:confused;I am trying to decide what is the best technology stack to build a customer care center on. We will be communicating with a server and I belive I can do this in PERL or PHP so I will just communicate with those using SOAP. My only question is can I make a window that will pop up wh...more >>

I have Windows XP sp2, IE 6 sp2. I can't install macromedia flash player. Is this an XP 2 issue. I have run every virus/trojan scanner I have, scan disk, defrag. PLEASE HELP. Thank you :confused;...more >>

I am trying to load a quiz I made from a template into a clip using the on(press){ _root.theClip.loadMovie("editing.swf"); } actionscript but the quiz does not load. When I just use the loadMovie code: on(press){ _root.loadMovie("main.swf"); } it does work. Whats going on...more >>

I have defined my origional problem into just the text box. OK - when you type text, you click the text tool and drag to create the box, then type the text. Is there anyway just to select just the text (NOT the text box used to write the text)?? If you know what I mean, or if you have create...more >>

Ok - I am making a slide show for a website I am designing. I used the four slides that come with Macromedia's Slide Show Template which i am using. The problem is when I try and make extra slides for more pictures in the slide show it won't loop. When I play or test the movie and click the...more >>

Hi, I am trying to use the conponent button instead of just a box that I made up and turned into a symbol. All I want it to do is execute this action script: on (release) { hf = prpsi*2.31/sg2; } but when I bring in a component button and try to give it this script it doesn't work, obvi...more >>

Can someone please explain to me the steps needed to play a flash movie from a laptop to a seperate monitor at full size and any helpful hints? Thanks!...more >>

I haven't done this for awhile but a few years ago I used to import QTVRs into Flash. I could then poublish as QuickTime movie, with all the Flash tracks I'd made. I fear that the QT 6 I'm using is not recognized by Flash. I can't remember how to make a QT 5 movie that Flash might recognize. O...more >>

Hello ev'body, I was looking for some resources about Macromedia Flash technology for PhD research in informatics sciences... Does anyone at MM knows where to retrieve such information? Thanks a lot... Ryan ...more >>

I have a 20 mb video that is obviously taking forever to load on the web... how do i shrink it down? What is the best way to show it on the site? I have it as a flash video right now at 20mb....more >>

Where can I find for tutorial or swf? See link http://www.dixiondigital.com/flash1/tub13.jpg...more >>

Need to load a MC from the library to a empty target MC on the stage (onRollover). Then unload the clip (onRollout) Think it used to be tellTarget but can't quite remember. Sure there is a new and better way. Thanks in advance for suggestions. ...more >>

I wanna do the following: I have a Site with some Flash buttons. Every user, who has opened the site sees the same button. If any of the user is clicking a Button, the Image of the Button changes (Toggle Button) and I want that to happen on EVERY open Site at nearly the same time. What I...more >>

Hello, does anybody know how to disable the menu options (file, view, control, help) from a flash projector? Thank you....more >>

I have a project where I have dozens of "points of light" (as a mask) with pictures running in behind. Would I be better of with bitmap than with vector? Vector has already proved to be really slow, but, it renders better when resized. PS. Not a web job, so size is not an issue. ...more >>

I have a website that contains several pages, each containing several Flash movies (for the navigation, animations, etc.). Does anybody know how to tell the browser which movie should start loading first and which priority they should have in terms of using the connection bandwith? It is e...more >>

I am using the fscommand to have fullscreen = true and allowscale = false. However, elements outside the stage (such as twinned pics that fly in and out) do show and I do not want them to. Can I use code instead of a layer mask to prevent this? Thank you in advance! ...more >>

Hi, This is probably a dumb question, but how do you prevent users from seeing the Zoom in-out, play, stop, etc options that pop up when you right click on a flash web site? I noticed that some flash websites, when you right click on them, all they show you is two options: Settings and Ab...more >>

I'm having problems with a preloaders I have created for a photo gallery. The gallery is a large file (around 5 mb), hence the reason for the preloader. Whenever I test the file, the preloader (a basic bar loader) does not load instantly. Instead, it waits until the file has downloaded about 5...more >>

I am a fairly amateur user of Flash, and am trying to target a specific frame of a swf I am loading on top of a movie clip target from a button. My code is simply: on (release) { loadMovie('RO-aboutus.swf', '_root.mctarget'); gotoAndPlay(24); } It loads the proper movie, but just goes to ...more >>

Hi, i see a ton of tutorials on doing fullscreen in a pop up, with a "close" button, but I'm more interested in doing fullscreen in a browser like this site... http://www.soleilnoir.net/ http://www.kurtnoble.com/ Does anyone know of a tutorial for this? Thanks ...more >>

I am trying to display a .flv file hosted on a win2k iis5 server, with no luck so far. I am using the video kit in dreamweaver to place the flv file in my html. I tried adding the mime type for .flv to iis (with an iis restart) but it still doesn't work. I tried the following mime types: -...more >>

Hi I'm using createEmptyMovieClip and loadMovie to load swf and jpgs into my flash movie. now this all works fine apart from the fact that the buttons in my main movie still work, when the movie has loaded on top on those butons. i am still getting the the functionality of the button...more >>

I have worked with flash since the release of version 4.0. I am no expert but I know the advanced techniques of most standard flash actionscript commands. Recently while developing in flash's new version 7.0 I have run into an error I cannot solve. I am using a simple interface.swf and loading...more >>

Hi there, I want to export an image from flash although I don't have the source. I see if you drag/drop anywhere out of flash it makes a scrap file... and when I try to edit it (Edit With...) doesn't work with Photoshop or with Fireworks because it says that it can't find the source agai...more >>

I have used the Flash Quiz Template, and I would like to know how to have the results of the quiz emailed to myself. :)...more >>

Hello I want to use the V2 component style scrollbar to scroll a movie clip around in a similar way to the scrollpane - however, I want to be able to interact with the movieClip and the scrollPane, although excellent disables interaction with the contents (not sure exactly why - probably to...more >>

Hi, Sorry to trouble all of you but I've been lurking here, searching posts and reading the MM site but can't seem to get a clear idea whether or not Flash can do the following. I'd like to know before I invest the money and time only to figure out if it can't. Here is the basic idea. ...more >>

I've created a Mask layer, on that layer I have a box who's fill is a gradient going from solid to tranparent. I have an object attached to this Mask Layer. But it isn't working. It is masking, but it is the whole mask box, not the mask's fade. How can I get a nice mask fade? I've tr...more >>

When I hit Apple-Return in Mac OS X with Flash 2004 MX, I get a Error opening URL in the Output window. The file is created, but I have to then go to Dreamweaver and look at it there? Is this an issue with the Flash Player? -Kirk...more >>

I am putting a dynamic TB together that will load from a .txt. I am trying to figure out a way to spice it up. I figured the textbox would be transparent and I could put stuff behind it... nope. At least I haven't figured out how to make it so. Does anyone know if there is a way to make it m...more >>

I use Flah 5 and I tried importing WAV, MP3, WMA, and even AIFF, but everytime it says there were "problems reading them". I'm just not sure what to do . . . at all....more >>

hey... i'm trying to make a dynamic text field link to another html file... everything worx perfect when i run the swf by itself and on internet explorer... but when i call it from another SWF file the text is not there... i thought it might be the variables names.. maybe they collide because ...more >>

i saw a tutorial somewhere about making handwriting sorta appear as if it were being written while you watch. i was wondering if anyone knows where to find it, or if anyone could give a quick explaination of something similar. i'm fairly aquainted with flash mx so a few hints should get me goi...more >>

Hi, I have two big questions, hope someone can answer... 1) Can I e-mail something by pushing a button, and that it sends an adress on the body, but what I need is that this e-mail could be automatically be sent without opening a window containing a e-mail composer... I hope that the doubt i...more >>

I am creating a flash-based forum in a website. I can display the text fine, but it ends up in a text box and doesn't look very good. this is the best example of what i mean: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/hitch/site/ click on the '3rd date' button at the bottom and it'll bring up a ...more >>

A partner and I are designing a flash-based site (html site with flash components for each part) and we would like our media component (a box the size of a deck of cards) to (when a thing is clicked) open up and display the media over the rest of the webpage (floating over it, like a floating ...more >>

I'm making a game involving many pixelated sprite characters, and there are often 4-5 animated objects on the screen at any time. This slows down the game considerably (currently running at 24 fps). The characters are simple and pixelated like old-school Nintendo games, created by converted sp...more >>

I have a button 'contact_btn' that I am using in my webpage to basically open the users default email program and send me an email. Obviously i know this is very easy to do, but I am new to Flash and the mailto function doesnt seem to be working. this is what i have: contact_btn.onRelease = ...more >>

I have the following actionscript that creates an alert box when the user's login is invalid: mx.controls.Alert.show('Invalid User/Pass', 'Login Failed'); Currently it is showing the text in white and I cannot see it, how to I format the text to be black? ...more >>

:disgust; I created a site in flash for one of my classes. I had it in my storage drive, and after creating more than several swf's I wasn't able to save it anymore. I kept on getting the message your site is "OVER IT'S TIME" I do not know what this means, and have asked several professionals ...more >>