What is the best way to save Flash charts that are generated dynamically from a report? I can't right click and save and it's a dynamic swf so I can't really use that either, at least I don't think so. I would just like to save the swf so that I can use it in my presentation at a later date. How can...more >>

I'm creating a game that uses a grid. For each loaction on the grid there is a movie clip with different images on each frame. I want to randomly select the starting picture for each location. I know there is an better way than this: a1.gotoAndStop(Math.round(random(20)+1)); a2.gotoAndStop(Math....more >>

Hello, My movie is 600x400 and I have it designed to bleed left and right. When I view it in Netscape, AOL, and IE, I loose some on the top and bottom and my L/R does not full bleed? I have the publish movie setting to 100 percent, Window mode = window, scale = no boarder. html = default, flash ali...more >>

Is it possible to controll other films? I mean by this that you start a first movie with labels and a second with a navbar par example. so that the navbar starts an other label in the first movie. greetz phlstudin ...more >>

I initially created some buttons as, well, buttons. In order to do some other stuff, I decided to convert them to movieClips. However, even after the conversion (done in the Properties pane) I can't add actions (like the vital "stop()") to the frames of the new MC. Even if I add another layer, an...more >>

I have a webpage that contains a SWF file. I am able to get the flash file to work from home. I am connected through AOL. However when I go to another computer that is on DSL, the flash does not load. Does anyone know of issues like this? I created the page in GoLive 6. Thank you ...more >>

I was wondering what the easiest way would be to create the effect of the Matrix with all the letters and symbols falling down over the screen. I have actual words I want to use, but used in the same way. I've tried creating a vertical line of words and move them down across the screen, but to cov...more >>

I am trying to make a dropdown menu like this one, http://www.bekk.no/ , but are having problems with the code. Do you know any tut's or source files similar? Tom ...more >>

want to know how i can save .swf from a site...just like the way i save .gif or .jpg from a site.plz help me i need your urgent help.thnx. ...more >>

My frame rate in a swf movie is set at 30fps. I need to slow it down to 20fps WITHIN the movie at the press of a button if thats even possible. To put it simply, i want the frame rate to be set at 20 when i press a button. If it is possible and you know how to do it, please respond. Even if it i...more >>

How difficult would it be to create an assessment test using flash that my night shift trainees could complete on their shift and then I can check the results when I get to work the next day. I have lots of Dream weaver experience and have used flash for several small sites. I know there are other w...more >>

I currently use Flash MX on Mac OS 10.3 for many projects and I am considering upgrading to MX 2004. Although I understand that Flash is not supposed to be a typography program it is useful to me to do all my graphics work within only a few applications, so I often use Flash to print pages, however ...more >>

Hello. This issue has driven me nuts and I'm out of ideas. I am trying to stream video, which is working fine however I loose the audio portion of my file when I try and play it through Player 7. I am importing an AVI with the audio into Flash and exporting my movie file from the library as my...more >>

Is there a make SWF's transparent in Netscape. I have it working in IE but it dosen't work in Netscape. ...more >>

Hey all -- I've assembled a Flash animation of my portfolio that's kind of heavy with QuickTime movies. The whole package is about 250 megs. Currently I have it embedded in an HTML file which I'm auto-playing on the CD, but the problem is that the browser wants to cache everything before it pl...more >>

Help!, Newbie here. I need help unzipping the file I downloaded from Macromedia's website. It seems my winzip doesn't like the file format and won't unzip it. I've tried changing the name of the file to end in .zip but that didn't work. Can anyone suggest to me how to install this program? I appr...more >>

Hi - I have a button that once the user has entered a movie should play. Then once they roll out the movie should play again. I have made the button and the movie and used this action to tell the movie to play: on (rollOver) { tellTarget ("_root.fade1") { gotoAndPlay("start"); } } on (r...more >>

I have developed several movies that are 700 x 400 that all contain a tv looking screen where the movies play. the movies were created for loading into my indexpage (800 x 600), which contains an identical tv screen that i converted into an mc, entitled "dropzone" . when i use the loadMovie actio...more >>

I have developed an application in Flash MX. The app (published as an .exe) accesses other source files (thousands of images) from subfolders located in the same directory as the .exe file. The app runs fine when you run it locally. However, when placed on a web server and accessed via the web,...more >>

I have a .wmv file that I want to import into my flash 2004 movie and use the 2004 moiviecontroller extensions. When opening the moviecontroller extesion, you can only use a FLV or MP3 file to bind the display with the controller. How can I convert the wmv file to an FLV file to utilize my extension...more >>

I'm trying to find the best way to display google adsense ads inside a flash movie. The javascript code to call the ads look like this: <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8380230165336710"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as...more >>

I'm currently constucting a short flash movie for my company's website that will act as a 'quick tour' of our services. I have finished the movie and written the link using Javascript in the usual way so that the flash movie plays in a separate window when the link is clicked. At the end of the m...more >>

Easy Question: Will Flash Player 6 run SWF's with the Flash Player Settings: Version = 6 ActionScript Vesion = ActionScript 2.0 ? I need to have the components working. ...more >>

Hello, I am a beginner - I received FLA files to update in a CD, when I try to open them I get a message saying "Unexpected File Format" the extension for the file is .FLA (sometimes with the ~ ) "SHOWTI~1.FLA" I copied the file and pasted on my desktop (Windows XP) still getting the error messag...more >>

I have created an educational module that moves from file to file due to the size of the module. Navigation is with the use of buttons moving linear. My forward button is no problem moving to the next movie. How do I link the back button to the last scene, frame etc. using load movie? Is there a...more >>

How can i change a scene to a movie clip, can it possible. ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone has any e learning resources that would help determine the right number of words per second that an average person could read. So if I have a line of text that contains 6 words, I could then calculate the number of frames that it should remain on screen before I remov...more >>

Hi, Please could you tell me how I can edit quicktime movies with Flash MX. Thanks very much for your help. Kevin. ...more >>

hi, my name is shay, and i just bought a domain, and build a site using Flash MX. How do export my new site into my domain ? ...more >>

Most of my flash modules are intended not for web/browser applications but to present full screen multimedia shows. I have been using the Quicktime to present both QT and Flash programs mainly because QT-Pro allows me to easily switch to full screen. Is there an equivalent feature in the Flash ...more >>

I have a simple flash movie that is centered on a HTML page. Both the movie background and the HTML page are black. Right as the page loads there is a split second of white, behind where the Flash movie is going to load. Any way to have that not happen? Thanks, Christian Referring URLs ...more >>

Hey all, I have a frameset that I have no control over. Its a server redirect, so it puts the site in a frameset and calls the "Main Window" content from another server. This keeps the URL at the top showing www.mysite.com. which is what they want, and the content window is from another server...more >>

Hi Can anyone help me understand a few things about flash projectors (win/mac) First-When u created the projector, will it work on a pc without the flash plugin Second-How to make a projector that will work both on a pc and mac Third-If the answer to the second is make two projectors one for ...more >>

Hello... I'm a newbie in Flash and I have a small problem. I have made an animation intro with text (converted to symbols) that changes the alpha amount. This means that I make the text fade in and fade out. But when I export the fla file to swf file the tweening of alpha is lost and the font als...more >>

Hi. I would love to get you guys' insight into how this Flash effect was accomplished. If you go to the following URL, where I've put a video capture of a movie, you'll see that the navigation items scale up and down when the mouse is moved over them: http://home.comcast.net/~j.flor...more >>

Hey all, What is the easiest way to stroke text in flash? Any help is appreciated. ...more >>

Hey all, At present my workflow for anything flash wise, is that I create the concept in Photoshop, save a screenshot of the concept, import that into Flash, then manually draw the interface/graphics/images in flash with its own tools. Really this is just double handling. I still havent quite ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to download MX 2004 pro to view the software's video capabilities. I have MX 2004 and have uninstalled it from my machine so that I can get the free trial to view the 2004 pro version. I am not being offered the opportunity to choose which version I want from the free downlo...more >>

Its a well known and *very* irksome fact that the Mac OS Flash player produces a much slower frame rate then the PC. I just developed my first site on the mac after making the switch and was frustrated to find site performance at ONLY 10fps, even though all the tweens are AS, and the file sizes is f...more >>

Is it possible to play a Flash SWF directly from QuickTime? I am using QuickTime 4.1.2 on Windows XP. When I load the SWF as an URL from the File menu (File->Open URL), the SWF file loads and I see _some_ animation, but not the complete animation. The SWF file I have been testing is http://a332....more >>

I FOUND the fix buried on page 15 of this forum. i dissappointed, with all the cries for help, that no one has instructed people to look for the fix before. anyways,, this is copied from the poster on page fifteen. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ladies and gentleman, i solved my pr...more >>

Hello all.. If I put the SWF file inside a VB EXE program.. can any user get the SWF file inside that EXE file? If yes then how to prevent the user from getting that SWF file? I'm using LoadMovie and MD5 inside that SWF file.. but I want to prevent users from importing that SWF file from th...more >>

I need a simple 10-15 quiz that is visually attractive and interactive. The Flash quiz template extension seems to be just what I need. However, I keep hosing the thing becuase I am not a proficent Flash developer. Point me in the right direction and I can usually figure it out. How about it? ...more >>

Hi! I'm having some trouble adding sound to my homepage. I have gotten all other things to work, and now I'm trying to get a song (mp3) to start playing as soon as the site loads... Does any of you guys know how to do this? And if you do, could you maybe help me, by also telling me how to stop it a...more >>

Where can i buy a flash maker for 160$ please help i want to make flash but i cant find a good price flash maker.. ...more >>