hi i've created a site, and on the site for each section i load an external swf to save load time. one of the swf's doesn't quite do what its supposed to do when loaded in the site. it works fine if you open it separetly. the external swf is this ---- http://www.njam.pwp.blueyonder....more >>

I have Flash 5, am considering upgrading to Flash 2004. What tools are involved to put Flash movies on my website? Do I need any special software/server tools, other than Flash, so people can download Flash movies from my site? Thanks, Kayakfisher ...more >>

I have a new Dell laptop with a hi-res display. The text charactors in the Flash MX palettes are unreadable. I've changed the dpi, display width and height, etc. and the palette still appears unreadable. Has anyone figured out this problem? ...more >>

Two things 1. Check out how the drop down menus allow you to scroll by just moving your mouse. They're using a mask, but how does it continually cycle. Is there a place where i can find a tutorial on this? 2. How, on the preloader, do they get the preloader bar to use some kind of ...more >>

I herd that it is easy to create a loading image. What I mean is a bar that gradually grows while the files are loading to show user the progress of the loading. If it is easy please help, I'm farley new with flash. Thx John ...more >>

Because this doesn't work: myBox.textField.selectable = false Thank you very much, anyone!!!!...more >>

I have a flash (Shockwave Flash Object) that I want to open in flash 5 and modify. When I open it right now it only plays the flash movie and does not open it in the flash 5 program so that I can modify it and then save it. How can I do this? Regards, MAUIWH@AOL.COM ...more >>

I?ve tried everything and I desperately need some help with my preloader. It?s a simple preloader about ten frames long with a simple loading animation and a display of the percentage complete. The problem is that it?s constantly loading the entire movie (about 300 frames) when I just want i...more >>

I am looking for some flash movies that I can import and tear apart so I can get a better understanding of how they work. Is there some sort of source for this, and is there anyway to import a flash movie from a 3rd party website to do the same? Thanks. ...more >>

I can morph two images created in flash, but I'm having problems morphing images that I import. All I get is a dotted line and two keyframes. Please help I'm new. Thx, John ...more >>

Any estimates published by anyone? Got a link? Thanks. -d ...more >>

I have been testing a new project, and I would like it to load the latest version each time. I do not want my testers to have to empty their browser cache each time I put out an updated version. I tried the meta tag below, and that did not seem to do it META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT...more >>

I'm attempting to use the 'multiple choice' learning interaction in flash MX 2004 movie. I followed all of the instructions associated with the component, and when I run the movie, all I see is the question text, blank text areas where the answers are supposed to be, no checkboxes, and no contin...more >>

Hello, I am integrating a very simple swf in a page with dynamic menus on the top of the page. The problem is when I want them to expand they go under the swf..... Does anyone have an idea...?...more >>

My fla is 448 KB and my swf (67 KB) takes a good 10 minutes to publish or export. I've published and exported larger swf's before (on a different computer, previous company, etc) and never experienced such a delay. Could my computer system be lacking something? What would cause this ineffic...more >>

Hi all I'm new to the FLV thing, so I wanted to pose this question. Is it possible to take an existing SWF file and either convert it to or republish it as an FLV? So it can be streamed like a video, rather than loading about 2Mb of content, then playing. And do I need video editing so...more >>

What is the maximum document size for Flash? Also, I am running out of space on my canvas, how can I get more a viewable area in my flash documents? thx...more >>

Hello there Is there an easy way of controlling a 2 frame movie clip so that when the mouse is moving frame 1 displays and when the mouse is stationary frame 2 displays? I can't seem to do it (but then I don't claim to be much cop at this game!) Cheers ...more >>

Hi there, I encoutered an issue installing the Flash player on my computer... I've got Windows NT 4.0 and IE 5.0. When looking at the system requirements, I saw that this could be problematic when trying to install Flash Player 7. Obviously, I cannot find an older version of the player tha...more >>

HELP! In IE6, the Flash is coming up fine, but in Mozilla and Opera, it's not obeying the size constraints, this making the page wider! I've Googled for an answer, but nothing... Opera 7.51, Mozilla 1.7 I did find this tip: ------------------------------------------ throw this div tage ar...more >>

I usually use Authorware and my current project seems intent on my expanding my horizons. It seems to be taking me towards Flash but it's a little hard to tell. Would appreciate hearing if I'm making my life unduly hard on this one. I need to build a spinner. In the background is a circle t...more >>

I have found an amazing Real Estate Flash Map at www.USFlashMap.com ? does anyone have experience working with this sort of software ? looks very convincing and affordable. What I like is their Flash animation and load speed. Of course I am not a flash developer bud still ? please let me know ...more >>

Hi, does anyone know if you can do this? All the flash components on the website are published using flash 5, however when you access the site running flash player 5 it asks you whether you want to install flashplayer7. Is there any code or function that would stop this from happening? ...more >>

I have a clip in my library that I want to show through attachmovie. It shows when it is published but not when I try "Test Movie". the code in first frame is: attachmovie ("mcBall","mcBall1",1); where mcBall is the "Export for actionscript" name in the library. Am I missing something? ...more >>

I read somewhere that we can put swf movie on desktop, can anyone give me an idea ? iam using windows 2000 thanks...more >>

I have been having a very hard time getting a site I have been making for a friend to work. When I export the movie and put it on their companies website it will sometimes load fine, and other times it will hang. Right now I have the same .swf file on two websites, one works fine and the othe...more >>

hi all, i have a client who wanted me something caleed FLASH SHOWREEL...but i lost the project just cos i dont know what is it...??? will you guys please give me little detail of it..??..it would be a great help... Thanks in advance Tanvi ...more >>

I have a file on mpeg, i tried to import it, and it importaed fine, but the sound vanished. I treid importing the same file as a .wmv and the same problem occured. Is there a way to import the sound, or do I have to convert the file to a different format? I have a video converter, so that woul...more >>

Hi I want to create a movie which contains a an external movie from the outset and then on a click of a button you can view a series of external movies, I can figure out how to do the swapping procedure but I can't figure out how to load the first external movie from the outset, any Ideas? ...more >>

I have a text element with three pages worth (in Microsoft Word) of text. I have the properties set to "Dynamic Text" and "Multiline" and I also have the "Render Text as HTML" button pushed. How do I underline something though??? WTH wouldn't Macromedia include UNDERLINE?!? Thanks in ad...more >>

can somebody tell me what is the difference between Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX 2004 Professional. Whic one should i buy as a beginner.....more >>

Is there a way to have a multiple projector file styled flash project? And what I mean by that is this... I'm helping a friend with his "book" which he is going to be putting to CD. The user will put the CD in their computer, then the menu flash will auto-run. From there the user can c...more >>

I have a website rosesnhugs.com. I bought flash last week. I paid a guy to make the site and then he handed me a disk and dissappeared. So I need to learn everything. I can ftp the file. But as you can see, the page is small. How do you get the page to show bigger? How do I stop the cl...more >>

greeting to all the gurus, i have a problem in flash, this is what i try to achieve, i have a set of buttons on my swf and i want whenever a user click a button, the button will change to a different state indicate that it has been visited or clicked ie. whenever the button is click(visited) t...more >>

Somebody else must have run into this problem before. I'm using a textField to display a small page of HTML. I found that some of my images would not display. Example: myTextField.htmlText = '<img src="photos/DSCN1432.JPG" align="right">this is some text'; After ALOT of trial and ...more >>

ok i am doing a site and i know how to scroll text but is there anyway i can set something up so i can put pictures in some kind of boxed area and make that scroll???...more >>

I'm trying to import some bitmaps into my Flash movie. I would like to give them drop shadows. Is this possible? Look at http://www.24-7media.de/ These people are awesome! Look at the drop shadow on that fly! How is that done? ...more >>

Ok, I'm a bit of a n00b at marcromedia, ok, I'm a REAL n00b at this. Anyways, I downloaded FlashMX 2004 profesional, which was prolly a mistake, but I presumed that professional meant better. Anyways, I downloaded it (a grueling 7 hour download period) and I installed it, but it said that it...more >>

I am making a movie, and there is and arrow that goes across the screen. I want it to where when it gets to the other side of the screen, it has completely faded out. (Alpha fade is down to zero) Could someone help me fix this, it looks terrible when it just goes to the end and then disappears...more >>