I have decided to commence work on my new company web site...www.DavisAdvertisingInc.com. I haven't worked in Flash for a couple of years and I have version 5. My question is this...Each page of the site will have animated wording/lettering in the background which will play for a few seconds...more >>

Hi, Flash MX beginner here... I have created a Flash movie and when it's done I want it to automatically open an HTML page in the same window - can someone help? I have the 'stop' function - but the 'get URL' function does not work - I am creating a presentation on CD ROM (not on the w...more >>

does anyone know if it is possible to set the kerning to a dynamic text field in flash mx 2004?...more >>

Hi, I can't anymore open the property window in flash mx2004, it's just gone. I reinstalled the prog and still that window missing???? Can someone help please ?...more >>

in the middle of a project that is in chinese. i copied chinese text from a word doc and was amazed to find that i could just paste it into flash mx 2004 pro with no problems as long as the font was either set to _sarif, or _sans. so last night i made a change to some code for the navigation a...more >>

Hello, does anybody know how to refresh a FLASH file and/or flush all data? I am currently using Flash to talk to a ColdFusion file - this file retrieves data from a database and sends the results back to Flash. Everything works good on the file, but when I edit the database in Flash, the...more >>

Ok. I designed some text in Adobe Illustrator, and changed it to vector. I exported it as a swf. file. I opened it in Flash MX & broke it apart. I created a shape tween and reduced the alpha to 0% on the beginning frame and left it on 100% for the ending frame. However, Flash chops up ...more >>

Hello all, my problem is as follows and I can't seem to find anyone who has encountered the same situation and documented it. I have placed a dynamic text field on my stage, which accepts HTML ("render text as HTML"). I want to use Arial for this field so I have imported (via Library - N...more >>

Hi all, I am a very new user of Flash and just today purchased a book to help me - the Show Me series by Que Publishing. The one thing I was most interested in learning was not there. I want to import a layered Photoshop 7 .psd file into Flash MX 2004. I tried, and got a message 'not recog...more >>

I would like to make a autorun menu, is there a turtorial to create one fast? TIA, Tom...more >>

I need to import layered illustrator files into flash and have Flash honor the respective layers. what happens now is that I import the Illustrator file into Flash following all of the instructions from three books to a tee and it creates the separate layers but puts all of the layered images ...more >>

I'm trying to load a movie clip in a new window with no menu or scroll bars and at a set size of 400 x 400 from a button within a flash movie, without loosing my original movie. My main site is all flash and I'm trying to load a photo gallery that is also flash in it's own window. I've been tr...more >>

Hi, I have two sounds in the same movie and want to control the volume of them ( whith a volume slider) independently...I use the next sentence: sound1 = new Sound(); sound1.attachSound("loop"); sound1.start(0, 999999); and the next one sound2 = new Sound(); sound2.attachSound("...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to play a looping sound clip across several scenes. I made a separate sound movie and am loading it to play independently throughout multiple scenes (loadMovieNum("background.swf", 1). The problem is that my stop actions at the scene level are stopping the background sound as ...more >>

Duh, first timer here when it comes to using shared assets, in my particular case shared fonts. I did get this to work, but am definitely in need of some explanation on some points, as some of the things I had to do, seem completely illogical to me THE SITUATION 1. folder structure: content/...more >>

Hello everyone. I have a non-animated effect I am trying to create. Think of a typical grid pattern using white lines. These white lines then fade from white to black (the background color) from a central point. It's very easy to do in Photoshop and I thought about how to achieve something...more >>

Using Dreamweaver MX, I've inserted a Flash movie within my HTML tables layout: <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve rsion=6,0,29,0" width="778" height="181"> <param name="movie" value="...more >>

let's say you do the following commands in the form: on (reveal) { this.contentPath = "logo.swf"; this.load(); } How do you setup a progress bar or a loading bar while the form loads? Haven't had any luck because it's not a Loader component, but just a screen's content. Any ideas? ...more >>

Is it possible to get Flash 5 to run aspecific swf at a specific time, say 7.50pm each evening? I suspect it is but can't work it out Any help would be gratefully received ...more >>

I tried to debug some of my code, but my trace statements did not produce any output. Evene a brand new file, system restarted, single frame, code: trace("Boloni"); did not produce any output. The output window pops, but there is no content. Any help is appreciated. ...more >>

I am creating a CD in C++ but as the CD is first placed in the computer a >EXE Flash file is played. In testing this .EXE Flash Projector file on my computer (with XP Pro), I get the menu above the animation (File, Edit, etc.). How do I get rid of the menu with just the .EXE Flash animatio...more >>

OUCH! I'm unable to debug within VC++ IDE (which is generating an "Unhandled Exception" message) whenever an HTML page within WebBrowser control contains Flash object: Using VC++ Version 6, Win98 platform + include WebBrowser control in dialog box + run inside of VC++ IDE environ...more >>

Sorry if it is a dummy question, but could not find in a manual.......more >>

Is it possible to mask the dateChooser componet ? If so, how?...more >>

How do I get a ackground to repeat throughout my movie without copying and pasting endlessly?...more >>

Hello My flash movies are appearing upside down when I insert them on a html page. Does anybody know why?...more >>

Hi, my Tryout-Versions of Director (wich I originally wanted to buy next week but have a peek on it before) and Flash MX 2004 (I'm a long time Flash user) don't work under Mac OSX 10.3 (Panther). They show exactly the behaviour described on the appropriate Macromedia Technote (bouncing ...more >>

check this out. www.bluerivergames.com i have been playing around with the microphone object in flash, and love it. we have built this game. - I think its the first of its kind. - am I right ? Evan Cowan Blue River Creative Design for Internet and Print Web: www.blueriver.co.nz Ema...more >>

hi can anyone guide me to a tutorial or reference to achieve a 360 degree image with interactivity in it. An example is of what i want to achieve [L=HERE]http://www.clubmed.fr/cgi-bin/clubmed55/Ratio/Villages/villageclub.jsp?B V_SessionID=@@@@1408574481.1080750368@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdgadckmm...more >>

I have a dynamic text box that scrolls. I would very much like to create a rollover, button or link in this text that will allow me to display a movie clip on the stage. For example, when someone clicks or rolls over the words "enlarged hilum" in the scrolling dynamic text box, an image (movie...more >>

Flash elements display correctly in the actual Dreamweaver template, but show up as white boxes in the pages that use that template. Any help?...more >>

OK. I need to know if there is code that will speed up the frame rate so the person playing my flash game can control the frame rate....more >>

I am working with a client and another contractor on a CD-ROM project. I've built the presentation in Flash, the client has done the video components and the other contractor is assembling everything in Director. When they click on the link to go to the website nothing happens. Is it possi...more >>

I am trying to makea door open on user's click. I first made it as a clip, but then the clip plays without the user's click. How can i make the clip play on the onlclick action of a button?...more >>

My Yahoo messenger can't work :( when i start it, it says " Ymessenger has caused an internal page fault in module Flash OCX".. How can I fix that?...more >>

I'm using the following code to preload the application I've created, but it doesn't seem to load all the scenes before it loads the splash page. Does anyone know if there's something more I can do to make sure that splash page doesn't appear until everthing is loaded? Thanks in advance! s...more >>

Am running Windows XP home. I have both IE and Mozilla installed as browsers. Through IE, some pics (like the Macromedia navigation bar at the top of this screen) do not show up. Instead, I get the little Microsoft box with a red sq, blue triangle, and green circle. However, in Moz...more >>

Hi, I'm building a CD Rom with several videos to be loaded on a main stage as external movies, embeded in the external clip as .FLV files. The heaviest one is about 25Mbs, but the average size is between 4 and 10Mbs. I'm experiencing major problems running the clip which is actually quite ...more >>

[L=Chaucer Project: Flash prototype]http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/swf/chaucer-01.asp[/L] Hi, Can anyone tell me where a preloader clip should be placed in a Flash Pro file using Forms/Screens? Possible targets are "root" or "application." I've tried both, but can't get the preloader ...more >>

I want to space 22 small circles evenly around a larger circle. Is there a tool or window within flash that will let me do this easily? The alignment window seems only to deal with horizontals and verticles. ...more >>

hi, do you know how many FPS, can i use to make a falsh website?? is there a limit of FPS or a standart for the online flash applications?? FPS (frames per second) THANKS!!!...more >>

O.K. I give up! Can you cut and paste text into flash mx? bill ...more >>

Internally to a fash file (fla) I can create nested movie clip symbols with full timeline, layers, etc. They look just the same as the parent fla in most respects. I have found I want to get an external fla into a new fla preserving timeline and layers. Can I do this, and if so, what are th...more >>

Hi, I have a button like this: <a href="http://myserver.no"><img src="mybutton.gif" border=0></a> I would like to be able to do the same thing with a flash movie, something like this: <a href="http://myserver.no"> <object......><embed...></embed></object> </a> ..it did not work...more >>

stop(); s = new Sound(); s.loadSound( "intro3.mp3", false); var total = _root.getBytesTotal(); var loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded(); var temp = 1; while( temp == 1 ){ if ( loaded >= total ) { temp = 0 s.onLoad(success);{ ...more >>

Hello? Anyone know what software is used to do the animation of the bloke getting up out of his chair on the home page of this site? [L=www.ralphcapper.com/]http://www.ralphcapper.com/[/L] It looks too smooth for it to just be Flash, is it Swift 3D? cheers! :O) ...more >>

Send flashwork my way, I am a talented flashdesigner. Check my site out and tell me what you think: http://www.petrus.nu (click ireland)...more >>

I have been given a .swf file to play. I've been to the download page and downloaded the free version of Macromedia Flash. It says it's installed successfully. But whenever I try to launch my .swf file, it says I don't have an application that can run files with that extension. I don't see...more >>

We are distributing a PC format CD which contains an image library. We need an autorun file that displays legal info and "Agree" and "Disagree" buttons. If the user clicks "Agree" they get access to the CD. If they click "Disagree" they cant access the content (CD is ejected??). Any suggest...more >>

Can someone please send me an email I have a few questions...more >>

Hi! Why a movie appears normal with IE browser and it instead appears smaller with Netscape browser? Its width is really small!). Is it a problem of <embed> attributes of do I have to set some <param> tags? Thank you. Paolo ...more >>

Is there a means of copying many layers from a scene to another? I can't believe that you have to add new layers to the second scene and cut and paste the content's from the original. I'm sure its very simple, Cheers is advance, Chris...more >>

I would like to build a video booth type application (recording and saving short video clips) with Flash is this possible?...more >>

Hi ! I have a technical question concerning, loading JPEG from the web and loading it in a Flash animation. I took a small snippet from the web : [L=http://actionscript-toolbox.com/samplemx_loadjpg.php]http://actionscript-tool box.com/samplemx_loadjpg.php[/L] This works fine with local fi...more >>

I have a problem when playing sound when a user visits my website. When the site loads with the intro an mp3 file should start to play. The file is loaded dynamically into the flash movie. The file is 300k in size. However the sound never plays unless i click the refresh button, which trigge...more >>

hi, is anyone can guide me in creating a proper preloader in AS2.0. Below is the script i learn from a website: total = _root.getBytesTotal(); loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded(); if (loaded=total) { _root.nextScene() } However, it does not work as expected. I want the movie to b...more >>

Dear sir i want to retrieve data from XML file and display in flash how will i do it can pls help in this ans also tell me how to do it. sudhakar...more >>

Hi there I have a quicktime interactive 360 movie. i would like to have this in flash as more people have the flash plugin than quicktime. but when I import this into flash it doesnt have the intereactivity. Is there anyway to have my quicktime 360 movie in flash and have the int...more >>

i just got flash 2004 pro i debug my film and it comes out has a internet explorer file i have flash player 7 i open a movie and it says would i like to loact flash or what not i say yes it tell me i have to enable remote debuging on the debug pop up menu... what debug menu! ...more >>

i've just added a swift 3d animation to my movie, and it now won't move past that frame. have tried goto next frame and even next scene.. you have to put a stop in the last frame of the swift movie clip to prevent it looping, but even when you remove this, it remains in the same frame an...more >>

Hi folk I"m a totally rookie with flash At the moment, I'm working on a stage based on Darshan Sawardekar Slideshow component.. but I have designed the stage where the component is placed with a photoshop file which is a bit heavy, so I would wish to have a preloader for this stage bef...more >>

Hi, I have designed a new site in both html and flash. I would like the index.html page to contain a check for the flash plugin and if found go to the Flash site and if not go to the html site. Is there an easy way to do this? I am using Flash MX. Thanx in advance. Keith ...more >>

Hey I have Marcromedia Flash Mx. I need to know how to convert the .fla file extension into something like .jpeg or .gif ....more >>

One problem I come across often is not being able to test my Flash on a true slow connection. I can set the rate to 56k or 28.8k when testing in Flash, but I've found that doesn't give you a true look at what your movie will do on a slow connection. This project I'm working on now preloads bea...more >>

what are some possible ways to address the error message: "One or more files not imported because there were problems reading them" I am trying to import an mp3 file from a music cd. i have done this many times before with other cd's, but for some reason this won't import. any thoughts? ...more >>

does anyone have any code or know how i make something move with the beat like here : www.hel-guild.com up the top right how it moves with it.... any help appreciated pz...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 >>

I am desigining a site and incoporporating my basic knowledge with flash. I designed the banner in adobe photoshop saved as psd. then in flash i made a different picture for each keyframe in flsah. I would make a lil move in the pic in photshop save then import a dif pic in each time for the f...more >>