it goes to a static picture? I have to make a HTML page whereby I just want to display a small flash banner, but if the client side doesn't have the flash player, instead I show a static picture. anyone knows how to do that? ...more >>

how do you make a movie clip a button? i have like no idea so lol any thing will help thanks...more >>

I'm running into some issues after applying the Flash MX 7.2 Updater on my G4-800 Ti Powerbook. The biggest issue above all is that the ActionScript coding window doesn't seem to re-draw the screen as it should, when I type and make changes to code- Its very sluggish and does not update as n...more >>

I'm prettey new too flash, i have figured out how to work symbols, use sound and tweens. I have a few questions however. How do I make fill effects that contain more than one color? Flash provided a few examples but how do I make my own? How do I script in a button that takes you to the next...more >>

Hi, I'm using an external .txt file as the source of text loaded into a dynamic text box in Flash. It all works fine except when I use the <li> tag to generate bullet points, I can't control the colout of the bullets. I'm using white text throughout as I have a dark background, but the b...more >>

So I seem to be getting this error whenever I use the transform/transition tool for Flash MX 2004 for Mac OS X... Error opening URL "While executing in [name of file], the following JavaScript error(s) occured: unterminated string literal " It also throws a popup window saying the ...more >>

When trying to playback a flash projector at full screen ON SPLIT MONITORS, the projector only takes over ONE of the mointors. Anyone know of a way to get it to take over both screens?...more >>

Hi Guys, I have made a drop-down menu, which has 2 sub buttons under it. I want one of these buttons to go to Scene 20 and play when clicked. I am using this action code, but it's not working!!!! on (release) { gotoAndPlay("Scene 20", 1); } Any idea what am I doing wrong? Th...more >>

does anyone know a simple script to put in a movieclip to make that movieclip go at a certain speed to where the mouse was clicked , i think it would be along the line as on(mousedown){ _root.get.mouse._x _y _root.instancename.mouse._x _y } plz plz plz help! :confused; ...more >>

What are some of the best 3rd party plugins that people are using for special effects with text and different shapes and objects? Or are people just creating their own. What are the advantages and disadvantages of some of these plugins? Thanks ...more >>

I can not get my flash player to work. I have been receiving help through email, and the problem has still not been resolved. I was unable to download the latest version of flash because I only have windows 95. I had to download one of the old players (version 6.0r79). I was able to download a...more >>

Hello, I'm getting reaquainted with Flash and it's video capabilities. I import .wmv video - then exported it as an .flv from flash. I then create in a new document, a Media Playback component with the URL pointing to my .flv (which is resides locally). I make sure Automatically Play is...more >>

Does anyone know where a "Novice" user can get some directions on how to change the theme color in the MenuBar UI component...more >>

In my opinion Flash MX 2004 is not what I'm looking for. Is there another company that makes a flash authoring software for the mac, other than macromedia? I'm looking for something like final cut pro for flash..does apple make something? The feel of FMX is not the simple stable mac "t...more >>

style photoshop. posible? i'm starting with flash. i want create a text scroller and make a mask with an efect of transparent borders for top/down of the text.. regards, dal. - dal....more >>

does anyone know a simple script to put in a movieclip to make that movieclip go at a certain speed to where the mouse was clicked , i think it would be along the line as on(mousedown){ _root.get.mouse._x _y _root.instancename.mouse._x _y } plz plz plz help! ...more >>

I'm looking for professional business type flash to use on my sites. While I am getting better at developing my own, I would rather use more professional flash that has already been made. I would Prefer it in the flash file format so that it can be edited. The standard business man speaking...more >>

Hi, I'm looking to give a transparency to my backgroundColor of a textfield created dynamically. Is it possible (I already saw it) and how? Thanks in advance...more >>

I was recently helped about how to improve the code on my html for the loading of my movie. The person that helped me was able to see the code on my html. I thought it would be a good learning tool to see other web pages code in the same way. However, when I do a view source on my browser, ...more >>

:confused; Hi, I have a dynamic text box and I use the character property in order to embed the font. The problem I have is that I'm using HTML in the text box and whenever I use the <b> tag, my text does not appear! Very strange. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Anyone have a ...more >>

Unless I'm creating something very simple in Flash, I almost always use scenes. However, someone more experienced with Flash told me that scenes are only present to help organize content and, considering they're not part of a published SWF file, they don't recommend using them. Are there draw...more >>

Hi, For some reason, no matter what settings I use (show all, exact fit, etc.) the flash movie as seen in the HTML file has a slightly "off" size. It's barely noticeable, just enough to really skew the objects inside it. For instance, a 1px wide horizontal line barely shows up in one locat...more >>

hi really silly question but i cant find the answer on this site ????? Im using loadMovie to import different things to a flash page, what are all the files types i can import???? I've got jpg to work and swf, but not to gif and wmv.... Any idea where a complete list is would be grea...more >>

I got an odd thing happening. I have a simple text symbol as graphic in the first 5 frames on a layer. On another layer on frames 6 onwards I have a bit map. All looks fine during development. However, when I export to .swf I get a small part of the text symbol appearing next to the bitmap. How c...more >>

I am running Flash MX 2004 Pro. When I create a basic shape (e.g. a simple oval), I used to have, as I recall, the capacity to set its size in pixels in the Property Inspector. Now the size boxes are gone!! The border and fill colors, border width and border style settings are still there, al...more >>

I have been working with Flash for about 4 years now. Most of my work has been on designing interfaces and frontends. I have a client requesting a game be developed and now I need to learn the ropes of game development in Flash. Does anybody have any good books or websites about game develo...more >>

I need to link to an email address. I thought I was doing everything right but when I publish it tells me that ")" or "," is expected. Please help I need to link to some urls too but it still gives me the same thing. Here is what I typed (not actually in quotes) in actions ...more >>

I need to make a countdown clock that will count days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Can anyone help me?...more >>

Does Flash MX have issues with importing images that are 1px in width? I just tried with 2 different images. The first said "invalid bitmap dimensions" (even though it was a GIF), while the 2nd one caused the program to crash altogether (a .png). What's up with that? Both images were 1x300 ...more >>

Hi, i just switched from MX to MX 2004 Pro. im lost with the actionscript panel. Did the nes version lost its normal mode and experts mode swtich ? it was so nice !specially the normal mode where u had only to fill the gaps it saves u so much time ! any idea or hint to give for the MX 2...more >>

Okay, I put a simple samlpe up. The .fla is at http://www.geocities.com/jdfar/volume_slider11.fla. The two things that aren't working with it are: 1) It drags whenever the user places the cursor anywhere, not just the volume slider. 2) It does not function in an embeded movie clip (i.e. i...more >>

Does anyone know of a tutorial that would help me get to grips with the coding used to create the resizing effect at the following site http://www.pellepiano.com/v4/gallery_chrome.html I have attempted with some degree of success to recreate the effects but wold love to be able to more ful...more >>

OMG... this is probably so simple but i just can't figure it out even with tutorials... I'm trying to make a loading screen in Flash MX 2004... I know theres a loading bar in the components thing.... but.... heh... anyways... Can anyone tell me how to set up a loading page with one of those l...more >>

I've created a slide show with basic start, stop, pause and return to beginning buttons, but what I really want are fast forward and rewind buttons. The sort of ones you get on a CD player that let you fast forward or rewind while getting either a much faster or a rewinding version of what wou...more >>

i posted in the wrong fourms b4 so here it is aging. i want to creat buttons with more then the 4 frames you get when you go to create a new one. i see these websites where when you click them they flip and stuff and do kool things but how do you do that what you only have 4 frames the normal ...more >>

I need a way to select all the shapes with somekind of apply to all selected shapes? do anyone in the world know how 2 do that? Like, use the ink bottle tool and just press on everything that is selected and then somehow (magically) all the selected shapes to have lines?? thank you ver much ...more >>

why does a flash movie always load at the top left corner when you publish and view html file. the only way to get it centerd is with dreamweaver or to make the flash stage really huge and center your movie before publishing? is this the only way? ...more >>

how do i keep a flash movie centerd in an html page even when the user adjust's there window. how do i make it so the flash movie moves to the center no mater if someone changes there window size ? thanks ...more >>