Attached is my flash file. My animated layers under mask, description 1-3 layers is not showing when I do "test movie". I see everything normal under just "play" but when "test movie", description 1-3 layer texts are not showing and also, "Act Now" layer is not showing properly either. I am ...more >>

Hi. I'm actually having two separate problems. The first is that my Flash macros are no longer working as they should... some do, some don't. An example is f11 (which is supposed to open my library) now forces all my open flash windows off ot the sides and top of my screen revealing my desktop...more >>

I have a main movie which contains loadMovie() to load an external .swf file onto it. the external .swf file has a preloader inside. The preloader works very well when it is on its own. However, when it is loaded onto the main movie, the preloader doesn't work at all. In addition, the whole...more >>

I want to make a slide show like the ones on MSNBC.COM http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/ I can't duplicate the fade-out between pics. I aguess that they are putting them in movie clips..?? Yes/No?? When switching from one to another how are they getting the fade out on the ...more >>

I am trying to change a frame in Internet Explorer from within Flash. The theory is... A client will log into their download area. When they submit the credentials and pass the password gate, I have a fram called "RIGHTFRAME." I need flash to go to the required client download page and update ...more >>

Hi I would appraciate if you could give me feedback on this website please http://www.freshlemon.co.uk/newsite/lemon.html Some people have already said they have to click buttons a few times, how would i go bout correcting this? thanx ...more >>

I'm a beginner, and this problem is a BIG one! I've made a several-scene movie, and Flash has inserted an extra scene, called Scene 17 (?!?!? since the movie only has about 8 scenes!) which is very much THERE but does not appear in the list of scenes. It appears when I click on the "next" butt...more >>

Is there anyay to have the numeric stepper just allow even values. I set the step to 2 so it increments properly, but I can enter any number into the edit portion of the numeric stepper. How can I stop the entry of odd values? tia DAN ...more >>

I just recieved Studio MX 2004 (Education Version) and ordered Flash "Pro" (pro cost more and I expect more features). Can anyone tell me if the install icon is supposed to say "Pro"? It just reads Flash MX 2004. The outside of the box has a label pasted on it stating "includes Flash MX Pr...more >>

I have a scene I want to loop three times & then stop. So I created a layer called "action" and on the second to last frame put: loop = 0; while (loop<1) { gotoAndPlay (1); loop++; } Then on the next frame I put: stop (); I was thinking this would play the scene & go back to...more >>

I followed instructions on the following technote to change my browser on a mac so I could test in my preferred browser...didn't work for me. Still getting the old browser (safari) Ideas? __________<snip from tech note> To create a default browser for Flash MX on Macintosh: 1. In the F...more >>

Hi i have created a website in flash however when i place it online and it plays it seems to move the movie to the right so white space appears down the left and at the top of the window i want it to fit the dimnesions of the movie, but am having no luck can someoen please help? the site is at...more >>

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is it possible to use the arrow keys to advance or rewind video one frame at a time with flash video? i know you can control quicktime videos with the arrow keys in this manner but have not seen this in flash video. ...more >>

What is the setting, for Internet Explorer, to toggle enabling / Disabling the Flash plugin? Need to run some browser detection code to see if it works....more >>

Hey All, I build e-learning courses that use drag and drop components in assessing students' knowledge. Is it possible to have more draggable objects than destinations and still allow the, say, "Check Answer" button evaluate the user's drags? That is, I want to be able to have this butto...more >>

This is a basic question, but I have not found the solution in the forums anywhere. I am trying to create a banner that links to another site. I have created this following script: button.onPress = function() { getURL("www.website.com", "_blank"); }; ...more >>

I was wondering if it is possible to build a .swf file where you flip through two or three pages within the movie than come to a registration page to see the rest of the file? Once you register then you can see the rest of the file. Could a cookie be setup from the file so on return visits t...more >>

Hi, I imported a JPEG image into Flash and I want to edit that image using the Lasso tool but flash won't let me. Here is what I want to do: -Look at the right image in this flash movie, you see how the picture is cropped (doesn't have rectagular edges), that's what I want to do with my ...more >>

i need to be able to advance and rewind video one frame at a time using the arrow keys such as you can with quicktime. is this possible with .flv steaming videos? the videos will contain tennis players technique of which the client should be able to have the option to view the tennis strokes o...more >>

Hi, I've been trying to teach myself about editing websites since our webmaster and designer moved on. He created a great flash intro for our website, but the rollover button link goes to our old site not our new one. I just want to change the link, but Macromedia Flash MX won't let me ope...more >>

I am creating animated movie when a graphic symbol (into graphic symbol converted static text) should flip over, it's happening on 10 frames, the 10th frame I change to a keyframe, then I create motion tweening with 1 CW rotation, when i play on timeline it works perfectly but when i export it...more >>

Hello. I am quite new to flash. Here is the help I need. I am using Flash 5 in XP. My animation text layer (Bargain Price) appears and look normal in the stage but when I "test movie"(CTRL+ENTER) it disappears. It animated as I wanted when I just "play". This happened to me in the other movi...more >>

We are having difficulties with a Flash movie loading data from a file. If we open the HTML file directly (D:\folder1\file.html), it works fine. If we open it with the complete url (http://www.domain.com/file.html), it doesn't. It seems to be skipping the first scene, where we are doing the...more >>

Hi All, I wanted to create a navigation bar just like the one macromedia has; horizontal links and sublinks. So far, I'm able to read an xml data file that contains the labels and links for each element but, I was wondering if someone has been able to replicate that flash application of if...more >>

I would like to know how to place a mp3 in flash. Ok, maybe that sounded too general, here is what I am trying to do. In my flash file, I have made certain scenes the problem is I have an mp3 short music file in my library. Lets say I?ve made 3 scenes with different animation. I want a ...more >>

i have a flash file with 2 scenes. the first scene plays, then goes into the second scene. at the end of the second scene, there is a navigation menu. one of the navigation items is a drop down menu in itself. when you hover over that item, it's supposed to drop a sub menu down. this works fin...more >>

This is going to be my first post to this newsgroup...and it's going to be a doozy... I need to be able to type text in a field and have that text show up on another part. Where the text shows up it will be either straight across, inclined, arced, or arched. Then I will have to be able to rest...more >>

Novice flash user...but keen to try new things. I have two seperate SWF movies (call them A.swf and B.swf) in different physical positions on the same HTML page. I would like to start movie B.swf by clicking a button on A.swf. How is this done please? Similarily, if this is possible, and ...more >>

Can anyone help me??? I can't make a movie clip act like a button and take me to another scene. I have a ball with a motion tween and I want it to take me to another scene whenever I click on it. ...more >>

Hey all, I have been getting this message pop up everytime I am on the net surfing and mostly when im on ebay. It is a Flash player debug console security sandbox violation. Its like a pop up screen but more like a new window with the violations in it. Can anyone tell me what it is or more...more >>

I've built a flash presentation in a single movie. I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to make the movie return to frame 1 if the presentation is left idle for a set period of time? the same as if a screensaver would load up after a period of time. any ideas? ...more >>

I have basically given up on trying to find help with the MM site on components so I really could use some input from all of you on Flash books that cover FLASH MX components. Please provide title and your thoughts on the book(s). This will help all of us out who are looking for books. Tha...more >>

Could someone please tell me what plug-in, or whatever, is used in for = the Flash Videos at the site, http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/videos/ ? = =20 TIA Paolo...more >>

I have a flash movie, and when some button is clicked, another movie will open on top of it. It works fine except that I still can click the button of the bottom movie, even if the button is not visible (covered by graphics of the 2nd movie). Is there anyway to prevent this from happenin...more >>

Hello. I am not a flash designer but I need to modify an exisiting flash program for my friend. My question is: What's the simplest way to open another window to display an image? I am not running it on web but with a window projector (exe), so I don't want to open a browser window. ...more >>

Hi, Does anybody know if it is possible to program a movie to accept images or text from external programs, and perform some action based on it when it is dropped into the movie? I want it to load a different DHTML page based on what type of data was dropped, load a webpage with that image...more >>

Hi guys, anyone know how to establish when a streamed movie has finished playing? i'm currently using the netStream.play() function to load a .flv movie. thanks very much, rob...more >>

i'm working on building a custom component, and i'm pretty close. the problem is, in the code for the component, it makes use of a movie clip in the library with linkage assigned to it. when i compile the component, the movie clip does not seem to be included. if i manually add the movie cli...more >>

please forgive if double-posted. I have a collection of "little swf" that are being imported into a "big swf" on a lookup basis. .attributes.swf; //grab string from XML file for correct map item3 = loadMovie(mapSWF, _root.item2); // load movie onto stage, replacing placeholder ...more >>

I need to download motherboard images locally, in order to upload products into our website - AOpen use Flashplayer to show motherboards, for instance http://club.aopen.com.tw/pss/largeview.asp?nothing=nothing&img=/Products/images/ MB/Products/i865PEa-7ILFR.swf&modelname=i865PEa-7IF - the mag...more >>

Hi..i have something due in a few hours and my flash file is not showing the image that i have inserted as a jpeg or png... its distorting it into something else.. here is the link.. if you notice at the endof the movie when the maroon box goes to the side.. under it is suppose to be an imag...more >>

has anyone notice any bad performance issues with 2004 MX , a rendered flash presentation with audio (30 sec) at 400kb. I see that my MAC (g3, flash player 7) performance seems much more slower than the PC. While playing the swf? anybody have any ideas to be cross-platform? ...more >>

Hello, I'd like to load an external quick time movie to load progressively and include the controller (playhead). I only know how to do this in .html. How do you do it directly in Flash or can I put it in an .html page and load the URL? Thank you! ...more >>

Hello folks, i've got an annoying problem with flash MX, it bothers me alot: I have to design a flash file in which clothes (in comic style) can be colored in various colors. The outline of the clothes is black (0x000000), the fill color is usually red (0xff0000) and the - for example - pull...more >>

Weird results on this one folks. I have an .swf with a loader and a progress bar. The following actionscript gets the image and executes the loader: loader.autoLoad = false; loader.contentPath = "http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/86/017_PP0240.jpg"; pBar.source = loader; loade...more >>