hi, I'm experiencing some problems with flash player7 for quite sometime now. My flash movies run fine when I test them within Flash MX 2004, and they run fine when I click on the movies in a folder (stand-alone flash player); however, my swf files run a lot slower when played back via IE. Fur...more >>

I made a set of buttons with sound action and URL behavior in a 99 x 318 pixel area. I have an old existing website written in longhand html that initially used a similar unresponsive set of buttons centered in an html table cel that was 140 pixels wide. The original background was built up from a 2...more >>

I purchased a Flash template. (I'm still rather new at Flash but taking classes). It appears to me that it is not a frame by frame animation because on the timeline there are keyframes in frame 1 of the 5 layers with the little action a on a couple. I know that this calls in another movie; I am t...more >>

I have a site I am working on (link below). When it loads, the menu flashes white where the flash file hasn't loaded yet. There is also a small Flash file at top on "handwriting." I assume it's okay to mix HTML and Flash. My question: someone suggested I put in a preloader so that the menu ha...more >>

I've chosen to use '_sans' as a device font, but when I compare the visual result of the Working Stage, the Flash preview and the browser(XP-IE) the difference is sóóó big. When I want to line-out my text in line with visual bullets(movie clips) I just don't manage. Is this problem solvable or shou...more >>

I've got several full color picture on my stage and want to make thumbnails of the same pictures. So far, so good. The problem is that I want to make them gray tinted(B&W)... how to do this? I couldn't manage to this with color effects. Any ActionScript? I publish as FP6. Thanks in advance, RS...more >>

I have print ads and would like to advertise by sending them through email, but not just as an attachment. I am trying to figure out what is the best way to set up an HTML email with graphics and active links... ...more >>

Hi! Here comes one of the stupid question. I am unable to create a field on my site, were the text can be. The problem is, that I don't know how to keep it in the field I've already created... I want scrolling - can anybody help me? M. Syfax ...more >>

I am running Flash MX in Windows 2K Pro on a dual-2.4GHZ workstation. Almost every time I try to drag frames in the timeline - just 1 or 2, or many - Flash crashes and I lose my work. Any ideas why this is happening or how I can prevent/fix it? MaryC ...more >>

To anyone that can help! I have created an interactive CD using Flash MX professional on PC. I'm calling FLVs , using Media Dislpay Component. eg.(URL: myvideo.flv). All of my FLVs are in the same folder as the SWF. The first problem I had was getting the SWF to play the FLVs on a MAC.(it p...more >>

Hi there, I have created a movie in flash, the movie contains 2 buttons one named on and the other off (ull guess what they do ! :) ) These are supposed to play the soundtrack.swf file using the loadmovie command. They work perfect within flash but the problems occur when i combine flash an...more >>

Hi... I'm not a Flash programmer, just a user. I'm wondering if anyone here can tell me why some Flash websites I visit tell me that I'm not using Flash 6 or greater, when in fact I have Flash 7 installed. Most Flash sites work fine, but many sites which you'd think would be well programmed tell me ...more >>

Hello! I am building a site that uses bitmap objects within transparent swf animations as demonstrated http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/memo/ghost/. I noticed that the objects get a semi-transparent background instead their alpha channels when viewed in a 16bit set monitor. This problem is descr...more >>

Hi, I can't seem to find information about the Menu component in the flash help files. Can someone provide a clue as to where I can find all about the menu component and what capabilities it has? I'm using a menu bar and I want it so that when the mouse moves over different menu bar menu item...more >>

I am trying to make a guessing game with numerous buttons. The player will click a button. This will take the player to another movie. After it plays, he will return to the game. I wish to make the button he clicked no longer visible in the game. I hope this is understandable. Arnie ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to load a .swf at 640x480 fullscreen, and even on a P4 2.4Ghz with 512MB Ram & a 128MB GeForce FX 5600 card, it is *still* choppy. I am using 20fps. The output is dynamically generated, and will be displayed onto a television. This is not for internet use - just coming strai...more >>

Hi there, I am trying a new technique but I am not sure exactly how to deliver it! I want the browser window to blow up full screen which I've done with a landing page and java script etc... But then in the window that goes full screen I have made a large flash base movie (1600 x 1200) w...more >>

Hello! I've designed an E-card in flash, people select different items and shapes, enter their name and the name and email of the people they want to send it to. The reciever gets the link to a second flash file which pulls out the variables from the database that the sender set and sees whatever...more >>

Other than organization for the designer, is there any signifficant reason to use multipal scenes? For example: Does using multipal scenes have any impact on the size of the movie? Thanks. ~DP~...more >>

http://tamanvanscoy.com/flash/site.html I want to build a site like this and I don't know where to start with the sweeps that take place? In paticular how do you layout the layers and actions so that when you click a button the panels that opened from a previous click of a button return to their ...more >>

Hey all, This is plauging me right now: How do I effect the v2 Alert component's size when it displays in my movie!? It does not repond to setSize method of other components, I don't see a way to set it when calling the show method. What the $#%^%$&*! Can anyone help me on this mystery? ...more >>

I am trying to figure out how to mask a photo of a person in order to be able to move it over other layers without having a box in the background of the original photo... ...more >>

I am having a problem with button component labels cutting off until the mouse is run over the button--then you can see the whole label. My steps are as follows: 1. I am copying frames from one main.fla and recreating them in another. The problem occurs only in the first frame of my new mssl....more >>

Hi, I'm new to Flash. I want to make a slide show (for my portfolio site) with a "left" and a "right" button. So, everytime somebody pushes on the "right" button, the sceenshots are moving to the right, and by pushing on the left button, the screenshots are moving to the left. Does someone kn...more >>

How do I check to see if a user can view my flash intro or if s/he needs to skip it because of compatibility issues? ...more >>

Hi everybody Dare I say it, I am a CoffeeCup Firestarter user who has just found out that I can't pass parameters to the resultant anims!! Basically I have created a simple 'fly in - fly off - fade in - fade out' anim that brings in 1 simple pic, then about 7 different text words, then the pic...more >>

Hi, I know this must have been answered a million times before but I know nothing of javascript and I have a large deadline coming up: how can I make a simple "onMouseDown" command that will tell the flash object in frame "leftFrame" to go to the frame label "about"? I have 3 frames, and the "l...more >>

Hi! Do you know an easy way to solve this problem? I have a MC on stage thats going to move along the x-axis either 7 px or 0 px. I want to use some kind of random calculation to move the MC 7 px in 90% of the cases and 0 px in the remaing 10%. This way the MC would move across the stage w...more >>

hi, I've been having issues in quality in previewing Flash content and viewing the same swf on the web. Previewing in Flash usually gives me better quality and detail but when i view the same document once its been posted, it has severe artifacts and compression. Anyone else ever come ac...more >>

Is it possible to use swf as a background in HTML? Thanks. ...more >>

This is probably a silly question but..... no matter how I change the publish settings all my flash movies when opened in Ultradev (either as html files or importing .swf) default to 32 pixels x 32 pixels. This is not the correct size for any of my movies. I have tried changing the dimensions set...more >>

Hi, I had created a flash file (swf) & had send it to another person to view it. Earlier he had trouble opening the file, then I suggested him to open the file in IE to view it, he was successful in viewing the movie. Now, the real trouble started off when I sent him another file (swf) and, he ...more >>

Dear all I am having some trouble with some buttons... I don't know why this is happening! Basically I have one scene which has a stop action in the first frame and a couple of buttons. When you press button 1 you are taken to the next frame which plays a tween. (Note both the buttons ar...more >>

Please help! I am using Flash MX Pro 2004 on a Windows XP Pro machine, but I do all my video production and compression on a Mac OS 10.2.8 using Final Cut Pro 3 and Cleaner 6. The way I understand it (and correct me if I am wrong), as an owner of Flash MX Pro 2004, I should be able to expor...more >>

Hi, Can anyone tell me if there is a way to change the alpha channel of dynamic text? I have a dynamic text field in a graphic of which i am trying to change the alpha property with actionscript. The text always displays at 100% opacity unless i change it to static. The same happens when i ...more >>

in many examples that i find this scripts : NetServices.as NetDebug.as are needed where can i d/l them? thanks in advance peleg ...more >>

where can i download a flash player for the pc (not browser) so ui can run swf files on my pc? ...more >>

In Flash MX2004 I have designed an opening page for my website with the navbar as one movie and the intro as a movie that loads using the LoadMovie actionscript command i.e. loadMovie('indexmovie.swf',1); This works perfectly in Flash but when I publish it and open it in Ultradev the intro mo...more >>

I recently saw an article on Macromedia DevNet about the browser changes Microsoft has in store for IE in the coming months. The article URL is as follows: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html Because I see my company embracing Flash technology and deploying i...more >>

I create dynamic text and make it scrollable. Then using ui component scrollbar to make it scroll. This fine if I type the text in dynamic area BUT when i load var from notepad it cant scroll~~~~~ any expert help plz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...more >>

using navigation within a projector file, how do i open another projector file on top of it? i dont want to link to a website URL either...everything will be self contained on a cd... is this possible? please help... thanks. ...more >>

I'm exporting an Adobe Illustrator vector illustration as an SWF file, but when I import it into Flash it turns each individual piece of the illustration into a separate symbol in the library. I just want the whole illustration to be one symbol, not a series of 75 little symbols. Is there an efficie...more >>

How can import java applet (image file etc.) into the macromedia flash ? how can open / insert java applet image into the macromedia flash ? it is possible ? any idea help please ? regards. Mateen mateenmohd@hotmail.com ...more >>

We have Flash MX Pro in the office. I'm trying to do a SIMPLE site. I have 2 questions. 1. What's the easiest way to click on text and have it take you to another frame on the timeline? 2. What's the easiest way to click on text and have it open a new browser window? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I just downloaded the trial version of flash mx and I can't find the serial number. I checked my e-mail and it said nothing about my serial number. If someone can tell me where it is I would appreciate it. ...more >>

I have created I movie in Flash mx 2004 and I am having some problems with Function Returns. I can't figure out how to make Flash wait for a Function to Return before executing the next line of code. Example.... This is the function..... function getNumbers(intNumber1:Number, intNumber2:Nu...more >>

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