I am building a standalone windows application that displays a flash movie windowslessly (like IceProjector/mProjector). The application uses the flash activex control (version 7). I use the alpha channel painted by the flash control to display the movie on a layered window (WS_EX_LAYERED). Ever...more >>

Macromedia, Are there any plans to provide a patch to MX 2004 that brings back "Normal" Actionscript mode? I've been expecting this for a while, especially given the number of users complaining about its absence. You'll make your customers really really happy.... ...more >>

Can someone please tell me how I can have several UNIQUE drag and drop interactions in the same quiz? Here's what I'm doing: - create new quiz from template - select the same frame in every layer (actions/title/interactions/controls/background) - insert frame - select the new frame...more >>

now my next question would be.. if that person does not fill in the black after it has been cleared.. and he clicks elsewhere.. how do i write that conditional statement to check to see if its blank.. and if so.. then add back the instructions into the line.. ie.. the 'name' field will say.. ...more >>

I am using Flash MX in Windows and I would like to launch an external EXE when a user presses a button... is this possible? Is it possible to wrap a flash SWF with a standalone EXE so that someone can run it directly? Any help is appreciated, thanks. B ...more >>

I have created a Flash slide presentation in Flash MX 2004. It has audio (in ..mp3 format) and video (in .flv format) externally linked using media components from the same folder. My presentation plays flawlessly within the Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 environment, but does not when...more >>

Hi, I have a .swf which has a 3 minute audio voice track. How can I make sure the user sees the preloader , it appears as though flash loads any audio prior to loading anything else. any thoughts Draven ...more >>

Hi, I have made a form with flash MX 2004 (professional). I just find that some users (about 25%) who use my form on my web site dont see anything in my combobox (nothing to select) and dont see the text with the check box. I use the ui components that was included in Flash MX2004, and m...more >>

When using a non stand font on a site, it won't appear on people comps which hasn't installed this font (i.e. Alba font). Is there a way of scripting to have it appear on everyone's comp that views it... i.e have it on the website???? Sorry didn't know how to word it!!! many thanks ...more >>

Please view the screenshot below and let me know if you've seen this before... and how to fix! http://www.unc.edu/~m1ke/test/imageProblems.jpg a = image targeted directly with browser b = image in preview from local harddrive c = image uploaded to new test directory and viewed with bro...more >>

I am developing a basic shooting game where the sight on the gun is the reference point used for a mouse click. I have that working well. But when I add some keyframes with motion tweens between the frames, my reference point no longer works until it lands on the next keyframe. I want the g...more >>

I have created a movie that is comprised of two buttons. I want the buttons to take you to a new scene when clicked...this is the problem. Here is the URL so you can take a look: http://kstc45.com/miscellaneous/bpage/index.cfm?page=miscellaneous/bpage&k=ec&sk =test I can send the FLA file a...more >>

Hi, not quite sure if this is possible, but if so, how can i read variables into flash that are passed from a php-page? I have two pages: 'start.php', which links to 'final.php' through a text link like so: <a href="final.php?var1=sometexthere&var2=somemoretext">goto next page</a> On ...more >>

This is something obvious, I'm sure, but... Main Flash file is 'control' In control is a SWF named 'content.swf' loaded into a movie clip named named 'content_mc" I need to create a button in 'control' that stops and starts the SWF in 'content_mc' I've been away from Flash for a yea...more >>

i have created a flash movie www.fugucreations.com now i use double broadband speed, so the loading time for this page is instant, but, dial up users have to wait for the whole movie to load before it starts off and plays. (there is music) how can i insert a loading bar into the movie so peo...more >>

I need to reposition my animation on the stage. I tried to select multiple key frames and drug the object but it affects only current key frame. What should I do?...more >>

I have created Flash MX2004 ads. The production group that places the ads in Dart can not do so because something is wrong with the actionscript. I am using the same actionscript I used previously in MX on (release) { getURL(clickTAG, "_blank"); } But in MX2004 there is no variables wind...more >>

Hi everibody!! i'm an aprentice in flash, i've quite no idea about action script and i ask you help cos i'd like to build an animated gif of a flag waving whith the wind but looks very hard to do.... I even saw that most of this gif 's look like made by corel or programs like that and when i t...more >>

how to edit the list box so that instead of clicking it to scroll down, i can actually rollover to allow it to scroll down. thank for your help...more >>

Hi people, I have built a cd-rom that will be distributed to studios around europe. The individual studios would like to make individual ammends to some quotes that appear on the cd-rom. These quotes are within a xml file, and I'm a bit worried that they will struggle to...more >>

Hello again all! I have a site that has a couple of movie elements and one of them is displaying perfectly. The other...I'm hearing reports...is not. The problem is, I can't recreate the problem. Every machine I am looking at it on displays it fine, the lady who is complaining says she has ...more >>

(Flash MX 2004 Pro) I'm looking to set up more than one music (.mp3) file to play with the one MediaPlayback. How would I go about doing that? Thanks for any help! p.s. I did a search and found a post but did not help at all... ...more >>

My organization has decided to build the next version of our product's user interface using Flash instead of Visual C++. We have a graphic designer and several developers who understand the basics of Flash and Actionscript. Are there any resources, books, tutorials, etc. that can guide us in b...more >>

Can anyone help me with the following I have a text field where users type in the location of an mp3. Then when the play button is released the song plays. What i would like to do is have a browse button next to the text field and once pressed open up the standard Windows load file box. Th...more >>

Applogies if this has been covered before and yes I know this could be seen as the wrong group but I'm guessing someone has got the answer to this here. I'm trying to get a flash movie to dynamicaly say something. The text string will be pulled from a database converted into MP3 and loaded ...more >>

I have this code in a frame of my main timeline. There is a mc with the linkage name of PopUp in the library. The movie appears, but it does not ease out. Anyone know what might be wrong? stop(); attachMovie("PopUp", "PopUp1", 5); PopUp1._x = 200; PopUp1._y = 0; tweenIt = new mx.transi...more >>

I have two movie clips so far that I want to play one after the other. The first movie clip is an animation of a word that fades in one letter at a time and finally fades out completely. The second clip right now is just a simple motion tween of a circle moving from one part of the screen to t...more >>

i am having a load move problem, anybody tell me how can i load a swf file in another swf file. ...more >>

My kids aged 9 and 8 are getting handy with using programs so I'm wondering whether it would be worth my while investing in basic Shockwave software for them to learn how to make their own programs by trial and error. I don't have time to learn it myself, so it would be very much a matter of ...more >>

I have Flash 5, and I don't know where the serial number is located? How many digits is the serial number? Whats it look like? If you can please post a picture of the serial number if its on the box that it came in. Or a web site that shows a picture of the serial number where its located. Tha...more >>

iv been trying for a long time and i am about to give up. i cant seem to back a nice look tornado in flash can i have some help on how to at least approach it?...more >>

hey im using flash mx professional 2004 and i made a button that links to a website. 20 frames later, i created a keyframe. then i selected them and made a tween. in the frame before the keyframe, i made another keyframe. in this keyframe, the alpha level was set to 0%, so that its got a fade o...more >>

I am creating a slideshow in flash and right now I have at least 9 megabytes on my .swf files and the animation is starting to slow down since I added music to it. I was thinking of making the continuation of the slideshow on another .swf file and trying to link it to the first one. Anyone kno...more >>