I will be using the projector to create an EXE file of a movie I have constructed. I want the projector to go FULL SCREEN when the movie starts. I want to have a button on the movie to print a frame. and I want a button to exit the movie player (projector). What are the ACTION commands for th...more >>

I have a single html page that has three different swf files, in three different table cells. Is there a way to stably control the playback timing of the three and keep them in sync, without making them one big (big resolution-wise, not file size) swf? They are basically all three small ban...more >>

Guys,I don't know how to mange a great project with Flash MX Professional 2004.I already edited a site with Flash MX Professional 2004£¬but Flash can't scan the files in the hard disk.Could you please tell me how? ...more >>

I am trying to fill a dataGrid component the "brut force way", in other words, no connector, and no dataSet. Kind of a long story... I am using loadVars() and have data in the flash good...I am creating arrays of data from the loadVars like this... arrayID = new Array(); arrayFirstName = new Ar...more >>

I've started to play around with sharedObject following book examples and tutorials. I'm hoping to make a daily planner type of application that can save whatever a user might want to enter and It would be a projector file. Anyway, My tests so far seem to all be fine on PC but nothing is working on...more >>

I'm using the following to parse an XML file villa_data = new XML(); villa_data.onLoad = runFunction; function runFunction() { trace(villa_data.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild); } villa_data.ignoreWhite = true; villa_data.load("villas.xml"); This outputs <ID>9</ID> when I expected ...more >>

Is it possible to have an actionscript that exports the current frame as an image? Please, I really need help! Andy ...more >>

ok ok i soughted out the masking... yay! noow.. i want to have a short animation sequence then to stop (i know how to do tht..)... but i want to have the text scrolling in the masked area to loop forever.. how do i do tht??? ...more >>

Hi I have created the simple looping until loading, loading screen. I would like to have the loading animation play at least once no matter how fast it is downloaded though because when testing using broadband I get a quick blip of the loading screen and then the Flash because it loaded so fast. ...more >>

Hey all... I have Flash MX 2004 Professional and will be editing a humongous .mpg file. I am importing a series of video clips for an application to be formatted into CDROM. I am using a PC and was curious if "those in the know" could recommend a good video editor that doesn't cost $699 (ex:...more >>

I'm using the following actionscript on the first frame of a blank movie loadMovie ("images/thumbs/112.jpg", 2); When I Ctrl+Enter to test this, no image is shown and no errors are given. This must be something obvious I am missing? ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to find out what I need in the way of software to make a similar web site such as: http://www.beatles.com or http://www.daneldon.org/journals/books19-21.html Thank you for your support. Macgoddess ...more >>

First, let me tell you I am not that great at actionscript. I have a scrollpane with text. It scrolls very slowly and not smoothly. I have searched all through the forum and Internet. Seemingly the best soluction I have found is using either setLargeScroll or setSmallScroll, I have tried integra...more >>

So after creating a really nice flash project I need to make my document size bigger while keeping everything centered. Of course when I make it bigger using the properties it adds the size bottom and right. There's gotta be an easy solution for this I'm sure but I'm still a rook. thanks kevin ...more >>

I am running OS X 10.3. When I edit Flash from DreamweaverMX, Flash opens to the file and I edit. Then I press the done button Flash quits and I'm back at Dreamweaver. However, I would prefer if Flash would just close its window and stay running. Do you know anyway to do this? I tried launching ...more >>

Im trying to install flash player so i can see animations on web pages. When i go to macromedia.com and try to download it it dosent download. im using Win 2000. is their a setting or something i ahev to do? Shockwave player downloads and installs fine, but flash player doesnt install. Any Reason? ...more >>

OK what I need to do is Dynamically load FLV using the MEdiaPlayback component. I need to be able to drop the MediaPlayBack component onto the stage and then dynamically add what flv file plays. In this case I need to add the actionscript to the frame. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. D...more >>

I installed the update and I am still experiencing issues that were mentioned many times before: This is for Mac OSX- ?If the AS panel is open, it blocks open and save dialogs. ?Bouncing out of Flash and back again launches panels that I had intentionally closed. ?Speed is an issue when ...more >>

Ok, so I only have one day to get this right, so PLEASE someone help! In my website, there's a gallery of thumbnail images that when clicked on, open up a new window with the full sized image. Here's the script: on (release) { getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('http://www.geocities.co...more >>

I was wondering if anyone has heard about flash not loading in the safari browser for mac. I have a project that loads fine in ie and also netscape, but for some reason will not run in safari. Are there any fixes to make it work? Thanks MM ...more >>

After installing the update to 7.0.1 in Flash MX 2004 Professional I got an error when testing a movie. The movie contains a XMLConnector component binding data to a comboBox and a dataGrid. The error reported when testing the movie is this: **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\User\Configuraci...more >>

I have created a simple movie which starts with a bitmapped image which fades out as some text fades in. In Flash, and also in Internet Explorer on the same system, the movie works fine. But on a second system the movie shows a faint "ghost" of the text at the start before it has started fading ...more >>

Is it possible to have the user download an executable flash file that when they run on their computer it will submit a form to a server side script? ...more >>

Hi all, I just got Flash MX and can't seem to find the Tween Control window. Can some one please tell me where I can find controls for (Tween, Shape, etc). I tried using help from the top pull down, but it does not connect to the URL. Verion 4 and 5 seemed much easier... Thank you Igg...more >>

Dear All, I have made e flash move with FlashMX 2004. I have exported by movie with flashplayer 7 version and actionscript 2 version. But now when people with the flash player 6 are trying to view the flash animation, the preloader stays loading for every. Is my preloader syntax incorrect ?...more >>

I have a flash project which is totally keyboard based. It loads in its own window and users are told to navigate using the keyboard. But - Keyboard commands arn't registered until the user clicks on the player. Is there some way to give the flash player focus immediately when it loads in to a ...more >>

I would like to know how, if anyone knows, on the Macromedia.com homepage, the streaming flash movie has rounded edges. Is this a component of Flash or Dreamweaver? If anyone has any suggestions, I've love to hear them. Thanks. ~Matt ...more >>

Im a student doing a Flash based assignment for university, im trying to do a lighting effect on my introduction page, As the lighting flashes the writing will light up and appear (as things do when lighting shines on them), im having trouble finding out how to do this. i hope you can understand my ...more >>

I was asked to find some sites that "sell" the use of flash for video presentation. I've found a few really interesting ones (baconskateboards.com, for example) but if anyone out there has favorites, could you post them? Ideally, I'd like to see creative display of the video *in* the page...more >>

hello to you all, i need help with this. i open my browser and i can not see nothing with macromedia flesh. i try to download the macromedia flesh player but it wont come up, you know, the security window. a couple of days a go i formated my computer and now i can not see flash display web ...more >>

I have installed Flash twice. Each time I attempt to open the application, I get an error message saying that the Flash Resources DLL is missing. How can I fix this? Thanks. David ...more >>

Hi! I just several old flash movies created with Flash 4 and 5. I tried to load them with Flash 7 but failed: unexpected file format. Can't v7 read v4/5 files?? ...more >>

Hi, I am grabbing the time and displaying this on a site code used at the moment is as follows timeText = (myDate.getHours()+":"+myDate.getMinutes()+":"+mydate.getSeconds()); This all works but it is only giving me the exact numbers from the system, i.e. if the time is say 07:01:01 then I h...more >>

I m trying to run Flash_Video_Exporter.exe (from flash 2004 professional but a message occure requires quicktime for windows 6.0 where i can get this quicktime 6.0, can any1 help me. ...more >>

Hi There We have got a flash site which for some reason only some users can view the content the problem is accross windows xp, me, 2000 and IE 5/6 with flash player 5,6 & 7 most people can view the site but some myself and the domains owner included cannot see any of the information within ...more >>

I'm looking to build my bands' website with Flash and have a basic knowledge of the program through schooling. I had a couple questions: 1) Could anybody reccomend a decent third-party CD-ROM based Flash tutorial? 2) How can I get my site to look like the referring site (below) as far as th...more >>

Hi, How do I start an swf-file in full screen mode using the stand alone flash player? Thanks, Jerome ...more >>

Hello, Is there an example (including source) of how to make something like a drawing tool in Flash, so someone can design something which can then be saved to a store on a web site? Also, can it get the list of fonts on the machine? Thanks ...more >>

This is my first effort as using arrays in flash. I have a simple array. Each time a button is released I want to move to the next value in the array. It seems that I have not been able to glean the result that I need.I have used so many different possibilities and although I can move to any spot ...more >>

Working on a code that will accept either "Yes" or "yes" as an answer. Currently the code reads: word2Array[0] = "Yes"; I've tried word2Array[0] = "Yes" || "yes"; But the program will only recognize one or the other. It doesn't see that either answer is acceptable. I'm using Flash MX...more >>

I have some strange things happening with my flash site on a Windows XP pro computer. I wrote the site with a Macintosh OS X, I tested it on Windows 2000 professional. By looking at my site on a XP computer, I got some strange results. I work with loadMov actionscript for my images, but this does...more >>

We are using the folloing within qa Flash movie tex = "xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxx."; this.onEnterFrame = function() { tf.text = tex.substr(0, count); count += 2; }; When we are playing the flash movie back it is displaying all of the text 'xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxx' then ...more >>

Hi, I've got a couple of buttons residing inside a movieclip on the stage. The buttons worked just fine, until I assigned some mouseover (rollOver, rollOut) actions to the movieclip they "live" inside to show and hide the whole movieclip when the user moves the mouse over it. Now, the buttons' a...more >>

Hi guys! I'm new in this list but yet I sufficiently have experiency in many languages for web and mainly Action Script. I have a site, www.marloscarmo.com, whith informations about Flash, Action Script and products Macromedia. I wait to be able to contribute! Sorry, my english!! //...more >>

Hi, from a html-page I load a pop up with a flash movie. By hitting a button I want to close the popup and load another html page into the first html page. Actually more a javascript forum posting, but can you help? thank you. sebflu ...more >>

Hi all! I wonder if there is a command that will display a message on my movie once the mouse rolls over a button. The effect I intend to create is similar to the one in HTML pages when the title attribute is set to display a message. I would be grateful if you could help me on this. Yours, ...more >>

I need to find a way to get the width of a single text character with actionscript. Is this possible? Thanks. -Jeff ...more >>

Hi all, I use loadMovieNum to load a SWF file. On that file, I have button and tab components, and they are not showing properly (button is shrunk, words on tabs are not shown) when running from server. Running on Flash itself is fine. I have another file that loads the same SWF also running f...more >>

I am creating a swf that dynamically sizes with stage resizes. I am not understanding something to do with registration points. When I publish and view it through an HTML document everything looks great (I have flash aligned to TOP LEFT). When I load the swf directly into the browser window or creat...more >>

Hi. . . I'd like to create a page that has a kid dancing / jumping around across the page in flash .. .. .I have the kid, and need to shoot the video. . .I'll use like a 30 sec. thing from a digital camera. ..... but don't know where to start. . .. .should I shoot it against like a colored cl...more >>

when i am in live preview my buttons work just fien but when i export it or test the it my buttons go back to the first scene on (release) { gotoAndStop("Paint shack", 1); } this code is on the button, the button is in my main scene and it is trying to link from "main" to "Paint ...more >>

Hey I have seen this in a few places where an intial flash component loads with a preloader then shows its content. If you leave this page and comeback no preloader at all shows.... How can you accomplish such a task... Need a solution! Thanks Chris ...more >>

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I would like to open a new window with my size specifications when my link is clicked. I know the javascript action: onload open browser window opens a new window the size I want. However it is not what I'm looking for. In my Flash movie I want my link to open a window say 200 x 200, with no max...more >>

I need to had some snow to my Christmas Card. How could i do this? Thank's in advance MB ...more >>

i am having alot of trouble trying to figure out how to make an object on one layer, on a motion path above another layer, appear to be rotating around the object on the last layer, can anyone explain how this is done? i am sure i am missing something simple :( ...more >>

Currently I use Illustrator 10 with Dreamweaver MX 6.1 I've noticed what Illustrator calls "image slices" (supposedly preserving html and images, with pages neatly sectioned in this way) ...these are really not feasible to import into MX. ALthough MX code may "see" them they are really not viewa...more >>