I'm trying to remember the code I saw one time for this menu. When you rollover the menu this animation plays and on rolloff it would play in reverse. They did this by creating a movie clip 'listener' I guess called rewind that had nothing in it but AS and would call the prevFrame of the paren...more >>

Hi all, I'm fairly new to web design but am beginning work on a web site for a restaurant. I have an idea of what I would like to do. Basically, the site will be done in Dreamweaver but I was thinking about having a large top Flash movie on the home page. Movie will be about 550x550 pixels in...more >>

Hi, I have a movie clip with buttons in it, which, once clicked should go to other scenes in the movie. Problem is, once they are clicked, they restart the same scene over.. I am not very proficeint @ actionscripting or coding, so i have on click, goto and play scene 2, frame 1. Any ideas? ...more >>

I am designing a videogame that will be sold on cd and played as a flash projector. the problem is, i want players to be able to save variables (such as experience points, money, etc) but since it's a projector and its on a cd, i can not use php to write a txt document that could save the vari...more >>

hi all, i thought i had posted this message earlier but i guess not... how to make a moving star or a shooting star? thanks a lot...more >>

when i try to edit some of my bitmaps with a graphics editor flash gives me an alert message 'the file (file name) does not exist unable to launch external editor' why is this happening and how can i change this ...more >>

Hi, Everyone! I recently purchased a flash template and had to edit some text and add links to its buttons. The problem is, after I published it, inserted the <object> code into my /.index.html file; and then, tried to open it in a browser the flash never opens. Also, there is a black rect...more >>

Is there any way to convert a Flash movie to a .fla file to see how it was generated? ...more >>

What I am trying to do is the following: I have a small swf-file that loads another big swf-file, based on a variable that is passed. The loaded swf-file is big (from 1 to 10 MB) because it contains a mp3-file in its library. What should happen is that this big, loaded swf-file already starts ...more >>

Any idea why a published swf works as it should when I open it directly, but when it's played from within a web page the coding doesn't work as it should? The file contains movie clips, and all the actionscript seems fine when launching he swf, but doesn't work from the web page....baffling...more >>

what screen size should i work with? (e.g. 800 x 600, 1024 x 768)...more >>

When I re-open a previously developed .fla file, or if I try and open one of the sample files, I cannot see the frames in the timeline - rather, I only see 1 frame. Everything seems to have been collapsed into frame 1. The movie still plays correctly however as if all the frames and tween...more >>

Is it possible to transmit to flash a variable from html page? for exemple with PHP from HTML i write like this : exemple.php?variable=XXXXX How does it work with HTML and flash??????? thanks ...more >>

Hey all, I can't figure this out. Through out a Flash file, every time I draw in a text box it comes in a different size, even though the font size remains the same (14 in this case). It's driving me nuts! If I go into one movie scene and draw a text box it's one size. If I go into anoth...more >>

I want to have photo's change in and out ona page there is 4 photo on the page all differant and they change in and out like the 1st one changes then the 3rd one then 2 and so one not all at once. and the load others random. I thought I could use tween but this I feel would take to long to do ...more >>

Hi, I've created a FULLSCREEN flash projector in order to make a CDROM. Inside my projector, some buttons open an HTML page. I used getURL to make it and it works. My problem : As my projector is in FULLSCREEN, my HTML page opens in the background, that is to say, if I want to view her, I h...more >>

Sometimes, I am amazed by Macromedia's 'unbelievable' idea. For example, they created 'screen', this abstract concept, which is invisible and different from stage. if you create a slide presentation, for each new slide, the registration point of screen is 'auto snap' on by default, which means...more >>

I need to be able to click on a banner that I created and goto a web page ... this isn't exactly intuitive... Thanks :)...more >>

I am making a very simple mp3 player. I am loading an mp3 file from the same domain. The movie works great when I test it or run the .swf stand alone, but it will not load the mp3 file when the swf is embedded in an HTML file.... ???? I use a button names 'play' to load the file using the fo...more >>

So, one day, (well, today) I'm just playing around with the LoadVars. I decided to trace the actual loadVars object that was loading a textfile that was like an ordinary textfile...And this is what was outputed: Hi%2C%20WELCOME%20TO%20MY%20SITE%21%21%21%21%21%21%21%21%21%21%21%21=&onLoad=%5B ...more >>

ive been trying to morph two frames(or images) together to make the effect of someone turning their head.. its not turning out so well.. is there a way to acheive this? i used a shape hint on the tip of the nose hoping it would just sort of turn and follow to the point of the faces profile(sid...more >>

So I've done some searching on the topic of setting a flash movie's background to transparent (ie. wmode="transparent". This I've got. No problem. Wait. Problem. This flash movie has to cover the entire top secton of my HTML page to accomodate the animation. Works great except that I can't cli...more >>

Hi, I am creating a flash projector in order to make a cdrom. In my projector I created a button whose purpose is to open an html page located in a local folder. I use getURL('./pubs/fiche1.html'); which doesn't work whereas if I use an internet URL such as http://www.macromedia.com, it works...more >>

I have some pictures that i made in Photoshop, and there are transparent backgrounds, but when i try to import into flash it wont work. And it asks me if I want to import as quicktime. But then if I do then the background behind the pic is white instead of transparent. Can someone help me so t...more >>

Hello all, I have the hardest time trying to publish my movies using Front Page. I am just a beginner in all this and just learning the tricks. I use Front Page to build my site, and occasionally I have wanted to make the web more interactive dropping in some buttons and other stuff in. H...more >>

Hi all, Was pitching to a client resently and I was trying to put forth the benefits small interactivity can have on a website to help the user to understand the product which will ultimatley lead to an increased chance of a sale, but they were totally against the idea as they believed not ev...more >>

hey everyone. i want to be able to drag an object and have it snap to two different places when it is dragged. i can get it to snap to one place but not two. here is my code: on (press) { startDrag("blue logo"); } on (release) { stopDrag(); setProperty("blue logo", _x, "328");...more >>