Where can I learn about ASP, MYSQL and building databases for online or offline use. I know HTML and Actionscrpit but I know zero about databases. Thanks Will...more >>

hi, i'm pretty new to actionscript (fair warning). i was wondering if anybody could tell me how to trigger the change of the contentPath of a scrollpane by the press of a button. (for basic site navigation)...it's a "press the button" and "load the contents in the scrollpane" kinda deal. tha...more >>

I have Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and I can't find a way to make my flash documents any bigger than 500x600. Is there a way? thanks...more >>

Need help with a basic menu creation. I have one frame with 12 layers, for txt and 6 buttons. Each button has been created as a button symbol. When i use the geturl action. i can only get the first button to loa the ne xt page. each button's action is created the same way. would like s...more >>

Hi, I'm doing a presentation for a cd and i'm using 2 scenes. The first one for the intro, And the second one for all the content, but i'm having a problem. I used buttons inside of movieclips to make the rollover and the rollout effect, that's ok, but when i want to use the on release act...more >>

I'm new to Flash, and I'm trying to create a Flash news ticker. I have the scrolling text working, but I can't figure out how to create a hyperlink. Can anyone tell me how to do this? I want to be able to click anywhere on the Flash document and link to a web page. ...more >>

Hi, I recently (today) bought the Studio MX 2004 with Flash MX 2004 professional. I have this big project due in a week and when ever i try to export or test the movie it a) lags out, or b) says that there is not enough memory. To get this big project done i bought 512 mb ram for my com...more >>

I am unable to get my dynamic text box to work when placed in a movie clip. It works fine from the main scene of the site. Is there unique placement of the loadVariablesNum actionscript when it is in a MC? Is there something else I need to know about dynamic text boxes or actionscripts for it ...more >>

hi everyone, I am in need of some help. I am having rendering issues with scroll panes. After I load a movie, the system doesn't always add the scroll bars correctly even if the content is larger than the pane. It just ends up spilling the movie or text all over the place which isn't good....more >>

Hai, I'm using the Flashplayer in MS IE 6 as a viewer for a folder. Now i need to disable the print buton that is default avalable on the flash page, normal users (At home) can print the pages, but at my viewer systems they may not print. As a fact a won't like to see the print dialog at ...more >>

I am making a mp3 player. There also will be speakers that come out when the mp3 player comes out. I want it to where when someone clicks "play" on the mp3 player, the speakers (which will be on a different layer than the mp3 player) will start their animation. When someone presses stop or pau...more >>

Hello... I have a simple seating chart application where users choose a seat in an arena and a map comes up with their seats highlighted in the final frame. The client wants a way to then save the customized seating chart to an image file for use in a PDF. How would I go about creating an im...more >>

I just got up to speed with Flash MX 2004 and have not used any prior versions at length. I'm animating a 2d character to a voice track. It would really be cool to group all animated elements of the head (mouth, eyes, nose, etc.) and have a new animation track for that group so I can have his ...more >>

How do I import a swf file from the internet into my flash?...more >>

hello... I've read a ton of posts on the topic now, but I still can't get this to work. It is getting frustrating. I now understand the obsolete nature of scenes, but for my project they are valuable organizationally. Anyway, I have two scenes. The first has a movie clip with a button in...more >>

If I load a new mc onto the stage using: _root.current_mc.loadMovie("new_mc.swf"); this works fine when I do Test Movie in Flash. But when the file is inserted into a DW page "new_mc.swf " doesn't load. If I change the path to "flash/new_mc.swf", it works in DW but not in Flash. I'm ...more >>

When I import a .mov file into the stage, it seems to leave behind the sound. I preview the clip in the edit file dialogue to import and the sound is there but once it imports, the sound dissapears. Help! ...more >>

I don't know squat about Flash and/or Shockwave but I need some help with the .swf file format. I've been "running" a file in IE having the extension of .swf on one particular PC for a couple years now and never questioned it. The other day I had reason to use another PC and tried it. I noted ...more >>

Can someone please enlighten me how this works! The help file in Flash doesn't really work for me. Please Help Coke ...more >>

I am going to be laying a series of swfs on top of my main navigation in levels 1-5. They will all have drag and drop components. Is there a way to lock inactive levels so that the user doesn't drag and drop a bunch of components they've already positioned in other levels? Could I change...more >>

my company woul like a slot machine or roulette wheel on the homepage where customers could "spin to win" tickets etc... I don't know Flash well enough to build myself. Could someone please point me in the right direction of where I could either hire someone or find something already created ...more >>

I have added some sound to a movie. I have their sync set to start in some and event in others (just for testing). The movie plays perfectly on my computer, with sounds and everything. When I post it to the web and preview, there is no sound. Any ideas? thanks ...more >>

I would like to use a Flash interface page to link to different external files such as PowerPoint and Word files. These would be delivered on CD to a PC audience. I own Flash MX, how can I successfully link from inside Flash to each individual file locate on the CD? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Heh... I'm sorry, but I am a noobie at Flash... I want to create a button that performs a sequence when your mouse scrolls over it, and then performs another sequence when you click on it. Would I use flash to create this, and if so, how do i specify these attributes to the button? In other ...more >>

I'm using flash mx, I have a dynamic text box in which I have pasted the relevant text. I wish to have some of this text emboldened, but it will not show as such when published. I tried a different colour and went back to normal text - no luck, I tried a different type face - no luck. I format...more >>

Hello (Quick version, why when using an array does the varible have to be above 3 characters long?) Im using a password system to check names against a password from an array. In the first frame I have the code: myName=""; myPassword=""; users = new Object(); users["one"] = "passone"...more >>

I am considering doing the upgrade from MX to MX 2004 Professional. From those who have upgraded, is there a big differenence between the two versions? Is it worth it? Thanks!...more >>

Hi, I have a Movie clip button that has 2 actionscript associated withit as follows: on (press) { //loadMovieNum("mx300_intro.swf",40); gotoAndStop("mx300_intro",1); } on (press) { getURL("http://www.bbc.co.uk"); } However, when I click on the button, the browser opens but t...more >>

With the end of the finacial year coming up, we have some left over money (where is this money during the year when you need it?). Me and another guy have Flash MX 2004 and are thinking of purchasing a few third party addons to make things a little easier/hipper. We mostly do CBT work, altho...more >>

With the end of the finacial year coming up, we have some left over money (where is this money during the year when you need it?). Me and another guy have Flash MX 2004 and are thinking of purchasing a few third party addons to make things a little easier/hipper. We mostly do CBT work, altho...more >>

hi ng, i tried to execute 2 functions if the user presses arrow left or arrow right. theres a button in a layer called "test". if i use on press to execute it works. im using an actions layer for my AS. _root.btnTest.onPress = function() { _root.tastendruck(1); _root.updategraph(actSpe...more >>

I'm would like to know, how (if possible) can I export 3dsmax files (with motion) to the Flash Mx or Mx 2004 Pro environment, in order to control the timeline in Flash. Thanks....more >>

hi if i want to supply a link to the flash download center, am i aloud to use the flash download logo from this site or what can i use?...more >>

I'm doubting this will work, but putting it out there for the experts to respond... I want to set a variable in a swf...the first time it loads, say on page1...the clip plays, with a stop at the end...now, if I go to page 2, and the movie is the same one, does the variable hold (as long as I ...more >>

My problem is, that I have made a Flash mowie with several scenes, but the bottoms in scene 2 to 28 vould not work like the bottoms in scene 1. For example : on (release) { gotoAndPlay("Scene 18", 1); } No problem. If I go to scene 18 and give a bottom the action: on (release...more >>

Can somebody help me to resolve how to hiding text. Even other solution of fla files is acceptable. I believe how is clear, problem is when I want to make no border transparent background projector....more >>

Hello, I have a question: When I work with frames (let's say top and bottom, ..flash menu in the top and the html-content in the bottom), As site-background I have a picture that is part in topframe, part in bottomframe.(so I cut it in 2) In just html it looks good, but when I import the t...more >>

Attention People of Earth, Some "Disgruntled Penguin" created an Anti Microsoft Flash Game to promote their lawsuit against Microsoft, the Game is Called "Redmond Raid" http://www.RedmondRaid.com So, the Axis of evil includes Iraq, Iran, and North Korea..... According to a "Disgruntled P...more >>

Using the Flash MX 2004 Learning Interactions template. Have created one Course with multiple quiz instances. However, only the first quiz is identifed as the course launched by the LMS, and only its results are recored by the LMS. The other Quiz instances which you reach from menu selection w...more >>

I want to display a screen which shows numbers 1 - 10 increasing. So, the screen will show 1 then 2, then 3 .... I am wondering if this sort of behaviour is already available within Flash. Or what's the easiest way to do this type design ...more >>

my code for full screen is onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(70)) { fscommand("fullscreen", "true"); } } this works in .swf files but not html....is there sumthing maybe an AS to make a key press work so that when you press it , it goes 2 full screen? thx ...more >>

Can someone help. I have created a flash object which I want to fill the page in any browser. I have set the width and height to 100% (see attached code). This all works in Internet Explorer but not with Mozilla Firefox. Can this be overcome or is it a Firefox issue? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi, im in a flash website class. And i have no ideas on what i should have or make on it. So, does anybody have an idea? Thanks in advance!!!...more >>

Hi, How can I resize a rectangle using the arrow tool. For instance, if the rectangle is 100 x 90 an dI want to resize it to 150 x 140. Can I drag the rectangle to resize. Similarly, once I draw a text box. but because the text was too long, the text went on to the second line. I have been...more >>

i i made a realy great game on flash but i acadentaly deleated the fla file so now i carnt finish it ur change things on it how can i make it an fla again from still having the swf. plz help...more >>

Hi, I am trying to load a swf into a movie clip using: loadMovie("your_SWF.SWF", "your_MC_instance_name"); problem is I can see my swf but it is always in the wrong place! I have set the size of my MC and moved it into position but the swf appears nowhere near it! What can I do? ...more >>

I have been going through the W3 guidelines for accessibility to websites for the visually impaired, hearing impaired, less mobile etc. Guideline 7 refers to animation on screen - how does flash cater for these user groups in terms of accessibility to information? e.g. screen readers for the...more >>

is there any way to recognize the cue points already embedded in a video (.avi) by premiere ,in Flash Mx2004 pro? Dont want " Media.addCuePoint()", the idea is to recoznise already embedded cue points in a video file by using adobe premiere. Will be grateful to anybody throwing some light ...more >>

Hi All... i will installate Flash 5 on my Notebook. After Double-Clicking the setup.exe i get the message "Not enough Space on Drive C"... Thats Right. My Win-Partition has not enougth Space. I have a Drive D with much space and a USB Hard-Disk with very, very much space. What can i ...more >>

Hey all, I have a problem with a flash movie, that hosted in a different domain than the HTML container. I need to move parameters between the domains but it is not working. If I am hosting the movie on my computer (= local) it works fine. I have this line in the container, but I am no...more >>

Hi to everyone, I am curentlly building a website, and i decided to do it rntirelly with flash (to learn more how to use it, and because graphics are much better :) ) ... However I now arrived in the 'Contact Us' section were i want to send an e-mail to myself when ever the user enters a mess...more >>

It doesn't seem to work. All the items appear in the left hand column and you can search and all that, but when you click on the document title, they don't appear in the right hand column like I assume they are supposed to. I've been opening them in my browser instead, but just wondered ...more >>

Hello I have a flash interface for some online application for correct work this interface use some external parameters (for example user session ID) In html document I send this parameter with JScript but now I have to change interface and without this parameter I can't test interface...more >>

Hi everybody, I am a beginner Flash user and I hope somebody can give me a hand to solve some, to me difficult to understand, problems. I have create a movie with some bottons and, in theory, when I am pressing the buttons it should load a small file .swf in a different window. The problem i...more >>

hi, i'm pretty new to actionscript (fair warning). i was wondering if anybody could tell me how to trigger the change of the contentPath of scrollpane by the press of a button. (for basic site navigation)...it's a "press the button" and "load the contents in the scrollpane" kinda deal. thank...more >>

How do you control the speed of an object moving around in my movie using motion tweening?...more >>

Hi people I'm making some interactive cd's in flash. Using the Projector File (*.exe) But when i run the exe it opens with flash player. The problem is that i hate the Flash Player Menu and Title Bar. I have a program that works on the exe file, and removes these items, but i dont like t...more >>

I'm drawing some basic cartoony characters and adding some flat shading by using the line tool to "outline" the shaded area. I then fill the area with the shading color. It looks great when I'm in the development mode, but as soon as I test the movie the lines show up over on top of the outer ...more >>

Hello, I am using Flash to design a QT skin, so far things have worked well but one thing I would like to overcome is the fact that when I export to QT (.mov) I still get the QT menu header. Any suggestions on how to make this disappear? Thanks in advance!! Dave M ...more >>

That tutorial on there does not give any information on to link a textarea to a external .txt file that contains html code and have it display the html code. please someone tell me what to do or the code or give me direct directions to a tutorial. ...more >>

hi, I have two scenes. Scene one is at a stop position, but it plays a movie clip, inside of which are buttons. I want the buttons to goto scene 2, frame 1. but, for some reason, they just restart the movie clip. The code I'm using right now is applied to the button inside the movie clip...more >>

I have tried to load thumbnail image with Flash MX Professional 2004... using loadMovie method. ... mc.loadMovie("image.jpg", target); ... this method loads general jpg image files well ... but when i made thumbnail image with GetThumbnailImage() method in .NET System.Drawing.Image ...more >>

How can I make a sound from one scene continue into another so I can still see the wavelengths and know when the sound ends? I am using MX on a Mac...more >>

I will try and make this quick, but first of all, i want to display text using a scroll componant and i cannot figure out how to tell the scroll componant what text to display. I guess i am asking how to display and choose scroll content? Secondly, i imported a video on to my stage, but f...more >>

This has perplexed me for some time now. I want to create a flash site that fills the entire browser window, no matter how large or small you scale it- but I don't want the movie assets inside to scale up in size, but rather remain the same size. Here is an example: http://real-ads.com/20...more >>

What ActionScript would be used so that after an end-user has navigated in my Flash site, that if they hit the "Back" button in IE, or another browser interface, it will take them to the previously viewed page in Flash. I know you can do this with javascript in HTML with the Flash "pages" ...more >>