I would like to set up a simple flash movie that will have 3 links that simply load videos that are large in size and are .avi format. I do not want to make them externally loading .swf files..... I would only like to have the links in flash point to the videos and then open them up in quicktime....more >>

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Before going and play another frame I want to use a preloader for a group of images. I guess that gettotalbytes does not reflect bytes in a a series of jpgs loaded dynamically. How can I use preloader to show the images/bytes being loaded? ...more >>

Hi all, first post! I'm stumped - I've got a 16 x 16 transparent GIF I'm trying to import into Flash, and it's adding a grey single-pixel border to the top and left of the image, so I need to resize it to 17 x 17 to see it, AND it's blurring the image unless I set the display mode to Fast. Is th...more >>

Hi, I have created a Flash Movie, with several keyframes and holders. Also, I have created some other flash movies, with preloading effect, too. When I check all the movies, they do play fine. In the main movie, I have some keyframes, with holders with "lodmovie' function, in order to load the ot...more >>

Hi, I am in the process of learning flash and have reached the stage were I want to do something a bit more special with my buttons. Does anyone know of some good tutorials I might want to try? all the one's I have have found are quite basic, stuff I worked out myself. Thanks in advance ...more >>

I'm having a problem with Fonts running MX on windows XP. They continue to be blurry. I AM using a good bitmap font from FontsForFlash and I sent them my file and they say the problem is on my machine. I have the fonts situated correctly in the file but they won't work. They blur and display at the ...more >>

Can someone tell me how to delay the start of a movie? I want to play two movies, and have one start and keep looping, after the other one ends. Thanks for any help. Tom Payne ...more >>

What do you have to do if i were to use a preloader on the net? for example this is what I want to use. Someone on the forum was very nice and show me where I can get it, now I really don't understand how to use it, I would like to learn. I assume that I have to add all the actions (tweens) and a...more >>

Can anyone please direct me to a tutorial anywhere that teaches step by step how to create a simple collapsible navigation menu in Flash? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Here¹s a stumper. I¹m building a site in a frameset. The left nav frame is a flash movie. So is the top banner frame. Here¹s the site ==> http://www.howhuman.com/pollination/ It works fine for me and the vast majority of our friends and users. Unfortunately, my programmer isn¹t able to ...more >>

I have one dynamic text field, and idea is to load dynamic text every time when mouse is on button and to unload when mouse is not on button, this is for making help, you know like button A is Quit.. ...more >>

Hi.. Is there anybody who knows how to do an executable flash file when inserting a Cd on a computer drive....? What I mean is that is there command that can be use in the flash file to do it autoexe from a cd or do I need to do other kind of command file within the cd...? thanks I'll apprec...more >>

I am publishing a flash projector that will autorun from a CD as part of an intro movie. At the end of the movie, I want to launch an index.htm. How do I do this? Jon T. Heath Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver MX Developer Getting Feet Wet with Flash MX Developer ;-) ...more >>

Could anyone give me some hints into animatng a shine reflection that you get off of metal, like if your out in the sun and your get a knife and move it just so the reflects of into your eye. do you guys know what I'm talking about? if not say and I'll explain further. Thank you peeps ...more >>

i want to load jpeg images in swf? but the load movie option in flash 5 and mx is not loading the images from server. What can be done? Can anyone help me? ...more >>

Hi, I have used a Key listener to perform an action on a mc. It is the login "window" on www.ti-baton.fr.st, once it has been opened I want to close it, not only by using the mouse, but also by using the ENTER key, that's the code I wrote in the movie clip's timeline : touchelog = new Object...more >>

Hi, I want to download a variable (which contains infact a log, so a long string) from an external file called "hardware.txt". To perform this, I use a loadVars object. Thus, when clicking on a button, it should load the variables (the text file looks like this : "texte=fgfjgfjgfgjf......" It...more >>

I am trying to use flash to make an animated Gif but when i export my animation it doesnt move. what do i do to make it work? -thanks ...more >>

hello, i am working on a site and i am interested in creating navigation similar to that of Apple's OSX or like www.marcjacobs.com i am having a hard time getting started so if someone could let me know how this is possible i would really appreciate it. also, is there a forum for help wanted ...more >>

I have an image which I can save as swf or png or gif or jpg or whatever. What I want to do is read it, dynamically break it into pieces based on color changes, then make individual swf files out of the pieces. Any suggestions how I should go about doing so? (Primarily wondering how to generate t...more >>

Is there a fs command that will refresh my html page. If so, what is it? ...more >>

I have a movie clip (called Intro) containing the following script on the first frame: if (_root.playIntro == yes) { play(); } else { stop(); } This movie clip sits on frame 2 of the main scene (Scene 1). On my main Scene on the first frame, I set a variable when a play button is pres...more >>