when I export a swf and send it to people, some can see it and others ca not but it does not seem to be the flash player because their computers can read other flash files, what's going on?...more >>

I teach introduction to game development with Flash MX 2004. Like the product and the students do well with it. But all the hype about the new product 8 does nothing for me. I need to find out if anything is done to Flash to help game development or to modify Actionscript!!! Anyone know or...more >>

I wish to know how to assign specific speed (fps) to one specific frame in Macromedia Flash 8. I found out how to change the general speed but I wasn't able to figure out how to assign specific speed to one certain frame. Thank You!:) ...more >>

Please can someone mail me a country combo box or tell me how to populate a combo box with the different countries. Thank you. Darryn ...more >>

I am wondering how i can load a jpg from my server into an empty movie clip. so if i change the jpg (photo), save the new photo with the same name as the old one, and reupload it, the photo will automatically change in the swf file... is this possible? I'm asking because I have a co...more >>

I have a series of Flash components that were originally published in Flash7. These are then embeded into delphi OCXs and make use of FSCommand, TCallLabel, GetVariable, SetVariable, Play etc to manipulate and communicate between Flash and the OCX. Some of our customers have started downloadin...more >>

Hello, I am trying to create a brochure with flipping pages in flash. I have the program complete, and it works very well. The "pages" are frames in a movieclip. My problem is, getting a pdf file into that movieclip. I have imported to stage with pages as frames and that is fine. But when...more >>

In Flash 8 Video Encoder, the maximum stated keyframe interval value is 100. It appears this refers to frames, not seconds. However, in a Macromedia tutorial, an 8 second interval is recommended as a starting point. If the video is encoded at 30fps, an 8 second keyframe interval equates t...more >>

Hello! i have a question! I installed flash 8 on my new Hdd, after a week something happened to my hdd and it blew up. Problem now is, that when iam trying to reinstall flash on my new hdd, i just simple sais Cannot find F drive (my last hdd) So i cant install flash 8 on it. Could you ple...more >>

Running into a brick wall. What is the deal with accessing DB on a remote server from a desktop flash.exe file? Or even a browser .swf? Is it possible? I"ve tried the different policy solutions, to no avail. Any suggestions? ...more >>

I wanted to know how would I charge to build a flash website. I do people determine how much a website should cost and how much to charge if you update the website. please help If you can refer me to a board or website that will help me on this matter. Sincerely Lenin ...more >>

Hi, I have a mp3 file which is very small 15 sec. How can I play it over over again. Till the person close the website. Can we put some how in a loop? Thanks...more >>

OK I have become very good with DW MX, and FW MX... but have not taken the proper approach/time to getting a grasp of Flash MX. I have tried a couple of times to get into it, but normally quit oout of frustration. I am ready for another attemp, but could really use some expert help to get me g...more >>

Hello everyone, I am having a bit of a mental block and I was hoping someone might have an idea for me... Here is my problem. I am trying to display a live video signal locally via flash. Meaning, I have a TV Capture Card in the machine, and I want to display that using Flash. I have ...more >>

I am new to macromedia period! I purchased a temple, and I want to edit the text, and photo, but I have no idea how to do this.:confused;...more >>

Hello all, I'm new to Flash and am looking for inspiration. One of the greatest sites I've found is http://www.leoburnett.ca/. Can anyone point me to a tutorial or have other information as to how they make the cursor 'attract' his pointed to objects when the pencil is close to the ob...more >>

Im using a quiz template to create a quiz for a course i am creating. I changed the background and titles for the quiz and need to change the color of the text from the radio buttons and checkboxes and such to white. Every example i see or tutorial i find doesn't do anything. But none specify...more >>

How to access Sql Server Database in to A Flash combo box. I am working on ASP.net(c#).I want to display all colors availabe in database to select in flash combox .I eed help Thanks, Riz ...more >>

Hi,I have created a Flash file which plays music and has the buttons to control it. i.e. Forward,Stop etc. The first frame plays a piece of music and works well. When I press Play it plays and if I by mistake press Play again (in the same frame) then it doesn't do anything, which is good.The...more >>

My SWF file association has vanished. I'm on WinXPsp2 with Flash8. Today, I suddenly cannot double-click .swf files. The only way I can view them is by dragging the file to my browser. What's happening here? Any help appreciated, wrrn ...more >>

I placed an swf file in an html table and tried to preview it out of DW8 on safari. It is not playing. Here is the code for the page. Any thoughts? please help. Ken' <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"...more >>

Hi all, can anyone tell me why this works: myVar2 = hit1 if (this.hitTest(myVar2)) { trace("whatever"); } and this doesn't: //I've previously set this.myVar to 1. //trace(this.myVar) displays 1 in the output panel myVar2="hit"+this.myVar if (this.hitTest(myVar2)) { ...more >>

In IE, you can use javascript to set focus on flash like this: <body onLoad="mymovie.focus();"> However, this method does not work in Netscape. I have tried to build a netscape plug-in that searches the flash window and set focus to it using windows API, it works fine for NS, mozilla firefox...more >>

hi Im trying to find an extention smaller then mp3 or wave or "midi: wich doesn't work" to use in flash. is there a fileextention like that? and if so... what is the extention? I ask this becouse the music i want to put in my flashwebsite is to big. mp3=8.56MB greetz ...more >>

I have a flash document that I built to learn how to use the web service connector to get info from data base. When I run it, it works great. I tried to make a new one based on the same exact principles with a new database and cf document and nothing it doesn't work. I can connect during const...more >>

Is there a way to smooth the enlargement of a JPG. It seems very choppy to me. Especially the rendering on the left hand side. http://www.lionsgatebethesda.com/home.html -Kirk...more >>

Hi All! I've a question. Is it possible to load full html file into Flash mc?? (if I have a full flash frame, and in the frame can be find an another container (loadInto_mc), a movie. Is it possible to load a html file into it?) many thx! ...more >>

I am writing a test program in Flash 8 to see how easy it would be to develop a full application using the standard library components. The test involves * an in XMLconnector connected to a DataSet compent using the Component inspector "bound to" field * The DataSet is bound in a simil...more >>

How to access Sql Server Database in to A Flash combo box. I am working on ASP.net(c#).I want to display all colors availabe in database to select in flash combox .I eed help Thanks, Riz...more >>

I would like to have two small movies (video files) loaded in a larger swf... the movies/video are 190 x 130 and the main document is 468 x 400... I want to animate the actual movies within the main swf (just easy movements/tweens)... Anyone know how I should set this up? Good tutori...more >>

This is really weird. I have some larger images (bigger than the designated stage). If I view this in a browser you can see past the stage and see these extentions. What's up with that? Doesn't the stage size determine what can be seen and where? I'm glad I don't have text moving onto the st...more >>

on (release) { gotoAndPlay("whateverLabel"); } works just fine....but..... is there a global like there is for Next Frame that allows Next Label actions for the NEXT and PRrevious button?...more >>

I'm basically trying to create my own e-card to send to my girlfriend, and I'm trying to make a motion symbol that basically starts off as a big heart, then "rains" down and gets smaller as it falls towards the ground. I want it to go from a big heart to a small circle, or a small heart if tha...more >>

I am trying to import/embed QuickTime movies with H.264 compression in Flash MX. when I do the movies always loose the audio. Any ideas?...more >>

Hi recently i have been using a html script that makes your swf file transparent which works well for me so you can se ethe background image on the html page this looks great and can be seen on www.urban-warfare.co.uk the scrpt is as follows: <OBJECT codeBase=http://down...more >>

hi all , i have searched the forum for an answer but came up blank !! i have a button instance that when moused over an animation occurs - thiall works fine except if the mouse happens to move over the area on the stage where the animation fades in - the animation starts playing (the animation...more >>

Hi folks, I am configuring a new workstation mainly for Macromedia Flash and the = related studio products.=20 I would like to have a dual monitor set-up and am looking for = suggestions on a what graphics board that are reliable that would do = that. Platform is Window XP Pro and Intel ...more >>

Hello, I?m using this two codes above for putting an flash header with transperancy in linux , but it seems that doesn?t work.. Does anyone know a solution for this? a) <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="swf/header_1.swf" width="616" height="87"> <param name="mo...more >>

Can anyone give any advice on getting a link to an email working in Flash Mx 2004. I just want a piece of text to be a clickable hyperlink to open an email message, such as the mailto command does in HTML. I have tried using <a href"mailto"info@dt.co.uk"> email</a> which doesnt do anything,...more >>

I have taken a book and put it on disc, it has several animations and menu buttons to go from one page to the next. My problem now is they want to add more to the book but I don't know how to make the page links move there numbers ahead to match the links from index. ...more >>

I am such a newbie still after a year! and have trouble understanding things! is there any tutoral of help someone can give me to juts make a simple thing with one .php file to put on your server and a normal script in a flash file to add to the list and to see the list in the flash file? ...more >>

Hello, I have a few questions about building an interactive screens-based site in Flash 8: 1) I would like to use just one screen-based SWF and load the slides/forms dynamically when the user gets to them, i.e. I would prefer not to make each slide an extra SWF. Is this a good idea...more >>

Please help. I want to write a Flash exe application use on machines instead of web. I know that use getURL function can download and open PDF and Word documents, how can I open the documents that is on the local drive (ex. C:/my document)? Please help thanks ...more >>

hi if i am expoerting my movie it is workign fine but if i am publishing it with the same parameters some parts are not working like loading an external movie with flv! any idea thanks...more >>

What does one have to do to get an answer here? I have posted two questions on this board, and they go no where. I see posts befor and after get up to six responses or more. Mine collect dust. If the admin moderators do not know the answers to my questions, kindly state so and I'll go else...more >>

Hello, can some one please help me with this problem. I want to open MS word and pdf document using Flash. How should I do it? Do I need to import the documents into Flash or do I just call them as an external document? Thanks a lot Terence ...more >>

I can't seem to get video as smooth as i would like it to be. if you go here: http://imagearts.ryerson.ca/jnaimark/newnewsite click: thesis > concept art you can see the video im talking about. Im using flash 8's new video capabilities with the new codec and an external .flv file. It's not h...more >>

If there isn't going to be an x64 varient of flash 8.5, I regret to say that I will have to punch a kitten....more >>

Is there a way to change link properties when text is linked in flash? Ex. I want the text to show an underling on rollover, but I don't want to turn the text into a button....more >>

Hello, I am not sure if I am in the right section of the forum.Sorry. My question is as follows, I have made a page and as it takes some time to load for people without a fast DSL, i would like to write a loading bar, which shows the percentage of the flash loaded when opening the page. Ca...more >>

Hi, I tried to install the trial version of Flash 8, and I got the following error message: "1: The InstallScript engine is missing from this machine. If available, please run ISScript.msi, or contact your support personnel for further assistance." I googled ISScript and found a su...more >>

I am new to Flash. I made my first movie before I understood symbols. The movie has a flashing star effect which I made by drawing three different star shapes and pasting them throughout. Now I know how to make symbols and did make one of each pf the three stars. Will the program reference...more >>

I have gone to the Flash FX site and downloaded several sound wav files. When importing the sound file into my Flash Library I get a pop up screen that tells me that Files were not imported because there was problems reading them. Can anyone tell me what to do in order to import wav files ?...more >>

I don't know if this is a bug or an option that I need to turn on, but when I edit a symbol using "edit in place", the rest of the stage does not dim as it is supposed to. Does anyone know how to make the stage fade when you double-click on a symbol to edit it? ...more >>

Hi all, I have tried to setup a webpage with a flash animation running in it, and then set that as my desktop wallpaper, but all I get is a framed box about 150px X 150px with both horizontal and vertical scrollbars sitting in the background and my flash animation is not playing. Does...more >>

hi i have an external swf movie with flv file and it workgs fine. as soon as i am calling it from other movie with the _root.content_mc.loadMovie(""swf/video.flv"); it is not working , what am i doing wrong - any other external movies with out flv are workign fine! thanks ...more >>

I'm having trouble with flash.ocx interfering with the internet while i'm on the web. Is there something I can do to stop this other than deleting the file. The prompt comes up saying that internet explorer had a problem while running the program in which I'm in and the computer reboots itse...more >>

Here is my problem. As you know, flash files don't behave the same what when you ignore width/height parameters as images. Images simply show their true dimensions, while flash files show.... god knows what. Im building up a flash game database, and each one has different dimensions. Im us...more >>