All, I have seen numerous posts on the board with regards to getting fonts to work, pixel fonts, exporting fonts, etc. Well....i'm totally confused about it....is there _anyone_ out there that can settle this thing? ;) I'm just wanting to find out: 1) exactly how fonts can be viewed on r...more >>

Hi there, I am making an old hi-score interface, the one you had on old arcade's, where you where only able to put 3 characters into the hi-score list. Oke I have the interface but now I have to put those 3 txtField into 1, to put them into my database. anyOne willing to help? name's are n...more >>

i recently installed mx 2004 pro. in an attempt to save mem space i deleted flash mx, and ever since my .swf files are not recognized (icons are not the little "f" anymore but rather one that leads me to find "the correct program on the internet." anyone out there that understands this? thanks ...more >>

Any one have any ideas re: this? ...more >>

I have a multi-scene presentation that starts with a scene witha video. The video automatically plays. It is using the Flash MX 2004 media playback component which is referencing an external .flv file. I want to know if it is possible to change to another scene one the video has completed. Thanks...more >>

I guess by reading the subject line of this post you'll probably guess that this will be a pretty negative post about Flash MX 2004. Well kinda. I've always tried to be a BIG PICTURE kinda guy so i like to see the good and bad about any new product or tech. that comes out. So here is the good ab...more >>

Hello, I created a flash using gif animations which I put into seperate movie clips which i then placed on the main stage. All of the graphics looked fine then. When I posted the flash online I realized I need a preloader, so I added one. I moved all of the movie clips to start on the second frame ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to get a Flash button that I designed to work with Dreamweaver MX? Thanks. Pie. ...more >>

http://www.flashcomponents.net/compone nt.cfm?nav=2&id=387 Works fine on it's own, but when previewed with Dreamweaver MX, it doesn't seem to recognize the associated files. Can anyone help me figure out where the problem is? Thanks. Pie. ...more >>

I have the following ActionScript: _global.termKim = random(_global.numero); In this case, _global.numero=4 The user is sent to the frame: gotoAndPlay(_global.termKim) What can I do ActionScript-wise to keep track of the frames I've visited? So if the random generator generates 3 twi...more >>

i have exported a flash site to my ftp area and all of my .swf files show up as unknown icons. i tried reinstalling the flash player and that did not help. does anyone have any idea whats up? thanks in advance... Marc ...more >>

I just installed Flash MX 2004 proffesional, and somebody sent me a file that was created with flash, but it is not a fla; or flp, file, its a .swf file. I need to insert it into the timeline so that i can do some editing on it. THanks, Nick ...more >>

Hello, I have taken tutorials on how to build a movie which I can do. I have taken tutorials on how to build a preloader for a movie. I can do that too. What I don't know how to do is get the 2 of them together. If I build a movie that would require a preloader can I add the preloader to the movie ...more >>

I've made a movie that loads an other movie in a target. The movie that will load in this target contains a slider bar and several buttons that control a movieclip in this movie. For an example see these links: http://student-kmt.hku.nl/~stefan/flash-problem/kaart_totaal_004.swf (this is the ma...more >>

howdy: i have made an animation that i fear might be too complex for most people's computers but i'm not really sure...at 12 fps, it's hard to tell when rendering is at full speed and when the computer is choking on too much detail in my movie to successfully render all the frames i have spelled ...more >>

Hi... I'm stumped. My flash matching game works totally fine on a host of browsers in PC environments, but when I started testing them on a apple G4 (Safari, and IE browsers), the pages with my flash applets are refreshing uncontrollably (i have stop(); actionscript in the movies, so, not sure wha...more >>

Hi there, Can anyone advise me how to create springy box? Something like the following website has done: http://www.flash.danilosandner.de/ Thanks in advance, Matt ...more >>

hey everyone: i have an audio track that i want to make into a flash animated video...it's about 2 minutes. i would like for the one audio track to play throughout the entire movie, but i would also like to use multiple scenes (the events of which sync tightly with the music). is this possibl...more >>

New User I am getting frustrated as a new user but assume there is a way to solve. (Flash MX2004) I want to fade in a photo or text, let it sit for several seconds, then fade it out. I place each timeline into separate layers. As I select: "Insert:Timeline Effects:Transition:Fade" I get error me...more >>

Hi, I found a really neat site with an online catalog. (http://www.holdeverything.com/online_catalog/catalog.html?catalog_name=cata log7) I have a catalog that I would like to set up this way. I have been trying to find a tutorial or example I could study but have not had any luck. I have ...more >>

Seems "Enter" is used to flip through movie scenes. Is it possible to force Flash to recognize when the Enter has been pressed and have it move to a specific scene or frame? Dave ...more >>

i'd like to make a simple a simple effect where one image fades in while another fades out (overlapping fades), and have this loop forever. so for example the first photo is of the front of a car, and the second is the back of the car. sort of like they do in the with the Trio Motor Company tutori...more >>

I have a movie controller which recognizes when the "Enter" key has been pressed. However it only works while the movie is running in Flash MX Professional. When I test the standalone swf the movie controller fails to work. I'm not getting any error messages. I'm working with code developed in a...more >>

Hi: i tried to access to the site : flashkit.com But it said: We're sorry, due to the immense amount of traffic Flashkit receives, we can no longer allow offline browsers. Please let me know what is wrong with that? Thanks Benign ...more >>

I have a line of text (dynamic) that scrolls horizontally across the screen. Is there a setting that helps make the scroll less jittery. The text is now hard to read and bothersome during the scroll? Is 12 fps optimal? My computer has optimal memory/cpu but it still happens. Responses would be ap...more >>

I'd like to write a movie that, when running in the browser, allows the user to drag image (jpeg) files into the movie (the path and filename of the image(s) would be passed into the movie). is there a way to do this? Thanks, Mitch ...more >>

Hi! I have a movie caled "Session.swf". On frame 5 of this movie, I am loading a movie called "MainMovie.swf" into level 2. I'm using the following AS: loadMovieNum("MainMovie.swf", 2); Within the movie "MainMovie.swf" I've got buttons. When you click a button, I'd like it to load a mo...more >>

How do you stream live video? ...more >>

Hi Question from a complete Flash newbie My client wants to produce an e-learning program - a series of tutorials with some text and lots of audio and video inserts. I know one way to do this (by creating layouts in InDesign & art in Photoshop then exporting to Adobe Acrobat and adding multimedi...more >>

I'm kinda new to flash but can get around ok. Although I would like to no, how do I create a loading Animation. So for slower or dial-up user my flash intro will display LOADING, with a progress bar under it. Someone please help me on how to create such a loading effect with text and images. Thank ...more >>

How can I create animated fire in flash with vector shapes? Does anyone have any tutorials or know of any? ...more >>

Dear all, Can anyone please give me some advice re: frame rates. Is there a best frame rate to use? Does it affect file size and how the site is presented through different browsers etc.? Thankyou. Charlie x ...more >>

hello guys actually i am working on a project and i having some problem ... could anyone please let me know about the updations which macromedia do with 4 to 5 ... i mean to say what is the difference between flash 4 and flash 5 .............. if anyone know this thing please let me know its qui...more >>

Was reading the thread from the guy who need help finding his scrollbar component, I've never used it so tried it out.... Problem, hopefully real simple to solve, I create a textfield, I name the textfield 'txtField1'.... I drag a scrollbar component onto the the textfield... Flash automatically...more >>

I have this ActionScript within an on (release) on a button in a MovieClip: _root.play(_global.mainFrameKim); _global.mainFrameKim = 75 It refuses to play frame #75 from within the MovieClip button. Here's the ActionScript in frame 75 of the Main Movie: if (_global.counterKim ==...more >>

I have a flash site with menu's leading into scrollable basic html text. I am trying to figure out the html header in the html/text document to make it work with my flash site. I seem to recall the header being... scrollabletext= I am not sure if there is specific coding to use for this,...more >>

Hi, My website uses a flash interface, which loads swfs into target frame upon clicking on links. The problem with this is that the whole site has only one HTML page - not efficient for search engines. Is there a way to load html pages into flash site? Loadmovie will only load swfs, & dynamic te...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to learn how to create cleaner flash sites. What I'd like to learn is how to create sections that navigate out when different menu options are clicked. It's kinda hard for me to explain it but here is a reference site: www.sixtailer.com . For example, when you enter the main are...more >>

After downloading the Flash driver for Pocket PC and trying to install on a Pocket PC, the following error occurs: "... is not a valid Pocket PC application" http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/pocket_pc/ppc_installers/install_fp6_ppcax_en.exe Any suggestions? Thanks. ...more >>