I am using the load txt component in flash mx.(LOADTEXT component 1.2.2 by raz-l@raz-l.com) I have external txt files that sometimes loads and sometimes doesn't.. any ideas why this might be??? ...more >>

This might be a stupid question but I am developing a touch screen application which I want to have a secret button combination call the init() function. I know you can do it by detecting key presses so I guess this isn't any different but just want to make sure. here is my example code: ...more >>

Just bought Flash. Using it in Demo mode till I move to new computer. I have had no luck with either "Help" or "How To" content. I see the text and chapter listings on the left of the window, but nothing happens when I click or double click on titles. I assume I'm supposed to see a Flash ...more >>

everytime i click on my action panel, whether thru the menu or the floating window, i get a never-ending beachball. i am about to reinstall Flash Pro, how do i Uninstall my current Flash?...more >>

I am having problems trying to find out information on other ways to pull text from a file into Fusion. I want to make a website using flash, where I can change the text in a dynamic fileld from out another file. I learn of doing it, where it pulled it from a text file, but are there other...more >>

:confused; Hi, I'm developing a multimedia app. in Flash and need video support which I understand comes with version 6. I was just checking Macromedias Flash stats website and v. pleased to see that 96% of European users allegedly have version 6. That's great ... but how did it happen? I ...more >>

Does anyone know a way to convert (or export) a flash file to a PDF? My Flash file is importing dynamic content and creating a bunch of charts and graphs in a presentation. I now want to export this presentation into a PDF format for an e-mailable hard copy. Is there an easy way to do this?...more >>

I have a frame in my movie that contains a movie with 2 frame 'folders', and when I try to remove the movie from the frame flash crashes on me. any ideas what could be causeing this? I don't know if it's the folders, but thats really all can see that it could be. ...more >>

I need some help. I am not a Pro in any form with Flash. I have a file .swf that I inherit from previous worker here. It works very well but need to change and update a couple of links that we no longer have, but as you see I only have the movie file, not editable file. Is there a way that can...more >>

Need recommendations for books (tutorials) on Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks....more >>

This is a very general question about methods of button creation. Specifically = I have never used more that the four general states when creating a button (up, over, down, hit). The button timeline deals with these quite like frames in a movie symbol (except that you are limited to four...more >>

:disgust; I've import a flash page which is already (published) working on my site. I can run the movie within flash but not the preview or a browser. It's like the movie isn't there. When trying to run the movie I dont see anything. No errors at all. The browser and/or the flash preview j...more >>

Whenever I try to burn my flash file to a cd, it says that it encountered an error. I saved it in flah mx and flash mx 2004. I also saved and compacted it to try to clean it up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

does anyone know how to hide child screens with one button behavior rather than having to add a "Hide Screen" behavior entry for each child screen that is to be hidden? There's GOT to be a better way to do this! ...more >>

Is it possible to rotate flash animations as a banner? For example with a simple bit of java script i can rotate loads and loads of jpeg pictures so every time my website page is refreshed a new picture shows. Can this be done with flash? If so how do you do it? ...more >>

if I only install flash player without flash, the swf file can only be recognized in webpage. I mean, if I double click the swf file on my hard drive, it cannot point to flash player. Where to find this little program? Lance ...more >>

Hello All, I have a flash movie with a preloader. The preloader does not start until the movie has already downloaded 17K. I cannot figure out where that 17k is coming from. What types of things download before frame one that I can check for. Thanks very much for your time. ...more >>

Can anyone turn me on to some good sources for Flash tutorials? I know of Flashkit.com, but are there any others? Or any other means of learning Flash? Thanks......more >>

i wrote an SWF that displays letters. I wrote it in swish lite but when i view it in browser the letters are different letters. How do I import this and then correct this in Flash?:confused;...more >>

this is proberley something very simple that i am missing, but my question is how do i build a preloader into my flash projects...more >>

Can anyone help? I'm new to flash. I have one button in my flash file. The command for that button is as follows: on (release) { musicfile.start (0,1) } When I press the button, the musicfile doesn't play. Am I using the correct command. I have more quesions but I'll start w...more >>

I'm still kinda new to actionscript. I'm using MX 2004. I have a flash movie that I made with a list box, combo box and buttons. They all use the default green theme, but I'd like it to be blue (haloBlue?). How can I change it to that globally? Or do I have to put a script in for each componen...more >>

What behavior controls a hide screen function for forms with many randomly chosen screens? I'm building a screen with many nested screens and would like to know an easier way to cause only the screens I want revealed to show when users click on a menu "button" without having to write a script...more >>

:|I am trying to use flash to create a small animation for my degree show, about the speed of todays mass media.I really want to be able to have five different sets of text(headlines from the news)running at different speeds running across the sreen.I would like to have different headlines on...more >>

works fine with Mac. i saved the file as version 7...more >>

Hi all, I seem to have lost all output to the output panel in my Flash 2004 authoring environment. Trace commands just don't work. I tried trashing preferenced but that didn't fix it. When I debug a movie I can see how trace commands are skipped when I step through. Any idea how that can ...more >>

I am a novice Flash user and need to complete a web banner ad for a client, while I try to learn the program. I have created a very basic banner and have created a .swf file that loops ? but it seems to insert a white frame in between my last frame and the first ? causing the movie to have a "...more >>

Hi, I have an MP3 loaded into my flash movie using the following code on the first frame: mySound_jersey = new Sound(); mySound_jersey.loadSound ('states.mp3', true); The movie is one frame long. When I test it, the song sounds like it's playing on fast forward. Does anyone know what this is...more >>

Can someone please clarify the process of embedding fonts into flash for use in dynamic text. Do you need to embed the characters you want into each text field using the character button in the properties? Do you then need to include them in the library as well? Is there a way of imbedding ...more >>

When using the Get URL function to open files like PDFs or .zip files, files often open behind the flash projector instead of infront of it. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know how to fix this? Is it a Flash issue or a windows issue? ...more >>

how would i replace the SWF file with a graphic if there is no player installed on the machine, and the client doesnt want ot download the player....more >>

I am a beginner in flash, When I create a menu (dropdown for eg.) when I click on the link, it opens a new page,. Does anyone know how to get it to open in the same page....more >>

Hello, I've got the next question: I want to convert an .ppt to an .swf file. There are many progs available but what i want is to add a stop action on the first frame. I've tried motionSWF...(convert .ppt to multible .jpg's and then convert to ..swf) but than I can't add a stop action. ...more >>

Hi, I am attempting to have a point on a curve that can be draggable along the curve and show some results in a different window. I see how I can drag an item and constrain it to a rectangle, but I don't see how I can constrain the drag to a curve? Any ideas? Daryl ...more >>

I am a teacher going through the "Macromedia Studio MX" step by step guide edited by Kirsti Aho, and published by Macromedia education. I am having trouble doing lesson 7.9 which is adding an action frame to a frame and a button. The lesson is not very clear and the lists that are seen in th...more >>

I cannot access an anchor in a html document from a flash movie. Is there a way around so that I can get them to work....more >>

New to FlashMX Pro (and forgot more than I know about Flash) and am looking for a specific tutorial. Instead of using the usual PowerPoint for a presentation I am giving I have decided to use FlashMX instead. What I want to do is use a map background and indicate travel routes that, when pro...more >>

I am rather new to this Flash video thing, so this may sound like a stupid question but what's the difference between FLV & SWF, other than realtime streaming? Sorenson Squeeze has the option to save either FLV or SWF but what about the end user, do they need something special to view FLV f...more >>

Hi Folks, Is it possible to change the name/description attached to the flashplayer? That is, I would like the description to correspond to a tutorial I have developed: For example, when the tutorial is open, the item displayed on the windows taskbar may state "Tutorial 1" rather th...more >>

I have a real duh question. I have searched the help files and am just not getting it. I have the following code in the last frame of a intro. getURL(home.htm,_self); and the flash just not go anywhere.. it just sites at the last frame. thanks for your help Michael I have a page called ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to alter the registration point of a movie clip once it has been created? I'm sure it must be simple to do but I can't find it anywhere!...more >>

Hello, could you please tell me how to inhibit the flash player on windows systems ? I need to test the redirection functionality in my html webpages when IE or Firefox doesn't have the flash plugin... Cheers Gummybear ...more >>

I have had some problems sending variables to an asp script on a server. All worked fine on windows 98 setup as a web server. I used the following code and it sent all my variables to the script and then into the database. loadVariablesNum ("http//myserver/test/add.asp",0, POST); Then I...more >>

i have a flash mx project due on dec 13 and dont have a clue how to use this program can anybody help me...more >>

When you use quotes in your programming text in flash, do you make it easier or harder for the computer to think?...more >>

use shockwave flash 7.0 r25. every time I scroll down in mozilla or konquerer, the moment I hit a flash item/insert on the page, it stops scrolling. Any particular reason for that? It doesn't do that under M$ with IE. mattes ...more >>

On my project I have a list of book types. My boss wants me to draw from an XML file the number of books according to type. For example, at the end of my button link to "Fiction" it should read the number of fiction books from the XML file they will provide. Fiction (233) My XML structur...more >>

hi can i use a guideline (layer) for shape tween , i did it for motion tween but i couldn't for shape tween ?! thanks yaniv...more >>

How can I use the MX 2004 V2 Componet: Date Chooser to create a simple, yet productive and SAVEABLE calendar in which you could put appointments, events, etc. The key is, how would I save the information after the user enters it? The ..swf would be running on a local machine and would not be a...more >>

I need to figure out how to display a SPECIFIC .swf file with the loadMovie () command for EVERY day of the year. I know that I will need to have 365 different .swf files to load, one for each day, but what Action script do I use to load the correct .swf for each day. All the of the files will...more >>

Hi all, I wonder if any of you gurus can help me out. I'm building a little interactive christmas tree builder for myself to send out to friends and family. Originally I thought this was going to be easy via using the Drag and Drop facility in the Common Library. The problem I have discovere...more >>

Whenever I preview what my website looks like, the entire site is aligned to the left, instead of centered. I'll give you an example. http://www.game-guides.net Without using Dreamweaver, I want to center that, I don't want to center the text. Meaning if I were to change everything into on...more >>

I have created a full flash website that loads over 200 movie clips dynamicly when browings the website. The problem is that I have not inserted preloaders how can i accomplesh adding preloaders whithout editing every movie. ...more >>

i want to know how to create a poll if flash... anyone know?...more >>

Flash MX 2004 in TextInput Component edit windows is ok. Bat swf display in TextInput Component some letter is ?->?, ? -> ? Help me this problem! ...more >>

I'm trying to create translucent glowing text. I know I have to break apart the text twice, but after that, I'm clueless. I don't know how to delete the middle fill without deleting the softened fill outside of it. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it very much. I never knew a program c...more >>

im having trouble installing the flash player nothing works ive tried installing older verions and it didnt work either any kind of help would be nice....more >>

Hey all, i was wondering something. Im looking to add a menu as of that on 2advanced.com in the portfolio section. If you select a different category in the drop down list, im wondering how you get the menu to change like they have it? Except I will be using buttons instead of a drop down list...more >>

Howdy, I have three flash buttons that open popup windows that are different sizes. I press one button and the popup window opens. If I press on the main page that contains the button, or on a different flash button, the popup window is now behind the main page. Now if I press a different flas...more >>

I want help on a link, it's currently blue, but I want to have it so when I put my mouse over that link it turns orange, then when I take my mouse off the link it turns back to blue. How do I do this?...more >>

Anyone used it before?? can someone guide where to download a decompiler? Please advise Rz...more >>

Fairly straightforward problem. I am using the flash media player component for FlashMX The scrubber doesn't scrub. Tia http://www.hanagriff.com/videotest/ ...more >>