Ok, I downloaded Flash Mx 2004 on my piece of crap computer (ME edition) and when i download flash MX (which takes 7 frickn hours and 15 minutes) it makes me compress it into a zipped folder. So when i finally finished downloading MX 2004 i tried to open the folder, but it wont let me. It say...more >>

Ok so just like the title says. So say i upload my movie and its set to 30 fps. so say i view it in the browser , it looks lke its around 22-24 fps but not 30. if i download it from the server directly to my pc as a .swf file and view it in player it is fine. can anyone please help me ...more >>

I was wondering if there was a way to publish a .fla file to a format that could then be put on a dvd and played in someones home theater system? There is no interactivity within the file, it's just sort of like a short film. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

I am trying to create a flash webpage by embedding my flash swf file within the main.html. My flash movie has buttons that load other html files into the browser. That all works fine and dandy, but when I hit the back button to go back to index.html, the movie plays from the beginning again. W...more >>

I'm currently making a flash movie and I have made several different scenes in several different files. (file for each scene) I was wonder how to put all the scenes together to make one big movie and have background music playing through out the whole thing. I quick reply would be MUCH ...more >>

Hello, I have an audio voiceover track that when tested in the movie sounds fine, but when published to an .exe file, plays with a distinct echo. I think it might have something to do with the audio being set to "stream" instead of "event." Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advanc...more >>

>>any chance you know why the 2 phrases that are smaller won't change size? Did not notice 2 phrases you mentioned above. As for the text box, you should move the text box itself, not the text in the text box. With your pointer tool, click the text box once to select it, then lower it h...more >>

Good day, I have a shockwave movie I need to make into flash: Now I'm thinking it should be fairly easy but I'm having a tough time getting anything I what to happen, happen. here is the link to the shockwave movie for an example, http://www.agencystudy.com/rbd/demo.html , now I've bee...more >>

is there any way to load flash MX compoenents files in new flash MX PRO 2004 ?...more >>

Hello All, I made a fairly simple (600kb) .swf and coresponding html file using the "Publish" feature in Flash MX Pro. From my local computer, everything works as it should and when I click the .html file, the flash movie displays in IE. The problem is when it is moved online, the mov...more >>

can we make Database in flash and making search from it ?...more >>

Hi, I am looking for a good interactive character generation xtra or program that can be used with Director and or Flash. Any suggestions would be helpful. I perform multimedia programs for elementary students and cartoon characters that talk and provide interaction would greatly help. ...more >>

Hi, Does flash cache external images that are loaded using 'instance.loadMovie("image.jpg")', in both embedded *.swfs and standalone *,exes grabbing the images from a remote server? Thanks...more >>

I am in the process of creating a CD-ROM presentation using the Media Display component for a video file. [b]Problem:[/b] Any video file specified in the URL property for the component other than a file located in the same folder as the SWF file will not play. [b]Details:[/b] This i...more >>

Anyone know how I can scroll dynamic text without using the new Components? I tried a couple things to scroll a movieclip, but they require you to mask the movie clip and dynamic text can't be masked. Anyone know how I can do this?? ...more >>

So, I understand the general methodology of the PreLoader (i.e. loading the site before allowing access to frames) but I am confused on how to load sections of a site before others. Say for example you have a main page and it has seperate links to four portfolios (P1-P4), P1 being frames 10-20...more >>

what's the best program to use if creating a large website where project list and images are constantly going to change? I'm a beginner in flash and want to learn dreamweaver / html but imagine it's hard to learn quickly. ...more >>

With Flash MX 2004: Using File->Publish Preview->Default I can see the "publish" progress bar flash quickly and complete, but the movie does NOT open up IE and play. If IE is already open to a random page, then a new IE window opens and the movie plays. Any idea on why I have to ...more >>

I've been having the same problem, as many others, I see posted here. My "Free" flash player, all of a sudden, started to freeze up my CPU. Not just the browsers but the entire system. Control alt delete or any input device will not work. The system has to reboot before it is usable again. I h...more >>

I'm doing a project for my work that requires me to render out 3d characters into .swf files. I'm using 3dmax and the "Illustrate 5.3" plug in to render the swfs. My problem comes when I try to import the .swf file into max. It comes in all messed up: missing fills here and there, line weight ...more >>

hello, i want to set multiple events on one clip that will act as a button: btn1.onRollOver = function() { clearInterval(up_int_1); move_down_1(sub_1); }; I want the same action for dragOver too, how do i do this ? i know that for button i can separate the events by a coma: on(rollo...more >>

Flash Mx Win XP Hy, I have a problem with array. I did an Array with name XN of sume numebers. And I want to load all the numebers in array in a text box called output. I dont know how to do it, all I can do is to load one numeber from teh array. Thanx in dvance, rgds -- dEnis ww...more >>

Just looked at the site, and I think your problem is the text box size, not a mask issue. It looks like the letters are cut off at the top. You might want to either increase the size of your text box OR move the text down 16 pixels or so. ...more >>

I have managed to put an 'stop all sounds' action to the 'off' button in one of my projects. But, I do not see an action to turn the music back on. The music loads automatically and is able to be turned off. How do I turn it back on? I have a button to turn it back on but don't know how. ...more >>

I am a novice so forgive me for not knowing. What is the ideal size that I should shoot for when making a 100% flash website? The dimensions of my site will be 1024 x 600 (if that matters) and currently I am 561KB. Are there pros and cons that I should be aware of? thanks for your help...more >>

This site is a joke. Every year my internet connection gets roughly 2*faster and every year this website gets approx. 3*slower. If anyone wishes to know what surfing was like on a 14.4 back in the early nineties just get a good Cable connection and visit Macromedia.com, it's like stepping back...more >>

I have a program which contains a popup box. In this popup box, there are a number of tools such as a screwdriver which the user can select. A copy of the icon they select is then faded out to 50% alpha and allowed to drag with the mouse. However, I have seen, many times, where if the user ...more >>

No more unique UNDOs for each moviclip in MX2004 !? It was the only really useful thing Macromedias Flash app did that other Flash tools didn't do. It was the most friendly feature of the whole program and easily the most wonderfully useful feature in some of the most potentially terrible ...more >>

I am looking to purchase a copy of Flash MX 2004 Professional in order to create a system to sell on the internet having just had training on the program. I however am a poor student and unfortunately do not really have a budget of above $100 to really spend (or ?100) and was delighted when I ...more >>

I've been searching on the macromedia site for a template for a simple (I mean VERY SIMPLE) video presentation, but everything is geared towards Flash MX 2004, which I don't have. I have version 6.0 of MX. I just want to create a very simple video presentation, importing .wmv file and having...more >>

On a project that I am working on, when I jump from one scene to the next, I have found that it messes up my button arrangement on the next scene. In concept each button takes you to a specific frame in the second scene. What has happened is that the 'home' button takes me back to the first ...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a vector mapping application which uses flash remoting to get a set of co-ordinates from a database, and then draws them with actionscript using LineTo and MoveTo. The results are great when 'zoomed in' as there's less co-ordinates to draw on the screen. As I zoom out, h...more >>

does anyone have it? thanks ...more >>

I would like to do an animation intro, similar to this: [L=http://ty.land.ru/qt_anim.avi]http://ty.land.ru/qt_anim.avi[/L] (426 KB) I was wondering how I would go about doing something similar to this, any suggestions? ...more >>

I have built an open source digital assets management system for a college that stores images (and other media) in a searchable form with related metadata. This is written in coldfusion but i have a slideshow element that just isn't to the level i want it to be. there are other comparable pr...more >>

I am looking for a 4th of July firworks display created in flash. Can anyone help me out with where I might find a .fla file to get started with?...more >>

Hi all, Has anyone out there ever seen an example of a crossword puzzle built in flash? Thanks. ...more >>

Hey I have a movie duplicating movie clip, that gets populated with dynamic text. Everything was working perfectly. However now I am trying to mask the entire layer and when I do for some reason the text does not show anymore. Everything else, including all the graphics still show, but wh...more >>

hello everyone, when i set the properties of a dynamic textbox (or s static text box) in the properties panel, it resizes the content text as well. for example when i first create the textbox to 300 pixels wide, and put the text in, and then reduce the width to 200 pizels, the text is comp...more >>

Linked (<a href>) JPEGs in text field? and... I love the feature of 2K4 allowing JPEGs to be placed in text fields. Works wonderfully...except when attempting to link through <a href>. If I place the <img src="this.jpg"> between <a href=""></a> tags the image is not seen and the text after ...more >>

How can I center text vertically in an adjust-to-fit OR a fixed, dynamic text box? I figure maybe something with textHeight and _yloc would do. Any ideas?...more >>

hi! in flash 6 and down I can choose expert or normal mode when I write actionscript. But in flash 7 it´s only expert, how can I choose normal mode??? please help me. ...more >>

[S=look here]https://www.powerstation.co.uk[/S] the menu is cool, if you hover over it, teh menu jumps out from teh right. the bar underneath stretches to teh size of teh text you hower onto. I have managed to resize my slider but cant get it to do teh stretch effect, i.e gradually increas...more >>

Hi, Let me clear the idea first.... I have an aspx page, I embedded the flash swf object in it. which includes the swf file path in a specific URL : <PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE=" http://192.168.0.5 / Program / LOADING2.swf "> now, about the movie, it worked 100%, BUT, i had problems with...more >>

ok, I'm going to be making a program to look at bird flight, and it will be a gui with some buttons, and a couple of animation panels showing real bird flight and equation bird flight and so forth, just in stick style. The real bird will probably be pre-recorded, but I'd like the simulation to...more >>

Hi, simple question - flash 4 i have a menu - it has menu 10 icons and 10 frames frame 1 illuminates icon/menu 1 frame 2 illuminates icon/menu 2 frame 3 illuminates icon/menu 3 etc so if the person clicks on icon 1 - it loads URL = PAGE_1.CFM so if the person click...more >>

Hi I have downloaded an intresting movie clip,. It containes one frame and 3 levels one being a movie clip. When I try to analyze the instanse that rotates text when you run the movie, the Action pane is empty. No rows show up. I cannot find anything that drives the rotating text? Any ideas.? ...more >>

I 'was'... able to preview my movie symbols while in authoring mode simply by moving the timeline playhead. Now for some reason I can no longer do this and I really miss this ability...so much easier for me at design time to be able to 'live' preview the movie clips on the main stage with other ...more >>

When I do Motion or Shape Tween then in that particular property dialog box an exclamation mark comes which says Motion or Shape tween will not occur on layers with symbols or grouped items. Although there are no grouped items or layers. Due to this I am not able to do the tweening. Could anyo...more >>

for some reason any flash content that i view does not have audio! i know the audio works since i can hear audio from other types of content realmedia winmedia etc. thank you...more >>

I have been using the preloader set by Boris Anferov. Preloader Set 1.0.0 (Can't remember where I found it). But I am trying to use the bar preloader and it won't work in my new movie. Won't show up. The exact same component works in my other movies. Strange. I even took that portion of my mov...more >>

Hell fellow Flash Users. Well I am currently creating a site in Flash MX 2004. For the news layer I am using an external .txt reasons being easier to update, saves trouble, and time. Well when I mask this " News " layer and Ctr+Enter it the text does not appear, yet when I unmask the lay...more >>

Hi, I am creating a Flash RSS reader that pulls virus info from http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/infofeed/hoax.xml When I test the movie from my harddrive the movie works fine i.e. C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\securityPages\default.htm but, when I test from my local server it doesn't work i.e. http:\...more >>

I open my website with Flash on top. On the left edge one of the rings floating by is seen below the black border...it's not supposed and I can't seem to get rid of it. I can't get the black border far enough left to conceal it. Also, any suggestions on speeding it up. I get that white rectang...more >>

Almost 10 years ago when I started doing Web development, my compnay bought me a copy of Photoshop. Along with the install CD was a tutorial CD. It was full of awesome tutorials and it got me going very quickly with Photoshop. Those lesson have kept me learning to today. Now that I am a st...more >>

Hello, I have been trying to create a Flash UI that uses the menu bar component. I use XML to populate it and the I tried to use the eventListener to create a load movie when a person clicks on one of the submenus in the menu selection of the menu bar. After a couple of hours and countless...more >>

is there? ...more >>