a script in this movie is causing macromedia flash player 8 to run slowly. if it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. do you want to abort the script? Ok so I go to games.com and when I start playing a game a pop up window with this message. I have said no and then the...more >>

Does anyone know where I can get some FREE vector art for my flash projects? I'm not the best artist and I don't have a tablet, so I would like to find some images on the net. Anyone know of any?...more >>

Hello all, Im a total newbie and am creating a flash website. I would like the links to fade in when moused over. Can someone give a brief explanation on the best way of achieving this effect? Thanks ...more >>

I placed a flash button in my DW document with a link to play an mp3 file. When clicked in a browser it opens it in _self with the controller being the only thing on the page. I would like to know if it is possible to have this link open with a background picture or some other way of having a ...more >>

I want to learn how to animate a line something like this : http://www.joannamoorhouse.com/flash.html Would someone be willing to guide me to tutorial or somehow guide me, thanks...more >>

Ok I'm trying to make something for a friend of a friends funeral. It requires me to do something in flash. I need to Zoom a photo in closer for 5 seconds, and in the second of 4->5 I need the photo to fade out. And then have the next photo fade in (in a diff layer) and etc. Basically ...more >>

Boy, You guys are gonna laugh. I had a flash logo made for me, but it is too big to be usable. It literally fills an entire page. I want to resize the flash logo to make it no more than 150 pixels tall. I am not sure what types of info to provide, but this seems like something th...more >>

Ok with the help of the gotoandlearn.com tutorials (Lee Brimelo - you are awesome!) I have managed to skin the UIscrollbar component. But I am trying to achieve a transparent ScrollTrack in my scrollBar. When I edit the ScrollTrack and ScrollTrackDisabled symbols it appears to effect the Scrol...more >>

Good afternoon, I have the next problem with the streaming option that comes with macromedia flash 8, well when I copy de files to a server, I want to mean the .flv file and the other flash movies ( the buttons and the principal movie where it calls all the movies), in some servers the movie m...more >>

Hi, Im just wondering how you do those litte icons in the address bar you know to the left of where you put the address? If I made one the right size where would I put it for it to work with my website? ...more >>

Hi there! I?m currently using Macromedia Flash 8 Professional and until now I haven?t had any bigger issues with this version... But now there?s happened something that simply leaves me completelly dumfounded... The thing is that I?m working on an interactive presentation which include...more >>

Thank god for the Flash video encoder. Has anyone attempted to automate the batch processing of FLV's? We need to automate this process for hundreds of short video clips each day. Any ideas? Thank You! ...more >>

One of my biggest gripes with the Flash Video Player is that it doesn't seem very easy to resize the video. I'm looking for the same kind of functionality that you get with, say, the Quicktime or Windows Media Player, where the user can double the size or even go full-screen. However, so far I...more >>

Hi Yes I'm new to this. I have a simple need. I want to loop a sound as soon as you hit my website. Once I've made a flash file of a looped sound, how do I embed it into my html in order that it is activated upon opening the page? Thank You friends. Dewey ...more >>

Hi. One of my clients try to open a .swf file, but I only opens in Internet Explorer. He has Macromedia Player installed on his computer (he says), but it still opens in Explorer. How can I "forece" the .swf file to paly in Macromedia Player, and how can I "check" if my client has Macrome...more >>

I want to prevent overlapping an array of movie clips which I am positioning randomly. I guess this is hitTest (not used it before) and I have done loads of searching for tutorials etc all morning but am not getting it right. My code so far is simple: mcArray = new Array(); mcArray =...more >>

Hi Friends I am new to flash!!! I have a button in my flash page, on clicking one the button movie should play. How to link/cal movie movie file. thanks Raja ...more >>

Hi i have noticed that when using a contact form within a flash site, and the avarage person will use the tab key to get to the next input but instead of going to the next input box it seems to go to the navigation with a yellow or green box around the button if you see what i mean if you have...more >>

Hi all! I am experiencing something rather odd regarding publishing. I have a really simple (4 layers, no animations, no masks) FLA-file that originally published (Shift+F12 or Ctrl+Enter) in no time at all. It took less than a second to publish. When I move the FLA to a directory that con...more >>

I use Firefox 1.07 and tried to upgrade my shockwave plugin to latest version. It did'nt work, so I uninstalled the plugin and reinstalled release 8. But pages with .swf-objects does not open the objects any more. Tried to uninstall both shockwave and Macromedia flash plugins, and reinstall th...more >>

Hello, I have a simple form in a Flash web site that uses Formmail to send the data to an email adress. It used to work fine, but not anymore. If I use the same form in HTML it works perfect. I've looked for some solutions on the net without success. They have told me that Formmail by defaul...more >>

http://www.yearofthesheep.com click on the portfolio images, they blur in and out, i dont think it's done with the flash blur effect. or is it, what's the best way to do this do you reckon?...more >>

i made a pre-loader, then the preloader movie on the 1st frame of the entire movie, without any code, the movie plays untill the rest of the entire movie is ready, how is this?? i cant find any code that i might of put in it anywhere?? ...more >>

I am using dynamic text which is called from an external txt file the problem is the text size is completely random whatever settings i use any help please?...more >>

I have the trial version of Flash MX 2004 basic How can I add sound with my microphone? Like were do i go?...more >>

Hello i have a mysql database, and i have to write with Flash something in it. The database contains on etable with columns number and name. I have an edit box in Flash and i have to write the content of that edit box to the database in the name column. PHP code: mysql_connect(....); m...more >>

Alright i have just installed macromedia flash mx and some of the text words in the program show up hard to read. its mostly in the sub menus like on the left hand where its says view, and color and i think options. its really hard to use. i dont know if i have a setting on my computer messed ...more >>

Does anyone know what the release date, or year, was for Macromedia Flash 1? Thanks!...more >>

Hi all, First time poster. I have almost no experience with Actionscript so am looking for a simplistic solution here. In Flash MX Is there a way to make the playhead pause on a frame for a set amount of time and then continue? I know this feature was available in Director but am ...more >>

I'm having trouble with a login flash movie (I know it's insecure, but it doesn't need to be). If you could take a look at my fla here and let me know what's wrong, it would be very helpful. Thanks. http://www.meierk.com/flashhelp.html ...more >>

I've built a navigation menubar SWF that loads into my main SWF using loader component. Can the buttons on that menubar control the timeline in the main SWF? I'm trying it using behaviors attached to each button in the menubar SWF but so far have not nailed the path to make it work right. Befo...more >>

Hello Everyone, I want this to happen: when people roll over button1 make button2 change to over state. Another solution is to do this: when people roll over button1 swap button2 into other image. Anyone knows how to do this??Thanks ...more >>

I'm fairly new at Flash and I searched all over for an answer to this but found nothing. I am creating a new .fla. I import an existing .swf to the library and then put it on the stage on it's own layer. When I test the .fla I'm making, the .swf I import doesn't work. Is there somet...more >>

Sorry all for the lame question, but I am having an irritating problem. I am new to using components, and when I add a combobox to my project, there is no change handler in the properties. any thoughts? I am using flash mx 2004 windows version. Fro ...more >>

I know I've asked this question before but I never got a responce, and I really would like some help. I have a datagrid component in my document and the only code I have in my document is included below. I don't know why but the selected record in the datagrid datagrid moves down one rec...more >>

I need to create a VERY simple flash movie, which acts as a front end for a quicktime video selection. I thought flash would be an ideal tool for the job, the idea being that the CD is distributed to customers with a few quicktimes in a sub folder, and a 'front end' file which the user loa...more >>

I have created a button in a flash movie and I need it to launch a seperate quicktime file. what should my code be like? I was thinking something like the geturl, but not sure.... on (release) { getURL("quicktime/seniortask.mov"); } Any ideas anyone? Geraint ...more >>

Installed Macromedia studio on my laptop but I cannot see the text in some of the windows because of the font that Macromedia is using. The title for each window is readable (timeline, properties ect.), but text in the window is not. I've tried changing resolution with no luck. I cannot seem t...more >>

I got mx 2004 and i'm using it to play a mp3. It is slowing down the mp3 when it plays. I have a direct link on this site to the actually mp3 so you can hear the difference. I'm using the media playback componet that comes with the program. I don't see any settings that I can change to effec...more >>

I have a help file I made in flash and I would like it to be on top of the app that it is help for. Any way to make it stay on top?...more >>

Dear Developers, I am currently thinking about creating a 2d engine using flash, i would like to think it's the ultimate tool in web graphics creation. For my project I have a movie clip which in it contains mini slices of a larger image, I am using ActionScript exclusively to manipulate (m...more >>

FLVPlayback component doesn't apparently have a parameter for looping the video.Probably a simple question that I can't find a specific answer to ... I've tried a work-around using the tutorial on: flv's playing in a sequence, but that didn't work either. ...more >>

Has anyone here designed a Flash piece for a Plasma screen? A client of mine is asking for me to put together a small introduction to be run on their plasma screen in the entrance hall. Any ideas of where I can get more info on this? Also, I reckon one will need very high res images/video for ...more >>

The Actions window is disabled when the user switches to an editor pane/window for a .AS file. I propose that Flash should actually hide the action window automatically when an editing pane gains focus. As soon as the user re-focused on a .FLA or other filetype in which the Actions window is u...more >>

i am runnin a 1.6 ghz amd turion processor, 512 MB RAM and XP PRO, and both flash mx and Flash 8 are crashing on me when i try and modify a line i.e. bend it. has anyone come acros this before?...more >>

We currently have software that we bought the rights to sell, and are thinking of putting it online. The software is done with flash and is run from a main EXE. We do not have access to the source code to turn this software into a flash site all we have is the compiled flash files. Is ther...more >>

I want to know the legality surrounding Flash components in Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8. I have done contract work for someone using Flash 8 Pro and they have Flash 8 basic. I am supposed to turn over the FLA and other source files. My previous experience is that you can copy components betwe...more >>

does anyone know how to tighten the kerning of dynamic text fields? i'm using flashMX2004. the feature is unavailable when a textfield changes from static to dynamic? no idea why. cheers....more >>

"protect from download" ? Are you meaning "protect from import"? If its so, I can guarantee your swf isnt safe. I have seached through forums regarding this swf security issue. There arent any solid solution for the prob yet. some suggest encryptor, the encryptor prog actually adding extra cod...more >>

Hi everyone, I have been experiencing a problem when I export flash movies onto my pc. Once exported, my systems not recognising the swf files. I get that icon that asks you what program to open te file in as it unrecognised. I, obviously, have both flash and shockwave as well as the la...more >>

i was seeing a flash presentation played and asked to creat something like it.....i dont even have a clue where to start.....its got to me more than just shape tweening. Take a look at the link :http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-intro/8321.html Any thoughts? ...more >>

i'm new to flash. i have been using the Macromedia Flash MX 2004 that a friend had given to me. I made a continuous slide show using the timeline and wanted to add stop, play, forward and backward buttons to it. I figured out how to stop and play, but i can't figure out how to get buttons ...more >>