I am trying to use the font Stamp Gothic in Flash. Flash tells me the font won't render because there aren't appropriate outlines available. Is this because it is a distressed font. Is there a way to use it and other fonts like this? Thanks, ...more >>

I would like to end my movie with a "Get URL" that would bring-up a Full-screen" HTML window. As a novice, I don't write code and would need the "step-by-step" with any statements written-out. Many Thanks ...more >>

hello, Im a novice in flash, and i require some assistance to produce a flash game, which would be a combination of 3d gemetry in a flash engine...... Is this possible? Im looking for someone who could basically do some flash contract work, i would take care of anything 3d. Thanx in...more >>

Is it possible to have BOTH Flash 8 and MX2004 on the same machine? We just finished developing a site in MX2004 and would like to install Flash 8. However, I want to avoid any hickups with this site when migrating to Flash 8 -- hoping to be able to just start new projects in Flash 8 and still...more >>

at times when I test movies flash seems to lose track of files that have not moved. I get the error in the output window that says... Error opening URL "file:///Macintosh%20HD/Users/lwtc/Desktop/movieclipcontrol/undefined" currently I am trying to load an external swf into a empty mc. ...more >>

Dear Friends... I have a flash file... inside i have a movie clip... Inside the movie clip is a dynamic text box.... The text will not appear when I test the movie... If I simply have the textbox on the main timeline, it's no problem... Does anyone have a simple solution to this? Th...more >>

Hi, I have the main .swf, and I'm gonna have it load in a few other .swf's on to it's stage. However, I want the .swfs that are loaded to have a transparent stage so that the background of the main .swf is what shows. I searched the forum for "Transparent stage", and I may have found what ...more >>

I have a flash MX swf movie that loads other flash MX swf movies using loadmovie. 1. The MX movie can load the Flash8 swf, but what happens if the user doesn't have the flash8 player? Will they be prompted for it? 2. I re-published the MX version using Flash8. It is ...more >>

Hi all, I have a very long audio sample in my movie and my movie content appears on stage, to the audio rhythm. However, my content fully loads and I still have remaining time left on the audio. How can I set a frame for the audio to begin fading out so it seems to end nicely, rather...more >>

in the past I've used the "loadVariablesNum("#", 0)" instruction with no problems as it will capture all vars after the ? (i.e. "myPage.html?var1=something&var2=somethingelse"). But now I've built a flash app that has elements that are in the library for "export for actionScript" and the m...more >>

I want to know if my user is using a pc or a mac, can I test this? Thanks a lot!!!! Brenda Sanchez....more >>

i just want to globally change the theme color of the check box. for an instance myCB.setStyle("themeColor", 0xff0000); // works _global.styles.CheckBox.setStyle("themeColor", 0xff0000); //doesn't??? ...more >>

What I am TRYING to achieve is to have this function goto and Play Close (which it does). Then I want it to see if it has played or reached frame 10 within the mc_subMenu1 movie clip. If it has then execute the next line. This is located in the Actions layer within the movie clip mc_subMenu1....more >>

I was wondering if Flash 8 will recognize previous file versions, cause in my experience mx2004 won't recognize mx files when you open them in mx2004. Am I missing something, or is this true. Just want to know before purchasing flash 8 as I have flash Mx. If someone knows that would be great...more >>

Does anyone know if you can use the progress bar to tell how much loaded a web page is. And if you can is it possible to do it with an mht file (powerpoint webpage). Thanks:D...more >>

how would i link this with and external source in notepad..i know you use dynamic text but how would it be scripted... im doing a football team's site and one of the text boxe's will be league standing's... AIFL LEAGUE STANDINGS North Freeze 0 0 Riverhawks 0 0 Legen...more >>

I have a simple shape tween where letters morph into leaves. I broke the text apart into shapes, and traced a bitmap of a leaf to get it into vectors. The morph works fine as long as it is on the main time line. I tried to recreate it as a movie clip, but I can't get the shape tween to work. ...more >>

dear macromedia flash player developers! i spent a last few days trying to figure out where the bug was in my swf movie. i was trying to make a road map in flash that users can pan and zoom in/out. since my map is very big (a LOT of vertices), i considered it normal that it works slow, but...more >>

Please please please fix the type tool in Flash! Setting type by hand back in the times of Gutenberg must have been easier then setting type on a computer using Flash. Rip of Adobe, Quark or whatever. But do something. Please. :| ...more >>

Is there any way to convert an MSI installation file to an exe file so we can install the flash player on our embedded XP x86 target system? This system does not have internet access. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...Bob ...more >>

I am currently working on a large project, in both content and size. I have 25 scenes in the flash file, and when I publish the file in (exe) format it comes to over seventy megs. I am currently working on a large project, in both content and size. I have 25 scenes in the flash file, and whe...more >>

I apologize in advance if this question is insanely easy to answer. I have a moveclip in a flash mx 2k4 file that I would like to advance to the main timeline once the movie clip is done running (for example, the movie clip is located in frame 1 of the main timeline. The movie clip runs, and...more >>

Does anybody know if the integration level between Fireworks and Flash as made it possible to animated/shape tween textured vector strokes created in Fireworks in Flash. What I would like to do is create a character design of a chalk drawing in Fireworks and then bring that in to Flash and sha...more >>

So having just upgraded from 5 to 8 (would have done 7, but "normal" mode...you knoe), I now find myself going.."hey that is great" and "oh that is going to make my life a little more difficult" repeatedly. My biggest "oh" involves the timeline, which I use extensively. When I select a symbo...more >>

This may seem like a stupid question, but for some reason when I create a new flash document or an existing document I can't see my frames at any layer. the top frame area is completely white out. What do I do to get the settings back. Its really hard to work in this way. Deb:Q ...more >>

I am testing a web site and when I open it in Internet Explorer everithing works ok, but on Firefox and Netscape the swf file appears very small at the top of the page. Does anyone know how can I fix this without having to change the html settings when the swf file is published? ...more >>

I need to know how to upload images to a flash built web page using a web manager built in flash as well. I need to know what?s te actionscript code and the php code so to put all together with what it is already done ( now I am able to upload html formatted text). Links to tutorials will be u...more >>

what am i missing...? class ImageRenderer extends MovieClip { private var imageID:Number; private var image_mc:MovieClip; function ImageRenderer() { this.createEmptyMovieClip("image_mc", 100); image_mc._xscale = 60; ...more >>

hi, **Error** Symbol=Symbol 17, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 1: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances on (release) { Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1 want to know wat this error is and how to rectify this error please let me know with regards ...more >>

Good afternoon, Im running an office which offers webdesign services to customers. We are working with freelancers as well. I was using macromedia flash mx, I got this serial key from a friend which switched to FLASH 8.0 Most of our freelancers are using a higher version of flash(mx2004/...more >>

Hi. I have a figure that is possible to click on different part of the figure, and it pops up small text-boxes over the figure (movie clips). My problem is that I dont want it to possible to click on parts of the figure that are hidden by the text-box.... Anyone have an idea how to do...more >>

I need to create a webpage with 4 slideshows showing different images fading every 3 seconds of the companies products. Can I create 4 different slideshows on the flash stage? I'm new to flash could somebody tell me step by step? Thanks. ...more >>

I am trying to load a movie at 100% of the browser screen but it just won't show at 100%.....it actually shows smaller than the original size..... How can I make it show at 100%? Thank you, FayeC...more >>

I'm using Flash MX on a Mac. I exported my .fla to uncompressed Quicktime video (for broadcast purposes). Usually the QT vid can be imported into e.g. Final Cut on a Mac and tweaked there for output to video. However, upon trying to import QT vid into Avid on a PC, it does not recognize th...more >>

im going to ask a very dumb question- forgive me please... im relatively new to flash... what component am i going to choose for a scrolling text box... ive pulled the tutorial off of flashkit to link it to an external text file...ive got flash8 pro... and ive downloaded a ton of extension's.....more >>

How do I go about adding a search this site page to my site, I have made the page and buttons but need to know scripts bat files etc? any ideas or tutorials on this would be great. Cheers Tomcatxxxxx ...more >>

hi, i hope the flash gurus here can answer this... i've been living with this for a while. i'm trying to get a referer page where my flash embeded for security reasons.... i thought i solved it.... using POST method to call a php page to get the referer will not work.... so i switch to...more >>