I am trying to use ActiveX to drag text (or objects) from a flash MX 2004 Pro movie (running within a browser) to the desktop. Anyone know how to do this or if it is possible? ...more >>

When ever I set an action to a button for example to tell the button to go to frame 5 this what it gives me how come the on(release) statement never shows up. gotoAndStop(5); when I test it, it won't go to frame 5 how do I fix this? I have Flash MX 200 ...more >>

I have a movieclip that has 2 graphics inside of it that fade in and out of each other. On the main timeline I would like to mouse over this movie clip and have it fade into one of the graphics and then when I mouse over it again it will fade back to the other graphic. So far I have put the fo...more >>

Welcome... My problem is this I made a movie containing an island picture. I have 6 layers containing 6 buttons in this movie. at keyframe 200 , I added the following script for all the buttons On Rollover , goto and stop (Frame# On Rollout , goto and stop (Frame 200 On Press ...more >>

I am on the Scene 1 part of my flash project andI have a Movie Clip graphic. I want the Movie Clip to jump to a certain frame within it's timeline while I am on the Scene 1. Can somebody tell me what the actionscript would be for this So far I put this on the Movie Clip on (release) ...more >>

Hi, I'm somewhat a flash newbie. Anyway, I want to have a small flash movie, but randomly load a different background each time the user loads the flash movie. So, it'll look like the image is changing each time a user hits one of my pages Now, I could easily tell PHP to randomize the fla...more >>

This maybe a stupid question, but how can I animate the fading in and out of a bitmap? I've been using a vector shape in a seperate layer and fading it in and out, but I want to be able to do it to the bitmap itself. Any suggestions ...more >>

DOes anyone know links to any good transition tutorials in flash mx?...more >>

I've been trying to create animation that adds the effect of a figure-eight being drawn, I'm very new to flash so if anyone could help me out I would be very thankful....more >>

The New York Times has Flash slide shows on their site. There is a motion tween effect they use that I can not figure out. If anyone could give me a tip or some direction on how to create this I would appreciate it The effect is what appears to be a stationary mask through which they pan ...more >>

I am new to Flash and would like to creat a simple presentation with a voiceover. What is the simplest way of doing this? Can I record from within Flash as I can in Powerpoint? Where can I go to get help Thanks Ale ...more >>

just this for right now.. how do you use the paint bucket to fill the frame? It just wont do it lol, I'm a photoshop user so flash is quite new to me. I'm sure it wont take you long, so please help...more >>

How do I create a menu bar and when someone go over the button the button animates and the content shows up with a box and it opens up with the words? Also when I create the menu bar I want when someone go over the button of the menu bar I want some description in text show up in a different p...more >>

I have a small web site in which I make liberal use of the #include functionality of Flash's ActionScript so that users with a rudimentary knowledge of HTML can edit .txt files and therefore update the content of the site. However, these users still need to republish the flash file to an .swf...more >>

Hi all, How do i download the flash plugin for a pc which isn't online? Thanks in advance, Sam...more >>

I created a simple flash movie. Now I want to insert a few more images in between others. I create a keyframe, insert the new image, but when I want to drag it open a bit to make it last, say, 10 frames, it won't 'push' the adjacent image over. Rather it runs over the image and messes up the...more >>

I am working on a customer's system. Whenever a site is visited that contains Flash components, the system completely locks up and must be reset by turning the power off. If I disable Flash via SpyWareBlocker, sites can be visited but the flash content is not visible. The customer uses Road...more >>

I've just created my very first Flash animation to be used on someone's web site. I'd like to know how I can give the .SWF file an attribute such that when it plays on his website someone can click on it and it will take them to a web site TI Jame ...more >>

H I need to tell a movie clip which is placed within my main movie to go to and play from a certain frame. I have labelled the frame I want it to jump to, and given the movie clip an instance name. I have a button that when the user mouses over, should trigger this action, but i can't seem t...more >>

How would you go about programming flash to pull data in dynamically from files (Word, Excle, Txt, etc... We hope to create a flash program that will automatically pull in data (Newsletter articles, etc...) in specified frames automatically when the flash file is run. Can this even be don...more >>

Is Flash MX just a newer version of Flash 5 or was Flash MX designed for a different purpose Of the two, which program can I use to create a .swf movie file incorporating moving text and graphics Thanks. Too 'new' to know better ...more >>

I am using a site called kirupa.com to learn some of the flash tricks. Unfortunatly, they only have lessons for Flash MX and not Flash MX 2004. I am trying to put a scroll bar on my page and the lesson is not up yet to teach us how. How can I but a scroll bar in the missle of the page ...more >>

Hi ! I'm the real newbie. I'm just begining to learn flash and I would like to find a url, or source o ttutorial about the redimensionwindow content, like in http://www.nooflat.nu/ -I find it great!-. Do you know anything about it ? Thanks in advance Joan ...more >>

I have a problem with the XML-Connector, I was download a sample from the web in this site.. http://downloads.junioronline.us/details.php?section=2&item=4 and when I run this sample on my Flash MX 2004 Pro, the trace window show me this **Error** C:\Archivos de programa\Macromedia\Flash...more >>

Hey, short one.. got loaded a jpg in dynamicly.. it has to go up in alpha... but because i don't want it making a shift i = kepe it on 99 % alpha... the nasty thing about this is that the image appears to be shift 1 pixel = to the right.. although it idn't change size..(so if you put it on...more >>

Hi I am a teacher and am working with shut-ins. I need to create some how-to movie clips that are from 15min to 60min in lenth. I have just purchased a Sony vx2100 dv camcorder. How do I get the movie on the camcorder to be viewed over the Internet. I don't want the clip to download to t...more >>

does any one rember how to jump from one movie to another in the same movie?...more >>

any one know why or how the flash projector encounters a problem and needs to close everytime my daughter plays one of her games?...more >>

does flash mx have an auto save function?...more >>

Flash MX 200 Windows 200 Quicktime Player 6. AVI video file 184M MPEG video file 63M I've read up on the video import process both from the Help files and the tutorials on the MM web site, it all sounds dead easy. Except I'm not getting very far I tried initially to us the File>...more >>

I'm using Oscar Trelles' Preloader component with MX 2004 Pro. [L=Linked here]http://62.212.64.131/component.cfm?nav=2&id=189[/L This preloader has worked great for me in a number of different movies. I have a new issue however where in Internet Explorer 6, the entire swf is being down...more >>

I created 2 parent projection files one as a HQX file for Mac and an EXE for P for my CD Presentation. There are also 30 SWF files on the CD to be played in levels PC works great I'm having problem with Mac 1) It won't load child movies in levels. I have 30 child SWF files. I noticed...more >>

Hi Al I have what seems to be a simple animation to do, which is causing me no end of trouble. Basically, I have one main graphic which is rotating, with seperate 'ball' graphics animating in and meeting this main graphic at a certain point I have the main graphic as a mc, which complete...more >>

I've recently exported a movie in flash mx 2004 as flashplayer 5. some buttons using get url are working properly if tested in flashplayer but not working at all from browser? I wonder what's wrong... ...more >>

how to smooth image movement like that in http://www.virtualbyron.com/vb.htm. I couldnt get the point. Is that about framerate, image format or what? Urgent, help please....more >>

I made a little NavBar for my website but I have only 1 problem. Only the Text on the Bar is the link. Not the entire size of the button. So the person has to actually click on the text to activate the link, instead of being able to click the size of the button or general area around the te...more >>

Using Javascript/DHTML menus, I am experiencing a problem with FLASH. For whatever reason, the pop-up DHTML menus appear "behind" the flash....I need it to appear in front. Is there a way to do this? Can I set some kind of parameter in Flash Any help or suggestions appreciated Thank...more >>

Hello, i have a question how can i build a menu like this in flash ? http://62.238.95.232/@maximaal@_site's_in_bouw$/bbs_de_hoop/bbs.asp does anybody have something like this ? thanks already, Marco ...more >>

I just visited http://www.ccri.net/ccri/index.html and they have a flash that expands and contracts despite the resolution of my screen. how can I achieve this on my site www.thehihat.com ? ...more >>

I have 2 movies... one on level 1 and other on level 2. on movie 2(level 2) i have a button, and i type this: on (release) { _level1.gotoAndPlay("Scene 3", 2); } But it plays Scene 1 frame 1. Somebody knows what i'm doing wrong? Thnks ...more >>

This is a real nubie question, but I have not been able to google an answer. Can you have multiple Flash movies embedded in the same page? My design has the normal navigation menu running down the left side of the HTML page, with the content section to its right. However, if a person is log...more >>

What can I do to play a FLV file I encoded in Sorenon Squeeze? I don't have Flash installed on my computer....more >>

I'm looking how to build a mortgage calculator in Flash...more >>

i have a movie which on each frame loads a separate swf into a MC. everything works fine locally, however when published to the web, only the movie in the first frame loads, after that , none of them work.. I've already moved all teh loaded swfs into the same directory as the main, so I kn...more >>

Is this possible in the versions above flash MX, or is it still only possible to load MP3s??...more >>

Is there any chance to move the real windows mouse button with actionscript? Like Authorware! I'll Appreciate any suggestions! bye!...more >>

I'm creating a flash movie to be displayed on a plasma screen. 800x600 is obviously the wrong proportions, but what should I set it at? Simon...more >>

A question about the pixel ratio... I have a movieclip... 100 x 100 pixels Divides in four square parts all 50x50 The top is a jpg image 100 x 50 That is divided in two squares 50 x 50 ------------ | | | | jpg | jpg | ------------ | | | | | ...more >>

I am trying to load a movie, an external swf file, into a main movie after a transition and so far it works with still images. but I am having trouble loading in a movie that has a dynamically loading scrolling gallery. It appears when you file by itself but when you preview the exteral movie ...more >>

Hello i have drawn a big animation on my Stage but now i want to move it to a symbol of a movie clip, how can i do it? (i need to move all the layers etc....) Thanks! ido...more >>

I am setting up a flash running presentation, the output is to a Hitachi CMP 307XE true XGA 37 inch, 4:3 ration plasma screen, I will be using some bitmap images so am not sure what size I need to set up the original fla movie, without the images becoming distorted, does anyone kno Many Th...more >>

hi all .... i do regular updates on a church website which entails taking the main page off the server and then uploading the updated page back on again - the norm .... i have done a few of these and had no problems ... the last update however (which i did the same as the others) is causing a ...more >>

that contain a lot of scenes? Each scene is stop using 'play and stop' action to avoid the next scene to be played automatically I wan to allow the user to view every scene as long as they can before the next scene is displayed. But this has create a problem for me when I wan to insert an au...more >>

hello, in my old flash-version, i had an exercise for using flash... in the new version mx2004, i miss that exercise.. or i am blindly??? regards tommy...more >>

I need help,, i want to insert arabic text in Flash, i have windows XP Pro. english interface.. i want to use my publish my project for both plattforms, mac and window same problem i have it in macromedia director can anyone help??? thank elsafi ...more >>

I have a presentation as an exe file for PC and an hqx file for Mac. Is there a way to create an autorun on the hqx file for Mac? I'm a PC guy. Thanks Ken...more >>

Why does one of my pages on my site flash on and off? What have I done? hahah. website: www.chameleonentertainment.com page: Meet the Band Thanks. Scott Curts curtsong@comast.net...more >>

Hey all I need a basic scrollbar, for moving a movie/graphic up and down (inside the graphic will be a combination of text and images I am using the basic Macromedia scroll bar for sliding text, but I can not get it to work with graphics/movie clips Any help, ideas or advice would be...more >>

I just upgraded a site that was done in Flash 5. I resaved the Fla's in MX without a problem except for the index page which contains the main movie. I used the Moock code so the movie fills the browser and it looks fine on a Mac but on a pc I still see the border black around the right side....more >>

Hey all could someone tell me how I gradient text??? Ive tried breaking it apart still no good. Any help is much appreciated....more >>

I'm working on a project that has very large scrollable content (2000+ pixel widths) and when working on them the view size is automatically cut off at approximately 1500px. Is there any way to increase the size of the viewable work space so I can edit the content without having to nudge every...more >>

Hi, I'm a beginner when it comes to Flash. I recently created a small Flash movie for my website navbar. I had it set to draw two lines across the image while gradually making some text visible and fading in an image all at the same time. It works fine in .fla format, but when I export it t...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 >>

Please, this is my fourth time asking about this. Any pity taken upon me would be most humbly appreciated. I need to create a button that simply accesses the browser's print function. I just want the button to be the same as if the user had pressed ctrl-p on the keyboard and the browser printi...more >>

Whenever I try to motion tween an image that is more complicated than just a ball, Macromedia finds the hardest way possible to get from the first image to the second. Then, I can't edit the motion tween in between so I don't know what to do -Rifde ...more >>

Hello everyone I have a form and there is an TextArea in it. I want to get the form's data on server. How to send the textarea data to server? I use this.con=textarea.text; this.getURL("http://localhost:3030/getvar.asp","_blank","POST") But I can't get the var on server .What I...more >>

Flash MX 2004 ScrollBar Myster Whatever happened to the ScrollBar component in MX 2004 that was in Flash MX All I want to do is to be able to scroll text with arrows (and bar), and have the background color editable In the place of the ScrollBar component, Flash MX 2004 offers the Text...more >>

Hey, I'm new to flash and im having some trouble with the sound not stopping. I want the sound to play only in the first scene, but when it goes into next scene the sound keeps playing. How do you make it stop? I tried assigning a behavior in which the sound stops "on realease" to the button t...more >>

Hi all, I've searched through Google on the topic but just can't make heads or tails or the links given. What I want to do is to pass a variable retrieved from a SQL server onto Flash to display in the welcome message like "Welcome *John Doe*", where "John Doe" is the variable text. The ASP and...more >>

it is possible to make in flash to run a program like word, excel, etc. when you click on a button, like a link to the .exe file i only get to download it not to run it the .exe file =P...more >>

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Hi I've made a cd presentation of Flash on a PC. It contains 30 different SWF files. It also goes a full screen and has an exit button. It loads in different SWF files as needed (click on). It works beautifully on a PC. I needed to make them work on a Mac as well as put them on a Hybrid CD. ...more >>

In Flash MX, I was able to import a video controller by 1. Open as Library 2. Navigate to Samples/FLA/Import_Video.fl 3. Drag controller to video In Flash MX 2004 Pro, I cannot do that. The video controllers seem to be for linking video, not basic (embedded) video playback as it was in F...more >>

I often need to delete all offline content, and refresh the web-page to test changes. For some reason thi also removes my flash player, hence every time i need to clear my cache i have to reinstall flash ???? what am i doing wrong ??? ...more >>

hey there, in my site i do have links to pdfs and htlm pages, which i link with "getURL("myPdfFile.pdf","_blank"); " but that would work on some computer and on some it does not. on one laptop i tried out i would get the symbol of a "punching fist" instead and the sites are not loading - i hav...more >>

Hi all im a newbi when it comes to flash never really used it before, just wanted to know if anyone can help me or tell me where to find some kind of tutorial that will show me how to make a menu bar like the one at the top of the macromedia web site (with out the search function). i have goog...more >>

hello, i´m a flash beginner looking for a slide show solution. i have found some examples, but never with thumbnail preview. i would like to show about 100-200 slides and that´s why it would be helpful to see lots of thumbnails and load dynamically the bigger file if the thumbnail is cli...more >>