Hi, I wonder how can I set a link on a certain word in a text field so that it triggers an actionScript instead of a getURL command. If this is not possible.... Do you know if it's possible to determine the xy coordinates of a certain word in a text field? This way I can dynamically set an...more >>

I was wondering if you could help me, I have looked everywhere on the net and cant get an answer. I am using isight web camera. All of my good friends belong to an internet group with web cams. None of them use isight. The site is run by macromedia flash 7. I am using max osx 10.2.6. I went ...more >>

see topic. Basically, I was trying to avoid having to recreate the same graphic twelve times, so I copied a button and pasted it. Now, I can't edit one without it changing all of them. (I want each to say something different in the over state.) Is there a way to make it so these buttons are no l...more >>

When using lines in my movies, my projects slow down dramatically. The lines were grouped together and turned into a graphic symbol... Is there a way to optimize the amt. of space these lines chew up..?? ...more >>

I'm using a simple loadMovie command but I am unable to load local images. I have triple checked the path and everything is correct, I've even had others look at it to check. If I change the path to an image on a web server it is loaded correctly. for example the first command here would work ...more >>

I have a movie that loads other movies dynamically. When I load a new movie, the previous loaded movie dissapears. Heres some of my code... this.onEnterFrame = function() { if (decision == TRUE) { this.createEmptyMovieClip("movieA_" + i,1); placeholder = eval("movieA_" add i); ...more >>

How would I go about connecting Flash to an external locally stored database file? I am building an education test engine in flash. I want to be able to pull random test questions from an external database file and I'm having a really difficult time trying to figure out how to go about it. ...more >>

Can anyone recommend a good technique for fading in/assembling graphics/movie clips on the stage? I am working on a Flash (pseudo PowerPoint) presentation and I want to begin many of the "slides" in a dramatic fashion. For example, I want to fade in headers, text, and graphics in a syncronized fashi...more >>

Howdy, I have a dilemma I have not been able to resolve - being a relative newbie. I need to do this: Have website home page load with audio which will loop once On second loop the on/off button will come up So essentially you have to listen to one loop before the mechanism to turn off ...more >>

Does anyone know where I can get an earlier copy of the Flash Player eg version 5 or something but NOT the current one. Its for testing purposes. Thanks. ...more >>

Hey all, Haven't really worked with JavaScript or ActionScript if Flash. I have a button in a movie that I want to launch a pop-up window with. I've created links using behaviors for other buttons, but I'm a little hazy on where to put a pop-up JavaScript. I did a search on Google, and came up...more >>

ey guys, the project: Creating a cd-rom which displays 150 photo's. Autoplay (5 sec a photo) Stop button (freeze at current photo) Next and Previous button Transitions between photo's What I got now. A layout which has a movieclip in it which exists of 150 frames, one pic a frame, playin...more >>

I have a lot of verticle lines within my movie. I basically drew one line then copied it several times. Then I converted all the lines to one graphic symbol. I placed this symbol several times throughout the movie. These lines are slowing my project dramatically. Does anyone know a way to decrease t...more >>

Hi Im a experienced Director user and am trying to make a simple web intro in Flash Ver 5. I have several images of textured natural floor coverings these are to take up the whole screen and cross fade into each other. At the moment when i add a new layer with the next image to fade in it the s...more >>

I use Flash for some on-line photography lessons. Each lesson has a number of pages and navigation to those pages is controlled either by keyboard commands (left and right arrows, for example) or by clicking on a page number. Trouble is, when a lesson initially opens, there is no keyboard control un...more >>

I am trying to build a horizontal scrolling menu in a movieClip. Only thing is that I cannot scroll far enough left or right on the movieclip stage to be able to put all the boxes for the menu in place. If I try to reduce the percentage size the stage goes completely to the leaft and anything ...more >>

Hi all, I have created a pulldown window that contains buttons "1, 2, 3, etc.". When you roll over button (1), it opens a secondary set of buttons, "1a, 1b, 1c, etc". I can't set the actions to connect to what scene I want it to go to, because the scene area is grayed out. However, if I open...more >>

I'm looking for a list of all the scale parameters that are able to be applied to a flash movie. I'm trying to achieve the ability of scaling a movie in flash itself. (scaling the height & width without actually scaling the movie itself). The parameter "no border" achieves a similar effect, it ...more >>

Though I've applied the 7.01 updater, Flash MX 2004 continues to crash every time I try and start it if I have Dreamweaver running at the same time (or any other Macromedia application, for that matter). It also crashes during use a lot more than the older versions ever did. I'm at wits end ... ...more >>

Hopefully someone can help: I'm having trouble substituting an image for a .swf. I've been using the code at this page: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/how/shock/javaplugs/javaplugs04.html However, this is for an .spl file. Shouldn't this also work for a .swf? If not, can someone p...more >>

After installing the latest Flash player, our app now crashes in an area that never gave us trouble in earlier versions. It is serious enough that Internet Explorer closes with the following message: "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenienc...more >>

I've made several Flash buttons that I'm placing into html pages that will link to other pages within the same site (basic menu buttons). The button ..swf files are in the "images" directory of the site root directory. As an example, I used the following actionscript to link to the index page ...more >>

hey all. Have a small question. Havent had much success in my searches, so i'll try it here. I've got a jsp page thats reads and displays info from an mdb database. This works fine. I would like to gather the info that was generated from the DB and displayed on the jsp page to instead di...more >>

Does anyone know how to make the browser autodetect to ensure that the user has the most recent flash plugin? Thanks ...more >>

In download or boxed versions? Instead of having to install 04 and then downloading the updater will it be integrated in the install files? Are there any plans to do this or will the updater always have to be downloaded? ...more >>

Hi, I don't think this should be too difficult, can anybody tell why when i display a variable in a dynamic text box and it is supposed to have the same font as my static text boxes, can anyone tell me why the fonts look different?? Thanks Guy ...more >>

Hi all, I have a flash movie that streams a .flv. It's basic stuff using the mediadisplay and mediacontroller components. Nothing fancy. It worked. But now our hosting company have moved the site to a windows 2003 server (it was on a w2k server) and all the streaming has stopped working. NO er...more >>

I have a kiosk application with multiple monitors. I want to run two flash movies - one on each monitor - each in full screen mode. The prolbem is that when I execute the fscommand("fullscreen",true) in any movie, it always goes full screen on the main monitor. Any good problem solvers out there t...more >>

When I use Flash MX 2004 PRO to export in Flash 7 format, the actionscript is case-sensitive, regardless of whether I select "ActionScript 1.0" or "ActionScript 2.0". This makes it very difficult to update my huge application for Flash MX 2004. Any ideas about this bug? -av ...more >>

I am trying to replicate an element similar in the navigation bar at: http://www.evolvemedia.com specificaly the arrow element..... When you click on a menu title, an arrow moves to the selected item. Any help would be very appreciated!! Referring URLs http://www.evolvemedia.c...more >>

I had the MX Version of Flash on my machine when I upgraded to MX 2004 I uninstalled the old version today (along with the old MX versions of Fireworks and Dreamweaver Now my swf files and fla files no longer map to the Flash App (and maybe other file extensions) When I go to an fla file, ...more >>

I want to load music onto a website to play automatically but do not want the whole site to be in flash. I would rather an html site with some flash elements. Can I add sound to the flash elements and still have the music play as the user goes between different pages of the site? ...more >>

Hi, I don't manage to make my sound loop correctly in Flash although it loops perfectly in sound forge. I used several methods including the setting of the the loop parameter of the sound to 1000 times. Is there a workaround? Thanks, Anthony ...more >>

So, I shot a video of a "Talking head" on green screen. Brought it into After Effects and key'd out the background. How can I get the video into Flash as just the head? I want to have just the head on top of the interface. Doe's it have to have a standard video box around it? easier in director...more >>

This is the problem. We have a swf file that loads xml and reads an external txt file. Everything works fine on our machines. When we try to view it through browser on web it loads the swf. You see the text load and then the swf goes grey. We created it 2004 actionscript 2 and save as plugin ...more >>

Hi, I've noticed a weird bug or maybe its not a bug?? I know about putting things on the exact integer value so its not that. Is MX being flakey with me? I have to drag the type around the screen and basically fudge it till it decides to not blur type even though I'm making sure there is no stray...more >>

It goes like this. On the _root actions layer lies...... stop(); intro_mc._visible=false; coming_mc._visible=false; what_btn.onRelease=function(){ intro_mc._visible=true; coming_mc._visible=false; intro_mc.gotoAndPlay(2); } coming_btn.onRelease=function(){ _root.intro_mc._visibl...more >>

I am trying to create a developing mushroom cloud for an animation. I start with a wide base for my first frame and then for frame 10 or so, I have the cloud developed. When I watch the tween, it keeps rotating as it grows. I want it to grow straight up. What it does now is it takes the edge of ...more >>

I have been having a strange problem with a toolbar I made in Flash MX. There are 2 versions, each one is identical except the buttons point to different areas. When I preview my site locally using my computer as the server, both menus come up without any problems. However, if anyone else on my l...more >>

Hi all, Problem: Forms added to an accordion is constructed twice! I have a simple flash forms application that has two forms below the toplevel application form, in which I have a accordion component. Each of the sub forms has a custom form script, that simply traces when it is construct...more >>

Hi all. Sorry to ask this type of question again as I'm sure its been covered (although a search didn't fulfill my question) but I just don't get some of the scripts/frame set up needed to get buttons to work the way I want them to. Here's where I am and what I want/need. http://alexisneel.com/...more >>

I'm new to Flash so this may seem simple... I want to create a shape/morph tween between 2 keyframes within a layer. The option does not appear to be available on my Preferences bar, but when I click out of the layer and go back to the original object, the option appears. When I select 'shape' m...more >>

Dear All, I have made a flash movie with MX2004 and I have exported it as flash player 6 and AS2 to increase my audience. But now I notice that people that have the flash player 7 can only view my preloader and will not pass through the preloader. I have not had this problem when I was work...more >>

Can you load GIF files with the loadMovie(), or just JPG? thanks, Shelly Langley ...more >>

I am working with the first lesson in Flash and it calls for selecting the rewind parameter from the embedded video behavior on add behavior. It is not in the list. I've applied the new patch, re-booted and still not there. How can I add the behavior to the rewind button? TIA. ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to make a txt ticker that follows a curved path...? Help or examples are more then welcome. Rick ...more >>

Does anyone else have this problem??? Flash crashes on me several times a day- even after the 7.0.1 update, after reinstalling, even after getting a brand new hard drive and a full reinstall of everything(which i did not because of flash but because i ran out of space on my old one). This program...more >>

Hi Can anyone please help me with the effect on the following link: http://www.futurevision.com.ua/portfolio/flash_intro_design.htm On this page please open the 'CatTrax USA' flash intro.Here when the image of the 'man and woman' are shown they sort of 'dogdge/burn' out .I would like to know...more >>

flash mx keeps giving me a wierd message and pop up form everytime i try to import my .mp3 file. (program is the real version) it has to do with robodemo help...tried uploading screenshot but this forum does not allow image uploads ...more >>

How do I get html links to be active in a scrolling text box? This URL is exactly what I'm trying to do. Seems that it should be simple, but I can't figure it out within Flash. http://supermaggie.com/thingstobuy/main.php?l=links Thank you. DS ...more >>

Please, if you can, somebody, share with me the proper action script for a button that is inside of a layer called title. The button command will work only if it is on the main level but the specialized buttons I am using are within a separate layer. If I put that same button on top of the page it...more >>

HEY, IVE BEEN TRYING TO LINK A SPREADSHEET TO A FLASH MOVIE AND IM GETTING CLOSER WHEN I SAVE THE XLS AS A CSV,...AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK?...DOES ANYONE KNOW IF WHAT IM TRYING TO DO IS POSSIBLE?...OR AM I WASTING MY TIME ...more >>

Does Flash use its own custom rendering technology to communicate directly with the video card similar to DirectDraw/Direct3d? Or does it just use the Windows GDI or the equilivant for the desired platform? I'm asking because Flash seems to be able to handle effects such as alpha blending and oth...more >>

I am trying to create an electrical schematic that shows the black wires change to red as the current flows through a circuit. The electricity will flow through switches, relays, transformers, and etc. and I want the change to be slow enought so that students can see how the electricity effects eac...more >>

Big-Giant-Head.com announces a flash competition. Anyone can draw a stick man. But can you make a one that sings, dances, is as cool as the pink panther or makes us laugh ? If you can, then enter our Christmas competition. The prize is the respect of your peers (there will be a vote on this...more >>

i am mac based - OS 10.2 - using flash MX I have built a flash photo gallery. the first file i built had 10 images - everything works great - no problems. see here for reference: http://www.paigeeden.com/2004/wedding/cere.htm The second file i built has 20 photos. It plays back really odd. A...more >>

Alrighty, I'm trying to link several scenes to the first via buttons. What I want to happen is for the first scene to strop after the animation and stuff and allow me to click on the button of my choice. Rather, it just continues to the next scene when I play it. There's gotta be a way to make it...more >>