With an Action Script code I am trying to modify the properties of a movie clip instance which is called from a ScrollPane. The usual way myScrollPane.myMovieClip.gotoAndPlay(10) does not work. Could anyone answer how to resolve the problem? Thanks. VardHov ...more >>

You can see the problem if ya surf to www.swahiliproductions.com and click on one of the buttons this is how i wrote the actionscript for it thanks, O var pbListener: Object = new Object(); pbListener.progress = function(evt) { suggesties_pb._visible = true; }; pbListerer.co...more >>

Does anybody know if macromedia plans on support install packages for linux operating systems....? Dustin...more >>

I am using Flash MX v 7.0. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to permanently combine or merge layers? Not locking or grouping them, but a permanent means to combine two or more layers into one. Thank you. ...more >>

Where can I find articles and tutorials about programmed 3 dimensional objects in flash..? Primarily articles concerning the technical issues of "actionscripting" various 3d objects (or even simple 3d space). That means NO imports from 3D studio max or other programs like that, jut plain action...more >>

I'm doing some research for development of a WebApplication that checks network connectivity to various servers. I'm interested in developing it in Flash, but it's new to me. As a Java Developer, I know that Java applets run in a "sandbox" that limits them from accessing servers other than th...more >>

My flash program has recently been freezing up for hours when im trying to publish or preview somthing, and recently it just crashed and made me lose about 30 minutes of work, is there a way that i could just reinstall it? or get it veryfied possibly? - thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm still struggeling with my performance problem. It seems now that the problems are mainly on win98 machine's (the speed of the cd rom is not that important) Does anybody know about this performance difference? Look below for my problem explanation: THanks Neo -------------...more >>

I'm trying to build a form in flash and I need to put in a pulldown menu...anyone got any advice or good references?...more >>

Yes I am creating a Flash movie player from a QT file. Someone else did the QT movie with sound. I opened it in QT and exported as a .flv with sound and keyframes every 2 frames (tried /30 frames too). i then opened the Flash Video template (which I downloaded from MacroMedia) and linked th...more >>

:moon; Hi, I've created a large flash presentation, and it takes a while to publish. You may view the (unfinished) whole piece at: http://www.yaelkatsir.com/comps/marom/ Becaouse of the abnormal publishing time I've decided to break it to pieces, and load one swf after another (using behav...more >>

Hot come flash mx 2004 does not have this functrion built in or functions like it...more >>

how do i get music to loop perfectly. I am coming across a situation where after a couple minutes the loop begins to play over itself so that there are two playing at the same time. One is of course slightly off, so it gets garbled. Any thoughts out there? ...more >>

Hey all, I'm at my wits end here and am wondering if there is enough difference between MX and MX 2004 that would cause a file created in a previous version to not work properly in MX 2004. I have posted messages a couple of times and cannot seem to get anyone to respond to my issue and I'm...more >>

Hi - can someone please tell me how to allow multiple movie clips to receive mouseover/out events? I've got things stacked and I want more than one to receive the event. In Director I would do a Pass so the event would go to the other items. I can't seem to find that in Flash. Thanks for t...more >>

Against my better judgement I've been copy & pasting bitmaps between Flash & Photoshop ... When I copy a 72dpi bitmap in Flash and paste it into PS it ends at 300dpi. I'm sure I'm screwing something up ... any ideas? ...more >>

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in MX couldn't you select a graphic and then change it's instance by clicking on some button? For example if I want to swap the existing graphic with a different one. I can't seem to find this function in MX 2004?? Thanks. ...more >>

I have a flash piece that loads data from php in the form of XML. The following is what comes back. <Response> <Reply trigger='done' /> <Info value='This is the text from the database it contains Enter Key returns and paragraphs of text.' /> </Response> Now if you traverse the xml with th...more >>

I made an animation in Flash and want to transfer it to Video. It has been transferred sucessfully but I was informed that the top and bottom are cut off because flash does not automatically make a "TV Safe" border. The movie was made 720 X 486 pix for full screen output. I was told that since...more >>

Hi. I'm a little bit new to Flash so I'd appreciate any help I could get with this one. What I'm doing is creating a rollover where when you mouseover text the text changes color. I got this to work, but the rollover only takes effect when you put the mouse directly over the lines of the f...more >>

Standard textfields don't have a caret on those browsers. Anybody knows a quick solution for this?...more >>

I'm wondering how to give an object a shadow (like you would in the LAYERS PROPERTIES of photoshop). not only for your average object, but also for the whole flash movie itself so that it has a shadow between itself and the html background it is placed on. this seems like it would be fairly si...more >>

Hi I am trying to create a progress bar that runs for the duration of a swf to show how far along in the movie the viewer is. It will have to work over a number of scenes and will not be draggable. The only tutorials I can find are on preloader progress bars and this is NOT what I want....more >>

Just now I was working on a movie symbol and wanted to change the registration anchor from the default top left to the center. Unless I am missing something, there is no way to do this other than at the creation of the symbol - none of the editing options gives you this capability. Not a big...more >>

look, please at this web site - http://www.royalbliss.com how to do they did do this? notice that the content it does change with the timing of the day Thank you, Izsak...more >>

hi , can anybody help How can i put flash animated menu's on html (using Front Page). ...more >>

Hi, I want to create a route map simular to http://www.jet2.com and http://www.skyeurope.com can anyone direct me to a site or information that might put me in the right direction. Thanks...more >>

Has anybody reported him to Macromedia to get him banned cause he is just be a complete a** and abusing the forum...more >>

How can I make a link, when I press I button, run EXE file without asking me, Please send Answer on, WaseemNet2000@Yahoo.com...more >>

My title and summary says it all. Is it possible to add a new discussion area dedicated to just Flash Video questions? They are dispersed far and wide among the various categories and I believe those using flash video would be better served if the discussions could be rounded up in one area. ...more >>

I have the older version of Flash. Flash MX version 6.0000. I can't seem to find the link for the Updater for this version. If anyone can offer me the link to that, I would appreciate it. Thanks :D ...more >>

So here's what I'd like to do: I have a site that is fully developed in Flash sitting in one html file. When you navigate through the site different .swf's load up to bring in the new content. Pretty standard. How can I track how many people visit certain areas of the site though?? Right ...more >>

Hello, I am a newbie and put together a Flash greeting card which was sent out and displayed fine....or so it seemed. It was just called to my attention that the greeting card is getting hung up on the preloader and just sits there for some viewers. I'm not sure where to start looking fo...more >>

sorry to keep posting all these topics it is just i am stupid so.......... does anyone know the fscommand for minimizing a .swf when it is in fullscreen mode so it just goes straight down to the bottm computer bar thing , ...more >>

Hello, I am working on an online training system that needs to be able to track users' progression through their courses. The main component of the system is a Flash-based 'wrapper' that loads and drives training movies created with Captivate. The courses are delivered to users, globally, vi...more >>

i know these comands for fscommand 1) get rid of the menu 2) to make it in full screen but is there one to get rid of the main bar at the top of a document with the close , minimise and other one on, you know the one that says the title, also does anyone know a site that list's all the...more >>

i was reading another topic and it made me think, "can you have a flash document on your mobile" so i treid it and it wudent work so is there anyway of doing it. like pulishing it or sumin...more >>

I am having trouble keeping my flash items to stay in position on my dreamweaver pages. When ever I try to center the whole page the flash items do not seem to be locked into position. They will work for one screen size only and can not be resized. The items move independently of each other. W...more >>

hey every one , hope your having a gr8 new year anyway i was wundering if there is a way of closing a .swf from a button within that .swf coz i am making a game that is in full screen so peole will need a button to close it with out any incoveniece if you visit this site you will see what ...more >>

I have created some buttons in flash. When i place them on my web page which has a background the stage that was around the button shows up. How can I place a button on my page and allow my background to show? Can I somehow publish my finished button with a transparent background? ...more >>

Alguién sabe, como incorporar tipografías raras a una pelicula de flash para que se vean los textos que utilizan esas fuentes, sin convertirlo a modo gráfico(sin separar)? Gracias de antemano! Feliz año! ...more >>

I apologize for posting on two forums; don't know if they are the same. I have found a couple local centers teaching flash actionscript. The courses seem detailed. The longest one is 5-7 days. Can anyone give me feedback on your experience with alearning center? it's macromedia authorized c...more >>

I've got a short MPEG video, that I'd like to convert to a flash file for use on a website (for compression and compatibility reasons). Anyone know how I can do this? I'm a real flash newbie (but have good experience of video editing and web design) TIA, C ...more >>

Hi thanks for reading my help message! I have published a SWF for my "web pulisher" (a person) to publish on a web, however, the SWF I have given her always turn out bigger when published on a web. Damn. And she always said I never fixed the dimension of the SWF during publishing from Flas...more >>

hai, I am jus beginning to venture into flash action scripting. I would like to view the source file of some of the animations happening in other sites to get an idea of the approach. Can anyone suggest me a way to download & save .swf files embedded in html pages from the web? i hav been s...more >>

a flash movie with 2 scenes. Is it possible to show scene2 in a rectagular area of scene 1? (or the other way arround) Thx in advance D-studio...more >>

hi friends, is there any way to record video online without using Flash Communication Server ??? regards, sacpro...more >>

This is one of those topics that should be easy, and I'll probably find the answer as soon as I've posted this, but here we go. I have a flash app with about 8 screens. All but one of those screens (the intro screen) is hidden. I have been able to create buttons and switch from one screen to...more >>

I notice that U-Flash Edit seems to use the Macromedia Flash logo. Is this a Macromedia Product? http://www.manamedia.com/cms.php...more >>

I'm trying to do a login/registration and a e-commerce feature inside flash, but I've never done Flash + PHP before. Is that possible, and if so, what are some good resources talking about this? Thanks. ...more >>

I have a navigation bar that uses CSS styles to form borders on each button. It works fine in Firefox, but those borders do not show up in IE. How owuld I fix this? Thanks....more >>

Hi, I have a simple HTML page with a couple of layers on them. One of the layers has an SWF inside it. I set the z-value to the layer to 1 (so it should be the lowest). However, the swf layer is always on top. How do I fix this? Thanks. ...more >>

:Q Running MX 2004 v. 7.2.something on a Sony Vaio laptop with win xp (all up-to-date). Trying to do the simpliest transitions, the program crashed 6 times today. Visual Studio reports the following error: Unhandled exception at 0x00407da4 in Flash.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading lo...more >>

I am importing a flash (or Quicktime) into a flash sequence I have. When i import the movie it takes up 1100 cells.. is ther a way to just make it play when it gets to a certain cell? any help would be great thanks!!..... Rick ...more >>

How do you make static text scrollable. I have a .fla that is very long with type. ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to connect a series of media display objects to one another at the end of each video. i.e. Intro.flv > body.flv > conclude.flv I have each media display object on seperate screens named the same as the flv. I have tried using the CuePoints and the Slide CuePoi...more >>

I have created a CD-ROM that links to various flash files through a main flash interface. How do I get the CD-ROM to automatically run the main interface when placed into the drive? any suggestions? thank you!!! ...more >>

These days I wrote an application for parsing&playing swf file, but right now I intend to use this application for business purpose. So i'm wondering if this is any licence about this situation. Looking forward to your help. I'd be very grateful if you could reply to bagiotan@21cn.com. ...more >>

Hello all I am a newbie and I have done an intro with flash. My Properties indicates 548 x 400 frame (screen) I've resized to 768 x 400 but all my items (animations pics etc etc) are now not centered. Is there a way to select all and align (center globally) or do I have to redo everything...more >>

Hi, Quick question -- I created an video and exported it from SwishMax (to a SWF) and have loaded in as a movie layer 1 using (loadmovienum) into Flash MX 2004 and the SWF keeps looping and I can't figure out how to stop it. I put a layer stop, checked (as far as I know ) all the loops...more >>

www.2ddepot.com Does anyone know how the game was made? How is the character constrained in the one area? How are the collisions detected? How it remembers what objects are picked up? Trying to make something that will have similar points to it, was wondering how it was done. ...more >>

I have developed a website that uses scrollpanes. A related problem I am experiencing is that upon a first visit to a page with enough text to scroll, the scroll bar does not usually render. Upon exiting such a page and reentering, however, the scroll bar renders. To see what I have describ...more >>

Hey there. I am working on a movie for a client that will be shown on a 42" plazma screen via a PC. I have the movie built and the music I am going to have in the background. All is sync'd up when I preview the movie, and when I publish the projector file all seems fine as well. But wh...more >>

Setting up a template and don't have required Flash skills to make a site from a puchased template. More than willing to pay for the assistance....more >>