Hey all, I've been an on/off flash user for some time. One problem I have always recognized but never been able to settle is that flash does a poor job of displaying images when they are not at their 100% w/h dimensions. I have always wanted to find a way to slowly scale images without...more >>

I am making a CD in which we load a number of mp3 files. I sequences the mp3 files dynamically by passing an array of mp3 file names to the function. The function simply plays the first sound and on the event "onSoundComplete" it loads the next sound in the array. The functions behaves and inf...more >>

Hello... I want to open a popup with a .jpg from flash 8 but it is impossible, in flash mx 2004 I haven't a problem, for what's in flash 8 I cannot? it is a security problem?........more >>

How can I have flash grab jpgs from an external source and update them constantly every second? I've searched around google with no luck. Thanks in advance!...more >>

Hello, I am running into a snag and I would like your help, Okay I have a movieclip (name "galve") and in that movie clip I have an object. The movie clip id on my second layer and my button is on the 1st layer. I would like to know the action script to put on the button that would navigate to...more >>

I've looked at this site that I've developed in Flash 8 on Opera, Firefox and IE for the PC and it works fine: http://www.obsidianjewels.com/v2/ But I've got a Mac user using Safari that says the transitions between the photos aren't happening. I don't have access to a Mac to test at the...more >>

I have a HTML page with 2 flash movies in it. Each movie contains a graph. The problem is printing the page. Either the Flash objects don't show up at all or the get cut off. Any advice on helping the browser? Thanks ...more >>

does anyone know how to customize this animation preload, http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader_component.htm, i just want to change the preload animation bar to a different animation is this possible?? ...more >>

please help. view http://www.descummings.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk and click on brands.. some links work and some dont...Why? Any ideas? i am using studio 8 and have simply saved over the same fla file to create all the smaller swf files that load into the small space on the right hand side. ...more >>

Hello All, I have created a presentation with audio, in captivate. I have then imported it into flash. The presentation plays fine but i would like to create a pause and play button. Although i can get the presentation to pause, and play the audio will not initiate. I think this is beca...more >>

Hello i'm making an interactive cd and playing more than 40 videos of different durations in that cd through media player component. it is working fine except one thing . in component inspector of media playback u have to give the video lenght. but when i play different videos in tha...more >>

ok, so i'v got 3 movies playing within the same movie, and they are quite large, so i want to have a preloder on them so that one preloader comes up and doesn't let the movies play untill each one is loaded, because the movies contain images fading into each other, its for a gallery, anyone ha...more >>

Hi, what I have right now is a button that has the following code: ------Button--------------- on(release) { _root.flag = true; } ---------------------------- Also in the main timeline I have the following script: -------Main----------------- while(some condition) { ...more >>

Can flash MX 2004 Professional save an external file? If it can't save , then what other solution can be done? Thanks!...more >>

Ok, I'm no pro at Flash, I'm teaching myself... but I'm starting to get the hang of it, thats why I think this problem I'm having isn't my fault. I tried a simple tutorial that lead me through how to create a dynamic text field and load an external text file into it. My AS looked like this:...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to rotate mixture of image and flash files as rotating ads using Javascript. I have an array of images and flash files. To change rotate an image the example code that I use is document.images.pic1.src = img1[t1]; Is there a way I can change the swf file using sim...more >>

I am wanting to create a page turn effect and I understand that this needs to be done in Flash. I don't know where to start. Can anybody recommend any tutorials on this subjuct for a novice Flash user? Is this something that a Novice Flash user should even attempt? Any advice or help would b...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get the value of a variable and hide (or not hide) a movieclip based on that value. I load variables into my movie and that is working fine. But if one of the variables (l6) equals "na" I want to hide a movieclip named n6. How should I do this? I tried this script on the...more >>

How to get external swf file's stage size?...more >>

Hi, How can i import an swf that i created 6 months back into stage and keep the sounds that i embedded in? (lost the fla during a disk format). I tried but got many keyframes without the sounds....more >>

I am making a pre loader, and want to know if i can bump my frame rate up to 100, or will this be too big in file size, anyone know?...more >>

I was hoping someone..........anyone could point me in the right diection to get the information I need. I am recently new to the whole website design area but have messed around enough to know html. I decided I wanted to learn and set up a small flash website for my brother since he's opening...more >>

Can anyone suggest some programs other than flash that do pre-built flash effects as well as flash drop down menus like these in the http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/dvr/ site? Thanks Chaz...more >>

This is an open request for anyone willing to bite. I've suggested this to Macromedia a number of times via their feature request form, but that's proven to be a one way street as far a communication goes. It's a seemingly simple issue and could have been addressed in the Flash 8 release, but ...more >>

I am a developer and have a Flash issue and maybe someone can tell me if it is on the program end or the Flash end: The Flash pulls "news", which is stored in a database in HTML format (for links and formatting). When testing, it cuts off the news text at the first embedded html tag. Is th...more >>

This has been a big annoyance since I first spotted it in LiveMotion and I'm seeing the same thing with Flash 8. I'm doing site in Flash (some of it's done with LM2 since that's where it was comped) and regardless of the program used to create it, I'm seeing glitches in images that have be...more >>

I know some type of Flash was used, but does anyone know how this was made, in terms of getting the flash to play over the HTML and then disappear? Thanks Chaz http://www.netscape.com/ - Look at the Walmart AD that you see first. It may only show once, it comes fast..... ...more >>

I can't get it to move to the next image.... ps... is this clean... using the timer with onEnterFrame function photoIt() { var loadListener:Object = new Object(); var photoLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); photoLoader.addListener(loadListener); for (i=1; i<=4; i++) { ...more >>

When a new symbol is inserted in flash 8, you dont get the choice for the registration point, from what i remember in the older version you always did, and it means you have to centre it to make the registration the centre, or convert a symbol on the strage, then you can chouse the registrati...more >>

hi. im loading images with this lines of code: var container:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", this.getNextHighestDepth()); loadMovie("image1.jpg",container); setInterval(function(){ _level0.bytesLoadedImagem6=container.getBytesLoaded(); _level0.bytesTotalImagem6=conta...more >>

hey, i was working on a project and flash crashed while publishing. now the FLA wont open and so are 3 more version i did of the same file, they all wont open (other FLAs open fine). did it ever happen to anyone ? or is theres a way to fix the file ? i was trying to import the FLAs lib...more >>

hi... there are no ways to load a external image and use that image inside a motion tweening? im doing this: i have a movieClip (named "Image") in the first frame on the eleventh frame i have another instance of mc "Image", but -100 pixels up and a tweening befor it (frame 2 to 10) ...more >>

:confused; I started using Flash 8 this week, but i have a problem with the web services panel: I add several webservices, and when i restart Flash they are gone and i have to add them again, in flash 7.x they used to remain there i mean i just had to refresh, but here the webservices list i...more >>

Hello, I am starting to understand some of the security problems that are being overcome with the latest releases of Flash Player, but which version should we be using? We were directed to 8.22, but I know that 8.5 is ready to be released? Is 8.5 compliant with the new security restrictio...more >>

i need a simple close window button to close a browser window. i can figure out the action script easily enough but i have no experience with javascript so any help would be appreciated. thanks ryan...more >>

okay here's the situation... For SOME reason, flash is caching when I export my movies. So if I hit control+enter to publish my movie, it might have old values that I KNOW i got rid of. and then after a while it will update to the new stuff. it's VERY frusterating because it's slowing my p...more >>

Is there any way to script functions of Flash using Applescript? Basically, I have a number of processes that I do which are rather repetitive (like exporting Flash movies as image sequences, or publishing movies, etc.). I'd like to be able to use Applescript to do these functions as I have ...more >>

hi there i have a movie clip and at the end of the animation, my text apears. now there is a "next" button at the bottom of the clip. when i roll over it ot displays the next txt but i cant get the first to disapear. so what happens is that the new txt ends up on the first txt that was di...more >>

This software is still new to me. I want to know what is macromedia and how to use it. ...more >>