Does anyone know how to use pixel fonts (ex. Fonts for Flash) where they appear crisp? I've tried moving it around on the stage decimal by decimal, but that seems to be quite extensive for such a small problem. help please! ...more >>

Hello, I lost my original flash file (.fla) and the only remnant that i have is the flash movie. Is there anyway to interpret the movie with Flash MX such that it can "break" out all layers and frames? When i attempt to open the movie in MX, I get a message "Cannot open a protected movie." thx ...more >>

I am using the quiz template almost straight out of the box, I haven't even changed the questions. The only thing I changed was the navigation options -- I think the navigation on these things is stinky - click to check the answer and have to click another button somewhere else to advance to the ne...more >>

Hi all, In flashmx the .fla works fine and it shows the words "TGExpress S.A." which let the background show through. However when I export this to a .swf the letters are for some reason not shown. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance for any help http://webforums.macromedia.com/attach...more >>

I have question about share font library. What is the advantage of using share font library? Does it make the file size smaller? It seem that eventhough I use share font, but the file size increase when I add more text on. ...more >>

Linking an external html link to an individual frame within my flash movie. When I link to the frame, I loose all animated ability. What I mean by this is that the movie becomes just a static page(not cool). I am unable to do anything else within my movie(ie. hit buttons,call movie clips, etc...)...more >>

I am new to flash and am trying to create a search form that when submitted, will capture the data in a one line text field, add it to the getURL and go to that URL. I have another application that will search through a list of personnel where the lastname was provided, and then return to the origi...more >>

Hi. I have flash MX. I was just wondering. Is there a way to make the brush tool darken when I press down on my drawing tablet? I can do this in photoshop, but I'm not sure if it is possible in flash. I know there is an option to make the brush thicker while applying pressure, which works we...more >>

I spent most of my Sunday afternoon on http://www.erasermax.com/. The site, a Flash detective game, promises a 24,000 euro (around US$27,100) prize for the person completing the game in the fastest time. The catch, and the promotion, is that you need to find a code, distributed with promotion...more >>

If you can follow this and help in any way I would be most grateful as Ive even confused myself a bit. I have a page that checks for a flash plug in (P1), then re-directs to another page that opens full screen pop-up (P2). the pop up screen opens a page with my flash movie in (p3). On the code ...more >>

Hi Folks I have a small screen with a dynamic textbox in. This Textbox fetches text content from a variable. When a action in the movie occurs the text changes in the box - fine and dandy. BUT When I embedded the font in the text box the text won't change when the variable changes. When swi...more >>

I've made several webapps using Macromedia Flash MX where copying and pasting text from one field to another can be a handy thing. This never was a problem, but since a couple of weeks this really simple functionallity doesn't work anymore. When a text is selected and one presses CTRL-C (or Apple...more >>

Hi, I need a tool that can convert a SWF file into AVI or QT in a good quality and Hi Resolution. I tried exporting from Flash but the audio sync and total quality are bad. any good software out there ? thanks, Mic ...more >>

Hi people, I need to detect wether a user is typing in an input textfield. Any Ideas?? Thanks Dave "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king"...more >>

Hello, How can i let my movie jump to a specific frame in a specific scene, depending on the user input in two different text fields? Example: User input field 1: 7 User input field 2: 23 Flash action after pressing 'go' button: Goto and stop scene 7, frame 23. Jumping to a frame is n...more >>

i don't know why. i suddenly can't view any flash on the net, which i could in the past. then i tried to download the flash player from macromedia. but when i pressed the "install now" button, another page comes up, but nothing happens! -- no downloading at all! i'd be very much grateful if s...more >>

It's REALLY strange but go to www.briancorbin.co.uk and you'll know whqat I mean. When I'm at home, running the flash site on my local machine the site works fine. When it's on the internet it flahes between the end of the preloader and the start page. Does anyone know why? Other people hav...more >>

Does anybody know how to create a line graph using flash? ...more >>

Hello When i make a link in flash mx, it always opens in the same page, i tried all the 4 options _parent _top_self_ _blank, but it makes no different, what is wrong there? Jeroen ...more >>

I have created a site in Flash that has been up for some time (www.cha-rissa.com). Recently I have updated the site to the MX version. It works just fine on my home computer (and all others that I know of)... except for the computers where I work. Tonight I tried to pull up the site and all it di...more >>

I have been trying to explain a situation I am under going with trying to to get my ActionSCript to make make my movie work (using Flash 5). I tried to attach/upload the file through this forum (but I was told not permitted). Does this forum only support MX files? Is ther another way that I...more >>