Greetings Does anyone know how I can add padding, or spacing to the inside of the scroll pane? thanks...more >>

When i make a navigation bar in flash it looks amazing. click the link below to see how it looks when its in the .fla form in flash. http://www.lowgfxdesigns.com/image2.gif Some1 please help me....more >>

Whenever I publish flash files it never makes anything transparent. No matter what level I have the alpha at it is always 100% visable. Does anyone know whats wrong or how to fix it. Thanks in advance! ...more >>

If the client provided me with a video of a subject shot with a blue screen background, could the blue screen be taken out and replaced with a cartoon background ? I've heard that masks can be used. How is this done? Is it as tedious as it sounds. ...more >>

Hello everyone, I've been charged with creating a recruitment CD-ROM for the landscape arechitecture program than I'm enrolled in. The program director has made the decision to use CD-ROM format and would like the project to autorun when inserted into a PC. The information to be presente...more >>

How can I using the getURL action I guess get a page for example test.html to load in a Flash MX Window UI Component.Is there a way to do this .I need a mdi enviroment....more >>

Just a question. Does Flash have certain amount of music files it can use? I have only RealAudio (.ra) files. Can Flash use those?...more >>

I'm using FMX04 on XP. When I export my movie to player version 6, my image gets dithered. I've made sure all my setttings are the same. I'm using "Best" quality in my html. My compression settings in my library are set to lossless since I'm working with a gif I imported. The jpg slider is set...more >>

Hello: I'm having a problem with a preloader majigger. It goes away too quickly and I can't determine whether or not it loads properly... Can anyone tell me how to make it load for a long time to see if it works? I will attach my files along with this message Thanks in advance!!! ...more >>

i am using the default textarea and textinput components from Flash MX 2000. The problem is, they are being loaded into the first frame of all the movies I export, and adding about 45 kb to the filesize of that frame and the entire movie. This happens even if they are just sitting in the libra...more >>

I would like to create a website, like the ones you find for creating business cards etc online, that allow you to enter your name, address, tel no etc into predefined text boxes and an image or logo into a predefined area with the result being saved or printed to a file as a PDF/EPS/JPG etc u...more >>

Somehow my tool tips for items in my timeline window have gotten messed up. Either nothing shows, or it says "Layer Name". I have tried resetting to the default panel set, but that did not help. Is there something else I might be able to reset? Thanks Mathias ...more >>

i'm having an error using the default scrollpane component in flash mx. the error can be viewed at http://www.pigeonwire.com/petcassoportraits if you click on the buttons "FAQ" and "BIO" the first time, the loading .swf files don't scroll, and overlap the bottom bar. They look all messed u...more >>

Hi Everyone, I hope that this is an appropriate forum to post this question. I am trying to use the Flash ActiveX plugin in Visual Studio (specifically, C#). I downloaded the latest plugin, registered it successfully using RegSvr32, added it to the toolbox using Add/Remove Toolbox items....more >>

When I publish a movie in FlashMX 2004, I get a message saying: "Some characters could not be converted to outlines because an appropriate outline font is not available. These characters will disappear in the Flash Movie file. The characters that frailed will look jagged if you choose Antialia...more >>

Hi, I was given a free snazzy mp3 player by a guy named Mike from these forums. Well I uploaded the .swf, edited the .xml file, and expected it to work. But it isn't. In fact when I test it on my computer, the testing movie looks for the files stored on my local computer when in properties...more >>

hi guys, could u pls tell me which is the reliable site for searching flash jobs or freelance work. i am interested in doing freelance work also. but i couldnt find any reliable sites, could you guys please tell me which is the best way to search for a flash job(except hotjobs,monster,dice)....more >>

I have to do the same change to over 1000 (yes, a thousand!) Flash .fla files. Does Flash have a batch mode or a command-line which would enable me to automate this rather than having to use the user-interface over and over again? Thanks, Philip ...more >>

Probably a dumb question but here it goes: I have created some text (homepage) and made it a button symbol. In button edit mode i have changed the color of the text for OVER and DOWN and then drawn a large black rectangle in the hit area. The odd thing is when I'm testing the movie, it wor...more >>

Can I send an flash movie in a html mail? I´m a beginner :) ...more >>

Hi We habe to copy some dinamically created string from Flash MX movie into clipboard. We used function system.setClipboard() But it works only in FlashPlayer 7. We need it also under FlashPlayer6. Does any one know how to menage this? Any help will be appreciated Thanx in anvance Yuri...more >>

Hello I am having a problem about publishing images. I import the logos as GIF 256 (120 x 50px) and they look great at the stage. However, when I export the movie, some of the graphics get blurred in the SWF. I removed all decimals on X and Y and exported as 80 JPEG quality, but it still does...more >>

I am learning to build forms in Flash MX 2004 and send the form data to an ASP script which will e-mail the data to me. I've had great success with the ASP script and am receiving the e-mails just fine. Here's the problem. Let's take the Input Text Field as an example. If I build one fr...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get my Flash Quiz application to work with Docent LMS, by making my Flash application AICC (or SCORM) compliant. So far I have made my questions (by using the Quiz Application Template) and made them AICC compliant. I have then published my files as .swf and HTML with ...more >>

Hi, I have a graphic of a pie chart that I want to reveal as if it is drawing up out from the centre point round in a clockwise motion. I have tried various things with masks like rotating a square/circle and using shape tweens but I just can't get a nice, smooth circular sweep as if the ch...more >>

I was wondering if it is possible to import flash (swf) from a website. Could't somebody help me with this problem because I now nothing about it....more >>

I used to use a single-cell table to center a Flash movie in a browser window. Is this still a good method, or is there a newer/better method (perhaps CSS?) to accomplish this? Thanks, Robbie ...more >>

Hello Group, I made two movies, one load the other movie. The load movie have a method. So I don't know how call this method from the principal movie. MovieA (Principal) --(loadMovie)--> MovieB [Method1] How I can call Method1 from MovieA? Thanks, and I'm sorry for my English. ...more >>

Hi, is there a way to animate the drawing of a curly line? i.e. if I want to animate my signature being drawn... The only solution we've come up with, is masking the line step by step, but we're looking for an easier and smoother way. Eric ...more >>

Can't load some characters from XML file (?, ?, ?) Hiii, i'm a new developer and designer in flash. I make a web for practice in flash MX 2004, I use the XML connnector for read a XML file with some data, then load in diferents components like TextArea, Label or ComboBox. My web is in span...more >>

MX 2004 I am setting the alpha on a button with the script below. The button has a shape and text. The shape goes away, but the text does not. Why? this.btnMusicOn._alpha = 0; ...more >>

I am currently trying to distribute a flash app to 2000 users and I am getting a problem with the display on certain machines. Basically, at the point of tweening the app is jerky and slow on about a third of the machines. Is this the video card, graphics card or something else?? Thanks ...more >>

First of all, I would like to appologize on my non-gramatical english /it's not my native language, but I'll do my best :) Second - Hi all Third - HELP! Ok, this is my problem. I'm making flash website (nothing new), but I have following problem: - my preloader is at the beginning o...more >>

I have download w3d file in .rar compressionair. Use Winrar to extract but he not open. What is W3D? What is SFV? ...more >>

Does anyone know of a good tutorial somewhere to make a preloader with a loading bar? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ...more >>

Can Flash read an OpenType font? Specifically, I need to use Myriad Pro font family and before I buy the font, I'd like to know if anyone has successfully used OpenType fonts with Flash. To further complicate things I'm on Windows. But I imagine many of you Mac users have this font family and...more >>

Greetings I am testing out the new web service features of Flash but cannot get it to work. All I have is one text field for Name, and another for Content. The webservice has been created (vb.net) and is working good. I've got the wsdl in Flash - all good there. I'm using the w...more >>

Actionscript 2.0 : Why is this ? I?ve been very happy with Flash MX, and decided to tryout Flash MX Professional 2004, after learning about the wonderful host of features in MX Pro 2004. Much to my dismay, I found out that I?m UNABLE to script in Normal Mode anymore! Could anyone reas...more >>

Hi, I want to learn how to pan/scroll through a clip like this site ( http://www.punisherthemovie.com/ ) I want to be able to create an environment bigger than the screen and have visitors pan through to access other content. If anyone knows where I can find a tutorial on this or h...more >>