We have developed a flash movie to run on our page. We are using a macromedia fireworks drop down navigation system above it. The drop downs are disappearing behind the flash animation. An example is: http://www.aqha.com/youth Is there any trick to placing the flash behind the fireworks...more >>

I made a menu with hot spots in firewoek, but part of the menu rolls behind the flash piece on the website. Here is a link to the site: http://student1.mcb.unco.edu/DynamicMCB/ If you go over to the right hand part of the menu, under Business and Alumni, you can see that it goes be...more >>

Hi! I am trying to figure out how to mahe an mp3 file downloadable in one of my flash sites. I have found some help here but wasn't able to figure how and were to put the coding. I have built a home page in dreamweaver and once you click "enter" a popup window opens up and the flash sit...more >>

I want to prevent the next clip from loading before the previous is finished playing. How can I do that without adding a zillion frames to the main timeline?...more >>

I am a beginner. Can anyone recommend a video or CD for learning Flash other than the manual? Thanks, Todd...more >>

We are designing a complex asp.net page (c#) that contains a flash movie together with many other asp.net text and listbox controls. When the user clicks on the flash movie, we can not allow a round trip to the server: this would loose all viewstate info about the non-flash text and list box...more >>

I would like to know if there is a way to make the pencil tool have a different brush stroke. I need the stroke to have the same look as a calligraphy pen. I was able to find the stroke im looking for, however, it is a stroke only found under the brush tool, which is hard to work with. I wo...more >>

Hey all, http://www.flashforwardconference.com/peopleschoice.asp?SessionID=%7b097A3BC5-EE F5-490B-9720-E9E9BED65BFD%7d (under Original Sound) Thanks! ...and sorry about the shameless plug! -Mark ...more >>

Can somone help me figure out how they did this? http://killbill.movies.go.com/vol1/flash/index.html Click on the second character from the end on the right hand side (Vernita). You then can scroll in all directions on the photo. A lot of the site has this function. I know how to scr...more >>

I know the semi-colon means "evaluate preceding statement" but what does a regular colon do? Thanks!...more >>

I've been having this problem where flash puts all sorts of action data into the first frame of my movie. I have a banner ad I've been working on that won't compress past 26k. Flash's eport log says that 60% of this is Action data, and shows that 90% of the data in my movie happens at the firs...more >>

I have a combo box in a form i created ...the form works great on the input text fields(i set variables for php to read).....how do i get the combobox info to be read by the php as well........more >>

Hello there, I hope I am explaining this right...basically I want to animate each letter of a word the same way. To save time, is there a way to create an animation and apply it to each letter? Thanks ...more >>

Need assistance. I am creating a website for my company. I have no training and I am not very computer savy. The software my company owns is Frontpage. I have figured out how to insert a Flash movie into Frontpage but have run into a few problems when I publish the website. In ...more >>

Check this website out http://www.panasonic-europe.com/home.aspx If you scroll over product highlights, the menu drops down and you can browse. I know how to do this with a movie, but if the image is a button, how do you get the menu to stay down? In other words, "How did they do that?" ...more >>

The FLV's I produce are larger than the original .mov. If I am importing the movie into my Flash document rather than streaming it, wouldn't it make sense to import the smaller file? Also, after importing a 14mb video file Flash takes a really really long time to render my movie. I've go...more >>

I just recently purchased Flash MX 2004 for myself, and i have always been watching those little flash movies with the stick people fighting each other and stuff. Is there some special tool bar I can download that will help me with that stuff, or some guides that explains how to get started wi...more >>

Hi. Here is the situation. I have a mask GRAPHIC on a layer above the elements that I wish to mask. This part works. Inside of the mask GRAPHIC, I have another GRAPHIC, and the addition of another instance of that GRAPHIC every few frames on a new keyframe. It appears that the mask ...more >>

I have an application that dynamically loads MC. Each MC has its own .as file. How do I step through the code of the dynamically loaded MC while in debugger? Thanks in advance. BobK...more >>

Anyone point me in the direction of a vector graphic of a computer mouse? I saw a tutorial on creating one a couple of months ago, but can't find it now. Not fussy, as long as it's a vector graphic. Thanks. ...more >>

I have a game and when users click to play it from the main menu i want the program to first check a .txt file for SERIAL information.... If this isnt possible, are there any other ways to have a flash file outputted to exe be able to check for serials or some form of protection from easi...more >>

following the very interesting tutorial at http://www.layoutgalaxy.com/html/htmnewletter43-page1.htm I have created a nav bar at http://www.greenmanstudio.com/appi/appi2a.html it swaps an image when you hit one of the buttons. is it possible, in hitting the same button, to load an addi...more >>

Hi All, hoping someone here has some experience with this and can shed some light... I've made a couple of flash files (mx) and have set the framerate quite high - 31 fps. I've noticed that when viewing these movies in browsers, when I view it on netscape on my machine the movie runs smoo...more >>

I want to turn static text elements of Flash into hyperlinks. The text elements have a Verdana font, a fontsize of 9, are not smoothed (antialiasing deactivated). I do not use device fonts but the Flash fonts build into the swf. As long as the text elements are not associated with an URL ad...more >>

Hey everyone, I need some help with some basic script. All I want to do is fill a DataGrid component when a Button component is clicked. I want the DataGrid component to be seen with only column headings to begin with, but when the Button is pressed I want it to be filled with just a line of...more >>

I'm using flashMX2004 and I just did a little intro for a website...but it keeps looping. I only want it to play once. How do I set it to play once? thnx...more >>

I know I'm a little late..but can someone give me a brief overview of the differences between Flash 5 and Flash MX. I am not a scripter/programmer. So no need tell me about those just upgrade. Just the animation upgrades...are there many, or are most of the changes script based? ...more >>

I used Flash 2004 MX Pro now for some weeks and stumbled across something that looks like a bug to me. Whenever I open an object from the library, e.g. a movieclip, edit it and then test the scene by pressing CTRL ALT ENTER, everything appears shifted to the left side of the flash player ...more >>

I want to create an animation that will require multiple masks of a single image. I already know how to do one animated mask. The idea is to make this image look like it's being brushed in with multiple strokes. Initially the image is on the bottom layer with a layer mask that moves into pla...more >>

I've been searching for and attempting to have a small bar on a navigational link bar to follow the mouse movement. I think this is an actionscript control, an area that I am not strong in. Could someone please lead me in the right direction? Example: http://www.aimeekearsley.com/ Move you...more >>

Hi all! I'm currently studying vector graphics for PCs and for mobile phones. I found this example that Macromedia shows to tell how great flash is for mobile phones at http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/devices/articles/ynot_print.html but what they have to do to get it to work is to remove...more >>

How long does it usually take for Flash to export a movie. I know it probably changes based on how big the movie file is, but it's gone on for twelve hours and still hasn't finished. It's not even frozen, it's just taking forever. ...more >>

http://www.customrocknyc.com/content/main/index.php if you go to the above URL, you will see a simple mailing list form in the upper right corner. When the button is released, I would like a new target window to open. The problem is, the only TARGETs that work when I am writing the get...more >>

Ok I can't figure this out. My page shows the percent loaded in IE 6 but in Netscape 7 it will not show. But if you put the curser over the text box it will show. The preloader I am try to fix is the one where each section loads. I am using Flash MX 2004. http://www.mark-allen.us/flash.htm...more >>

Hi Everyone, Could you tell me how to pause music (So when the user pushes play, it will take it from where they paused it). Thanks! Best Regards, ...more >>

hi I have a content management system uploading either jpgs or swf files. Is there anyway of detecting the height and width of the swfs when outputting the page? because if i dont put any values for hieght and width, the movie goes to a default size, and the proportions are all out. Th...more >>

Hello, I need some major help with communication between two movies that have been loaded within another movie. Basically I have 2 movies (I'll call them A & B), and another container movie C, that displays A and B. I have a function in movie A that I need to cal from movie B. Doe...more >>

Hi All I have a movie with a background sound track and more subtle sounds on mouse over button. I want to create a simple background sound track on / off button. I have looked around for a tutorial but the main problem I have is they use linkage with 'export as first frame' - this I don'...more >>

I'm just curious if there's any functions or ways in Flash MX 2004 Pro to view the process names running on a users PC that's running a flash program? Such as if they're running 'Word.exe', I can fire off an event. I realize this is more along the lines of Visual Basic or C++ dev, but if i...more >>

I would like to have a quit routine which required one or two keys to be held down and then a certain point clicked on the screen. This would need to be active throughout the presentation. This would stop people inadvertently quitting the application. What would be the best approach? Thanks ...more >>

I have a flash interface with several movie clips, each acting as a window-style popup window. One of these pop up movie clips is an mp3 player-type interface. The clip loads behind the scenes when the swf file opens and begins streaming audio. If the user is interested in manipulating th...more >>

Hello all! My problem is that in my movie, i have this motion tween which it change the alpha percent, so it goes from tranparent, to 100% color, but I can't not see it when I play the movie, that is that while I'm in the movie, I can see it, buy when I publish it, you can not see the moti...more >>

I am running Mac OS X 10.3.4 on a 17" Powerbook with a gig of memory. I have had Macromedia Studio MX 2004 installed pretty much since it came out, and it has worked fine. Yesterday, when I tried to load flash (or dreamewaver, or fireworks) a pop up appeared that said the following: Flash Prof...more >>

I know that there is software that allows you to save or decompile an .swf from a website. Is there an equivilant for doing so with a quicktime video? ...more >>

Hi there, I know the answer to this is bleedingly obvious, but I keep coming up against walls. I would be really appreciative to anyone who could point out what I am doing wrong! I have three swf files in the library. They are large swfs (they were FLVs video files exported to swfs wi...more >>

http://www.customrocknyc.com/content/main/index.php If you go to the above url, you will see a mailing list form in the upper right corner. For some reason, the getURL screws up. when you click the subscribe button, the browser goes nowhere, and a fist icon replaces your mouse pointer. I h...more >>

Is there a way to increase the text size in the FlashMX2004 Help Pages? I am going blind trying to read the help files....more >>

Set Variable: "match_x" = GetProperty ("/match",_x) Set Variable: "match_y" = GetProperty ("/match",_y) Set Variable: "word_x" = GetProperty ("/word",_x) Set Variable: "word_y" = GetProperty ("/word",_y) Set Variable: "match_h" = GetProperty ("/match",_height)/2 Set Variable: "word_h" = Ge...more >>

I'd like to create a Flash movie that would play/stream a particular song. While that song is playing, my plan is to sync the lyrics of that song using text that will appear at the time they are sung... I have no idea how to do this, but plan on doing so anyway. Any ideas on where to s...more >>

Hi, my movie starts playing before the movie is loaded and I am growing tired of reading tutorials. I have spent hours upon hours reading these dang tutorials and I am tired. Help me please. I need a preloader for my movie that will show the user a loading screen as the movie loads. The...more >>

cannot figure out this simple flash...I just want to change the onrelease url...what is the correct format? I need it to be from my root directory...my path is /productions.aspx. Any thoughts? on(rollOver) { _root.position=_parent.b1._y; gotoAndPlay("s1"); } on(rollOut) { got...more >>

hi, How to include external HTML into my flash movie? thanks for help. best regards, edwin...more >>

Hi When ever I paint into a selection the lines around it always get kinda buggered. Is there a solution to this? Thanks for any help...more >>

Please see this picture (-: http://www.xboxworld.com.au/images/misc/flash_error.jpg The original image is part of a group of pics from a sliced banner put together in fireworks. The plan was to take out that section, import it into flash to make a small flash movie out of it. When the ima...more >>