Is there any coding you can give me or tell me how or if I can link a text file to a window or text area?...more >>

Hello, I have a project that I am working on which will involve multiple flash projects (I believe). What I want to accomplish is about 4 different looped movies playing at the same time in one project. I will need also need a simple interactive transisition between them. Something like...more >>

Can someone help...? I am trying out MX 2004 and in one of the tutorials it ask to add a rewind button to a movie clip, however this feature is not availavle in the "Behaviors..." Thanks, AC...more >>

scrolling textbox I made a scrolling text box using a tutorial from macromedia. When I preview it in flash, I have the scroll bar black to match the background(so it is almost invisible). I have the text larger and the scroll bar further away from the text. When I take it into Dreamweaver...more >>

Can anyone tell me the best resourses available to prepare for the Flash Design Certification?...more >>

I have created a movie that contains a dynamic text box with a linked .txt file. there are two buttons for scrolling the text. I published the movie and it works great. when I load it into another movie using loadMovie (into a target MC) it loads fine the buttons apear but, the .txt file does n...more >>

How can I make some text shake/rattle in my movie? Is there some action script or an extension that could help me out? Thanks ...more >>

Before anyone asks, I did search the forums and found out that loads of ME users come here and remark about MX's lack of compatibility with ME. So I'm not here for that. Yes, I know ME stinks. I've experienced its problems myself. I'm going to get Windows XP this December or so, at soonest. ...more >>

WIll someone with a Mac visit my site and help me diagnose a problem. If you use a Mac - Go to www.lga-advertising.com/beta.html Click on the Portfolio section Start from the top and work your way down the section It seems that the associated swf files don't always load on the right hand ...more >>

Im trying to customize ComboBox component. Everything is ok except the scrolling part. It looks so 3D. I just want to have a flat scroller without any effects. Is it possible to do this ?...more >>

:confused; Im trying to export a flash movie in quick time format .mov, but an alert appears: the version of quick time that you have installed dont have the handler to save as quick time. I have the latest version of flash and the 6.5 version of quick time. I dont understand what it refe...more >>

We have our download done in Director and our Flash games are played inside. Can anyone tell me why the flash games we designed play much faster and smoother when played outside Director and if there is a way of optimizing Director so it is not using so much of the computers resources when no...more >>

I have 7,0,19,0 installed. Now my question is that I am having trouble with this version like it will not play flash websites. Where can I found the update and is there one avaiable?...more >>

I tried to make a scrollbar to my text, but the scrollBar component was not visible among the components. What did I do wrong?...more >>

I was just wondering why when I set the stage size to 750 x 500 pixels in MX 2004 and import a jpeg or gif image that I made in Fireworks that is 750 x 500, the image is smaller than the Flash stage size? Is there a setting I am missing or something. I have tried setting to various sizes but...more >>

:confused; I am looking to create an interactive CD for a client. They are a distributor of certain produts. 2 of the manufacturers they distribute for have existing presentation CD'. This client would like to have these existing presentation CD's included on the CD being created for them. Ar...more >>

i am trying to add a text area to a movie, i can see it in the authoring screen but it disappears when i test the movie!! i have set the parameter for the textarea to visible, does anyone have any ideas? G ...more >>

I have a flash in my site that was made for me.. I have never use flash and can't edit it, I will like to edit one button, the music and my email.. Can someone help me edit my flash.. am willing to pay if anyone can do this for me. The flash is my site: www.candelarts.com And you c...more >>

Good morning. I have created some text transitions that work great when working in flash. But, when I publish or export the flash movie, the text transitions do not work. As a test, I made some shapes and used a shape tween, and those transitions work fine....it is just the text transit...more >>

Hi, I have a rather large problem... I have my Flash web site functioning properly and everything (it's online) but my hosting is running out soon and I don't think I'm going to renew. But, I still want my site for the future, and for the functionality. Problem is... I had a hard drive failure...more >>

Hi there I am trying to create a water drop effect. The drop is falling, and when it touches the 'ground', a photo is revealed by those waves caused by the falling of the drop. I hope you understand what I am looking for. Any help would be welcome. Including links, samples, tutorials for som...more >>

I have a flash file in which I have several movie clips - each movie clip contains a QuickTime video which I have linked - not embedded. My understanding is that since I have QuickTime videos in my flash file, it has to be published as a QuickTime 4 movie. But I am unable to make this happen ...more >>

Hello All, When i create an onrelaese event with a geturl some strange things happen EG: getURL('d:\lees\fotos\uitnog\index.html',_blank) results in a : D:\eesotosuitnog\ndex.html in my adressbar in Internet explorer! Does my player need a upgrade or can't i use getURL this way? ...more >>

I am working on an mpeg. I've imported it into a FlashMX movie. I need to chop some of it out and when I highlight and cut a frame, it deletes the entire movie. Is it because there is audio attached to it? This is kind of new stuff to met. Any help appreciated! BG ...more >>

I have a site that Im working on at www.meadowlarkco.com/meadowweb, and I have my buttons on the left fade in using a motion tween, then when I click on the company history button my buttons disappear. My action on my company history button is using a goto and play function to goto frame 131, ...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a Flash Movie which will be converted to a Screensaver of a Christmas Scene using the companies Initials. The Scene is straight forward enough. The three static Letters are in the Snow and I have the standard random snow coming down. Also the Sky fades from night to day ...more >>

in flash mx 2004 i am doing a tutorial to create an online form to be used in conjunction with a cgi script. on all the tutorials i am using it tells me to make the click handler for the button reset onReset and when i download the file they made up they have this option within the parameters ...more >>

Hi there I need to create a movie where certain frames pause for a few seconds before continuing on their own. I need script for those frames, anybody willing to assist please. Thank you kindly Coenie Groenewald South Africa:beer; ...more >>

i have the java script function NewWindow(mypage, myname, w, h, scroll, resize, status) { var winl = (screen.width - w) / 2; var wint = (screen.height - h) / 2.2; winprops = 'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resiz able='+resize+',status='+status+...more >>

Urgent code help - willing to pay some fee via paypal hi, i need this solved within 1-2hours. Very urgent, my icq is 33 46 84 84. Will pay token fee for your help. Flash CDROM application has already been developed, with all codes availble but small problem with playing it, which we did not ...more >>

Good morning group! I'm a new member in the group, and also a Flash beginner. I want to know how to build a drop down menu in a movie clip, which I can load in a different movie, a main movie and when people choose any option from this drop down menu, I can go to a specific frame in the main m...more >>

pls visit http://ayyaali.freeserverhost.com . This animation runs slow on my machine and all the other animations runs fine and the animations on sites ive visted too runs fine. But its only this one which runs slow. I wonder why. I made it with all vector graphic arts. But there would be alpha ...more >>

My client is a music band. At some point they would like to have live webcasts of their shows. It hasn't been specified whether it will be just audio or audio and video. I imagine Flash Comm Server could handle something like this, but is this the right tool for the job? And any suggestions on...more >>

In Slide Presentation, If I insert an image (e.g. JPG), it only looks good at certain resolution. If you change the screen resolution or manually adjust the window size, the image doesn't look smooth. Powerpoint seems not have this problem. Any idea? Lance ...more >>

Hi there, I have created an intro to my website using FlashMX and it has a very simple text-only preloader. While testing my movie in Flash everything works just fine. But when I publish and make it run through the HTML page - I get a message about some script making my computer to sto...more >>

Hello, I have a question for you, how can I get back the original configuration of my flash window, including the original configuration and organization of all the windows inside.? Thanks!!...more >>

I'm plugging away at Macromedia FlashMX Actionscripting Advanced: Training From the Source and I'm stuck in lesson 2 (page 44). It says to put the following on a button in a scene called Playroom: on (keypress '<Left>'){ _root.gotoAndStop(1); } Now according to the description this s...more >>

Hi Could someone please point me to some tutorial that you know of for fly out menus. or if you know post here. I am making a fly out menu( I can do a standard fly out menu where you mouse over and the links fly out underthe main button) but i have like 6 main links (mouse over one...more >>

Can anyone tell me how certain sites like MSN and ESPN have flash ads that seem to leap off of the page at the viewer? My guess is that it is done with javascript, but in my experiences Flash and javascript don't play well with each other. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated because I'...more >>

Can anyone suggest the best way to detect how long the mouse is in an area? I'm trying to do an action based on a rollOver, but only if the mouse is in the area for 5 seconds. I can detect the rollOver, and I can time 5 seconds using getTimer(). However, while I'm timing it, no other activity ...more >>

Hi everyone! I just finished my first Flash Website and now I need to know how to create the HTML page so that the user can click an icon (i.e. enter site) and have the movie open in its own window and at a set size. Can anyone help with this? Thanks! ...more >>

I am trying to create a motion tween with an object that makes it appear to slide off the screen. When the item slides off the side of the stage, though, it still displays in the published movie. Is there a way to have the portions of it that are no longer on the stage disappear? I thought if ...more >>

Hey guys, I am having an issue. I designed a movie a few months ago, and since then had to reinstall flash. Now, when i try to open the fla file, i get the following error.: Unexpected file format. I do not understand why this is happening. I cannot edit the movie any more. It...more >>

On my site, the flash movie only says "loading"...it will only play if i right click on it and hit play...what do i have change in order to get it to play automatically when the page loads? thanks...more >>