How do I keep my web site from going all the way back to the home page every time I hit the back arrow? ...more >>

Check out these two swf's: [url]http://www.onebyonedesign.com/junk/distort/distortion.html[/url] They are identical except that the first is 1 frame long and the second is 2 frames long but contains a stop command to keep it at 1 frame.. I thought I read somewhere this whole pixel shif...more >>

I am new to flash (obviously) and want to stop a movie. I selected a frame on each layer independently, then opened the Actions panel and clicked on actions>movie control>stop (it said "stop movie" in the right hand" pane). Then, when I tested the movie in a browser it kept looping even thoug...more >>

In mx 2004 the last 1/4 of the fonts in my actionscript panel are being cut off. So, for example in the word ?test my fonts? the last characters in every word - the T, Y, and S would be cut off. Sort of like the word before it is on top of it? very hard to work with. I?ve adjusted the font...more >>

I am trying to replicate a design which was handed to me to be used on a website. This design shows two fields of text which has been rotated to a slight angle. On my file I have separate text layers -- all text layers are above any background/graphic layers. When I rotate the text & then t...more >>

I would like to ask if its possible to work with Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters in Flash using Flash MX 2004 English version on a Windows XP English version. Thanks....more >>

Hi folks, I'm trying to layer HTML on top of Flash in Divs. I know it can be done, because I've seen it. Here is an example: http://www.zenspa.biz/new/services/index.htm If anyone has any ideas on how I can fix this, I would be eternally grateful. I'm trying to get this site redo don...more >>

Hello. I'm not sure if this should be posted in the actionscript forum but here goes. I would like to change the color of the textarea boxes I have created. How do I do this? Thanks in advance. Cheers it3 ...more >>

ok, i have a few basic questions about flash mx 2004. 1. How do you make it so after you insert a new scene, it automaticallly shows you the outline of the previous scene? 2. I've heard, that you can make it so, you can create one scene, and then pick it a scene fo it to start ...more >>

Hello. I built a movie using Flash MX, and when uploading it to my webpage, the playback is extremely sluggish. In attempting to fix this problem I figured I would use a preloader. However, I have unsuccessfully tried several and the same thing happens every time. The preloader works, but it b...more >>

I publish my flash projects with projector on cd (I have Flash MX) What is the best utility (or way) to export a swf to a dvd (Premiere will not allow me to do this) I would appreciate any advice or direction to another forum thanks ...more >>

I have created a flash intro for a CD. After the intro auto runs, I have a button that closes the flash file (window) and would like it to open a directory on the CD. Is this possible?...more >>

i want to create this effect, i will explain as best i can; i want a image in the background which you cant see, then moving over the image will be text, in the text as it pass's over the image it will show through the letters, kinda like a torch thanks ...more >>

I currently have a website using scenes which I know has problems. Each scene has a forward and back button to move between scenes andeverything works fine until I get to the last couple of scenes and the button will go to the next scene but not play. You can still navigate through the res...more >>

How on earth do you create the page turn animation. Please view the link below http://www.aliciakeys.net/ ...more >>

Hi, I created a projector .exe but it plays in a windows where the menu items on the top are visible such as File, View, Contro, Help with a window title "Macromedia Flash Player 6.0)"... How can I make it run Without these options visible...just as a standalone thanks ...more >>

My debugger does not allow me to select files in the dropdown box at the top so that I can put breakpoints into my code. It simply does not allow me to browse to the code. how the heck am I supposed to debug if I cant put breakpoints in to my code? Anyone experienced this or anything si...more >>

I'm desperate after loosing half of my library to a nosy kid. Is there a way to reverse deleting of objects in the library? My mc?s don?t work, my tweens are missing! Help me!!!...more >>

Hi everybody My name is Tanju from Belgium. I have client which has a website in HTML and Flash all with the same content. They are both made in two languages namely english and french. The user has to choose between HTML and flash. If the user wants to see the site in flash he has to sele...more >>

I've been using Flash for a while but only for standard linear animations. I'm now trying to create a website that requires non-linear navigation. For example clicking on link1 will load content1, then clicking on link2 loads content2 in the same place. I can do that using linear timeline navi...more >>

god dammit, why can't Flash wrap text around images (or in flash mc's) like html. macromedia have got to make some changes for Flash 8, please!...more >>

Hi, I have defined the following event handler in my source code : _root.onEnterFrame=function() { instruction1; instruction2; ...} when pressing a button, I defined the following action to delete this event handler and so prevent instruction1,etc. from being executed, but it does'nt...more >>

I was trying to make some minor changes to some old flash files and am having some problems. I am using Flash MX Professional 2004 version 7.0 on Windows XP. When I load the source file, make no changes, and re-save it I am informed that the existing file is in some older format and that ...more >>

I was searching for downloadable color palettes for flash on the net but there is none?? why can't flash use colors more than 216?? i really need to use a pastel coated palette... please help......more >>

Dear Forum: I am involved in a clan website's design and we are using Flash to do it, but now, we have a problem. We have various game servers, and we currently use PHP scripts to display information from the server such as ping, players inside the game server, through PHP Protocols a...more >>

How i will go any specific frame of any movie clip from root. Like I am in frame number 200 in root, now I want go to 50 frame in a movie clip that I created in 200 number frame?can you help me please. Thanks Belal ...more >>

How can I set up input fields that allow a user to input new data to replace whatever was in the field before (as in the case of an address book being updated) and have those changes become permanent? Can I use input fields to write to a text file that is then loaded into dynamic text fields? ...more >>

Hello, I'm fairly new to flash and I have been relying on tutorials to help me accomplish things. At the moment I have created a portfolio for my photography which is spanned out over 3 scenes. Everything is working just fine, except the music; what I wanted to achieve was to have 2 songs lo...more >>

Hey there, I think I've done my homework but I'm hoping someone out there can tell me differently. I have a login that sets my online flag to 1 in my SQL db. I have a logout button that sets the flag back to zero. The problem is that I can't be guaranteed that my users will logout ...more >>

Does anyone know of a way to edit the skin of the video component? I was actually wanting the white background of the component to be transparent or taken away altogether. any suggestions? thanks, ron ...more >>

Sorry, I'm new to flash.... Can someone please post the dimensions of a project to fit a standard browser window running at 1024x786. I want my flash stage to fill the screen of a browser and I can't tell what size it is ...more >>

Is it possible (and if so, how) to have a flash menu where users can click a button, and have flash tell the page to show/hide layers, or change text on the site or images shown? I have a site with three different color schemes, and I wanted to have a way for users to click a button, open ...more >>

Hi all Ive been looking online all day, and I can't seem to find a decent (or recent) article about how to post info gathered from a Flash form, to an ASP page that then generates an email. Does anyone know an easy way of doing this? Is there an article about this anywhere. Any inf...more >>

I have a gif created with Fireworks which has a transperent background which I am trying use in a Flash sequence. I have a background layer in my flash scene but whenever I use the gif the transperency doesnt remain, it gets a light shade !!! How do I get around this ? Surely, a transperen...more >>

Hi- I'm on Mx 04. I've done a main preloader for my final SWF, which works fine, but now I'm concerned about some components and external swf's in terms of loading times for individual pages. Is there a standard size in KB for an external SWF or component, at which point a preloader for that s...more >>