Hi all. Is it possible to port my flash licence from my desktop PC to my laptop and vice versa? I do the same with 3dmax and this is very comfortable for mobile working! Regards, Hilmar. ...more >>

Hi, I've created a simple "fade in" effect on some text using the alpha effect and tweening. It looks great in Flash but in the browser or when I test movie there is no fade in effect. I know it's simple what am I missing? Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, can somebody help me with the draw api? I know how to make an square, or an ovel, but I need one square whit round corners, and this I can't make... Could somebody point me to the right way of making this? Thanks ...more >>

I downloaded a trial version of Flash MX 2004 and was trying the tutorial in the Getting Started. It references files in this path listed here, but I do not have them. Is there a way I can get them? The files are myad_finished.swf, myad_finished.fla, logo.ai and car.png. They are supposed ...more >>

Well I bought flash 6 or macromedia flash mx, and it doesn't work. Well after installing it, the trial version screen came up saying that my trial has expired. And I outdid my trial a year ago. I called macromedia looking for an answer and they never gave me one. My friend bought it at the...more >>

My organization recently had a project done by multimedia students that is a Flash animation presentation on handwashing. At the end of the course, they provided us with a disk of the raw/source files. At the time, I was unaware that these files were only the FLA files, and none of the sound o...more >>

Hi, I've just downloaded Flash and I need to open some pages using this program but it keeps opening it Notepad instead of recognizing that Flash is installed on my computer. Is there anyone out there that can help me? I am trying to build my website and for the most part, I haven't needed t...more >>

I am loading XML into my Flash project. Without formatting I can view the text in the XML if I add any HTML formatting I can only see part of the text example below. XML: <Group type="ImgObj2"> <Image imgName="images\DSC_0662.JPG" PicW="3330" PicH="3301" Xpos="10" Ypos="30" zoomifyLoc...more >>

Hello, Having a problem with calling pages from a Flash nav-bar in a frames (Frameset). web page, to display in the main frame section. It works perfectly on my local machine and with a number of different browsers. However when I put the pages up on my site and call a page, again in severa...more >>

All, I have a small movie with 30 frames. Each frame has a Bio of a person. Each frame has a stop action. I want to place a ComboBox in the movie with the names of the 29 people (frame one is a "title page"). The user can then select which person's Bio they wish to read and click on the n...more >>

I have a website that was done with a great deal of actionscript and i need to make changes to it. someone had to walk me through the original site and i paid that person; now I need to make these changes and they are over my head. i would also like someone to "clean up" the library because i w...more >>

| I'm the flash guys will say to post this question in the robodemo forums, and the robodemo guys will tell me to post in the flash forums | We have a flash interface that loads robodemo SWFs into an empty movie clip on the main flowline of the flash file. anyone know why this doesn't wo...more >>

hi all, i have provided one of our instructors with some mx 2004 swf files that he inserted into powerpoint to use in a classroom lecture. he used the embedding tutorial from http://www.flashgeek.com/tutorials/02_embed_03.htm. some of the swf files contain short animations that can be r...more >>

Hello everyone, In the past I have dabbled in Flash just a bit, but I do not know the ropes very well. Anyhow, recently, I've been working with a group for a project that involves creating a software package that would be viable for schools that run relatively lower end systems, but woul...more >>

Hello i have a question does any body have any info on how to make wireless programs for cell phone such as LG VX6000 and the transfering then to the phone . thank you....more >>

Hello: I read somewhere you can create a text file that has the text of flash, meta tags, etc. I can't remember if this was a plugin or script. Can anyone send me a source I could read or buy the plugin. Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I am planning to do Flash Mx 2004 developer certification. Can anyone guide me about what would be the areas that I need to be confident before I take up the test ? It would be great if you can help me with some study references. Thanks and regards Arul Prasad. ...more >>

Hi, I am primarily a "company of one" website designer/developer that uses Flash as my primary tool. I am at a crossroads with my career and was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for me. My question is: What type of Flash expertise is most in need and getting the most pay for fre...more >>

In order to view the babolat.com site I downloaded the flash & installed it but the site still is not opening.Can any body help me with a solution?...more >>

I am using Flash MX2004 Professional and I would like to have a .wav file play in a frame automatically when the frame is played then when the .wav file is done playing to automatically advance to the next frame. Can someone help me on this one? Thanks. ...more >>

can anyone tell me how to use the destroy object like is this right or not on (release) { instanceName.destroyObject("go","") } ...more >>

I have seen the big boys loading flash movies into itself. (Big boys meaning the movie websites and so on.) Example: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/incredibles/main.html Is this done by javascript or internal to Flash? Do they really load a new flash movie or is this just a trick...more >>

Is there a way to view a movieClip without putting it on the stage? I know you can see the timeline for it but how do you see it play without putting it on the stage? ...more >>

I've got an animation broken down into several steps. Each step is triggered by a mouse event (onRelease -- for the time being), so the viewer can click on this image in one of several places and it will scuttle across the page to the next designated stop point. I was wondering if there was ...more >>

Hi there, I am preparing a teaching CD with a lot of text. I want to scroll those texts, and that is ok, I could load it from a txt file. But I have got a problem. The text must have links to open (or make visible) some movie clips inside the scene, so, what is the better way to work with lo...more >>

I placed a stop action in a frame in a scene in my movie, but when I test SCENE it loops. In my main scene, I have a stop action and when I do test MOVIE it stops at that frame. Why doesn't it seem to work with test SCENE? ...more >>

I need some help getting the Wise Installer for Flash Player to be quiet. I have used the following command -: install.exe /s This method prompts the user of a Win2K machine to reboot the machine. Is there a way to suppress this message? I would be gratefull of any assistance o...more >>

I would like to animate, maybe cartoon style with Flash. Are there any examples on doing this, or is it just one frame at a time like it would be anywhere else? Thanks, Scott...more >>

Can anyone recomend a good (freeware) pixie font that is readable at 8pt? Thanks...more >>

I'm proposing a central location for reporting on Flash IDE and player bugs in this forum. I recommend this for the obvious reasons: 1) There is not main topic area for it, doop! 2) It sure would be great for users ( to separate request for programming assistance from actual reports of BUGs ...more >>

Hi, This should be a very simple and basic question..... I made two movie clips and place them both on the stage. They play fine by themselves, but when on the stage, they don't. I think i need to somehow put some script in so that the first movie clip will play all the way through and t...more >>

Q1) How is this flash movie http://www.melaniedunea.com set up to expand to fill 100% of the screen and remain in the center of the screen no matter how the window is expanded or contracted? Q2): If you click on "photographs" on the navigation bar and click through a few photos, you will n...more >>

Yes, this is probably an idiot question but I am a new flash user and can not find out how to do this. Could someone lead me to a tutorial or something. I need to have a menu, when you click on the button, I need a sub-menu to come up that can also be clickable with links for a web page. So ri...more >>

I have seen that you can change the size of your text displayed on the Timeline. Not text in your movie... the actual text that you name each timeline layer. Can anyone help? Thanks...more >>

I was happily using MX2004 @ updater level 7.2. I closed the property inspector and it went away permenantly!!1 I have tried all my fla files, rebooted, disabled the extension manager and tried every combination of development panel enabling to no avail. Has anyone elxe seen this problem? ...more >>

I have this movies clip with a button in a scrollpanel that i want it to go and stop at scene 1 frame 9 on (release) { gotoAndStop("Scene 1", 9); } The button does not work at all. Please HELP.... ...more >>

i'm trying to use flash in a weblog i'm working on for title headings so i can control the fonts more accurately, but i'm having problems when i set the text of the flash movie from within a javascript function. my weblog script uses the charcter &# 8230, otherwise known as "...", which is on...more >>

I would like to get my MC to spin (like wheel) but when I use the following code it rotates. [code] onClipEvent(load){ speed = 5 this.onEnterFrame = function() { this._rotation+=speed } } [/code] Help is needed badly. ...more >>

pretty much i want to get around the problem of people who want to look at a flash internet site needing to install swf player / swf plugin so what about projector?????? was looking at just making a version in dreamweaver, but i can't seem to find anything that would allow me to trigger ...more >>

I'm using a Movable Type blog sofware which first displays html from web root directory but then archives the html to a subfolder. I'm having trouble loading the Flash plugin from subdirectory. I started with this object tag parameter: param name="movie" value="photoviewer.swf?xmlcfg=my.xm...more >>

My customer requires a text field with the script for the spoken words to be viewable. I have loaded the "script.html" using LOADVARS into the text field, and everything is coming into the text field in the right format. The only problem is that the text is not keeping the bold fonts fro...more >>

Hello all I'm trying to create a presentation that will move a graphic object to a new location on the screen by clicking a button. My plan is to have all the pages of the presentation in one very long strip graphic and when you click a button the object will move to a new x,y coord to d...more >>

after loading a swf into a movie clip, it fails to resize to fit the movie clip. i've tried changing the scalemode... i''ve tried adjusting the _width & _height... i've tried calculating the _xscale & _yscale... they all result in undesirable scale (it shows little more than what it shou...more >>

Hi, I'm using a PHP code to do some statistics on a flash site. The code works very well if I call the code directly from a browser, but what I'd like to do is calling the PHPcode from flash with the"loadVariablesNum". This is what i'm trying to do: - action on a flash button loadVariabl...more >>

I have a Flash movie which has an audio file that plays the length of the movie (approx 4mins). About 3 mins into the file, I have 2 "talking heads" mpgs. I want the volume of the audio file to drop so you can hear the audio from the mpegs. What is the best way to go about this. Cheers ...more >>

I have a navigational movie which animates each time the user goes to a new page. I would like to make it so that the user only sees the nav animate once when they originally enter the site and not again after that. I know it can be done by creating and passing a variable but I dont know how....more >>

Is it posible to embed fonts when using CSS so the text appears anti-aliased? Ive been using the "An example of using styles with HTML" topic in flash help to start understanding the process of css and text in flash mx 2004 , it works great if i don't set the text field to "embed font outli...more >>

urami_ im working with a file you posted to this forum a while ago, the page turn effect. i am having trouble loading another movie over the top of the page turn effect. ive place a holder movieclip on the stage named holder. on movie clip "page2" i have a button which when clicked should ...more >>

Has anyone ever had the problem of creating text and turning it into a symbol, then in the publishing portion it looses all of it's transparencies or color properties?...more >>

Hi, The rollover animations in the my Flash movie plays fine in the Flash Player .... but when embedded in the HTML file and then viewed in a browser ... it slows way down! Is it my publish settings? ...more >>

Hi I'm installing the new flash video kit. I installed the .mxp file fine. When running the sorenson install file (InstallSorensonSqueeze.exe) it prompts for a serial - and I can't find it! Am I missing something here? It's part of the flash video kit? why can't I install? Instal...more >>

Hi there, I am using the Window component to open a thumbnail image into a popup window at full size. When the window content (image) has loaded, the "complete" event is triggered, which resizes the window to fit the content and moves the window to an offset (in this example x: 30 and y: 1...more >>

I'm using Media Display Component on Flash MX 2004, I can load the FLV file into the scene, but it only can play one time. after I go to another scene or frame, I try to go back to play the same FLV file again, it cannot play anymore. Please help. Jackson ...more >>

I am building a simple begining project and was wondering how to make a random number generator from 0-50. and by selecting a button it would stop at a random selection, Similar to a slot machine? Help in this area would be greatly appreaciated. ...more >>

hi all, i need help frm ur, hope ur can help me out with this... thx a lot how do i disable all the keyboard key function?example: when use try to exit hitting alt f4 the swf won't exit/ i try this fscommand, but it is not wking. anyone know how to solve? can help? fscommand("trapal...more >>

Hi all, I need to design a presentation template in Flash. It would need to be set up so people using the template could add photos and text (like bullet points) yet the basic graphics and nested movies would stay the same. Can anyone tell me how I would go about doing this? Or is there an o...more >>

Hey Guys; I've inserted a movie clip onto the stage but it keeps looping althought the original clip is set to once. How can I get it to play once in the main fla file? Thanks! Lurch...more >>

I've developed an Flash presentation using forms and need a preloader...since there are no scenes, i can't put the preloader in the first scene...anyone know how to build and execute a preloader for this type of application? ...more >>