Hiya, I'm new to flash and I'm trying to encorporate flash links in my website. Could anyone tell me if it's possible to create flash links that are dynamic, e.g. on one occation the button's target link may be www.somewebsite.com?name=andy and on another occation it may be www.someweb...more >>

Hiya, I'm new to flash and I'm trying to encorporate flash links in my website. Could anyone tell me if it's possible to create flash links that are dynamic, e.g. on one occation the button's target link may be http://www.somewebsite.com?name=andy and on another occation it may be http...more >>

Hi - I'm using Photoshop to create text blocks for mouse rollover effects. I'm saving the text as PNG as I need the background to show through. The problem is every time I import the text into my movie, it becomes quite pixelated and ugly. I've tried playing around with canvas size, text si...more >>

Hi. i am creating a site, and was wondering if it is possible to have a multilayered html document using flash elements. so in the final html document you would have several swf's. i need it to be inside the html because i want the main swf to stay centered and i want the other swfs to align w...more >>

Has anyone else had this issue? I've got a static text box, apply a 2pt line spacing and it looks fine in the design environment. I publish it for Flash 8 (doesn't matter what version for this problem) and it reverts to 0 line spacing. If I copy that text into a NEW static text box and publish...more >>

I made an eye that is supposed to follow your cursor, but it's not. Do any of you know why and how I can fix it? I have provided an FLA file so you guys can tell me what is wrong. I think it is a problem with the actionscripting. Click maxwellp5@frontiernet.net to e-mail me. Thanx for loo...more >>

Whenever i dynamically load text either through xml or an external txt file it shows up as numbers. Need help thanks....more >>

Hi all, i would now ... can flash play mp3 files where are not in the public of my website? - The ability to play MP3z files where they aren't in public_html my website root like: - public_html - www (not public) anybody knows? thanks ...more >>

Is it possible to setFocus to an input text field without highlighting the text that is there? If so, how? ...more >>

hi there if any one know how to avoid the pixelation of an image whe you are manipulation example rotatin or moving? sorry for my writting thanks!!!...more >>

Hi all, I know the fscommand for fullscreen, but all that does is enlarge the projector window, how do i get the stage to also go full screen? I have a stage set at 700px x 600 px but want that to change to fill the screen of whosever computer watches it. I am doing the stand alone playe...more >>

I wonder if anyone can shed any light on a problem I'm having? I'm using Flash 5 on a Windows XP Home (SP2) with good processor, RAM and disc space and I don't normally have a problem. I moved to a faster machine and got the same problem. I'm working on a file with is essentially a sim...more >>

Hello, I'd tried to find information on a problem I have with flash mx pro on mac, but I didn't find any answer. After 5 minutes working on a texte, an changing font or interline... flash freeze and crash. To know if the problem come from suitcase, I have desativated all the font in ...more >>

hello i hope u guys can help me with this after i instald shockwave it askt me to restard i did this but now everytime i go to a website that uses flash its asking me to restard agian i did about 50 restards but this wont help i also did a few uninstals and reinstalls but this wont help me ...more >>

Foreach swf file i have on my site i get an extra hit for each visit. This is very anoing, and many php scripts suffer from it, for example: I use a very simple php script to stat hits in my database, but everytime i visit the site with a flash movie, i get multiple hits, if i have 3 movies i ...more >>

Hi all, I'm quite new so I apologize if I make same mistakes. I hear from my collegues that it's available a free licence macromedia player to install on linux embedded system. Anybody have same news about it? ...more >>

Hi all, I am creating a project in which i have imported a file from captivate that allows a user to look at a conferance on cd rom. This consists of slides and audio. I have imported the captivate file into flash, and the files run smoothly. I would like to create a volume control but am ...more >>

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone had any idea on the rollout (or downloads) of the flash 8 player since it's launch? Also, keen to know if anyone has experienced corporate policies that don't allow you to download and install the updated player (lack of admi rights etc). Hope I'm in and ...more >>

:confused; Can anyone tell me how to do a simple scrolling text of information that does not fit in a page and I have to scroll it....more >>

How do I change the fontsize of the type for a button component? ...more >>

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Hi, I set up pictures on my website of music CD's. When you roll the mouse over them I was able to get them to play the music. But the problem is there are 30 pictures. It takes like 1:30 to load. I tried to set the properties to one song to Stream. When the mouse rolls over hte image all I ...more >>

I have published a flash cartoon on www.plobs.com using Flash 7. First time round the sound is fine, but when you press play after the cartoon loops back to the beginning the sound cuts out after a few seconds. I can't get my head around this one. Maybe its just my computer??? Can anyo...more >>

I need to convert some Flash .swf files to AVI and other video formats. I have found several tools that will convert only the video. How can I connvert both the audio and video of a Flash .swf file to AVI or other standard video format? thanks for any help. ...more >>

Hi all! Let's see if I can explain myself correctly. I have a main.fla with a loader component put on frame 10. This component is to load 'example1.swf' created by someone else (which has 14 scenes). Now I have to script two buttons that will enable the user to: 1. pause the loaded movie ...more >>

Hi everybody Can anyone help me .... i need the action script in flash 8 to create a new window. the one i did in flash 7 is not working in flash 8 here it is : on(press){ _root.sender.send("myConnection","doAction",2); } on (release) { getURL("javascript:NewWindow=windo...more >>

I have published three Flash cartoons on to www.plobs.com using Flash 7. When I simulate download (at various settings) within Flash, the preloader is working, but when I view the cartoons on the net the preloader doesn't work. I have connection speed 1.1MB. I have tried 56K connection spe...more >>

Okay....I am so mad....I did not have any problems loading any kind of image onto my stage before this...I am using Flash Pro 8 and when i go to drag a jpeg image onto my stage...or import it....niether works.....I will get the file into my library....the thumbnail will view correctly in my li...more >>

when i copy an image from the internet and paste it onto flash, it does'nt let me erase bits of the image, all i want to know is how do i convert it into something editable....more >>

I am importing PNGs with transparency dynamically into Flash 8. When exporting the SWF the PNGs are compressing? Does Flash convert them to JPEGs once imported and compress them to a default value. If so can this be controlled in my script? Thanks ...more >>

I want to create Media Player/Winamp in flash, please guide frm starting to end process....more >>

Hello, I have a Flash clip that uses "sendAndLoad" to send or collect information from the server. It works fine in IE6 but not in Netscape 7.2 In the JavaScript console I get an error message like: myFlashObject_DoFSCommand is not defined Source file: "javascript: function jsScriptObject...more >>

Hello, I am having a heck of a time exporting a backup gif banner from an fla file I created. Seemed easy enough to select export>animated gif, but the quality of the small bitmap is terrible, and the file size quadrupled. Any help? I'm on deadline..yikes. Thank you. ...more >>

Ok here is my bizarre problem. I have a button that when you click should bring you to frame number 467. But thi doesn't seem to happen. Instead it brings me to frame number 466, which is a problem because I need it to go to frame 467. I have tried using labels instead of frame number and I am...more >>

Does anyone know why my video controls disapear when i press Play or any button for that matter. www.dmbiradio.com/dimension_call.html...more >>

i just want to know how to change a copied image into a a form as if i drew it on flash so that i can completely edit it (erase, add on) without turning it into a symbol and then editing it in a new window. ...more >>

Hi All, Do any one have such a calculator - Stress calculator, Cigrate expenses calculator. Or if you have any other type calculator related to the health pls just let me know that if you can give me that or if you can provide any link from where i can found such calculators. I will be v...more >>

I'm going to add to my customer web site a video section, so I'm deciding which tecnology to use for video delivering. I've discarded Windows Media and Quicktime because they are in my opinion too much platform-depending, so now my decision will be Flash video VS Real video. I'm really i...more >>

Is there a javadoc-type tool for creating documentation for actionscript 2 files? A dreamweaver extension maybe?...more >>

Just to make sure. I assume installing Flash 8 Trial version won't interfere with my currently Flash 7 license version thus, uninstalling 8 trial won't screw up my current installation of 7. Am i right? ...more >>

I've got a really weird problem here, and I'm hoping that someone can provide a simple (if weird) answer/solution. I have an input text box. Okay so far. I have a variable at _root level assigned to that box. Still okay. I want to take that variable (which is supposed to be a user-inputt...more >>

Hi there, I'm working on a school project, and I want to know if is possible to broadcast what I'm doing on my computer e.g. I'm working on Dreamweaver and I want that to broadcast that live. Is that possible? How can I do it? Please help me out. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, is there an action script for swap, as simple as that? I want a graphic symbol that I cannot convert to a movieclip as they need to have the strt changed very often, with some animation to be swapped with another similar graphic symbol at a random mouse click. What I want to do is on rele...more >>

Hi, I hope you can help me, I?m working on a project which contains jpg images and an audio in wav format. In mi timeline images are sync with the audio but when I publish them, they are delayed. Why is that happening and waht can I do to fix it. thanks a lot Cheers fujishi ...more >>

Someone mentioned to me that the new Flash 8 would allow you to hide frames on the timeline, this way you could hide sections that you have completed and continue working. The great advantage is you could hide hundreds of frames to stop the scrolling each time you return from editing something...more >>