I'm trying to create a cartoonish flash movie, I've been reading here in this forum and seen different tutorials so I know some of the tips that?s been mentioned here earlier but still I have a couple of questions. When I design a character I put every item on a different layer and converts...more >>

What's the best way to use sound? Mix all the sounds together in a sound editor to one long sound file and then let the sound file play from start to finish or use several sound files and play the right sound at the right frame? Are there any ups or downs between mixing one long or man...more >>

is there any article that describes in details how to include a preloader in a movie?am having difficulty with that issue. thx....more >>

Does anyone have a good tutorial for a typewriter effect? In fact what I really want to do is create a presentation that shows a user how to sign up and I want to simulate filling out the form. What's the best approach at this? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

How would I link to a picture? Would I do it the same way I would if I had a document to link to? Please Help Soon....more >>

OK- I produced an opening flash movie with lots of pix. The SWF is 2.8mb. The main file is 20 megs. I tested it from my web server, and it runs OK. I tried again with the DSL switched off, and it still runs OK. My question is (sorry) Does this mean that I have inflicted a 2.8 mb download on my...more >>

I have got two buttons. When the user rolls over one button I want the state of the other button to change to the "Over" state. I have tried the below (along with other variations). Any help is appreciated!! //btn1 script on(rollOver) { btn2.gotoAndPlay("Over"); } ...more >>

Hello, I need to create an animation - basically a human (drawing or 'cartoon') figure walking, picking up a product and using it - let say, drinking a beverage. Is Flash the kind of tool I want to use? Where could I find a tutorial on how to do such a thing. Thanks Tmuld (tec...more >>

I imported a video file (.avi) onto the stage (MX 2004) and want to export it as a QuickTime movie. When I choose export to QuickTime movie, I get the error message below: "The installed version of QuickTime does not have a handler for this type of Macromedia Flash movie. Please consul...more >>

WinXP.FlashMX. I've searched for a while to no avail. The closest I've come to an answer is: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=194&thre adid=825827&highlight_key=y&keyword1=resizing But this does not solve my problem. I create an input textbox and whe...more >>

I have one work for you... Frustratingashell. My output panel just stopped showing ALL output... no syntax errors, trace statements, nothing. Please help, development is hard with no feedback!...more >>

I was wondering if there was a way to keep an object from publishing that exists on the stage. I have a bitmap fo an area that I don't want objects around, but it's an arc, so conventional guides don't help show where the editable region is. Having it there is perfect for orientation, but I do...more >>

I am having real troubles being found by search engines with my flash sites. I love flash and would go flash only, if it were'nt for my search engine troubles. I start with an index file made in dreamweaver. I then place the flash into a layer or table and position it where I want it. ...more >>

I have a flash piece in the topframe of my site. How do you link the buttons in it to the mainframe of the web site? ...more >>

Here is what I have going on... i am making a Flash form that floks can enter some numbers into and since all those (7) fields were dynamic txt boxes you could tab and go from 1 to the next... wonderful. I have since placed some buttons next to these txt boxes ( the idea is they can ro...more >>

Hi all, I'm new to this forum. I would learn technoques of how to build excellent motion. I saw many web site build by flash that have very good motion transition and so on. Is there some one that can drive me trough this tecnique? thank you Renato ...more >>

Hello again. I hope someone can help me today. I was on here yesterday with no luck.... I need to open a PoerPoint presentation from FLASH. I have been told many times to use the FScommand and link to a .bat file that will launch the .pps I have hot no luck with this or with any oth...more >>

I have a flash movie that loads data from XML page every second. When I published it, it loads once, but that's it...it'll show the data one time and it just freezes/not updating, I need help? what has happen? Am I missing something? I use gotoandPlay(1); just to make sure it reloads. But i...more >>

Hello All, I have a project for a company that wants to create a Flash game and then sell the game on the Internet. The swf will be converted to a projector and then sold via download and via mail delivery on CDROM. Is this legal. What do I need to do in order to legally distribute Flash P...more >>

Went through tutorial in dev center for using flash video. Encoded .flv using Quicktime pro. In flash used media component and placed absolute url in component inspector. When I preview in flash, preloader shows download progress & completion. But it never plays??? The video file is name...more >>

Hello, I have a perplexing problem (at least for me). I imported a jpg and converted it to a graphic symbol. I placed three instances of the symbol on my stage. The original image is green. I would like to make the second instance blue and the third gold. I have the rgb color values for th...more >>

I'm creating a project in Flash that involves playing 2 flv files at the same time (a person talking with b-roll footage playing next to him). When they play by themselves they are fine, but when playing at the same time they are both very sluggish. I've compressed the FLV as small as possib...more >>

Hi. I'm new to Flash and I'm very interesed in a technique, I think called 'Z-mapping'. Here's of an example of this 'Z mapping' stuff: http://www.strille.net/works/misc/z_mapping/z_mapping.html Does anyone know any recommended books or tutorials? ...more >>

I'm creating a quiz of multiple choice questions using the learning interaction template and have several answers that have long labels. I've extended the label box but can only get the answers to show on one line. Is there any way to make the label text wrap to multiple lines? I'm using MX 20...more >>

Hello. I have downloaded the detection kit that Marcromedia has on their site and have a question about the HTML method of detecting the flash version. In the HTML code one of the settings is call flashContentURL which requires an address/link to the page you wish to display if the user DOE...more >>

how do you delete excess messages on this forum ! with apologies (kept getting an error posting message - but it was obviously working in the background) pete....more >>

Hi Kids! can I work with RecordSet datatype inaction script without relying on return values from Flash built-in procedures like WebServices methods that return RecordSet? I mean Can I construct a RecordSet object using AS? Thank u ...more >>

hi j that techique works in mx, but in flash 5 when i select the text box the field for 'instance name' in the instance pane is greyed out and not selectable? Can I do something about this? How do I assign the instance name to a text box in flash5? thanks ...more >>

instead of inserting 500 million frames after your keyframe to make a frame stay on the screen for any length of time - is it possible to put an action on a keyframe to make it pause/stop for any number of seconds before continuing ? many thanks pete ...more >>

Hi people. I am using flash 5 and would like to update a dynamic text box from a .txt file in the same address/location as the .swf. As my user name suggest I am a newbie, and by all accounts a bit stupid! Can anyone suggest a tutorial or perhaps provide a step by step (idiot proof) gui...more >>

I have been working with sound files for a long time and all of the sudden the simple play and stop buttons don't work audio in MX2004. Any clues? I repeated my actions in Flash 5 and they work fine. So I opened my file in MX2004 and it still worked...until I import a new song and swap it wi...more >>

The annoying Start Screen won't go away even after I unselected in the preference panel. It will return after quiting and restarting. Any clues to why my preference can't be remembered. I would really like to delete the annoying feature. Thanks, Teejay ...more >>

Does anybody guess how is possible to set a transparent masking to the background on a flash video as they did in this site? http://www.sun.com/bignews/nc03q3/ (see the high bandwidth presentation) the persons are talking over a graphic rendered background. thanks for any suggestion or help. ...more >>

Hi, I am very new to Flash and have the following issue:- I have a movie containing several pages which will need to be printed individually at different times. The #p label tagged to these frames prints all of these frames but I only wish a single frame to be printed at any one time. Co...more >>

hi, I'm a beginner of flash and I'm working on a flash site with a purchased template. I try to edit the symbol in the .fla file but everytime it only show that particular symbol. I found it hard to adjust the size and space of the word, etc. Can anyone tell me how can I see everythin...more >>

I'm trying to make a monthly event article site. 1. Choose Months 2. See a Brief description of events 3. Click on button Get that month's full article in Flash paper. Currently, I'm stuck at No. 3 I don't know how to use the XMLConnector to data bind the button to the link for eac...more >>

How do you make it so, when you inter a new blank key frame, it will show the outline of the previous thing you drew?? ...more >>

How do i call Frame 1 on scene 1 if my button is inside a MOVIE SYMBOL? Thanks...more >>

Hello, can anybody tell me how to get the background of my flashfile transparent. I want to put it in a layer in DW over changing pictures, to save some filesize i don't want to make for every picture. They are at the same postion and changes when you rollover buttons in a menu. Please Hel...more >>

Hi, I am desperate. We are trying to build this flash application. When we launch it the grey background of the applet is not loading properly. So we basically have the components laid over a black background. Anyone has bumped into something like this ? Help would be greatly app...more >>

How do you make a movie so the camera seemsm to zoom In....more >>

Im trying to remove a movie clip on release of a button. i cant get it to werk i just need the code to get it to werk. It seems simple but it wont werk. This is my error message Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler dropbox1.remov...more >>

I've downloaded the 7.2 Service Pack (or whatever they call it) - but when I run the .exe file I get a message that Flash MX 2004 is not installed on my computer. Well, it most certainly is! Paid for and registered, to boot. So what's the deal? Anybody else had this problem? Thanks ...more >>

Does flash have an opacity feature you can use in layer like Photoshop 5.0 -6.0 does? If so, how do you use it? In PS 6.0, you select the layer your drawing object on, then select the object itself, and then,slide a ---- type bar to create the level of opacity (or transparency, if it's not ...more >>

Ok hello. I am trying to make sort of a radio type thing where id just have different mp3's of differnet songs play in a row on a blank flash document to make for a cool background music thing for my site. I thought i could just go to import and then click the mp3 and it'd work. But it wont w...more >>

I cant seem to get the write code to remove a movie clip. I keep getting this error Symbol=box_drop3.swf, Layer=text, Frame=10: Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler dropbox1.removeMovieClip(); i named my movie clip dropbox1 anyone know the script to make this werk? ...more >>

Hi Has anyone running Flash MX2004 Pro 7.2 on a Mac G5 experienced crashing right after the splash screen disappears and the palettes appear? This happened after I installed the app (and the 7.2 updater) on a new 2.5 ghz G5 running Mac OS 10.3.5. It ran fine on my older G4 with the same O...more >>

I did an output to flash 5, have to keep it that way for slightly older generation of an internet audience. Got all the code I needed. I have to testing machines, an older G4 and a newer dual G4. The newer g4 is the one with the problem, both have the same exact version of safari. The tran...more >>

i m trying to create a menu_tab bar, and i m having trouble getting it to work on my webpage, the website is www.sjsc.net if anyone could offer any suggestions that would be awesome. thank you steve ...more >>

I want to edit a web template that i purchase. Can you help me out?...more >>