In my flash mx interface, the text in some dialogue boxes appears pixelated and is hardly readable (i.e. components is readable, but the text 'flash UI Components is not). Any comments? ...more >>

I have a site that is one page loading different .swfs with each button click. Naturally since it's actually one page, when you hit the Back button on the browser, the browser goes to the site you were on prior to coming to my site. Is it possible to set things up so that when the user hits back, th...more >>

i'm new to flash... and i was wondering... is it possible to develop a flash application and distribute it as a stand alone app to run either on Windows or MAC? where can i get more info on this? ...more >>

I would like to write a script that would fire a random clip order each time the user visits the page. The script needs to encompass a total of 15 clips. There can be no redundancy in the random selection and each one of the 15 clips needs to fire. I can logically deduce a conditional (if, t...more >>

Hi I have a video made with sorenson squeeze pro. exported from squeeze as swf. It is 8meg. It succesfully loads into my empty mc (holder), and starts to play. running in test movie mode... If I let it go it cruises along happily. I then added a pause/play button. nothing more complex than ...more >>

Ok, i've got an input field with the instance name of "input", and a variable "name". Now what i want to do is type a name in the field then hit the button and have the output show the name i entered. But when i hit the button it says undefined in the output. any suggestions? ...more >>

what is the best way to set up a flash site so that it shows up in serach engines? meta tags? hidden data? ...more >>

how would i go about linking a button to a swf? i thought it would be as easy as using the script on (release) { loadMovieNum("WhatWeDo.swf", 0); } on my button but that doesnt seem to work. ...more >>

Hello.... I have recently make a few pritty good tests with FLASH and a have saved the SWF file but the .FLA file was on me c witch i have formated and reinstalled windows on.. NOW I LOST THE .FLA WEHHHH.... And i am looking everywhere for a canverter from SFW to FLA but i just cant find it......more >>

hi why is it that the following works but when i change the order of the brackets in the first line to (color,clip) the word "color" turns blue and the program doesnt work??? thanks martyn function drawQuad(clip, color) { path = _root[clip]; path.lineStyle(0, 0xFFFFFF, 100); path.beginF...more >>

HI, I've never posted before so don't be too hard on me if this is the wrong forum! I'm making a site and the .swf file will not work in netscape (I've tried 7.0 only). The address is http://www.axiscreativegroup.com/webstart.swf It works fine for me in Internet Explorer. When I try and ...more >>

Hi all, MGQ4T - My Goofy question for today: I accidentally, in spastic mouse reflex, manage to rip my timeline from my stage. I know how to hide/turn off the timeline but how do I reattach it to my stage? I did a lot of looking but could not find out how....using Flash 5. Thanks!~ -brandon...more >>

Hello I need some help, can someone to explain me how make a movie with a music as background, I try to set , in the properties a LOOP for a sound a.mp3 (it is about 4 seconds sound file). but when the sound end and the LOOP begun again, It get a mute for 1 second. What can I do if I look a con...more >>

I would like to incorporate Flash into my site more, but I have a manager who insists that not everyone may have Flash on their machine. So, is there a way to check to see if a user has Flash, and if they do, it shows the Flash movie, but if they do not, it shows some HTML? That's my question,...more >>

Hi .... I am doing a mail form for a site.... everything works fine now but the size of the output text is much to big. here is my "logic" .... the user fills the form .... I use getURL("phpFile.php", "_blank", "POST" ) to send my variables to a php file.... format the text into a html page t...more >>

should all images on flash and the web for that matter be at 72 dpi? are you able to tell a difference with images at a higher dpi? ...more >>

i was playing with checkbox for my current project. and i wanted to get the instancename of the checkbox when i click the checkbox. so the scenario is i have one movieclip named "samplemovie" in stage and inside the movieclip i placed a checkbox with name "sample" In the timeline of "samplem...more >>

Hello all i have a movie say called box and i have a button with an action i wish to fade it down to nothing: The code is: on (release) { for (i=1; i>=0; i--) { box._alpha=i; } works fine except it happens so fast it just looks like it just swiches off.... anyway i can use AS to ...more >>

Hi. I have made an simple texteditor in flash and added actions to format the text in bold and italic. This works fine when i play the movie standalone, but when I play the movie from Internet Explorer I can't use the (ctrl + b) keys to call the function that formats the text. Instead IE exec...more >>

I have a button named "info" I'm trying to get the button to play movie clip "info clip". First what's the action script for making this? Second where do I place the Action in the button or the clip? Please be very detailed when replying I'm new to Flash Mx. Thanks everyone ...more >>

I have been following a tutorial to set up a flash/php web form I tested and everything works fine (name subject and message) except for the email variable. where does it go? When I check my email I can't find the email address that the client put into the imput text field in my flash movie. Ca...more >>

hi there this may seem like a silly question but hay I haven't got the answer. When you open the swf does it load all the liabrary MCs before it starts ?? So if you have 5 scenes then it loads all the library Mcs in those 5 scenes before it opens?? If that makes any sense I think I'll have t...more >>

Can anyone shed some light on how to do this: I have a movie that is my main page and within that movie I want to load another swf that would result in the same visual appearance that you would achieve with an html IFRAME tag...basically I would like these other SWF's to load in the main movie...more >>

hi all, I was wondering how you go about autostrecthing a flash file, or more precisely, a SWF file. I know it can be done , as i saw it at : http://www.liquidgeneration.com Does anyone know how they did it? I had a look at the source code, but couldn't work it out. Maybe it is there, b...more >>

While developing Movies I use Flash6 features, even if the movie is intended to be published for Flash5. (For example: I use an interval-based frame-rate-counter only during developing etc.) The code that will be published in the movie is Flash5 compatible.( the frame-rate-counter won?t be.) What ...more >>

NEED EXTRA CASH???? TURN $6.00 INTO $6000 OR $60000... READING THIS MESSAGE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER !!!!!!PLEASE READ THIS ALL!!!!!!!!! !!!!IT HELPED ME & IT CAN HELP YOU!!!! !!!! NOT A SCAM !!!! !!!I REPEAT NOT A SCAM!!! THIS ONLY COST YOU A 6.00 CASH !!!INVESTMENT!!! IT...more >>

I am loading external swfs into an MC in the main movie in a simple main swf > site area swfs architecture. I need the currently loaded swf to remain present for a period of time after the new swf has been loaded (the period of time being based on factors within the new swf). Presently in the pr...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to make a screen saver with dynamic content? I mean get data from an interenet server. Thanks ...more >>

I saw some very cool effects in a flash movie: http://fantasyinterfaces.com/ignition/ Question 1: I was wondering what the best way would be to get 3D into the flash (like the one in the movie). I have multiple programs for 3D design, but I don't know an easy transfer into flash unless I do ...more >>

I have lately started adding full sound into my flash projects. I have made a flash movie which has a song playing in the background, and I syncronized the movie to the song. The movie is very nicely sync'ed when I play it with the flash player, but when I view it in a website, or when I view it i...more >>

Can anyone tell me how they at http://www.2advanced.com/flashindex.htm , between the 'Auxiliary Panel' and the 'Sub System' have made all such white lines with the accurate same distance? -Mikkel ...more >>

I want to create a soundtrack page in FlashMX so when you load the page, a Music will start, in the corner I want to have buttons similar to a casette player with Play/Stop/FFW/RWD. I want my visitor to interact if they want to? I want them to have the ability to navigate through songs to play, o...more >>

Before, using flash 5 was easy open a .exe file. But today I tried open in MX using myfile.exe (flash mx file) action in button, but the x.exe file dont open. Why? Ia a bug, or changed something? on (release) { fscommand("exec", "x.exe"); } thanks AC...more >>

Hi Is anyone able to explain to me how to position an swf loaded into an exising swf. I am able to load the external swf into a level but I wish it to be in a different position. What I have done before is made both SWFs the same dimensions and created the animation in position I wish it to...more >>

Hello All, I am a beginning Flash creator and I was wondering if anybody could help = me figure out line drawing in flash...I don't know if that's the best = way to describe it, but I do have an example for those that want to help = me...the example can be found on http://www.floetry.net ... O...more >>

I'm trying to import SWF files into Final Cut Pro 3.02. I'm having a lot of trouble. They don't want to import, they don't want to play. I've tried exporting to QT and then FCP, but very often the QT translation eliminates some of the animation - in other words, much of the motion doesn't trans...more >>

When ever i see a flash animation, the animation screen size is so small that it is just like a dot. Everytime when i watch the animation, i need to zoom in inoder to see the animation... Does anyway to make it big by default? ...more >>

A bit off topic sorry, but digging into host info is a nightmare; tons of junk on the internet about hosting but little real technical or "real world" information. We're just starting a project for a celebrity/non-profit site. There will be streaming video and audio, discussion forums, online ...more >>

I am trying to launch an avi file from my projector file. GET URL launches the AVI file in a browser. I want to launch the avi file so that it launches in Windows Media Player. Any advice? ...more >>

Help!!! Working in Flash MX in both OS 9 and OS X. I need to embed a unique font I have from the client. I have the font in both PostScript and Bitmap versions -- but unfortunately not TrueType. When I create text with that font in Flash, upon previewing I get the error saying the outlines cou...more >>