Does anyone out there know if there are a limit to the number of handles one can employ in sound editing? I am running several loops simultaneously and need to cut sound in one loop while bringing up the sound on another loop. It needs to be done several times but I can only get 8 handles. Is ...more >>

i have am developing a fully flash webpage. i have a 30 second music clip that elements in the page move to. It works fine when i test the .swf file, but when i run it from the html file the elements of the page that are supposed to appear to certain beats appear before the beats. any sugge...more >>

Hi, i'm not too bad at creating flash to include in websites etc but what i really want to do is make a flash jukebox that can play 3 or 4 mp3's. very simple, only with a play button and the option to select which of the currently available tracks to play. I have searched high and low for a ...more >>

I HAVE TODAY DOWNLOADED SHOCKWAVE ONTO SAME COMPUTER WITH NO TROUBLE...BUT FOR SOME REASON FLASH PLAYER IS GIVING ME TROUBLE...more >>

The text field starts as "" I add "this is text\n" every time a particular action happens (this isn't the real text, but I do have a newline character) Once it hits the bottom of the list, I want the list to become scrollable. How can I do this? It is actually a random multiplication program ...more >>

I need help with this thing on flash. I am making my friend a small flash page. I just began using it, so I have not figured everything out. I have it so that you click VIDEO, and a box pops out with his video. I would like it to have tons of clips, with names under, and you can click to watch...more >>

when i download flash player for internet explorer, i get the message, that version 6,0,65,0 is installed succesfully. but the actual version of the player is 7,0,19,0. what can i do to install the newest version of flash player. thx in advance for your fast answers ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to do an autorun in OSX? I hope so!!! :) Thanks...more >>

Hello, please someone help me, I?m doing a CDROM and I have both .exe and OSX formats, and I?m trying to open a PDF file from the cd using get URL, it is working well on .exe, opens teh pdf without problems, but on OSX it wont work!!!! I have read in teh forum that was an error from Safari,...more >>

i want to simply display some data on a page using flash and asp with an access database can anyone tell me where i should go for a simple tutorial and or recommend a book?...more >>

Hi, I have a question about Flash and external programs. I have this flash presentation which I have converted to a exe projektor. In the movie I have 3 buttons. I want the first to trigger and open a pps (powerpoint pres), the second to open a pdf and the third to open a movie in windows med...more >>

What's the most reliable way of doing a flash detect (for IE) and if it's not detected, serve up a chunk of html code which could be nested tables with more than one gif?...more >>

Hi, I would like to do cartoons and animation for the web. I have not yet any software for it and I wonder which would be better for that job: Flash or Toon Boom? I guess buying the two would be the best but I do have the money to buy only one software. I know that Toon Boon is a spe...more >>

Hi, I would like to do cartoons and animation. Is there some good online tutorials for Flash MX? Thanks, Richard ...more >>

I have a good question here thats bugging me. I have audio, lots of it. I want to set it to stream with out loosing quality. How? the files are under 100Kb and mp3 ABR format recorded at 24Kbs. Should I record them at 8Kbs to closer match the streamed format? What is the specs after Flas...more >>

Hi, I've got the feeling that I'm missing something pretty basic, but I'm new to Flash, so I need some guidance. Background: I need to create a Flash mini-web site for use on a business card CD. This thing needs to be interactive (people click on stuff for additional info), with voice-ove...more >>

Is flash in general server side, or just some of the scripts that you use. for example: my flash animation located here: http://www.prismdaisy.com/ is this server side? I know that when I did a search for this, most of the server side topics had to do with ColdFusion and JRun. I h...more >>

I would like to burn a presentation i made for my friends at there wedding reception onto a DVD do they can watch it on there DVD player whenever they choose. I need it in some kind of movie format for that Can i change .swf into either: .mov .mpeg .wav .asf I need help fas...more >>

how would i make a game so that at the end the persons score is sent to my email if they click a button that says like send score or sumthing like that plz give me the place of a toutrial or tell me one on here ...more >>

I have just spent the last eight months writing a large media/multipage web site in Flash 7 actionscript 2. I wrote all the code and published the SWFs on a PC. It works fine on every PC I have tested, but when I load the site into a Macintosh all animation slows to a crawl or even stops. Even...more >>

Anyone have advice on which app to use to make screensavers from a swf ???????????????????...more >>

Can anyone tell me what toggle I've accidentally pushed somewhere? I can either look at the stage of my Flash MX Pro 2004 interaction, to see the interaction, or I can view the screen hierarchy. Until recently I could look at both of these, in a split-screen mode. My bad, obviously. What did I...more >>

Could anyone point me to a way to take an existing animated gif file and convert it so that it works in flash?...more >>

Anybody have this in their library? I looked on flashkit.com and didn't find anything....more >>

I have a number of variables, ie a=1 b=2 c=3 that i want to put into one element of an array. I then have my next element which contains a=3 b=5 c=1 and so on. I would then like to sort the array by variable "a". Is this possible, and could any one shed some light please. Many thanks Dave ...more >>

OK, I now understand how to get rid of the last item added to an array. Now, I'm trying to copy an array from one variable to another. I'm setting up my 2 arrays initially at the top of the program (outside of any functions) as myArray=new Array(); myArrayCopy = new Array(); Then with...more >>

hello all wha code do i need to open a pop up window when a button is clicked. ...more >>

I have several static text fields on a site I'm making. All use pixel fonts, 8pt., all are at exact coords (eg. 230.0 x 130.0). I've followed all neccessary steps to make any aliased text display clearly. I'm wondering if having these fields masked has anything to do with the blurring. Does ...more >>

I am new to flash, and have created some simple flash animations to put on my website. However, I want to make the files link to a different website. I use dreamweaver MX to build my basic html code. Is there a simple way to create the flash movie where it will load up in a new window a URL ...more >>

I am dynamically calling an image which seems to always appear on top of everything. The call is activated by a button on stage. The button also calls a dynamic tooltip. The problem is that the image always covers the tooltip. Can dynamically called images be instructed to appear behind anot...more >>

I am trying to import an mpeg into the library for my flash document. When I try to do this I get this error: Flash doesn't recognize the format of TestMovie.mpeg. Would you like to try and import via Quicktime? I click no and get One or more files were not imported because of er...more >>

In HTML it is easy to mark a link that has been visited. I am wondering how to do the same in Flash. I have a portfolio and each of the pictures is viewed by clicking a square button. Once that button has been clicked I would like to differentiate it from the unclicked buttons by changing t...more >>

I'm really disliking my PC. I'm a Mac guy, so PCs are fairly foreign to me. I have a eMachine with a 2.7Ghz Celeron processor. I'm trying to install Flash Player 7. I've tried everything I can think of without luck. I've even Uninstalled all Flash Players. I go to the Install Flash page a...more >>

I have a little problem i just don't seem to be able to solve i have a website with 2 languages. the menu's are in flash, the rest php/mysql On the base of the last segment of the url i decide witch language to display. so: http://mysite.com/index.php/english/ gives the english content and h...more >>

hi can anyone recommend a good tutorial (flash5) for building a preloader with progress bar and percentage counter. The more specific and idiot proof the better thanks jig...more >>

Hi folks, this is the situation: my flashmovie reads external textfiles with flash-encoded vars (&var1=xxx&var2=yyy). This works well as long as the text isnt rendered using an embedded font, even in turkish. The embedden font id like to use is the special turkish edition, meaning all the glyp...more >>

Hi, I have a dynamic PHP page, and at the top of each page is a banner ad. When the banner ad is clicked, I want the user to be taken to that site. The banner ad will change each time the site is visited, and the ad can be either a GIF file or a Flash file. This works ok for .Gif's,...more >>

im using flash mx 2004 and i want to know how to to make the fps high in the first half and low in the second half it's for an intro Thanks...more >>

hi. i need help urgently. who know how to use the media component? can send mi 1 example or know nay site that offer help? i been to a few but don't realli understand what it is about. hope that there are those that explain in great details and better still step by step examples for a dummy ...more >>

Hi all, I have a screen with an accosiated class. After loading the class i set the contentPath property. It used to work well, but with the latest update (7.2) is doesn't work anymore (is simply doesn't appear). Why??? Here is the code: ******************************************...more >>

Hi again, I would appreciate some help with the following problem. I would like to use the load movie action to replace the current .swf with another but loading it at a specific frame location (e.g Scene 2 Frame 150). Is this possible? It would be great if somebody could give me an exam...more >>

Hi, I'm using flash MX2004 & player 7, on win server 2k. I've made a flash movie which contains nothing on stage at author time. Everything appears through AS2 by createEmptyMovieClip & attachMovie methods & other manipulations for their correct positions etc. The movie is running properly...more >>

...can I make it open in Acrobat, instead of explorer ??...more >>

Hi there, I am trying to create a text box with actionscript, using an embedded font, and populating it with HTML text. It seems I can either use an embedded font, or HTML formatted text, but not both. To illustrate the problem, I have created a little test. Please note that HTML formatted...more >>

Can I with any command make the Projector file appear in the middle of the screen when running autorun from CD??...more >>

I am planning to give a free flash player installation with a product I am creating. Where can I get a version that is a installation file to instal the SAFlashPlayer.exe file. Can I have a direct url please ...more >>

Hey there, i have built a site using the component of a .swf loader, comes with Flash MX 2004 professional and now i have the issue of not everyone being able to view it. the site will load the stage manager fine but leaves the .swf loader component on the screen as a white square. I can see...more >>

I want to play a small Flash file in a PowerPoint that I created. I know there is a way to embed my .swf file into a PPT but I forgot how. Anyone know how that is done?...more >>