I've been trying to make a preloader for my site, and it doesn't seem to work no matter what i do. I put the... if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) { gotoAndPlay("2"); } ....script in frame one, but every time I preview it [I show streaming of course] it preloads the entire movie before pla...more >>

I am having a bit of a problem trying to overlap flash over flash with layers in dreamweaver. With layers, I can easily overlap html and images with a transparent flash file however when i move the flash over another flash, the flash below seems to take the top level even if the layer is on top of i...more >>

hi, I've been learning flash for a little while and have made several swf movies, for an interactive CV. Naively I thought I could just use these files as the actual webpages, but when I publish (preview them in the iexplorer browser) the browser reamins blank. How do I correct this problem, or hav...more >>

Getting tired of Flash MX recently. Seems like Macromedia butchered Flash MX for Mac and PC. For the features it had, Flash 5 was BY FAR superior to MX in speed and compatibility. I used Flash MX on my Mac and discovered it is probably the most completely not optimized and slowest software I ...more >>

I have made a street map in Illustrator 10. Lots of text on paths. I exported a swf from AI & imported it to Flash MX. Everything was ok. Added layers with interactive stuff. When I exported the movie to swf from Flash MX about half the text from the Illustrator swf disappeared. Went back & ...more >>

How do you make buttons on a flash movie link to a web page. ...more >>

Hi How can I make a dynamic text smooth, just like a static text ? You know dynamic text is harsh without the smoothness of static one. ...more >>

i have a button that triggers an audio movie and a graphic movie. they play in continuous loops when left in a mouse roll over state , yet i am unable to trigger a double loop from a short mouse roll over. i want a loop triggered by a short roll over so that users who do not keep the mouse on t...more >>

Using Flash MX, I want to have my flash movie automatically take me to a new HTML document when the movie hits its final frame without having to click any buttons. I am not sure how to write the action for this to happen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

is there a way to create a guided mask?? HOW?? ...more >>

Hi there, we are a small design and production company based in NYC, NY and need to find talented freelance Flash designers for interactive CD-ROM and presentation work. What are the best sites to post job ads in order to find quality designers? If any designers in the NYC area would like to submit ...more >>

I have a series of duplicated movie clips that I reference in the following method: setProperty("dClip" + dClips, _x, xloc); setProperty("dClip" + dClips, _y, yloc); Where dClips is a integer passed in when the function is run. Is there a way to stop one of these clips without removing it?...more >>

I would like to make something that looks like the graphical dispaly I have on equalizer. The little bouncing bars that coordinate with the bass of the sound. Ilooked at the properties and events of the sound object and didn't see anything there. Is there any other way to make it work? I looke...more >>

Hello All We are running of Linux, and we will soon be having a decent sized flash game on our site, it's a flash game that is being outsourced by a gaming agency. What would anyone of you suggest as far as Server Bandwith and hardware specs for a site hosting a Flash game? ...more >>

Hi Everyone, I'm going out of town for a month & planning to take along some work. I'm bringing my copy of Studio MX & was going to install it on a machine where I'll be staying. Would anyone know if there are any problems (licensing or infringements) with doing this? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Hello flashers, I am looking for a total solution to designing an all flash liquid interface that will scale to any size and resolution the end user views the swf on. Included in the flash design will be a combination of bitmaps and vector artwork and severl embedded fonts. I am aware of the rela...more >>

Hi, I'm working on an intro for a marketing group. Their design is based around 4 good sized jpgs but featurers duotone versions of each image as well as the full color. Hence, the final swf includes 8 bitmaps unless I figure out a way to let flash (color variations maybe?) create the duotones....more >>

Are any tutorials available on the net on flash please? Please guide.dkb ...more >>

Hi. 1.Take a look at this: on(keyPress "<Left>"){ _root.gotoAndStop(1); } If I have 2 scenes how can I determine the scene the user goes to? In other words here we have just one parameter for determining the frame ,what about a parameter for determining the scene? For example if I have t...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a CD-ROM project and am having trouble trying to get a button in a swf file (in an html page) to launch a pdf file in the standalone Acrobat Reader Windows application. It needs to utilize the standalone Reader so that I can access its indexed search functions. Any ideas? ...more >>

A while back, I created a CD-Rom using Flash for everything on the CD-Rom. The format was a basic narrative Q&A session where the client was asked questions about his business and was able to share what he can provide to his clients. Here's the dilemma. I set the whole structure up where each s...more >>

hi , i have created this http://www31.brinkster.com/edwardgillan/ink_loader.htm, and it acts as a movie clip, but i want it to act as a loader now, for example it gradually fills up the ink bottle then when it fills up it loads onto the next scene, can anyone help me out here? and another thing, ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create a video sequencer for a university project, am not sure whether to use flash or director, would rather use flash but intend to use a large number of small video clips and am concerned that I will end up with a huge file size because I have to embed the video in flash as ...more >>

I have a large 15 page text file. i need to copy the contents of this text file into a Flash movie - but there is a catch. I need to separate this large block of text into small chunks that will fit into text fields of this dimension: 308.1W by 249.5H. At the moment if I do this manually it is...more >>

I am working on a autorun cd project and would like to insert a short flash animation as soon as the cd begins to play. I need to find a way to have it play at center screen (but not fullscreen)and without the surrounding player controls/border box. Any Ideas? Thanks. ...more >>

For some time, I've been hoping that there would be a way for an SWF file to appear beneath pop-up menus and was always told that this is not possible. This morning, I noticed that this is done at http://www.adobe.com/products/encore/intro.html. Can someone steer me in the right direction regard...more >>

I have created my artwork in fireworks, exported it as a JPEG and imported it tinto flash. Everything looks fine so far. When I preview the flash movie, I get a tremendous reduction in picture quality, it looks really bad. I have no idea why this is hapenning. Any ideas please? ...more >>

Question, how can you make Flash deactivate a link? For example, let's say you have a menu bar that has a Homepage link, about us link and a contact us link. When the homepage first loads you might not want the homepage link to be active, but when you go to the about us page then you want to enable...more >>

For some reason my flash player no longer works in IE 6.0. In my Netscape it works fine. Now when I goto a site which contains flash it doesn't tell me I don't have it, but it put sup a blank imge place holder wehere the flash is suppose to go. Now when I goto re-download the flash player it tells m...more >>

Hi there flashbrains, I've been searching for days all over the net, looking for a tutorial, but it seems that sites with flashmx in combination with ASP, are not easy to find. So maybe guys, someone can help me out. I want to make a combobox with different choices, no problem with that. T...more >>

Hi Guys, Can anyone tell me what the average length (in seconds) of a flash intro is? I've got a client who wants it to last one minute. Is this excessive? Cheers, J. ...more >>

I sometimes get this odd twitch on tweens that i make, can anyone tell me how to get rid of it? http://www.webnetdesign.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Aw...more >>

Hello, I've been working on a multi-lingual Flash MX application and have been very satisfied with the display and processing of unicode characters, however I cannot get non-codepage characters to be input by the user into input text boxes. A statement from a Flash weblog (http://radio.weblog...more >>

when i load text data from an external source into a dynamic text box, the scrollbar (from flash UI) doesn't work. is this normal? wat shd i do to make the scrollbar works? (the scrollbar works fine if i input text directly into the dynamic text box) hope someone can help me, thanks ...more >>

well i'm running Flash 5, and suddenly pow, somehow i've lost the main tools menu, drawing tools etc. i have no idea how to get it back up and i can't work without it! can someone tell me how to restore it? i've taken a screen shot of the problem if that helps: http://www.digikitten.com/playhouse...more >>

gidday, I have a flash movie that targets another swf file into it. The swf has a scroll bar that loads an external text. When i play this swf on it's own the text loads and is viewable. But when the swf is loaded into another swf the text doesn't load. This is the script I'm using to load my...more >>

I would like to create a countdown .swf such as the one here on this page: http://www.countingdown.com/movies/28918/. Can anyone help me out with what is necessary to get this to work? Thanks Brad ...more >>

I am using the new Data Validation available in DRK3 for Flash MX. Everything is working great, except for the Email validation. No matter what I enter including valid email addresses, a value of false is returned. Any ideas? Regards, Tony G Below are 2 parts of my action script. ...more >>

Where do I find the code to replace a flash banner with a static gif if flash is not present on the persons machine? ...more >>

I've searched the Macromedia site, but can't seem to find the answer to this question: What MP3 Bit Rate/Hz combinations will the Flash 6 player accept for RUNTIME import? If you know where this information is listed, this would be MUCH appreciated! Thanks, Steve ...more >>

Can I link to a frame within a flash movie? I have a flash page that has an intro but when I return to that page, I don;'t want to see the intro again, I want to return to after the intro part has played, to a certain frame - is this possible? [also posted in dreamweaver forum] thanks ...more >>

Hi, I have scanned and vectorized a hand writing with 3 words. In Flash I have used the technique of movie clips maskings, that is I spent hours covering the hand writing text one by one with many instances of the same movie clip of the same colour as the background. The hand writing is on a...more >>

How can I set a boundary condition for a moving object so that it will bounce within a circle? I know how to set the edges of a rectangle, as x,y coordinates. But how do that for a circle? -- Caroling, http://www.wholeo.net/...more >>

I have been using Flash Mx for about 6 months. i have been able to publish meny different movies and programs i have made. but i just finnished a new program using Flash MX and it freezes whein im publishing, exporing, testing movie, and outher things along that line. the file is only 4kb has no mov...more >>

Hi All I am new to PHP and would like to create a script where you can type in text in flash and it will update a text file on the server that it used by another flash movie. Can anyone help. I have read a few examples but have trouble following them. They seem to do too much and I am not confiden...more >>

Is it possible to create a stand-alone flash app, which can periodically check for an internet connection, and if it finds one checks a server for newer info/swfs, downloads them to the local computer to update the info/swfs displayed in the application? I am aware director can do it, just curiou...more >>