how do i convert a flash file to photoshop? I need to print the flash file and Kinkos only has the Adobe programs. Please helppppppp asap! thanks bunches, :)...more >>

Courier new is the WRONG SIZE in the flash MX 2004 editor. If you understand programming you know one FONT is good and all others make you feel like you are GOING BLIND. -- you know when you think you know something and then you realize you know nothing ...more >>

i created simple button symbol, and place it in scene.. when i try to move it into different position, it only shows hand cursor when i mouseover him... the only way to move a button is to right click and move it using arrow keys... which is annoying.. i'm using flash mx.. thanks in advance....more >>

Well, I'm trying to figure this out in Flash MX, not 2004. I know there are ways to do it in 2004, but can anyone tell me if super and subscripting is possible in normal Flash MX? ...more >>

Anybody knows how can I control or at least mute the audio of an external flv .?...more >>

Does anyone know if you can format text in the text area component. I have created text in Word with paragraphs etc. When I paste it into a text area component it appears as a continuous stream of text. I have selected text wrap. I am using v.2 components (MX2004) with OSX. Thanks, ...more >>

Does anyone know how to change the scrollbar colors for either of these components? I hardly believe that Macromedia would only allow the ability for sivler coloring. Idealy, I want to be able to disable the frame boarder but keep the scrollbar and change it's colors... are there any styles fo...more >>

hi there, i need urgent help for developing a small dynamic flash slambook to be kept on cdrom. Would appreciate if the following is achieved using flash5 or flashmx versions with a nice understandable coding. There are 2 main elements of flash- 1) Loading list of names from an external file ...more >>

Hi everyone... I'm a total newbie to flash. i'm hoping some of you can help me out. I've created a small movie with a preloader in a seperate scene. everything works ok, however, my preloader was taking a long time to load, for some reason. I looked at the bandwidth profiler, and the fir...more >>

I am somewhat new to Flash, so maybe there is a simple answer for this, but it eludes me. I created a logo in Photoshop and exported as PNG 24 with transparent background. It is placed in the Flash movie over a movie clip that has some activity going on. If the SWF file is viewed with monit...more >>

hello, well here i go.... i have popup, that is working how i want it to, but i need my code to do 2 things and i can't manage to do them.... this is what i'm using: ----- entra.onRelease = function() { getURL("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('popup.html','newWin','width=170,heig...more >>

i'm making a boxing game. each 'boxer' is going to have a bunch of different boxing moves, each consisting of 3-6 frames (e.g., left jab, right jab, right cross, etc.). i'm wondering if i can get away with using jpegs/pngs/gifs for each of these or if i should 'trace bitmap' on them. obviou...more >>

Hallo, Does anybody around here knows how to change the mouse cursur in flash mx 2004 ? Thanks ...more >>

Ad's with sounds really sucks! Is there a way to turn off the sound in flash? So the player will remember it until I turn it back on? ...more >>

Hi, can two .swf talk to each other? If one .swf calls another .swf, can they talk to each other? Thx...more >>

Hello everybody, I have just installed Flash Player 7 on my laptop. I have tried to open some pages with flash contents ... but it didn't work. What could be the problem? Does anybody has some idea? I have one Windows XP and the last version of Microsoft Internet Explorer - 6.1. T...more >>

Hi, there is text field which a user are able to enter data, say if the user entered "1+2" so in the box it says "1 + 2", is there a function that can convert this string and preform the calculation and come up with 3? Cheers Flash MX 2004 ...more >>

When I try to import and mpeg I get "Note: No supported audio track in this file was detected" then I choose to edit the video first. then I play the video and there is sound. Then I process the video and I have the ,message integrated audio track in my advanced settings. But Th...more >>

I have created a couple flash files used in a website (created in Falsh MX 6.0). The pages were created in Dreamweaver MX 6.0. The pages work perfectly in IE6.0, but in Netscape 7.1 the flash animations appear as white boxes. I have checked to see that the flash plugins are installed. A ri...more >>

I am new to this. I need to edit some test on a file from a client. Its a fla file and when I open/load into flash5 I do not see the file. The question is how do I edit this file. thanks ...more >>

Hello, I'd like to know if it is possible to decompress a compressed file (.zip or ..rar) with Flash. How can I do it? Is there any functionality to do it? If you could help me as soon as possible! Thank you very much, Mercedes. ...more >>

I'm having trouble with animating a mask. I'm attempting to create a "drawing" effect with the letters "I" and "D". The letter I works fine, but when I get to the letter D the masks which are tweening seem to take on a mind of thier own and not follow what I want them to do. They sort of all m...more >>

I hv a ComboBox component on stage which Labels: item 1, item 2, item 3 Data: data_item 1, data_item 2, data_item 3 how to pass through the data to a dynamic text box which show up the data immedicately. let say user clicks the comboBox, chooses item 2, then the dynamic text box (Var: show...more >>

Hello all, I have a couple of questions regarding putting a presentation on the web. I have about a 50 min. video presentation that I want to put on my website every week. I have gone through the tutorials and have created very lengthy flv files. What I do is create AVI files using Ado...more >>

Hello all, I've been trying to locate a simple version history for Macromedia's flash player. I already have the PDF located on this site with a chart of the years that macromedia products were released but what I need is the date in mm/yyyy format for all versions of Flash Player (curren...more >>

I am using the loadVariablesNum() function to send a user name and password to a cgi script. The script checks the database and then returns with a reply. I want to make sure that if the response is too slow, the flash script waits for it no matter how long it takes and that it does not just g...more >>

hey everyone, have just had a look at and the macromedia video templates at: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/video_templates.html all very good and have successfully managed tp reskin and implement in my site at: http:www.deptx.com but now i would like to add a download prog...more >>

Hey, How are you doing? I had a quick question. Can flash be used to create interactive cds? Also, can you have them auto run? I know director is the best program to use for creating interactive cds, but I'm looking at buying Studio MX. Would I be able to create pretty simple interactive cds...more >>

hi all, i currently have the following in my frame: this.onEnterFrame = function() { ticks = ticks+1; if (ticks == 12) { ticks = 0; myReceiveXMLConnector.trigger(); } }; where myDatagrid is bound, via myDataSet, to myRecieveXMLConnector. Columns display correctly, and any upda...more >>

Does anyone know of a way to load components from an external SWF so that the component is available for instantiation from the main SWF? Is such a thing possible?...more >>

I cannot get the Media.complete event to trigger, or can't verify that it is being triggered. I have set up a .progress event listener on my media display component to verify that my listener syntax is correct. It is working. Below is my setup: Media Display component on main timeline with ins...more >>

Hello everyone, I am a bit of a newbie to Flash being a CFMX developer at heart, but I have a flash problem i am trying to get my head around. Essentially what I need to do from a flash movie is to read the names of all the (gif) files in a given directory dynamically and then up each of...more >>

I have a movie clip (about) and would like to load it into another blank movie clip (box). I tried: loadmovie("about",box); Can someone show me the right action script for loading a movie clip and placing it into a movieclip container? Thanks ...more >>

i have a file "aldo.txt" in one folder and i have my "aldo.fla" in witch i have a dinamic text with istance name "testomio" i would like to take all the text in "aldo.txt" and put it in "aldo.fla" dinamic with actionscript. tnx too much www.aldoferrari.it from italy ...more >>

fscommand("exec", "1.exe") does not work anymore... i have been told to put my sample.exe into a FSCommand directory on disk next to the projector witch is supposed to launch sample.exe file, but it still does not work! i have Macromedia Flash MX 6 with Macromedia Flash Player 6 (copyright ...more >>

What is the best Flash Player Installation package for cd-rom use? Macromedia, after approving my licensing request to distribute the Macromedia Flash Player, provided me with information to download three different installation packages of the Flash Player: 1. Netscape-compatabile browsers ...more >>

i have a file ALDO.TXT in one folder and i have my ALDO.fla in witch i have a dinamic text with istance name "testomio" i would like to take all the text in ALDO.TXT and put it in ALDO.SWF dinamica with actionscript. TNX too much www.aldoferrari.it from italy ...more >>

On the site I'm making, the links section loads an HTML file which contains the links. It worked fine. Now that I've added a preloader, the links are now invisible but are still there and you can click them. Why would this change? I changed nothing regarding the links section. Could it be that...more >>

Hi, I have a movie (agent_versionfr2mx.swf) that I would like function in another movie (site.swf) in a instance named "carre" . I have this script in a first movie (site.swf) : loadMovie("agent_versionfr2mx.swf", "_root.carre") But the all script in the movie ("agent_versionfr2mx...more >>

Hi, I could use some help here. I am doing a project that i have in Practical Web Pages Web Builder Magazine. I have set up a form in Flash MX with 3 input text fileds with variable names of name, email, and message. There is a send button with this code attached to it on (release) { l...more >>

i'm having text-problems with my macromedia flash, or so it seems. A cli?nt complains the text is too small on his site, he can't read it. The site was made 800x600pix, and i checked with different machines how it looked. It seemed fine on a 800x600pix reso, also with a 1024x768pix. U can chec...more >>

Hi, i was wondering if anyone had seen a crossword game made in flash, tutorial or have an example that i would be able to have a look at!! Thanks Guy...more >>

is it posibel to make a flash movie witch will load some images. not images in the movie him self, but just from my server load www.mysite.com/myimage.png is that posible? with a nice loading bar? ...more >>

Is this a common problem? I've been learning on the MX24 Trial version for the past 25 days. Suddenly, I can't get it to run anymore. I've tried reinstalling, but nothing I do helps. It gets no further than starting to draw the user interface when it loads. Is there something obvious that ...more >>

When I open an older file in MX2004, "Automatic conversion" is "performed to update" When I save, I then "Save As" to create an MX compatible file, and potentially lose some of my work. Is there a work around? Not all of our team uses MX2004; the problems are extremely annoying. No one ca...more >>

I am trying to play a simple MP3 sound file using the "soundmc.start()" function, but it plays the sound in fast forward. I have other parts of the application that have sounds that play normal. Does anyone know what might be causing this? Thanks! DFC ...more >>

Please help us, Yesterday one of my collegue told me that there is a way for reconstructing a FLA file from a SWF file... so I search on the net for this program, and I was really horrified when I found a program named IMPERATOR ( http://www.ave-imperator.com) which can recompile a "swf" t...more >>

Hi I am trying to form a text that is flying letter by letter to its place, but the letters only show in one frame. I have tried to convert them into symbol. Does not work? What to do? Thanks Kalevi ...more >>

Hi Has anyone had experience of JStart from FlashJester? I am trying to launch an .exe file (digitalwebbook) from within a Flash presentation - when the .exe is finished, viewers can return to the original presentation. I had a quick look at the FlashJester web site and on the face ...more >>

Hey i really require u ppl help in a preloader. i am requried to load a preloader in mainMenu.swf to 10 other swf. naming from session01.swf to session10.swf. The File of each file i about 20mb this causes the waiting time from one swf to to the sessions wld be rather long abt 6-8sec. so how d...more >>

I am using flash and html together on a page. I used flash buttons for the navigation though. I placed an html link after the </embed> and before the </object> tag. I did this so the search engines could find my pages. However I think google and yahoo can follow embeded flash links anyhow???? ...more >>

Images when placed in HTML can have their width and height specified, and even without the width and height supplied the image can be rendered as a simple... <img src="myimage.jpg"> without any other attributes. The problem with SWF files is that they do not have a default width and height ...more >>

I've made a flash presentation and exported it with both pc and ma projectors. the presentation has a few .flv movies in it. When i pla the mac projector the movie runs really slow and laggy. The pc versio runns really smooth. Is this a known issue and is it possible to fix it? / - h...more >>

I have a video clip of 720*480. I'm finding audio synch issue in low end systems. What's the maximum video size we can use in flash? and what might be reason of audio synch issue in low end systems?...more >>

I'm having a strange problem with regard to buttons in the Flash player, failing in Firefox 0.8 (and also Mozilla 1.6.) I'm not the only one it seems -- [L=Problems with Mozilla browsers?]http://www.flashsupport.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1133 [/L] -- but I haven't come across any explanat...more >>

Hi I was looking to develop a web site with a book style layout which animates flicking of pages when the use moves from one page to another. Firstly is this possible with Flash and does anyone know of any samples or tuitorials that might be related to this type of animation? Kind regard...more >>

I have searched for a long time looking for a way to make an alpha gradient effect, and I can't find out how to do it. What I'm looking to do is make a circle that is a solid color in the middle, and then fades out to 0% alpha on the edges. Does anyone know how to do that? Any help would ...more >>

add sounds to my animation in Fash Mx please tell me guys (and if it wouldnt be too much trouble could u tell me how to do it in actionscript)...more >>

Hello! I am trying to create a simple Flash contacts page. I have opened a new Flash document and am trying to draw a grey box with three text boxes within. 1. Name. 2. E-mail 3. Comments. I can draw the box ok, but when I change to text tool to draw the text boxes they disappear when I try to...more >>

I have created a button, in the timeline of the button under the "Over" column I have put a sound an mp3. When I move the mouse over the button it speaks, but continues to speak even after I have moved the mouse off of the button. I need it to stop speaking when the mouse has been moved off ...more >>

Firstly thanks to all those great people that always answer our stupid questions! After doing the tuturials in flash I created some buttons that when floated over, text pops up to the side of the button (much like those used in the stilletto tutorial). However when I tested the buttons if ...more >>