I created a flash movie with the background size 1920X1200 that was intended for a projector showing. I now have to modify the background to fit in a browser, but all of the layers are off center. Is there a way to move all layers at once without using the Align tool since that centers ever...more >>

Hi, I came across a site that had a nice effect for it's text: www.okworks.com. If you click on Company, I love the way the text comes in, starts of sort of scattered and backwards then lines up everything nicely. Has anyone seen a tutorial or something that could give me an idea of how thi...more >>

Well Macromedia have def. lost a customer here. I recently upgraded from Flash 4 to MX 2004 here in Sydney. I sent my order via email, stating it was Flash 4 and the serial no. as requested. I assumed the old serial no. was necessary for them to order from Macromedia. I paid for and collect...more >>

Does anyone knows where i can get some guides on building a web app with a flash interface? I need to be able to add and edit information through it. Using MS Access as DB. Any guides? or Help? Thanks! ...more >>

I'm sure this is real simple because everybody in the world does it, but I'll be darned if I can find in the manuals or the forum how to set up a hyperlink in a flash banner I've created that I want to add to a site. Essentially I just want the viewer to be able to click on the banner and be...more >>

I am having a problem playing back movies that I've imported into Flash MX. They are .wmv files that are about 5 minutes long, about 30 meg and are 30 fps. The problem is when I play the swf file the movie begins to play fine, but after a minute or two it just starts all over again, right i...more >>

I've created a button in which I drew a rectangle around the text to define the hit area, but when I test the movie it only detects the "click area" to the right of my text. Any ideas? Thanks...more >>

Can Flash be used with Mals Ecommerce?...more >>

Hi I appear to now have this problem with Flash 5 When i test some files the following occurs. FLASH caused an exception 10H in module FLASH.EXE at 0177:004567be. The program then shuts down. Some preview tests are ok eg plain colored box . Whereas interactive buttons seem to mess it...more >>

How can i create a "set as home page" button in flash ? Thanks....more >>

I have created a scolling text field with dynamic text and would like to insert an image under the first paragraph, but I can not figure out how to get the image to scroll with the rest of the field. Help Please!!!! http://www.leveragedesign.com/rose ...more >>

I'm sure this is do-able in Flash. I just don't know how. What's the best way to just have some static text that continuosly scrolls vertically in some small section of my flash movie ?...more >>

Hello. I am trying to make a media player (juke Box) in flash to integrate into a website and I can't get past frame 16,000. I can't figure out why, as I don't know a thing about Flash (just learning). Below is a step-by-step account of my problem from start to finish. I have also added scre...more >>

Hi- I'm somewhat new to Flash, but have used DW some, and am very familiar with Fireworks. I'm on Win Xp Pro, Flash Mx 04. I just did a new, small text animation and I'm attempting for the second time (it's been a long time) to put in code that checks for a Flash plug-in and directs the ...more >>

On the "LANGUAGES" subsection of this page from my site, I used Verdana 12pt for both the static and dynamic text. Yet the dynamic text looks terrible - aliased, etc. http://www.morningtrans.com/trans.html Does anyone know why this would be, and what can be done to make it better? T...more >>

I was wondering if anyone could help me over a hump. I'm getting married in early July and since I'm pretty good in my understanding of flash, i'd like to put together a 5 minute flash presentation that takes all the guests at our reception through our lives leading up to meeting each other. I...more >>

I have a java script that works fine in the browser but i am not sure how to call the script from inside flash (a button), how sould the actions look like on my flash button to call the script in the page ? and what do i have to modify in the html code ? This script has to set the browser`s ...more >>

1) Is there a way to control the volume of one sound clip? I've tried using "soundclip.setVolume();" but it adjusts the volume of all sounds, not just the one called "soundclip" as I thought it would. 2) When I import a graphic (gif, jpg) it looks fine in the designer. But when I run the m...more >>

anybody knows how's done the effect of scrolling a big image with mouse? an example at http://killbill.movies.go.com/vol1/flash/index.html when you enter a character i.e. o-rein i shi thanks 4 support ...more >>

hi i want to build a new games site, and i need to decide in which language to write the server. i know java very well, and also i know action script and flash comm server. the client will be in flash. what are the advantages and disadvantages in writing the server in flash? and in...more >>

hi, i crate flash application by flash mx 2004 & conncting to mySQl by flash remoting & amfphp / now i have 1 quastion , my datas is "unicode" but i see in flash unicodes characters not , true texts . how i can see true texts in flash good luck ...more >>

Hi, Is there a simple way or a dedicated tool to draw curves and charts with Flash MX? I have a lot a figures to show and I'd like to present them in a graphic way. Thank you in advance, Anthony ...more >>

Hello All! Here is the situation, I have an external MC called "search.swf", which I have to load to the main stage of my document. When I run "search.swf" by itself, it works great. It retrieves the data it is suppose to, and all functionality is in place. When I load "search.swf" i...more >>

Hi, We know all computers that have Internet Explorere, also have Flash Player (at least an old version) Is it possible that we play a flash swf file (clip) inside a powerpoint PPT file? Thanks, Alan ...more >>

there's usually a small circle in the center of a movie clip, so that i can double click on it to open it and edit. That circle has suddenly disappeared. This is making editing very difficult. If I start a new project and create a movie clip and place it on a layer, I see the circle, but...more >>

OK, I've made a simple animation. (folkust.741.com) but underneath the image after it's all pulled together, I want 'Click to continue' to appear underneath it, in the same movie. How can I do this? (I want the end image to stay there). Much appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I have developed a number of movies and am happy with how they work. I now need to link the different scenes up from buttons on the home page (which appear at the end of the movie). I have enabled simple buttons and have added the following script to the button:gotoAndPlay ("icm***the n...more >>

I've created a movie in flash 2004 and converted the movie to .exe file using screenweaver. Is there a way to keep my flash movie stays on top of all other applications in windows/desktop? Can it be done in flash or Screenweaver? ...more >>

Hi there, I FORGOT TO MENSION IN AN EARLIER POST THAT EVERY FOLDER CONTAINS THE SAME SET OF IMAGES WITH THE SAME FILENAMES... I want to create a dynamic SWF, wich loads images into it, given by an URL like this: domain.com/view.php?name=flowers Which would mean that the swf is in th...more >>

When I create and save a template in Flash MX it doesn't appear in the folder structure along with the example templates. Having created a number of templates I want to get rid of some of the earlier ones but can find no way to do this... The obvious place to look is under: C:\Program Fil...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a cd-rom right now that I need to program a true false quiz in 5 parts that will remember answers, and let test takers move on throughout the cd as they pass 70% of the questions. Can anyone give me a template for how this is done, most importantly the remembering of input,...more >>

Hi, I'm pretty new to Flash so I'm not sure if the following is possible. I have a load (hundreds) of Flash files that I need to alter and I'm wondering if there is a way that I can go in and alter them all via some kind of batch process? All the changes I need to make are the same for every...more >>

Hi there, I am developing an flash interface for a training software. Basically all the images are stored on the web server and i need to download them. i am able to do that, the problem is that i have 46-50 images (small files, 2-5k) but i need to have the background transparent, as the ove...more >>

Hello, I am trying to install the 30 day demo on my Mac. It gets to the point where it asks for my admin password, and when I type it, it tells me that it needs admin privalages, and quits. I know that the password is correct, I've done it many times. If anyone has any insight, I would lov...more >>

I'm sure at least some of you are probably familiar with the standards-compliant flash satay method of incorporating flash onto a page. If you arent: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/articles/flash_satay.html I'm currently redoing my own site using the flash satay method and ...more >>

Hi everybody! I've developed an application in .NET that encodes video. My question is if there's an SDK so I can include the Flash Video format in my application? I know there's software that already do that but it's not enough for the company I work for. This matter is kinda critical if we...more >>

when i enable simple button actions and simple frame actions, movie works great. but when i export the movie or publish the movie, the movie stops and no buttons are working. I'm DESPERATE!...more >>

hi...i have downloaded these files as i wish to distribute flash on cd...but i cant find any instructions on what to do with them...could you help please? thanks martyn Install Flash Player 7.msi & sw_pub.msi ...more >>

Hi, is it some how possible to read a text file line by line using flash? Text file is not in &variableName = thisIsAString format... Tnx -- EOF...more >>

have found that if you try and change the instance type of a symbol on the stage, Flash corrupts your presentation so that when you next run it, all slides show at one, layered over each other. Nice. Doesn't seem to be any way to recover from it either if you've saved, apart from copying all...more >>

Hi everyone, I appear to have a very strange problem with Macromedia Flash MX (not 2004). If I open flash, create and new file and then save it to somewhere (for example's sake the Desktop). I then close Flash and double click on my new file. It goes to open my file but I get a Windows err...more >>

Hi, please can someone help. I am putting together a Flash movie that will run off a CD. This is a CD that will display different Demos on how to use software. Each Demo is a Separate SWF file, that I will link to from the Main movie. Firstly, I want to Click a button on the Main menu tha...more >>

On the button I have added the action: on (release) { gotoAndPlay(33); } On the action frame where I want to skip to I have: 1) Added a keyfram 2) Labeled it 33 Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi, Im making a game in flash which uses multiple scenes. I have a dynamic textbox on the game scene itself. When the gamei s over, i woud like to transfer this scre to a high score scene. Here i would ike to hole the scores frm previous payers who have played in that session. I...more >>

Only just started using Flash as part of my web site creation in Dreamweaver. Two things I can't figure out which can someone advise. I inserted Flash buttons to link to other URLs and cannot find out how to set Alt tags so as to display alternative text for anyone. Plus, I can't seem to us...more >>

Hello to all, I am in the middle of a simple animation. I want to play the next frame after a mouse click or on pressing the enter key. How can i do that? thank you in advance, vishnu...more >>

I know that when i have made a projector in Director you do not need to have shockwave or any other extra files installed to run it. Is this the same with a flash exe or do i need to have flash installed on the users computer? thanks Jamie ...more >>

I am developing a CD rom for PC via a Mac using Flash MX. My test machine is running Windows XP. On the PC, in the root of drive C, I have a bat file called loader.bat when activated, loads a PDF file. This bat file works perfectly and opens the PDF file when I execute it from Dos prompt ...more >>

Hello, I've been using Flash for a few years, but I did only recently upgrade to Flash MX Professional 2004 and start making more complex animations (by my standards, anyway!). My problem is that I have an animation with a music clip playing in the background. The music and the animation i...more >>

Does anyone know how to create a Zoom In Button... like instead of right clicking the file and selecting Zoom In from the mini-menu, you can press a button to Zoom in. ...more >>

I used Flash MX previously and had no tropuble in the normal mode, even in the expert mode with simple scripts. However, in Flash MX 2004 Pro Any actionscript I use just doesn't work. I attach scripts to the button (not in the edit mode) and yet nothing. Any suggestions? I'm stuck at this point...more >>

I am new to flash. please visit www.centene.com. I have a bunch of pics that I want to do exactly like this site. I have tried numerous things and it is not working. Does someone have the code for this kind of effect? Please post it so that I can study it. thanks ...more >>

If I save a FlashMX2004 Professional Edition file onto a disk, will it load onto the educational version (assuming that I use no features unique to the professional edition)?...more >>

Hi Everyone! Would any of ya'll know how to make an SWF/ or FLA the desktop wall-paper? My computer is running Microsoft Windows XP (Home) and Macromedia Flash MX (6) Regards, Isaac ------------------------------------ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! http://www.torahfamily.com ...more >>

i know absolutley nothing abuot actaully using cookies...so whoever answeres this will have to be detailed. i am creating a file to alternate backgrounds on my desktop (yes i know there are programs already out there but i wanna do this...) i want to somehow "store" what picture (or the i...more >>

I want to build a quote display system (for stock market indexes and currency). I also want to include some line plot charts. For the chart section, there are some problems: i can include only jpeg files in the flash movie. The jpeg files are not best suited for chart pictures (the chart lines...more >>