Hello! I almost posted this topic earlier today but searched the web some more and tryed out diffrent things but i still cant figure this out. I have a .swf with multiple scenes. http://unicomweb.co.uk/iso/test.htm Each scene is a page of my site. Scenes are: Loading, Home, About, Link...more >>

I need to reformat my laptop, so I need to uninstall and delicense Studio 8 from the laptop, but the Transfer License option is missing from the Help menu. Has this option been removed from Studio 8? If so, what do I need to do to ensure I can reinstall Studio 8 once I reformat. Yes I have...more >>

I have an eagle made out of vector graphics. I want the eagle to fly. So what I would like to do would be to flap the wings of the eagle a few times, and then have it soar for a second or two, and then go back to flaping its wings, ect. The problem I'm haveing is getting the wings to remain...more >>

I 've made a projector with Flash MX2004. I got to burn it on a on a cd-rom within a PDF file. I've made a link (fscommand) on a batch file that calls the PDF file and it works fine but the only thing is that orrible black window tha pops out even for half a second. Can u suggest me any other ...more >>

I am running a program, with FLASH PLAYER 8, that gives me the security warning Macromedia Flash PLayer has stopped a potentially unsage operation. The following local application on your computer network ***.swf is trying to communicate with this internet-enabled location c:\***\***\module.ht...more >>

Hello does anyone know of an "old film" or scratched film effect that I can put overtop of the rest of my flash presentation to make it look aged? ...more >>

I am exporting .swf graphics from illustrator into my flash movie. This has slowed down the export time substantially. It is literally taking hours to make the .swf file from my flash movie and when it does I am losing layers of my graphics. Is there a better way to get high quality graphics ...more >>

Is there much difference between Flash MX 2004 Pro and Flash Pro. 8 that comes with Studio 8? Also, does anyone have any suggestions for some "learn it yourself" books for Flash, I haven't used Flash since ver. 4 and want to get back into it. Thanks. ...more >>

If you look at www.cruisemidlands.com they have on the front page a flash file which instantly shows sms text messages sent to it? Text messages are sent their instantly and not moderated as i have seen abusive ones on there in the past. How is this done, and where can i get it from? ...more >>

Hi, I just embadded a video onto my website, built with Flash 8. the video was originally a quick time movie which has been imported using the new feature in Flash 8, PROGRESSIVE DOWNLOAD FROM A WEB SERVER. it took a while, I published the .swf (using the selecion FLASH 7 PLAYER) , uploaded on...more >>

hello and help.....I am building a game with a programmer and I have supplied him with an flash file containing all the elements of our game, ie , bmp background, movie clips, graphics etc ....and also dragged all th elements together into the libary to make the whole thing a movie clip, this ...more >>

Hi, I was wondering how and if it's possible formatting the text inside a dynamic text box in such a way that it has different styles, fonts, size (for example I wanted to make a title in bold, I highlighted a portion of text and the whole piece of text inside my dynamic text box changed t...more >>

I want my flash (simple loop banner)banner to be connected with MS-SQL Server, so that i can store the counts/banner views by the client. This is not on page load, this count to be made on the banner loads each time. Now i was thinking of making an banner id(procedure) in database and that ...more >>

Hi, I am a beginner. I have developed a Flash Movie (Using Flash Designer) that will be copied on a CD. When the user puts the CD, he or she should get full screen, exact movie size (in my case 640 by 480) on a flash player. Menu bars should not be seen. I have provided a close buton (using FS comm...more >>

:confused; I have made a button that I like, when I am in layout mode the button looks just fine, however when I test the movie the mask shows up, I have spend the last 4 hours trying different things and cannot figure out what is going on. If someone has some time would you mind looking ...more >>

I am setting up a 10 question quiz based on a template, and it seems to work fine until I get to question 5, a true/false that follows question 4, also a true/false that works perfectly. Everything looks fine/normal in the component inspector, but when I test the movie it advances fine until ...more >>

I am setting up a 10 question quiz based on a template, and it seems to work fine until I get to question 5, a true/false that follows question 4, also a true/false that works perfectly. Everything looks fine/normal in the component inspector, but when I test the movie it advances fine until ...more >>

I have a symbol type graphics. I decided to add a timeline effect to it, a transition fade in. When I test the movie, the fade in of the graphics does not appear. I have other elements on the page where transitions are working just fine. Does anyone know what might be the issue? Any help ...more >>

I have searched for this but can;t seem to find the answer... I want to combine two .fla files into one, basically import all of the frames, actions and structure of file B into a movie clip in file A - how can I do this? Thanks in advance ...more >>

i was recently playing this game called N-ninja. and then, suddenly, there were all these replays. and it was for every single thing you did during that level. but how would you do that?...more >>

Hi, I apologize to ask this question here since it's not 100% flash question. If anyone uses both flash and after effects, i would like to have a comparison of what is a mask definition from both softwares. From my experiences with fireworks i have come to see "bitmap masks" as opposite o...more >>

:disgust; OK, folks, please don't mind my thorough disdain for Flash 8's crappy animation interface, but I'm honestly amazed that layers that are turned off get published to SWF's. Since Photoshop, Illustrator, LiveMotion, After Effects and every video & 3D app I've ever used don't output ...more >>

I found an interesting bug (I think that's what it is) with Flash 8 FLV Playback. If you're using Playback Custom UI and have the seekbar AND volbar AND the scrollpane in your library (you don't even need to be using it), either the volbar or the seekbar WILL NOT WORK. I've uploaded the...more >>

There's more to my project than what I'm describing here but I'm going to simplify it since the rest of what I want to do is related... Let's say I have a text field on a form on a web page (I'm not sure if this should be a flash form or a .NET form as I want to use SQL). The user enters t...more >>

Hello there, I wonder if some good soul can help me. I developed a site using flash (you can see the site http://www.cmt-london.co.uk, but I have been told by ONE person that the site is "jumping all over the place".!!? Could it be that this person's computer is dodgy or is that an i...more >>

as the subject says can flash open, read, and manipulate xcel data? i doubt i want to wrie back to it without buying 3rd party applications. im thinking im having to load the data from xcel into mysql, then bring out via php to flash? i was hoping to have it connect to xcel as a stand a...more >>

how would I go about doing this cloud animation that they have on this website: www.atlantasky.com thanks ...more >>

Hello, perhaps it was discussed some time before, but I have the follwoing question. How to print SWF content that is embedded in a usual html page. I know, I can make printjobs from flash directly to the printer. But I want to print a website with html text and images and an embedded fl...more >>

webmates: I have imported a BMP image (mountains), then I wanted to cut a part of it (crop) in order to set another image at its back (the blue sky) but I just can't do it... how am I suppossed to cut a part of a picture? I choosed the option "separate" but it doesn't work in the way I wan...more >>

hey im new when it comes to flash... Im using flash 8, what i want to do is for a video to play as an intro to a site. Ive done this no problem, the only trouble im having is that its keeps skiping while its being streamed. So how can i make a loading screen so that the video only plays on...more >>

hi, im having problems with dynamically loading images. im using the 'loader' and 'progress bar' (both which are found in flash components) to dynamically load 4 images at a time. this is causing the flash file to slow down the browser and sometimes the entire computer for that matter. ...more >>

I'm looking for a solution where I can build a flash project at 1080p High Definition Resolution, and incorporate video at the same size. I know FLV isn't made for this high quality of video, so I've been looking into application wrappers that will allow me to embed my video into an SWF (like ...more >>

A two part question about my website intro!! 1)The intro loads in a seperate window than the main website, how could I make it load in one page 2)Is it possable to edit the flash file once iv published it, as the original file got deleted Intro found at www.penthoue.tk ...more >>

I have created a vertically expanding menu in Flash. The menu expands down to expose the next level of selections - it does this for up to 4 levels for each menu item. I published the FLA file to SWF and inserted the SWF into my dreamweaver template. The menu works fine -expanding lev...more >>

I have created a movie within Flash and when I play it from the first frame it works perfectly. When I choose test movie from the control menu it shows nothing. What am I doing wrong? Thanks....more >>

Hi all, Here's the issue: I have a symbol, for the sake of animation i swich it horizontaly or verticaly, than i go inside and want to redraw it, but flash won't let me do it. (MX,MX2004,8). If i want to redraw something in the symbol i have to go outside the symbol switch it back to the pos...more >>

I am embing a font in the library using the "new font" button. This means I can use the font in dynamic text which is angled or masked. It all works fine for latin characters, but when I try to use Russian, or Arabic writing in the dynamic box, it doesn't show the letters. Does anyone kn...more >>

Hi I have a dynamic text loaded from a xml file, in the product description text I have a Href tag: <text> <a href="URL">Link name</a> Informamos que, a partir do pr?ximo dia 28 de novembro, teremos a unifica??o dos telefones das Centrais de Atendimento Pessoa Jur?dica (BBL e BSL), assi...more >>

I am making an educational application with Flash. Up to now i have been using Flash MX(Flash 6). But i buyed Flash 8 now and decides to continue in Flash 8. Unfortunately i saw that when i publish in Flash 8 many of the components i had developed and worked perfect now dont work at all. Is th...more >>