I have created a .swf file and want to import it into an exact location on a .fla file. So...I want to put this .swf file in the middle of a rectangle on my .fla file. How do I do that? I can see the .swf file when imported and play it but it can't be moved or won't position where I want it to g...more >>

http://www.mhrhealthinsurance.com. My client says that the Flash intro shows for only a second (doesn't play all the way through) on his machine (and someone else's as well). I'm not able to duplicate, and he has not/will not/cannot provide me with platform/browser/Flash versions. If anyone ...more >>

i have just downloaded the trial version of flash MX 2004 and when i try to open a flash MX file, it says file formatunexpected. Does anybody knows why ? Cannot a file created with Flash MX be opened with Flash MX 2004 ? ...more >>

Hi, I have what should be a simple question that I have never had to tackle before, can you help? I am using MX. :::::: The Scenario :::::: I want to dynamically load in some JPG's and set up a sequence of fades from one to the other. I have it all set up and everything works. What I w...more >>

When designing graphics for the web in Fireworks or photoshop, what should the dpi setting be, for optimum look? ...more >>

I am building a Web Mail client usign Flash. Is there any way to display all HTML tags in flash movie? Similar to IFRAME in HTML will also work Thanks ...more >>

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but I want a button to play a sound when it is clicked, but the sound won't play for some reason. Here is what I did. First I imported the sound "buzz.wav" and setup the linkage in the library. I named the identifier "buzz" Then in the main part of the...more >>

Which is the best graphics program to use for web design? Fireworks MX or Photoshop? ...more >>

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?s=c10fae074c8b5573d3a7bb64fd5eda54&threadid=491443 ...more >>

wow...quick response this is great.......what is a pixel font? you suggested I use one. I know the very basics of flash, obviously from the site you viewed that i created, however, I am new to web design and would like to know the most common resolution for graphics created? I use fireworks to cr...more >>

Well I recently go into Flash and have a million questions but will start with this...... I purchased this software called Mix-FX...do any of you seasoned guys use it or should I learn how to do Flash effects on my own without out it. and....if I do use the effects I create with Mix-FX how do I pu...more >>

I am in need of some general performance/file size advice. I am creating a graphical map of a recent trip to Asia that zooms (tweens) into particular countries when selected that will be used to display photos and use Action Script to reverse the movie to zoom out. I have used 6 scenes (1 main a...more >>

I'm new to Flash/Actionscript so this is probably pretty basic but I'm trying to figure out the best way to do the following: There's going to be several images on the screen. One of them is the correct answer and the rest are incorrect. If the person clicks on the incorrect one, I want something...more >>

I'm sure this is a rudimentary question, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to exactly set a textbox without it stretching or distorting my text content. All the documentation I have suggests that I have to manually drag the textbox to the desired width (which is entirely an inexact sc...more >>

I made a presenation for someone adn saved it as an exe file. unfortunately this someone has only window nt and windows 98 installed on his 2 pcs. he said that he couldn't see the presenations, is this possible? can I add some kind of a flash player to the disc something he can insal so he ...more >>

hey, im making an interactive form where you click on a word and it takes you to a different frame. it works and everything, the only trouble is that the mouse has to be over a letter of the word, it can't be over the white space in between letters of the word. it also has to be over the black pa...more >>

Hello, I am attempting to make a button flash after a voice over has has finished playing in the main timeline. Is there a way to tie the button flashing to the end of the a sound or the last frame of the sound? This is supposed to guide the user to a button after they have listened to a v...more >>

I want to be well in action script for that it is good for me if I learn Java Script. Or Any thing else should I learn. ...more >>

Please refer to the thread entitled: "Sound not synchronized on export" in the General Discussions board. The assignment I am building must be completed ASAP. I have everything finished except for the audio glitch that is discribed in the afore mentioned thread. Thank you for your attention to thi...more >>

I have lots of text that I want to fit on my page and then be able to scroll thru it by having the user roll over the appropriate "up arrow" or "down arrow". I would like the scrolling to continue until the user rolls off of the arrow, so that they can scroll at their own pace. What would be the...more >>

hi all ! I'm testing the new multilanguage feature of FlashMX 2004. I would need informations about the Strings usage process. It seems that the swf get the operating system language, and if the relative xml is provided, show all the string in that specific language. that's ok. now... is it poss...more >>

I have a dynamic text field on my stage where I am using the special font. How is it possible to display the same font on the machine which doesn't have that font installed. like if someone using that swf file, he won't see the same font which I am seeing. right?? Thanks 5 million stupi...more >>

Is there any possiblity to connect with the access database without remoting in flash??? I am working on a desktop application which doesn't need to be install the coldfusion in order to get the remoting feature. what are the possiblity to connect with the access db with the support of odbc. I...more >>

I have looked everywere in the pushButton-component for the textfield used to show the label of the button, as i would like to embed the font used. I know that i can change the font used with a FStyleFormat.textfont, but i dont seem to be able to embed the new font chosen. Enyone been here bef...more >>

I need to know, if it´s possible, how do i put a page .ASP embed at a "type of frame(same html)" in Flash pages. exemple Page HTML ___________________________________ |Page HTML | _________________________ | | Flash Embed in ...more >>

I am working on a project where I have to export files to video. We use the video in our Avid suites running on Macs. I tried to export it on the pc as a QT and it gives my the "version of QT not supported". I have exported it as a .avi and it offsets the video when I run it through Cleaner to co...more >>

I have my Flash site on my hard drive, soon to be hosted. When I test movie, or publish settings, and view the html file in my browser, it works fine. However, when I go to file > publish preview > Default html It comes up with an error and says "the file cannot be found, please check ...more >>

Hello: I am quite new to Flash MX. I've been reading tutorials and books on how to build Flash files. My question concerns the synchronization of audio to the correct instances on the exported .swf file. I have my movie completely built in Flash MX. Everything is perfectly in synch when I preview...more >>

What do I need to do to specify the exact coordinates where a movie loads into another movie with a click of a button. Please help. This has got to be an easy question... Mr. Hackney ...more >>

I have a button. I want a sound to play when mousOver (and loop as long as mouseOver) and end on mouseOut (by ending I mean stopping the sound wherever it is at and not allowing the final lppo to continue til finished). Any help out there? ...more >>

I've been trying to import this flash button into Dreamweaver. It works fine in Flash, but once I try importing it into Dreamweaver (insert/media/flash), it doesn't work. Please see attached example. The button will change from orange to blue and play the rollover sound, but it does not go back to o...more >>

I have a dynamic text box with an Instance name: "box" The box is in my main movie and when the movie reaches some certain frame i want the box to slide from some _y position to another one...the script must be all write in the frame of the main timeline... How can i do this... Thanks...more >>

I'm using a Shared Object as a "Flash Cookie," and I have just a couple questions: 1. Do they ever expire on their own, or do they theoretically last forever? 2. Is there a way to set an expiration? Thanks! ...more >>

why flash mx 2004 isn't working on widows millenium ? do i really need to change my OS to enjoy new flash ? i'm quite upset about it... could someone answer my question ? ...more >>

Hi all I've always wondered this, and I think I've posed this question here at one time, but never got an answer from anyone. So here it is again. If you have an empty movie clip in your Flash movie, that you use specifically for you onClipEvent actions and functions you create, is that consid...more >>

all, is it possible to move all images within multiple frames. i have 8 keyframes each with an image and i need to move all of the images at the same time so as not to disturb the tweening. Mark ...more >>

I am coming from a Flash 5 platform, where one would right click a button , choose actions from the list and set which frame/lable the button is to jump the movie to on the timeline when pressed (for example). This option no longer exists in Flash MX Pro. In fact I cant seem to find anything tha...more >>

Using Flash MX I have a movie WITHIN a movie that has navigation buttons. They are named nextbutton and backbutton. On certain screens I have yet another button that when pressed loads an animation into a container, plays the animation for about 15 seconds and then returns to the main movie. The ...more >>

I developed a few simple buttons for an inhouse application i have been working on and i recently had my pc at work upgraded to win2k. the site i have been developing has test site and a production site. both are on the same server just different directories. in the test site all of the buttons c...more >>

Hi all, i need some help !! i have imported several images into my movie and created motion tweening between them. the problem i have now is that when i imported the images it sticks them centrally within the movie. so now i am happy with the movie i need to trim the canvas size down so that ...more >>

over laying buttons. Hi , I have 2 squares that are buttons. When user mouse over, the appropiate square expands by 10% and decreases by 10% mouseOff. However because I wish to overlay the buttons, there are instances where the mouse over is on both buttons. How do I get both buttons to run at ...more >>

Sorry for double posting. I can't get it to work and receive errors I'm trying to make a section visited so when you press on the link after ariving at the page it doesn't reload the page. here is the code below: I'm confused of course. My first section is "welcome" and I "loadmovie" in...more >>

I have a map on which I initially placed over 50 instances of a button. Each button links to a unique information file for each button when it is pressed. But I would like alt-type text to display when mouseover, ideally displaying in the same position in the movie. I thought I had found a way ...more >>

Is it possible to import a html file into a fla. programme, and if so how? Thanking you in advance ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to link to a mpeg video clip from within flash. The problem is that i want it to load in the users default video player, e.g. media player or quicktime. I have tried using fscommand exec but cant get it to work, can anyone offer any ideas on how to achieve this? Thanks for any help....more >>

Hello. Is there a way to pass query string parameters passed to an ASP page into the flash movie contained on that ASP page? I need pass search criteria into a movie so that Flash can retrieve the data and show it on a DataGrid. Any assistance appreciated. Thanks!! Marcus ...more >>

I'm having a problem with the sound control object in Flash MX. When I stop a single sound object, it stops the sound for the whole movie, including videos - which is a problem because it is a video portfolio. ...more >>

hello, i can't seem to get this right. i have an animation that i am doing which requires the opening of a door. i have been given a photograph of a door to use. this is fine up until the poing in the animation where the door opens and i need to alter the shape of the door to show perspective and...more >>

Sounds a dumb question but is the datagrid really supposed be able to be bound to something like an XMLConnector???? I tried to do it using the binding tab and though I did get the grid to display something 1) The columne names were just the data fields name -- useless to show a user 2) It bo...more >>

i need help trying to remove a gif file from an fla. I have tried the export comand but i seem to lose the transparncy of the file. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. thanks in advance...more >>

I've seen the option to export for Flash Lite 1.0 Player in Flash MX 2004. It also includes templates for many mobile phones and devices, but I've not found the Flash Lite Player for this devices anywhere. Where can I find the Flash Lite Player for Nokia 7650? Regards, Angel. ...more >>

Hi guys, Really need any help on working out how to an interactive flash map pretty much the same as the one featured in this link: http://www.manningstainton.com/search.htm I presume you need some irregular hotspots and a show/hide layers functionality? Any pointers would be extremely appreciate...more >>

hi all!! i want use alert.show ("title","content"); but have error need you help! you have sample?? thanks !! ...more >>

Mornin'. Was wondering if anyone out there has heard of / dealt with the issue regarding the Flash OCX and SWF Studio? I wanted to throw this question out to a broader user base... I've been reading over at Northcode, http://www.northcode.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2564&highlight=OC...more >>

How I do create a ?hotspot? on an image (jpg) in Flash MX ? That is, when I scroll over a particular spot in the jpg image, it acts like a button (with up, over, down, hit) Thanks d ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to use the Combo Box Component as a way to navigate to a specific frame label in MX (6). Is this possible? Thanks, Scott ...more >>

how would i add a skip button to a flash intro i am only a noob ...more >>

He he, I took my MX banner project (no bitmaps, no sounds), opened it in MX2004 ane published: once as Flash 6 and then as Flash 7. Interesting - both resulting swf files were nearly 60% bigger in size than the reffering swf produced in MX. Is this only my experience ? Ziggi...more >>

Hi; I have a problem with Help Panel. When i click on Update, files seems to be dowloaded but nothing change on the Panel. Flash MX 2004 Pro trial MacOS10.2.6 Thanks for your help JeanPhilippe ...more >>

I am a novice in Flash. (I have Flash MX.) Is it possible to take an existing .swf file and add onto it? I do not have access to the original .fla file. The .swf file opens up, shows a logo, then 3 words appear simultaneously. What I wanted to do was add another word/text that appears in time with o...more >>

A customer just asked me about converting a powerpoint presentation to some web format where the "pages flip by themselves". Okay, they can't be saying what I think they're saying... I'm thinking HTML is the obvious/cheap way to go, but does anyone know of any Flash examples where this kind of prese...more >>

Something funny about the new EULA for MX 2004. Macromedia wants users to stop using the old version of Flash as soon as the new UPGRADE version has been installed. Hey guys, this is not how things work in the real world. I am a strong supporter of Macromedia products but licensing issues ...more >>

Awww, I was hoping to see a lot more CSS support than what I could test properly in the new version of Flash. The ones that are available are very limiting. I cannot use existing HTML content in Flash and see the page reproduce exactly as per the HTML version. Is macromedia planning on exte...more >>

Hi, I'm attempting to put together my first flash project. Everything looks right on a mac, but the fonts [static text fields] are all messed up on a windows xp machine... it was my understanding that the fonts are supposed to be embedded in the flash file? Is there something I'm supposed to do w...more >>

Whenever I publish an HTML, when I play the movie, its always in the top left corner no matter what I do. Can someone tell me how to put it in the middle of the page? ...more >>

Hi all. Was just wondering what?s the name of the font (font type) at www.ditter.net ? (the diagram in the right side of the screen, with the kinda handwritten font on the maroon background) Also, how can I produce such diagrammatical drawing? Do I use Flash or Fireworks? Thanks d ...more >>

i know how to create different stages of buttons (up/over/down/hit) but these changes are quick and abrupt. does anyone know how to make these "stages" FADE in when the mouse rolls over the button..... does that make sense? bp ...more >>

Everytime I load my movie in my browser, everytime I maximize, the movie maximizes aswell, how can I prevent this? ...more >>

-Complete Newb to actionscript and flash web design here- Ok I have my application with serveral forms underneath it (portfolio, services, contact me, ect) and all of them are set to be not visible on start. I have my photoshop made background and navigation on the root Application screen. Ok...more >>

Can someone please confirm for me whether javascript-flash, liveconnect, etc. scripting function in the Safari browser for OS X? (MM has yet to update their browser support Tech notes). If so, can anyone with experience profess that things work similar to the other (non-ActiveX) browsers. Thanks. ...more >>

I had a bunch of fla's backup-ed on cdrom. Now I need some again but have a problem. W. Explorer shows/lists everything on cdrom. It does not however open directly from rom. I manage to copy-paste back to disk (only on 1 particular pc I managed) but then they also don't open. (I turned read-only ...more >>