hey, I am EXTREMELY interested in knowing how sites such as yahoo are able to put a 'flyiing' flash animation. The other day, a guy or women started dancing and it shrunk to the flash advertisement in the right, and the background of the flash was transparent. Anyone knows how to achive this ...more >>

[ I've had a hard time trying to find any information on this by searching - the keywords are so generic, I get a lot of results but nothing that answers my question. ] I'm working on a website design and can't figure something out... I have a movie-clip object in my root timeline - a slid...more >>

I am considering the inclusion of flash elements in my web designs, however i am very concerned with accesibility, am i right in thinking Explorer now has a flash player built in. If yes which versions and does Netscape? Also does anyone have an up to date stat on the percentage of online user...more >>

Hey Y'all, I'm new to Flash, and I have a question. I'm using MX 2004 Pro. I have several buttons for a portfolio page, and upon clicking a given button instance, I want a particular image to appear inside a loader component found right below the buttons. I'm sure there's some sassy ActionSc...more >>

Ok so heres what im trying to do: I have a page with a navigation banner build in flash but the page is split into 2 frames, what I want to happen is when you click one of the buttons on the flash object (ie. Contact Us) then I want the new page contact.htm to take over both frames, rather tha...more >>

How would I convert a string, say "qwerty123bnm" or something like that into 123 as a number? Is that possible? Thanks ...more >>

What's the best way, if there is one, to make a DVD that plays your Flash animation on a TV? The Flash animation I have made contains movie clips which are causing problems exporting as Quicktime movies. Does anyone have any suggestions/experience with this? Thanks :) ...more >>

I've created some separate pages that are to be displayed inside another webpage as content. I did this so I could play a flash movie, have a user navigate around the website with a menu, and not have the flash movie interrupted. Great. It ALMOST works. Here is the code I worked to establi...more >>

I've created a swf that's set to 780x540 but when I run the swf in any environment (standalone player, in html/browser, etc etc) there is an extra 9 pixels on the top and 10 pixels on the bottom. I can't figure out what would cause the swf to run at another size other than it's fixed document ...more >>

I have an image with a thin 1 pixel border created in Fireworks. I have imported it into my flash animation, but when I publish the Flash movie, and view it in a web browser or the Macromedia Flash Player, the 1 pixel border is not sharp and is slightly blurred. I think I have set every set...more >>

Hi - i wanted to get some VCR style controllers, start/stop/pause/fast forward/rewind buttons and a progress bar type thing with display for time elspsed/tiotal playtime for Flash content. Any suggestions? Thanks - Paul. ...more >>

Hi All I need a bit of logic help more than anything on a problem with sound in my Flash file. Basically I have a standard HTML page that has a flash anim embedded in it, which continuously plays an mp3. On the flash anim I have a sound on/off toggle, which works perfectly if I stay on ...more >>

Hi, I'm using Flash 5 to produce some e-learning movies. Can anyone tell me of a way to make an html link (say from the Intro) link to a label or section within a Flash movie? (i.e. not the start of the movie). Thanks for any help! Steve ...more >>

I want to make a Website like Macromedia's. The same type menue, rounded rectangle content areas etc. Could aanyone point me in the right direction for instruction, assets etc. We are using Flash MX 20004. Thanks, Al ...more >>

Hi! I would like to make an application to test hairstyles. I want to use a webcam to get the user?s portrait and allow him/her to try different hairstyles. Is it possible to 1. freeze the video stream? 2. take a snapshot of the video stream? 3. make print screen and paste that imag...more >>

Is it possible to give a fscommand to execcute the standalone player a filename eg fscommand("exec","SAFlashPlayer.exe" + \\file.swf); Thank you ...more >>

Is it possible to load a movie on top of the current movie not targetting a holder EG loadMovie("test.swf", _blank); or loadMovie("test.swf", _self); thank you ...more >>

Hello all, I was wondering if someone could help me in trying to fade out a movie when I close a browser window with the movie in it. I currently have a browser window that pops up and then plays my movie once. I'd like a quick fade out when the user closes the browser window. I'm not t...more >>

I've built a 'noticeboard' in flash. It contains lots of texts which need updating every month. My idea is to collect the necessary information by sending out perhaps an excel form to the appropriate people. From the responses I get back, I would update the 'noticeboard'. However, copying data...more >>

Dear all, It has been a very long time since I was here.i miss you all. I would like to know..is there any one who is a part of team macromedia? I would like strongley to join this team, I have alot of ideas and articles to post and share. How could I become part of this team? and what do i nee...more >>

When I double click a .swf from my HD, Flash Player launches a projector from elsewhere on my HD first, then the .swf I first clicked in front of it. It then plays both one behind the other - you can see them both if you esc the one in front. It always uses the same projector, even if I ...more >>

Hi I wanted to created a one scene application with looping animation series with a background sound playing. Along with it Sound On/Off option. I was able to create the Sound On / Off option using two key frames. But animation stops at the key frame where the sound actions are applied....more >>

Hello All, I am becoming a little stumped over this problem. I have constructed a very basic preloader (3 frames, a little text and 8 lines of actionscript) but the preloader waits until 45% of the whole flash presentation is loaded before it shows up! I have it in it's own scene just...more >>

Does anybody know if there's a way to create a path for a draggable object? I need to be able to drag a character along a road in an interactive piece I am working on, and don't want him to stray from the road. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks! ...more >>

Hey Flash Forum- I have a problem that I am trying to fix with my header. I have a flash header in a php site. Upon initial load, a particular animaition will play that builds the logo and some other images. The problem is, when someone navigates to other pages, the flash header re-builds ever...more >>

Yep, me again. I'm creating an interactive CD-ROM using Flash Projector. I have a lot of video that I'm going to incorporate into the disk (23 movies - each approx. 1.5 minutes long - 320x240). How should I handle these movies? Do I embed them within my .swf file or should I put them in a sepa...more >>

I'm working on creating a CD-ROM using Flash MX 2004 Pro Projector. Will I be able to create ONE disk that will work on both platforms (PCs and Macs)? Is this possible? Would I need two projector files (.exe and .hqx) on the disk? Would that take up twice the space? Thanks so much. ...more >>

I'm a graduate student who is creating an interactive CD-ROM as part of my graduate project AND I NEED HELP! I have several (23) movies that I want to include on the disk, ranging in length from 1 to 2 minutes. I chose to use Flash MX 2004 Pro to build my interface (rather than Director) becau...more >>

Can anyone give me the best settings for a screen resolution of 800x600....more >>

how do i make a semi-transparent text box fade in like the one in the pic i included? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/bizness/test.jpg...more >>

Sorry for the basic question... but. How do I duplicate a button with the action intact. I want to take a button on one page that points to a movie and put duplicates on other pages that still point to the same movie. When I copy and paste it, it no longer works. So I know that there is ...more >>

I was looking at some media player and was wondering if anyone knows how to bring in a external .swf file for an audio player. I've seen it done before so I know it can be done, does anyone know how to do this? ...more >>

A friend sent me a SWF file mastered from MX Professional. The problem is the SWF will not run unless housed in an HTML page. It will not run in and of itself. Please advise...is it a setting?...more >>

I am having the strangest problem with my pixel fonts. First off. I have everything aligned x,y at a whole number (no fractional positions for any of the fonts), dynamic text, etc.. All the rules that I know of when dealing with pixel fonts. The problem is when I load this swf into a container...more >>

Hello people, i was wondering if anyone can help me and tell me how to get the euro symbol into a combo box. I have tried but cann't get it in the combo box. I can get the euro symbol in the main flash screne but not in the combo box. could someone please tell me what i am doing wrong or if ...more >>