I have a simple tween with a motion guide. Is there a way to add a mask to it? if so, how?! thanks,...more >>

Hi, Im having a problem importing a MIDI file. What format can flash use without being converted by Quick Time? When I try to convert I get this error:One or more files were not imported becuase there were problems reading them.. ...more >>

Need to create two counters that will count the amount of $ spent in a year for healthcare. this counter starts on DAY 294 COUNTER #1 STARTS AT $6,927,123,042 INCREASES $16,363 EVERY MINUTE OR $272.70 EVERY SECOND (COUNTER SHOULD NOT SHOW DECIMAL POINT) COUNTER #2 STARTS ...more >>

Helloo! Please can you help me?! I need to make a "program-presentation", which should look like an ordinary program (made with the help of for ex. in C++.Net), but it should be done using Flash %). (The file is *.exe.) I need this flash presentation to have normal caption "Sample Program", ...more >>

I have a movieclip (instance of songlist) that I want to be scrollable. Added the ScrollPane component to the stage. How do i: 1) make it so that there is no border ( right now there is a border) 2) access/scroll the contents within the movieclip songlist ...more >>

1) I have the following AS attached to a MC: getURL("javascript:window.open('gloss.html','','width=800,height=400')","_blank" ); When I click the button, my browser flashes briefly, but nothing happens. When I change the AS to: getURL("javascript:window.open('gloss.html','','width...more >>

I use the Flash Components. I know it adds to the size of the overall file, but it is SOO much faster to develop. Anyway, I wanted to add a loader progress bar to one of my projects. The problem is, even if the first frame is blank, the component requirements are loaded on the first frame. Tha...more >>

I am loading external swf's into a movie clip when the user clicks on a button. thus far, this is the code i have on the main swf to try and make the swf's i call up preload. i have a preloader swf and the animation stretches out 100 frames. can anyone tell me where i am missing the boat? ...more >>

i need to load an html page into the middle of a flash movie. I need it to load a url that i pass it, into a movie clip that is in my flash movie. This need to be internal to the flash movie not loading to another window. I think i have seen this done before, but i can't figure out how to d...more >>

Hello, Guys Does anyone know (or know of) a tutorial which will instruct on how to create a Web site putting in separate SWF files? I think that would be a great help with the loading speed and the functionality of the site. Is this correct, or am I mistaken? Thanks in advance G ...more >>

I'm using a Label component for each of my nav links in the header of the site listed below so that it can get and send information to the server but I can't figure out how to change the font, color and style (to bold) of the default black arial text. The component inspector doesn't seem to ha...more >>

In Flash MX Pro, I'm using a text area component that has URLs in it. When I publish my Flash file it is full screen, but I also want the brower windows to open on top of it when a URL is clicked. Is there a way to do this? Thanks, ...more >>

Hi there, I have just bought the FlashMX Application develpment book, but the cd-rom that came with it, is faulty. Is there any where that i can download the lessons, or does anyone know how i can get a new cd-rom ...more >>

Here is my problem I have two flash elements on a html page that take longer to load than the rest of the content. Now this is nothing new, but is it possible to loadlet's say an image first as a place holder to the flash. Both pieces of flash are in a layer and I tried to just put two layer...more >>

I would have thought that as long as your client has paid his bill for all the work you've slaved over then he should actually own the .fla files. If he hasn't paid the bill, don't give him the files as in 90% of the cases they'll do a runner. Yours cynically. ;) ...more >>

I have a button created and when the button is clicked I would like there to be two more buttons a user can click on. Is this possible?...more >>

Hey all, Does anyone know if it's possible to tween video clips? I've tried creating a simple two keyframe tween, asking the FLVPlayback compenent to move from the left to right side of the screen as the video plays, but when I publish, nothing shows up in the SWF. Am I asking for the ...more >>

hello all, I have a dynamic text box that is calling a text file into it. The text and text scroll are being pull in fine and all the html is being read except for the mailto links. this is the code I'm using but it doesn't show up as a link <a href=mailto:njshowroom@companyname.com> ...more >>

Okay, I have created my 5 preloading swf files and when I preview it everything works perfectly. But after I insert the main swf into dreamweaver it does not seem to load the files, is there a setting I missed? Thanks for any help you can provide Rick9 ...more >>

I can't seem to locate a funciton in Flash MX 2004 that allows me to scale objects, symbols or instances numerically -- that is, to scale to a repeatable numeric value (ideally, percent of original). Anyone know? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

OK, this has happened a couple of times and i don't know why. Say I make a movie. I test it, it works fine. I publish it, upload it and view it on the internet. It's fine on my computer, but on other computers one of the movie clips doesn't load. The same thing happened again on a different ...more >>

Hello, Looking for Code, sample code, already written pages for: Subscribe button: Simply enter email address and forward address to my account Input Form to gather cust. info and send to me via email report. www.FranchiseConsultationServices.com Submit button is on ABOUT page, input f...more >>

Hey folks .. I purchased this splash intro and am currently working on it, trying to edit it as I see fit. You can see the splash here: http://www.pff-clan.us. If you click on the "Home" or "Forum" buttons, there SHOULD be text there that I put in there, but for some reason it's not showin...more >>

I'v started to use Flash couple weeks ago ( but i'm quite raw at it). I'v made a project and need to add animation to my text. Something like that: After a short period should apear a letter (like typing with computer) and make a word then text and etc. If you can say how to do this and (or) w...more >>

i could use a little help on this... i guess i'm rusty... i know how to pop up windows with javascript, usings buttons... but how can i do it on a frame... say frame 1 for example.. when the movie loads, i would to have a pop up open automatically... can anyone give me a hand with this? ...more >>

I have a file in which a few of my symbols (graphics) are altered a bit when i export toa SWF file. It is very strange. http://www.ansano.com/source/reichhold_10_05/reichhold_180-120_10-05-1.fla Thanks! ...more >>

Does anyone know how I can get a moving cloud effect?...more >>

It has to be a simple answer, but why won't (or how do I make it) my pc accept a .exe file from my mac to my pc for testing? I've tried switching off the firewall and anti-virus but I still can't get the files to copy across. Please, please, please, any help !!! :frown; ...more >>

hallo i made a site with my laptop using Flash MX Professional 2004 and i want to modify it with the desktop i use in my office. this desktop also has flash MX Professional 2004 installed, but when i tried to open the fla.files i transfered from my laptop,it said : Unexpected file forma...more >>

I don't have a lot of Flash experience, but I own Flash 5, and have used it from time to time. One of the reasons, I haven't liked it too much is that when using photos in an animation, it always seems to have a very large file size. However, I just went to http://www.duncanmillerdesign.com/ga...more >>

Ok, I know this has come up quite a few times but this is slightly different, I promise. Usually a choppy animation is due to: 1. Large bitmaps being moved 2. Too manys masks, etc. 3. Too low FPS But I'm not making any of those mistakes and I still have a choppy animation! I...more >>

Hi there, I am very new to flash and thus far I know how to do very basic motion tween. I have done this mouse-over ... http://www.alsgroup.co.za with layers. I want to do a different site with only 3 images in Flash with the same mouse-over effect. I am a very keen learner and wo...more >>

hi i am loading an external text format (txt file) that the client will be able to modify it as he want without touching the fla my problem is how do i keep the text format , i ahve 3 paragraphs in the text file but when i am loading it it looks like one big paragraph what do i need ...more >>

I am assessing streaming video for my company. For backward compatability purposes, we will de developing streaming content to be viewable in FP7. Does anyone know what audio and video codecs Flash MX 2004 can encode in, and which codecs FP7 supports? Are the codecs shipped with FP7 or ...more >>

I was told that I would need to edit the HTML in notepad or Dreamweaver but what script should I use and where would I insert it? help please...... going critical ...more >>

can someone tell me how to make an accordian menu. step by step please, i want it to be so that i can have topics then they will expand when i click on them and all other open topics will close. 1 topic at a time. then under the topics i want the options to be links. stepy by step. im clueless...more >>

I just downloaded flash player version 8,0,22,0 for Mozilla Firefox on a Windows XP SP2 computer and some sites, such as movies.com, do not recognize that the player is there. I checked on internet explorer and the site loads just fine (using flash player 7). Does anyone know why this is ocurr...more >>

when i publish i get this border around my movie. its not a centered scene, it is supposed to be alligned to the upper left corner, directly under the address bar and against the left wall. ive tried to adjust every setting but it wont go away. i know the border is the backround because when i...more >>