I finally figured out what was causing Flash 8 to save so slowly. On my G5 dual 2.5 running OS X 10.3.8, Flash 8 was taking 20?60 seconds to save a file. As soon as I turned off Norton AutoProtect, it took only a few seconds. Hope this helps someone. ...more >>

Hello there, I am trying to find the best way to export a flash movie that I have in .FLA that is created with still images and some text efect with audio. I really would like to have this one exported to .FLV because of the players that come in Flash 8 and also because the Progressive Dawnl...more >>

I have been trying to edit the source Flash file that I downloaded from Adobe's site. I had no problem downloading it been when trying to edit it, it fails to open in Flash this is the FLA file directly. I have tried on 2 different computers with 2 seperate downloads to verify that it wasnt ...more >>

Hello, I am using Visual Studio 2005 and I need to insert a flash movie in a web site. 1. How should the code be? 2. Is it possible to insert a Flash movie in a XHTML 1.0 Transitional page so the page can still be validated? Thanks, Miguel ...more >>

Greetings, I have an external .jpg placed inline in an html textfield using an <img> tag with the alignment attribute set to "right". When the textfield first appears on the stage, the text does not wrap around the image and instead continues on behind the image. Once the textfield is clic...more >>

I'm working on a interactive book using flash and I'm looking for a way to smooth the tween transitions...they're very rough and nothing I've done seems to help. The images are stored in graphic symbols, they are from illustrator CS files and once in flash I broke them apart, the frame rate is...more >>

I have a dynamic text box (which is rotated) I want the user to be able to select a font, type in some text, and update this dynamic text field by clicking a button. Is it possible to change the font with Actionscript dynamically like this? Thanks, ...more >>

I'm using Flash MX and am looking to use one button to pause a movie and then re-start it. I need to do this because of space limitations in the layout. How can I make one button do both functions? It needs to be smart enough to know that if it's paused, and the user clicks it again, it me...more >>

My web site is http://www.syoung.info. If you go into the past section (portfolio) you will then be able to browse my portfolio by useing the links in the top left hand corner. The sections are indivdual flash files embedded into html. (one file for logos, one for web sites etc) I noti...more >>

Hey Guys- I searched everywhere to find the answer to my problem, but to no avail. So, I am asking you now. I have a flash movie, I call up a flash movie to embed inside my original flash movie. It comes up fine, but oddly enough, the action is not working properly. The action is a record ...more >>

My wife had Flash MX and wanted to try Flash 8 when either is tried to launch, she gets the same error messages: AppName: Flash.exe AppVer: 8.0.0.478 and flash 8 or flash mx won't open....more >>

Flash version 8,0,22,0 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/Sentios/untitled.jpg Help?...more >>

i am making an autorun cd. two questions - -how do i get it to open full screen? -what script do i use for the button that will exit out of it? ...more >>

I want to get into Flash (finally) I know Dreamweaver a bit, but my expertise is with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign. I want to be able to do sites for myself and eventually for work. I am an Art Director in Chicago, I work with web designers all the time, and usually hand over Photosho...more >>

Hello, I'm a total Flash newb for the most part. I rendered out a series of 30 frames from 3D Studio for use in flash. They're 200px, PNG's with Alphas. Is there some sort of tool to automatically import all of them onto the timeline such that each image takes up one frame and previewing the m...more >>

It is supposed to be a word processor - set the font, allow change of font, be multiline, display text box and there is a missing function name towards the end. How can you fix the code? function setFontMenu(){ var userFonts=TextField.getFontList(); fontMenu.setDataProvider(userFonts)...more >>

in my document i have a home page with a table of contents. i have a "home" button in a movie clip that should link to this. but the issue is that all the elements on my home page are movie clips that have animated entrances. i only want these to play when you first open them - after that, whe...more >>

I have a movie that's 5.5mpg when published through MX 2004. I am wondering if exporting it through 8 will shave it down at all? Just trying to slim 'er down further. Here's what I am working with if someone wants to help me out here as well: I've got "use document default quality" unche...more >>

OK, this one has me stumped at the moment. I'm doing a site for a client with separate Flash & HTML sides. Both have a tour of their software (a slide show, basically). On the HTML side, it's a DHTML timeline animation that hides/shows layers while the Flash side has cross-fades. I have a ...more >>

Hi, Does anybody know of a good school(s) where I could get a masters degree in web/graphic design? ...more >>

I'm laying out text directly in flash 8 (export to 7) w/ no links, all static, antialiased text and it keeps shifting once exported? I've placed the copy @ even rounded x&y coordinates to make sure that's not the problem... Does any know of this issue? workaround? on a MAC. Thanks, ...more >>

I want to use Flash to create a Flash Audio player for my personal website. If you take the time to visit this site you will see an exact example of the way i'd like to do mine: http://www.varialrecords.co.uk/home.htm (on the top left corner of the site there is a "Click here for audio" ...more >>

<param name="menu" value="false"> <param name="quality" value="high"> I've been using this code for IE works 100% fine but when i view my web site in firefox and right click the flash on my web site the zoom menu shows up etc how can i disable this in firefox? am i doing something wron...more >>

I am a kind of new to flash and web design and i am just filling in for my boss as hes away. Anyway: I have just finished organising and uploading the content for a website, and i need to embedd a flash file "main.swf" into the index.html file so visitors dont have to type www.website.co...more >>

does anyone know if it is possible for flash to get it's hosted movie path so that the information of where it is can be returned? can it call a function that returns 'http://thiswebsite.com/flash/mypage.htm'? if it is on the mypage.htm page? thanks this would be very helpful feature w...more >>

Hi i wanting to stream a flv using my own player as you cant seem to customize the player that is in 2004 mx and the one in flash 8 only works if the person has flash 8 player installed so i would like to stream a flv into the site very basic play and stop buttons but just need a script of som...more >>

I have seen on flash sites in the past a pop up if you don?t have flash installed that says click here to install flash. Does anyone know how to get this pop up to automatically pop up for users who don?t have flash installed but not for those who do. Thank you ...more >>

i want delete a filr (*.*) with a swf file ...more >>

I have an smartclip to use as preloader. On the scene I have Frame 1 Action stop(); But when I TestMovie/ Play or Debug/Continue. The movie stays on the preloader clip Fame 1 and doesn't move on inspite loading all frames. Am i right ot use the following code fro the Preloader Clip Action with...more >>

Hi, I'm a complete beginner on Flash. I've created a 6 second flash animation as an intro to a website. I've created a page - index.htm - added a layer - and inserted my intro.swf file into the layer. It works fine. But I want it to play once - and then go to the homepage? ...more >>

Hello! First, Merry Christmas :D Secondly Im having trouble with a dynamic image gallery. This gallery needs to load all images from a host so that a client can simply change the image and by keeping the names simple like 1.jpg 2.jpg ect.. he can upadate his own gallery. Ive searched...more >>

i add the myVideo.avi into the flash video encoder but was prompted with this pop-out window message saying ' QuickTime is missing software required to perform this operation.Unfortunately, it is not available on the QuickTime server.' Thus i double check to make sure i've got quicktime in...more >>

Hi there I published an swf and accompanying htm file which were produced by using the publish dialog box in MX2004. the site's url is http://www.braxtongrp.com Some people in America are saying they cannot access the site using IE. How is this possible and is there a fix? - alter...more >>

Hi all I need to start on a project employing Object oriented class files. Can anybody suggest me links or tutorials that carries some readymade object files. Thanks Anand...more >>

Can anyone help me with a link or a tutorial on using a 180 degree panoramic shot in flash? I've seen many with 360 but none that look more like a Quicktime VR 180? I hope that makes sense. I want to be able to stop at both sides of the image... Thanks in advance. Mike. ...more >>

Hello frnds , i m new user of flash . i m having FLASH MX 2004 trial version. i wanna design a framework for puzzles , match the columns, fill in the blanks etc in flash . can ny give thir advice n suggestions to me so that i can accomplish this job for my FINAL YR PROJ .(i m doin BE ). ...more >>

hello I am using SMS to deploy Flash 8 to all our systems. We were using Flash 7 earlier however now with Flash 8 I believe there are several security settings that will prompt a repsonse from the user - for eg the Network Access Warning - which takes the user to the Macromedia website to co...more >>

I've just upgraded to a G5 imac running Tiger and Flash MX2004 crashes on start up every time? The other programmes in the Studio suite run ok, why wont Flash start up??...more >>

am making a slide show of images with the path loaded from an extarnel XML file , with simple _alpha animation acourding to the frame count. this swf was made with flash mx 2004 pro . on high speed connection it works just great, but with dialup the images dont show up. yes i have scripted...more >>

Hi I Have 10 buttons which I would like to run the same movie clip each time one of them is pressed. Is it possible to do this without writing separate code for each button? Thanks Mark ps The movie clip is a screen wipe ...more >>

I have discovered a small bug I was hoping someone could help me with. Below is some code that I have written to pull some data from a database. it works fine if the load url is an http path, if I change it to use a secure path https it will no longer work in Internet Explorer but it works fin...more >>

hi all i have a flash movie problem, when viewed in IE the movie play fine. whilst in FF 1.5 the movie is blank, expect you can see one of the MC's that in tweened - nothing else! Any ideas why / how this is happening. here is the code i am using: <OBJECT classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-...more >>

I am getting ready to Publish my Flash movie to use on a page I have designed with Dreamweaver. I am concerned about browser compatibility. The animation is a simple one and I want the visitor not to encounter lack of functions when visiting. Advice please. ...more >>

While playing a computer game I encountered an error that read "Macromedia projector has encountered an error and needs to close." The game then closes. I am using a Windows XP Home and Flash Player 8. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Flash Player but the problem still exists. This g...more >>

Well I am having a great time trying to figure this one out. I have uploaded an almost complete version of my site to www.3blokes.com . Now I have made some changes and uploaded them again, I don't see the changes. Funny thing is this. The flash changes don't show but the content from my txt f...more >>

i'm using Xp SP2 and updated flash to flash player8 whenever i start a web page using flash or ICQ Lite i get a message that flash player has a problem... if u want any other info please let me know 10x in advance <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <DATABASE> <EXE NAME="ICQLi...more >>

Hi i need to make http link to go directly to the address bar when i press the button in flash for example when i press the button the link i made i dont want a new window i want it to enter it in the same window i have open. plz i need this help anyone? ...more >>

I have developed a projector file that reads an external text file to retrieve both picture and music data (also external files) and it works great, however when I try to rename the exe to scr and use it as a screensaver, Windows XP opens the flash player and it's blank with nothing to click o...more >>