Hi there, I am creating my own website, to display my work, i was thinking of creating my own custom window, i know what you are thinking, Custom window? thats why i had to look about for a website to give you a better description of what i desire, well here it is http://www.tamaradona.it/...more >>

Well, I hope you developers of macromedia products are having a good time with Screens. Because over at ultrashock.com, Flashmx2004.com and here at School of Visual Arts in New York, there's not a single professor, student or guest speaker that can load content into a PREDICTABLE locatio...more >>

How do I install the Flash Video FLV Exporter. Should the program come with Flash MX 2004? Where is the directory containing it?...more >>

Ok, I want to take a script type font, such as Freestyle Script... and create a movie clip that animates it as if a person were writing it... Does that make sense? I would assume I have to trace the path of the pen but after that I'm not sure what to do... Any tutorial links would rock.. I rem...more >>

Hello, I can't figure out why my dynamic text fields are showing in Safari and Netscape, but not IE. The dynamic text field is converted to a symbol for alpha and motion tween, the symbol is a child of a movie clip on the root. The fonts are embedded. Like I said, it works in Safari 1.0 o...more >>

How's everyone? I'm an intermediate-level Flash designer (i know some Actionscript, have my own flash site, worked on some projects, e.t.c.) but I am about to tackle on an e-learning project and I'd like to find out if anyone knows any online tutorials that show how to design an e-learning...more >>

Hey, thanks for reading this, first of all, i want to say that i've got the folder on my computer called Thompson's site, that is the folder on my hard drive that contains all the files for his website that i created. Then, a hosting company also has copies of the same files for use on th...more >>

Hey all, Im using Flash MX. Is there a pre built component somewhere, where I can simplying drag it onto a video and it will immediatley have a slider bar for the user to move through the video? Any help is much appreciated. ...more >>

please have a look at this www.in2mind.com/flash/SSTEST.html I spent all night trying to make a form movie load into a slide. is there any way at all to make content load into a predictable place on the stage? no matter what the registration point is set to in Any of the cont...more >>

hey everyone, How would you animate a progress bar in a preloader like this [L=BacardiDJ]http://www.bacardidj.com/entry.aspx [/L] What Im wondering is how to make the bar spin like that? Any help is great thanx ...more >>

Hi,,, I just started to play with Flash, but I work with Flash 4. I have a serios problem : I have a movie with 25 layers and 800 frames. I can't work because I have a message, it is in my screen al the time: "FLASH IS LOW IN MEMORY ... OT INCREASE THE AVAILABLE MEMORY ... ALLOCATE MORE ...more >>

In Flash MX, not the final compile, just the program, I have created a 4 movie clips. Each is displayed in the main Scene 1 area, and you can click into each movie clip from the Movie Explorer. I have a Layer called ACTIONS, and a stop has been placed at the end of each movie. WITH IN, for ...more >>

I tried to import on of them but I don't see anything. ...more >>

Hello, Here a site in FLASH MX carried out by "ICI LA LUNE" a French Agency with films and musics. Can you say to me what think you? Thank you http://www.musamachina.co - charlybrow ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted via http://www.for...more >>

I have a general question to ask revolving the compatibility of Javascript and Flash on a Mac. I'm designed a system in ASAP that functions as a LMS (learning managment system). It launches flash based applications in browser and sends and receives data from flash via javascript in the HTML. F...more >>

I'm having a problem with some bitmaps I've imported into my movie. The bitmaps have a thin black border around them. While viewing on stage everything looks as it shoud; however, when I publish or test the movie the right and bottom sides of the bitmap get cut off. What could be causing this?...more >>

Scenario: Publishing a live stream from a webcam over RTMP. Is there ActionScript samples or any third party utlilities that can grab a static image (e.g. a JPG) from the live stream and save it either locally or on the server? ...more >>

Is it possible to hide/show layer via Actionscript in Flash MX! Thanx -- Jurica Vukoviæ, dipl. inf. EuroART93 - web developement ...more >>

hey everyone, i'm very new to flash and i'm curious as to how to go about importing an external html document into a specified area of a flash movie. i looked in the help files for mx 2004 and i couldn't find anything that covered html documents, only images. but i couldn't get those to ...more >>

Hi,I have is an external swf file (8mb); I created a preloader which I want to start the playing of the movie clip at 25%. The preloader works but It waits until the movie is 100%, and to top it off It doesn't disappear after the clip is loaded. Here is my code, feedback would be greatly appreci...more >>

I am working on a project for work and was wondering if it is still recommend to compress video in Sorenson Squeeze and then import (or do a loadMovie action) it into a Flash movie? Does Flash 2004 have the same compression ability as Sorenson Squueze? What are the advantages of doing an FLV f...more >>

Hello All I have a project that requires that data is delivered on a CD an made searchable by keywords and select boxes. FLASH came to mind but I do not know it well enough. The data is currently in Excel. Is it possible to build a CD-based Flash application that searches a data co...more >>

i was surfing a site ....... flash ........ and i loved the background music going on .......... is there any possible way that i could save the .wav or whichever format file is being used? ...more >>

A client has asked me to wrap text around a picture on the top right of the homepage. Can this be done. To be honest, I can't remember ever seeing this in flash. I have done a search for tutorials on google etc but found nothing. I am also including a picture so you can see exactly what I mean...more >>

Is there a limit to the size of the artboard (working area) or whatever we're calling it? I have a long text document (mc) that displays in the scrollpane component. I have objects that go beyond the viewable area (working area) how do I increase the size of the working area to make a long scr...more >>

I'm trying to simply export an animated gif from flash with a simple motion tween of a symbol, but though the swf is coming out fine, the gif is coming out as static. I've made sure the gif is set to animated in the Publish Settings, but it keeps coming out as a static gif. Any clues? Thanks. ...more >>

i was wondering how u create complicated things like text zooming in rotatin.pictures fading out etc.is there and guide any where?...more >>

Does a .hqx file created from Flash MX on a pc work on a MAC? What and how can the published .hqx file be used for that has been created from Flash on a pc? Thanks....more >>

I am having problems getting the AdvancedMessageBox (AMB) component that is provided in the Flash UI Component Set 3 to work in Flash MX PRO - 2004. I have read some things that components created with AS 1.0 will not work with components created with 2.0. I am using some of the new 2.0 UI ...more >>

Hi, I have to create and animate a zip fastening and unfastening please help me- any ideas on how I could do this?...more >>

I have a long voice over, 2 minuets. I have put the voice over audio in the timeline and set the Sync to Stream so that I can synchronize objects on the screen to a specific words in the voice over. I need a mute button that dose not pause the animation. What ActionScript should I use for...more >>

Hi there, I have a jpeg of a control panel that I have to help people use. The control panel has leads coming from it. The people need to know what these leads do, so... I want to be able to roll the mouse over a part of the jpeg (the part with the leads) and a bit of text to appear that exp...more >>

hello... any suggestions for a website featuring free trance music & sound effects (mp3) that can be used for websites designed using flash / flash intro movies?? regards, Gatt ...more >>

I'm working on a project that has to be completed ASAP. I have a simple character, but he is composed of several different limbs that I want to have move and articulate independantly without animating frame by frame- so that his walking will appear realistic. So I have keyframes at the botto...more >>

I had a question about learning interactions 2004. I've never experiences anything like this in MX. My problem is when I make a quiz from the already made Quiz template that is available in both versions, 2004 randomly works and sometimes doesn't. I have successfully made quizzes with MX. Tryi...more >>

I am using linked movie clips to load into empty movie clips. Everything works perfectly when I select "Export in first frame". The problem I have is using a preloader in Frame 1. It is loading all of the linked movie clips BEFORE the preloader shows up. Once the linked movie clips are loa...more >>

How do I create a CD for a MAC from an fla I made (with Flash MX Studio) on my pc (OS=XPprofessional) that will open fullscreen when the CD is inserted in the MAC? I already have created one for windows that works great but need one for a MAC using the same fla. I have published it as .hqx ...more >>

Opening a fla I did a long time ago there are missing fonts and I'm prompted to substitute. I'd rather locate the problem text and embed or change myself. Trouble is the fla is riddled with text and fonts. Is there a way to find the problem text? Regards Drew ...more >>

Would someone be so kind as to relay their experience with getting "the best" quality yet responsive video on the web using Flash MX 04. Specifically, interested in hearing about specific file formats/rez and third-party tools (if any other than Flash), that have lead to good experiences. ...more >>

Hello. I would like to ask to all of you whose took a copy of the DevNet, what's the main reason that makes you get this product? I found very interesting the free upgrade for 1 year and the free component and extras, but maybe Macromedia won't release this products in this year, since the ...more >>

Anyone have any idea why Macromedia removed the "basic mode" editing capibilities in MX 2004? I have been using Flash since version 3 and I found this change extremely unecessary and now find it a real pain having to type everything by hand when I could previously insert blocks of code by simp...more >>

Is anyone developing the Flash Player 7 for Linux?...more >>

Hey I am making a flash based website that needs to link to some html pages as well. Is there a way to control the size of the new HTML window that comes up? Because when I use the getURL action on my button it just pulls up a full size window. Thanks for you help, Dubs ...more >>

Is it possible for a user to right click in a flash movie, copy some text etc and for the text to NOT go to the windows clipboard? Basically, we are using flash as a closed environment for a test, and so we don't want to use the windows clipboard, so want to be able to change how the right...more >>

Has anyone been able to pass variables using Java Script to Flash in the Mac OS? I read an old article that said you can't do this but, was wondering is someone had a work around. function passVarToFlash(){ window.document.myDoc.setVariable("cfmUserID",'<cfoutput>#rsGetUser.UserID#</cfo ...more >>

My movies work fine in flash mx and on preview locally, but after upload they won;t get past certain bits, first time round it was the preloader, i looked into it on the bandwidth stream profiler and realised its the pictures that are just stopping the movie...the browser looks like its loadin...more >>

Hi there! I had a problem with my PC and lost all of my work :( I've lost the fla file of one of the work that i'm current working on. But i have the Windows Projector file that i had exported before. Now i want to edit it, well add something at the end of the movie. Is there any chan...more >>

I am having serious problems styling the textarea component in Flash MX 2004. I have read all over the place that the correct way to set (for example) the font family is myTextArea.setStyle("fontFamily", "Verdana"); This does not work. I just get a bog standard _sans font. I am unabl...more >>

Hi, one basic question: Using scenes means, that one scene will be displayed after the next when running the film until it's end. Is it possible to keep a scene waiting until a users input (i.e. a mouse-click). I want to start with a scene with a few buttons so the user can decide wh...more >>

I have this interface I downloaded from a site I subscribe to. I can't figure out how to get to the text on the buttons to edit it. The interface is 60 - 70Kb. I can email it to you if you want. Jeffro jeffro@tmidea.com ...more >>

Hello, I recently had to reinstall Flash MX 2004 and now all of my Help Files aren't showing up. I've run the 0.1 updater, but that hasn't helped. The missing files seem to mainly be in the Using Components directory. Any ideas? I've checked to see if the files actually exist but flash jus...more >>

I have five movies I need to play one after the other and I don't know which commands to embed in my movies. The movies will be played in three different frames, so I need to know the commands to direct within separate frames also. Any help on this issue is appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

we have a av system that will record our conferences onto dvd I was wondering if anyone knew how I might get that off the dvd into a flash movie I have flash mx 204 pro. if someone could point me in the right direction it would help a lot. ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone have an explanation for the CPU-usage of the Flash player while there is no user-interaction? It seems that depending on the complexity of the swf (number of shapes) the Flash player (v7)keeps the CPU busy between 10 and 60% (AMD 2 GHz). At first display of the swf the CPU-...more >>

Hello, I am trying to have my Flash presentation open at a specific size using the pop up window behavior in Dreamweaver, and also using the Flash auto-detect behavior in Dreamweaver. I am able to to each of those things alone, but I cannot combine them. I do not know where in the auto detec...more >>

Hi everyone, Thanks for taking your time to read this! I've got Flash MX Pro 2004, and I'm having problems with the new slide presentation and screens functions. I'm trying to create an animation on an individual slide, and am following the usual proceedure of keyframes and tweening wit...more >>

I want to be able to change the format of a text box but preserve the original wrapping. I don't want to have to add actual carriage returns at the end of the lines during coding, but rather add carriage returns through script at runtime? I know how to add the returns, I just don't know how to...more >>

I'm working on some action script to move MovieClips around the screen randomly. I can get it to go from A to B in a straight line, but would like to put a curve in there without using a guide. My math is a little rusty. Is this a SIN/COSIN type of thing? Let's say for arguments sake that ...more >>

Shockwave Flash: The plugin performed an illegal operation. You ar strongly advised to restart Navigato - pjay2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- posted via www.WebFrustration.com ...more >>

hi, there i wonder how to 1-load a music, not a loop, for my website fast!!! (i mean format, size, software) 2-load image files(jpg, png) fast, i've seen websites that when you enter the images load fast and in a big format thanks a lot!!!! ...more >>

after much toil and trouble i have a button! it plays a movieclip on the over state and then a graphic on down - thing is i want the down state to stay, currently it reverts back to the over state, which is the end animation - question is, how do i get it to stay as the hit graphic and load a ...more >>

In the getURL(); the path is ( the Actual Path : E:\aa\bb\cc.htm) .My flash file is in the E:\aa\*.fla). in the button i used the getURL("bb\cc.htm").But the error comes undefined path.Its in MX2004. let me know..it..(but b4 i was using the samelike path in earlier version.. i had no probl...more >>

Hi, I am a graduate student at Chalmers University of Tech. in Gothenburg, Sweden and I have an idea of making our mathematical presentations more clear with the aid of flash. For instance it would be neat if one could make the equations change form and insert or remove symbols in a flash a...more >>

Does anyone recall the name of the series of flash tutorials that Macromedia used to have online? They were either in flash format or quicktime format and had a narration explaining how to do various things in Flash. The series had a name that was named after the guy doing the narration. Anyone?...more >>

Hi people, my site http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garthus/sunsite/index.htm is supposed to have a flash movie on the left hand side in the front page. However when i test it on my PC it works, but now i have uploaded it it doesnt seem to show for some reason. When i uploaded it to Lycos it works b...more >>

Hi, I have just recently started to use Flash MX 2004 and have come across a problem. How can i get flash to read a complete text file or open the text file in an new window on the click of a button, without modifying the actual text file itself. I cannot modify the text file as it bei...more >>

Hi Okay this is quite possibly a stupid question, but i think I am having a real blonde day. I would think that in order to get a movie clip to move away from the curser it would be just like the opposite of following it?? So if I use something like: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { ...more >>

You wanna do a banner ad. You're gonna bring some bitmapped images in for animation and you want to make sure you can optimize this to the smallest, best quality size you can. How do you bring them into Flash? Jpegs? 72 dpi? Higher resolution? Already compressed? Or without compression to allo...more >>

Hi, this one sounds pretty complicated to explain, I'll try my best: I've got a Cd Rom made in Flash, made of several files that load each others with a LoadMovie function. There are therefore several levels and the movies are loaded and unloaded from the main one. I'm working on one...more >>

Ok, I'm sure this is a stupid question but I can't seem to modify a button that I've made. It mentions the subject somewhat in the manual, but not in enough detail. Here's the deal... -I made a button with a small graphic and a word. Then, -I wanted to copy that button and just modify ...more >>

I've got a situation where I've loaded a swf file into a mc using loadMovie. On that loaded swf is a rollover mc. When I test just that swf file the rollover works perfectly, but as soon as I go to it through the movie it is loaded into the rollover stops working. Can't work out what I've d...more >>

how can i prevent right click menu in flash movies...more >>

Hi I am a newbie. Just create a small movie. It seems to run fine. SO I export out to a swf movie and embedded in the webpage. The animation seems to run fine in my IE 6.0. But on some other PC with IE 6.0, it will only display a square box on left side with no animation. No animation at al...more >>

hi, i am trying to set up a scrollbar to scroll text dynamically and i use a smartclip called "volumetric scroll" for it. everything looks fine but the scroll-handle doesnt work and i get the error message: Symbol=scroll bar (text fields), Layer=Layer 3, Frame=10: Line 3: Left side of...more >>

I have a program that can render to JPG files (in sequence) and I was wondering what was the best practine for building a Movie Clip from them. If it helps, the program can aslo render to AVI, but I don't want to have to reference the AVI after I build the SWF. I would need Flash to inport i...more >>

I'm working with Flash MX Pro 2004 and trying to implement a scrollpane while maintaining working tabindexes. I have a scrollpane on the stage, everything works correctly except the tab index when viewing the swf. Pressing tab focuses on the scrollpane (with a green border(?), as opposed to t...more >>

Hi folks, I have a flash projector file ( Index ) showing an animation with sounds. I have a button which opens another flash projector file with music. [b]Will u please help me to stop the music in the first projector file (Index ). [/b]I hope someone will help me to solve this ASAP. ...more >>

I write a Flash Calender UI , using JSP to connect database and Flash. However, I found that after the first load of the XML , it can't load the correct data form database which is updated, even refresh the web page. I need to close the IE and reload the page , then it can load the updated dat...more >>

Ok, this may be a really dumb question with an easy answer...but...here's the deal Using Flash MX 2004 trial I have a Movie Clip in the library. I can change the name, but the symbol name does not change. If I right click on it in the library, and click on properties, I can see this wind...more >>

I am really new to flash and can not find an example on what I am trying to do. I want my opening website page to be a flash screen that plays a 5-10 second scene one time and then go right into my home page. For example I see pages where it does fancy graphics moving and places a skip into cl...more >>

Hi - I am using the Flash MX2004 Loader component to load a 1fps movie into a 12fps movie, but the 1fps movie plays very fast. Is there a way to slow down the playback? Many thanks....more >>

Hi all product - mx2004pro project - CD based I find if I import an mpg with sound, the quality of the sound is dramatically reduced. If I separate the sound and the video I can get the quality of the sound back to original state However, If I set the sound to stream to mainta...more >>

I have a large flash file using movie symbols which I am trying to export to a movie file (quicktime preferred, but I'm open to anything). When the file is viewed as a flash file it works just fine but when I export it as a movie none of my movie symbols are exported. Only the first frame of...more >>

I have trid everything, and I cannopt download macromedia flash.I enter shockwave.com and it tells me to download macromedia flash. I follow the links and it will not download, it doesn't even start, what do I do? ...more >>

Need to be able to click the button and it adds to favorites.... Thanks all in flash...more >>

My problem is that I've a button that when you do a Mouse Over, it do an animation that is biggest than the original mouse-out button.... I want to know how to enlarge the cliccable section of my button, but only on mouse-over, because when the mouse is not on it, I dont want the empty sectio...more >>

Hi, I'm just beginning to try out Flash. I'm clearly doing something wrong. I created a very simple image of a black and white (well, black and mauve, actually) photo of a face fading in on a plain mauve ground. When I export it as an animated gif, it is very grainy/speckled in appearance ye...more >>

Hi All Is there any way of using the getUrl to open and exe or mpg without the computer flashing up the save or open warning???? cheers paul...more >>

I am trying to navigate from inside one movie clip (recapmov) to frame 2 labeled "closest2" inside another movie clip (closestmov) in the same scene. My button action looks like this but is not working. on(release){ _root.closestmov.gotoandstop("closest2");} Any help would be much appr...more >>

I'm wondering, Flash Text (in Dreamweaver MX 2004) is supposed to work with any kind of font you use - yet when I insert Japanese characters (by switching to Japanese keyboard layout) they show up in the window, but as soon as I click OK they are all replaced by question-marks [???] Why ...more >>

hi, i'm trying to create a button where the over state is a movieclip, however, when i enter it as a keyframe, the movie loops, i simply want it to play the once when the mouse rolls over - how do i achieve this? muchos thanks in advance :) ...more >>