I have a small intro to a website I am creating. The entire intro is 48kb. I have a preloader on it becacuse it was slowing down. I have tested it in flash with 56k specifications and everything seems to work fine. It works on my G5 Mac with dual processor but is slow on almost every other mac...more >>

So....all I wanted to do was to change the color of the active bar to match my interface (don't want to use the ugly green default color). Seems simple huh...well...after reading about skinning components and using setStyle, I am very confused. Regular skinning (if I understand this com...more >>

how do i set a scrollpane up so that it will look at a text file and use that to display inside of the text area? i know that i can do it, but i don't know how to do it. what i need is to link the file to a word document so that everytime i change it, it will also change in the flash movie wit...more >>

Hi, I asked a question a few days ago that never got an answer, so here's another way of presenting my problem: If I tell flash to load an external swf, but then, before the entire swf is loaded, i ask flash to load another one instead, does flash "keep in mind" the paritally loaded stuff? ...more >>

I'm curious to know if there are any good online tutorials or books that go over creating Flash websites similar to: http://www.thedayaftertomorrowmovie.com/ ...more >>

Hi, I have recently completed a flash site and I couldn't find any information on this subject. What I wanted to do is have an image on a blank page that you could click on that would launch the flash site in a box that is the flash sites size. So for instance a picture of lets say a green b...more >>

Is there a good tutorial/primer/description of all the cool things one can do with flash available ? References welcome ? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Our announcements took a break, but CMX never rests. Here are the latest offerings from Community MX. Rotoscoped Buttons in Flash http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=801D6 Tom Green We sometimes tend to forget how we got here. Back in the early days of Flash, when video was a dream...more >>

how do u make flash going backwards, so i can make 2 people going strait and crashing?...more >>

Is there any way to choose which sound card audio clips are output to? For example, if I have a standard sound card and also USB speakers, I'd like to specify within flash that it should play sounds to one or the other. I know I can change my default sound output device from Control Panels, ...more >>

http://69.61.16.201/forums/district-map.html There is the flash file I'm working on. When the red button is pressed the districts should fade in. I'm using the following AS on the red button: on(press) { //da1 - DistrictAttachment1, d1 - Linked value from symbo...more >>

I think I might be trying to reinvent the wheel (with a dull chisel) but I can't find a solution on the web . . . The user must be able to drag a MC to a target, and also rotate the clip using arrow keys while dragging. I can make the dragging work, or the keypress rotation work. But not ...more >>

I am in the process of creating a CD browser using Flash. I would like to have this browser appear in a separate window. This separate window should not have a flash menu etc. Does anyone know how I can go about setting the viewing parameters of the .exe projection file? ...more >>

Hi. I am a print designer and created a very basic Flash site with Flash 5 about 3 years ago that I use to show examples of my print work to prspecitve clients. I have been updating the site every few months, but find I have a lot of weird things going on with my site and now its completely sc...more >>

hai, Actually i want to know , when my flash file file is running i need to know whether it is running on the Internet means whether it is running on the server and also i want to know the server path where the flash file is running. like "Netconnected" variable and "NetLocation" varable...more >>

Can someone please tell me how to achieve this kind of image control in flash? link is http://www.finest.ru/eng/panorama.htm and i would like to do this kind of panorama myself with flsah... I dont need button commands or things like that... I would like to control image movement with the mouse ...more >>

Hello all, Well this is goodbye, or good riddance, whichever. I've had it with this whole RIA theme. IT DOESN"T WORK. PERIOD. To anyone on this board who has just purchased Flash 2004, send it back. Don't believe the RIA hype, because that's all it is. I'm heading back to writing ASP...more >>

Hi. I am trying to design a website with flash. There is a tween from frame 1 to frame 52 at a framerate of 60fps. There are images and texts tweened in that period of frames.. The text makes it all run reeeeeeeeally slow in the preview. How is that possible ? When I delete the text, it ru...more >>

I played around with my Flash MX Prof 2k4, and noticed two things. 1) The straighten, ink and smooth tools(in Pencil) have a lot less difference between them than in Flash MX. Why? 2) There is no sound library anymore. Why? ~Tahnok ...more >>

look at the scroller content.. I use something similar in www.whitsandbaydivers.com go to the meet the team in the broadband site this can just as easily be an image and the mouseovers can be hidden within the clip I adapted the code from an example called rotating chicken lol I even left t...more >>

When attempting to export a movie clip with sound as an AVI, the finished file has no sound. Testing the moving works fine as an swf with sound. Export parameters are set with sound output (default is "disable"). Anybody have a clue? - using Flash MX 2004 Pro. ...more >>

Does anyone know of a good tuitorial of how to insert an music track into flash. Thanks! bn...more >>

Hello, I always wondered if Flash sites could adjust to screen size and I found a site that does it. Does anyone know how it is done? http://poynterextra.org/cp/colorproject/color.html It only increases the size of the entire and not specific columns like it would in HTML, but it still...more >>

Product Version: Flash 2004 7.0.1 I have one layer which has repetitive small text filling whole background of movie. For example : Layer Name: Background Texts TextBox1: "Sample Text Sample Text Sample Text Sample Text Sample Text Sample Text " TextBox2: "Sample Text Sample Te...more >>

If I test my movie from within flash (mx pro 2004) it works fine. However when I do a simulate download the movie reloads but the menu items cease to react to the select listener. If I turn off the simulate download the movie reloads but still the menus don't work. Has anyone had the same ...more >>

I've never put anything on the web before, so what size would anyone recomend for a swf and html to be for it to run smoothly? Also at what size would you add a preloader, and does the preloader help the site to run better? ...more >>

I am using Flash MX version 6.0. I try to open a file created in Flash MX 2004, and I get 'Unexpected File Format'. What do I need to do to open this file?...more >>

This is idiotic, I'm sure, but I have a simple Action Script to add up some numbers from a set of input fields, and instead of adding them it insists on concatenating them. I used the "set variable" action on a button to trigger the script, as follows: on (release) { totalTix = ad...more >>

My Flash movie is blocking my JavaScript Drop-down Menus, or my JavaScript Menus drop down behind my flash movie. Does any one know how to fix this so that My JavaScript Drop-down Menus appear on top of the flash movie? -andy ...more >>

Hi ! I'm not able to export a flash animation -> .mov Can you help me ? My configuration : Flash MX 6.0 + Quicktime Pro 6.5.1 + Windows...more >>

Hiya, I already have a view tests made which use webservices. However I find many just dont work. Okay it might be me, but I get errors like: Error opening URL "http://www.webservicex.com/CurrencyConvertor.asmx" (Although the URL exists) How do I know if a certain WSDL will actually work ...more >>

Hi there How do i create my flash interfaces i saw this site dymicfactory.com and they have the most amazing interfaces. I need to know wich programms i must use to create a nice interface thanks Loanne ...more >>

I am new to flash.. I don't mind trying to figure things out for myself but I am kind of stuck. I have done some searching here and in the help file in flash.. I can't seem to figure out how to make an input text run or load a file such as a picture for example: type "Jim" into the box an...more >>

Hi, Can anyone tell me where i could get tutorials/movies for the transition effect used on the following website: ]http://www.islandrecords.com/christ...n/site/home.las Can anyone send me FLA. examples etc. Thanks........ ...more >>

All I want to do is add a sound to my animation. A simple pop or snap- I have the wav (and even some mp3s, I just need to know how to add them in thanks...more >>

I'm a designer not a programmer and I've been using Flash since it came out. I've only just recently upgraded to 2004 from MX and I'm confused - Very confused. Where's 'normal' in the Actions panel? Without this it's almost useless to me. The shortcuts for copying and pasting frames i...more >>

Dear All, I am developing a CD rom presentation completly in flash. Whereas I have provided the link of Save PDF. on click of this button the PDF should be save from CD to Hard drive of User's computer. Second thing it should ask the location where to save(dilog box or menu box should be appea...more >>

I have kind of an unusual quirk. I have a web site under development: The problem: I have 50-100 pics that I load dynamically via XML (static files not a database). The client is a Photographer representation firm. They have spotted one (1) image out of the bunch that the colors are mute...more >>

hi, i have doubt, is flash projector can access webserver and do the validation pls clear my doubt vasanth...more >>

i'm using flash to create a site menu for a website. i have the flash menu embedded (transparently) into a layer so it displays over the top of the html page. it displays and functions just fine. the problem i've noticed is that any html text that displays beneath a transparent flash area is n...more >>

This component is great! Well, I think it's great - it just doesn't work. I tried to use it in my movie and nothing happened, so I made a simple test with a blank movie. I dragged the Alert component onto the stage and deleted it, checked to see if it was in the library, yup. I put the following ...more >>

Ok i've been away from flash for about a year now, and it seems i've just about forgotten the simplest of things. Basically, my problem is this: Im trying to creat a button which when rolled over or pressed, a short animation will play on the button (eg.button fades in/glows etc) so I made...more >>

Hi Everyone, I want to know how many of you would like a Macromedia Flash Editing Keyboard? I contacted http://www.editorskeys.com to see if they have a set available, but they're currently in production. The Manager there said he doesnt think there will be a great demand for such a ke...more >>

I've got a whole bunch of ai.- and eps.-files that need to convert into swf, so that I can work with them in flash MX. Normaly I just import the files directly into flash, but it does create some errors, especially when the content is letters. I just rebuild the grafik - no problem! The con...more >>

is it possible to change the content of a dynamic text field in a button? I've done some test in flash mx and it doesn't display the text.......more >>

I run linux and have been having a problem with flash and keyboard commands, when I attempt to use a keyboard command it pretty much blatantly ignores it.... is this a common issue as it's happening on all three of my linux computers? Is there a way around it? ...more >>

I have a movieclip which is set up as several scenes. I want to have a typical set of play control buttons which includes |< and >| buttons. This would send the playhead in the movieclip forward or back a scene. NextScene() & PrevScene() do not work for movieclips, and gotoAndPlay() can on...more >>

I would like to take a name and have each letter of the name tween to a new letter, thus spelling out a new word. So DOG would tween to GOD, for example. I thought of placing DOG in Frame 1 of its own layer called DogLayer, then breaking it up and distributing over three layers called "D...more >>

We are seeking Flash designers/Actionscript programmers for full-time/part-time postions. Visit company website www.intellecteon.com Contact by e-mail. Thanks Raghav Suri...more >>

Should I worry about learning how to use the debugger?...more >>

I have made a flash presentation in fullscreen. In this presentation a have a link(get url) to another fullscreen presentation. When I click on this link I get a question if I really want too run this program...or something like that....Is there a way to avoid this question, so that the other ...more >>

Hello... I'm working on a file that i'd eventually like to export as an .exe for use in an upcoming play. Right now it's got 9 scenes in it, and most of them contain several minutes worth of music each. I've placed an invisible button in each scene with a goto next scene + play script th...more >>

Hi there, i heard that its very complicated to synchronize audio with longer duration video files. What is the solution? Is it correct to use flv? And is there any problems that may arise while importing large video files into flash and exporting them as swf?? ...more >>

Ok here is what I want to do. I would like to place a flash slideshow on my home page, How would I get the slide show to start up automaticly when the webpage loads?? ...more >>

Hi I'm a real newbie in both Flash & DW ... I have created an animation in flash : a map of france where each region is a button with it's own 4 instances and a link to a web page (al this in the animation itself, NOT via DW...) it works just fine in FLA, including the access to the web...more >>

Hi all, I didn?t know what to search for with this one, so if it?s been answered already, sorry about that. In any case the problem I am having is with keeping graphics the same height when I change its width and the same width when I change its height. For example. If I open up flash...more >>

We can create panel sets by using this function Window > Save Panel Layout. But how we gonna delete it from the Panel Sets? Anyone who knows the solution, please do let me know. Thanks....more >>

ok having a problem with some stuff.( I'm using Flash MX 2004, on Mac OsX 10.3 and usually check html with IE 5.2).. 1) Sizing- I've tried to play around with the "publish preview" settings but it just doesn't seem to work. Is there something I'm doing wrong or......I'm trying to get a po...more >>

I usually don't deal with video...but my client wants to put up some creative I did on a large (30 foot) video display. I am required to deliver an MPEG-2 file. Does anyone know what the process? I have been hearing I have to convert it to AVI first. Is this correct? any help would b...more >>

First off, this is a Mac OSX, Flash MX 2004 Professional quesion. I'm running into problems with video components in flash and then discovered that there is an update to fix media component problems. So... I've downloaded the Update. It's downloaded folder is called FlashVideoUpdate. So...I've...more >>

Hi folks, I'm posting a couple of files that to me look exactly the same - except one works and the other doesn't. There is only one layer, one line of code, and one MediaDisplay box. The files are "working.fla" and "busted.fla". I've seen one other person with a similar problem but they nev...more >>

Hi, I'm think in on making the macromedia flash MX developer exam, but I have this question, I call a local tester partner and they tell me that I have to first pass the macromedia flash MX designer exam to have a chance to make the developer one, that any body know if this is true, cause I ch...more >>

I'm not sure if i'm suppose to post this question in this forum or in Dreamweaver, but if somebody knows the answer, please help me. I have a small flash movie in my webpage, i want to make a link so when the visitor click on the flash, they will be redirected to another URL, how to do thi...more >>

hi. I have made this flash movie for my website, and I want to make a html page load when the flash animation is done. How can I do this. ...more >>

I'm getting totally erratic behavior trying to use the IMG tag... it won't display anything in a browser, though it will INTERMITTENTLY display the JPG image in the flash player (Ctrl + ENTER when testing). However - it won't display the JPG in the player initially - I have to tab back to the ...more >>

Hi guys! For more info on this contest, go to http://actionscript.org/massive.shtml All items/tutorials must be submited by July 31st. Best Regards, Isaac PS. Please do not acuse me of spamming the forums.....I have nothing to do with the staff of actionscript.org----I am just spre...more >>

Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question, but if not I'm hoping some one will point me in the right direction. I have a client that wants me to create a flash movie with buttons that they can change the type (on the buttons) and the links (of the buttons) on the fly via XML. ...more >>

Hi all This is not one more question about a simple preloader. I've got an idea for another kind of preloader: a "hierarchic" preloader, where a bunch of external movies would preload, but if the user clicks on a button to load a specific movie, all other movies would stop loading, to give ...more >>

I'm loading a bunch of jpg's dynamically into a flash movie and i'm trying to put a loading bar on each but my code doesn't seem to be working. The image loads up fine but the loading bar doesn't work. Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong or if this is even possible. I've used this code in the...more >>