I am working an a little hobbie website and I have two movies, one of them includes all the main contents, and another one below that includes links to other websites. Both of them have "loading status" feedback for the user and so I am able to see how they load. Right now I am trying to te...more >>

Hello, I have developed a flash form that should link with an ASP file. I have programed bought the Flash File and the ASP file but for some reason they are not connecting with each other!! I tried to test it bought on my local server and also on my school server but still it did not want ...more >>

Im making an animation sample and I need to know if it is possible to snap an object to another object so that it follows it. I have the base of a face already fully tweened and I need to have the mouth and other body parts follow it. I tried the motion guide deal, it just uses a line and isnt...more >>

I cannot access video components in Flash MX. I have pro but I cannot find the components, it will not even let me open a video template. Help?...more >>

I cannot access video components in Flash MX. I have pro but I cannot find the components, it will not even let me open a video template. Help?...more >>

Hi. Here's the situation. My site (SWF) is full of animations and buttons(movie clips) and they play perfectly. I have preloader in first 1 frame (couple of layers) and in 2nd frame I imported that swf. Preloader does his job (goes to 100%) and then swf starts to play. A ll the...more >>

I have created a button that plays a sound. My issue is that I want the sound to play only 1 time, until it is completed. right now, if I press the button twice, it will play the sound over itself. How can I fix this? Thank you ...more >>

Hello. I'm wondering if anybody could hint as to how I may be able to create (export?) flash interactive image for my desktop background. Thanks, in advance. ...more >>

Im using Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for some time now, mostly for making flash-movies... But now i need to create a menu-like flash-document which result in some coding (loops?)... Dimension of the document is 733 wide and 28 high. It contains 8 buttons (or sections) and under each button ...more >>

I have made a flash application that is quite large. It has a lot of movieclips with motiontweens that runs at the same time. My application is not supposed to be used over the internet, therefor I choosed a high framerate because I thougt that wouldn't make any diffrent if I just run the pr...more >>

I'm using loadSound to play an mp3 when my movie loads - the mp3 plays but it doesn't loop - here is the code on the first frame - i have set the soound to stream mysound=new Sound(); mysound.loadSound("chillout.mp3", true); mysound.start(0,20); what am i doing wrong? ...more >>

hello, in my flashroom MX 2004 i cant open my property menu there for i cant make any tweens. I have tried everything, Ctrl f3, windows>properties, looked to see if it was hidden, everything! also no matter how many times i click properties a checkmark does not appear beside it. giving me...more >>

I've recently 'moved' from one laptop to a newer one. Some of the the flash projects I created on the old laptop used a font called 'aharoni' it's file type is TT_ . For some reason the new laptop won't recognize this font even though I have found it installed on the system under C/windows/I3...more >>

Hi, Ive just rebuilt my Apple G4 laptop and reinstalled Macromedia MX2004 suite (flash, Freehand, Dreamweaver etc.) Ive installed the Flash updater 7.20 and Im having major problems with loading up the program. It gets as far as 'initializing fonts' and just hangs there for ages. If you le...more >>

hi...im just learning about functions...it seems that the folllowing..placed in frame one layer one of the main time line...relating to a mc called ball should work....but it doesnt...can you help please? _global.mainTimeline=this; function moveBall(){ mainTimeline.ball._x += 10; mainTimeli...more >>

Question1: If I want to use a movieclip/symbol from one library in other swf's WITHOUT sharing, how do I go about doing that? If I have two projects open, and copy items from one library to another, is the new copy an individual/unique object without sharing or referencing the original? If ...more >>

I've tried looking through that actionscript twoddle, but I just can't understand it. In detail (so I can do it later), how do I make a scene consisting of one frame (maybe more later on) that loops until you press a button which advances to the next scene (hence plays the movie). If you kno...more >>

I am trying to create a gallery that uses the user's mouse to control it. The user can direct both the image scrolling direction and speed just by placing the mouse on either spectrums of the image gallery. Where I am having problems is when the user clicks an image it is suppose to then load ...more >>

hi there seem to be a number of ways of 'setting up variables'..does the seemingly simplest format...say x=5;...have any disadvanages pelase? thanks martyn ...more >>

IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE FLASH PLAYER MY DEFAULT MEDIA PLAYER FOR ALL VIDEO FILES INSTEAD OF WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER?...more >>

I have all my documents in Unicode encoded, System.useCodepage is set false. My html document does have charset UTF-8... i can see in my computer all chracters ok, but live i cannot. Ive seen, and published this tutorial, but this does not work either: http://www.macromedia.com/support/fla...more >>

i am trying to create a website like the size and positions of this one http://www.romp.uk.com basically the movie is in the middle of the screen but i dont know how to do that.. what size is the movie? how is it positioneed to be in the middle. rectangle in the middle teh actual movie and d...more >>

I am looking for a way to batch export a few hundred fla's. Someone mentioned JSFL. Can someone recommend a good source for information, scripts, etc? Otherwise, does anyone else know of a way to batch export fla's? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi All I am using the DW video kit to play a short flv. When I use the sample flv the movie plays fine in a preview browser locally and online. When I use my own flv it doesn't work. I import a new avi into flash (mx2004 pro v7.2) library, right click choose export and export as a flv. ...more >>

hello, i really need somebody's help. i have this very basic and straightforward actionscript but i could not get it work: on (release) { getURL('pub.html', '_self', 'GET'); } ...more >>

Is there a way to position text over a flash movie on a web page? I've been playing around with using the z-index, but when I position the text over the flash animation the text is not visible. Thanks! ...more >>

hey does sum1 know how i can link sum text from a flash movie to a page from dreamweaver coz i wanna have my flash movie as my intro and have people click on the enter button wich appears and go to my site any help would be greatly appreciated ...more >>

hey i wanna have a button on my movie so i can enter my site through the clicking on the enter button on my movie but whenever my movie gets to the end of part where my button is the movie repeats its self and i lose the button is there anyway to make one part of my movie repeat itself so i do...more >>

Hiya, i need some help! :confused; I'm trying to make a flash movie that i can use on my website, the problem is i want the movie to automatically chage the screens every 5 seconds or like wise, but i have no idea! im not sure what im supposed to do or if it is even possible, but if someone ...more >>

hi i was wondering how do i add sound to an animation i want to have a heartbeat sound in the background of my animation can sum1 plz tell me how i can do this thanx...more >>

Hi, I need to center the pop-up window my script calls. This is what I have: on (release) { getURL('javascript:openNewWindow('site.html','thewin333','height=600,width=800, toolbar=no,scrollbars=no')'); } What can I add that would center the pop-up? ...more >>

Hi there, I'm new to Flash and try to make a preloader for an external swf-file. I thought that I was clear about how to do this, but there must be something I missunderstand, so maybe someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong. First I create an empty movieclip and use it as a container f...more >>

Hi, this is a little difficult to explain so please bear with me. Our app is entirely wrapped in a single swf and uses Remoting to retrieve data. When the app loads we show a homepage. The user can navigate to different parts of the app through a menu system. When off the homepage, the use...more >>

I'm sure I posted this before, but whatever. Every time I try to insert an external image be it .bmp, .gif or .jpg, it has chunks of the background colour around it. It doesn't matter wether I direct copy + paste or import it into the library, then insert it, there's just this square halo ...more >>

HI I am trying to use the SharedObject in a movie, but I need the object to expire, say, after 24 hours. Would someone kindly show me how to set a timestamp and then check against it. I would be very appreciative. ...more >>