I have a graphic and I wanted to know how I can make it translucent. I can convert it to a movie clip and make that transparent too. I just need to know one of them. Does anyone know?:confused;...more >>

There is a bug with the ComboBox component when it is used within a flash WindowSWF and the halo skin files for it have been added to the library. When the ComboBox component is disabled, (enabled = false), an odd square graphic appears over the drop down button. Here is an image showing what ...more >>

Newsgroup User, Thank you very much for your help with the images a few days ago. I'm wondering if you have one or two simple fla that can show me as well as other newbies how to apply buttons and sounds in a movie. A movie that has a Play, Reverse, Forward buttons and a timeline, where a ...more >>

hi all , i have a png imported from photoshop of the top section of a guitar ......... this is now a button instance , but as the png is not imported just as the curvey shape it (even tho was exported transparent) the hot area of the button is also the area surrounding the guitar top (roughly ...more >>

Hi, I have a button that I wish to rotate 10 degrees everytime a function is run. I have that all working fine, however it rotates around the top left corner, as opposed to the center. I would like it to rotate like it is spinning (it's circular) is there any way I can set the rotation center ...more >>

Hi I have a very simple shape tween which lasts 11 frames. If you check keyframes 1 and 11 you will understand what should happen in between. Surprisingly, Flash manages to do something really complex which is not the intended tween. Why does this happen??? Is there a way to directly d...more >>

I'm using a scrolling textbox for a website I'm making, and need to turn SOME of the text into hyperlinks. It seems, however, that this is not possible? Anytime I try to link or format any part of the text in the box, ALL of the text in the box takes on that formatting or link. Is there ...more >>

I can't find anything on how to recreate this button highlight type thing. Both www.modernista.com and www.http://www.gelinabaci.com have an example of it. When your mouse over a button a highlight feature will slide underneath the text area of the button and change size to fit the text. I ...more >>

Hi, If possible can someone help me? My knowledge of ActionScript is almost none. I? m just trying to create an online portfolio (not a regular user). I have a movie (.swf) from which I launch several others movies (.swf) in a different level (once at time), to do this I use: on ...more >>

Hi I am rather new to this and can't decide between Swish and Flash. Flash is difficult and time consuming to learn but I feel great when I master a new skill in it. Swish is easy and in 1-2-3 I've made something that looks great. So what I am thinking at the moment is that maybe Flash is ...more >>

Hi there, I have tried to single out the problem as to why my browsers (IE6 and Mozilla Firefox) do not display my flash (.swf) file. I have upgraded Mozilla Firefox to the latest version and tried to download the active X control and latest flash player. No luck. My browser Mozilla Firefo...more >>

Must be a stumper, as I've asked before with no replies... AND IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS! Sometimes, only sometimes, when I want to choose the Selection Tool with the keyboard shortcut "V", it either doesn't change or it changes to some other tool. Usually I'm stuck in text tool (with no text a...more >>

Im newbie using flash professional 8. I've been followed up this tutorial for first time using flash. Im on part 2 of the tutorial and Im stuck on page 6 of 7 for writng Simple Actions. I couldn't find "Open the Property inspector (Window > Properties > Properties) and find the <Instance Name...more >>

I have a problem when I try to view a game I made in Internet Explorer. It only shows a few buttons and images, everything else is just white. This is a big problem, because although I don't use IE, 90% of people do. Please help. Thanks. :) ...more >>

I have done extensive research for a tutorial on the matter only to come up empty. What I am trying to do is retrieve Rows of data from an SQL database and display them in Flash. I have had great success in retrieving single cells, but am becoming baffled in retrieving more that 1 cell. ...more >>

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew how this was achieved? I basically want to create a navigation bar in my pages with a drop down menu interface but of course I dont want a big blank swf below it just so the movie can expand. I saw a menu at http://www.vh1.com/ which is pretty mu...more >>

Where can u download it now. When I downloaded studio 8, it didn't come with it. :(...more >>

Im looking to make a flash for my Active Desktop with a cool layout that has different buttons on it to run programs that are on my pc and to open folders. Plus do others stuff like have shortcuts to my shutdown commands and device manager. ...more >>

I am looking into this for my employer, so we know whether to bother consulting our freelance Flash resources or whether to abandon the idea. :) The client wants to have a Flash component on the web site that includes personalization. It includes "drawing" a person's name, say, when the ...more >>

I have a empty stage, a button made by me, and a movie clip in the library linked to AS as "nod", which has a dynamic text field called "nr". the button has the following code: on(press) { _root.createObject("nod","nodu"+n,0); //ps.text = "nodu"+n; a control text field, to make sure ...more >>

Hey, i've worked long and hard, though this site isnt finished yet. I would like to know what you think so far. Please comment on my site and give any suggestions, feedback and tips, thanks http://www.dashaulogos.com ...more >>

I wanna customize my textArea component box with setStyle but not all them works I've the following code: //init TextArea component myText.html = "true"; myText.wordWrap = "true"; myText.multiline = "true"; myText.setStyle("backgroundColor","0xFF9900"); myText.setStyle("borderColor",...more >>

I have several slides. On each slide, there are three buttons. I want it so that when you mouse over one of the buttons, it goes to one of the pages. Something like this: http://www.sapphiremarketing.com/ Help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Ok, back to asking questions in the forum.that is... In my project I try to create a tree(with treenodes symbolized by a circle with the number in it)...that is no problem until i come to face a difficult point : drawing lines between them.I have not found a "safe" way to draw some lines bet...more >>

I havent touched flash since college, so please bear with me. I was able to barter a deal with the reception hall that I am getting married in through doing a website, but am re-learning most of this as I go. I am close to being done with the site, but have noticed that while it looks the wa...more >>

Ok simple problem : I need a matrix component...simple solution: _global.a = new Array(); a[i,j] = value; Doesn't work. Any ideeas, as to if somebody could initiate me into the 2-dimensional arrays.10x in advance. ...more >>

How should I find a freelance flash artist to do an animated logo for me? Have been talking to web/graphic designers....... but I don't see any slick & professional animation work. So I sense that it is a specialty that most web designers/developers can't handle. I am working on a site (a...more >>

I was considering making some training videos for Flash 8 (apple quicktime to be played on computer). I would like to sell the videos. Does this require some sort of licensing from Macromedia? I do not wish to use the Macromedia logo, but just mention the name of the software in the video. T...more >>