I have created a counter in flash 5 that states that if the document has looped x number of times then it should jump to the next frame. It is succesful, but when the entire document loops the counter does not reset, so the next time it plays the loop does not occur within the document. What is th...more >>

Hello When are some books getting released.The pdfs don't explain the data connectivity very well. Is there anything online about this yet??? mike ...more >>

I need to know how to start a movie, i find people saying all these handy tips, but i can't find anywhere i can start. All i need to know is how to start creating. I can't find "start a new movie" or whatever. ...more >>

Does anybody out there know if it is possible to email flash animations that the reciever of the email can view Directly in his browser or email programme without having to download a flash player? I was told that if i saved my movie as an animated gif that this would be possible but I'm not having ...more >>

First off I love Macromedia, I've been a Flash developer/animator for years and I don't plan on stopping. The program really has some great new features, but there are a lot of annoying changes and missing functionality, but the biggest complaint I have with MX 2004 is that it's FILLED with bugs and...more >>

Anybody who has tips how to get IMG behave logically in the Flash 7 player? Either paragraphs are written partially over it, or it's in the wrong position, or it has strange empty recntangular areas around it... !? ...more >>

I have a flash piece that's having a hard time publishing. The scene is a screen that fills up real thick with ants, and so there's like 3000 instances of the same symbol. (a very simplified ant walking loop) anyways.. the goal is to get it published as a quicktime, but it's too heavy to pub...more >>

Hey all, I have a pretty basic question. At least I hope it is. When I bring in JPg. or Png. files and tween them with the alpha fade, I sometimes get the picture moving in the middle, as if the picture had a fold or something. The picture does not move per say, but the middle of the pic does. Not ...more >>

Hi all, I am new to flash and I have a group project for class and was wondering if flash could do this. Our project is to create a website for an art teacher. She wants the student to be able to select a painting (Monet, Van Gogh, etc) and then she wants the student to be able to drag in object...more >>

Hi all! We are planing on having a presentation of our company on CD-Rom. Presentation would be made with flash MX and published to windows projector format so that we have an EXE file and autorun. My question is: Do I need any Flash licensing to distribute this? Referring URLs h...more >>

How do I get the the next song to play when one end ...more >>

A newbie question, that I'm sure has come up before, but I can't find it: Why is Flash the only MM program that doesn't have panel grouping? I'm talking the tabbed type. It is so useful in DW, FW, and FH. I just don't get why it is not in Flash. ...more >>

Hi, When I publish my Flash MX projects for the web, some of the users can't see them. When they update their Flash player manually it works fine. Shouldn't the player update automatically? I checked the HTML file, and apparently all the code is in place as my Flash reference guide says it sho...more >>

I am simply trying to add a library item in Dreamweaver which holds meta tag information. I've created the library item, but when I place it in my HEADer, it screws up everything type of tag (body, font) below it. Once I undo the addition of the library item, all goes back to normal. However...more >>

would like to know how this page turn effect was accomplished. Special plug-in? http://www.franklincovey.com/catalog/index.html?c=FallCatHomeIcon-82203 click on any of the catalogues! Thanks - Referring URLs http://www.franklincovey.com/catalog/index.html?c=FallCatHomeIcon-82203 ...more >>

Hello I am trying to find a script that checks iE / netscape / netscape navigator for the following: 1. detects if the vistior can see Flash 5 and 2. if not that he gets a simple GIF instead I found all kind of tutorial but never got any to work. Can anyone help? thanks ...more >>

i mean like sites with new tutorials or advice for 2004... the few that iv seen hardly have a thing. ...more >>

the docs must in detail ...more >>

Just loaded Flash MX on a pc running Windows 98, runs fine except that when using the line, pen, oval or rectangle tools no preview outline is displayed so I can't tell how big the object or line is until I release the mouse and see the finished product. I've tried changing various preferences setti...more >>

I have a FLA where I can reproduce this each time: Drop two buttons on the scene. Set the label of one, set label of second, select back first. they both have the label of the second on stage.... All instances of the buttons reset to the ones of the last modified one? (the instance names are...more >>

hi there, hopefully someone can give me some advise...i've created a flash intro for a client and he said that it is not working in his netscape 4.7 browser. i'm not sure if there's a way to fix this or to (nicely) tell him that he should upgrade to the current version of netscape? any ideas? advi...more >>

Hello, OK, the main movie of my site has links to external movies that open within the main movie. One of the movies is named bio. Bio has it's own menu. Each button within that menu links to a different persons bio. OK, the main timeline in bio has only one frame for a movieclip I gave an ins...more >>

Because the script editor of MX2004 was so slow that it was unusable for anything by 2-liner codes, I thought I'd try on other OS, rebooted and logged onto Win98SE, installed MX2004 and...? It's expired... go figure. ...more >>

I want to have an input text box and use it as a variable. For example.. When I put in "Av.com" as the variable and press a button, is it possible for flash to gernate a .txt file that will write things like: "Av.com is a cool site. I use Av.com for everyday searches.." Stuff like that.....more >>

I've heard it from other people but since I never tried longer scripts than 2-3 in MX2004 just for few tests lines & I never paid attention... Now... I opened one of my MX projects and script of few screens (and not really that large) - gosh, why is it SLOW?! Scrolling is like 1 fps and take...more >>