Hello :) Im having trouble. Ive made a flash form that works very nicely. When the form is sent the Submit button takes you to frame 4 of the movie 'Contact.swf'. Contact.swf is a movie thats just one page of my site. And every page is loaded into the main site 'Main.swf' So when the...more >>

I hope someone on this list can help me out ...I'm really getting frustrated. The problem is with Flash MX installed on the latest version of Mac OsX 'Tiger' 10.4.3,,, it crashes on opening. I have reinstalled the app, run the hotfix from macromedia deleted the plist, repaired permissions and...more >>

I bought a template that I am modifying and the buttons only work with this code that the author put in: on (release) { if (_root.link<>8) { _root.link = 8; _root.play(); } } I don't know what it's doing nor how to use it. I'd rather use a simple button action script, but I c...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to create an animation of a line drawing itself as a cursive letter. I've tried masking and motion paths but neither have worked so far. Any other ideas? Thanks!...more >>

I made a mistake with my site... I made the preloader a part of the main movie, and now, because I have audio loading dynamically to the first frame, my preloader doesn't play until all the audio is loaded (at about 72% done) and until then you can only see a blank white box on the screen,...more >>

Hi all, Quick question here for ya. What would be the best way to save vars locally? I am going to be creating a program that will be a standalone player. The options that I know of are using the "save" fscommand or using local shared vars to store. Both ways are not very appealing though....more >>

I'm asking if anyone knows the best way to set up a flash movie, that gives the illusion of a paper card file. The finished product would look like 3x5 cards with tabs, and when the user clicks a tab to go to a specific category, that specific tabbed card would come to the front and there woul...more >>

I have tons of graphics in this project. Two, only TWO of them are giving me fits. They are gray to light gray gradients with a little hot spot. The banding on these is driving me nuts. Here's the kicker. Everything looks terrfic at 32 bit Highest. On the lapTop (used for projecting this ...more >>

Hello! I am using Flash MX and i have a big problem. I created different movies and i want to link them but can't seem to find how. I have a main file that want to link to other flash movies, and also i want to link some text to other files that are already in my computer. Can anyone help wi...more >>

OK, I have my book here... I looked all over the internet and I am getting very upset. all I want to do is link one of my buttons to an external MP3 file and have it stream. Is this so hard to do? I don't want to make a juke box or anything fancy. Just a simple button (i know how to make t...more >>

I have a problem importing mpeg movies, when they are on stage or even when I test the movie it plays with no sound. It mentions that there is no audio available when I have the option to im port the entire video or edit it, however when i go to edit it, the video plays with the sound withou...more >>

Hi All, Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Here's my situation: I have 10 bitmaps on my stage. I need to convert each one into a movie clip. Is it possible to select all of them at once on the stage and convert them all to separate movie clips (rather than select one, convert it, a...more >>

Hi folks, I did a search and didn't find anything directly related to this topic, so my apologies if this has been answered already. I have a flash movie and I'm importing a quicktime movie file. All that works great. What I need to know how to do is to label the buttons for accessibilit...more >>

I have only the ip address from another server, and want to embed the video on one of my client's pages. Any help?? Much appreciated! Morgan...more >>

:confused; I have the background of the stage set to what the page is that I am putting the flash file in but it still wants to load a white box the same size as the flash file before it starts playing. Can anyone tell me why this is happening. Please help!!!!! ...more >>

Hi there, I'm sure this is a simple script problem but I'm still not very confident using it. I've had a little go, but I don't really know what I'm doing. Basically, I'm trying to make text appear when a button is pressed, and then, when a different button is pressed I want the text t...more >>

:confused; I'm still relatively new to flash and would like to make the demonstration I created portable, but keep the interactivity. Can some one point me to the right procedure or product? Many thanks in advance. ...more >>

hi all , have scoured the search facility here and on a good few other sites but cant find a tutorial that explains the basics of load movie .... i basicaly have a page with six thumbnails of sites i have done on the right and a blank area on the right ... i need to learn how to load the site ...more >>

I know that I can launch a window in flash and populate that window with an HTML document. and I know that movie clips only play swf and jpgegs and not html files. Is there any way that I can display an html document in a flash application without opening a new window? Thank you very muc...more >>

I created a framework for online courses that pages through a course based on XML. I set it up to load either jpgs, or swfs. When I load an swf, it will work the first time, but if I push the next button,load the next page, and then go back to the page with the animation, the animation is al...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to get this actions script to work... My action script for the button within my flash site is: on (release) { getURL("javascriptpenNewWindow('videoclip.html','thewin' ,'height=400,width=400,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes') "); } Then in the html page (videoclip...more >>

I am having a major headache with what should be a simple bit of actionscripting. Please refer to this post if you think you can help: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=288&thre adid=1086418&enterthread=y Any suggestions much appreciated! Thanks in ...more >>

Hi, I'm sure its a very basic question: You have an instance on the timeline which you've made as a "nested" animation. However if you start previewing or make a button that moves the playback anywhere other than frame 1 of the animation start in the main timeline, it still plays from frame 1...more >>

how do I use the fsCommand to link a button press to a pdf file? someone please help me im getting desperate! I have attached some, can you tell me why its wrong TRITON_btn.onRelease = function(){ fscommand("TRITON_October_ edition_Evaluation.pdf", "_blank") }; ...more >>

hi guys i want a jpg to display as default if my swf doesn't apear. i'm not sure how to go about in doing this but i know there is a way to do it. i 've seen it on various sites like www.starwars.com if you don't have flash a default picture apears in the swf's place. do you do this in the...more >>

Hello Everyone, Has anyone ever heard of Flash being used for a multiplayer game? How would you go about developing something like that? Thanks in advance, Doug ...more >>

Hi, Could anyone post an easy way to add a 4th color style to the Halo theme? I'd like a haloDarkBlue style : ) Thanks, Mike ...more >>

Greetings. Newbie question coming up (I've searched the forum but can't find owt... maybe I'm just being a bit thick!) ... so here goes: Does anyone know of a good Flash capture tool for Mac OSX, ideally shareware/freeware? I'm wanting to download flash appplications online, but all I can ...more >>

My question concerns Flash Player messages that can occur as a result of bugs in application code. For example, the message that I get if my code causes an infinite loop - I get a Flash Player message that asks if I want to abort the script. I would like to know if I can 'turn off' these messa...more >>

Hi, i have seen a couple of sites that when you hit enter site it makes your window go full screen, but the one i have tryed to use gets rid of the close button at the top the little x button that you use to close the window, i would like to go full screen but not loose the (x) close button at...more >>

I've been haveing problems with my preloader as the components I have and movieclips are set to export in the first frame. How do I link them now without exporting them in the first frame? because now when I deselect this option the scrollpane and its contents dissappear? Any Ideas? ...more >>

Hi guys What would the action script be for: On click, open swf file "bla bla" in new window (without any toolbars and auto fit to swf file) Or along those lines Also can I stipulate where on the monitor the new window will open? ...more >>

Got a small problem if you would like to have a look at the following code? on (press) { ten.onRelease = function(){ _root.gotoAndPlay("6"); loadVariables("TXT/10Brands/Header.txt", _root); loadVariables("TXT/10Brands/LeftText.txt", _root); loadMovie("root/Images/Sobranie.jpg","pic1");...more >>

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone had any problems getting Flash executables working with screen readers. Content is completely accessible when viewed through a browser but is inaccessible when a projector file is created. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Vince ...more >>

Camera motion is a key feature of applications like Toon Boom Studio (see http://www.toonboom.com). I'm new to Flash, but did not see camera motion in the feature list. Is there a Flash plugin that makes it easier to simulate camera motion? Best, Christopher ...more >>

Hi, Wouldn't it be good if Macromedia created a 'macromedia.flash.accessibility' newsgroup? It's just a thought but I'm sure it would help a lot of developers discuss and overcome accessibility issues in Flash. Vince ...more >>

I have a movie clip which is part of my navigation fo my site but cant seem to get the buttons in the movie clip to control the main timeline, just seems to contol the movie clip timeline itself, help would be greatly appreciated? ...more >>

I'm in Flash MX 2004. I'm attempting to load a shared library into my project. I am within my project .FLA file. I follow this procedure: File> Import> Open External Library In the Open as Library window, I navigate to the site folder and see my FLA files in the menu. However, all of them ...more >>

could point me in the right direction to learn how to make a flash using a drop and drag feature...more >>

I got a main flash files that has 10 different swf animations loading. Each of the animations do various things/effects wise but all of them contain the same framerate, incuding the main flash file which is 35fps. I'm loading them with array's so each one will come in at certain times. My ques...more >>

I am using Flash MX 2004 and a downloaded template from templatemonster.com. I can't seem to get a button in a movie clip to link to a particular (named) frame with the simple implementation: on (release) { gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", maintitles); } I have even tried just giving the ac...more >>