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Floating boxes and flash
Posted by : grey : at 7/10/2003 11:29:43 PM
I am having problems with making some javascript based flyout menu's show up on top of flash. Is there a way in Netscape to fix this? I think I have it working in IE. Thanks, : grey : ...more >>

Begginer :)
Posted by Gogic at 7/10/2003 9:41:12 PM
Can some one tell me where can i finde raw action script models ...more >>

create autorun CD w/ Flash demo
Posted by prokopof at 7/10/2003 9:29:57 PM
Hi there , could anybody help me with creating autorun CD with Flash presentation? I am trying to burn CD with my presentation in FLASH but it doesn't work. I published the FLASH demo as mydemo.exe file and I created autorun.inf in NotePad. Both of these 2 files I placed into my burning software(Rec...more >>

Closing Browser Window
Posted by cooped at 7/10/2003 9:06:44 PM
Does anyone know the command to close the browser window that the movie is in? I have a close button at the end of the movie, but can not get the published HTML version to close the browser. Any help will be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Level Visible LoadMovieNum HELP
Posted by laythss at 7/10/2003 6:52:53 PM
hello all, I am having trouble figuring out how this is done and how it works. I will explain what I am doing first: I have 3 .SWF movies called "intro.swf" , "main.swf" , and "detail1.swf" . The web address will be targeting the "intro.swf" (i.e. www.domain.com/inrto.swf) In the "intro.swf"...more >>

combobox animation?
Posted by rdoyle720 at 7/10/2003 6:15:40 PM
I don't think there's a way to do this, but...I'm working on Flash movies that basically explains how a new website works to employees. This site uses a lot of comboboxes, and I need to animate a cursor clicking them open, navigating to the right choice and selecting it. Over the course of this pr...more >>

screenshots imported are being distorted??????????????????????????????????
Posted by bobterlizzi at 7/10/2003 6:13:18 PM
Hi, I am creating a presentation for the software company i work for. We have many screenshots that i want to look crystal clear and perfect. For some reason if i pull in an image it becomes distorted a little bit. seems like it was stretched slightly even when i do not scale it at all..And some ima...more >>

MX not playing in Netscape
Posted by Mitya at 7/10/2003 6:12:27 PM
Hi all Netscape, in its eternal substandardness, isn't displaying any Flash. I can handle Flash 4 but won't show anything MX-procued. I guess this is a plug-in update issue, but it's not giving me any prompt to download the latest Flash, and Internet Explorer (long live the king) plays all MX stu...more >>



Save Flash coloring book
Posted by Jonny M at 7/10/2003 4:35:43 PM
I am planning a flash coloring book. The user will be able to scribble over an image in different colors using different brushes. Is there a way to save this to a file so that it can be loaded up again with the scribbling intact? Thanks in advance for any advice! ...more >>

Using Text as a Link
Posted by heidiho at 7/10/2003 4:25:20 PM
I'm a beginner with Flash. Please excuse my rudimentary knowledge. Is is possible to use text as link in Flash to move to another frame in the movie? I have done this in the flash movie I'm working on with a button, but I would like to do it with just text instead. I guess the effect I'm look...more >>

Publishing Movie on the Web
Posted by mylittlecow2001 at 7/10/2003 4:00:31 PM
I am building an HTML site with a veryshort Flash intro, the problem i am having is that whilst on my development PC the site runs fine, once I have uploaded it and test, on certain computers the swf just does not want to load, and sits with a white screen for a long time. Please help me im tryin...more >>

executable project doesn't open URL in the front
Posted by benjicmd at 7/10/2003 3:45:59 PM
Hi my name is Tanju Ture from Belgium I have made a flashproject saved as an executable that goes fullscreen. There is also a clickable logo that opens a webpage with the url of the company. It works but you don't see it because the webpage stays in the background behind the flashproject. D...more >>

optimizing text
Posted by AndrewFish at 7/10/2003 2:44:46 PM
Any advice on the best way to decrease the file size on text. I have a large amount of copy, scrolling areas and such, and it moves quite slowly. Advice? Thanks in advance, Andrew ...more >>

Mac help needed: Flash movie covering dropdown menu
Posted by belvialinda at 7/10/2003 2:44:06 PM
Hi there, I've got an issue with my site displaying improperly on a Mac. The flash movie on the index page is covering the drop-down menus that come out from the left navigation bar. I was having the same problem on a PC, but one of you great folk solved that for me with this: <PARAM NAM...more >>

Events to buttons to advance movie
Posted by Dax Trader at 7/10/2003 2:28:56 PM
Hi Making a simple movie that I want to be able to start by clicking a button. Used the buttons in the FLASH library for this. Put on separate layer and then tried to attach the necessary code. But when I try to make it work this is all I get. Scene=Scene 1, Layer=play, Frame=1: Line 1: M...more >>

Dynamic text not loading in time for scroll bar component
Posted by Lori Byrne at 7/10/2003 2:23:00 PM
Hi all I am having a really hard time with this For some reason the scroll bar is setting itself before the text is loaded so it isn't I've read the macromedia tech note on this and I am still having trouble. I've tried having it test to see if its loaded and if it is then go to the fr...more >>

HELP! Can't load .swf file from projector
Posted by Al montreal at 7/10/2003 2:16:18 PM
Hehe my problem is almost the same has the other guy under. I have a .swf document who load some other swf files on the stage (with button), on different level, with the action "LoadMovieNum". When I export my files has .swf, it all works perfect. I press button and my movies are loading on th...more >>

Drop Down Menu
Posted by ellydunny at 7/10/2003 2:08:03 PM
Hi there, I am new to flash and was succesful in creating a drop down menu. I do not know how to import it properly into my web site. Problem: The movie size is 150X500, and I simply hit the insert flash icon and it is in my site, but when I preview the menu on the browser it is showing me t...more >>

Animated Links
Posted by Lucy4 at 7/10/2003 1:37:27 PM
I am trying to create a Flash animation with a link in it. I then want the add the animation to an HTML page. My question is how do I add the link to a certain part of the animation? and will it still work in an e-mail as well as on the web? Cheers. ...more >>

button with a movie clip question...
Posted by Scott Bille at 7/10/2003 1:30:30 PM
in flash 5, i have a button inside a movie clip on the main timeline of my movie that i would like to link to another scene in the main movie. i have tried on (release) { _root.gotoAndPlay("pmscene", 1); } on (release) { _parent.gotoAndPlay("pmscene", 1); } what is the syntax i sho...more >>

Dynamic Text loading problem
Posted by Christchild at 7/10/2003 1:17:16 PM
We have an empty swf file that has nothing but action script on it's timeline. On frame 1 I call load movie to load external swf file. And in that file I have a text box that I populate from a text file dynamically. The problem is, when I do it this way it is loading the external swf file but not ...more >>

Java Script in Flash
Posted by Christchild at 7/10/2003 1:11:10 PM
I am working on a web site where we are loading flash files into a target. One of the pages was already created with java script for a cursor trail and bubbles on the page. Are we able to use the same script in Flash. ...more >>

flash and accessibility
Posted by webmanuk at 7/10/2003 12:56:25 PM
Hi guys I appreciate this topic may have been discussed in here before, but I`m new here so please bear with me. I am producing a website and the logo is Flash based. Unfortunately, I can`t make this Flash movie compatible with WCAG 1.0. I`ve included the code from the Flash movie below. Ca...more >>

Using Flash runtime content from a CD in a webpage?????
Posted by csharp2a at 7/10/2003 12:41:36 PM
I have been asked to try to incorporate a CD that uses a Flash runtime with multiple Flash SWF files into a website. The user normally inserts the CD and the autorun and Flash runtime take over and display the content. I need to put the movies on a website so that when the user clicks a link, th...more >>

mac unable to view flash buttons
Posted by Gizay at 7/10/2003 11:56:35 AM
A site that I created works fine on IBM, however, I have been told that the navigation buttons are not operable on a mac. What could be the problem? www.greenlandservice.com Nancy ...more >>

Non-Compete Agreement
Posted by Pat at 7/10/2003 11:38:59 AM
Hi, I was fired last week for refusing to sign a non-compete agreement after working for this employer for over a year. Also, I use web sites that I designed as examples of my work on the portfolio page of my web site and after he fired me he told me to take it all down. I'm not cooperating...more >>

Multimedia CD ROM
Posted by Roach at 7/10/2003 9:52:39 AM
Hi there: I'd like to make a multimedia CD ROM, and as I've experienced, Flash isn't the best route to go. Preloaders and such don't work because Flash remains a web-optimized application. I am an advanced level Flash designer and an intermediate level programmer. What tools would I need t...more >>

How to control the level 0 timeline from another level ?
Posted by monkeyman at 7/10/2003 9:45:21 AM
Flash: V4 How can I move the main movie timeline (level 0) to another frame from a movie loaded into level 1 ? Thanks MM ...more >>

Cannot write @ character in Flash
Posted by Roky at 7/10/2003 7:56:23 AM
Hello, i use Slovenian keyboard and regional settings on Windows XP are also set to Slovenia. I made a feedback form, where users should also write their e-mail. The trouble is noone - at least people from Slovenia can't write @ character. Keyboard works like i would press CTRL+V (paste). I tr...more >>

scrollpane with 2 movieclips ?
Posted by maxdido at 7/10/2003 6:39:51 AM
i have a scrollpane with a size of 900x300. in the "component parameters" of the scrollpane i put the following : scroll content : mcsummary horizontal scroll : false vertical scroll : true drag content : false then i made a movieclip with the content that need to be scrolled. i gave this...more >>

How do you open a new flash window from a flash movie, not browser window
Posted by Beezy at 7/10/2003 6:35:03 AM
Does anyone out there know how to open a new flash window from an already open flash (swf) movie? I used the loadmovie actino, but that just loads the movie in the same window. I have a main navigation I'm trying to use for a CD and want to be able to open a swf file in a new flash window, and ...more >>

two-way communicating with Flash6 ActiveX
Posted by Deniom at 7/10/2003 6:10:51 AM
Regards, I know I can send messages FROM flash player to an ActivX host using 'fscommand()', but how can I send messages TO the player from the host form in a forexample C# form? i.e. suppose I wana invoke an action script function in my movie from my host app. Thanks, ...more >>

About the Mask..
Posted by ColorMotion at 7/10/2003 5:48:49 AM
I made a scollbar with flash, and I intended to use this scollbar to control a text to scoll. The content in text box was loaded from a textfile outside . To aviod the user see the text out of the text box , I use a mask on the text box. But it didn't work. The Dynamic text box did not support to...more >>

Flash MX / Player 6... bug?
Posted by Golden Anime at 7/10/2003 5:41:56 AM
i just upgraded to a Pentium 4 3.06 GHZ, and now on most flash files i try to play (usually on ones with long sound streams).. the sound just.. stops after a few seconds. And on other occasions, the movie will just restart sometimes halfway thru the movie not just ones ive made either, any movie...more >>

Question about flash Ads
Posted by OlgaP at 7/10/2003 3:15:32 AM
Hi everbody, I will like to know how I can do that kind of ads that usually jump in the page from nowhere, I saw them at Yahoo and in many other web sites. They are like transparent , I mean I can see through them. Somebody knows how to do them or can refer to a web site with tutorials about the...more >>

Jpg Quality
Posted by mustangdesigns at 7/10/2003 2:26:24 AM
I have 3 jpgs in my flash file and they are smooth when I preview them in flash from the timeline, but when I export, the images are not smooth at all and it looks very unprofessional. Can someone please help me?? I have the pictures at 100 and when exporting. And the allowed smoothing is check...more >>

Ms Agent in Flash?
Posted by Eff NO[at]SPAM CTJ at 7/10/2003 2:10:32 AM
Hello~ :D I'm a flash developer in trainning so being a developer I have done a lot of programming and design especially in Flash MX! :o I even tried programming using Visual Basic, C++ and Dreamweaver. I tried programming on Ms Agent, an add-on for Windows which have text-to-speech technology...more >>


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