Hi- Sombody PLEASE HELP ME! I have been going in circles all day. I am very new to flash, but do know some stuff, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this ONE THING! I want the user to be able to select a state from a combo box and have that bring up data I have somewher...more >>

Hello: I just created my first PHP-MySQL-Flash application. The problem is that when I access the app from my browser it the dynamic content (variables generated by php file) aren't showing up. Everything is fine in the testing stage. I can even access it if I goto http://localhost/myfile.sw...more >>

Well, for some strange reason...my computer has recently stopped playing sounds when I watch a flash file. Now, the animation will ve working perfectly but I can't hear a lick of sound. This problem arose a couple weeks ago and I have no idea why. I have installed the latest flash and java (ju...more >>

My flash file has 4 jpegs, each with five buttons on top of them. Each button commands a movie clip to go to an specific frame ( on (release) Posters_MC.gotoAndPlay(2)} ) and on each frame there is a nested movie clip with a graphic symbol that fades in (alpha effect) when the MC goes to that...more >>

Hi I have two question : 1. My flash (using 35 fps) drop its frame rate (35 -> +-31/32) when I played it in browser, even if I scalled it down. If this bcoz of the browser ?? Because in Flash player if I resize my flash into smaller size the frame rate can increase. 2. Now this is the weir...more >>

I bought a flash mx 2004 hands on tranning book. It comes with a cd rom with tons of exersises. My problem is when ever i try to open one of the exersises an error comes up that says " unexpected file format " what does this mean? How can I get the exersises to play in flash? ...more >>

Hi everyone! I am working on this 100% flash web site and i need to ask a question on how to resolve this rather big problem i have. The home page of the web site has 5 movie clips each containg the five elements that make up the page(menu, logo,text, and 2 photos). Each page of the websit...more >>

Many people don't seem to be aware that most of the MX series of products have been updated and the updaters are available from Macromedia's site. The updaters fix many, many bugs and problems. The Flash MX 2004 updater is particularly significant. AND there is a second Flash updater appare...more >>

hi.. something bother me so much, I've made a flash game and it runs fine if I played on the flash player.. n then I post it on the net and the game won't even showed ??? I'm not using any external lib or anything but I did copied a symbol from another flash file, is that what's make my flas...more >>

Hi, I understand that the x y position of an object placed inside a movieClip is relative to this movieClip (rather than relative to the main stage). But I find this to be extremely complicated and confusing. Is there a way to get the absolute position of any object in any movieClip (i.e its...more >>

Hello, I want to create a cd and when the cd is inserted to open an explorer window (800x600, no toolbars) and load there the flash file. Is it possible? ...more >>

Alright I've got a simple little flash file that im using for navigation on a client's site, and I want to add a preloader to it so that the user can see the progress. Pretty standard stuff. Now I have a preloader that I made a while back that I have used for dozens of different Flash sites I'...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to import BMP's so they look crisp when you publish them as an HTML, however this is not happening. I'm not rescaling the images in Flash, I'm breaking the images apart and coverting the images to Graphic symbols. I'm also removing the smoothing tool and changing the option ...more >>

Hi all, I'm using FlashMX2k4 (v. 7.0.1) on a G5, running OS 10.3.4, with an ATI 9800 Pro Special Edition video card. I tired searching this topic before posting. While using the Flash authoring tool, I find the display in the ActionScript Editor frequently "disappears"; the Editor window i...more >>

I'm a total novice and I'm making a very simple word serach game. I've worked out how to do most things ie drawing around the letters when you roll over and hold for 2 seconds but the question is: How can I make it so when you have found all the words it goes to a different page saying you...more >>

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I'm having a repeat problem I experienced when I upgraded from Flash player 5 to 6 now with 6 to 7: I am using the following action script below to avoid my intro movie repeating itself each time the movie is loaded ifFrameLoaded ("home") { _root.gotoAndPlay("Second"); } This worked fi...more >>

I'm having a problem getting this Audio Object fade in code to work. Movie Clip name: teaseraudioMC Linkage ID: teaseraudioID Instance Name: teaseraudio1 on frame 1 of main timeline I place: A frame containing the linking Movie Clip and this code in a keyframe in a separate track: te...more >>

Ok I can't find the scroll bar component in mx 2204 pro. Am I going blind? Do I need to add an extention?...more >>

Hi, I'm working in Flash MX and am making a slide show of sorts that will be interactive. The show will have pictures of similar objects, and what I'm trying to do is create invisible buttons that could be placed over each object in each frame, which would then run a bit of AS. The issue...more >>

Hi, How can i remove the /r and /n from the XML it reads? ThanQ -- _____________________________ DESIGNSERVER D. Volaric (Multimedia Designer) dario@designserver.nl Tussen de Bogen 111 1013 JB Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31(0)20 - 5318490 fax: +31(0)20 - 5318498 http://www.d...more >>

**NEWBIE ALERT** My boss wants a simple form in our Flash site that sends an email with this info: - Name - Email address - Phone - Fax - Message (NOTE: Many solutions simply mimic an email exactly. I need more than that, phone, fax and maybe more fields later...) That's it! I've b...more >>

Hi, How to embed .swf files within outlook 2003... it gives me an erro that says ""Your current security settings prohibit running activeX controls in this page. As a result, the page may not display properly " i wana know how i can go about solvin this issue.. HELP~! ...more >>

Is there any way to make a published flash-movie stay on top of other windows? Alternatively; is it poosible to publish an .exe-file and have that stay on top of all other windows? -best regards Hkn. ...more >>

Animoi Content Converter 3.0 Animoi Content Converter is a software tool that enables Macromedia Flash developers to design small interactive applications and animations for J2ME-powered mobile devices. It converts wireless-tailored Flash content to executable J2ME/MIDP programs or ani...more >>

I am creating an flash presentation, in which i am using images, vector objects etc. But when i play the animation it plays with a JERK. I want to make the animation smoother, Please guide me? Is there any software which makes the flash animation smoother, without any jerks? Is there anyt...more >>

Hi everyone, I have a problems sending url parameters from Flash in IE 6. I am doing a simple getURL and I am adding the parameter and it's value using the "?" as I would do in plain html. Everything is ok in Netscape 7.1, the variables are in the adress bar as expected, but it's not working w...more >>

Hi, When a movie is loaded...how get his name ? Best regards J.Ph...more >>

Is there any way to call an ActionScript 2.0 funtion from Javascript? Can ActionScript 2.0 call a Javascript function? -- "It's easy enough to be pleasant, when life hums along like a song. But the man worth while is the man who can smile when everything goes dead wrong.". ...more >>

hi, i have a combobox in a swf with 3 elements in both label and data configured by properties tab. it works well in that swf. but when i load that swf into another fla by loadMovie, it appears in that fla but doesnt work when i try( when i hit on combobox, its elements does not open as a ...more >>

hello. I want to install and run flash MX 2004 on Windows advanced server 2000. I tried downloading free 30 days trial several times. but the messege is coming that 'its not a valid archive.' can flash mx 2004 run on windows advanced server 2000 or is their any other provision ? i tri...more >>

How can I validate an Input box to only accept Numbers, so as to avoid the Nan response coming up ? I thought that setting the character to Numerals would do the trick but unfortunately it only works when I test the scene, but if I export the swf, it stops working. Am I missing somet...more >>

Hi I'm trying to create an test application that extract xml data from a remote file that is to be used as content. the is to be placed in a textfield and in a movieClip. the xml data is shown in the dynamic text, the movieclip does not display however the 2 buttons attachec to the movie c...more >>

i have this old code that I used in a Flash 3 movie that was loaded using "loadMovieNum" . This code was used to unload the current movie in level 1 and got to and play a labeled frame in the root movie. This doesn't seem to work anymore in MX2004. What code can I use to replace this? t...more >>

I am a new developer, infact this will be my first flash website lol. I want to include a menu with a list of links to mp3 files for the client. Can anyone point me to a good resource so that I can have a professional looking list? I appreciate any responses :) ...more >>

Hi all, I've searched the forums to see if there is a solution to my problem but don't seem to be able to find one, or at least one that works for me. I have a video clip from final cut express which I export as a full quality DV clip with uncompressed 44.1 stereo sound. When I import ...more >>