i'm trying to make an intro for a cartoon flash movie and i'm trying to make it seem like the page is slowly zooming out. can i tween this or do i have to make 535 individual frames...... >:l...more >>

How can I add buttons to a file menu, such as this one found under [L=Ultrashock.com]http://www.ultrashock.com[/L]'s resource files? I am an inexperienced user who would like to learn how to create and manipulate menus. ...more >>

How can i clear the list of recent files in Start Page on Macromedia MX 2004 ? It's possible ?...more >>

Im using these tutorials http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/tutorials/gettingstarted/ with the latest downloaded version (demo 7.0.1) of Flash MX. The demo refers to menu items that I dont have. I tried starting in Pro Mode as well as standard and dont find the menu's. ...more >>

hello, i have movies on my stage but they don't have instance names. is it possible to display their properties (_x, _y) without giving them instance names? (without using _root.movieInstanceName._x) thx jigen3 ...more >>

I am finishing up a flash site and it is an online portfolio with alot of photos. I did my photos in photoshop, saved them down to 72 dpi and then saved for web as jpegs with med or high quality. When I publish the movie in flash, the preloader runs for over a minute and a half before the si...more >>

Hi all - Can anyone suggest any good books or other resources for information on ActionScript generated animation (as opposed to simple timeline stuff)? I'm interested in learning more about programming physics and inertia, things of that nature. I've found a few things online that scratch...more >>

I have had both success and failure using the same documented instructions for moving multiple frames in Flash. The process I use is as follows: - Make sure the layers tou want to move are unlocked - Click edit multiple frames button - Drag onion skin marker to enclose all frames I want to...more >>

I have downloaded Macromedia Flash for my PC, but it said the program was not compatible with my operating system. I use Windows ME, and when I downloaded it, it said it was compatible with it... Why is this? Can you please give me a link to where I can download the program for my PC? ...more >>

Here is a problem I am having. I have an external FLV file and it plays in the MediaDisplay component. Using the shared button library, I added a play and stop button. How on earth do I get it to control the video? What is the actionscript code I need to make this work? I am stumped. ...more >>

Why Don't Some Mp3 Files Import Into Flash? I gat this error: (one or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them) they are files.mp3 thanks...more >>

I want an exe created in Flash to load a variable from an external text file, change the variable then save the change in the text file. I don't want this to be on the internet, so I can't use a data base, is there any way to this? I know how to load and save a text file in Director using Fil...more >>

Does anyone know why the text in my ComboBox is not visible when it is place beneath a mask? When you drop down, the selection items are visible, but nothing after an option is selected. If so, how do I work around this? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Chuck Vollmer ...more >>

hello there, I have had a problem with my PC for around 3 months now, and after replacing every component apart from CPU + Mobo, I have found why my computer wont open many apps at once, Whenever flash MX2004 is open, I cannot open more than 2 other apps, for example photoshop dreamwea...more >>

I posted before about needing help with a dripping effect...kinda like blood dripping....i need it for my movie....i need to make the word "Conrad" drip down...if anyone can help me make it...or send me a link to where i can make it or even refer me to someone who can make it for me, i would b...more >>

I am new to flash and I am having problems making a preloader. I have made my animation in a separate movie clip, then put an instance of it onto the first frame of the rest of my movie. What actionscripts do I need to have the preloader play until the entire movie loads? Please help...I ha...more >>

hi eveybody, here is the code i tried to insert in a text area frame (dynamic text) text = "<FONT color=\"00FF33\"><b><a href = \"http://www.hotmail.com\"> HOTMAIL </a></b></FONT>"; the active link is ok but the color of this link is still white, i also tried the code foolowing ...more >>

I have some text I'd like to place in a masked text box with controls that allow a user to move the text up or down using controls to the right of the box. What's the best way to do this? Thanks. TechM ...more >>

Hi, I'm here again with another dumb question. OK: I can do transitions using levels and also loading swf files into empty movie clips no problem (I use a midframe action in my external swf files) This I can do but ..... I have no idea how to do this if I wanted all my content contained wi...more >>

Hi, Say I have an HTML doc called: myTriptoMexico.html Now say I have my web page developed with Flash... and I need to read or display that html file WITHIN my flash movie and not by opening a new browser window. How can I do that?... Thanks! -- ='o'= Arturo ='o'= www.milton...more >>

I am running Windows XP Pro and Flash MX. All the files I am working on are located on an XServe running Mac OSX. I have this set up as a network drive (Z:) so all my work is done right on the server. When I create a Windows projector on the server and try opening it I get a BSOD and the...more >>

Hi everyone, each time that I'm creating a site in flash I have the same question. To called a new page : Is it more efficient to use the attachmovieclip and remove movieclip (with linkage) ? or just passing through the timeline stopping on each labeled keyframe? Maybe called differe...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a website in which the content is completely dynamic; all the content comes from a content management system. I have a scrollpane and in there is a textfield with the autosize set to true so that when the text is bigger than the scrollpane you'll see the scrol...more >>

Hey I am building a .swf that has a slideshow within it. I have it setup to just call the other .swf for the slide show using load movie. But the other slide show has a preloader progress bar, but it doesn't seem to be working right when the main swf pulls it in, the progress bar just flashes rat...more >>

?Does someone has an action script or can advise a really bug-free method to read video in Flash mx Pro ? ? I've tried so many solutions to publish my 2mn large format video clip using Flash MX Pro with no Communication Server (Progressive download, no real stream !) and the results are no...more >>

i know they can be used for storing multiple elements, but why would we do this. what other things can arrays be useful for?...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to run Flash *.swf file on Symbian OS mobile phones, such as Nokia 7650, Nokia 3650, Nokia 6600, Nokia N-GAGE, Sony Ericsson P800 and Sony Ericsson P900 ? Is there a Flash player available or maybe there's some program that can convert the *.swf file into a format reco...more >>

I have a cascading menu in javascript (coolmenu). If I have flash .swf directly to the right of it, the pop-up part of the menu goes below the running flash object. does anyone know a way around this? ...more >>

Have a forum which I'd like to have an automated email service. The email addresses would be pulled from a txt file. Mass emailing would occur with each new post. Posts are also stored in a txt file. Can this be done? ...more >>

I have a movie (rolling clouds) that I want to appear to be playing in a fish bowl, which is a photo cleaned up in Photoshop. I can mask the movie easily in Flash, with one of the drawing tools. But every time I import the photo I get it's bounding box, and not the true outline of the bowl...more >>

when i try to run this script: onClipEvent (load) { for (x=0; x<20; x++) { duplicateMovieClip(this, "box"+x, x); _root["box"+x]._y = random(250); _root["box"+x]._x = random(550); _root["box"+x]._alpha = random(100); _root["box"+x]._xscale = random(100); _root["box"+x]._y...more >>

I can't open swf files on internet. Loading starts normaly and after that is only picture of broken film. Macromedia player and Windows XP are updated. Does anybody know what is wrong...more >>

Hello all, i have developed a big movie (1600x1200) that shows in a 800x600 monitor in 4 quadrants using xscale, yscale and controlling the position with buttons for moving thru this quadrants. In the movie there is a button for printing all, that uses the print(movieclip, bmax) function. That...more >>

Hi, I'm making a Cd Rom using flash. There is a main file which loads other files on its stage. Some of these external files to be loaded are quite big and sometimes they take ages to be loaded from the Cd. Is it possible to create a LOADING sequence as for the online flash files just ...more >>

This morning while rushing out of a store I had a chance encounter with a friend who was rushing into the store. This friend is relatively new to Flash, so I don't put a great deal of weight into what he says. Still, thought I better check with the forum before completely dismissing what he sa...more >>

a site that has lots of tutorials on each actionscript would be good. please not things like flashkit.com or actionscript.org, i already have them...more >>

Anyone know how to open a new browser window from a flash file? There must be a way!...more >>

Is there a way to dynamically capture the current year from the server and have it displayed in my movie?...more >>

Is there some setting I need to make somewhere to get my Flash movie to work with Netscape? Flash is enabled in my Netscape browser settings....more >>

How Do i create Alternate Text Colors in a dynamic Text box with a scroll bar. i'm trying to have alternate colors in a text but once i change a color the whole text in the dynamic Text Box changes to the clor i chages it to... ...more >>

Hi, im pretty new to this program... and im finding it difficult to make a basic flash tab menu... i like the template one but i dont know how to edit everythign to put wat i want... If someone could help me with this i would be greatfull.. atleast tell me how to create one using the templa...more >>

Is there a way to run a powerpoint presentation from within Flash mx 2004 and have flash control the presentation? If so, please give me some idea how to do it. Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Hi, Does anybody have knowledge of E-Learning system, I want to know how its functioning, How to keep track of Recors, What is SCORM tracking, etc, does anybody know about that are anybody know any refrence material for that. Please let me know. Thanks ...more >>

i know all about assigning variables, but sometimes when im doing a tutorial or reading a script, i see the word var in front of a variable assignment. look below for an example: var random = Math.floor(Math.random()*10); var myArray = new Array("random=",random); trace (myArray); th...more >>

Hey all, I have built a CD-ROM presentation using Flash and have created the projector files etc, The presentation runs fine on a Celeron 900MHZ, but when I test it on my AMD400MHZ machine the video that is playing in the presentation becomes a little jerky. Probably at about half the norm...more >>

I am trying to link a PDF document to my flash presentation which will be stored on CD-ROM. Ideally, I would like to have a link on my flash home page that launches adobe acrobat and opens the PDF document in a new window. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ...more >>

I have a large PHP page containing data to load before the FLASH movie starts, but the preloader starts loading the movie and slows down the HTML loading. I would prefere the FLASH to wait 5 to 10 sec before pre-loading the movie, so the HTML/PHP and IMAGES will load faster. Is this posabl...more >>

I am playing a movie clip inside a scroll pane but i doesnt scroll the whole way down. I was assuming you made the scroll pane to the size that fits and the movie clip inside could be any size you want. What ever does not fit would be seen when scrolled. How do i fix this? My scrollpane is...more >>

just wondering, cos i have flash mx...more >>

i have macromedia flash mx. i dont know if its worth upgrading to 2004. any suggestions. im fairly new to flash, so if the differences are really complicated stuff, it doesnt affect me. ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone can tell me why my .swf files don't work in I.E. 6 when i'm working offline at home. When i publish my work as a html document and open it, it goes through a looooong loading process and doesn't work at all. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

i have a menu linking to 3 sub folders. these links work fine....however....the links within the subfolders (which used to work fine) now seem to link to just a blank screen. what happened??...more >>

I might be expecting to much, but I was told that I could use Flash to put together a video presentation. The idea: Get a singing group and film 1 song in concert. Get tracks from their album and make into 20 video clips as demos. I want to put all of this in flash put it on a CD and make...more >>

Can I use layers to put other html layers over Flash? I have a Fireworks dropdown menu. It's javascript and html codes. I use stylesheet to put the menu on a higher layer but it drops behind the Flash animation. What can and should I do? here's the link: [L=link to actual page]ht...more >>

When my dudes r moving they dont really ...... walk. They just hover around , i would like some help on to get the legs moving so i can make it reallistic. If u know how please tell me , i'm new with flash , so i would to do at least the basicsof flash. So ..... , how do u make the legs move ?...more >>

program that will convert my flash movies into screensavers. I am looking for a free downloadable program, that has no expire date. If there are none, i will also accept a program that will convert .swf files into .avi or other movie file. thanx ...more >>

my button wont seam to work inside its movie clip? but as soon as i bring it out, it works fine. but its roll over's ect work? all its doing is going to frame 5 sorry but i cant find anything in help! ...more >>

In MX2004 Pro, I can't find the sounds library that use to be under common libraries in MX. Anyboby know what's up with that? Thanks, BC...more >>

Hello all, I did a --- movieclip.loadMovie("blah.swf"); but it was at a different frame rate. Is there a way to get back its framerate? Thnx jl...more >>

I can't seem to install the Macromedia Flash Writer plug-in to Adobe Illustrator. I downloaded it with no trouble, however when I try to install it asks for a serial number for the program. I downloaded it free off of Macromedias website, flash support center. It said the code should have been...more >>

Hi, I have tried several times to install Flash Player 7 but the Privacy box thing that we need to click "Yes" on doesn't appear and I am using Windows 98 SE and Internet Explorer 6.0 lastest version. Can you help me please? ...more >>

The prolem may be with Flash detecting the user's flash player. I put th demo on a page and loaded it up to look at it. At the start AND every change of photo it asks me to install the Flash 7 player. I already have it installed. Even when I go ahead and re-install it, I get the messag...more >>

Hi; I would like to do a flash like this: http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/ideas/gondwana2.html But I don't how to figure out those controls? Can anybody help? Thanks. Corona...more >>