How come when you put dynamic text into a movie clip it can't find the .txt file? What do I need to do to make dynamic text work in a movie clip? Steve...more >>

Can anyone refresh me and tell me the code to specify the subject line in an email? You know: on (release) { getURL("mailto:site@site.com"); } After the mailto, it's something like.. "subject =Hello" ?? I used to know but haven't used it in a while, and can't find it in any of my...more >>

I've created a website using masks and objects at 0% alpha. however, when i publish and test out my movies, i can see ghosts of the maks and objects that should be completely invisible. I'm on Windows 2000 and Flash MX 2004. Can anyone tell me why this might be occurring? ...more >>

Looking for a tutorial on a very very simple coloring gadget. Seems so simple in concept but I can't seem to find any good tutorials on how to achieve what I want to try. Okay what I am going to have is what by all intents and purposes would look like a childrens coloring book drawing. Black lin...more >>

Hi all, hopefully somebody can help me because I am having nightmares trying to figure this out. Ok, so I have a flash file that I got from FlashKit.com. The file is a turntable, I modified the visual characters a bit but left all the actionscripting as it was. The exported .swf works...more >>

Hi there...I have a site that dynamically loads in a movie that contains a scroll pane. Once nivigated to the scroll pane, I want to have it open at a specific spot in y using setScrollPosition(x,y); everything works fantastically when I load it in locally. basically my [b]frame[/b] code ...more >>

I've got a button with attached script of prevFrame and nextFrame for my submenu. On rollover, the submenu goes to the nextFrame in my MC and stays visible. how do i fade the submenu after, say about 5sec, when there is non activity? ...more >>

Hello, I'm, a newby here so I applologize in advance. I am trying to import quicktime video with a alpha layer that can be transparent. Hopwever, all I get is a black background. Is there a way to do this in Flash? Thanks for any help out there. ...more >>

Ok, I'm not sure if this is possible, and can't find anything online about this, but I'm thinking that there must be a way. What I have is an HTML page that has two completely separate swfs in the page, and I need to be able to click on a button in the first movie and have it play a frame ...more >>

Hi -- I'm starting work on a project to take building floorplans and allow users to click on individual rooms to access data about the room from a database. Clicking would also fill the room with a color, and probably zoom in on it. We might also want to make it so you can zoom in and out at...more >>

Please help!! My DVD back up has got a huge crack across the disc and is probably dead although the foil is almost intact inside. Is there anyone who knows if a. Data can be rescued from a cracked DVD-R at all? or...b. Is there a way I could just download my "protected" .swf movie for import i...more >>

Flash vodka publicity slowing my system. Realmedia (which I believe to be affiliated with many news centers on the web) has a publicity of a Vodka which slows my system to almost a standstill. I've seen this publicity a few times and it is so annoying. I normally can handle like 20 differe...more >>

Hello, I'm a newbie so please bear with me. I'm using Flash MX 2004 I am exporting my .fla to projector.exe. In the 1st frame I want to enter the command to make the movie full screem. What is the required code. Normaly, how is one supposed to find out what the command is to do something?...more >>

Ok I am trying to use dynamic text to load an html file and be scrollable but I cannot find any instructions for doing this in the help files, what I want is - when a visitor clicks a button to goto another page, when the page opens, a dynamic text box loads in an external html text that is sc...more >>

Hello all, We are currently looking at buying flash jester's jugglor but I wanted to hear some opinions before we make any comitments. Basically we are distributing a flash MX projector on CD-ROM with flv video. Do I need to pass this threw a third party app in order to ensure that it w...more >>

I've created a complex graphic of clouds, lots of soften edges etc. Is there a more effeceint way of moving this graphic from right to left in my movie rather than tweening the entire graphic? Tweening seems to slow my movie down dramatically. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in a...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to create a moving cycled wallpaper background in flash mx? Thanks...more >>

does anyone know how to edit an flv once it's imported into flash... i want to cut out a bunch of frames but i'm not able to somehow... any help appreciated thanks etg...more >>

Does anyone know how to make the background of the textArea transparent? Looked in styles but couldn't find anything....more >>

Here's the deal... I want users who don't have flash player installed to have very minimal difficulty in getting the player installed. Linking to just the Macromedia download page can be a problem, especially in Netscape 4.x where the page doesn't even load right. Is it legal to keep a ...more >>

I'm doing some video work in flash mx 2004 educational version. I'm pretty sure I've done everything correctly. I've imported the quicktime video and then exported it as an .flv file. I then publish it all but when i go to view the file in IE there is no sound. The video plays fine but I have...more >>

Hi, I'm a newbie, not sure how difficult this is: I have a rectangular symbol(it is a readable logo), how can I get it to rotate around its vertical axis(like a planet) Thanks for your help....more >>

I've seen this a lot but I'm not sure which product it's made with. Things like http://www.ananova.com/ have a virtual newsreader (see http://www.oddcast.com/sitepal/ and http://www.vanillacoke.com/flashIndex1.jsp for details). I really like it and it seems to be done in flash or at least ...more >>

From level0, main.swf I have several movie clips on the main timeline, each containing a dynamic text field and a scrollbar component and an "enlarge button" which loads a movie into a target inside of the active movie clip(activeated by pressing a corresponding button on the main timeline ...more >>

Is there a concept/solution like HTML anchor points in Flash? Something more than set scroll position and pointing to an specific x/y coordinate? thanks Ken...more >>

Is there any way to creat a library out side of a flash file. Something you can upload to a server so that you can reduce your load times. If so can some one tell me how to do it....more >>

How do you get the menu on a .swf down to just saying (Settings, and About Macromedia Flash) when right clicked on.... ...more >>

hello, I was just wondering if any one knows how I can stop my transitions so that they do not repeat. Also, I have four images on the stage all at different transition times, but where and how do I put the stop in the transition? P.S. I am using Flash MX 2004 and have a great day! ...more >>

Does FLASH have a UnDo history where you can move down several steps to a specific point and then click UnDo or do you just have to click UnDo over and over again until you get to where you want. ...more >>

In Flash Mx, I used fscommand("showmenu", false); but in Flash MX 2004 that don?t work, what am I doing wronk, anyone please, thanks...more >>

Hello all.. If I made a DIR file using Macromedia Director MX 2004.. and imported a SWF file into it (Using the import action from the file menu, and then selected the Media : Import Original Data for Editing) then when I load this DIR file using the Shockwave Player. can you get this SWF ...more >>

Hi all, When I test my flashmx2004 videoconf. application it just very briefly shows the login menu and the it stops and nothing is displayed. Please could you help me out here. It wrecking my head. Here is the actionscript code in my main flash app.: (frame1) #include "chat.as" (frame...more >>

I have a couple of questions about using fonts in flash. For a start for a 'look' i am trying to create i would like to turn anti-aliasing on fonts OFF, and am not sure how to do this! Secondly is there a reason that using certain fonts leads to all of the holes in fonts to be filled if y...more >>

A Flash-Animation I once produced for a CD-Production, should be used now in Broadcast Quality Video (Beta or Digital Beta Format). Flash supports the Export of mov and avi Files. Does anyone know the correct resolution and output format for such a project? Thanks! ...more >>

I downloaded the trial version of Flash MX 2004 and installed it on my computer. Though it said it works on Windows 98, whenever I start up the program it ALWAYS freezes on the 'Initializing Fonts' screen. I can not get past this screen and really need to use this program to work on a class ...more >>

I am loading text into a dynamic text field from an XML file. The text has some em dashes, but they don't display appropriately. I tried setting the field to render as HTML and using the ascii code for the em dash to no avail. Is there some code Flash understands to be an em dash that I can st...more >>

I am preparing a tutorial of my product in flash. I want to distribute the product on CD to my clients at our upcoming user conference. I have built the movie using Techsmith's Camtasia product. I even have a way to have the movie kick off when the CD is inserted (WINOPEN from Duckware.com). W...more >>

Please, I need help from a Linux User to see this link http://www.oficinadsg.com.br/pdoc People in Brasil are saying that can't see Flash Content in Konqueror / Mozilla ito Linux. Could anybody say me what to do? If the link are working or not? Thanks very much, Jfmariano. ...more >>

If I place any shape onto the stage all I see is a green outline with no fill. E.g. I place a rectangle onto the stage and use the colour mixer in linear mode, I cannot see the changes I have made. If I run the test movie the rectangle is correct with the linear attributes. This is ...more >>

I've got a Media Playback Component working so that you can stop,start & change volume I can't however figure out yet how to get the progress control to work( it just sits at the end of the video all the time) or the forward control to work Any help much appreciated John Shearer ...more >>

Very new to the world of flash. Recently recieved a swf file. I work at a post production facilities house, so I needed to get this file onto tape. Unfortunately all of our edit systems can't import a swf file. I thought about recoding it as a Quicktime (as this would be the best format for me...more >>

hi there I'm after a flash tetris game, possibe to pay. thanks ...more >>

I have a 1mb swf file, and it is on my web server. I use loadMovie and point to the http address. Does this mean it is streaming? It works great. Thanks ...more >>

Would someone take a look at this flash intro. I'm having some trouble getting the moon and the flare to stop looping. http://www.premier-ed.com/flash/space.swf The source is space.fla -- Ian O'Betz Premier Educational Systems www.premier-ed.com ...more >>

Hi Is it possible to set antialias for text when using createTextField instead of the putting a textbox on the stage? Regards Jade ...more >>

Hi all, I'm new to this forum, and I also have very little experience with Flash, so the solution to my question might be very simple, or impossible, I don't know... This is the case: I've spent a lot of time (scanning, cleaning and lots and lots of layering) on a rather large and comple...more >>

I have a flash movie which opens a popup window with a html-page. How can I close the popup window from flash. I can find a lot of closing window scripts but they are all closing the window themselves not a popup window. Is this possible? How can I do this? ...more >>

I'm wondering if you guys/gals can help me out. I have been using Flash since 99, and 3 years ago I bought a book from friendsofed since I wanted to learn more besides telltarget etc. I I think I understand the basics, variables, arrays, booleans, if/else etc. but I never got a good grasp of it. ...more >>

I made a simple image made up of connected straight lines. I tried to fill it in with the color bucket, but it wouldn't let me. I tried all the bucket settings, but still to no avail. I checked for any gaps, but there are none. Why won't Flash MX let me fill in this simple image? ...more >>

If I get say ..160Mb of space on a server for Flash web sites , can I host other peoples sites as well? If so..how do you distinguish between them? i.e. how can you have several different index.html files? How are you pointed to the correct site on that same server? Is it done with folders...more >>

I was wondering how can you put a .pdf document on your site for download, more precisely how do you make a link so when a visitor clicks it they download your corporate "slick" or pdf file, or download any file from your site? ...more >>

i have created a website in flash mx 2004 and on some computers, some of the text scrollers (not all, though) don't work. the dynamic text box, the text inside, and the scroll bar are all present, but the text does not scroll and the scroll bar looks as if it is not activated, becuase there is...more >>

I am developing an educational CD that has to work both on mac computers and PC computers using Windows. I am using a Windows based computer to create the CD. I publish the program with a Windows projector and a Mac projector. I publish the mac projector into its own folder onto my hard d...more >>

Hi! all, i'm new w/ Flash and just created a little tetrist game. if you guys can help me take a look at it and give me some suggestions or if there is any problem please give me a hint. thanks alot in advance [L=Text]http://home.comcast.net/~khanhpham1/[/L] khanh ...more >>

I'm using Flash 5 for PC and I'm attempting to open a few open source .fla's. I get an error message "Unexpected File Format"... Upon inspecting properties of the .fla, I note that the source file is "Flash 5.0 r6" - my PC install has no such revision number. I can find no updater for Flas...more >>

how do i get dit of the bounding box arounf the scrol pane .... i just want the scroll bar and the content ... not the box around the content. Thanx in advance...more >>

Hi, Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks [L=www.klickinteractive.com]http://www.klickinteractive.com[/L]...more >>

I am new to Flash and have finally created a preloader for my movie. I made sure it is the first scene and have all the write scripting (ifFrameloaded... Goto and Play etc). I test it inside Flash (Flash 5) and then "show streaming" and it works. But when I play it on my desktop or view it ...more >>

Hi and thanks to anyone who can help in advance. I've played around with Quicktime's VR authoring, making a 360 degree VR with stitched images. After emailing it to a few friends to get some outside opinions I quickly realized that not many people use Quicktime at all. Can a person do th...more >>

Hi, Does anybody know how it is possible to get the ip address of guest signing the guestbook of your flash site? I suppose it must be done through php, but thanks to which command? Thanks in advance, Pascal ...more >>

*DAY* is this newsgroup up to now? Thanks -- The Honor System Works .. When You Work With Those With Honor If I never got in over my head, I'd still be wading ;-) ...more >>

I am creating games movies and tutorials (some already done) and I want to post them on my website but I do not know what to put in my html file. I thought it was some kind of embeding command but I could not figure it out. I have recieved many forums telling me to do this and that and things ...more >>