Hello, Im pretty new to flash so im sure this is a lame question but i need to know how to load a web page within a component or something thats inside a flash movie. Any info/links would be greatly appreciated. Trying to build a chat app where users can "push" web pages to each other in ...more >>

My movie is using many jpegs. I would like to effect the image quality of those images, so I can optimize my final SWF size using the 'JPEG Quality' slider in the 'Publish Settings'. I would like to have two or more versions for download (eg. dial-up, hi-speed, LAN). It has no effect on my mov...more >>

How do you make the navigation bar on the macromedia website? Thanks...more >>

How do I get color to be exposed when I create a component? The component is built from a simple movie clip (some fill in the shape of a state) and I need to set its color dynamically. Nothing I've tried works (30 hours worth of tutorial, documents, and wags). ...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm having issues with a Flash program I'm making in MX 2004 Pro. I just made a new screen (there must be about 25 total now), and while it is definitely set to visible:false to make sure it doesn't just show up, it does. As soon as I start the movie, that screen is what comes ...more >>

I'm hoping someone can answer this easily... I'm trying to convert a narrated slideshow - 45 min. of audio synched to 81 slides. I have made a .swf file and it plays perfectly. Now I'd like to convert it to an .flv file that I can stream over the internet. My problem is that I am clueless a...more >>

There is another thread on this forum about Macromedia providing a bug report incentive. I was wondering where you report bugs if you have found one ( hopefully not too many more than one ). Anyone know where to go or if there even is a bug reporting process? Thanks ...more >>

Is there a way to dynamically load a jpeg image and determine when it has completely loaded? I've tried the loadMovie function to replace an existing clip and the loadMovie method of an existing clip to replace its content, and I've tried the onLoad and onData events along with script in vari...more >>

Hi Ok I know that you cannot load progressive jpgs.... Well Im in a situation where Im pulling images from a server that holds like 1000000 images....and over half of them are progressive! There has to be away around this...I need to load these somehow whether they are progressive...more >>

Is it possible to have an exe call some sort of swf generator in FMX2K4 PRO? For example if I have a program call winzip in the following pseudo-code example: call winzip.exe myfile1 myfile2 myfile3 myfile.zip winzip will automaticly look for the files and create a new zip called myfi...more >>

This is probably a dumb newbie question, but here goes: I've dragged two TextInput components and two ComboBox components from the Components panel into my movie, given them instance names, and set all their parameters. But when I go to test the movie, none of the components show up. What cou...more >>

i am relatively new to flash and i need to create a movie for blocks of quotes. i have about 20 quotes from different famous people that i would like to rotate through. i would like for them to stay up for about 30 seconds each and then fade to the next one. i have made several movies using ju...more >>

Hola estoy haciendo un lista de items la cual tiene un campo id lo estoy mostrando en un flash pero no quiero que se vea la columna del id y no se como ocultarla Luis ...more >>

Is there any way to select a group of imported bitmaps and make them all separate symbols at once? I have a movie's worth of frames that I need to convert and I don't want to do each individually, if possible. ...more >>

Hi , Has any way to detect Flash movie?s Width/Height when I upload flash file to server? anybody can help me?? ...more >>

I have a scrollpane that scrolls through a single dynamic textbox. The value of this text box is gotten from an external file, so the variable is loaded in. My problem is that the scrollpane component only shows about half of the dynamic textbox. For testing purposes I set the external file...more >>

I've got a flash project set up with a preloader, and a scene in which a symbol moves from the right of the frame to the left. Upon loading, the scene is supposed to play, but it skips to the last frame, when I "test scene." However, when I export the animation to .avi, all the frames are t...more >>

I go to "New From Menu" click on "Menus" then "tabs" I follow all the instructions and i'm able to change everything but when i test it, everything comes up right, except i can't see any text. I put the flash on my website: http://www.kamb.us/flash/navigation.swf I know, it looks dorky but...more >>

Hi all, I'm experiencing a strange problem relating to the Datagrid component. I have tried to simplify the issue using only the DataGrid component on the stage. The datagrid does not display data or headings when the datagrid.columnNames and datagrid.spaceColumnsEqually(); properties are...more >>

hey ppl..i've got some questions but dunno if its appropaite to put it in the newbie's forumn but i can't seem to find an advance questions forumn so..here is it..i'm tryin to create walking steps, juz the steps, i.e the shape of the feet, a pair of steps moving. can't seem to find any tutori...more >>

I am trying to make a walk cycle. I have each section of each body part a seperate symbol. I know I can change the "center" of each object so that they pivot on the joints, but what I want to know is: is there a way to parent symbols? To have one symbol inherit the transformations from anot...more >>

Is there an easy way to make disabled buttons appear "greyed out" or to otherwise indicate that they are non-functional? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Hey ppl, i'm using to flash mx and noe only the basics, and i want to know how to create this effect, as in a pair of steps, not the feet but the sole, i.e the shape of the feet. tks and any links where i can find a tutorial to do this wld be much appreciated ...more >>

I have a project that was started in MX, and there is one font that is used through out the entire project. When the files are opened in MX 2004 there is warning box that pops up saying: "One or more fonts used by this movie are not available. Substitute fonts will be used for display and ...more >>

Hi folks, Does any one knows how Ca I do a loading page? Can you give a webpage where I can learn this? Tahnks...more >>

Hello, Has anyone had any problems with when an image becomes too large (width) and when you move it too much to the left for some reason the image dissapears. I have a transparent png and for some reason when I make it above a really large width all of a sudden it dissapears after moving it...more >>

Hello, I've just stumbled upon the site http://www.burstcollective.com/ , which is absolutely awesome btw, and it looks like they've used shape tweens on their buttons. How have they done that? Seems impossible to me since there's no way of shape tweening symbols in flash. I'm new at this th...more >>

on this page... http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Ambience/...how do they do the preview console for the sounds? What I am trying to do is have an object 'react' to different sounds like they are doing. Any advice would be appreciated. ...more >>

Here's a nice effect I was wondering how its done, on www.flashlevel.com just click on either work,concepts or extras links and its like a steam transition fade effect. Doesn't look like masking more like something in a video program. Does someone know how this is done? Brandon ...more >>

basic variable question .. trying to increment this variable by 1 each time a button is pressed which is in a text field..named " fails " what have i done wrong? ------------------------------ on (press) { var x=(fails+2); _root.fails=x; } ---------------------------- chris...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to right click on buttons to perform the action, all I can see within flash is left click states. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Mike ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem. I need to make a flash movie go full screen (using FS commands) but without the movie resizing. At the moment, it scales the movie to fit what ever size the screen is. I just want the movie to stay the original size in the centre of the screen. Any help would be great...more >>

Hallo all, can anyone tell me how to customize "skin" media display component, i dont't like this white one with green highlight., i want to create my own media playback. ps. sorry for my english ;-) thanx, maciej 'pixel' ziehlke ...more >>

I am running an flv in the MediaDisplay component (with MediaController), using cues to advance the related SWF frame by frame. No problem on Windows, but particularly on iMacs with OSX.x the movie will suddenly get caught in a loop or rewind to the beginning. The streaming bar shows that the ...more >>

I have this action on my button: on(release) { getURL("http://66.241.215.104/YDA/theyda.cfm"); } I put it there by clicking on the button and setting the action in the window. But, it won't get the page, the movie just continues to play. It should work like a "skip Intro" button, if the us...more >>

I have two variables: aCity aCity_max The city variable name is not static. The "aCity"can change depending on the cities I am using in the code. The value that the user selects from a drop down menu determines the value of "aCity", and it can be manualy entered. Here is my proble...more >>

Hi all! At the moment I'm looking at vector graphic for user interfaces, and I was hoping that you might be able to answer some of my questions: I have read that vector graphic is good, but if vector graphics is so good, why doesn't for example Microsoft use it for their Windows desktop?...more >>

I am use to animating in Maya as well as creating simple animations in Final Cut Pro. In both of these programs you can see the changes that occur to an object (a symbol in this case). I am looking for similar control in Flash, I will try to explain what I am looking for. Basically if yo...more >>

My question is this...How do you do those nice drop shadows in flash? Like here...http://www.lanalandis.com/ or here...http://www.susangray.com/v3/# I know that psd files have a bit of a shadow when you bring them into flash but they also have a white ring to them as well. Are these shadows cr...more >>

if i "click,hold and drag" out of a buttons area , why does this make the rollout state not work ? is their a way round this? chris!...more >>

i have a dynamic text field named "failed" when i click a button I want it to = 9 but this doesnt do it ? why ?? on (press) { failed = 9; } sincerely chris ...more >>

Hi, When I export my flash file as .swf movie and import it in front page, it takes lots of extra space at the top and bottom of the movie(I think it is stage may be) and instead of the original size of my movie which is rectangle like a banner, it becomes a square where along with the banne...more >>

Hi there, I have a site where i display objects. I've taken 16 photos of each object, like a sequence. These photos simulate a 3D animation. Anyway, what i want to do is (if possible) create one main *.swf in the root folder, and then (by php) say call "view_object.php?ID=235". "view_ob...more >>

Does ANYBODY know how to display EXTERNAL SUBTITLES while an FLV playing, like ONLY Macromedia CAN DO???...more >>

Is their a quick way of commenting large amounts of code in and out in the actionscript codeing window ? chris...more >>

Hi, I want to make some XP-style button in Flash. I found that the UI button is in Mac-style but I really want xp-style. Not only button. I want text filed, scroll bar.......all are in xp-style. What can I do? Thanks for your help. ...more >>

I'm trying to write a Slide event handler that will respond to the "reveal" event. I can successfully write an "on(reveal)" Flash 5-style handler on the slide itself, but I can't register an onReveal event handler using MX-style syntax, which is what I need to do. Works (on slide itself): ...more >>

I was wondering if someone could give me some help on loading variables from an external PHP file into a dynamic text field which gets loaded in a scroll pain. These variables need to be loaded automatically when the flash movie starts. Can this be done? Please let me know if you can help. ...more >>

Hi, I have a couple of question, I have just upgraded to Flash MX 2004, when I export a .swf it asks me what action script and which flash player to save it to? It has flash player 6 and actionscript 1.0 as default, is there a way to set 7 & 2.0 as default? Also if saved as the ...more >>

I have a bit of experience with flash from a few years ago and I was just recently using flash MX 2004 to get reacquianted. In my time of using the program a couple of things came back to me that I still don't understand the logic behind. I was hoping someone could explain to me why things a...more >>

hi there, i have some project at school to create some animated music clips, but everybody tells me that it is impossible to synchronize both streams on time . is there any way how to synchronize it as i would like to? - because i want to work with really exact times based on my sketches a...more >>

Is there anyway to have a scrollpane component be scrolled to the bottom initially when the movie loads? I am creating a chat app that uses a scroll pane on the conversation text, and I would like the scroll pain to display all the content on the bottom of the conversation text. Basically th...more >>

Alright people, Myself and the company I work for have successfully used flash remoting on various online apps. However we are just about to start a project, inwhich the site will contain very sensitive data. Therefore has to be very secure. Does anyone know of a...more >>

Hi guys, thanks for taking the time to check this out. I've noticed that when you place a combobox in a movie together with some text fields. And then you mask that movie. The combobox goes to the bottom of all the layers. Try it for yourselves. Put a combobox on stage and place about 5 it...more >>

Hello, i would like to know what is the differance between Newsgroup User & Member in Macromedia Forum thanks anil...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create an XML slideshow where all the jpgs are loaded into memory before the user starts viewing them instead of each one being loaded on the fly. I can get the normal slideshow going, thats no problem, but I can't seem to get my head around loading them all first into me...more >>

I'm trying to use comboboxes in MX 2004. When I drag an instance to the stage and open properties/parameters I do not see a change handler field, though all the literature I've found says there should be one. Any suggestions?...more >>

Hey I am loading an external swf-file into a scrollpane. Now I would very much like to print this out. I have tried with this action on a button, but it only prints out the scrollpane and the part of the file viewable in the scrollpane. on (release) { print(_root.opgaver.scrollvin...more >>

Is it possible to set individual rows of a DataGrid to specific colors? RD ...more >>

I'm going trough some troubles whenever I load dynamic txt files as dynamic texts in my .swf file. The texts almost always loads fine, but after characters like "&" the texts disappears. For example if my txt file content was " Happy Birthday, Happy Christmas & New Year". In the dynamic tex...more >>

Was wondering if anyone can help..... I have an animation which contains movie clips When I export the animation as a JPEG sequence, & view the movie as JPEG sequences, the parts of the animation which feature the movie clip only display the first frame of the movie clip for the whole dura...more >>

After using Flash for over 5 years suddenly my published .swf files are triggering Illustrator to open as the default application to play the Flash files instead of Flash. Anyone else ever experience this or have a solution? Using Flash MX on OSX 2.8 on MAC G4. Publish settings are: Flash ...more >>

Hi- I'm on Flash Mx04. I'm doing a simple preloader using 5 frames with an action layer and a preloader layer (it's a web-based tutorial from http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/Flash_simple_preloader.asp). It's just a simple loader that does "Loading..." where the dots animate. I've got everythi...more >>

I created a flash swf file, works in my computer but not in the server (is a flash server) I tried to debug the movie, said: "The Flash Player is paused so that breakpoints may be adjusted. Click Continue to start the movie." I click continue, save the new version but nothing happen anyway ...more >>

Is there some way to execute code only when a movie first loads? If so, where do you put the code so that it will not execute when the timeline runs? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

a monitor, and high res. Where would I find something like that? Any ideas? Thanks....more >>