Hi guys: Can anybody please give me an advise to find a good flash portal where I can find links to good flash sites...? thanks in advance...! ...more >>

In order to browse faster, I constantly right click a flash video and uncheck play. Is there a way to set the default not to play? ...more >>

Ok I can tell just from browsing the forums that I am so new to Flash it is not funny. I can edit flash a little and modify it slightly. But I am really looking for either one of two things. I want to either find a great resource to learn how to do flash, or.. I want to find a great resource w...more >>

Probably due to a recent Windows Update, Microsoft seems to have broken (or is now preventing) the GetURL command using target _blank from opening a new window. For example I have a flash menu that has 2 buttons that use the GetURL action and targets a new window. Sometime in the past few weeks/da...more >>

Hi - I have a project and I am trying to get one frame copied into 100 frames. Is there some auto feature that I can use to do this. When I select all frames it selects all the layers. I just want to copy the frame in one layer into that layers 100 frames. Thanks, Beth ...more >>

Ive figured out how to make every part of internet explorer go away (status bar, menu bar, etc.) to make a nice popup box, save one...How on god's green earth do I get rid of the blue title bar that says "(page title)-Microsoft Internet Explorer" using javascript? Can it be done? ...more >>

Hi. Can I make an "input" textField to be not selectable? ...more >>

Hi everyone, Beginner question here. I have a house built in Carrara, but need to import into Flash MX so it can rotate, have interactive buttons referencing certain parts of the house so type appears when highlighted. Question: Can You export to Flash from Carrara, if so, what is the best meth...more >>

hey need need a site check form veiwers im taking a census right now and I need feedback on the functuality of this site can someone tell that if the site comes up do the buttons work etc. thnx http://www.icaf.org/festival2003 ...more >>

Hi ppl. I've set tabIndex property to several textFields. Now on some event I want a new tab indexes or I dont want it at all. How do I clear the current indexes? Thanks ...more >>

I am a noob, When I create a button and link them to a certain frame, and when I move the mouse over the button only a small area of it comes as "linked to". I want the whole button too. Where can I find the settings for this ? ...more >>

Can I load an swf that has different dimensions than my main swf, and specify where it is opened over the main one? Eg: Can I have an 800x600 main file, and somewhere open a 100x100 swf at location 700,0? TIA ...more >>

I want to put in bit map images into a flash animation, but i always get white square backgrounds around the image when i copy and past, even if i just select the object by itself, a white square background is still present in flash, how do i make this background transparent in flash? ...more >>

Can I create a vertical line pattern in Flash MX? I know how do it in Photoshop and then import the image to Flash but the colors change drastically when importing the image to Flash. Can I create such pattern using Flash? Thank you in advanced, rcrane ...more >>

Hi All, This may have been posted a million times but here's a bit of fun for those who dont know.. Run flash & Click on the Help menu and choose About. Click the very tip of the mouse pointer just underneath the "crotch" of the X. (part of the MX logo) Note: what you are hunting fo...more >>

Error opening URL "file:///C|/test/FxCDL10b592.swf" ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how can I fade a loaded sound ( streaming ) with action script ? Thanks in advance! Jorge Olino ...more >>

Someone asked me if the Flash .swf file we're posting needs to be .smi to stream? I don't think so...? A little help... Tim ...more >>

Hi, I recently finished a fairly short movie, maybe 90 frames. But I export the movie as swf, and it's 4,163,585 bytes!! It takes forever to download it from the internet! It needs to be something that doesn't take much bytes and doesn't take long to download. Please? I really need help now... I kno...more >>

Hi - I have been able to create images fading in and out into a movie see: http://65.110.75.75/intro.html but I want to get the images to fade in 1 by one and stay in place after they are in the movie like the models portion of the movie at: http://www.usc.co.uk I am not sure of the met...more >>

Hi, I'm an experienced FLASH user thinking about purchasing swift3d to help me do some animation of traffic flow through signalled junctions. The client is after a 3d visual style and not the standard overhead view. I currently don't use any other 3d packages. Does this sound like the kind of...more >>

Hi, I'd like to introduce a tool on my site which allows the visitor to design a scaled down diagram on the screen, and then print it at the actual dimensions either on a normal printer or a plotter. Is it possible to achieve this using Flash MX? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Is there any possibility of decompiling an .swf file to a .fla or some text data? Are there any decomplilers for that? Anyway, this is what have in mind: To protect a Visual Basic aplication from unauthorised access I was thinking of putting some Flash stuff "in-front". The Flash stuff would...more >>

i've read all the forums and still can't figure out my particular problem. when i fade my text, it plays within flash just fine. When i go to view scene, the text is visible but never fades. Here's my steps: 1. Create a layer called text fade 2. create a text field ex. text fade test 3. use b...more >>

I have two movies at levels 0 and 1, I want movie 0 to jump to a certain point and start playing on the time line if movie 1 has been already been loaded into the cache.... Anyone got any ideas... please! Cheers J ...more >>

hmmmm... strange one here Below is my code. I am dragging a mc. I have placed restrictions on where mc can be dragged ie: leftbound. However the mc does not stop being dragged when i release. But If i comment out (leftbound,rightbound,topbound,bottombound) it works??? Any ideas? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I am having problems preloading an external swf. Basically, i have a button that has the following as attached to it: on (release) { loadMovieNum ("workingpreloader.swf", 1); } on release this loads a external movie called 'workingpreloader.swf', into a empty "container" movie cl...more >>

Hi Fellows I need to know about how can I prevent my code from viewing??? Actually i have two components in my fla and the problem is that the code is open if I give it to my client. So I tried out attachMovieNum to load the swf file for those components but it has another restriction and that is ...more >>

i create some dynamic textboxes , then later i can use actionscript to change the text of those textboxes easily... but i encounter one problem when i want to put those dynamic textboxes under mask , all the texts in the dynamic textboxes cannot be seen. why is it like that? although i have e...more >>

I've been running Redhat Linux 9 since day one and I'm utterly frustrated with trying to get the plugin to not crash Mozilla. Has anyone had success with this? ...more >>

is it possible, and if so, how can I make a movie clip be 100%? ...more >>

I just had my first Flash file embedded into my index page. I've had various net speed testers and those on cable had no problems with waiting for file to play but those on dial up complained...some less then others depending on their d/L speed... is 1 min 8 secs @ 48kbps considered a "faux pas"? ...more >>

I read a few weeks back that the GIF format was going free. ie: Unisys will not cause any more problems with using the GIF format (a reason why GIF is no longer suppoerted in the Boutell image libraries for dynamic image support). Compuserve started banging on about how much money they wanted from a...more >>

What is the quickest and most simple way of fading from one pic to another on Flash ? ( for a virgin user !! ) Many Thanks JCM ...more >>