In the Actions Panel, if you were to type in: somevar = "["; and hit ENTER, the next line is automatically indented (so it is diretly under the '[' ). The same happens when you use '(' instead of '['. It also occurs if you were to have: //[ or //( So basically, Flash is...more >>

Hi everyone, This is my first time on here> I just created my first flash program and after I published it and watched it in another window, everything has enlarged, its not its proper size, Ive tried expanding the window to see if that might help but the document just expanded along with ...more >>

I'm attempting to use the FLV Playback (Player 8) component to display some small .flv videos on a web site. Everything goes according to plan and works properly when viewed with IE. When viewed in Firefox (1.0.7), the player controls are rendered but the video itself is not. If I hit the p...more >>

Hello all. I know there are other posts on this forum regarding this topic, none have been to helpful as of yet. So, I've starting my own thread. I cannot seem to get my MC to be draggable. I have created the movie clip, which works fine. Inside the MC, I have made a layer titled ac...more >>

I made embossed letters in Fireworks, and once they are in Flash, I want to make a movie clip where the letters change color. The colors are uneditable in the timeline. I'm not seeing how to turn them into shape-tweens to do this. I tried making different colored letters but i can't blend ...more >>

In flash you can create colored shapes. Like a square and a circle...well actaully thats it...well i was wondering how can you create a shape (with an outline) colored in? I can make a triangle but there has to be a way to draw with the line tool with connected sides then fill it in but when i...more >>

I just received Flash 8 Professional and the "Getting Started With Flash" manual. I was trying the "Animating the Circle" tutorial on pgs 12 - 14, and discovered that if one follows the steps exactly step by step, it doesn't work as advertised. Speecifically, when you get to step 7 and cho...more >>

Hi, I made a site in flash 8 and it works fine in Windows but doesnt work on Mac's...It just begins to the preload then stops , or the screen s just blank...Anybody knows how 2 fix this????? Thx!...more >>

Does anyone know how to import PhotoShop grapics that will not look jagged, once you convert them into symbols in order to animate them in Flash? Thanks for any information. Alex...more >>

Upgraded to the new Flash player 8, and now swf, which is a calendar app written in AS, does not work. Any ideas on depreciated commands that might be causing this? Thanks -Christopher Keeler...more >>

if you go to this website http://www.katzkin.com and click on the home page "Design your new interior with Katzkins" and follow the directions you will see what I am attempting to mimic. What I want to know is whether or not this could have been done without having an image for every combi...more >>

I know I change the color of MC's with action script, but how can I do it with button or graphics in the library? I have buttons on the stage that have different graphics in them. The graphics are just solid fills. I need to use actionscript and change the color of the fills. Since I'm not usi...more >>

I'm hoping someone can help- I have created a learnining module in Flash using the quiz templates. I would like to sho the answers chosen by the user on the results page. All is shows is number right, number wrong, and percentage. Is there any way of tweaking this? Thanks- Kurt ...more >>

Hello - anyone else out there noticed this? I have been encoding FLV8 files using the Flash Video Encoder on both an OS X machine, and on a windows box. When I encode MPEG1 files (composed of an mpeg1 video track and mp2 audio track), under windows the files come out fine. On OS X, the 'En...more >>

In Flash MX i can find alpha channels in the properties window. in Flash MX Pro the only alph channel i see is in the color mixer. why can i not get it so show up in my properties window so i can do a fade tween? ...more >>

Hi all, I am stuck with having to use Flash V5.0 for now and I am having a problem trying to load a (swf) movie using the instructions on the macromedia website. Every time the move opens, half of it is off the window. This is what I did... on (release) { loadMovieNum ("The End.swf...more >>

I have not touched flashcom for a couple of years, and am just getting reacquainted with Flash - I see a forum for Flash Media Server, but that only has a relatively small number of topics. Wasn't there previously a flashcom forum? If so, what happened to it, and how can I access it? ...more >>

I have developed a piece, which I don't think should be rendered as LARGE as it is! The FLA is only 104kb and the SWF is 1.6MB! It is importing jpegs from an external file, as well -- so I'm not at all clear on why in the world it is bloating up so much! FLA: http://digispire.com/pos...more >>

Does anyone know of a good tutorial, or advice to display jpg's in a loader with buttons below that would load different pictures on click? It would display a portfolio of artwork and when people clicked buttons they could view different images ect... Anything will help thanks. ...more >>

Could anybody tell me how to keep Flash 8 from altering the gamma of imported PNG's? It's not a huge shift, but it's large enough to be easily noticable when you load the original PNG and the SWF into browser windows. How can something like this exist in a program that's been around so long?...more >>

I have created a projector for MAC. It runs an expiration test. The file should expire in one hour. Can anyone that have access to a MAC test it for me. Thanks [URL=http://www.gaygraphicartists.com/projector.zip]Download[/URL] ...more >>

:confused; OK....I need help with something. Not sure if it's simple or not. I consider myself high-end beginner. I am creating a website that has a cutout of a paper doll in the middle. On the side, there are all the clothes for the paper doll, in smaller sizes and turned in various di...more >>

I am working on a CD project that uses an extensive amount of video. Since it is a CD project, download/streaming is no concern. The Video will need to be synchonized with various interactive and static elements. When importing the video, I am given 4 options: 3 streaming and one embed. The em...more >>

Hi I Have a png Image in flash in 1024*1024 pixel size. when I resize this Image lower (300*300 px), edge of this image be low quality. why? Please help me. thanks....more >>

Hello, I'm currently using the Flash 8 Professional 30 day trial program, and have been doing so for about a day, but I'm now having some problems starting the application. When I launch, I get this error message: "The AuthPlay DLL/Lib is missing from the configuration folder." The p...more >>

Good morning folks. Pardon me for dropping in. Can someone please tell me how this effect is achieved in FlashMX? http://www.templatemonster.com/website-templates/8495.html - where you have multiple pictures rotating in and out, and when each one comes in - it arrives in, in bits. Thanks....more >>

Ok, here's the deal.....I have a MySql db that stores product info. In one of those tables there is some product color information. Most of the products are 1 color, but now, some are 2 toned. Is there a way to have flash draw a small box, and fill it with the color code I have in the db?...more >>

I'm wanting to create a simple slideshow effect, where one image slides in and then after a predefined period another image slides in, and so on. Maybe having 6 which loop round. Is there a way I can add some script to a frame to say 'wait' and then 'restart' the timeline after a certain amoun...more >>

I've followed twice the tutorial on "Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, part 2" word by word and when i play and click the "banner2.swf" file i created it doesn't pop the website it should. nothing happens. On the other hand the finished made file works just fine. I examined this 2 files one ...more >>

I have a dynamic text field with embedded font, bold style selected, Auto kern selected and a variable assigned to it. 1. If I assign a value to the variable the text doesn't show in the text field or (with Verdana) the text appears in normal style instead of bold. If I unselect Auto kern ...more >>

:clock; im interested with this site (bauer.com/Content/Gear/stick_advisor.html or if you couldn't go directly to the site, you could type in bauer.com then locate GEAR, and then STICKS, then FIND YOUR STICK.) so, if you're willing to help me out you could check out this site to understan...more >>

I have just upgraded to Flash 8 and I'm trying to import video clips to build a web page for a client. When I use Import video for MPEG3 files it always says: "No audio stream detected for this movie". Yet I can hear the audio if I play with Quicktime on Mac or PC. If I embed the movie...more >>

Can anyone point me in the direction of a book or online tutorial that would give me an idea of how the animation in this page was done.... http://www.myrocket88.co.uk/flash.html I imagine it would be telling the movie to goto a X/Y position, but how do I do that. ...more >>

been talking to some of my friends who's working on actionscript project a lot, they found that AS3.0 will be pretty useful but the only think\g they concern is we have to buy another upgrade version to use AS3.0 in Flash 9...we just got our copy for Flash 8 and now we have to byu another on f...more >>

hi there would anyone beable to explain to me how to load an external jpg into a flash movie...but not using the loadMovie, just basic jpg link! or direct me to the tech note I've been looking but can't seem to find it? thank you p ...more >>

Hi all, Surely there's a preset file knocking around somewhere for this one? Maybe a web application. I just can't Google it. I want a little animation showing lines fanning out over a map to show where I've been in the world. I can do it from scratch, but I was hoping someone had saved me...more >>

a few days ago i was asked by my computer if i want to enable macromedia flash on my computer. (xp pro) i responded that i do not want and that i dont want to be asked again. now i regret, but i can not see flash movies or install macromedia flash. when i try to install macromedia dreamwe...more >>

I have created a book in Flash having fliping pages I am using an external xml file which code is: "<FlippingBook> <width>650</width> <height>500</height> <firstPage>0</firstPage> <alwaysOpened> false </alwaysOpened> <autoFlip> 50 </autoFlip> <flipO...more >>

Can anybody tell me, how to make a smoke effect in flash mx? like smoke from cigarette. :confused;...more >>

I was on Macromedia's website some time back and came across an awesome actionscript reference page. It had all actionscript commands listed alphabetically with a brief description and example of use. Unfortunately I didn't bookmark it in my browser. Does anyone out there know the URL to this ...more >>

Hi, Any luck floating Flash over video embedded in a web page? I have an XHTML document that contains two DIVs. The first DIV contains a Flash animation. The second contains a QuickTime video. I'm using CSS (z-index with absolute positioning) to float the Flash over the video. The Flash a...more >>

Hi! I made a site recently, when I checked it out on my stationary pc it wouldn't work properly untill I downloaded the newest flash player, then it went fine. But many of my friends can still not see anything even though they have downloaded the latest player. They either only see a box wit...more >>

How can I make this "ray" appear continuous and not starting and stopping or irregular? I made a movie clip symbol and then staggered it in the movie, or do I need to do the staggering in the movie clip itself? ...more >>

Is there any software around that can decompile flash 8? TIA...more >>

Please this is urgent...my wife is in trouble... she created some file using flash 8 and the college that she is right now does not have flash 8...only flash mx 2004. How can she open them... She is getting unexpected error in format... please help ...more >>