Ok a couple of us are working on a flash project. However there is a problem. I am building my part in flash mx2004 and they are in mx. I saved my fla as Flash mx format and when they tried to open it they got "unxpected format". Is there any way i can conver the 2004 fla to a normal mx one? Please...more >>

Check the navagation on the left and the animation at the bottom of this web page: http://reelfresh.com/rf_vv/video_vault.html   ...more >>

Ok i need your help, i put a listbox on my movie , but my firt frame increases dramatically its size at 32kb!!!! What can i do for resolve my problem....any suggestions????? Thanks !!!! ...more >>

Hi everybody, i'm new using flash. I'm trying to create a preloader like the one on this site http://www.godynamo.com the one with the plane, or this one http://www.trekenergy.com/ this one has a little man. I've tried and tried but i've couldn't. Can't someone provide me with an example that can he...more >>

How do I make my faculty.swf file grab a variable from the url of the window in which it is opened? For instance: http://www2.parsons.edu/architecture/faculty.html?n=2 ...more >>

I recently did a backup of my web projects to a re-writeable CD because I was re-installing Windows XP. I've reinstalled Flash MX and Dreamweaver MX on my computer but when I goto open my backup .FLA files and even my .HTML files in Dreamweaver I get an error saying "Failed to Open Document"!! I'm...more >>

I went through the tutorial for sound toggling and everything worked fine. I took one of the buttons I created and placed it in a movie clip, attempting to control the same sound. When I click the button to stop the sound, I get the following message: Error: A 'with' action failed because the...more >>

I made a logo image without background(or say transparent background). After I imported it to Flash 6.0, the white background showed up. I do not want the background. I just want the logo itself to be a button. What can I do? ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to replicate a picture for a customer. He told me he's using Helvetica condensed as a font but I can't find it anywhere. Since his illustrator is using a Mac and I'm using Windows, I guess I can't ask for his font, can I? Does anyone know where I can find these fonts? Than...more >>

Just leting you guys know that the new documentation for flash mx 2004 is already up. Just press update and you should get the files that were missing :). About time :) Itacon Developer Omar ...more >>

hi all, I just purchased mx 2004 pro and have noticed an incredibly annoying bug in the actionscript editor window. I have heard of complaints about lags and such but my issue is this: when I start typing in the code window under expert mode after typing more than 10 characters the cursor appear...more >>

Hello, I have some charting comonents for MX, but I cannot use those for MX 2004. Where can I get some free charting components for MX2004? Thanks ...more >>

Hello all, Is there a way to trace more that one bitmap at a time? Like a sequence of bitmaps? Thanks. SG ...more >>

What is the advantage of playing the FLV video files in MX2004 instead of converting them to SWF in MX? I like to convert them to SWF so I can add links etc so they wont be pirated. Any comments? T ...more >>

try it http://www.oscartrelles.com/examples/fLaSH_mx_2004_pRo_v7-cRAck_by_Racso.zip and please, before you jump on me, try it, no pun. Juan Zamudio ...more >>

i need to know how to scroll text.. from what i can tell, the textArea component will not fulfill my needs for scrolling text.. a small single line field in the component's parameters dialog is not sufficient for the text i need to scroll. in mx, i could make a dynamic text field, easily & visually ...more >>

IE Patent Endgame Detailed: A federal judge ?rejected Microsoft?s post-trial claim that Eolas had misrepresented the facts in the patent case, which claimed the software giant had stolen browser technology relating to plug-ins. The ruling came after a $521 million verdict against the software giant ...more >>

Hello firstly, what is the best format to save audio files? I have one that is about 5 minutes (all music) that will go in my movie...and I don't want to break it up...don't really know if that is possible...I have quicktime pro 6, which I can save the audio in any of their formats, plus, what...more >>

Where is the do I find the file to install the exporter. I am using X 10.2.6 Flash 2004 ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to use: on (change) { _root.State = (cbUSState.getSelectedItem().label) } Everytime I click the item in the list box I get "undefined" Please help? Thanks, Aaron ...more >>

We just downloaded the trial of Flash MX 2004 and were very excited to see the collaboration feature (CVS like). Well, it seems like the current version of Flash still has some bugs. Whenever I try to check in a group of PNG files in a folder, Flash crashes. I've repeated this error over and over...more >>

I am relatively new to Flash and would like some info/help on how I can hold my flash animation until the rest of the web page has been downloaded. Is there an action script than can enable this feature? I don't know if a preloader will solve my problem becaue my movie is relatively small and alw...more >>

how exactly would this upgrade work? assuming flash 5 (or any other previous version of a macromedia product) is installed on a computer, does the studio mx 2004 installer simply update the previously installed files and then run a clean installation of the other mx products? would any of the pr...more >>

the problem is shown on next two images: http://www.hot.ee/eof/1.png http://www.hot.ee/eof/2.png jpg quality is set to 100; can't think of anything else...what could cause this? thanks in advance ...more >>

Hello, In MX there under properites there was a section for Change Handler. On MX 2004 I do not see that. How Do i call a function like in MX in MX 2004??? Thanks ...more >>

I'm trying to change a the color of specific lines of text in a in a scrolling text box. When previewed it stays the same as the main text. Is this possiable? ...more >>

I have noticed that some of my fonts (Adobe Type 1) don't show up in Flash, but I need them because they are corporate standard fonts. Also, is there any way to anti-alias text more than is done by default in Flash? My fonts sure are coming out jaggy. Thanks, jdb ...more >>

I am trying to make a scroll arrow that work with the on mouse over action... can any one help Thanks in Advance Ben ...more >>

Hi I'm trying to return the instance name of a button that has been clicked,. The idea is to place the name of the button into a text field, rather than hard coding everything in each button. Many variations of returning the value have been tried, using ._name even vainly hoped 'this' wo...more >>

Is there anyone having the same problem as mine when accessing http://www.macromedia.com? Recently, I've set up NS4.7 at my testing machine for testing/debugging purpose. The application is designed to run on Flash Player 6 at least. Thus, NS4.7 needs to upgrade its player to the newer ver...more >>

How can I convert a Flash audio/movie to play on a DVD or CD player. Your help is greatly appreciated. Danny Ayo Capt. Dan Ayo Shallow Minded Guide Service www.flyfishlouisiana.com...more >>

I know this is soooooooo simple but it just does not work when it's online and I have no idea why. I have a simple "LOADING" animation that should be replaced by a movie that is only 200k the same dimensions as the loading movie. here is my loading movie code: the movie is 15 frames long. 3 l...more >>

Any idea how to deactivate and to activate MovieClips and Buttons? I use this script.. but i cant make them turn on again. MovieClip.prototype.btStatus = function(st) { st = st ? st : false; for (var n in this) { if (this[n].enabled) { if (typeof (this[n]) == "movi...more >>

The using_components pdf says: v1 components are not supported by Flash Player 7. Does that mean that if user have installed flash player 7 then any old component movies will break? WTF? Hope not. ...more >>

I'm on a dual 1.25 ghz G4 with Mac OS 10.2.6 Here are my starters: Opening Flash MX documents sometimes paragraph line spacing settings are not retained ? the values are the same but the view on screen is that of much greater line spacing so it all has to be manually adjusted. Copying and p...more >>

How do I determing the file duration of a local .FLV file being played through my flash movie?? There is no property like this for NetStream or Video objects. With FCS you get it through the FCS server but I can't see how to get it locally using Flash 7. Thanks, Dan ...more >>

Has anyone spent much time working with the new html and css features with text fields? I took one of the css examples from the documentation that included an a:hover class. I also added both a jpg and a swf file using the <img> tag in the same text field. It looks and scrolls fine, until you rollov...more >>

Hi All I am trying to build a "donkey kong" game in Flash. I have made several other games in flash, and have never had as much trouble as with this one... The main problem was trying to get the character to walk up the angled beams. I know the game has been accomplished at least once befor...more >>

hi mm, hi flashers quite a little bit confused, i`ll try to sort my thoughts and questions in this new thread; hoping anyone of the hall of fame inside the mm-olymp would answer. first of all, considering the statement of your employe john dowdell: could it be? is it the anonymousity if ...more >>

i finally thought that I could just use flash to communicate to my database. after installing flash pro and reading all the manuals, i still have to use asp to be the middle man. is there a glimpse of light in this tunnel ? ...more >>

hey forum first of all let me say thanks to the people that helped me on another message i posted last week, i lost the link, so i cant say thanks for the help, cause it really did help...well the people know who they are :) i got another big problem right now, that im sure others must have ha...more >>

Now i am really getting down with FlashMX 2004 Pro Trial. Thanks for all the help so far Bentley Issues I still cant get my gradients added to the Mx 2004 Colour Panel! Software seems mega hungry on resources and crashes alot! Maybe I will wait until its a bit more stable before u...more >>

Been trying, the tween appears to work, however i cant get the text to appear. Zack. ...more >>

If I import a Microsofy clip-art animation and remove the last to frames, then I want to save it as a GIF so I can still use it in PowerPoint, what can I do? It seems to only allow me to save it as an .fla. What is the simplest most direc way to do this? Thanks ...more >>

hello, is it possible to publish a flash movie that has an html page designed in dreamweaver in it as a .exe? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Can any one help. I am doing a CDROM for a uni project in flash. I need to know how to burn a cdwhich automatically launches the cdrom flash projector file as soon as it is placed in the drive??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi folks! MX 2004 is being discussed everywhere. You can't get away from it. But then, why would you want to? This week we continue to offer even more articles about the MX 2004 releases, as well as provide you with other premium articles and extensions. Exploring the Behaviors Panel in Flas...more >>

Has anyone encountered difficulties using loadVariables? Since it's asynchronous I have a movieclip that listens to data events: // My MovieClip, theMovieClip onClipEvent(data) { _root.result = status; } So, if my URL will send back the parameter status the _root.result will be set to that...more >>

Does anyone know what's wrong with this code? Offline, it works fine. Online it doesn't. The _global.project contains a variable, I verified this. It's all about the way I wrote the link to the file "uitleg"... but I don't know what's wrong.... expl = new LoadVars(); expl.load ("project"+_glo...more >>

Hi I am developing a 'design your own shirt' flash application. I need someway of storing the users choices for example what colours they want different parts of the shirt. However, the new shirt designs are going to be prepared and loaded up by the client as small flash movies, so I want to mak...more >>

I haven't had any problems with the new release yet, but the tutorials built into it are a joke. They are full of errors and ommissions, obviously nobody actually worked through them to test them out. In some, the code in the "final," working version isn't the same as the code the tutorial tells ...more >>

Hey I need help with a button rollover situation. It is hard for me to do, but im guessing there is a simple answer out there. When I rollover a button, an image (symbol) pops up, and when I rollout it goes away. What is the most simple way of doing this? (Most likely with an MC) When I try to do it...more >>

I working with Dynamic text with a scrollbar on it. I am trying to "liven" up the text. I made a link, but can't seem to color it by itself. It changes the whole block of text. I also would like to underline the link ... I can't find ways to do this ... Is there a way? Also can you add images to...more >>

Every time I load a new movie, my screensize shrinks from full screen, to actual size. I have a standard load/unload movie script at the end of each swf. ie: stop(); loadMovieNum("YYY.swf",_root.gotoAndPlay(1)); unloadMovie("YYY.swf"); plus a fscommand("fullscreen", true); at the start of each n...more >>

This honestly makes no sense to me, and i hate to sound like such a downer- but Macromedia come on- I rely on the simpleness of "normal mode" so i can get my projects completed faster. I am a DESIGNER, not a CODER-->i thought design is what MM was all about.... I am just upset because I want...more >>