Does anyone know of where to find a tutorial or script for a CGI guestbook that works well with flash? I have seen some for PHP but haven't found any good ones that use CGI. Thanks....more >>

Just wondering if its possible to create a backend CMS in flash mx 2004, so clients would be able to update information on their site? ...more >>

I am working on a site since 1949 and I'm just entering the beta testing phase (I take my damn fucking time). Lotsa buttons does not work and the whole thing is in french; But the Mérovingien will appreciate any comments, impressions or bugs report. www.cvmarie.qc.ca/test --- Le Mérovingie...more >>

Hi, I am trying to find a Macromedia tool that will allow for creating images programmatically. Our company has a web site that sells Boat lettering. Users can type the text, select a font, effect (e.g., border), and click on the preview button. This action should create an image on-the-fl...more >>

Hello, I have six frame labels on my timeline. The labels are: 1,2,3,4,5, and 6. I would like to have the playhead move randomly to one of those frame labels when it reaches a certain key frame. Thus, I've placed the following actionscript on a keyframe: a = Math.floor((Math.rando...more >>

I'm linking to an external .flv video in flash mx 2004 pro. I'm using a screen project. When I export the project, my video has an X running through it. What is it for and how do I get rid of it?...more >>

hi everyone. i'm having a severe problem with viewing my finished swf file within an html document.check out [L=Text]http://www.rieser.co.uk[/L] the index.html has a track sampler called sampler.swf...it has a preloader and i was fine when i tested it using the movie bandwidth profiler, 'sim...more >>

Hi All, Sorry for the poor message title - not sure how to express my needs in five words or less. I'm using the loadVariables command to load some text from a .txt file into flash. What I'd like to do is have flash reload the variables from the text file every hour or two (this is fo...more >>

Can one control or select buttons in Flash with only the keyboard arrow?...more >>

We have a machine here at the office that has Outlook 2003 loaded on it and when the person receives an HTML email with a flash animation in it it will will not show. Anybody know a fix to this or had the same problem? We designed the email so we need it to go out to others and are trying to h...more >>

How do I script the fscommand to send my exit point in the swf to the LMS? I think this is the command to use for Flash to tell the LMS where I am when I exit so that I can go back to the same point in the LMS when I sign back in. ...more >>

Hi Everyone! I was wondering if the Screen feature in Macromedia Flash was only in the PRO version? Was it in MX, or even the standard MX 2004 Regards, ---------------------------------------------- Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! ...more >>

hi. i am loading text dynamically from a database to my website. i want headlines of stories to be in bold and the body of the story in a regular font. how do do this? right now everything's coming up with the same font. Thanks. ...more >>

Since anyone can grab a flash file and keep it on their machine (even if it's not visible from the browser) I'm surprised that there's still a lot of sites out there that stream music they want to sell, using basic flash (rather than the Flash Communication Server). This seems especially worri...more >>

Hi, my first post and my first real problem (apologies if its not in the correct section!) My Problem: I have some information to display within my swf. movie and i am loading it from an external .txt file, the information itself needs to be displayed in a table. However, ive realised tha...more >>

how do u use the Get Info command in flash mx to allocate more memory... it says i have not enough to play a scene...and then it freezes.... ...more >>

I really like the idea of the intro of this site [S=click me]https://www.polyphonicspree.com[/S], where the black lines draw themselves, forming the intended shapes. how is this done? I am fairly new to flash but know a little bit about actionscript. Is it done using that? Any help would b...more >>

Hi : ] I created my site in Flash MX. There are two buttons, in one of the pages, that are linked to PDF files. The actions for one of these buttons is : on (press, release) { getURL("afl_bro.pdf", "_blank"); } I've also tried including the full path... on (press, release) { ...more >>

Hi : ] I created my site in Flash MX. There are two buttons, in one of the pages, that are linked to PDF files. The actions for one of these buttons is : on (press, release) { getURL("afl_bro.pdf", "_blank"); } I've also tried including the full path... on (press, release) { ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with XML object. In my xml file, it looks like: <basket> <food id=0>&#39;Apple&#39;</food> <food id=1>&#39;Orange&#39;</food> </basket> When I use the actionscript "this.current_node.firstChild.nodeValue", I get 'Apple', but my application needs to get &#39;Apple&#39;...more >>

I have a fla file size of 12.3 mb - all images have been compressed but swf file size is 421K Previous developer compressed this same file to 42K How did he do that? Is there something I can do when I export this movie to compress it? ...more >>

I am an utra-newbie to flash. am trying to make a logo for my college mag's website. As you can see in the animation, when the wall ends it starts just where it was in the beginning but I want to give it an effect like it should start with the beginning of wall (Aids first) from the left hand ...more >>

I am using _sans all over the place, and on my PC it looks fine. But on my Mac, it looks as if I've used 3 or 4 different fonts in the one textbox. It seems to be rending the font improperly. Since I haven't changed any settings on my Mac at all, I know I am using the default, I can only as...more >>

Hi, I can create the pop up window fine, but when I'm running my application, I click on the title bar of the window to move the window, and then I can move the window out of the application area, effectively making it disappear. Since it is a modal pop-up window, I can't do anything els...more >>

Hi: Can anyone tell me how can I repeat only 2 times my swf file Tks...more >>

hello, me bloody beginner. sorry. I?ve created some flash-buttons and have inserted them into a frame in a dreamweaver-page as flash-documents, thus not explicitly as flash-buttons (didn?t know how to do that, they provide a limited list of standard flash buttons only). I finally edited the ...more >>

I'm new to Flash and I apologize if this is a basic question. I have a Flash video feed that I would like to capture to a file for viewing later (offline). Is this possible? If so, how would I accomplish this? Thank you! Jamie ...more >>

I keep getting this error when trying to install flash mx trial. "The contents of this file cannot be unpacked. The executable you are attempting to run has been corrupted. Please obtain another copy of the file, verify its integrity, and try again" Ive tried multiple times. Anyway I ...more >>

Hi, While using the Flash Video Exporter with Final Cut pro, I am unable to modify the resize settings in the FLV exporter while doing a batch export. It works fine while exporting individual video. I need to export about 100 video clips to flv all 320x240. However while doing a batch expo...more >>

I want to give some people a block of HTML to put in the markup of their home pages that will embed a .swf ad file from my server. If the end-user doesn't have a certain version of Flash Player or above, I want a jpeg from my server to be embedded instead. I do NOT want to do any page redirect...more >>

im trying to make a flash game. i want it to be a "space shooter" type. i want to have mulitple clips with the same id but when i duplicate a clip and play the movie i can only interact with the original clip. i mean, when i "shoot" the original clip it disapperas but when i shoot the duplicat...more >>

real easy right? all I need to do is while the mouse is pressed, slide the movie clip in a directions, I got the movie clip to move in a direction, but how do I get it to loop while the mouse is down, I came up with this: on (press){ while (slide > 1) { topNav._x= topNav._x +3; ...more >>

hi all, i have encounted some problems with the following projects.. i got it from the tutorial from flashkit.com .. thanks.. =)...more >>

Hi there, Take a look at this flash application: http://stars.novations.com/Flash/myNew.cfm and then this one: http://stars.novations.com/Flash/NewDeliverables.cfm As you will see, the ComboBox in the first application does not work! The only difference is that in the first applicat...more >>

Hi. I would like to know if it is possible to import a Pdf file to flash using loadMovie. What i want is to import a Pdf file like if it was a swf or jpg. At flashants i downloaded a sample file with a exe(projector probably) that would import the pdf to flash after pressing a button with th...more >>

I have a flash piece that I put an MP3 in. Then I take out that MP3, but in a new one, and save it with a new name. Repeat. With each new one I save the ..fla version gets increasingly bigger - what started out as 4MB increased to 9, then 15, then 21, then 54, then 99MB!!!! Is there a w...more >>

Because components are 'one-size-fits-all' they're too bloated and buggy for most purposes (much like Directors fat'n'ugly library of behaviours). The only consistently useful component I found in MX was the srollbar, which, if you didn't want to code one yourself, made up for the fact that F...more >>

For sometime now I have been looking for information on how to control slides through ActionScript. Unfortunately, it seems Macromedia has only make slides work with behaviors that always need to be linked to a button. I bring data into the file through a XML socket and will like to turn On and...more >>

This problem seems simplistic, but I can't find any information in the reference manual or this web site. Can anyone tell me how to make a button launch an email program? Thanks in advance, FrankS ...more >>

What is the easiest way to display a .gif file if the end user does not have the .SWF player? Is there any easy way to do this? ...more >>

If "tell target" is now deprecated how do or should I target movie clip symbols? sincerely chris...more >>

I have Studio MX professional. I recently bought a pressure sensitive tablet and it came with PhotoShop Elements 2.0. I already have PhotoShop 7.0 but decided to install Elements anyway. Now when I try to edit a bitmap within Flash my options are either to "edit with PhotoShopElements"...more >>

This may take a while to explain: I'm using flash and remoting to create a GUI for a change management system. My first attempt had the whole system in one swf file but the ammount of data calls for the different screens slowed the whole thing down to a stand still. Next I decided t...more >>

I downloaded Image gallery from the flash exchange site. I have setup the component and filled out the componet inspector. The preloader shows that it is loading images but no thumbnails or images are displayed. Has anyone used this extension? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank...more >>

How do I write an equation. x^3 for example I want to write it like in math. Or big "sqrt" sqrt( (x+y)/(x-y) ). Is it hard? Thanks......more >>

Please help me [b]urgently[/b] with this problem. I have to command the computer to advance to the next frame with a vocal command. For example when I say "next" it will advance to the next frame. How do I compare two sounds? How do I compare the sound captured by the microphone with a aud...more >>

I want to create a simple form in flash i have two input text fields and a button . What coding do i need to get the information to be sent via a php server script to a specific email address and then for a thankyou page to appear. Cheers ...more >>

Hi, I'm using FlashMX2004. Can anyone tell me where's the scrollbar component, (or its equivalent in Mx2004). Is it the 'scrollPane'? Or do I have to make the buttons and the scripting myself? Thanx a lot ...more >>

I want to create a simpler version of http://www.ujc.org/Israelvideomixer/ I know how to drag & drop. I know how to create an image that when clicked on plays a sound. What I dont know is when they are on the time line how to get them to play in the order that they are placed there. ...more >>

I've got some really annoying missing text happening in my flash movie. in the ..fla it's all OK but when it's converted to .swf some of the text goes missing in certain scenes, if I convert it to "dynamic" instead of static (which it is) it displays. There are no masks, no layers above to hid...more >>

I made a movie clip consisting of some nested movie clips and buttons with different layers for shapes, code, and text. When I access the movie clip through the library and instantiate it in a different FLA file, I am unable to "drill down" and access the sub elementsof the movie clip. Am I doing...more >>

Hi, I have used macromedia flash but only at it's very basic level. I am looking to buy a book to work and learn from so that I can develop my flash skills and just wondering if anyone can suggest the best book to go for? Any reasons as to why to chose a suggested book would be appreciat...more >>

Are all actionscript variables global to the entire flash file, or they local to a scene, or movie clip. How and where are variables declared? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Hello, Is there a way to test if my site`s visitor has flash player installed and automatic start the download if it hasn`t ? I think that if the visitor has a older version (5 or 6) it will be send automatic to install the latest version but what if the user doesnt have any flash playe...more >>

I am so ashamed. I have been doing a multimedia CD rom for a company including an intro with an apropriate music for it. I have been testing it at home, at work it all worked very well. (On newer processors 1,5-2,5 Ghz). But when i went to the company to present the latest version with the mus...more >>

I'm fairly new to Flash, but this one seems like a bug. I create a new Flash doc. I import a bitmap (PNG) to the Library, and put an instance on the stage. I press Cmd-Enter to preview. I switch the view to "Show all" so the SWF will scale with the window. I try various window sizes, b...more >>

Simple question (I hope). What command should I use to alter a dynamic text field at runtime. The problem is that I am bringing a name back from a database through ASP into a dynamic text field. This is working fine. What I need to do is load up a new screen with the Text "Welcome Tom...more >>

With over 600 original tutorials, articles and extensions created just in the past year, it's time to come and see what makes Community MX one of the best resources you'll ever find for your favorite Macromedia product. Here are our offerings from this past week: The Basics of Flash Buttons ...more >>

I am making a logo for my college journal's website (750 * 150) All I want to know is how to make a circular marquees. Any tutorial, website etc?? Thanks a tonne. P.S. here's a website to make simple marquees http://www.academicsolutions.com/workshop/animations/flash/marquee/marquee.htm so...more >>

This is an odd bug. Symbols are trading places. Infuriating. But seriously, I've got a symbol of a little space ship in my Library, but whenever I try to paste it to teh Stage, it turns into an instance of my Earth symbol. Ack. Anybody seen any behavior like this? Robin ...more >>

I want to make a scroll bar like the Gates Foundations See link: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/StoryGallery/ Any templates or tutorials?...more >>

How can i make it go away? In the html, i put menu=false. but it still comes up (only minimal options). How can i make it completely disabled? either actionscript/html/javascript? I hate it when it steals focus in my applications.. Thanks ...more >>

This is killing me! We have a flash menu that is using wmode to seemlessly overlay on a website - [L=http://usia.geckodesigns.com/consumer/?p=32]http://usia.geckodesigns.com/cons umer/?p=32[/L] On this particular page we want to use an HTML form - problem is that the user can't sele...more >>

Hi, I have a movie clip with a rim of different color. When I trying using setRGB to change its color, I lost the rim. Can anyone help?...more >>

hej ppl i got a dedicated server 2 actualy and i want to make a drag racing game and i just want to talk to some one that knows how to use flash and knows how to script and i know it takes a lots of work but it will be worth it i got some sick ideas and who is avalible to be on my team we coul...more >>

MS Outlook and most of web-based e-mail browsers forbid opening of .swf files embedded into e-mail. Is there a way of making swf file safe, so Outlook could open it without changing security settings??? Thank you! ...more >>

I have two questions: 1. Is there compression software for Flash for the Mac and will that help a 90kb movie once compressed playback at a faster rate? 2. What is the easiest way to speed up the playback of an animation? I know that I can remove frames but that is extremely problematic bec...more >>

I have a mc called item1 and I have a button called col1. When I click the button I want the color of the mc to change. Below is what I though would do that:- on (press) { my_color = new Color(item1); item1.setRGB(0x00FF66); } It doesnt work. Any ideas on using the set RGB comma...more >>

I need to know if there is a way to fade the music(mp3 format) out as the end of the flash movie nears the end. Does anybody know how to do this??? Plz any help will be appreciated....more >>

In MX Pro I'm trying to GRAB and MOVE keyframes in the timeline but they changed the way to do this. I JUST want to grab and move keyframes and end keyframes of tweened objects like I used to be able to in older Flash versions. In the default timeline settings you can apparently grab a frame a...more >>