Hello Flash beginner here. I have a template of a site but am unable to change the background music, can anyone help me? I can give you the files if needed Thanks in advance. ...more >>

hi all! well i've got a great opening scene for my website, the problem is is that i was unable (at the time, now can import png's with transparency, yea!) to import the logo that i wanted...now i can! so other than redoing the entire project (and i know that i will undoubtably have to red...more >>

Heya, So I have the following XML script and I am trying to get it to display in my flash site but I don't have a clue how to use XML really. Can anyone help? Thanks! <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <revelation> <item> <title>The New Heaven and the...more >>

I have seen flash animation and wondered how they do it. I have seen an animation called salad fingers and would like some basic tutorials on how to do it. I think it may have something to do with shape tween, is this right. I can draw vector characters but need to know if you have to use a di...more >>

Hello, currently I am working on a swf which has a placed image (PNG) on the movie. This is a very straight forward swf with no motion or anything of the like. The issue is though sized perfectly in Flash, when I view the swf the image has blown way out of its set size. I have tried a plethora...more >>

I need a slide show that does it all: 1) customizable buttons (prev, next, etc) to advance images 2) xml generated images and captions that can be formatted with bold or simple style 3) looping of images (on last image, loops to beginning if you click again) 4) or, a restart button and but...more >>

I need to create a "film strip" effect and for the life of me I just can't figure out the concept in order to translate it to AS or even use tweening if necessary......but I just can't do it....I either get a gap between the first and last image or they overlap .... Anybody? Has anybody here do...more >>

Quick question : I have a flash file that connects using an xml socket to a server. I read somewhere that putting the connect string within the flash .swf is a huge security hole for my server. This is apparently because if someone decompiled my .swf (easy to do) they can figure out my conne...more >>

I did some searching at the flash google groups and saw a few similar posts, but no complete answers... I'm no flash developer... so I kind of need hand-holding on this because the help makes no sense at all to me. How can I set the background-color of a textarea component to transparent...more >>

I have a weird problem with the Flash Player 8. I hand a parameter to my movie in the HTML call (...swf?PHP=download.php) and then change this parameter in the first frame of the movie (PHP = PHP+"?"). Lateron I use this parameter (download.php?)for calls to the server. I work on MX2004, ...more >>

Hi everyone, newbee here! Right, i have a problem with a Tween that i have done. All i am doing is making some text fade in, very simple and ive never had any problems before! This morning when i done it to some text, i played it on the stage, it worked fine, but when i publish previewed...more >>

I've imported a series of .GIFs and .BMPs into Flash and used them in some buttons. They look fine in my Stage, but when I export the movie they all appear a little distorted when opened in the browser. I've played around with the image properties and I am outputting my movie with the Jpeg...more >>

I have created the following: on (release) { //Goto Webpage Behavior getURL("../community-views.html#events"); //End Behavior } The link to the page works but the dreamweaver named anchor (#events) does not work. Should it or am I expecting too much. Am using Flash MX 2004 P...more >>

Hi, I'm making a presentation for a class project, I want it to take up the entire screen, I found the fscommand to automatically increase the size to 100% from another message. The problem is that although the video goes to 100%, it's a little narrow and you see a little off the stage on bot...more >>

http://www.intothematrix.com/rl_cmp/anime_movie_sr2.html From about 00:00:44 to 00:00:50 in the short, there is "the instructor" from the zion archive, with wind blowing through her hair. I want to know how i can simulate the waves of the hair in flash. I've tried drawing it, strand by str...more >>

Hey, I'm new at this... when I bring images into Flash, do I bring in already compressed images (like I normally would for Dreamweaver, I'd make a jpg or gif in Fireworks or Photoshop and bring it in at 72 dpi) or do I bring in an uncompressed image (like say a tiff or a jpg straight out of a ...more >>

hello, quick question.... can a MC located in a external swf control the parent timeline ? but...im treating the movieclip as a button and trying to assign this actionscript on (press) { _root.loadMovieNum("big_bigeasy.swf", 1); _root._level5.visible = "false" } isnt wor...more >>

Hi guys, Im looking for certain type of effect. basically what happens is... when a user mouse overs a button it enlarges by about 50% or so but also has the same effect on buttons around it but only by about 20% can any one point me in the direction of one? am not loads sure how to ...more >>

Hi, What action script could help me in uploading an exe file(windows projector in flash) in flash using a button? thanks detba...more >>

When I play my flash on out test site, on the first loop it is stopping for a short period of time on my first image tranformation. When I let it loop more times it is fine? How do I get it to smooth out? ...more >>

I'm creating a simple ad with Flash 8, and I'm having problems with creating a hyperlink to a webpage from the ad. I have tried doing it by creating a hyperlink directly on the text and creating a button and using the getURL actionscript (attached). Both methods work properly when I prev...more >>

I am new to Flash. I keep getting a white box that flashes for just an instant before my movies play on each page of my site. I've used a green bg color for my html pages and also in the table cell where I put my Flash movie in Dreamweaver but still getting the white box. It just happens t...more >>

hi all! all is coming along very well in my opening flash for my website! :) at the end of it i want my background picture to look like an old film running and it has all those old scratches running through it. my background image is converted to a symbol and is in my library (if that helps)...more >>

Hi, I've recently upgraded to Flash 8 professional. When I test the movie and want to debug it using Debug > List Objects the output panel displays nothing... Is this a bug or has something drastically changed since MX 2004 professional? Thanks very much, Danielle. ...more >>

Hey! The complete error message reads as follows: Error Creating Folder 1008:9,5000 Access denied error You do not have enough access privileges for this installation. It appears during the installation of the new flashplayer 8. I don?t get it installed!Can anyone help me out?? I?m u...more >>

Hi, As part of a uni project, I've started making a website that features a map of the world made up of lots of small dots. I'd like the dots to change colour and pulsate when mouseovered(?) and then once clicked for the viewer to be sent to a page that corresponds with that part of the w...more >>

Hello, Just looking for any feedback with peoples experience. I'll be creating a CDROM for a client. No big deal, But the client wants to have video (800X600) that has interactive buttons throughout? It's essentially a walkthrough video type scenario, but we want to keep the content nice ...more >>

I'm developing a software product demo with voice narration. It features arrow and hand pointer symbols moving about the screen over pictures of the sofware dialogs while the narration describes each feature. There are currently 14 layers and over 16,000 frames (running at 60 fps). Everything ...more >>

For those who have read the http://http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/fp8_detection.html will understand what im talking about. This is the scene: I want Flash 8 content to be displayed in my page, so... If the user have FlashPlayer 8, the detection code works and the swf wi...more >>

I'm new to Flash and have been struggling with making a preloader myself, and someone suggested using a component. I never even knew components existed, so how do I use the preloader component? Also, do all y'all out there find components in general helpful? Which ones do you use and h...more >>

hi Why when I publish a html page by flash with property 100% and "no scale" Mozila show the page middle , this is the code : <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1...more >>

Hi everyone. I'm very new to flash and could use the expertise of others. I've recorded an audio file in Adobe Audition and want to use it in Captivate. I've been told that the file size is too big and that I need to compress it to a SWF file. How do I do this? Based on all the reading I'v...more >>

Hello, In my page i have a flash animation and an alternate picture ( for people without flash plugin .. the're still |-( ) So i use a computer without flash to test my solution : the alternate picture appears, but in place of the animation i have an empty square ( just like this that...more >>

Can anyone help me out with this. On my website I have a form which the user can complet and send it to my Email by pressing the SEND button. I'm presently using ActionScript to send the email to my Inbox( on (release){ gotourl("mailto:....."}), but every time someone press on send it open's u...more >>

In Flash 8, when I import video by going to file>import>import video and go thru the wizard, under the advanced settings there's an option to resize the video. Now, does this option only display the video at a smaller size, but keep the file size the same, or does it actually make the video s...more >>

my actionscript command is on(release) { loadVariables("C:\Documents and Settings\Shibaji.NODE8\Desktop\flash.txt", "myTextField"); } and my externel file isand it save in format utfbigedition as your information myTextField="\u09B6\u09BF\u09AC\u09BE\u099c\u09C0 when i play m...more >>

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Is there a way to remove the top 3 right hand upper side corner (minimize, maximize, close)? I don't want to allow user to use those function in my .exe file. Thanks....more >>