I have a website at [L=http://slkmedia.ssxh.net]http://slkmedia.ssxh.net[/L] in which I a have a navigation menu on the left that opens a movie clip in a window on the right using "loadmovie" command. This works for generic swf's, but now i am trying to use a scrollbar in the movie to be load...more >>

have a flash top template with 20 buttons i would like to take one of those buttons and make so when the viewer clicks there it adds my page to there favorites.. Thanks -Tim...more >>

Is there a way i can change the color of my background in my flash movie via a text file using html background color code?? Or is their another way you can do it dynamically with out touching the fla file? johnny. ...more >>

Hi all. New to this board and any help would be appreciated. I have made a Flash site, http://www.tredvideoproductions.com/temp/index.htm (using Flash MX) with a pre-loader and need to incorporate some video (QuikTime). That's easy enough if I want it imbedded in the main movie but I don't...more >>

is it possible to get a list of fonts used in a .fla? thanks....more >>

I am a very new to using Flash and am in need of some help addressing three questions: 1) When using a music bed under a Flash presentation, is there a quick way to set the total number of frames. For example, if a piece of music is three minutes long and the flash presentation is set to...more >>

I am pulling text dynamicly from aseveral text files for answers in radio button groups, I have answe that is very long, adn you don't see the whole answer, is there a way to set the label to be multiline? ...more >>

Is it like a pagebuilder, and can you build your entire site with it?...more >>

Hi, I am just beginning Flash and I need help. I want to script a button to play an embedded video in another window at the size of the video, 320 x 240. I also want the user to click on the window to close it and return. I'm getting confused about whether the movie should be an external l...more >>

Hey, I'm having trouble working out a preloader in FlashMX2004 can anyone help? Anyone have any tutorials for MX2004? thanks everyone Ian...more >>

Does anyone out there also seem to have trouble making MP3s stream using the standard actionscript. sound.loadsound("http://soundfile.mp3", true) Above is of course an example but I am creating a streaming MP3 player and though the action script seems to be technically correct, it won't sou...more >>

I have several separate frames/scenes on a movie which I want to use: on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") But it only works on the 1st instance the rest are ignored and have to be manually clicked. what could I be doing wrong? ...more >>

I am testing a very simple gradient animation using shape tween. The animation works out just fine, but I notice that on the key frames the text (which has been broken apart) changes shape ever so slightly once I have applied the tween. The final effect is that the gradient animation looks g...more >>

We have a travel site - and have a swf map within the htm pages. I'd like to have it so that when someone looks at PlaceA.htm the map jumps to its PlaceA bit. Place B etc. The swf can do all that with button clicking but how do I get the htm to Onload in effect trigger a button within the swf? ...more >>

If i can get ony the index.swf file to load in the nescape browser, then my site will auto-resize, any ideas? Todd[L=www.theinfoagency.com]http://www.theinfoagency.com[/L]...more >>

I am looking for some direciton and insight regarding importing video content into Flash. When I am looking for is the fundamentals on how to optimize it so it loads and runs as smooth as this site with JayZ: http://www.bandbuilder.com/heineken/index.php Regards, Daniel ...more >>

Using the information provided in these forums I have created a Flash SWF object which loads text from an external file and all works well. The text uses HTML tags to format and provide hyperlinks and this too works well. I am aware that the HTML tags that can be used are limited, but not sur...more >>

I am going in head first into flash. I have a intro that I am trying to edit the text and it will not let me. What causes that and I do I fix it. Thanks, Scott...more >>

hi there, i've got a problem to add a global event to a dynamical created menubar via a dataProvider. here is a short code sniplet // add xml to a menubar mXMLMenu = new XML(myXML); mXMLMenu.ignoreWhite = true; mXMLMenu.parseXML(mXMLMenu); myMenuBar.dataProvider = mXMLMenu; so far so g...more >>

Every time I publish certain movies, Flash MX 2004 crashes. This is extremely annoying and bad for productivity. It makes testing a nightmare. I can think of no notable difference between movies that crash and those that don't. In fact, movies will transfer back and forth between camps periodi...more >>

Can anyone point me to a tutorial which shows me how to do the effect on this page http://www.cartoon-network.co.uk/index_uk.html if you click enter here. At the bottom of the next page there is a scrolling thing. You hover ovver either side and the middle buttons mve in and out of view. I ...more >>

I know this has probley already been asked but I cant figuer it out. and yes I did set the option to transparent in PPT. Thanks Bobby...more >>

I still do not get it...I have tried every syntax (minus the one that works) Simple problem.... I have a flash movie entitled "indexmovie.swf". when it loads, I want to load "intro.swf" into a mc located in "indexmovie.swf".... Basically "indexmovie.swf" is a movie containing a navbar ...more >>

How do I put a flash animation on the internet?...more >>

Hi, I have a page entitled "/index.htm", using a css. The page contains a flash movie entitled "indexmovie.swf". When I preview the index.htm page, the indexmovie.swf loads fine....I have developed several other swf's that load into the indexmovie.swf (via buttons in the original movie) that...more >>

I am working on a page that has a flash animation on it, I would like it to default to a gif animation if the flash player is not detected. The detector I downloaded here redirects to a new url, are there any variations on the detection script or different options I can use to have an alternat...more >>

Does anyone know of an online tutorial for making it look like an image has ripped through the page? I have seen this on a couple of different sites. One had a Rhino bust through the page and another had a car bust through. ...more >>

I 've got a problem on showing HTML formatted text in the dynamic text field, I'm sure that I have clicked the "<>" button . Can anyone show me how to do it ?? Any example for me to download ? thz a lot >< ...more >>

Hi all, just a quick question which I was hoping someone here could help me with. Basically, I have used the createEmptyMovieClip to create a new movie clip and dynamically drawn a line in this new movie. The movie does just what I want, but what I need is to be able to unattach this movie. ...more >>

Hello I have just started working on flash stuff so this is probably an easy on to sort out. I have made a flash movie and it works ok, just 3 scenes. And on my site I have a pre-homepage that you click to get to the homepage. Now the HP is quiet large and takes a bit of time to load so I ...more >>

Hi all, I have had a LOT of trouble finding a good Flash Freelancer. I figure this might be the best place to find someone that really understands Flash and can do the work I am looking for. Following are the minumum requirements. If you don't meet even one of these specs or don't feel comfo...more >>

I have Flash MX (not 2004) and I need to import an AIF file. But for some reason, I can't with this new installation. :( I used to be able before, but not anymore. I can play them in Windows Media player, but I just CAN"T import them to flash. Please help!!! ...more >>

Hi I am currently setting up an internet radio station that needs to be live rather than just streaming mp3s. I have set up an real audio streaming server and can listen to the stream live throguh a link, but i want to add this into my flash front end which also has a flash mx server run...more >>

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum but my question is.... Does anyone know how to move between slides inside of the Presentation Template automatically? I don't want to use the keyboard to accomplish this. I look into the behaviors control but couldn't make it work automatically. Thank...more >>

hi experts i've a flash presentation, a stand-alone projector file which has to call other exe in separate(new) windows. I tried using FScommand it didn't do anything for me... this is the syntax that I'm presently using out of luck on (release) { fscommand("exec", "file.exe"); ...more >>

Is there a way to export a transparent SWF file. We have a proprietary program in which we would like to place a SWF file on a background, but we can't have the white background. Just wondering, any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Good evening to all I have a Flash scenario and would like to seek advise. Currently for my business, I am thinking along the lines of developing a WYSIWYG Web interface where my clients can actually access it to do changes to the advertisements they post on my site. What is the feasibilit...more >>

Hey guys, In the attached .fla file I'm having trouble with some of the action script coding I think. When I roll over the 1st button (The circles) the menu flies out as intended. As soon as I move over to the menu, it closes. Why? How do I make it where the menu won't close until I either c...more >>

Does anyone out there also seem to have trouble making MP3s stream using the standard actionscript. sound.loadsound("http://soundfile.htm", true) Above is of course an example but I am creating a streaming MP3 player and though the action script seems to be technically correct, it won't s...more >>

www.mitchmed.com/ball/index.html is what i am dealing with....I put actions on a movieclip with a button inside the movieclip and now the button doesn't work. action for movieclip: on(rollout){ _visible=false; } and now the button just shows what is in the up button position not ...more >>

Is there a way to make the background of my flash file transparent. I want to bring this thing into dreamweaver and drop it in a cell. What this is, is a menu which flies out when you roll over the main menu button. I still want to see the web page's background through the text of my menus. It...more >>

The fallowing preload does not work and I don't know why on frame 1 : button gotoplay(2) on frame 2 : movieclip loadBar and a textfield called loadText and with the fallowing AS : loadMovieNum("1.JPG", 1); bytes_loaded = Math.round(_level1.getBytesLoaded()); bytes_total = Math.round(_lev...more >>

Is it possible to have a next and a back button navigate from one photo to the next by loading the photos from a folder within your site. i.e when you push the next button it loads the next file within the folder (...mysite.com/images) and push back it loads the previous file. Thanks! ...more >>

Hi, I'm rusty since flash 4 and can't figure out how to control my mc at all, what replaces 'tell target'? Also my flash pro seems to be stuck in 'expert mode'?! Thanks ...more >>

Can someone explain to me a flash newbie what i'm ment to do with the flash deployment kit.i.e I've downloaded the files opened the action script developers folder, to which i've opened the flash_detection.fla. The question is do I just copy all of this action into the first frame of my mo...more >>

Is there a way in Flash 2004 to do the following: myVar = Yes loadMovie("theVars.swf?theVar="+myVar, 0); Thanks Jennifer...more >>

Hi Folks I haven't been too concerned that my .swf tests haven't played back smoothly - I assumed the final movies would. However, I've just made a projector for the first time and it's really clunky. Very simple tweens (images fading in over about 8 frames, 22fps) are really jerky. M...more >>

I have a MediaPlayBack component playing a .flv (no probrems there). However the [i]myPlayBack[/i].preferredHeight insists on returning 0 Thanks...more >>

hi, is it possible that i can`t scroll with my mouse in flash mx under Mac os x 10.3.2 (panther) ??? i have a wacom intuos tablet with a so called 4d mouse, the scrollwheel works fine in every application (photoshop, dreamweaver, browser etc.) but under flash = nada. also the mouse (wh...more >>

I need an urgent opinion on something. I used a textarea in conjunction with loadVariables (from a separate mc) to load a text with html formatting (but that's not really important) and... the text does not display. I traced the "text" variable of the textArea, and it is all there, it just...more >>

I ave a external swf with a combobox component. When i click, the combo don't open the list. The problem is resolved alone inserting a combo also in the main filmato one. There are other ways in order to resolve? Thx -Ivan Studio AG //RSM ...more >>

Hello All, I teach a web design class to high school students. Many of them have expressed interest in a second year class that goes deeper into MX04 and specifically Flash. I've ordered a few books that are geared towards educators, but they only cover the basics of StudioMX. Can any of your ...more >>

Hello, i ave a big problem. In my _root i ave a combo and list component. A loading exists in order to see the 60 kb begins them of classes that the members load in the first one frame? They are deprived of hope - Thx Ivan -StudioAG //RSM ...more >>

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Hi forum, How i can make a movie clip property transparent one? By decreasing the alpha value, i am not able to get the real appearence of the movie clip while it is playing....more >>

Hi, Is there a software wrapper out there that I can use to set my flash exe file to expire after 30 days of first use? (something like creating our flash exe file as a trialware). I also need it to remind the user how many days they have left each time they start the application. I am hoping t...more >>

Hi all, I thought I would post this problem here just in case any of you may have run into it before and know what can be done (I contacted tech support but I'm still waiting for a reply). So I just got MX 2004, the install, registration and everything else went fine. I get everything loa...more >>

I want to have my users to be able to download my movies but once they are on their local machine, be able to run for a limited time, say 30 days after downloading. After this, the movie would ask the user to download again. Any ideas? ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to ask something. What happens if a user doesn't have Flash plugin installed? I have a small (50×50px) object (in Flash 5) that's not reall important for the site, it's a small animation. Now I was thinking, I'd rather remove the object if there will be an gray block or ...more >>

I have a variabe fID, and in the first frame of my main stage the value (a number) of fID is retrieved from the database. I have a dynamic text box, for which I used the variable "_root.fID". When I load this up, it displays fID's value just fine. The actions frame of my main stage has: ...more >>

can any one tell me how to make a flash movie loads on a page(over the html design i mean the flash over and for ex. a table under it) then the flash disappears after full displaying....more >>

what is the best way to export fla to avi? it seem that flash cannot export movie clips inside flash movie into avi, is that so?? thank you...more >>

Hi there, my version of flash mx at university does not have the samples folder in it and I want to use "Import_video.fla" which is a sample in this folder. Could someone e-mail me this file? It is located on your computer in C:\Program files\Macromedia\Flash MX\Samples\FLA\Import_video.fla. T...more >>