I am building a form in flash, and I want to be able to submit the form when a user presses the "enter" key. I have a text field for a message, and I want the form to be able to be submitted when the focus is on the text field and they press the "enter" key. How can I set this up? ...more >>

Hey everyone, I have a movie clip that has about 30 frames of animation. I want to bring that to the main timeline (I'm exporting a QuickTime and movie clips don't get exported). When I go to the movie clip's timeline and select everything in that timeline and select Copy Frames then pas...more >>

Is there a way to avoid dynamic images being cached so the image can be refresh every minute? ...more >>

help - in ie looks great - netscape it's half the height!?!???...more >>

I'm attempting to set global variables using code placed on the first frame of my SWF, which happens to be a calendar: _global.viewYear = 2004; _global.viewMonth = "July"; I have no references to _root, or to _level in the code, which I realize will create issues when my SWF is loaded into ...more >>

FLASH MX, MAC OSX, IE 5.2, Is there anything I can do about the bottom and left side margins in Internet Explorer on a MAC? I have my margins set to 0 in my css and in Safari or on a PC there are no margins but on Mac IE I get a 1/4" margin on the left and bottom. http://www.digitalher...more >>

plz help me in making banners in flash thx Addy...more >>

plz help me in making banners in flash thx Addy...more >>

hy all i wonder if some one will tell me how to make image in flash blurt. means that i want the image to be lighter or may be transparent....thx Addy...more >>

Hi- I know that everyone has this problem, the ol' 'My framerate is right on my machine, but it is slow online...', but my framerate is jumping around through my whole movie. Is ther anything I can do about this problem? I'm using a fast PC, and of course everything is fine on my pc, but...more >>

Is it appropriate to use a preloader if your movie is published for 'Progressive Download'? I created a 4 min video demo that begins playing after x bytes have been downloaded and on a T-1 line the screen is only blank for a few seconds before the video begins. Would you folks recommend addi...more >>

Hello, I want to add to my site a video chat software and I search someone that he knows how to build very good Video Chat software, my site should be very famous site. If you are intrested, please e-mail me to: info@beautycontest.co.il Thank you. ...more >>

I am building a app that will load and stream multiple sources of collateral. I am using the flash media playback compoent to do this. Some of the collateral is video which will be converted to .flv format. Others are .swf files My question is how can you convert .swf file to .flv forma...more >>

I'm sure this is probably very simple, but for the life of me I can't figure it out!! I have a client that wants these black dots to spin (like a top). But because they are solid black, you can't see any movement in one place. I put a gradient on it, to make it look 3D, but that doesn't sol...more >>

Input one line of text in a .html file which is created from a .fla file. Click the submit button in this html file and activate the other .html file which is also created from a .fla file. How do display the input text in the first .html in the second .html file? Thanks! ...more >>

Hello: I am looking for a good flash designer to help us with a non profit banner for our web site. We have all of the flash art work, however we cannot make it work the way we want to. We have an example to show the flash designer. We can pay a little, however please remember we are a non...more >>

Hi, I am trying to make a menu like this: http://urschel.com/index2.php A popup menu which elements pops out of the limits of the .swf and overlaps the rest of the html (text, photos...) Is it possible in Flash. Thank you in advance Auris ...more >>

SOMEONE HELP ME!!! PLEASE! I've tried over and over to install the Flash Video Exporter that comes with Flash MX 2004 Professional. However, it will not install. It unpacks and tries to start the install wizard, but then exits with no error message, and without installing. None of my vide...more >>

We are a Manhattan based design studio looking for experienced freelance Flash designers for upcoming CD-ROM and web projects. We are interested in designers who have at least 3 years' experience, a portfolio of work completed for actual clients (not demo pieces) and who have an in-depth gras...more >>

hello ng, i want to make a very rough background for my homepage. when i take a picture with a dimension of 40 x 40 pixels and scale it in html to 400 x 400 it bekomms really nice. i want to get this stairs in the picture. know i tried to make the same with flash but it makes everything smooth. ...more >>

It seems that none of the search engines find me when I post flash websites. what can I do to get the search engines to hit me? I design an index in dreamweaver and put in the appropriate info, but still the msn's of the world won't find my sites. Is there a flash thangy I can run in th...more >>

Hi, I've created a text file that stores URLs and I can bring in the URL in a text field...I wanted to make sure it was working. What I really want to do is create a button that when clicked will go out and pull the URL from the text file. &url1=http://www.test.com/1.swf& &url2=http://ww...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to import a .mpeg video into Flash MX. Everytime I import the file and test it out, the audio runs faster than the video causing it to not sync up. The video and audio are both in the .mepg file and when I run the .mepg file outside of flash, it works fine. Any ideas o...more >>

Hi, i'm trying to reproduce a masking effect used on the main page of the Alias website ( www.alias.com ) but i'm not getting it. Please someone with higher experience help me. Thanks!...more >>

Does anyone know how to remove the mouseover functionality in the ticker component? I've tried editing the actionscript, but nothing works. I simply want the cursor to remain an arrow when mousing over an item. ...more >>

Hi All, I have just created a flash app with 4 combo boxes. Each time something is selected from the combo box a corresponding 2/3 digit number is displayed in a dynamic text box. Each of the 4 combo increments the digits in the text box until you end up with a 9 digit number. However,...more >>

We are currently looking at ways of providing interactive tests to accompany CD and web based training material. We have used Flash MX 2004 quiz templates to create some tests. Unfortunately we do not have access to an AICC or SCORM compliant LMS tracking system. Is there a way of trackin...more >>

I have something that runs fine when published for Player 6, but goes wacky when published for Player 7. Changing nothing else but that. I tried to do a search here, but it said it was down for maintenance. Does anybody know of a list anywhere of differences between the two, and things t...more >>

Hi I need to create an online showreel that slowly plays a sequence of up to 30 images, at the same time it streams a piece of music how would you approach this project ? your advice greatly appreciated.. chris...more >>

Hi, I need to load an image according to the a variable in a text file. When I change the file and test the movie, it's fine. But when it's actually running, it's still showing the old image. What should I do to enforce it to show the change? Thanks for any input. adok ...more >>

I am using onclipevent in flash5 to detect a left or right arrow keypress. I have two problems which I'm finding really difficult to solve. Firstly I increment or decrement a variable when the arrow key is pressed. If the user holds down the arrow key, this variable changes very rapidly, but...more >>

Hi All, I've been asked to find out how long it would take to animate a project. The project is that of a city street, with different store fronts on either side. Most of the animation will be for the different store owners/clerks/other customers within the stores/bars/casino. To add to this,...more >>

Hello, Can any one confirm that .PNG images that preserve their alpha layer, can be successfully loade into flash? Fo some reason whe using MovieClip.loadMovie("MyImage.png") etc.. it recognises the file path, but does not end up loading anything. Cheers! ...more >>

When I publish my site as an html and play it, it runs really slow. The site should run at 21fps, but actually runs about 5 times slower. (The html is 4kb and the swf is 48kb.) Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening? ...more >>

my websites got quite a big Intro to start, so as its loading the Intro you wait at a loading screen (just a small looped animation), but i want to get a % bar telling you how much has been done and how much left (animated) actionscript right? but how? Thanks Mike. ...more >>

Hello all... Just wanted to have a chat about flash and netscape. Firstly. How many of you use netscape as your default browser? I have just finished building a new site, I checked it in my normal internet explorer browser and it runs like a dream. just as it was meant to, but, when i check...more >>

i am feeling a normal proble please help me.. i want few button move and stop when mouse move on buttons, have any coding for onmouse over movie clip will be stop?...more >>

i am writing a script to write text to the screen (faster than animating by hand) but my current problem is the differing widths of characters you see because i want the characters to be "written" to the screen by a cursor or some other animated thing i need (well i have chosen) to write each ...more >>

How do you disable the "settings" option in the flash player context menu (The right click menu)? If you right click on the links on top of almost every page on Macromedia.com, you will see that "settings" is dimmed out. Thanks for the help. ...more >>

I have recently finished a site for someone that far exceeded my ability to use Flash and have a couple of problems. The site is http://www.matthoyle.com Some people are able to view it fine but others can't get the sections in photography to load or the text in biography to display as form...more >>

I am trying to import sound to the timeline or library but when I import it it always says "Flash desn't recognize the file format of 'file.wav'. Would you like to try import via QuickTime? I obviously think it has something to do with the format but im not sure how to change it. Right now ...more >>

Hi! I'm trying to develop a simple web page, i used in frame 1 to 3 a very simple preloader that i found in a tutorial, i put in frame 4 a MOVIE CLIP for my web page flash INTRO, and in freame 5 i have my MAIN MENU. Everything runs well up to this point. The problem is that whenever i s...more >>