Hey guys im a bit stuck, I have an image on my site which is on the main nav page, but its a bit boring just sitting there, so i was wandering if anyone had any ideas to make it more interesting. If ya got any ideas then please post them and an example, and if ya know how to do it aswe...more >>

I want to buy a reference book for Flash MX 2004 Action Scripting and need recommendations so I don't blow a fortune on a dud book. I am a graphic designer with pretty solid understanding of Flash basics and some Action Scripting but need to start doing more interactivity including drag a...more >>

is Flash MX compatable with Windows ME? part of the website says it is, another part says it isnt is it compatable??...more >>

Question, In Flash MX has the action panel helping you for example if you wanted to gotoAndStop they give a dialog box saying which frame or scene and so on. Well Flash 2004 the newest version doesn't have is there any ways to get that options? If so how? It makes it easier for me because I us...more >>

I recently put Flash MX 2004 on a new computer. I put some music in the timeline, but it won't work like it should. The music will play, but I can't select a certain point in the song and have it start playing from that point. I have to go and click rewind every time. This makes it take foreve...more >>

I'm building a site in flash but am having the oddest problem. In a scene, I have a button on the screen and an action on a frame at the end of the audio / animation. The button and the action both forward the user to the next screen. On the next screen I have another button and another ...more >>

Hi, Could someone help me, I cant figure out what is wrong with this ActionScript: onClipEvent (load) { if (_root.ShipGood._x <640 && _root.ShipGood._y<480) { _root.Glair._alpha = 100; } else { _root.Glair._alpha = 0; } } If anyone can figure it out please...more >>

Hi, I've brought this up before but got no answer. I've been animating bitmaps, by rotating them, motion tweening them, and scaling them. However, it doesn't smoothly animated, there some small wavey distortions as the bitmap is moving. I really need this zoom and rotating bitmap effect to w...more >>

All: I have a simple one. Why does my button work (interactively) when I have the (Control)> "enable simple buttons" and (Control)>"enable simple frames" checked but not when I (Control)>"test movie"? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Anyone out there with any sort of definitive guide or explanation for the best way to change the look of the Media Playback component. I have read all the tutorials about changing the theme of other components, but apparently they don't apply to the Media Playback component. I can't seem to fi...more >>

Hi. I have a question. Let's say I downloaded some cool Flash movies. With only the movie files, can I (in any way or form) access some source files?...more >>

When I try to open a fla file it says "unsupported file format" PLEASE HELP!!!!!! -- C ...more >>

could sombody please look at the attached Fla's and see if they can help me. What i'm trying to do is. when you cklick on the change colour buttons the colour changes of the TV (you will see when you open the fla) this works, but their is also another button that changes the size of the scree...more >>

I have created a simple music player and now I need to be able to let viewers control the volume. I have created a series of stacked bars (buttons). I would like people to be able to click on the bar that represents the volume level they want. Also, if a person clicks the bars half way up how ...more >>

how can I load an external swf file in my main swf movie ? thanks ...more >>

I'm working with audio file that is about 1.5 megs. The problem is: I placed the audio file into a movie clip and put it on a layer in the main movie in Frame 3. I also did a preloader which is suppose to cycle thru Frame 1 and Frame 2 until the entire movie is downloaded , but the prel...more >>

Ok i wanna insert sum html onto my site. Its a little script that i wanna put on my flash site im making, i want it to be the search bar, i know the code is right, but i just wanna know simply how do u put html on a certain place of ur choice. Please can u tell me step by step cos i am a begin...more >>

hi, i have a graphic which simply fades in to the full image. I want the graphic to be a link to another page when clicked. for the life of me, i can't find out how. does it need to be a button to do this or what? It's probably a no-brainer, but i'm a newbie. thanks, Roger ...more >>

Hello All, I dropped a Multiple Choice interaction from the Learning Interaction library directly on to the stage. I input the question using the Component Inspector. The problem is when I publish the file I get blank white boxes for the checkbox fields and for the Check Answer button. If ...more >>

I embedded a flash movie in my web page. I compressed it from 6MB to = 1.16MB because I'm worried about download times. It looks grainy. Can = I do anything to make it look better? How big is too big? --=20 Nicole webgoddess@NOSPAM.direcway.com http://www.glenhavendesigns.com...more >>

Hi Im new to flash. I created a few buttons and added colors in different keyframes after converting to Symbol. But when i play the movie the buttons keep flashing . Please let me know how to avoid this and keep the buttons from flashing. Thanks ...more >>

I've been asked to do a Flash quiz kind of game, from cdrom. It has a start with an animation. I know the (illustrator style) illustrations used will be pretty complex, therefore I foresee trouble when I animate it in a Flash.swf. I've been thinking about turning it into a QuickTime movie an...more >>

Hi Im new to flash. I created a few buttons and added colors in different keyframes after converting to Symbol. But when i play the movie the buttons keep flashing . Please let me know how to avoid this and keep the buttons from flashing. Thanks ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to make a preloader that is a separate file from the file I want it to preload?...more >>

Problem: I have a Flash Movie with a large width (e.g. 1000px). This width represents the maximum width a browser could be sized to. The object tag for the movie is constrainted by a div tag in this fashion: <div style="overflow:hidden; width:100%;"> <object>(Flash Player Object/Embe...more >>

Its easier to look at my post on the actionscript message board called: Help with start drag Please Help!!!...more >>

My company is looking for a full-time Flash & HTML website designer. Prefer experienced developers to design and develop Flash websites for integration with Cold Fusion logic. Starting salary of 20,000 plus health, eye and dental insurance, and paid vacation. This company is growing super-fast...more >>

I am using the Macromedia MX 2004 Flash Detection Kit to sniff for flash plugins on a splash page that is designed to redirect non-flash users to a non-flash version of the site. The problem is that on the splash page where the detection takes place, onload the browser automatically promts t...more >>

wondering if theres anything weird going on? /Info agency Thanks TB ...more >>

Hi, I would like to create an animation that will repeat always in my design. So I've created an animation symbol. But when I put this symbol in my design, its not moving at all, how do you start the animation of a symbol in your timeline ? Thank you, Aldrin, ...more >>

I have searched but haven't found a answer to my problem. When I put a Scrollpane in my project, the first time loads the swf file fine. But after some time, it doesn't load. It only appears a blank square instead of the scrollpane. The swf i'm loading it's only text, no pictures. I'm us...more >>

i'm trying to import some sounds for my flash movie. there in wma format. I downloaded Winamp and followed the instructions to convert into a .wav format but Flash still wouldnt import what's going on there? help me please ...more >>

passvar = _level0.movietoload + ".swf"; loadMovie (passvar,4); ? sincerely chris...more >>

I've tried to lauch an exe file from a projector using fscommand but didn't work. The jstart program couldn't patch the file either... Does someone knows how to launch a exe program and an index.htm file from a projector? ...more >>

I have created a movie clip that uses a mask to that simulates the dropping down of an image then has a number of buttons appear over it. I have applied this movie clip the the over state of another button. The sound works and the button choices appear but the graphic that drops in via the mas...more >>

hi guys, i am trying to calling an external file from my dynamic text field which is created by createtextfield() method. but i couldnt get the datas from the file to mytextfield.text. i dont know where i am making mistakes. could u guys pls tell me how to do it? here is the code; _roo...more >>

Why is the below not working do you think? ---------------------------------------------------------- root movie=== movietoload = "demo.swf" from movie in level 1==== loadMovieNum ( _level0.movietoload,4); ----------------------------------------------------------- sincerely ...more >>

Hi there, I am working off the last frame of the Online Quiz template. I would like to know how I could check to see whether the score is pass or fail. -> If the score is 16 or better out of 20, then display "Congratulations! Your online training is now complete." -> If the score is 1...more >>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> WHY does the above listed dcotype declaration (automatically generated by Flash MX Pro when publishing an HTML page) screw up viewability in Netscape 7? I basically ...more >>

This script pauses 5 secs the timeline.. if I put that on a frame in main timeline works ok... // Set the following two values for how long you want to // loop, and how many frames to loop: pauseDuration = 5*1000; framesInLoop = 1; if (startTime == null) { startTime = getTimer(); ...more >>

I'm having problems getting a simple pre-loader to work on an internal page of the website I'm working on. It doesn't pre-load very long before the scene it's supposed to load in front of. Can anyone help me? You can see an example of what's happening with the file at www.monumentgraphics.com/...more >>

my buttons do not work with AS 2.0, the buttons activate by either pressing them or pressing enter. with AS1.0 the buttons work fine with both input methods, but with AS 2.0 they only work when you press them, pressing enter does nothing. Is there a way around this? its the change to AS 2....more >>

When I go to do my actions, I do not get the "on release" or "on click" etc type auto text, nor is there a way to enter it by checking the boxes I am used to. The only thing it does when I drag and drop or double click the action itself is place the action there. For instance, if I click stop...more >>

hi, i got 2 pc monitors at my home and i was wondering if it was possible to get the empty flash workspace on 1 of them and the toolbars and everything else on the other, thus creating a larger workspace. could anybody help me with setting this up ?? ...more >>

I've searched the posts but have not found this. I need to make my swf "advance to the next frame and play" from a page in another browser window. Both windows will be named through javascript. Thanks for any assistance, Tony ...more >>

How on earth did this person achieve the effect on this template site: http://www.templatemonster.com/show.php?templ=5038&type=1&author=73 You can actually drag the pages as if it were a real magazine! If anyone knows of a tutorial or book that explains how this is done, give me a shout! ...more >>

Hello all, I've been looking into a couple of possible sollutions as to incorporating large video files in flash. We're talking full size 720x576, 25fps movies here. The flash project would be used on cd-rom, so no direct internet bandwith limitations should be considered. First I've ...more >>

(Brand noob here so excuse my ignorance) I have a small (632px wide, 107px tall) flash header on a page with three layers. The top is a silhouette of some rooftops, the back is of some static clouds and the middle is some more clouds that move across giving the appearance of rolling clouds. ...more >>

I'm trying to import company logos from Illustrator saved as eps, into FlashMX and keep getting this message: "the eps file was not completely understood. Part or all of the file may be missing" No matter which combination of options I have tried, Freehand and Illustrator it never work...more >>

Two weeks ago i downloaded the newest version of Flash MX Profressional. I finisheed a job and backed up the project files. Since then I have had to install a slightly older version of flash as none of my collegues had the newer version. My client has come back to me with minor text amends an...more >>

hello, i am a new user and am having trouble with a basic shape tween. i have gotten the tween arrow to appear, so apparently my starting and ending keyframes are okay. i am trying to morph a very simple shape into another very simple shape. shape 1 is the only object on the beginning ke...more >>

Hi people, Hi people I was wondering if it is possible to reposition a movie clip once it has been moved around screen via the start drag. Thanks Lee...more >>

I'm using a leftside menu and would like to open a text box pointing to the right side of the same page...any suggestions?...more >>

Situation: we have HTML content, a transparent Flash (set using wmode) is positioned over the HTML content, the mouse activities are functioning on the HTML content (eg: links in the HTML). No where in the manuals nor on the site is listed how the behavior of the mouse (handling) can be in...more >>

I have only .swf file without .fla. Is there a way to edit it? How? Thanks; Shawn...more >>

Hi, I am creating a simple flash object. I have 27 images that I need to scroll along the top of a web page - the images are roughly 100*100 pixels. I really am a little lost as to how to scroll the images along a banner - any help would be most gratefully received. thanks J ...more >>

Hi I am quite new to using Flash but I would like to know whether it is possible to produce a simple Windows Screensaver by just using Flash without any kind of plugins or extensions etc. If so, it would be great if someone could point me in the right direction:) thanks in advance ...more >>

I have published an .exe file from flash and when the flash player plays the movie the "wrapper" (title) of the player reads "Macromedia Flash Player 6". Is there a way to customize this text when the player loads? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi - i've got a flash program that gets data back from an ASP page. It will access it once, get the info and display it. When it goes to access it again, (once i have manually changed the data) it will still display the first data. I want it to display the new data. It will work fine whe...more >>

This may be a simple question, but: How can I increase the frame rate of my movie, and 'stretch' the keyframes in the timeline correspondingly (so as to keep in time with an audio clip) ? Or will I just have to spend hours (or days) adjusting things ? ;) Thanks, Peter ...more >>

Can some one help me I can't find the band width profiler in flash mx 2004 professional. It's not under View menu,where might it be? Vic...more >>

HI! How can I switch the arow of the mouse to a image in Flash mx 2004. Please help : )...more >>

I have created a Symbol. I want to move more istances of that Symbol. I try to do this in one layer but I can't because all Symbols make the same moviment. Can someone help me? Tnx ...more >>

I tired putting this topic up in the Flash Remoting category but it got no response - maybe they didn't know what to make of it, I myself don't know what to make of it. I just followed the devnet tutorial on using the Google API within Flash MX 2004. Now, there isn't any problem there, but...more >>

ik know i have posted this b4 but i will post it again, 'cause it is a few pages back by now: i am a real n00b when it comes down to flash, so i would like some help from some experts. i am making a note pad thing with flash. this is how it works: i have a single text area, above it are fo...more >>

Is it so obvious that I'm missing it or what? I'm trying to download Flashplayer7 and the wonderful instructions say to click the "Install Now" button, but there isn't one. ???...more >>

HI! I am trying to load a movie at a specific frame. This is what I do: MOVIE 1: Button1: on (release) { loadMovieNum("dos.swf?vars=button1", 1); } Button2: on (release) { loadMovieNum("dos.swf?vars=button2", 1); } MOVIE2: It has a preloader on the 4 first f...more >>

How do I execute an external program that needs an parameter. eg: I want to execute winamp.exe with parameter sound.mp3 fscommand("exec","winamp.exe sound.mp3") It doesn't work this way. 10x ...more >>

Hi. I have managed to insert flash button into Access 2000 form. It works perfectly. However, the animation does not run as smoothly as in Flash player on a 1.5 Ghz PC. When I check the CPU usage, the value hardly reaches 30 %. How can I make flash animation run more smoothly? Any solutions? ...more >>

I need to create an online form, when the user fills in this form and submits it, I want it to be sent to an email address. How do I do this? Regards Frazer...more >>

How to edit a swf file from another system? What tool should I use to decompile and extract swf file? thanks. Shawn...more >>

D/l trial of MX Prof. Installs and then does not launch. On a G5, Panther 10.3.3 - anyone else have this? Recently had to reinstall OS and have continued problems with Macromedia programs I already had installed and then re-installed. Many thanks for taking the time to read and hopefully, r...more >>

Is there any way around this save for buying a new operating system or machine. I'm trying to learn Flash, and the fact that it isn't supported on a rather popular operating system (crappy, though popular) is disconcerting. It's supported on Windows 98 SE, and it will not let me install the ...more >>

I'm just trying to use the flash player in Internet Explorer for watching videos, playing games, etc. but no sound at all works with my flash player. I can see movies, but no sound! I tried uninstalling and re-downloading, but it didn't change anything. Anyone know what I can do? ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a question I have about FLASH's capability to store data on your machine . (for both MAC and PC) I am producing a CD ROM (not online) which will need the user to input data which they will be stored in the fields if they close the program and r...more >>

and make them even clickable as hyperlinks to other flash movies? I think I already know how to put txt hyperlinks into scrollable dynamic txt (using asfunction) but I need clickable small pictures! So far I found out that dynamic txt in Flash supports just very limited number of html tags and...more >>

Hi People. Can I do that a text tool displays a tool tip on mouse over? How I can do that? Thanks for all....more >>

Hi i found this thing where when u put ure mouse over a symbol it sorta atracts to the mouse then bounces off. heres and example : http://www.shapebydesign.com/fcukstar.swf if any one knows hoe to do that cud they let me know thanks guys. ...more >>

I searched for threads on launching a pdf file from within flash and the relevant ones were not answered. I know you can launch a pdf file via the behaviors panel (get URL) but I'm doing something wrong (I know because I got it right once--probably by accident) :) Can someone with more ex...more >>

I am loading an external file into scrollPane component dynamically. Everything works fine except the content of the loaded file is not displyed fully. The last line is missing always. Is there a way i can add few pixels to the contentHeight? ...more >>

this is the msg i got, doesn't make too much sense to me. **Error** Scene=enter, layer=enter, frame=1:Line 1: Scene name must be quoted string gotoAndPlay(links,1); Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1 moreover, when i test the movie in the browser, it is default...more >>

So I am a mac user, now using PC. I was on Flash 6-mac, and now have moved to studio mx 2004-PC. I am trying to create scene links for my buttons, but it isn't working. It is saying I have actionscripting errors. Also, what happened to the "normal mode" under the scripting. It seems as th...more >>