heres the link to the site i'm doing: ) i use the latest ms frontpage i believe.. and an active X control to input the flash and such... any ideas?...more >>

I am making one flash movie that is going to be hosted on various servers. I need the flash movie to be able to know what url it is hosting on and change a variable accordingly. is there some 'get' or 'find' that you can use? example of the two servers: http://test.myserver.com/newpage h...more >>

http://www.bruce.com/resflram/na/bruce/en/us/ The brief introduction of the above website (red screen with white outlines of room/furniture) seems to be utilizing a fade-in technique that follows the path of the lines rather than a simple horizontal/vertical wipe. I could be wrong as the a...more >>

I am making a cd version of a catalog in Flash. each product will have a page devoted to it. i have a navigation bar on the side, with "previous" and "next" buttons, so that the viewer can click and see the last or next product that comes alphabetically (the pages are ordered alphabetically ...more >>

Hello everyone! I've been a freelance Flash developer for quite some time now... I have an interview tomorrow for a full-time position creating animated movies and I'm not 100% sure what the salary range is here in Oregon. I can't find any solid info online and I wanted to have a decen...more >>

So I made a doc that is 612*116 and I made my animation and everything. Now I need to make the Doc size 250*116. I know how to change the doc however it dosn't maintain a center and my animation is off screen. If I drag everything to re center it, it throws it all off because it dosnt move...more >>

I am creating an information terminal for tourism where I live but I need to send and receive data from my terminals via mobile phone. I do not have a coding back ground but I am will to learn what ever it takes to make this possible, can anyone help tell me how I could do this? Zeak ...more >>

Hi all I have a situation where I am trying to load an FLV Video from CD rom Drive I am using the netStream and MEdia playback control to activate the code works fine on a server environment but fails on a CD ROM. Is there any special instructions i should be aware of on delivering Vid...more >>

How can I get a flash file to play without opening a browser. When I work on my machine with Sutdio 8 running it works fine and only opens a player window. When I send it out for review to users it always opens a browser and plays in the browser. How can i get it to only play in a player wi...more >>

You'll have to excuse me if this post is a rambling diatribe. I love Flash. I love Macromedia. But I just spent an hour and a half on the phone with customer support and I am a stressball. I was just hired by a German company to redo their websites. They have several, all using flash, flas...more >>

:(I am trying to drag an instance from the library to the stage. The symbol is a tree and all that shows on the stage is a little circle? any ideas?...more >>

I'm completely new to flash and I wonder if anyone can help me with this application. I'd like to design an online catalog that looks like the one on this website: http://www.yankeecandle.com/cgi-bin/ycbvp/eCatalog.jsp I would greatly appreciate if someone can point me out in the directi...more >>

I have been working on a project for a couple weeks now and abruptly I started receiving an error message whenever I'd attempt to import a JPEG or any other kind of image. It says, "One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them." Any thoughts? I'm using Flash MX....more >>

Can someone help me make a flash loan calculator that has the following fields where someone can just place a dollar amount in the Net Amount and click on a button called submit and it does all the calculations. Here is what the calculator looks like following below? Net Amount: $X,XXX....more >>

Chris, I'm sure I've asked you this before. Do you use a Wacom, paper/pencil/scanner or mouse? What size Wacom do you use? I also assume you're a windows user since the '05 holiday card included a downloadable zip file. Also, don't you teach an animation class at a college or university? ...more >>

Hi everyone - I've looked around and I can't seem to find any mention of this ability anywhere. What I am looking to do is to have a two column layout. When a user starts to enter text and fills up the first column, instead of scrolling the overflow, I want it to continue from the top of th...more >>

i'm running a small web hosting server (windows 2003/IIS). one of my customers has a flash file (.swf) on their main page. i can't get it to show in a browser at all. i've tried downloading the file and browsing to it locally, with no luck. all I get is: - firefox - a blank box, when i rig...more >>

I have tried for two days to get this code to work with no luck! Will you please help me!! I created two input fields, called the first one "sendEmail" and called the second one "sendPassword". All I am trying to do is to get the information entered into these fields sent to my PHP page. If I ...more >>

Hi, I have been given an interactive flash .exe file and would like to use it as a screensaver but can't seem to find any way to install it using windows. I have tried google but so far all I have found is programs to turn flash movies into screensavers without any interactivity. Does anyo...more >>

I have Flash MX and I cannot write freely in the script box. I have to choose from the built-in actions on the right side. Is it just my program or are all Flash MXs like this?...more >>

How can I completely disable Macromedia from my IE Browser? Thanks ahead of time. ...more >>

If I have a standard movie clip object in my flash swf and resize the swf the movie clip would resize along with it. Is there a way I could make it so if I resize the swf the movie clip object stays static and its size does not change? So basically I'd be increasing the canvas/stage/document...more >>

Hi, Im kinda new to flash and I need some advice on integration options. Hope someone can help. Im developing (in planning stages of) a piece of edcuational software for children. I was going to use Flash and VB.NET, however, Im finding it hard to find resources on how they integrate ...more >>

I hope that I'm in the correct place for this... I recently purchased Studio 8 through an educational discount. When attempting to install it, I get the following error: "The administrator has set policies to block this installation" A little concerning as I am the administrator for...more >>

Just downloaded sum games (.ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash), downloaded shockwave player and flash player 8 from macromedia, but can't run games. Windows message saying "cannot open file". Gives me the option to select program from list, which neither of them are on, browse computer, where I ca...more >>

Hello, I saw this one template http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/9067.html. I am assuming it is using flash with dynamic xml. I want to be able to have the photo show ahead of time like the template. How would you go about creating it? Or are there is tutorials/ video tutorials t...more >>

I was wondering why a movie that I sent a link to friends to see (My Christmas Card) can't be viewed by some. I am getting feedback that its telling them they need flash player 8 to view, or if they have Flash player installed they still can't play it. Frustrating after all the work to put i...more >>

I know it is possible to bring .jpg files into a Flash project dynamically with xml. Is there a way to make this work with an .eps file as well? Thanks...more >>

Hello, please help, Obviously im new to this Flash stuff and im learning by myself, i am trying to make a christmas card that opens up. I have put the button on the 1st page and have made my second page but i cant figure out how to link the two pages togther, i know how it works in dreamweaver...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm need to be able to compile an .fla and varying .as files dynamically. I've looked at Mike Chambers' flashcommand and MTASC, but I'm not 100% sure that they'll do what I need them to. Is there a commandline utility that Macromedia (or anyone else) can provide that will g...more >>

How can I use Macromedia Flash MX 2004 to convert a wmv or mpg file to a flv file? Thanks to anyone who can help me out....more >>

I am going to creat a card game, user select a card from the pack, after that he take another card randomly from the pack. What i need is he should not pick the card he took before, what is the simple waty to do that? Ex, cards are "A, 2, 3, 4, 5"- first if he takes "5" from that, secon...more >>

I am having problems getting data to my PHP page to process. I develped a movie with two input text boxes in frame one called "_global.loginEmail" and "_global.loginPassword". Once information is entered, you click on the "submit" button which takes you to frame two that executes this code: ...more >>

I recently downloaded the plug installed for Flash 8, using Mozilla. The instalation file never finishes, but vanishes in the background and can only be found when opening the task manager ( ctrl alt del ) Now every webpage I go to gives this error: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/...more >>

Hello Does anyone know if I can add markers to a Final Cut Pro 5 composition, and export it to Flash while retaining the marker locations for use with Actionscript in Flash 8 (to trigger stuff and things like that)? Thanks, --------------------S ...more >>

Hi all, I=B4m creating a presentation to be delivered in a cd-rom, where a main file in level0 deals with navigation and loads SWF contents in level10... The case is, when I run the main file from the SFW, everything works fine, BUT when I run it from the EXE, it won=B4t load the contents in le...more >>

I uploaded the embeded SWF files the average way but now I can't view the site using Internet Explorer. When I go to the site online it prompts to instal Shockwave which I do but after that all that comes up is a black screen. When using firefox there is no such problems? Can anyone help...more >>

So, is it true that you can only publish to quicktime by setting the flash player to 5? Therefore, absolutely none of the highly touted "expressiveness" features can be used when exporting for quicktime. This Totally Totally Totally sucks! I wish one of the reviews that I read had t...more >>

Hello people I need some quilk help if anyone is willing. Ok so ive made a little flash animation for my school and my teacher would like to put it on the school announcements. The only problem is I dont know how to get it to tape. He tells me to export to quicktime but I cant get it to work, ...more >>

I am trying to install the shockwave player on a Windows ME machine. It goes too fast in the installation, and then does not show up in the list of programs. I am trying to download it so my daughter can play games on Cartoon Network's website. Any help would be appreciated, she always want...more >>