Hello everyone. I have a preloader (FLA) and I'd like to add it to a pre-existing FLA that I am working on. How would I do this? Thank you. (Flash MX 2004 prof.)...more >>

I create all-Flash sites. I drop the SWF file into a DW html page and I'm done. But I'ved heard that search engines cannot read any of the text, and it is difficult to get a good rating in search engines. Does MX have a feature that produces text that can be read by search engines? I do pu...more >>

select all the timeline frames, cut, then insert new symbol> new movie clip and paste: but paste is greyed out today....more >>

I've been wanting to make a short film involving a boy and his dog, made in Flash. The idea is that it's a silhouette animation; except that instead of simple black and white, or other dual colours, I'm using a masked Graphic Symbol to 'chisel' a hole into a photoshopped, psychadelic backgroun...more >>

After looking through out the Macromedia forum it is interest that there has not been a response to a question regarding importing .FLV files in Flash 8 that several people have. The problem is that for some reason after importing a video file (.FLV) into a DEVELOPED site and then testing th...more >>

if possible could someone tell me ho to make a flash movie where an input box saves the text inside to the bottom of a text (.txt) file and a dynamic text box loads the text every 10 sec's... sort of like a forum or chat room only not using a server so that when the text is entered into th...more >>

if possible could someone tell me ho to make a flash movie where an input box saves the text inside to the bottom of a text (.txt) file and a dynamic text box loads the text every 10 sec's... sort of like a forum or chat room only not using a server so that when the text is entered into th...more >>

if possible could someone tell me ho to make a flash movie where an input box saves the text inside to the bottom of a text (.txt) file and a dynamic text box loads the text every 10 sec's... sort of like a forum or chat room only not using a server so that when the text is entered into th...more >>

Hello, How to set MenuBar Right Aligned? And also how to set Accordion Labels right aligned? Regards...more >>

OK, I seem to be making some progress but I?m sill having difficulty. The movie files that I am trying to replace are a jpg sequence. I figured out how to create a similar sequence in final cut. I imagine that if I name the file the same as the one to replace then it will populate with th...more >>

I have a sound file that loads, plays and I am able to stop it no problem with this code but I want to stream another mp3 once the first one is finished. How? var mySound:Sound = new Sound() mySound.loadSound("http://www.bertmoniz.com/music1.mp3", true); mySound.onSoundComplete = functio...more >>

I imported a pdf file into Flash 8 and it worked perfectly except for one thing. The imported document has cropmarks in all four corners whereas when viewed in Acrobat, these cropmarks are not visible. I even imported with the option for invisible layers turned OFF. Does anybody know why t...more >>

i have a PNG file in my flash movie... a while ago it was exporting fine, and now (i swear i didnt touch it, or any settings) it seems 'rougher' and of lesser quality. i've changed the quality to low, and back to high again in the flash player, but it stays the same. anyone else encountere...more >>

any one use it, and is it any good, and how does it work???...more >>

In Flash Professional 8, I am needing to import a bitmap (.jpg) file into the library so that I can apply an instance (modify the opacity) of it. The problem is, after I create a new "Symbol" in the library and then choose to Import the bitmap, when I try to drag that symbol over to the stage,...more >>

I tried to select the state but I can not do anything with the bitmap. What is the first step I need to do? ...more >>

I have an HTML page that loads a frame-less window in which I load a Flash application file. This file was created using Flash MX 2004 and consists of 3 frames. The first frame is used to log in to the application, the 2nd frame displays a welcome message and a drop-down menu at the top. Af...more >>

Hi all, this is the first post on here so bare with me, I have created a movie using macromedia captivate and saved it away as a cp file and opened flash and import the movie to a new flash document. The movie is recorded at 800*600 and my canvas in flash is 1024*768 which it needs to be as i ...more >>

I'm using Flash 8 Pro with a robust CPU (3.4 Ghz, 2G ram). When working in a FLA that has a fair number of vector points (but a small file size of 1.7mb), I cannot use the arrow keys to move anchor points in a drawing, because it takes 12 seconds for the move to happen and it won't undo. Every...more >>

Hi, I'm new to flash and I'm experimenting having a looped sound that is controlled by a stop and start button. http://www.tarotrealm.co.uk/flashtest.htm Why is it on this page the stop button manages to stop the looped wave sound but after a few seconds the sound starts playing again?! ...more >>

I am trying to make a player with 3 different background sounds. I can't get the mp3's smaller than 800kb, if this is possible I am all ears. I have tried it by putting the files in the library, but this way I have a SWF-file about 2Mb big. It takes a long time, even with broadband, to loa...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to fade in the media play back component over say 5 or 10 frames? Converting to graphic or movie clip symbol doesn't work. Is there an action script solution? Any feedback would be appreciative, Ryan ...more >>

is it possible to use a flash animation as a link? i have some words that fade up on my site, and would like them be a link to other pages within my site... many thanks sj...more >>

Has anyone else experienced quality problem when applying a mask. I have a very precise music score which I want to animate, but when I view through a mask the notes become fuzzy. Are there any settings to change? Any help appreciated Xmas greetings, Phil ...more >>

why ? what to do? all the letters and graphics inside the scroll panel are not clear... I also would like to know if text can be editable inside a scroll panel... thanx:Q...more >>

Hi, I'm use Flash MX, how to specify the controls tab order in Flash MX? I have lots control in wrong tab order, is it an easy way to fix this problem? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I love designing in Flash 8, but my problem is that I can't seem to make something that all users can view. Most people don't have Flash 8 player, so I want to know if there is any way I can preserve my overlays, filters, texts and other attractive elements to all my page viewers. Is th...more >>

I have included this script to load an external mp3. on (load) { mySound = new Sound() mySound.loadSound("http://www.bertmoniz.com/music.mp3", true); } The sound plays fine. I have created one button to toggle the sound on and off. What script do I use to do this. I want the song ...more >>

I need install Flash Player with Ubuntu Linux for AMD Athlon 64. How I do it? ...more >>

This has got to be a really easy question, but I can't seem to find an answer. When I use loadMovie to load a jpg file, how can I control the size that the jpg displays at when it is loaded in? I'm using: targetMC.holder.loadMovie("vocab.jpg"); The jpg is uploaded by an end user and ...more >>

Hello, I recently got the new Studio 8. This replaces the MX 2004 version I had. This was a full version, not an upgrade. Because I wanted to check various settings before I uninstalled mx2004, I first installed studio 8, then went through the process of uninstalling the older versions....more >>

are there any audio player examples done in flash. Features such as loop, stop, play? Thanks...more >>

I have a problem. I downloaded the Trial Version of Flash Basic 8. Since then each I try to encode a file larger than 10MB, my computer turns off after a few minutes without any sort of warning. I was thinking it might come from the fact that this is a trial version, there might be limit ...more >>

I want to target all the movie clips in my flash document with one button. I need them all to go to frame 1 and stop. Is there a way i can do this without putting in each of their individual names? Or even 'target all movie clips with * in' or something? Thanks ...more >>

hallo, i know that this is realy basic problem. before i was working with flash 5 and i used alpha, to opacity the syimbol. and now i can't find this basic operation in flash 8 .... thanks, mateja ...more >>

Looking for your comments on these ... The future website. In this Website there is no need to click anywhere (except on the first page) to navigate through the site. http://www.dontclick.it/ An intuitive and simple user interface for web clustering search engines : http://www.mex-search....more >>

There once was this website which had the ability to just pase in there forms and they had really neat and clean looking scroll bar forms for news etc. Does anyone have anyidea what this was or maybe has any ideas? thanks! ...more >>

Hey does anyone know any links to ones that actually work - i've done a lot of tutorials and they just aren't working for me..Is there any easy way...? Thanks heaps!...more >>

Hi all, I know this might sound easy, however, I cant get it right. How can you make a movie clip on top of the other...??? I created a movie clip let name it as A. Then I created again a movie clip B. Movie Clip B is inside the movie clip A. Movie Clip A has two layers, the first is ...more >>

Hi all, I know this might sound easy, however, I cant get it right. How can you make a movie clip on top of the other...??? I created a movie clip let name it as A. Then I created again a movie clip B. Movie Clip B is inside the movie clip A. Movie Clip A has two layers, the first is ...more >>

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I can't figure it out from the help system or the Flash MX2004 bible. I am creating a navigation system for a website with buttons that go 'boing'. It's for kids. Each button is almost identical (actually I'm using a movie clip symbol not a button symbol a...more >>

I just need to know that one thing, please. How do I set up a crossfade / dissolve / fade-in or fade-out from one scene to the next?...more >>

Hello, I have a movie clip symbol created and I want it to have a mucher lower framerate of my main scene timeline. My problem is, when I change the frame rate in the movie clip symbol, it also changes on the main scene timeline, and vise-versa. I can't keep the framerates different for ...more >>

I'm wondering how to make the drop down menu disappear when the user's mouse leaves the menu. Did an"onrollout" that did not work. In fact, it killed the rollover features of the menu altogether. All the details are here if someones could kindly advise, and thank you: http://www.stevez....more >>

I had a component made for one of my projects and one of the problems I am having is being able to see te variable names in the component inspector. I asked the developer to give me a list of the attached variables and all he did was send me a picture of his componet inspectors which is not ...more >>

I'm creating a flash presentation/animation that will be running on a 30" display at a HUGE trade show. I've researched these monitors, and the max resolution is 1680x1050. If I want to run this thing in full screen mode, essentially I should create the flash file that same size, so it looks s...more >>