Hi Everyone, I have searched everywhere for an answer to this and haven't found anything at all. The media playback component has a small triangular button on the top right that when clicked expands the FLV video to the entire size of the swf movie. I'm looking for a way to apply that...more >>

hello! i am building an interactive media project for a welcome CD that I am putting together for a client. They want to turn this into one of those interactive CDs that you sometimes get when purchasing music. So I have built a Flash presentation and have embedded video and high quality MP3. ...more >>

Hi guys, I have some subscript text in a static text field. It looks fine in Flash but once published it no longer works. I understand that subscript does not work in dynamic or input text, but as this is static I can't understand what's happening. I have tried using both Device Fonts and n...more >>

Hey everyone, I have a simple script that is on a movie clip called "murderer" - random I know. Anyway, this clip is on frame one but when I jump the play head to frame 5 it is still active...as In the loop of the event handler still seems to be taking effect even if it's not on that k...more >>

Does anyone know if it's possible to, once the plug-in is not detected, display a static image in place of the flash file without running two separate versions of the same website? The image would be set into the banner of the page. We want to have just one version of the site "live" and hav...more >>

check out the link below and follow: products > time anybody know how to do that effect in Flash with the buttons interacting like that? http://www.frenchconnection.com/index_1.htm...more >>

this is most likely a very basic and an easily answered question I was wondering if someone could guide and direct me on how to write a script for a button release action to download a pdf. I am fresh off of the boat when it comes to Flash and Action Scripting... I am an Avid Editor tryin...more >>

I have 5 Flash/Actionscript books up for bids or sale at eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/5-Flash-MX-Actionscript-Books_W0QQitemZ5837297228QQcategoryZ183QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ...more >>

Building my first Flash Banner ad - I got all the way through it ( thanks to these forums :) ) and I have just one question. The last thing I added was the code to make it clickable to the intended web site but, when i test it, I get the "Unsafe Operation" error. Is this just my machine or hav...more >>

Has anybody else noticed different results when running a SWF in the Flash IDE vs. running the SWF in a browser (embedded in an HTML page)? I'm using getBytesLoaded() and getBytesTotal() in onEnterFrame to determine when a movieclip has finished loading. Its work perfect in the Flash IDE bu...more >>

Hi All, I've been playing with Flash 8 Pro for a couple of weeks, and brushed over this issue, but it's now critical to my projects success. On my development PC, I've created a very simple file to demo the issue, problem or perhaps bug. This file consists of a two layered, single frame...more >>

I have my source file and flash http://www.syoung.info/files/test2.zip Can someone take a look at it and let me know their opinion and if i should take another rout in doing this. If any one knows of any tutorials on doing and image gallery like this feel free to let me know. Thanks...more >>

Hi I have a refresh button that when pressed will receive XML data from a server with a sendAndLoad request. Once the data is received I remove all movieClip instances on my stage and reload them using the new XML data sent by the server. The problem is that the movieClips only get deleted eve...more >>

I have Flash Mx 2004. in the actions window how can i switch between Normal and Expert?...more >>

Hi Friends, I am using FLASH Professioanl 8. I have a button that I want people to select which will move to a certain frame. In FLASH MX there used to be an "onclick - go to and play" (then I could select which frame I want to load) I am having a devil of a time trying to locate that "onc...more >>

Flash 8, IBM. I have created a Movie Clip for the up position of my button. The over position features a small animation. A line shortens and the text moves up and changes color. This all works fine. I have created a reverse animation so the button returns to (not snaps to) it's original pos...more >>

I had a trial version of Flash 8 and it turned all my files into Flash 8 fla files. I need them to be back to Flah MX 2004 files. Can anyone tell me how I could do that, if there is any way at all. Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I'm quite new to Flash so I'm hoping this is a stupidly easy question to answer. I have imported an EPS of a map made of dots into Flash from Illustrator. I want each dot to be an instance of a single symbol but aside from going through and converting each individually (th...more >>

Now this one troubles me a lot. It seems that in Flash Player 8 the smoothing for jpegs you load via MovieClip.loadMovie() is set to false by default! U know what that means? The friggin' jpegs obtain "ripples" when loaded in a 100% by 100% swf Any ideas how to turn smothing back on, the w...more >>

In an existing timeline (animation), can I import/paste the data, timelines, movies, etc, from another file. I am trying to add an existing preloader into one of my animations. How do you do it? Thanks. ...more >>

Is there a limit on how many times a button or symbol can be used in a Flash movie? My buttons on one scene don't show up, and are replaced by a yellow outline....more >>

I'm trying to decide whether to encode a series of short (1 to 4 minutes) videos and some slideshows as FLV or SWF. here are my problems: - Does FLV handle "slideshow" images the same way as SWF files ? That is, a single picture held for 10 seconds is just a single frame rather than a series...more >>

:confused; i converted an avi file to a .flv in flash 8 and saved it into a document, for some reason its not playing, but it used to. maybe its my computer or somethings wrong with the code. anyway both the document and file are located http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ikonoskias/port/Fla...more >>

I have created a button for my movie and have been able to assign the command to click the button to turn the music off but I can't find how I can turn the music back on by clicking the same button. Thanks. ...more >>

Guys, I am trying to put a .SWF video inside a DVD and make it work, because I have to present it into the school`s DVD player. And I need a FREE program or Trial, which at least give me some days to do it. If you don`t know how to... (I have certain someone know!) tell me how to make an...more >>

I don?t actually work on Flash, but I need to find an answer for the person who does. Our site has a directory structure that uses a virtual path to allow content and other files to be shared as needed. For example, the swf files are stored at /results/testimonials/global/swf. This path w...more >>

Hi! I wan't to delete an object when I press on it (when the movie are playing)... Does somebody knows how? Palon...more >>

I am creating a flash movie with movie clips symbol in it. When i export it as SWF, the clips works well and fine, but when i export it for AVI format with the same procedure, the other animated objects works fine except those movie clips i made... I was thinking of that maybe it could be beca...more >>

I am new to Flash, so pardon my ignorance. I thought I should ask the gurus. I am trying to export a tower ad (120x600) into a .gif file. The publication says it needs to be 30kb or under. Mine is over 600KB. What am I doing wrong? The Flash file is 12 fps with 120 frames w/ 8 layers. th...more >>

Hi I have this code: VolumHandle.onPress = function(){ top = VolumHandle._y; bottom = VolumHandle._y +100; left = VolumHandle._x; right = VolumHandle._x; startDrag(this, false, left, top, right, bottom); } VolumHandle.onRelease = function() { this.stopDrag(); }...more >>

Hi I have created a flash video site using Flash 8 to encodie the video. www.youasked.ca. I can view the site fine and have checked it out in different browsers and it works fine. But on the odd computer I am getting a grey back ground, sound but no video. Progress bar shows it is st...more >>

Hello! There is an executable application I start from Flash with the fscommand instruction, that works fine. However, I also need quitting it if it is already active before starting it again. Would it be possible quit it from within my Flash application? A possible solution could be the use o...more >>

Hi, I am re-developing an existing website with javascript menus for navigation. If I replace this javascript menu with one built in flash, will search engines such as Google be able to spider the links within it? ...more >>

I'm sure that this question is probably not new, but I desperately need to create a button which will allow me to have a pdf or Word .doc downloaded to the users desktop for my portfolio site (CV). I have constructed the site entirely in flash and I'm stuck on this one thing before I can u...more >>

Hi When I click/press on a standard Button component, I have noticed an ugly green rectangle appears around the edge of the button. This rectangle remains even after I release the mouse button. (If I then click on another button, the old rectangle disappears and then one appears around the...more >>

i have a vector logo, looks fine when is big but when i reduce it at 50% (w:140 h:70 px aprox) dosent look sharp any ideas thanks!!...more >>

I'm trying to create a postcode finder. A user types in the Postcode into an input text box and then presses send. It would then send them to the relative page i.e TR7 is postcode for Cornwall so it would take them to a TR7 page. How do I go about doing this. Hopefully Some One can Help m...more >>

I'm just starting to use flv files with Flash MX Professional 2004, and I have some questions, and I can't find the answer in macromedia site. I use the MediaPlayback component and I am able to see te video I've inserted in an html page. I wonder if the user must have Flash Player 7 to see t...more >>

I used 4 scenes to create a fairly elaborate 1:15 flash movie. Is there a way to have one background audio track play across several scenes??...more >>

I have a short animation, a few seconds of snow falling in front of a cabin. I want to add a christmas song that plays while the animation keeps looping. Right now the song plays but when the animation ends and restarts the song starts again and plays over the first song thats still going.. So...more >>

So I'm building a webpage in both Flash and HTML (flash components nested in HTML tables). I have an intro movie that plays directly into the homepage (all one movie). The movie ends with the homepage - which has links to secondary (HTML) pages. Here's my question. When I go to the second...more >>

I'm trying to set up a fade in / fade out effect using the Alpha setting in the Color dropdown for a movie clip: I created some text, converted it to a movie clip, and in the root timeline I set keyframes and change the alpha percentage. When I scrub through the animation it looks fine, but ...more >>

I recently started a project in Flash MX and them worked on it in Flash 8. Now it will not let me save it as a Flask MX file. In another forum I read that if you have this problem, you need to save it to Flash MX 2004, then open it into Flash MX 2004 and save it for Flash MX, since Flash onl...more >>

Hey all, I want to create an effect where a movie clip symbol fills up the stage by copying itself multiple times until eventually nothing can be seen on stage. For example, I'd the like a piece of text saying "help" (or anything really) that can be seen on stage which then keeps duplicati...more >>

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2 Question Disabling the Scene I am using Flash 8 I use loadmovie in my Flash file. When a movie is loaded on top of another movie, can I disable the movie which is behind? Mean to say: I have few components and button in 'Movie1.swf'. Now I also have ...more >>

Hello all. Interesting problem here. I need to somehow execute queries from within a flash file. This can be done using anything you can possibly think of (javascript, php page, anything of the sort), but it needs to somehow be triggered from the actual flash file, as some parts need to ...more >>

can you change the print size when printing a flash web page, so that it fits on the a4 page, ...more >>

Hi, Does changing the projector icons via a third party software is legal? Or does Macromedia frown upon that? We are about to make a games cd and want to replace the projector's icons with our custom made. There are a lot of icon modification softwares out there. But is that legal? Also...more >>

Hello, I am hopin g someone could help me out... i am a flash developer ... prett good no guru or anything but lately i people havce seen some things i have done and asked me to develp a website for them... i want to do it (actually financialy i need to) but kind of dont know how to star...more >>