i'm guessing PC users mostly use EXPLORER... but do most MAC users then use NETSCAPE??...if so i think i'm screwed cuz my site doesn't function well in netscape. little things just don't function properly. anyone have a rough guesstimate of how many peeps use what?? ...more >>

do you need to be a student to purches the educational version of flash? or can you just promise not to make anything commercial with it?...more >>

Greetings. Ive put together a webservices app which uses a few components. Unfortuntately none of the components are displaying the text in Firefox but work fine in IE. Can anyone suggest a fix for this? ...more >>

i've created some vector graphics in illustrator - exported them as an swf file and imported them into flash. after i import a flash file into director - the vector circles have become distorted at the top. when i view the file at 200 % - the circles look fine but they look distorted at 100 % ...more >>

I have an animated movie in flash for a web site. When the viewer clicks on the movie I need it to go to a URL site. How do I write the script to: on mouse click go to url.......... When I tried, it worked on the first keyframe, so everytiime it looped it would open up the url. I need it...more >>

hi all, Hope I make myself clear..., (I am new to Flash) I have created a drop menu is about 6 buttons long and it opens down about 3 or 2 buttons each. The dimensions of the work area are 750 pixels by 150 pixels. My problem is when I click on one of the buttons, (let's say it is supposed...more >>

just wondering how many of u guys use flash detection strips? how important is it today? don't most people have flash player installed? no? yes? ...more >>

Whenever I try moving - or even just selecting - items in the library panel Flash freezes and I have to force quite the app. This just started happening after I upgraded from MX to MX2k4. Please make it stop. ...more >>

Hi all, right...this is my last hope as I'm very quickly loosing patience with this thing... The files which illustrate the problem exactly can be downloaded at : www.k-bo.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/dragdrop.zip Bascially, when you go through the file....first frame...fine, put the bits on the t...more >>

Is there an easy way to set a Label's Color? ...more >>

Is there an easy way to set a Label's Color? ...more >>

I am trying to write a simple program that loads an array of movies. As it stands now, the movies load but only if they are inside the OnClipLoad Handler. I want to use a function that loads the movies to make the code more flexible. Now that I moved the command into a function, the movie f...more >>

Hi there, I guess this is a stupid question and I'm not sure if I am in the write place to have it answered but I wanted to find out if there was any trick to creating a whitebackground while recording a streaming video of yourself using a webcam? Reason I ask, I am recording video's with a w...more >>

I'm trying to make a flash object that can bring up data stored in a MS access database. I've spent the last four hours looking over the internet and i can find out how to make a simple word search in flash that brings up all my access entries containing this word on a particular row. Please ...more >>

I'm new to Flash but an old hat using video. I like the null backgrounds in the video presentations. Is there a feature in Studio that does a pseudo green screen or do I have to do that with the raw video. ...more >>

I'm a fledgling developer and I'm working on this project for my boss. I'm just trying to do a really simple .swf file that has 4 images transitioning in one after the other. Even though there are 4 images there are 12 layers, 3 for each image. One is the image transitioning in, the static ima...more >>

I have a button 'buffer' in the background of a MC in order to 'disable other buttons in lower levels. The thing I would like to know is there a way to turn off the hand cursor of that button 'buffer' because it is my entire background? Thank you in advance! ...more >>

I have a flash mx 2004 course that has been modified to send basic info to an AICC LMS. We have been able to send status of the cousre but so far have been unable to send the users total time ( we are not concerned with score for this courseware). I have been searching and have found very l...more >>

hi guys, i keep gettin randon lines and graphical anomilies when i preview my movie. anyone got any ideas? http://www.obzidian.co.uk/assignment.zip Paul...more >>

Howdy I'm going to make an e-shop front-side completely in flash. This will include a credit card payment-thing, and the communication between the flash and the https-server has to be encrypted with the standard ssl. The browser normally does this, but what if the data comes from flash? Is it...more >>

I have created an animaed gif in Photoshop. I need to convert it to a flash file and then a swf file. It's been three years since I worked in flash...please help. Thanks. :o...more >>

I'm a Network Administrator at a High School and the Graphic Arts teachers are running into problems when students save their files in Flash MX. I am not very familiar with the program. The lab is using DeepFreeze. Anyway, when the 1st class of students log offs of the computers at the end...more >>

I have created a movie that simulates falling snow. When the SWF finishes, it waits unti the last series of snowflakes complete their timeline before returning to frame 1. This causes an interuption in my snowfall. Are there any techniques to eliminate this problem? ...more >>

Hi, I really got a great response for the last thread which i posted. Thanks a lot. I have one more small problem with tree component. My xml file reads like this: <brands> <node label="Full Solutions"> <node label="Consolidation"> <node label="Storage" /> <node label="xSeries" ...more >>

We're creating our yearly Christmas card, and in years past we've emailed them out. But always have the problem of virus checkers ripping the attachment out because of the extension. Is there a way to by pass this? Also is there a way to create a projector for both Mac and PC in one file? T...more >>

I'm kinda new to Flash and I need help. I think my flash movie is choppy...maybe I'm being to picky? I've created a flash movie. It uses Tween to give the scrolling effect of 5 pictures. When I created it, I layed out all 5 pics in one layer and grouped them and then converted them to a s...more >>

:frown; I am a beginner, I hate being a beginner and that is why I am begging for help here! I need to know HOW do I shade in flash? I see people with these awesome flash movies with two-tone shading and it is not extruded or anything of that nature! It is like I said, 2 toneshades and I n...more >>

Alert - "No supported audio track was found in this file" The details are: The quicktime movie is one file not separate at all with both audio and video being uncompressed in a self-contained QT mov. I import into Flash and the screen before the Sorenson compression (that flash uses f...more >>

I have been working on a flash brochure with a page turn effect i have downloaded. You can view the file here www.paulburrows.com/brochure.swf everything seemed to be working until i added the contents, which when clicked cycles through to the relavent page. when this happens parts of th...more >>

http://www.tnbaptist.org/files/yec-010.html I have a template in which I loaded a number of image files. One single image does not appear when viewed on the laptops here in our building. It appears just fine on my desktop PC, on my Mac, and my Mac at home. If you check out the above link, cl...more >>

I have a client that wants to put an advert he's had made onto his website. He has provided me with the DVD of said advert but I now need to convert it into a file format that Flash is able to import. I've had a quick search around the web but all I have been able to come up with is software t...more >>

Is there anyway that on (rollOver) { gotoAndPlay(2); } can be changed into the dot form of writing code? this kind. CAclip.hitbox.onPress = function() { _parent.gotoAndPlay("CA"); }; ...more >>

hi all, i like this photogallery, how is possible to resize the window with the dimension of image? anyone can help me? http://www.christopherconnock.com/ thanks all! -- Messaggio inviato da 81.75.178.45 via MMKit http://www.mmkit.com/newsgroups.php ...more >>

It would seem that Flash MX 2004 as a bug with importing the audio track of a QuickTime movie. It says that no audio track is supported on the import screen, however I have a QT movie of EXACTLY the same settings and it reads the audio fine. Is this a bug or is Flash just a bit inconsistent ...more >>

:) Howdy - i can only make an mp3 the maximum of 33seconds in swift MP3, is there a way i can input full songs. regards, patrick...more >>

Hi all, I've put together a little interactive flash card for myself and want to have it on my website as a download. The way I did this is by publishing as an exe file. The .exe file reads into a folder called 'files' in which sits 2 .swf files (file 1 then reads file 2 etc). The structure is...more >>

Hi everyone. My PC crashed this morning and deleted random files all over the place. When I finally got it up and running again, my source .fla file was gone. However, the compiled .swf file is still intact. Is there any way to restore the original .fla file from the compiled swf movie? I rea...more >>

I just came across this website: http://www.livemercial.com/. It kindof streams videos. Is there a way to this ourselves with Flash, i guess?...more >>

Hey, i wanted to make a password change page in flash, i made to static text boxes : new password and old password. I added 2 input text boxes beside, one that has the instace name of markoldpassword and the other of marknewpassword, i added a button, i added this code on the button : ________...more >>

hi, just wondering how to enable a button to set a varriable which would then trigger a change in frames within a child movie clip placed on the same timeline as the button. Thus far in psuedo code we have something like the following: On the first frame of the root timeline we declare a gl...more >>

hi i have a splash page that in the last frame it have getURL("home.html") to go the html site two questions: 1)how do i control the width/hight of the home page? 2)what do i have to do that the spalsh page will automaticlly closed when the home page loaded? thanks ...more >>

Hello, More details if you respond, but I work for a non-profit company specialising in protecting Children online. We paid for a simple non-interactive flash movie to be produced (Flash MX 2004) and the 'gentleman' involved left us with something that is unfinished and frankly really ...more >>

I like to know what are the main big differences in Flash MX 2004 vs Flash MX 2004 Professional. I own Studio MX 2004, my flash that I have is only MX 2004. Is it worth upgrading to Professional, what are the major differences of what I am limited to? What are the benefits and drawbacks? T...more >>

Hi everyone, Im just new here and also new to flash & web. I'm more on print design. Anyone who can suggest a best site to learn Flash [from basic to advance] .. Would it be possible without knowing programming/coding to make a interactive flash web site? right now, i'm googling to this one...more >>

Hello all, I am getting ready to start development of a touchscreen kiosk. Are there any helpful hints I should know of before I start? I'm using FlashMX (non-2004). I'm just wondering whether I just use on(release) and such to detect when a visitor touches an item on the screen. If there a...more >>

bit of a newbie question! I'm wondering the best way to make a copy of a movie clip, and be able to edit the copy without altering the original. I can't seem to copy the frames within one movie clip to another new clip!? Thanx folks, ...more >>

Windows XP Pro Flash MX 2004 I installed several univers fonts. One of the univers fonts is not showing on the drop-down list for font selection in Flash. How can I use a font on my hard-drive in my Flash mx 2004 application? ...more >>

Does anyone have a good plug in detector that checks to see if the user has flash and if they dont then it sends them to a non-flash page? the plug in detector that comes with dreamweavr MX in the Behavior panel doesn't work so good. ...more >>