I have a main page: index.aspx which has the flash detection embedded object. It is supposed redirect the browser to a flash page or a no_flash page Do indexers like Googlebot handle the main page correctly? Will it allow redirection during crawling? I also put some href links in that pag...more >>

Hello Can you load an external .swf into an empty movie clip and then advance the playhead so the loaded .swf starts on a frame other than frame one I've tried the following, but it doesn't work on(release) loadMovie("test.swf",emptyclip) emptyclip.gotoAndPlay(10) Anyone kn...more >>

in do not know what the origin of the problem so i've posted this here and in dw-general discussion. when i use a background in DW and flash to simulate continuity i see a difference in background brightness i.e. the flash background is lighter and i have to set brightness -2% to get the c...more >>

I'm trying to import a quicktime movie (.mov) into flash as an embedded video. For some reason in the Import Video Settings window, I am getting the message, "The audio in this file can not be imported." I thought Flash MX can import ..mov files with the audio Is there something I might be...more >>

I had a button, which I converted to a movie clip in the properties inspector. When I opened up its timeline, to my dismay it was still like a button's timeline. Does anyone know how to convert a button to a movieclip without this... www.madskater.com/randfiles/helpimg.gif Thank ...more >>

Hi all After creating a large presentation with Flash, at 800 x 550 pixels, the cutomer desided h now wants the presentation to be much smaller. What is the easiest way to resize the FLA movie window and all of the contents at the same time? The final out put will be (.exe) on a C...more >>

Hello NG My problem is very tricky for me I do work with techsmith' camtasia studio and AFX, both are able to create *.flv files. I do have Flash MX Pro, but a nfr version. Is there any difference to the flash pro If I export from from Camatsia Studio it works fine. I get a success m...more >>

I have a photo That I have made like a puzzle. What I want to do is to make every pice of the puzzle appear one by one. Fo how r that i need to make a mask for each pice. But how do I cut out the mask easy? Any tutorials on drawing mask easy? Morten ...more >>

Hi I've created a flash movie & want to test/edit the 'Loading.......' that's displayed while movie is loading from the Net, mines on my pc at the moment so it loads straight away - is there any way of editing or creating what's displayed to user while movie downloads? Dave ...more >>

Hi I am trying to create a CD rom that uses a flash projector exe as a navigation for a series of html resources that will be on the disc The flash projector file will be on the root of the cdrom, the html file are contained within various folders below root Ive tried so far a number...more >>

My site totally utilizes Flash MX. The size is 700 pixels wide x 500 pixels high. When viewers open my site, and their browser window is larger than 700 x 500, my site appears in the upper left hand corner of their browser window. How can I get their browser to resize to 700 x 500 automat...more >>

hello, I like making things on flash, its a perfect program! but i have some problems, i want to make a dia show for a web site but its not working. It looks like this <---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <-- the 0 are small pictures and i have made a movie clip so that they move to the ...more >>

I was wondering how I can load a movie into a spot on a flash page below the level of the main flash window e.g. I have a blank window on my open flash movie, I am loading another .swf file into that window, but there are graphics from the main movie that overlap into the window. How do I...more >>

Hi all I want to load swf segments into a movie and be able to control fades I triesd lodinf scenes but it makes hard transitions into the next swf movie. I tried load movie but can't get it to work because I'm too new to this. ANy tutorials are welcome Here's how I would like it to go...more >>

Above all I wish not to upset anybody but I am very upset. I have posted 4 or 5 messages in the past 2 weeks, all about the same problem, and I'm getting desperate for a sign of aknowledgment from anybody! Each time I have changed the subject line and content to try to make it clearer or more...more >>

For some reason I can't upload my flash files to my server space. .jpg's upload fine and .bmp's. I presumed it was because my .swf files were too large but I've got them down to less than 134kb and they still won't upload. I tried about 10 different ftp file uploaders with the same results. Th...more >>

Hi all I've tried to find a solution to this for 3 weeks now and didn't get any reply from this forum! Please help! My preloader is somehow messing up the sound of my video (without preloader, sound is fine, with prelader, sound is cut up in shorts bleeps, or inaudible). I guess it has somet...more >>

Using Sorenson Squeeze I can encode an AVI video file to FLA but I can't play it back on my computer. I think my Flash player is an older version. Could this be my problem? I don't really want to upgrade it right now because I've already ordered a new computer. Is there a way I can play thi...more >>

I have a movie with a black backbround which runs for the requisite number of times and then calls another movie. The second movie has a green background and some black text and some red text. When the second movie is loaded all that shows is the red text and the background stays black (ie the ...more >>

I have a game for my daughter and after a few minutes we get an error that says flash projector has encountered a problem and needs to close....then it goes on to say contact manufacturer...and send /dont send error report to microsoft when i do send the report i get the hyper link to macromed...more >>

Hi Guys, Anybody knows where i can download ASV 4.05 as a free download. I really want to see the features before i buy. Your help will be very much appreciated. Regards, Badrudeen. ...more >>

Just trying to learn this crazy program, and it's VERY hard for a newbee. I have done several very simple tutorials and can follow along on them OK. My problem is that when I try to do something original on my own, for the life of me I can't figure out how to do the most seemingly simple things...more >>

Hi dear folks at Macromedia, Since your last scheduled maintenance action on the webforums, things have become very bad for people using these forums through a newsreader. Please schedule some more maintenance some day soon to repair: - non working links. It seems that in the newsreader the ...more >>

So I'm having this problem that I really don't understand. I've got sounds that are supposed to play at certain times in my animation but for some reason they start playing several seconds earlier, even in the previous scene sometimes! I've tried all the sync settings (event, start, stream) ...more >>

hi i got a problem and i really cant solve it (dont ask im just dumb anyway i downloaded Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and i unzipped it then tried to install it, then i got a message sayin *Macromedia Flash MX 2004 does not support on this operating system. please refer to notes for supported ...more >>

Hi there I am using a PHP / CMS system on my site. (Mambo Since the site pages are dynamically generated and load the same template everytime, I would like t have a flash header (with navigation links) built into the template to change appearence for each of my main pages by loading seper...more >>

Hi al I was using DesktopX the other day. I assigned the sounds to the mouse-down, and mouse-up states. The sounds are in PERFECT sync, no matter HOW fast you click. It's too bad Flash aint like that Why ...more >>

:cry: Help I am stuck, I have been following the step by step instruction on how to do orbiting text around an object and I can't get it too work... I can get the text to rotate ok, but when I skew or rotate it, the end result is not what I expext it too be. I have been following the "3D Te...more >>

I'm having trouble exporting my project as a quicktime movie file If I export as a "quicktime video" file (using any compression option) the movie clip in my project does not play in the quicktime movie. If I export as a regular "quicktime" file, the movie clip plays as it's supposed to, but t...more >>

I made some flash movies and have default settings on them with "protect from import"-(and password), "omit trace actions," and the movie is set to version "flash 6. I can see them fine online, yet an associate can not. I had him reinstall the flash player (he has version 7), and he can r...more >>

Hi all. I 've asked this question twice on other forums and have had no takers. If someone could take pity on me, I could sure use the help All I want to do is create a button that allows users to do a "print screen" type of thing. I know how to print a frame, but when I print it in Fla...more >>

I am brand new to Flash and I am trying to make a script that will draw text in a specific font. I have no idea how to do it! Figured it would be easy based on some examples I had seen. I figured wrong! Can anyone help? (Trying to draw the letters KB using the font named "Scriptina" T...more >>

hi. i have a project with multilingual content, but if i save it, and reopen, it looses the content of the strings panel, or change it, and i can't open the xml files with containt the correct data. it seems that flash can't load the xml files on startup.. anyone with the same problem,...more >>

Does anyone know if Macromedia is planning on releasing versions of it's software for the LINUX plataform?...more >>