Hey again, got another newbie question here. I have a button that is actually an instance of a movie clip, and i have this load a movie. However, the movie keeps repeating, and i've tried setting a breakpoint or just adding a "stop();" line in the ActionScript after the movie is loaded. help! ...more >>

Hello It has been a while since I have had to do this. Basically I want to load several variables from one txt file sitting next to the swf movie. The text content in the file (myvars.txt) is the following var1=Tony Currie var2=24 var3=Male I thought the code was LoadVariables("myv...more >>

How to save swf files from the Internet conveniently? Any ideas?...more >>

I'm doing some research for a client. Can anyone provide me with any photography web sites that make extensive use of flash? (Over the years I've seen some pretty good ones, but looking for these again though google has proved to be a little bit of a challenge). thanks -Richard ...more >>

A whole lot of educational websites nowadays are using flashplayer - trouble is the windows the little movies play in are only about a 1/4 of the size of the monitor, so it's really not all that much fun. My kids have a hard time seeing it (no they don't sit right in my lap - I have several kids I ...more >>

This is the first time I have to create a presentation on a cd and i have been having the worst time. The presentation is done and it works well as long as all of my movies are .swfs but i can't get anything to work when I change the files and the extensions of my buttons to .exe. The presentation i...more >>

Like the subject says I know how to created overlay ads and set the WMODE, but my problem lays in correctly delivering them to online readers, with the right PC/MAC, operating system and or browser. Please advise, throw me a link or just berate me for using them on the web site. Related Question:...more >>

Does anyone know whether Flash MX 2004 Professional has a completely different interface from Flash MX 2004? Or is it the same interface with additional features?? The screenshots on the MM site make it look like a different interface. I was just wondering -- if I buy MX 2004 Pro, do I have to...more >>

Hi, Do any of the pros here have any recommendations for Editors to use for working with audio that will be used in flash? Thanks, Gary ...more >>

In my flash forms, I get a yellow box and my focus is set there when I hit tab to go to the next textbox. How can you set the tab order in a form or how can you get rid of the yellow box Thanks ...more >>

Hi - I'm launching a series of pdfs from a full-screen stand-alone application using getURL, and I need the browser window that opens to come to the foreground, in front of the projector. Anyone have a fix for this? - Simon ...more >>

http://www.noisemedia.com Look at the bottom. Their tag creator thing. How do they save it for later. Probaly use the ip address. But how do you save the swf file? a direction anyone? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm a newbie to flash, so bear with me. I'm trying to load a movie when a button is clicked, but I can't seem to get it to work...here is the action script i am using: on (release) { loadMovieNum("corporateoverlay.swf", 0); } it doesn't work, and both of the movies are in the sa...more >>

Hi guys I know there is lots of resources on this topic all over but I have tryed all of them and still have blurry text at 800 X 600. The movie I have designed is actually created for 1024 X 768 (1004x606 as per the tech note) and I am displaying the movie as a percentage so I guess it is act...more >>

Hi, I have a comboBox on my main time line. Lets say its values are defined as red(default display), white, blue, yellow. When I select a value in its list, I jump to a predefined frame label. Easy enough.......... From there, I have a button that takes you to another frame. What I want to ...more >>

Hi guys, I got a True Type font off the internet and I put it into WINNT/fonts. I've got a dynamic text box in my flash movie, I selected this new font and chose "embed all characters" in the characters button. Now, I publish the moivie and the text appears in what looks like an arial font. No...more >>

I import a video into Flash MX. Then I embed the video. When I play it - no sound. I've tried this with .mov and .avi formats. The video and sound both play fine in the Quicktime player. I don't want to link to the video, because I want to play the finished product in the flash player. I'm using an ...more >>

hi there, I've got my site up and it plays great - the first time. The problem is, when you've visited the site once (and it's saved within your computer's cookies) it will play slow when you return to it. Can somebody please check it out and give me some ideas on how to keep this from happen...more >>

I imported 5 jpg images with a grey stroke. The stroke displays fine on the stage and even when I play the movie on the movie. When I test the movie and export it, part of the stroke disappers. The bottom and right side is gone. Any suggestions? ...more >>

I built our site in Flash 6... Netscape 6 and older browsers can not see our site now... I tested on Netscape 4.7 and even try to hit the macromedia.com site... It gives all the text links down the side... How can I detect what version of Flash Player a user is running (on IE and Netscape)...more >>

I have asked this question on a couple of other forums, but I haven't been able to get it right despite people giving me several different answers. Here is the goal: 1. Movie to start on frame 1 and continue through without any actions until frame 243 2. On frame 243, I need the movie to wait 1...more >>

Hi yall, We are trying to print a company document from IE that does not bastardize our logo because of the 72dpi rule. So, what we have been trying to do is insert a flash .swf of our logo into our html page (the page uses .asp and we "really" don't want to re-script it in Flash) and then pri...more >>

Hi, This is the issue: I am using dynamic text on my site but the problem is that the font (Portfolio) I am using isn't displaying properly when I am using it dynamically. However, if I make it static text it shows up the way it is supposed to (crisp and sharp). Unfortunately, there isn't a...more >>

Hi all, I am new to flash in general, formerly I learned Director and also Lingo. I'm familiar with a couple of programming languages (Java, C++, Perl, ...) and now looking forward to do some stuff in Flash. Because actually my movies look like Director-build movies I want to learn the b...more >>

Hi, I´m new at this, so don´t be surprised with the question... I´m using flash 4 and i want to craete an .exe. In this flash doc I cretaed a button. I want it on roll over to appear an icon of a pdf doc and on clicking on this icon I want it to open a pdf doc. Is this possible? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi im trying to create a loop of clouds, I ripped one from a flashkit movie to see what it was like but it doesn't loop smoothly, can anyone suggest a software package that I can create looped cloud animations??? if anyone want to see the sort of thing im creating have a look at the swf at ...more >>

I have created a simple movie clip that scales up a graphic over 12 frames. It runs smooth when tested on the stage 12fps, document size set to default 550x400, but when I increase the size of the document the motion becomes jerky? I really can't work it out, any ideas anyone?? ...more >>

I have a simple preloader created for my flash animation. My flash animation loads random background .swfs (these are large images, each is around 50kb. My preloader is setup with the actionscript below. The preloader only half works, once the index.swf is loaded, it begins. Then a few secon...more >>

Hi all Does anyone know a good method of 'pausing' a timeline, then resuming, without keyframes? What I basically need to do is to pause a sound, then continue on a given command. I can't use keyframes because if you interrupt sound with a keyframe, any sounds thereafter start from their beginnin...more >>

I have created a projector file that loads in jpgs, then animates them. It works very smoothly on my PC, but on the clients mac, is very jerky. I am using a framerate of 15fps. I have noticed generally that the speed of animations are slower on macs. even the new 2advanced site is unbearably s...more >>

Hi people, I have a input text field that is multiline. The users type in the field and then the string they typed is sent to the server. This works fine. But if they typed over say 4 lines, the carridge returns are not preserved in the string that is sent to the server. How ...more >>

HOW do I simply get my pulldown menu button to be transparent w/ the text not being effected? I tried adjusting the alpha value and the text just disapperas (gets lighter) with the background. This is not what I want, I want the text to be 100% alpha/tranparency free. Please view the f...more >>

Am I safe to assume that Macromedia has taken a three wise monkeys approach to their released software? Is it company policy to simply ignore the massive amount of bugs and annoying glitches in the current version of an app (at least DW and FL anyway) and then force everyone to 'upgrade' to the lat...more >>

what Text app should I use to create a file that I want to load dynamically in a Flash movie? I tried using text edit, but for some reason it won't work. I have a Mac, I don't know if that matters. Any ideas? ...more >>