Would Flash make a good tool for displaying animated replay of airplane flights paths? I am working for a company in the airport noise industry and we have developed software that merges noises recorded around airports with flights. Users can investigate abnormal noise events by reviewing...more >>

Few days a ago, I use Flash 8.0 professional edition to made a "seekbar" into my flash movie ,I found a problem : Everytime when I have save my document, I can not open it again ! I guess that's a system error caurse all of these, so I spend three hours to finish my little animate.,then this...more >>

I created a banner add that I do not want Up, Over, or Down actions on, but just want a Hit action so that the entire banner is a hot spot. I have drawn a rectangle in the Hit frame and the Up, Over, and Down frames are empty so that they don't cover my banner artwork. However, when I try to...more >>

I create e-learning content (simulations) for my organization. Basically, we show professionals how to use specific software and we use a LMS to track the results. We use standard Javascript and HTML with and without SWF files embedded in the HTML pages to simulate how a program acts. We...more >>

:) I'm currently working on developing an interactive course in Flash 8 and wondering if anyone knew how I would convert this course into a DVD that could be played and still being interactive on a regular DVD player ? ...more >>

I viewed a Flash Player 6 presentation provided by one of our software vendors. The presentation went into full screen mode. At completion of the presentation, it just sits there!! No button bar or anything to determine how to close the window and exit. Is there some key combination to eit...more >>

Hi I have created a photographic slide show with lots of transitions at 12fps - but now I want to slow it down. Is there any way of automatically slowing the slideshow without changing the frame rate (since this makes the animation jerky) Thanks Steve ps Are there any resource...more >>

My MC button will not go to scene "services" with the following action: on (release){ gotoAndPlay("services",1); } on (rollOver) { this.gotoAndPlay('over'); } on (rollOut) { this.gotoAndPlay('out'); } How do I fix this - it's driving me crazy! Thanks ...more >>

I am sorry for asking such a simple question, but I'm new here. I am passing a Flashvar to my swf. It is a string that contains the file name of the FLV to be played in the media player control. If I use this.setMedia ("test.flv",'flv"); the swf works great. But when I use <PARAM NAME...more >>

I have created several banner ads in Flash 8 Professional that I saved to be viewed with version Flash 8. I did this b/c when I specify for earlier versions of Flash to be used, some of the graphics in the banners become fuzzy and squished. The banners render perfectly on my machine that has...more >>

How would I preload 20 swfs to the user's internet cache so that they are ready for use when called? Once they are all preloaded, I need it to jump to another frame. BTW - All 20 contain streaming audio. Thanks ...more >>

I have about 76 CBT courses in which the audio is controlled through .swf files. About two weeks ago these audio files, which have been working for years, quit working. The first thing I did was go to the webserver where the html pages containing the files are stored and opened one of the page...more >>

Hi, I have tried to edit the mediaplayback component. But I can't export it to a SWC file. Anyone who knows how to do it? I opened the mediacomponent.fla from the componentFLA folder. Saved it wit a custom name. But all I can see is the SWF file of it not a SWC so I can't put it to the com...more >>

Hello everyone, Here's another question about Flash movie controls. I know you've already answered lots of them, but I really need some detailed help, I'm sure you could help me. Ok now, to the point. I want to make a few changing slides. Well you see one slide for about 15 seconds, th...more >>

Hello-I'm quite new to flash-and web design in general-I need to find a tutorial on making slideshows using Flash Professional-anybody out there that can help me-or explain it to me themselves-any help will be greatly appreciated!! ...more >>

Instead of getting the value of the variable myText, I'm getting the alignment property instead. Can someone please explain why my trace output is "<p align="center"></p>" (the attributes of my dynamic text box)? The code I'm using is below. Thanks for any help. loadVariablesNum("myVars.tx...more >>

Hey all. I'm building a website FLA where there's an action on the main timeline that loadMovies a Flashpaper SWF to a MovieClip target (this is pretty heavy duty alchemy for me - I'm a good animator/illustrator, but I'm very new to ActionScript). It's working great (Flashpaper is so awesome) ...more >>

Hello Im developing a flash website where images change on a frequent basis to my site, to achieve this i am loading the images into my flash aplication on runtime using the following code holderMC.loadMovie("http://mysite//picture.jpg") this does load the images in fine, however, when i cha...more >>

Hi! I currently have the trial version of Macromedia Flash Basic 8. I added an mp3 music file to a Flash document and edited the start and end times (Window - Properties - Properties - Edit) so that it would just play the last few seconds of the song. It worked fine when I tested out the FLA (...more >>

Hi, i took three months of flash class and bought the lynda book. I still pull my hair out over the simplest of things. i have a site due on the first, very simple five page site. on the home page, i have a simple text flash graphic, and another one where a series of stars fly in on the screen...more >>

I have apparently found a bug that exists in Flash 8. I am not yet certain how many ways this bug occurs, so I am describing the situation that I had it occur. I have created a SWF file that has animated text, so I have made my anti-aliased text into a graphic that is then loaded into a movi...more >>

I have been making websites for years but I am new to flash. I apologize if this has been already covered in the forums, i have not found anything yet. Problem: I am trying to save an image to be loaded by actionscript that is separated by color with each color already having an insta...more >>

Check this out: http://www.backwater-productions.net/_test_platform/cbmain4/ Perfect liquid Flash interface (try resizing your browser, all the content will auto resize/reposition, even the video). It uses split form image encoding techniques (on the loader) and has an alpha transparent, lo...more >>

Um, how do I just add an image from my hard drive into a layer? Seems to be no practical way to do this in MX 2004, strangely, though I'm sure I'm missing something....more >>

Could I please get step-by-step instructions on how to, in Macromedia Flash MX 2004, make an image fade in and out? Can I do it within one keyframe throughout a scene? Example of what I want to do : I have a scene with multiple layers and keyframes within the layers. I want to make a ...more >>

while working fine on the stage of the flash 8.0 editor, the transition/transformational effects (fade, rotation, and wipe) does not work in the published swf file. these frames are just blank or static. However, the displacement effect does work well. Why? Is it related to the settings? e...more >>

please help newbie I have been trying to get this preloader to work and absolutely cannot get it. I am trying to preload a video clip with the help of a tutorial at tutorialoutpost.com/count/2685. When i use a still image it seems to work (atleast the image shows) it is very quick so I ...more >>

I imported a JPG of a world map into flash. I used trace BMP to be able to select the different countries to colorize, etc. I want to turn the USA (for example) ino a button, with the down state producing a glow around the edges however the filters command only works on Buttons and Movies and ...more >>

I've got the Pro 8 evaluation version downloaded. They have some useless- and I mean USELESS- links to some junk on the Macro/Adobe site. But I do not see a link to any 'getting started' tutorials that used to come with Flash. I have been away since version 5. I want to go through the tutorial...more >>

When I have a preloader, and a new visitor enters my page,. the .swf loads off center. I know with Flash MX and under, we had to off corner the .swf loading into a MC. I am using Flash 8 Pro, and I have an up to date system, and if I clear my temps, it will happen to me. Is there any...more >>