I made a banner in Flash MX and am trying to get it to work with Frontpage 2002, however I cannot get it to work. I saved the flash file then converted it to an .swf extension and imported the .swf file and the html file into 'my web' in frontpage. I copied and pasted the html into the index.ht...more >>

Hi, Pro a noob question but when I have multiple files open, is there a faster wap to swap between them rather than just closing and re-opening windows ? Thanks in adv Greg ...more >>

Hello ! I´ve saw a lot of flash pages that when you click on a button a new page is loaded on, but this dont have the typical navegation bar..... It only opens a new window like (flashplayerwindow..) How can I do that? Thankyou! P.D.: Sorry for my english..... ...more >>

A very common effect on Flash web sites is a blinking or lightning effect. But I can't find sample code or a tutorial on how to do this. I'm sure it's very simple, but I'm pretty new at this (is it just me or is the Flash UI difficult to use?). Thanks. http://xtr.shimano.com/ Referring...more >>

I downloaded a 30-day trial version of Flash MX on Aug 23, 2003. This morning, right in the middle of me creating a movie that might land me a permanent job on Tuesday when everyone gets back to work, Macromedia tells me my trial version is over. Incredibly, I am posting here, because I have s...more >>

I can't add a hyperlink to a swf file...a MX Flash button I want to use for navigation. I can't find any clear answers in "help" I have tried every option. Anyone know the right eay to code this? Mahalo Travis Referring URLs www.wahinesurf.com ...more >>

Just want to know is there any way I can have a transparent background? ...more >>

Aaaagh - I'm thinking of packing this in - what a way to spend your life !!!! A simple call to a PHP script - to update a progress status table in mysql.... In Netscape 7 MAC - the server returns a 501 'method not implimented' error - yet (after 2 days fiddling) all other browser seem to retur...more >>

I'm designing a splash screen for a website, and I wanted to use a video clip with sound. When I import the movie, I don't get the sound. Why am I not getting sound, and how can I remedy the situation? Using Flash MX, Windows 2000 Professional ...more >>

Hi, I'm publishing a flash doc so I can insert into a frontpage web, but the only file I can seem to insert is a HTML, and using that it never seems to load properly...... Any suggestions?! I need help with this ASAP Thanks ...more >>

Shit... I'm a flash cartoonist, and I have been looking EVERYWHERE for a preloader with a progress-bar. All I can do now is those crappy little 1-frame loading screens. Viewers don't want that... they want to know how much is loaded. PLZ iv looked everywhere don't fail me whoever is reading this... ...more >>

hi i can get this to work fine with broken apart text and shapes that i draw in flash when i import a jpeg..say a small one 8x8 pix to start the shape tween break it apart import a larger jpeg 400x400 break this one apart the tweeen works but flash creates a series of small square...more >>

I have an XML file with text between node tags... <node1>here is my text</node1> Once I parse this into a flash movie, all is displayed accordingly. By now I want to be able to format this text so that some of the words are bold or underlined or italicized. Using dreamweaver I noticed ...more >>

I am a producer of bespoke CDROMs. Other than the videos I produced, my client has created a flash presentation for the CDROM totalling 11mb with tons of swirls, disolves, fades, etc. Too much spiking and the lower spec pcs don't like it...they freeze, go back to the begining, or give up a black s...more >>

I have a little VBA application that I'm trying to mimic and hopfully better in Flash. The VBA app uses excell to store customer lists, their 'column breaks' on various items, and the items with their 'base prices', which code converts to prices on whatever quantity they order. I basically need...more >>

Hi, I've got what I think might be a little problem, but cannot fins a solution for it. I have a swf that is calling an asp script through the LoadVars.sendAndLoad method, and I'm expecting the asp script to write back at the flash movie through the response.write method. The problem is tha...more >>

Hi, I've created some navigation buttons and I'm now trying to figure out how to click them and open different text files that are associated with each button in a single text field. Does this make sense? It's like with html where you can click any number of buttons that will open files in a sing...more >>

Hi, Im a flash mx begginer and I have a question. I started an animation and looped it. Its a short one of a person dancing. I realized that I want to add music to it. The song is way longer, so I was wondering how I could loop just the animation and play the music in a layer continuosly. Im su...more >>

Here's the situation - it really makes no sense to me at all... So I had this Flash file I was working on in MX. It had a whole bunch of large pictures in the library, and the FLA ended up being about 4MB, and the SWF was abou 500k. Since I was using this on the web, that was WAY too large, so ...more >>

any ideas on how to do the scroll as seen on this website http://www.hugeinc.com/2001/huge_1000.html in the client section. i want to be able to scroll over it with out having visable buttons. Any link to a tutorial similar to that would be great :) johnny ...more >>

If I Pre-order Macromedia Studio MX 2004 with Flash Professional Is that the full version? ya' know... like you get all of the packages for only $999? That seems a little bit cheap dont you think? ...more >>

I really really need to make a preloader. I have tried to learn from certain sites, but i dont get it. Can someone please explane in plane english how to make a simple preloader? ...more >>

hi, i have tried installing a few times, but the box that should show some animation remains blank except for a small icon on the top left which is usually shown when a picture is loading. nothing in the faq's .. any help is appreciated. ...more >>

is new flash mx 2004 support arabic language ...more >>

I can create a button using Flash MX. 1. Once created, how is it saved / exported so that it can be used in Dreamweaver? How is it accessed in Dreamweaver? 2. In particular, how would I make it available in the "Flash Button" feature of Dreamweaver? Many Thanks, tomintown ...more >>

My web development guys are trying to find any pre-written message board components (created using Flash) that can be easily incorporated into our existing flash-based web site. Any ideas!? The message board needs to be functionally rich ... but easily modified and incorporated. As you can ...more >>

Hi, may somebody help me with such a problem - I have to make big .jpeg slowly rotating in my movie (thats a quality picture of earth). And when I was making it with using key-frames the rotating look twitching and with the strips and shifts in the picture. Thanks, Versus ...more >>

I have created a Flash movie in Windows with relative links to local files such as html, doc, & pdf files. I used the getURL action. In Windows, everything is fine. However, on the mac (OS 9), the links work when I play the swf file, BUT NOT when I make a mac projector. I know the path names are...more >>

Hi Do anyone know how I can set all settings in Photoshop as default ( as they were when i bought the program ) -Mikkel ...more >>

Text boxes are text boxes, I know that, but is there a way you can put a picture in a text box, or is there no way? ...more >>

Okay, I got no responses at all on my last post. I'm reposting this just for that reason. No messages telling me I was in the wrong place or anything at all. To quote Dr. Evil, "Throw me a frickin' bone here". I think that my problem is a fairly simple one and the answer should be fairly simple ...more >>

how to make a scroll for a MC? ...more >>

Quick question. I lost my OS and had to reload windows, along with all my MX software. Just a few months ago, I could create flash text using a font called "ravie" Now I only have a few font selections...any suggestions?? ...more >>

I am trying to find a better text solution for my resume in flash. the link below will load what it currently looks like. Its done as graphics and its not up to my quality standards. I would love to load it from a text file(that way it could be easily edited), but as far as I can tell fla...more >>

Hello I´m new here... I have a scene with a few buttons, one open a Text with a scrollBar and another one open another text with a scrollbar but in level 1. In this scene in level 1, I have done a invisible button with unloadmovie on level 1, to show me only the level 0, but the problem is the te...more >>

I am creating a drop down menu in Flash that will appear at the top of my website. The flash movie is set to transparent so HTML can show through. When the menu expands I want it to expand over the top of whatever HTML is on the page, images, text, form fields, etc. Currently, html form elemen...more >>

Does anybody use Bravenet.com's email thing? I have asked them if you can use Flash forms and they said yes but also said that they don't offer Flash coding. So, what do i have to do to get Flash and Bravenet to work together? Thanks. Your response is much appreciated. ...more >>

I have a dynamic text box which gets a value from text file. I would like to have that text box be at 80% alpha. I tried putting the textbox in a movie, and ut an instance on stage, but then the value does not show up. Can you change the appearance of a dynamic text box and if so, how? Thanks ...more >>

Hey Can anyone tell me how the circle at http://www.campuswave.com within is written " Join the Movement " has been made? I meen oth the border and the blue content which moves absolutely fluid -Mikkel ...more >>

This is what i am trying to do (any input will be greatly appreciated): I want to have the same Flash file in several pages and have the Flash movie go to a specific frame of the movie depending on the page loaded (i.e. URL). It seems like it should be possible. Does FScommand allow this? How ...more >>

Hi there - thanks for reading this, I've got a Flash movie running in a window. When it starts - it sends a request to the server to find '$progress' - which tells it which movie to load next. The first time it runs it runs $progress = 'introduction' .... so the movie loads 'introduction.sw...more >>

I'm just starting out on flash.. And the first thing I want to do is this: Have a 'one use' flash menu movie that can reside at the top of my HTML pages. Some of these page would be in sub-directories from the main page - but all useing the same flash file stored somewhere like a /media/ dire...more >>

Hello I created a projector file to be burned on a CD. I inserted my own custom Icon by going to info and pasting. The Icon then shows up fine. However, if the CD is inserted into a Mac using OSX, then Icon appears much smaller to the point where it only looks like a small square. Has anybody els...more >>

Hate to sound like a n00b, but I'm having serious problems getting this to work. I have several compiled .swf files (converted from PowerPoint with PowerConverter) which I am attempting to link together into a sequenced series of presentations. Now, I can get the first swf to load and play by ...more >>

how do I add an email link to a Flash site so that when the user clicks on it ...it automaticalys gives them the email page? thanks much ...more >>

I've got a flash file that will randomly load a different text blurb from a collection of such blurbs in a text file. It currently loads a different text blurb each time the file is run, or page is refreshed. I'm wondering how I can make this randomly, continuously and automatically load the tex...more >>

Hello. I currently have version 4.0 of Flash. I am looking to upgrade to version MX or the new MX 2004. Would I be able to do so and what are the requirements for the MX upgrade for Flash? As well how much (roughly) is the upgrade in Canadian Dollars? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi, Im have some problems with exporting QuickTime with flash, i create my flash movie with all the animation, etc. Go to export the movie and a QuickTime (MOV), get the quicktime options, i then click ok and then i get this error message "The installed version of Quicktime does not have a handle...more >>

Does anybody know if it is possible to link swf files together without using a directory file? I am trying to avoid squishing them all into one swf movie because they only seem to covert to key frames when I do this. I am also Flash 5 bound. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Thank you Macromedia! I have written to your support so many times with stupid answers keeping telling me that the problems I had were not because of Flash MX bugs although obviously they were. Not even 1 little update for Flash MX since I bought Studio MX. Only one for DW that is buggier than ...more >>