Pardon me for asking again... perhaps I didn't get an answer because this is not possible, but I don't know. Is it possible to make a Flash movie start with a scene other than the original (that is, with something other than Scene 1)? (I know about gotoAndPlay, but that's not what I'm asking....more >>

Does anyone know where I can find a flash tutorial that tells you how to make the stargate iris and make it open and close? Thanks. Greg...more >>

I made a very simple animation of one object fading in and 6 others growing and getting bigger: 21 frames, 7 layers, motion tweening for all effects. It worked fine in the main timeline. I made the same animation as a movie clip and used that to replace the original. When I do "test movie" it ...more >>

I have been working on this navigation.......it is working but it has one problem!! The buttons stick when the user rolls over to fast. I am using invisible buttons also. I'm sure this problem is common. I'm not an in depth flash user either, so that's my problem. HA> If anyone can h...more >>

New to animating characters with sound in Flash. Trying to animate a character to a voice track and doesn't look like you can play the sound within flash using the controller. Am I missing something or do you have to rely on the Waveform and constantly do a save and test movie? Thanks in a...more >>

Hi. I'm new to the whole flash scene, but it's definetly something i'm interested in. I've just downloaded the trial flash mx 2004 pro., and I am trying to make a simple stick-figure movie. I've gone to several tutorial sites, and they all seem to say the same thing, but when I look in the Win...more >>

I have created a flash presentation and have deceided to have it run from a CD rom. I have, however, run into a problem though. My flash movie is 600 by 480 and I have noticed that the presentation is not centered everytime I run the *.exe. Does anyone know how to set this so that the flash is...more >>

Hi there. Fairly new to flash but proficient in animation and video applications across the board. My question is this. I've created a 2d character in Illustrator and want to animate him in Flash, then export him as a quicktime movie and composite him over video in After Effects. My question i...more >>

hi all, sometime i noticed that, some website that include flash stuff on them, can be copied from "temporary internet file location" after visiting the site. while some other can't. i just wondering...how it possible to protect this. may site i noticed that they leave a blank container...more >>

Hi I'm working with MX2004 Pro and I need to use external txt files. I'm using special characters like: áéíóú ÁÉÍÓÚ ÀÈÌÒÙ àèìòù ãõ ÃÕ ÂÊÎÔÛ âêîôû çÇ in my texts and no one seems to appear correctly. I'm using this tutorial file from macromedia site: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/t...more >>

The title fairly much summs it up. I want to have one flash movie appear on several pages but be able to control what scene it starts with on each one. I was hoping that there was a way to include the starting frame as a parameter in the HTML. I have not been able to find such a setting. ...more >>

If somebody downloads some of my protected SWF files, makes some changes and publish it for there own benefit. Is it legal? What are my rights? -- Thanks Pop ...more >>

Roundbox Media is currently inteviewing to fill an open Senior Flash Developer position. Candidates should have an intermediate to expert understanding of ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0 (we know this just came out). An understanding of these other technologies is also a plus: Northcode's SWF Stu...more >>

I am following the instruction with Flash Professional MX2004 to playback external FLV files from the internet. This works fine if I call a "file://" from my hard drive and also using "http://" from my personal IIS server. However when I move this to my internet server all I get is "Error lo...more >>

I made a very simple animation of one object fading in and 6 others growing and getting bigger: 21 frames, 7 layers, motion tweening for all effects. It worked fine in the main timeline. I made the same animation as a movie clip and used that to replace the original. When I do "test movie"...more >>

My dynamic text box content is not retaining its formating. The finished swf file displays all the content formated all the same, and seems to be modelled after the first character in the box whatever it may be. This is very frustrating! It is a scrolling dynamic textbox with multiple webs...more >>

Does anyone know why when saving a Flash MX 2004 document on a Mac, the "save" dialog box doesn't appear in the foreground? Sometimes in buried and covered by all the Flash windows I have opened and it take me forever to find it. I run OSX 10.3.4 Thanks! ...more >>

I know this is going to make me sound like a complete newbie, but I am pretty experienced with flash. I've made several games, and I know how to use motion tweening. But for some reason, when I tried to make a graphic with my credits go from the bottom to the top of the screen, it didn't tween...more >>

Hello, Would anyone be able to point me to a nice example, tutorial on how to build a ticker that counts down to a specific date? Thanks so much for your valued help... J...more >>

Hi all, Can anyone help me, I have tried so many methods and either they are more than I need or just dont seem to work for what I have. I simply want 1 frame at the start of the movie which will display some text "Loading" no flashy animations or anything and then when the whole flash f...more >>

I'm having trouble getting a menu bar that I've created to load movie clips. The menu bar is in a movie clip of it's own and each button has on (press) { _root.loadMovie("whatever.swf", "0"); } assigned to it. I've published it by going to the file menu and then selecting publis...more >>

I've created a collapsable menu bar that works perfectly the first time. I've got a button that closes it and then opens it again. This works well but if I click on the button after I've opened and closed it then the menu bar closes and then opens, rather than starting open and then closing. I...more >>

I am searching for the property that will disable that stupid green line that appears on every component you use. I can change all the colors but cannot seem to find this important property. Anyone have a tip? ...more >>

I am using Dreamweaver frames (top, left, main) with a Flash drop down menu in the left frame. My question is how do I target the main frame from my drop down menu buttons located in the left frame? (if it would help to look at my page it's at: http://www.mech.utah.edu/GradProgram/htm/GradFra...more >>

What's the difference between Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Shockwave? I thought SWF stands for Shock-Wave Flash. Why is shockwave needed if Macromedia Flash is installed? What is an *.fla file? What kind of program can read it? What is Actionscript? What are FS Commands? (in general but...more >>

I am creating a cd rom that will run a flash .exe and want to show my movie so it is full screen and centered but not scaled with a black border, is there a simple way to achieve this? Thanks...more >>

I was working on my website with 60 fps... I was told by one member of macromedia that this would be way too much since some computers wouldnt cope with that. That member recommended using 20fps. what do you usually work with when designing websites in flash ?? would 20 fps be ok to ensure...more >>

How do I stop/play Movie Symbols from anywhere? this is really frustrating me right now, but here sthe situation: I currently have 2 movie symbols within my scene, both have animations in them,and I would like to add actionscript to one of them which can stop or start the other's animation...more >>

Hello, I 'm having problems when create a Project in the Flash MX 2004 Pro. When I will do checkin/checkout in the files, a messagem bos appears talking about I hava to difine a new site, but when a click in the button, the Flash frezze (hang) ... Somebody knows what happening ? Sorry my ho...more >>

i have had many problems in os x with extentions, and had to reinstall my system many times. i have now run over my activation limit. i really hope that i don't have to pay $500 for flash again, do i? i can't access flash on any computers. someone please help! ...more >>

I have yet to see documentation on this but it appears that you can NOT mask a dynamic text box. Is this true? I did a search on the macromedia site ("masking dynamic text") and it only returned two hits in the flash related areas and neither had to do with dynamic text (they dealt with maskin...more >>

When I play a flash movie in the original FLA file it plays just fine, but when I press Ctrl+Enter or when I export it to SWF, something gets distorted and messed up... Has any of you ever come across such a problem? Here's the SWF file. Why does the pazzle come out all distorted? The FL...more >>

I have a web with that needs a flash in the left side, text in the middle (that has to be changed easily by the costumer), and another flas animation in the right side. So i had tought in putting a html between both flash's but it's a real problem to make it look as it has to... I'm wonde...more >>

I have created an auto date updater in my site. It works completely fine until I rotate that text 90 degrees (the text is positioned sideways on the side), which nothing appears. Is there an explanation for this or an extension possibly that can correct this? ...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if the market for Flash action scripters or designers is good these days or not? I was deciding into really getting into learning this maybe as a job , but heard the market is not so good. Can someone give me some insite. Thanks Dave ...more >>

I have a flv inside a movie clip (one frame in the movie clip). I want the flv movie clip to loop automatically. The flv is displayed using the MediaDisplay. How can i get it to play ball? ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying the flash detection scripts for IE in Macintosh but the site just won't detect the flash plugin. I know somewhere i'm going wrong with the detection script. Pls check indagegroup.com This site shows nicely in IE PC but not in mozilla or Mac (IE). I'm a little new to fla...more >>

Hello I have produced a multimedia presentation with flash. Is there anyway of including flash player onto the CD so that the end user can view all of the presentation if they haven't got flash player installed on their computer? I would prefer that the cd runs as a stand alone cd so that ...more >>

Should be an easy one here. I have a scroll pane in my flash file (MX pro), I have set the target and it works fine on my computer when i load the published .swf or the HTML file directly from our web server over our network. However when it's viewed over the internet the vertical scroll...more >>

Hi, i have a problem, i made some .fla files with an english version of flash mx 2004, but now i need to open that files in a german version. my new flash mx 2004 german means, if i open a file, "unexpected fileformat" my question now is, can i convert that files so i can open it? i re...more >>

Following on from my recent posting regarding the issues concerning Flash & search engine detection, from what I have read, the problem is still very much a concern for any web developers using Flash solely for site generation. The Macromedia SDK fix aimed at engine developers has met a ver...more >>

I?m used to an older version of Flash. In the newer version of Flash MX professional I can?t find the way to edit the center og my objects (buttons, graphics and clips) AFTER I?ve created them... Is it me or is it just possible to set this property when creating the symbol? ...more >>

is there a limit to how big a jpg can be loaded with loadMovie? i cant seem to get my 250/325 jpegs to load. smaller jpegs work fine (so far i have trialed only 64/64 and smaller. this seems like quite a small file to be completely unable to load. ...more >>

Good day. I am starting out to learn flash because of a need to build a presentation for internet marketing. Now, I am confused as to which version of flash to use as it seems that flash MX 2004 is not well received by some in this forum. Can someone recommend a good version to adopt? ...more >>

Hi, what actionscript do you need if you want a drop down menu to disappear when clicked on? Thanks Josh...more >>

I am attempting to move the registration point on a symbol for attaching it to a motion guide. When I edit the symbol, I can move the registration point, but when I place the symbol in a motion tween, the registration point seems to 'snap' back to the original center positon. It does snap to...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 >>

I use both Flash MX 2004 & Fireworks MX 2004 on Windows XP, however Flash will not recognize Fireworks as the default image editor. Instead, when I edit a bitmap from within Flash imported from Fireworks, Flash still uses Microsoft Photo Editor as the default image editor - NOT Fireworks. ...more >>

adding <PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="opaque" /> (for ie) and wmode="opaque" in EMBED tag (netscape) or "transparent" ... the layer is correctly viewed...more >>

Is there a plugin that will export swf to svg?...more >>

Are there any good resources out there to get sounds to use on websites? I'm VERY new to flash and want to learn more about sounds and how to use them on designing websites. Thanks for any help....more >>

Hi, I'm a just starting to learn Flash and would appreciate any help that can be provided. It says http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/open/webprinting/authoring.html, that I can "Disable specific content from printing to protect artwork and copyright information." with the " L...more >>

Ok, this is weird! I have made some animations where I have used shape hints. It works fine in the beginning. If I close down the file, and open it up again, it looks just fine. If I leave it untouched for some days and open up the file, it still looks great. But then something strange ...more >>

Hi, I am currently working on a flash site. It has 4 scenes preloader about contact guestlist all the scenes have a movie clip called nav bar which has 3 buttons about contact guestlist Now, what I was trying was that the movie initially starts with about and as the user click...more >>