Hello I desperately need help on a Flash project that I am working on. I have an introduction, and then 5 buttons on the main timeline. For each button, when pressed, I want it to go and play a specific movie clip. For example, one of the buttons is "Flash" and when a user clicks on it, I ...more >>

Hello All Does any one know if you can embed a font into a swf file? If so how do you do it. Granadesign...more >>

Im really new at flash but how would i make an object (a box) follow a path For example I want to create a box which is going to symbolise a roller coaster train to follow a plan of a track I am using Flash MX 2004, Thank Chri ...more >>

First question, can you stream a swf file? Second, to stream a FLV do you need a Flash Communication Server? Thanks ...more >>

I just bought the 2004 MX Studio. I am working with the Flash and I want to know where can I find the lesson in this program? Built in Lesson....more >>

When learning the Ray of Light tutorial sometime back I stumbled accross this neat effect. In the attached file, I'm talking about the orange sunburst that pops up when you mouse over the finished text (wait till everything is loaded and mouse over the off-white text - or you may be able to s...more >>

When I began my project, I started it as a Flash Slide Presentation. I would now like to change it to a Form Application. Is there a way to convert the file? I do not see an option to change this in the menus My understanding is that the only difference between these two types of FLAs i...more >>

HOW DO I ADD A LINK TO A BANNER THAT WAS MADE IN FLASH? PLEASE ADVISE, HLM...more >>

Teaching myself Flash (still have v.4) Saved as .fla Export>movie>Save as>.swf Embedded it into my html page - so far so good I need to do some tweaking, BUT I deleted the .fla file :( 1. How, what program, and what do I need to do to edit the .swf file? OR 2. Convert it back to .fla 3....more >>

Hi, I recently purchased Flash MX 2004 Professional because of the robust video capabilites. However, I'm having a huge problem with the import feature. I tried importing a raw AVI file, an MPEG 4, and a MOV file, but all fail to import the audio portion as integrated or seperate (if I check ...more >>

Hello Is it possible to search within an Acrobat document that is open within Flash? That is, using some sort of functionality inside of Flash to search Acrobat documents? Thanks much for your help. Cheers all. ...more >>

Hey guys , some1 know how do i put effects in Macromedia Flash MX , for example , if i put a photo , how can i add an effect to that picture ,,,,, pls help me here THANKS...more >>

Hi there can I publish my flash movie as a Quicktime movie file without any compression? also, why can't I compress the resulting quicktime .mov file in sorenson sqeeze? When I do this I get an empty file To get around it, I have to open the Flash published quicktime movie in the qick...more >>

I need a Flash developer ASAP. I need the developer to develop a graphic and have that graphic download and execute an application. Please get back to me ASAP. Willb77@3pp.com...more >>

hi fellas I gotta big problem in flash Mx, I made a web page in my machine the fonts work normal, but I saw the same page in another machine and the fonts looks so bad, actually is looks like if were Arial and my font is a pixel fon What`s going on, it not suppous that once that you compile ...more >>

I am fairly new to the actionscript side of flash and I have recently started the process of making a game. My question is how could I get a timer to be displayed and count down to 0 and when it does so it changes to a different scene Does anybody know the script for this as I am not sure...more >>

I know it needs to be on the first frame of my movie but can I place the Stage.showMenu = false; in the same frame as my preloader script as shown below? Or does the Stage.showMenu have to be on it's own frame or even in the actual movie? if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) { gotoAndPlay("...more >>

I have inherited a website and the original designer gave me his Mac Flash .fla files. Can they be converted to be opened on a PC? Help! ;)...more >>

Does any one know how to create a password and user name input area for a log in type situation? I don't know how to set up a multiple password and user name list (or even for one person for that matter), there will probably be around 40 people who will need access to different personal web p...more >>

I've created a flash movie; and I want to drop in a small sound file in a separate layer. I create a layer, create a keyframe, and import the sound to the stage. It shows itself on the timeline. It plays. I go to properties and activate the sound. I then test the movie and the sound won't play...more >>

If I create a variable in frame one of say the actions layer. Will that variable be available to me in frame 100 if there is a keyframe at frame 50?...more >>

one simple qust (i hope) What?s id the minor ID tag?s for all LINUX UNIX Flash player and i is alle the playeres PLEASE ANSWER IS A BIG PROBLEM ...more >>

I have a main.swf that calls my admin.swf in a container clip for example. on (release) setProperty (_root.container, _x, "0") setProperty (_root.container, _y, "0") _root.container.loadMovie ("admin.swf") The admin.swf by itself allows me to edit some data entered by a user. usi...more >>

Does anyone know of any Flash sniffers written in VB script for ASP? I need it to be able to detect whether a user has flash or not and if not then swap out or direct them accordingly to a specific .inc file ...more >>

I'd like any suggestions of what tools I should look at. I'm wanting to create a flash based tutorial and assessment recording system using an Access database on a local machine only. I have just enough experience in Access development for what I want to do. I will be using flash for the tu...more >>

Hello Can someone help? I would like to position a movie once it is loader by a clip event. Any good advice Thanks Granadesign...more >>

I created a project quite some time ago. Like a fool, I got rid of all my original files to publish the SWF again. I have the original SWF, but it crashes the browser, the Flash player, and Flash itself. Is there anything I can do to revive this file This is an old, but good piece, and I...more >>

Hi We run Studio MX, and I need to show our CEO (hopefully today!) all the bells and whistles of Flash MX 2004 so we can order it. I've tried downloading the trial several times on different PCs, but cannot get the installer to run (install_flash_mx_2004.exe). I've used Winzip and WinR...more >>

Hi All, Do you know if having 35 domain names pointed at one IP would affect Google in an adverse way? I know people were doing it a while ago, and then I remember someone telling me it was a bad idea. Now Google has changed there algorithms again.... I found out today a website I made has 35 ...more >>

Hello I am working with the Loader component that came with Flash 2004. The loader initial size is 175w x 150 I am loading different sized images into the loader, but all of them are 200% larger than the loader I turned on the scaleContent function and everything seemed to be ok. Bu...more >>

Hi Newbie here. How do I publish a single line rss news feed on my flash home page? All I want is a simple single line news feed from a vendor. I'm using flash 5--don't have firefly , in fact, don't even know what it is Is there any tutorial out there to show how to do this in Flash 5/MX...more >>

Hi I'm trying to import a quicktime video with audio(sorenson 3 compressed) and I'm getting a warning "the audio in this file cannot be imported" I have quicktime 6.5 installed The audio imported fine with an .avi file, but I don't like .avi video compression Any suggestions -e ...more >>

Hi there is it possible to create hyperlinks on a scrollable text fields (made via the components in Flash MX) I thik so, but I'm not capable to do it.. Thanks very very much for your replies! Ciao from Milano (Italy) -- Marco ...more >>

Hello All I want to do is have a user select a choice from a combobox selection and either goto another page in my site or open a document in a blank web page, but I'm having dificulty decifering the info, I thought it was easy in flash MX 2004 or am I missing something? ps I'll try in...more >>

I am creating a flash website for a local band and would like to make a few mp3 files available for download from the flash movie. Is this possible or do I need to have the button lead to an html page and have the mp3s downloadable from there? I would rather not have to zip the mp3 files T...more >>

Hi all One of the animated graphic symbols in my movie repeats once at the end of the movie. I don't see this when I play the movie in Flash, only when I click "test movie" and watch via the Flash Player. The timeline of this symbol's layer ends where it is supposed to (in the middle o...more >>

I've run into a problem loading my txt files into flash. I'm probably making one small little goof somewhere that I can't see. If someone could give my some basic code to get me jump started, it would be greatly appreaciated I'm trying to load a text file into a dynamic text box on the sta...more >>

Hi I am trying to create a dynamic textbox where by it will load a paragraph of text depending on what the user choose. Is it possible for me to size the dynamic textbox according to the length of the paragraph downloaded? From what i understand is that normally we have to drag the textbox...more >>

I have a movieclip on the stage with an instance name of box_mc. Inside of the movieclip box_mc, I have another movieclip with an instance name of ball_mc. I would like to be able to rollover the box so it blows up to 200%, then be able to click on the ball to get my trace to work. It does n...more >>

Hi I need to create a MCQ game but not sure how to go abt doing it. I wish to load the questions and choices randomly using actionscript so that in future i can add in more questions. I dont wan to hardcode them frame by frame. Is it possbile to use objects to do this? example i have an ob...more >>

I wanted to know if anyone knows how to make a Flash Projector File (Built on PC) work on an Apple MAC running from a CDROM Any ideas Because as it stands the projector file I have, was built on PC and it won't run as a projector on an Apple MAC Thank ...more >>

hi there I've inserted a textfield component and a submit button on the stage. How can I send information from the textfield to a server ? I'm using version 2004. Thanks raj...more >>

Hello, sorry for my bad english... I have a little problem : I have a swf file in a html that need to communicate with an other swf in an other html window that pop up when a button is pressed. All the thing work perfectly with internet explorer but does not work with netscape (no window pop up...more >>

Hej everybody This is my first time here! And I have a little question. I need a "help - book" to creat a website with flash 5. Do you know if any exist, my big problem is also, that it should be in german. because as you can see my enlish is not the best ;o Hopefully you can help me or t...more >>

Hello, I need to use an external text file for a small list of links (just four). The code I use on my Buttons is below, I would like to have the "getUrl" part to display the link from an external file. There are 4 of these buttons which all use a differnt URL. Any help will be appreciated tha...more >>

Hi, I am just getting to grips with flash, i have designed my self a set of buttons for a web radio site, but i dont seem to be able to make them functional. So for example i would like some of the buttons to act as links to other pages. When i add a push button from the components list it...more >>

Hello Well im playing around with the new feature from flash mx 2004: strings panel Is it possible to choose manually the language by clicking a button Lets say that my default language is english and that i have 3 buttons (english, french, portuguese) How can i associate the change to the...more >>

Hi I was trying to create a windows xp (.exe-file) projector with flash MX 2004 using MAC OS X. After saving the file it is no "spring projector" only an ..exe-file and I can`t open it under Windows XP. It trys always to open in my DOS window!? Is it possible to create a windows projector ...more >>

Hi ther My name is Ramji and Iam from India. I use Flash MX that runs on Windows. I need to export the flash file as n Quicktime movie. But when I do, it gives an error messages saying that the installed version of quicktime does'nt have the handler required for this type of flash movie. ...more >>

I've built a movie to render see this address: [L=http://www.creativealliance.com.au/mceachern/gettingready/gettingReady.htm]ht tp://www.creativealliance.com.au/mceachern/gettingready/gettingReady.htm[/L So it's not displaying right, but i can preview in dreamweaver MX and fully displays,...more >>

i'm relatively new to the whole flash developer world...however, i was able to, pretty mcuh, construct a page but am having some trouble getting it to stop any ideas...when i go to test the site, it continues to play. how do i stop it also, any information as to how to add a link so that ...more >>

Hey all Why is it, that when I import images to my library (such as gif, jpg, png) some images when placed on screen actually resize just slightly by a few pixels. And the image comes out slightly distorted/resized on screen! This onyl happens on some of my images but. All I want to do i...more >>

Hi Everone This is shahgillan I need to know desperately ! I am calling a .swf in an empty movie clip and I am placing a preloader What must I do Place the preloader in my scene or place it in the .swf which is being loaded to make it preload on the server ? Please help ! this ...more >>

Can someone help me with a problem I am having with my Contact Form I have a Flash site which loads external swf files, one of which is the contact page (movie5.swf). The contact form works in that the emails come through to me but it not doing its job as far as the interface goes When t...more >>

I'm trying to load an swf of a clock in a movie. When I load it as mc.proxy.loadMovie (name of swf) it loads great, but the clock doesn't work. When I load it to a clip and deal with the event handler error satisfactory, I get no errors but the clock doesn't appear I've spent about 20 hour...more >>

I'm loading an external swf and on first view of the scrollpane in action, it displays the entire swf. but if you click off and click back it displays the masked swf. Please help!!!! I was thinking maybe to load the external swf from the start of the entire movie but I don't exactly know h...more >>

H I am making a navigation bar and i want to know when ever someone click mouseover to one of the button I want a white fade going back and forth. First of all how do you create white fade. Second of all how do you make the white fade go back and forth? Thank you an advanc ...more >>

I am trying to get the effect that the character in my cartoon is walking, and the background needs to be moving in order to get this to look right. I do not know if there is a way to only show the part of the movie that I want to see. Is there a way to do that Thanks in advanc ...more >>

everytime i got to a site with flash content....the windows error report pops up telling me about an erro in the flash.ocx file anyone else experience this? need help...i have all the updates and the latest flash playe thanks ...more >>

I could realy do with some help on this. The only way I can see of adding a voicover is to import a whole load of seperate sound files recorded elswhere. In a narrated slideshow this would be very tedious so I assume there must be a better way. Can someone advise Thanks for your help,...more >>

I've been trying to use animated gifs in Flash 5, but for some reason they all play funny; the next frame in the GIF just goes overtop of the previous one I've tried almost everything, from breaking apart to importing as a movie clip. Nothing's worked. Please help!! ...more >>

Is anyone aware of a way to launch a pps file other than using getURL? We experience difficulties on outside machines that do not have the same MS settings as our local settings. Thanks....more >>

well... i didnt know where to put this subject but here its goes i was watching the webagent007.com and noticed the visitors online "refreshing system" how did they do such think? flash with php? asp ...more >>

I saw a year ago a post by someone, who said that not only the .exe files can be started from the projector. By using (as i can recall) a .bat file: you type something like "Run /Home.html" in notepad then you make a txt out of it, and then rename it into .bat (or its maybe something else) and wh...more >>

Am I correct that once an SWF (using many jpegs) is published, the only way to resize it is with html dimensions attributes? I tried changing the stage size; that didn't work. Any other alternatives?...more >>

Anyone know of a way to embed a Flash Video in Microsoft Word. I know it can be done in PowerPoint, but I don't know of any way to do it in Word. Mike...more >>

I'm using screens (slides) in Flash 2004 Pro. On some screens I have a little "intro" movie playing whenever the screen is revealed. For some reason, the movies within each screen play even if the screen is not visible, so when I click on the link (which reveals the the particular screen) ...more >>