I've made a presentation with several scences. In some of the scenes I have a talking head speaking (flv movie) for a minute or so. My problem is getting the presentation to move to the next scene automatically after the flv is finished playing. Please help! Barry ...more >>

Does anyone know where i could get a good TUT on how to make a Flash site.? Thanks...more >>

Hey all, I am using a ProgressBar and Loader components to load a external swf. It works great but when I try to press any of the buttons in my loaded external swf I get this type of error: Target not found: Target="_root.control2" Base="_level0.page2.loader.contentHolder.buttons" Targe...more >>

I'm experiencing a browser crash using FileReference to upload files. I'm using code based on the FileUpload.fla example code from Macromedia. The example code works ok in isolation, but when incorporated into the large app I get crashes on IE WIndows XP, FireFox Windows XP, Safari Mac OSX. ...more >>

:brokenheart; Thanks for your time in Advance; Ok, I have my flash program has 2 scenes; Main and Sub. The main scene has 3 options (1 -2 -3) if the user selects option 1 I have the following code inside the main scene myVariable = 1; if the user selects option 2 I have the fol...more >>

I am looking to create random letters/numbers in Flash that eventually displays a word: Ex: "MB7HDGV27KSA " turns into something like "Hello There" I've looked through Flash Kit and Actionscript.org and can't find anything on the subject. Do you have any recommendations for this kind o...more >>

Hello Experts, I would like to create the effect in which the user clicks on a thumbnail image, causing it to enlarge to the full-sized image and center on the stage from wherever it is originally located. Neither motion nor shape tweening seem to do the trick, unless I am missing someth...more >>

:confused; How do I add a link to a flash banner to direct it to a site?...more >>

I am brand new to Flash; I'm told transparent stages that overlay HTML (so, for example, a flash object loads into 500x400 such that part of it overlays HTML) still allow for the HTML "underneath" to be active: links work, form elements work, etc. Is this so? ...more >>

Hey everybody. I'm finishing up work on a flash site, and there's one glaring problem that I'm running into: even though it has a preloader, when you call up the URL for the test site the area of the page which contains the .swf is left blank (white) for a long time, and when you finally do se...more >>

What's the easiest way to take an .swf and insert it in an .fla so that someone could add audio on top?...more >>

I'm looking to do some source control for these apps im working on as well as put old apps into source control. I don't have the time nor want to go through the hassel of setting up my own server to run cvc or some other versioning software. Any one now of any companys that offer cvs, subversi...more >>

I designed a movie containing audio with 39 scenes. Each scene seems to play fine on its own but when I try to play the complete movie it stops at scene 10 and the audio continues. I checked action script and they're all consistant. Where did I go wrong? :disgust; ...more >>

Trying to find out if it's possible to change the GetURL of a button to this: <a> href="profile_eng.htm" target="right" </a>. Is it possible to do? Probably something I overlooked somewhere. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Ezflip ...more >>

i'm sure this is pretty easy to answer and i hope it hasn't been brought up a bunch of times before. as a navigation system for a website what i'd like to do is this - create a box that when the mouse rolls over the top, it opens up to reveal contents - the contents being a different nav...more >>

hi, i really like this site, especially when u have speaker on. http://www.victoriaspa.com/ I wanted to know at top they have menu that says "press", "place" , "contact" etc, They must have made all these images in somthing like photoshop and then imported them into flash applicatio...more >>

hi this is the buttons i have been working on http://www.funnycrew.co.uk/itv_test.fla and wot i want it to do is pulse when its on its up state and then when the mouse goes over does its animation and when the mouse rolls off its plays in revese the button animation and carrys on pulsing ...more >>

Hi all, I have a .fla movie with a lot of textfields created using text tool (not by actionscript). All them are dynamic textfields and I set de text value from variables. To maintain de font I embed it to de movie. I Know that to see the text correctly I need to set embedFont property to tru...more >>

We have set the text in our swfs to be bitmap (no anti-alias) they look fine when previewed but when they are 'pulled into' the scrollpane component on our mainmovie the text goes very blurred. Got 1 week before the launch of the product so really could do with some help MM. Any idea...more >>

Hi, I am having a problem when publishing Flash 8 document to HTML. When i open the HTML file, the flash doesn't appear. When i right click it, the appear with flash option as usual. When i try to publish again in Flash 7, it can appear as normal. It mean it doesn't working in Flash 8, therefo...more >>

Hello! I've seen this problem posted a few times, but never have found an answer. I have a site that relies a lot on scrollpanes to display pages. Most of these pages have dynamic text created due to what is returned from a database. This works perfectly in Mozilla, but in IE it will still r...more >>

Sorry for the short notice, but I have a very, very short window in which I can submit feature requests internally for consideration in the next version of Flash... So I figured I'd open it up to the floor for a few hours. At 3:00 PM CST US TIME I will stop reading submissions. Until th...more >>

Hi folks, I have a video (not a cartoon, but real live video) that is a SWF file and I was wondering if someone can recommend me some tools I can use to convert this video into a regular AVI or WMV file? I've tried many crappy applications in the past 2 days and still have gotten nowhere. Can ...more >>

I am relatively new to flash but come from using director and find it incredibly annoying that in my eyes flash is set out so weirdly... can anyone tell me why when I create a motion tween, then a guide layer then set up my movement, clicking orient to path makes my object point off at weird a...more >>

Hi all, I work on two machines - 1 dev, 1 test. The dev machine has F8 fully installed along with the player. I went to the MM site and installed player 8 using the Download- Get Flash Player option on my test machine. Fine. Everything lovely. I asked a colleague to test a movie fo...more >>

I did a quick search on Google and Macromedia.com but I haven't had any luck. Does Macromedia (or a third-party) maintain a comprehensive list of every version of the Flash Player ever released? Not necessary an archive of every release, just a list of the version numbers. ...more >>

:confused; I am somewhat new to Flash, and I have gone through the template/tutorial to create some tab menus for my website. I have done what seems to have worked on Flash, but when I import the .swf into Dreamweaver on my web page template (or any page for that matter), there are NO button...more >>

I have tried repeatedly to modify a flash template. I have successfully navigated my way to modifying the FLA documents to reflect what I need. The problem is when I ftp the changes to my website, the swf files are not modified ..... what am I missing ...more >>

hi all, My first time here, and I am excited to be here. I have a huge request. I am doing a basic website for my church and one of the nice features I want to add to the site is a flash intro. The church has a logo ( I am not sure if I can attach it here but I will try to explain th...more >>

I'm making a cd rom, an index of pdfs in flash. Basically, it's a list of documents with buttons, each ones launches a pdf file in the browser, which is Firefox (set as primary browser). When I make click in any button, firefox is opened but it automatically opens two tabs, none of them wi...more >>

Hi, I have a movie clip that I would like to shrink substantially to use on a button. I have had no luck trying to resize it and was wondering if anyone could offer suggestion? Thanks very much in advance, Rakky ...more >>

Hi all. I will try to be as specific with my problem as possible. Im trying to use the find and replace function to update some actionscript throughout an entire .fla file. Once I run the find and replace, the output window displays that it has replace 11 items (which is all of them). Th...more >>

:confused; I'm trying to determine what specific Macromedia product training I need to complete in order to design and build interactive training videos for my company. I have a basic background in simple HTML, mainly used FrontPage. Thanks in advance for any help you give me! ...more >>

Hi guys, When using pen tool, circle, etc., item is already grouped. Is this a program bug? Thanks for any info you can provide. Suzanne ...more >>

Hi all, Can some one tell me how I can set up a button to switch between layers in stead of frames? i would like to make only the active layer visible for this frame. Thank you....more >>

okay, i've been a Flash designer for over 7 years ... and it's been awhile since i've done something so basic as placing sound within the frame of a button. i've got the sound clip associated to the "over" state frame of the button ... and the sound works within the authoring mode in the b...more >>

I imported a .gif file. It's some leave from a tree, and through the motion tween, I would like for it to gradually move from transparent, to brown, to green. Can this be done and how? Thanks p.s.- I see how standard shapes can be manipulated by the color mixer properties this way, but...more >>

hi i have several flv files. i know that in the mediaDisplay component i have to insert my flv path in order to play the flv file what do i need to do if i want each button to show different flv in the same mediaDisplay (ofcourse i am talking one movie at a time) thanks ...more >>

Hello, I could really use some guidance on this issue. I have a pre-existing news posting page in php, I would like to take the information that is stored on this page and display it in a dynamic text box in flash. Now here is my php code: <?php require_once('../v3/Connections/liveconn...more >>

after downloading into Win XP, the player works within browsers (embedded), but I can't get standalone SWFs to play-- get 'file has no application associated with it' -- when I go to assign the flash.exe, I can't find the sucker anywhere?? Looked for solution on Macromedia.com and downloaded ...more >>

Hi there - I have been searching around to check out if flash 8 has any addition css or html support from the previous versions of flash. IE new HTMl tags or css properties. Thanks in advance!...more >>

I am creating a cd rom and am trying to use a few classes I have developed yet for some reason they are not being exported into the projector nor are they being used when set in the same folder as the projector file. I have also tried moving the .as files to the fscommands folder but no luc...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to build a flash player, and am trying to figure out how to convert my flas/swfs (whichever would be better) into an FLV, or some other video format. Any ideas? Thanks, Murv...more >>

After installing the latest version of Quicktime, most of my daughters cdrom games crash at startup. Windows XP states that Macromedia Projector has encountered a problem and needs to close. When I went back and installed an older version of Quicktime, the games started up without a problem. I...more >>

sorry, i think this is basic. Can you load HTML with Images into flash? I know you can load text, but what about HTML pages that contain images? I have this empty "frame" i would like to have carry an HTML page that has images with it. In other words, this "frame" would have the same attribu...more >>

Created a textarea. Set it to HTML. Populate with HTML that uses a CSS-style sheet. In the HTML, I use the <li> tag. I dynamically change the HTML in the textarea, and goess what? All the new HTML has <li>'s all over the place. I have tried terminating the <LI> tag with a </LI> tag, but...more >>

Can I open an application flash file (.exe) with Macromedia Flash ? the goal is to modify the file according to my needs and then re-save it into an .exe file again. Thanks...more >>

I know Macromedia doesn't currently support the Flash player on 64-bit web browsers per their knowledge base article but I'd just like to request that they add that support in the near future. Sorry if this is the wrong location for requests such as this. ...more >>

I am developing a page that will stop a flash movie when the user leaves (unfocus) the page, and start the movie when the user returns. I have noticed a problem with IE 6.0 (at least) where if the param name="wmode" is present, the page will stopPlay() correctly onBlur() but will not receive f...more >>