hey, right when you go to a website that has a flash element in it...right before the flash loads...the background of the space that the flash takes up is initially white... then the flash loads and it is all good, but if you have a black background then for a second there is a big white box u...more >>

I'm new here and new to skinning Flash components and Flash in general, so please bare with me. I'm skinning the ComboBox based off the Sample Theme that Macromedia Provides with Flash. I've got all my skin components in and working but the box with the arrow that displays the dropdown box is ...more >>

I have been searching the net for days for a solution to this problem. I have searched message boards where this problem has come up numerous times and no solution has been arrived at. Here is what I am experiencing: 1. The scrollpane only works sometimes when loading an external .swf. Mos...more >>

Hi there, I used a photo slideshow template on Flash MX 2004 and modified it with my photos. I added sound - added a layer, then imported mp3 music to the library, then onto the layer, streaming it so it would end when the slideshow ended. When I hit 'play' in the control lmenu, it plays be...more >>

I just bought Sorenson Squeeze to see how the FLV files come out through there. Looking through the manual, I realize how much about Video I do not know. Could anybody recommend some good books or links that cover some of the basic about using video on the web? Thanks Mathias ...more >>

Hi, I am making a menu in flash MX for use in dreamweaver, all works well but the swf takes up too much space leaving room for the dropdown container menu items, so there is the header Image, then the flash menu taking 125px then the content of the page. The menu on load is only 25px high ...more >>

Hi all , does anyone know if it is possible to change the colour of the box that appears briefly before a movie loads ? you know if you go to a page and you dont have flash loaded you get a big white box or if you go to a page (and you have flash) and it takes a few seconds for the pre load...more >>

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Hi. I can get my flash file to advance scenes by clicking a button. In scene 2, for example, using this code: on (release) { gotoAndPlay('Scene 3'); } but when I want to go to the previous scene, it won't work. Using this code: on (release) { gotoAndPlay('Scene 1'); } What happens is that...more >>

Hi, i have a problem with javascript window.open e FlashMX; i set 2 buttons: the first opens a pop-up, the other starts a file download. Here's the code: on (release) { getURL("javascript:window.open('myUrl','myName','width=630,height=650,scroll bars=yes,top=50,left=180');"); } on (r...more >>

Hi there, I am newbie to flash and currently working on an animation with a jungle background. The screen size is 750 x 450 pixels. The art work in ?AI? format with the file size as 16MB. I have tried to compress it but could not bring the size, coz that one got many trees in the background, ...more >>

Hi there, I'm having strange Flash problems. I've got part way through making a new movie and now Flash keeps crashing (or so WinXP says so). The error message is a WinXP one saying: "Flash 5.0 r6 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." and prom...more >>

This is really confusing me. I have a pop up menu in the form of a graphic symbol with 2 frames. On the second frame I have a line of button symbols which are shown when triggered by another button and each should link to the different scenes in my main movie. Except I can't get them to work...more >>

Hi, i need to convert my flash mx project to flash 5 version but i need to get my hands on teh flash 5 dictionary. Does anyone know where i can see a flash 5 dictionary(free one of course), ive looked on macromedia site and it doesnt have a section for it. I need to cause i can only use dire...more >>

Hi, is it possible to have a link in an external text file that is loaded into flash behave like a button? If you look at www.thebobbleheads.com you'll see my 'gigs' and 'press' scenes are external text files that get loaded on starup, They have html links to other things in them. On the 'pics...more >>

I just finished up using a great Flash book regarding Broadcast animation. The book is by Sandro Corsaro & Clifford Parrott and called Hollywood 2d Digital Animation: The New Flash Production Revolution. It was ridiculously insightful into the world of professional animation and Flash's appl...more >>

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I'm contemplating a comprehensive database driven application based on a Flash front-end. Since Flash loads all screen/forms when it loads, I'm wondering how fast it will load if I get several hundred, possibly more than a thousand. My conern is that with that many screens, it will take a good...more >>

hi i have flash mx 2004 and swish max , i know there is a different between them! what are the difference ? do you recommend of working parallel with them ? if so which one is good for what ? sorry for the stupid questions but i saw some people here are talking about the swish so...more >>

I have a flash movie that loads multiple sub-movies with movie clips within. In one of my sub-movie's movie clips, I use a ComboBox component instance. However, when the movie is played/run, the ComboBox can be hilighted (or edited, if edit is true), but it will not draw in the open state wh...more >>

I have a problem. I am using xmlsocket.ondata to parse some text that i receive. For some reason, the function I choose gets called perfectly fine but if from inside that function I call another one, it won't call it. Example: xmlsocket.ondata = func_one; function func_one(msg) { print tra...more >>

Hey guys! I am trying to clear the fields in a flash form but it isn't working. My text boxes have instances named : name_txt I have put the code for the clear button into a movie clip that I gave button properties to as follows: onClipEvent (load) { clear.onRelease = function() { ...more >>

I have a scroll pane which targets a movieclip as its content. How do I programatically (gee ... is that a word)?) attach other movieclips within the first one? I am building a table that that will have 1 to 17 columns, depending on user input ... hence the need for a scroll pane. Thanks --...more >>