what the best way of doing it, I dont want to import a swf into a direct, Ive made a game in flash now I have to make it directoe copy and paste objects doesnot work, can Import librarys and work from there? ...more >>

I am using movie clips of vide in quite a large flash file simulating interactive TV. I have seperated the file down into sections in to different scenes. Is it possible for me to stop the video movie clip restarting every time I switch scenes or should I just have put it all in one big timeli...more >>

hi, i am reading phillip kerman's excellent "teach yourself flash mx in 24 hours" and in chapter four i have just run into the first possible glitch. he says that you can use gradients and bitmaps to fill text. all that needs to be done is to convert text to a fill by selecting Modify, Bre...more >>

I have a simple SWF file using a loadVariables to load a .txt file. Everything works locally on my computer, but when I upload it to the server, none of my text displays. Please help! Using Flash MX on Mac OS10.3 Text file created using Text Edit on Mac. ...more >>

Ok, I got Flash MX and I have a .swf from a template and it has "link 1, link 2, etc" and i want to change that. How do I?...more >>

Hi, I'm new here. I just started using flash about a couple of months ago and I felt like I hit a brick wall trying to load swf files. I thought that it should be straight forward but now I feel frustated. Here is what i did: I created a short animation with flash using a series of ...more >>

You used to be able to search for multiple words within these forums and get results for anything containing any of those words. Now I've noticed that unless your multiple words actually appear together as a coherent phrase somewhere in the post, you get no results at all. Not only that, b...more >>

One the first frame of my movie, I load an external swf. How do I get the buttons on that swf to goto and Play a certain frame label on the main timeline? I tried _root.gotoAndPlay("framelabel"); , but that doesn't work. Any suggestions? ...more >>

Seemingly simple question: I'm making a stack of banner ads in Flash. Each ad needs an alternate .gif. In the Publishing settings I can specify to export a gif and can decide animated or static. But animated is huge (file weight) and static is the first frame. Can't I specify a static gif ...more >>

Hello, I have a 33 MB interactive flash movie (10 movies actually) that is about 50 minutes long. There is streamed MP3 sound throughout the enitre movie. I've had 2 friends test it on their computer and they complain that the sound dies. Both of their computers are newer and faster than my ...more >>

I wanted to know the best way to record a good quality voice-over to use on a Flash presentation. I was thinking on a Sony digital voice recorder in a quiet room, and then transfer the sound to my Mac via USB connection. Is this a good solution?...more >>

How can I get my flash movie to resize itself in relation to the size of the IE window? I've seen some sites that as you resize the IE window, the flash will dynamically resize itself in relation to it. I want to be able to do this !! Is it java code in the IE window or something thats part of...more >>

I have a flash animation and I'm trying to hyperlink it in HTML. I know that you're supposed to embed the link in the animation, but unfortunately I don't have the original design file to go off of. Does anyone know if it's possible? Thanks -Matt ...more >>

I am having lots of problems with some simple components in Flash. I have a file that contains a couple of radio buttons which contain text in each. However, when I run my flash piece, the radio buttons appear, but without the text. So the user doesn't know what each of the choices is for. ...more >>

From my 5 minutes at the site, it seems that you cannot develop .swf or flash files on linux for web pages. Is this true? And why the lack of support? If the above is true then here is my official request for a linux version of your development tools. I have 5 apaches servers running most...more >>

I am working on a flash site. Right now in the first frame I have written an action script that loads the site's menu mc onto layer 20, and the rotating background image mc onto layer one. The menu has several submenus within it (for various portfolio items such as brochures, posters, etc.)....more >>

This is my AS but i have had no results in my news_scroller // set the variables loaded from CF into their respective locations var artigo_titulo = LoadVars("artigo_titulo"+count); var artigo_chamada = LoadVars("artigo_chamada"+count); var artigo_fonte = LoadVars("artigo_fonte"+count); //...more >>

I have a Flash web site called www.offthrails-therailway.20m.com. Everything seems to work fine when i preview it in Flash MX, and it also works at work where we use old iMacs that have Internet explorer 5 on them but when i use machines that have Internet Explorer 6 or safari on them the sit...more >>

Hi! I have the latest download of "Flash Player". I can see flash playing on various websites. When my friends send me a flash file to play .swf , it doe not have the normal flash icon and I get a warning message "Windows cannot identify the file". I know the file is good because my senders ...more >>

I'm a graphic design student, and we are making a personal website. We didn't learn very much in class, and we didn't get very much time in class to work on it. So I'm trying to figure out Flash and working with it in Dreamweaver on my own. Uhh, so I've run into some problems, and I need to fi...more >>

Hi Team, I was playing with sounds the ortherday and put one sound on to see how it worked and now I can't figure out where the sound is so I can get rid of it. Any thoughts.... ...more >>

I've just started learning Flash at school (I'm using Flash MX 2004) and I'm trying to create a simple animation of a ball coming out of an egg and bouncing off the stage. What I've got so far is at http://fitz.jsr.com/stuff/cosmic_egg.swf (about 18kb) However, I can't figure out how to mas...more >>

Even using Stream, I xcan't get sound and images to match up in the animation. Is there a command like that found in Director that tells the movie to wait for the sound?...more >>

Hello every one! I am using Flash mx to make a text field so for a long article from an external text file. I want to use a scroll bar for the text, so I dragged a scroll bar from the component panel then put the script "loadVariablesNum("ext.txt", 0);" on the main time line. The text ...more >>

Simple question: How do I resize the entire movie? Is there a simple way to do EVERYTHING - including the document size and actions?...more >>

Hello I succeed in loadding values from an ASP URL in order to update the flash movie I dcan do that only by pressing a bouton I would like the values to be loaded (loadVariablesNum("http://www.website/page.asp", 0); ) at the strtup of the movie How can I do that ? thanks regards davidM ...more >>

Hi All, When I test movie or publish my flash project, an swf file is not been created. Any ides?? It's only just started to happen and has been working ok. thanx Dave...more >>

Ok, well, on the horizontal image scroller (http://elvalleastronomers.com/scrollerbig.zip) I was so graciously helped with the last time I've posted, I have now been asked to make it so that one can change the images externally. If there were someway I could get each image to actually be a p...more >>

hello all, If I have a .swf in 5 different HTML pages, the same .swf. And I want HTML to send a variable via query string to flash to tell flash on which html page it is in so that it can go to a speficic frame. For example, if I am on HTML page 2, tell flash to go to frame 2. On the 5th...more >>

Does anybody know if there is a parameter for the media controller that when the movie has been loaded it will take the word "STREAMING" out of it and leave it blank or something? I mean I love the controller, and I love that it shows the streaming progress and so on and so forth, but if the ...more >>

Hi people, I am creating an animation of a logo beating like a heart. I have an audio loop of a heart beating. I've got this working reasonably well, but when tested on othe rmachines (macs!), the playback speed is not as quick. Therefore the animation that is synching wi...more >>

hi, i'm having trouble loading my swf website. i want the complete swf (5 frames in total) to load before it opens), i have tried the following... as well as ifframe is loaded 5 etc...... if(getBytesLoaded() == getBytesTotal()){ } or if(_framesloaded == _totalframes){ } ...more >>

Hi, I'm fairly new to Flash but I've read a good starter book about Flash but it didn't contain alot of info about how to use ActionScripts. It stated that in order for the "Close" button to work with the Window component you'd have to use ActionScript hence I ask of your assistance... How do I ...more >>

[MX/XP] Hi... don't usualy use Flash so hacking it a bit... I want to know if it is possible to send information to a flash movie after it has loaded using JavaScript. The problem I experience is that the flash menu sits in an HTML document with an inline frame... when I refresh the me...more >>

Anyone has a step-by-step tutorial of how to do a dynamic news scrolling using Flash and Coldfusion. cause the example from flashcfm.com doesn't work here. -- Jefferson Teixeira ColdFusion Developer www.companyweb.com.br ...more >>

can any one can give me the difference between the flash and flash professional. i m planning to bye it for a commercial use ...more >>

I've posted this earlier) Does anybody know why i can't get Safari OSX to open a popup (in all other browsers it works fine MAC and /or PC IE5 and up and Nscape4 and up... no problem i'm using a simple javascript What i do know is that it has something to do with variables being used ...more >>

Hello, I am a new flash developer. I need to create a digital clock with current time and date. Where can i find example(s) to learn from? tnx. ...more >>

how to change the color of the text in CheckBox component?? i can't find any ref code when i edit the component. I'm using FlashMX Thx! Herman ...more >>

I have employees will all different skills levels in Flash - from beginners to some who know Flash 4 rather well. I upgraded our company software to MX2004. We went directly from Flash 4 to MX2004. I need to get everyone on the same page as far as skills as quickly as possible. A training vi...more >>

hiya i'm trying to embed a font for the text area component .... the only suggested method in the documentation is with style, using the embedFonts style. so i've tried _root.textAreaInstance.setStyle("embedFonts", "Font Name"); but this doesn't seem to work.... anyone had th...more >>

Hi everyone, Ummm, this is probably a stupid question but does anyone know how to embed a Flash movie into an html email? Cheers for all contributions in advance . . . ...more >>

pls ignore this mail.. i am just checking ... S ...more >>

Very smart site http://www.hi-res.net Anyone know how do to do that stretchy background?...more >>

I just launched them, visit http://www.patrickjansen.net/components Library content based text effects, plugins for directly use in Flash MX files (drag&drop) Patrick Jansen [ In the past I regularly saw requests for / questions about .fla based text effects in the forum ] ...more >>

his is not a technical question more of a Commercial one so sorry if I posted in the wrong forum. General seemed like a good idea to me. Anyway how does one go about purchasing Flash Objects for use? Not Intros or complete sites but objects. I have spent a fair amount of time and found lots...more >>

hi people, I have a mc on my stage, which has swfs loaded into it. These swf's contain video clips. I am using _currentframe to check what the current frame is of the loaded swfs. This works fine, but when the a video clip loops round to frame0 and plays again, _curren...more >>

Hi, I'm creating a website that's build up of 2 parts, a navigation and a main frame. When the website is loaded the 2 parts are both flash (2 different swf) with both the same navigation. When a navigation option is chosen the main frame flash changes in plain html. The problem is that th...more >>

I can create a pop up window controlled by javascript in a GetURL as long as the button with the script is on the main time line. However when I try to use the same script in a button that's in a movie clip it doesn't work. Any suggestion? ...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 >>

Hello, Anyone know of any good tutorial sites for Swish and animation. I need to create teaching animations - objects moving and changing. And some for fun - put character together who moves about and talks. Can I do this with flash or do I need some other applications to create my chara...more >>

I have the following problem. I have a movie containing some layers. When I publish or test the movie, layers which should be below other layers appear above those layers. How is this possible?? Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

I sometimes would like to set up the Flash animations that I create to be able to track who is viewing them. I guess that I could have the Flash file it write to a log file, but that would require a database. The preferable option would be to set the Flash file up so that it sends me an ema...more >>

I created a little flash player to play an MP3. I'd like to duplicate it and use other MP3s that are varying lengths. When the MP3 finishes playing I want it to go back to an earlier frame. Right now I am accomplishing that by stretching out the timeline as far as the song goes and then ass...more >>

Hi, Im having a problem with fonts, basically ive created a line of text that transforms colours and it works great, however, on another computer if the font isnt installed then it uses a different font like Times New Roman. Is there anything I can do to keep the original font when people br...more >>

I'm having trouble to set the allowscaling to false in version 5. If U look to my site http://www.vonunkastraum.tk in 800x600 resolution u can't read the test. So i tried to set the allowscale command to false in the very first keyframe of my movie, but it doesn't solve the problem. Where's my...more >>

Hi, I was wondering how do you insert a mp3 music file onto my flash file. So when the flash is playing, there would be music in the background....more >>

Can someone help me - I need to write an AppleScript that opens the standalone version of Flash Player - Then open a Flash .swf file and goes to full screen mode. I can get AppleScript to open the standalone Flash Player but not to open a ..swf file - here is what I have so far: tell ...more >>

Hey, I'm new, a while back everything was alright then for some reason whenever I play flash movies there's no sound, everything else works quite well. I don't recall doing anything that might screw the sound up, I've tried redownloading flash, my speakers ARE on and I can play other audio ite...more >>

I am trying to edit some text that is in a .swf that was created in Flash. I have downloaded Flash but can't find a way to edit the text. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! Russ -- Russ's Signature Page http://home.comcast.net/~rblwood/Signature.html ...more >>

Is there anybody who knows how to send variables from an html page to a Flash movie. I have to send 5 different variables to my Flash movies. Thanks for your help. Sylvain ...more >>

Hello, I have been using Flash for years and normally do very big projects where I tend to max out the 16,000 available frames in Flash. But ever since I ordered the new MX2004, my computer is acting extremely slow. No matter what I do, from adding text to the Actionscript window, or jus...more >>