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copying an image on my flash website
Posted by markmac2 at 10/21/2004 11:53:32 PM
I am trying to copy and save an image that is part of my flash website. Does anyone know how to do it? FTI, I have a PC, not a Mac...Thanks, Markmac2...more >>


copying an image on flash
Posted by markmac2 at 10/21/2004 11:51:19 PM
I am trying to copy an a stationary image that is part of my flash website. Does anyone know how to do it.? FYI, I have a PC and not a Mac....Thanks, Markmac2...more >>

opening .fla from 2004
Posted by farvie at 10/21/2004 11:17:48 PM
hi, does flash mx open 2004 files (I am having trouble opening macromedias' tutorial files for 2004) I only have mx. thanx dave. ...more >>

Sothink Flash Decompiler
Posted by webwasp.co.uk at 10/21/2004 11:00:27 PM
Sothink Flash Decompiler is a program that enables anybody to grab any SWF file off the net and convert it back into a Flash FLA file. Any Flash movie can now be ripped off and any Flash Movie with sensitive information like - passwords is now completely exposed! As a designer I find this ab...more >>

7 minute video
Posted by kev458 at 10/21/2004 10:57:10 PM
this is causing me a headache!!! I have a 7 minute video to play. I have it in a swf and it is 23MB. Is there a way of playing it without having it pre-loaded? I thought that maybe I could simply use the loadmovie action but if I do is there a way to make it play after loading a certain perc...more >>

A Halloween Hair Raiser :-)
Posted by Jefferis NoSpamme at 10/21/2004 10:29:40 PM
http://www.petersonsales.net/Halloween.html Tongue in Cheek - a humorous look at the season. - a flash cartoon ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jefferis Peterson, Pres. Web Design and Marketing http://www.PetersonSales.com ...more >>

actionscript distort
Posted by Alexandre Silva at 10/21/2004 9:18:47 PM
is it possible to distort a movieclip or a graphic simbol using actionscript? Thanks in advance guys! ...more >>

Does anyone use Anim FX & If So...?
Posted by Paulie1983 at 10/21/2004 8:59:10 PM
....How do you save the swf files when I load up my version I can save the text and the html but how do I save the swf file?? Cheers ...more >>



s'creens
Posted by Scully at 10/21/2004 8:56:27 PM
This is the first time ever I try to use the 'new' screens feature (slides not forms). I am trying to do a self-running screenshow, I'd like each slide to pause for a couple of seconds after all the content has appeared, then go on to the next one without user interaction. I have tried the 'pause...more >>

text search in an SWF????????
Posted by TurboNut at 10/21/2004 8:26:35 PM
ok i have a swf with text i typed inside. In flash could i make a search locate the text inside the flash movie. In other words can i have the text search tool inside the flash movie that it is searching in? if this cannot be done with flash.......can flash search from outside an swf and l...more >>

What is the problem !??!?
Posted by a_mistry2 at 10/21/2004 8:23:20 PM
Hi.. ok, guys.. i m one step further with my problem which i posted here about transition effects in a slide show... please see my attachment and move with the arrow keys through the three slides... When the next slide wipes in, it covers the previous slide... But when i call the previous ...more >>

.flv won't open
Posted by The Lone Ranger at 10/21/2004 7:14:51 PM
I just created a test .flv file using Sorenson Squeeze. It appears that upon clicking this file Flash MX Pro 2004 wants to open it but I am getting a Flash error message that states that Flash can't open the file. How then do I get this to open and play? -- The Lone Ranger ...more >>

Flash Not Showing for Mac Users
Posted by A l e x M a r i n o at 10/21/2004 6:28:42 PM
Could someone please let me know if there is a reason why folks in the Mac world cant see this page http://www.16hands.com/dp/gallery/gallery/htm alex ...more >>

load and unload movie clip
Posted by asdsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfa at 10/21/2004 6:04:29 PM
I am working on this flash application that will load and play flash movies from an external source - kind of like a messaging system - so when I want to message users of my flash application, all I have to do is create a new message as a flash movie and it is loaded and played by my flash ap...more >>

flash video and alpha channels, how?
Posted by Jbaum at 10/21/2004 5:52:24 PM
Is there a way to bring video into flash and maintain an alpha channel. Say you had green screen footage of someone talking and you want to composite them on top of some graphics in flash. I cant seem to find a definitive answer anywhere. Ive tried using FLV and SWF video exported from Squeeze...more >>

Create buttons and attach flash intro
Posted by phs989 at 10/21/2004 5:38:47 PM
I am very new to flash... i have created a movie and want to attach as my intro to a site i have built. Plus i want to be able to put a button on the intro that appears at the end which the user clicks to go to the homepage. I dont understand the actions panels in flash... what do i need t...more >>

any torturials
Posted by jimbo bagins at 10/21/2004 5:35:22 PM
does any1 know any torturials on how to make a rpg game...more >>

Fonts not showing spaces
Posted by Japanese Cell Phone at 10/21/2004 5:21:55 PM
Okay, I'm using Flash 7.2 on OS X and some of my fonts, in particular, my Emigre fonts, do not show spaces between words. Any fix for this? Thanks in advance!...more >>

How To Pause Movie Using Keystrokes
Posted by petermoran at 10/21/2004 5:17:04 PM
When a swf file is playing, is there any way to pause it without right-clicking and unchecking Play? Thanks!...more >>

Hope You can now download the attachmen !!
Posted by a_mistry2 at 10/21/2004 4:42:09 PM
hi. i'm creating a slide show... i attached a test file. On that file, there are two slides with buttons and transition effects on them... When you click the one button, the next slide should wipe in... when you then press that button, the previous slide wipes in. MY PROBLEM: when the previo...more >>

Using Flash Projector on Multiple monitors
Posted by Ed682 at 10/21/2004 4:33:29 PM
I am developing a presentation that will be delivered with the Windows Projector. This file must be displayed using four smaller monitors as one large monitor. I have tried the fscommand for full screen but this only displays the presentation on one monitor. Does anybody know of a way to do...more >>

Audio/Video
Posted by TKW at 10/21/2004 4:11:35 PM
Hi. I am pretty new at flash. I have imported a .mov video into flash and it worked fine. I have tried it again today with another .mov and I am not getting the audio. I would appreciate some suggestions. Thank you so much. cm ...more >>

I need URGENT help with TRANSITION EFFECTS
Posted by a_mistry2 at 10/21/2004 4:05:54 PM
hi. i'm creating a slide show... i attached a test file. On that file, there are two slides with buttons and transition effects on them... When you click the one button, the next slide should wipe in... when you then press that button, the previous slide wipes in. MY PROBLEM: when the previo...more >>

Windows .exe installer availablility?
Posted by fxm at 10/21/2004 3:41:21 PM
Hello, I am trying to install flash player on a PC running IE but which is not online. Is there an .exe that I can download from this Mac I am on right now, copy it to disk, then install on my off-line PC? ...more >>

Slow preformance in Mac OS 10.3 Panther
Posted by Nick_UG at 10/21/2004 3:04:46 PM
Hi, I've just upgraded to OS10.3 Panther and started using Flash. It is practically impossible to work in it. Every time I select a frame or a symbol it starts thinking for a long time before responding. Now I'm stuck in this project, won't be able to finish it on time like this... If some...more >>

cookie flash 7 problem
Posted by Don_Robin at 10/21/2004 3:00:47 PM
Hi, I have been using a script to populate a text field from a cookie. It works fine when i publish the movie as flash 6 but when i publish it as flash 7 the script doesn't work. Anybody knows ??? / Robin myLocalSO = sharedobject.getLocal("flashcookie" ); //Populate the text ...more >>

Flash Communication Server
Posted by S.Tremblay at 10/21/2004 2:30:59 PM
Hi All, I just got the new version of Flash MX 2004 and I'm trying to understand what are my options... I watched all the seminars and it looks like there are new utilities to help communicating between the client-side forms and the server. I'd like to be able to build a chat room and/or a ...more >>

Streaming sound not working
Posted by uazip94 at 10/21/2004 2:09:23 PM
I created a slide show using the Flash MX template. I added a basic intro of fading in text and the slide show follows it. The background music has been added on its own layer and the Sync is set to Stream. The music begins to play with the intro but once the slide show starts the music quits....more >>

Load Testing a Flash Site?
Posted by JKTice at 10/21/2004 1:58:07 PM
Can anyone suggest a tool/product to load test a site or a portaion of a site that has been developed in Flash?...more >>

Memory issues
Posted by Michael Appelmans at 10/21/2004 1:01:31 PM
I used to be able to run Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX and Fireworks MX simultaneously without any problems on my 1GB Windows XP Pro system. After upgrading to MX 2004 I can barely keep 2 of the applications open, when I open a third it starts loading and crashes. Does anyone know of this problem...more >>

Animating Fireworks Imports in Flash
Posted by Paulz :) at 10/21/2004 12:42:03 PM
Hiya, I'm using Fireworks to design logos and image in general, if we take the example of a cirlce drawn in fireworks, saved and then imported to the stage in Flash. Initally it looks ok but as soon as I add any animation such as fading in or motion tweening the image loses quality. An...more >>

how to quit in projector
Posted by Dier02 at 10/21/2004 12:34:46 PM
Hi guys, I want to get a projector to exit when I click a button, how do I do this?...more >>

Words don't look "crisp" in flash movie
Posted by chuckiee at 10/21/2004 12:00:15 PM
I made a really simple flash piece where I have text scroll up through a 225x175 box and I put it on a website. My problem is that the words on my flash piece, when compared with the html words on the web page, don't look "crisp" like these words I'm typing now. They look a little fuzzy. St...more >>

MX 2004 Crashing when publishing
Posted by paulc_2004 at 10/21/2004 10:19:29 AM
Hi I really hope this sounds familiar to someone as I've sent days trying to solve this. Some of my files won't publish at all. Some publish sometimes. Others publish fine. When they don't publish it just seems to get stuck and the swf file size just keeps on growing. I can't be the o...more >>

2 correct answers for same input textbox
Posted by Rosa-lee Moore at 10/21/2004 10:14:45 AM
I need to have two correct answers for the same textbox..in case they put a space between the number and unit. I have it working with one correct answer...how would the code go for two..this is what I have, but it doesn't work. thanks a bunch1 on(release) { if(_root.q1answer = = "70....more >>

How do you export FLV from FLASH MX PRO
Posted by NoNickNamesLeft at 10/21/2004 9:56:57 AM
Hi I'm using Sorenson Squeeze to convert AVI to a FLV. Then import that into FLASH MX PRO. When I've finished how to export it again as a FLV not SWF? Many thanks...more >>

Simple Questions
Posted by Eric at 10/21/2004 8:38:42 AM
1: Why is it that if I have created a graphical button, and would like to duplicate it to make a second one - every time I change something on one of them, the other inherits the change. How can I avoid this? 2. Why does the text scroll bar component stay above all other graphics. When I...more >>

Auto Page Sizing for Flash yet???
Posted by Solase at 10/21/2004 6:33:25 AM
Over the years I've been very impressed with Flash and it's ability to stream beautiful images at a fraction of the bandwidth needed to do the same function in any other player. However, one thing that becomes very noticeable when developing websites is that HTML does a better job of sizing t...more >>

Load External Text Files
Posted by simsjr at 10/21/2004 6:13:34 AM
Hey, So if I have some external text files I want loaded (or bound) to a dynamic text field, how do I do that?...more >>

Shared Object Menu
Posted by Declan at 10/21/2004 5:15:16 AM
Hi, I need to create a flash menu that will read data from a Shared Object and set a Menu to reveal certain buttons to the user based on said Data. I have set up a shared object and that works fine but I can not get Flash Menu to say "If the data says this then go to Frame 10." Any h...more >>

How to import pic with high quality?
Posted by weiquan.MAI at 10/21/2004 2:36:13 AM
Each time I import pic into Flash.The pic will be compressed,and it is a low quality. Waiting for solutions............. Thanks!!...more >>

20-25 minute SWF video stops playing
Posted by ttsvideo at 10/21/2004 2:17:05 AM
Hello and thanks ahead for any help I can get ! I am using Director with SWF files to play videos on a CD. All my short clips from 4-8 minutes work great. I have a large clips that is 22 and 25 minutes. They play for about 10 minutes and then the video stops. The audio keeps playing. The a...more >>

Where is Flash Video Exporter?
Posted by Roy Starkey at 10/21/2004 1:56:02 AM
I can't figure out how to access the FLV exporter plugin. According to the "Using Flash" manual (pg.177), you 1) select File > Export > QuickTime in the video editing app. 2) In the Export dialog box, select Macromedia Flash Video (FLV), and then click Options. So this sounds (to me) like th...more >>

Adding sound
Posted by adalita_m at 10/21/2004 1:14:04 AM
How do I put sound into my flash project? It may sound stupid to you but ive been trying to work it out for an hour toady! I need help ASAP...more >>

flash player 6 wont work
Posted by budget baker at 10/21/2004 12:31:17 AM
i have a flash site done in MX with flash player 6. however, when it is viewed in a browser that has flash player 7 installed it is unable to load the site, with the following dialogue popping up: "internet explorer doesn't know how to handle the type of file you have selected. you can cho...more >>


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