Is there any way to take a macromedia object off a website and put it into a powerpoint presentation? ...more >>

How can i create an external swf that contains the font glyphs for all of my other swf files...so that i can loadthe fonts once. Currently my swf files are about 5 or 6 k each, but if i want to use my custom fonts for the dynamic text in those files the file suze jumps to about 40k. I rea...more >>

Hey guys, I've not seen this problem before, usually I can just double click on a .swf file and IE6 will play it, but right now both of my systems with the latest Flash player installed, IE6 just acts like it doesn't recognize the file even if I associate IE6 with it. It will play the sw...more >>

I've been working on a project recently for a couple days now, and all of a sudden, I get an error when trying to save the .fla today. On top of that, it destroyed my .fla file, it is no longer in the directory where it was created. It won't let me save to any other folder or drive, and I'm he...more >>

Help pls! How da hek can i make a flash to not loop!? I have a intro in a site and i dont know how to make it loop! I thaught its <param name=loop value=no> but it isnt!...more >>

does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on how to link flash with a MS Access Database? cheers...much needed......more >>

I'm rather desparately in need of a way to make a movie clip leave after its completion, or better yet, to have it stop on its last frame, and become static. Any help at all would be greatly, greatly, greatly appreciated. -Ryan ...more >>

hi guy's here's my problem, i want to make a hyperlink open 2 pages, a normal one and a popup, but i can't manage to do that.... i can only manage to make one open at each time and i want both at the same time... if anyone knows anyway to make this work please help... and thanks ...more >>

how can i make an e-mail and send it in flash projector, i have tried with on (release) { getURL ("mailto:ime@adresa"); } but it doesn't work thanx ...more >>

New to Flash: I am doing the basic opening animation on a website. I have a behavior setup so that a click anywhere will go the home page of the site. However, I would like to set things up so that when the animation is complete, there is an automatic Go to URL. How do I do that? Thank...more >>

hay Can somebody give me advise how to do this. I am qutie new to action scripting. I have 4 movies to load at main scene: 1.swf, 2.swf, .... 4.swf. So my intereste is, if I wanna move 2.swf in other folder, that all .swf aren´t together so how can I do that? tnx ...more >>

I've done searches on Macromedia's site, but not finding what I'm looking for... ... Server software that can auto create Flash files based on a script. Here are more specifics on what I need it to do: On the server, a computer generated graphic illustration (TGA file probably) will be...more >>

Hi, I have a CSV file like this. Picture,description 1.jpg,flower 2.jpg,table I want to read this file from flash and store the values of csv file in an array. Plz tell me how to do this. Thanks a lot, Chamal. ...more >>

I am new to Flash. I accidently deleted an FLA file that I was developing. I have the Shockwave Flash Object file. Is there any way to recreate the FLA from the object file without having to completely rebuild everything? ...more >>

Hi, I have created a game and i am planning on having a high score table on this game. I have looked throughout the internet on how to produce a non-database high score table. I am wanting to create a high score table which only lasts for as long as the game has been played (one se...more >>

Does anyone know a good book that I can buy that will teach me flash, from basics to advanced? I took a look at FlashMX Bible, Flash MX demistified and flask MX beyond the basics-hands on training. I know the basics and get stuck doing basic stuff. Would like to refresh the basics and move...more >>

Does anyone know where I can find instructions, maybe a tutorial on doing a horizontal scroll in the direction of the mouse, when the mouse passes over the image or movie clip? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. dave ...more >>

Hi All, My flash file contains multiple layers, so I'm organising some layers into separate movie files. I marquee select the multiple layers > modify > convert to symbol. However, when I view the movie clip the layers are not maintained and everything is on one layer. Is there a method t...more >>

Hello everybody, can somebody give me advise how to do this. I am qutie new to action scripting, and althought there are resources for loadMovie, not exactly for my case: have timeline with four buttons: button1 takes you to frame #1, button 2 to frame #2, ... button 4 takes you to frame 4...more >>

My screen presentation consists of the following presentation layers: bg - containing graphics controls - containing buttons with event handlers home - media display component calling track01.mp3 and some timeline animation why - media display component calling track02.mp3 and some timelin...more >>

hi there, i would like to know how to achieve the following in flash. i have 10 records to be displayed in flash... but dont want to show all of them in 1 line.. so i wud like to show 3 records per line (row)... so in otherwords, it will look like the following- m1 m2 m3 ...more >>

I had built a movie to display news headlines using a tutorial quite some time ago. I need to make changes to it, but can't locate the site that had the tutorial. Maybe someone can recognize the tutorial by taking a look at my news headlines movie? http://ddechs.com Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I have got a dynamic textfield and its font is set to a digital LCD font, just tested the flash movie on another PC and the font has changed to times new roman, how will i fix that problem, do I have to install that digital LCD font on all PC that want to play the movie or is there another...more >>

I have read that there are supposed to be six panel sets in Flash MX. I have only default and training layout. Can anyone help with this? I have reinstalled from the CD already with no success....more >>

I'm having a bit of a problem. I created a flash website with 5 pages set as different scenes... the website works perfectly on Mac machines running in Mozilla, IE, and Safari. The site also works great on Windows machines running Mozilla and IE5, but once you upgrade to IE6 the flash file w...more >>

HI, I have just started to learn about flv files and their integration with the built-in controller in MX Pro but each movie I export with the playback control has the audio replaced with hiss. I have been using both mpeg and avi. They both export fine as SWF but not FLV. Is this a known p...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to make a game where the user uses the right button on his/her mouse to be able to function something. But the flash menu pops up and steals the focus of the flash. Is there a way to turn it off? I remember seeing it somewhere where the flash was somehow transformed into...more >>

Hi all, I understand that the following is a known problem... but did any one found the solution? Problem: After using getUrl() from flash,calling a javascript function on the same page (Not navigating away), history.back() dose not work (IE6). But if I click on the back button of the br...more >>

I am starting to learn flashmx 2004 professional now. But i don't know how to get a start. I want to get a good tutorial,but i don't know which one suits to me best. Can you give me some suggestions? How to download a good ebook about flashmx 2004 for free? And how to make my plan? I ha...more >>

I'm taking my first Flash class and unfortunitly took poor notes and have forgoten some things. I forgot how to create my own loading bar. What I'm aiming for is to have a verticle loading bar. In that bar a black bar will slowly go up (while it's loading) to reveal my tiny glowing anima...more >>

I have a shiny new 8600 but am having a problem with the smaller fonts in the Flash MX interface. I CANT READ THEM! The fonts are so small (and improperly rendered) I can't make out the letters. 'o's look like little squares, 't's are missing the cross part... etc... for an example,...more >>

Every time I install Flash 7 via IE's install on demad feature, I will crash within 2 minutes. After installing I will crash within 2 minutes of hitting a website that uses Flash. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling multiple times, the only thing I can think to do to be able to browse a...more >>

People, I am desperate. I need your help to acheive what I want. I am fairly new to Flash. Here is the situation: I would like to insert on my HTM page (via Dreamweaver MX), a Flash element. The effect I want is pretty simple: I want that once you go over a specific image, that ...more >>