How do I create the same effect in Flash that this line of code produeces? <a href="welcome.html" onMouseOver="document.banner.src='Images/home_banner.jpg'" onMouseOut="document.banner.src='Images/title.jpg'"><img src="Images/home.jpg" border=0 name="home"></a> Simpy when the...more >>

How can I use the font tag? I want different colors, sizes, etc but can't seem to get it to work. Using MX....more >>

I need to find my Install for FLV Exporter..... I have Flash MX 2004 Pro and it is supose to come with it, but I can not find it. HELP!...more >>

I have a wide-angle view (photo) of the surface of Mars taken by the Martian Rover. It is as high as the stage but altogether it is about 10 x wider than my stage, so (1) I?m wondering if I can ?pan? the image so that it drifts from left to right and over a period of maybe sixty seconds so th...more >>

hey..i hear you can make games with this program...is it true? and if it is..where can i learn how?...more >>

hello all, I am trying to create a slide show using the flash template "Photoslideshow_style1" (the only one). I am following each step, one by one, but when I get to the point of importing my fireworks files and clicking ok to insert all the images in... it crashes and Flash shuts down. ...more >>

Hello All, What happened to the beginner and expert mode options in FlashMX04 when working with action scripts? Thanks for your time and assistance. Todd ...more >>

[b]Hi there!! all Flash enthusiasts,[/b] There's a great news for the entire Flash community here. 6 months ago, MTV ran a contest in their show 'MTV Start' asking all the viewers to send their song request in the form of a jpg, gif , or flash format. Being a beginner at Flash , I tried...more >>

I'm in the planning stage for a page on my private website that will showcase excerpts from a radio interview I did last month. I have 5 mp3 files that I want to play in succession. In Dreamweaver, I can get one file to load and play but not the others. So I'm thinking I should probably do ...more >>

Guys, I am about to purchase a Flash templates from Template Monster. I am currently working with a NASCAR Stock-car driver on a Flash Intro, and would purchase http://www.templatemonster.com/screenshots/1400/1435.html However, my client is asking the following questions: Is it pos...more >>

I have a FLA which loads an external textArea component in MX 2004. The textArea references an xml file that is supposed to render text formatted by a style sheet. Unfortunately, It does not pick up the formatting and when you go to scroll, the entire content of the textArea highlights until y...more >>

Hello, 2 exe files, one of them generated from Flash. I have a slide in the middle of the flash exe with a red button that will quit and launch the second exe. ____________________________ on (click) { fscommand("exec", "secondfile.exe"); fscommand("quit"); } _________________________...more >>

List some of the new improvements that you would like to see in the next release of Flash I think it would be a good idea if you were able to load an external *.GIF image into a *.SWF....more >>

Hey, How would I change between scenes in a flash document by clicking differant buttons? Is this the best way to set out a 100% flash website without making a new flash document for every page? Thanks pink_ego_b0x ...more >>

1. I often zoom in to the IDE stage to edit something on it (800x, 1600x) from 100. If the item was not perfectly centered, then I am off in never never land. It is hard to get the IDE to center the stage for editing. Is there a keyboard or other shortcut to center the design stage? 2. I have ...more >>

heres what i could come up with: (feel free to add your own as well) [L=http://flash-db.com]http://flash-db.com[/L] [L=http://flash4all.de]http://flash4all.de[/L] [L=http://flashcomponents.net]http://flashcomponents.net[/L] [L=http://swish-db.com]http://swish-db.com[/L] [L=http://swish-tut...more >>

Hey, We want to build some custom components as well as some basic Flash apps. Can anyone tell me what what Pro offers over normal when they say "Advanced Components" and "Forms"? The marketing hype on the website isn't very useful. Thanks, Osman ...more >>

Hello...we just purchased Flash MX 2004 and noticed that some components (label, text fields, etc.) are not included. What gives? The trial had these components, we expected the full version to have them too! ...more >>

Hello! I have this menu with different buttons in movieclips, so all of them have some "onclipevent" actions. I would like that when you click on each of this movieclip, to load other moviclips I have in the library. I would like to know which is the action scrip for that, I am trying with...more >>

Is their any way to do this, resize a flash movie from within, ie change its OWN size? ? and is their anyway of changing the size of a browser window from within flash ? sincerely chris --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.gris...more >>

I've been having computer problems that I'm finally fixing. I can't figure out why I can't load either of these free features. I go to the download page and push the Install Now tab for both Flash and Shockwave. Nothing happens. The area where a movie that is supposed to come up to show th...more >>

I saw the page on the Flash Video Gallery, and have downloaded the source file from Macromedia. My question is, why do the playback controls not work for my imported videos? Am I missing something? The videos play correctly, but the pause/resume controls have no effect...however, they wo...more >>

Hi, Is it possible in Flash to create a complete 100% copy of a cell phone (the new ones with large colour screens, video cameras etc.) and use it to demonstrate how that handset works? When I say 100%, I mean pixel perfect, with all the handsets features and functions emulated. The si...more >>

Where is the code that invokes the focus ring (the yellow ring) when you press the tab key? I would like the focus ring to show up when I set focus to an object using Selection.setFocus(). Anybody know how to do this??? Thanks ...more >>

I have a flash swf file (banner ad) that I want to insert in Front Page XP. How do I do this?...more >>

Ello, I recently took a tutorial on how to drag and drop. It works. What i want to do is be able to drag the car image on to the screen then change the colour of it by click a corosponding coloured button. This all seems to work fine but the corosponding colour button follows the d...more >>

Hi all - I am attempting to launch website URL's from a self running cd-rom, and have no trouble doing it with a simple getURL action. What I would like to do is have the links all open in the same window (once a window is open), instead of opening in a new window every time. Does anyone ...more >>

Hello all, Im having a little trouble trying to animate my panoramic image. Here is the score....... Ive got a history timeline that I've ceated and exported from Fireworks, I want to now create 2 buttons which will enable interaction with the image, I want it to - on mouse over (left bu...more >>

sorry for clumsy english.. This is site: http://www.nevcos.ru/promo/vorsinka/. Anybody know about method align object(bear, 1000, jacket, gloves and child)? How i can make positions objects in flash relatively width of browser. For instance, if we modify width, objects in flash displace rela...more >>

Do I HAVE to export attached sounds in first frame? I'd like to have my regular preloader handle them and this defeats it but it doesn't seem to work unless I do....more >>

I'm trying to play a .swf file in PowerPoint.... I figured out how to insert it and get it to play once, but my intent is when the entire presentation is over, it will loop back to the first slide which will then replay the animation. Presently it will only play the animation once... any idea...more >>

So I'm making an Enhanced CD (audio CD + interactive CD-ROM) for my record labels next release. I already know how to make the Enhanced CD for PC and MAC and the autorun files using Nero but I have some questions about compatibility. The CD-ROM portion has a lot of media files (MP3 and FLV)...more >>

I'm new to flash. I have a large but simple animation in 1scene, 900frames, 20layers, no buttons or actions. I wish put the entire scene in a moveclip symbol with all frames and layers. If I select all and convert to symbol it just pastes the 1 frame on 1 layer. I need the whole movie. [b]...more >>

Hi, I've been browsing support and FAQs but been unable to find an answer to a rather basic question: If I upgrade to Flash MX 2004 from my current Flash MX version, will I still be able to use Flash MX? I am asking since I am in the middle of a rather complex project, and in order not...more >>

hi i was wondering if it possible to do text to speech in flash, and if so how? thanks marc...more >>

So i am trying to figure out if i need flash remoting to connect to a database if i use cold fusion? I want to use a cfc to return results from a database and display the data in a data grid. is flash remoting the only way to connect to the database to populate data grids, or is there anothe...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm preparing a Cd Rom in Flash and I've a questions because is the first time I work offline with flash: -where can I find a player installer standalone to be included in the CD which is NOT the installer which is possible to download from the macromedia website? I need an...more >>

Hi all, I know this is a documented issue, but I'm wondering if MM came up with a fix for it yet that I can't find. Here's a link describing the EXACT issue I'm having (when flash mx is running, photoshop won't start up amongst other random anomolies): [L=Here's the thread.]http://grou...more >>

hello everyone, i need to make a simple flash animation. i have a square .bmp image with a circle in the middle, inside the circle is a cat. what i need to do is to cut out the circle with the cat in it and have it "roll" from left to right across the screen. ive done this before a looong time a...more >>

Does anyone know where I can get a pach or something to allow me to use Flash MX 2004 and Dreamweaver MX 2004 on Windows ME. I dont see how such a masive company such as Macromedia can make this huge Studio MX and notmake it compatible with ME. Adobe managed it why not macromedia. With my old ...more >>

Hi I have following problem: I have an external library with several assets and would like to place/echange these assets via Action script. However, the command _root.attchmovie (lib_id, newname, depth) does not seem to work if the lib_id is the identifier name of an external library asse...more >>

Is it possible to detect how wide a tree component's content is? Since the horizontal scrollbar doesn't work I'd like to dynamically resize it when the text becomes too wide and will be clipped. Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I wanted to know if there is any feature on Flash MX that will allow me to work with an image in a similar way Dreamweaver works with Image Map. Basically I have a bitmap and I want to have different links for different parts of the bitmap. thanks, Ed ...more >>

I have imported the pill button from the common library. I love it. But I cannot get it to work. It does not repond to the an action like: on (release) { gotoAndStop(2) }...more >>

I have a 3-scene movie that I need to export as an animated GIF. I'm finding that the GIF isn't obeying the actionscript in the movie (namely when/where to jump between scenes). Is there a fix for this other than having to go in and modify my FLA file so that it is sequential and timed as if...more >>

Hi folks, on the main timeline I have 2 movieClips. one is transparent, the other contains another timeline. the transparent movieClip tells the other to play. inside the non-transparent movieClip I have a few more movie clips with actions. however the actions are conflicting with eachothe...more >>

Hi, Anyone else having problems with dynamic textfields in mx2004 (7.0.1)? I keep finding that sometimes they simply dont work, for no apparent reason, i have rechecked and rechecked but in the end i have to copy a textfield that definitely works and paste it in its place. This is so annoy...more >>

I have a five frame movie. On each frame is a movie clip with about 300 frames. To navigate between frames i have a next and previous button, so the user can read through the information from frame 1 to 5. The 300 frame movie clip contains sections of text which appear after the user has read ...more >>

Hi I have probably a very simple problem that someone can solve. I have created a graphic symbol and in the centre of it is a small cross hair, its pivot point. Can anyone tell me how I can move this pivot point. I can't seem to select it by itself how ever hard I try!!! Can anyone...more >>

How to make that the fonts is embed? (if not rotate the dynamic text, it still can show!) ???........ please help! thx Original message: hi kenneth make sure that the font is embed, otherwise you can not see it! thanks stelios "kenneth911" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> w...more >>

am trying to create a picture gallery (all flash) and have the pictures pop up in their own browser window, without affecting the window that is currently open. how would i accomplish this? ...more >>

i am trying to create a picture gallery (all flash) and have the pictures pop up in their own browser window, without affecting the window that is currently open. how would i accomplish this?...more >>

Hey Folks, Listen, I need to build some 3d flash visualization movies where a user can rotate a 3D furniture product, change colors, etc. The most common method I see out there right now is to build a product rotation animation in a 3d modeling program (like 3d Studio Max) and then use som...more >>

hello all flash gurus.......... i am currently developing a front end flash interface for a government bureau. the client is seriously worried that the information that is loaded into the flash movie (XML, jpg) will be cached on the user terminal. does the information that is parsed i...more >>

Hi, I need a THING_THAT_DOES_WHAT_I_NEED As follows: For Each jpeg_Image out of the Thousands_Need_2_Process Input the jpeg_Image into the THING_THAT_DOES_WHAT_I_NEED Create a Text_File For Each_and_Every_Pixel in jpeg_Image Write/Ouptut to Text_File the Color_Value...more >>

OSX 10.3.2 reeked havoic with my ablilty to do anything, So, after doing numerous permission verifications, new user log-ins, booting from CD to do a Utilities, and other more unconventional methods, I reinstaled and archived my OS. But now my Flash just bounces one, two, three times and then....more >>

I cant find this being asked before, and if it has I?m very sorry. And I thank anyone and everyone in advance for their help. Heres my problem. I created a flash movie that on a particular page has a button that I want to open another flash SWF file. I used this code for that button, code ...more >>

I am usin fscommand: on (release) {fscommand("exec", "myBatFile_exp.bat");} to open a .bat file that contains: @echo off start exp.doc Anyone ever used this to open MSWord docs on a CD with a Flash projector? It seems to work except I don't like seeing the "command" window ope...more >>

Have a Flash projector and MSWord docs on CD. I need to open MSWord docs from Flash, without using getURL. getURL will open the docs in Explorer on some machines and I need them to be editable for the end user. Any ideas please. ...more >>

ok i know this isnt the place but i cant find a shockwave forum.. but plz some one help... im trying to play games on shockwave.com games like alien x that have the 3d groove download will not be played. i have the newest shockwave and these games used to work on my system. when the 3d groove ...more >>

Hi all, This is my first Flash query... hope its OK for this group... I am building a set of buttons on a page that set the alpha effect to 70 percent for the menu panel and buttons. This allows the visitor to see the background images. My question is, how do I make the button background t...more >>