Hi everyone, been trying to figure this thing out for awhile. I've created a button where the user would rollover the button and a clip appears and plays at the center of the page. the problem is if the user moves the mouse across the center of the page the clip shows up and plays as well. I...more >>

THIS IS NOT A FLASH Q. is there any programe that records everything that is on your computer screen (it is so i can make a tutorial out of flash) so if there is one and can someone tell me where to get it ...more >>

does anyone know a code to put in a button to amke it make a scrolable text box scroll up , and then another to amek it go down, like a scroll bar but only when you click the button it goes down...more >>

hey everybody - i feel sorta stupid here.... but how do you change the alpha tweenon a motion tween, i've done it before.... but forgot how to do it... help pleas?...more >>

Ok... terrible things happen to everyone right? Well the source files for a video I'm working on have vanished and the only file I have is the .FLV --- please tell me there is a way to convert an FLV back to AVI, Quicktime or image sequence... any help would be much appreciated. Thanks ...more >>

I have a movie clip that is loaded from the main timeline. In that movie clip, there is a button "home", that when clicked, should return the user to the 1st frame of the main timeline (I have labeled that frame "home"). I have tried using on(release){ _root.gotoAndPlay("home"); } ...more >>

Hi I have no experience with flash whatsoever, nor with many other similar programs either, but im interested in making small movies in cartoonstyle (think monkey island 3 or something) and i was wondering if flash can make such animations, also how does one make the characters in movies? ...more >>

i saved the soundwave as a .wav, but cant import it, any ideas? should i go with saving it as an MP3? or what? im trying to do a voice over for a video with animation....more >>

Is it possible to use XSL and flash mx 2004? Or do I have to use CSS?...more >>

I have just started out using the macromedia softwares; I have had a few training course and have played around with the softwares a bit. I created a shockwave file (.swf) using Flash and it works just like it is supposed to in Flash but when I inserted it into a company local Intranet page w...more >>

I thought i was been clever....but now i dot feel this way. Ive imported a flash movie into DW called holder.swf. On the first key frame of this movie i have put an emptyMC entitled movieclip. Then on the next key frame i have: loadMovie("movie_"+(Math.floor(Math.random()*4)+1)+".swf", "_r...more >>

I have a problem with the pencil tool. It is stucked at ink even if I change it to straighten and smooth. So it is not possible to get nice smooth drawings. What can I do? (I am using Flash MX Professional 2004) ...more >>

I've been out of instructional design for two years. I used to use a Word document to indicate to the Flash developer what screen shots to use, what .wav files to use and what text I want displayed on the screen. We called this a Flash Script. When I look for a 'script' template on the web, I...more >>

Hello, I am having problems with values contained within the size reports generated by MX 04. It seems that values copied out of the size reports and pasted into text files are not actual values at all. They don't seem to equate to anything. I have an animation that generates a size rep...more >>

I want to create a Flash based web site that works for displays set to 1024 x 768 or larger. (Many of my clients use 1152x870 as default) What stage size would you recommend? Also I read something a while back that said Flash doesn't work so well beyond a certain size. Is there any truth...more >>

just as it says in the title, i just got my Early Developer kit from apple friday, installed Tiger, and flash mx 2004 doesnt work. Anybody know why? I tested flash mx and it worked fine, but i need AS 2.0. any help would be greatly appreciated. heres my out put: ===== Monday, October 2...more >>

I have heard rumors that there will be a new version of Flash coming out next year - does anyone have any further information on this? thnx...more >>

Action Palette, How do i turn from Expert to Idiot mode?...more >>

does anyone have a link to a tutorial to install user downloadable files in your flash application? I want to creat a pdf that the user will be able to click a button and download from my site. ...more >>

I am new to Flash, and I have a problem displaying special Danish characters such as "?", "?", and "?" when I load an external text file containing these characters into a dynamic text field. I will very much appreciate any help on the subject. Thank you. ...more >>

What are the differences in Video capabilities between regular Flash and Flash Pro? Thanks, Jeff ...more >>

If I import and embed a QT movie in Flash does it Recompress it? As a QuickTime movie it is already compressed? I tried it and the QT compressed movie which looked great, looks awful in Flash and it sounds bad too. Am I better off just linking to the good QT movie instead? Is the only way t...more >>

In Flash MX 2004 Mac, I imported a QuickTime video into my Flash movie as an embed and it asked me if I wanted to add the necessary frames to accommodate the whole movie. I chose YES, but it did NOT add the frames. I subsequently deleted the video from the library and the stage and tried again. N...more >>

Someone said once that people use news readers to obtain forum posts. How do I do that? Can it be done in outlook? Thanks, ooba....more >>

Hello people Thanks to the help I recieved in this forum I managed to get dynamic text boxes working that reference an external .txt file. I would now like to ensure that flash refreshes this text when a movie loads. At the moment the user cannot see any change in my dynamic text unless th...more >>

I using flashMX and if I import a SWF that then streams a FLV should this work without issue?...more >>

On friday, I payed a visit to one of our prospects clients and when I played our flash presentation by Internet (a swf of 180 Ko embbeded in a html page) on his Internet Explorer (on his PC) the presentation was playing twice faster than usual so that it was inaudible. His computer was rather ...more >>

We are using the Macromedia video kit and importanting a movie into Dreamweaver (not streaming). Is there anyway to make a progress bar while the video loads? Thanks Jared...more >>

Hello: I'm designing a Flash site (eLearning Course) which loads in a maximized IE window. The Flash movie doesn't stretch, but rather I would like it to be centered in the middle of the browser, both horizontally (easily done) and vertically. I have attempted to use CSS to do the vertic...more >>

Hi, I have Flash MX and want to use it to make good funky animations and intros for my new musician website up over the next few months. Can anyone suggest a good tutorial site and / or resource site for flash? regards beNcooKe ...more >>

I'm using Flash MX Pro 2004, I've created a small slide show 2.88 pixels by 3.44 pixels. I made modifications to the movie so that it should publish by these dimensions, but everytime I place it in Dreamweaver it has to be twice the size to view it correctly. My background it white and my ac...more >>

Hi I want to create a web page in flash with a form where users can click and make an option with radio buttons, and up load a cv on, and when hit submit the info to be sent to my email address, can this be done? hope someoen can help thank you ...more >>

Hi all - I know there is a simple way to do this but it eludes me right now. .. . I have several movie clips on the stage. I want to be able to drag each clip on a "onPress" command. My question is, rather than code each movieClip with it's own code like this: clip1.onPress = function(...more >>

About two years ago I began using Flash. I was like a kid in a candy store. I used it for everything. Two years have gone by and I have realized that Flash is yesterday's news. Unless you have a porn site or circus, Flash is a pain in the ass for your clients and other web visitors. MOST pe...more >>

I would concider myself to have average knowledge of flash. I use flash to do simple animation and enjoy very much using the program. I don?t have any understanding of how action scripts etc work and have a very basic knowledge of adding actions like, goto and play, stop, etc. MY QUESTION ...more >>

Up until now i've only built practice sites with white/plain backgrounds. This time i need to have a background design. What is the best way to do website backgrounds please using tiles? Apart from page 1 (- which will advise people to get the Flash plug-in) all of the site will be Flash. I ...more >>

Months ago after reading and experimenting a lot I was able to make a random loading jpg swf file that fit my needs. A friend of mine would like to use a copy of it for his signature on a forum he visits. I have run into a problem. I can not get the images to load when I change the file path t...more >>

I have created a webpage in dreamweaver and added a flash document to the file. I have set the tables to 100% so that it would fit in any brower. The page size is 780*856. The flash header is 780*182. When I test to see if flash will autostretch in a larger browser (1024*768), it doesnt. It re...more >>

I have created a slideshow with different scenes. The second time it plays, I want to skip the first scene (which is about 60 frames long), and jump to the second scene. Basically, I want the first scene (a welcome message), to play only once but the rest of them all the time. I did find a...more >>

can we connect to a database from our flash application??...more >>

I have created a banner for a site that is all done in Flash. I want to link the banner to a url (specifically to go to the Home page if user clicks on it, index.html). I tried using the getURL function from the action panel but that did not make it a link, just pointed to another link. An...more >>

is there any more sophisticated script than making my movie clips snap to their targets with hitTest,? I am calculating the positions through trial and error and it's taking a long time also it's a little retarded. for some reason the MC1._x=MC._x kind of script doesn't do it for me. I als...more >>

my buttons inside my movie clip don't work with the hitTest. This is an interactive game, with buttons that when pressed, open movie clips with new buttons. The problem is that the buttons inside the movie clips don't seem to see my targets. the movie clips are not loading. they are on the mai...more >>

Hi...I've seen a couple of menu's in the past which involved a whole heap of buttons (maybe in the form of balls) hovering in 3d space (sometimes connected to a common base with a wire so its ll looks like a web)....The user can then navigate by shiftinbg their mouse and bringing the buttons ...more >>

Hi to all I'm currently working on a project, which has www.someurl.com/index.htm containing an swf located at www.someurl.com/assets/someflash.swf This flash file is then supposed to load in other swfs such as www.someurl.com/assets/loadthis.swf however the flash file then doesn't see ...more >>

I am using the mailto:mail@address into getURL and I wish to add a predefined subject , how I can do this? Thank you....more >>

I have created a bunch of swf files that i want to nest into my main swf file. Do I publish those mini swf files before importing them into my main SWF file? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Is it just me, or has the authoring tool taken a step back by NOT maintaining folder structure when symbols are dragged from one FLA to another. One the one hand, I thought this issue would have been beaten to death online by now, but I can't find anyone talking about it anywhere. So am I the ...more >>

Can someone please tell me where I can find a tutorial on how they size the window when selecting a button? http://www.braingiants.com/v5/welcome.html...more >>

Can I put links in the text of an actual flash movie?...more >>