Running into a catch-22 with this. When I try to install I get the error message that Macromedia Flash MX 2004 must be intalled in order to install the update. When I try to install with Macromedia Flash MX 2004 running (so that the updater will see it) I'm told I have to shut down the program...more >>

I'm developing a Flash program to be distributed via CD-rom so that I won't have to worry about the user having the correct version of Flash, etc. A few of the scenes need to be done in HTML, (displaying Quicktime movies, long text docs, etc.). I know I can use a getURL actionscript to s...more >>

I have created a click-thru screens slide presentation in Flash MX Pro. Each slide contains a MediaController component associated with a MediaDisplay component that streams its own external FLV. The presenter uses buttons to navigate from slide to slide. Now I need to create a self runni...more >>

How do I set a link so I can preview in dreamweaver? I want to be able to set a link but do not have the full web address. Thanks Glenn...more >>

I can't figure out how to set a link to open an e-mail? Isn't it a behavior? I can't seem to find it. I looked under the help icon too, but still no luck. If anyone could help, I'd greatly appreciate it. thanks maria- ...more >>

I have a scrollpane which I am using to load dynamic data and create duplicate movie clips inside (depending on the dynamic data loaded). My problem is that when all the data is loaded, I can't scroll down on the scrollpane to see all of the content. There is more content below the allowed s...more >>

How can I set a cookie or do something that will only launch a flash movie the first time a vistor comes to my site?...more >>

A program my church uses is EasyWorship, and it can play videos but only .avi and .mpg When i expot my flash movie as an .avi, it will not read, seemingly because something is different about that file...Does anyone know of a way to fix this problem? Some programs that convert the .swf to .avi...more >>

Hi all, I got a quick and hopefully easy question. Basically I have a class that I created (in an .as file) called runOnce and I am trying to create an instance of that in flash, but its not linking correctly. Right now I have that file in a directory called classes. I also setup a flash p...more >>

Hi everyone- This is Greg Stern from Macromedia. I wanted to alert people to an interesting live video streaming event this weekend. For those interested in Flash Video, in particular streaming live video, you will want to check this out. Details: Flugtag Event, presented by Red ...more >>

I have set up a dynamic text box with scrollers programmed in ActionScript. Did this for a client who now wants to include small jpg files in the text, scrolling with it. I thinkI know how to do this by loading external html files, but is there some way to do it right in the text box? You...more >>

Ok, I've been using flash for a while (MX 2004 Pro to be exact) and I've done some cool stuff with AS2 in flash documents. I am asking this question (hoping someone else has already done this and can point me in the right direction) on how to do stuff with flash slide shows. I know most of the...more >>

Does any one know of a source of information on any incompatability issue between the Flash player plug-in for Netscape/Mozilla and for IE? I have code for drawing lines on a background which works on IE, but now doesn't work on Mozilla or Netscape (yes, I have the latest flash plug-in instal...more >>

I have created some components on stage, name, address date and such. I would like to be able to have customers on my site fill in the fields and press submit. When they press submit it sends the form to my email showing me what they entered in the fields. Is this possible, i simply want to be...more >>

I want to go to a specific frame in a specific scene within a movie clip and I am not sure if this can be done and how to do it. Can someone help me PLEASE????????? I want to click on a button within a movie clip and have it go to the frame in the scene. ...more >>

I am trying to shape tween arrows moving from one area to another in a curvy pattern. Don't know what I am doing wrong. I drew the arrow in Flash. Followed the directions in Flash MX Professinal 2004 book as well as Using Flash MX. Any suggestions? ...more >>

is there any way to export transparent flash movie from flash movie (swf, qicktime,...) ?...more >>

Hello friends: I have a flash movie that all the content is loaded in via an xml file. In my flash movie, i have a search field that is suppost to search the xml document, display the search results in a text field. And clicking one of the results takes you to a frame label in my flash mov...more >>

Hello, I have seen many amazing websites with smooth animation inside their flash movies. Which is the most usable frame rate, in order to have the smoothest animation ever? I know that it may depend on the visitor PC capabilities, but I do not care in this period of time. I just need the ...more >>

Hello, How can I load a movie and tell to go to specific frame or scene. What I know is that i have to create root variable to be able to use it in the loaded movie. how do I do that? declare a root variable and use it in the loaded movie? Thank you ...more >>

A client has asked that a project be done in Flash 4. Obviously, we would like to use MX, but we may not be able to talk the client into it. The project will need to play video from within the Flash presentation. Is there any issues with using Flash 4 and video? I'm hearning that it can't real...more >>

Ever since I did the update, clicking on the Flash Edit button on the Properties window will not do anything. Before the update, whenever I needed to edit a SWF movie, clicking the Flash Edit button would launch Flash MX 7.02 and open the FLA source file. Now, it's not working. Anyone having s...more >>

I am new to flash, and while I like using the mouse for some things I was wondering if flash supports a drawing pad. I do not have one, but was thinking of getting one. My question is are they supported, and in what versions of flash. Is it only professional, etc... The second question ...more >>

Ok, I think I did this before, but it's been too long. Can someone tell me how I make a gradient mask? I just want a simple gradient mask to have a photo appear blended into the background. HELP! Much obliged! ~Marianne ...more >>

what is the actionscript to get my project to run in fullscreen? thanks in advance...more >>

Sorry for the cross-posting ... Not sure where this question should go .. I have a dataGrid that is being populated via a CFC. One of the columns in the DG is being rendered as a Checkbox. I would like to offer the users to ability to uncheck\check items in the dataGrid and them save the ...more >>

if (newline != "\n") { trace("another bug is found."); } ...more >>

Hey, This forum has proven to be very supportive, my question this time around is that i have a scroll window, and i know how to assign text to that scroll window, however, now i want that scroll window to contain a list of links. Links that either open another browser window to display a pi...more >>

Hello everyone, I have been looking for a way to convert the text in an input field to upper case. Actually I need the text to automatically be upper case when it is input regardless of whether the shift key or caps lock key is pressed or not. Is there any way to do this? Thanks in advance,...more >>

I have a menu box (in mc) that has a tab on it, which is suppose to be at the edge of the visible screen until the tab is clicked and then the menu box is to enter the screen area. How do I hide the rest of the box until it is to be seen. Currently I have it outside the screen area, yet it ...more >>

I'm trying to insert a standalone learning interaction into a one-frame non-quiz .FLA file. I open the common library containing the interactions, drag one onto the stage, break apart, configure and test. None of the text for the the answers shows up, nor do the buttons. even if I test the...more >>

First of all I would like to thank everyone that helped. It may have been an easy task but to a beginner, creating my first auto-launch projector was a chore. The PC portion of it works great. Secondly, now that I have the PC files working properly, I need to accomplish the same on the MAC...more >>

Hello, Does someone know the way to avoid interaction between different charged levels ? I have a form charged on back level and some buttons on top level. Some of them are 'fisically' over the form, so I risk to interact with, against my will. Thanks a lot Lola PS. I adopted the syste...more >>

I have a scrollpane in my flash movie. It is a simple affair. It just uses .swf files to display the content of the pane. The .swf files are nothing more than a static text box with text in it. Plain and simple. So can someone now explain why the scrollpane does not display all the text??? ...more >>

Hi all!!! i don't have flash installed on my system. i'm using windows 98 os and ie 6.. when i browse aby website with flash content my browser simply displays blank space. It never prompts me to download macromedia flash.. i want by browser to come up with alert/prompt message.. ...more >>

A designer put together a Flash presentation for online use, from a CD-ROM presentation. All swf's and mp3's are loaded in the same directory online..... however, the mp3's don't play. If I link directly to each one, I can hear them..... so what do I go back tot he designer with? Important! ...more >>

I have a problem with a button that is included in a movie clip. For exmaple: The movie clip is on Scene 4, and is containing more buttons that when the mouse moves, the buttons moves. Now, when a user picks Button 1 for example that button must get the user to frame 19 in Scene 4. I h...more >>

Hi I made a video conference for ten people, but when I say the other people I hear the sound of the words two times (echo) As to decide this? Tanks, Marcelo ...more >>

Hi guys, seem to have hit another brick wall again!! lol basically I have a flash animation with actionscripted pauses on certain frames of the timeline using this code: stop(); pausel=setInterval(pauseF=5000); function pauseF(){ play(); clearInterval(pausel) } my problem is ...more >>

Does anyone have any specific examples of everyday Flash annoyances fixed by the 7.2 Ellipsis update but not mentioned in the blogs, articles etc.? Especially for the Mac version? D...more >>

Hi, I never put anything on the web before, I have created a .swf that contains about 20 images and is 1MB in size. All the images are on different frames, however if I stick this on the web as it is will it be to big to run smoothly. If so do I need to load these images one at a time? ...more >>

For some reason or another, I cannot get any trace commands to work. Even a simple command like: trace("HELLO"); in the first frame does not work. Trace used to work at one time, but for whatever reason, it does not now. It could have began when did a previous update a while back. Anyw...more >>

Hi, I have set the swf as 800 x 600 resolution. And I export it to the projector (exe). If it is in full screen size (my display set to resolution 1024 x768), the flash will increase and the content will become not clear. Is there any way to fixed the swf/ exe resolution, so that when it i...more >>

I have a little problem with scroll pane... I have a wide flash window that contains a number of link buttons (graphics images set to button symbols) to other wed site and/or pages on my one. This window is now getting pretty wide so I'm displying it via another flash file using a scroll p...more >>

Internal links, or links to a destination on the same page are created using anchors.I have created a flash button (using Dreamveawer and the second using Flash) and I would like to link them to a named anchors on the same html page. I would like to create internal navigation using simply fla...more >>

Hi to everyone, I created a website, and have arrived to the near finish. My website consists of a main .swf file and several other .swf files that load inside the main .swf file (ex: Home.swf, Photos.swf, etc). However I new realized that it takes some time to load these .swf files when...more >>

So i need to convert my swf files into a avi format. I have several programs, 2 that do not work, and one that does, but is a demo so it adds a ad screen over my converted file. If you could help me with a programs that is free or a way to do it without a program, that would be great. thanks. ...more >>

Hi all, for some reason my codes for a picture gallery in flash are just ignoring me. I have a layer with the controls (code below) and a layer with frames for the pictures, but when the buttons are clicked on, nothing happens. Any thoughts? on (release) { goToAndstop (prevFrame); } ...more >>

I am designing a maze. Its broken into sections in a 10x10 grid. The maze is randomly generated. I've added a map of the maze inside a seperated movie clip. I don't want to type: a1.gotoAndStop(_root.b.charCodeAt(0)-96); a2.gotoAndStop(_root.b.charCodeAt(1)-96); a3.gotoAndStop(_root.b.ch...more >>

im revamping my website. i dont use any moving things on my site but i have some onRollover actions ect(stufff with still images). im wondering which scripting would be better to use...flash or javascript?...which would be smaller files? more convienient(im fluent in both flash and java scri...more >>

On rare occasions linked PDFs will not open. I create CD enhancements which have links to lyric sheets and the like. I use FLASH. Could it be the end users browser settings? Or, do I need to specify "_blank"? Or . . . On a current project the PDFs work fine on my 3 testing compute...more >>

Hey i have a quick question, can i use 2 masks over the one object?, if so how? Thanks...more >>

hi i'm trying to design a small site in flash (nothing more than news, foto's and a diary). I made a main movie with a few buttons that load another movie. The problem that i am having is that the loaded movie doesn't initialise properly. lets take my news movie for example: when i open th...more >>

I got a movie from my webcam that i wants to put into a flash, i heard that u got to convert the file into certain type, wa file types to macromedia take?...more >>