Hi all, When I run my movie at 100% jpeg quality, the fonts still dont look very sharp. Is there a way to get perfect quality on my fonts? ...more >>

hi guys, i am creating a rectangular movieclip with this code, MovieClip.prototype.rectangle_1 = function(w, h, x, y) { this.moveTo(x, y); this.lineTo(x+w, y); this.lineTo(x+w, y+h); this.lineTo(x, y+h); }; var c1 = this.createEmptyMovieClip("clip", 1)...more >>

Hi, I have this doubt and I haven't found information about how to do it, if anyone can show me the way it will be well appreciated. I have 5 buttons and all of them should tell a movieclip to play like this: The movieclip goes tweening to button1------button2--------button3------ button4-...more >>

I'm just getting back into using flash after several months hiatus. I can't believe how much I forgot! I'm using the first version of Flash MX, the same I used month ago and I'm wasting hours trying to get some simple alpha effects for a splash page. I have 3 elements on the page, 1. a backgro...more >>

Hi, I want to develop an interactive learning CD and really would like to use Flash for this. I know that director is especially written for this kind of thing, but is there any reason not to use Flash? Am I right in thinking you cant use a Microphone to record temp sound files to play back...more >>

Hi, wanting to build a wedding movie in flash, but not sure how to get it to DVD, to play on tv's. Will I need Director?...more >>

Hi all! I have my main flash file that plays from the root dir. In that main file I use the loadmove to load " 1/1.swf" the new file inside of folder 1 (1.swf) loads vars from two folders "data and images. When I go to test everything, I lose the paths for my file 1.swf. Its looking ...more >>

Dear Flash-Folks I would be thankful for keeps if you could help me about my problem... :( I created a site in Flash and I made 2 scenes. One, for the preloader, the other, for the real site content. Well, I made the typical bar and put some action script into it. What happens is tha...more >>

hi: i have a windows machine. i'm helping a friend of mine make a trailer for his horror movie and he wants an 'edgy' or 'menacing' font. anybody know where i could a free font that fits this description? ...more >>

Hi all, I am a beginner and am working on a site for a friend, learning as I go along. I would appreciate any comments. www.blackonblackracing.com PLease be patient as I haven't done a preloader yet - total file size is 400kb Many thanks Rosshttp://www.blackonblackracing.com ...more >>

what setting in a flash movie do i use to have the movie lay over a as a layer in dreamweaver without having to have any type of box around the flash move. I just want to have an clear back ground except for the object moving. Thanks ...more >>

I have a video clip that the audio and video gradually go out of sync. Clip is about 4 minutes in length. I tried exporting with event audio and with stream audio and no luck> Help? C....more >>

Hi, I'm a sound engineer and really hopeful Flash can do some of the things I'm chomping at the bit to do! What I need is to embed an audio object in a movie, make it streamable (i.e. it has to start playing before the clip has downloaded) and then loop it so that (once downlooaded) t...more >>

Okay... so i have figured out how to use all of the other components that i have, simply by trial and error. However, I cannot figure this progress bar out. Do I need to add actions to it? Or do I just have to drop it into the first frame of the file itself? I am wanting to use it to sh...more >>

I have been thinking about the possibility of creating a wire frame 3D house/building. I know it's not possible in flash but what about swift3D? Would it only be possible in a program like autoCAD? I would want it to be navigable in other words rotate and zoom in and out. Would it be possible to ...more >>

plz send me the easy bar preloader for me and also teach each step which u use to make a preloader ...more >>

Hey all... I am using Flash MX 2004 Professional for Windows and am trying to come to grips with the "ScrollPane" component. I've been trying to follow this tutorial: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/scrolling_text_mx.htm ...but when I drag my component over to ...more >>

I paid for the upgrade to MX 2004 from my nice Flash 5. I have to say, I'm not happy with it. This version of flash crashes as often as I open it. It's crashing right now, in the way only it can - anything which integrates well with windows isn't responding. I can't touch IE, much less office,...more >>

hi, I'm a young architect and a step away from finishing my online portfolio. got one big last crucial problem: for any reason the cpu is not fast enough to go to certain frames without a delay. it works fine with the first frames, but increses the more 'distance' there is between the frame...more >>

Hi, I'm having some problems with the streaming of swfs files. I have a movieclip on the main timeline containing audio(set to stream), still images, and mouse movements. This MC is a animation that plays in sequence. The Mc is stored in the first frame of the main timeline. When i uplo...more >>

Hi all, I am relatively new at flash and have created a site for a friends racing team... www.blackonblackracing.com Please be patient as I haven't added a preloader yet - it is about 400kb at the moment. I am getting on ok (I think) but want to use the load movie function for som...more >>

Hi, Hope someone can help. I have flash file I am using to create an interactive CD in HTML. I have getURL("file.html?id=7","targetwindow") in my flash. Now, if I set the 'site' up on a web server, everything is fine and the ?id=7 get passed to the target window, if I hit the file directly t...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to open a .wmv file using the getUrl action in Flash. This works fine on my machine, but other machines seem to have .wmv files associated with other programs (such as winamp). Obviously, you can't make Flash associate file types on a remote computer. But is there ...more >>

I'm using a PC. Do I need to create a projector on a mac to cross plarform a cdrom? Or is there a function in Flash? Is MacImage the best software to create a autostart for a mac from a PC. Thanks....more >>

When I start Flash 5, I am getting the following Error...." Incorrect Flash Generator Installation Path"....more >>

Hello Peeps I feel so dumb asking this question but here goes. I am trying the tutorials that come with Flash MX and I am doing th very first exercise. I have to Add behaviors to the play / pause & rewind buttons. No problem with play & pause but there is no Rewind behavior. I have alo n...more >>

I have a simple cd rom made with flash with an autostart file on PC. It takes a long time to load and start off the cd. Once it starts it works fine. The rest of the cd works well including the embedded movie. The only other thing that is suspect is the pdf links. There are several pdfs o...more >>

When I try to open files with "getURL("file.pdf")", it works on PC, but in Mac he doesn´t do nothing. I'am using this to open pdfs files external to my projector, in PC the files ar loaded through my browser (ie) than it opens Acrobat reader, in Mac :( i have no idea!! I have try with differ...more >>

I have been sent a clip that is .exe...I would like to edit this clip in Flash. I realize I first need to convert the exe file to swf. How do I do this? Can it be done? If not, is the exe file about to be edited? Thanks! ...more >>

Using dreamweaver and flash, i am building a website for educating students on how to use the internet and basic computer skills. i want to have a test at the end of the lesson, and was wondering if anyone knew how to go about it. I want it to be multuple choice, clicking answers and then subm...more >>

Hi!, as a newbie i'm troubled trying to add music to my web site. I'm trying to load an mp3 file to play automatically when loading the home page of my site. The file is only 50 seconds long. I tried the help menu in flash and i would like to go with this action script that says: The fol...more >>

I am trying to pop up a window in flash that is a fixed size, can anyone help? I can get it to pop up in a new window by setting it to _blank but I have no control over the size. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I have a text area that displays HTML text that is pulled from an XML file and its formated by a css file. All works great, but I have to insert a link that would not link to an external URL but would make the current movie jump to a different frame.. how or can I do that? this is what ...more >>

I am new at this. I created a flash banner with simple wipes and fades. The file size ended up being 19 kb. This is not real big, but I was hoping that the FLASH files were smaller. What can I do to reduce file size? Any suggestions would be appreciated. ...more >>

Anyone know where to specify the background color of a text box in Flash MX? For some reason it applies a solid white instead of transparent. ...more >>

I have been asked to a presentation which is very heavy on graphics. Powerpoint isn't very good. So I thought I'd have a go at doing it in FLASH but I'm having a few problems. a) how do I manage to go from one (slide)Frame with out using the time scale I am a complete novice complete raw f...more >>

Just a question about the Flash player, I want to attach the flash player to a ..swf file so that the poeple who don't have the flash player can easily put it on there machine with-out going to the macromedia site is this allowed. ...more >>

Well I am having an issue with my fonts being readable at a 800x600 resolution. The fonts(Arial 12 Pt) Look great for 1024x768. My user base is an older community on old pcs. I need a good readable font at 800x600 I will pay for one if I have to. It needs to be somewhat professional. ...more >>

I need to download the Flash and Shockwave players to install on a computer that is not connected to the Internet, how can I do that? All I have found in "Download" is the button that installs it directly on this computer... ...more >>

Hello, I have installed Flash MX 2004 Trial version on my Mac G4 800Mhz, 640MB ram, Panther 10.3.3. Flash does not start up when run from the highest ADMIN account. It just eats up 400 MB of MAin Memory, and about 1.5 GB of Virtual Memory, before MAC OSX gives the message "Application h...more >>

Hi I'm opening popup windows from my main flash movie, using: on (release) { getURL("javascript:;window.open('myURL','','height=650,width=750')"); } Problem: on Netscape (v.7) and FireFox, while the popup opens, the main page, which triggers the popup, turns blank except for the text [obj...more >>

Hi I need to download various versions of the flash player for various browsers for a test bank, does anyone know a resource, Macromedia only lets you download flash 7 for ie for example. thanks...more >>

When will Macromedia develop a 64bit version of Macromedia Flash for those using AMD64 processors?...more >>

Hi I just finished my first Flash site (with Flash 5) and I would really apreciate any suggestions: www.dariomilano.ch Thanks, Mirco ...more >>

Hi There I'm trying this in Flash MX: on (release){ getURL("http://www.hotmail.com","_blank"); } And it doesn't seem to work. When I preview the movie in the browser and click the button - nothing happens at all. It looks like simplicity itself doesn't it? John ...more >>

Is it possible to run a transparent SWF on a computer that has a video output, wich can be composited with several other video layers? Or is it possible to have a video card recognize the alpha channel of a swf application? Example: MIXER: - top layer : a computer running transparent f...more >>

Hi, I'm quite new to flash so I'd really apperchiate any help that you could give me. I'm designing a web site for a record label I intend to set up and along the top of the screen I have little square boxes with a letter in each one of them. 'A', 'B', 'C', etc... what I'm wanting is this:...more >>

Hi everyone Hope this is in the right forum! I was wondering whether someone could help me a little. I've been asked to put together a specification for a Flash CD-ROM project for an electronic textbook. Whilst I have produced a couple of Flash projects before, using flowcharts in the pl...more >>

hi, i'm new to flash MX Professional 2004. i need to learn about it through tutorial. But the problem is i cannot find the tutorial. Can angbody please show me where can i find a available and useful tutorial? Thank you ...more >>

Hello Peeps I feel so dumb asking this question but here goes. I am trying the tutorials that come with Flash MX and I am doing th very first exercise. I have to Add behaviors to the play / pause & rewind buttons. No problem with play & pause but there is no Rewind behavior. I have alo n...more >>

how do i make my text a weird font? i want to use 'bernhard modern' but it seems i can't use non html-style fonts??? b....more >>

How do you make files downloadable, like video or mp3's. I also want to know if anyone knows how to script a .swf to open the quicktime player in another window. I can't get imported .mov's to export from flash with the same quality as the ..movs have when they play in the quicktime player...more >>

I have a folder in my server with one hundred or more jpegs. I want to create a simple slideshow with a back, next and automatic button. I want the photos to show as the buttons are pressed. Is it possible to do this dynamically. If so, how? Can I add more photos to the folder without having...more >>

I have been using loadvariablesnum to load a series of captions (cap1...cap10). The captions are associated with thumbnails of pictures. The thumbnails scroll right and left. When a thumbnail gets to the center position a dynamic text field will load the appropriate caption that had been loade...more >>

Im trying to make a game and i want to make it so when you press a specific key the player jumps in the air for a short period of time. I've looked every where on the net and i can't seem to find some where that tells me how to do this. ...more >>

how do you? i copy and paste the sprite from ms paint and when it gets to flash, there is thwe white around it. i try to get rid of it, but i can't. how do i do it? example of flash with sprites: go to theflasharchive.com and watch Knuckles Adventure ...more >>

Dear brave developers, Just recenly Flash started shrinking down my movies in the web browser. I have had my publishing settings for "dimensions" set to "100%" width and height. But when I Publish with HTML i get a shrunken down movie: http://www.fun-fun-fun.net/flash/fun-fun-fun...more >>

hello, I am very new to macromedia products, trying to pick up flash on my own but doesnt really understand from the guidebooks. Any suggestions how to go about learning flash? Is it very difficult for a beginner to learn everything without help or will it be better to go for a course inst...more >>

I'm trying to set a sound object on a movie clip and then fade out the sound later in the main timeline. I have a movie clip with this action on it (that I found in another topic): onClipEvent(load) { this.oSound=new Sound(); _root.bPlaySound=true; this.iVolume=100; this.oSound.att...more >>

i have several .swf files that i need to convert to 1 exe file. how do i do this? if this is not possible, is there a way to play all of this .swf files continuously? i mean, let say i have 5 .swf files, i want them to be played from 1 to 5 and loop back to 1 and so on.. (that's why i'm thinki...more >>