Is there anyway to Disable the Tab button? I have a movie clip loading into another and the tab goes to buttons that I do not want it to. Thanks in advance! Mark J ...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 >>

Hi all I have a movieclip that is a mask for a layer. I want that movie clip to be draged. I want the cursor to be a hand when over the movieclip. I tried this: onClipEvent (mouseDown) { startDrag(""); _root.mymovieclip.useHandCursor = true; } The drag is working perfect, but no handcur...more >>

I have just finished skimming through the manual and have just produced a little animation that I'd like to place on my web page but I really don't understand how to do it.I know very basic HTML and I can manage to publish pictures,text and animated GIFs on the net but don't know how to display any...more >>

Hi there, I have currently MM DW and MM Flash newsgroups in my outlook express. I tried to add my illustrator newsgroup, but it doesn't work, I think it's something to do with the MM ones I currently have. Any suggestions? (Illustrator newsgroup is alt.graphics.illustrator). Macromedia and ...more >>

Greetings I was hoping someone can help me with creating a live preview of a component Its a simple component with one text variable - and I would like the user to be able to view the text they add the the component with a live preview. Can someone tell me how I do that? ...more >>

I have created a movie that includes fading text, by following the suggestions in this forum...thank you It works onscreen (in the flash program)....however when I publish or export the movie the text no longer fades. Does this sound like a familiar issue to anyone? I couldn't find anything i...more >>

I have a scollpane component with the scroll content pointing out a movie clip ( exported for action script ).I would like set a button in the pane that make the clip play and a button that make the clip stop.But all the code that I tried from this forum did not help me.Nothing worked. Someone can h...more >>

This is what I want to do, I'm just new to actionscript and don't know how to do it. I want that when the user's mouse goes within a certain bounding box, (say, over a button or graphic), a small graphic will appear on the screen and move relative to the mouse. When the person moves their cursor ...more >>

I have created buttons in Photoshop that are rectangle with small (not) anti-aliased text. I export them as PNG files and Import them into Flash. When I convert one of these files to a Button or Movie in Flash, the text becomes distorted and out of proportion. Any idea what I am doing wrong? ...more >>

I created my falsh file in flash 5 and have since worked on it in flash mx. I still however CANNOT use instance names. How do I get my file to truly be a flash MX file. It always publishes this file to flash 5 while files i start in flash MX publish to 6. ...more >>

Does anyone know why, with some fonts, when you make text into a graphic, some letters get filled it? Like the middle of an "o". How can this be fixed? Thanks! -- Rob ...more >>

Hi, I´ve got a site. I use swf files, within html file. But I´ve got a problem: I dont know how i can change the title of the window of navigator. It appers the url of the swf file. I need help. Thanks ...more >>

Hey Guys: Does anybody agree with me in the following: Do you really like how pen tool draw vectors? Can macromedia modify this tool, cause it seems that is easiest to import Illustrator or Corel drawings than make them in flash....Imgine that you are doing a shape twining full of curves of a...more >>

I have design a mother movie, with a preload function, that works perfectly. Also, in this movie, I have several movie clips as holders, in order to host external flashes, that include preload sessions, too. These holders are not together in one frame; they are distributed in a number of keyframes. ...more >>

how do i add a scrollbar to my text? ...more >>

Hi, I've created an input textfield, the text entered is then retrieved by a PHP script which puts it in a text file. How is it possible to take into account the linefeed entered initially in the textfield? I know how to process linefeeds in order to retrieve datas from the text file (html prop...more >>

My swf looks fine when I publish it, but when I upload my site to geocities and view the file, it creates a buffer. I am aware that viewing the file through an html page creates a buffer, but why is the swf itself creating a buffer around the graphics? Any ideas? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

ok.. i was wondering.. what is the exact rule to use a gradient filled shape.. as a masking layer for a picture.. when ever i use a gradient filled shape.. and mask it on a picture layer... i get the result of a masked shape, and not the feathered effect.. is there any thing that i should kn...more >>

Hello I haven't used the paint inside brush tool b4 and I know this must be very basic but I can't paint inside an image I created with the pencil tool. It wont contain inside the image. I begin the brush inside.....and I've tried creating a symbol, and breaking apart etc., but nothing seems ...more >>

Hello, I am quite new to flash so I hope this aint a dumb question. When I optimize my jpegs in the bitmap properties window I am told my image is 5% of the original (ie now 12k) but my original jpeg on my desktop is 14k. Am I doing something wrong? I was really hoping Flash would drastically r...more >>

I am having a problem grouping a text block and a button together. The text has been broken up so it can be shape tweened, and it is also a button. How can I group the button and the text button together so that they will both shape tween together when either is rolled over by the mouse? ...more >>

I'm rotating instances of a graphic symbol. If I free rotate, things are normal. If I hold down shift and rotate to 180, 360 or any multiple of 45, things are normal. If I rotate to 90 or -90, though, I'm unable to drag-select that symbol until I rotate it to something other than 90 degrees. ...more >>