I there, i'm from venezuela, sorry for my english. I have this problem, i design a site (totaly flash) for user with 800 * 600 screen resolution, now i need to show a big version for user with 1024 screen resolution. My questions is i need to do the entire site again for 1024 relution user or ...more >>

There is my problem : I've a movie clip with about 50 frames. I want that a button (on release) control the movie clip and play ,for exemple, ONLY the frame 15 to 30. And another button are able to play ONLY the frame 40 to 45. Is it possible to do this ? In other word : Is it possible to ...more >>

I wonder if there is an alternative for the scrollpane component that comes with Flash MX 2004? I want to avoid using the components 'cause they make my flashmovie act strange, removeMovieClip() stops to work for example. Is there another way to create a scrollpane? I just need a textfield tha...more >>

I have a SWF that works fine with the Flash player. MIAM also works fine. With browser: I use the 'index.html' page where I have this file and it loads; but once I navigate further down the movie where I have the other movie loaded using XML. This second movie doesn't load. Any reason why? ...more >>

How can I check to confirm this update was installed correctly?...more >>

you know how in flash you mostly use numbers to represent the keys "etc end=35" but can anyone give me a list of the rest of them , coz am trying to make a game but i need to know what the keys are for all the letters and junk ...more >>

I have to asp pages one containing a flash form, which when a button is pressed drops the data in an access database, fires off a cdonts email and then goes to a confirmation page. This is all working fine. However what I would like to do is call the first name and surmane varibles back into t...more >>

How can I maintain consistency when I post my .swf file on the server? I have it looking exactly how I want it when I test it, but when I upload it the file is distorted and looks nothing like what I tested. Thanks ...more >>

i am updating a website which has one existing dynamic scroll bar and all the rest static. i would like to make all scroll bars dynamic eventually. the only thing that will change in the creation of new scroll bars is the length of the scroll vertically because of varying image sizes. pleas...more >>

I have a file swf whit text runing as a crawl, what I ned is to attach that file to a note pad file so when I chanxe the text on the note pad file the text on the swf update automatic. can you help me? Tank you. ...more >>

I have a concept for a website and it involves a mixture of HTML and Flash.. I want it to have a flash intro header and I was curious if it was possible to keep the intro from replaying constantly with each new page load. If there is a way to do this, can someone fill me in? Thanks. I do NOT w...more >>

Hello, I own Flash MX (pre-2004). I want to integrate/interface a C/C++ program a with Flash program. I see documentation for a C-level API for Flash MX 2004 in Chapter 4 at: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/documentation/en/flash/mx2004/fl_jsapi.pdf However, I have yet to find anythi...more >>

I tried this with a couple of the canned XP sounds, (balloon.wav) etc. Then I downloaded 3 different conversion programs and did .wav to .mp3 and back again with several of them -- and 8bit to 16bit, several different mhz's. None worked. Opened some in a game, and they imported fine. Is...more >>

hi all, just wondering if anyone know how the moving around the room thing is done on http://www.eoside.com. Is it a rendered 3d animation eg (avi, mov, mpeg) thats been placed in a flash movie and controlled using action script or am I way off the mark and its something else. Richard ...more >>

I'm at work right now and my art director asked me to figure out how to integrate a flash movie that will pull images from a database or txt file and insert it into the movie itself.. Here's how we want it to work: I've created a general flash template for our images. I need to create ...more >>

I have 2 scenes currently in my movie There is a 4 second lag in the transition from one scene to the next. I figure this is because it is taking this time to load all the components for Scene 2 before starting to run. Is there a way I can load the entire movie all at once before starting ...more >>

Ok, I'm using MX 2004 Pro v.7.2. I'm creating a 10 question quiz using the template supplied with flash (yes, it has to talk to an LMS, etc). Now, I follow the limited instructions in help and in macromedia's guide for the learning interactions. I can't get the thing to work consistently. ...more >>

I am in the process of creating an interactive movie/animation using Flash. One sequence that I'm having difficulty with, the viewer is asked to drag the 'correct' statement under it's associated object. There are two objects and two statements. If the viewer drags the wrong statement under on...more >>

I know this is very easy but I can't seem to get it to work. I want to display a progress bar while the 1st 100 frames of our movie (external swf) file buffers (loads) but I can't seem to get it to work. Also, is there a way to tell Flash to debug at a slower bandwidth? Everything loads so f...more >>

It would be nice to have a category in the forums for feature requests. As an example, I love the many consistent shortcut keys between photoshop and flash. It makes life much easier. One additional feature that I would like to see would be the ability to exit a text box with the numeric ke...more >>

can someone give me feedback training CD ROMS from lynda.com (Lynda Weinman) Thankss...more >>

I am on a Mac... Flash MX 2004. Transparent background IS an option when exporting the movie, but it DOESN'T WORK. What's the deal? As soon as I import it into DW, it has the same background color (that you have to have while creating it) that was in Flash. What's the key to making it have a t...more >>

I have 4 scenes. A 'Homepage' and 3 'Subpages'. I began my work with a single 'Subpage' and this evolved to 3 and now the addition of the 'Homepage' with links to the 'Subpages'. However, on playing the movie, the initial scene is my original 'Subpage'. I would like the initial page to be the ...more >>

Hello. I have here some FLV videos encoded with Riva Encoder. I would like to add some kind of watermark in one corner of my video. Do u know any software to make this ? Any video watermark software that works on FLV videos ? Thanks Tito ...more >>

I asked a simple question yesterday and all I get is a smart alec rude answer. This seems to happen a lot to me on this Forum. I'll admit I am a beginner at Flash. And in these forums i am made to feel that I have to apologize for that. I thought that these forums were for everyone, not ju...more >>

Im constructing my site in Dreamweaver, bringing bits and bobs in from other programmes. When i make an animation in flash i would like to apply it to the site but when i insert it it comes with a box and only plays in that box. For example i made some cursor trails hoping to apply them to the...more >>

I am trying to create a progress bar that displays how much time a student has left for a 3 hour test. Can anyone help me with the coding? Thanks so much. :D Laraine...more >>

I've created a LoadVars object that loads the variable inside of a ".txt" file. I works fine when the text inside of it is in English. When the text is in brazilian portuguese, however, some words get truncated since special characters do not appear at all. I've tried the advice provided i...more >>

Dear users: I am trying to have a Movie Clip follow a motion path. When I select the path as guide layer and drag the MovieClip's layer under it so that it becomes a guided layer, I expect the Movie Clip to follow the path. But, instead the animation goes in a straight line between first and...more >>

Hi all, I am using the Video Kit to embed .flv files into a webpage via Dreamweaver. The Video Kit works great when deployed to two of our servers (both Win2K). However, I?m putting a Win03 server online and find that the .flv does not play from that, given the exact same code. MIME on ...more >>

Other than those well documentede speed issues ( firefox at least 3 times slower than IE when playing flash movies and games ) we now have another "pearl" You can update your flash files all you want, Firefox seems to be content with ALWAYS showing you those old files from you cache. IE wi...more >>

Currently at the school I attend we are having a small problem. At my home computer I have flash installed. Now when I right click on tsomething you get a option that is Timeline properties or something similar and than you have the transitions and things in that menu. Well we are trying to...more >>

I am trying to load a swf from an html link. On my html page I have 3 image rollovers as html links. these reside in a table cell on the html page, in another table cell on the same html page I want to load my flash.swf movie. Is there a way to do this? here is a link of what I have so far, ...more >>

Hi all, Has anyone experience with drawing arrows? I know there's LineTo, CurveTo and LineType, but cannot seem to set arrow heads using LineType. Is there some other *easy* way? Scaling an image containing an arrow is not an option, as I really want to use colors, curves, etc. Thanks!...more >>

Hi, When I publish my flash-file, containing a large image, the image get blurry. It looks as if it has been highly jpg-compressed. When I look at the image in flash, it is really sharp. It doesn?t matter if I set my publish-settings on JPEG-quality on 60 or 100. The outcome is the same. ...more >>

Hello, I am in the process of creatling our first flash only site. Can some one tell me the basics for creating a flash only site?? For example for each page do you use a different schene etc...??? Also any good links to tuitorials would be good. Cheers, ...more >>

hi all.. what is the right and easy way for me to generate a string of 5 digit random numbers that keeps running (generating) all the way in a flash movie.. thanks d...more >>

Hello all, I'm currently using Flash MX 2004 7.2 and realized that whenever I imported any audio files (wav, mp3) the quality seems affected badly. How so? How do I fix this?...more >>

Hi:cool; I'am good on flash(guss so) But i never used Modify onion markers(time line) What's that for....?...more >>

I am working with a Flash template for my new website which will be heavy on QTVR virtual tours. It's under development http://www.listing360.com/205004107. I don't know of a way to keep header, and footer on the page and dynamically call the 360 image from the thumbnails on the left witho...more >>

I want o make a very wide bitmap (3,300 pixels!) scroll sideways. But when I import it into a Movie Clip and try to position it, I get a message 'too large or wrong position.' I could break it into smaller pieces, but before I do, does anyone know the maximum size of a bitmap? ...more >>

I try to export my .swf flash movie, put the preference and i click OK. There is the green progress line, she go to the middle, stop for a few second and the progress end without be achieved. And then, my flash movie is not created and i become ******* mad. Please someone can help me with this...more >>

Hi! Dose anybody know of a good flash game tutorial site? I am looking for a scratch off type game, or a 'scratch and win' type game? I am looking all over the web and am having no luck. Thanks in advance! RedDot reddot@reddotgrahix.com http://www.reddotgraphix.com ...more >>

God when i export my movie, they didnt export, the progress line go to the middle and disapear. And My movie is not exported. That always do that. Please someone can help me fix that please ??!?!?:|:moon;:| ...more >>

does flash limit the x and y coordinates (negative or positive) that an object is capable of moving in actionscripting? my x coordinate seems to max out around -8200 pixels.....once the object reaches this coordinate, it disappears. any help?? ...more >>