I am trying to create a form out of an accordion component. I figured out how to imbed movie clips that contain my form information. I can get the text boxes to appear but I my check boxex and combo boxes do not appear when I run test the movie. Why is this so? ...more >>

I saw this problem once on XP, but was unable to replicate it. Now that I've released one of my sites, someone commented that they experienced the same thing on Mac OS X.2.1. Here's the problem... I created a SWF file using Flash MX 2004 Pro. When the SWF file loads into the browser, it displa...more >>

Hi I'm sorry if this has been posted before but I didn't see it on the first 7 pages of the forum. I have Dreamweaver MX and Flash MX and I want to make a button template. I read an article on the Macromedia page which says that I need Generator authoring extensions to make it. But then I learn t...more >>

Hello Everybody, I have a question to all html/flash experts out there. I have flash (.swf) file which has no actions defined means that no onlreases or onclick or any such sort of actions defined. Its just .swf file. I display that in my html with "object embed" option and the swf file disp...more >>

I'm creating small swf's to be played on the main page on a movie symbol, most of them are fine. I'm adding a preloader on the first frame, the preloader it's barely 600B not even 1 KB but somehow sudenly 22KB appear on that 1st frame, making the the preloader invisible untill the 22 kb downloads...more >>

I have some users that recently upgraded to Netscape 7.1. When running an .html page that embeds a .swf file, netscape throws up an error saying that it does not know how to open the page and that it is a type of application/octet-stream (HyperText Markup Lanaguage). The .swf file is 6.0 player ...more >>

I want to convert a Macromedia Flash 5 file to a Quicktime movie. Unfortunately, though the animation is linear in nature, the timeline was obviously stopped on a frame, while certain symbols play out. As such, a direct export from Quicktime has been unsuccessful. My low-end solution will be ...more >>

has anyone defined naming conventions and storage locations for files on the internet site? ...more >>

Hi, I have a client who needs an Avi version of a tiny flash animation we have made for them. But we only have Macs. I've tried doing this with Quicktime but the resultant Avi's are very weird indeed... Would anyone care to help me out and export a couple of very small animations as Avi's an...more >>

How can a user save from a flash swf. Are forms and server side scripting the only way to do this? I want to save user input on our server. However, I am having conceptual issues with this. I don't think I can use forms because the user is designing a sign with multiple elements, ie text, clipart, e...more >>

Hello, Please does anyone know how to solve my problem? I tried to surf the Macromedia pages but my impression is that what I want to do is not feasible. What I need to do is: let a designer make a set of Flash scenes/animations including feedback and so on (let say a video game), and then play ...more >>

Hi im fairly new to flash mx 2004 and I want to know how to make my button clickable to goto my main webpage. All i want to know is how to make the hyperlink and thats a job well done...hehe...ignore that i no i wont get help i never do. Please help me! ...more >>

Hi! I have this text that is scrolled by the scrolling component in Flash MX 2004. No problems there. But if I want to "embed" a button inside the scrolling text, so that it scrolls along with the text? Problems. I have tried placing a button in the textfield and it shows up, but refuses t...more >>

Hi, I was planning on getting Sound Forge. Has anyone used something else that is better than that product? Thanks, Gary ...more >>

I am new to Flash MX but have spent a few years with Dreamweaver and Fireworks. I am looking for a good book to get that will teach me alot about using Flash MX and ActionScript as well. I went through the tutorials that came with it and although I did learn a few things from them I would like...more >>

I am very new to Flash as I have just been using Fireworks MX and Dreamweaver MX for the past years. I really want to learn Flash MX and am in the process. I am wondering... In Flash MX can you create your own text fields? Obviously in using Dreamweaver you can add a text field but its just ...more >>

I need to make a flash animation that looks like a lighthouse light. I need the lighthouse light to rotate in a circle and illuminate some words. Like the one here: http://www.norco-rx.com/lighthouse.swf I've got tutorial on spotlight effect - but it doesn't rotate. Anyone know how to do ...more >>

Hello to all of you... can some one tell me what do i have to do to be able to use caracters like "ç" and "~" in the XML files and then make flash able to show them... i only get squares and strange simbols... Thank's a lot!!!... ...more >>

I am in the final stages of developing a cd containing a number of flash tutorials. My original plan was to include the individual flash lessons in an authorware "container" so that the swfs would be hidden in the main exe. I have a validation process set up so that it does not matter if the cd is...more >>

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Help!!! Somehow something I have touched/run/installed in the last 48 hours has switched the version of the Stand Alone player from v7 to v5 so that now when I click on swf files on my local machine that I have created with MX2004 wont run. Running from inside the MX2004 ide is OK, when I chec...more >>

I just downloaded the trial version of Flash MX 2004 Professional as my boss wants me to find out what the video is like. I have successfully embedded a video so far but I have read about Progressive downloads and would like to try that. I have converted my mov file to a flv but that's about a...more >>

I am trying to change the default colors associated with the video component (I'm wanting to change the default green colors to another color) in MX 2004 Pro. I've gotten myself totally confused and any help would be greatly appreciated. If anyone knows of any good tutorials for customizing compon...more >>

Hello, I need to create a photo album CD for a client. the scenario is: 1. I will create a template page which will have a "next" and "back" arrows. and an Image area. that's it. 2. I will create a separate folder that will contain all the images in the same size and numbered from 1 onw...more >>

Hi all, how to center the flash document in the HTML page like this: http://www.teknision.com/ ? Thanks much! ...more >>

Text in FLA files originally created in MX is shifting upwards (2 pixels or so) when opened in MX 2004. Obviously, one solution would be to continue working in MX on projects originally started in MX and use MX 2004 for any new projects moving forward. However, I have some hybrid sites (Flash/HTM...more >>

Hi, does anybody know if there are any possibilities to use HTML text with the Ticker Component of the UI Component Set 2? ...more >>

I have a problem with the loading of some of my webspages...I have included a preloader and I am assuming that I should put the preloader first and then in the second frame I should load other preloading images...also I have included sound for each member profile...as far as the movie, I have tried ...more >>

I can't seem to figure this one out. In my movie, I imported 4 images - 2 Jpegs, 2 PNGs. I set the image quality to 100. Everything was find until I duplicated the scene and added motion tweens to all the images. Now when I publish the movie the PNG files look... well crappy. The JPG files st...more >>

I'm sure there is a simple action script that will solve my problem. I need a mouseover button to continuously go to the next frame. I have tried these scripts but the movie only advances one frame and stops. on (mouseover) { gotoAndStop(_currentframe + 1); } on (mouseover) { nextFrame(...more >>

I have certain fonts activated in ATM Deluxe 4.6 that aren't available for use in Flash MX. What am I doing wrong? I never had this problem with previous versions of Flash, and these fonts are a crucial element in my site's design. Any suggestions? ...more >>

I had downloaded the trial version MX 2004 Pro and installed it. I played with it a little and after a while my trial version was expired. So I diceded to buy the Flash MX 2004. I had bought MX 2004 Pro but only the serial I thought that I didn't need the CD's cause I can put the serial in the t...more >>

I am accustomed to creating rollovers in ImageReady but would like to begin doing it in Flash. I designed a banner with navigation buttons built in. Last night I attempted to create rollover buttons, but when I exported the Flash file they went through the rollover actions continually without mousin...more >>

Hi, I have built a simple site which uses a number of buttons to load content movies (with preloaders) into a target. This all works fine - however when I view the site "live" on the web I have noticed a problem. If the user clicks on button A - movie A starts to load into the target. Then i...more >>

I have just downloaded the trial of MX2004 in the hope that the fscommand "fullscreen" would now work without the initial window and then a jump to full screen (as it used to in Flash4 which I still use for this reason). It seems that this is still not fixed, or am I missing something? Is there a...more >>

Hej, I've seen this cool "moveable-timeline-menu-thing" on the following page: http://www.eniro.com/templates/SimplePage.aspx?id=2110 How do I make something similar for my website? Any tips? Thanks - Steph ...more >>

Hi Folks, Just getting familiar with Flash, so please bear with me... I am using Flash 5 with Windows XP. I have created a general template for an online training manual. Each template contains (or will contain) screen captures representing what the user will see during the actual applica...more >>

I appreciate anybody who take the time to reply to me, so thank you in advance. Firstly, I have a fla file sent to me via cd, every time I try and open the file it gives me a error message (error type 2). And the original document has already been copied to the desktop from the cd.. there i...more >>

Hi all, Anyone know of any good cheap hosts? Thanks ...more >>

Hi! How do i set the slide to "Ctrl+F" as default screen size when users start the projector file? /Mats ...more >>

Hello, has anybody any idea how to represent formulas within a line of a text ? Thanks a lot for any help. Flo ...more >>

Is there anyway that you can select items on the stage based on any criteria? For example, in Adobe Illustrator you can select a shape that is green, and then ask it to select all other items with that exact colour. Or ask it to select all text objects. Any ideas? If it is not possible, would an...more >>

is there a possibility to pick the color of a imagepixel at runtime? ...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. How do i do that? ...more >>

please help me out. I wish to us an email link in my flash page. This works fine whe I run my flash page through my browser as an .html using this code on (press) {getURL("mailto:email@email.com","_self");} However when I run this as a .swf or .exe it fails to do anything. Alternat...more >>

Only if you are back from vacation. Seems like you are the only one that knows whats going on! On the mm_drop, I need to get rid of "You Account" "International" "Help". If I get rid of the lines in actionscript, It says, "Button | Button | Button" and no matter what, the bars "|" stay. Also, ...more >>

I want to make interactive movies with flash using action script, such as a teaching exercises with video, interactive flash movies, tests, ect... For a commercial website. Building I think I have an outline of how to use the macromedia products to make it all work. Is it possible to sell the...more >>

Does anybody know why the flash intro here --> http://www.thenooutlet.com/ is not working.. please let me know.. Referring URLs http://www.thenooutlet.com/ ...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 >>

Can someone please explain the diference between flash mx 2004 and flash mx 2004 pro. I have looked at the page and i don't understand what all the extras mean. I would like to know the pros of flash pro to decide wether to spend the xtra 50 bucks . Thanks ...more >>

Hi! I've read several posts about this without managing to use the information right! Like severals before me I'm trying to target a MC with a path within a Variable. I have 3 layers on main timeline. Layer 1 has a variable in a frame action: textTracker = _parent.txtOne; Layer 2 h...more >>