I'm having a very strange problem with a Flash site, something I've never encountered before. Check out this link, both should look the same: http://www.brainwavestudios.net/ikon2/test1-7.html Here's a screengrab of what the page is supposed to look like: http://www.brainwavestudios.net...more >>

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Ok I made this flash quiz in Turkish using a program. I had no problems with any of the text and the way they appear. Then I started playing around with lotsa Flash games and programs, but I did not touch the quiz I made. Now when I go to the quiz I see some of the letters are mixed up, ...more >>

hello. I have done an animation which has a logo moving from top right of page, basically to bottom left, with a size increase>decrease in there too. i don't know why it is 'jumping/flickering/jittery' (not quite sure best term to describe it). it appears to 'catch' and makes the ani...more >>

I want to be able to load some text from a text file into a Dynamic text field and make some words clickable with some Actionscript attached. Is this possible. Is there another way? thanks...more >>

Hello, I was hoping someone might know if there is a way to prevent imported MP3s into flash from recompressing when you export. If you import an MP3 file, place it on the stage, and set it to Stream (which I've done to keep my timeline events synchronized with the audio MP3 file), then wh...more >>

I've only been using Flash for a few days now, so I just want to make sure I'm headed in the right direction before I put too much time into this... I want to make a flash animation of a flying bee. I am planning to make a movie clip of the wings' motion. After completing that, I will design...more >>

Aloha! Client specs for SWF banner ads range from 20-40 KB (varying by pixel dimensions) . . . Fine, but they need 1 combo box + 1 button in each ad . . . A blank FLA with those two UI Components = no less than 55 KB using default export settings. Any ideas how I can meet their filesize specs ...more >>

I'm doing research for a redesign of a Pharmaceutical company's website and they are looking to go with at least a flash navigation. Does anyone know of sites with high-end, flash-based architecture? Whether they be single sites or vvoting sites like Moluv.com or coolhomepages.com. Thanks in a...more >>

Can anyone direct me to an example of this? The playbar Im trying to modify is inside a component. and the code is screwy. I want to build one inside a movieclip, but all the code I find wont work that way. Any help would be greatly appreciated Max ...more >>

I've been told that there's a way to do sketchier lines in Flash MX. ie: The harder I'd press with a tablet, the darker the lines would appear. This would allow me to do a rough sketch that would let me find the correct line without it all becoming a jumbled mess. However, I cannot fi...more >>

In Flash Pro 8, how do you go about creating a fade to an instance, changing color and what not?...more >>

I am trying to figure out how websites like Yahoo! can have two independant animated ads that will play simultaniously. I would imagine they would each need to know once the other has fully loaded before they play. I thought this would be done using FS Command, but I have had little success....more >>

Maybe I've been using the wrong search critieria, but I'm wondering how I can achieve a scalable background in flash. Specifically, I have a site with flat colored lines going off the stage, usually I would think using a swf as the background would work, but I was wondering if there are other ...more >>

How do we make a background sound start stopped and then only play when you hit the play button. I did it by the book and they only teach us how to start with the background sound playing. I want the background only to be heard if play is pressed. ...more >>

I have Flash mx2004, and I simply want to convert a jpeg to a vector based graphic - as easily as possible - without losing any detail. Thanks....more >>

New to Flash, and need to turn text into a clickable field that links to other page. On hover it should change color When I turn the text into a button and follow the tutorials to turn change color I cannot shape tween. How is it done? ...more >>

I have an interactive cd presentation that was created in Director. Our customer was told that it would have been better to create it in Flash due to cross platform compatibility problems.....for example some systems being able to see , say a .pdf file, and other systems not. Is this a know ...more >>

I have just started using Flash and was asked to create an interactive project that can be played on both a PC and a Mac. IS this possible or do I have to create two different versions?...more >>

I've used fscommand to scale my interactive CD full screen in Flash Projector 8, but I would like my Flash Video (which I load into a specific level as a SWF calling a FLV) to stay a specific size. Is this technique possible? I want my CD to be full screen because the text is much easier to re...more >>

I am developing an interactive training application. In doing so, I want to have a tree view of buttons/links that the user can select down the left hand side of the app. When the user clicks on one of the topics or sub-topics, I'll need to load a web link... I want that link to open on the ri...more >>

Alright, I heard it was possible, so here's my question: How do you burn swf's to DVD, or do you have to convert the swf's to another format to burn them to a DVD ?...more >>

I have a movie in scene 1 and now I was asked to add some animation before the movie. The animation is in a separate SWF (created with WildFX) that will be loaded using LoadMovie and it needs to finish playing before the movie begins..... How can I achieve that? Thank you, FayeC...more >>

Hi Everyone, I have a problem with streaming in Flash. I have built an online Flash application that displays a database of online sound samples. Every time I click on the play button for a sound sample to start, it seems that the sound is repeating itself for the first few seconds befo...more >>

Here's my problem - well, one of many ;) I'm creating a swf that dynamically loads all assets. The swf is blank apart from some AS code. I understand I can load fonts this way, which is really cool. However, I'd like to be able to present a drop down of all fonts that have been loaded = ar...more >>

I have a flash animation and i want to put it on a cdrom. In my animation a have one link which I have to use it for opening IE for browsing files on the cdrom. If I use Mozzila everything is ok but if I try to use IE I receive this message: cannot find 'file:///E|//materiale'. (materiale ...more >>

hi friends, I am doing Charactor animation in flash. I doing Feacher film, i have little bit confusion about work area, plz help me ...more >>

Hello All, Is there a possibility to print external RTF/Doc file from the SWF? or any workaround? If yes please help!! Thanks in advance.... Regards Anup ...more >>

Hi i have just managed to import a movie to flash and place it in the centre of the canvas using _root.createEmptyMovieClip('empty', 0); empty.loadMovie('trial.swf'); empty._x = 110; empty._y = 100; I now need to control that movie i.e I need to fast forward that movie using this co...more >>

Hi, I reckon there should be a Flash chat room on this site. Would be pretty good. Id be on it all the time. Cheers Alan...more >>

Hi Please let me know if there are any tools available to convert a swf file into a pdf document. This swf file actually derives content from a XML file(This xml file is also dynamically generated using dotnet). Thanks Anand ...more >>

Hello, hope someone can help with this. I have downloaded a free xml calendar fla file. It works fine and links to the xml doc which controls the data and colours etc. However when i use 'load external movieclip' to bring the calendar into my main swf webpage....it doesnt seem to link to th...more >>

I recfently upgraded from the old Flash MX to Flash 8, but I've found it to be completely un-usable. Every time, and I mean every single time, I click on an object, write a letter in action script, move an object, or in any way alter anything about my project, the program freezes for 1.5 ...more >>

is there any way to play with colors and shapes of a scroll panel made in Flash? ...more >>

I have created a movie that pulls data from a database into a dynamic text box. I create the text box, but when I pull the data from my database it gets cut off because the text box is to small. Is there a way to make the text box grow as big as the data returned? Any help would be great! Than...more >>

Hi guys . Does anyone know how create a PDF file?? and what programs would i need ?? thank you so much for your helps LMartins...more >>

I think I am all done, and my critics say to move two buttons which I do, and suddenly one of them does NOT work, and I look at the path and the path is unchanged in behaviors, yet now it does NOT work. NO layer changes, no any changes except move the button an inch ...more >>

Does anybody know of some other good forums for Flash and other Macromedia Studio 8 products. When I say "good" I mean ones where people actually respond and help to answer questions? This forum seems a bit slow. ...more >>

When I export my flash as an avi, the quality goes WAY dow. Basically all I have is some scrolling text! The text gets really blurry! Any suggestions?...more >>

After using the pen tool and manipulating anchor points, I often find that Flash has created several additional points on the curve. I'm not sure what triggers this action, but it becomes annoying as it makes the curve much more difficult to adjust with so many points. How can I prevent this? ...more >>

Is it possible to easily border/stroke the flash working space document window without having to manully create it with the straight line tool?...more >>

hello ppl can you guys pls help me what product to get my deal is to get to create games multiplayer games like lobby chat room etc what product is better on it flash or director? or iff there is any other better and more easy to learn thanks hope i get a post :) -Gator ...more >>

Hi There As a newbie, and programmer more on the lingo/director side, i was impressed by the availability of "scenes" in flash. (Nice way of organising sections of a large movie) However, most programmers appears to 'H A T E '!!!!! :frown; scenes and the problems that it brings in (e.g _c...more >>

no one ever replies on this forum... what is the point...more >>