I want to put a Quicktime within a webpage [but it'll contain some animation generated with Flash, making it sort of within topic :). It will be 320x240. What are the best compression setting to use for best image:lowest filesize?? ...more >>

For all who have been looking for a resolution to the Flash install problem...I've been looking since January 2003. I came across this at... http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=oplex_video&message.id=6015 Goto page 4... Follow these directions provided by D...more >>

Hi, Is there a technote / whatever anywhere on this site about mp3 sample rates that flash mx and flash mx2004 can handle? I have read at the www.flashkit.com sound faq (Question 27, link at bottom of page) that only certain sample rates are supported. Where can I find details on this at this sit...more >>

I'm playing with effects, like the "free" ones from Red Giant that came with Pro 2004 since I purchased recently, but also the "standard" ones. I've not used any of the canned effects before and am trying to figure out if it's possible to variablize the text that undergoes the effect. I'm able to ...more >>

Hi, I'm stuck on a project, does anybody know how I can create a floating menu that moves down the page as the user scrolls down the page of a web site? Can you help? Cheers. ...more >>

I know this may be stretching things a little or falling far extranious from the fundamentals of Flash... Is there a way via HTML javascripting or actionscript for an initial swf to create direct web links to markers in another swf? I suppose an idea I have is to have an initially loaded swf read...more >>

I found information on how to display the date in a swf file. How do I change the code to make my date display like this: January 01, 2004. myDate = new Date(); output=((mydate.getMonth()+1)+"/"+myDate.getDate()+"/"+myDate.getFullYear());...more >>

Hi. I've read a couple of threads regarding MX 2004 Pro's peformance. It's now been a while since it was released, plus the patch to it (which I installed). My issue is with the Test Movie/Publish performance. I'm generally pleased with MX 2004, but have found that the hype around Forms and Sc...more >>

I have a clip embedded into my maintimeline, my menu buttons and actionscript for those buttons are in the main timeline, how can i get the embedded clip to get info from the main timeline, like for instance if button one is pressed and that makes choice = 1, how can i get that variable info sen...more >>

I am having trouble getting asfunction to work. I have a text box with html hyperlinks in it, I can get the hyper links to call a javascript function in the head of the html container document no problem, example: window.open(). I need to have a hyperlink in a text area call a function inside my mo...more >>

I'm trying to find out if there is an easy way to convert a VB Form into a Flash MX 2004 application. I have not upgraded to 2004 yet but it seems that the professional version has VB-like controls. I have already created a program that will analyze a VB Form (they are saved in text format prior ...more >>

What's your recommendation for learning how to design a Flash website? Book, article, etc. I have basic Flash knowledge. None of the books I've seen touch the subject. Thanks in advance! John San Diego ...more >>

Hi this is my first post on this forum . I have been making web pages for a couple of months now using Notebook and Core ftp , all my graphics were made with Paint Shop pro 8 and Animation Shop 3 . I was advised to get macromedia to advance my web making so I got studio MX 2004. I am really inter...more >>

I am creating a tween where a photograph simply slides about 25 pixels from right to left inside of a mask. For some reason, even after re-creating it several times, it is distorting the image in a wave-like "wiggle". After some further testing... because this is not the first time this has happen...more >>

I have a site that was exported as flash 6, I open it up and save it as flash 7 Flash MX 2004 and now my text scroller won?t work. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks I'm using this script: loadVarsText = new loadVars(); loadVarsText.load("about.txt"); loadVarsText.onLoad = function (su...more >>

Our code intercepts the tab key so we can perform our own tab handling on complex dialogs that show/hide controls. Installing Flash Player 7 changed the behavior of the tab key in that it is no longer trapped by actionscript. How can we "turn it back on" so our existing code can trap the tab key in ...more >>

Okay, I'm obviously not real familiar with flash. I created all these movie clips and now I want them to play along a timeline - with no interactivity - basically like a movie. No matter what I try, I cannot get them to work. I'm guessing I will need to use action scripting, but it's all gree...more >>

I'm looking for a tutorial on putting html in flash. I've been having some problems with getting it to work correctly and I think an example would be the best way to figure this out. One problem is that when I am using multiple images, they end up overlapping. Another issue is that the image...more >>

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How would I include a text file into a flash movie? Say I wanted to do a layout with a scroll pane. Within the scroll pane how would i take the .txt info and put it there? ...more >>

I am going to be animating some text and need to break it up. When I use the break apart command, it fills in the letters which have closed areas ... O, P, B, A, D etc. Any way around this or do I have to manually paint the holes back into the text? Thanks! http://www.arothman.com ...more >>

hello, i want do on swf like , i want 2 make it more interactive to users, so i want 2 know that , i can make a option like 2 change the baground picture 4 user as his own, ie,suppose i design a swf movie ,my user should able 2 change the bg picture as 2 his wish..means,he should have a option ...more >>

I don't understand why my preloader reveal of my logo doesn't start immediately upon entering my site. It was working fine before I put a large sound file in it. Is that a common problem? Look at my site now with the sound (http://www.adrialdesigns.com) and look at how the preloader is supposed ...more >>

I am creating a swf that has a television as the border, with a drop shadow on the television, and the television is viewed at an angle. I would like to angle my swf where one side seems to be closer than the other... sort of a 3-d effect, but not that extravagant... i just want it tilted at an ...more >>

Hi, I am having some trouble with mac and IE 5.2. The flash presentation works fine on windows on any browser but with IE on mac OS 9.2 and X it seems to loop even though looping is checked off in the publish settings. Anyone else has this problem? I am sure its some setting that i am forge...more >>

newbie question # 2345... I've got a main swf that loads another swf via loadmovienum - I'd like to preload the external swf but honestly, I'm having trouble wading through too many examples that aren't quite right looking for the one that's the right one for me...hopefully someone can narrow dow...more >>

Hi, Is there any chance to convert PowerPoint presentations into Flash? Thanks in advance, / Alex...more >>

Hi every1, the vars, called with sendAndLoad, seems like they are loaded as local vars. Is there a way to make _global vars out of them, without knowing the var names? ty.... ...more >>

I have a flash movie and each keyframe has textbox with tex in it. i need to create a search button so that when the user types text into another text box and hits a search button then if the search phrase matches any text in the other text box then this text will be highlighted. regards, cathie ...more >>

Working with a demo of Actionscript Viewer and I like what I see but I'm wondering if anyone has used it with very large swf files. Did you have any problems with the program crashing? David ...more >>

Hi all, I have to develop a presentation over a CD. In the presentation it will be a large-size (500/600Mb) movie. I thought to do this with FLMX exporting the work in executable file. 1) Do you think there will be some problems due the large movie? eg full RAM or CPU overload or ..... 2) Wh...more >>

Hi, I'm wondering how can I make own components, which are capable to resize like standard buttons instead of simple scaling. I was making some sort of listbox and started with particular height / width. But then I thought that it has too small width and resized it. All internal components ...more >>

Hi, Can someone please guide me on how to use Flash to do the same drop down menu Macromedia's website is using now? I am refering to the drop down menu located on the top of your screen. Home | Products | ... Products Home | MX 2004 | ... How do I do this menu in flash? Any help will b...more >>

I've been tasked with completing a Flash-based presentation project, that was originally being developed by a now-bankrupt third-party. The project has been developed almost to completion, but I need to make a couple of small graphical changes to one particular file (i.e. removing the original deve...more >>

HI, I managed to remove the right click menu completely... the one that appears on right clicking on any swf in a browser. not even the settings and About macromedia menu items are seen. I used the following code to do that in IE6. Please do let me know if it violates any copyright or legal con...more >>

Hey Sorry this must be a stupid question but im new to Flash. I have created a number of buttons and i just wanted to know how to hyper link them. If anyone could explain it to me it would be very helpful Thanks NoVaoraussie ...more >>

i have a flash an elearning movie that i created from the presentation template, each new "slide" contains a text box with text inside it. the user moves from page to page using controls. i want to create a progress tracker that will be displayed at the side of the movie and will show the user which...more >>

I have four swfs that I would like to play in sequence, one after the other, from a master swf. However, I do not have the source code for all of them so I can't put the code in each individual swf to shut it self down. I'm not sure how to proceed, any ideas? ...more >>

Hi, I want to create a simple audio control with a play & stop button. The audio would not be running initially & user can use the play button to start the audio. Also when the audio gets over, the stop button should be displayed /highlighted. I'm able to create a movie where the audio has started ...more >>

I am wondering if I could get some advice - hoping that others have been in situations like mine and have some good ideas. I am working on a Flash app that uses LoadVars via MySQL/PHP... yeah, I know - everyone does. Well I am working on debugging, and because my computer isn't set up with a...more >>

Hi, i have a text input box on my frame that is used to enter a password. The text inputs instance name is passwordEntry and the text entered goes into the variable passwordInput. I have a button below which is you click on to see if the password is correct, it has the instance name passwordOK. I ...more >>

Hi, I was wondering how I would make movieclip buttons, Like what actionscript is necessary to make it animate when the mouse is over it, and animate after you click on it. Thanks! ...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to create a flash movie with a timeline that moves from left to right as the movie plays, but also with the functionality for the user to click and drag the timeline backwards, in order to rewind the movie to an earlier part. Ideally, it should work the same way as watching a...more >>

hello friends i have one doubt ..thst i did individual . swf files i want play audio file only using main file. i put audio file in 1.swf.... iam calling individual on (release) { loadMovieNum("2.swf", 0); } after closing this ...audio also closing. so..iam thinking that using of...more >>

Does anyone know how to do this? - A hair salon wants to set up a site for users to email their own photos and have their own pictures used to show several different hair styles. Does anyone know of something available to automate this process? The concept is similar to: http://hairstyles.v...more >>

Hi guys, please help Is there any way to write (or copy/paste) Japanese text in Flash? I'm already using the #include commands, but still I would need to insert some Japanese text directly into Flash. Working enviroment: - Win XP - Macromedia Studio MX (6) plus thx in advance....more >>

Hi, I want to know if it possible to insert a Windows Media Player or something like this in a page in Flash because I want to play a Movie in my flash page but I don't want to insert it into my flash page because it will be too big. I don't know if I have to use an ActiveX or something like this. ...more >>

Can someone help me. I am trying to make a puzzle with a jpg file. When I import my file and try to modifiy/trace bitmap it takes a long time and my file is not the same quality as before. My program is crashing when I lower the color threshold less than 16. I have also tried to lower the pixel ...more >>

I have a swf file with a link to other larger swf files. Each of the files has a preload animation. For some reason if I select one of the links it takes forever for anything to happen. No preload animation from the new file that the link is pointing to. It just sits there on the previous swf fi...more >>

The codes: on (release) { gotoAndPlay(n); //where n is your frame number } and gotoAndStop("FrameLabel"); prevFrame(); nextFrame(); still don't work for my buttons when I try to make them jump back and play a frame. Is there another way of creating buttons besides obtaining one fro...more >>

Probably the dumbest question of the day this...do I need to add something to a project to display a loading screen/loading progress bar for a published Flash animation? David Raven ...more >>

I have three layers that are animated. The layers are identical but move at different speeds. I have created a motion path for each layer but only two actually follow their path, and the third just doesn't want to know. Any ideas? David Raven ...more >>

Is there a way to add a stroked outline to text? For example, white text with a black border? Do I have to convert the text to shapes first? Any help/pointers/advice much appreciated. David Raven ...more >>

hi everyone, i need help!! im trying to make interactive CD, im done now with the movie, i already published a projector, now my problem is: i have a roxio toast, theres an auto run feature in toast, now the problem is i dont know the procedures of making my CD autorun? i checked the help, but cant ...more >>