hey! i'm trying to create a flash application that allows the user to draw or write something in a swf and store it for later use. The key is to let the user save his or her work (the swf file). I was told that a swf can't generate a swf. Some flash guru said that it is possible to 'take a p...more >>

I need help transfering a flash presentation to a CD, it has a lot of links that are on my c drive, and I want to burn all the files in a Cd and use the presentation as an user friendly interfase to access all the files, thaks ...more >>

I am new to flash in many ways, and recently I have been working on a project that requires me to have flash fade in and out of the webpage. Ex: 1.This is a test (fade out) 2. Seriously test (fade out) So I added the text 1 to a layer went to timeline effects chose transform and set the p...more >>

Dear fellow flash animators, Has anyone here found a way to beat the SWF Decompiler? For those who aren't familiar with that irritating program, its function is to completly rip your .SWF file. Mainly your library, your sounds, objects bla bla bla. I have conducted a few experiments and i h...more >>

How do I open multiple windows in Flash 5 ? I want all to remain opened but how would I give them diferent sizes?...more >>

other than adding frames to the time line, is there a way to: load a frame pause it for 5 secs play the next frame pause for 5 secs etc etc etc...more >>

Howdy. I'm creating FLVs from video clips that I edited in Final Cut Pro. I've figured out how to create them, but I can't find an easy way to watch them once they're created. I tried opening them in the Flash Player, but they won't pop up on the screen! The only way I can watch them is to pul...more >>

What is this type of Flash application called? http://www.otis.edu It's like a "Spyglass" and you can move it around to look at a larger picture that is "hidden"? Thank you ...more >>

I am currently developing a Flash site for a Night Club. I would like for them to be able to update the weekly specials/entertainment for the site. Is there a way to do this with Contribute? If so, how can this be done? Thanks in advance! Mike. ...more >>

I'm to understand that Flash MX 2004 ships out with Media Components. When I go to my components menu, all I see are the UI components. If it doesn't ship with those components, where can i go to download media components? Thanks. ...more >>

How does one go about calling a flash movie (a swf file), from a HTML page that is outside of the domain that the flash file actually resides - BUT the files are on the same server. I'm a tad confused. Did I need to use "System.security.allowdomain()"? thanks. ...more >>

I created a music on/off button in my movie, and it works. The problem is this movie consists of scenes. -_- (I worked on this movie project before I read about using movie clips instead of scenes). So now whenever I turn off the music, and then transition into another scene, the music starts ...more >>

I want my Flash movie to stretch to fit a div that takes up only part of the browser window, and I want it to work in Firefox as well as IE. The relevant CSS & HTML are below; #con is the container div and #fla is the div enclosing my Flash movie. The page can be seen at http://home.comca...more >>

How do I add a scroll bar to a text field in MX2004 pro? I seem to remember in MX I just added a scroll bar from the component menu. There isn't a scrollbar component in my library in MX 2004 pro though. I just see a scrollpane which will scroll a movie clip but not a text field. ...more >>

Hi, I'm troubleshooting the reason why Flash Professional 2004, along with the other Studio MX products open so painfully slow using Mac OS 10.3.6. I contacted Macromedia and they suggested trashing the Macromedia Configuration files and allowing the software to create new files when I open ...more >>

hi all - once again i'm hitting my head against a wall. i tried to cobble together a scrolling movie clip from what i saw in tutorials and on the macromedia forums, but i seem to have made a very non-scrolling movie clip. anyone have time to take a look at it? basically i have a tall skinn...more >>

I've seen a Windows Projector (.exe) application with no borders, no scrollbars and that can't be resized... and that?s exactly what I need for mine. :confused; how can I do this? Can anybody help? ...more >>

Hello- I made an animated movie clip of stars for my mouse trail on a site I've been working on, http://www.portfoliocenter.net/~da_werne/whatisthis.gif). Any ideas? Thanks for your time....more >>

:brokenheart; I'm doin g a space intro, and yes I know it's not the best flash work ever but it's my third work. However I'm puzzled about something. I created a button like I always create them but this time it gives me an akward behaviour. I entered some text and when i position myself over ...more >>

Before I spend money on a digital camcorder, I was wondering if anyone else has a success story or a horror story on importing audio/video to Flash Pro 2004 that they recorded on a digital camcorder....more >>

My sound file for the mouse over event on the image works fine... the one for mouse over on the text does not. Can anyone help me with this? http://www.adventurecove.com/laser.fla...more >>

Can anybody tell me how could I combine several short FLVs into one continious FLV? Can MX help here? Are there other tools for that (freeware or within $50)? Can Sorenson or Flash produce one continious FLV from several MPEGs? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Ola! I need to load a mc into a container that sits in another mc. instead of : ClipContainer.loadMovie('MikeJohnLabel.swf'); ......? Thanks Martha...more >>

I open a new document - place a button - add the actions layer - give the button the following action on (release) { _root.createTextField("my_txt", 1, 50, 50, 450, 100); my_txt.text = "test"; } -publish my application - push the button and nothing (visible happens) What i do notic...more >>

I have imported a image from Freehand but when I do the .swf, the image is blurred. If I apply the zoom in the .fla I see a perfect image. Can I solved it?...more >>

I'm doing a course work with my university and I'm basically creating a very simple movie showing all the europen countries feading in one by one all of them in different layers. Everything works pretty well until I place the 11th country, when the back ground gets covered. I know ... it's q...more >>

So I wanted to have a button on top of an image that was also a mask. I wanted the image under the button to show on mouse over and go away on mouse out. But buttons just don't seem to work as masks. Am I making sense? :confused; ...more >>

The title and summary pretty much define my question. Is it easy to layout scrolling text to a form screen in a screens development environment? Where can one go to learn how to do this without being accosted by pirates searching for ransom? ...more >>

Hey guys just a quick question.Ifs it possible i would like to have a flash movie playing as a background within HTML. Can this be done? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...more >>

Hey guys just a quick question. fs it possible i would like to have a flash movie playing as a background within HTML. Can this be done? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...more >>

Hello! who could tell me, how I could get a copy of a flash-animation from the web on my HD? I didn't find any download option as for other files (jpg, mpg...). Thanks, Ikti ...more >>

Where can I get sounds to add to my buttons, in fact movies, etc. Any help, very much appreciated. Thanks.;)...more >>

is it me or the links to download the flash updaters 7.2 are broken ?? http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/updates/mx2004/flmx2004_702update_en.exe...more >>

I have an .fla that gives an "Unexpected File Format" error message all of a sudden when I try to open it. It was created using Flash 2004 MX Professional and I am trying to open it with the same. I have the latest version also. This happened all of a sudden and I do not know what to do. Wha...more >>

Hello everyone, I am trying to get a Dynamic text box to increase it's value by 1 everytime the user successfully clicks on a button instance. I am able to do it but for only one instance of the button, not for any of the rest (there are multiple instances). I've made sure they all have unique...more >>

Hi - I have the following setup... 3 files - index.html, flash.html and flash.swf flash.swf contains a button referenceing a javascript alert function in the flash.html. This works fine... Flash.html sits within an IFRAME on index.html - this works fine. Index.html now needs to reside on ...more >>

Hi All, Newbie question... how do you type text round a circle in flash?? Tried importing some from illustrator but once pasted into flash it looks like someone took and axe to the edges!! Help!! :-) Jules ...more >>

Hi Does anybody of you know if Flash 7 support JPEG2000, or if not, if Macromedia plans to include support in further versions of flash? Maybe someone know something about other small-data-oriented image formats which are supported by flash? Greetz Pesse P.S. Excuse my English,...more >>

Hi, I am using Flash Profesional. I have an asp page where I define the value of a variable: <script type="text/javascript"> var section = "Attorney" </script> Then on the flash movie I have a navigation bar and the movie is supposed to check wich frame to go on the first frame, this ...more >>

Hi, I am not sure which version of Flash is required for creating custom video skins with the FVK. There is a tutorial that says that Flash MX2004 is required, but elsewhere it says that Flash MX 2004 Prof is required. Steve:confused; ...more >>

I found in this forum a piece of code to use the progressbar. When I Use this code with an loadmovie function I figured that when i use the _root it targets the main movie in stead of the movie it is currently loading in the SWFHolder. Is there a possibility to target the movie that is load...more >>

:confused; why does all my swf-files goes on top? I have a js-menue (with drop down) and my swf file goes above the menue. I will rembember that it was a workaround on this one, so please help me out. TIA! ...more >>

Is there a short way to get a slide presentation to play automatically? I have a presentation with an UI that works OK, but for antrade show need to play it as a continuous loop. I'am not an actionscript hero. If I place a behaviour such as this: on (mouseDown) { // GoTo Next Screen...more >>

I would like to make a Flash project which could continuously receive data from the USB port on the PC.Please let me know if it's possible with Macromedia Flash.If not, please suggest an appropriate Macromedia software that can perform my requirement.I'd appreciate your favor in spending your ...more >>

I hope somebody can help me. I have a main timeline - scene1. I've created a short movie clip (30 frames) that I'd like to use as a button. When the "button" is clicked - go to a frame in the main timeline. I set a "on release" action for the movie clip with a parameter to go to frame...more >>

I got my gallery page set up with the use of the scrollpane and it looks nice. But then when I try to go back into my other pages, the picture side won't go away. It just stays on top or overlapps pages in the site that try to come back up. Go to my Galery page, then try going back to other ...more >>

Does anyone have any website that offers or sells a good selection of buttons for flash?...more >>

When I drag the UIScrollBar to the stage in Flash MX 2004 (Windows XP) there is a white area, but no scroll bar or scroll arrows. Do I need to do something else in MX 2004 that I did not need to do in MX? ...more >>

does anybody know how to publish a window with an exact size, no scrollbars, no resize, no menus, just close option~?...more >>