i need some help with flash and dreamweaver......mainly flash. i have an .avi file that was saved as swf....it plays on the desktop but when placed into the website it doesn't load. ive checked my paths, ive tried all types of formats, and it still doesnt play! Am I missing something? Do any o...more >>

Hi Folks, I wonder if someone will be good enough to try to help me out. I am not a flash developer really, I normally stick to asp.net. Anyhow, a client has a flash header they want to use; which they have got as part of a template they bought. I have managed to change it enough to u...more >>

:frown;How do I take this small flash movie I made and get it onto my freewebs website.:frown;...more >>

I have many scenes with text on them. However only a few scenes require a long page due to the heavy amount of text. I extended the length of the scene from properties, however now all the scenes are that long, which means there is unnecessary scrolling, because some pages end way before the b...more >>

I hope someone can help me out here. I created a website using Flash and linked all the buttons to the appropriate scenes and they DO WORK. I have around 30 buttons on all the pages combined. Now heres the problem...if you click on ANY button, it does work and go to its assigned page (action s...more >>

I love Flash 8, but I feel like a novice when creating a simple button doesn't cooperate with my Actionscript properly. After creating a button, the visual appearance is fine, but when given an instance name with actions connected in the time line, it doesn't execute in the swf. I did find...more >>

Hey all, I have been working on a flash file for a client that has a fairly long music fiel playing. They recently requested it have some kind of "mute" fuction to disable the sound for those that are in a cubicle or something. I have created the buttons but I am not sure what Action I n...more >>

Hey everyone! I am looking to hire a flash guru to assist with a feew things on my flash logo and banner ad. th logo is probably easy in that is only requires resizing. The banner ad needs some tidying up and need a better, overall look. If you are interested, please email me and I w...more >>

Hello all, I have built a website www.duckyou.com and there are 4 video (flv) files as part of the content of the site. When I first published the site, the "Show Reel" section of the site played the video perfectly fine and didn't not expereince any problems. I have since resolved so...more >>

does anyone have advice on how to best work with large flv videos (several at around 100 megs) for a flash projector? they need to play back fast and have some basic nav. eventually the project may go online. videos will be compressed. any advice for this one? what i'm looking for is a...more >>

What is a good way to achieve the following: When mousing Over a main tab the nav bar changes. How would I make it go back to the last clicked tab if a user dosn't click. I'm using gotoAndPlay to navigate to each menu tab here is the link the site http://clickforhelp.com:81/Callunas...more >>

I am using Flash 5 on a Mac OS 9.2.2.. I am having a problem with the shape tweening tool. Sometimes, when I shape tween a handdrawn picture of grass to the next picture of it, the grass either gets smaller in the same place or goes off to the side before becoming the next picture, almost like...more >>

:confused; I'm trying to figure out how to replace a font "universally" in my flash file. I currently have (Avenir Medium*) and it lives in my library - I want to replace the font and have it replace all instances of Avenir in my file. Doesn't seem to be updating, but rather resorting ...more >>

Any way of stopping Flash pages from being cached? Having problems with a page that the customer updates a NEWS section everyday but he has to manually clear his cache to see the changes. So do many of his visitors. I tried all the meta tags but none work consistantly. ...more >>

Everywhere i look all i can find is info telling me to not loop streaming audio. But i really need to loop streaming audio. i have an mp3 song that streams and i want it to start over again once it is finished. this is for a musicians website. right now i just edited the wav file by copy pasti...more >>

Hello all, we are having a problem with an MP3 player we have. The speed of the songs varies at times, slowing down on certain songs. I know very little about encoding, but have read that the sample rate should be at an increment of 11 (which we have done - 44kHz). The bit rate has been set at...more >>

Hello. I was hoping that someone could help me... I installed the Flash Player version 8.0 a while ago and ever since then, Flash on webpages doesn't even show up. I've uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail. It seems to work more frequently in IE than Firefox, but I'd prefer to get it ...more >>

I'm using Captivate to capture demonstrations, importing the Captivate files into Flash MX 2004, and exporting them as SWFs. I'm taking my Captivate files through Flash so that I can add interactivity to them. I made big improvements by resizing the movie in Captivate before taking it into Fla...more >>

Hey guys, im having some trouble figuring out how to do this. I want to load an external txt file and then make it into a list box (i think its a list box :/ ). Here is an example of what I am talking about. They loaded a txt file with the username and the race record, and then they created a ...more >>

If anybody would like to assist me on this, post your e-mail address and I will send you my .swf file and would get ahold of you somehow. What I am trying to do is compact my 16 MB .flv file that I posted on my web server along with the index.html so that it isn't quite as large. All co...more >>

:confused; Please help! I have been trying to get a graphic to display. I add a word to my flash movie, but when I try to roatate it, although it displays when I run through the movie, it disappears when I try it out in HTML or Flash. It's driving me up the wall! ...more >>

Hey, all! I saw how many people have problems doing their flash projects but they can`t put inside a DVD. There is the solution. Okay, is not exactly the solution... Are just some tips. First: You have to export it to .AVI format or .MOV format. Your movie should NOT have any interna...more >>

i have two buttons a plus and a minus. what's the best way to make them both work towards scrolling my text?...more >>

I know it is possible to have a form go to an email address, but all I want is the form when submitted, be stored locally. this is for a kiosk- like setup where users will enter their info eg. name, email. and it will be turned into a text document. The kiosk will not have an internet connecti...more >>

Hi there folks. I'm having trouble figuring out how to have a snowflake return to the top of the stage after it falls out the bottom so the snowfall looks smooth and doesnt' look choppy when it returns to the first frame. I'm trying to do what is done here: http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial...more >>

Hi there folks. I'm having trouble figuring out how to have a snowflake return to the top of the stage after it falls out the bottom so the snowfall looks smooth and doesnt' look choppy when it returns to the first frame. I'm trying to do what is done here: http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial...more >>

I have Flash MX 2004 but I am thinking about getting Flash 8 Pro. What is the difference and is there an upgrade? I don't want to have to program the banner / page etc..... Any other ideas?...more >>

Use actionscript : _quality="BEST"...more >>

I have a MOV file and I am trying to get it into swf format. I have tried every option of the video wizard and every option I use the video still looks awful. Extremely pixelated. The original MOV is crisp and clean. Even when I export the movie in Flash 8 HIGH and quality at 100 it look...more >>

why am i missing my scrollbar in macromedia flash mx 2004 need help urgently....more >>

i have imported an image into flash, but it is very jagged and not very good qulaity? anyone know why?...more >>

We have a client who wants to play a flash loop on a plasma flat screen. A standard DVD player will be attached to the screen. Anything special I need to do programming-wise to make a standard DVD that'll play in a non-computer DVD player? -Kirk...more >>

i've got a swf but no fla (it came into existence thus: .doc > .pdf > .swf (flashpaper) ) is there a tool that can convert this into a projector exe?...more >>

I'm hoping someone could help me with my preloader...... I have tried several different types of preloaders, all work ok, except when I try to load my movie thru either a scrollpane or mx.controls.loader box. Is there a way I can get a prelaoder to work properly thru one of these components. A...more >>

Hi, A already have some experience with actionscript 1.0, but now I want to learn Actionscript 2.0. Especially writing classes and OOP. Does anyone know a good course (in the Netherlands) for learning actionscript 2.0 and writing classes? ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for a tutorial that shows how to create something like the slideshow on this website. http://www.hopestreethotel.co.uk/ Can anyone point me in the right direction? Many thanks Steve ...more >>

I have a movie built in Flash 7 on my intranet server which has a mixture of hyperlinks to web and network files. Links to http:// location work as expected but links to file:///F:/...... have stopped working for those users who have installed Flash Player 8. Those users still with version 7...more >>

Trialing Flash 8 as a new user. I have produced a movie and checked the publish settings. When I click on 'Publish' error message is: Error creating Flash movie file. Be sure the detination file is not read only or opened by another application. Also check that the file name is not too long. ...more >>

ok u done with photoshop by using the eraser and that right?? I think if i can change backgrounds i will be able to do that too, hope so, lol. Thank you very much for all your help, now i can carry on with my flash mx pratice. Thanks alot ...more >>

Hi all, I have made a flash menu and implemented it into a web page. Some of these pages have an image gallery that is in a layer instead of a pop up. My problem is that the flash always sits on top of the draggable layer, even when I give the menu a z-index of -1000 and the layer the z-i...more >>

I am trying to pull some basic information from a PHP page using MySQL and I can't get it to work. Here is my actionScript: var rStr1:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); rStr1.sendAndLoad("home.php",rStr1,"POST"); Here is my PHP: <?php mysql_connect(localhost, admin, password); mysql_se...more >>

so i went to gotoandlearn.com and started their flv tutorials and have gotten stuck on the fact that i can load the videos on my comp but not on the internet. can some one please help me?!?! here's my test page and as you can see nothing's working http://ericandcarmelita.com/flv/thelove.htm ...more >>

Hey all, I've tried for hours and looked around the net but I can't to resolve this problem. I am use to Flash 7 and went up to Flash 8. Weird thing is that my color fill does not work. I keep having the no-color fill event everytime I use the rectangle tool. I tried reinstalling Flash 8 a...more >>

I have been using PHP for all of my flash forms for a few years now and they have been great. No problems, no hassles, etc. But now I have just uploaded a new site with the customers hosting company of choice and they do not support PHP?? Does anyone have advice?? I have even tried to ...more >>

so i've played w/ flash for about a 3 yrs now and i have something (small) that im proud of ... EricAndCarmelita.com i have sound in the background but it makes the swf huge... any suggestions to make it smaller but w/ out lessening the quality? Is there a way to call for the mp3 as an outsi...more >>

I've got a text box with an externally loading .txt file that I'd like to be auto scrolling and have the user be able to stop it and also go back or forward in the information with buttons, I've got the buttons scrolling it fine, I just can't figure out how to make the text automatically scrol...more >>

Hi, I am importing joegs into flash (they are 180 ppi, but i can live with that) and although the quality appears ok ( i have each image set to use imported jpeg data, and the movie set to publish at 'best' jpeg quality), all the jpegs look way too 'contrasty'. I can see the problem ex...more >>

I'm new to this program, I need to know the best way to add hyperlinks to a pre-made or bought flash menu. Thanks!...more >>

I'm new to this program, I need to know the best way to add hyperlinks to a pre-made or bought flash menu. Thanks!...more >>

I was using Macromedia Flash Pro 8 and I made a bunch of screens, but in the end, they were all just layered on top of each other and werent seperated so they wouldnt play, it was just basically a jumbled picture, can anyone help me and tell me how to seperate pictures when making them, and if...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to make simple 3d games, like runescape.com, but very simple... Or perhaps a nomal platform game, where you can choose which character to use, and it saves the character score and stuff... And like, if you can make it so you level, gain experienc...more >>