Hey there Everyone. I am in need of some help here with flash mx 2004. I am trying to make a game kind of like a quiz but the questions and answers will be the same every time it is played so there wont be a need for dynamically linking the info....but the problem is... I need to know the act...more >>

I have to make a flash file of an ambulance with sirens flashing. I have the ambulance w/lights stored as 2 layers in photoshop. So, all I have to do it hide and then show on of the layers to mimic the flashing. Is there any easy way to get both layers in flash and then make the animation? ...more >>

I have to make a flash file of an ambulance with sirens flashing. I have the ambulance w/lights stored as 2 layers in photoshop. So, all I have to do it hide and then show on of the layers to mimic the flashing. Is there any easy way to get both layers in flash and then make the animation? ...more >>

Any potential compatibility issues in using Dreamweaver 4 to create pages that will include Flash movies created with MX2004 Pro (containing video content)? Can these two work together without problem? ...more >>

I've got a problem with imbedded video now! I have embedded a .flv video into my project and I have created some control buttons. However when I go to the behaviors to select behaviors from the embedded video options, fast 'forward' and 'rewind' are missing. Is this a problem with the installa...more >>

Hi. I'm having a very strange problem with the published html file. I'm making a simple Flash file that will load swf files to show some pictures based on areas of the world. This will be put on a CD and so I am planning to run my Intro from an html file, which will start the browser and...more >>

Dear All, I've just got Flash, so I am curious, I've placed some flash text on a page and then uploaded it to my website, however, it shows when I preview in the browser, but not when I visit the actual url for the page it's inserted in. Can anyone help me figure out what I've done wrong? ...more >>

I installed Flash MX2004 evaluation and selected the Pro version. After a couple of days it screwed up and wouldn't run - I forget the actual error. I tried to reinstall over the top but all I get are 'runtime error' in the 'Microsoft Visual C++ runtime library' when I finally run flash.exe. I ...more >>

Is it a bad practice to do an entire website in flash with database as a backend if file size is not considered as a problem? How is flash website compared to html website because I am doing a website all in flash with a database as backend but someone just told me it is not good to do it all ...more >>

I have a question concerning the use of movie clips versus graphic symbols. Everything I read says movie clip symols have their own timelines which I know. Graphic symbols do the same thing though. I have graphic symbols with their own timelines(because that's how I started when I learned t...more >>

i know that Flash offers accessibility when viewed in a browser, but is it the same when published as a movie or execuble projector? thanks...more >>

Hi I am making a cartoon in an unorthodox manner; putting it together as it comes to me. My first question is how long can a Flash movie/cartoon be? Can you seemlessly splice movies together? Thanks ...more >>

I am looking for a way to have a movie finish and then take action. I have a stop action in the middle of my movie and the user has the option of clicking various buttons. Upon clicking these buttons I want the movie to continue to the end and then take the corresponding action of the button t...more >>

I have got a falsh school assignment due in three days. I am almost done but have come across a problem that noone, not even my teacher can fix. Note: I am just starting flash and so haven't done anything complicated yet. I have a combination of shape and motion tween spread around upon 12 dif...more >>

I want to create an online tutorial for our customers using screen shots, cursor movement an voice insertion. Can Flash do all of this? If not, what software can anyone recommend. If Flash can do all of the above, is there a tutorial for this? ...more >>

Does anyone know of a good OOP and AS2.0 course offered online?...more >>

Could anyone help me ? I've found the onion skinning command and it looks great, but as I export my movie, the onion skinning is disabled, is it only a tool to be preciser or can it also be used to publish a movie? Please Help... Guillaume ...more >>

Some website done in flash have includes some 3D effect. I presume those little 3D samplers are made under a certain platform then imported under flash. Any idea of soft used for those 3D anim. Do you need to be pretty proficient in 3d for those ?? Thanks. Dave. ...more >>

Can someone help me determine what video camera I should buy - I'm going to be importing video footage into Flash MX 2004 Professional. I've found many different cameras out there, however I can't get any tech questions answered as to whether the camera(s) I find are Mac OSX compatible and if ...more >>

Hi Folks, I'm searching for a solution to but an iframe OVER my swf in the browser. The idea is: The flash presents an intro of an book which opens. After that the navigation appears on the left page of the book and I would like to put the content at the right page of the book. But since ...more >>

I have a page with a scrolling textbox that uses an external text document (BBedit). I'm trying to figure how to make a hypertext link in it and when clicked on, opens up a window. However, not a web browser but just an external swf file (in the folder) with a picture and some custom buttons t...more >>

I have some buttons inside a movie clip. The movie clip has 3 layers, one for text, one for title, and one for buttons. The text layer has a motion tween across 30 frames, representing scrolling text. The button layer has keyframes on frames 15-20, each representing the location of the but...more >>

Hi, I have a friend who is being offered a full time position as a web designer. She is currently a temp getting paid $32.00 an hour. In her position she creates online flash animations and design, as well as web design in Dreamweaver. She is creating original cartoon characters, and the comp...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this. I am trying to develop a very simple game and need to figure out how I would go about making a clip mobile using the arrow buttons. I just want to beable to move it and allow it to dodge other objects. Daniel ...more >>

I have this code in an invisible button over the dynamic text field called Guide. on (rollOver) { _root.Guide = "<font color='#ccff00'><b>Guide.</b></font>"; } on (rollOut) { _root.Guide = "<font color='#00ff00'><b>Guide.</b></font>"; } on (release) { getURL("some url", "_...more >>

We are putting together a TBT. This TBT has a frameset which loads a new flash file for each page. The flash files contain animation and sound that reinforce the material on that page. We are trying to add an "Audio off" button that will turn off the sound if the user needs to do so. Ho...more >>

This is the browser resize fix for all browsers, including netscape. It forces all browsers to run at 100%. download this extension from the flash extension page: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?view=sn110#loc=en_us&view=s n111&viewName=Flash%20Extension&authorid=0&pa...more >>

Hello, WINXP Flash MX I have a problem, ofcourse. I want to control one movie from another movie. They are both on the sam page. How can I do that. Controling I mean like gotoframe 12. That's all -- thank you in advance, dEnis ...more >>

I have a website menu that I have changed and when I up load it(the revised menu) to the server an overwrite the one thats already there with the new menu ..the old one is still there it does not show my revised menu I have even deleted the file from the server and it still shows up as the o...more >>

1) Is there a site out there with any examples of uses of the button component with icons that would switch out on toggle? 2) I need to make a toggle button that has no text, only an icon. I want the icon to dynamically change if it's selected.(think of a pause/play button) I'm thinking of add...more >>

If I load an flv using the media components - the video plays fine. But the problem is that I have a button that goes to another location on the main timline, where there is a 2nd flv, but the first flv does not stop playing even though it is not present on the timline. (so both flv's are play...more >>

Is there a way to include music into a flash website that will play throughout all the scenes, timelines, and frames. I only want it to go off (or comes back on) when the user clicks the "Music Off" icon (or "Music On" icon to make it comes back on). Please help -- I am a new flash user. ...more >>

Hi, I have created a navigation bar in Flash, which displays buttons (eg, home, pictures, events, contact, etc). When you roll over the buttons they will animate. However, this flash navigation bar is embedded in the HTML page. Every HTML page has this same flash navigation bar embedded i...more >>

I'm seeking a URLDump of sites selling Flash templates. Pour here... -- <%= Clinton Gallagher A/E/C Consulting, Web Design, e-Commerce Software Development Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin USA NET csgallagher@REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com URL ...more >>

Ok, I have a Flash intro that basically consists of an audio track mixed with images fading in and out. I noticed that the more images I insert (in other words, the more I make the computer work) the slower the framerate is, making it near impossible to synchronize anything with the music. ...more >>

I've just started creating mini CD's for my business cards. On the disk is a ..swf file... a flash movie with links directly to my website. What do I need to do so that the file starts to play when the CD loads? Is it something different for a Mac user vs. a Windows user? ...more >>

First of alI would like to say that I'am not a Linux nut, to be honest I only used Linux few times myself. I have a small startup company glaphic/3d/webdesign etc.. and as the company is growing I find myself forced to make some choices as to what to purchase for equipment and hardware. To ma...more >>

Hi, for a piece of educational software, I have to make a script that is able to read text from a textfile, an make every single word clickable, so that it will read the word outloud... filling a dynamic textfield isn't the problem, importing the soundfiles dynamicly isn't a problem either... ...more >>

Hello ALL, How on earth do I get my flash site to open a new small browser window with a new URL in it? I'm a bit stumped, if someone could point me in the right direction I would be grateful... Cheers in advance ...more >>

Hello. I'm going to start a new project, porting a big application from Director to Flash. I know Director very well and I also know about software design, however, could you recommend me a good book, article, etc, about software design with Flash MX 2004?. Thanks in advance for any comment...more >>

Hello, Is there anyone know if I want to play a flash file with sound in my homepage, but I want people click on it, it plays once and then when people back to the same page again after they browse the other part of the web site, the sound would not play again (I found it annoying to hear the ...more >>

I am so very new to Flash and have inherited a web site containing a Flash nav bar/banner created by someone else. I have the completed file and now the links need changed. When I open it in Flash, there are no editing options like there are when you create a new flash item. I understand tha...more >>

Sorry to bother with a maybe simple question: Flash is designed for smaller presentations and although it can handle Pictures and Video its Performance is not good enough to create bigger presentations, such as Presentations created for 1024x768 Video projection including Full-Sized images ...more >>

I have a button symbol and a combobox on screen. The button works normally until the combobox is used - even if nothing is selected in the combobox. After that, the button works once, then the mouse has to be moved a little or the button doesn't work - ie if you keep the mouse in exactly the s...more >>

Flex is really cool. If you haven't seen it yet, then you need to. This presents some of the best ideas I've seen at a long time. Unfortunantly, the pride in price is prohibitive. MM still has learned that $6000 dollars per processor wont sell a lot of copies, nor will it compete with longhorn...more >>

Hi can someone help with this question about special characters in Flash is there anyways to let flash no the some of the text is French and it has special characters to it exampple :C'est alors que l'objet a manoeuvr? de fa?on ?trange, en forme de et ? la vitesse d'une ?toile filante mais l...more >>

Hi there, I've managed to sort out the classic problem of rewinding flash in powerpoint using the VB code, but unfortunately we cant use this as a fix. I've tried everything I can think of in flash, but no luck. I'm thinking that the only way to get flash to play again is to reset the "playin...more >>

Hello. I am building a flash website and am facing a disturbing dillemna. When I publish the website, I use dreamweaveer MX2004. I use the index.html page to link to the .swf file. I want the swf file to only play in the flash player window, not a browser window. I have tried all option I.E. ...more >>

Hi, I hope this is a very simple fix! I have created three movieclips, one within the other. The first is on the main stage and the next two are shape tweens. The third movieclip I have put a stop(); command in the frame but it loops when tested. Any advice? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I'm trying to export a flash into AVI. Since the movieclips didd'nt work in the exported AVI I must convert all movieclips into graphic symbols. I have lots of movieclips in my movie and it'd take me a long time to edit them one by one. Is there any way of doing it all at once? And if I ri...more >>

Hi.......we run a public access internet service in our library sites, 120 thin client terminals connecting via Citrix Metaframe to a farm of 5 well spec'd servers running W2K Server. This solution usually works fine...but....when users connect to sites running the Flash plug-in, we experience...more >>

Hi All Can anyone confirm that I am going about this the right way? I am building a flash movie, where the user mouse's over an outline of a map. When they mouse over certain areas of the map I want the certain countries to become highlighted and details of that country to appear in a sep...more >>

Hi does anyone know how I add an action to a button rather than to the instance of the button? I have some navigation buttons in different scenes which all need the same code applied to them. Rather than adding the same code to each button, is there a way to add the code to the button in the l...more >>

Basically Im reanimating a cartoon that I animated in adobe premire, and I cannot edit sound in falsh.. Am I gonna have to use a totally finished wav _25 minutes of full sound??? in order to assurte that I am gonna get what I need. I have files that need impromtu tweaking.... SO does my sound ...more >>

Hi, I am quite new to flash, I want to make part of my text a link e.g. contact me. Is it possible to do this or do I have to make the text into a symbol? Thanks....more >>

Hello: This is the most challenging ActionScript stuff I have ever seen! http://eltaprint.sinoima.com/spec.html Check it out! I wonder who can do this, must be a genius!! -- Message sent by 68.163.226.8 via MMKit http://www.mmkit.com/newsgroups.php ...more >>

I'm doing one of my first flash projects - a small web-site made complete in flash. I'm pretty newbie with all this but it seem to work this far. However, if you have opinions/help on the following let me know. - the site is now one huge flash file, is it possible to do it in several, sepa...more >>

I have a problem with buttons in a movie that has me defeated. Please help. When someone visits my website, several movies are loaded in the first few available levels ? preloaders, links menus, etc. and then my main page about level 3 or 4. When something is selected from a menu, this gets ...more >>

Just installed MX 2004 plus updater and discovered that I am not getting the frame label name tooltips that were always displayed in previous versions - has this feature been removed or is something screwy. It's quite annoying... ...more >>

Ive heard of a "Student Version" of Macromedia Flash MX. Ive also heard it is much cheaper (around $100). Can any1 provide me with some info about it. I am totaly new to flash, but it seems really neat. Ive downloaded about all of the trials, but they have already expired. Well anyway. If some...more >>

Hi, Can I type HTML (or even ASP.NET would be better) in the actions panel for textbox and button like objects?...more >>

I've noticed countless people having problems relating to flash working in mozilla and i'm just one of them... I recently decided to download mozilla for a second time because my IE started going unbelievably slow. I installed the flash plugin thinking everything should work fine. But all ...more >>

i have voice over mp3 file that i split into smaller mp3 files to hit the cues in my presentation. The problem I'm having is when I export the movie and playback, the first mp3 file sounds fine, the next one sounds muffled, and the one following sounds fine, and the next one sounds muffled. I...more >>

Hello, I'm just a beginner to flash , trying to learn a bit about flash 5 out of a book. The question is when I make up a graphic using the oval and rectangle tool and then try to resize, rotate or even move it by dragging, it always leaves this outline of where it was. Whats up with this? A...more >>