Hi this is my first ever thread Ive posted on this forum so bear with me, Ill get straight down to it because Im using a scroll pane component and um Ive loaded external thumbnail images which Ive imported into an html table when I play the flash file I created it works fine but when I preview...more >>

Hey, If any one could help me out I'm new to tis flash thing I'm trying to find out how to auto link to another page after a flash presentation. if anyone could help me out please send me a email chris.hecker@verizon.net Thanks Chris ...more >>

Has anyone noticed that Flash MX 2004 is now not showing the space character in some fonts? I don't know what the problem is, but MX didn't do it. If anyone know an a way around this problem (other than using hard spaces), I'd love to know. ...more >>

Hi there Need help with preloaders. I understand simple code. I have a button that will load a pic to a picholder empty movie clip. I want to put preloader code on the loading of this pic. Where do I put the code? The button has this code: loadMovie("bridge1.jpg", this.pichold...more >>

Hello all. I'm trying to work with Flash MX 2004, and I'm becoming quite frustrated with this product. I am attempting to Transition some text on the stage. I highlight it, select the Free Transform Tool, and then right-click, select "Timeline Effects", and then try to select "Transition...more >>

Accoring to Ultrashock: [code] content0.backgroundColor = 0x5AADD2; content0.borderStyle = "solid"; content0.borderColor = 0x5AADD2; content0.fontFamily = "Verdana"; // doesnt work content0.fontSize = "10"; // doesnt work content0.fontWeight = "bold"; //doesnt work [/code] All ...more >>

I'm looking to create a flash projector that will load an external flv file that is 3 minutes long. I want it to autorun with no interactivity. Sorenson Squeeze will handle the compression. Do I need flash 2004 professional to do this or can I get away with just flash 2004? After researching d...more >>

I was wondering if there is any program that can do the actionscript programming like it was on the deceased "normal mode". Basically, a kind of actionscript 2.0 writer to help non advanced developers to code in flash mx 2004 like it was on the previous version. Even if there isn't none, I thi...more >>

I would like to use rather flash than director for my DVD-ROM project. I have been testing flv-video files and it seems that they have difficulties to play well in high res like 720x576 (palDV). Is it so that flv-files and flash are not suitable for multimedia CD- and DVD-rom projects? I know ...more >>

Can anyone explain the best process for achieving similiar result as found in a number of examples in the Flash Video http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/flashpro/video/gallery/ where the video has a white background and merges into the flash background seamlesly. Im guessing the video ...more >>

Have a 2004 Pro slide presentation that includes slides that load external FLV's using the Media Display component. They work fine locally or across a network, but through HTTP the audio starts playing waaaay before the video. For example, one FLV clip is 7mb (about 2minutes playing) and the a...more >>

Hello - I'm trying to do a simple demo application for work to show them the kinds of things we should be doing for our customers. One of the things I would like to do is a similar presentation flash like Macromedia uses on their site. Essentially, I would like a white background, with a p...more >>

maybe i miss some update news from mx2004! but if i use the swap button to change a movieclip, and i see my libary whit my folders, and i choose a close one, to open and pick a mc from there, the swap window close immediatly! in flash mx was this possible to open a close folder!! and now???...more >>

Hi, I wanted to pick some of your minds. I'm a new developer of flash and would like to include minimal amounts of flash in a site (because of user segmentation), and I would like it to do a couple things. The first is to display the flash file if the plugin is installed. The second is ...more >>

Hello all, I would liek to achive the following thing in flash: I have created a box and I would like to have images display in the box - but I want flash to get the images from a specific folder. The box is part of an animation so when the box gets the new image from the location is must b...more >>

I'm am trying to figure out how to crop a picture, where say I just want the head of a person. I know it can be done somehow in flash, right?...more >>

I'm building an app for an upcoming event we're doing A/V for and I need it to run across two monitors. The app is large enough to cover 2 monitors at fullscreen. One side of the app is control and the other side is the output for the imag screen. Any ideas how to make the app fullscreen acr...more >>

Greetings I just moved a Website from a Windows server (2000 I think) to a Windows Server 2003. After the move, the swf movie stopped appearing. If i right click in the browser I get all the zoom options but the swf image is not appearing. The paths all appear to be fine. Do I need to ...more >>

I have had a recurring problem when doing motion tweens in a layer. Let's say I just tweened SymbolA from frame 1 to frame 10. Now, in frame 11, I want a keyframe with SymbolB. However, Flash will not let me add SymbolB, but instead swaps it for SymbolA. Even though I don't have a motion t...more >>

I have tried both the methods suggested for Flash 5 and Flash MX 2004 and neither seem to work in Flash MX (6).the Preload movie starts and plays about 3-4 times and the the actual movie starts and it is not fully downloaded?!?!? It's driving me crazy! I used the _loadframes==_totalframes scri...more >>

I am a student at City College of San Francisco. Last semester, I had no problems passing flash files back and forth between the Macs at school and my PC at home. Now however, on the Mac side I am seeing a warning message that the files have some Microsoft incompatabily issues. Also Mac file...more >>

Hi everyone, I would like to know if there is an actionscript of somesort that will cache external image files that will be loaded in a fla file in order to avoid waitng too much for it to load. It is basically an image slider with a back and next funtion and then each image is loaded externally...more >>

This is my first time usig Slides. Is there a way to have a flash slide presentation continuslly playing without having the user clicking thier mouse or using key commands throughout the transitions? ...more >>

Hi all. Wondering if anybody out there has used some kind of script to determine whether the user has a broadband or narrowband connection and then re-direct them to a page containing either a broadband .swf or a narrowband ..swf. Any help would be appreciated Thanks! ...more >>

I have a website made 100% in flash. I have a hyperlink that is suppose to allow the viewer to download a .pdf file when they click on it. Now I can download the file with no problem on a mac but the file will not download the file nor launch acrobat on a PC. An error comes up saying that t...more >>

How To Get 1 Million Visitors On Your Web Site Without Paying A Dime In advertising ! Are you frustrated by the lack of traffic coming to your site? If I would tell you that after months of research, I just got my hands on the most hidden secrets... Pssttt, yes precisely those secrets tha...more >>

Does anyone know how to make the text in the upper scroller http://www.KGK-Deinze.be justified? I tried hitting the justify button on the props page from the text area, also tried using html (<div align="justify">) but none seem to help. ANy ideas? ...more >>

If I load a new movie into the _root with _root.loadMovie will my _global functions and variables still be OK? You would have thought so but it doesn't seem to be happening liek that....more >>

Hello all! I have just begun to dabble in flash and I was hoping someone could help me out - I want to create a movie that doesn't play until the user has clicked on the image.I have looked around the menus and the solution wasn't readily apparent - any point in the right direction would be ...more >>

I'm fairly sure in Flash MX, when you set a symbols registration point this becomes the center point of the symbol for rotation and scaling. However when I create a shape in MX2004 (say a rectangle for example) and select center-left as the registration point, when I drag the symbol onto the s...more >>

Can I change to normal mode in as panel ? If can , how I change to normal mode in as panel ?...more >>

In Flash MX is it possible to use a shared object to see if a button has been clicked or not. I have a menu screen with 6 buttons all going to various sections of information. When the user completes 1 section they go back to the main menu and i would like the application to read from the shar...more >>

hi what's the easiest way to check, if the mouse cursor is on my flash-movie? asking for _xmouse and _ymouse doesn't work so good. is there another possibility? please help me! thx...more >>

Hi people, I'm having some trouble using the font sydnie, if anyone has any ideas that would be great. It basically only displays correctly if I use dynamic text and do not embedd the font. If the font is embedded it appears very distorted. Has anyone any ideas? T...more >>

Hi. I am trying to achieve a transition effect when changing content on my webpage. I have found this sample web page that has the exact right effect that I am after (the grey box that slides up from the bottom of the screen to cover the main content area after the button has been pressed.) ...more >>

Hello, I currently own separately Flash MX 2004, Dreamweaver MX 2004, and Fireworks MX 2004. Can I purcahse Flash Video Kit for $49 and it will work with my system? All the online docs simply points to getting it free with Studio MX 2004. http://www.macromedia.com/software/studio/flashvid...more >>

I have many old animations that are 500+ sequential gifs, and they are 632 X 442. I want to have the option to zoom in on it, but if I do it with html or x/y scale it gets distorted. If I right click and select Zoom In, it looks perfect, but zooms in too much. Is there a way to control the b...more >>

Hi, I've tried searching for an answer to what I would have thought was a fairly simple questiom, but I'm not getting anywhere. Is there a simple way of stopping flashplayer asking you if you want to install flashplayer 7? The movies I'm using are published using flashplayer 5 (so it do...more >>

desactivate the mouse? My problem is that I want to make a flash that works exclusively with the keyboard.To start trying I've made a simple flash with 3 buttons and they work with the keyboard focusing each button with the tab key and presing the button with the space key.The problem is tha...more >>

can u open flash mx files in mx 2004. if not is there some way of doing it cos i dont wont to have to start again on the things i have made with the previous version of flash. thanks...more >>

Hello - Does anyone know of any online tutorials for creating a CD-ROM Flash interface? This would include launching SETUP programs or online help, etc. ...more >>

Hey I started revising a site and came accross a problem... The menu on the left hand side of the site ( www.mcsaia.com) after the intro page... (its the one that have an orangish background) The way it is set up right now is ver confusing...There are motion tweens before and after each pa...more >>

hi, I have a main.swf with a manual bar. it opens subpage on top of itself. I want to put link on a subpage that will open another subpage. The following is the script I copied to use. However, it doesn't work and the linked page cannot be shown. any suggestion?? I'm a very new user. t...more >>

Hi, all I want to know how could I prevent .swf files from being cached on the temperary folder?? I need it soon please. Thankx in advance, Yours, Rafiq ...more >>

I have a flash website with dynamic contents http://LS.ORANG.BIZ The external files are written in arabic UTF-8 or UNICODE. Every thing works fine on my computer, but when I publish the site the words are reversed on other computers than mine. Could you please help me with this problem? ...more >>

Hi everybody. I would like to ask if you know if there is any Magazine that is only for Flash Users....more >>

i have designed a site, with my resolution being 1280X 1024, but when viewed in 800 X 600 the text pixelates really badly, and i don't know how to overcome this slightly irritating issue. if there is a solution to this problem, please could you let me know. really appreciate it. tks. ...more >>

OK its a weired question... can we set flash movie file as a background of an HTML document ... if yes HOW ?? and if NO why and how can we ??...more >>

When I use the mouse's little wheel to scroll in an .as file window, it scrolls normally when I scroll down, but it makes huge jumps when I scroll up (a screen at a time???). I assume this is not proper. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks Nicholas Crosby ...more >>

Hi all, We came across a site that has a very interesting menu effect (after the intro) and cannot work out how it's done. If someone could point us in the write direction we would appreciate it. http://www.acmi.net.au/ Thanks in advance, ...more >>

Hi there, I would really appreciate it if someone can answer my questions below asap. 1) Are there any differences between Active X and Plug-in for flash? 2) when a user downloads the flash plug-in, does it mean that he/she is downloading the Active X? or both Active X and plug-in? th...more >>

We recently supplied Flash games to a client to be part of an online gambling system. The problem is that hackers are using a tool to decompile the SWF file. Then they are seeing the source code and using this code to send fraudulant results to the server. Does Macromedia know anything a...more >>

when i open my flash, and lets say, create a circle, flash will just crash. it wont say an error msg, but just, totally exit the program. any help?...more >>

I am having a flash player problem with flash player 7. I am using a swishmax which uses a flash player. I just installed the flash player 7, but now when I test my movies in flash, nothing shows up. any suggestions? How do i go back to flash player 6? chris ...more >>

Is it possible to save a Flash Presentation into a movie format? mpeg, avi, mov? from swf or .fl? HELP MEEEEEEEEEE...more >>

Is it possible to save a Flash Presentation into a movie format? mpeg, avi, mov? from swf or .fl? HELP MEEEEEEEEEE...more >>