How do I get a movie to play when I hit the the button I created? ...more >>

Hello, I have a video that is 800*600, I have used different products to resize it to 600 with and keeping the aspect ratio, but every time the video looks with a lot of distortion. Isnt there a way to resize the video without getting distortion ? Axi ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for a program similiar to flash, except I'm not looking for all the animation and advanced tools..I really like the way Flash draws so smoothly, and how you can keep zooming in and not see pixilated lines. I haven't found any program that's anything like this, and I was wonderning if...more >>

I have created a site that has 3 scenes. #1 is the Loading page. (It has a the script to show the progess of the loading process. #2 is the intro (pretty short) #3 is the main site. What is happening is when you go to the site, you see a blank screen until the loading percentage hits 58%. Then you...more >>

Hi All, I'd like to find out if I can use a flash interface to stream my Internet radio station online? What would I need to use to do this? Regular flash or do I need communication server or something. I want it to be something similar to streaming music through real audio but just through a fl...more >>

Hello i have Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and i don't know how can i put just a little sound in the background like a gun 's shot in my flash presentation . Other things , Can we change the speed of your prensentation for most rapidly . Could you plz help me thanks #S.W.T#A.T.K#fk890 ...more >>

Ive created a calendar which plays properly when exported and viewed independently. But, when I add it to a Dreamweaver file the only thing that is initially viewable are the buttons once a button is clicked then the file operates normally. Why doesn't the rest of the file load with the buttons? T...more >>

Someone help! I am designing this website which has truly become the bane of my existence. On the "Ensembles" page, there is a series of text blocks which I have converted to buttons. The problem with these is that the rollover and hit areas that I defined in the button timeline do not seem to ...more >>

it says installation complete, but nothing happened, and no download window popped up. whats going on? ...more >>

Can't quite figure this one out. First I imported a gif and had the 'Allow Smooting' unchecked and the Compression as 'Lossless PNG/GIF)'. The graphic looks fine in the Bitmap Properties window, the Flash stage, and in the library. However, when I publish the movie (with JPG publish settings at 1...more >>

When I update my fla files and publish them and then upload them to the server. If someone is on the webpage and is on the page i updated. If he/she clicks refresh or anything, it does not show the changes. You have to completly close out the browser and then log back in to see the changes. How ...more >>

Very strange. Scenario: Flash movie in a div with a zIndex of 10 (arbitrarily high-er number). Other content on lower zIndexed div. Turn wmode to transparent and rendering seems to get butt slow. Come to realize that rendering is only slow when it's triggered by mouse movement. setInterval anim...more >>

Quick question....I made a button to load a movie into a target and want the movie to start at a specified frame.... That is, I've got the loadMovie command all set and it loads fine--at the 1st frame--how do I tell it to load the movie and start at frame 35 instead of frame 1? Any advice is...more >>

HI i was trying to make a button with an animation on RollOver , i have done it but i would like to make the animation reversing or play a different animation on mouse RollOut. how would i do that, please have a look at http://www.hdmx.com/test/test.html to see the FLA please download it here...more >>

I have a button in my document. I assigned a .jpg to the over instance of that button. the .jpg is in a different location on the screen. it works great except the .jpg also appears when I mouse over the area the .jpg. Is there any way to stop this from happening? ...more >>

Hi, If you have a homepage made strictly with flash only. How can you make it findable in search engines like google? How can you do it, and how do the search engines allow you to? the last thing you want is to be banned of an engine. : ) Jakob ...more >>

hi there, I'm making a dvd menu for a film, and I've decided to do it in flash. I'm halway through now so no turning back. My main screen is a 30 sec loop running at 24fps. One of the other scenes, i would like to run at 60fps. Is there any way of doing this as changing the frame rate i...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create a Flash swf using individual movie clips that I previously created. Its just a bunch of text and images that fade in and out. I could have put it all into one movieclip with a lot of layers . But decided to create individual movieclips so that I can use them later on. My...more >>

I develop training on confidential topics, so I need to disable the Screen Print button and the right click menu. My Flash movies are viewed in an HTML page, so I know I can disable the right click via Javascript, but I need something more reliable since that doesn't keep people from taking captures...more >>

I am using a one page flash intro. Is it possible when clicking on a link on that intro to keep URL trap within the same flash instead of opening up a new browser? ...more >>

I have a quiz in Flash. I want to take the quiz results (testscore) and send it to an HTML page to be assigned to a variable. How do I send variables from a .swf to HTML? Here is my Flash script to get the testscore variable: correctText = correctQuestion; numberQuestionText = questionsPerQ...more >>

Hi GUYS(OR GALS)! I have a problem, I hope one of you can help me with this... I'm making my website In 100% Flash (Non negotiable) Each webpage (5-6 in total) Is a separate "scene" 6-7 "scenes" including preloader. I also have a 26.77 second sound loop that I plan on using for background...more >>

Hello all, My name is Dan. I work for a start up company called Destiny Multimedia Corp based out of Denver, Colorado. http://www.destinymediacorp.com/ We are looking for some help with our products. Actually someone who has a bit of experience with Flash and C++ (3 years + of C++ experience). W...more >>

I'm sure this is a simple Flash thing everyone should know how to do, but I cannot figure it out. On my website's photo album, I want to have little thumbnails of the pictures that when clicked on it pops up and views at regular size all in the same Flash document. That is possible to do right? Okay...more >>

I have read MM is working on fixes, documentation and working samples in the next few weeks. I have been reading that for several weeks. Will this be part of the final release of Flash 8???? How about some indication of when or IF Flash 7 will be fixed. Or is the plan to sell me Flash 8 as a fi...more >>

Does anyone where there are good tutorials for connecting flash to XML documents, and any tutorials on how to use the new components in flash MS 2004? ...more >>

I am new to flash so have only really covered the basics. What I want to is have some text coming from the front directions and also rotating. There are loads of tutorials that I have found that they are fairly basic. Does anyone know of any tutorials that cover what I am talking about. If not, ...more >>

I'm having trouble with loading some movies into my site, using loadmovienum. I've got several small images in my main movie, which when clicked on go to a frame number which in turn loads the external swf. They (the external swf's) are all set up in exactly the same way, and all contain jpegs. All ...more >>

Hello, I've created a Flash file (Flash MX) that contains 12 buttons - that is my main file. I have 12 separate Flash files that I've turned into SWFs (1 SWF for each button on the main Flash file). When the user clicks on one of the buttons, I want the SWF to play in place of the main Flas...more >>

I am trying to make a a rectangle expand. Basically it will start at 1x320 and expand to 190x320. to be used as a background for a text field. It will be positioned in the top right corner of my page. The problem I have is everytime I try to expand it. ie make it a movieclip symbol then use f...more >>

hi i have some dynamic text (welcome.txt) with a click here btn included, i want the click here btn to display a different txt file (more info.txt) but to replace the (welcome.txt) is this possible. and how is this done thanks craig ...more >>

Would anyone know if embedded fonts (in this case, Optima) is an infringement of copyright? Please advise... ...more >>

hi i have placed the flash preloader bar component (the one that comes with flash mx pro) in the first frame of my movie...and it is doing nothing. its not preloading. are there any tutorials out there on how to learn how to configure correctly these componenets that come with flash mx pro? an...more >>

I have installed the Macromedia Flash Player 7 (I have Internet Explorer 6). When I call a www-side (for Examble http://www.johnniewalker.de/home.php on the top), than I see a white field on the place where should appear the Flash Player Graphic. The next Step, I deinstalled the Macromedia Flash P...more >>

Hey, I hope you guys don't scoff too much at casual flash users because that's exactly what I am. Quite a while back I remember downloading a trial version of what was either Flash 4 or possibly 5. I played around with it a little and pretty quickly I had the basics down alright. Then because ...more >>

Hi, I am creating a presentation for a software that will be distributed in CD's. What is the recommended size I should use ? 800*600 ? 1024*768 ? Axi ...more >>

Hi. I hope one of you guys can help me with this. My website is using server-side includes (.shtml). Is it possible to have a flash detect routine (or a javascript routine?) that would determine whether flash is installed, and then write the <include> syntax, based on the results of the flas...more >>

hi, I m facing a problem in loader, i have 8 buttons in my main movie, and after clicking on button an external movie load to main movie, their are 15 movie clips in external movie, but the pre loader of external movie does not work. Please help me, Thanks in advance. ...more >>

As a test exercise, I'm trying to make a close button that takes me to the last frame of a specified movieclip. The mc has an instance name of 'intro' and the last frame in it (where I want to end up) has a frame label od 'end_intro_anim'. Both the button and the mc are on the stage The code I'm...more >>

I have a site setup at www.azgfw.com under the PROJECTS menu I have a scrolling menu film strip. I used this code from another scrolling menu tutorial on the web: xm = 0; //function to set the xpos of the movieclip function xpos(bar_length,mul) { hpos = 100; scroll_length = 500; incr ...more >>

In Flash MX I always used 'normal mode' to insert ActionScript codes, now I bought Studio MX 2004 with Flash Professional and I cannot find this setting. I'am not a hard coder.... so the normal mode was the perfect solution. ...more >>

I would love to hear some peoples opinions on this. I am not sure what to think. I added the following to my php script, <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- if ( navigator.appName == "Netscape" ) { var flash = \''. $flash_embed_tags_go_here .'\'; } else { var flash = \''. $flash_ob...more >>

Anyone know if CSS is supported when loading HTML into flash? ...more >>

Can anyone tell me what the System Requirements are to playback flash? !!!! So i don't need the System Requirements for the flash authoring tool, this i can find at macromedia. I need the System Requirements for the flash (plugin). thnx... JungleMan ...more >>

I don't hav flash on my computer but I need it to enter certain websites. When I come to download Macromedia Flash Player 7, the box asking me to 'open' or 'save' to a current location does not appear. Why, and how can I install Flash otherwise? ...more >>

If I select and load an image at runtime, is it possible to place a border around the image? If so, how? Roger ...more >>

Just a simple question. Instead of loading a external .jpg "directly", I would like to get the .jpg image out of a XML document. Is this possible or not. -- Any help is welcome, Lucas ...more >>

This may sound like a simple problem but I'm a newbie at Flash. Once you have converted an image into a graphic or button and placed in onto the library is it possible to change the colour of it? The image is an arrow shape and is 2 colours, red with a black border around it, but I want to be able t...more >>

Hi All, Please bear with me, im new to this forum and also FLASH. Want i want to know is: can you design a deploy a website with just FLASH? or is better to use it in conjunction with say Dreamweaver? Also would you say Fireworks is similar to Adobe Imageready? i never really understood wha...more >>

Hi all I have this Flash Movie that I've made right, it's of a little stick figure guy dancing to a song. But the trouble is, the song isn't in sync with the what you see, even though I've made it so that it is. I'm guessing this is a projector problem. There's delay of about 4ms. You may th...more >>

This is a subject which was addressed a few weeks ago by kglad but I have run into a problem. I want to pause the main timeline as well as the mc's in the movie as well. The pause function works fine but when I press play the main timeline start as planned but the movieclips restart from frame one. ...more >>

Flash opens at 125%. How can I get it to open at the normal 100%...??? Thanks...!!! ...more >>

I am working with flash mx2004pro to create an interactive web presentation and when I press [ctrl] [enter] to export a swf it starts to export then the "exporting" message dissapears and nothing happens. sometimes it crashes after doing this too. It was working fine this morning but now it is doing...more >>

Hi I teach Flash in 2 schools, where we have (unfortunatly) Flash 5, running on Macs G4's and 3's. It happened to me in both places and I really need an answer! Sometimes a symbol will not drag from the Library to the stage, no matter what I do. Sometimes Restart helps but not allways. I am...more >>

variable_test = random(300); tellTarget ("/movie_test") { gotoAndPlay(variable_test); } For some reason, movie_test just stays at frame 1. I'm sure it's just some syntax I'm not familiar with. Thanks for any help! ***Please note that my problem is not in generating a random number (this...more >>

About to start a new web site that I want to create in Flash. The client wants good Google rankings so has suggested all HTML. I was thinking that I'd create a flash version and a HTML version with a redirection at the first page (i.e. I was planning to just use the automatic plug-in detecti...more >>

I am trying to make a document that actually writes a sentence on the screen, like a person would be writting with a pen. Instead of it just being there like this text. I am trying to make this in Macromedia Flash MX 2004. How would I do this? ...more >>

Is it possible to somehow break down an swf file into an editible format. My hardrive crashed and all I have to my webpages are the swf files on the servers. Please help. ...more >>

I'm not picky, there is a lot everyone would want, but I would like to see these very much added. My Major Wish List for next patch or next version: If running as a Processor EXE: 1. Allow passing parms to other EXE's 2. Allow Synchronous Web "loadVariables" "GET/POST"'s ...more >>

I have design a login /logout form and a mailing list in php, is there any way I can put these forms this in my site which Icreated in flash 2004 . I would like the froms to be part of the flash interface , as the current moment is juming from the move to htmal file , this is effecting the design ...more >>

Hi there all, I've got a realy nice looking front end to my site. I have a 'Contact Us' button in Flash but whatever I try I can't get Flash to pass the data onto my jmail.asp program without it physically opening the page - which is really off putting. if I do: loadVariablesNum("jmail....more >>