Howdy - quick question. I've got a little Flash game that sits in a much larger page. The game uses the Arrow keys but the up and down arrows end up scrolling the whole page. How do I fix that? Is that something controlled by the html wrapped around the object or is it a property of the ga...more >>

I have a slide show movie with 29 photos in it. Photos aren't too big. The whole package w/o sound is about 1,500K. My problems started when I tried to add a sound track. I imported an MP3 and brought it to the stage, set for streaming. When I move the play head in the design view I can hea...more >>

Can urami_ provide a way to contact "she and her"? Please e-mail. configure the e-mail with the user name. Thanks ...more >>

How can I know that the sound has been finished playing through action script? I am loading external mp3. Thanks ...more >>

Greetings, I have used Flash 5 to design a small site and have used the publish feature to generate an HTML file. I've uploaded the HTML file to my host,but for some reason the page will not load. There are no problems with my server and my dns settings are pointing to them.My hosting comp...more >>

what is the best way to do this: i have a moive clip which fly onto the page - i then want it to become a button - i want the rollover state of the button to be a movie clip too. i'm talking about the photos in the middle of this page www.wilburontheweb.co.uk/reel should copy and paste th...more >>

File looks and syncs fine in Flash. After exporting as quicktime and writing to a cd, sound plays sometimes and not others and does not sync the same during each subsequent playing. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, TJ ...more >>

Good afternoon! I am testing out MX 2004, and I have a weird issue. I've created three layers of 'clouds' -- they are photoshop documents imported via quicktime, and have alpha transparency features at certain levels. There is a gradient on the background with text symbols in the middle (cre...more >>

I have a dynamic text box that scrolls. I dropped in formated text using the expert mode and I can link out to web pages using: <a href='mylink.html'>link text</a> However, what I want to do is link certain words in that text box back to another frame within my movie. Just like you do with...more >>

Is there a cookie that see if a page has been viewed earlier that day so the music doesn't play? I have a header with music and annimation that I'm sure users don't want to see everytime they open up the Intranet's home page. If someone can direct me in the right direction, I would be apprec...more >>

I'm trying to write a function like: function (set_Which_Mc_Will_Play) { _root.navig.mc[myVar].play(); } where "myVar" is a variable. I have 20 MCs, with instance names mc1, mc2, etc. So the variable should complete the mc name by adding the appropriate number after it. In my imaginati...more >>

I placed a flash animation on the home page of this site, and the pop-out menus created in Dreamweaver MX show up behind the flash file. How can I get it so that the pop-out menu shows on top of the flash file? http://www.landproservices.com the button for "what to know about the putting g...more >>

Is there a way to link to a specific frame in a .swf file from a .htm page? Please help!...more >>

I'm working on a few different flash pieces and I seem to be running into the same problem. Here's the situation, I've created a flash movie that makes use of text and image. the text is generated in Flash and then converted to a symbol. The symbol is called for at sometime and the alpha ch...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if there is anyway to use Java functions within Flash. I would like to take advantage of some already written Java algorithms and just use it within Flash. Is this at all possible? Thanks ...more >>

I'd like to create a Flash application that can create a PDF file, either served directly to a new browser or available as a file download. Is there any way to accomplish this? Dave...more >>

i am doing contract work for a company that wants to use flash to distribute their online video. these are their requirements: 1. they want the video embedded into the swf file 2. they want the .swf file to stream, not the video. this is so the file cannot be saved to the hard drive 3...more >>

Howdy - I've got a little Flash game that sits in a large html page - large enough to require scrollbars. The game uses the Arrow keys to control a vehicle but the up and down arrows end up scrolling the whole page in addition to moving the vehicle around. How do I fix that? I somehow didn't ...more >>

Do you/ I need a separate NetStream object for each EmbeddedVideo Object? I will be creating them on the fly with a series of clips where I have an xml file which just lists the .flv names and their lengths. My idea is to have a default bufferTime and have each one cache to the client to t...more >>

I have a screen based presentation (using slides) and transitions I have completed the basic layout and structure and it works great - But now whenever i convert a graphic on one of the transition-ing slides to a movie clip, that slide becomes visible during playback and loses its transit...more >>

Hi, I have exported a flash movie into an html document. However, my animation keeps looping. How do I specify it to play once, then advance to the next webpage? Here' s my code: <!-- URL's used in the movie--> <!-- text used in the movie--> <!--Business Expansion Acquisiti...more >>

Hi all, I have created a couple of websites and although functional they are not as professional as I'd like. I also dont want to pay through the nose and I like learning about webdesign so with somebodies help I'd like to do it myself. The websites for reference are www.blairevents.co.u...more >>

Hi folks I know it´s a very basic question...but... I did a 15px rounded rectangle (4pt) with stroke (1) button. It looks great zoomed 200% up, but looks distorted when I export the movie. Anybody knows how to solve it? Thanks in advance Gustavo Ribas --- Outgoing mail is certified Vir...more >>

Is it possible? How? ...more >>

This must be a very commonly asked question, but I have not found a solution in the posts in this forum. I just added music to a Dreamweaver site using Flash via a 1x1 pixel file so that it plays automatically and will be invisible. My client is asking for a small music player/jukebox to be a...more >>

ok, ive been using flash for 3 years now and never have i had this problem. All Im trying to do is place text rotated -90deg. However it will not show up in preview or swf. Originaly i was using a default replacement font, but i have changed it out and still nothing. weird for me any ...more >>

Is there anywhere on macromedia site or the web, where i can download flash buttons... e.g. like the macromedia ones at top of page? thanks cav...more >>

I made a movie clip that I wanted to use in my main movie. I imported i into my main movie, but it does not keep any of the same settings as fa as frames per second nor action script settings... Is there a way I ca keep settings... Also I don't know how to play a movie clip once an stop it from ...more >>

I have set my publish settings to publish a Macintosh Projector file, a Windows Projector File, and a SWF file. All are publishing except the Macintosh Projector. I have checked all my settings and everything appears to be okay....can somebody help me? I'm afraid I have something set wrong. ...more >>

Should be easy, but I can't get it to go. I want to download a PDF file from my server when a user clicks on a button. I wrote this code: my_btn.onRelease = function() { getURL ("my_file.pdf"); } The pdf file is located in the same folder as the swf files. All this does is direc...more >>

I'm new to Flash, so I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but could use some help. In a new layer, I've created a text object with text, and converted it to a symbol. Then I created a motion tween, changing the alpha setting of the symbol in the last frame, to fade out. When I move th...more >>

Hello all, I've got a question. I've seen sites that allow you to "draw" on a "canvas" in Flash, then you can save that file as a graphic to your computer. I'm looking to do something similar. I will be creating a graph, using the drawing API. I want to allow people the option to save t...more >>

I DLed the trial version then eventually put in a serial number. In the components section I noticed I am missing certain things like scroll bar. in the drop down menus i dont have all choices the tutorial guy does and have to use the shortcut keys (ctrl + shft + O or sumthing) but cannot find...more >>

hello, i would like to know, if possible, how to make an alert message, the kind that appears after a few seconds with the mouse pointer on a hyperlink. in HTML code all you need to do is write <.... alert="the alert"> on the hyperlink code line, in flash this doesn't seam to work... i...more >>

Hi, I have machines that are locked down using active directory so that they can basically only run the applications that we allow them to. One of the apps is a training website created using Flash 5 I beleive, I have Flash 6 on the machines, but it seems that when the machines try to access t...more >>

Hello, I am using the standard behavior in MX04 to load an external MP3 file. how can I set the volume? thanks Mic...more >>

Can Flash export individual scenes to separate swf files? I'd like to create one Fla file with all the content than multiple fla files for each swf. Thanks, Dave ...more >>

Is there a component or script for MX 2003 that will make the mousewheel work in a scrollpane when viewing the swf?...more >>

Please help, 1. Can I apply the roll-over effect to any object? 2. This may sound odd but in theory, what Actionscript would I write to apply a roll-over - jump to frame, roll-off jump to frame. Could I apply the Actionscript to an image i.e roll-over object jump to frame, roll-out of ...more >>

Hello, I posted this subject about 4 times in other forums but no-one solved my problem, i am really confused about this. When i test the flash movie, everything works perfectly(ctrl+enter). Images load perfectly, etc,etc. But when i transfered the files to Dreamweaver project, the images in...more >>

I have a site coming up that I have to make that requires it to be usable by the blind. I have looked in to it and there is a program called JAWS that reads the web site to them. That is about all the information I could find. I was wondering if any one had any more info about how to build a s...more >>

There is a complex application of what I'm trying to do with this basic technique, however my simplified attempt to get this code to work defies what I thought Flash was about. SO... I have a blank stage. 1. I place a rectangle Movieclip on the stage and give it the instance name "t...more >>

Does anyone know how i could implement a browse button in my swf movie to read through the drives on a local pc and let the user select an mp3 file. I would like to retrieve the directory of the file and then play it in the movie. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi everyone! I am building a presentation for a cd in flash and I have a small problem that I haven't been able to figure out how to solve. It's probably a rather simple thing. I need to send out an email in a contacts page but the usual method doesn't seem to work if the swf movie isn't runn...more >>

when publishing a full screen exe is it possible to disable the keyboard escape key. The exe will be running publicly on various screens and I want to make sure no one accidently presses any buttons that will stop or hinder the presentation. ...more >>

Flash has the strange behavior to shift part of an imported PNG-file a pixel in the compilated movie. I've read a lot of tricks (alligning/tranparant border, alpha 99%, etc.), but this does not always help. Is it so strange to expect from flash that it show the PNG in the movie the same ...more >>

I might be able to complete the message without posting! I have created a series of .swf files that my main movie calls. I have moved all of these files into a folder called resources, when I open the .swf file from this folder they work. I have then created a opening file that greets the ...more >>

I have created a series of .swf files that my main movie calls. I have moved all of these files into a folder called resources, when I open the .swf file from this folder they work. I have then created a opening filoe that greets the user and stored this at the same level as the folder calle...more >>

hello, in flash mx was it possible to browse the helpfile via browser .. is there also an html version of flash mx 2004 helpfile for download somewhere? .. - XT...more >>

Im new at flash, and building my first animation, but i cant quite get the "tween hints" to line up just right, and turn green and yellow, i got one to work, but it was in the wrong spots. does anyone know of an easy way to get them to line up, or maybe why they won't?? ...more >>

This might actually be a problem with Internet Explorer, but I'm not sure. Whenever I load up a page with a flash program in it, the flash program will load normally, and then two seconds later, or if i click anywhere before then, it will REload exactly the same over the top of the first p...more >>

22/06/04 09:56 Some body knows how can I make a 3d menu horizontal scrollbar?. I want to give an effect like a 3d in my Menu. Is just like a playing with the Mouse to make a horizontal scroll and then you make that your pictures looks like in a 3d space. Some can send a file example?. So...more >>

how do I create a gradient mask (not dynamically)? ...more >>

with the reference of previous post. I am trying to use mouse trailer in the htm page. I could not success. it is not working properly. How can use mouse trailer in the htm page it should display properly whole page ? How can do transparent the mous trailer document that it work full ...more >>

Hi, I am developing a slide show of a series of images overlaying a bed of music using MX 2004's Flash Slide Presentation. Everything works the first time. Here's the problem - the audio doesnt play after the first run, even though the video continues to loop. How do I get my audio to loo...more >>

I just built a little aplication that has a lot going on in it. I used two components - the textArea component and the comboBox component. However, a curious thing happens when the listener for the combobox is invoked. This only happend AFTER a change event is broadcast: What happens is...more >>

Could anyone gimme the definition of "MX" please? Thanks :)...more >>

Trying to develop a CD using Flash MX 2004 and there are the usual amount of problems. I want to open some external .swf files from the CD but can't figure out how to do that. I use a movie clip as a menu so that makes it harder. Any suggestions? Ob...more >>

When I put a flash movie in a table with an imagemap in it the imagemap no longer works. The image appears but the hot spots are no longer clickable. This is driving me crazy. Anyone have any idea what would cause this problem. I am using the <embed> tag to put the flash movie (banner) in a...more >>

Creating text inside a graphic to be used in Dreamweaver web page My problem is to create clear text not fussy or blurring text that is in aFlash graphic that I exported from a png file to a gif file and put into my web page. Look at the Micromedia web pages they use ?graphic panels? wit...more >>

I'm very new to Flash, but I have experience developing applications and dynamic web pages. Can Flash connect to an Oracle database? If so, can you provide example code....more >>

Hi, I am looking to see if anyone knows where i can get a flash introduction that is the same as the old movie intro of where it counted down 3 to 2 to 1 while going around in a circle. Its hard to explain, it used to be at the start of old black and white movies. Rather than making it m...more >>

hi guys is there a way to publish a file that will stay on top of other windows/applications . . . . thanks for your time andy...more >>

Hi Gang! This is my first time posting to the Flash Fourm and I am still learning flash so be gentle :) Anyone have advice on how to create object tours without using QTVR? I really would like to do it in flash so it has the same look and feel as the rest of my website. Thanks in advance...more >>

I have created a simple flash file, when I view it in flash the images I have used look fine, when I publish them at best quality and then view the html and ..swf files they look okay, but when I place them into a Dreamweaver project and test the page the images look awful, kind of how they wo...more >>