I can't get Flash MX 2004 to export a movie to video, either AVI or QuickTime. AVI export creates files whose size is big enough to contain all the frames of the movie, but only the first frame is displayed when I play the .avi's back in Windows Media Player. QuickTime export never works...more >>

I'm trying to develope a CD presentation, this presentation includes Video. I use the media display component to play an external FLV file. Until this point everything is OK, the video plays very good, i mean excellent. My problem is when i want to play the video again, it doesn't play ! If ...more >>

Sorry I just realized that my date on the previous post was August 16! Richard ...more >>

I need a book that will help me w/ Flash more advance tech. for the mac and Adobe Golive. any recommendations?...more >>

Hi i'm from Mexico, my english is not good but i'll try to expose my problem: I'm trying to develope a CD presentation, this presentation includes Video. I use the media display component to play an external FLV file. Until this point everything is OK, the video plays very good, i mean exc...more >>

Can I share Flash MX 2004 files with a Mac user seamlessly? Specifically, can I open and edit .fla files they've created and vice-versa without any problems/data loss/etc? Thanks...more >>

The moving image in my .fla file looks fine, when played, but when it is exported to .swf the image quality deteriorates. I have been looking at previous postings that deal with this issue and it looks as if the quality needs to be set to "BEST". I have done this in my publish settings box, bu...more >>

I'm lost...more >>

I just downloaded ADS-SWF2VID (thanks to DaveLinger's help) to convert my swf file to a video file. The swf file is set at 30 fps. It is basically a long animation timed to music. It syncs beautifully with the music when I play it as a swf file but when I convert it to a video file (tried both...more >>

Hello all, I am looking for the location of the Flash 6 dl bits, I have a valid SN but can't find my disk and don't have the option to dl the bits on my macromedia account. Can someone point me in the direction, how to get the older bits vs Flash 7. Thanks, TDA ...more >>

Does anyone know of a way to include an image in a datagrid column? Basically I have a status value which I want to represent with an icon. Thanks!...more >>

Greetings! Just curious....i have seen the menu/navigation system that is used by this site posted in several places (in the past) and was wondering if anyone could point me to a download location. Thanks in advance! David ...more >>

Hello, I have a DataGrid in which I load data from Coldfusion using the .DataProvider option. What I need to know is the following: How, when I click on a row of the DataGrid, can I get the data of that row in an array or even through a trace command? Any help would be mostly ...more >>

Alrighty Then. I published my MX file as a projector, Put in on a CD along with a file that I created in note pad that was supposed to be an autorun file. [Autorun] open=portfolio site_PC.exe I created this file by naming it ?Autorun.inf? The auto launch does not work and my proj...more >>

I've created a button with a sound on the over state. Ideally I'd like the sound to loop constantly until the mouse rolls out or the button is clicked on. I've tried the loop in the properties, but can only set it to loop a certain amount. ...more >>

How can I do the following in a frameset page? 1-Movie in bottom frame writes a cookie or a shared object. 2-Movie in another frame reads the cookie or shared object. I have got this to work with two movies in the EXACT html page with very little code, but not at all in a frameset. I need an...more >>

Ok, I've read the help files and searched the forum, and I'm starting to think something is wrong with my software. I don't have a Tab Order box in my accessibility options. I don't have a "Set Tabe Order" in my view menu. Am I goofy? I've updated to 7.0.1, but it's not working. H...more >>

What's the right way to set a button color? The following doesn't work.: myButton.setStyle("backgroundColor", "red"); ...more >>

I know how to create a button on Flash but I don't know how to when I click on it, it goes on the next page or previous page. I'm trying to create a presentation with simple animations. Can anyone show me how to do this ...more >>

Hi! I'm designing a navigation composed of buttons which are separate instances of the same SWF, each instance receiving its properties from the HTML using FlashVars. For example I have 10 instances of this SWF when the navigation has 10 items. I asked the developers to conduct a little te...more >>

I have a .swf that is loaded into a main .swf. I created a link on that loaded .swf that I want to go to a particular frame in the main .swf. Can any one shed some light on this? Thanx in advance!...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a screen-based form application in Flash Pro, and when I preview it, all my screens show at the same time, rather than how I specified it in the screen Property panel and added behaviors (hide/reveal). Does anyone know why is this happening? I had this problem before, an...more >>

hi every one i hope you will be fine :) i need to ask you guys : can i create a geme in flash and download it in mobiles systems and play the game in it ? i mean ... did macromedcia create flash player and shockwave player for mobiles systems ( symbian or windows ) ? thanx a...more >>

Flv streaming(progressive) works on one server, and doesn't on a different one, are there any server requirements, any ideas why it doesn't. Thanks...more >>

What does <bump> mean? I've seen it in several posts....more >>

I am having a problem with a button flashing. When I place the cursor on the button everything looks great. If I move the cursor above the button it starts flashing. The button is nested in a mc on the stage. I have checked the properties and all appear to be correct. I have placed a small sam...more >>

Hi, I'm working with a file that someone else created and which uses a font called Helvetica 68 Roman. I installed the font on my computer (mac running OS 10.3), but when I open the flash file, flash can't find the font and it requests that I substitute it with another. For some reason...more >>

Does anyone know: a) can a flash file be converted to an mpg (or avi) and b) what do I need to do it? I am using MX Studio. I tried exporting it to an avi but got an error message at the end of the process. AVI is not ideal but mpg wasn't an option. Any help or advice would be greatly ap...more >>

I want to move an animated GIF accross the screen, is there any way I can do that? thanks...more >>

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Do you like code? Do you love hack out code? Where is your future going? Do you have a plan for tomorrow? Join an international organization that cares for code too, but more an international organization that cares for you too. Life is a risk, if you don't take c...more >>

hi all, anybody has idea about employee management system. I need to design the interface for this web based application and have to impliment in flash. I need your sugessions and help. ...more >>

I've created a movie clip with numerous layers. One of the layers (which contains a button) is visible in Flash but not in the swf file although the button still works. The layer is the second layer; only the actionscrpit layer is above it. Why isn't it visible and what can I do to make it vis...more >>

I know how to do a basic animated bar to show how much of the flash file has loaded if I have a few scenes in my file. But my latest file only has one scene but I'd still like to include some sort of progress bar. What's the best way of doing this? ...more >>

Hello everyone, I'm a bit of a newbie at flash. I created an interactive magic word puzzle, but when I publish it I get this message in the output window: Scene=Scene 1, Layer=real buttons, Frame=1: Line 1: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances on (rollOver) { ...more >>

We found that the size of the flash image is always the same (i.e. you insert a flash image 800x600 and a flash image 100x50, and both flash images will have the same size in the page). This fixed size is not specified in our code and we are not sure why this is happening (maybe the cms manage...more >>

Hi: I am working in dreamweaver. I have a page that contains links, content and a flash clip. Inside the flash clip I have a button that points to another website. I coded it with target="_blank" but I can not get it to open in another window when you click on the button in the flash clip....more >>

Hi How do you set your swf file to be scalable? Is it any good? Thanks Carly...more >>

Hi i'm from Mexico, my english is not good but i'll try to expose my problem: I'm trying to develope a CD presentation, this presentation includes Video. I use the media display component to play an external FLV file. Until this point everything is OK, the video plays very good, i mean exc...more >>

Hi again! I have centered my .exe file using: fscommand("fullscreen", "true"); fscommand("allowscale", "false"); I have alot of elements that fly on and off stage and since I added these actions you can see these elements even when they exit the actual boundries of the stage. ...more >>

Hello, I need save the user name in a SharedObject and read this name in another SWF I have the files "/local/form1/form1.SWF" and "/local/form2/form2.SWF" - form1.SWF: var savename = SharedObject.getLocal("pepe", "/local/"); savename.data.myname = _root.myname.text; - form2.SWF: var...more >>

I think Macromedia makes a "big monster", in this new Flash version. The software became heavy, trying make lot of things, video (we have real and media player better), acess data base, hard to open flash.exe, not easy source code etc.. Good memories from Flash 5 :(( - easy navigation, small fil...more >>

I'm using Media Controller with Media Display components (connecting Controller to Display with behavior; this allows me to get rid of the annoying white background that Media Playback is stuck with) to run my 320x240 flv file. But I can't resize the Controller even though there is an option f...more >>

hi! i use a mac at work, and a windows machine at home. i need to be able to use and edit my *.fla files on both machines. how can one export a movie so that it is editable cross-platform? thanks so much for any help you can provide! ...more >>

I created my web site in Go Live and a animated sentence in flash. Now I want to bring that sentence into GoLive. I did, but the background is white and it covers the rest of the stuff I have on the index page, how should I doit?/ Thanks for the help. ...more >>

I have a small situation.. I friend of mine build a website for me a while back in flash and then had an HD crash and lost all the .fla files and didn't have a backup.. I have since redone the site but have just used some of the flash pages he built originally. Now I have a page that j...more >>

Obviously, I'm new to Flash judging by the Title. I was wondering if someone could tell me exactly what is a sprite, what does it do, how can I use it, when should I use it, etc... If there is a good web site, I'd really appreciate the url. Thanks everyone!! Lurch ...more >>