this is my first and LAST macintosh I'll ever own. but besides my opinion and experience that most of my creative work came to an abrupt and nightmarish halt after I spent $4000 on this colorful, gorgeous-looking piece of non-functioning garbage, I'm hoping for a solution to OSX's inability to p...more >>

Hello, I am used to creating forms in html which is why I think I am having such a problem. When I create a form with name, email, phone, etc. how do a setup the command to send the results to an email? And how will it know what information to send? I'm used to it all being within a coded are...more >>

Sorry guys, This is a tired old question, But I am absolutely blown away at what the product SWF Compiler has done to my code. I have thousands of lines of code (objects, and the driving engine of my app) and even though it is broken up into seperate swfs and seperate "as"es I can get absolutely ev...more >>

I'm working on an e-commerce site and we wanted to add a flash navigation element on the homepage. If you are interested please let me know and I can give you more info. Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Does any one know how to have flash call up a pdf file for display? ...more >>

I'm having real problems installing the latest flash player. I have a Toshiba Portege 4010 laptop, with a 933MHz process, 40GB HD and 512MB of RAM, running Windows XP. I have all Windows Service packs and all updates for Internet Explorer. When i go to the install site, I click download and sit ...more >>

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/previous_versions.htm The article above states that to save a Flash MX .fla file as a .fla readable by Flash 5, one goes to "Save > Save as Type > Flash 5 Document". I am using the trial version of Flash MX 2004, and I see no such menu. I have a ...more >>

Can Flash MX 2004 PRO do a better job compressing a file than Flash MX? ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone knows a way to have a single song loop play over multiple scenes without restarting when you go to a different scene. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Ken kennigan@opticwind.com ...more >>

I just created a Flash MX document that calls to different text files to dynamically load and format. I also used the generic component scroll bar. After testing and previewing the file in Flash, the text loaded fine. I then used DW to embed the .swf file into an HTML page using the object and em...more >>

I'm having problems making my pictures look pixelized, like an old 8 bit nintendo game. I want to make an animation of like Mario, or Mega-man with that pixel effect, like an exact replica of the game. I have seen it done before, and played a Mega-man game made in flash that was almost exactly the s...more >>

Hi All, Am a newbie in Flash Could you guys recommend a good Flash book for beginners. Any leads are appreciated.... tx, -e- ...more >>

Can someone tell me where to turn to add lyrics synchronized to music? We need to add lyrics to musical flash presentations for our teen worship services - and I honestly don't know where to start. We've looked for karoke building software, decided that our copy of swish max isn't going to cut it....more >>

Could someone please help me to create a curved scrollbar (from a curved line), to scroll a txt file? Please help me! Kind regards, Eidos ...more >>

I'm using the MediaDisplay and MediaController components to display a .flv file. The composition works beautifully except that I can't scrub through the video with the "streaming" handle. All other functions of the controller component work just fine. Any ideas? Thank you in advance! leelo...more >>

Hi there: I created a flash movie really simple picture swapping with fading in and out. It plays on Explorer fine. It does not play on Netscape 4 on the Mac or PC. This is for a college website so we need it to work on Netscape 4. Alot of people still have not updated there Netscape. I publis...more >>

  Our site, http://www.thecapitalcorp.com, shows up fine on any PC. I made the design in Flash MX and output XML for the menu on the left. If you try to look at the site on a Macintosh, the Flash file does not show up. This site was working perfectly on my Mac just before I uploaded it to our ...more >>

If you are doing Flash detection/redirection read and use this: http://www.moock.org/webdesign/lectures/ff2knyc/ The rest is somewhat long-winded, less of a question, more of a story/complaint to Macromedia's support staff and for anyone running into problems detecting Flash: why doesn't the M...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know where to find a tutorial on the sliding menu as seen at http://www.audiusa.com/a8_sedan/a8_sedan_index_flash/0,5609,gDivflag-true_,00.html? Any help is appreciated! Thanks! Sincerely, Yiren Referring URLs http://www.audiusa.com/a8_sedan/a8_sedan_index_flash...more >>

hello ! i want use another text (different language)in flash what shuld i do do i can doing this idea! ...more >>

Does JSFL extent only the flash authoring environment, or does it also allow flash player to run java script like commands? It's a BeU2iful Day! -------------------------...more >>

Ok. I canNOT get this to work. Every time I go to the Flash Installation page, I'm greeted by an apparently unloading "movie". All I see is a box in the upper right-hand corner with a red square, green circle and blue triangle (I know, I'm a noob to this). The fact is, I don't even get a security di...more >>

I have a presentation which references a .fla file. I have cut the file into chunks., I have been using Swift Point Player. I thought it was great and wonderful when I started but now.... After several uses, the player must be re-installed. Any thoughts would be appreciated. ...more >>

Please check out the two links below. Im trying to create a scrolling navigation like these. Is there any such tutorial on something like this. Id like to make a floating navigation like these two and place in html site with links to html pages if possible. Any help? Thanks in advance. http://ww...more >>

I am working with Flash MX. When I play the scene using the option under Control>Play, my sound is good. When I play the scene using the option also under Control but Test Movie the sound is like one is in a barrel. The same applies when you publish the movie under File>Publish. Any thoughts...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know how to retrieve all component instance names from a movie? I have a movie which has 100+ components, and I'm pretty sure I had heard that you can retrieve a list with some actionscript command. Thanks, AJ ...more >>

Hi all, I've just been commissioned to develop a CD-ROM for a newly formed company. I have a good knowledge of Flash and have used it for a few years..now, does Flash MX cut it for a semi-serious Interactive CD-ROM? The project will typically include 5 or 6 video interviews and a number of...more >>

I have a scrolling dynamic text box which is loading an external HTML formatted text file. I'm trying to add anchor tags that would scroll to a different part of the text file within the text box, but can't get it to work. It always wants to open a new browser window. Can this be done? If so, how??...more >>

Hello: I have solved all my video problems over fast connections and my final hurdle is getting my player working on a 56k modem. I have this flash project which shows video with synchronized slides: http://www4.stelex.com/flashcom/applications/flash_vioplayer/mmp_03_low/player.asp It works...more >>

hi all...i read through some old posts concerning this, and i have the same problem...i'm publishing to CD and dont want the client to be able to make their own copies...is there a defense for this?? I understand they can't get the the .fla but i'd like them to have to call me for copies and not be...more >>

I'm working on a Flash movie in which successive objects are animated "flying" across the screen using very simple motion tweens. The first one works flawlessly. I created a new layer, and did the same things to #2, and it animates just fine in Flash's "Play" mode (started by pressing Enter). ...more >>

well i load some jpgs in MC, and it works fine......but it loads the pic allways whit the left top point from the jpg in the middle of my empty MC! how can i change this loading position to the left below point from my jpgs (and each jpg has some diffrend size).... do i have to detect the jpg...more >>

Is there any way to resize the entire swf file, to fit to users screen size. I don't want to create different movies for 800x600 1024x768.... all these resolutions. Is there any way. Thank you.... ...more >>

I am a very new user to flash, I have created a flash movie in the form of a button on my website to be used as a link. This all works fine UNLESS, I have it within a table. Is this normal? Is there some way to do this? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks P ...more >>

Hi, im trying to help a friend build a website. He wants to use a service from a company called "Plug and Pay" to help with all online transactions. They give you "cut-and-paste" code for HTML, but i need a little help converting this to Flash. I know how to make forms in Flash and have been able t...more >>

Hello all, Does anyone have any sample working code with the TimeLine object, like how to instantiate it, and use it's properties / methods? Thanks. - OJ ...more >>

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How do I modify a gradiant fill after I have created it (FMX04)? I used to be able to select a graphic on the stage and the selected fill would appear in the color mixer. Now it doesn't. How do I adjust the fill without having to re-create it each time? ...more >>

I just need a help. i would like to know if is it possible to put on the main web page built with Flash, a counter. I thank you anyone to help. Alessio Referring URLs www.viscontipalace.com ...more >>

I'm trying to get a secure page to stop flashing this "some items on this page are not secure" error, and I think the cause of it is from the flash. The movie param of the file is secure and pointing to a secure url. However, the codebase in my object tag and the pluginspage on my embed tag are poin...more >>

Can somebody please tell me how to do this ? I am trying to move through my movie(one scene only) with the use of a slider.(similar to a movie slider). Thanking you in advance. ...more >>

Hi! Can you tell me how i can save an image to disk. Not like this: button with "getUrl" << this way the file opens in a browser and doesn't ask me where to save it. Like this: Press "save" button and ask me where to save my file on my harddisk. Well i hope this is clear... Jun...more >>

Hello all, I have couple of questions about this site: http://www.markzware.com/main/ I this site built in flash and them embeded inside Dreamweaver? Were the Horizantal gray lines set up in dreamweaver or flash? Please send me any information you may have. Thank you for your help...more >>

Hi all, Hope somebody can help me with this one. I have an HTTPS site with an official 128-bit Verisign certificate. The site starts up fine, and all html content is encrypted normally. However, the moment Flash comes into it, the movies are not loaded. The container is shown, but the content...more >>

hi all, i'm encountering two difficulties that i need to resolve, i'm hoping someone here might be able to assist or direct me to somewhere online where i can find answers. (i'm using flash mx on a windows XP system) 1) i've using a scrollpane component which links to a movie clip in my l...more >>

hi, i have on my stage a dynamic text field inside a movie clip and 2 buttons - each element in a different layer. i'm adding each layer a keyframe on the 10th frame, and set the alpha of each element in the first frame to 0 --> a simple fade in. however, in the swf only the 2 buttons fade -...more >>

Hi, I am having a problem with timelines. My master timeline (1) is running with a movie on it (2). I am using buttons within this movie (2) to control the master timeline (1) using the _root.gotoandplay commands etc. This all works fine in published format as an swf. However I am then load...more >>

I would be very grateful if anybody could give me some tips with the following problem. I am working on a movie and have all animations; keyframe and tweens, pretty much as i want them. the problem is that I need to modify the display size of the movie, and move all of the content down the sc...more >>

Hi. I have a question. What size should one design their site, pixel size, so that it fills the screen when opened on 17" and 19" screen size? It seems I never get it quite right. The size should consider the typical IE or Netscape browser window with the users toolbar and address bar. I want t...more >>

How do i do this people ??? its the greatest thing i've ever seen !!! www.mitcha.kit.net ...more >>

At any point that the Flash 7 reader is installed and available, Internet Explorer 6 bombs. Tried removing reader with MM's uninstall, then re-installing. Tried uninstalling, going to Msoft and re-installing 6. No joy. I finally found enough hints all over the Web (but not on Macromedia site) for...more >>

i have same flash movie embeb on every page on my website each time i click on a page the flash reload and play from the begining how do i stop the flash movie from reloading everytime a page is loaded? any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated! thanks in advance _nkraf ...more >>

May be a little off-topic here but there's a virus Win32.pinfi.A which wrecks havock with Flash! In my case it was responsible for MX2004 not opening old MX files, giving 'unexpected file format' messages and creating empty projectors. The virus infects all .exe files on your system including ...more >>

I¹m using loadVariables() to load the path to an external link. I¹m using trace() to test if it¹s loading, but it¹s not working. I¹ve been pounding my head on this for about an hour ... what am I doing wrong? Frame one has this: loadVariablesNum("learnMore.txt", 0); Frame two has this: trac...more >>

hi there how do you do it??? thanks kevin ...more >>

Hi! I'am working on flash mx, i already made some progress but still not working properly. I'am still trying to make an animated button, now I allready can make it work :) but there are something still missing that i just dont know why it wont work. Inside the button. first i created a graphic o...more >>

hi, does anyone know of a good site which has tutorials on how to make pop-up flash web ads with a transparent background? here is an example of what I am talking about: http://www.impactproximity.com/work/adidas/beirut/blaster/index.html If you know how to create them and could let me...more >>

I have a gallery of thumbs on a site I'm working on. I want it so that when you click on the thumbnail, it opens in a new, window, without the scrollbars, etc. I followed this tutorial: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/popup_windows.htm It all worked fine, the problem is , ...more >>

Hey all, I've got a dynamic textfield, but after so much text it just stops. Is there a limit ot the max characters in a dynamic textfield? The textfield is create at authoring time. Thank, -SVV ...more >>

Hi, I have an array called myArray. I also have a textfield that a user can enter text into (myTextField). This text needs to be added to the myArray, but only if that word has not been added before. If it is already present in the array then a warning must come up. I am having trouble with thi...more >>

I have a projector from which I need to open other files of other programs. How can I make them open on top of the projector? ...more >>

Hi People, is there anyway to tell if the browser window that my swf is playing inside has been resized? Reason being is that I need to resize elements in my swf to match the new window size. Any Ideas? Dave &quot;In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king&quot;...more >>

I made a flash (.fla) file using flash MX 2004 (a trial version) I then sent it to someone who can't open it. Could it be because they are using an earlier version of flash or is it another issue? Thank you ...more >>

Hi, I hope i shall find a solution here :-). I have an assignment, I have to stop the FLASH CD from copying to another CD / PC / Device. I assume it is not possible to stop copying but it is possilble to encrypt the text in the flash. Even if flash is copied flash player shows encrypted t...more >>

I've been trying to add sound to my flash intro page I'm working on but with no luck. What I did was import the aiff file (I'm on a mac), which is about 10 seconds long, and it came through just fine. Then I wanted to loop it throughout my intro. The music file shows up just fine in my library, b...more >>

I have just semi successfully completed my first flash program. - My question is this - I want to upload it to my website - I click the "publish" button, and it generates a html file that when I click on opens explorer and plays ok - albeit off to the left side..... but..... I am using Frontpage ver...more >>

I have a movie with a button that calls 'load movie' action to bring another swf('second movie') on level1. Inside the 'second movie'', on the first frame, I have a movieclip. If I want to go to the second frame of the movieclip directly when the movie is loaded, how do I do that? ...more >>

Can anyone tell me the best way to export my Flash multimedia to Mac or PC format for use in videos? I'm stumped. Thanks ...more >>

Hi there, I just downloaded FL2004 - the only Studio component that seems to have made significant progress - in order to search & replace colors in a flash file. I might have done something wrong, but it looks like this functionality doesn't work (at least in older flash files) I opened a FL...more >>

I am trying to build a calender of dates to be performed on by a musical artist. What (if any) are my options in flash? ...more >>

Hi Guys & Girls, I recently downloaded the Macromedia Flash 7.0 upgrade (onto a Windows XP Pro PC running the latest Internet explorer) and have had nothing but Explorer crashes ever since! Whilst I did manage to remove the Flash upgrade - Iit reinstalls every time I go to a flash e...more >>

I keep getting the message: Unexpected file format when I try to open my older .fla's from Flash MX(2002) Any help would be appreciated, I wouldent want to have to start all over if I switch to 2004(which I most likley will). -Thanks ...more >>