Hi I'm soon doing some workshops with children using flash to produce an animation. I want each kid at a computer to work on a different scene and then pull all the scenes together. Is there a way I can get the children to work on the same file at the same time or automatically pull t...more >>

Hi: Flash MX 2004: anyway to improve the text quality in small sizes (8, 10)? TIA, David P....more >>

Greetings all, I've imported and created an .flv file, with the corresponding skin and HTML. I've copied the <object></object> code into a table data cell on my site, but get nothing but blank. I suspect I have a path problem but I'm not sure. Would someome check the code and see where I...more >>

Can someone help me get rid of the slash symbol that shows up at returns in my text? I have created a swf that brings in text content from a .txt file. For some reason, at the returns in my text a back-slash symbol appears. Only at returns and only in the swf playback. How do I get rid of ...more >>

Is it possible to have Flash content on a DIV layer play and then hide the actual layer the Flash Content is on after a specified time? Maybe by using a META refresh tag? This is hypothetical, and the only way true progress in technology is made, but I wondered if anyone has played with th...more >>

This stuff is sooo cool. Ok - I have a input text box and a button. You input some text, click the button and it sends it to another Dynamic Text Box. Passing it is not the problem BUT I need the original entry of a font size of 12 to be reduced to a font size of 5 in the Dynamic Text bo...more >>

Hi, I am just staring to use flash, and am beginning to make a layout. The tiny squares at the bottom look good if I view them in the timeline, but look uneven in the swf file. Can anyone help please.... Thanks so much!! http://dianecollins.com/2.html ...more >>

I'm looking for a tutorial that would should me how to do something like the rotating top news stories on http://knoxnews.com. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks...more >>

Ok, here's the situation, I have JPEG image that I am trying to fade out and in with Flash in a site header. I don't want to use the stock transition because it isn't as fluid as I see on other sites. How can I accomplish this? I tried making a motion and shapr tween and changing the alpha ...more >>

I know it seems kind of tedious, but I was wondering if there was a shortcut-key, or easier method to navigating the timeline in Flash, or a way to set one up. I'm actually trying to program an alternate input device/control knob (Griffen PowerMate) to do this for me... It'll accept a keyboard...more >>

Hello all! I am new to mixing Flash and DW. I craeted an opening flash presentation for a website. When the animation is finished I want it to open the home page of the site in the same window. I added the action in the flash file to getURL and put the address in the field. When I test th...more >>

Hi, Newbie question... When I go to control - play, my movie looks good. When I go to flash publish preview, my thumbnails are uneven. How do I fix this? Thanks!...more >>

we're creating a flash map that will eventually have around a hundred circles of varying sizes. i know I could create one symbol, drag it a bazillion times to the canvas, and resize each accordingly. but, (and here is where I seem very naive), isnt there a way to have a DB with some attribut...more >>

I just purchased and downloaded the JStart program to use with Flash in opening a pdf from a CD. The download is an exe file and I'm on a Mac. Is this program not compatible with a Mac? If not, how can I get the pdf to open with Flash? ...more >>

We've just done an upgrade to Flash 8 in our offices, and have run into a bugger of a problem. Whenever we try and open certain files, we get the following error message: "Could not open this scene probably because of low memory. To increase available memory, close open documents." ...more >>

i am trying to load some external text which is working, but can not see my background behind the text area component. i would like to find a way to remove the white background of the component and it's border. anyone know how this can be accomplished? thanks in advance! ...more >>

Folks, We've had several reports of problems using getURL("javascript:....") syntax in Flash Player 8. I've posted a test file containing multiple getURL events to one of my personal servers: http://www.madisonmotorcycleclub.org/getURL_javascript/f8_geturl_javascript.html Please hit ...more >>

Hi - when I import an mpg file as embedded video the sound portion sounds bad, and so I broke out the sound portion on import and my challenge is to sync the pause and replay behaviors that work fine for the movie as one piece but not with the audio broken out. I have the audio installed on ano...more >>

I'm trying to set a clip's linkage at runtime. I've found item.linkageIdentifier but can't seem to get it to work. Thanks. -- Dan Mode *Must Read* http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog __ ...more >>

Hello, i search all Flash Clock on the World (Sample: clock.swf) and i link this on my Web-Side: http://digilander.libero.it/rd-soft/ Help me to find this ! Tanks RD-Soft (rd_soft@libero.it) ...more >>

Hi... I have seen lots of info regarding live broadcast of video with Flash but I have a slightly different scenario concerning Flash and broadcast..... This is the deal....I have to develop Flash content that will be distributed to TV stations who will be combining it into live broadcas...more >>

Hi there, Since I am very new to flash, I have this question. At what flash file size is it recommended to hve a pre-loader. Please look at http://www.danmik.co.za/index-2.php Do you think a pre-loader is necessary? -- Regards, Deon H...more >>

Hi Guys I have embedded a movie file into Flash and want to fins a tutorial to help me control the play with buttons. I can only find tutorials for Flash Professional - any one know of any good tutorials for the bog Standard Flash MX 2004 Thanks in adavance Lindsay ...more >>

I am currently trying to get two flash movies to start running on a dual head machine, both in fullscreen mode. My current solution to this is to have one file running as a projector .exe and switching it to fullscreen mode in the first frame via actionscript. The other file I open as a SWF ...more >>

I am having a problem making my flash file do what I want it to, namely with an action script component. I am trying to make buttons invisible and inactive but the action script I have entered is not working even though there are no errors and the same line has worked previously in another fil...more >>

:confused; okay, Last nite i spent the whole nite importing Quicktime Videos into Flash. What i wanted to do was to convert the QT to FLV. so they open quicker on my site. So when I imported the QT, they then converted them to a FLV. I then exported the flash file to an SWF. (to an extension...more >>

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Hi, I am using MX 6.0, i don't know why I can not write/edit anything in the action script panel. Only way I can write some thing there through menu options. when I click on the action panel my cursor does not go there so I could write or edit. Also I can make AS panel wide but I can not...more >>

For some reason, on both my Mac and PC (OS Tiger and XP SP2), Flash 8's Test Movie feature is whacked on first loadup. It doesn't resize (or full screen) to the movie size, so it is cut off. I have to manually resize it, or full screen it to see everything. However, this is only on the first ...more >>

I heared that some SWF files made in Flash-8 run faster than same compiled with Flash MX2004 - is this the case? ...more >>

I have a flash projector that's going out on a CD. When I run the .exe file a small flash window pops up, then the projector goes fullscreen. Is there any way to keep this small window from opening up first? I want it just to go straight to fullscreen when I select the exe file. Thanks...more >>

I just downloaded and installed Flash 8 on my G4 Powerbook running OS X 10.4.2 with 2GB RAM. It dies right after the spash screen. I have tried all the usual things (Disk Utility, new clean user, etc.). Dreamweaver 8 and Fireworks 8 are running fine. Anyone else having this problem? I saw a si...more >>

What code would I use on a pause button to make it pause if clicked once and play again if clicked again? thanks -chris...more >>

Hi all, I'm very new to Flash and having problem adding a very simple preloader to a complex Flash Slot machine game. I add a new scene before "Scene 1" which is the main scene of the movie. Then I make the movie loop between Frame 1 and Frame 3 of the preloader until all the movie is load...more >>

Help says: You can transform a gradient or bitmap fill by adjusting the size, direction, or center of the fill. To transform a gradient or bitmap fill, you use the Fill Transform tool. It says its under the paint bucket tool. Where is this thing? ...more >>

Is there anyway to make the Dynamic Text box background Transparent? I am using it over a gradient background and blocked white just doesn't cut it....more >>

Just wanted to point out, that i have been testing express install inumerous times over the last few days, and have found that on my machine, and none of the other ones in my office, when i do the express install, i get a) a OS 9 classic window opening up, and crashing the whole experience, an...more >>

I've been trying to figure out how to change the text color of a checkbox label. I use checkbox.setStyleProperty("textColor", "0xFFFFFF") and that works fine, however, it will not work alongside checkbox.setLabel("label a goes here"). If i comment out the setStyleProperty, then the setLabel ...more >>

I have XML code that brings in links from a document. It has three varibles to an array. The first item in the array is id and is a string, second item is URL that is a string and Linkname that is also a string. I'm displaying the id and the Linkname in a datagrid. I want to be able to select ...more >>

Hi, Could someone please just clarify the following statement for me? 'Flash content that is run locally under the new player will no longer support any communication to or from JavaScript until the necessary permissions have been set via Macromedias settings manager.' The reason I am a...more >>

I've followed a tutorial and made a preloader. The actual function of the preloader works...but the progress bar and percentage numbers arent changing - all its doing is staying on zero. WHY?! it works on the tutorial files...but once I apply it to my own movie...it it wont show the loading pr...more >>

When I'm playing my flash projector, my CPU usage is being completely used. The problem with this is that I have links in my projector to pdf files. I'm using fscommand so that the files are being opened by acrobat and not my web browser, yet it still takes over one minute to open!! I've fo...more >>

Greetings to all nice Macromedia guys and girls out there. Maybe one of them stumble upon my crying bug report. I was so happy to see alpha video support in 8ball's feature list, and now - after f8 is released, and after we finally got to the project that could include some alpha video vi...more >>

When I import a bitmap into Flash 8 and convert it to any type of symbol, then publish for v7, the image is displayed improperly. Specifically, the image appears to have one or two horizontal lines of pixels missing from the center area (the lines aren't blank, they're removed, so the image l...more >>

I have two swfs I want to combine. I want swf 1 to play and then start swf 2 which I want to play and keep playing over and over without replaying swf 1 again. I'm new to flash, so if you can give me instructions, please don't assume I will know certain stages/ideas automatically. List every s...more >>