In Flash 8 when I hover over a frame the label does not show up. I have my labeled frames all consecutive, so they're hidden in the interface. How do you get to see your labels without clicking on the frame itself and looking in properties. This is really annoying; it happened automatically in...more >>

Hi,I would like to make frames on my site but so that when I click on the menu at the top of the page, that only the bottom frame loads with that info. How do I program into the "button" properties that it opens the info in the bottom page and not in another or reloading the current?? Thanks...more >>

I'm making a website, and I want it to "resize" to fit different sized monitors. Right now, it's too big for a tiny laptop, and it get lost on a 22" monitor. How do I do this? And, will this affect the quality of photos? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi all, Is their a way to protect swf's from decompiling programs? Basically the client wants access to the fla's but were not supplying them...the next messure is trying to protect the swfs. Any help on this subject is greatly appriciated. Thanks, TJ ...more >>

I have a portfolio page at viswiz.biz, it seems to load fine on high-speed computers but when my friend loaded with dial-up very few items would load when requested. The page loads 7 different portfolio pieces and each has there own preloader. Apparently for my dial-up friend only one item suc...more >>

I checked the flashvars technotes and only found examples of basic string values. I need to send a dynamic variable into the swf file. I have tried several different syntax options. The swf file reads the dynamic var name as a string. What am I doing wrong? :confused; <PARAM NAME=FlashVars...more >>

my flash animation eill not show on my sit it works fine when I preview it in front page but when i publish it it will not load up my site is www.illuminatees.com From http://developmentnow.com/g/68_2005_10_0_0_0/macromedia-flash.htm Posted via DevelopmentNow.com Groups http://www.develo...more >>

Man...you show them you can do a couple things with Flash and they want you to launch the next shuttle. sheeeesh. Ok I have a numbered key pad and all the numbers 0-9 are buttons. Now they want the user to simply be able to press any of the numbers on the key pad and have them show up ...more >>

I would like text (a short paragraph) to fade in white over an image, and when it is almost 100% to fade from white to say yellow. I have just started using Flash and so I don't know when I'm asking too much -- or going about it the wrong way. It seems that i could 'transition' it in and the...more >>

This DOES NOT work for me, waht am i missing, the documentation on the Express Install method is cryptic to say the least, and I can find nothing that realtes to this feature in any of it. Just a simple cryptic note that it should be able to return a user to the page flash was installed from. ...more >>

Presently, I am attempting masks for a look of magnification thru a rifle scope. It is not working for a couple reasons...one, it is taking my graphics away and leaving me a clean hole. second, the layer I am looking thru is to small. Meaning I look thru it at the very center of the documen...more >>

Hello, Any and all help, advice, and suggestions would be greatly appreciated: I've imported my .wav files into the library and added a 'sounds' layer to each of my four slides. I multiplied the time of each sound file times the frames per second (12) to determine the number of frames to...more >>

I have a code just to got to web url on press. I wanted to get *newbie* creative and have the text color change or on focus. on (press) { getURL("../Axiom_Global.shtm", "_self"); } Is there a best method? I tried this; but it started to be a mult-line thing and seems to be more t...more >>

So I've been doing this whole flash thing for about a month now in some of my spare time and I've run into a problem. First off, I understand others have had similiar problems and I've searched the forum history but either my problem is a little different or I didn't understand the solution t...more >>

hi all, i have a site where the code allows you to add sounds to any page, which then stream. this works like a charm offline, and used to work online up to when i checked it a few days ago. i was wondering if this has anything to do with flash8 (i know its unlikely, but i've no experience ...more >>

Hi there, regarding http://www.danmik.co.za/index-2.php 1. How can I make the replay of the scene seamless? 2. My ProjectIIV menu does not drop down over the flash movie. What can I do to correct this? -- Regards, Deon Holtzhausen...more >>

If we add a normal text like that: var title_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); title_fmt.font = "_sans"; title_fmt.size = 14; title_fmt.color = 0x0066ff; ... than it looks normal on a PC-Browser. But on a Mac with Firefox/Safari the font is not clear or the thickness is different on...more >>

Has anyone had any problems with the new FLash 8 player and Javsascript? None of my getURL's in flash calling javascript functions in a HTML page seem to be working? sample: getURL("javascript:CP_showCelluloid()"); Thanks Gary ...more >>

Hello, I have a G4 iBook running Mac OS X (v10.3.9). But when I run the installer, just as its beginning to install an error box comes up stating "An error occured that prevented the installation from completing." Thats it, nothing more I can do im stuck. So if someone could help it would be...more >>

I was hoping someone here could lend me some help. I'm not sure if this is a recent thing, or been happening since I got this new Mac a few months ago because I haven't needed to use Flash at home for a while now - so could be either (and for the record, Flash was originally brought over by ...more >>

Hi I have created a flash animation which is working properly but I want now to resize the whole movie to a much bigger size without having to move any elements (indeed the timeline is rather long and it contains a lot of elements). I want the elements to be kept centered. It sounds ea...more >>

Due to text smoothing in OSX 10.4, any line of text that includes norwegian characters (??????) appears fuzzy and in bold. Embedding fonts solves the issue, but blurs the text to a considerable degree. This is a real pain for norwegian web developers. Anyone else experiencing similar problems ...more >>

hello I have to make banner which includes video, with controllers. I have used MediaPlayback component and external flv file. Only problem is, that size of swf file is too big 74 kb, banners size limit is only 30 kb. Only MediaPlayback components size is 72 kb. Any ideas how I...more >>

On my main movie I have 60 links - when when clicked each opens a different popup window containing text and clickable thumbnail images. My problem is: the 60 links in the main movie are still active below the Pop up window. When a site visitor clicks on the hidden (hidden by pop up window con...more >>

Windows XP Pro, German OS, Flash 8, Microsoft Visual C++ runtime error after publishing to player 8. We get a Microsoft Visual C++ runtime error after publishing to player version 8. We have to reinstall the complete application It works for 5 -10 before the error occurs. What can i do?...more >>

How can it be, that a licensing version of the Macromedia Product Flash MX 2004 produces different swf files from the same fla file from one day to another? To me sometimes it seems like someones kind of like manipulating this software. Maybe it's addware or computer viruses on my system, but ...more >>

Flash 8 is virtually unusable on my Mac, a G4 with a gig of RAM and the latest tiger installed on it. MX works great, but I have so many problems with 8, I can't use it to do my work. Timeline Effects when selected cause a javascript error in Flash, and then the preview in the window for them ...more >>

I'm no expert at Flash but I've been using it for several years now, from Flash 5, through MX and just recently I got my hands on 8 and I've never seen this problem before. https://www.angyl.net/vbc ...more >>

I want to creat a flash file that is going to contain music for my site. I want to have a buttont hat is going to stop the music if a viewer so wishes. I am guessing that I need to have two layers. One for the music and one for the button. If I am right so far, how would I make that button sto...more >>

Hi there, http://www.danmik.co.za/firstgo.php this is my first go at what people say is very basic. I felt like a graduate when finishing this. I would like to know if and what I can better on this. The whole movie is 4.9sec long at 20fps. I think the motion moves to quick and the circl...more >>

hi i have a few movies that load in with loadMovieNum commands. I can get the site working using unloadMovieNum to go from page to page, but ideally I would prefer to just hide and stop the unneeded movie. Hiding is not an issue - that seems to work fine with a _level0._visible = false; ...more >>

I have set up the flash 8 player express install on my site to allow visitors to upgrade their flash player. When testing the express install page, i get a security sandbox violation: *** Security Sandbox Violation *** SecurityDomain 'http://www.alexulbricht.com/flash8_upgrade/playerPr...more >>

I am pretty new to Flash and I just downloaded a music player that looks like a record player from Flashkit.com. I loaded my music files on the key frame where the record is put on the player. I stopped the music on the key frame that the record leaves the player. But now if you play two re...more >>

before I waste anymore time: To use as an intro, I have succesfully ported a movie into flv format made a beautiful swf file from it . Now, How do I get the browser to go to the home page after the swf (movie) is finished playing? The action scripts I am using just dont seem to w...more >>

In Flash *, when I 'Select Unused Items' and delete items, some items are removed from the stage. I will have these red places where the items used to be. I really need to this to work properly because it defintely decreases my file sizes. Anyone else run into this? Chad Garber Atlanta:c...more >>

Hi, I have web page that load SWF and call to local files (JPG, XML) on the client computer. In the previous versions it work fine but in the new version I can?t load files from the client computer. Please help this is very urgent issue. Noam ...more >>

Hello, flash users! I've got one textfield with the Instance Name "txt" I've done this script on the frame. _root.txt.text = 'Hello, my name is Joe, how are you?' Thats all I've writed. It works perfect. But I want one more thing. I want the "how are you?" text to be on the next line ...more >>

well, here is y stupid stupid question: i have made a movie in flash and when i publish it (swf) it doesn't play by default. How do i do this??!!! thanks in advance...more >>

I've created a 1 min. animated presentation that I'm exporting to video (.avi). The conversion goes well except for the loss of some text-masked animated gradients. The specifics: fps: 30 dimensions(pixels): 640x480 color depth: 32bit w/alpha codec: Microsoft MPEG-4 Codec V1 Any he...more >>

Publish or Export after alteration? I have a .fla and .swf I bought, so I am editing in Flash 8 Pro. But when I make a change it is, it seems, really bad UI design. Do I publish, export, or both? .... Just an afterthought second question. Can I get a solid confirmation the Flas...more >>

i have a mp3 file named "music.mp3" in de same directory of the flash i did this in flash: var som:Sound = new Sound(); som.onLoad = function(ok:Boolean) { if (ok) { som.start(0,999); } } som.loadSound("music.mp3",true); but didnt work :/ whats wrong? thx. ...more >>

Hi. I have been given an mp3 file of a person giving a presentation. It is about 20 minutes long. I also have a PowerPoint file containing the slides used during his presentation. I need to somehow create a flash file that will play the audio, and synchronise it to the slides. i.e. change ...more >>

Hi. I'm new to flash, using it mostly for 2D Animation. I'm trying to create an interactive animation. The user moves over an animated button and the mouse cursor changes to a heart shape. When the button is clicked it moves to another scene in the animation and the mouse becomes the de...more >>

In this movie at frame 142 I would like it to stay onscreen for about 3 or 4 seconds and then move to the next frame. In the Miscellaneous Functions there is a getTimer and I imagine I would have to set something up using that...? Thoughts/Comments? ...more >>