Hi, I just started developing in Flash a few weeks ago and overall I really like what I can do with Flash. However I'm used to working with Java IDE's such as JBuilder or Eclipse and I am finding the Flash developer IDE frustrating. The application I am building is growing in complexity on...more >>

When you post a question to a forum, the helpful thing to do is to use a subject line that relates to your question, like: "Movieclip Control" "setRGB question" "ActionScript Problem" etc. Way too many posts are showing up lately with subject lines like this: "Quick Question" "Easy Quest...more >>

I'm starting to suspect there's an instability somewhere. I bought my computer in January, and I've noticed inconsistencies in several programmes. I'm starting to feel there's something odd either in the hardware or in the operating system (XP). What I'm finding with Flash right now is I p...more >>

Is it possible to import a java applet in Flash? ...more >>

Is it possible to import a java applet in Flash? ...more >>

I have a movie with a preloader. I also have a number of sound objects that are activated through linkage to WAVs in the library. The problem is, the movie gets held up on loading ([i]before[/i] the preloader!) on the first frame because the sounds are selected to export on the first fram...more >>

How do I incorporate the Loading --% before my flash movie loads? ...more >>

Hello Everybody!!! I am in the process of remodling my website, at http://flash101.vze.com, and looked at my old chat rooms. They are really slow, and, sluggish. This is probably because it works off a MySQL database, and Flash checks the PHP file every 3 seconds. Not only is is sluggi...more >>

I am looking for suggestions on software to use flash movies in a screen saver. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!...more >>

Hi all I want to zoom-in an MC using the on(press) mouse event. But I want the zooming to center itself wherever the mouse is pressed. Do you know what I mean? Do you know how to do it?...more >>

I can't seem to get my buttons to "click" ... I have made a menu bar called chaptermenu_mc which contains several component buttons. One of them is tokahe_btn. here's what i tried (among other things) on either the main timeline, or the chaptermenu_mc timeline: //create clicker sound ...more >>

Sorry for all the dumb questions. I'm learning! What's happening now is I've got an on (release)... gotoAndPlay statement assigned to a button, but the animation doesn't stop at the frame and just loops around to frame 1. So I stuck a stop() statement on the same frame as the gotoAndPlay...more >>

I've created a web page entirely in flash and would like it to fill the full browser window. Please see http://www.frederictonhabitat.com As you'll notice there is a white border around both sides. Is there some kind of a html code to get it to fill the full screen? ...more >>

Hi, I am working on my first flash site and as it stands right now, the movie plays x number of frames before hitting a stop action. The user can then choose the first navigation option - playhead moves forward to next stop action - meanwhile the background sound is still playing; good. But i...more >>

I know the authoring environment is a bit slow (im using a g3 800mhz ibook), its very frustrating moving objects/clips around with a half-second delay all the time. is a g4 powerbook 1ghz adequate enough, or should I not even bother with a mac anymore? ...more >>

hello, i have heard that there is a flash mx object called 'liveConnection'. i have never heard of it, and i can't find information about it in the help files. can someone tell me whet 'liveConnection' is and where i can find information about it? thanks, blavatsky ...more >>

Having several problems with the graphics in my Flash piece. When building the movie, the scene looks great, all graphics look crisp and are positioned correctly. But when I test or publish the movie and preview it in a browser, the quality changes. What I am seeing is a loss of pixels...more >>

Does FLASH have a file browse input like HTML offers? <INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME="file_input"> // this creates a button that says "Browse" Is there any way to list the contents of a directory on your hard drive in flash? ...more >>

is it possible to center .jpg's in a scrollpane? i've attached the loadScrollContent command to small thumbnails, which load larger jpgs (located on my server) into a scrollpane. i've also set the buttons to activate the scrollpane's vertical scroll bar if necessary, so i just need to center t...more >>

Hi, I'm fairly new to flash and I wanted to see if anyone can provide me with instructions on how to set a button focus. For Example: When I select a Button on Frame 1, I want to go to Frame 2 and set a specfic button to the Hit Focus. on (release) { gotoAndStop(2); } Is there som...more >>

Hi I have a virtual tour as a quick time virtual reality format, i have it as a ..mov too.. but i dont know how to insert it so it can be played as it should be.. can somebody please help me! im really worried because i need to do it as soon as possible.. thanks.. ...more >>

Being somewhat of a Flash MX 2004 noob, I would like to know whether or not it is possible to modify the colors of the Accordion UI Component. I would be interested in changing the face color and also the Hover color. Thanks. -- Kevin French Team MM Fireworks Volunteer | www.macromedia....more >>

I've created a Flash form that uses several drop-down menus (combo box components) to gather information. The problem is that the menus toward the bottom often appear with invisible numbers. The data is actually there, but you can't see it... Anybody ever see behavior like this? ...more >>

Hey all, I was trying to make a custom theme for compontes v2 and I've run into a couple of issues while editing the "haloTheme.fla" although I followed the Help files instructions for applying the theme (by copying the assestes folder from the Theme's fla to the target fla's lib). I can't ...more >>

Ok this is a really simple thing, yet it is driving me insane; Let's say I have a movie clip that contains some text and an animation. And I want to use that clip a couple times within my movie but change the text or whatever. How can I duplicate a MC instance without having the "copied" versi...more >>

Hello-- I'm trying to develop a reservation system that tracks the availability of rooms, equipment and meals. Originally, I developed this in Director 8.0, but as my customer demands more, I'm seeing my archaic version of Director isn't up to the task. So I'm turning to FMX 2004 Pro and ...more >>

I am looking for the fla and asp for an Flah image gallery. I want to be able to add and delete jpeg images to the gallery from an administrative area using asp. I would also like to be able to have the pictures as thumbnails and then somehow viewable as full size. Is there a template of ...more >>

I'm just taking my first steps with Actionscript and I've encountered a problem with gotoAndPlay. The situation is this: I've got a sequence of images which crossfade to the next each time it's clicked. When it first loads, the first image fades up from black. I've just used at each ...more >>

In the code below I'm trying to open a Window component from a button click. That works fine, no problem. But the rest of the script should close that window when you click on the "close button". Does anyone know why this doesn't work? I think I've tried just about everything. The only th...more >>

hi, i am a newbie but i know director very well, i am trying to teach my self flash by making a web site. on my web site when each of the 4 buttons are pushed a window floats on to screen, the i basicly want the window to float off screen before going to the next scene. is there an easy ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to create a shape tween between two graphics. The graphics were created from the font ITC Garamond by using the text tool in FLASH. I then broke apart the text. When I create the shape tween between the the two graphics the graphic falls apart and looks garbled. Do some f...more >>

Hi. My 2nd Q regarding targeting. I have a movieclip (navigation_mc) that has another movieclip in (parent_mc). This parent_mc also has a movielip (child_mc). I have a button in navigation_mc that I want to target a frame labelled "over" in my child_mc, I have attached the code below to t...more >>

Hello, I made a flash banner and I am going to place it in Dreamweaver MX , but the problem is that I would like to link it to another page for example www.cnn.com and I do not know how. Do I have write an action script? Thank you in advance. John ...more >>

Ok I am trying to build a site that will use different swf's in an attempt to decrease the intial download time by the user. Here's what I am trying: I have a simple button and on that button is the following actionscript: on (release) { loadMovie("GREETING.swf", "empty"); }...more >>

Hey guys, I was just wondering if there is anyway of stoping my movie clip for the over animation repeating itself when it is clicked on? Cheers, Paulie...more >>

hi! can anybody please tell me how to create Log-Log co-ordinate axes with flash. Thanks, shailendra....more >>

Hello all. Here is my problem. I?m a bit of a newbie so please be patient. I currently have 3 different swf files that all load into a projector (a menu, content, and a header). the projector is acting only as a container for the content, loaded with mx 2004's new behaviors. The 3 swf...more >>

Hi, I use dynamicly generated text in my project which is using truetype font and I need to import the font into my project, so that the font showes on all computers in the same way. I can do that with static text, but when I assign this font to a dynamic text and remove the font from a sy...more >>

I have imported a 3mb video file that was in a .wmf file format. Everything worked great. I then tried to import a 35 mb video file that is in a .wmf format and I get an error in Flash MX 2004 Pro that says invalid file format and Flash cannot read it. Not sure why one wmf file worked...more >>

Hi Folks, I'm looking Flash over pretty closely right now to determine whether it makes sense to create websites completely as a Flash application. One of the issues that I've always had with general website development is the problem of various browsers handling things differently. I al...more >>

Hi. I have a button in a movieclip, the movie clip in on the _root timeline. On the button (within the movieclip) I have the following script that I want to take users to another scene in my (_root) movie - but it's not working. on (release){ gotoAndPlay("aboutus",1); } I have also ...more >>

I have a customer interested in selling a couple of vacation properties. They would like to have a panoramic view or interactive hour tour. Would anyone be able to point me to any ready made scripts or software or perhaps an approach to take. I'm thinking I should simply append photos to on...more >>

can i know how i make a flash game ? i tried to make 1 but i don't know how to save it . ...more >>

Hi everyone, this is my first post here. I have been asking a question on other forums but no one can give me an answer, the question is simply but the answer still alludes me, so i thought i would come here to ask it! I use Flash MX on OS X, all i want to do is open a PDF file from with...more >>

I'm a web contractor for a 2500 employee hospital. Three weeks ago, the redesign of their intranet went live, and this version included a flash header of 9.04kb in size (which everyone ... well, almost everyone.. loved). Last week, I got some paniced calls from the Network Administrator say...more >>

I've made a slide show in 2004Professional that fades from slide to slide using nested slides with transitions as behaviours. But if the speaker makes a mistake and wants to go back he can only go straight to the previous one. I want to make it possible to undo a mistake in the show subtly, ...more >>

Hy, can u tell me if Macromedia Flash Charting Components Set 2 works fine with Flash MX 2004 ? I'm triyng to set a small application, trying to convince my boss to work with macromedia products, but to our organization, charting is very important. I've a trial of flash mx 2004 and i i...more >>

Hi All, I am creating a flash projector to play on pc and mac. Similar to how director publishes , I want the movie centered on a solid color background. I don't want it to scale to screen but have it centered with no desktop visible. Thanks in advance for your help, Jean...more >>

Hi, I am developing an interactive map for which I have some map data for the UK., all good so far. My data provider gave me the map data in Illustrator format which I imported into Flash no problem. The problem has come because the overall shape for the country is made up of a number of com...more >>

We are looking for a cross platform way to develope for PC's, Mac's & Linux/Unix boxs. 1 - Is there a Flash player for Linux or Unix? 2 - Has Flash developed to the status of a full program language? 3 - Can we let the user/client key in data to Flash? 4 - Will Flash allow us to save th...more >>

I've searched the Macromedia web site and Flash documentation without finding any useful reference to licensing requirements for distributing Flash Projectors on CD. With Macromedia Director, distribution of executable projectors requires individual licensing from Macromedia Are there ...more >>

Hi! I am looking into using Flash MX 2004 as a tool for rapid prototyping of GUI:s (throw-away prototyping). I would like to read/hear other peoples experience in using Flash for this, pros and cons? Anyone knows any good links on this subject? ...more >>

Hi all, I need help. I have a movie clip cuttng out when certain buttons are presssed, but I want it to fade. Here is my script for having it cut. Thanks if anyone can help. search_btn.onPress = fuction(){ for(i=100; i>=0; i--0{ elliottPic_mc._alpha = i; } ...more >>

i have tried to dload flash. but it says that it says it has already installed on my system. plz help. bean...more >>

HI. My menu nav at http://www.rhinolacrosse.com isn't working. I know I don't have the HTML pages setup but the links just aren't working. I've linked the buttons as so in Flash MX. onRelease(){ getURL("http://www.rhinolacrosse.com/roster.html") } I know this is right. If you want t...more >>

Hello Gurus, I'm a newbie. I want to make something like www.ontheborder.com . 1. The Video they have playing, how to make it move from left to right by it self? 2. How is it controlled by the mouse. ? Is that actionscripting? Please guide me step by step, as I'm a newbie. Th...more >>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have need to animate a few text strings into some nice looking flashy text (500X30). Can some body help me, the words are: We have you in mind. Fast and reliable services. Contact us for more details. Please t...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a flash application in the universal that does voice recognition? Is it possible to develop a voice recognition application in flash?...more >>

Hello everyone, first time in here, I desided to come here to look for help. This is it. I am developing a flash web site, and in one of the content pages , I am trying to set up a video section which I already have on the Library, it is a small video file of 1 min 20 sec and it is a .wmv fi...more >>

on my first scene, i have an imput text field and a go button. the button takes me to my next scene. how do i use the text the user has imputed on the second scene. ...more >>

Hello i'm new to the forum and well also kind of new to Macromedia Flash.... I'm running Macromedia Flash MX 20004..... I'm currently making myself a webpage...I used Flash to generate my Animated Logo, 9 buttons, and a mediaplayer..... The Problem is that when i go the website even w/...more >>

I am new to flash and seem to have run into a brick wall. I would like to have 3 buttons, that when pressed, transition out of the current mc and into another. Seems simple enough but this has really been driving me crazy. My problem is that when a button is pressed, the action depends on w...more >>