I am trying getUrl to link to dynamically generated named anchors in a html page where the .swf is located. A variable ~gobook~ is created depended on some buttons clicked, then I need to add it to a getUrl code. Fixed named anchor string I get working fine, when I use getURL(javascript:wi...more >>

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I am a flash newbie and I have a problem testing my .swf files. When I publish the movie, it takes way too long to upload. I use Flash MX 2004 Professional v 7.2. The movie is relatively simple: six scenes, one very similar to the other, and only one has tweened animation. I have shown the .f...more >>

Lets say you have a Photo slide show on a web site with X number of photos (jpeg,s ) Would there be anyway in flash Flash 8.......That a client could maintain it ....I mean like changing the photos, From within the browser ?? Can anyone help....I hope i am clear ...more >>

That's the header of an email I just got from some plonker who was looking at my site today. I have not had time to build a no-flash site. The site uses Flash 8. He is using linux and says there is not Flash 8 player, is this true? If not have you got a link to it so I can send it back to ...more >>

I have built my first flash website. In the main menu I would like to have a search button that allows users to search my site. I have no idea where to start with this. Does anyone have any ideas on how I would accomplish this, or a good resource for me to learn. Cheers! ...more >>

Hi, and thanks for reading! I am using a V2 (mx2004 pro) ComboBox component. When I open it, I see my dropdown List, w/ Scrollbar component. Great! However, when I try to USE the Scrollbar to view/select items at the bottom of the List, the ComboBox closes as soon as I release the Scrollba...more >>

Can't seem to get help on this. Keep getting the error message "A script in this movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 7 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort." Have uninstalled Flash 7 and installed Flash 8, still getting sam...more >>

:confused; Question: I have a preloader in my movie. I want it to start the movie once 65% has been loaded. so the user doesn't have to wait while the rest loads. is this possible to do? everything i have found says the preloader must be 100 % finished before moving on to the next fr...more >>

hi! I wonder if theres a function of some kind that can help me get the shortest distance and coordinates between two drawns objects (circles). ...more >>

I have been working all morning on a Email form using PHP communication and it has been complete h*#!. Does anyone have any good examples or tutorials on this issue. I am building a simple submission form (name, email, address, ect...) and I need a little helping hand. Any good advice woul...more >>

How do you assure that your flash file will cover the entire page? I built a banner in flash at 780 x 40, and transferred it into Dreamweaver. The problem I'm having is it only covers 3/4 of the screen. In Dreamweaver I create a background and set it to 100%, but it wont let me do that with...more >>

Can anyone recomand a Flash System (Functional ) Testing product? We are doing much more Flash development and need to start performing the more traditional testing. Thanks, Jim...more >>

Has any one here had a go with Map Zoom, V1.0 mxp available for free in the Flash Exchange on the Macromedia site? It's perfect for what I want to do but just needs some minor adjustments. One thing I would really like to do is when the map viewer first opens in the webpage, it displays the...more >>

hi, i am loading my gallery into a different web page right now but i want to load it into a flash window so that there are no borders of the window. how can i do that. please look at www.cginnovation.com and then <Gallery link> to see what i mean. ...more >>

Can you convert a FLA file to EPS? Thanks Mike Miami...more >>

Can someone point an experienced programmer (but a beginner in Flash MX) to a good explaination of Flash's execution context? I'm struggling to understand the interrelationship between the "main timeline" and the timelines of the extant movieclip instances. Does the renderer's execution engine...more >>

I have a flash 6 fla that I am now editing in Flash 8. It involves a box made up of hairline movieclips for each of the four sides. I do that so I can resize the box using actionscript. It worked fine in Flash 6 and in Flash 8 when I output for 7 or earlier. But when I publish as a Flash...more >>

I'm a newbie at this and for a class project must have two input fields checked to see if they have any input. The use can click a button or hit enter. The test for "null" works if the user hits the button or is in either field, but not if they click on the window. How can I capture the w...more >>

I'm posting here the first item from http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=194&threadid=1081680 If anyone else has the same experience, please say. I've had no response from MM as yet, which is both surprising and disappointing given that I've replicated thi...more >>

Hi I'm doing a flash animation for TV playback and possible broadcast and I'm assuming the following I need to do it at 720 x 480 and 30FPS What is the best way to covert it to AVI OR MOV and get the high quality. Using AVI and MOV out of Flash at 30FPS is dodgy at best and none of th...more >>

Hello, Everyone! Can someone tell this newbie if there is such a thing a realtime X Y coordinates for flash canvas, i.e, as you move the cursor around, the system tells you exactly where it the cursor is in reference to the stage size... ...more >>

guide layer - clever thing! Didn't think of that. Thanks...more >>

Hello, First of all, I am embedding the swf file into an extrenal js file. When you mouse over my dropdown menus (made with css) a dark glow appears on my flash content, which is the navigation system in the upper left. Also, when you mouse over the rollovers on the flash nav, the content ...more >>

I made a simple loadVariables I have a text connected with a textbox. My Question is I want to make sure that the text in the flash is always new. I have seen some scripts that can do it. Here is an example of the script loadVariables("update.txt", "ud1"); Can someone post what I need to a...more >>

Has anyone else experienced this problem? http://www.drunkenpublik.com/misc/alpha_fade/ NOTE: look at the center of the screen When fading a gray object on a gray BG of the same color you can see the shape of the box. I have tried fading it with a tween and script same problem? Thank...more >>

HEy guys The astroides game on this site i have been playing it for awhile tinkering with the settings but i can not figure out how to make the panal when you move your mouse over it to the little I thing. If you can help please? Bryce ...more >>

Hi every 1, This is my 1st post here, I wanna know how to create (desktop dancer) kinds of thing. Can some1 pls help? Thanks!...more >>

This one looks tricky: I want the user to organize two timelines: one with images and the other with sound clips. Then, I want them to play back in sync. Like an editing software (or even like director or flash). The main problem here seems to be how to sync the image with sound. Any ide...more >>

I have developed several stock images with our company logo using Adobe Illustrator CS. The image has two Pantone colours in CMYK format to ensure that the images match our corporate Logo. I exported the logos and got the following results: ai file would not open eps, jpeg, tif Green co...more >>

I'm running Quicktime 7.03 and Flash MX 2004 Pro 7.2. Every time I attempt to export an FLV from Quicktime I get this error - Failed <10> Any ideas why? Is the Quicktime too recent?...more >>

I am seeing this issue on other discussions with no resolution... I am creating a button with a box and text on top of the box and inside the boxes bounding area. I change the colors of the text and box for the states, up, over, down. I even draw a box around both the text and box in the hit ...more >>

i use an xml connector to dynamically load information from an xml file into components. i have a listbox and when an item is clicked, it loads the appropriate movie into the flv player and displays a description in the text area. i want to know if i can dynamically load a getURL path into a...more >>

I am using a flash buttom to open an html page on new browser window, the problem is that I need the new browser window to be a certain size. How do I do it???????????? THANK YOU ...more >>

Please could sosmeone help me with the codeing for the above. I have an mc in the library "myMc" which I want to load into an empty mc on the stage "myContainer" I have set the libray based mc to export for actionscript and the code in the first frame is as follows loadMovie("myMc", "myC...more >>

How do I make eyes that will follow your cursor around the screen? I don't want them to look 2D, but I want them to have a 3D look. I want it to look like http://www.flash-gear.com/eye/eye.php?c=e&id=115153&k=35232890 one. ...more >>

Hi all... ill get straight into my problem... i have created a sound manager object that looks after playing sounds and removing the sound objects once they have finished playing (it also has the ability to alert another object when a specific sound has finished playing.. as well as volume and...more >>

I'm trying to create an SWF which will allow users to submit the results of a quiz (delivered on CD) via email. I'm trying to use the 'shim' method described here: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16520 Unfortunately, I can't get the shim.swf to load from th...more >>

Good day, I have seen many websites make great use of a loading page, one that displays the progess of the flash file loading. Many examples of this can be seen at flashloaded.com. I am using Macromedia Flash MX (not the professional version) and am interested in leaning how to do this. If ...more >>

Hello, Can anyone direct me to a source for digital music that can be used in Flash. In particular, I'm looking for "Jingle Bells" Thanks!...more >>

Hi, I am trying to resize a browser window from my flash movie. When you hit the button in flash a new browser will pop up only this new page is created in Dreamweaver. How can I resize the dreamweaver file? I know you can resize a pop up flash page from the flash movie and resize an html...more >>

using flash mx i'm trying to loop a sound during the load part of my movie heres the code for the load bar: bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded()); bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal()); getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total; this.loadBar._width = (getPercent*100)*2;...more >>

can anybody tell me how to make buttons? for example blah blah blah click one / \ / \ / \ [ go to blah blah] [go to blah blah] ...more >>