Guys, I know it is a verry easy question, and am a little embarass asking; I wish to put a "skip Intro" button in a Flash intro. I have created the button, imported it in the Flash document. I have found the option "get URL" in the Action window, and applied the URL. However, when ...more >>

As of this past weekend my extension manager stopped working. I tried to install the MXNA Web Services Class and the extension manager begins to open and then unexpectedly quits. I am running Mac OS 10.3.3. I have downloaded and reinstalled extension manager again, no go. Restarted the comp...more >>

I am a bit confused about using setMask. I can create the effect I want with symbols on the time line. But when I try doing the same thing in AS, it will not work. Here, I want holderFrame to be on the bottom. I want holderImage to be above that. And I want a mask that revels holderImag...more >>

What is the actionscript for these buttons for an automatically-playing slideshow? ...more >>

Hi I am using Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and I would like to know how I can import a quicktime movie into a graphic drawn on the stage? Thanks, Daniel...more >>

Hi, can flash read filenames in a password protected WinZip/WinRar file, then extract any one of those files to a directory that the user chooses(like file browsing) The Flash App will be running from CD and not the web, is it possible to do the above or would I have to code it myself in C...more >>

Hi all, This is what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to load a flash movie transparently over my existing html page (not covering the full screen, but 75% of it), so it is kind of similar to a "splash screen" in the respect it is to be an introductory screen. I already have a flash movie made...more >>

Don't call me crazy if I don't know what I'm talking about here...I'm about to take on a project that has been completed many a year ago. It apparently needs to be updated quite frequently and was built using Macromedia Generator and Flash v.? So anyways...I've heard Macromedia Generator was s...more >>

Hello, i tryed to run external exe file, but at the end i could't start. Is there any chance that flash register code of exe file or what? I also create FSCOMMAND dir and put it, download some examples from net and nothing? What's the problem? ...more >>

Any idea how to send data from selected radio button to dynamic text field?...more >>

Can anyone point me to a good tutorial on an all flash secure shopping cart/ online store. I've seen a few but most are too vague...I'm about half newbie. Please help thank-you....more >>

I've got my first Flash movie together, but it has a few bugs... It's really simple. Two stones rolling along the top of my screen, two on the bottom and a fade-in banner in the middle. My problem is that the two stones on the bottom don't initially disappear at the end of their run and the s...more >>

I have recently created an (amateur!) website in Flash 4 but I am having some problems with navigation. I have managed to link all my pages with each other using buttons and actions in Flash. However I would also like users to be able to navigate the website using the buttons in the web browse...more >>

Hello, I am new to Flash. I would like to put a vertical news ticker on my website. I want it so when the user mouseover the scolling text, it will pause. Are there any tutorials on how to create this in Flash? Like this website: http://www.flashloaded.com/flashticker.php?id2= Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I am new to Flash. I would like to put a vertical news ticker on my website. I want it so when the user mouseover the scolling text, it will pause. Are there any tutorials on how to create this in Flash? Like this website: http://www.flashloaded.com/flashticker.php?id2= Thanks ...more >>

hi all, i am trying to figure out how to create a game.. multiple choice fill in the blanks where you drag a possible answer in the shape of an image ie an animal and when it is dropped in the blank it either turns into the word text ie raccoon or if it is not the right answer fill in it...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to scroll multiple (four to be exact) dynamic text boxes in flash MX? I am creating a spreadsheet type layout, that needs to be scrollable, but in order for the information to line up, I need a single scrollbar to scroll the four text boxes. I tried using HTML to creat...more >>

I run into problems when importing Photoshop images that include transparency. In Flash 5 the process sometime works but sometimes fails *for no apparent reason*. The transparent areas translate as opaque white. In Flash MX pro, the transparency works but the color looks VERY desaturated (unus...more >>

how do i use the startdrag actionscript to firstly 1. when mouse is clicked on an item allow the user to drag the icon. i know how to constrain the item (its constrained down the centre of the page) but dont know how to control it ONLY when the mouse is clicked on it. All this would be on ...more >>

I need to import some animations I made. The animations gets all messed up when I import it. It's just made of 4 frames. The first frame is fine. The second frame is fine. The third frame is a mix between the third and fourth frame. The fourth frame is fine. Why is this happening?...more >>

I have a progress bar that visually displays how far a user has moved through a training site. I am dynamically sizing an MC which is the progress bar, and I need to increment and decrement that with the click of a graphic next/back button. I also want to be able to assign the x and y for...more >>

I created a simple Dynamic Text box and assigned the variable testVar. In the AS pane I typed _root.testVar = "é" I also tried "%E9". In both cases, I had hoped to see a ? character but got nothing. How do you pass in French or other characters to a Dynamic Text box? Rob. ...more >>

Hi I have a picture of a map and i would like for the user to be able to hover the mouse over certain aspects of it, i.e a road and get a pop up box of what it it. What would people recommend as the best way of going about this? Many Thanks ...more >>

I am making an animation using Flash. I used lots of movie clips. The animation isnt smooth when playing the .swf. It's jerky. I m using 24 fps document. I need to make video output of this ..swf using softwares like Adobe After Effects. But before that animation needs to be clean. Any sug...more >>

I have a flash project with two stages that play the same sound and it works just fine. However I don't want to hear the sound stop playing while in transition from one stage to the next stage. Is there a way to make the sound constantly play with out it stoping? ...more >>

can any one tell me if it is possible to change the color of the scrollpane component in flash mx 2004 pro...more >>

I am trying to open a window by clicking on the flash movie embedded in the html of my site. I am doing this elsewhere on the site from an html button. Here is the code that i am using in this instance: in the head: function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0 window.op...more >>

hi, want to control the timeline dynamically by the position of the mouse. that means when you move your cursor to the right, the movie plays forward, when you move to the left backwards. any ideas? download the .fla here >> http://www.philippe.networkartists.com/reversenavigation00...more >>

I have a flash animation that is only 10kb in size when published (the swf file). As soon as I add a Radio Button (a group of two), the file size jumps to 40kb. Is this normal behavior?...more >>

With Flash MX2004 Pro, I'm using the alias button on a static text box. However, this results in the truncating of all the W's in my text. Specifically, the left edge of the letter. Has anyone encountered this? What can I do to fix it. Thanks. Brandon ...more >>

Hi there, is there any way to set up a search engine friendly site that relies heavily on Flash and doesn't actually have any html content. As opposed to doing a site entirely in flash, I'm starting to do each section (header, content, etc) as seperate Flash movies and then dropping them all...more >>

I am trialling Flash MX2004. I found that when the page is published, only the top-left quarter appears in the IE browser. Is the trial version meant to publish only a partial page or am I doing something wrong. Any page settings to tweak? Please help. ajanaman - very newbie ...more >>

look at this http://www.propelled.com/flash/ how is the light effect made? focus on the bg piture with the sea Thanks for your help!...more >>

Hi all I'm looking for a way to dynamically display letters of the alphabet, without creating a whole array of the letters of the alphabet. I know that every time I start, I'm going to start at "A", so I want to be able to show "A", "B", "C", "D",...n, n being the number of objects displ...more >>

Is MX 2004 just a _lot_ slower than MX? I installed MX 2004 Professional today (7.0.1) and it's slow as hell. Just switching to it from another app, like Outlook Express, takes upwards of 3 seconds... same for doing _simple_ operations like changing the color of a line... I have to use it for thi...more >>

i need to build a counter. a box would enter an area and the "score/counter" would increase by one. This could get up into the thousands. do I use a frame event? (I could put it on a specific frame in the timeline). how to I make the counter increase then? Is that a tellTarget comma...more >>

Hi How do you convert a frame (symbol) into a movieclip? Thanks Kalevi ...more >>

How could i use the drag actionscript and link it to another .swf but control how much of the movie it plays. Could i do something like if i dragged an item halfway down a page it would play so much of the movie but if i drag the item back up the page it would reverse the movie. And finally w...more >>

Hi there Im brand new to flash. I am wanting to write a small application involving image editing. Where can I find the most useful and comprehension tutorials? Thanx...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if someone could give me some advice on using Flash to create 360 degree tours. Is there an extension available or perhaps a tutorial explaining how to take the photographs, stitch them together and then create the revolving image in Flash? Advice would be appreciat...more >>

I have a flash movie that duplicates a movie clip several times. The movie clip has a checkbox, 2 radio buttons and a combobox on it. With this clip being duplicated more than 10 to 15 times the initial rendering time greatly increases. If i remove the components from the clip and do the sa...more >>

Hi Just starting with scripting. I have a word broken apart and distributed in layers. My question is can I make the letters to move without using the timeline. For example make them to fly away using script? Thanks Kalevi ...more >>

The Link contains nothing... Did Illogicz sold that piece of software to MM or something? Thanks. -- ='o'= Arturo ='o'= www.miltonfrank.tv ...more >>

Hello are there some free falsh addon like manipulating text ? thanks regards davidM -- <% Le coureur a pied mais le nageur pas toujours %> ...more >>

Hi, looking at this adress, http://www.discotheques.fr/annuaire_discotheques/discotheque_paris/mambo_club/ when you click on the button "plan d'acces", the pop up is opening. but at this redirection adress, http://mambo-club.discotheques.fr le pop up can't open..? In the index ...more >>

I have a page up" : http://www.frameproproductsllc.com/xx/intro.html ...under Mozilla the swf files runs fine. Under IE...so such luck. It throws up a big black box says it is opening into.html... but never comes back. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, --bill ...more >>

Hi I created a flash document with the component "MediaDisplay". I bound this component to my .flv and I wish to play this video in loop. Thanks....more >>

The last newsletter stated they would begin sharing info regarding what V4 can do, starting May 1st. Both erain.com and swift3d.com are still showing V3. Anyone heard of info regarding the delay? I emailed the sales department several days ago and haven't heard a reply. Erain.com states t...more >>

I'm workin on a site that has flash menu (with several submenus) in a HTML frameset. Navigation can also happen in the html files. Is it possible for the flash menu to keep up when people click the links in the pages. When a page opens the correct submenu should show up. Has to be version...more >>

Hi guys, I'd just really like to know if anyone's heard anything about Screenweaver's development lately? I've visited the site, and saw that SW appears to be compatible with Flash MX 2004, but I'm not having any joy with it. Does anyone know anything about this, because RubberDuck don't ap...more >>

1) Is possible to export FLV video from Adobe Premiere or Pinnacle Studio 9? 2) If question 1 is not, what program I need for export FLV video? 3) The media components only work with FLV video and MP3? Thanks ...more >>

You should all go to www.urbanderivatives.com and listen to this group. They're an amazing blend of rap, hip-hop, blues, and some funk. Please check them out and post back what you think! I did the stream player in Flash MX 2004 Pro... it's nothing special, but your comments are welcome! ...more >>

Can you increase the "working" area of a movie clip? I need to layout MCs into a parent MC. This parent MC is currently limited from -710 to 760. Can this working space/area be increased?...more >>

could someone please help me with making transition fades between images from 100% opaque to 100% transparent. thanks...more >>

could someone please help me with making transition fades between images from 100% opaque to 100% transparent. thanks...more >>

What does swf mean? shockwave flash, small web format ....? And why should I pronounce swf as "swiff" (as written in the openswf site) Thanks Mikolaskova...more >>

anyone know of a program cause i have tried lots.......more >>

Well I'm learning Flash and have decided to make a Duck Hunt game because... well it's a really simple game. I'm not gonna put it on the internet or anything and it'll be strictly for educational purposes. It'll probably suck lol. I'm having a few troubles though. Not much. First o...more >>

Hi all, I have troubles with something happening when using preloader for external swf ( loadmovie ) I have a main swf made by 7 frames. each frame is for a specific corporate seminar. For each seminar there is a movieclip containing a series of buttons, each one lets open a video clip in a...more >>

Whenever I rotate an image in Flash, it comes out blurred. The original image looks great when it is left at 0 degrees but as soon as I set it to 45, it gets blurred. The blurring only happens once the fla is rendered to swf, the image is not actually blurred in the Flash authouring environmen...more >>

Just started poking around in flash. WOW!!! I vreated my first "movie". My question is... after my movie finishes how do i get the browser (or flash) to go to another web page? ie. person goes to website, sees the flash movie and then jumps right away to my homepage. Thanks ...more >>

Yo, I am fairly new at flash so please bare with me. I have written a song and tried to synchronize cartoon characters with the singing and such. It works fine when playing it inside flash, but when exporting the movie the music tends to be slower then the actual animation. I tried cha...more >>

Let me say thank you for all the help I am going to recieve before I start. I am trying to make a slide show presentation and publish it to a cd. I have the presentation made but I do not know how to place it on the cd so that I can destribute it. I would like it to play in DVD and pc form...more >>

I realize this is a very basic question but when you export your flash file what happens with the library? More specifically does the whole contents of the library get exported or just the files that are used on stage? Basically my library is a mess from testing files, experimentation etc, sho...more >>

I have just developed an interactive presentation that is 825x600. When displayed on a monitor set to the resolution of 800x600 the bottom of the movie gets cut off. Is there some way that i can detect the resolution and have the size of the presentation adjust? I can't think of any way thi...more >>

Hullo everyone, My name's Mark, I am an artist near Seattle, and am currently in the middle of redesigning my "online portfolio" website using Flash content exclusively (a first for me). Everything is going pretty smoothly and according to "schedule", but there is one ob...more >>

Flashers, Hey, I want to do this....[L=virtual drumming thing----very cool]http://mikeportnoy.com/monster/?menu=interact[/L] but I dont know how. Simply moving the pointer over something and having it play a sound automatically with no downloads, status bars, links, etc, etc is on my mi...more >>