I have a very important question: I have a flash-movie with a lot of text in it .... and this text has to be on an exact position. so I took static text and everything was good until I opened the movieclip with an apple. On the Apple I wasn't able to read a single line of the text ... everythi...more >>

Hello, I've got a question: is it possible with Flash to make online multiplayer flash games. (I mean not 2 player games!) Thank you very much. The Pieternel...more >>

hello I am wanting to create an effect in flash, the effect is that i am goin to have a logo on my site and i want when someone mouses over it a drop down menu appears does anyone know how to accomplish this? ...more >>

I'm trying to customize a listbox and a scroll pane. In MX you could click though the compnent's nested parts (through the Library). Then when you got to the white square set its alpha to zero. But I think MX2004 "simplified" all this by making customization sort of css-like, and transpare...more >>

Hello. I'm using Flash MX, and I've aligned an animation to streaming audio. The problem is that when I play it inside flash, it aligns perfectly, but when I 'Test Movie', the animation and the sound do not line up. Do I need a preloader in this situation to remedy it? Thanks, Jonathan...more >>

I was wondering if anyone knows any 'advanced' drawing tools/plug-in for flash? Or if Macromedfia has any plans to expand its drawing tools in the future? I ask this because i do alot of 'traditional' 2D animation in flash, and I could always use with extra brushes and paint tools. My drea...more >>

Is there any possible way to import midi files(.mid) into flash? If not, what is one of the smallest sized file formats that flash can handle?(as in if a midi file is 8kb thaty file is 2.mb in mp3 form. I know =/) ...more >>

Hi All - Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I have a pretty simple question (I think) In my previous version of Flash MX - I could drag a scroll bar from the components panel to my text box and attach it. I now need to do that, but can not in MX 2004. The scroll bar is not here...more >>

I've created a movie that crashes the v 7.0.19.0 of the Flash player (both Mac and PC - multiple browsers). While annoying, I am also concerned about the potential security risk of running this version of the player. ...more >>

I have a flash file inserted in a htm. i've put a link in a dinamic text, but i wanted that link to open in a new html page, not the same one... how can i do that? Can anyone help? Thanx Joao ...more >>

Hello, I know there is tons about this everywhere but I've looked at a lot of it and I'm still confused! I am trying to load an external .jpeg. I created a movie clip and I want it to load automatically when the user arrives at the frame (not in response to a button event) Th...more >>

Good Morning, I am trying to duplicate a movie clip in a specific movie but I can't seem to get it to duplicate w/out duplicating it on the root level. For instance, if I duplicate the clip on the _root level it works: for( var i; i < 10; i++ ) { duplicateMovieClip( _root.mc_wave_s...more >>

Hello, First I'm french so my english isn't very good. I try to create 2 effects in an animation but I don't how I can do them. 1 - I have a roadmap on the background which is bigger than the frame. I create movement of my roadmap to simulate a camera movement which folllow a road on this r...more >>

I have to use createEmptyMovieClip to create a dynamically changing movie clip, this probem is that, it's always on the top of other movie clips on the stage. What can I do to prevent the movie clips not being masked by script-based movie clip?? Thank you! ...more >>

Hi group I am adding sound to a movie and have it added. I need to add a graphics switch on the index page so that the sound can be turned off if so desired. I have the graphics made, but can anyone advise me how to make this switch simply. I am fairly new to flash and are using MX. ...more >>

I'm remaking a rotating logo for a website and need to know IF I can make the background transparent in Flash MX?...more >>

Hi, in a bit of a rush to get a site up and was wondering if any of you knew anywhere I could download a nice looking flash site for free? I need to get my site up and running temporarily until I can make my own site.... Any suggestions? ...more >>

Is there any way for me to link a movie clip symbol to an htm i have on my harddrive? I've made a movie clip symbol that rotates when you move your cursor over a button and i was wondering if there was a way to be able to click on the rotating movie clip symbol and bring up this frameset....more >>

Hi all, i have created a menu in fireworks which has popup sub items on it, and i was wondering if anybody could tell me how i could import that menu (with the popups) into a flash mx webpage i have made. Many thanks! ...more >>

After working with html for the last 16months, my return to flash and some of the 'featured' projects makes me feel that i ve missed out on something. Ive seen alot of sites that the movie fills the browser. Last year or so, i was under the impression that this was bad practice and movies shou...more >>

Hello, Can a .jpeg that has been loaded using the load movie action script be a hyperlink (to another web page)? Thanks!...more >>

I know this is so simple but am having hard time. please advise. on (press) { getURL("http://yahoo.com", "_blank"); } not seem to work...more >>

Hello, I'm using the following actions: on (press) { getURL("http://yahoo.com", "_blank"); } nothing works its giving me this message when I preview it. Scene=Scene 4, Layer=skip intro, Frame=1: Line 1: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances on (press) { ...more >>

Hello, I need help. I cant get my "skip intro" to work. I created a flash movie, I have 4 scenes and I like to add a skip intro so when you click on it would stop at the end of animation. tried the following, not working. can any help? thank you on (release) { _root.gotoAndPlay("Sc...more >>

I'm trying to make a small cartoon for the school station (nothing too fancy but its fun) and I'm not sure about how to do the sound. I have to record the voices before I start animating, but I've read articles that say not to sync the sound until "post" in a video editing program (meaning af...more >>

Hello Forum. I have created one small animation in flash. It's an animated logo. I would like to be able to drag and drop this one discreet animation into multiple flash projects, without having to build it from scratch in each project. Is it possible to import or drag and drop either ...more >>

I'm a new user to Flash, and all I want to do is morph a series of images, kind of like the Black or White video by Micheal Jackson. I've tried using fantamorph but u can only do it right with the full version. Can someone just outline the steps for me please? It would be so greatly appreci...more >>

using flash mx pro when i put a component on the stage and go to set the change handler in the properties there is no change handler property for my components ie combobox , or listbox when copy components in from macromedia samples they have change handler property and see tons of doc...more >>

Hey Guys, I'm new to this forum, did a search for the answer to my question but came up blank.... I'm developing a site in ColdFusion with some Flash elements incorporated into it. I'm using music on the opening page. Given these paremeters, can someone tell me is it possible when the use...more >>

Please give me a hand, I've been working on this form for days to no avail. I need to have my form set so that it will be processed by a form script and sent to my e-mail. This thing is absolutely killing me. http://www.direhive.com/flashform.zip <----------- My file Can someone plea...more >>