I'm trying to set up actions to control the play of the movie. I want the movie to stop in certain keyframes and play again when the user clicks a next button. When I follow the directions in the 'using flash' tutorial for adding a stop action, all appears to go according to the directions, but ...more >>

When exporting a Quicktime movie, I select "Use Quick Time Compression" and click on "Settings" I get an error that reads: "An error occurred because a required Quick Time component could not be found." Anyone have any idea what the component might be? I need to increase the audio quality ...more >>

I am a Flash MX 2004 Proffesional user. I am using Component UI v2. When I compiled my fla to swf, I notice that in my "Size Report" as below. ActionScript Bytes Location ------------------ -------- 80 277010 ActionScript 2.0 Classes How can I re...more >>

Here's my site: http://www.chipandscribble.com Any idea why AOL users aren't able to see it? Any and all help is much appreciated. Sam ...more >>

http://www.geocities.com/i_am_surferdude/ i have a button. in it's 'over' state, the graphic that should be displayed flickers on and off. it's the mouse over on the text that is problematic. any help is very much appreciated. thanks in advance. ...more >>

can any one tell me how to round a number in a input field to 0,00 ...more >>

Hi all, and at first you all get my best wishes for 2004! I want to build a web shop in which the user will get the possibility to enter a text and design the text by using differnt colors and fonts. Therefore i generate a textfield with createTextField("Field",1,10,10,400,100); -...more >>

Basically, I have a .fla file created in Flash MX with embedded video. When I opened the file, the audio was not there in the embedded video, and when i tried to publish it out w/ flash 5 player, I got an error saying the video contained properties not in flash 5. So now I don't know if there is a...more >>

Hello to all of you!!! I'm using xml and flash, and the ignorewhite funtion doesn't work.... is there any other way to ignore the white spaces in the xml file?!?! please help me... oliviopereira@hotmail.com ...more >>

I am working on a Flash project that I want to burn on a CD and auto run without Flash Player when the users insert the CD. I've learned how to use the Flash Projector to do so, thanks for the Forum users. But now another thing... How do I create a pop up window which contains another Flash movie fr...more >>

I have had this problem on several occassions and only when I use flash. I have designed a few websites using flash and am having problems with my client being able to see the newest version of the updates. I realize the IE has setting that you can reload your page everytime you open it. But if t...more >>

Hi It's the second time I saw that on a website and I can't figure out how they can do that. The website (swf) can record what the user do. The first time I saw that was on the yugop.com website. It was the mouse movement on the screen. So I don't know how but, now it's more. I played a game that t...more >>

I made the mistake of upgrading my media components (as per the new release) on a working program. I have slide navigation contingent upon cuepoints in a video and now, everytime I test, I get the following message (if I enable cuepoint navigation): **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\myName\Loca...more >>

Can anyone tell me why my .fla looks great in the design window but when I export the characters look like this... http://www.safedrivinginstitute.com/images/navigation_error.swf The text characters that do appear are all correctly placed btw. Thanks, Howard ...more >>

I need to launch Adobe Acrobat Reader and hence pdf files from within a FlashMX file. The idea is to have the pdf open outside the flash movie. Help..... ...more >>

I'm a little confused - I'm trying to install Flash MX 2004 on my home computer running Microsoft ME, which the release notes states is ok - but I can not install the program. Each time I try, I get an error message saying that the Flash MX is not supported on the operating system. I've updated ME...more >>

When I try to "Test Movie" with my Flash MX, I get a message that I am using version 6.21 and I need at least version 6.40. When I play flash in IE I see that I am using version 7.0, the same in Mozilla. No matter what I do I can;t seem to update the standalone player in Flash MX or the debugging e...more >>

Hi all, I am having real problems with showing movie clips when the mouse goes over a button. Could anyone be kind enough to show me how to do this on the first button with the .fla I am working on? The .fla is uploaded at the following address http://www.thomasgreg.com/introred.zip Thank you very...more >>

i am using dynamic text from a .txt file works fine, but i need a click here button to target the same text area but with a different .txt file, any ideas? thanks craig ...more >>

Hey, Short Q i got a loadvariables in flash, and sending vars from php to flash.. only when i try to send an array from php to flash it just comes out as a string.. has anyone got a clue got things like &text=[11, 22] and stuff but i just get one string.. anyone know what to type on...more >>

I have a few questions here, so first ill briefly explain what im trying to do... im making a presentation of my artwork. it will all be in a flash projector file which will autorun from a cd. From the interface, the viewer can browse through jpgs of my works, as well as view full interactive f...more >>

Does anyone know how to achieve a "sweep" effect on text so that it appears and dissolves from left to right? ...more >>

I want to have a series of buttons that individually rollout to a new set of secondary buttons with their own animation and links. I pulled the "secondary" buttons from the library onto the stage of the "primary" button (on the "over" keyframe). This doesn't work. On the off chance that descr...more >>

hi. something very strange is happening. the only way to explain is to show my fla http://www.cartoonfox.hostrocket.com/cartoonfox-v03.fla right click and save as. open the file, open the movieclip called "main". the click on the layer called "menu actions". hide everything else and...more >>

When is it appropriate to repost a question if you don't get an answer? Thanks for helping me play by the rules. Howard ...more >>

Hello I am a novice to Flash and am considering buying the product on some of the magnificent flash demos online. However, I was wondering if anyone could explain the 'big picture' about Flash.... Generally speaking, is it a serious of movies that can be started, stopped, paused - allowing yo...more >>

I use loadMovie to load jpg from outside. on the thumb pic, I want to click the button to load jpg (pic0.jpg / pic1.jpg...... pic12.jpg) the problem is I can only load pic0.jpg to pic9.jpg, for pic10.jpg or later, all can't be loaded. Here's the script: on (rollOver) { _root.effect.gotoAn...more >>

I'm experiencing very strange behaviour when i try and run both flash MX 2004 (v7.0.1) with Photoshop CS at the same time on windows XP: If flash is open first then PS will bomb out after starting. Similarly if PS is open first Flash often doesn't start. I also find that Dreamweaver Mx 2004 won't...more >>

I have a question that I need an answer to. I'm new to flash and have had to use the Swish application for getting a project done within a short period of time. I realize most in this forum are flash users, but I still wanted to see if I could get some immediate assistance. I'm in a bind and no...more >>

Happy new year to every one I want to make a site for a group of people who crate music at home and wont to share it. I want to have : User register User log in User enters URL for his music clicks the submit button and then sees the new links in his section on the site. I wont to know what is...more >>

I have a movie clip which lady modal come forward with some action in the fashion show and I need to convert that clip in to vector graphic format and put in to the flash. Is that possible thinking? I have seen there are lots of sites in the internet have been used movie clips and vector graphics; a...more >>

Hi. I'm using Flash MX (not MX 2004) and would like to know if I can make swf's that access files from a mySQL database. My web pages are in PHP. I'd like to create a slideshow effect that loads images from the database, but I'm confused as to whether I need to have the "Flash Remoting" so...more >>

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I'm fading up a block of text and it really slows the movie down. I've tried typing it within flash and also as an imported .png file. Any advice on solving this problem would be appreciated. ...more >>

I need to bust out a flash movie for a client featuring about 12 slides of text. Does anyone know of any cool extensions or .fla files where I can plug in the text lines and the program does the rest? I want the text messages to be craftily animated and hopefully I would have the ability to ad...more >>