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Flash movies in page with frames
Posted by cohcheto at 1/10/2004 11:39:19 PM
Hi I want to know how one Flash movie in one frame of the page can affect other Flash movie in different frame Thank you ...more >>


A movie inside a movie
Posted by ChristianReese at 1/10/2004 11:13:38 PM
I'm using a movie clip instance which only has 3 frames. In those three frames, I'm placing 3 different movie clips. How can I set it up so that on a mouse event "on(rollover)" I play only one of the movie clips, instead of the entire timeline. Also, on the mouse event "on(press)" I want to play ...more >>

best graphics program for Flash ???
Posted by scharlton22 at 1/10/2004 11:06:49 PM
I use fireworks but I see web graphics that seem to be more crisp & professional. What is the best graphics program to design a Flash site with ? ...more >>

Animation keeps looping...how to stop it??
Posted by akaHUGE at 1/10/2004 11:05:45 PM
Hello everyone Im new to flash, and have created a document (2 layers) with text and an image. I animated the text and the Image using a motin tween. >>The animation is on "continual Play" (or whatevr it is called) and keeps playing over and over and over. >>I only want it to play once ...more >>

button behaviours in a movie???
Posted by TripapHoniC at 1/10/2004 10:41:33 PM
I need a button to change to a frame in the movie that it's embedded in. I have two buttons. I used the following to try to work it. Got the message later down the page here. button 1 on (press) { gotoAndStop(33); { } } button 2 on (press) { gotoAndStop(33); { } } error mess...more >>

LoadVars "overflow" in IE
Posted by Mike79 at 1/10/2004 10:27:22 PM
Hi! I'm trying to send data with LoadVars.sendAndLoad to the server. I realized that in IE6 (with NS7 it works fine) there appears some sort of limit of data that can be send. Over this limit nothing happens in a server's log. Erasing couple lines of text everything works fine. Is this a known bu...more >>

Flash MX 2004 for Linux?
Posted by Xcaliber5991 at 1/10/2004 10:01:21 PM
Is anybody working on a version of Flash MX 2004 for Linux?? ...more >>

FLV export from Premiere?
Posted by _posted.by(Vern); at 1/10/2004 9:53:07 PM
I have missed something here. How do I obtain the plug-in (?) for this? From reading it appears that I should be able to export and save from Premiere into an FLV format. But don't I need some plug-in for Premeire first? I am just in the fog on this one. Thanks, --Vern ...more >>



Help with .fla!!!
Posted by nirconfac at 1/10/2004 9:04:30 PM
Hi everybody! I need your help. I try to open my old .fla file but my new Flash MX 2004 Is not able to open it. An error appear each time: ''Unexpected format file'' !!! Do you have tricks to solve that kind of problem? thanks! if anyone would like to try to open it, i'm able to send a p...more >>

hairline...
Posted by abeall at 1/10/2004 8:41:53 PM
I am wondering if there is any way to create a line that acts like hairline, but with a different size. The reason is, I'm building a simple web app for a client that allows you to construct stuff, by using a small library of simple objects. I have it set up so you can select objects, scale them, co...more >>

scrollbar
Posted by bullzzeye at 1/10/2004 5:51:13 PM
I have Flash MX pro 2004... but where is the scrollbar option in my components ?? ...more >>

Precise curves?
Posted by LogikMedia at 1/10/2004 5:12:19 PM
Hi, I am fairly new to flash, I am looking for a method of using the pen tool to draw geometrical curves. Say I wanted to create a button with a square shape which I then add curves to on its left and right side, I mean I don't know what the value of the curve I draw on the left side would be ...more >>

Dynamic text highlighting technique?
Posted by Michael Appelmans at 1/10/2004 5:12:07 PM
Anyone have a clue how to create the text highlighting effect at NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers site? http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/flash/mars-landing/mars2004.html You can click skip intro to get to the navigation. Everytime you select a new topic, new text appears but is highlighted with a w...more >>

Flash Chat Problems
Posted by retrojaffa at 1/10/2004 4:11:55 PM
I'm running a chat room type flash movie on my website. I've run into complications with the programs recognition of who is on and who isn't. There is a button to sign out and it will place text ina box saying "&Username has left at hh:mm" but if people just close the window, it doesnt count as log...more >>

Any Aussies?
Posted by Charmaine99 at 1/10/2004 3:38:32 PM
Hello people, Okay, okay I know this is prob not the right forum... but it does say GENERAL discussion. Just wondering if there are any other Aussies around this ah forums? Would be good to know of other flash users or relative beginners like myself in the same time zone. I'll post my ...more >>

Need help to make an Email Link in Flash MX
Posted by Chris Ritchey at 1/10/2004 2:55:17 PM
I'm making a Flash site and I have some buttons that I want to have linked to an email address. I tried to select the button and in the actions panel I typed on (release){ getURL("mailto:myemail@email.com") } Just as if it was something like http://www.google.com. I would not get any...more >>

flash & DVD
Posted by halans at 1/10/2004 1:30:40 PM
I got myself a dvd-r and want to make me a video DVD from our honeymoon to Australia. My video I edited with Windows MovieMaker (I know, shame on me, but my budget only reaches so far...). I installed an Encore DVD demo and made me a nice dvd interface with fireworks. I wanted to add a short 8 se...more >>

create puzzle with any photo...how to chop foto
Posted by xyz123 at 1/10/2004 12:58:45 PM
Hello, To make a universal puzzle game, I want to be able to use any photo identified by the user, getting it chopped into a certain amount of pieces, scramble it and have the user put the pieces together. For the solution ActionScript 2.0 may be involved. Problem: how to chop a photo(isolate...more >>

changing movie (but not pixel) size in a browser?
Posted by laredotornado NO[at]SPAM zipmail.com at 1/10/2004 12:34:53 PM
Hi, I am using Flash MX and I only want to show part of a movie (the upper 100 pixels) when the browser first loads, but then I'd like to show the rest of the movie (the remaining lower 300 pixels) when a user clicks on a button within the upper 100 pixels. It would be fine if the remaining par...more >>

newbie trancparacy question
Posted by Nils Ratnaweera at 1/10/2004 10:40:00 AM
Hey guys, i m a real newbie in flash. if this is the wrong forum, just tell me. and i noticed alotof people posting the source, i dont know how to do that. if you re prepered to help a newbie, read on. i made this flash "animantion" (nothings animated yet) and worked with 3 layers each a li...more >>

moving to beginning of embedding movie with button
Posted by TripapHoniC at 1/10/2004 8:08:06 AM
I need a button to change to a frame in the movie that it's embedded in. I have two buttons. I used the following to try to work it. Got the message later down the page here. button 1 on (press) { gotoAndStop(33); { } } button 2 on (press) { gotoAndStop(33); { } } e...more >>

Problems with Macromedia FLash Player
Posted by sthestazn at 1/10/2004 5:32:41 AM
A little while ago flash player all of a sudden stopped working. I went to a bunch of sites and none of the flash images worked. I even went to the install page here on it said to wait for the bars to start playing. I waited and waited and they didn't show up. I also downloaded the flash installer a...more >>

Flash not showing while drawing
Posted by Ty'sMom at 1/10/2004 4:05:45 AM
Something is funny with either a setting or an option in Flash MX and I don't know how to fix it. Hopefully someone can help me. When I use the Pen tool, I don't see the curve that is being generated. Once I let up on the mouse, I get it, but not while it's being built. Also, when I use the ...more >>

Volume changing in sounds
Posted by Bustin at 1/10/2004 3:32:07 AM
In my movie a rain loop is playing when i want a character to talk so is there any way to decrease the volume at a certain point in my movie even if the rain loop layer was created in a different scene? By the way im using flash 5 ...more >>

Converting SWF to FLA
Posted by JanderP at 1/10/2004 1:46:44 AM
I would like to convert SWF files to FLA, but I am having no success doing so. Could someone please outline the steps I need to take in order to do this conversion? Thank you, Jander ...more >>

scaling dynamic textbox without scaling text
Posted by Miepje at 1/10/2004 12:42:03 AM
Hi, I'm new to using text in Flash. My text in my dynamic textbox scales with the text box it's in. eg. my box is 300pix, but the design changes and the box has to be 200 pix, I change this, and the text in it goes narrower. I've tried to first delete the text and re-enter it, but it's still...more >>

rollOut applied to movie clip instance
Posted by piksl at 1/10/2004 12:00:36 AM
Why is it that when I apply a rollOut action to a mc instance, the buttons within that mc no longer show their own rollover effects? Is there a way around this? ...more >>


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