simply create and save a new Slide Presentaion and put this into frame 1: trace("slide application loaded"); test your movie this message will trace once per frame, and nothing you do will stop it. This means that actionscript inside a Slide will continuously execute once per fra...more >>

I've put a lot of time into a Flash movie that has a width of 790 and a height of 175. Due to site changes, I need to reduce the height of the .SWF to 125. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can do this without having to go back and change all my image sizes, tweens, etc.? If I simple m...more >>

Hi, I'm doing a project for school in which we need to put a flash ad on a web page we developed. I'd like the ad to be linked to a web site. Can I add an actionscript, or do I just add the link in the html code? Thanks for your help! dB -- ___________________________________ "Wha...more >>

Ok so I loaded my .txt file into flash and it works pretty nice. However I would like to be able to make some text [b]bold[/b] and some text with different font sizes if someone could help me out a little that would be great : D Jeff ...more >>

Hi, I had a company develop a movie for me. They are now out of business and can not be found. The .mov file plays in quicktime player. can flash convert this into an swf?...more >>

Trying to learn Flash from textbook, "H.O.T" by Lynda Weinman. Lesson on adding sound to buttons. Followed all the steps. ok, sounds will play like they should on button over or down states when testing in the fla document, but when "test movie" or published swf is tried, there are no sounds. ...more >>

Hello all. I have just descovered that flash now has the ability to create forms , maybe i am just a long way behind :) but i have only just downloaded the trial. my question is : at the moment i use a standard html form and the cgi scripts formmail to create the readable content i rece...more >>

hallo is there any possibility to communicate between swf, and any other ActiveX control ( self developed ) but not using JS communication? localConnection would be ideal for that purpose but I can't find anywhere any information how does it work... I mean the protocaol or method to communic...more >>

I am trying to add sound to a Flash Movie, I am new to flash, and when I try to "import" MP3 file, I get the message "One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them." Can someone please help me! Eric texrc987@yahoo.com ...more >>

As an elementary educator I have just enough knowledge of Flash to be dangerous! <smile> I've been creating online activities for elementary students using the built-in Learning Interactions and Quiz Templates quite happily but have run across a problem that I can't seem to find an answer to....more >>

I'm putting together a movie that includes links to other web sites... pretty simple. However, in Explorer 5.0 for Mac, when I open the movie, all one browser after another keeps opening up till I have to shut down the program. Has anyone else had a similiar problem? The file also uses an ...more >>

Hello, I found a very acerbic bug in Flash MX Professional v7.1.1 German installed on Windows 98SE (4.10.2222A) . When I carry out the certain classes (Application Data>>Macromedia>>Flash MX 2004>>de>>Configuration>>Classes), it writes in ?Output?-window that some appointed class conflicts wi...more >>

Having a problem with netscape browser, it doesnt resize properly, I cant find a fix for this, my site was designed in mx pro 2004, any ideas?...more >>

I want to plot some graphs of comums equation as y = sin(x) y = x*x y = 1/x something basic would be great, and the user can change the argument X Thanks.... ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to allow users manipulate an image that i've created at runtime. Has anyone got any tips or suggestions as to how i'd go about doing this? Thanks, Matt. ...more >>

I have a frame by frame animation that I would like to import to a specific spot on the stage. Is there a way to do this? If I move it manually, the other frames just revert to the original place where it imported to the stage. Is there a way to make a change to all frames? ...more >>

hi everybody! I´m trying to simulate a thermal dilatation of some object, and need to show fire in my movie like in a candle or something, thanks for help sorry for my pooor english.. ...more >>

i've just buy mx studio 2004 and i wanna change a text error on a flash object but when i save it always make a movie i want it to have the .swf extension...more >>

I purchased a flash movie template from a company, and modified it for our summer workshop (for kids in the San Francisco Bay Area). The template looks great, and runs fine on Windows machines, but for some odd reason is reacting strangeliy on the Macintosh OS. For a while, it ran on I.E. o...more >>

Sorry if I am in the wrong forum, but not sure where to go... My custom application displays video files within it's own window. It get's notiofications such as start, stop, error, etc. And it sends the player it's own commands, pause, rew, etc. My app is written in C and the media pla...more >>

Hey Guys... i'm simply wondering if i'm creating rollovers correctly: When you create a rollover, do you simply have the movie jump to a different place in the timeline where the "rollover state" is? or is there another way to do it? thanks for your input! ...more >>

On occassion I have an online crash. I am running Windows XP. This is the message I get after reporting error to Microsoft. Thank you for submitting an error report. The error was likely caused by: Flash Player Flash Player was created by Macromedia, Inc.. Please contact Macromed...more >>

i am using dynamic text, i need to use the "& sign" is this possible...more >>

I am a university instructor, teaching a course titled "Computer-mediated Learning," and came across this site: "http://www.nosepilot.com/nosepilot/18/" which was created in 2000. I have tried to find similar pieces of work, but it appears to be 'one of a kind.' In my opinion it is outstandi...more >>

i downloaded the 30 day trial of flash mx proffesional and normal edition and it told me that it doesn't run on my Operating System (windows me). can i do anything? help! - Alee...more >>

I found this link in another post. http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/16_bit_rounding.htm It addresses how colors of the same value are shown differently between HTML and Flash documents. I'm just wondering if anyone has any new tricks of if the new versions of Flash or ...more >>

I purchased FlashMX last year thinking I could use it on a Apple notebook, now that I tried to load it on my new notebook I find out that I bought a version for WINDOWS! Is there any way that I can get this to run on the Mac? The notebook is new to me too, so I am double lost. Do any of yo...more >>

Hi guys, There's an exe file (which is actually a flash presentation saved into exe) that I need to run or load from/into flash. Is it possible to either: 1. run this .exe file after the end of my flash file? or. 2. import this exe file into flash? Is there a way to do thi...more >>

How do i make a link where someone can click on it and save a movie to their computer and play it? Thanks!...more >>

the animated gif i create is not "animated" once import in msn but its show properly in the windows picture viewers... any clue? *sorry for my horrible english, its not my first language...more >>

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Cannot download Flash Player tried everything at support to no avail, running xp with broadband. Help and Thank you...more >>

Can any one give me a link that will help show me how to create a intro? thnx...more >>

Pop-up browsers whose ads are done with Flash. Ack, thpffft. It's bad enough to have to deal with stupid pop-up crap; at least the garden variety pop-up ads are easily closed within a half But, no, not with Flash pop-up ads--in which computer user has to wait 15 seconds FOR THE STUPID THI...more >>

I downloaded a font and unzipped it, how do i add the font to my font list?!...more >>