Need to send enews. I am guessing I embed the swf in an html first. Is there any specific code to make the flash movie play when the email is open? Thanks G ...more >>

How much can an intermediate/advanced Flash Developer charge for contract work (by the hour, let's say) -- reasonably? ...more >>

Anyone give me a clue as to how to create the "onclick" effect on the search box on macromedia.com? ...more >>

Hi, I am fairly knew to Flash and video, so please excuse me if any of this is obvious. I am after some advice on the best way (and products) to display some photographic slide shows, with audio. I use another program for creating the slide show, and this produces an avi file. I am undecid...more >>

I've noticed people having the same problem as myself in getting their flash animations onto disc for viewing on home TV. The same fix is posted for everyone having this problem - export to avi and convert to mpg. The only problem with this is the MX export for avi does not incorporate any mov...more >>

Whenever I try to open an flv file I get the unexpected file format Error . please help. ...more >>

Hello all, I am undertaking a project that I have not had to do before, and I'm looking for a few good places to start. I am wanting to create a Flash Site that would stream the content on demand, or at least, create very quick-to-access flash material. I have created many slideshow...more >>

I am trying to practice using Flash video but I am having problems. when I select the sample file that comes with the video kit (go_away_spray.flv) I get the error message:"Failed to open document"...more >>

Is there any way of packaging the Flash exe so that is the only file needed to run the movie? I have several files needed to run my movie (ie: xml files are being called for the text, swf's are called for the images). Is there any setting, perhaps in the publish settings, that allows it to cre...more >>

i know you can make random numbers go in to a text box on (release) { box = random(7; } but how do you make it so it has a random writing in there between 2 differt names like on (release) { box = random("james"||"mat"); } ...more >>

Hi guys, i am having a little problem joinning some swf files to make a movie the problem is that those swf files are 1 frame each but have an effect, when converting them to a movie it only shows the pic before it morphs (thinking its only 1 frame) so i gave up on converting it to movie. r...more >>

how would i make a scrolling text box in flash? theres an example of one on the following site when you click news www.aledmann.com...more >>

Hello Flash Users, Does anyone know how to contact Macromedia to ask about the SWF Wizard in Dreamweaver MX that creates Flash Text and Flash Buttons on the fly? I am interested in developing a much simpler tool that will create basic SWF files. In short does any know how to create basic...more >>

What code do I use to center text, when I'm importing a variable in to a text with "Render Text as HTML"? I know this is an obvious answer, but I've done searches on Macromedia's site and even on google, and I can't find the answer. Here is how the txt doc looks: &mainTl=<i><b>Welcome!</b...more >>

I have a movie clip that I've added to a Flash Presentation. I want the clip to run once and then stop. It's currently looping over and over. This is probably really simple but I'm very rusty. Haven't been using Flash for a while. Thanks in advance for helpful advice. ds ...more >>

I've imported a 30 second avi into Flash MX. Screen size is 720x480. Looks fine. But.. when I export (or publish), the image size is approximately double i.e. the image is too large for the screen, and because of the enlargement the picture is pixelated. (same thing happens if I br...more >>

Well, I've posted this several times and had zero solutions. Here it is again. I'm producing some on-line learning that has a Flash animation on the front page. From here I can go to my site map, which is like a card index where, when I roll over a card with my mouse, the card pops up so...more >>

i just have 1 simple question HOW THE HELL DO YOU MAKE A FORM?...more >>

I have a flash movie that plays without error in Netscape and Firefox and IE, but only in IE if the 'Check for newer versions of stored pages' is set to 'Every visit to the page', which is basically downloading the movie each time. If I have this set to 'Automatically', the movie only plays o...more >>

Hi, having trouble with a project deadline quickly approaching. I have a dynamic text box on the stage, and load an .xml file using the load xml object. Trouble is when I highlight the text it moves. I have narrowed the problem down to the special characters (Registered and Trademarked) but no...more >>

Hi Well i am developing this web site and i have created several movie clips in library....Now ehever i put each movie in all the frames one by one and test the scene....The main timeframes runs skipping all the movieclips ro run... I want main movie to stop till the movieclip in first f...more >>

Can anyone help me out here! I have embedded an swf in the page http://greatorb.com/wurstlin/index1.cfm and a progressive download FLV on this page > http://greatorb.com/wurstlin/index.cfm My client tells me he cannot see it yet he can see other flash objects on other sites. I am completel...more >>

Dear all, I am trying to recreate the effect of the zooming in and out (kind of like sofake.com), I have the general idea down but constantly running into problems. I have a couple of instances on the main timeline controlled with a simple actionscript button, they work great separately but ...more >>

Does anyone know if the FLV format supports the 32 bit alpha channels found in video? If not, does Macromedia have plans to do so in later versions? If so, how about some info on it? Dave DMG Studioz, Inc. ...more >>

Dear Group, I am a bit embarrassed to ask for help in such a sophisticated group, but I am having trouble downloading flash. I downloaded Macromedia shock just fine. I disable all of norton, including the firewall. Stopped some intrusions by spybot and spyware blaster, also have cw shredde...more >>

With ActionScript, I need to scroll a dynamic text field horizontally and then move it. The problem being that when you set the hscroll attribute the background attribute of the field gets changed to true. Fine. Everytime I set the hscroll, I set the background to false (TextField.background =...more >>

Hi guys, I need to import a quicktime movie into a flash, but I want that flash play it externally, so that the *.mov file was in the same directory of the movie. I don't if it's possible Thanks Francesco ...more >>

Is there a quick way to get from one frame LABEL to another in the timeline as you can from scene to scene? Thanks, Jeff ...more >>

Hi all, Does anyone know if it is possible to create an alpha tween using actionscript, not as a regular motion tween? What I want is to have 2 movieClips on one frame in the timeline. One movieClip slowly fades out and when it is invisible, the other movieClip, which has been stopped u...more >>

is there any way of having a button that takes you to the last frame you where on..... like say i have 20 frames and i want a button in all of them frames that takes you to the 21 frame and in the 21 frame i want a button to take you back to which ever frame you where just on(being 23,6,...more >>

I'd like to have 1 flash movie with two different flash windows (or movies) come up at the same time. For example, one is a calculator, the other is the actual place the type their answers. Is this possible? Thanks Rosa ...more >>

Hello, I wanted to know how to take away the borders on swf files. I am working in dreamweaver and the borders only seem to show up on the Linux operating system. Is this a general problem? Thanks, Dylan Allingham. ...more >>

Hi I have a flash file that i downloaded that I needc to alter, on the bottom of the flash file the menu appears which you can click onto and it directs you to the correct page, however i wish to change the menu titles and don't know how to do this. Please help, i can send the file if required...more >>

Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong area. I'm not sure what part of Flash does this. I want to be able to create "drawing" effects. Kinda like the pinky-orange face that is "drawn" when the http://hi-res.net website is loading. I figure it may be actionscript but I'm not sure. Also I ...more >>

I want toput in an instance (import) background transparent like in director...more >>

in flash mx proffesional unable to make animation , tweening exactly after 16000th frame , what could be the reason and solution ....more >>

Is there a site where I can see the percentage of users for each flash player version? Preferably even devided by age groups. Thanks!...more >>

This is something that has bugged me for the last several versions of Flash. It's finally gotten to the point where I have to know.... What is the deal with "split" tweens and "connected" tweens? I have no idea what these are called, officially, but here's an image that shows what I'm ta...more >>

I have swf files that work fine when in the same folder as my HTML file. However when I move them to a folder called multimedia they do not work. I've done this in the past without any problems until now. Suggestions? The HTML appears as follows: <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-1...more >>

Recently I became unable to select a single frame within a sprite using the selection tool (arrow). Whenever I leftclick, it selects the entire sprite, never a single frame. How can I reset this??? I've uninstalled and reinstalled the entire app and deleted and forced a scratch recreate o...more >>

Hey all, I've searched the forum and I can't seem to find the answer to this question. I'm sure it has been answered so often that everybody is probably slitting their throats just reading this (you might want to get a bucket to catch that). Sorry, but here goes. I have a simple butt...more >>

Is there a way to have an input field that also lists pre-populated values ? i.e. click in the field, options are listed in drop down - if option you want isn't there- then type in the same field....more >>

Hey All, This one is probably pretty easy, but I need a hand here. I have 6 buttons in my menu. When you click one, I want it to remain in the "over" or "down" state after being pressed. Then, when you click another menu item, the previous button goes back to the "Normal" state while the...more >>

Situation: 1. Add a simple combobox component to the stage and set several labels such as A, B, C, D, etc. 2. Use the setStyle to modify the look of the combobox such as: _global.style.setStyle("fontFamily", "verdana"); plus some other similar setStyle commands. When publishing th...more >>

Whats up? I thank whoever did respond to my previous post....but the thing is I guess I didnt explain it too well... ok.....I have a project im making....its like a photo ALbum kind of thing........so I have an INTRO file....which is like a little Flash movie thing with Scrolling text and m...more >>

Hello! Flash is crashing on my system before it finishes launching. I've spent all day on the phone with Macromedia and they don't have a solution for me. I saw a few other posts from a few months ago addressing this problem, but did not see a solution--does anyone know of one yet???!!!!!! ...more >>

I was just wondering if anyone has come across problems with IE6 and Flash .swf files embedded in html pages? Ever since I upgraded to IE6 any pages I create using the embed tag get blocked from loading by the popup blocker. Yet this does not seem to be happening on very much of the Flash co...more >>