Hi there, I'm an intermediate level flash user. I have a website where we want to play music and the user control it (stop, start, next track). Either using MP3's or swfs with mp3s embedded in them. I have been told through the Macromedia Exchange it is possible to download a 'basic flash ...more >>

Hey i just downloaded the demo ox flash mx 2004 yesterday i'm trying to creat a film with user interactivity i.e the play button and such and i needed help on the commands to use if anybody has any sites,tips or anything like that could you please post them here? Thankyou ...more >>

I am a band new flash MX user. And I wanted to know how to: 1) convert my mpeg file to a flash movie 2) compress my mpeg movie and 3) edit my movie (mpeg or other) in flash thanks a bunch ...more >>

This is a menu. I have the following script on 4 button symbles:(They play different frames) on(rollOver){gotoAndPlay(2);} on(rollOut){gotoAndPlay(220);} on(press){getURL("http://www.ampsoft.com","_parent");} When i click on any of them I get 3 new windows with the webpage.I only want one....more >>

I have been trying to produce a marquee to act exactly the same way as the html marquee tag. At the moment I am using tweening to make a symbol move across the screen. The main concern is that I want to easyily update the scrolling text without the need to time the tweening each time I change ...more >>

Hello, Let's say I have a movie clip stop at frame 1 and I want it to wait for 5 seconds before it goes on frame 2. Is there anyway I can use actionscript to do that? Or I have to expand it to 60 frames (assuming it's 12 fps) manually? Help please!!! Thanks in advance, LearnFlash...more >>

Hello! Ok ... I''ve got my scroll bar compontent looking good for a green background, but now i need to do another scrool bar to go over a brown background (same movie, different scene). If I modify the scroll bar skins in the library, it will affect both scroll bars. How do i appl...more >>

Hello Does anyone know if there is a way to change the colour of text in a rollover state of a button? I have a common navigation in which the text remains the same but the colour changes Anyway, thanks in advance.. Any ideas Warren...more >>

Hi, everybody. I am making a multimedia CD for a class project and I have built the entire interface in Flash MX 2004. Now, I Have had a lot of experience in Director and it is a great application, but since I have built my entire interface in Flash I don't want to just stick it into Director ...more >>

I'm using Flash MX under Mac OS 10.3. I am trying to create some static text, using an Adobe font which does not contain an Italic version, so I am using the Italic button in the text properties to create the italics. When I publish the page, the italics display as gibberish. What's the point ...more >>

Hi, I work with Microsoft Powerpoint but I want to be able to make a closed presentation and not to have it altered. I understand that Flash allows you to make presentation type applications. What is the Macromedia program that allows you to do that? Thanks. ...more >>

As a NOT very advance user of flash MX i seem to be having a problem with a movie clip (of motion tweened symbols)looping. As a brief background: i have created a button which on release is set to go to a frame and play the above mentioned movie clip. When the movieclip ends it is ment to go to ...more >>

I'm trying to find some information about tracking navigation or maybe "hits" to a particular keyframe in Flash MX 2004. I tried doing a search, but for one reason or another the Forums Search tool is broken (05.18.2004, 5:05 EST for you Macromedia employees out there). ? I just wou...more >>

Can anyone help with this error message? I was trying to open a flash template on my system, in fact, had opened several .fla files on my system yesterday, however, today, I get an error message of "unexpected file format". What does this mean? How can I fix the problem so I can open the f...more >>

I'm working on a Flash movie that includes an imported Quicktime stock video. I don't need the first 80 frames of the Quicktime video, and at this point I'm just "covering up" these frames. I'm concerned about file size of the final ..swf, so I tried using Quicktime Pro to trim off the extra v...more >>

Just want to know if anyone is having the same problem. I'm a professional programmer and have been working with flash 5, 6 and recently flash MX 2004. Our company decided to switch everyone to Flash MX 2004 in a single shot - resulting in the fact that current project being developped wi...more >>

it's not a big deal when i want to export my work in flash mx to a quick time mov format a mesage appears saing that the installed version of quick time player dosen't have a handler to be aple to export could you help please ...more >>

Is it possible to pass variables between .swf movies in flash mx 2004? If so how? I have 2 .swf files (menu.swf and main.swf). I open menu.swf file from a scrolling panel in main.swf. Depending on the button the user clicks from within menu.swf I want to pass a variable back to main.swf. T...more >>

Can someone tell me where I can find a website that has Flash clip-art - in other words, little flash applets that I can add to my web pages? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi, if a large amount of text were placed in a movie clip called text_mc and if this clip were centered on the stage how can viewers scroll the text within it vertically or horizontally (or a combination thereof) when their cursor moves? (It would be great if its text would scroll faster th...more >>

I have a projector file (standalone Flash file) which pops open PDFs just fine on PC machines, but on Mac (OSX), nothing. I'm testing the simple code I'm using which is basically getURL("PDFs/description.pdf", "_blank"); It's a little slow on PCs, but works. On Mac, it opens up Safari, but put...more >>

I was actually considering putting together a flash bbs...i'm not going to waste my time. Also, the thing never remembers my password. ...more >>

Hi All, I have a applic.swf and i'm trying to pass the 'username.htmlText ' variable to a new browser window which loads 'newapplic.html' and i'm using 'geturl("newapplic.html?username=" + username.htmlText); ' ... this seems to pass the variables ok. The 'newapplic.html' loads my new mo...more >>

I just had a near catastrophe happen... I had Flash MX 2004 Pro up and a movie file open that I saved Fri before going home. Monday I didn't get to the file but it was still up in my Flash app. Today I went and made changes to the file and tried to Save. It brought up the Save As dialog fo...more >>

Anyone else ever see this? I am retooling an existing Flash demo and it contains text bullet items layered on top of plain white box. I resized the text (some of which was simply in a text box, some part of a graphic symbol), but otherwise the text remained untouched. Everything looks okay...more >>

This is what I'm trying to accomplish see: http://www.bsbdesign.com/index.php or see http://www.richmondamerican.com/Default.htm I am building a site in Dreamweaver and I am trying to have my home page load a different Flash movie each time that it is refreshed or revisited. I've looke...more >>

This is what I'm trying to accomplish see: http://www.bsbdesign.com/index.php or see http://www.richmondamerican.com/Default.htm I am building a site in Dreamweaver and I am trying to have my home page load a different Flash movie each time that it is refreshed or revisited. I've looke...more >>

How do i create a new window? So when the user clicks on a button it opens up a new window which is already set to a certain and cannot be maximised. Also can anyone help with my other post on the actionscript board, its called help with start drag. Thanks ...more >>

I'm developing a site....(www.420getaways.com)....and on about 1/2 of the computer monitors I have viewed it from show a high percentage of gamma, making the 'glow effect' of the buttons and images look terrible. Does anyone know why this is and how to correct??? Your help is appreciated...more >>

Hi I have made this 3D furniture builder flash, which gets all of it's elements from the library using the linkage identifier and 'attachMovie'. This works awsome. However, I'm having quite a problem with my preload sequence: It seems like flash loads all of the elements from my library in ...more >>

hello.....probably a noob question but, i 'm doing a site completely in flash. i will periodically check the design out in netscape to see what it will look like. when i do this i noticed the whole design resizes itself according to my browser size....i thought only the background color wo...more >>

hello ng our company has a internet-game using flash: http://quizshow.coop.ch/default-d.asp a few weeks ago, there are some players with an extremely high score (40'000+ points, not possible) listed in the highscore ranking. It seems that they are cheating. Any ideas how they can man...more >>

If you have an outer swf exported for version 4 compatibility and load a version 7 movie with 7-specific actionscript, will the version 7 movie lose functionality or will it simply replace the version 4 compatibility with version 7 compatibility. Help would be appreciated--thanks....more >>

Did a clean reinstall of Windows XP. Running on 1Ghz P3 and 512 MB RAM 1) Most of the time I can't even get 1 to start up once the other is running. Happens both directions. Say I have Flash 2004 running, if I try and start up Dreamweaver, the splash screen happens, then Dreamweaver crashes ...more >>

I hope someone can help me ASAP! I have imported these little video clips (yep, they are "video clip" type files) into my Macromedia Fash Mx movie (the purpose of Flash movie is to provide more interactive possibilities for a series of movies). Only, when I test / play the movie, everything...more >>

I REEEALy need help creating a flash movie into any kind of a file that I can burn onto a cd and run on a mac computer. I have windows XP, and I have Flash MX. I would like the movie to run in a regular sized window (not maximized), and for it to automatically run when i insert the cd into the m...more >>

hi all, I am trying to find a button action that will open an external folder from an exe file. The action for (swf) is "get url" but what is the action for (exe)? I know this answer must be out here some where? Many thanks in advance, Newton ...more >>

I "think" I have a problem. I'm creating a new website and the .swf files tend to get quite large, not for me but for people with low bandwith :D. The files get around 6-700kB. Is that large? Anyone have some "trick" loosing some "weight" on their .swf's, what should I think 'bout in terms...more >>

Sorry guys I need yet more help! I have 3 drop menus on one scene and they all work fine, but I want one of the buttons within one of the drop menus to load an external swf. I've followed a tutorial but nothing happens. This is the action script i've used for the button: on(rollover) { ...more >>

I know it can be done, but I guess I don't know how to search for help on creating a cursor/mouse that will add a hint to it. In other words I have created a site and most people don't know that my buttons are actually buttons. If you go to my site http://www.diiorio.net you'll see that I tr...more >>

I`ve been researching and didn?t find an answer o my problems, thanks to anyone who could help me. - From a buton in the movie "a.swf" in the "a.html" file, ?can I make a link to a specific frame to another swf in "b.thml"? - I want a button in a swf movie load another swf file in replace ...more >>

May I ask a few questions about opening or importing an SWF file that I originally created with Camtasia? I created a short movie with Camtasia, which I then converted to Flash format. I tried to open the file into a new, blank Flash slide show presentation. When I did this, the Camtasia m...more >>

I'm sure there must be a way to make your own screen savers with flash, I just found out how to make moving buddy icons for AIM in flash, and would be interested in making screen savers for my computer. Could anyone please tell me generally how to do it? (I think there's a format I have to pub...more >>

Hello everyone. I was able to get a single hitTest function working, wherein movieClipA rolls over movieClipB, sends the hitTest as true, and therefore fills a dynamic text box with content. The code I've used is: movieClipB actionscript: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if(hitTest(_r...more >>

I've got to make a SWOT about Flash. Can u help me fill this in??? Everything is welcome !! Strenght - vector based - small - easy - well-known by users - quick - ... Weaknesses - plug-in required - to much animation - hard maintenence - ... Opportunities - inite...more >>

I think the answear to this question is pretty simple. I'm trying to create a list of headings (in a dynamic text box ) that when clicked creates a HTML formatted string (to load into the same dynamic text box) I know how to format the text w/ in the text box however, i can't figure out ho...more >>

Is there a way to tell flash projector files which screen to play on in a dual screen system. It seems that they always play on the primary screen . Thanks Dave ...more >>

Hi, I need a bit of help! I have a scene in which rain is falling, the rain has an action attached telling it to go back to frame 1, which then makes more rain fall and so on and so on. I then have a button along side to enter into the next scene, but because of the action for the rain the rai...more >>

Hi, I'm fairly new to flash, I have a working menu bar that I have published as an ..swf file. I want to use this menu bar on my screens application (put it on the first slide so I can call the other slides from the menu). I imported the .swf into my screens project and put it on the mai...more >>

I have created a small animation for my webpage which runs when clicked on. Once the animation has stopped, is there a way of making it return to the home page? I am presuming that I would have to add a "script" of some sort. I would very much appreciate someone's advice/help. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi im looking to create a for where the end user enters his/her address, and then this form is used to create an automatic email to my company. I dont really see why a database need be used at all, as i just want entered text to be added into an email. Is this possible? One idea i had woul...more >>

Anybody have any problems with the keyboard shortcut cutting and pasting frames not working. Actually the only keyboard shortcuts not working are the ones in edit->timeline. I just use the short cuts all the time. ...more >>

Hi, I have the following problem: I dynamically load jpegs (small thumbs) in my flash movie. Every thumb has a border and it places the jpeg inside that border. I reuse all the borders and make them visible or invisible when it has a jpeg or not. Now, I have to change the position o...more >>

I use Flash MX How can I load to my "movie" - (file.swf) variables or pictures from different URL than my "movie" ?? allowScriptAccess ?? ( saneDomain / Always / Never ) not work! Is this possible ???? Please help !! Thanks....more >>

Hi people, I am dynamically loading multiple swf's into flash. Inside these swf's is video. I'm not sure of the best way to preload these swf's, as I doubt its best practise to have the whole video load, then get it to play. Any ideas of the best method to use? I am ...more >>

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Community MX is not only a fantastic resource for tutorials, articles and extensions relating to the MX line of products, but our support forum cannot be beat. Come check out our free 10-Day Trial Offer to see what all the hubbub is, bub! Here's our "stuff" from the past week. Regular Expre...more >>

Hi All, Thogught I'd do a sequel since the original Speed cameras shooting game has managed to bring in over 400,000 visits since sept 2002. Besides, there's new danger at the side of the road now. Not only Gatsos, but forward facing cameras and Talivans. Any comments welcome. http://w...more >>

People, I would like to know where do you find your music for your Flash intro? Do we have to purchase the rights? Or there are themes that can be used without permission? What are your good addresses/links for free (and not cheezy) sounds/music to go over a 30 sec. Flash intro? ...more >>

Hi I am using flash 7 and netscape 7 but it seem that <PARAM NAME=wmode VALUE=transparent> is not working as it should in netscape , but it works fine in IE 6 had no problems at all. I keep getting white background in netscape with the same site ... I double checked and cleared cache etc bu...more >>

Hello, We've creating a cd for a client. It contains a projector file which calls to load 4 seperate swf files contain video approximately 30 mb each. The problem is When you click on the button to load the videos it takes a long time to load 30+ seconds. I've tried loading the video as a ...more >>

Hi, Thanks in advance for any help. Im looking for a tutorial on how to create a picture slide show in Flash MX. I want it so one picture automatically changes to another while viewing. Can anyone point me in the right direction or recommend a good flash book for MX that would explain h...more >>

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First off, Im a noobie when it comes to flash. I got it last christmas and im just now getting around to learning some stuff. I made a .flv and put in a media playback component. It says streaming but I would rather have users buffer the clip or at least have a loader so they dont jump ...more >>

I have a very strange problem and I have no idea what to do. I have a FLASH portfolio that opens up with 4 options. The 2nd option works. But if you click on the first or fourth option, instead of going to their respective scenes it goes to then 2nd options scene. Here is the kicker thoug...more >>

I have a very strange problem and I have no idea what to do. I have a FLASH portfolio that opens up with 4 options. The 2nd option works. But if you click on the first or fourth option, instead of going to their respective scenes it goes to then 2nd options scene. Here is the kicker thoug...more >>

I have created a flash movie, with a button with the following actionscript: on (release) { data = new LoadVars(); data.user = username; //username is a textbox-variable; data.pass = password; //password is a textbox-variable; data.send("http://www.geocities.c...more >>

I've made a web site which is all Flash, and I've received complaints about having to use scrollbars to see all the page(works fine on my system though!) :-) So I set my dimensions to percent and scale to default. When I look at the page on my local filesystem in Explorer, now the wind...more >>

http://www.hhcc.com/flashindex.html I just need the scripts for the scaling background. I've seen a tutorial for this sort of stuff but can not seem to find it anywhere? Please help....more >>

what is the little font that evryone uses as an industry standard. The font that macromedia uses on their buttons. thanx...more >>

I have a flash menu that I want to highlight in a different place depending on the page that is loaded .Is there actionscript to find out the name of the page? Thanks Mike. ...more >>

I'm making a Flash movie that I eventually plan on exporting to QuickTime, which I'd done before pretty much without incident. This time, however, I'm running into a problem I can't seem to get around: I'm encountering a moire pattern in the QuickTime version. In the movie I'm zooming in s...more >>

Hi NG, I've developed lots of actionscripting in Flash 5, but I haven't been able to catch up with the latest MX 2004 version. I want to create a project that gets its contents from a database(SQL-server), and that loads pictures from a folder on the web server. In the good old Flash 5, I woul...more >>

Hi there! I am attempting to convert a few of my Flash web toons to dvd format for viewing on any dvd player, from tv to film fests. These toons will have a linear narrative (no interactivity). Each toon has sound, which consists of a bunch of separate .wav files plopped into the .fla. Fin...more >>