Hi: Im doing a presentation on a CD and I m going to make flash intro to be autoexecuted when people insert the cd... My question is that Im not sure how to tell flash movie to open a PDF file in their on program. Well I actually tried doing it without the flash movie but I failed, is there a...more >>

Is it possible to resize a whole flash movie?...more >>

I have an interface. I need to have one of my buttons read in text from an external HTML file into the interface window. The client must be able to maintain and change the website content that will be dumped into that one flash frame. Can i do this somehow using the loadmovie or geturl?...more >>

I am new to Flash and am wondering if it is possible to integrate VHS video or video clips into Flash MX. Would I need additional software for this task, or is it even possible? ...more >>

(Note: I tried posting from Google Groups and there may be a duplicate - If so, my apologies). Hi All: This is my first post and I am starting on a new project from scratch. I want to load Flash dynamically into a custom made win32 application. An app that is already doing this is M...more >>

Hello: How can I open a pop-up in a button made with flash ?...more >>

I have a dynamic text area inside a movie clip that does not work. If I move the text to the root it works fine. BTW I send the variable to the flash movie from the param tags in html. <param name="movie" value="Banner.swf?SplashTitle=Hello World" /> Can someone help me to get this go...more >>

I'm trying to set up a button with a check edstate - the user completes an interaction, once all items are matched the OK button changes from inactive to active. I created a MC that contains 2 frames. Frame 1 contains a MC instance of the disabled button and Frame 2 contains a MC instance ...more >>

I am using flash mx professional 2004 and using a quiz template. In the template I am placing a .jpg which is a screen shot taken on a pc set up with 1024X768 screen resolution. You cannot make out any of the text on the screen and the entire image is blurred when placed on the stage in the qu...more >>

I remember years I ago if I wanted to move in the timeline IE three frames at a time I could go to the nextFrame() or prevFrame() + 3. This doesn't seem to work. I also tried prevFrame(-3) and prevFrame(3). Does anyone know how to do this? Another method? What is this field () reserved...more >>

Hello, I have an asp page with 2 flash movies running on the page. One is simply an animated logo (13k), and the other is an interactive movie (49k), (selectable thumbnail scroller) On their own each movie runs smoothly and quickly, but with both movies on one page, they are slow, jerky...more >>

I'm using theFlash Form Application to author content. Then I export the created content as an .swf from the formApp's library. A trick I discovered is this: When you export an swf from the library, if the exported movie uses 'attachMovie()' keep anything that's attachable set to 'ex...more >>

Hi, I am making a motion tween of an H (a bitmap file). On keyframe 1, I used the free transform tool and downsized my image to .3% X .3%, so it's real small. On keyframe 25, I resized it to 100% X 100%. It makes a zoom in effect; it previews fine in Flash when I play in the timeline, but when...more >>

I have a 127 MB mpg file created forma Hitachi dvdcam. When dumping to the harddrive, it dumps as an mpg. When I try to open it in Flash, it hums for a while then errors with unexpected file type. I tried importing to stage and it fails and asks if I want to use Quicktime...I click yes and...more >>

Hi, I am new to Flash. I created a movie with 5 JPEG's. It works fine when I Preview it on my computer. I embedded the swf file into an html page. I uploaded it. The page downloads fast but the movie hangs for ever. what should I do? am I missing something? Thanks anjali ...more >>

Ok, so what I'm trying to do is get 5 swf files to load into another swf at random. So lets say you open the loader and file 3 comes up. Next time it may be 4. So that works. Then inside each of these files are code that loads XML into that movie with a link. Also in this file are 6 dynamic te...more >>

every time i try to upload a swf it says sory the type of file you tried to upload is not permited so how can i upload my game for every 1 to play...more >>

how can i upload a swf file of mine on to this site for u all to see coz i need help with it but you need to see it first...more >>

Hi I've just imported a complex Illustrator file with a handful of layers with grouped objects. Evertything came in beautifully and I've since distributed to layers in Flash. However, now, when I go to test the movie - I get a "Cannot complete operation because there is not enough Stack Space"...more >>

We are suddenly having problems with our website (which is a .swf Flash file) being read in the Internet Explorer browser. Some people get an error message, some people's computers start downloading the .swf instead, some get the window pop up but it's just a white screen, and some get the ini...more >>

Hey all, Does anyone know how to auto scroll dynamically loaded text? Or can point me to a good tute? I need to make a movie that will automatically scroll dynamically loaded text. This will be html text loaded into a dynamic textbox. I do not know who much text will be loaded into the...more >>

Anyone know of a tool or plugin to add Emboss, Blur, DropShadow, and Texture fills on flash graphics....more >>

I am looking to create an interactive map in Flash MX with the same functionality as this: http:/www.arizonaguide.com interactive_map.asp?referer=aot Does anyone know of any documentation that outlines the process behind making this type of interactive map? Thanks in advance! Chris...more >>

Hi, Anyone knows how they got the picture animation so smooth on this site? Did they use a higher fps? http://www.bale.com.au/ Thanks ...more >>

If anyone has an answer to my problem, please let me know. I'm making some preloaders for external swf files that I load into the main flash clip. But I cannot test those preloaders because the flash player does NOT simulate different connection speeds for those external files. They load i...more >>

Hi people, I was wondering if it possible to set the frame rate of an externally loaded movie to a different frame rate than the movie it is embedded within. I basically have a flash site that loads flash movies using loadMovie command, however, the frame is lost within these movies and...more >>

Please post any forum sites that you know of here so I and others may find programmers who use the Flash components. Obviously not many here at this forum use them because I have been posting for the last week regarding the use of the flash components and not a single response. So, if you know...more >>

Hi, I'm a Mac user, I have downloaded Flash Video Kit. The file downloaded it's "index.cfm". But if I make a double click the file it's opened by Dreamweaver and appears a long number sequence like a programmation code or something like that. What I can do? Thanks ...more >>

This website never changes url. The movie loads within its self and the audio continually plays ( this is probably due to the url not changing) . When you click on the gallery buttons the movie loads on the same page each time. Does anyone know how this is done, or can anyone lead me in the di...more >>

Hello. Could anyone give me some pointers on how to use the timeline in flash to draw a line on maps, I can't seem to get this working, How many layers are needed and how should the timeline be used? Please see example on what I want to do on the following page: http://www.unpezvivo...more >>

Is there a way to make a button in flash which will refresh your current web page? Regards Frazer ...more >>

I've built a movie using flash which is comprised of several episodes of approximately 4 minutes each. Now I'm finding that the sound, to which the action has been perfectly synced on the timeline, drifts towards the end of some of the episodes, often undoing a lot of the hard work I've put it...more >>

can anbody help me in executing an exe with flash mx i have tried with flash 5 in that its working but if i do the same with flash mx it dose'nt works please any one help me...more >>

Hi all, I've been working on a flash web project that is quite graphic intensive, and I have the recommendations for users viewing the site being (CPU over 1000MHZ & broadband connection). I was testing the website on my Laptop (Cel 900MHZ, 256MB RAM) in Internet Explorer 6.1 and the anim...more >>

I consider myself an intermediate Flash user but I'm new to the components in MX 2004 Professional...I guess that's true for most people... Is there any reference, ANYWHERE, on how to use them! Thanks, Graziella ...more >>

I can't get Audio streaming with .mp3s to work. Can somebody PLEASE post just a very basic method for steaming audio? Right now I have 16 megs worth of ..mp3's and the site takes 2 minutes to load. Unacceptable. My audio HAS to stream, but everything I try is a complete bomb. There are tw...more >>

Ok. I have 3 scenes. All of which have stops in them (Before anyone suggests it). I have 2 buttons, 1button code : on (press) { gotoAndPlay("Scene 2"); } 2button code : on (press) { gotoAndPlay("Scene 3"); } My Scene order is Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 3. My problem .. - W...more >>

can anyone tell me about the way to create a login page with password and login name, beside that can change the password and add new login name...? thanks ...more >>

bullshit, you goofy Uo fT blufferheads. I 'm what PR thinks a vigourou doctor/investor is like. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA you're an insane joke. It's a wonder no-one seems to notice....more >>

I have an interactive map that displays tooltips when certain regions are rolled over. Now this works great when the movie is constrained to its original dimensions. However one of my requirements is that the map scales to fill the available space on the web page. This also works great, but on...more >>

I have one site hosted on my own server and one on leased space. The website on my local server doesn't seem to be able to load any flash elements. Is there something I have to do or install on my server to get the flash components of my webpages to show up? The externally hosted site works j...more >>

When I go to various websites using Internet Explorer v6.0, a "Flash Player Debug Console" window keeps popping up with a "Security Sandbox Violation". I read this technote but I did not understand it: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/security_sandbox.htm What do I ne...more >>

Hi guys, I am making an interactive cd for a client and they want it to look like this http://www.dicksoncreativedesigns.com/temp/demo04.jpg...more >>

hi all i'm wondering how i can do this... i'm currently developing an interactive cd-rom with games and i want to store username and scores information. however i can't just write it on the cd or use php/mysql, or can i? how else can i store the information? need help urgently will appreciate ...more >>

I am currently using Flash MX 6.0 version. For some reason when I create a popup window, it doesn't seem to work. I did use the code which was listed on the Flash support # 14192. The method I was using is the GetURL: Javascript. Since it was a straight forward coding, I input the following co...more >>