Hi, Using Flash Mx, I created a motion tween on a path using guide layer. Animation works fine. Can i move the path layer? I need to create a motion tween on actual path so in the resulting animation the object movement will be controlled by guide path and its movement. Thanks Ali ...more >>

I am so confused. I have published my flash movie as .swf. When I play it as a .swf file (double click the file) it plays fine. When I view it from within an HTML page, one of the playhead controls built into the movie behave differently. When it's clicked, it restarts the movie from the beginni...more >>

If you need to make an animated button with different animations for up, over, and roll-out states, what's the most compact way to setup the movie? Should I line up the different animations on the same timeline, add a layer on top for a blank button (for hit state), and use onRollover/onRollout to ...more >>

I need to fond a tutorial on how to draw a red pen circle around an object, as if someone had picked up a marker pen and circled the object. Any help or pointers would be useful Many thanks in advance Rob ...more >>

How do I take a score result from a search engine and convert it to a percentage in action script and round it off: This is the conversion that I need (0.7961) = 80% And, also, how do I perform a number formatt to make the following format change: 1000 = 1,000 Thanks for any help. ...more >>

Flash MX: I've created a movie with two scenes. The second scene contains a dynamic textfield and gets its content from FlashDynamics.txt: newsField=sumtext It uses the var newsField and gets updated as supposed to happen. Now I've also created a second textfield called Bignews. It uses Flashdyna...more >>

I placed my movie properties to 300 x 300 then I imported a round graphic with dimension also 300 x 300 when this is placed on the 300 x 300 movie layer, there sre the four cornrs of the movie layer that the round (circle) graphic does not cover right? How can I make these 4 corners transparent? ...more >>

Hey I have a this flash movie that I want to generate a random background each time it's loaded. So I was wondering if there's any function for generating a random bitmap in a specific area. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Carl ...more >>

Hey there, The animation is on a webpage on MSN. Here is the link : http://advertising.msn.com/adproducts/3rdpartyrichmedia.asp To tell you exactly whats the problem, I can create the animation but it is not transparent this means that I also see the entire movie size when I play the movie, ...more >>

I am working on a new e-learning site, starting from scratch. I am looking for a way to display audio and/or video, synchronized with slides or updating text of some sort. These two elements (media + slides) will be part of a browser interface the student will use when taking classes online, along...more >>

I have a full flash website and have problems with some people viewing them. It loads fast on my personal network(3 computers) however, but when I check my website on other computers(50+) on a larger network, it takes a long time for my site to load. My question is how do I optimize my website so ...more >>

I know that over a year ago Macromedia recognized that files over 3mb the audio/video sync will drift dramatically. This was also talked about at DevCon last october. The last tech note stated that they where working on a fix Does anyone know if Macromedia has found this fix. I have a talking hea...more >>

I know this must be simple, but I am confusing myself. When I make a movie using Flash MX, I think and call it Flash. But when I direct someone to get the plugin to run the movie, they get a Shockwave download. So, what is correct way to say "this is a flash project" and where does Shockwav...more >>

What do you do if your client asks for the source files for his web site as he wants someone else to maintain it??? I only ask this because I created a business site for my sisters friend who had no money, the original agreement was that I would get a cut of the sales the site generated so I worked ...more >>

Recently Flash has been doing some odd thing to me. When editing an object in the library, anything I do (even changing tools or selecting a line to edit) causes an intense CPU usage spike (100%) that lasts for around 10 seconds. At first I thought it was my system locking up, but the action compl...more >>

I am looking to create a background the transitions smoothly from one color to another when you press the button, however I'm having some trouble figuring it out. Here is an example of what I think I'd like to do and the script involved in the process: http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Getting_S...more >>

I want to add sound to flash movie. I don't want any sound objects(I.E. buttons, etc, etc..). I just want the sound to play in background, while the movie is playing. How do I do that ? I already have the layers and animation set up, and have mp3(sound file) edited to play the same duration as ...more >>

I am just getting started with flash and I want to create a application that will have our logo. I want the logo to be created by a "laser" that would be in the background. I would also like to have "sparks" that come off the beem as it writes the logo. I understand that this might be too much for a...more >>

well, ive looked and tried about everything that I could, but I cant get an email link to work out of a stand alone Flash projector file. The GetURL/mailto: thingy doesnt work at all. Any help on this front would be great. Tim ...more >>

I love Macromedia's UI Components. They've very flexible, and very easy to work with. But as an unfortunate side effect of that flexibility and ease of use, they are often unacceptably large, in terms of file size. For instance, today, I deleted Macromedia's UI components and made several UI elem...more >>

I made a combo box in Flash MX with 5 URLs in data field. The swf file is 210x180 pixels. The swf file displays in the Dreamweaver MX html file correctly and when previewed in the Dreamweaver MX html file it displays and works great. However when I pull the file up in my browser, the swf file does n...more >>

Hi people, I have created a draggable mc, that when dragged enlarges the size of its parent mc. I simply need to constrain, the draggable mc's movement, so that it doesn't exceed its parent mc's x and y position. I have a fla here which I can email, if anyone is willing to help. ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to find a good tutorial or example code to show how to use components within projects. I have a menu that is dynamically duplicated depending on how many records are in a database but need to be able to constrain the number to view within a scrollable field. Can anyone offer any...more >>

I have a dynamic textbox that pulls in XML from a database. My question is how can I upload an image that goes with the content of that article? Is that even possible? If not, does anyone even know how I can resolve this problem? I tried to put a movie clip on the side and only display image where e...more >>

Can someone give me a list of things you can't do on a masked layer, when the mask is shape tweened. Cause it seems that it is not possible to go to another frame (by clicking a button) in an mc that is on a masked layer when the mask is shape tweened. When I put the layer with the mc to norma...more >>

Hi all, I need to make a list of numbers some how using the value of a variable(n). So when n = 10, i need the list of numbers to go from 1 to 10. If n = 20 then the list needs to go from 1 to 20. If not sure how to go about this, would i need to use an array? Also i;m not sure what wou...more >>

hi there, how do u close a flash movie from a button? i have a button called exit, what scripting would it need? thank you :) ...more >>

Hello, I've done a flash movie where I use several "motion guides" drawn with the pencil, but I'would like to publish it and not to see the guides. I've tried to do it, but you always see the guides. Could you please tell me how can I do it. I really apppreciate it. Cristina ...more >>

how do get flash to launch a windows media player? I know how to do it in dreamweaver but I#'d like to know how to do it in flash? please help ...more >>

Hello everybody! I made a lot of very simple applications in Flash and I would like to apply the same appearance to all of them. I don't want to edit all the buttons I have on my applications... Is there a way to import the skins I made for the first application to the other ones?? Thank you m...more >>

I created flash movie, and i need to make its background transparent is this possible ? ...more >>

Hey, yeh im back with these devilish panes! They are grey by standard, and yes i know i can tint them blue. But then the picture get tinted too :( Help :) ...more >>

i am working on some IT firms web i appriciate if anybody can give me a good flash intro (fla) for it if i use that i am going to put his or her credit on it Rgds Sam ...more >>

i there any way that when user opens my page it gives a fresh copy of swf's from server instead that it takes from his cache... ...more >>

I've been experimenting with adding video in MX and have discovered that the size of my Flash file gets very large, very fast. It doesn't get smaller when I close the file. However, when I 'save as' the new file has a filesize that is something approaching normal. . . what the &*%k is going on. ...more >>

I have been going to certain websites and not able to access them, because it says I do not have Flash Player, and I need to download it. This is what the box says when I go to certain sites: There is no viewer available for the type of object you are trying to open The following information ...more >>

Please help anybody? How do i self automate a flash 5 exe file to expand to full screen upon opening* Once you open the exe file it will follow the attributes you have set for the page properties. But you can manually expand to full screen via the menu. How can i automate this process? *w...more >>

I have a flash file that has four movies that loop. Each movie is on it?s own layer. At different points on the timeline one of the movies will expand to fill the whole screen. The problem is that the layer order dictates what movie is on top so when one expands the others are still on top. http:...more >>

My ComboBox component is not making pull down menu, but always making pull up, the menu opens upward, menu. Is this a kind of default setting, or some modification needed to fix it to pull DOWN? Any suggestion greatly appreciated. ----------------------------------------- Osamu Terao ...more >>

I have searched for information on this but have been unsuccessful so far... I have a scrolling navbar that I have successfully modified from a basic template. You can see it here: http://www.redmondexams.com/top_scroll.swf This scroll bar will be at the top of the web page. Currently, when...more >>

Hi, Can anyone advise me on how to go about creating tool tips for a Flash movie using MX. The tooltips need to be multi-lingual. Therefore I`m thinking that I`d have to have some text file which defines the language and the tooltips. I`d then parse this file dynamically to display the to...more >>

How can I get a motion guide to work with a mask since they seem to be mutually exclusive being radio buttons? That is, I have a small moon orbiting a planet. The orbit is an oval motion guide. When the moon goes behind the planet I want it to disappear. The smoothest way to do this is to use ...more >>