03/23/2004 02:17:14 AM (posted this earlier but forgotto add (having read ur recent convo with another user) that i have checked out the help menu in flash and followed it but to no joy !! hi urami ...thanks very much with ur recent help mate on the sound issue ...i took ur ...more >>

Does any one knows how to create a Flash analog clock which shows the time from server rather the client time. ( like IIS server)...more >>

OS 10.2.3 Flash MX for Mac. I need to produce a presentation just like PowerPoint, which I do not have. While in Projector full screen on a G4 laptop, it is possible to use the keyboard strokes to jump forward and back between each frame. How do I set this up please? Can it be any keys...more >>

Remember right clicking on a photo online and saving as a *.jpg? How do I save a photo that is in macromedia format? I am trying to save a floorplan to make modifications to?? ...more >>

My flash items are not working on a mac. They work perfect on a windows platform. When opening on a mac all I see is a white area where the flash should appear. I tried it with different mac computers but they all don't show the flash. One of the items are buttons and without them mac users ca...more >>

Hello to everyone and thanks for taking the time to read this. I have a site that requires users to login, i fthey do NOT have an account and click on enter a pop-up occurs, if they are members when they hit enter and a new page is loaded. The problem when registered members hit the ...more >>

Hi there I am a novice when it comes to using flash - I have done a couple of basic things in flash but at this stage classify myself as a novice. I have been asked to prepare a presentation (initially asked to do it in PowerPoint) but I think for the type of presentation that Flash woul...more >>

Hi, just wondering whether this is possible to do? I have an e-mail form that sends the data collected in the Flash form to a php file. What I would like to do is to add a button to the Flash form that allows the user to browse files on their computers and attach something like a CV. Which...more >>

does anyone know how to acitvate the fast forward control in 2004 Pro for flv video apps?...more >>

Is there any way to get text effects like bevel, emboss, glow, drop shadow on text in Flash? If so, what's the best way? -- Thanks! ...more >>

Are there any patch or install for windows ME to flash MX professional? Please e-mail if you have? [E=Robbin_morland@hotmail.com]robbin_morland@hotmail.com[/E]...more >>

I have a sound added to the timeline...I think...What I did is drag it from the Library to the screen...when I play the flash movie it keeps on repeating itself.....how do I make it play in the timeline on cue????? ...more >>

I have a Flash mivoe that is completed, but now i want to place a preloader at the beginning. Is this possible? If so...HOW???????? I am using Flash MX 2004...more >>

I know how to make an object move about a circle(not a guide, but through ActionScript) How would I get a MovieClip object to move about an ellipse path? -Kirk P.S. I use this to go around in a circle: this._x = xcenter+Math.cos(radian)*radius; this._y = ycenter-Math.sin(radian)*radius...more >>

I am new to flash, can you import flash/shockwave files exported out of LiveMotion? I would like to piece them together to create one entire animation and keep the clean Flash look (vs a pixelated avi or mov file). Right now I am importing the mov files into Premiere for editing and sound, bu...more >>

I'm having a problem with the components in MX2004 when they are loaded from an external swf. Once a component has been loaded and then is either reloaded or another set of components loaded, clicking on the components causes an outline box to appear (using halo theme colors). This is partic...more >>

I have a mc called my_mc; it has three nested mcs (a_mc,b_mc,c_mc) each of which are masked. When I attach my_mc (using attachMovie(...)) everything is mine. However if I attach a second instance of my_mc, the mask shows up as visible. This happens in either of the following situations: v...more >>

hi there i have a single movie with several frames, each frame has a different drawing. I want the user to be able to print any of the page (and not all) when they press a print icon. How can I do this please ? Thanks ...more >>

i have some probleme in action script. and my problem is that i like to get the .fla of this effect (.swf) see on this link http://e-friends-rw.com/help/help_me.htm plese help me !!!!!...more >>

I play my voice over audio with this script: voiceOver = new Sound(); voiceOver.attachSound("slide_2-1.wav"); voiceover.start(); Is there a script that would hold the playback head at point in the timeline until the audio is finished and then continue to play? Thanks in advance. As...more >>

Hi, I am new to Flash. I know nothing about it. I need help. I want to make a presentation/slide show. Each slide will last for sometime (depends on the speech) then automatically go to the next one. After finished, it will stay at the last slide. I know how to import graphics and sou...more >>

suppose during your workflow you notice that your _root.application form is located at -156x and 179y knowing we can't set it back to zero, and assuming you've been awake all night rushing toward your project deadline, what do you do? remember: you can't set it. ...more >>

I need to turn up the volume on a sound, so you clearly can hear it behind other sound-effects like music etc. Anyone know what to do? Any help appreaciated... P.S. I use Flash MX 2004 Proffesional. ...more >>

Hi all, Wonder if anyones come across this: Building a cd interface using flash - have an image cut and pasted directly from freehand with clipping path - everytime I select the image and apple-c, copy it then try to switch to another frame - can be any frame, flash just shuts down. Th...more >>

I am using Flash MX 2004, and I am fairly new...I have been going through all the documentation, and tutorials (still working on actionscripts), but here is what I would like to create. It would sort of be a guided tutorial, for example. It's a screenshot of a Windows desktop, then when someon...more >>

i need you guys to evalution my project base on usability. In term of: 1) what is the first thought that comes into your mind when you see this interface? 2)What's the first thing your eyes are drawn to?What's the next thing? 3)What kind of site is these? 4)It is interesting to you and...more >>

Hi, I?ve imported a quicktime movie and embedded it into a flash movie. It works fine. But I?d also like to make a play and stop button for it. I wonder if someone could help me with this. Do I make buttons and then use some action script to control that movie? In that case, could...more >>

Hi there, is there any way to stroke text in Flash? Thanks. Scott...more >>

could someone please help? i've done a temporary flash movie for my site, to do until i finish it, but it's just not loading up. i can't see any probs with it, but i'm probably overlooking something very simple. so slap me. anyway, site is at http://www.mousegotcheese.com (index...more >>

I have a simple image animation that rotates business cards. the swf weighs in at 128K. Why is it so heavy and what can I do to minimize the weight? Here is a url so you can see how "very simple" it really is. http://www.createacardinc.com/business.htm Kim ...more >>

How can I fade an mp3 sound in a .fla?...more >>

Does anyone know how to customise a dynamic text field so that the text is displayed in a scrollable circular field rather than the bog standard square field. I want to create a different look to the normal text displays offered in the components library. ...more >>

im sure this is something easy... i have several items imported to my library and flash will not let me place them. any suggestions? ?...more >>

hello, we have the following setup: 1. a bunch of FLV clips on a web server 2. the FLV directory on the web server is protected by Apache's .htaccess 3. an SWF displays the FLV clips from the web server 4. the SWF is running in Stand-alone (SA) Flash Player since the clips are .htacc...more >>

Hello - Has anyone seen this display problem? Just got in a couple Dell M60 Precision Laptops from Dell and installed Flash MX. Both machines have garbled text in certain menu areas of flash. For instance the timeline frame numbers, color mixer percentage numbers, and properies v...more >>

what i want to do is create a jukebox that sits at the bottom side of my flash, so that when the user mouses over the tab, the juskebox drops down, then there is different options that the user can choose from. My only problem is that i cannot work out how to put multi[ple buttons inside of a ...more >>

It appears that my movie is not behaving as expected. If you view the html that flash creates when publishing the movie, it works great. It works great even when my internet temporary files are empty. I cut and pasted the html and posted the page on the server. On first viewing, you only...more >>

My flash items are not working on a mac. They work perfect on a windows platform. When opening on a mac all I see is a white area where the flash should appear. I tried it with different mac computers but they all don't show the flash. One of the items are buttons and without them mac users ca...more >>

I have been searching all over the web to try and find an answer to this question. I am trying to trace a map of the USA, and I want to be able to use the pen tool so I can keep the number of vertices low. However, I am running into the issue where the pen tool influences the next curve afte...more >>

Hello , Im trying to teach myself flash and im reading up on many great tutorials ,none of which seem to have tutorial on creating projects. However so I figured I would be best to make something I could benifet from ,so for starters im making a signature. Now Im using mmflash 5 and I ve g...more >>

I have recently upgraded from Flash 5 to FlashMX2004 Pro. Before this Flash Player 5 would not work on XP (error message). Now that I have upgraded, the Standalone Flash player 7 still crashes trait away. Also the instalation program on the upgrade CD crashes strait away. Therefore I c...more >>

Hi Folks We're putting .swf files into Powerpoint, it was going okay until today [on some machines however it was sticking on the page with the SWF or actually crashing!]. Anyway, wouldn't you know it, just before the deadline, suddenly we're getting errors coming up when we even try to insert t...more >>

Hi forum I Want to make a quiz in flash. I can use the template provided by Macromedia. But I want to create my own components ( like, True or false, Fill in the blanks, Multiple choice, Drag and drop, Hot object and Hot spot Components). How i make my own component, which i can use as ...more >>

Does anyone know how to get JAWS or other screen readers to see Flash movies embedded in HTML pages? I have installed JAWS and I can't get it to read the movie. Is there some setting in the FLA file that I have to set? Any help is appreciated... thanks in advance!! Kevin ...more >>

I cannot seem to find the proper code for the special character cedilla/?[/i]. This a portuguese ( i do not know of any other language using this character) and although i searched for the html code, it does not work. Since i am working with flash Mx2004 professional, but exporting as flash ...more >>

hi urami ...thanks very much with ur recent help mate on the sound issue ...i took ur advice and got rid of the guitar riffs on the buttons !! sounds much cleaner now and dont need to fade the music now as well !!!! got another teaser for u tho .... bit of a basic one but very annoying all the...more >>

Is there a way to run the Macromedia mx 2004 products on Linux ? Is Macromedia planning to make their products available for Linux ? Linux is becoming more and more popular all the time, is there some kind of support / help is available ? ...more >>

Hi, I have an external video in a swf format. The file size is about 30mb. The problem is that when I call the video movie in another flash file using loadMovie() action, the movie seems to be compleatlly blocked for a seccons until the all video file is loaded in memory. This is a big prob...more >>

Greetings - My 12 year old (highly advanced computer skills) is looking to learn FlashMX. He's a heavy DreamWeaver user, and attended CyberCamps several years ago to learn game design. Can anyone recommend useful resources or places to investigate for him to cost-effectively learn (and h...more >>

Hello, I was wodering if it was possible to somehow set the properties of a dymanic text area to align left AND bottom. The reason that I ask is because I need to display a graphic with a variable caption that is on top of the graphic. I obviously always want the text to be directly above th...more >>

I cannot get the loadMovie action to work... trust me, I have tried EVERYTHING... I copied the code out of the FLASH MX Bible... (so it must be true) and have reviewed every Flash forum on the planet only to see the same information that i have in my book. I have retyped and verified more ti...more >>

Gang - I'm failry new to all, but I can edit and learn most. HOWEVER, I've been looking for a plugin or somrthing that allows .ram files embedded in either html page, or flash files as a sound source. Seems it doesn't like it. So I now I'm doing somthing wrong. Any help or resources fo...more >>

I would like to know why Flash MX Proffessional 2004 has excluded the scroll bar component??? how am I suppose to scroll dynamic text now???...more >>

Hi to all, I've been trying to add sound to a button in flash MX 6, I've imported the sound - added a new layer in my button - in the properties menu bar selected the 'sound' then under "syn" tried all the options with out sucess. It works in flash when I enable simple buttons but when I...more >>

Hi, I've made an animated intro for my site but here's my problem... Once the intro is finished, I want it to automatically link the user to the homepage. How do I do this? Thanks...more >>

Hey all, I've run into a predicament with a recent project. I need the users of my application to browse to a file on their computer. I do not wish to actually import that file into Flash, I merely wish to capture and store the file path in a variable. Is there any code out there tha...more >>

Hi, I?m considering purchasing an OEM license key for flash MX 2004 Pro at a greatly reduced price compared to the boxed retail set. It?s my understanding that this key does not come with Macromedia support or the disks, documentation, etc and I can?t register it with Macromedia, it is no...more >>

Sorry I am such a newb =P This are the details of the situation - button name = tearsforthepast id name = dtsong2 Here is the code that I have - tearsforthepast.onPress = function() { stopAllSounds(); currentsong = new Sound(mymovie) currentsong.loadSound("dtsong2"); curr...more >>

I have Internet Explorer (Mac OS X) v5.2.3 and the latest Flash Player 7. My problem continues: Flash loads in IE but then disappears. Only the moving parts become visible and the buttons are still able to be rolled over. How do I make the Flash maintain their visibility? Any suggestio...more >>

I'm interested on creating transforming a small scene with a bird in a movie trailer (21 Grams) to vector video and putting it in a Flash movie. If you have a fast connection (such as cable), perhaps you would download the movie trailer and see so you have a better idea of what I mean http...more >>

why won't the goto and play or stop AS work properly when i test>scene in mx 2004 pro? is this a glich or is there something i can do to fix it?...more >>

Excuse my ignorance, but I've started Flash on my degree. I recently came across the below game, which is a basic bobsled game. However it's from 3d perspective. Can anyone explain the principles to approaching something like this (3d perspective in a racing game). http://www.postopia.c...more >>

Hi, I have a who's business sells hardwood floors (parquet), and he wants a site with a very special feature: he wants users to be able to select the floor type, color, size, finish and a bunch of other parameters and wants the result in the form of a 3D image of a room with the selected floo...more >>

Hi, I want a flash movie, witch displays a local image of somebodies harddisk in a mc. So i made a php page (upload1.php), whit a upload formfield. If you submit that form, you go to the page upload2.php, where the flash movie is placed. the link is like this:[b] upload2.php?item_id=D%3A%5...more >>

ok. i tried that and it stilldoesn't work. 1)import JPEG 2)make it a symbol 3)new keyframe in frame 20 4)set alpha level 5)create motion tween what am i doing wrong? [q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Newsgroup User[/b][/b][/i] Make sure your images are Symbols before you apply a ...more >>

Please look at this: http://www.tribidz.com/ItemDetail.aspx?itemnumber=53157cfb-dc98-4fab-92d2-4ac0a8 47c548 How can I get the size right on the red text above the "Bid" button? I've tried the font size and resizing the dynamic text box and nothing changes. Thanks, Trint ...more >>

Hi this is probably a really straightforward question but for some reason I seem to be missing something. I have a movieclip on frame 20 of my main timeline (only one scene). I want to have a button in the movieclip that takes you back to frame 10 of the main timeline. I have tried both: o...more >>

http://www.beerandtotty.co.uk/flasher/flasher.swf Move your cursor over the shirt, then away....more >>

I have to get a "professional" level site up, which means it has to work cross-platform, etc. THe problem is with Internet Explorer, it loads the Flash and then it disappears.. completely, except for the animated part.. they are made visible. But then the Flash image is fagmented to only s...more >>

Are scenes totally seperate from each other? I'm having a problem using just one timeline and ActionScript. So I was thinking maybe I should break it up into scenes instead. IF the AS from one scene isn't seen by another scene. ...more >>