hi all i have a file done Flash 8, but i have Flash MX how i can i open fla (which is done in Flash 8). This fla file does not contine any action scripting. is it possible to open in Flash MX or any other way to do it. thanks for the help ...more >>

I'm searching a database and if the search is an extended search and lasts longer than 10 seconds then internet explorer asks the user if they would like to abort the script. Is there a way from keeping this box from coming up? It works fine or a small search. Also when I close internet ex...more >>

I searched for gradient & banding problems and I haven't found much. I'm hoping someone here might have an answer. I have an imported .jpg in a flash movie. The .jpg has a gradient as part of the image. The flash movie is rendering the gradient with bands, kind of like the way a .gif w/ a sma...more >>

I've worked out how to create an input text box in mx, but how do I use the data the user enters in the next frame? Kay. ...more >>

really extrange, i used to publish my swf?s files on other pc on my lan network, flash 2004, and 6 or even 5 works fine, but in flash 8 doesn?t work, flash say that can?t find the route to write the file. any ideas? thanks. ...more >>

i have bean searching for months :disgust; but i cant find a thing on how to make games can n e 1 help me out :wine;...more >>

When you asign a tween inbetween two key frames it always has a default ease of 0. Is there a way to set that default to something other than 0? Thanks, Steven...more >>

I am creating an ROI calculator based off of an Excel Spreadsheet. The formulas in the Excel Doc have been converted to Actionscript and return the results on Submit in the following example: http://creative.loyaltyworks.net/corporatewebsite/staging/roi_calculator/http:// creative.loyalty...more >>

I have the following problem. A flash movie is placed in absolutly positioned div. It has WMODE=TRANSPARENT set, so some parts are transparent. This allows to make non-rectangular floating advertisements. But when the page contains other (inline) flash movies, floating movie appears...more >>

Hey folks. I'm having some trouble (MX2004). On one of the projects I'm working on... if I drag a UIScroller component, or a combobox component (or any of them, I think) onto my stage and render... they appear as black outlines. The contents (combobox) do not get rendered. They don't do a...more >>

I am currently working on a Flash project. It ended up coming to a grand total of 50 MB. I couldn't even export the movie! But, I found out my problem. My imported files are large size .wav files. In order to remedy this problem, I used my Wav to MP3 converter to convert the wavs to mp3s. Then...more >>

Can anyone please tell me why when i use the code "getURL("javascript:window.open('Tourviewer_Walkthrough.html','theWin','status=y es,top=150,left=150,width=900, height=500');"); the window flashes on and off the screen. It does not remain. The javascript has been tested in a html page a...more >>

Hi, I'm new to Flash so this is probably a simple question. I have a checkmark button on a named frame on frame 5. I have my actionscript on frame 1 where I set up some variables that are used throughout the movie. I want to set the _visible property to false on this first frame so that th...more >>

I'm brand new to flash and would like to see a tutorial that shows me how to build a simple Flash animation that I've seen on web pages all over the interent. Basically, I'd like to take about 4 images and make them into what I'd call a Flash version of an animated gif. I'd like to display ...more >>

Hello, I need help urgently as I'm getting a headache searching this whole forum and I'm not getting the right answer. I have a fla. file with a background sound in it, and because the sound file is too big, the fla takes too long to load (size is huge), and also it causes my published .swf to...more >>

I have been trying to import MP3 and WAV files and they are not playing correctly. Both files I have been working with play fine in "Flash Properties" dialogue box, but, when I place them on the stage, they do not play correctly. Can you help?? Thanks Jediprincess ...more >>

I work on my colleges web page, and we are doing a series of small ad segments. They consist of pictures masked by text phrases; the text is animated to reveal the pictures behind. The text expands, revealing the picture through the letters. My problem is that as the text zooms out, the hole ...more >>

PLEASE HELP! I have two movies. One is main.swf and the other is menu.swf. I have created a button in menu.swf that uses the following code: on(rollOver){ _root.menuAbout.gotoAndPlay("RollOver"); } on(rollOut){ _root.menuAbout.gotoAndPlay("RollOut"); } on(release){ getURL...more >>

I need to create a set of eight scrolling images to cross a cell 780px by 125px. I have set it up with the images but there is always a gap between the first and last image. i need a continuous scroll. Can anybody Help? ...more >>

Hi all, I have put up a bunch of flash movies that are set up using .mov (quicktime) files. I went through the tutorial in Flash 8 and did everything it said. When I switch over to DW8 and preview it, it works great within the .html page. However, when I upload it to the server, al...more >>

To mitigate the security risks found recently in the Flash Player 7, I Googled for a Flash Player 8 MSI: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/public_beta/installers/install_fl ash_player_8_plugin.msi Despite the "beta" in the URL, it was deployed to a handful of test worksta...more >>

I can confirm this bug, I too have created a map based application and encountered this memory issue when upgrading from Flash 7 to 8, frankly this is very worrying, there doesnt seem to be anything we can do about it as the bug is in the player, I hope Macromedia release an update to the Flas...more >>

I just completed my first flash object which is a very small .fla movie embeded on a web page. The design experience was great and went flawless. I hit a snag however when I tried to add an onclick hyperlink!!! After learning the I need to convert it to a button, I did just that but than...more >>

anyone know how to delay the timeline in a movieclip tried this but it don't work for me; stop(); tellTarget ("/des1") { delay = "3000"; } ...more >>

I buttons on a movie clip on one frame of my movie. The buttons are supposed to go to and stop at a frame on a different scene, what is the code to make this happen?...more >>

I downloaded the device profile updates from Macromedia and when I tried to install them I got the message - This extension requires the following products: Flash 8 or greater. When I looked at the dropdown box in the exension manager, the only product that shows up is Fireworks 8. I ...more >>

Hi everyone. I am making an app that will allow users to create text, then select a font, and then select a color to make the text. I've been looking for something on the web and can't seem to find anything. So if anyone has something like this already I'd really appreciate it. Bas...more >>

When my transparent windowless movies overlay an HTML page, they work fine, but when they're done, the DIV remains and obscures what's underneath.. By obscures, I don't mean visually. With IE, if there's a form underneath, it's unaccessable. With Firefox, both forms and links don't work. ...more >>

This maybe a crazy question to some...but I've designed a layout in photoshop, saved it as a jpeg and I am using that on the mainstage....I have Home | About Us etc (regular navigation bar) I created a new layer. Used the Rectangle Tool to place a box over the link.....Converted that box to a ...more >>

I tried posting this in the Captivate section with no success and was wondering if anyone could help here. I currently distrubute Captivate movies using InstallShield to our customers, the problem is since upgrading to Flash 8, the javascript that closes the presentation (built into Captiv...more >>

Hi All, I have an FLA that contains a video.The FLA is being publish to an exe that plays full screen, here's the code I'm using: fscommand("allowscale", "true"); fscommand("fullscreen", "true"); When it plays on a regular sized monitor it plays fine, but when I play it on a wide screen ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to create a simple form in Flash which collects a few details (e.g. name, company, e-mail, etc) and then e-mails the results to an e-mail address or stores them in a file on a server? Thanks, ...more >>

Hi people! Help me please, if i don?t have Flash installed on one of the computers, can?t i watch flash movies there? it doesn?t let me... what do i have to do to be able to watch them, i have just installed Macremedia Flash and Shokwave players and it doesn?t work! please help! Thanks!!...more >>

Hi, I have a flash application which loads an txt-file with the loadVariables action. This txt-file contains czech characters. On my pc (english version) all characters are being displayed correctly when testing the application. But the person who is testing the application in Czech do...more >>

I'm just moving from working on a companies web server to hosting my own and seem to be having some issues with flash video. Basially I've got an html page with a .swf file in it which links to a set of .flv files on the same server. On the company server - http://www.tinyplanets.com/test/d-fo...more >>

I feel silly asking such a question, but this is slowly driving me insane ? I've unticked 'Show tooltips' in Flash 8 preferences, but still those little buggers keep popping up in the Actions and Help panels (as I rollover the categories in the left column). These are especially useless...more >>

Hi. I have a complex movie in Flash with lots of nested movie clips. Now I have to make three different language variants of the same movie, but I don't want to make separate files 'cause it would mean updating four different movies every time I have to change sth. Is there a way to call dif...more >>

Hi: I'm using the Combo box component and have changed it's style, so far, so good.. ... city.setStyle("fontFamily", "xxxxxxxx"); ... But now I need to embed the font used because it isn't a common one. Is it posssible? MX2004 TIA, David P. ...more >>

I know nothing about computers, all I know is that when I try to watch flash videos in firefox or ie, the sound doesnt work. Help would be great. Thanks...more >>

I'm working on a site that requires several different sections, each of which will have a unique movie clip called up as you click each respective button. What I need is to make it so that no matter which new movie clip is called up, the currently loaded movie clip will be unloaded. I am us...more >>

I have a movie clip symbol named Leaf and anoter movie clip symbol named Rake. At frame 20 in the Leaf movie clip I instantiate a UI Button and give it the label ok_but. I have a frame inside the Rake movie clip labled "start_rake". Both the Leaf and Rake movie clip symbols are instantiated...more >>

I'm told I will be laughed at for posting this question here, but I really need help. I'm running mac OS 10.4 Tiger. I'm trying to find a free player that will run .flv files. Does anyone have suggestions. After repeated attempts I've learned that either macromedia flash is not the same as fla...more >>

I'm having the strangest problem with my computer. It seems whenever I go to a website with flash on it, the computer locks up. But, if I run the screen size at 640x480, the flash animation runs with no problems. On the same page (could be any various one), I change the screen size and the com...more >>

Hello everybody- I have made a flash movie as an into to a movie my dad and I are making with premiere. I usually just convert it to quicktime and everything is fine. But I now that I have flash 8 it is not working the same. I tells me that I have to set the flash player to 5 or lower, bu...more >>

where should i start if i wanted to build a semi flash site? something like http://www.twelvegaugevalentine.com/ i see that this type of "part flash, part code" is becoming very popular and i'm still in the very beginner flash stages of only knowing how to make simple projects, like buddy ic...more >>

Trying to find the sound in this file and I think its in a library somewhere, but unable. Is there an easy way to possibly place a piece of code that will eliminate the sound into the .swf? Or do you know of a way for me to locate the sound file so I can delete? Apprecaite any help....more >>

Hey, I wanna make a site similar to www.2advance.com its all flash and very very cool. My counter strike source clan leader was gonna pay slightly under 3000 to get someone to design. I havent had much expirence with flash but how long would you think it would probably take me to construct thi...more >>

im trying to print multiple instances into one print job, but no success. im creating a map, that has switchable layers to view or not view..visible/not visible ive tried: **** print("_root.i_index","bmovie"); print("_root.i_place_names","bmovie"); print("_root.i_base","bmovie"); but th...more >>

ever since i upgraded to the flash player 8, i get some weird probs. ie. if i open a html page locally from my harddrive with swf's in it, they wont load. the status bar in ie displays "(2 items remaining) opening page ...." if i open the page in dreamweaver, then hit f12 for preview, they l...more >>

how do i pan, zoom in, zoom out of a movie? i tried _root.i_map.zoom(50); and _root.i_map.pan(0,25); but they dont work with actionscript....more >>

How do I make a skip button on a movie? I already have the "play" and "stop" buttons also can I skip backwards? Thank You....more >>

I really need someone to help me! I am doing a flash project for a class and have been working on it nonstop for some time. It has accululated to 50 MB. When I press Ctrl + Enter, it loads for about 4 minute (which is ok to me), but then it says that I do not have enough memory (which is not o...more >>