Does anyone have a tutorial on how to produce those parts of a flash movie that show % while the movie loads? ...more >>

ok so i got this book on flash it tells about action scripts and images and all this stuff. this book mainly deals with making simple games. of course i didnt think about it before but i know nothing about flash and this is definatly not a beginner book. so now im stuck. questions what...more >>

I have been working on an embedded video player that uses XML files to update the videos available for playback and is not using Flash Media Server. I have finally gotten it to work really well and wanted to know if it is possible to add in Audio as well as Video. I was thinking adding ...more >>

Hello all, I need to create a flipbook in flash, the flipbook will only have two three scene. I am planning to create a flash invitation card; front and when it opens it will display the content. Please any suggestion or any tutorial site that I can visit. Thanks, cariz ...more >>

I have a very simple 5 frame animation i did in 3D of the company mascot spinning around with motion blur etc. Its supposed to loop as frame 6 (if it had a frame 6) would be identicle to frame 1. Everytime it loops, though, theres a pause. just a brief time while it restarts the animation but ...more >>

I have an issue with my Flash being viewed on Mac Safari and IE. Both showcase different issues. They are: Safari: Won't right align the Flash movie. Always shows on the left and will not wrap the text around it. Otherwise viewing is ok. Mac IE In IE the Flash movie is right alig...more >>

I just got and installed the studio 8 upgrade today and began working in flash. I finished a couple of sections I had been working on and saved and also exported an swf with no problem. After closing and re opening the file I recieve the error "could not load scene into memory. your document...more >>

I am very new new to flash (although I am fairly experienced with Director) and have a quick question: I am working in Flash MX 2004 on my PC and wanted to see if it were possible, and if so how, I could open a webpage within a Window Projector. For example I would have a Flash program t...more >>

I work at an elementary school with a terminal server. When approximately 10-15 kids play Flash games, the server gets bogged down to a standstill. Setting the quality to low makes quite an improvement but expecting the kids to make that change (when it's available) is not realistic. Is the...more >>

I've posted this 2x and no one as of yet has answered - I can't imagine this problem is unique to my site, so any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance - I just finished putting up my new website, a simple goto architecture site I designed in Flash MX on a MAC, that showca...more >>

I've been trying to make a play button for my movies, but it dosent work! I've added the action script and everything, and even used the toturiul in the book! can somone please help me by telling me HOW??? ...more >>

I have made a few flash videos, and would like to create custom sound files. I would just like some reccomendations for sound recording software to use. I do not want to have to import sound files from other sources. ...more >>

Hi everybody, I have a movie that contains a bitmap. When you open the movie, it has a default size, and the bitmap appears sharp and nice. My intention, though, is that the movie can be scale-able in the browser window. But when I try to scale it up, the bitmap gets all pixelated, and also,...more >>

I'm attempting an image map on my site, and have most of the steps mastered. I have a basic image. I've created invisible buttons over the sections of the image I want to have mouse-over properties. Easy enough. BUT- when someone highlights a particular section, I want a text box to appear off...more >>

Hi all, I wonder if anyone has any ideas reagrding a problem I am having. I have Flash/Dreamweaver/Fireworks Mx 2004 installed on my Imac G4 17". This has been working fine until today when the three applications listed do not open. When clicked I see the splash page of the app but then th...more >>

i'm reading from an xml file and creating a menu. the user will be able to drag and drop the menu items creating a different order. then i would like to write to an external file to save the new menu order. any ideas? is this a job for the shared object? can i write to an xml file? that way i ...more >>

I'm working on a website for my parents' business (a local potato chip company) and have little experience with flash. The only part of the project that is giving me a great deal of trouble is the product/ordering section. There are 10 different types of chips sold and each type of chip has 4 ...more >>

okay... i'm an idiot with forms... this seems simple, but no matter what i try i can't get it to work. i've been trying for a couple days to figure out how to send an instant message through flash... and got this from another post: aim:goim?screenname=Saif91&message=This+is+a+test! t...more >>

this is probably a simple one. i just don't know the answer, i don't even know where to look in the AS reference. say you have 3 functions. you may need to call them in a certain sequence to use them (call function 1, wait for it to finish.. pass results to function 2, wait for it to finis...more >>

I just upgraded from MX 2004 prof to Studio 8 and I just received some .fla files that I need to adjust. These files were created in Flash 8 (hence why I needed to upgrade). I can open them without a problem, but I cannot publish them, either using fille-->publish or ctrl-Enter. I get a the...more >>

Ok, I made the mistake of buying a template with little experience doing Flash sites. Although I have learned alot, I had to recreate an HTML page for the contact page that looks EXACTLY like the Flash page. I had NO images to use, only snapshots of the site I made, however after an all day ef...more >>

hi im new to flash so bear with me, what where looking for is an webbased learning site, that uses flash video thats syncronised with powerpoint slides ( or jpegs ) and some sort of chapter markers tied into video notes. Is there any 3rd party tools that allows for the easy creation of thi...more >>

I have a flash movie embedded on a homepage. It renders fine as do the rest of the elements. When I click any of the three links (natural therapies, modern medicines, or nutrition instruction), go to their respective page, and then hit the back button (which would be the starting point again),...more >>

Hi all I am a complete new guy to Flash. But I have just accepted a position teaching Oral English in China. My hope is to figure out how to use the built in quiz template to show an English word and when a button is pushed the student will hear the word enunciated. I am interested in a ho...more >>

Do flash is having any limitation in handling number of scenes or file size?...more >>

OK, I'm stumped and wonder if there is any answer/solution. I have output a Flash file (movie) and imported it into Dreamweaver. It is a very simple graphic done in Photoshop and imported into Flash. I have tried importing the file as a Photoshop file, I have tried importing the file as gif an...more >>

>I have created a btton and added sound to the over state so the sound plays when the cursor hovers over the button. But if the >user hovers the cusor over the button but then changes their mind and moves the cursor away quickly the sound continues to >play. >How can I make the sound stop wh...more >>

i'm trying out flash 8, and when publishing my master file, the html with browser check is all embeded into one html file - in the past you would get - content.html, alternate.html and the swf. name.html - i like it that way- can i have it back? ...more >>

If anyone could help me, it would be greatly appreciated.....while I am fluent in Dreamweaver, I am having serious problems with a contact form in Flash that my employer needs fixed. The issue is that the submit form is working, but all of the responses are coming back blank in the from ...more >>