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I am working on a site, and I have each area organized in a folder. I need to have the timeline take up as little space as possible, so I'm wondering if there is any way to show the keyframes that exist on the layers within the closed folsers space along the timeline. thanks ...more >>

Im having a hard time finding out where to start off with. Im a complete idiot with Macromedia Flash, and basically dont know how to do anything. Can Anyone advise me to good beginner tutorials/Ebooks? ...more >>

When I test a movie with FLV videos, everything works. But when I launch the published SWF with Flash closed, it opens in Flash Player Ver 6, and the videos do not play. ...more >>

Could anyone suggest how i might wrap or write text around the edge of a circle? Any instructions on how to do this would help, including links to newbie Flash website or what have you. Thanks Auto ...more >>

I made my first scene for a site. Now I dont know what to do. I want to create a web page. Learned basics of dreamweaver. Not sure what to learn next. Im bouncing back and forth here. flash, dreamweaver, photoshop. Dreamweaver seems basic. Where should I create a cool background? Shoul...more >>

;) Who knows a quick down-dirty way to write the script for a FLASH 8 Slide Presentation to display page numbers? Output looks like this: Slide # of ## Slides. BTW: Page Numbering/Slide Numbering is not in the Help File*** reply to ***kendall@webpubs.us ** http://www.webpubs.us** ...more >>

Hello to all, I need to know how flash 7 upgrades to flash 8. Is there a risk of corporate policy preventing the upgrade, or is this something all users can manage on their own, without any worry for security policies. Asking because a site I'm working on will require corporate users to ...more >>

I'm not really sure how to ask this. The best thing I can do is give an example. http://www.johncoltrane.com. When you navigate between the different links, the effect is essentially one movie pushing the other movie out of the way. It appears that the font and graphics of the movie that will ...more >>

I designed my company's entire intranet with flash last year (v.7), and discovered this morning that the new player prevents linking to files on our local network, as a security "feature". Since a large portion of the functionality of our intranet is to connect users quickly to local files, t...more >>

Hello Experts, I am learning Action Script from Lynda.com, and following a tutorial that has led me to produce a slide show in which the images fade in at the click of the "Next" button, and the show resets at the click of the "Reset" button. I can't find any difference between my script a...more >>

Hey, I have an empty MC with some code running behind it that controls sound for a site. I am getting some odd behavior, and trying to debug it. The problem is, the debugger only pops up upon the intial loading of the swf. I need it to break when I run my Javascript that makes calls in...more >>

I am looking for a nice mp3 player that can load mp3 files and play them but the site is not all 100% Flash I have. I want the "listen" buttons to trigger a player that would be based in the top right corner of the web page. Is this possible or does it al have to be in the same Flash file? I...more >>

I continually faced with the problem of being able to draw a complex path in the Flash timeline animation. I realize that it is possible to draw using the drawing tools API in Actionscript, but I need to be able to keep the animation in a timeline, as I am exporting for broadcast-quality ...more >>

Hey all ... I would like to be able to make a 3 dimensionable shooter in flash - and was wondering if it could be possible. Any links to tutorials, advice ... would be appreciated. Thanks !!...more >>

I'm having issues with dynamic text fields in safari. The text does not seem to be wrapping correctly. Most of the text wraps but on some lines there are a few words off to the right of the text box that can't be seen. Yes, the text box is set to wordwrap. Has anybody ever heard of this hap...more >>

Ok - both these text field (myInput / myOutput) and the code works great as long as they are on the same level (page) but if I want the Dynamic Text output (myOutput) on another Layer (say at frame 5 /Layer 3) it does not recognize it...? I am totally.confused.in.wisconsin (grins) on (r...more >>

Hi List, I'm trying to find a game that matches two object together. Basically I want something where you click and drag one object over another and it disappears if it is a right match. After you've completed the game (about 10 matches) it says congrats etc. Anyone know of a decent tutorial o...more >>

Hi there, I have several dynamicly loaded buttons fading in and out on roll-overs using intervals. I make sure that they clear their own intervals when clicked, but they can't "reach" the buttons next to them. Is there something like a clearAllIntervals() command I haven't found in the ...more >>

Is there a way to center the stage? Right now the stage is flushed left in flash. It would be much easier to work with if it was centered. Thanks! ...more >>

Has someone developed a Karaoke app in Flash? How can I create files of text, with changing colors or bouncing ball "a la" Karaoke? Alberto Odor, MD ...more >>

im very new to using flash, can someone please gimme a hand. u have finished my animation, all i have to do now, is resize the stage, or move all of the keyframes to fit within the resized stage without having to move each frame one at a time and align them individually. im using mx, any ...more >>

Hi all, I am pretty familiar at this point with my remoting chops. Meaning I can connect to CFCs, get data, update, etc. with little issue. I usually manually write out my onStatus and onResult functions etc. The simple question is this: I use Flash 8. Is there really any compelling re...more >>

I have a real estate site I'm working on. I use the web service to coldfusion that connects to the database. I have my prices for the houses stripped without commas in the database and they are sent that way as well. They come back with the search results in a datagrid and I have that formatte...more >>

I am looking for a cross platform (Win & Mac) solution to provide a web page that will display and function as usual below a swf movie. I want the movie to border/skin the iframe (transparent background) containing the standard html files. The movie will need to call in and be used as a naviga...more >>

Hello all! I built a flash intro for a website. The site is all xhtml, no flash other than the intro. What I want is to have the intro play when the user puts in the URL, and when the intro is done, the html page loads automatically. In my flash intro I added the action at the end frame (get U...more >>

hi i have a movie (contact.swf) that have a contact form , as soon the user is clicking submit it calles to the mailform.php and sending the data to my email .. the contact.swf and the mailform.php are sitting under the same folder it works fine as soon as i am directly opening the cont...more >>

i have firefox mozilla and most sites i go to need flash but every time i go on the site i get a blank white screen with a massive quicktime log with a question mark. so i tried installing flash and shoctime players and i test them at this page and i can see everything http://www.macrom...more >>

Hi, I hope this is the correct place to post. We are looking for ideas for the web site http://www.ultimatedallas.com which is currently flat HTML but we looking to liven it up using Flash, preferably in Flash 5 or 6 for compatability reasons. The site is surprisingly busy and with a new mo...more >>

i currently have Flash Mx2004 and want to know whether flash pro 8 supports full html page integration with flash files so that u can create actionscript to show a full external html file in flash using dynamic text or another method ...more >>

hey i found this great morphing effect movie that i want to modify - apparently it was built in flash 4, and runs fine when i download it and open up the swf - however when i open it in mx2004 it goes haywire. mx2004 seems automatically updates the script. here's the link --> http:...more >>

Hi There, i've got something really strange... I've made a simple website in Flash with Flash mx... everything is working just fine when i view the website locally on my pc. But when i upload the flash website to my webspace... the site will not load or will hang after a couple of ...more >>

I'm writing a game in which the computerized opponent should wake up every one second, see if it's his turn to move, and make a move. Should I do this in the timeline (i.e. put all the ActionScript code in frame 1, run at 30 frames a second, and every time we get to frame 30 just loop back to...more >>

Hi, I've installed Flash 8 and I'd like also to try the Video Encoder, but it didn't install. When I try to launch it from the Windows main men=F9, it try to install but didn't find the patch. ...more >>

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could recommend the proper way to open a browser window that loads a video for 56k users. Or maybe I should just use dreamweaver and load a pre-made page. thanks. ...more >>

I can use my Flash 4 with WinXP and need to know which one to buy...will Flash 5 work on WinXP?...more >>

Hi- can anyone help me get started in Flash I am able to design a simple slide show in flash which works well when I go to "control" and hit "test movie". Then I go to Dreamweaver and hit ctrl+alt+F to insert the flash media. When I browse to the web page the only thing you see is a litt...more >>

I am sure this is a basic question, my poor actionscript knowledge i growing by leaps and bounds from reading this forum. Here's th problem: When I play my swf by itself, it works fine, you can hit th buttons and it does what it's supposed to do. When I import it int another movie, it doesn'...more >>

hi i have a dynamic text box which i am calling an external text file into it my problem is while i am testing the movie the text looks stretched any idea? thanks...more >>

Hey everybody I'm looking for a good manual for Flash Pro 2004 that is Mac friendly. Any Suggestions? Thanks...more >>

Have a scene with lots of nested folders. I want to convert my scene into a symbole. So I try to select all the frames and copy them into a symbole. Problem is if I use the Edit->Timeline->select all frames it selects them all but it doesn't give me the option of "copy" and "paste". Those...more >>