I'm trying to use a preloader bar that will work using a randomly chosen image loaded into a blank movie. The code below works great loading random images but I can seem to get the preloader to work. This is what I would like to have happen, when you refresh the website a new image should load...more >>

Hey Guys, I'm an intermediate flash developer and I'm on the hunt for the ultimate PHP for Flash book. So that's why I'm writing, I hope you can give me some advice on what to buy and why. Keep in mind that I'm no Flash master and I'm trying to build dynamic websites. I'm a graphic de...more >>

Hello, I made a banner for my high school academy class with the navigation menu. http://eportal.guhsd.net/kk126992/aoit/bannermenu.html I want opinions on the banner and what do you think I should use for the rollover of the buttons? So examples would help or tutorial on how to do that...more >>

So I got a navigation button that fades on mousover, but when the cursor is over the text area, it shows the cursor that is like a capital i. The text cursor....how can I make this link as well?? Thanks a lot. ...more >>

I used flash 4 until Christmas, when I recieved flash mx professional. I immediately set about opening my old animations in MX. Most of my animations loaded and worked just fine. However, two of them did not. What makes the two any different from the rest of my movies, I do not know. I can't r...more >>

Hi, is it possible to zoom in and out and pan through my movie in Flash? Is it a built in capability or is there some sort of component/extension I can install to do that or do I have to get another software to do that? If so, what are they? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I am a newbie in flash and would appreciate any help. Is there any reason why a project will work fine when i run it from my computer but will act differently when i run it from the hosting web server? I've created an Anim object and loaded a SWF Video file into it. The loaded SWF cont...more >>

Right, I'm about to attempt a small animation, I want three different coloured lines to move upwards and then turn off (but with the middle one continuing upwards). I also want to be able to move upwards as they do, and possibly to add text around them. Would Flash be the best program to use?...more >>

Hi, can anyone please help me with a small problem I'm having. I goto this site and try to Download Macromedia Flash Player v. 7, but I can't. I click on the install now button and everytime I do it brings me to the other page where it displays a "broken Image" all websites on the web I goto h...more >>

Hi there! I'm loading some dynamic text to my Flash movie. We all know about the anti-aliasing problem on fonts: they look blurred and ugly. I know the solution for this can be solved by using Pixel fonts instead, and by using some tricks (0,0 coordenates, no resizing MC comprising text, avo...more >>

Hi i'm new to the flash scene. I'm using fireworks MX to create the webpage i'm making. I was going to use Flash MX to create horizontal scrolling text marquee across the top of my page. Everytime i try to look for it on the internet i find the text box scroller. I just need my text to scr...more >>

hello i am new to the forums here and im fairly new to flash as a whole. can anyone tell me how to get rid of the white borders on an animated gif? thx muchly :) event...more >>

Hi, I've had a look at this flash site http://www.tonichotel.com.au/ and I pulled apart the swf file to find that it says it uses Arial 11 However, I cannot get a text box in Arial 11 to look the same - mine has the same character sizes but the characters are more spaced out. I presume this...more >>

ui will make this simple, is there a way to just pause a sond that is playing...more >>

1. What's the difference between frame and keyframe? 2. To create tween do I need for all the frames between begining keyframe and ending keyframe to be empty?...more >>

Hi, I've added preloader to a movie and it loads and everything but after it loads it doesn't do anything. Here's the info: There's two scenes: 'preloader' and 'main' once the preloader loads it just stays there, if you right click and play, it'll load 'main' but shoudn't it just play it? ...more >>

I used flash 4 until Christmas, when I recieved flash mx professional. I immediately set about opening my old animations in MX. Most of my animations loaded and worked just fine. However, two of them did not. What makes the two any different from the rest of my movies, I do not know. I can't r...more >>

I'm basically have the buttons designed. What i need help w/ is how to make it so when you click on them they go to and play from and a certain frame and stop at a certain frame. Is there any way to do this. Just in case you didn't understand heres an example of what i want it to do On cli...more >>

Hey guys ... just wondering if there is any audio software for flash i can buy? Like, a program that contains LOADS of flash sounds etc. ( For my movies and flash websites ) ... pls help here. Thnx in advance.:confused; ...more >>