A few of my friends, and I have started up a Flash Community to help out others who need help with Flash or Photoshop. I enjoy helping out others who have questions about Flash, because I once was asking the same questions and I know its hard for all of the Team Macromedia members to answer all of y...more >>

Hi how can I make a movie where a person is moving very smooth and doing things, like it's a video? (eg. http://www.nieuwscafe.be/midweekfeesten/ ) I can't image that all those movies are made frame per frame..?! How do they make those natural moves?! Thx Da Mike ...more >>

I have a problem, now on the stage all the graphics elements are disappear and the only thing that is showing is a green border of the elements. How is possible to show the whole graphics on the stage and not only the green border? Thanks! ...more >>

I am using MX 2004 pro, and I cant get any of the components to show up in my movie.... I drag the component to the stage, and set the params, and then test the movie, and the component just shows up as a box. it doesn't matter which component I use, they all do this. I thought I was following ...more >>

Can someone help me out, with some button issues? I know Im missing something really simple but its kicking my a$$. Anyways I've created a photo gallery of sorts and I can't seem to get the rollover to stay after clicked. I want people to be able to see what images they have already clicked, mak...more >>

Hello everyone, I haven't worked in Flash in a while and I am trying to creat an animated gif and I just want to do a slow glow from dark green box to a light green box and back to the dark green. I set up the timeline and all works well when I test the movie within Flash, but when I export it...more >>

i copying text and pasteing and is not paste! why?!:( ...more >>

Hello. I have imported images into Flash MX successfully, with loadMovie. But I cant find any support to tell me how to resize the image to fit into a set width and height I specify. Does anyone know how? Here's my code: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("Image", this); loadMovie("myImage.jpg"...more >>

I want to use SetVariable() from c++. Ansi strings work but how do I make Unciode work? ...more >>

Is it possible to force Flash to create and access a local shared object in the same directory as the Flash movie that will be using it instead of the default location? I want to create a local shared object that will be populated with one flash movie, then burn a second Flash projector movie, along...more >>

I've created my site. It consists of a preloader, a main page with buttons that link to other .SWF files. It all works great I just can't get the preloader to load the separate .SWF files such as MAIN.SWF and files that the buttons link to PORTFOLIO.SWF and RESUME.SWF. They are all in the same fol...more >>

Is there a publicly available UI component to frame an application with the Halo style? See, e.g., http://www.markme.com/mesh/archives/004255.cfm -- Marc A. Garrett since1968.com ...more >>

Does anyone know where I can find great Flash MX video tutorials relatively inexpensively or even free? Regards, Scott...more >>

I was wondering about a couple simple(for you guys anyway) level questions. 1. What level is your main movie on? 2. If I put 5 movieclips into levels 0,1,2,3,4,5 does that mean that 4 is below 5, 3 below 4 etc? Why I am asking is to keep the same content around a screen, but have movieclips p...more >>

The first question is; can I sell anything I make in flash? I have MX 2004 and am going to buy the full version if i am allowed to sell what I make. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

A client wants to post a 2-minute video (a product demo, currently in production) on his B2B web site. I've been looking at Flash as an alternative to offering the choice of Windows Media Player, Real Player and QuickTime. I've played around a little with embedding video in Flash MX (not 200...more >>

On two computers in our lab, I am having difficulty changing the alpha on text. When I scrub the playback head in the timeline, it works correctly. But, when I publish the movie it does not work. I have tried moving the file over to a computer that is working..no luck. Also,I have tried reinsta...more >>

hi, i am looking for ways to make some 3d environment with flash i have these images that i want to place one behind the other, a different depths let's say and i want to be able to navigate through them and stop at a certain depth and view them if anyone knows a script or tutorial to crea...more >>

I am in genuine need of advise... Due to hardware issues I may have to recreate some of my files... I have a lot of the SWF files. Could someone please advise what the best decompile program I could use? I'm really in a bind! :( Thanks Janet ...more >>

i was just curious on how i can solve the problem of not being able to export flash movies to quicktime, i get the "the installed version of quicktime does not have a handler for this type of macromedia flash movie. please contact the documentation for further information." if anyone can help me sol...more >>

HI, Ive been hearing about the IE updates that are going to cause problems with embedded flash , I am a lightweight user and dont understand scripting very well so if anyone out there knows anything about it please help: I use the script: <html> <body> <embed src = "filename.swf"> </embed...more >>

HI.... Okay....After installing Studio MX 2004 and using it for a few weeks I un-installed older versions......now all files have become un-associated. Right click "open with" doesnt work. Re-installing Flash PLayer doesnt work either. I tried re-installing studio but that caused major probs so I...more >>

Ok, so I have a variable for a sound. In one MC, on the second frame there's a button that, when pressed, will play a sound (the button works because that part works) and is supposed to set a variable (i.e _root.player1soundnum=2;) Well, it's just not doing that. Even when I go into movie explore...more >>

Well, I was wondering if anyone could either direct me to a site or a place on the forum/tutorials, about making buttons that display images. Either by when you click the button, a separate window comes up with the image, or when you click the button once the image is displayed next to it. I tried...more >>

Basically I have a MC, and when you click on it it goes to the second frame of that MC. On that frame are 5 movie clips I'm using as buttons (they're really movie clips, switching to buttons doesn't work though in case you weren't sure). When you click on them they're supposed go to their next frame...more >>

Hi, I have searched the forum for the answer and found many threads related to that question, but I didn't find an answer that seemed definite or that I could understand... All I'm trying to do is center my loaded jpegs in a MovieClip. Each jpeg loads in the same MovieClip one after another, fram...more >>

i'm somewhat of a novice to computers....i've gone through the FAQ, trouble shooting and these forums but havn't found a soulution to the problem. When installing the Flash Player from this site i get an error message stating "An Error occured while copying file flash.ocx cannot copy file to destin...more >>

For some reason, anything i import now into the stage doesnt want to erase or do anything period. I would really like the help if anyone can! ...more >>

I'm creating a simple button that enlarges when you rollover it. But when I roll out it just returns to the UP state. I want it to shrink back to regular size when you roll out. How do I get a roll out movie clip effect on a button? Is it an action on one of the button instances or an action on the ...more >>

I have always used HTML for my web pages, I am now trying flash but I cant get a button to open my Email editer the way I could with <a href ="mailto:address">.......</a> Does anyone know how to do this ? What script would I use because 'Get URL' wont work with mailto ? ...more >>

I can't figure out why when I create a movie clip as a button "over" instance and I try to preview it, it doesn't work. I have simple button actions enabled and live preview also on. Am I missing something? Does the movie clip have to have some special action script. I should just have to drag the m...more >>

I have created my website in flash. I would like to place a button on the main page that, when clicked will open up my portfolio in a new flash player window. I have created my porfolio as a separate flash movie and don't know how to get the main movie to recognize that file, and open it in a new w...more >>

how do i trigger the "halo" effect to show up on say a mouse click as opposed to just the tab order? ex. macromedias search box on the home page. thanks! ...more >>

I am in the process of putting together a random quiz generator and found myself stuck with one thing. First off, my script is designed to import data (questions, answers, etc) from either a DB or a text file. Instead of just having standard POINT AND CLICK questions, I would like to have the abilit...more >>

I'm designing a website using flash. I'm confused on how to link different pages together to construct a complete site. I only have one page done (scene1) and it has a preloader. Now I created a new scene (scene2) and have a button on (scene1) that takes the user to (scene2). I created a preload...more >>

using mozila firebird and this code <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab #version=6,0,29,0\ width="100%" height="100%" align="absmiddle"> param name="movie" value="/index.swf" /> <param name="...more >>

im trying to open a file that i downloaded from a tutorial site. it is published with the intent of others to view and learn, but i cant open it. it says invalid file type when i open it. i am running flash mx2004 and im not sure what version the file was written in. any suggestions would be app...more >>

I am interested in using a Flash application to load saved MP3 playlists and was wondering if anyone had any experience doing it. Ideally, I'd like to be able to load a .m3u file, however any playlist format would be acceptible. Please let me know if you have ever tried/succeeded at doing this... ...more >>

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Does anyone know of a way to quickly and easily edit Flash content without having the Flash program? ...more >>

Hello, Every now and them when I place a picture in a layer then tween it in and out, at the beginning of the tween it jiggles slightly (to right). I'm not sure what I am doing to create this. Any help on advise on how to remove the jiggle would greatly be appreciated. Thanks in adance, MonaE...more >>

Hi, all I am using flash 5 build a company demo animation. The movie dimension is 768x576. It is a big animation contains more then ten scenes and lots of layers with using lots of masks. It is almost done but my boss like to see the screen taken over by the demo. Don't mean a change in size ...more >>

I have seen a few sites (unfortunately I don't have a link) that somehow have a background image on the stage that resizes and the main content stays centered, does anyone know how to do this? I have been messing with the stage align components and havent been having much success. Is there anothe...more >>

This seems like a simple fix, but I can't seem to figure it out. I'm kinda new at this. I've got a text box that scrolls when you mouseover the arrows on the right side. Everything works great. The problem is when I rollover the arrow I get a ?. It still works but just doesn't show the arrow grap...more >>

Hello All, I have a flash movie that was created in flash 5 and is now a .swf file. I now have Flash MX 2004 and would liet to edit this movie, however when I try to open the file it plays the movie and I have no ability to edit it. Does this need to be a .fla file> If so how can I change it? ...more >>

I have had consistent, yet inconsistent, problems developing with the Slides/Forms structure of MX 2004 Pro. The problem is that underlying screens suddenly show up in the Parent during Test Movie mode. One would think that the overlayChildren parameter would be accidently ticked or something, but, ...more >>

I'm trying to create a text editor. I'm trying to set it up so the user can flip through a unspecified number of pages and create new ones as needed. I've dragged a media display component onto the stage in a layer called movies, and named the component TextHolder. In the actions layer I have th...more >>

Hi. I own Flash 5.0 and I am having a problem opening a .fla file made with Flash 5, R6. Is the version the problem or should I be able to open it? I am having trouble contacting the author so I thought I would rule this out. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi. I have created a rotating ad slide show that fades in and out on on(revealChild) and on(hideChild) respectively. I have also added a setInterval function set to display each ad for 5 seconds. The problem I am having is that after the last slide fades in, it just stops the movie. In a tim...more >>

Hi all we make a layer banner (flash movie on layer) with a simple form If the movie set to transparent (wmode), some of the special characters (û, õ) will not displayed coorectly if the movie is not transpasrent, everything is ok. some help, please... ...more >>