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Can not run MX FLASH 2004
Posted by ovesal at 11/6/2004 11:20:03 PM
I recently purchased and installed Flash MX 2004 (without any problems), but when I try to run the program, it keeps loading something but nothing appears. After a few seconds it just stops loading and also doesn't doesn't start up the program. I have checked the task manager and the following...more >>


protected movie ... ?
Posted by max.cady at 11/6/2004 11:05:09 PM
Hallo, ich habe mit Flash MX eine Dia Show nach der Fotoshow-Vorlage (Flash template) gemacht. Mit Strg+Enter l?uft das Ganze auch prima. Wenn ich den Film aber exportieren will, bekomme ich die Meldung, dass Flash einen gesch?tzten Film nicht ?ffnen kann "Cannot open a protected movie". ...more >>

Simple Button Question
Posted by BBQ.Jonny at 11/6/2004 9:09:45 PM
Please can someone tell me once i have made a basic button, how to make it so it links to another webpage inside the main frame. I can't seem to be able to edit within Dreamweaver, and Flash i am not experienced and can't seem to find anything to do it. Please help. Cheers, Jonny ...more >>

Flash Protection
Posted by brutis2ka13 at 11/6/2004 8:03:36 PM
Hello, What is the best way to protect a flash application from being hacked/stolen? I have an application in flash and I would like to distribute it on a cd. I know that anything can be hacked/stolen, but lets just keep the honest, honest. I'm sure that there is a lot of different methods. ...more >>

Downloading trial...disconnects
Posted by huttonmiceal at 11/6/2004 6:53:07 PM
I have a dial up connection and have been trying to download the Flash MX trial. This trial is almost 100Mb and takes hours to download. This is my problem.... as it takes hours to download, halfway through the download or so, the dial up connection will almost always disconnect, it just wont ...more >>

Actions not working
Posted by arthouse at 11/6/2004 6:03:27 PM
I'm running Flash MX 2004 Pro on a Mac iBook G4. Everthing seems to work ok if I keep all my navigation buttons on the main timeline, but when I nest a movie into the timeline, the actions stop working (specifically gotoAndPlay and getURL) the button rollovers still work, but the actions do no...more >>

Flash player
Posted by galleries-online at 11/6/2004 6:03:12 PM
I want to create a simple drop down menu for my site. Will visitors need to have Flash player installed to see this or is this integrated in the latest browsers? If they do, does anyone know the proportion of web users with flash player installed? I'm very new to this so apologise for what m...more >>

simple question about Symbol center
Posted by sammas at 11/6/2004 5:58:44 PM
When I create a symbol, the default seems to be to put it's point of reference in the uppermost left corner of the symbol. I would like it to be in the center of the symbol, so that when I rotate it, it rotates around its own axis. How do I change the point of reference? I'm using Flash MX Pro...more >>



mediaplayback component
Posted by zena at 11/6/2004 5:42:21 PM
hii i'm using mediaplayback component , to play music in my site, but in the dial up connections, the straeming is sooo slow, so how can i wait till the whole song cached or downloaded then play it (avoid streaming) thanks ...more >>

shortcuts not working
Posted by docbrad at 11/6/2004 5:27:34 PM
my shortcuts weren't working so i went into the keyboard shortcuts sextion and switched to 'flash 5'. the program changed but the shortcuts still don't work. i'm using flash mx 2004, mac os x 10.3.6, g4 laptop ...more >>

projector icon
Posted by robotstyle at 11/6/2004 5:25:10 PM
Greetings, is it possible to change the icon of a flash projector file? (I'm using Windows) ...Instead of the papper with the f with the circle around it, I'd like to change it to my own graphic. regards, Fredy ...more >>

Level of Loaded Movie
Posted by a_mistry2 at 11/6/2004 4:43:21 PM
Hi. I have a main swf... which I load couple of other swf's into... I use the command: on (realease) { loadMovieNum('other.swf', 1) } which would mean, the movie is gonna be loaded into level 1... above the main swf's level 0 !... Now... I have many swf's like for example: contact, links...more >>

hit me again
Posted by jimbo bagins at 11/6/2004 3:20:12 PM
DOES ANYONE KNOW A FLIPING SCRIPT TO MAKE A HIT TEST FOR A PLAYER :evil;...more >>

useing to if's in a script with &&
Posted by citygamer at 11/6/2004 3:13:17 PM
Hi everybody i have just stated making games on flash and i made this script onClipEvent (load) { if (this.hitTest(_root.player) && { if (this.hitTest(_root.player2)) { _root.gotoAndPlay(2); } } but the && i put in wont work does anyone know what i did wrong ...more >>

quick frames
Posted by jimbo bagins at 11/6/2004 12:34:06 PM
okay so i have over 400 frames so is there anyway of adding this script into them all with just a few clicks _root.st.time -= 1; ...more >>

making a object folow amother object
Posted by jimbo bagins at 11/6/2004 11:28:54 AM
does anyone out there know a script that will make a mc called enemy follow around the screen a mc called car , see i have been trying to find it out all day and i have had know look i have just been mesing around with the sciotn scipt ...more >>

Invalid XML problem: XML Connector and XML Object
Posted by Shaine Fisher at 11/6/2004 9:55:23 AM
I have a client who uses a third party XML datasource (using SOAP communication). He asked me integrate this into a new website so I did, but I did it backwards (project from the end to beginning, because the end was the harder code to get right). But as I have reached the last section I have...more >>

Flash & video
Posted by Lucetta at 11/6/2004 6:00:07 AM
Hello: I have edited a video using Microsoft Windows Movie Maker. I woulld like to import the edited video into Flash. Is there a way to convert the mswmm file into mpeg file or any other file recognized by Flash? Thank you. ...more >>

Linking PDF to flash button
Posted by bryancounts at 11/6/2004 4:41:36 AM
I need to know how to have a flash button open a PDF file or how to have it link to a PDF file for my viewers to open and view in adobe. Please help me - I have tried a few different things and searched all over macromedia's website and have not seen anything that could help. Thanks in ...more >>

Need help making images look crystal clear
Posted by Matty_2 at 11/6/2004 4:09:42 AM
How, using Flash MX, do I make the bitmap images in my website https://www.ballantine.com, crystal clear? I can't figure it out. Right now I have the images oversized and shrunken down to the appropriate size. ...more >>

how do you create links on your flash banner
Posted by dot-hack at 11/6/2004 1:40:25 AM
hello I tried everything. Im trying to make my flash banner have a url so when someone clicks the banner they are directed to my site. i tried the geturl command but that makes some them go to the site with out clicking the banner. this might seem like and easy task but this is the only th...more >>

dynamic text field woes
Posted by cognitia at 11/6/2004 1:30:30 AM
Hi, I'm using dynamic text fields as containers for externally loaded text. The text fields are set to autosize to accomodate the various text quantities. I want to get the depth of these text fields and try to do so with the 'TextField.getDepth' parameter. I have set it up to watch the te...more >>

Image Linking
Posted by Angel_of_Nothingness at 11/6/2004 12:42:19 AM
I imported a gif into my flash file, but I can't figure out how to make it a link. If someone could help me, I'd like it very much....more >>

Video
Posted by lagiant at 11/6/2004 12:21:10 AM
I know I should probably have done this in Director, but the client only uses Flash, so here goes: I have several video clips in MPG1 format, and I have imported them into Flash MX. I have selected quality=100, keyframe interval=15, scale=100, checked the Synchronize video to Macromedia Flas...more >>


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