I need the basic code to allow a video on a webpage to load automatically when it is visited. The stream is provided and works with a connection button. I am looking for simple and am using the following 2 lines unsuccessfully. nc = new NetConnection(); nc.connect("rtmp://mywebsite.com/m...more >>

Hi i'm working on a site that is going to have a counter on it that shows the amount of people being put in jail for marijuana crimes, from the starting date of posting the site. So lets say i put the site up today, starting from when it is posted on the web, i want the counter to start at ...more >>

Hey guys, I have a timeline with video on one layer and sound on another, i identified the frame the sound layer is on "sound". As this part of the movie players, I have a working volume bar that gives a variable named myVol a value between 0 and 100, can I alter the volume on the time...more >>

Hi Is it possible to import an avi or wmv into Flash MX 2004 and then edit individual frames (by edit I mean cut indvidual frames to shorten the movie in strategic places using the Flash timeline). I'm currently importing both an avi and wmv into Flash MX 2004 using Sorensen - but the...more >>

I want to snap to target when drag object is near or over the target mc at all. As it is now, the registration points have to be exactly on top of each other. Does anybody know the solution?...more >>

I have created a movie and publshed to html but when I load in IE it wont display it and I have to click at the top of the browser to allow active content. Why would it do this? I can view other flash sites with no problem?? I dont want people to have to do this every time they view the page. ...more >>

hi i am having a menu mc that have a text and on that i have invisble button. the menu mc is sitting on the root level untill now it workd fine but as soon as i am trying to motion tween the button in the menu mc (the button become mixed) , i can see hand icon but it is not working ...more >>

I have a flash video on my server that i would like to tie to a particular entry in my database. The output from my databse is text. I call images regularly but am having problems calling my videos. I can get a swf to call correctly but it doesnt have the player controls that i need. They ...more >>

Recently I created a series of banner ads using flash animation. I want to turn these into animated gifs. I've tried exporting and publishing, even going into the publishing settings and manualy change the gif setting to animation, but nothing seems to work. All I get is the first frame of ani...more >>

Hi, Can anyone help me to add hyberlinks to buttons on a web page template? The template was downloaded from another program. I have edited the web template but I need to know how to attache hyperlinks to my buttons. My program is Flash Basic. Thanks Tina ...more >>

Hi, I need someone to point me to a resource for attaching an autoloading function to a promotional CD. I'd like to projector to launch when the CD is inserted. As you can tell, I'm new to Flash. Thanks. ...more >>

Dear Macromedia suppot I got a web template and it was created in Flash. And on the template says " put your company name here" I went into a image folder and modify the image and put the image back into the folder thinking it will automatically link it from the folder but it didn't So...more >>

I'm wondering if I could create an interactive tool that will be on my website and will help me to discus kitchen design with my customers. I'm thinking of creating some simple top views of kitchen cabinets and appliances that will be displayed on a grid and the customer will be able manipulat...more >>

Can I have a movie clip have a color applied as it moves into a region. For example, as a white box moves into a specific area, I want to apply a color tint just to that portion of the box that is in the specific area. Background and the portion of the white box outside the specific area are u...more >>

I'm loading external data to a combo box. I want the first line to say select a park. how can i add this text and make it the first line after the data loads via coldfusion and a database. would it be in the .cfc document? ...more >>

Hello, all, If I want to stop a sub-level created sound object on a parent level, how should I write this script to identify this sound? Thanks -percy...more >>

Could please anyone help me out with the player detector! i'm searching around the net and all the things i have found contain too much actionscript for me. is there any "easy" way to see if the ones watching my banner have flash player 8? many many thanks!! ...more >>

Anyone know how I can find out what version of Flash I'm using? I'm referring to the player -- what the browser uses to display flash content -- not the editing software. Thanks! ...more >>

I'm trying to use the solution of the doom square in the dissabled UIScrollBar: Object.registerClass("ComboDownArrowDisabled", MovieClip); In my movie; I have a text area called CentralText and a scroll manually attached to it, I have add an instance name to this scroll, this instance name...more >>

Ok, I've been working days on this and finally have broke down to ask. I'm importing via coldfusion, information from a database. Like the parks database that comes with coldfusion. I'm bringing the data into flash with the flash web service connector. it works fine bringing in a list of the p...more >>

I am currently building a calendar in flash. I want to be able to click on a month (button) and a box appears on top showing all the events for that month, and then you would be able to close it. All the tutorials I have found direct me to ways to have a html pop up window. Im looking for a wa...more >>

Hi all, To get from one bullet to the next, I hit the enter key. But the spacing between the lines is too small. If I try to use the breakspace to increase the distance between the two lines, I lose the bullet. Any suggestions on how to increase the space between the two bulleted lines? ...more >>

Hi, I am looking to make a photo website. I am a flash beginner. I would like the window to expand to the screen size. Can someone point me in the right direction as to how to do this? Also, will this affect the quality of the photos - if it shrinks into a 12" screen and expands to a 22"...more >>

All the stages in 10 scenes in a fla.file is stuck to the upper left corner of the white background. It is impossible to make animations running from outside and into the stages. Opening a new fla.file shows a floating stage that can be moved around by the "Hand tool". How can I unlock th...more >>

I want to trap keyboard events in a move created in Flash MX 2004 which contains a loader control. To trap the events I have used an empty movie clip and wrote the code in this empty movie clip. I am able to trap the keypress events. on(keyPress "<Down>") { trace("Down Key Pressed")...more >>

First off. I'd like to say the ability to have html in flash is awesome. For the work that is done, I love it. I've been using a CMS to with a wysiwyg editor to update text in their sites. However, I have two big issues with the rendering of html in flash. 1. Line breaks ( <br> ) tha...more >>

This might be silly question but I saw a dynamic flash mp3 player. Here's the link http://tyndale.com/products/audioClip.asp?title=The%20Chronicles%20of%20Narnia&isbn=1-58997-299-6 The silly part of the questions is if this is some kind of freebie example that came with a newer version of fl...more >>

Hi I have a movie on level 0 containing a mc with buttons in. Each button should load a seperate movie into level 1. Each button has following code with different movie reference: Button 1: on (release) { unloadMovie(1); loadMovieNum("xxx/xxx/movie_one.swf",1); } Button 2: on (re...more >>

In my Scene 1, I have frame labels : About, Capabilities, Commitment, Quality. I created a dropdown menu in a movieclip that will move to any of this labeled frame as a user click the corresponding menu option. How can I create the links that will move to these labeled frames? I tried to...more >>

im going to make this short Add my msn i will send files underworld_123@hotmail.com...more >>

How can I completely hide context menu if click right button of a mouse? ...more >>

I am trying to create a simple menu (2 items) inside a button but without any luck. I created a button with all three stages and inserted the text menu in the Over and Down positions. I then converted the text into buttons and applied the On Click (Get URL) AS to the text button... Now whenever...more >>

Hi everybody, i need change the size of my swf with javascript without reload the swf... all dynamically... I try with... <script> funcion setWidth(newWidth) { document.getElementById('myMovie').width = newWidth; } </script> Note: myMovie is the id a...more >>

Hi I've made an interactive UK map for my website and I put an image in which is externally loaded into a dynamic text box. I've published it to the web and the problem is that image won't load intil I zoom into it! Can anyone help me or has anyone seen this before? Thanks :) ...more >>

Well the title says it all. And the answer is not "you don't"... any suggestions? Since there doesn't seem to be an obvious way. Would be great to have bezier controls on the keyframes now wouldn't it. ...more >>

Hi, could anyone kindly help me to sort this out, when I type the sentence in the notepad and save it as slide01.txt, then in the Flash, i used 'loadVarsText.load("slide01.txt");' to load the text into the Flash, everything was perfect but only the symbols like + and % could not display when I...more >>

Hello, I currently have a main.fla which holds the main info and another fla with a lil games in it. I want to move the game.fla into a scene in main.fla. What should I do? What is the easiest way? Note: I don't want to load the game in a seperate file (fla) I want to combine them togethe...more >>

Hello, 2m, Following your way, I am able to control the music play and stop on different levels of fla. How to control play times? (Not any hint in flash document.) When I enter a sub-level and the background music plays only once. How to make it loop on this level if user still stays on the...more >>

Hi all, I hope someone can assist. I downloaded a web templated with an included flash file. The pre-made SWF plays just fine. When I open the FLA, it also plays fine just scrolling through. However, when I save it as a SWF, it doesn't work right. Certain letters don't appear--they so...more >>

Hey, I'm having trouble and I looked on the website and couldn't find a solution. If I leave flash player running for a while, especially if it is running and my comp goes into screensaver mode and I return, internet explorer ends up taking up all available system resources. This only occurs w...more >>

Hi, When using loadMovie to load an image, how do i then refrence that image? the docs state : "You can use the target path of the movie clip to target the loaded SWF file." (Taken from : ActionScript classes > MovieClip > loadMovie (MovieClip.loadMovie method)) Which does not ...more >>

Hi All; I am trying to link to SWF files using a button. I have used the following code,put on the button, I do not get an error but it does not work. Does anyone have any ideas. I would think this should be relatively simple, but I cannot find any other references to it. I have also...more >>

Who knows how I can use a button already created to open and play (in a new window) an SWF located in the root of my site next to the index.html file. The name of the swf is video1.swf. I have tried using the "on (Release)...getURL" commands but the button just doesn't work. It seems like ever...more >>

Hi I wanted to know how do you create a dynamice txt box which when you load your movie your text is showing just as if it were developed in dreamweaver with the scrolling bar on the side and all. Please take alook at this site and it has the idea in it that Im trying to create. http://www.d...more >>

Yet another very welcome addition: not compromising Flash's unique lose vector style, but bring it's abilities up to par. I'm not clear on something though: is there any way to convert a selection of vectors into an drawing object? I can of course group them, but then I don't get the handy...more >>

Hi, I m trying to design a contact page(section of a movie) similar to http://www.effenvodka.com/effen.html. I need it explained to me as if I was a Newbee. Thank You...more >>

I have a flash content on my site. However when flash player is not available on some computers, that space stays blank. I would like to show just a static (jpeg, gif) picture instead automatically instead of empty space. Can anybody help me on that what I need to do. Thanks for all inputs...more >>

Please help. I'd like to use the combo box component to create a simple state pull down menu. This will not be a dynamic function. Once a viewer clicks on a state it will take them to a new .swf or movie clip. If someone could please share their action script code and give instructions, I'...more >>

When I create a projector and make it run full screen at 100%, graphics that are animating to the stage are also seen beyond the 800x600 frame. Is there anything I can do to correct this. I only want graphics to be seen within the stage. Thanks Jay ...more >>

Hi all. I'm a beginner and am making a very simple site in flash. I'm using different frames for each page on my site......I'm then linking the various buttons in my menu to different frames. This works but how do i make it so that the button retains its down state when the play-hea...more >>

ok newbie here...ive decided to build my webpage completely in flash... ive got 2 pgs done so far ...im going to ask a really dumn question here--forgive me... how do i place the page within the timeline.... please point me in the right direction... and ...more >>

I am getting reports that users are not able to link to a flash page through the html file. The swf is not loading up or something. This seems to be prevelant with AOL users but sometimes it is IE and I had a problem with Opera when I tested it there. Any guesses. dan ...more >>