my friend and i are trying to resize a flash movie project, after its been completed. we've tried everything from publish to modify to EVERYTHING. this kb size is fine, we need the actual projects objects and movements to be 20% of what they are now, the image should be 2 inches by 2 inches an...more >>

am working on converting my school's website into flash as a school project, right now the site is in created in fireworks, through image splicing. I want to know if there is a way to do image swap, just like you can in dreamweaver, with macromedia. I am rather new to flash, but i do know the...more >>

Hi, I am aware that we need to include the embed tag when displaying a flash plug-in (for netscape). However, W3C validation says that the tag is not valid! How can I get around that problem?.. Make the flash movie available for Netscape and have valid w3c html code? All suggestions will...more >>

Let's say I have myMovie1 and myMovie2.... 1. in myMovie1 I have a button with "loadMovie (myMovie2.swf,0)". This replaces myMovie1 in level0. Fine. But myMovie2 loses its own background color and uses whatever background color myMovie1 was using. 2. I tried instead using "getURL" to load ...more >>

I have a project I'm working on at school displaying some of the things you can do with Flash. I know Motion/Shape Tweening and all that good stuff, but I think I might be having some trouble with symobols+grouping. Here's whats up... I have a very simple character design (my graphic) which...more >>

I have an swf named 'main' that has an mc named 'dropzone'. Buttons on 'main' load movies into 'dropzone' mc. My question is, is it possible to create a button on the movie loaded in dropzone that when pressed, loads a movie in its place and sends a variable to the newly loaded movie? ...more >>

Hi again, I see now that everything works after rebooting. However: DO YOU HAVE TO REBOOT PC AFTER INSTALLING FLSAHPLAYER 8, OR IS ANY WAY AROUND THIS? To bad to lose all your visitors (who has not fp8 installed) because they don't reboot after visiting your page the first time! ...more >>

When I publish Flash 8 video, the controls that I chose display below the video and are operational in the Flash Player, but if I display the swf file in an html document, the video controls disappear and just the video displays. WTF??? Anyone have any ideas about this "much easier" video p...more >>

Hi, I've recently bought Flash Pro 8. It's fantastic! The video functions are superb. However. after I've published my streaming videos it naturally only works on computers with Flash 8 player installed. If it's not installed, automatically you get asked to download the latest version. Upt...more >>

Sorry if this is old, but I've searched everywhere I could and can't find an answer to this problem. I am trying to make a toolbar for my site that takes up all of the browser's space horizontally, but stays put in size vertically. My goal is to keep the buttons from stretching, but rather align...more >>

Help! I have never used movie clips before but it seems it it just like making another flash file. I want to make a button that has a number of things going versus 4 hits states. I thought movie clip was the ruote to go. After making the file I went back to my scene to insert it, but I can't f...more >>

Hi everyone i am pretty new to flash so its probly a silly question. I cant seem to have a movie clip of mine as the over state of a button. Can this be done or can the over state of buttons be only 1 frame long? ...more >>

I am creating my first flash website for a class portfolio. Each section of my site is in a separate scene. The buttons are suposed to take you to the appropriate section (scene) on release. In stead, they loop through the secnes in the order they are listed in the scene drop-down list. It...more >>

I have a set of sequential targa files with alpha masks. How do I render them into a FLV with alpha? The new encoder won't accept the .tgas directly? If so, then I have to render an intermediate video format. What is best? Has anyone done this? TIA ...more >>

How do I make it so that the browser window in which the .swf file opens is the same dimensions as my document? right now there is extra space on the sides......more >>

Does anyone know how to loop a single FLV file in Flash 8 Pro? I've tried all sorts of tricks, including using code that used to work in MX2004... Below was the code I used: listenerObject = new Object(); listenerObject.complete = function(eventObject){ myvid.play(0); } myvid.addEv...more >>

Is there a way to convert a flash presentation to DVD? So the presentation will play on a stand alone DVD player? ...more >>

hi... how i can do the exact result with a flash MX script? this script only works with flashplayer 7... i need to do the same script for flashplayer 6. what can i do for this? thanks, Gustavo script: var container:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", this.getNextH...more >>

This is so weird. I created some banners to be placed in online publications. The banners have the document color selected to be black. But a vendor is saying that when they placed them in their publication that their backgrounds are showing through it-- I assumed the default of a flash file...more >>

Hi All, If you have a sec, could you check this webpage? http://jaschob.com/testing/ Only the main 4 buttons work, no content loads. I just want to see how a 1.2mb video file runs on my home page. Things to check: How long before the video stats to play + connection speed? Do the other main N...more >>

I am creating a stand alone project with autostart, [autorun] open=START.EXE, it opens the flash player window but there is no content. Fullscreen is set to true in the first frame but it doesn't even do that. I created the project in MX Professional 2004. I never had this problem in Flash MX....more >>

Hi people, I am just a beginner with Flash i suppose, can you help me find how to put a scroll bar on my thext, in Flash MX i didn?t have this proplem, but in 2004 i just can not find it! Thanks!...more >>

I use the brush tool alot, and I like to use the finest one, but I?m getting more and more annoyed with the constant small gaps I have to go back and connect. Why in all that is holy can?t Flash draw a continous line with the brush tool? With the second finest brush I almost never have this pr...more >>

My client wants Audio and Video conferencing on his site.. probably no more than 10 users at 1 time.. anyone know of a inexpensive source for this kind of an app.. may or may not be a DW or Flash extension.. thanks- ...more >>

I notice that my flash that was created in version 8 is unable to be published into version 7 and bleow. If i'm not wrong this is due to the additional graphic support that Flash 8 provides. Is there anyway i can fix this problem? If not is this problem going to be fixed in future versions or ...more >>

After i updated my flash player 7 to version 8, i notice tht any flash animation that are shown on my Internet Explorer flickers non-stop. But when i play the swf animation on my flash player (not loading my swf in IE), the animation does not flicker at all. I did uninstall flash player ...more >>

I just upgraded to a G5, 10.4.3 and am running Flash MX 2004 for now. But the space bar no longer works. Um, this is kind of important. When I go to type words and use the space bar nothing happens. I have tried this on many of my projects and no space bar action at all. I tried creating a new...more >>

I recently added a new page to a Flash site I've developed at http://www.certifiedtrainingacademy.com . When the user clicks on the I-D Photos button, either the browser completely quits out, or an error message comes up saying it has "encountered a problem and needs to quit". The rest of the p...more >>

A client is having problems with my progressively downloaded videos. A SWF is embedded in the HTML, which then progressively downloads a FLV. Note: the video is not embedded into the SWF. Some of the computers on the client's network can see the video, while others can't. They suspect t...more >>

I have a number of raster shapes (sillouhettes of hats) on photoshop layers and need to get these into flash so i can make them morph into each other 1-2-3-4-5 etc. I am at a loss as to how to get them into flash as editable shapes I've tried every logical method of exporting - ai/eps/png/...more >>

hi everyone i'd like to ask someone to help me with the following issue: i have a main MC which loads other SWFs and in one of these SWFs there are comonents (TextInput, List, etc) and when i click a Button, and it jumps the movie (the SWF that i loaded with the components in it) to ano...more >>

:confused; Every time I try to import an image file into the stage or library (PNG or JPEG) MX Pro crashes before I even have a chance to select the file for import. The file selection window opens then....BOOM! Any Ideas? Common problem? ...more >>

I noticed in some info on the Macromedia site that in the previous version (MX 2004) there was a check box in the Exporter to deinterlace video but I don't see a way to do it in the new Flash 8 Encoder (using Windows trial version). Does it do it automatically or do I need to render out a DV f...more >>

Heya, I am building a flash web page and I have a "Media" section where I want to display images, but I need it to scroll and am unsure of how to do that, can anyone tell me?? Thanks! Spence...more >>

This has been happening with me since flash 4 and I've never taken the time to investigate, but now it's bothering me. Whenver I import any kind of graphic (gif, jpg, png) it looks fine when I publish and watch the swf movie. But if I import a graphic and then convert it to a symbol for reus...more >>

This has been happening with me since flash 4 and I've never taken the time to investigate, but now it's bothering me. Whenver I import any kind of graphic (gif, jpg, png) it looks fine when I publish and watch the swf movie. But if I import a graphic and then convert it to a symbol for reus...more >>

Where can I download a trial for Flash MX 2004 and dont say why don't you get Flash 8 or soemthing like that cuse I want Flash MX 2004...more >>

Hi there I'm having problems opening up a jpeg image when u hit a button in flashmx. I simply want the user to be able to hit a button and then the jpeg appear in it's own window outside of the movie. I have tried using the 'get url' command and entering the url of the jpeg but it dosn...more >>

I've added an mp3 file to my flash doc. I've added a button and want to enable it to stop the sound. Does anyone know how to give the sound instance a name? The documentation mentions to also check off on the Linkage properties and Export to ActionScript and Expert to first frame. Not sure...more >>

I have a streaming sound, a narration, that's set to start after all the objects fade away after the user clicks a button. For some reason however, the sound plays about 50-100 frames too early. It does not start in the keyframe it's in. When I go to "Test Scene" it works fine, but when sta...more >>

I am creating a site that is comprised of 7 sections and therefore 7 html pages and 7 swf files. There is a separate external mp3 background audio track for each section. I would like the audio for each section to continually loop. I am currently using the following code but the audio ...more >>

Hi There, In most page layout applications you have the ability to place text into any shape (e.g. circle, skewed rectangle, star etc). Does Flash have the same capability. If so, how is it accomplished? Furthermore, can you change the shape of a dynamic text box. Additionally, (just f...more >>

MX 2004 Professional 7.2, OSX (10.4.2) I am reading a (multiple) XML file(s) with HTML tags and using CSS to format the output. reading it into a text area component (I get the same results with a dynamic text field). I can use an a href= to open a new html file, but I need to find a way to...more >>

I may be wrong, but what I thought I saw on a website were two separate flash movies. Pressing a button on one, caused the other to react. That's pretty cool, if it's real. Is it possible? If it is, could someone show me a sample line of code that would do that? E.G. Press a button in...more >>

it works in ie but for some reason it will not work in my firefox broswer http://www.mauricea.com/pimpLite.swf...more >>

I am a Flash MX user and have hit a wall in my current project. It is a fairly extensive interactive site, with 50+ scenes and embedded movie clips and components. When I enable simple buttons and actionscript while in editing mode, I can hop around the project and everything works just like...more >>

Hello! The Computer Science department at my university is thinking of making a CD which will sort of act like a mini prospectus and provide information about courses and what the department and university can offer to prospective students. I'm working with 4 other students to create this ...more >>

Hi all, is there a way to download the Flash player .exe file and setup it offline? Yours, Rafiq ...more >>

Hello, few days ago i purchased the new macromedia flash 8. until then, I worked with flash 6. I have a few questions: 1. in my flash application i need to load external movies (the movies are not on my server) and then i want to use the Movie.getBytesLoaded() and Movie.getBytesTotal...more >>

ive imported 2 image seq where they both have high 3d and affter effects added to them but the jpeg sizes are only 14kb max x by 200+ frames. these are in 2 different movice clips and then imported to the timeline. but when played back on director it runs slow? any ideas thanks martin ...more >>

Is there any way that you can remove the blinkig cursor, for good, from a TextInput ???...more >>

Hello could you help me with flash player. I want to create a game and will I need to use flash player and how hard will it be if you could tell me i'd be happy! thanks...more >>

Hi all, is it possible to get rid of the scroll bar part of a list component completely? ie i only have a few things in my list that dont need scrolling but i still have a blank scroll bar on it. I have tried vSrollPolicy = "off" but this doesnt seem to work. Anyone know? Thanks....more >>

I need add my url in trasty list in Global setings its Bad... :( How yhis skip? For all users....more >>

I am working on converting my school's website into flash as a school project, right now the site is in created in fireworks, through image splicing. I want to know if there is a way to do image swap, just like you can in dreamweaver, with macromedia. I am rather new to flash, but i do know th...more >>