I have a P22 postscript and true type font that I have used in Illustrator and Photoshop successfully, but I am not able to use it in Flash MX. Is there a way to make flash recognise this font and to use it through out the site? ...more >>

every time I drag a new movie clip (sock) to the feet, the old one disappears. it's because every time you click a new one i have a code that makes it jump on the highest depth. so it knocks over the old sock, which was on the previous highest depth. you can see the file in: www.thebutterflyef...more >>

how to recovery a fal damagged????? please help...more >>

How can I create a FLV? thanks! Brenda S....more >>

I have a flash overlay banner. How can I ensure that if it drops down in front of a form element the form element will not poke through the flash?? Currently the text input and the submit button are appearing in front of the banner. Any help appreciated. ...more >>

Can anyone tell me a quick reason why I need this? I love it and want it but I need a good shnazzy blurb why this is cool (ie quicker 'download' etc)... any takers? http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/flv_tutorial.html Rob ...more >>

I am new to DirectorMX so please bear with me... I imported an avi as quicktime video. When I double click on it in the cast, it plays fine in the pop-up window. When I add it to my stage, it is crooked within the sprite. It is at like a 30 degree angle. Does any one know what would c...more >>

I need to change the color of text via a button. I can't seem to access the color property of the text. title_txt is name of the text library item. title_txt_clip is the name of the clip that contains the title_txt object What is the property to change the color of the text? G ...more >>

Hello everyone, and thanks for reading. Very simple issue. I have a graphic, turned said graphic into a movie. I put a motion tween on it to both expand and shift. Now I want to reverse the procedure when a button is clicked so it resumes its original dimensions. However, copying the frame...more >>

I have the following code on its own layer so I can determine the click throughs on our site. userClicks = []; b1.onRelease = function(){ userClicks.push(this._name) trace(userClicks); } b2.onRelease = function(){ userClicks.push(this._name) trace(userClicks); } Instead of doing a trace...more >>

i have asked this befor but i forgot so here it is again does anyone know how to do a gr8er dan thing like onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if(score >8) gotoAndPlay(3); } but so it works ...more >>

I was wondering if it was possable to attach text to a line in macromedia flash, if so how?...more >>

okay i have this script: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { speed = 1; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { _root.g._x = _root.g._x+speed; } so i want a button that when it is clicked the 'speed' is changed to (3): onClipEvent (mouseDown) { _root.g.speed = 3; } but it wont work , does anyone know why a...more >>

does anyone know how to turn this into a random kind of thing onClipEvent (enterFrame) { _root.d._x = _root.d._x+7; } you see i want it to have a difernt speed [(7) ] every time the frame loads so it could be 4 or 7 or 9 or 2 know what i mean , i think it should be somthing like ...more >>

Hello everybody, I have created MovieClips dynamically with a loop: for (i=i_von; i<=i_bis; i++) { myMC = this.createEmptyMovieClip('thumb'+i, i); these Clips have been loaded in the stage. When I want to refer later to these Clips I need again to dynamically set up their names. I triedl...more >>

I am wanting to create an object where an object follows the mouse pointer where ever the user moves it on the screen. I was looking in the Support Pages for Macromedia but didn't find anything that related to that topic. Could someone point me in the right direction on how to do this? Than...more >>

Hi, I have a problem wiht radio buttons i have in my flash. when one is selected, it will 'go off' (you will not be able to see the white dot) when your mouse istn over it. why? for example: you ahve foru radio buttons, and you select one. when you move the mouse off of the radio button comp...more >>

all updates I have a movie clip in my library with a linkage identifer as vid. this 'vid' movie clip has a loader component called graphic_ld and a label component called label_txt in it. with a script on my main timeline I dynamically attach the vid movie clip several times depending...more >>

I desperately need to convert an .swf movie to .avi or .mov so I can bring it into FinalCut Express.... the .swf includes 'movie clips' off of the main timeline, therefore the converted file does not include all of the animation - man I wish I knew that before I built it! I've read somethi...more >>

I have a MediaDisplay component that is calling an external FLV. When I publish the movie here is what happens: On a PC the word DISPLAY comes up and disapears, then my FLV plays. On a Mac, the word DISPLAY comes and disapears and then my FLV does not play. Has anyone had this problem?...more >>

Hi, I have a combobox whose labels are retrieved from a chart. the code looks like this : activites.setDataProvider(activite_nom); activites.sortItemsBy('label', 'ASC'); The labels are properly displayed in the list and properly sorted too but as default label he displayes already a la...more >>

OK, recently, i've seen on many (RIA) websites, that the data that is being requested from a server is represented with a preloader. So the user knows the status of the data going or being recieved. Im trying diligently, looking everywhere to find out how i can possibly do this. I want to b...more >>

I have upgraded from Flash 4 to MX pro. In MX pro text was typed and then converted to a button symbol. In the timeline for the button the roll over effect was created and the hit area created with the retangle tool. When testing the movie and publish previewing the rollover hit area only seam...more >>

Yes, its true, flash movies seem to be running very slow on macintosh computers, while their pc counterparts are running as smooth as ever. I'm looking for other people to concur this is not just me, and also seeking any documentation that may have been written on this peculiar subject. than...more >>

I am using some pngs and want to have smooth fade transitions from one pic to the next. I have them one movie clip and the transistions seem slow and choppy. The pngs themselves are not that big. http://www.usca.edu/proofs/sciencestore/ any suggestions on a better more processor friendly way ...more >>

Hi all, I'm having a problem with my menu classes. I've tried several solutions to this problem, but always seem to come up against the same problem, which I thinkmay be a scoping one. I seem to be able to access some of a classes properties, but not others or any of its methods, depending...more >>

Hello all, I have been trying to find an answer to the following without any luck. We have created a Flash based application for a corporate client and they wish to manage Flash player distribution via LanDesk package. I pointed them towards the intranet deployment pack which states: ---...more >>

My flash project is working fine in Firefox. In Internet Explorer the external swf that is loaded isn't seeing the variables from the sendAndLoad. Any ideas? ...more >>

hi I am wondering could some one tell which package either director or flash am i better off using. i am going to be designing something along the same as the following link. i hope to make something like the map, zooming, panning etc. its going to be a stand alone application and not on th...more >>

Hi im trying to build a Flash website and just wanted to know what the best way to start building it, do i create one main page for homepage and withn there have blank movie clips for each section of my site and have the swf files loading in the blank clips? If so I can get the movie to load ...more >>

what is the script that makes all dragging (of all movie clip instances on the stage) false?? I am desperate!...more >>

i have a script on a frame at the root of the movie. // background sound (war environment) _global.bgsound = new Sound(); bgsound.loadSound('sounds/mp40.mp3') bgsound.setVolume(100); bgsound.onSoundComplete = function() { bgsound.start(); } the problem is, that the sound isnt loading in ...more >>

How can I pass parameters to a movie I am testing in the IDE with Test Movie? I pass the parameters on the URL with ?parm1=foo when running in browser. Thanks. -- Dabbler...more >>

I just learned that animated gif's are/can be created with flash! I am a newbee so have mercy. My question now becomes. IS there a guidline for having a movie be a gif instead of a flash movie? File size < 15k? thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi there, I have created 3 external font libraries to use in my main animation. These are empty movies which contain a single font library item each, exported for actionscript. My main movie has these fonts added in the authoring environment by opening the external libraries, dragging the fo...more >>

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/I...h-520/index.php i just did this tutorial and the rollover effect didnt work at all all i got was a blinking effect on my movie clip. and it started doing that from entering in the movie. rollover wasnt even a factor can anyone help me with this? ...more >>

I took a few hours off from a Flash project I'm working on, and I can no longer find the properties panel. I've restarted Flash, and my computer. No properties! What's happening? Ctl-F3 does nothing, and when I try to select "properties" from the windows menu nothing happens and there's...more >>

if you go to thsi site and click on the http://www.electoral-vote.com/template 3 down 3rd colum and click it and go to the jobs sections you see how the text pixaltes / fades in. how do you do that i know you could take the time and do it with custom animations but there is also a transtion f...more >>

I'm working on on a project where I'm using a script to move the Ypos of an image. It works fine for the first 7000 pixels but the second half of the image is not visible even with the correct coordinates. Any ideas? ...more >>

Hey guys, i've made a hiscore with getLocal (sol file), but when i upload it to my web site it makes a new sol file(in other words, a new hiscore) for every computer. any idea on how to make a shared sol? thanks ...more >>

Hi I would like to replace my Flash-Animations (e.g. a menu bar) with a static image (like gif, jpg or png) if the Flash Plugin (or a version which is not high enough) is not installed. The important thing is that I'm looking for a solution to this problem without any use of Java Script. Is...more >>