I installed flash 8 no problem. I noticed after I use dreamweaver and go back to flash all of my saved SWF. went back to the flash 6 ( MX) player. I can repair with cd then all will go back to the 8 player. Thanks for any help ...more >>

LOL I have to laugh. Watch the whole thing. http://www.smithmediafusion.com/NoNef/adobeTakeOver.html...more >>

I have a lovely scrollpane that works and displays my MC beautifully. But I want to have the buttons that are within the MC & scrollpane to function outside of the pane. [ie: right now when the button is clicked, it goes to a new frame in the MC, but it is still show inside the scrollpane, and...more >>

:brokenheart; I have an application which has worked beautifully and faultlessly for a couple of years prior to some of my users upgraded to Flash 8 Player. The app works using local swf's which communicate to a remote server using an XMLSocket. I know I need to implement: System.security.lo...more >>

I am currently developing a very simply app which picks up the data in an XML file and then displays is. I have managed to get the data part working ok, but I have the following two problems: 1) I have put in a loop so that after 5 seconds the app starts again and therefore refreshes the d...more >>

I have a button with text on top - the text should change color when you roll over the button. But for some reason this isn't working only with a certain set of buttons in a movie clip, although I've gotten it to work with other buttons, and i compared them a million times to make sure i was d...more >>

I have added the UIscrollBar component to a dynamic textbox and it works fine. However, I would like to customize certain aspects of it. I have the latest version of Flash and was able to get the color of the scrollbar button when pressed to change from green to blue using _global.style.s...more >>

Hello friends, here is my situation: I create a Scroll Panel and attach to it a JPG file.. but when I run the design... it just show half the image... what am I doing wrong?...more >>

Can anyone point me in the direction of a tute on how to launch Adobe Acrobat Reader to view a PDF file from within an all Flash site? I have press releases to post periodically and don't want viewers to leave the site, but want them to be able to view and print them. I'm a newbie. Thanks ...more >>

I have a text file "pjmenttext.txt" In the text file is a variable, photoOn=5 in my actions frame I have: loadVariablesNum("galleryPhotos/pjmenttext.txt, 0); then inside a button frame I have: on (release) { trace(photoOn); } This works fine upon clicking the ...more >>

I am interested in making a multi-play board like chess in flash, but I am not sure if flash is the right program to use. Anyone done stuff like this in flash before?...more >>

I would imagine working with Frames is better then pulling in precompressed movie files like .mov's or .avi's but in my case, I have a handful of movie files allready made that I need to make "streamable" in flash so that nothing but Flash is required to play them. Any foreseen problems with t...more >>

What is the easiest way to change text link names and destinations on a template with links already in place? I tried a few things that did not work. THANKS ;)...more >>

Hello- I am having trouble modifying a button graphic. Right now it is "invisible" and I simply want to make it visible and possibly add Text to it but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do that In Flash 8... at least without having to create a new button... is it possible...more >>

Hi - would someone mind casting an eye over this code and guiding me as I'm out of my depth. I'm setting up a video gallery from thumbnail buttons. I've worked this out through trial and error and tutorials, but it's probably totally the wrong way to go about it. However, I think you'll work o...more >>

I have heard that Flash can now, with permission, access the user's webcam and microphone. I'm trying to get an idea of how that access can be used. I would like people to be able to visit my site, give permission and, then, answer a series of questions over, say, a 3 minute session. Could...more >>

I am using Flash 8 and basic Arial text is not showing up on the web browser. Works on my PC IE browser, but not on other PC machines. Does anyone know how to fix this bug?...more >>

hey guys, i want to send an swf in email just as i would a jpeg; inserted, not attached. is there a way to do that? tried publishing html, but either that isnt possible or (most likely) i am dong it wrong. what's the best way? thanks! ...more >>

I did a flash movie that I need to change ONE letter in, but don't know how to do it without going through each frame and doing it. I created it in the following way: Created a long line of text: >This is the text that I creeted and spelled a word incorrectly early, actually a name, b...more >>

I'm using flash 7 and I can't get a button to link to a website. I've tried all varriants of syntax with the action scripts and exporting or previewing, the button goes nowhere. Any help out there? Thanks ...more >>

Hi everyone, Here's the thing: I have a flash site that displays images dinamically. Basically, I do this by creating an empty "movieClip" in the main movie and then calling "movieClip".getURL("..."). The problem is that I can't get the movieClip containing the image to behave as if it w...more >>

Hi Everyone, I desparately need help in learning Flash 8 Professional. I'm staring to feel like there is a steep learning curve here, but once you get it, things get easier. I'm a developer, so I'm not so worried about the ActionScript, though a good book reference there would be helpful, ...more >>

Hi, New to flash. Have created an animation - one layer in each key frame. I want to use this animation with different backgrounds. Is there any way to add the same background layer to all keyframes without editing every frame? ...more >>

I'm using bitmap text in Flash 8 but publishing for flash 7 and I have a 2 frames, 1 keyed. The first keyed frame text looks fine but the second frame with the same bitmap text looks blurred. The text is the same as the keyed frame, the same dimensions and location on the stage. I removed the ...more >>

Is there a limit on the number of times a symbol can be used in a Flash file? I have a project that has a small yellow highlight symbol, and 746 instances in the project of 24 scenes. It gets to a point on scene 18 and the highlighting of the words stops. I have tried creating a duplicate symb...more >>

hi all, for some reason, whenever i try to open the actions panel in Flash 8, it crashes, giving me this crash log: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000006 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 CFRetain + 60 1 TFontCascade::InitParams() + 324 2 TFontCascad...more >>

How do they do it? I've been looking at some really cool flash animations and here is an example: http://www.templatemonster.com/website-templates/8841.html If you click the "Flash Header Intro Included" and then click the "Play Intro" text, the product (i.e. software box) moves about t...more >>

hi there... would someone help me on this, please? I want to build a scroll panel that contains also editable text (or a text area that also contains graphics or even animations if possible) any suggestion ? Thanx a lot ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a scrolling movie clip using a layer mask, but when I apply the mask the text labels on buttons in the movieclip disappear. Without the mask, the text labels are fine. Anyone have any ideas? I posted the file so you can see what's happening: http://www.threesisters.net...more >>

Dear all, I know there are many decompiler programs available for retrieving code from ..swf files. Can these applications decompile ANY .swf file ? Or is there a way I can protect my code when publishing my .fla file as an .swf ? Similarly, I need to give a client a .fla file so that t...more >>

:confused; Is there any advantage in using flash for forms (such as contact us, email us etc) over standard HTML forms, provided both use PHP? Main issue here is SPAM prevention......more >>

I have created a flash movie. I published to a local folder /flash/ and I am able to open with swf file and view the movie perfectly. I am able to open the html that flash 8 created and watch the movie perfectly. However. When I upload the files into their own folder /flash/ on my ii2 (...more >>

after drawing an object with the pen tool, how do i add a new control point (vertices / node whatever they're called in flash) on a straight line. I notice, when you move the cursor around, you get various extra simbols, eg a minus sign'-' which removes a point. Also, I get an X when curso...more >>

Before I deleted my flash, the import was working perfectly.. Now when I want to import PNG file its says that there is some problem.. I dont know what is the problem.. Somone can help me?...more >>

Hola! Finally, Design Province Community is launched on the net! Please start registering and contributing your best to the forums and promote our site. http://www.designprovince.com...more >>

I'm in the process of completing my CD and would like it to be both PC & Mac compatible. I'm looking now at MacImage to burn all my files on CD so that it autoruns on PC and Mac. Am I on the right track with MacImage or is there another way. Please advise... ...more >>

I currently use Dreamweaver and our client is now going to Flash. Are you all self taught? Learn in a class? Learn from others? Do you have any advise on learning Flash? Thanks ... Lisa...more >>

Hi every one i have a problem with arabic text , when i type in arabic once i leave my text box in flash, the words are inverted is there any solution to this problem please! best kinds ...more >>

Hi all, I'm still using Flash MX and I need a simple way to load external jpegs for a photography site I'm putting together. I've search the net for a good solution but most of them seem to be for MX2004 Can anyone point me to a good tutorial or a source file? Thanks in advance, -- J...more >>

For a text area, I use the following: _global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("backgroundColor", "transparent"); But I cannot figure out how to get it to work for a listBox component....more >>

hi all, few days back i was browsing through for help regarding sending email from flash just like html and came accross a post regarding it.a person had posted an answer to it ie, all the actionscript and php required(he had written it). i copied it and subsequently lost the file. can anyone ...more >>

http://www.characterbuildingstuff.com/test/REZ_SITE3.html try it in safari or internet explorer (i'm obviously using a mac!) and it's fine firefox cuts off the site!!! (it's flash page embedded in html) heres my html script: //////////////////////////////////// <!DOCTYPE html PUBLI...more >>

Hi, I'm having a problem. I two swf files in a header that fade images in and out. I have set the timelines in each of the fla files to be exactly the same. The problem I'm getting is the larger flash file is loading before the smaller one. See: http://driveline-preview.rwa-net.co.uk/spe...more >>

How to make a preloader like this one? http://www.gulbla.se Any sites with tutorials for this? I tried earlier to find some but haven?t yet. Tried all the usual. Thanks!...more >>

I have developed a videochat system with flash mx 2004 and flash communication server , with commComponents , and it works pretty good , but i reaized that i can -t allow access to all user , and i should find a system to bann some bad users to access the application , can you figure out , for...more >>

Hi I have a web page with a top frame. In the top frame I want to put a banner developed solely in Flash. I want to incorporate nav buttons in my flash banner which when clicked changes the bottom frame to a different page. I dont understand how to make the buttons on my flash banner in ...more >>

I encountered a software program flash video mx (www.flash-video-mx.com) and used it to turn some of my video clips to swf files. It worked out. I wonder if I need to buy it since I have Flash 8. Anyone knows about it? Any suggestions? ...more >>

so now that i've got flv's finally loading, im wondering if there's a way to have a text based series of buttons (not nessisarily a menu) that can choose which ever flv i want and then assign it to a "holder"? I kinda got the the idea from an xml photo slide show... loading an external objec...more >>

Dear folks, I've lost my strategy; please advise. what I have posted works, but I want to add: when the mouse leaves the rollovers pane, things go back to start and the windows retreat. I know how to add the links. And why is the type weird? It is exactly the same thru out as the "f...more >>

hi everyone. i have a problem that shouldn't be to hard to solve. is it possible to import live tv streaming in flash interface? or is it possible to have live tv streaming in somthing that looks like flash interface? please, it's urgent ...more >>

Hi, I have developed an animation in 3D max it's about 200 frames and the size is 1024 X 615 and imported it in to flash as jpeg's, the problem is when i play the swf it's playing slow with frequent jerks. Can any one help me in this regard. ...more >>

FlashJester introduces the first all-in-one tool to convert Flash SWFs and FLAs to PDFs. Your days of taking individual screenshots and exporting images from Flash are over once you get Flash Handout in your hands! The easy-to-use wizard format lets you capture the Flash in three different way...more >>

Hi, Thanks for looking at my thread =) I use flash 8 and want to have the background image of the banner i'm making scroll from left to right in a loop. I've tried doing it by making the background image twice as wide as the image and having it move from left to right but I can't get the ...more >>

What's the OS support for Flash movies, i.e. clicking on it instead of playing in a browser. Windows I *think* does, but I can't remember if that was Shockwave or Flash. Whats the situation with Mac? Linux? ...... um.. Sun? Anything else? ...more >>

Hi, If the browser focus is on a Flash movie, can it detect non-ascii, eg. function, numpad, Caps Lock etc. keys? Thanks :) ...more >>

What do you do when you put a simple one pixel border around a button, but only the right and bottom shows up on screen, no matter how you jostle the button around on the stage, and if you put a 2 pixel border, then the right and bottom is too fat. ...more >>

stoping movie clip after loaded Hello, This seems to be a straightforward problem but I can't seem to get this to work. I'm trying to load a movie and stop it when it's fully loaded. Right now, when I load a movie it automatically starts playing after it's fully loaded. Here's...more >>

PLEASE OH PLEASE WON"T SOMEBODY HELP.... PLEASE all right that's all I can do is beg----...more >>

what do you do when you create a mouse event for a button instance, and then the script says error, event only permitted for button instances?...more >>

I am building a photo portfolio. I am making a horizontal row of images which scroll with mouse movement towards the left and right. I am embedding this flash file into an html page and what i would like to do is for the row to extend to fill the browser window without simply enlarging the...more >>