I have changed my os from w2000 to winXP pro. reinstalled flash; now when I author any of my flash movies and test movie I get a blank windows(also resizes the window size.). There's no heavy ascript worked fine in w2000. What is up with this, any ideas greatly appreciated I'm stumped on this...more >>

I'm an old Java/Cold Fusion/etc programmer who has had it suggested that I use a Macromedia product for a new project, and I have no idea which one to use (or why). That is how complete my ignorace of these products is... For our school, we need to develop an animated, audio/visual "book" t...more >>

Hello, I have an odd problem. I have a flash movie that calls upon about 8 different thumnails from a directory on the client's server. The client can update, add, or change those thumnails anytime they want with a cool php uploader. The php uploader duplicates the client's image, resizes it,...more >>

I have a simple MP3 player with a play and a stop button. Now what I want to do is encapsulate the play and stop functionality in one button which means swapping images... can any body tell me how I actually do that? I know I probably have to do something in the event fired by the onPress bu...more >>

Hello, I am mostly a designer but am trying to get to know more of the programming of flash. I want to login a username and password in flash to send the data to member_login.php. I created two TextInput fields from the UI components. The problem is that I couldnt find a place for the variabl...more >>

the error i get is: An error has occurred attempting to import the specified file. this error is most commonly caused by attempting to import a file that doesnt contain outline or filled shapes im using photoshop to create and save as EPS.. im pretty sure photoshop isnt by default vec...more >>

Not sure if I've missed something... My screen resolution is 1024x768 and the flash movie is great. However I have users that use resolution 800x600 and the flash movie looks bad - images aren't clear (full of images). I know I can't change the user settings, however I thought despite th...more >>

Howdy all - This is the first time I post to the forum, and I do so reluctantly, since I am sure this is an easy question. I am developing a corporate website that will incorporate flash charts and graphs that are data-drvien. I am using ASP pages to generate the necessary XML and everything...more >>

I've made a simple Flash movie, but when i publish it and view it in Explorer, it is not centerd, and i cannot use the back or forward buttons to navigate. Can someone please help? Thanks...more >>

Hi. I'm trying to add an email link, as a "text menu." I have a piece of type that says "email" and i would like people to be able to click on it, and their email program will open with my address in it. Is this possible? Thanks ...more >>

hey, ive just been reading this tutorial http://www.actionscript.org/tutoria...nt/index4.shtml and am wondering if this is the appropriate way to animate a masked layer. the ultimate goal is to have the masked layer slide from one position to another, depending on which button has been ...more >>

I have two layers with time lines in Flash. Layer one has a moving motion tween text from left to right which I would like to continue to run continually as normal.. Layer two I want to stop at the end of the motion tween time line. If I put a MOVIE CONTROL (stop) at the end of layer two ti...more >>

Does anyone know how to generate a downloadable flash projector exe file at server side with different content inside. ...more >>

It's a slow slow Wednesday before a holiday, and I need something to keep myself awake @ work. I've been looking in the help, and it seems you need a movie in the flv format in order to use the MediaPlayback component? Do you convert .mov files to flv files? Any links or keywords to search ...more >>

How are Flash files (.fla) converted or exported to mpeg1 format? Thanks. Karriker...more >>

Hey guys, I have more of a back-end issue right now. When you are importing a video into a movie clip stage or library and after the options to edit the video, there is a prompt that asks if you would like to add the current timeline of the video into the movie clip. The options are yes ...more >>

For the life of me I cannot figure this out. I have made many movies that display dynamic text and I keep having the same problem. I cannot display ? ? or em dashes, sometime even apostrophes. I'm not sure if its my computer, although taking the file to another computer/platform still has the ...more >>

I am working on a flash project that has to run from CD using a flash projector file. It needs to load an external SWF with a lot of text. It was loading painfully slow. OK, I can understand that a lot of text may take a long time to load, so I thought I'd put a loading bar on. Then, by ch...more >>

Hi I am trying to build a user-friendly Flas detection. This is supposed to use the old trick of displaying a swf on the page with one frame. The thing that happens in the frame is: loadvariablesnum("flashdetect.txt",0); geturl(flashurl,flashwindow); The file flashdetect.txt contains o...more >>

Hi all, I have a project coming up, and was wondering if any of you guys could help. bascially, the brief is to create a CD-ROM which is distributed to various people for a product launch. The cd rom will be a flash projector which runs full screen, and has all the usual news, editorial ...more >>

To whomever: I just installed the Flash Updater and it wacked out all my flash websites! Things are rotating and moving when there is nothing telling them to. Has anyone else had this problem???? I cant seem to get support from Macromedia unless I pay for it, so I hope theres a moderato...more >>

Hi I've launched a small game on my website with a highscore for each level. Someone submittet a score that I think is fake. Now my question is: Is it possible to get list of all variables and change their values in a swf while it's running online? In some hacker program maby? I know ...more >>

When I publish my movie, a gray box appears at the top of the movie that has options for file/view/control/help. I don't want this box because my controls are built into my movie. How do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance for your help. ...more >>

I have a question I was recently on a flash job where I had to make a flash presentation. I made all the movie clips and had to link them together to make one large presentation. When I tried to put them together I couldn't figure out how. What would is the best way to join all the mc's toge...more >>

Hello... trying to identify this font: http://www.heagren.com/font.html ...more >>

i have asked this befor but no one hellped me so here goes again does anyone no how to make this script work onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (_root.game.platforms.hitTest(_x, _y, true)){ && if(_root.game.laser.hitTest(_x, _y, true)){ } } ...more >>

I'm trying to write a very simple Flash MP3 player allows users to listen to a 30 second clip of anMP3 track. I want to pass the track name into the swf in the HTML (which is generated dynamically by ASP.NET). So, thanks to Kenny Bewell, I've found a Flash project that will do what I want w...more >>

Ciao ragazzi, Does anybody have a sample textfile which contains variables that can be loaded with loadVariables() into Flash? Not xml only a normal text file. Thanks...more >>

When I try to test a movie or scene, I get a message 'error opening URL file ''... in the output window. I am using the Flash 2004 trial to try some stuff out and my movies won't test. I can publish them and run them that way but it's time consuming to test each little change. does ANYONE kno...more >>

My first attempt at flash can be seen here http://www.amneh.co.uk I have tested it on my MAC (safari) and it looks fine when I test it on IE for PC the flash runs ok but as the hand withdraws from the stage I can see a faint background run across the petri dish and again as the map comes into...more >>

is there a video editing programe that i can download somewhere that can edit out certain coulers so u could look like somthing is hovering in mid air when u tape it if someone is wearing all blue or summin see i am main this game and i need this video on it plz help plz and thanks JB ...more >>

go to www.habbohotel.co.uk and then sign in, can u make somthing like that on flash because i dont get director at all so........ or can u make in flash somthing that can be updated and somthing that can be signed in to and stuff like that... ...more >>

I have two animated short frames in flash. How do I stop frame one but frame two continue running its animation. Can anyone help. Thanks Gary...more >>

I am trying to open an .swf file in flash using theload movie actio: i can do this so it opens in the current window, but is there a way of opening the new swf file into a new window so it creates another window that is open at the same ime as your initial window - as in Dreamweaver when you a...more >>

Hello, I have created a presentation on a CD. There are two files on the CD, an html and a swf file. Where would I find out how to create an autostart for my html? Cheers!...more >>

We are using FlashPaper 1.0 to generate a .swf that makes available a weekly newsletter to registered subscribers. For some users, FlashPaper will print blank pages although the newsletter is properly displayed on the screen. They are using the printer icon aboard FlashPaper swf display. S...more >>

go to www.habbohotel.co.uk and then sign in, can u make somthing like that on flash because i dont get director at all so........ or can u make in flash somthing that can be updated and somthing that can be signed in to and stuff like that... ...more >>

Can you tell me if I can change the color of a scroll pane? I saw the properties of this component but I did not find any property that can change the color. I hope you can answer me Loredana. ...more >>

Hi all kind person, Could you please sent me an example of using Flash 2004 link to Ms Access or SQL via my email, msb_016767898@yahoo.com? In my opinion, I think that It is an instant way to learn it. I would be gratful if you could help me. Sokbou Cambodia ...more >>

hi all, I am working with tree components in MX-2004. I want to have different icons in the leaves. I wonder whether it is possible or not? For example : I'm making a family tree - I want to denote a male with a different icon and a female with a different icon (only in the leaf node). If ...more >>

I have an swf that uses setInterval to go-out and refresh the data on the screen every so often. When I run this in the debugger (MX 2004) or within the flash player (double-clicking the .swf file in windows) - everything works fine. When I launch this using C# (using .LoadMove() and .Pl...more >>

this probably is not a FLASH topic but in my desparation i'm turning to you professionals...please forgive me. i just want to know how do u send a clickable jpeg banner in the BODY of an email? ...and NOT as an attachment? any help is greatly appreciated! ...more >>

hi, what is the minimum RAM requirement for running an 12MB flash exe file? while i run the said exe file in RAM version greater than 128 MB it runs pretty fine but on a 64 MB RAM machine it literally DIES!!! is it not possible to run the said file in 64 MB RAM machines? :o ...more >>

please send in an answer to my query please i had posted early. the question is: what is the minimum RAM requirement for running an 12MB flash exe file? while i run the said exe file in RAM version greater than 128 MB it runs pretty fine but on a 64 MB RAM machine it literally DIES!!! is...more >>

How can I disable rigth-click?...more >>

How do I Change from flash MX professional to just MX 2004...more >>

I placed some pixel font text on screen in my FLA file, and it looks crisp and clean. When I test the movie, it also looks crisp. But when I publish the file and view it in a browser, the pixel font gets fuzzy. Is there a way for me to prevent this? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

There is no direct option to turn off "text selection" for the textField in the textArea component. We all know that the textField uses the variable "text', but what is its instance name? It must have an instance name because you can apply, editable, wrap options to it. I want to target ...more >>

:( I know nothing about code. I'm wondering if you can build a simple website in Flash, where you can link several different pages, all created in Flash, by using hyperlinks. I tried it in dreamweaver, but it was so complicated to position photos on the pages. Any help would be great. Thanks ...more >>

This is driving me nuts. Last night flash began crashing when I save. I am noticing that it usually happens after I create a motion tween, if I haven't saved after EVERY SINGLE mouse click/adjustment. Basically if I do anything -- move a symbol, create a frame, ANYTHING, and I don't save imme...more >>

Flash's UI for adding data to a drop down menu is horrid! It will take me forever and there is no way to match the value against the data visually. Is there an easier way to add a lot of values and data to Flash drop down menus? thanks, - Kevin ...more >>