HI, I am looking to build a flash banner in which the 1st scene would be the preloader - this would play until the 3rd scene (main movie) is loaded. Upn loading the 3rd scene I want the 2nd scene to play. It is a static image with a button that once clicked, will allow you to view the main mo...more >>

I have a SWF menu that should act like a bookmark - ie should indicate what page the user is currently viewing. Is there a AS command or function that I can call to read in the name of the HTML page that the SWF is embedded in? Thanks, Alfred. ...more >>

HI THERE I BUILD A WEB SITE FOR A BRITISH CHARITY KNOWN IN THE UK AS A CARNIVAL CLUB I HAVE RECENTLY BUILT THEM A WEB SITE AND WOULD REALLY LOVE TO GET THEM A FLASH MENU BUT I DO NOT HAVE A CLUE WHEN IT COMES TO FLASH I HAVE SPENT MANY A LATE NIGHT TRYING BUT CANNOT GET MY HEAD ROUND IT I AM W...more >>

hi, I'm trying to emulate this in flash: http://www.gardellahomes.com/properties_barringtonpark.asp I've never used xml before, but suspect that it's the way to go. note that the data on the left changes as you mouse over the specific "lots" on the right. I was hoping someone out the...more >>

in my flash mx 2004 document I have some buttons i created. I assign them all behaviors with the behaviors panel and tell them to "go to and play 'this.frame1'" "this" being the root movie at frame 1 or 2 or 3 etc. Once i publish the movie if a press a button it first brings to the it is sup...more >>

I created a movie for a client that contains a looping movieclip, like a stock ticker, by creating two instances of one movieclip. It uses the following script to synchronize the beginning of the second instance with the end of the first instance: _root.footer_holder.scrolling_footer2._x = ...more >>

i've tried installing the macromedia flash player, but when i press install, it takes me to the nex page but absolutely nothing happens. i have ad-ware blocker but i don't if that's the problem and i don't know how to fix it. this problem happened out of the blue. just one day i had it, then...more >>

i am using flash mx creating some web ads to link my flash movie with a webpage using javascript except it fails every time. I create my ad like normal and then create a layer ontop the entire thing, make a box, turn it into a symbol, and drop the alpha to 2% so that the movie can be seen. w...more >>

ok when i draw a picture thats any size and save it,when i go to look at it the picture size is always 500x500 which is the size of the flash canvas can anyone tell me how to change the size so if i make a picture that is 200x200 it will come out 200x200 instead of the size of the canvas ...more >>

Is it just me or are FlashJester actually running this forum? Its great that they have a cool product.. windows only though...but its not always the best or only solution. Isnt this a forum to help people learn Flash??? Macromedia but that damn company and give us a mac version.. bundl...more >>

I am running XP without SP2. Cannot get flash to display in IE when object is embedded in file being viewed over SSL connection. No error is displayed, the browser just freezes. Everything works fine in Firefox and Netscape. I have tried reinstalling flash player but with no luck. Do not...more >>

I have a QTime movie embedded in a flash presentation. When I try to export to QTime movie, all shows apart from the embedded QTime movie!!! I've tried everything! And yes, i've done as a player 5 as I have QTime Pro ... can it be done or not? thanks in advance. ...more >>

I have a Macromedia Flash MX 2004 ActionScript: Training from the Source book. I cannot open .fla files on the CD that comes with the book. I get the message: Unexpected file format. What is the problem. Help. ...more >>

There's a button for it in the Property panel... So, is it possible to apply full justification to dynamic text? It would be quite helpful. Is there any way to do it?...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 >>

I created a slideshow that i put on my website. It works fine but when you open the website at first it takes a few minutes for it to load so there is a blank white box in its place. My question is how do i make it say loading instead of the blank box? Thanks for your time. ...more >>

To all the Flash Gurus, Here is my question. I have a swf file which will load as soon as someone hits the index page. However I want that flash file to keep playing even when I navigate away from that page to other pages in the website . Its a header which is on every page of the site. Is t...more >>

Is there a way to hear the audio that is place on a layer in flash without having to publish the file? I can get the audio to play if I start playing from the start of the timeline. But, I can't scrub the audio or start playing at a later point. Thanks for the help ...more >>

Does anyone know how to do this? Could someone tell me how to load a movie (same size) in the place of another in a table without refreshing or loading another Web page? I'm confident that this is relatively simple to do. ...more >>

I've been using Flash for a little while now and I've always worked around this dumb, stupid little problem. But for once, I'd like to learn a better way of doing it. I know, stupid little problem, but oh well. I need to learn how to create a vertical gradient without first creating a side...more >>

Has anyone seen a flash app that would allow a user to browse thru items, select items and then download a generated PDF for the items they selected?...more >>

I have a flash app developed using Flash MX 2004 and basically it uses too much memory on the client when running. The app consists of a single movie SWF that has a left nav bar. Clicking on a link on the left nav bar will trigger a new movie SWF to be loaded. These movies have no jpgs, vi...more >>

:frown; I don't know if you good folks at Macromedia are working on this or not, but Flash MX 2004 on OSX 10.3.5 --> is not working well at all. Saves take minutes, undos always cause the spinning rainbow wheel, streaming sound stops working on the timeline until you restart. The entire proc...more >>

I have published my .fla file to .swf for FlashPlayer 6, and generated a related .html file. The .swf file is 10MB. When I view the .html file locally, the .swf loads, no problem. But when I upload both to my Web site (in the same directory), the .html page loads, but the .swf hangs...more >>

I have a win2003 server that Mac's can't see .swf's, imbedded into the page, but pc's can. Example: http://www.ms-group.co.uk Mac can't see, same page, different server http://www.headworksinternet.com/ms/index.html Mac sees fine. Anyone got any ideas? I've added the swf extension to the list of...more >>

I am by no means an expert, but I like to use flash in alot of my projects. The problem is now after the release of sp2 for XP when viewing my projects in IE, half of them will cause IE to prompt on the information bar about ActiveX content and require you to click on the information bar and t...more >>

I'm trying to make a video player flash application, something cool and interactive to display the trailers for our films. Basically, what I was planning is to have frame 1 have some text and buttons that load a specific video, the button jumps you to another frame and in that frame will be th...more >>

I have a scrollpane which loads a movie clip as its content. What I am trying to do is replace a jpg in that movie clip dynamically but I have not beeen able to get it to work. Loadmovie does not work with the content in the scrollpane and when I turn the jpg into a symbol, it won't orient...more >>

Hi ! In fact I use to think about myself "pretty experienced in Flash" but recently I have a problem with Flash MX 2004: 1) Pixel fonts I use pixel fonts to have small text information rendered clearly on the end-user machine. Now I have a problem - it's all fine with the first line of t...more >>

Strange one, I've had some dynamic text boxes (and input text boxes) throughout the development of a particular project, but just yesterday they are now all in time roman, although they all still show as being arial??? The only idea I have is that it occured when I used a text box to create a...more >>

I've used an actionscript to speed up a video layer of my flash. It's a background layer of some rolling clouds that I want to fly by in timlapse fashion so i applied the following AS. rollingclouds.speed = 5; rollingclouds.onEnterFrame = function(){ if((this._currentframe + this.sp...more >>

I went through the XMLConnector tutorial successfully from the Macromedia site. So I decided to use the basic form and layout, except connect to a different XML source and see how it worked. I used my pseudo blog's XML feed from 2 different places: http://andyafco.blogspot.com/atom.xml http:/...more >>

In flash I have a battle every time I want to include a trademark symbol. Even if I try using the character map copy and paste I don't get the result. And yes I've tried reading the manual and typing in your support center. Don't come up with any results. There has to be an easy answer, I just...more >>

I have taught myself Flash. I've been working with it for about a year. I've learned alot but I still have along way to go. I created a site where the user first comes to a page where they select basic HTML (created with Dreamweaver) or Flash. They can also choose to download the Flash pla...more >>

Is there any way for Mac-Users to convert flash.swf files to ... Freehand ... Illustrator or similar vector orientated files ? -> like screenshots, but scale-able without any loss of quality I found a hint on ... http://www.freelancers.net/show_forum/20040207/110715.html downloaded ... ...more >>

Hi, I am a student and currently developing a non-commercial website, which is a fan website tributed to a band. There will be no Ads and such, no money will be made - but there is no educational intention anyway. Can anyone tell me, whether I am allowed to use a student licence of Flash M...more >>

I have designed an interactive flash page, with buttons, images, drawings, etc. (Flash 6) This is for a college project. Unfortunately I've just learned that my tutor wants the whole thing in a Director 9 format. Can anyone suggest how I can save my Flash presentation in director AND...more >>

I'm planning on purchasing one of the three programs. Read through the company descriptions, now I'd like to get opinions of those who have put the programs to the test. Also curious about websites discussing the future new features. Thanks! 1. http://www.screentime.com/index.html Pr...more >>

Im trying to create a CDROM, for which im using a fullscreen projector. Ive got a few links to web addresses, but when you click on these, they open up BEHIND the projector, so users will have no idea when the web pages open - does anyone know a way around this? any help would be greatly a...more >>

Does anyone knows how to recover a corrupted fla file? It worked fine a couple of days ago, but when I tried to open it today, Flash crashes instanty. Other files still open correctly. The error I get is: AppName: flash.exe AppVer: 7.2.0.581 ModName: ntdll.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.218...more >>

How could I do a counter clock wich counts how many days/hours/minutes/seconds is there to a date. Could someone give the code to this and how to do it. Thanks....more >>

Hello! A few days ago, flash player worked on my computer. But now (i REALLY dont know why) it doesnt. It just shows a red cross in the left above corner. But NOTHING happens. I tried to install it serveral times. The online installation doesntz change ANYTHING. The setup-Installation sho...more >>

Is it ime for a projector forum or maybe some kind of support ie. help files from Macromedia... or do they want us all to buy Director... or worse that juggler program that is windows only????...more >>

OK, so I have a simple task. Having movie 1 open movie 2 at the end, which should open movie 3, etc., etc. My BIG problem is that when the second movie opens, it does not respect the fscommand fullscreen, although it is the first thing in each file that opens. I had the suggestion that I...more >>

Hi there, I am a newbie and have encountered a problem with my flash movie hanging up on the first frame for some viewers (the odd thing is that some of those viewers are using the same browser, OS and network). Troubleshooting I've done included removing the preloader, removing the play ...more >>

hi I have one question I am not clear about. One of our clients wants to let me improve his product presentation which was made by Wildform Linx. I know nothing about that software except its interface(it?s some how like Macromedia Flash or Swishmax). Does anyone know: 1. What?s the...more >>

Is it possible in Flash to create standalone projectors that act like full applications with multiple window capability and full control over the menus in each window, like in Revolution? doug ...more >>

For those wanting to use Flash Video on their website, Paul Newman from Community MX has created the Flash Video Player Extension for Flash MX 2004. Here's what you can expect: "This Flash component enables you to play back progressive Flash video (FLV) files in your Flash movies, and is compa...more >>

Hey All, I just made a drop down menu and it all works fine when I preview it in flash. But I only want the menu to be a small box at the top of the page, with HTML content immediately below it. When I implement the menu into the page, the menu is cut off where the flash rectangle end...more >>

Is there a way to use an actual remote control to navigate in flash. Any help or links will be greatly appreciated....more >>

Hello there, I am using the fscommand fullscreen at the start of a series of SWF files. To navigate, I use loadMovieNum("myMovie.swf",0). Now, when the second, (third, etc.) SWF files load to play, they do not respect the fullscreen even though it is in the first frame of each SWF. ...more >>

Hi, I have to make a windows projector file running fullscreen (it will run our of a CD-ROM). I need to pop up another window showing a document, say in PDF. I use a dynamic textfield with HTML enabled, but the new window is always in the back. How can I bring it to the focus? (I am us...more >>

does anyone know how to rotate SWF file on an html page. i'd prefer not to do it in flash because of file sizes but rather html and have SWF file randomly selected from 3 or 4 files. any solutions or help would be great! ...more >>

I'm using flash to fade 1 jpg into another. Each jpg is converted to a symbol and placed on its own layer and I have a total of 15 layers. To create the fade effect I'm tweening each image from visable to alpha 0%. For some reason, this is not working on the first 3 layers (all the others a...more >>

Has anyone here successfully grabbed a live video and audio feed from a standard DV camcorder into Flash Player? If so, let me know. We have been trying this now for a week, with no success. Help is appreciated - thanks thomas ...more >>

I am creating little movies by Flash MX on PC, and they work pefectly on PCs, but resist to work, move or appear in browsers on Macs, depending on the OS vesion, which is very embarrassing. Any advise on it would be highly appreciated! Mick ...more >>