Im having some problems with my site http://www.JandLElectric.com The text from the A button disappears after the timeline restarts. I got a reply stating that it is because of the swapDepths (posted at end) but I really dont know where I should be looking instead. Can anyone point me in a...more >>

Hi Folks, Flash newbie, so excuse the dumb questions. I've created a flash using version 8 and it works fine on stage but when I go to the test scene a number of lines that go from say 20pixels wide to 400 pixels wide over say 30 frames are repeated about 10 times on the stage. Some go ...more >>

I am working on a GUI prototype, and I am using form screens for the various areas of the app. I have the main screen timeline as teh main areas of the program, I then set a different screen visible and go down its timeline when I need to change areas of the applicaiton. The only problem is ...more >>

I have hit a brick wall in a flash project I need to finish. It is a portfolio displaying all of our work in illustrator, flash, photoshop and HTML. I had no problem displaying illustrator and photoshop projects into flash, but how do I display my html work? I have two websites I would like...more >>

Hello, I have a login screen, username and password, how to make the mouse cursor be at username when the page is loaded. other word, make username get focus? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

How do you make a movie clip play one cycle, and then skip one cycle, and then play one cycle, etc.? ...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 e...more >>

I need to edit my movie clip, and SUDDENLY the clip is jammed into the upper left corner of the work space, and I need to have work area all around. How does this happen? Never wanted it this way, never made it this way. Gotta get that clip back in the center of the work area. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi I need to import a bitmap with an alpha channel that will work as a mask in Flash. Is this possible? I'm having some trouble figuring this one out. thanks...more >>

Help me, please! I use Flash 8, and I've made an animation including an animated movieclip and I've also written a small script to make it "snow" across the screen. When I export this directly to AVI from Flash, the symbol that is animated within the movieclip, and the programmed snowing doe...more >>

Hi, I hope this may be something very obvious. Anyway, if you have any insight into why this slideshow looks jittery (kind of like an old home movie projector), could you please let me know? Yes, the .jpgs which are being imported "live" are a bit large (300kb - 500kb). I've seen other ...more >>

Specifically from a search engine perspective, I am looking to understand if using a later version of Flash, like 7 or 8 would improve chances of getting our Flash files indexed by Google and other SEs. Thanks, Marmaven ...more >>

Here is a link to a flash intro I saw and was wondering if any of you know how they made this water/glass effect. If any of you could explain this I'd preciate it. Here's the link. http://www.trendyflash.com/tdc/samples/sample08/index.html ...more >>

Hello. I'm using Flash MX 2004 and am trying to integrate components into a project for the first time. Everything looks fine and good on my computer, but my client sent me a screen shot and the components are displayed as big white rectangles with black borders (no radio buttons, submit but...more >>

Hi, I'm working with Adobe Illustrator CS and Flash MX 6.0. I try to either copy Illustrator object or paste in Flash but it doesn't work. When I paste, doesn't make anything and when I import (import & import to library) I get this message : One or more files were not imported because ther...more >>

I have a drop down menu in flash that I am running using a transparent background. The menu works fine when the background is set to opaque but becomes buggy when the background is set to transparent. FYI I have set the object property to wmode and set the value to transparent. Same for ...more >>

I want to create a Flash movie for a friend's store and play it on a 30" LCD TV. Is there a standard pixel resolution of a 30" LCD TV or do they all have different resolutions. Where do I begin?...more >>

This is a pretty simple question, but I'm curious as to what the difference is... How come sometimes when you create a motion tween there is a line before the last keyframe and after the arrow, and sometimes the arrow points right to the last keyframe w/o a line seperating them? Just wonderin...more >>

I'm trying to export a Flash movie to a Quicktime movie. I've done this hundreds of times in the past, but have never encountered this problem: When I attempted to export from Flash MX (6) as a QT movie, I get an error code stating that there is invalid media contained. I've attempted export...more >>

I am working on a Flash project that has many version for final output. I only have to change one screen (one layer) for each of the versions. I would rather not create 13 different FLA files, but I can not figure out a way to turn off layers so they will not publish? So here is my question: ...more >>

I set up an intro to show our Christmas card for about 10 seconds and then go directly to our homepage. It shows fine when I test the movie in Flash but here's what I get when I publish to our site: http://www.medflight.com/intro.html. The image is set up with a transition effect to fade...more >>

Hi everyone! I'm looking for the latest version of the application to program in Flash and Actionscript for Windows ME. Thanks...more >>

I am creating an image cropping tool in flahs with the help of PHP. I have an empty movie clip, where I use the loadMovie() command to load in the image file. This works fine. I setup the functions for cropping the image (which also work fine). When I click "Apply" it sends the data to my ...more >>

how can i make text within a scrolling text box an email link?...more >>

how can i make text within a scrolling text box and email link?...more >>

This is my FIRST Flash site, and I am having some serious issues. Here is a summary. I have a form on the contact us page with 3 fields and a submit and reset button. My dilemma is that I don't know how to make it send the information inputed and I have no idea of where to put the code to m...more >>

Hi everyone, I am working on a little Christmas ecard that has a preloader with some text that needs to be read while all the frames load. But it loads and moves on to next frame before the text can be read. How do I add some time for viewers to read the first frame before it moves on to th...more >>

Hi, I want to create a connecting line between two objects on stage. When the objects move the line has to move with them, maintining its starting and ending point. Imagine the two objects are two pool balls moving on a pool table in different directions. My line goes from one ball to th...more >>

Hello all, First I'm hoping this is the appropriate forum for this post. Background on project: I'm working on a demo presentation that features 8 "videos" approx. 1 min in length each. I want the viewer to be able to control the video with basic controls (play, pause, rewind) - but I also...more >>

Hi all, I got a problem. I made something in Flash then saved it and now i can't open it due to insufficiency of memory. File is aabout 8 Mb. It says that file is not damaged and can be easily saved and that to find out how to allocate more memory for Flash i have to use Get Info in the Find...more >>

I've been using DW for years (since 3, in fact), but never stepped farther into Flash than to dabble. Now, I need to add Flash to my toolbox. I write 'simple' sites for small businesses and non-profits; sites that are maintainable by the content provider once I turn it over. There is a home...more >>

Hello, If I use Flash 8 to create simple, "talking head" type video segments, will users need to upgrade their version of Flash Player (if they haven't already) in order to view them? If not, what's the earliest version of the Flash Player that supports FLV? Thanks in advance for any a...more >>

I have flash mx 2004 and I was wondering if it is possible for flash to read and save data from and to a mysql database. If it is not built in, is there a way to get it to use a mysql database?...more >>

Has anyone come out with a product yet where one can track web user activity within a swf file? This is especially useful given that entire websites can be in one swf file. Otherwise, how can one know if your site is even being used? I've seen http://www.mochibot.com, but it seems like...more >>

Thanks guys for telling me I can use Actionscript to do this. I'm okay at actionscripts but I usually have to have something to base it on and I have never done work with buttons. So if someone can give me an example actionscript code to make a button target a frame it would be much apprecai...more >>

my company name is full armor with division of football. I want a black background with the word Full coming powerfully into the screen (with the sound like Ford truck logo has on their commercials) and then the exact same thing for Armor then football. After the three words hit the page auto...more >>

I built a flash movie and tested the .swf on various computers. In rare instances, even if the computer has the most current version of flash player, the .swf did not display some of the objects contained in it. For example, one of them doesn't display any text, and another doesn't display a s...more >>

hi all , i have this idea for a pic gallery where a thirty or so bubbles float around the screen , bouncing off the walls type of thing ... each bubble is a button with a movie clip inside that expands to show the small pic full size (the small pic is shown in the bubble as it floats around) ....more >>

Your help is needed as soon as possible! We have a presentation tomorrow morning and I need a solution before 6:00AM (pacific) as our flash person has left town and will not be back in time to solve this issue. The problem is in part II and III (which begins in the middle of part II) and...more >>

hi everyone, i am trying to work out how to load a background image when a button is clicked. I want it so that any layers above that image can be changed but the background image stays the same until you click a button to display that image. i may not have explained that very well but h...more >>

hi all. i have seen many sits likehttp://www.nayevichar.com...more >>

I'm building this website that needs to include a video. My client provided a DVD file that I converted to AVI and created a SWF file of it, but it is way TOO BIG! The SWF is around 80 mb... of course is not working. What can I do to make that long video small enough to display in most compute...more >>

Hi there I am doing some work in Flash and need to use the Flash UI component - specifically the PushButton component - however I cannot find the Flash UI components - does anyone have any idea where I find these. Also I have just aquired Flash pro 8 and am trying to get the Remoting T...more >>

Hello everyone! I am a novice to Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Version 8 and I want to learn how to use Flash to create web animations/movies/buttons/web pages. Bottom line , I want to learn how to use Flash, Like I said I have a general idea about Flash but have never used it or created any...more >>

I have been making movies in Flash for a few versions now but I have an issue with Flash 8. All the hype about the new video section hooked me in. I make projector projects that I put onto CD for my clients, with MX 2004 I had little problem putting footage into Flash under the Sorenson codec...more >>

i'm using this command onClipEvent (enterFrame) { _x += _xmouse/10; _y += _ymouse/10; } and i'm wondering how to set some parameters so that the object stays within those dimensions can anyone help out? ...more >>

I have seen it done that when you go over a photo or a link a little info window appears attached to the mouse pointer. I know it is out there but I don't even know what to look for. Thanks for all your help Mike ...more >>

I am looking for a good Flash animator who is free to do some contract work. Preferably, the person should have background in art or design (instead of computer programming). I am looking more for an artist who is a Flash coder than a programmer who just happens to like programming in Flash....more >>

Looking for suggestions on how to implement an interactive design tool for kitchens like the following link: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=frameSet&url=www.pergo.com/images/flash/es howroom/getLoweseshowroom.asp How would you suggest swapping out the sample floorings and cabinet...more >>

Hi, I'm new to macromedia flash player. Anyone can suggests which book is the best for me to learn flash player? Thank you :)...more >>