ANY action i take in flash mx, or MX 2004 pro causes my cpu usage to go to 100%. even trying to select a simple symbol on the stage I get the hourglass for about 10 seconds... I have a new PC, with a Gig of Ram. Flash is the only program that acts this way... anyone have any idea how to f...more >>

Hi there I have a symbol that contains a coloured rectangle and a line of text. This symbol needs to stretch its width depending on the width of the stage. This I have accomplished. Problem is it also stretches the text within the symbol. Is there a way to stop this? The test needs to ...more >>

Hi everyone, Do you know of any program (shareware or commercial) that can be used to detect broken links within swf files on a website? Thanks in advance, Gene...more >>

Hey whats up everyone?..Im new to flash, I have been learning thru tutorials so far...and im coming along alright, the thing is I am working on this project, and I need sum help.....im making sumthing like a Photo album....I added a small intro with a litle music and sum simple stuff....it loo...more >>

How do i create links in a static text feild that link to another slide in a flash slideshow? thanks, smartbei...more >>

Hi: I have a movie clip into a scrollpane, but the movie is very close to the borders of the scrollpane, can I give the scrollpane something like a vertical an horizontal space? and can I change the color of it ? Thanks ...more >>

Is it possible to save variables to an external file and have Flash pick variables from it? this is driving me crazy i dont know where to find this. What commands would I use? Thanks a bunch....more >>

Hi, Does any one know the code to an email form. This is how I set it up: Your name : (field space) YOur email (field space ) Comments (field space) submit - reset ...more >>

u know how you can add numbers to a dynamic text box like "on press , root. text += 10:" but how do you add wrighting to it like on press , root. text += "hello"; so when the button is presed the txt box says hello ...more >>

when i was extracting the flash mx 2004 trial version it said that the flash installer.exe was corrupted is it me or is it you?...more >>

Maybe I'm attempting the impossible, but I would like to build a flash projector program that opens and views several different file types on the users local drives. Does anyone know a way to browse and open local files through flash? If not, is there a way to load and execute say a VB p...more >>

Development OS: Windows XP Targeted OS's: Windows 98 and later. Development package: Macromedia Flash MX Professional I am thinking of developing a Flash UI for an application we have. The UI will be converted into an EXE file and will communicate with another EXE file. So far things loo...more >>

Are there 2 places to define a variable in HTML?...more >>

I'm using Flash MX 2004 Pro on a Win2k system. I've got an FLV file played via a MediaDisplay and MediaController pair. I want an event that is triggered on "complete" (http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/00002578.html), but it never fires. The playhead bar in the Media...more >>

Hi, I'm creating a CDROM, the file itself is a flash projector. I've added an autorun. Is it possible to launch the projector automatically in full screen? If yes, i hope so, how? Many thanks in advance, Pascal ...more >>

I am trying to modify an existing web site created in flash. There is an into movie that has some animation in it and then brings up the home page. My problem is that I have rearranged buttons on the home page and the intro but now the intro home page graphics don't display in exactly the same...more >>

i have this platform game and it is just on noremal frames so i want to put all of the main game bit into a movie clip this is may action script i put in the player: onClipEvent (load) { gravity = 10; scale = _xscale; walkSpeed = 6; maxjump = 5; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) ...more >>

Hi all, I'm putting a movie together that is essentially a slide show, with each "slide" as a separate MovieClip, that contains some minor animation, text and audio. This keeps things simple as I can just create a single new keyframe in the main timeline, put a stop() in that frame, and then ...more >>

I was wondering if theres any documentation or tutorial that shows hoe to use the combobox as a menu to links pages on a site? Very simple, I just need to link the dropdown to different URLs. I've managed to create the dropdown and all the link titles, but can not find a way to link them T...more >>

I need to add a lot of text to a file - about 8 to 10 word pages in mx. I have created the scroller already and that works fine but when I paste about 3 or more pages into flash it will write text over each other(by bringing it to the top). It seems to be some sort of limitation. I would ra...more >>

The single most annoying thing about browsing today is unexpected music from flash sites. Some flash designers are kind enough to place a disable flash button somewhere on the screen that I can look for after being blasted by whatever nonsense music they like for a few seconds. Often, even th...more >>

hey you have helped me so much and i really appreciate it.. i have one last question.. those files you gave me work perfect but im having one last problem.. my button ( news.swf ) will open the link when i have it open in flash.. but when i put it into my website it will not let me click it.. ...more >>

Im trying to figure out how to edit flash code. Right before my flash loads on my web page i see an area of white space, I checked around the forum and found that i have to edit the background color that flash assigns the space where the movie is stored before the flash loads. I am a beginner...more >>

Hi Forum does anyone know where I can source a tutorial to create a pinball game or better still a template file I might be able to use....more >>

Hi guys i have a site and atm this is wat it looks like: members.optusnet.com.au/phillip02 I have one major problem with flash and i will explain it below. First of all i am using macromedia flash mx 2004. My problem is that when i edit my flash file and use ftp to upload it, the site alwa...more >>

Hello, I have some advanced questions on font exporting in Flash MX2004. Firstly, thanks heaven for Burak's ASV 4.0, it's a splendid SWF analysis tool! Now, back to business. Firstly, about my intentions: I am trying to make Flash 2004 movie show anti-aliased dynamic unicode text. Un...more >>

Running WinME, using Flash Studio MX. Can't open a Flash MX 2004 .fla file for rework , "Unexpected file format" is the error. Is there any way to open this file? THANKS! ...more >>

Okay, I made a stick animation, walking in place. How do I tween him across the canvas? I used the line method, each limb on a different layer. http://img25.exs.cx/img25/1558/stick.jpg Thanks in advance. ...more >>

hi, i am doing cd presentation in flash where i want to save pdfs in flash. so is there any script for saving pdf in flash please help me out. thanks ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to implement the quiz example to my LMS which is written in PHP. I published the quiz with the SCORM tracking template. I put the flash and the html file in my webdirectory, without any APIWrapper. And the movie starts without any error message. I expected the I had to see an e...more >>

I have just recieved a cd rom with what appears to be an application that has forms created in flash embeded in it. there is a basic toolbar along the top (print, zoomin/out) and it allows you to save your progress. Is it possible to create this using only flash or has it been made with anothe...more >>

....Bug oder nicht Bug... Hi.. habe ein nicht unnerviges Problem in Flash In einer Animation habe ich ein Vector-Logo in einer seperaten Ebene liegen (Ohne Tweenings), welche mir mitten im Intro pl?tzlich nur noch verpixelt dargestellt wird. Kurz Sobald meine Annimation beginnt verpixelt...more >>

I have made a small Flash banner animation in a specific measurement. Now, when the animation is finished - I have to change the size of the banner?? How can I do this? I have tryed to import the movie into a new document (in the new size) and then scaling it - but this only affects the first ...more >>

I'm sure this is just a simple thing and I'm gathering it might have somrthing to do with the flash part of the site rather than the html. If you visit www.rokkebony.com.au (a site I'm currently building) you will see that on the first page that the flash content sites to the top of the page...more >>

I would like to start Flash.exe in a batch. I want to export a .fla File to swf-file in a command line without loading Flash before. Is there a way??? f.i. flash.exe /URL-test.fla /URL-test.swf Thank you for an answer ...more >>

I am relatively new to Flash and have read that PNGs are the best files to import into Flash for size of file reasons, but I always thought PNGs were much larger files than GIFs and JPGs, is this actually true? ...more >>

This site http://www.nellyfurtado.com/nelly.html has a very cool blur effect on the background when you click on the characters in the foreground. Any ideas how they pull this off? I thought perhaps they alpha fade in a pre-blurred jpg, but I'm not so sure... Thanks, Chris Powers ...more >>

below are a set of conditions i have set. They all work but the last...can anyone help??? I've changed the last else if to a plain else but still no luck..... if(gender.value="male" && circ > 94){ _root.bodyshape.gotoAnd...more >>

I came across a site I thought this was pretty cool how was this done I mean the text on the header and the sparkle http://www.webdesignsbyjeffrey.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloadd etails&cid=3&lid=104&title=AutoMail ...more >>

I am putting together an animation and would like certain images to fade in and then later out. Going through the tutorial, I see how to do motion tweens, but cannot figure out how to make an image object fade in or out. The image object in question is an Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file in case...more >>

I have Fash MX 2004 Pro. and can anyone please tell me hot to create a video with the media playback I cant get it to work. also do I import the flv to the stage? What layer are needed to make this work? ...more >>

I am new to web design and have a design with the what i call top banner done in a shockwave or flash. I am not really sure which one but anyway I need to edit the (Company Name) which is what is says to my company name and don't know how to do it. Would someone be so kind as to point me in th...more >>

ok i have a menu made.. but i cannot get the menu to go to the links i designated.. and i dont know how to fix it.. can anyone please fix it for me?? i realize im going out on a limb here but i figured it was worth a try.. anyways.. i used a decompiler to get all the files and then zipped them...more >>

ok i have a menu made.. but i cannot get the menu to go to the links i designated.. and i dont know how to fix it.. can anyone please fix it for me?? i realize im going out on a limb here but i figured it was worth a try.. anyways.. i used a decompiler to get all the files and then zipped them...more >>

I'm new to Flash MX 2004. I want to have a graph on my page, showing data which is updated every 5 seconds. What components I should add to the stage? Thanks very much, Tom S....more >>