Forum, I noticed what I think is a bug with Flash Player 8 today. When I load a Flash movie into an HTML page locally, Internet Explorer 6 crashes if the movie has an fscommand and I pass a long query string to the movie. Flash Player 7 handles both ok. I've worked up some code sampl...more >>

I have a problem, when I publish my flash movie, it will always resize in the browser window, to the dimensions of said window. I want it to remain the size the stage was when I created it, however numerous attempts to correct the problem with the publish settings have failed. Can someone plea...more >>

I can't figure out how to stop a Net Stream flv. The video object can of course be set for a finite number of frames, but the video still continues to play (e.g. audio - video is only visible when the object is on the timeline). I've tried stopping the audio object, for example audio_sound.s...more >>

I have numerous layers in my flash project but everything needs to be moved up about 50 pixels. When I select all from the Edit menu and move everything up it doesn't work as I expect it should. It only moves up the stuff that is in the current frame rather than everything from every frame. ...more >>

repost: what does this error mean? Target not found: Target="undefined" Base="_level0"...more >>

I just came across a strange bug working on a project an I managed to isolate it: I imported a single jpg bitmap onto the root timeline on stage and rotated it 10 degrees. When I export the bitmaps looks sharp, however if add one or more frames to my movie my bitmaps become jagged in the e...more >>

Hi I was wondering if anyone has made any large Flash Form Applications that had a lot of screens and components. Im trying to do one now that will have about 30 screens and components on them all. The problem is Flash doesnt seem to be able to cope with many screens and components in a si...more >>

i have set up my flash portfolio to link to html files. everything works fine when there is an internet connection but i need to change the paths to the html files so that the html pages can load when there is no internet connection. i'm using getURL to load these pages now, but how do i load...more >>

:confused; ... and I would like to edit it. I'm using Flash Basic, V8. My first thought was to export the wav file, but the only two export options available are export image or export movie. Of course, since I didn't create the project originally, when I try the edit option from the p...more >>

help. for the pass year i've tried to find out how to convert swf animations to a quicktime movie. flash mx: does not work at all. flash mx 2004 (pc): same. flash mx 2004 (mac): exports...but..anything with motion tweening anywhere. anything that is not a keyframe within the main time ...more >>

Hey everyone, I have a quick question, I have seen all the tuts on making preloaders, and I have been using a technique and I want to make sure it is a true preloader, i.e..actually doing what a preloader is doing. In the first frame of my main timeline I have a spinning moviclip for a ...more >>

hi i am having persisting trouble with the flash player installation. I have consulted the help pages of macromedia.com and talked to the help center and followd any steps but still can not resolve the problem. during installation i get the following message: error 1904. module c:\win...more >>

Hi All, We have created a large range of standalone CD applications using Flash MX 2004 and FlashJester Jugglor. These applications have worked perfectly fine until recently, now that users are upgrading from Flash Player 7 to Flash Player 8. Errors that have been encountered are ranging f...more >>

I am using Flash 8 and the FLVPlayback compontent. The content path is pointing to the right direction, and when I upload the flash file everyone works except the video. Here is what is happening: I have a .flv at http://server1.com/myvideo.flv And an swf refering to it from http://serve...more >>

HI I'm trying to create page with external movies/pictures loaded. I create a MC called pageX. In first frame of "pageX" i create additional MCs (inside pageX), loader, listener and functions. On the _root i create buttons, that controls pageX ( _root.pageX.gotoAndPlay(5) ) Script on t...more >>

I tracked down the article written by Chafic Kazoun on skinning the Flash components, but with all due respect, I am having a hard time following his article. It seems pretty complicated. Is there another tech doc or tutorial that might be a little easier? ...more >>

If I load an external MC (swf) into an empty MC on my main timeline, then the path to reference say, an embeded MC within the externaly loaded MC would take the form of: _root.EmptyMC.EmbededMC ?? I'm having some difficulties understanding the correct and most efficient use to target the...more >>

The Flash discussion forum may not be the right place for this question as it covers a general issue over Macromedia's copyright and trade names, but I couldn't find anywhere else to ask.... Basically, can we use the word "Flash" in relation to our products? For example, if someone wrote a...more >>

http://www.conveyorspecialtiesinc.com/intro/belt%20d.html Can't seem to get everything at one size Need Help!! Somehow either I get the background or the images never everything at 760 x 190...more >>

Are there any issues w/Flash8 player and Mozilla FireFox? There seems to be issues on my PC. ...more >>

Hi Group Anyone know of a place to purchase an audio player like the one's used for the following sites http://www.energy69.com/main.html www.hedkandi.com Really need help on this... Cheers R ...more >>

hi i am loading photos from xml to photo gallery but i want that when the user is clicking on the photo it will open a new window with enlarge version of the photo i know how to pull the photo from the xml and put it in a movieclip but i want it make loadMovie (or any other way) to ope...more >>

Please help! When I publish my movie, the sound is horrible....sounds like it's coming from an aluminum can. How can I maintain the quality of my sound file when I publish?? Thanks in advance!...more >>

I'm having a weird problem with Flash 8. The paintbrush tool works fine when I use it from the main timeline or in a new symbol to draw lines, but when I try to use it to draw withing a graphic symbol than was already in the animation (originally created with Flash MX 2004) it's in some weird...more >>

Hello, A windows projector file I have created with flash mx 2004 and burned to cd plays fine at it's original size (550X400), but when in full screen mode, the playback is jerky and slow. Is it that enlarging the file slows down the playback or is it some other issue that someone knows ab...more >>

A few days ago I went to the Apple Store here is SF to check out the new computers, and looked at my web site. I have a new animation (http://www.johnkyrk.com/evolution.html) made in Flash 8 that requires the Flash 8 Player. But the animation did not load into Safari. AND there was no notice...more >>

I have tried to find some flash mx 2004 tutorials. The tutorial within the product and the macromedia tutorials do not relate to the flash mx product files I have. The instructions direct you to areas within the mx folders where there are no such files. It's been very difficult to find trai...more >>

Basically, here's what I need to do: I will have a large Flash movie with about 250 frames to it (each frame loads a separate sub-movie into it). Because the user may not be able to complete viewing it all at one sitting, I need to be able to keep track of which frame they were on when th...more >>

Please bring back the separate object and frame properties palettes. Uniting all properties palettes into one "smart" palette made animation work in Flash take at least twice as long as it did in 5, and involve at least two extra mouse-clicks per action. Please make it possible to have b...more >>

The answer to this is going to be really straightforward and simple I have created a set of buttons in a movie which work fine and navigate fine when "enable simple buttons" is enabled in the authoring environment. However the buttons do not work or navigate in test scene, or test movie mo...more >>

Hi everyone, I wanted to know is there any differences in flash mx and flash mx 2004 - when it come's to actionscript? Plus can I just copy all my actionscript from flash mx into flash mx 2004. Will my coding work fine in both version? Thanks so much!! ...more >>

I'm trying to build a pre-loader/loading animation with a round logo that goes from faded to full color sweeping around the circle showing the standard percentage done. So at 25% you would see one fourth of the circle. I tried using a mask that was a circle adding on another 10% to the circl...more >>

i have a site in a movie "teevo.swf", that loads in "main.swf". Main consists of - Frame 1: loadMovie("teevo.swf?",1); Frame 2: (empty) Frame 3: loadedBytes = _level1.getBytesLoaded(); totBytes = _level1.getBytesTotal(); percent = Math.round(loadedBytes * 100 / totBytes); ...more >>

Wondering if anyone knows of a good source for a United States map with clickable states that would allow a URL to be defined for each state. Rather not have to reinvent the wheel on this is there is something good out there. All I have been able to come up with so far is a place in Hungary:...more >>

I've just completed a state template for my project that includes video, audio, slideshow, etc. These elements will change out and be included on all 50 states. What is the best way to handle all of these files. Also which is the best way to handle adding states. Is it better to create sepa...more >>

Sorry if this is here twice. Is there a way to save files to the clients PC. They will be using windows XP. Someone mentioned using a crossdomains.xml file. I need to save to the C: drive. Thanks, CB ...more >>

Hi, I have a 300 frame 20 layer movie clip on my root level. When I export the flash file to quicktime, it naturally plays the whole movie clip as one frame, because it's only on one frame in the root level. So i need a quick way to take all the content in the movie clip, and move it up on...more >>

HI. Anybody knows, why when I create this code on first frame of movie (on other pages are more codes, but of first - only this) X = new MovieClipLoader() trace(X) I receive OUTPUT: [type Object] On all other movies it's returns [object Object] ... What is [type Object] an...more >>

Hi. I want to create a flash RSS reader. Any suggestion, help ?...more >>

i dont understand what I am doing wrong , or missing or not seeing or not completing , but for somehting so basic, it never works for me I am tired of it not working and want to get dynamic text down Can someone please direct me to the IDIOTS guide to making dynamic text work since obvio...more >>

All of a suden my Flash MX 2004 Profesional is crashing since launching, the icon on the dock starts bouncing and then it quits. I already try all the troubleshoot tips I found in the site but nothing seems to work. I need help please!. ...more >>

Play Out Movie Clip First time post here!! so hopefully you can help me out ;) I have been trying to figure out how I cam Play Out a Movie Clip when a link is clicked on to load another movie clip. For example when I click on a link that links to another movie clip it will play out t...more >>

Macromedia Flash 8 Player installation how can I contact someone in Macromedia to complain about the way it is installed ?...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to find out if its possible to get the viewer to include all images found in a specific folder, in a slideshow ? I don't want to have to add each image manually, as I have lots and I'd like to just upload more photos without having to modify the swf. Is it possible to do thi...more >>

How to change projector title "Macromedia Flash Player 8" to "My Movie XYZ"?...more >>

Hey, anyone know how to get flash working on a nokia 7710. can get the videos running, but no idea how to register key presses with the actual buttons (touch screen acts as a mouse). So, anyone know how to tell when a button has been pressed, and if possible, anyone have any example aps they...more >>

using Windows....more >>

Hi, Well, ive already asked the question in my title. how do i change the background color of a text field. Cheers Alan...more >>

I keep getting this message when I try to go control>test movie --> Target not found: target="undefined" base="_level10". What does this mean and what are some ways i could fix it?...more >>

I want the datefield to show the day of the week, such as Fri, Sat, Sun, etc. How?...more >>