Hi there, I have a slideshow type movie (Flash MX, not 2004) that has a number of content frames, each of which have a graphic in the top half and a dynamic text box in the bottom half which loads html text from an external text file. These text boxes have an attached scrollbar component ...more >>

I created a flash animation to be played in Flash player on a CD. The animation also includes a video which the user can view by the click of a button. My problem is that when I import the video inside Flash, the video looses in quality. The video doesn't need to be compressed since it will on...more >>

I have created a Flash project with a number of controls, including a slider bar to coontrol the video. When I test the controls in Flash, they work perfectly. After exporting the project as a quicktime .mov, the slider bar works, but seems to drag alot slower. Anyone know why this is, o...more >>

I want to have a button in a Flash animation with a link to start another application, such as a video that would play in QT or a PDF file that would open in Reader. Anyone, anyone would know and how this is done? Thanks!!!!! ...more >>

Does anyone know how I can create a flash page that allows a user to select a file from their hard disk and upload it onto a specific location on a web server?...more >>

Why does it seem like there are tons of questions on this board relating to components (the combo box in particular) but almost no answers? Are these items teh red-headed step-children of Macromedia or what? ...more >>

I have an asp.net page that appends a list of variables to a flash file in the Movie parameter. This all works great and inherently provides those variables to the main timeline without using a loadVariables statement. The problem is when I call a movie clip that has dynamic textboxes, they do...more >>

Is it possible, from Flash, to play a video outside flash. I would like to have a button on which someone could click, and this would start a video, outside Flash, in Quicktime or Window media player for exemple? Thanks for you help Joe ...more >>

Alright I will explain exactly what I want to happen and hopefully I can do that coherantly: Here's what I want to happen: I have an image of a remote control in the bottom of my flash site, I want the user to be able to mouse over the remote and then the remote will enlarge and stop at a c...more >>

Here is my scenario: I have a complex flash (MX) interface that loads many dynamic images. It also has print ability but uses another movie clip in the main timeline for the print layout. The issue is that I want to use an image loaded in one of the movieclips in the print movieclip so I c...more >>

Ok, I know this might not be the right forum to post, but I realy didn't know where else to turn. My problem is that I can't hear anything when I'm watching flash animations, not a thing. No audio at all. And it is realy disturbing, since I no longer can get anything out of those great Stron...more >>

This site has a beautiful business card creator: http://cardco.com/account/editor.html?e[category]=10 I'm really impressed. And so is a contact of mine who would like me to build the same thing (although not a copy, of course, but something with very similar functionality,) for him. Question ...more >>

I have a hot object question which always says the response is incorrect...even when the correct choices are selected. I've had similar problems with drag and drag questions. I've triple checked my instance names of the drags and targets (or hot objects) to the instance name that is used i...more >>

hello! I'm using pixel fonts in Flash MX, can u tell me how to use NON-anitaliased fonts in Flash mx (static)... Thanx -- Jurica Vukoviæ, dipl. inf. EuroART93 - web developement +385 44 533931 +385 91 2055859 www.euroart93.hr euroart93@euroart93.hr --------------------------------------...more >>

i have tried to download the trial version of flash mx 2004 and i cannot. i tried two browsers and every language version possible. how can i download the flash mx 2004??? thanks...more >>

http://www.simonknowles.com Best viewed on a PC with a fast processor. Any comments/suggestions much appreciated. S....more >>

I think the text aliasing engine in MX2004 has a serious bug handling certain characters. Instead of aliasing them I get rows of boxes!! I maintain a large Flash project developed in Flash 4 that uses the IPA SIL TrueType fonts extensively. Now we want to migrate that project to MX2004 and ...more >>

I have developed a site where my navigation calles Dreamweaver layers, I had to take my navigation into Flash so I could call audio sounds on the "onclick". HOW do I call my DW layers in Flash now?. Thanks.. ;) ...more >>

I have tried and tried to figure out how to control video with Flash MX2004. I have looked at behaviors and actionscript lessons etc. Does anyone know of a straighforward way to import video, then place a component video controller on the stage and then control play stop pause etc? ...more >>

I own the PC version of MX04 Pro (Fell prey to the Macromedia license policies and installed it there first without knowing I would be stuck there) So, I have the trial installed on my G5 and it appears to be very flakey. If I select a graphic element and attempt to drag it around the stage ...more >>

hello, i have used attachmovie() to load the movies into a movieclip, but don't know the correct syntax to access the properties (such as setRGB). i've been looking on the internet but can't seem to find a page that deals with this question specifically. _root.mainMovieClip.movie1.setRGB(),...more >>

Hi, I've sent lingo through flash into director before, but for some reason it isn't functioning properly anymore. I'm just using the simple command in GetURL and it says (lingo:go to frame "framename"). It has worked for me alot in the past, but now its jumping randomly in the director movi...more >>

I've been given an old web site that needs updating. It's written entirely in flash embedded into HTML. I dont know a great deal about Flash, but i'm figuring it out. The files that I have are swf flash movies. I'm creating a new flash document, importing them, modifying them and exporting the...more >>

I have created a flash movie to test the different methods of passing data to your browser from flash. I have written a script to collect the data for everyone who takes the quick little test. It will probably take you less than 30 seconds and you can see the results of the test broken out b...more >>

|Does anyone know if there is any way to recover an unsaved project? I finished my first project, and accidentally closed it without saving after testing. The test was in a separate window so I thought closing it wouldn't affect my project. Are there temp files anywhere? Help please. I...more >>

I'm trying to simulate an object ( a bubble, actually) floating in a viscous fluid, but I'd like it's movement controlled purely by ActionScript. So far, my only instinct would be to use trig formulas to determine its x and y positions. For example, if you wanted to move an object in a complet...more >>

I am creating a series of demonstration animations with the first one showing a how to scan a library card. My client wants to first show the graphic in the animation (straight on view of card moving into the center of the screen but when the real user actually scans their card in this devic...more >>

Hello there, Can someone advise why it takes quite a long time (about 45 mins) to download my flash site, which is only about 8.3MB? Was it because of those pictures I used in higher resolution? Your advise will be greatly appreciated... Thanks Matt http://www.laubert.org ...more >>

Hi, I?m a 3rd year undergrad at Nottingham Uni and im writing my dissertation in Flash MX and Actionscipt. I?ve run into a few problems which have turned into total nightmares and there seems to be very few people in the department who are able to help. I was wondering whether if anyone ...more >>

Hello group, I have a problem, How can use dll in flash? Help me please, thanks....more >>

Hello all, I am trying to change the load order of scenes and the "Scenes" option under the drop down is grayed out ... Any idea why ? And if so how can we chnage the order of the scene loading ? Thank you for all the help, Sean - HeliHobby.com ...more >>

The contents/pages of my flash created website, were created in ther own swf files. How do I now link/combine all my swf files in the main swf? THANK YOU, Peter Fettes...more >>

Using the rectangle tool I created a box, now I want to add another point to one of the sides so that I can manipulate the shape. Shouldn't clicking on one of the lines of the box with the pen tool create another point - like in Illustrator? (using Flash MX 2004 pro) ...more >>

hi i am making a flash movie but when you open it from the swf file i want it to open to the whole screen of the computer. This must be done automaticaly anyone have any ideas on how to do it. please help me ...more >>

I'm using Flash Pro 2004 on Win and am trying to figure out how to progressive stream .flv files using the Media Components: Media Display, Media Controller, MediaPlayback.. I was looking at the tutorial at [L=http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/media_components.html]http ://...more >>

I have developed an engine in flash to deliver some content online. The engine basically loads the content slides (.swf files named in a series) on click of a next button. I have introduced a mechanism in the engine to cache all the slides in the begining (this directly loads the swf...more >>

I designed a site using dreamweaver, it has 3 columns, a pic in the middle and a couple of groups of links on either side. For the categories I used a flash button, and for the links I used flash text. When I preview the pages within dreamweaver it looks fine for both Firefox and IE. To pub...more >>

Greetings, I am looking for a flash designer to design a particular front page of a web site. I think it will be simple for anyone who knows Flash well.. I can pay US$100 plus depending on the finished product. Please contact via email and i will send you more info and we can negotiate ...more >>

i always make my graphis with PSP8, and copy and paste them into flash mx. In PSP, the image was on a transparent background, but when in flash, it becomes white. Is there any way of preventing/fixing this? ...more >>

Do i need to include Macromedia Logo on my splash or credits sceens or anywhere in the program i have completly created in Flash MX? The program will be on a CD. It will not be for sale but for promotional distribution only. ...more >>

In Flash MX2004 pro I created the word 'grafisch' with fonttype Helvetica. It's just a static text, but the 'f' character seems to be covering up the 'i' character. It only happens with these two characters and only when the 'f' is followed by the 'i'. In MX it works fine. I even made an MX ve...more >>

I have a dynamic text box that loads from a .txt file. When the .txt file includes any characters such as an apostrophe, a plus sign, parentheses, or any other similiar type of character, Flash either doesn't display the text after the offfending character, or puts a square graphic in place of...more >>

Good morning, I am new to Flash but not graphics applications. I use PhotoShop almost exclusively for my web graphics. Unless I am really missing something, from what I can see, Flash can't do all the really amazing grapical things that PS can. So naturally I am curious about the ability t...more >>

Hello everyone. I'm trying to do what seems to me a very basic thing, and to my everlasting shame I find I'm unable to achieve this. I have a graphic of an arrow that is also a movie clip that will serve as a link to another webpage. However, I also want to give a soft glow to this sym...more >>

I have a mail.php code listed below. Can anyone find / see the prob. <? $ToEmail = "klint@email.dk"; ##$ToName = "Hammers"; $ToSubject = "Email fra website"; $EmailBody = "send from: $Firma\n Adresse: $Adresse\n Zip: $Zip\n City: $City\n Email: $Email\n\n Message:$Message\n...more >>

Hiya. I'm trying to export my flashmovie into AVI format and I want it to be compressed as DviX. But I get an error message when I'm selecting DviX from the list. Check out the pictures and you'll get a hang of what I'm meaning. [L=Pic1]http://www.angelfire.com/clone2/ogge/co1.JPG[/L] [...more >>

Hi, I created a website with flash and set the width and height of the movie in pixels. This works fine in Internet Explorer but not in Netscape. In Netscape it "matches movie". Is this a Netscape problem? Is there a solution for this? Thank M. Smit ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to import/load a swf file into another swf file? Thank You. Peter....more >>

I am having big problems w/my movie. It just doesn't GO. I set actions to gotoandplay on frames and it just repeats the current scene. I am stuck and have no idea what to do -- I have considered instead of using scenes just having totally seperate flash files, but it would be too much loading. --...more >>

Hi, I have question. I would like to create movi from my png files, the best would be any software which I can use from command line. Do you have any idea how to do it ? Regards, Roman...more >>

Dear all, I would like to create a web site for student to do some english exercises, and there is an exercise let the students moving a word to the appropriate position in a sentence? e.g. Q1. part of Cause you're of me. then student drag the words "part of" to any ...more >>

I want to save a flash movie (as V6) but want it to automatically display a jpeg if a users browser does not have flash player. Can anyone tell me how to do this or give me some lines of code I can use in my HTML? Thanks ...more >>

Hi there, one of my clients would like there homepage to have a flash intro containing a large gif image which will either shatter or disintergrate (disappear) and then behind it would be the next page. I hardly ever use flash and therefore haven't a clue where to begin! I suppose seei...more >>

For some reason I have suddenly started to save my files in Flash MX 2004 Professional. I can publish them, but when I try to close Flash and save my files either as Flash MX 2004 or as Flash MX, it doesn't do anything! I have been using it for some time now, with no problem and this came out ...more >>

Hi, i got a flash cd-rom i'm making, its got a flash player installer from macromedia on it so if you dont have it you can install it off the cd. Is there a way of redirecting the auto-flash player installer dialog thingy to the cd based flash player installer. cos at the mo it always j...more >>

Hi A little long winded in explanation but I?m sure it?s a simple answer! I have a web service that returns the following XML for stock quotes: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <StockQuotes> <Stock> <Symbol>MSFT</Symbol> <Last>25.80</Last> <Date>4/6/20...more >>

I am in the process of improving my sites cross browser and computer compatibility, and I discovered that on some computers my flash site is an almost completely black screen. I have seen this with windows ME and windows 98 both with updated flash players and IE browsers. I cannot seem to fi...more >>

I have a web site which starts with a flash movi. Without flash player my website is unavailable. How can I force users (who doesn't have flash player) to download flash player?...more >>

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Hi, Could some one tell me if it is possible to create flash text animaton without a background color. There doesn't seem to be the option for transparent background for the document settings in flash. I tryed to get around this by matching the flash document backgroung color with the pag...more >>

Hi there, Sometimes my Alias text in my flash movie are blur. This happens even when I place the text at a whole pixel. I'm wondering whether this is a bug that flash has? anybody got the same problem? ...more >>

I'm designing a site that requires a stand-alone SWF (not embedded in an HTML page). The link calls the SWF directly, after testing for the Flash player. The SWF has a pre-loader and streams its internal elements (streaming sound, etc.). In testing, I've discovered that NETSCAPE (v. 4 thru 7...more >>

how can I make it where when i click anywhere it plays a sound file? I've got a sound file in my library but how do i make it play whenever I click?...more >>

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I am new to Flash...like a totally green virgin newbie (how's that for a visual?) I am exporting a simple movie and I have deselected "Loop" in the Prefs. but it still loops the .swf file when I export the movie. Why? How can I stop this? ...more >>

I've tried many times to add a .wav sound to buttons (regular ones in dreamweaver and one i created with flash) nothing works, I was wondering if anybody knows what the scripting for the buttons should look like ? Or is there an easier way to add a sound to a button ? Thanks. ...more >>

I installed Flash MX Pro 2004 on my Mac at home and on my Mac at work. I read about activation and it said that we were allowed to share one license on two computers as long as they were not running Flash at the same time. Today, I couldn't get Flash to boot up at work. When I tried to boot it...more >>

I have a movie with video and soundObject that work well together and all checks out when I look at the SWF. I than take this movie as load it into another movie and test it as a SWF and again all is fine. But once I place it into HTML and look at this way the sound and video files get all...more >>

I'm trying to make a flash movie but I am not familiar with the basics. I've done some tutorials but now I'm running into problems and can't find the solutions. Whenever I copy and paste an object or drag a copy of an object from my library out onto the page I'm on, I can't change stuff on t...more >>

I am new to flash mx, i would like to know how to make new keyframes...more >>

This question might not have much to do with flash, Im not real sure. But Im running a website, and every time I change the site and go to use FTP to update it the following happens: *It updates for me *All my friends say it didnt change from the last update I've tried: *deleting the o...more >>

I am trying to create a realistic looking 3D text effect. I need a word to appear as if made of reflective glass, so that you can see the background image through it. It needs to have highly reflective surfaces. any ideas? ...more >>

Without any proper pre-planning, I made a short intro movie clip, comprising several layers and ending in the fade-up appearance of a series of animated navigation buttons. I thought it would be possible to import this as part of a larger home page, but (a) the layers are merged and (b) th...more >>