Hi, What can I do to get the apostrophe character to display correctly? It's displaying as a foot mark. Also, double quotes display as inch marks. Do I need to enter an ascii code? Where would I do this? Please help! ...more >>

I'm building a first game (shoot em up). I have zombies that when clicked die (they have simple buttons in them). I have a scope mc attached to the cursor with a startDrag. I hoped I could put an invisible button into the scope mc with a gunshot sound on the hit state so each time the user cli...more >>

Hi all, I am doing some freelance work for a local web design firm in town. Within each html page is a flash movie that has navigational buttons in it as well. I dont know flash well enough to create elaborate navigation but I do know the timeline and have made simple photo fade movies for my ...more >>

Here's the desired effect: a moth flapping it's wings and raising vertically at the same time. I have the animation of the moth flapping it's wings, but how do I make him rise? I guess I'm asking how to apply a motion tween to a video (flash) clip. Thanks for any suggestions. ...more >>

I have not been to this site in a long time so I can't be sure if this is in the right section. But none the less. The development team for SieferTims upcoming RPG is recruiting and looking mainly for artists to help with the logo and such, musicaly talented people with programs such as cakewa...more >>

hi all! does anyone know how to put another thing on the dropdown menu when you right clcik on an swf file, i know it can be doe coz i saw it sumwhere else, see i want it to say OPEN DOOR and when ypu press it a movie clip will do somthing like nextFrame( ); http://uploads.ungrounded....more >>

hey, I have a wide image, I tried to make it start big at the left side then get smaller and smaller to give a feelin of zooming out then made it slide to the left. problem is when I preview it in test movie or export it the zoom out part doesnt work. and all what I see is colors mixed t...more >>

hai, i want to create a preloader which to show a loaded data in terms of %.It will be loaded own movie not any other swf file. what i have to do if i use the componenent of loader? Nilesh...more >>

hey all... i have a data grid with info on a mp3: basic info.... mp3 name, mp3Artist, mp3Genre, mp3Location. i want to populate my datagrid with this info, but only show mp3Name and mp3Atrist..... can i do this...?? ...more >>

Was about to release the new web site when I realise that there is no (anti-alias) on my picture, and I just don't know why... here it the web site: http://melissabutler.soluxd.com Someone know what can cause that? ...more >>

I'm scolling a picture and I can't seem to get the gap that eventually shows up to go away. Any Ideas? This isn't normally an issue but since it's a city scene with buildings I can't use white or place a background fill under neath it. I've tried increasing to a wider picture, but that just p...more >>

Hi all Its good to be here, I can normally be found hanging around the Dreamweaver forums but I have decided to give flash a go. My complete flash experience can be summarised as making a circle move across the screen. So, with my expert knowledge and wisdom I have set myself the objective...more >>

:confused; Well, I was going to post the fla file here but I can't get hosting rite now. So if you want to see it, leave ur email adress. Otherwise, I'll try to say what's going on. I'm making a game, a fairly simple one where you click things to make stuff happen to get a key. I have a movie...more >>

Alright, I'm needing in a step-by step guide on how to create a working progress bar in Flash MX professional 2004, Help? Thanks...more >>

Ok all i want to be able to do is submit a form (two input boxes) to an asp file which i have already created. This was easily done with html but im struggling a bit with AS here. The two input boxes have the variables "textUser" and "textPassword". This should be straight forward as i dont ...more >>

Hello, i want to create a name wich will function as a link. So when i click it i want it to load a html or php page in the same browser. But how can i do this? Are there any (good for beginners) tutorials for this. Cause i want to create a site in flash but i dont even know how to create a li...more >>

I am wondering I have created flash intros and amwondering whether I could take those files i have created and put them on tv. to locally advertise my service. i think the standard for tv is ntsc. I've seen everything for converting video to flash but not flash to video (for television). If an...more >>

I know this is a dumb question and is easy to do but I seem to be having trouble with it. I need to know how to generate 1s and 0s 'binary' kinda of like the matrix effect but it wont be moving down the screen, it wont be moving at all. I just want it keep generating 1s and 0s on screen. I hav...more >>

Hi, I have almost got my drop down menu working. I need to import my newMenu_2a.fla into main1.fla. I have tried the attach approach and read several tutes but I must admit I cannot figure this out. I don't know the exact code, and don't know where to put the code. I also done the linkage thi...more >>

hello, im quite new to this and very new to building a site in flash.. My problem is that i cant get my buttons to work. what i am trying to do, and i may be going about the whole thing in the wrong way, is when the button is pressed it would go to a specific group of frames later on in the sa...more >>

Ok, a more specific question. I have my happy film ready to go, However I would like to have a music track playing during the whole film, and continue playing while it loops. Do I use the go to MP3 behavior at the first button to start the track? And do I have to imbed the track in the doc...more >>

Just wondering if anyone knows if the Educational version of Flash MX 2004 can be used commercially legally? Hope someone can help....more >>

I have installed Flashplayerb stand alone version but nothing happens........OOS windows XP/Int Explorer...more >>

Hey all, I just started getting a not enough memory warning, and I cannot open my file, It is not that large, 40 MB... it says I can allocate more memory, but this is not true is it for OSX. Any suggestions? :confused; -m ...more >>

Dear all, i'm building my website with Flash. I've finished and pubblished it in an html webpage. When i visit it 4 the 1st time, the swf file is downloaded as usual in the temporary memory and then played. My problem is that when i change the content, upload it on the website and reload...more >>

hi everyone, i hope that anyone has a way to help me, my question is : can i generate a flash document or flash form based on XML file? can i make a flash movie creates a text field of text box during runtime based on xml file? please...anyone has an idea? ...more >>

Hi everyone, I would like to detect if the user has a flash plugin installed ifso then the flash movie should display, if the user doesn't have this then nothing should happend.So no popup asking if it wants to install it. Is this possible? If yes, then does anyone have the code to do this?...more >>

Okay, I'm trying to add music to my flashes, bu when player as .swf files I get varying amounts of lag between audio and visual. The reason I get the lag is because my computer isn't the fastest and the framerate suffers as a result. Is there anyway of forcing the animation (Prioritising ag...more >>

I have downloaded the english version of trial flash2004 ie file FlashMX2004-en.zip! Whe I try to unzip the file i get the following error from winzip: Use Path: no Overlay Files: yes Extracting Flash Installer_a.exe Error: invalid compressed data to inflate Have anyone else go...more >>

Hi 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 driv...more >>

Does anyone know how to make a button shake when the mouse is over it? In case you don`t know what I'm talkin' about, check this site: http://www.2d.com.mx/home.html...more >>

I am curious about a few flash sites where one can listen to sound clips without using real player or quicktime. I am not sure where to get info about this? Any ideas...more >>

I have a perplexing problem that all the experts I know can't help me with...Just installed Flash MX 2004 into Windows XP Pro, and I can't import anything, the submenu only has the "Open Library option"... no "import to stage" or "import to library" options are even there. This is a brand ne...more >>

Did Macromedia release an update or patch for FlashMX (not FlashMX 2004)? I can't seem to find anything, other than Flash MX2004, which isn't a free patch. Wondering if there is a way to fix that annoying library bug in MX, where the library palette has to always be opened, as it won't allow...more >>

I have a page that has three text fields... Each with the same settings (fonts, size, etc), which looks fine in MX. Yet, when I render it out, the one text field looks like it's using system fonts (...font is the same, but is aliased, whereas the first two appear anti-aliased, as expected). ...more >>

:confused; I have created several pages using flash for my website. I do not know how to link them all into one fla file or html file. For example. my home page will appear in publish preview but the second page that's suppose to appear with it doesn't. I need to some how to get them ...more >>

I am a newbie to Flash and using Flash MX 2004 Professional to generate my animations. I have an existing Flash Animation which I would like to use as the basis for a link to another webpage. I have seen plenty of Ads on the internet which seem to use this feature. Can anyone tell me how i...more >>

Hello, I have been struggling all day trying to export a flash file into Adobe After Effects. What I want to do is take an animation with a transparent background and put it into my AE composition. The problem I keep running into is that it will always give my movie a background of some sort...more >>

In order to know when to use a preloader, do you "automatically" create one when your file gets to a certain size in case your viewer has a slow connection? Or do you test the file for slow loading on a slow dial-up connection and then add a preloader if it loads slowly? ...more >>

I am attempting to reuse a web pages that my company has made. The pages are meant for the WinCE browser which has the ability to display highlight boxes, and IE does not. Because of my particular use I do not want to use the clickable areas on the web page. I have created a flash object that ...more >>

hi i just need help making a kalidascope (i think thats how its spelt lol) ive made the images ect and made3 the mask, just wondering what now, thanx...more >>