I ran through the tutorials included with Flash MX Pro and attempted my first animation. I can make my name bounce up and down but if I try to transform it and make it rotate 180 degrees, it disappears and will blink in and out as it loops past frame 1. This has gotta be something dumb that I'...more >>

Here we go! I have a movie that will run a a stand alone in projector. I want the viewer to be able to select jpg files from there hard drive and load them directly into the movie. I do not need to store the files. I assume that I can store the path if necessary locally using sol file. I can cod...more >>

I imported a quicktime movie to flash but the sound is missing when it played. Then I created swf file dreamweaver but it doesn't play when it is opened by IE. Can anyone help me to solve them. ...more >>

Hi, I need to import a Word document that contains Japanese characters into a scrolling text field in Flash. I can then export this and then import it into Director which is my main objective. I have done this before, but a while ago, and I am now having a total mental block. I have create...more >>

would people toss up some ideas on how to improve the smoothness of flash playback... http://www.billybussey.com/ << check this out this site runs super smooth, sometimes there are jerks, but in all it's smooth animation I see a lot of sites that aren't, they seem to load slow and still ...more >>

Is there a way to make a copy of an Object that inhertis all the originals properties but has no relationship to the original? For example... temp = new Object(); temp.food = "Pizza"; temp.topping = "None"; temp2 = temp; temp2.topping = "Ham"; .... ends up changing the 'topping' prope...more >>

Hey everyone, Does anyone know of a great tutorial that shows you how to have an automatic scrolling text field that was populated by a text file. I am trying to have a rectangle box that is vertical and the text scrolls from the bottom to the top in a slow manner but when a user mouses over it ...more >>

Hello All, I am currently investigating Flash to see if it could be a good fit for an online application that I may have to work on. My questions to anyone who may no the answers: Does Flash have a mechanism to allow file uploads? I need a tool that will allow users to select one or multiple...more >>

Is there a way thru Preferences (although I could not find it there) to reduce the font sizes in the layers so more layers are visible at a time? Best regards, Jip...more >>

Guys guys guys guy guys... If I implement an action tween, I need 2 frames. Frame A with _alpha=_alpha /5 for example The next one with gotoAndPlay("A"); Does this not make it less smooth? If I am running at 30fps, the alpha change will only play every 2 frames. How can I improve thi...more >>

Please can someone help! When you create a projector file how do you make sure it also includes and Loaded MovieClips that you may have in your main movie? I have recently created a personal photo album with seperate SWF's containing the different photo collections. However, when I publish the mo...more >>

How can I use the ComboBox to navigate within flash, frame to frame or from scene to scene. Thanks ...more >>

The Admin page in Flash Comm Server pages uses the "adim.swf" which has a behavior that I would like to apply on my pages. Take a look at this: http://home.comcast.net/~notsozen/admin.swf As you resize you page, the check box on the bottom keeps moving to the bottom and also the Host input bo...more >>

When you have a movie of 12 fps and an animation takes 1 second that means there's 12 frames taken up (lol well done einstein). Is there an easier way to multiply frames by a new fps ? eg. 12 to 36 fps means each frame for 12fps is now 3. I've seen a few add-ons, do any do this sorta thing? ...more >>

I want to create a projector without a title bar similar to the ability in Director to create a projector that just shows the content that isn't moveable. I can get rid of the menu bar but I can't seem to find any way to supress the title bar. Is there any way to do it without buying a third party p...more >>

Hi there, I'm sure this question has been asked before, I tried to search but couldn't find anything, so you help and suggestions would be much appreciated. I have made a flash intro, and before anything appears on the screen a white box appears. Because it's on a black background, it's very ...more >>

Hi! How do I make a button (navigation) in one scene link to and start playing another scene (like navigation)? It's mentioned in "How Do I..." that you CAN do it, but I can't find HOW to do it. One place describes to select the "button" and then go to the "+" under Behaviors and select "Scre...more >>

How do I make a password field in Flash MX? ...more >>

Hi ! i need to display device font (_sans) in a dynamic text box. I've been trying everything, even a static text box with some text inside but flash is not showing anything ... im using MX2004 pro ... very strange does anybody have a clue ??? Thanks TeknoPhil...more >>

Lets say I have an input text box for entering a phone number, how do I only allow numbers to be entered and no other characters? Is this possible? Can anyone help?... Please? ...more >>

I am experiencing an odd problem with MAC OS X. We have a navigation system for online courses that uses Flash and XML. The XML file specifies sections and lessons to display in the navigation. For some reason, on MAC OS X, the table of contents in our navigation doesn't display properly. It's e...more >>

Does anyone know the Action command to launch a PDF file without it pulling up a Browser window? Only thing I'm familiar with is the getURL command, which pulls up the acrobat file in a browser. Thanks ...more >>

How do you create simple masks in Flash? I've searched and searched and looked thru their tutorials, but I'm not finding anything. If anyone knows what to do, please help me. Thanks. -[jkurtz]-...more >>

Hi, I am working on setting up a process in whic a secondary developer will add content to a timeline and put frame labels on various frames. Is there a way for me to program a button that will read the label from the particular frame? I have lloked for a label property, but there doesn't...more >>

How come you can't copy & paste entire layers. I created an animation on a layer in the main scene. I changed my mind and want to convert the animation into a symbol. But I can't copy & paste it into the symbol? Is there a way to do this or do I have re-create the animation from scratch? ...more >>

Hi! Ive just got flash + ive put a site together. Ive finished my movie but when i insert the file into internet explorer it wont work. Dunno where im going wrong... HELP! ...more >>

Hello, I'm not a beginner, so please don't give me the usual frame rate lecture. The strange fact that i've encoutered is that when I set the frame rate to a specific rate, I always get a slower rate. But it's not a limitation of the playback on my computer that makes it run slower. Because when I ...more >>

I want to play a movie clip with the press of a button... which action script text should i put on the button? thanx... ...more >>

Hello.. Can any body extract a SWF movie from an ActveiX Control or normal EXE file? I made a shockwave inside the EXE file and made the SWF file loads a movie from the web.. so is there any way to know that loaded movie URL? Must I encrypt that file? or encrypt the URL it self in Flash? or...more >>

This may be the wrong place for this, and I apologize if that's the case, but I'm having trouble with the trial. I downloaded here at work and I want to take it home via CD. I have dial up at home and the wait for a 76 MB file is not pleasant. Here's my problem. I go to copy the downloaded file ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a radio station skin in flash. I want to stream a quicktime audio link with stream details displayed. Details include track name, artist name and links etc. No idea what kind of script would be involved. This may even be a director job ?? Any ideas, i know its a big j...more >>

Hi, I need a flash movie to save a text file to the users profile folder: C:\Documents and Settings\%USERPROFILE\My Documents the AS im using is: fscommand ("save", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\%userprofile%\\segmod1bdn.txt"); but its not saving the file. Any Clues ? Thanks...more >>

Hey guys, i have encountered a problem i can´t solve on my own. I´m trying to embed VR´s in my flash proyect. Well, here´s the problem, there´s three types o VR´s: Cilindrical, Cubical and Sphere. When u import these different types o vr´s u get different results. Cilindrical is the only...more >>

Hello. I have some problems in my flash movie when I run JAWS. I'm using Flash MX, Flash Player 6 and JAWS 4.5 I have asigned accesibility information (names, description and tabIndex) to movie clips and buttons on scene. I have problems with tabs. When I stop JAWS everything is OK. I can go t...more >>

Hi, My client has asked me to come up with a flash detection/redirection script that allows the user to use their browser 'Back' button (*i.e. if the flash detection/redirection script is in the initial 'index.html' page of a site, the users want to be able to go back (past) this page using th...more >>

Hello, I've got a few input text boxes in my flash file and they are working fine, but when you goto the frame with the input box in you have to click inside the input box to start entering the text. Is there any way that i can make the input boxes ready to write in as soon as you jump to the frame...more >>

hi all of you, I am a beginner of Mac OSX, I recently tried to install Flash MX on my Mac, after finished the installation, when I clicked the Flash icon to start the program, it automatically pops up a message box said "an unknown error occur while accessing an unnamed file", what can I do? I t...more >>

I am creating a projector program, i need to stop it from being able to be minimized, maximised, and draged bigger. I have already removed the menu bar and made it non scaleable. i would also like to be able to give the title bar a title thanks in advance Jamie ...more >>

hi guys i need to load data into a combobox from a sql database, im using asp, but i can change to php, i know how to load data with addItem, but for example if i have 100 or 15 or 86 records to load in the combobox, how can i control it? im using loadvariables but i dont know how to pass "N" re...more >>

okay i open my image from firewroks in flash, and the gradient tool and the alpha tool i used in fireworks does not transfer to flash mx. i only get my flat images. can someone help me. thanks people ...more >>

hi peeps, has anybody got any idea how to use the built in progress bar to say, use to preload my main flash movie? how can i go about codeing it to preload images, or let the user know the % of how much he has downloaded of my flash intro. thanks ...more >>

Hi All, I'm busy teaching myself flash 5 and I can't control the pen tool. I will draw my shape and when I try and fix it by using the nodes I can't control the other side of the node. When I try and and move the one side of the node the other side also moves, is there a way to only move one i...more >>

Here is my code: loadVariablesNum("txts/room1.txt",0); loadMovie ("rooms/"+aa+".swf",mid); Here is the error message Error opening URL "....../rooms/.swf" When I added a Dynamic Text with the var: or aa, It displayed the name of the file that should have loaded. But instead of loading t...more >>

Hi, It seems as if my pc is freezing the moment I visit a page with flash contents - I'm using XP pro. Any idea on how to track down this problem? Thanks in advance for any solutions, R ...more >>

I have this line on a button to try and open a pop-up window [Flash embedded in an html] but it is not opening properly [has borders, too big, no flash, etc.] What is wrong with this line?? on (release) { getURL("javascript:openNewWindow('http://www.site.com/page.html','thewin','h eight=480...more >>