hi..ok...i have 2 movie clips...one of them is on stage. the other is a custom mouse. when u move the custom mouse over the stage movieclip. the stage clip should do a dance. i can achive this without the custom mouse...but it seems the custom mouse blocks the ability to trigger my stage m...more >>

I have been updating my http://joewarwick.home.mchsi.com...more >>

Hello All, I have a general question concerning a site so I understand I'll receive a general answer. Can you see this site: http://www.2fortytwo.com/ (http://www.2fortytwo.com) Once you are past the "splash" screen, could you click a link or two and observe the action that...more >>

We want to develop a Flash Form application with easily a 100 fairly complicated screens. Rather than make one BIG document with all the screens (and sub-screens) appearing under application, we'd like to import other *.swf Flash Form applications. So far, our experiments have failed. ...more >>

Yeah, I wanna try out Flash, but I need a 600 MHz Processor for MX 2004. This is a 350. Is it possible to try out older versions, i.e:MX2002, or 5?...more >>

Someone gave me this information and I don't know the script for it: "make your original text a movie clip and tell it to go and stop to an empty frame when a nav button is rolled over... and to go back to first frame when buttons are rolled out." If you don't know what I am talking a...more >>

I'm new to Flash development and want to start creating my own sound loops for my movies. I've heard about (2) products that could possibly help me out, ACID XPress 4 & CakeWalk Pro. Could anyone point me in the right direction? THX! ...more >>

Hello guys, I'm very good in action script for MX, but I have stucked in one simple thing. I have some games on net, where I store results over asp directly to access database. Now I have to palce those games on CD, and need to store results on local hard disk as simple text file. I have to ...more >>

I need a two dimensional array with 10 rows and 10 colunms. I can't create it in one line like this: myArray = new Array(10,10); This must be a design flaw inherited from javascript syntax. I have to program in many lines to do such simple thing. ...more >>

Hello, I inherited a somewhat complex Flash program that I now have to maintain. I am very new to Flash and am having trouble with one thing I have to fix. Here is my question: This program has a button in it. On Release of the button there is a script that says 'gotoandplay("HIB137"). ...more >>

hello, I have the following situation. I want to make five movieclips, all copies of one by the duplicateMC script in the timeline. Now, each of these five clips must be unique by little changes in their properties. The source clip contains the onClipEvent-script for it's own metamorphosis...more >>

When you use the LoadMovie action to load a large swf, does that movie start playing as soon as frame 1 is loaded or does it have to completely load before it starts to play? Thanks, Eric ...more >>

Hi, I have a dropdown menu that is coded by javascript and HTML. Everything works well, such as the hidden/visible layers. However, I have a flash movie below the menu. Whenever the dropdown menu overlaps with the flash movie, the menu will be hidden by the flash movie. I tried to use CSS ...more >>

Hi everyone, I've heard a few people say that when naming things in Flash you should avoid the "_" (underscore) character. Why is this? Also, should one avoid using underscores when naming anything in Flash or just for naming instances, frames, etc.? Most importantly, however, is why steer c...more >>

What types of document formats can flash read external text from, into a dynamic text field?...more >>

Can you eliminate the Flash Plugin Browser window when you publish a projector ..exe? I want the Flash movie to be a stand alone application with no border. I also can't have it go full screen. Any actionscript to turn this off? Any other ideas to have it borderless? It is not playing...more >>

Hello All, I have downloaed a movie clip (clouds.mov). I imported it and it is in my library now. I put it in a layer. I put another layer with some hills infront of the clouds. When I try to test the movie all I can see is the hills. I cant see the clouds. I know this is simple for you ...more >>

Dumb question I know, but how do I make a little movie loop forever? I just want it to scroll all the time??? Thanks...more >>

I would like to make the background of a flash movie transparent. I have set the GIF setting to transparent with no results. What's the trick? Thanks....more >>

Hi there, I need to set a text field horizontally and vertically center aligned. I am able to set the text field horizontally center aligned but not vertically. Please let me know how to do this. I am using Flash MX 2004. regards Aravindan ...more >>

I need an OLD version of Flash MX.. Since the 2004 version doesn't support Windows ME. Anybody know how/where I can get a hold of that?...more >>

I know that this seems way too obvious, but I can't find anywhere to code Flash to open an external file. I can only open a url. Can someone give me a hint as to how to open an external file using a relative path? Also, is there anyway to bypass the character limit for opening a url? ...more >>

Are the following the same or different? _level0.myvar = 10; _root.myvar = 10; _global.myvar = 10; ...more >>

Hello world... i've to make a cd-rom production, and because of my knowledge of Flash (creating websites with it) i would like to use Flash to make this cd-rom. Is there anybody who has any experience with this. - is it a good choice? - or is Flash perfect ro build cd-rom as well as we...more >>

Hey all, I'm having trouble converting mpegs and other movie files to .swf. Is this even possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated....more >>

ok so here's a screenshot of whats its supposed to look like when it completes the animation ( and what it looks like when i preview using shift+enter): http://people.smu.edu/dysmith/flash/initial.fla Also if your feeling extra motivated to write me a tutorial, i need to make a popup windo...more >>

Hi, I'm using the maestro font in a .fla to get musical symbols (treble clef, sharp and flat). In the .fla they appear fine, but in the .swf they seem to revert to Arial (&, b and # respectively). I have set the default system font to maestro to see if this improves things, but no improveme...more >>

How do I make a movie clip play in a certain area of the screen if the user rolls over a button? I have created a button and when you roll your mouse over it I want a title to appear which I have saved as a movie. There are several buttons and several titles and I don't know what script to...more >>

Is there any way that I can set the bitmap smoothing setting (to off, actually) for an entire movie so that any bitmaps I bring in are automatically left aliased, etc.? Or do I have to set this (annoying!) for EACH bitmap in the library, one at a time? Having to do these one at a time is a real ...more >>

Hi, I want to load a second swf into the first (which has only the role of a rollover button, ists instance name is loadMovieBtn I created two frames (the second hides the button and make appear the movie) loadMovieBtn.onRelease = function() { // load in the quiz swf loadMovie("beckbquiz....more >>

Please Help, I'm creating a movie (swf) which is then imported into another movie. Now in the 1st movie the one to be imported I have a buttons to control it, which have the following actionscript: on(release) { _root.gotoAndStop(61);// or gotoAndPlay depending on what you want to do...more >>

Can anybody help? I've created a flash presentation at 750x600 pixels. I now need to export the file as a projector for both MAC and PC so that on launch the content area remains centered at 750x600 on a flat colour background that fills the rest of the screen whatever the monitor size. Is...more >>

Sorry for the cross-post, but it seems that nobody read the extension threads. I've been having some trouble with the media playback components. I noticed there is an update for them and I hoped to install it to see if that helps. The instructions say to install the Extension Manager, but th...more >>

Hi, I trying to link a number of pdf files to a site built completely from flash and cant seem to find the right actionscript command to bring the files up when the link is clicked. I have been trying to use getURL and the path to the file but it doesnt seem to work. Anyone shed any light? ...more >>

Hi all, I have a main swf which uses loadMovie all over the place. My question is this: Is it possible (if so how) to control the timeline of a loaded movie from the main movie and visa versa i.e. Have a button which when pressed tells the loaded movie to go to a specific frame. ...more >>

I read an article about this and i believe that may not happen. Does anybody know something about this? I wish it 'll never happen!!! ...more >>

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Hello everyone, I have been attempting to set some button "get URL" commands on a flash banner that came with a template. I'm pretty new to using Flash for my work and I just can't figure this one out. I'll try to explain the problem the best that I can. There are 4 "Movie clips" with in...more >>

We have a flash file created for us that reads in some information from an XML file and gets displayed in the flash file. It works when it's run on a system with the Flash program installed, but not on a system where only the Flash Player Version 7,0,19,0 is installed. It was created for us in...more >>

Is it possible for a flash embedded in the main flash file to run at a different frame-per-seconds than the main flash file? Thanks. Sasan ...more >>

Hi all, My friend faced a problem where her fla file wouldn't save and somehow she closed the file and the file became 'lost'. She couldn't 'search' the file and when she went to open the 'recently opened file' in flash (under 'file'), flash was not able to open it. But she still has her...more >>

I'm trying to import some files into the same layer, however, I would like each item to go into a seperate keyframe. I know that there's this function where you can distribute each item into a seperate layer, but can you distribute them into seperate keyframe under the same layer as well??? I'...more >>

hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to alow text in a published file to be copied (I'm using MX)? a client wants to give users option and the simple copy/past seem to be best fit for them (heaps of text, in little chuncks at verious times, into word) thanks very much! andrew ...more >>

Catchy eh? Truth is I've never seen a software company give as deep as a discount as Macromedia is right now on either an upgrade or full version of their flagship product. I should say that I've never seen a company give such an across the board discount on their flagship product without rel...more >>

How to convert a decimal number into a e-notation float number, that is, how to convert 3500000 to 3.5e6? ...more >>

On the opening page of my site - http://www.campyamhill.org/ - I have a small Flash movie I have placed on the page using Dreamweaver. The problem is that on at least one computer the movie does not load in its proper location. Instead of filling the area it is intended for; the movie pla...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with dynamic text it seems to work fine until I upload it on to the net. I am sure its real simple, but I am pretty new to actionscript and this is the first dynamic text I have done. I got this from flash kit and thought it would work loadVarsText = new loadVa...more >>

Having a problem viewing my site on a PC. I created animated drop down menues that contain submenues. When you click (one click) on the main menues, the submenues scroll down, you double click on the submenues to open a pop-up window revealing the work. Well this works on a Mac but NOT on a ...more >>