Im getting an error the actlib.dll file cannot start when trying to run the trial version of mx 2004. I'm trying to run it in a vmware windows98se guest os to no avail. (I can install and run it fine from a true win98se install). Anyone here have any experience of vmware? I'm running mandrak...more >>

Hello all Macromedia enthusiasts and professionals I feel like a total nubie asking this question but it has been a long day of code pushing. I have the task of creating a method to listen to some significantly large audio files through one of my customers web sites. They created the f...more >>

Hello, I am feeding variables in my flash movie via a .txt file. I am noticing that in order to refresh my data, after editing the .txt file, I have to empty my cache in order for the changes to become apparent. Is there a way to force my .txt file to reload? Any help will be appreciated...more >>

Well, I am now working with Flash 7 (MX 2004). My problem is, my compression settings don't seem to be working. Whether I set the JPG compression to 0 or 100, nothing changes, everything looks the same, and the file size stays the same. Totally simple thing that always worked before. Is ...more >>

Im totally new to this i just downloaded the 30day free trial of flash mx 2004. I want to make animated short films like on newgrounds, sticksuicide, etc. I dont want to make it clip by clip with keyframe like my friend said you can do. By the way i have an Emac mac os x panther edition so ...more >>

Where I work, we only have 3 copies of 2004 Pro but that leaves me with just 2004 (regular). As much as this has annoyed us, since I don't have Pro due to a management mistake, we have gotten along without me having data components and accordions, etc. But I found that if a co-worker drops t...more >>

Hello, Is there a way to open one exe file from another exe file? This is in the first.exe file: on (click) { getURL('second.exe'); } But when I play the first.exe and click on the button, it opens a browser which then prompts me to save second.exe. Idealy, second.exe should just ope...more >>

When you import a video into flash is it converting it to flv? Once you publish the flash file I assume the video is embeded into it. Do you need quicktime or something to view the video or is flash player all you need? ...more >>

Hi I have a few questions about FLV. 1. With what version of Flash did FLV first appear? 2. What version of the player do you have to have to play FLV's? 3. Other than the FLV exporter is there another way to create them? 4. Do you have to have quicktime installed to view FLV's? I...more >>

Hi, I know that Flash can load data from external text files or php etc. I know that these files can be on the web at remote locations. I want to produce a flash/ internet explorer project onto CD-Rom where if necessary the text can be changed (eg if prices rise etc) However I do not want ...more >>

Ok I know how to make a preloader, but here's the problem... I have a Main flash movie, that contains a blank movie which i use the action scripting loadmovie ("movie.swf", "main") to load the external .swf. Whan I run the movie with the show streaming it stays blank presumably untill the w...more >>

I'm a odl user of flash and i'm still working on the release 5.0. I'm trying to get updatable pages intercting with generator files and txt data files. I build all i need but at the end I saw that updating the txt files, the pages don't display the updated information but they display just the...more >>

Ok I know how to make a preloader, but here's the problem... I have a Main flash movie, that contains a blank movie which i use the action scripting [b] loadmovie ("movie.swf", "main") [/b] to load the external .swf. Whan I run the movie with the show streaming it stays blank presumably until...more >>

I opened a template flash animation to try to customize it. I have done it before, but just made a series of "clicks" and can't remember how! I need to change the text in a flash movie/site intro, but the windows library to edit it won't open....?? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi Bit of a funny one.. I have a flash movie within a 744 by 410pixel popup window (some people find this too small) Id like to have a button that can size the whole movie up or down 1 size just to another size and back all done from within he flash movie , any ideas ? (i dont want ...more >>

I have a Flash movie only 27 frames long consisiting of 12 questions and a feedback page at the end. On Frame 1, I have a function that generates an array with numbers 1-12 in a random order for which to display the questions, then jumps to the first question. When I test the movie, all goes w...more >>

Hi there Can anyone tell me why it is when I create a new key frame, drag over a symbol and make a twean on it - when I insert a new key frame after the tween, then remove the continuation of that twean, drag over a different symbol - the original one is displayed and it wont let me change...more >>

how I make this effect of water surface? look this link: http://www.templatemonster.com/show.php?type=1&order=date&cat=All&templ=4226 somebody can help me? thanks =] E-logik wirechaos@msn.com ...more >>

how do you create a button such that the animation in the "over frame" continues to play even after you rollout? that is, the animation does not stop abrubtly after you roll out. anyone? thanks alot ...more >>

I'm creating a presentation in Flash and I'd like to know if there is any script that can read the User's display settings. If a user has 800x600 display set up, the presentation will be too big (it is ideal for 1027x768). Other than creating two presentations for each display setting, is th...more >>

I made a demo CD witha an html page that displays a flash presentation. I want the CD to autorun the html in the CD when the CD is inserted. Are there any tutorials on how to do this ? Zw ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what I'm doing wrong. I have a navigation system like a soundboard. When a button fader is pressed I have a movieclip which plays half way through and moves the fader up on the soundboard. When another button fader is pressed, it moves up the soundboard,...more >>

I am using Flash MX and I have text in a flash file that I am linking to a specific htm page. Its very simple to make your flash text link to an html page BUT. . . I am trying to link to a specific location inside that html page. To do this in html you create your anchor "go-here" and th...more >>

Hello, I am creating a number guess game like the one located here: http://digicc.com/fido/ But tailored to our company. Where I am getting lost is the part where there is an input box to type in your answer, and then it calculates the answer and returns the result to the screen. I have...more >>

Hi I have a linked txt document in rtf format. But Flash can?t read ? ? ?. Does someone know how I can fix this?...more >>

[L=Check the FlashPaper out from Macromedia.]http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/subscriptions/productinfo/overview/ devnet_datasheet.html[/L] i've never seen these before or heard about them. Thanks, Rob ...more >>

I'm sure it's been answered before, but I'm not finding it. So what is the best format for sound and music on Flash. Really what I want to know is the best for smallest size. .Wav and .MP3 are way to big to be uploading onto websites or even playing them off of a website, so what is the "sm...more >>

Hi, I have a flash application created with Flash MX 2004, published to version Flash 7. This app contains dynamic text with HTML style which contains HTML img tags to display images. This works fine in the Flash player, but when it is added in my Director movie the images no longer appear...more >>

Hello I have created a button that when you pass the mouse over or click the button text appears in an output screen next to the button. I achieved this by going into each of the button states (up, over etc.) and adding the relevant text to the area over the output screen. When testing the...more >>

This is what I am attempting to do: I would like to use one swf as a menu (menu.swf), it will contain buttons. I want to use another swf as the main.swf. Main.swf will contain two holders. When main.swf loads, menu.swf will load into one of the holders. When a user clicks a button in menu...more >>

It is possible to make the background of the textarea transparent ? I have to import XML inside and apply a CSS style. I hope some as an answer ! Thanks...more >>

Hi, I need to design a screen saver and was going to attempt to use flash to do this. I was wondering if this is possible?! I cannot find any literature on it at all. I thought i would be able to design the structure with flash and then i could export the file as a .scr to allow it to work...more >>

I've been trying to import music files into FLASH and I keep getting error messages saying FLASH is unable to read format. Can anyone shed any light on this. The .mp3 files I already had on my computer and then I downloaded a couple of .wav files. I get error messages with both types. Thank y...more >>

sorry for this stupid question but it has me quite stumped.... by the way i just started using flash... i made a square button with an up, over, and down image.... and i added text on top of the button on another layer... but when i preview the movie, when i mouse over the text, the button...more >>

Hi, I know this isnt the right place for this I just thought someone here may be able to help me , I use Swift 3D and when I apply a reflective material to the surface of an object I expected it to reflect the other nearby objects but instead it just has a dull pale matt colour. are there...more >>

For those of you looking for a very powerful and affordable PC, check this out. It has been listed on Ebay this afternoon with a very low reserve. One software package on this machine is worth the price alone. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2791280434 Here's a quick brea...more >>

Hi My Flash movie has 2 complex bitmaps rotating constantly. I tweened the rotation. But to improve play back performance, I decided to code the rotation in AS instead of tweening. I used: myclip._rotation -= speed (I tried different values for "speed") To my surprise, performance didn't ...more >>

hi all, i'm experimenting with streaming video. (since yesterday) and i am wondering if someone could tell me where i can find some online examples, tutorials on how to control the video? i'm using the MM help sample to start with: my_nc = new NetConnection(); my_nc.connect(null)...more >>

Ok guys, got a job and running into a prob. Its pretty important that I find a way for this to work so pls help if you can. I have an 1k product catalog site im making all in flash with php to mysql db. now, to add, delete, and modify products in the db im building an admin section for the cli...more >>

Hello All, I have a problem when adding a sound, there appears a "hiccup" of sorts just before the proper sound. Here's an example: http://sonnierart.com/public/mixer01.swf The sound is "Metal Klank" from the Flash Common Library. It's just a straight "slam" sound, but in my .SWF, it's ...more >>

Hi! I am wondering how do I switch between expert mode and normal mode in the Actions window in Flash MX Pro 2004? I cannot seem to find the option anywhere or has this feature been disabled in MX Pro? Please advise. Thank you. Kelvin ...more >>

I searched, I wandered, I prayed to Ooga Boogah, but I haven't seens anything about this one..... I got the getUrl working with the Javascript in the page to get windows to open for me, but they need *2* clicks to work, they won't do a thing on the first push. They are ornery and suck hard...more >>

hi i have designed a website in flash, but it seams to take a while to load the preloader any ideas www.carpride.co.uk is it somethink to do with compression? thanks craig...more >>

when i rotate the dynamic text ,, it can't publish in swf format i dun know why!!!! Anyone help???...more >>

Hi there, Since today Flash MX (6) starts to behave weird. When I want to rename a flash document with the Save as command, suddenly there are some random symbols (space and some symbols) on the end of the name in front of the .fla. Something like: Demo ?,=.fla. I use Flash MX on a Mac...more >>

Hi, I have a news page which consists of headlines which you click on to view the article. The headlines are within movie clips, one movie clip is duplicated for however many headlines there are. I have this working dynamically using asp however what I would liek to do is to make the headlines s...more >>

Hi. Thou I'm getting better and better, I'm still on a start. I would really like to know, how to change document color in the middle of the movie (starts with blue, ends with black) ? Is that possible? Thanx for answer, Benjamin. ...more >>

Hi I want to write % & and + in a linked text document. Someone who knows how? Thanks Nicklas ...more >>

HEY FELLOWS CAN YOU TELL ME WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WRITE GREEK TEXT? ALSO WHEN I TRY TO IMPORT A FLASH BUTTON (IN DW MX OR DW 4) CANNOT ADD GREEK TEXT THANKS my e-mail:pipisgr2000@yahoo.gr...more >>

hi. started Flash on the system and it showed an error message "Flash has caused an invalid page fault in module WINMM.dll at 017F:bfdf6633 any ideas what it is. it worked in safe mode and on restarting after the programs work. but i fear it could creep up again. so any ideas. x...more >>

I download a copy of developer edition communication server and did a video chatting application on it. The app goes fine when I launch it. But after a random period of time the flash running on the browser stops working. It looks like a crash because after the app goes to the state I can't ev...more >>

I have a template, but after I open it in Macromedia Flash, it won't edit. The windows library won't open. The only option is to control - play. ?...more >>

I did some animation which was made by mask. And it runs normally on other computer except the laptop. The system of my lapton is WindowsXP... Does anyone know this? Please help me about this problem. Thanks in advance!! ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create a flash movie which loads news items from a database which is accessed via asp. This works when the swf is embedded on the asp page but how can I get this to work without having to do this? To load the data from the asp page I have this code: loadVariables("nonflashte...more >>

fscommand ("showmenu", "false"); I have tried the code above but still a little 2 line menu appear. How to disable the whole right click men?? Thanks....more >>

I can find tutorials on how to create masks which revial parts of an image (spot ligh) But I would like to create a mask that hides an object as it enters another object. I am making an animation of an eye surgery, I have a knife coming into the scene and entering an eyeball. I want the tip of...more >>

alright...i highly doubt this is a glitch, probably some blaringly obvious mistake that i made but any help would be appreciated...after i get a certain number of characters in a text box a line appears through the text, making the text under the line dissapear and showing the background, whet...more >>

I need to set the color of the background color of the stage via actionscript but I can't get it to work. this.Stage.setBackground(0x00ff00); this code doesn't work. Someone can help me? Thanks! ...more >>