This is the third day I am having problems with Macromedia Flash 7. It is other sites and also this site..tried to run the test on this site and it will not load. This is the same problem I am having with other sites while using Macromedia Flash. Help! Just came from a very busy discussion boa...more >>

HI! My question is this...I'm doing a movie in Flash, but I've made a small text movie (kind like from alpha 0 to alpha 100), and I justo want to show that text after a buton is pressed!!! I've tried lots of things but it still don't work!!! please help...I'm doing a college job and I need...more >>

Please review the following article: http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.asp?p=170179&seqNum=2 When I try and do step 4 where it says to make the compressor Sorensen Video 3, I am not given that option. This even after I have upgraded the Flash Video Exporter. Anyone else having t...more >>

That has alot of flash in it. So far so good but need to edit a menu and having a hard time. Do not have the .fla file just the .swf file. Tried an import and no luck on the edit. Any help? Also in notes there are 2 files named menu.swf.mno what are these? Thanks in advance Alton ...more >>

When I choose Window/Other Panels/Common Libraries/Buttons, nothing happens. All the other common libraries open up as new panels. It used to work for me but now all of a sudden it doesn't open any more. Any ideas what's going on? I have verified that the "buttons.fla" file does exist and have...more >>

Hi! I'm curious to know what new features will be in Macromedia Flash MX 2005...Version 8 or whatever they will call it. If anyone here is in that department or works for MM would you mind posting the new features? Thanks! ...more >>

If I import an aiff sound file (does not matter if it a wav) into flash. Then set the sound file to stream. It plays fine on a mac. When I use a window computer there is a clicking sound as the audio file plays. Does not matter if there is a graphic, or anything else playing in the flash. ...more >>

ok i have 2 questions: 1# i have a text area and i have multiple things in there and i want each sentence to be a hyperlink to a different site but i need them all in one text area as it is scrolling text how can i make individual hyperlinks for the individual text in the one text area? ...more >>

I'm using Flash MX Pro 2004 and I just can't get a link to work. I'm using: on (release) { getURL("http://www.kallistos.co.uk/necklaces.htm", "_blank"); } It works in the preview, but won't work when I upload it! Please help! I also don't want it to open a new page, I want it to load ...more >>

Hey all... I've imported a .mov file onto the stage with audio and video onto Flash MX Pro 2004 and am trying to time some "flash cards" to appear in time with the audio and video, but don't know how to do this without viewing the timeline so I can cue it accordingly. When I open the...more >>

Does anyone know of a "standard" or guideline, or have experience, on how many hours it takes to develop each minute of a Flash movie illustrating how to use software? For example, it takes between X and Y hours to create each minute of such a Flash movie. Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, I am wondering if there is a way to preview movieclips from the library on the Timeline. I know that I can double click them on the timeline and preview them individually, but I need to live preview them on the Main Scene, in order to adjust other aspects of the movie in relationship to ...more >>

This has got to be an easy question. I've created my first flash item, but it loops when saved as a swf file. How can I stop it from looping such that when it is finished playing, it just stops on the last frame? Thanks! Norm ...more >>

I'm loading a swf file to another level in flash. I'm looking for a way to "disable" the lower levels of flash while it is open. I've seen this done on other sites. When you close the top level you then click the lower level again to re-activate it. Thanks for any help. ...more >>

I've developed a Central/Flash editor for the Palm OS. It's a good way to organize your Central projects....the Central application is on the way! Hope you enjoy the app! Carlos Eduardo. cadu-rio@ibest.com.br Application Description: Flash Machine 2004 is a Smart List / Tiny Byte ...more >>

I created a photoalbum with ten pictures. Now i want to change the pictures for the next photoalbums. What's the quickest way te do so? Is there a way simply to replace the jpgs in the library?...more >>

Hello, Quick question: I have a flash file from a website template I am changing the generic name to the company name. I downloaded the free trial of flash mx to see if I could do this myself. Looked pretty easy to just change some dynamic text. I changed the text I needed, and it looks f...more >>

I am an artist working on a sound piece. I am using Flash because it is a continuously running sound piece, and I am using actionscript (setInterval) to trigger the sounds, and when each one is played. I have a Digi 001 sound card which has 8 outputs. I'd really like to use all 8 outputs bu...more >>

Does anyone know how to action script a movie to play one of five or six other movie clips at random? An example would be an eight ball that shows one of eight random answers each time you turn it over. Thanks, KB ...more >>

Hi I have a ball which I want to rotate progressivly in the direction of the arrow key being held down. How can I do this? Thanks for any help...more >>

I hope i have described the problem in a pleasant way in the subject line. Maybe you could have a look to www.kunsthaus.graz.at There they use (on the first page) some flash-movie as a background which resizes with the browser window. but in a level above this background movie ther is some tex...more >>

I'm having the most difficult time creating a QuickTime movie from a flash file for use in a Digital Video Project - No matter what I do or how I export or publish my movie IT NEVER makes it to it's destination properly. The file was created by somene who knows how to use flash, but unfortunat...more >>

I'm just learning flash. I've made a great flash button with a neat mouse over effect, but can't figure out how to make the button link to a new web page when it is clicked. Seems like as soon as the button loads it flips to a new page, but I want the button only to link once the user clicks o...more >>

I'm looking for a good tutorial on how to build the loading stage of a moive and give feedback on the progress of the movie loading.... "progress bar"... etc...more >>

I'm using flash 5 and I created a .fla movie. I went into command and unchecked the loop feature. Then I exported it to My Documents and opened it in dreamweaver 4. The problem is that it loops. How can I stop it from looping. I assume I have to do that before the exporting, but I don'...more >>

I wand to export a 'slide show' kind of presentation from corel draw in terms of each Corel draw each page converts to single slide. However Corel Draw seems to export only the current page- i.e. a single page frame as swf page instead of an animation. Is there any way to get it exported in th...more >>

Hello to everyone, I'm a mid-level newbie in flash, I've never created a drop down menu in flash and I've looked all over the place for tutorials and really haven't found anything that explains it to me. If any could help me out i would greatly appreciate it. ...more >>

Hi, All i wanna draw a very long line in a movie clip, and try to use scrollPane to show them up, but there is something happenning, when the line length longer than 8000px the line can't appear correctely. so i want to konw if there is any limitation of max contents size of scrollPa...more >>

ok PLEASE ONCE again i am begging you people, im leaving tommorow and have a whole project to make in multilanguage. how can i make it so it also changes the dynamic texts in buttons and movie clips too? please reply thanx in advance ...more >>

I just finished a project and It won't let me save and compact! It got really frustrating so i came here for help....more >>