Is there a way to have a button, but when it is rolled over, the mouse doesn¹t change to a finger? I want to keep it an arrow. I am new at this, so any advice will be helpful. Thanks! Lorena...more >>

I'd like to create (or use someone else's creation of) a .swf that clients can use to type text into which can then generate a plain text document to put on their server. any ideas? thanks....more >>

Hi everyone. I noticed on Macromedia's home page one of the rotating headers is a flash video of a woman walking through a virtual environment viewing different uses of flash video. (Vodaphone and Toyota) Her video layer has no background, allowing for the other layers including bitmaps, vecto...more >>

Will there be a Flash MX 2005 and if so, when does it come out? Wondering about upgrading....more >>

oky doky in flash 6 i could easely do a start drag stuff but now with pofsinal i carnt make it work can sum1 give me the script for it...more >>

Now that Generator is dead what is the preferred way to create standalone swfs dynamically on the server. Does the Flash Com server have this capability?...more >>

how can i creat a 3d falsh animation using MAYA? i heard that it's easy to creat 3d flash animation with 3D Studio Max but what about maya? thanks in advance...more >>

I'm using this code: this.attachMovie("film_panels1", "film_panels1", 2); How do I find the layer number I need? Do I have to physically count down to the layer I want it inserted? And if I later insert another layer above that, I have to recount and adjust the code? ...more >>

When I started using Flash 5, I had no problems. However, one by one each window seems to be becoming inaccesible. First came the sound window, which annoyed me no end. Then other windows became inaccesible; there was a tick next to the window name in the menu but the window was nowhere to be ...more >>

I comleted flash slide presentation and having problem creating preloder for it. Any ideas?...more >>

on flash how would you make it so where ever you click a sertain picture apears there you see im trying to make a shoot em up game and i whant it to look more real than others so when you shoot somewhere a hole will apear plz help ...more >>

Hello, I'm having some trouble with text in my flash movie. When I'm editing my movie on the stage, the text looks exactly how I want it, but when I view it on my webpage, it seems slightly blurry and discolored. I wouldn't mind it, except I have html text on the page, which is supposed to b...more >>

Hi, Problem is that Natscape makes all buttons, image maps and links not accessible. This is terrible and I need help ASAP....more >>

No matter if I try to use the Flash document or the slide presentation, if i import a picture it will be on everything and I can't erase it unless I take it from the first layer I put it on. How do you actually like make a movie with different actions and things changing>? ...more >>

I have been trying to download this file from the macromedia site and the net, but none of the links work. Does anyone have this file?? It is also called "XML Flash Menu 1.0" on the main developers site. I am looking to build a menu system very similar to the one on macromedias site and...more >>

I have a .MOV file that I've converted to .FLV. Is there a way for me to convert it from color to black and white? ...more >>

I have a movie that loads data and i have used a movie clip that continues to play until thedata is loaded so that i will not get the "movie not responding error". Now this works in the swf and the html file out put and this movie clip is removed when the data is loaded. But, when i produce a ...more >>

i m just familiarising with this matter, and tried a test, but it failed. I have a SWF with a movieclip. this action belongs to the movieclip: onClipEvent (load) { loadVariables("http://www.killerwhale.be/testing/database.php", this, "GET"); } in this movieclip i have a dynamic t...more >>

Hello - I have a few .AVI and .WMV files that I would like to publish to my website. I have purchased the Flash Video Kit from Macromedia. It would appear that I need to need to use .FLV files. I was under the impression that it had a conversion utility or something. Anyway, how do I go ...more >>

Hi relative newbie here! I made a movie clip symbol consisting of some graphics as an imbedded symbol in the first symbol (nothing too complex) with some dynamic text placed ontop. While in flash (mx) any text written in the dynamic text boxes looks fine - the nice smooth edges etc. but when...more >>

I'm using C:\inetpub\wwwroot\...img.jpg as my url for a loadClip. It works when I test the movie in Flash, but not when viewed in HTML or in DW. Any help greatly appreciated. Only using that URL to troubleshoot my problem. ...more >>

I have a .swf with the <param name="WMODE" value="transparent"> in the HTML page. This transparency works on the PC but doesn't on the MAC. Does anyone know how to make the a .swf movie transparent for the MAC? Thanks J ...more >>

Hi there, I'm in the process of putting together my website to promote my illustration, animation and interactive work. So far, the homepage is online and I'm interested to hear whether people think it takes an acceptable time to load. The page is packed with interactive animation - all ve...more >>

The title pretty much sums it up. I know how to embed fonts into a dynamic text field but here's my problem... I had assumed that if I could embed a font (or a subset thereof), it would stand to reason that I should be able to reuse that font anywhere within the flash file (ie. in other ...more >>

Hi, I am looking for a good and simple but clear tutorial that shows me how to access a MySQL database using Flash and PHP. I found several tuts already but they are not clear at all to me. All i want is a very basic explanation on how to achieve the following: 1. showing data from the d...more >>

how do they do they get the photos to move around on this page www.dilson.com i worked out they must have six photos lined up off stage but how they give the effect of the movement and feel that you're scrolling thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi people On my recent travels through the world wide internet web superhighway I have seen pop up windows that do not live in a square box, but rather are irregular shapes that sit over the top of everything else in the screen. Is this supported by flash mx 2004 pro? If so what is it call...more >>

Dear Support Team, I have newly installed Flash MacroMedia MX evaluation Version and totally new to this software. we have been developing a 2D image processing software on OpenGL and and MFC. Now we are planning to make this using vector graphics in Flash , so I have few questions to be...more >>

Hi, Can anybody help me install Flash Player on a Linux OS ? The read me text that comes along with the installation package is not clear to me. I have a Suse Linux professional 9.1 OS installed on my computer. Kind regards, Mlony ...more >>

Can anyone tell me the Action Script 2 variant of this simple code?? on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") { trace("IT WORKS"); } |Thanks ...more >>

Hy, I was wondering if it is possible to render a flash movie by using the activex flash player to a memory buffer (or device context). The situation is simple, I need to use the flash movie in another application that assumes full-screen exclusive. (directx 3d application). Rendering the...more >>

Im a new User of Macromedia Flash MX 7.2 and now i have a problem - if i make any spezial Animations, for example an rotating text, it ist displayed in the editor - if i try to test it with STRG-RETURN the Text-Animation will NOT be displayed. What is wrong - can anybody help me? ...more >>

Hi, I have an external html file that I'm displaying inside my flash movie. It all works great but it does not display the % and ! characters correctly. Does anyone know why it does this? and does anyone know a way around this problem? Thanks ...more >>

After using the help update i noticed that all help pages underneath the "Using Components" node are missing. My configuration is MX2004 (Updater 7.2). Has anybody else the same problem ??? regards, Kai ...more >>

I've been using Director since v3, and would consider myself an advanced user of Director. Flash seems to be closing the gap on programability, and my clients are often more interested in using Flash, even for CDs. What are things you can do with one and not the other? It would appear tha...more >>

I have a movie someone else did for me along time a go. At the very end of the movie I have an "Enter" button with a hyoerlink that we no longer have. I do not have the original file I only have the movie file, I need to know how to edit the file and once in how to change the hyperlink ...more >>

anyone know of links to music tutorials? i wanna create kinda whats on artist websites.....small thumbnail of cover CD with a list of songs the viewer can download either windows media or real player.....and i want all of this to be in a scroller. almost every artist website has somethi...more >>

I am a newbie at flash MX 2004. I am trying to create a navigation (Horizontal with drop down menu). I want to create it exactly like the one on this site. http://www.flash-mx.com/. I like the curtain effect. How can I create this. Does anyone know of a tutorial that would help me with t...more >>

Hi, I am getting into all sorts of problems. Im trying to make a set of buttons which have a mouse-over animation as well as a on click animation which then launches to a new web page. I have found buttons are no good as the animation stops when the pointer moves of the button so I am tryi...more >>

AARGH. I am two weeks overdue in getting a web site up because the Flash content disappears when the user is on a Mac (OSX) and accesses the site with Internet Explorer (5.2). If the user resizes the window, *POOF* the Flash content disappears. Even if she doesn't resize, the same thing happen...more >>

I have a flash movie (created in MX) and i want to import it to Final Cut Pro and retain the transparancy... (alpha). I have tried exporting as a swf, quicktime movie and other with no luck, except a PNG sequence which means i have one png file per frame - not good. Any suggestions pleas...more >>

any one else having trouble using flash software while using the new windows xp 64 bit edition? I can't get it to install, any other flash like program that can get me back to surfing the net?...more >>

Hi, im qutie new at this. I've made a swf file within another presentationprogram - but its qutie big (around 900 k). I see thoughits nessesary with a preloader (or Application preloader??). How do i do this with an already finished .swf-file? If anyone can explain a little bit down "on eart...more >>

if you have seen www.doom3.com and entered their flash site, you will see the whole site covers the screen and makes the web browser gone..., getting rid of the window (makes it feel like a game). I like this design and i was trying to figure out how it was done, I believe it is under publish...more >>