When creating a Navigation system do I create them one by one as individual buttons then convert them into a movie clip? or Shall I convert them into a movie clip first then "break apart" into single individual buttons? ...more >>

Everything was fine as far as this issue goes. i.e. THe page would loud and there was not any white box. I made some changes to the page itself (added a gif) and a link, to the page the .swf is located on. THen I began getting a white flash before my movie loaded. I removed the .gif thinki...more >>

For some inexplicable reason the timeline and stage appear separately, rather than the usual position of the stage appearing directly beneath the timeline. I'm running Flash MX20004 Professional on Mac OSX 10.3 . Any suggestions? TIA. ...more >>

I have created a simple two layer file with a photo on the bottom layer. A word of text is on another layer an is animated wtih tweening to move across the photo and is set to be a mask so that you see the photo through the text. It works just as I need when I play it and view on the stage, ...more >>

I put in a simple stop, although I put it at the end of a fade in transition. The little "a" appeared in the first key frame of the transiton and when I previewed the movie, the transition never showed. I went back and took out the stop action, but there is still a little "a&q...more >>

Anybody ever found a utility to convert VOB files to FLV....more >>

im using the flash video player and everything seems to work, but i wanted to know if there was a way to make a button that says, Full Screen.... any help would be great, thanx...more >>

Is it possible to add my web site hits counter in Flash?...more >>

Hi, I have a question about the date object. I wrote some code using setMonth and realized the month it was returning was wrong. I tried it with setYear and it worked ok. Anyways here is my test code below: testdate = new Date(); testdate.setYear(2004,8,1); trace (testdate.getMonth()...more >>

I want make an city map based on Flash(*.swf) technology, but it's difficult to make such vector map through the tool provided by Macromedia, My difficulty on bitmap(from scanner)->Vector map,and I hope there have a tool to solve this problem------a professional Vector Map(based on Flash)maker!...more >>

I imported a windows media player format video into flash, and inserted it into the flash document. I then previewed my flash, saw the movie, but no sound. BTW - there was sound when I viewed it in WMP Help Please THanks ...more >>

I'm wondering if Flash supports the new Ogg file format? If not, what audio formats does it support? Any help you can provide would be appreciated....more >>

Dear friend, Do you know how can I create a menu in flash with topic and link like the "jump menu" in "macromedia dreamweaver"? Thanks, A...more >>

Hi, I want to create a block of text that will scroll vertically on my page within a specified window size. I know I'll have to create a couple of arrow buttons, but don't know how make the text move using the buttons. Anyone help? Thanks in advance Michael ...more >>

Why are flash movies go on top of a drop down menu? how can I fixed that?...more >>

Hi guys!!! I'd like to know how would the best way to put music in a website. streaming? what else? My project is just stm like a soundtrack in my intro and another in my main site. Maybe i would make available a couple tracks to user pick one.. what do u think? many thanks!!! :) ...more >>

Is there a simple tutorial out there that can explain to me how they made their logo shine on the following site: http://www.remingtoncorp.com/2004/company.html -- Seth...more >>

Hi All, After viewing some flash websites nowadays, I notice alot of use with After Effects. I was searching for some tutorials and stuff which i am just starting out with the program, but have yet to find any sites that talk about the use of AE and Flash together. Anyone have any idea on whe...more >>

what is the script that I need to add to the button to restart the game? I want a button that does what ctrl+enter does every time you start the swf. from the beginning. thanks....more >>

I know this must be realy simple. But can some one tell me how to convert from jpg to vector on Flash. Anyone please Les...more >>

Hi, folks: In Flash MX, when I have two comboBox, one is editable named can_cb, the other isn't named not_cb. when I select not_cb's item, now not_cb got the focus, and then I put cursor into can_cb's input TextField directly. here, you will found that not_cb's focus haven't been removed. wh...more >>

Ok I am trying to make a signature for forums, and I cant seem to figure out how to get the effect I want. www.newlifevideo.com\mysig2.swf Go there and check what I have so far I want the green background to FADE to the blue one when mouse-over occurs and stay blue untill I go over i...more >>

This is probably a silly question to you power users, but.... I can't seem to find any way to open another application when a button is pressed in Flash MX. I have a need to open an Authorware piece from a Flash piece. What Action Script would be appropriate? I'd appreciate any and all h...more >>

This is problably really simple but I don't know how you get IE to start the flash debugger - it starts in Netscape - any help you can provide would be appreciated....more >>

:confused; Currently I am trying to design a web site with slide menu features. I have no idea how to create this. I have the navigation menu prepared, and can create pop-up menus. But am really confused trying to create a slide menu, but it is a feature which I would really like to incorpo...more >>

Hey all, Recently I've been assigned to develop a text-box like component. I extended UIComponent for that matter and everything seemed to work great, when I noticed that when I rotate/skew the component - text doesn't show. Took a day of trial/error, when I finally noticed that even Macro...more >>

I followed the instruction from this page to create my own Music on/off button. http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Audio/Music_On-DarkSlay-884/index.php I have more than just one scenes in my flash page. When, I turn off the music in first scene, as soon as it goes to next scene music tur...more >>

Hi. Can somebody tell me why an Fla with sound files (or other high kb type of files) still seems to retain its size even after the the files are removed from the stage and the library? Thanks. tc...more >>

Recently, I uninstalled and reinstall a new updated Flash MX Pro. I need to know is why layers are still viewing overlapped. Pictures, text and links are either on top of each other or text tend to dissapear 2 or 10 lines down depending on size. I see this when I go to preview my pages in my u...more >>

Hi, I am trying to use a loadMovie command to get external pictures to load into an empty mc. When I try to use an array to determine the file name of the pic I want to load, I keep getting an NaN error. menuHolder["btn"+k].onRelease = function() { _level0.loader_mc.loadMovie("pics/"+...more >>

I have a flash header that is supposed to be seamless with the rest of the site but when I export it certain elements are about 1 pixel off as well as the the width seems to be a pixel off making it seem a little too small to make it seamless. Does anyone know why this happens in flash and how...more >>

See title....I've seen people answer this both ways. Maybe there is someone on this forum who can give a definitive answer. And, if it is possible, please direct me to a tutorial that will help me accomplish the task. If it is not possible, a simple NO will suffice. Thank you for your time and...more >>

Hi, I am trying to use a loadMovie command to get external pictures to load into an empty mc. When I try to use an array to determine the file name of the pic I want to load, I keep getting an NaN error. menuHolder["btn"+k].onRelease = function() { _level0.loader_mc.loadMovie("pics/"...more >>

this is not a flash q but the sothink fourom,s are crap coz no one goes on so please help me, i have sothink swf. decompiler but the little icon that comes up on the internet tool bar has gone and when i go on to (view) (toolbars) it has gone from there to, does anyone know how to get it back ...more >>

I make Scene based "slide" presentations with complex timelines, and find myself recreating previous work I try to import as "past frames" in a new blank scene. The best I can figure is that the tweens (and their numbering) are conflicting which is not resolvable in the standard "new or repl...more >>

How do I remove the toolbar that has been pasted to my Explorer browser. It is annoying....more >>

ok - i am trying to get the following link to EDUCATE me, http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/mscbi/mscbi.html however - when i click it, it is telling me that i need the updated version of shockwave to view. i download and install. nada. so, i down load and install latest fla...more >>

There was too many errors happening everytime I went to publish and review my work. Layers and words and pictures would overlap each other and such. So I thought it might have been because the program and/or my flash player needed to be updated. I went to see and sure enough, there was an upda...more >>

Hello there, Does anybody have a coinflip movie that i can use? The on's i found on the internet didn't show a coin actualy flipping so before i go and make one on my own i thought it's smarter to ask for help Thank you in advance Neo ...more >>

I am trying to make a horizontal volume slider that will work directly in a scene and within a movie clip and am having problems. I created a movie clip with the slider graphic and placed the following code on the: on (press) { startDrag("", false, left, top, right, bottom); dr...more >>

Hi, I plan to retrieve xml data from a flash projector (xml files and projector will be burned on a cdrom). Is there any way to protect xml files on the cdrom in order to prevent its content from being displayed? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hey all, I need some help here, I am following the tutorial here at http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash/flyoutmenu/flyoutmenus.html I have goten to step 5 & 6 on the "Organizing your layers and preparing your menu" part (first page). It says something about Stop Actions and Frame Labels. Wh...more >>

Hi, I would like to import video with alpha channel into flash, I have been unable to find any documentation or tutorial on this issue. Does flash Mx support this feature? if not are there plans to support such a feature in future releases of Flash. Thanks :confused; ...more >>

I would like to have a ?downloads? section on my website consisting of PDFs and wallpapers. How do I create the links in flash so people can download them to their desktop? :confused;...more >>

:confused; I reformatted my Mom's 2.4GHz computer hard drive after she caught a virus. She has an HP so I had to use their proprietary software to load it back up in XP. Now she cannot get Flash to play, even after it goes thru the motions of downloading. Can anyone help? ...more >>

I have a movie with a ComboBox bound to a WebService connector. When I compile the movie, combo.swf, the ComboBox works fine. The results in the dropdown list are exactly what I expect to see. I load this swf into a base swf using MovieClip.loadMovie(combo.swf). When I run base.swf the Co...more >>

Is there a way to test a flash website on a pc to see how it works on a mac without having to upload website, find a mac, test site, identify problems, fix problems, upload website, find a mac, test site, identify problems, fix problems upload website, find a mac, test site, identify problems...more >>

hi, i hope someone can review the following flash 4 movie: www.video-excel.com/flash if anyone would like to see it and let me know how it plays on your computer i'd appreciate it....more >>

Hi Guys, I have a dynamic text box, which is used for my "scrolling text box", how can I have a new paragraph in this text field? My entire text becomes one big block of text and if I press return to make a new paragraph, when published it gives me errors. What can insert in the middle o...more >>

Is there a good way to turn the 'over' state of a button into a pull down menu? I've tried nesting other buttons with-in the over-state of an existing button, and Flash will let me attach action script to the nested button, but, the nested button will show up when I'm in the 'hit-zone' of the...more >>