am trying to create a button that has a rollover effect and also a down effect, that remains until the next button is clicked on. Problem is, I'm using 3 seperate movie clips for each state, each of which is designed to repeat itself (ie: when you rollover the button an animation begins and starts...more >>

Hi all, A basic question really. I am trying my best to learn how to use flash MX and have got a couple of books, but the examples are really basic and quite rubbish. Can anyone offer me some sites that I can go to to download some serious fla's for Flash MX, so I can look at the code...I t...more >>

I want to create a swf-file with transparent background. Is there anyway to achieve this? ...more >>

I am working on a number of fairly large training examples using flash. The problem that I am having is that-- it is taking forever to load the files. It even takes so long to get to the preloader movie that some people will just not wait that long. If I test the movie and show streaming I will...more >>

Hey collegues, I was just wondering if it was safe now to upgrade my software from Flash MX to Flash MX 2004. I've read the many posts about their experiences and nightmares with the new product. Not sure if the new Updater had cleaned up bugs. Truthfully, I feel real hesitant to take the dive...more >>

I am trying to create Flash text inside Dreamweaver under Media. I insert the text, color, font, etc., and when I hit apply or ok, it puts a box with a Flash "F" in it. No text to be found. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or ?? Thank you so much. Amy ...more >>

Hi, I'm makong a flash site and i was woundering have i can input sound on it?, also when the i have incorperated the sound in the site i want to put a "switch off music" button how would i do that?? Thank You for your time ...more >>

Could someone help me with exporting the whole movie screenshot 550x450 (for ex.) during the flash plays into GIF file format or else. Thanx in advance. ...more >>

I've created a Banner in Flash 5 and given it to the client. The client gave it to the company who is to display it. This company now says I must embed a URL to the client's site into the SWF file. How is this done please... :) Linda ...more >>

is there any way to pull auido from an FLV file? I have a client that lost the original audio file and the only thing left is the FLV file. Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Hello, After downloading and installing the new video exporter (1.1) for flash MX04 pro, the flash video export option disappears from quicktime pro. My configuration : G4 powermac and G4 powerbook mac os X.3 quicktime 6.4 Maybe a nice bug ? bye, gunther ...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to call a webservice method that needs as one of it's input param's a date. I've created a datefield component instance in Flash and via databinding pointed the datefieldname:selectedDate to the webservice input parameter that expects the date. (Flash correctly identified the...more >>

I'll keep this brief... I'm developing an Interactive CD-Rom for a client using Flash MX. The CD incorporates a flash animated interface which through a series of menus allows the user to view videos (imported WMV files) that are also on the CD. The WMV files were imported into flash using...more >>

Hi, i'm fscommand to call a PDF file, this is the code i'm using: //////////////////////////////////////// // Flash on(release) { fscommand("exec","batfile1.bat") } ///////////////////////////////////////// // batfile1.bat @echo off start yourfile.pdf exit Why this is not work...more >>

Hi! I want to pass values thru and fro from Flash MX (6) to VB.NET. I've tried to search everywhere (even Macromedia forums) for atleast some credible little info on it, which would give me some hints, but to no avail. FYI, i had earlier worked with VB where i used the fscommand. But it seems ...more >>

How to teach Netscape 7.1 to play Flash content when opening a web page ? (Yes, the plug-in is installed and the <http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/> says the Version 7,0,14,0 is installed successfully) My test page is <http://www.cseletronica.com.br> Thanks, JLS ...more >>

hello, i have a table structure laid out in dreamweaver and have been trying to import a flash menu. the menu has its own independent table which is 24px high that matches the swf height. everytime i place the swf in the table, both the table and swf resize to 32px leaving gaps above and below the ...more >>

I have two movie clips on the stage in frame 1 with the following code in each of them for Instance name: loop01_mc myLoop1 = new Sound(); myLoop1.attachSound("loop1"); myLoop1.start(0, 999); myLoop1.setVolume(50); Instance name: loop02_mc myLoop2 = new Sound(); myLoop2.attachSound("loop2...more >>

Hi, I want to create three simple Play, Pause and Stop button for a sound in flash. (intially there will be three buttons with no sound playing. After pressing the button 'Play' the sound will start, sound will pause on pressing 'Pause' and sound will stop on pressing 'Stop'.)What is the simplest...more >>

i created a flash movie with 3 key frames, in every frame i put stop so that every time you will query any of the frame it will not continue to play. On the first frame i put gotoAndPlay(scene); stop(); and in the second to the last i put stop. on my html/asp page i tried query like t...more >>

i do just wonder i i can make an forum in macromedia flash mx and how to do it ...more >>

Hi, I want to create Flash files programatcially. I'm using Visual Studio .NET. I haven't been able to find an SDK here or information on how I can create valid Flash files without Flash MX 2004, etc. Can someone point me in the right direction please? Thanks ...more >>

i have an html doc with 2 frames. on top frame i have a .swf movie with buttons for navigation. lets say that when i click on the some button on the top frame (swf) file, it will load html file in the bottom frame. how would i do that??. the only options are _parent which load html file in the s...more >>

Whenever I try to play a flash movie, a white screen appears where the movie should be played. I get an error at the bottom of IE that says Error: Object doesn't support this property or method. Please tell me if there is any setting I need to change or if I need to re-install flash. Than...more >>

Hi all Okay ? take a look at my unfinished site http://www.thestrawberryproject.com/loader.htm How do achieve this ? when a user clicks on a button in the current .swf (eg. Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Vietnam) , upon click, it loads in a separate ..swf file ? I hope I?m not confusing...more >>

What's the fastest way to create a calender in Flash MX? They don't have tables like DW...... Do I have to manually align all the dates after I typed them? Or is there a calender extension? Thanksh! Parka ...more >>

I am making a html page with a horizontal navigation bar on top and then with a flash movie clip immediately below this nav bar. My nav bar has a javascript for a popup sub-menu (whenever I rollover or click any of the buttons on the nav bar). However, this popup sub-menu is always hidden undern...more >>

hello just masking an over on a button with simple block mask > all appears fine on the timeline...move your mouse over the button and the mask works > but when i publish or test movie you can sea the green square i used for the mask > whats wrong here? Cheers ALLY. ...more >>