hello, im new to flash but I have tryed to find anwsers for this problem but I cant, so Il try here.. Im trying to control several flash documents on a htm page, to be playd simultaneously. Can this be done? here are the page Im trying to do it on http://www.wyruz.com/gallery.htm can...more >>

OK, I did this in 2 ways. The first time I used the text pane and realized it wouldn't let me do what I want. Here is the link: [URL=http://portfolio.indiana.edu/migomez/pohanka/pohanka_main.html]textpane[/UR L] Goto the saturn section. Since I couldn't add what I wanted I used the scroll...more >>

Hi there! I'm developing a website with sound objects controled by action script using new Sound(); attachSound(). I have an animated preload inside a movieclip in the first frame, but it don't load before the sounds. The screen remains empty until the sounds are loaded. If I uncheck the opt...more >>

At first I noticed that animation plays slow but after changing frame rate from 12fps to 120 fps, with the same result I saw that the frame rate at the bottom of the timeline indicate a different rate than it should: as low as 2.4fps for some frames (still at 120fps). It was 120fps but chang...more >>

Hello all, I have not had a chance to use my Flash 5 in quite somw time. But I have a chance to make a site as a wedding gift for my brother. I would like to go white with a section of moving clouds on blue sky. How can I make these clouds continually move? Any help or ideas would be ...more >>

Greetings. I'm researching possible optimizations to my flash code. I've created a flash application that is used to create houses from various flash pieces. It works like this: 1. Load the xml descriptor files that dictate what pieces the house can have and the options that can be ...more >>

Hi. When you draw something on the scene (MX 2004 7.0.1), and make it a symbol for example a movie clip, on movie clip timeline (inside the library double click the movie clip to go to its scene) mc (movie clip) is not located in the middle of scene, why? (contrary to MX 2002) Even when yo...more >>

I have a .swf file that contian dynamic text that also uses the scrollbar component. It works fine on it's own and when I use an html file generated by flash. When I try to put the .swf file in a table in Dreamweaver the file will no longer work. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I followe...more >>

I have .mov file which when i import into flash it says there is no audio associated withthis file. The movie is fine recorded from a digital camera and has sound when payed though quick time or whatever Strange thing is that when i go to edit the clip first in flash and hit preview, t...more >>

ok this should be a really simple question but i havent touched flash in a few months so i want to be sure of the easiest way to create this effect. I need to animate a small bear so that it looks like it is talking. i have several instances of the bear with different mouth positions so basi...more >>

www.portal7.net Hope you like it!!! Send me your comments. ...more >>

hi What is the best way to use Arabic text in Flash mx? I work with non Arabic windows 2000. Thanks...more >>

i got a few flash banner templates in fla format when i try and open it its says unexpected file format. im on xp home ed im using flash pro 2004 i have tested it with other fla files ment for the public but i keep on geting the some message anyone got any clue at to whats going on ...more >>

I know I know, 16,000 frame is a lot; what could I possibly be doing in flash that requires 16,000 frames? Well, quite a lot actually. I've been working on some testimonials and presentations in flash which are running at 30 fps at nearly 9 minutes or longer. When that happens I reach the ...more >>

I woke up this morning, to find FINALLY... after 7 hours of downloading the Flash trial that it was complete. I started the run program.. and it all installed.. but upon trying to use the actual program, it said, TRIAL EXPIRED!! Im suppose to have 30 days, not 30 seconds.. Does anyone know how...more >>

Hello - I have been working with my LMS to try and get those Quiz templates in Flash MX to communicate properly via AICC.... I am getting close, but I got the following email from our LMS provider, and I don't know what to do: "When you return the SessionID to me, it actually comes back ...more >>

What kind of variable holds an instance name? I need to target an instance name with a variabel so I can change the instance being targetd on the fly. Will...more >>

Hello when i create a movie that is loaded into a level ie level4 how can i make sure that when referring to movie clips in this movie that it will always find them im having problems using flash mx professional 2004 where unless i specify _level4.anim1.play() ----the _level4 bit... i...more >>

I have a projector, and sometimes i have to stop the presentation at some point, and resume it later. I want to able to resume it from where i left it. I was thinking on write to an external txt file the number of the frame, and then read it when I went back. I know how to do it in a web, but ...more >>

I have a movie with many scenes. The movie is 1000 pixels high. Is there a way to place a command in a link from one scene to another that will force the scene load at the top of the browser rather than the default of loading the new scene where ever the last scene was in the browser? Like the ht...more >>

I have been doing some searching on google and found a couple leads. Does anyone out there mess around with integrating Flash into their applaciations? If so do you know of a good resourse and / or IRC chat/ Forum? Thanks Jake ...more >>

Im a software developer and was playing around with active X Controls and added some flash to an application in Microsoft Fox Pro. I want to create a simple round flashing indicator with a transparent background. I set wmode to transparent in the form im creating and the movie appears to ...more >>

I have a movie with drag and drop situation that works fine, using this code.. ------------------ on (release) { stopDrag(); if (this._droptarget=="/small") { setProperty(this, _x, 100); ------------------------- now, that ive added a preloader that loads this movie into "level4", ...more >>

Since I uninstalled Flash 2004 (alone) and installed it within the Suite Ihave had publishing problems with an application i was working on. It has a few components in it and a lot of basic code (attach movie - mostly on release, etc). It takes about 20 minutes to publish all of a sudden and s...more >>

I am working on a site, and I used a flash banner at the top, when I preview it from the web, the banner doesnt show up...no red "x", just nothing...i can view it locally from my HD and everyone else can view it online...anyone had this problem before? ...more >>

Hello. Can anyone point me a good XML (free) editor? And where can i find info on XML structure like nodes, sibling . I mean identify the firstchil, what this represents on the XML and this kind of info. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a movie with drag and drop situation that works fine, using this code.. ------------------ on (release) { stopDrag(); if (this._droptarget=="/small") { setProperty(this, _x, 100); ------------------------- now, that ive added a preloader that loads this movie into "level4", ...more >>

Hi, This may have been asked before, but has anyone else observed a problem when using the behavior to goto a web page? The problem I experience is, upon assigning the behavior to a button (i've also confirmed the web address in the ActionScript), the button will actually go to www.mac...more >>

Trying to setup a Flash button that will launch a fixed size popup window (600 x 450 specifically), without browser navigation tools, etc? The site below does exactly what I would like to do. After the intro, click on "MENUS", and then "PIZZA" for example... http://www.redstarbar.us When I...more >>

Hello all, The Macromedia Flash MX Detection Kit, I downloaded it and used the flash detection behavior. However I found out that the code doesn't go into the same page as the flash content, it goes into a seperate page. So I if I enable inside my site, I cannot go back. Meanin...more >>

I am fairly new with flash and am trying to make a menu system. The Menu has 8 main pages and 4 of the main pages have child objects. I don't know actionscript very well so I am trying to do the whole thing on the timeline. I can't get the menu to animate properly. When I try to add a tween (I...more >>

I created a Flash media player, and I have a volume slider, which you can drag. I put a stopDrag on release of the slider movie clip. That works fine. However, if your release the mouse outside of the Flash object, elsewhere on the HTML page, when you come back to the Flash object, the slide...more >>

Is it at all possible to change the right-click function so that it brings up an mc of my choosing? This is for IE based flash display. If not, know of any way to do it besides in Flash? Like DHTML? Can't use other players like Shockwave. Thanks Daily ...more >>

I'm using Flash 2004 MX Pro. I created a Flash header for the top of my web page. I created the FLA, published the .swf and HTML file using the prebuilt publish feature. Then I copied the html embed/object code Flash generates into my web page. When I view my page using my PC with IE6 it works...more >>

Hello, I would like to display dynamic html into a swf file. Is it possible ? thanks...more >>

I have an html page that's a multiple choice question with 5 different videos (mpg embeded into swf) that plays when I click on the 4 different choices (plus the intro clip). My problem is when I first open the page in the browser the initial video appears but doesn't play automatically. ...more >>

Hi there, I am trying to delay the execution of the code in a for loop. If I could achieve somthing like these it would be greate: for(i=0; i<var; i++){ code blablabla; wait 3 secondes continu loop } hop it is clear thank Q...more >>

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I had a button in the timeline that tells a movie clip to play/stop/ the clip that plays and stops, has stop in frame 1 and stop in the last frame the button instance has the below script attached the movie clip that im turning on and off is named helptext ------------ on (rollOver) { _...more >>

why my flash document cannot be more than screen resolution? for example i have a flash document more than screem resolution, and i publish it (swf, HTML); when preview in HTML browser the flash area it's the flash document size, but the contents are croped, like i have a mask sized on scree...more >>

hi everybody, my first time here! A very stupid question (i hope): i have added to my project a Loader and i've putted the following code: onClipEvent (load) { path = "C:\......jpg"; spLoad.contentPath = path; } why it's not working? Thank you all! Joe. ...more >>

hi im sending data from asp to flash by the method sendAndLoad my asp file send a string like this &variable2=Energia Autoabastecida|Energia Entregada|energía Recibida|Wh- de la hora anterior 1|Wh+ de la hora anterior 1|Pultac Wh-|Pultac Wh+|Sobregeneración|Ultac Wh-|Ultac Wh+| and inside f...more >>

I've seen a few sites where there is a scroll pane that doesn't appear to have scroll bars. The pane is scrolled simply by placing the mouse on the pane and moving it across. For example see the 'clothes rail' section on http://www.oasis-stores.com. Can anyone tell me how it's done? Many ...more >>

I've been away from Flash for a few years but recently have the opportunity to work with it again. I've seen some new concepts on the web and I don't understand how they're done. 1. A movie that scales to fit the browser yet all the fonts are small and constant size. Take a look at www.ego7....more >>

I have 2 questions. 1. i need flash player, but as a file not to download and install automaticly, just flash player as program. 2. what do I have to plase in flash to get voll screen.... please help urgent!!! difo@difodesign.com ...more >>

I have created Exit button (and published using Flash Player 6) as a swf. Exit button works in the .swf file however, when published to our Intranet (via IE5), the exit button no longer works. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this? ...more >>

Hi! I use m. flash mx2004 trial. I got an error when i want to open .fla files created with macromedia falsh mx 2004 by someone else. The error message: "Unexpected file format " The files(12) are ok, they were in .zip with others .swf, .jpg which are all good (I've tried flash...more >>

hey guys, i am trying to solve this problem for the past 3 days, but i couldnt. i have created a movieclip, when i click that i have written a set of actions in on (release) method. the application is: i have to click the mc and i am reading content from external files(xml), and p...more >>

I noticed that I had to do .nextSibling twice to get to the next element in my XML file yet there is nothing in between. I don't think it should be like this. Can anyone tell me what I might be doing wrong, please? The program doesn't do anything special. I'm trying to learn how to traverse ...more >>

Hello Im loading movies relative to a month Im using loadmovie to load a ³news.swf² file from a folder named ³may² That¹s easy enough, put the swf file in the may folder and use LoadMovie(³may/news.swf²,1); to load into level 1 Ive introduced a variable called ³month² that¹s set using but...more >>