Hello flash experts, Can you tween the alpha on a mask so that it fades the layer beneath it in and out. Thanks....more >>

I finally got my site to work, thanks to you all, but one small problem. The size of the site is 720 x 584. I tried putting the publish settings at "movie size" as well as the custom pixel size. Both ways, I still get way more space. you can look at www.laundryroomproductions.com ...more >>

I have some text that is moving around a circle - I used Motion guide to achieve this, now I need to maks out the text so it seems to be coming out of a box, but I can't get mask and motion guide to work together, it seems to be one or the other - can anyone help? I have to get this proofed th...more >>

An agency has created an ad to play at 10-seconds. Playing it on standard Dell Latitude laptops playback time is exactly 10-seconds. However, every PC I use to play back the ad takes around 15-seconds. The PC chip is a Pentium 2.8Ghz with a 128Mb ATI Graphics card, 512MB RAM, so should have no...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew of some kind of scrpt where there is the same behavior as in Mac OS X when the mouse if over the pic they get bigger ? I would like to make an interface like the one in Mac OS ... and was looking for sources that have something similar Thanks ...more >>

Hello All, I am hoping to change shape/color elements in my movie with Actionscript rather than the timeline. Or maybe I am guessing that it is a better way to do it... ? If you go to this site: http://www.eskedahl.se/, and allow her pop-up/main movie to load, eventually the all-g...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm making a basic flash menu/cover for a site, and I have several buttons whose up states (i.e., not over or down) contain no graphics. However, when the swf file is published, the buttons' hit areas are bordered by blue outlines, interfering with the background graphic that...more >>

I just installed the 7.2 upgrade on OSX and then the recommended help update available through the opening menu- now I get a help index but no content. Anyone know what's going on- do I need to reinstall everything? ...more >>

can you spot what is wrong with my code I have 3 checkboxes on scene 1 of the movie. When one is clicked the other 2 should be cleared. The initial value of the first checkbox (instance name is biking) is set to true and the other 2 (walking and running) are set to false. At the moment all 3 ca...more >>

I would like to take a number from a numeric stepper and divide it in two and place the resulting number into text fields. Then take the text fields and display them in a data grid. Thanks...more >>

I have a question that is probably very basic in nature but something I have not found the answer to yet. I have created a movieclip that is essentially a button. I want 8 buttons on the stage but, I want to find out if there is a way I can sub-class or reuse the one movieclip/button for a...more >>

Supposedly there is an option in the help menu that allows for one to change from professional to mx. Yet, that option is not there....more >>

Does anyone know what the action script would look like to redirect you to a html page when a button is pressed that sends you out of a Flash movie to a HTML page? Thanks!...more >>

:brokenheart; I finally found a tutorial that helped me create an on/off music toggle button (with the music starting at PLAY) to put in my movie. (See Macromedia's TN-14821 tech note.) But with setting the music up in a movie clip, the music doesn't flow smoothly as it loops. It kinda fad...more >>

I had an early version of a website. When you go to it, the name of it appears above the address bar as "CompanySite." I created a better verison of the website. I deleted the companysite.html and companysite.swf files. I also deleted the index file. So then, I uploaded the new im...more >>

I'm very new to Flash, and I've already encountered something I can not figure out or find any info on. I've got a simple motion tween of a graphic. That's all. It runs just the way I want it if I play it in Flash, but when I export it, it jumps and flashes, like it's jumping to other rando...more >>

I'm not very experienced with setting up servers, but here is my situation. I am trying to test an flv driven slide presentation using the media display component. It tests fine on my Mac. Both the swf alone, as well as an html with the swf embedded work fine and the media display drives th...more >>

First, you can see the file I'm talking about http://www.mikewurtz.com/tmc/test.html I work at an answering service and I'm developing a simple flash presentation to explain and market our services. Now, the presentation consists of three main areas: preloader, intro, and content. My pre...more >>

when I use a shape tool, the outline of the shape does not appear in the document window until I release the mouse. I am working with a registered copy of Flash MX 2004....more >>

I created a fla file with Flash MX and now when I try to open the file, Flash MX just shuts down and no file. I think I've tried everything. The swf file runs fine, I just can't open the fla. Please help! :confused; ...more >>

hi, this is really starting to anoy me now. whatever i try, i cant seem to be able to draw a decent looking dude. i can huff, puff and and blow my house up, but i cant draw a simple cartoon dude. ive looked at buying tutorials from cartoonsmart.com just to help me draw. ive taken to trying t...more >>

Hi everyone, New to flash here and was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction to an answer for the following question. Any help greatly appriciated. I have a flash form project with a class, which is contained in a .as file. This class extends the tree control in ...more >>

I want to learn Flash mx 2004 i cannot follow lessons in my country(belgium) So i want to learn it on myself, But what is the best book to study flash mx 2004 ...more >>

I'm attempting to determine the status of a user as they log into the application. After initializing my class data (which is correct), I load a SWF into a content area. The first frame of the SWF checks the user's status (correct variables being returned here) and uses the following code ...more >>

I am trying to publish a flash page using the scale setting. When I open the page in a browser, although it seems to scale in proportion, depending on the way you drag the window the top and bottom get cut off. My problem being I designed my navagation bar at the bottom. Is there any way to se...more >>

OK, I have a small swf that loads external text as shown here. The clip allows me to have scrolling by rollover on the buttons. It works great. I am having trouble getting the CSS to attach and maintain the funtionality....... CAn I intergrate loadVariablesNum('ProjRollText2.txt', 0); into ...more >>

Anyone know a mac program to convert .swf to .avi or .wmv? I've looked all over, and while there's tons of stuff for PCs there's nothing for macs. Other than getting a PC what can I do to publish on a Mac for a PC environment. I made a .mov out of my flash presentation, but PCs don't a...more >>

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Hello, I'm new to post my messege here. I have been struggling about a flash animation in an HTML mail in Outlook. I have had a couple of experiments in sending an HTML mail that contains a link to a flash animation which is put on a server. It worked great, people to whom I send the ...more >>

I have been through all the info and I am simply missing it I guess. But how do I simply fade a photo in and out once I have imported it?! Way simple, huh???!!!...more >>

:light; i am a studant from engaland and i need help with flash in that i need to create a flash based page can any one give me a link or help into makeing a soley based flash page|???????????...more >>

Can any one help me with somw usefull links or examples of interactive interfaces made in flash... Any links or examples would be great thnk u for u support ...more >>

:confused; I am trying to figure out how to create a "rolling out the red carpet" type effect. Any suggestions?...more >>

I have created a simple animation in Scene one. Here is the script i put in the first frame: if (_root._framesloaded>=_root._framestotal) { gotoAndPlay("Scene 2",1); } Then, in the last frame (i made it a keyframe), i have the script: gotoAndPlay(1); to loop the preloader until...more >>

Hi Friends, Can anyone tell me if it is possible to create a shape tween from text to a shape. In this case I want to create a shape tween from text to a logo. The questions is, can it be done - and if so how? Many thanks for any help you can offer to me. ...more >>

Hello I got a .fla file to make some changes. But Flash displays an "unexpected file format" message. From a thread earlier in this group I learnt that this can be due to file corruption, version incompatibility, or a misterious bug that has not been fixed yet. My Flash version is MX (6....more >>

I've been trying to load the MACROMEDIA FLASH PLAYER 7 from site http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Shockw aveFlash All I get is: "Important Message: You may need to click the gold bar at the top of the browser window to allow the install." ...more >>

Hi, I'm using Flash MX 2004 professional edition. In an animation I'd like to reuse another animation I've made using Flash MX (previous version). I've used this anim in the past without any problem. I saved it as a .swf file and imported it in the new animation. However suddenly the la...more >>

hi i have 800 X 600 flash movie and i want by clicking on a button to upload to the same page an html (implement a html file like we do in dreamweaver - implementing a flash object in html file) window by the 400 X 200 (size) can i do it? thanks ...more >>

Hi all, I have a website which contains a flash menu. This works fine on PC in explorer etc. However, on a mac this works in mozilla but not explorer. Flash 7 player is installed, any ideas. Thanx ...more >>

Hi all, Often, when I publish, or 'test movie', the sounds become distorted. They sound like a whithe noise layer was over them. I am using .aiff files which I compress using the flash mp3 settings. Maybe this is a OS X issue only? I would like to gather some feedback before filing a bug r...more >>

Hello, I currently have a flash animation that includes a button that I need to link to DW page. Can anyone shed some light on how this can be done. Thanks....more >>

I really need help, been all over the place trying to figure out how to link from my .swf file in html to an external site. I need the page to load and then, if the user so desire, he or she could click on the flash file and got to the external site. There has to be a way to do this????? ...more >>

Hy, I'm looking for a rotating man/woman in flash. I searched in flashkit and bluevertigo but I can't find it. Could you help me? Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I have developed a tween. In it I have a movie clip that loads other movie clips. Now this teen is responsable to get in the movie and out (one tween to get it in and the other one to get it out. Now this works fine, but when I scroll the second movie clip inside the tween for some ...more >>

Hi, I would like to create animation for a web site in Flash, but I don't know if it's possible.... I would like some images to "rollover" the images are in a subfolder of the web-server and they change everyday, I would like my simple Flas-animation to read this folder and then show the im...more >>

Is it possible to create a link on a word or sentence in a loaded txt file in Flash MX Pro? Thanks! s...more >>

Hey, Gurus and fellow digital anomalies, I am writing to see about the possibility of taking one scene and layering it over another. Is this possible? For example, I have one part of a film that is a graphic animation, the other part is a "film" of a camera panning over a landscape. Without ha...more >>

Hi, I'm using flash mx 2004 profesional and i've got a question. if I have text on more than 1 frame (for example from 1 to 5) and let the playbackhead stop on frame 5 , the text gets blurry. The text is on seperate layers aswell. The problem is gone if I have blank frames between 1 and...more >>

Dear all, If you take a look at this website http://www.learnactivity.com/pages/lo.htm, the 13th learning object (from the top) is titled speed. When this educational resource is activated there is the animation of a road that keeps running into the screen, simulating a driver who keeps dr...more >>

Hi, I have just started a project and i have to make it 508 compliant. I have seen a lot of articles on net even the video on accessibility on macrmedia site. I have started the same way as mentioned setting the tab index ... make the elements accessible everything yet its not working. ...more >>

I have a movie I have converted to a projector and burned to CD with an autorun.inf. The movie is pretty heavy and takes about 32 seconds to begin. Is there anyway to set up a load screen with an autorun which will begin soon after the CD is inserted and then load the main projector after it is ...more >>

i have a function that is applied to a movie clip, (called 'rootFunction') within that movie clip i have a button with a on (press) { dragging = true; startDrag('', false, 1000, 800, -1000, -800); } on (release) { stopDrag(); } ...more >>

Hi all, I am currently doing a DateDisplay. It is a dateDisplay mc and in there are instances of my component 'digit'. They are placed on the timeline of dateDisplay and named d1, d2, m1, m2, etc... Then, I made an class file: 'DateDisplay.as'. I linked the dateDisplay mc with the class file...more >>

Hi everyone, I ran a search on this topic and found something close, but not quite the same as what I am looking for. As you all know, the IE pop up blocker is fairly good at blocking pop ups - the problem is that now it is blocking stuff I really don't want blocked. I am constructing...more >>

I've had the MX Studio pack for time now, but recently I've been pushed by friends to make bigger and better things. Since flash has limitations, I looked towards Fireworks for the images and flash to bring them to life. Things were going great, then BAM!. It crashes when I try to import th...more >>

OS: Windows XP SP2 IE 6 XP SP2 Issue: Something happened to my flash plugin and nothing I try to do to get it working again works... Whenever I go to macromedia's site to try and just re-install the plugin just goes to a red-x when it should be giving me the "you have installed th...more >>

I need a flash forum that works. I thought I found one, but I don't know where it is now! Help!...more >>

Hi, I've been having a problem with Flash and was wondering if anyone here might be able to help. When I try to export a Quicktime movie, a message comes up saying that my computer doesn't have a handler for this type of flash movie. This happens on both Mac and Windows platforms. Any sugg...more >>

I teaching myself flash MX 2004, but my question is can you use what you create in Flash MX in MEdiaShout. I am a youth pastor and I want to create some really cool moving backgroun images.. PLease help... ...more >>

Since upgrading to OS 10.3.8 flash wants to hang during the load process, taking over a minute to load when it reaches the 'initializing fonts' point. Are there any preferences/files that need to be deleted to correct this? I've tried deleting the flash prefs, but no luck. ...more >>

Hi. Do you know if it is possible to realize something like a neon effect on text using actionscript, or some filter or component or anything else? Thanks! lullamy...more >>

Can you place me on the right track. I have a button with this code: on(rollOver){ _root.fade_shpeel.play(); } on(rollOut){ _root.fade_shpeel.play(); } the move it plays is a simple alpha fase of text. The movie fade out on roll over and back in on roll out. A five frame tween fade out a...more >>

I would like to produce a movie clip that is larger than the maximum screen size and use it as a non-scaling background, just like HTML allows for image backgrounds. I have been told several times that this is not possible. However, I noticed that at http://www.bottlecapstudios.com they are ...more >>

Does anybody have any tip on how to do a slider bar that would effect the timeline? In other word allowing the view play the movie clip forward or backward using the slider bar? Thanks, Shad...more >>

:confused; I have installed Studio MX2004. Everything else in the suite works (so far), but Flash crashes evertime I try to open it. I have included the crash report. I have re-installed, G$ with a gig of ram, everything closed etc etc etc. Any help would be appreciated Date/Time:...more >>

I have used a slide presentation template and it seems that some slides cross-fade, but others do not. How do I cross-fade from slide to slide? thanks. ...more >>

I've seen this done many times, mostly to recreate faces or other objects to complicated to recreate in flash. Is there any third-party program that will take a photo of GIF image and convert it to a vector image that can be scaled in Flash? I'm wondering because I'd like to find a way to ta...more >>