I have a dynamic text field with a scrollbar attached to it. When I publish it, it lets me scroll 2 lines but thats it. Here is a link to the page I have it on. http://www.mikereedmulford.com/bio Please let me know ho to fix this. ...more >>

I've got a piace of problem-I'm a MAC-user, I've updated my OS from 10.3.2 to 10.3.3 after that i cannot launch my Flash MX 2004 Prof. . I dont know why it happens so, when there was an 10.3.2 OS everything was working properly. Help me, plz. Thanks for every 1! ...more >>

hi.. im running an internet cafe and tried to use flash as my desktop wall paper of the computers. that way, this will prevent from customers to modify or delete icons which is really frustrated. the problem is to link up to the actual applications. first, i tried to just use get URL to ...more >>

Hi, I'm quite new to Flash MX. I've created a dynamic text box and was able to load text from an external file. My next goal is to add a scroll bar component to the text box. It seems simple enough - dragging the component and it attaches itself to the dynamic text field, and the target is...more >>

Forgive me if this is a "n00bish" question, but is there a limit to the number of movie clips that can be placed directly on top of one another in Flash? Here is my situation: I'm creating an "avatar builder" where the user can create his/her own sprite by choosing from a variety of eyes, ha...more >>

I am making a compliation CD of my college classes websites that they made in flash. My end aim is to have a projector that contains lots of content about various college stuff. My question is - how can I import thier SWF websites so they are fully funtional, but appear within the template...more >>

How do you launch (execute,download) a QT movie from flash besides using getUrl? GetUrl launches the qt movie inside a giant white html page. Very anoying. Just want to launch a quicktime movie that will play in it's own QT player. Surly there is a way to do this. Please help. -John ...more >>

items shift alignment in published swf, but are aligned properly in authoring enviormnet. Text also shows up slightly out of line with the placement in authoring environment. This is making me nuts. I'm using flash MX and publishing in fash 6. Has anyone else experienced this, as this has alwa...more >>

I need a flash app that allows me to load an image, text (caption) and a link using XML. Does anyone know where I can find this? Thanks -- Aziz Peregrino-Brimah Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver Certified Dreamweaver MX Developer MX Newsgroup: news://forums.macromedia.com/macrom...more >>

Hey all, Trying to export an animation here as both a .exe and a .swf (.swf for flash portal submission). The .exe version works fine but the .swf version sort of 'squashes' all the content over to a tiny strip on the left hand of the stage. Any ideas? ...more >>

after i have made an animation or sometyhing in flash mx 2004 proffesionalhow do i stop the animation and leave it on the last frame?...more >>

We are creating a PDA application, and we want the to implement "magnetic" movies that respond to pen taps that are nearby. Since there is no mouseover, or icon on the PDA, we would like to use sound to indicate that the sprite has been captured. As a first guess, we would like 1. A sucking...more >>

OK, I am making a lil' game where you click left, right, click on a door and go in, stuff like that. OK, here's an example situation. To open a door you need a key card. You click on the door to open at first, and it does nothing. Then you go to a different part of the level and get the keycard...more >>

Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on how to make an Old Cinema Countdown? I have searched flashkit.com and didn't find any good ones. Or, if anyone has a good one for flash they could send me, webdesign@elalarado.com is my e-mail. Thanks! ...more >>

Can someone explain me the difference between "Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Professional" and "Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Professional (Updated Version)". What is not included in the first version? Thanks Arzu Bazman ...more >>

Hi there, Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can change some detailed ink illustrations to a reasonable vector likeness? I tried transforming them in freehand, but wound up with something that only mildly resembled the original art. And instead of black ink on white paper, it was no...more >>

If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong I would be grateful for you help. I'm trying to use the onSoundComplete stament to redirect the page to a certain URL. Here's how I am using to do this mysound.onSoundComplete = getURL ("http://www.webite.com", "_self"); The problem is once th...more >>

is there any way to dynamically change the image in the Panorama 360 flash file at http://www.flashkit.com/movies/3D/Pseudo/Panorama-Degrees-9/index.php I really like the routine but haven't figured out a way to dynamically change images using external .jpg files on Flash MX. The idea...more >>

Hi, everybody :) Need a bit of a help, if possible. Few hours ago my flash SWF files withing HTM ( <object...></object>) were working fine. Now, i can preview file from Flash software only as SWF format, but not HTM any more :( No error messege, just blank space..... SOS! Thank Yo...more >>

I'm working on a jukebox which loads mp3 clips dynamically. Is there anyway to grab the name of the mp3 and display it in a text box? Thanks ...more >>

Hello! My wife wants to get back into 2D animation, but not traditional cel animation. Back in the Amiga days there were several 2D vector based animation packages that let you make vector based objects, texture them with a bitmap, set up keyframes and handled the tweening, scaling etc. Is ...more >>

I am using four buttons to make a movieclip that serves as a menu. The buttons are coins that show the head, colored head, tail and blank hit. The pictures are all graphic symbols. All the buttons work correctly. I then put them into a movieclip that has them rolling across the screen and stoppi...more >>

What is an easy way to monitor my CPU usage when testing my flash movies? Will...more >>

Go to http://www.VideosOnWeb.com and hover your cursor over the video in the bottom left. While it connects, turn your volume all the way up because the sound is really low. EDIT: No fair cheating by looking at everyone else's comments first. THIS IS NOT FLASH !!...more >>

Hello, Does any one know if Macromedia have actually made a IDE that can test flash movies under different flash player versions. I am still new to flash, and after creating a movie that needds to be tested it seems that to test it on flash player 6 (for example) I need to uninstall flash...more >>

I have a movie symbol, frame by frame animation, about 7 frames long that shows a bear getting off of the ground and standing up. The bear only has 3 colors and is quite simple yet whenever I paste this symbol into a flash file it makes the flash file run REALY slow. It even freezes up. WHY! ...more >>

Hi, I've just graduated from college. I've been using Flash since Flash 4.0 (six years). I'm pretty advanced. I've been sending resumes out everywhere, and I thought that I'd be able to get a job at my skill level, but no one seems interested. I can do anything with flash that I set out t...more >>

I'm wondering if there are any optimization technique's I should be aware of. I'm trying to build my company's website (http://www.hypnoticvisions.com) and all is working, but it's very slow. I put a pre-loader on there to be sure that all the data was loaded before it started anything but i...more >>

I found a site that has embedded QUICKTIME MOVIES in FLASH. http://www.dektorfilm.com/index2.htm click on DIRECTORS click on LESLIE DEKTOR They have a play button when pressed plays a super high quality quicktime video. The movie starts as the rest of the movie is downloading. It i...more >>

When publishing a preview movie I run into this problem with the MP3 compression. It seems when I've got both mono and stereo AIF files (event) in the movie the MP3 compressor freaks out causing some of the sounds to come out as loud static. Checking "override file settings" helps somewhat but...more >>

I followed this standard tutorial for importing Video into Flash step by step. ([url]http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?page=3&cid=A93B648DECD7574E [/url]) I have a standard functional quicktime movie clip (.mov) that works with no problems until it is implemented with the med...more >>

I have the latest version of Flash player, yet in flash movies I hear no sound. Can anyone help?...more >>