On this url: www.rptest.co.uk/howart If you click on the About us section and click within that area the loadmovie doesn't work the first time, but if you go in again through the About us button on the home page they work.... Any idea's ...more >>

This might be an odd question for this forum but I've got to start somewhere. I'm planning on importing video into my Flash movie. I want to place real performers in front of the background of my choice. I guess what I'm talking about here is the old green screen approach where I make the orig...more >>

I have several older .fla files I made a few years back with Flash 5 on a Mac. Now I have MX 2004 on a PC and it doesn't want to open the .fla files. It gives the error "Unexpected file format". Any one else have this problem ...more >>

I've made a small community in PHP, and i wanna use a Flash menu. But i can't use PHP things in the XML thingy for the menu... What do i do?...more >>

Also selling the company name Flash Designs Ltd, has credit card merchant facilities setup, if you want the best web designs name and domain name for Flash Macromedia you can't beat this. Company background is in electronics, but you can redesign the web site to show Flash marcomedia content/s...more >>

Hi, Can anyone tell me how to draw a simple quadratic equation with dynamically using actionscript? Many thanks in advance, Peder, Ottawa, Canada ...more >>

I wouldn't call myself a developer but my boss has thrown me a challenge to come up with a flash "widget" (as he calls it) where people browsing the site can upload an attachment and hit a button to send it to a designated e-mail address Is this something that can be done in flash alone ??...more >>

I am looking for directions or an online tutoruial to learn how to take a simple picture and add fade-in text (like you see in most Flash ads). Also how to manipulate text like, changing size, fading in and out, scrolling; just basic kinda stuff. I bought the Visual Quickstart Guide book for...more >>

i have flash MX...i'm accustomed to source files being FLA and published files being SWF what the heck is SWI? a client sent me source files named 'main.swi' etc. is this flash 2004? can i open them with FLASH MX ...more >>

I am having a problem with Flash MX 2004 crashing in OSX 10.3.2 running on a dual G4 with a gig and a half of RAM, plenty of hard disk space, and nothing being loaded under startup items I have installed the latest Flash updates, to version 7.0.1 and run the HotFix Utility, but nothing wor...more >>

i have lots of frames with text boxes w/ scrollbar attached. i also have some frames that load another .SWF into a scrollpane after publishing a preview or for real, the scrollbars only work until i hit one of the frames with the loadmovie command. after that, the scrollbars in the other f...more >>

hi.. anyone know why the following happens. A dude I know has made small flash movie with a picture of a car that fades in. When the movie is one scene, with the just the car on it, you export it and the quality of the car is great. He has added a progress bar on a new scene... and the quality...more >>

Is there a program which can export a frame in an swf to a jpg in high-resolution for printing? (swf2video only export up to 1600 pixels) Andrew...more >>

I installed the UI Components Set 2 for FlashMX and have been trying to format the date the is outputed when the mycalendar.getSelectedItem() function is referenced I currently get Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 GMT-0800 200 when I would like Feb 13, 2002 (comma not required but basic...more >>

Is it possible to download an older version of the Flash plugin? Specifically version 6? Thanks, Kent D....more >>

Hello, Are their any new or existing components that require a Flash plugin version greater than 6? IOW, are their any Version 7 only UI components? Thanks! Kent D....more >>

i'm making a CD-ROM with flash and i need to call up PDFs that will be located on the CD. is there anyway to do this? i put the name of the PDF in the geturl command but it opens up a browser. is there anyway to click on a link in the flash player and have it open up a PDF that is stored local...more >>

I'm putting text on a page and there is too much text, and i would like to make a scrolling interface. is this possible? Thanks!...more >>

I'm trying to do an automated sign up to my website. I'm trying to make it a little more fun and dynamic, therefore I'm trying to make a questionairre which allows the user to play a sign up game I'll tell you bit about my site and it'll hopefully explain why i need the questionairre w...more >>

I'm at my wits end trying to find documentation on the usage of the Advanced Calendar Component. I hope someone can help. Please excuse this increadibly beginner question I'm using the Advanced Calendar Component trying to build my own events calendar. But when I drag the component onto...more >>

I am having a problem with flash mx 2004 I am working on a kiosk application and the resolution is 1600 x 1200 Part of this application is a full screen magnify feature I am trying to have a magnify glass reveal the same image twice the size 3200 x 2400. The image is being imported as a jpg ...more >>

I need help making my music file smaller. If anyone knows how to go about this please explain it. It just takes up way to much space....more >>

I am having a problem with flash mx 2004 I am working on a kiosk application and the resolution is 1600 x 1200 Part of this application is a full screen magnify feature I am trying to have a magnify glass reveal the same image twice the size 3200 x 2400. The image is being imported as a jpg...more >>

hi I'm running the flash mx pro demo, and have several buttons i would like to expand on mouse over, but i can't get it to work, can anyone help me th ...more >>

Issue: Flash hangs at program launc When: DreamWeaver and Fireworks are open 1GB DDR400 2800XP+ and lots of HD space in Win2K pro. New build If I kill Flash and close one of the others no problem then I can start Flash otherwise I am SOL anyone else have problems like this ...more >>

I've got a symbol containing a stroked and filled rectangle. When I dynamically change the height of the box, the width of the vertical lines change. (thinner if I make the rectangle shorter/ wider if I make the rectangle taller) Could someone tell me why this is hapening, and what (if anyth...more >>

I have to create an interactive map, which shows the campus layout of a university. I want the user to be able to rollover, or click on any building, and a photograph with some info on the building appear somewhere on the page. Preferably, i'd like to include zoom in/zoom out functions so the ...more >>

I'm contructing a loop that may intiate a few hundred times, which refers to the number of employees. Before getting heavily into the coding, I first tested the loop by having it go through a few hundred interations. At around 325-350, I received an error stating that a scipt was causing Flash t...more >>

is there an 'easy' way to switch the sound of an entire flash movie on or off, including the button sounds (!) the basic idea is that the sound in the background keeps on playing, i just want to be able set the volume globally to 0 and back to 100 again ...more >>

I seem to be having trouble getting movies published in flash player 7 to run in Internet Explorer. I publish the file with actionscript 2.0 support an when I try to import the .swf file into dreamweaver it sometimes imports it as a square box. This does not represent the true size of the movi...more >>

Guys, I'm in need of help. I need a sequence of images (same size), to faded out as the next one fades in, randomly. I've tried so many sites and nothing helped me. Can someone please show me how to do it, or better yet, create a small FLA movie? Thank you ...more >>

Is it possible to create a Flash menu that behaves like a DHTML sliding menu that spills out over the rest of your HTML? Put another way, is a flash app always constrained by the bounds of the 'Flash' area on the page Thank ...more >>

Hi, can anyone tell me if there is a way to have a text box with a scrollbar attached at an angle? Everytime I try to do this it no longer works! Thanks Martin....more >>

Hi We recently received a flash ad from a customer and they neglected to embed the URL in the ad itself. I have been asked to embed the URL in the .swf file but the movie falls apart when I import it into Flash. Is there a way to import it without having to recreate the entire ad from the ...more >>

I'm using Flash MX 2004 Pro Trial for a Flash Slide Presentation for 3 days now By now, the fla file is 221 MB big (don't know why, there are only 7 slides with only a few 0,2 MB jpg pictures). The Problem i 1) Publishing the file takes up to 3 Minutes (there is not much AS in it, only simpl...more >>

hey everybody : you know this old chestnut, the way of passing variables from html over to flash <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="test.swf?textfield=hello world!" <EMBED src="test.swf?textfield=hello world!"></EMBED> etc well, i'm working on a file this morning that does just that. in mozil...more >>

I'm loading swf files into a main Flash document and i what to be able to jump to a set frame number(in the new swf) at the same at the moment it looks like thi this.OAS_mc.onRelease = function() _root.Text1_mc.wordy_mc.text = myLoader.OAS _root.pic_mc.loadMovie("Pic2.jpg") _root.t...more >>

i have created an animation but when i go to test movie or test scene all i get is the background. does anyone know how to correct this? ...more >>

hi. i am working on a website that requires me to not allow any form of SWF downloads. A few ppl suggested Javascript to disable right click options, however that can be overridden. others suggested using pure Flash content then the right click would only bring up the macromedia menu. does any...more >>

Hi there......I would like to know if it is possible to rename Flash Scenes so they have a more meaningful name. This will be easier to work with making big applications. BR Jean Bang...more >>

Hi! Does anyone know how to link a word in a text box to a scene, without setting up a button etc. i.e. is there anyway of using the "url" field with a prefix? Thanks in advance...more >>

just curios is it possible to build wysiwyg html type text using flash? just curios...more >>

Hi Guys I have a flash form that submits variables to a cgi script but its not posting the values. This is the action script I'm using: on (release) { title = title.getValue(); name = name.getValue(); arrival_day = arrival_day.getValue(); loadVariablesNum("http://www.vineyardonballi...more >>

I import a 100MB mpeg video into my FLA. I save the FLA and it becomes approx 100MB. No problem. Now I want to remove the video from the FLA... so I delete it from the stage and from the library and then saves the FLA. Its still 100MB!?! How come... Have I missed something here? How can I real...more >>

Has anyone used the SWF Studio from http://www.northcode.com and is it any good / reliable? I've got a Director application which is a configurable menu front end for presentations. It allows the user to * define the wallpaper * add icons to the screen (any bitmap, gif or jpeg although in ...more >>

Hi I would like to ask for your help... I want to create a menu like the SJ.com... are there anyone out there kind enough to teach me how to do it. I spent weeks already but can't find any on the books : Hope someone can teach me... i have to reach my deadline : Ancis ...more >>

I am trying to build a Flash 7 movie using several shapes from Visio 2003. The shapes in Visio 2003 are vector graphics (metafiles), but when I copy-paste them into Flash they become completely garbled. I have tried saving them from Visio as .DXF, .EMF, and .WMF, and then importing them into...more >>

I have a client interested in a CD presentation done Flash. After looking into it I realized that I can get the full screen effect with the FS command, but cannot remove the Task Bar (in PC) the way the presentations that I have seen done did.. Is tghere a simple answer to this. Thanks as alwa...more >>

H I have a problem when I importe an swf inside another. I explain. I dynamicly create button in one section of my site. When I test the file all the text appear and all is great. When I'm in the real movie and I importe this swf usign the loadMovieNum, the clip appear but the text won't dis...more >>

Is there anyway I can compress a music file to make it smaller? I'm using an MP3 and it just takes up so much friggin space and lags me like nothing else. I am streaming it because I am making a music video right, but I just don't know what to do to make it smaller.. ...more >>

I create a mask, lock the layers and the effect is fine in my workspace. However, when I test the movie or publish a swf, the effect doesn't show. Anybody have a clue on this one?...more >>

Hi All I'm in totally over my head on this one. I'm trying to create a retro Flash Atari game for my site. Its a replica of the old classic "Combat". But there's still quite a bit AS to be done. Anyway I am able to control the greentank using the arrows. But I still need to get it to shoot...more >>

Hi I'm just learning Flash. Quick question. I just ceated 5 scenes. I now decide that I want to combine Scene 1 & 5. Tryed selecting all layers in scene 5, copying. Then if I try to paste to scene one, it doesn't work. How do I do this? ...more >>

I just started learning flash, and created this pretty neat looking navigation bar. The only problem is I can't figure out how to make a URL link to a frame. I've looked all over the place but can't find it. Can someone please explain this to me step by step? thank ...more >>

I am having no response from flash. FOr example, I do not see the image that one is supposed to see upon completion of downloading flash. It just isn't working. I have installed flash media player, reinstalled it, reinstalled my browser, restarted my computer, reinstalled everything I need ...more >>

Today I went to open a .fla file that I did work on about a week ago in flash mx. The file will not open and just says unexpected file format. HELP!!! I uninstalled flash mx and reinstalled it and still nothing. Anybody know what's wrong ...more >>

I'm having a heck of a time trying to figure out how to make a dynamic text box justied. It will format flush right, flush left, and centered but justified won't work. what is this all about? If you can center text using the button why can't you justify text using the justified button than...more >>