I am trying to use "input text" and a "push button" to submit an e-mail address(that that visitor put in the input text) to be sent to my e-mail address. Can this be done without outlook? Ok, if not, how would I make that input text link to the body of outlook. and how how I have my address in...more >>

Howdy......... Hope someone can help, Just learning Flash here and thought I would build a banner trouble is I cannot link the banner to a page URL. Anyone know a quick and easy why. thanks ...more >>

Why? I truly respect applications that are customizable at a programming level. Flash is one of the rare applications of that sort, and it is precious for that reason. But then come on! Why can't such basic and universal functions such as loading jpegs in a movieClip be as simple as -say: 1)selec...more >>

I'm trying to create a mist effect...what would you recommend? Any good images out there that could work for that? I'd like to be able to alpha fade it up and down. Thanks. ...more >>

hi all, i'm working on a project where i have a row of buttons and each of them opens a video clip. these buttons have "on" and "off" states. i would like it so when the user selects a button it stays selected and is showing it's "on" state until they select another button in which case i woul...more >>

I'm in the process of creating a very simple movie that contains a movie clip of a syringe with its plunger going down. When I play it I can see a faint light box that corresponds to the transparent background of the original png file I exported from Photoshop. When I'm working on the stage, I...more >>

How I can run a exe file with a "fscommand" ? Please send me a example Send to this e-mail saracchini@hotmail.com ...more >>

hey guys! just have 3 question: 1- where can i find free complete resourses or e-book for learning actionscrip? 2-what's the best 3d app for pulling 3d flash stuffs off? 3-plz quote some best flash tutorial sites (including advanced special effects, and...) 4-where can i find tutorials on how ...more >>

I have a simple motion tween on a line making it grow in width from left to right.... How do I make it so it's starting point is right and grows from right to left....basically switching the side of the starting point ???? Any help is always greatly appreciated..... :) Regards, Scot...more >>

Hi, I would like to create a text form with pre-loaded text such as 'Enter your name here' that disappears when the user either clicks or begins typing into the field. Thanks in advance. -Gary ...more >>

In the tutorial, it states that you can put questions in subseqent frames...but when I pubilsh my movie... the timeline is still taking over. It moves from question to question in 1/12 of a second...how do I get the timeline to stop until the question has been answered? PLEASE HELP! ...more >>

I'm pulling in text from an XML file which is being loaded into the variable of a Dynamic Text field. For some reason it will not evaluate any \n as a new line. I just replaced the code with "test\nthis\nout\nnow" instead of the variable I've gotten the XML data from, and it correctly displays each ...more >>

Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to convert a flash.exe presentation to a .swf file. My problem is that few weeks ago created that.exe file and deleted all the attributes related to it (i.e.: swf file) Is it a plugin that exist out there that I have to download ? Thanks for your h...more >>

Can anyone share any ideas on how to do this....... I have a client who wishes to have flash "draw" sketches of a product. Sort of like blueprints of the product's design. All I can think of using is a very complicated shape tween as a mask layer to reveal parts of the jersey, but I don't feel ...more >>

Experiencing Poor Playback Quality. 1) Recorded Sound via Cool Edit Pro @ 44,100 Hz, 16-bit, stereo. 2) Saved as WAV file. 3) Imported into Flash MX Studio Pro 2004 4) Played back in Flash using default settings - sounds fine. 5) Published as an SWF file using default settings - sound quality...more >>

I've created a calendar for my school using Flash with two buttons that help navigate from month to month. When I view and export the movie in Flash it works fine. After I embed it into dreamweaver the buttons are the only thing that initially show when the page first loads. After a button is use...more >>

Hi all I've made a flash movie with a dynamic text field that loads different text files from one frame to another. Locally it works perfectly. But I uploaded it on my server, respecting the same files/folders architecture of course, and online the text field only displays "undifined" instead o...more >>

Hello, I am working on a quiz made from template and I have a problem with translating the texts appearing. Although I changed all parameters in the Component Parameter Panels there are still English texts in ControlButton and Feedback components. I'm talking about following signs:...more >>

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Hi... Buttons are not disabled when they are overlapped with a movie. how can they be disabled when they are under another movie level or movieclip? Thanks. COBI ...more >>

Hi well i am pritty new to Flash MX but i would like to say its amazing.I need a bit of help with editing photo's.They are pics of people i know etc.I know how to use keyframe... all the frames.All i need to know is how to edit these photo's.Say if i creted an oval shape over the mouth it would disa...more >>

Hello. I am launching some PDF files from Flash 2004 Pro projectors using plain ol' getURL. works fine on PC so far. But I can't get the MAC projector to do it so far. Since FlashJester is PC only, I'm wondering if there is any way to launch a PDF from a Mac Projector? Thanks Chris...more >>

I was playing with the PDF importing by importing it to a movie clip and then going into the movie clip of the PDF to add some buttons and things to allow maneuvering thru the PDF. When I add these buttons to the movie clip there appears to be a screen refresh problem where the screen does not...more >>

Hi. I've had this trouble everytime I try and do this...moving the position that Flash puts an imported image sequence on the stage. Usually I just end up changing, manually, each of the 38 images that are imported in the sequence, but having to do this again, I figured I'd finally figure out th...more >>

Hello, I am exploring rotoscoping for the first time. I am thinking of importing my video into photoshop altering the images con filteres and then importing all of the individual JPG', gifs or bitmaps into flash, but what I havent figured out is how to load each of the 400 or whatever frames automat...more >>

Hi, I downloaded the file FlashMX2004-en. When trying to extract the file there is an error message saying: "Unexpected end of file." and the installation process stops there. I have windows xp with service pack 1. - m ...more >>

Hi there, problem: within my projector I ve got a button that opens a swf on top. this works fine BUT what code should I give to the EXIT button on my swf for this to close and return to the projector page?? thank you in advance ...more >>

I have a series of interlinking flash files all arranged in folders. if i have a folder called introduction and in this a page called page 1. When outside the folder i call the flah file like this introduction\page 1.swf. When in the introduction folder how do i call a file that is in the folder tha...more >>

Can you load a flash movie into another flash movie ( that has a frame rate of 24 fps ) and play it slowly ( such as 12 fps )? ...more >>

Hello. I am sure that someone will have a simple answer for this. I am trying to use the Flash Slide Presentation template to make a cycling slide show for a lobby presentation screen. I want each slide to either contain a video file or animated movie clip. I want the slide to advance once the vi...more >>

Hi, I have used Flash MX for a while and the only problem I found with it is that after I had used it for a while the scroll bar on the time line went off or got messed up . I have just got Flash MX 2004 , it has a new interface and looks good but the scroll bar is doing the same thing , has anyon...more >>

HI i am trying to import a mpeg-1 file into flash and flash mx 2004 professional is saying that it does not support this file format and asking me if i want to import via quicktime movie. however when i import a quicktime movie, it never takes the sound into the flash file or the flash file doesnt ...more >>

Hello , i have a question/problem - it's posible to make .swf without margins ? 10x ...more >>

I have a button on last frame of external movie clip named (intro.swf), my question is that how can reach on frame number 59 of main movie and unload this "intro.swf and load an another movie register.swf. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Is there a browser control that has been developed for Flash to run inside a standalone EXE developed using C++? The following link is close to what I need, but it was developed for PocketPC & I need it for Windows: http://66.206.13.15/antmobile/fapro_docs.html Thanks! ...more >>

just a simple question. i wondering if it's efficient to make a movie clip symbol of a gif image and animate within the movie clip. OR should i make a symbol of the gif image then make a movieclip and place the symbol of the gif in the movie clip and animate it. thanks iota. ...more >>

I have created an interface that we want to use in a DVD meny. When I try to export the movie from Flash to quicktime it says "The installed version of QuickTime does not have a handler for this type of Macromedia Flash movie." I have QT pro and it is update to the latest version. Does anyone know w...more >>

What is the Action Script to close a Flash window. I have an exit menu where if the user clicks Yes i want the screen to close when the user clicks the button. Thanks, DannySS ...more >>

How can i Load an external movie in my main movie when click on button on last frame of already loaded movie clip. i m using code (loadmovienum) in main movie. ...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 >>

Howdy, I'm new to this forum and flash itself, so hope I haven't done anything too stoopid. I'm trying to use the Dynamic Menu with Submenus Tutorial from actionscript.org and I thought I had everything right but it still doesn't work. When I click on one of the menu items, instead of the subm...more >>

Running FlashMX and following a Todd Yard tutorial re pre-loaders. I enter the actionscript assessLoad = function (clip, endPreloadFunc) { var kbLoaded = clip.getBytesLoaded()/1024; var kbTotal = clip.getBytesTotal()/1024; // +++++++++++++++++ // DELETE kbLoaded = i++; kbTotal = 100...more >>

hello fellow flashers, i am having a problem when i publish my flash projects. when i am working in flash all of my images are in great quality yet, once i publish the project it looks like someone changed my resolution on me. The export settings are set to 100% with no compression. i have been ...more >>

I've been trying to load jpegs in my Flash movie for days. I've read flash help and forums over and over I've read over and over that suffice to use loadMovie("myimage.jpg"); but that has never worked for me! My image is in the same folder as the swf, but it doesn't load. Also, I want to load ...more >>

Just started with MX 2004 Pro and it is really a new breed. Made a swf file of a simple button went into the publish area and unchecked the loop and checked it to pause at start. Tested the file and everything looks great. Now the trouble begins. I incorporated it into another flash file to use in m...more >>

i was making a movie in flash mx 2004 pro and now i want to import it to flash mx so i coulkd continue my work there. but the problem is that when i save as flash mx fla (instead of 2004 fla in the save as type) it tells me something about stuff being lost like action script 2.0 and unicode and pers...more >>

I have 15 objects that must have their tints dissolve from one hue to another and then back again to the first hue over the span of about 20 frames. I'm currently doing this with a motion tween and it seems to be very taxing on the cpu (and I've got a pretty powerful machine). Would breaking the a...more >>

I'm new to Flash and I would like to know how to make a Flash form. Yes, a Flash Form. I have Flash MX Profressional 2004 and I dont know how to make forms. Im not sure how to use ActionScript cause I'm a complete newbie. A tutorial would be nice, thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hey, I am doing a whack a mole game for my flash class, and I have no idea how to do the scripting for it, because my teacher is a dumb ass, and never taught us how to script. SO basically I am looking to make a game that has a timer ( countdown from 30), a score counter, a cursor that looks like a ...more >>

When I start up Flash, some of the panels "remember" where they were when Flash was last closed, so they display in the same place on startup. The Library panel however doesn't seem to want to do this. Every time I start up Flash, I also have to manually open the Libary panel, even if it was alrea...more >>

Here is my code: on (release) { a = b1._currentframe; b = a1._currentframe; c = c1._currentframe; d = b2._currentframe; e = a1._currentframe; trace("a="+a+" b="+b+" c="+c+" d="+d+" e="+e); mv = Number(mv+1); if (a eq 1) { b1.gotoAndStop(2); } else { b1.gotoAndStop(1); ...more >>

hi... i am trying to engineer a passcode system to skip to scenes in a multi-level game. i have an input text field with the instance name of passcode and var name of passcode. on load passcode is set to "entercode" on a button next to the input field i have the following code: on (rel...more >>