We used a lot of Flash for the meeting images on the ABA Business Law site this past week, check out the homepage: http://www.abanet.org/buslaw The site is a work in progress (we're cleaning up quite a mess) but we're getting there.. ...more >>

I was making a game and I need to know how to make the mouse into a scope of a gun....more >>

Hi I am looking for a Flash developer to do some work for us on a contract basis, if you are interested please email me at Jobs@madec.com we are primarily a software development company but would like to have one or two people on contract Flash working on an hourly / project basis from yo...more >>

Can someone look at my database and tell me how to make it an online database, submitting information to a file on my server etc. http://www.kartoonkaptain.com/database.htm ...more >>

I am working on a Flash project that will be shown to clients via a laptop connected to a projector and shown fullscreen. I have a flv file in this Flash file and when I play it fullscreen on my Cinema Display it runs so slooooow and choppy. Can someone pleez help me with this. I've tried all...more >>

Hi, I have a flash file that is "paused" when it is loaded (<param name="play" value="false" />). The reason being that I need some variables from Javascript prepared before I can start the movie. So ..... I have an "onLoad" function in the HTML which calls the function I need to ga...more >>

MX Newbie help needed: I would like to make a swf file which loads/unloads an mp3 file upon request. Without making a movie with mp3 files imported into it (its a large number of mp3 files), how can an mp3 be loaded and then unloaded from the movie ? Thanks. Marcel ...more >>

Hi. I hope I can get some help with this problem...its driving me nuts. Here's the deal. I have a movie that I'm wanting to put an "amount loaded" preloader on. Currently its set up to just show "loading" until 1/3 of the movie is loaded ("if frame 150 is loaded, go to and play"), then ...more >>

alright, ive been looking for some answers and im not really getting anything clear. I have wav files that I have imported into my flash file. They sound almost "echoey" in the projector and the swf file. When i scrub through the audio in the actual file it sounds the way it should. and Whe...more >>

Here is a link to [L=studio mx 2004 auction on ebay]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3670618606&category=4632 6[/L] This a quote from there auction. Q. What is the difference between "Academically Priced" software and the commercial versions of these products? A. ...more >>

hello, i have 2 questions on levels in flash, if anyone could answer i'd be really appreciative. 1) is there a maximum number of levels in flash? i might need >500. (and how will performance be?) 2) is there a way to attach multiple movies to the same layer of a movieclip in flash? eve...more >>

I don't thnk this should be all that complicated, but I have no idea how to accomplish this -- I've been searching tutorials, forums, etc. for hours--- I just want to to have the user select from a list in a combobox, and depending on the item chosen, have a movie load (using loadmovie). ...more >>

does anyone know if Flash MX 2004 is capable of surround sound? (5:1 speakers) thaanks...more >>

I was given a completed flash file in .fla and .swf format by a friend. He created it for me as a new user so I could take a look at its components and try to learn how it was put together and modify it. I have been able to modify some things and play around with it but have one BIG question...more >>

I am working my way through the "Learning Flash" PDF tutorial from Macromedia as my introduction to Flash. As part of the lesson I am adding Behaviors for video control (p. 18). Step six is to add the Rewind behavior however there is no rewind when I select (+) > Embedded Video. The only avai...more >>

I don't know if this is possible but I have an FLV being played dynamically (MX 2004 Pro) and I need to have a preloader while the FLV is loading. Also I would like the Movie to continue automaticaly after the FLV has been played. The FlV is playing in a scene that has two frames with a st...more >>

hi: i want to create a scroll bar so that users can drag a cute little round shape and it scrolls a pane. How do I constrain an object to only drag in one dimension? Also, how do I keep track of just how far the user has dragged the object in question? ...more >>

Hello All, I have come up with a flash presentation that was made into an executable (for PC's). The client reported that some people had trouble running it/could not open it (I am not sure what percentage/how many of each). My question to you is, is a flash plugin required on a user's c...more >>

I set up a presentation using slide screens in Flash 2k4 Pro with narration audio. I have several slides that have children and each child loads its own audio file by streaming an external MP3 file. The problem I run into is when the user hits the left arrow key or clicks the on-screen ba...more >>

I have created a flash file which is on my homepage [L=www.emsc.biz]http://www.emsc.biz[/L]. However I've been told recently by a few people that the file takes too long to load in their browsers. This is obvioulsy of concern to me as I'm sure many visitors will leave my site before it...more >>

Ok, I went to the help section in my Flash MX application as well as the help topic addressed about buttons opening up new windows. And here is my question. i know how to open new windows with flash buttons but i want to know if there is a way using actionscripting to open new windows wit...more >>

Hi! I am trying to do the simplest thing. I have a keyframe with a red square. I insert 10 more frames and make the last one a keyframe. In the LAST keyframe, I change the square to blue. But what happens, is that my red square in the FIRST keytrame is now blue. That's not what I wante...more >>

hi i was wandering could anyone help me... could anyuone tell me a tutorial or help me make something like this http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Interactivity/Navigation/Create_a-Mimi_Wid-832 /index.php but in terms i understand...i am using the latest flash.... i would like to u...more >>

Just received my Flash pro upgrade. In the box, one bare CD with no printed manual? Am I the only one thinking this is pretty damn stingy for a $300 upgrade? Funny think is, why the hell bother with the box? To give the impression you're getting more than you actually are? The online product i...more >>

Hi, I have a Illustrator 10 file that I would like to import as vector art instead of a bitmap. How do I go about doing this. I am working on MX 2004 pro on a mac. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Great tool by the way. I am new to it and have much to learn, but I am impressed...more >>

We are trying to present a couple of Quicktime video clips in a flash player. We followed a tutorial on the page http://www.tomontheweb2.ca/MXtras/FlashVid.htm Works fine in some browsers, but not in others. Can't figure out why that would be. Here is a test URL: http://morsemedia.net/Ba...more >>

I'm faily new at advanced web design and I want to know if I have the correct software to do what I want to do. Currently, I'm using Fireworks 4 and I just picked up Flash MX (which I'm just scratching the surface with) and I export everything into Golive. A good example (that just comes t...more >>

Hello, I'm new to this group and also very new to Flash. I have several SWF files that I've created using Sorenson Squeeze. I'm trying to figure out a way to add preloaders to them, but have had no luck after much research. Every preloader I've found needs to be put at the beginning of a F...more >>

I have a .swf that I've copied to a disk. I've found some PC users with MediaPlayer can access it and some cannot. Can anyone give me a clue as to what the difference between those that work and those that don't could be? Since I cannot attach a .swf to this message - and the .fla is too l...more >>

I am playing a flash movie as a projector off of a cd and I link to some pdf files on the cd. The movie goes to full screen mode with a fs command. The problem is, the pdf's open behind the movie so you can't see that they even open. here is the link: on (release) { getURL("resources...more >>

Hi, I'm having problems with my button as you guessed by the title of the topic. I've got the button, which is also a movie clip, to open up when it is rolled over and to close when the mouse is not rolled over. I've also managed to make the picture i want to appear when the button is clicke...more >>

Hi everybody I must say im impressed and pretty pissed off that there are no "normal mode" in the actions scriping palet anymore. So if others allso are pissed off that is not there anymore please just post: "What normal mode back in flash" This could maby let macromedia know that it would...more >>

Dynamic text feilds and buttons not working inside my movieclips. Why? mail:[E=strg]story@land.ru[/E] Thank you ALL...more >>

Hello is it possible to check the value of a variable in a textfile? When the variable is 1, I'd like to show a (dynamic) picture and when it is 0 not showing the picture. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I just purchased an MP3 music file for a client's Flash screen. The music is over 3 mnutes and the Flash screen is only 30 seconds. I need to know the best way to shorten the file without having to buy expensive sound editing software. I can make it stop at the last frame in Flash but the swf ...more >>

I've been able to use the progress bar v2 component just great with the v2 loader component. I haven't tried yet to use it with a data collection activity though (like getting some data over a webservice connector). Does anyone know if it's possible? I had read that the data connector componen...more >>

i used absolutly no tutorials or other advice. I only got flash about 3days ago. i think its good, it includes tweening, animated buttons, sound and more. Please tell me your comments (remember this is my first unguided animation). ...more >>

Hello there, the good news is that I have done a lot of research into this before posting this question: "Is it possible to assign a frame action to pause a movieclip once that frame is reached for x-amount of seconds?" I have found many snippets of code for this but none o...more >>

I have a Flash file I want to include on my homepage and I was wondering if there is a way in Flash (or Dreamweaver) to dectect if the user has the appropriate player, and if not, then display an image in place of the Flash file. I was hoping this could all be done on one html page (the ho...more >>

Ok so, My movie is broken up into different swf's using the loadMovie function to save on download time. In my seperate content swf i have a draggable content area, however when this swf is load into my main movie the draggable area doesnt drag. Any ideas, suggestions or instructions...more >>

I am new to Flash and loving it. How do I move the entire time line forward as a group so I can insert a new sequence in the middle of the presentation without having to move each frame forward as a seperate item. I need to make more space in the timline to add more transitions. Than...more >>

Hi, How do you make an image look like its sparkles? Like when light reflects from metal.... Any help will be appreciated!!! Thanks Oli ...more >>

Hello. Has anyone managed to create from a Word doc, a FlashPaper swf file, and then import/embed this swf file into Flash MX. I don't want to expternally load the file, I wish to have it completely embedded. I have installed the Contribute 2.01 updater, and the FlashPaper 1.01 contro...more >>

The movie is set in an html page over a coloured background. Before it plays there is a white box where it is positioned. Someone else had this problem in a previous thread and the response was that the movie properties should be changed so that it had a coloured background. Mine already...more >>

Hi, I have set the themecolour in my first frame of my movie. I have two components in the movie, a progress bar and also a MediaController. When the movie is viewed the progressbar changes successfully to my new color, however, in my media controller only the play/pause button changes, ...more >>

I am creating a Flash site that opens a popup window when the user clicks a button. I have been able to edit the html code, using notepad, to achieve this, however the popup automaticaly appears in the top left corner of the screen. does anyone know what code I need to make it appear in the ce...more >>

Hi I wonder if it is possible to have 2 pieces of swf in a html page and I'm able to have connection between them. For example in 1 piece you have a btn(buttons) and in the other swf a mc(movie clip). When I roll over btn I want mc to rotate. Is it possible? Please note there is two separa...more >>

Hi guys I'm having a problem with a flash menu controlling a frameset at www.prenuptialagreements.co.uk The menu at the top left works fine unless you leave it 30 seconds while the other frames do their thing - after that the buttons don't link! Would anyone know how to correct this pleas...more >>

Really, it's a couple of questions. I have a main timeline with a movie clip in it that contains all of the other symbol instances. I did it this way because I wanted to be able to zoom in and pan around all of the animations at once. So within this movie clip I have a few movie clips and sev...more >>

anyone know how to load a html page onto specific iframe target using getURL(from a swf) i tried using this on (press) { getURL("if_poll.html", main) //main is the target name } but it didn't work ... any idea will be appreciated _swai ...more >>

We need to produce some charts from a Cold Fusion application and the built in generator doesn't appear up to it. Namely, we require the ability to produce population pyramid charts and charts with error bars on plots. We have Flash MX pro and are investigating the possibility of using i...more >>

Is it possible to change the default template? I have a file 'template.fla' stored as a link on my desktop, it has a few actions and library objects and basically saves me some time. Is it possible to make this fla the default docuemnt so that it opens up in flash from start up? ...more >>

I have a movie which consists of more than 10 graphic objects. I want to animate them in the same time . I had distributed these objects at different layers.The animation is creating motion tween for objects to different directions. But while animating them there is a jerk in the movie. It is ...more >>

things like pixel fonts, sounds and backgrounds, or any other stuff...more >>

Hello, How can I make a TextArea's backGroundColor Transparent ? I made the following style object, [b]what is the value for transparent ?[/b] var styleObj = new mx.styles.CSSStyleDeclaration(); with (styleObj) { [b]backgroundColor = ??????????[/b] } _global.styles.infoTAStyle = ...more >>

Dear friends, please help me, I have a huge problem!!! I've created 33 text fields into an application made with Macromedia Flash. Inside those text fields I have text, and part of that text is a link. In fact, I've got more than 750 pieces of text that are links. My problem now is that I mu...more >>

Hi all I just bought Studio MX 2004. I was using the Flash "Help" section but found it impossible to read because the font size is WAY too small and the text is antialiased (fine for larger text, but not tiny text). I am running it on a WinXP system. I am an experienced user and looked...more >>

On my hope desktop I can paste text from Word onto a flash text screen. Can't do it at work. Just part of it shows. Suggestions? ...more >>

My operating system is Windows XP. I cannot open a flash file that i've worked on for quite some time. It used to open fine, yet in the last couple hours, Flash cannot open the file and says that more memory must be allocated. I don't know how to allocate more memory to the program. I've a...more >>

im fairly new to flash mx. i dont want tutorials that explain tweening or layers, i want something that combines alot of techniques into one project. This way, i can learn why we use things. ...more >>

As I understand it, that when you publish your work of art, a form of timer begins (sequnetially from the timeline?) ... When the timer gets to the end of that particular scene it loads and plays the next one, and so on. Is there a means of stopping the automated change between scenes and pur...more >>

Hi. When creating a projector from an empty flash film, no key frames and no content, the files size is 860kb. I guess this is a minimum file size for the 'self running .exe'. Are there any ways to reduce this size or slim it down? Perhaps with a 3rd party application? Thanks Chris...more >>

Hi. Does anybody know of a way I can crop my Flash piece? Basically, I designed my piece from the center of the work area and did all my animation. Now I would like to crop the frame so as to leave off the blank areas around the edges. I know of no way to do this. I would have thought it ...more >>

Hello, I need help geting this panoramic component to work. The fla file is attached. The graphic I want to use is in the library (den.jpg) How do I load the graphic into the component? Here is a link to the authors page - http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=101. Also, are there any o...more >>

i have published my website, a full flash site, and it works exactly right in safari and netscape.... however in internet explorer (mac 5.2) it works but a) doesnt load a pop up page and b) when you click one of the navigation buttons it goes to that page, but then doesnt play the movie c...more >>

Hello, Can anyone recommend the best component for drop down menus? Thank you...more >>

Hi I want to create mask of mask.What i want to do is I have movie clip which contains four circles.& mask the image using that circle movieclip.Now i want to mask the circle movieclip.How can i do this?? ...more >>

I was wondering if there is anyway to create null objects (objects that react to the user's input but are not visible and cannot be clicked)? And could those objects react to on (rollOver)? Any help would be greatly appreiciated. ...more >>

Hey folks: I have a flash movie that needs to obtain a session variable from the PHP file that hosts it so that its queries to the server after initialization will get data that is relevant to a user's session. I checked this article on the macromedia site: [L=http://www.macromedia....more >>

I know that if u import pictures, will increase the file size a lot! I also know that there is a function <Ctrl-B> to break down the picture, so that u can do some simple edit! If I break down all the pictures, are they turn to be some kind of flash graphics, but not the import picture, will...more >>

Hello, I'm running on OS 9.2 and cannot use Flash MX. Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Flash 5? I've looked in the clearance bins of misc. stores to see if they'd have a copy and no luck. Not sure where to look at this point. thank you, U ...more >>

Can Flash automatically check on the file, and delete all the unused Graphics, Buttons and Movie Clips?...more >>

Thanx for the workaround Gideon. I tried textfield.restrict with "^\n","^\r","^\u000A,"^\u000D" and lots more.. I think it slipped past our friends at macromedia. Might be something to think about in the next version.. ...more >>

I am working on a website and the flash files were getting to big so I started to break them up. So now I have 11 total files- 1 background and buttons and the rest are images. I would like to have the first file to load and then continue loading the next, and so on, instead of clicking on the...more >>

I wish to load two movies into the main time line; movie1 into _level02 and movie2 into _level01. I want movie1 to tell movie2 when to start playing. How do I reference back to the original timeline? So far all I can get is to reference within movie1 itself and not the main time line by us...more >>

I finally found the right menu that would look right on IE and Netscape. It uses a Javascript and CSS. Here is the dilemma, my menu is situated on top of the site and right below it is an SWF file. when i view it on the browser the dropdown menu is under the SWF file and so, i cant see ...more >>

Whenever I am using the brush or eraser tool in Flash MX 2004 my hard drive makes this odd noise. I have a serial ata drive. No other program causes this problem. I have version 7.01 Has anybody has this problem? Does anybody know why this would be happaning and what could fix it? ...more >>

Hello Pros I am trying to convert a video to .flv file using Flash Exporter. The video is a keyed out footage of full shot actress in pure white back ground. The video was edited in Final Cut Pro 4. I am converting uncompressed Quick Time file to flv using Discreet Cleaner 6. The p...more >>