When I put a text transition (i.e: It fades in) it dosn't show up in my preview, or publish preview... why isn't it working? It dosn't matter if I only have the text effect, or if I have other things happening, it just dosn't show up, mind you it is in my timeline, and if I click and drag the ...more >>

Hi guys... I am new to flash...forgive me for my newbie-ness. I have a preloader that I want to advance to the next scene, when that scene (not the entire movie) is loaded. How do I do that? Currently, I have a preloader that advances when the entire MOVIE is loaded...it looks like th...more >>

this is fairly aggrivating...I work on a lot of stuff in Flash at school. There, they have MX 2004, but at home (since I don't have the money) I use v.5. I came home today and had my .fla file on a cd to work on because I got behind and I clicked on the file after I transferred everything to...more >>

I just upgraded to MX2004 from version 4. in version 4 to make a button jump to an other frame (via number or label) was very easy. In MX2004 I can't see where it is easy. I see the script pane and I found how to jump to a frame: on (release) {gotoAndPlay(12); } But I got this by trial...more >>

I've just started using flash some days ago and I have a simple question for anyone who can answer it. How can I export a flash that I created to a web page development program, for example frontpage or yahoo site-builder? (I don't own dreamweaver yet) Thanks. ...more >>

Hi All... Just call me Newbie Rob. Another question for you flash wizards! I'm creating an entire site in flash. What I'm wondering is, how do most people lay out pages for best loading times? I originally made my entire site one movie, one scene...Boy, that was a mistake. It took fore...more >>

Hello, I would like to save a Flash movie with no interactive buttons to a DVD and then be able to watch it on TV. Is this possible or do I need use another program? Iang2...more >>

I am toying around with a site's navigation and am trying to come up with an expanding and contracting list, a bit like the +/- features on while using Windows. This is basic enough and has nbeen done many times before. The tricky part is that underneath the flash movie I have HTML images, tex...more >>

How do you make a "registered trademark" symbol in Flash? Is there a keyboard equivelant? Thanks....more >>

Please Help ! How can I create a flash movie - Which audio fades-in at the start. And which audio can be: Faded-Out by one button, and Faded-In by another. How could I achieve this. I.e. What Actionscript would I apply to each button, to fade the audio in and then out again. Kind Re...more >>

I am trying to set up a flash presentation that will allow users to save files included on the CD to their HD, but I am having trouble with the relative path. I have set up a behavior for the button with an action of "go to web page" and a url of "file:///E:/filename.ext" and it works fi...more >>

Hello everyone, I came across this site: http://am.olivesoftware.com/Activemagazine/welcome/united.asp and would like to know if anyone know how they add button to make it turn pages? I've seen a good tutorial at http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000154.php. But that one uses cursor to ...more >>

SAM Productions, Inc. is seeking a few qualified interns to help make our site Flash oriented. We are looking for people that want to get experience and add to their resume at the same time. The ideal candidates would have a good understanding of Flash MX and experience working with a major graph...more >>

I am making a flash site that has a scrollbar with a dynamic text box. I am having two problems and hoping that someone will be able to help. My first question is this: Is there any way to change a certain work to a different font or color. Whenever, I try and make one word bold in the dyn...more >>

Hello, Unfortunately I can't seem to attach the graphic I would like to show, but it is a like a circular brushstroke but the two ends don't quite meet. What I want to do is use a mask to reveal the graphic in a sweeping clockwise motion like it is being drawn on screen. I'm sure it ...more >>

I'm no artist. I have no creativity. I've been told to come up with something nice looking in Flash to announcements within our company. Does anybody know of some sample fla's that do this? Something I could look at for ideas? I don't think there should be a lot of pictures, maybe just some f...more >>

i have developed an application (size 1.2MB) using Flash MX that includes a preloader. however, my application does not appear to be streaming. when it is launched from IE6 on a high speed connection, a blank white screen appears for about 10 seconds (approximately the time it takes to load)...more >>

This is a suggestion [thought] for the folks at macromedia. In order to 'truly' realize the whole 3d/vector graphics engine capabilities of flash, perhaps there should be a new approach. If this is already a function of flash, it's one that needs to be more easily accessible for those of us w...more >>

hi, i would like any comments on my little clip, "the game of life". the world isoccupied by particles, males and females. particles go round and round, budy (sound familiar?). as time goes byparticles become bigger. a particle dies if goes out of the world, or if it becomes too old. wh...more >>

hello all, i have a datagrid that is bound to a dataset which i load with data. the datagrid accurately displays the data in the dataset except i dont seem to be able to remove a single item from the datagrid (dataset). i can trace the selected item's index in the dataset, however using ...more >>

it's possible to change the background of all my swf with actionscript? i would like to have for example 3 button of 3 different color and dinamic on press the color of background change. TNX P.S: excuse me for my english :-D is not very clear ...more >>

Hi I'm after a recommendation for designing interfaces in Flash. I'm good with ActionScript and have read several Flash books so I'm not after any introductory books. I've got a project coming up that might be beyond my design skills so I want some advice on how to produce the really adv...more >>

Is there some way to make Flash MX 2004 save in Flash MX format by default. Our development team has a mix of both and we need to maintain compatibility. Thanks, Keith ...more >>

I?m looking for someone who can build a flash template on Flash MX 2004. The template would be placed inside a PHP based web page and consist of the following elements: - A streamed video presentation with accompanying jpeg-based slides. The slides would automatically change ...more >>

Hi all - I'm sure this is a dumb question with an easy answer, but I can't seem to figure it out. I have a movieClip with the following code on it: onClipEvent (mouseDown) { this.startDrag(true); } Why does this code snap the upper left of the movieClip to the mouse and not the center?...more >>

Can anyone please tell me how I can stop a flv file I have loaded into a flash movie using the MEDIA DISPLAY component. I have a button that takes you back to my home page, and if the video is playing then although you cant see it the video keeps playing (you can hear it)please tell me how I c...more >>

Hello, I bought Studio MX 2004 but I'm getting a new computer, and I need to install it on that one, and uninstall it from my current one. Will that give me a problem when registering it? Will it tell me "this program has already been installed in one PC"? What do I do if it does? ...more >>

I used this program (latest version from the homepage) after having it recommended to me. It certainly has a lot of options and even lets me choose from my list of available codecs, although CinemaCraft Encoder is conspicuously absent. When I tell it to create an AVI, the first thing it does ...more >>

How compatible are these programs with Flash MX? Can I convert files from one format to the other? Ideally I would like to manipulate 3D objects inside Flash with as little programming as possible. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a button that I created and I have the action on the button to be 'on(rollover) { show my effect}'. Well it seems to work fine about 75% of the time. But every now and then, when I rollover the button, it does not do my rollover effect. There is nothing else going on in the movie. I was...more >>

it's possible with action script not show the hand cursor when i go on a flash button but show the normal cursor? tnx ...more >>

Hi there... Newbie here. I'm hoping someone can help me straighten this out: I've been doing some of my more complex design elemens for flash in photoshop, so I end up with bitmaps, obviously. I've been importing them into flash, and then tracing them to create vector graphics. everythi...more >>

I am new to flash. I have installed the flash player (Version 7) however I do not see the player control panel anywhere. My browser does play flash content but I can't see how to acces the flash player. I know the settings planel can be accessed but I can't see how to do that. Shouldn't the...more >>

I have created several buttons in a .fla. When the user puts the cursor over a button either a graphic or some text that I put in the "over" state keyframe will appear(depending on which button the cursor is over). When I use control --> enable simple buttons, all the buttons appear to work...more >>

Is it possible to make the last frame of the movie automatically redirect to a URL without needing intervention from the viewer? How? Thanks....more >>

Hi there... I have this problem: I read a multiline text node in an UTF-8 XML file (generated in Win32 notepad). Read operations in the XML Parser in Flash give me a DOUBLE-SPACED string... how can i get rid of this unwanted conversion? I've checked the XML is not double spaced (or so I thin...more >>

Hi guys, I was just wondering if you could help me out. I have produced all my buttons and when clicked on I want each one to load up a different picture in the presentation. Ne ideas? Cheers, Paulie ...more >>

Hello, I am learning flash and would like to know if it's possible to have Flash execute an external .exe. What I'd like is basically a front end, created in Flash, to execute a program I have written in C++ passing it a list of paratemers taken from the front end/Flash movie? Any ideas? ...more >>

When I publish a Flash MX file, I receive the following message: "Some characters could not be converted to outlines because an appropriae outline font is not available. These characters will dissappear in the Flash movie." What is an outline font, and how can I find out which one is missing...more >>

Does anyone know if there are plans to make flash player 7 available for linux? I have a farily large drag & drop application that I need to produce, and one of the criteria is that it must work on linux / mozilla. I'm looking at using the XUpdateResolver to minimize the amount of xml being ...more >>

Hello. Just a suggestion for Flash's next version : it could be fun to implement a property "_fusion" to MovieClip who can have value like "product", "soustraction", ... Just like in a bitmap editor or in Director, we could add great effects with a property like that. What do you think ab...more >>

hi All, I have imported avi files into flashMX (ver.6) and while exporting into flash player, the voice-over which has more bass, is making a hissing sound while pronouncing words like c and s. its very obvious and irritating. Do anyone has any suggestions? I have already upgraded the flas...more >>

Alguién sabe como integrar un fichero flash en el cuerpo del mensaje. Ya que voy a integrar una página como html y esta a su vez contiente ficheros flashes. Pero cuando le llega a la gente no se visualiza. Y pone un mensaje algo de que "Los controles ACTIVE X" no se pueden repoducir. Sabéis ...more >>

I'm using loadmovieNum() to load SWF in level 1. I have three question about using this function, 1. Is it possbile to load another SWF in level 2(overlap with level1), and this new SWF could be transperent, so that we could see level 1 picture too? 2. By load the SWF to level 2, it will a...more >>

I have recently had to reinstall windows. When I re-installed MX Studio 2004, everything is fine except for Flash. When I try to run Flash, I get the following error: The procedure entry point ?MMflmfJ@@YAXPAPAVIActivationInterface@@W4TMMxptLanguage etc. could not be loacted in the dynam...more >>

I want to load external mpg movie on specific program like media player from my swf file???? i tryed to load it from geturl some computers work other not !! is there some way to load it perfectly ...more >>

Hi All, I would appreciate it if anyone can shed some light on this problem. I've developed a Form application using MX2004 Pro. The structure is somewhat like this: application ------------------ - Form_1 [ onReveal, show childForm_1 ] - childForm_1 [ Hidden, Autoload = false,...more >>

New to Flash. I'm creating a simple button that when pressed jumps to a frame. how? ...more >>

How can i disable anti-alias propriety when i insert a text in my animation? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi All, Q: After using getUrl from flash, calling history.back() dose not work ... any idea? I tried using history.go(-1)...(-2), After looking around in google I understand that it is a known problem... is there any solution? ...more >>

Hi, I have Flash MX 2004, I would like to learn how to access the "expert mode" in the code window. In flash 5 it was easy but now, I can't find how to do it! The key strokes -- comand+E- do not work. Please help ! I'm a new user and not very talented (yet). I'm using a windows ma...more >>

hello, i am trying to create a sound button inside flash mx that can [h]start/stopall sound in the flash, including button sound [/h] . i wonder if it is possible as the genral sound control script can only start/stop the background sound. Does anyone knows? Thanks! ...more >>

var1 = 0; trace(var1); trace(increment(var1)); trace(var1); function increment(arg) { arg++; return arg; } The above script outputs the following: 0 1 0 What change do I need to make in order for 'var1' to be passed by reference and output the following: 0 1 1 I'm ...more >>

Are there some minimum PC and Mac system requirements for running animation smoothly from a CD (Projector)? My mothers old 486 with Windows 98 won't run it very well, while a Pentium 3 clocking at 1.7GHz plays is smoothly. What about 500 MHz? I am trying to come up with system requiremen...more >>

I read a tutorial which says: "Click on the Circle symbol in frame 3 of the Circle layer. Then go to the Effect panel and select Alpha from the pulldown menu, and set the percentage to 0. After you click OK, the circle will seem to disappear..." No effect panel, so tried "Effect" from th...more >>

Hi Does anyone know why my mouse over buttons don't scroll the text like they are supposed to when the external movie is loaded into the main one. It works in the external swf on it's own when I test the movie, but not in the main one. This is the code i put on the buttons in the exter...more >>

Hi, i've made my "under construction" page in Flash MX, i've upload the .swf and html files to my site and no problems! Then i decided to make a new one in Flash MX 2004, i've uploaded the .swf and html files, just like i did in the first time but the browser can't open my page! It keeps tryin...more >>

I am trying to start the flash player from gameday on MLB.com and it will not start. In fact it will not start on any occasion from anywhere. On my first attempt is flashes on the screen briefly before disappearing. It starts on all other similar systems in my office but not mine. I am thi...more >>

I have Flash MX, why am I unable to import an SVG? When I convert SVG to SWF I lose most of my lines in the image. Any help, please....more >>

This is a repost from: "2003-10-01 07:23:20 PST" Never did get a response.. wonder why ;) ------------------------------------------------------------- I know that subject is strange, but i couldn't explain it better! :) What am i trying to do? : I want to have an engine rpm nois...more >>

where is flash storing info, im playing a flash game and its saving to my computer, im trying to write a program to go with it but i need to know where its storing the saved game info...more >>

I was wondering what it takes to change the actionscript files to make a new halo color. I recently modified the StyleManager.as and CSSSetStyle.as to include haloRed as a themeColor. When I use the code _global.style.setStyle("themeColor", "haloRed"); the components react to the change an...more >>