Someone told me about parent/child layers for tween animating, and i cant figure out how to make them. I would apreciate ANY help. Thank you/...more >>

I'm having a weird problem with my online store. I am copying pictures from another website and when I upload them to my store they show up fine on my coldfusion pages but don't show up in my flash store. I've run traces and can see that the image information is loading properly. Also, the...more >>

I made http://photobucket.com/albums/v299/X-BoB58/Flash/?action=view&current=Exponents. swf for school, but I need to edit out some glitches, maily the end, and the 3 meters on the 1st scene. I can't get to the origional file b/c thats at my fathers house, any sugestions??? ...more >>

http://banan2.net/error/1.jpg This is how it looks inside the Macromedia Flash MX 2004 http://banan2.net/error/2.jpg This is how it looks when I play the movie, at Quality = High. What the heck is wrong? Any publish settings I have to fix? Any way to make the quality better? ...more >>

If I have a sound clip in the timeline and I then compress the sound in the library properties, do I need to pull a new version of the clip to the stage? I have the same question about images. I put them on the stage and then remembered to change the compression in Flash. I didn't know ...more >>

I have probably the simplest animation in the world on a web page where text fades in from the right while music plays. The animation consist of 2 time lines one for the text and the other for the music. Once the text is in position there is a stop action in the last frame. Which in theory ...more >>

This may seem like a really stupid question to ask, but how do you just have a simple animation as a preloader (and maybe even a nice pixel preloader...)? Also, another easy to solve question, how do you get your preloader to disappear after the swf has loaded? ...more >>

Hi All, How do I tell an SWF to go to a specific frame of the movie when it is loaded on a specific HTML page? I want to use one flash navigation on all pages but I want the title of the HTML page displayed in the flash movie. I made a movie with frame lables that match the page names and the ...more >>

Hello, all. I'm a newbie using Flash MX. I need to create a movie that shows some famous quotes in an eye-catching way, and then presents the user with the option to enter the application page. Are there any free templates for doing this? I'm open to suggestions and ideas. Thank you :) ...more >>

hi. How can I export a flash-file (swf) from a quicktime -movie (.mov) in Macromedia Flash 4. I already made the frames , so that the quicktime movie is played in flash4, then I want to export this .mov-file into a .swf-file. There's something happening, but I only get a 1kb file afterwards ...more >>

I've got some problems with one of my images changing sizes. I am attempting to pull my logo into this movie, but like I said, when i do it looks all garbled. http://priiva.net/tester.html -- thanks, crash ...more >>

Hi I've created a Flash menu (no comments please). When a user rolls over a button, an image must be loaded outside of the swf, somewhere in the htmlpage. How do I do that? Javascript? Please help me, it's urgent :( thx a lot!...more >>

Yes, apparently ghosts do exist, I have deleted scenes and they keep playing. Anybody have this experience? :Q...more >>

i want to populate a datagrid with values based on a combo box choice... i have a remote call to a server which sends all the required info for the datagrid... everything is working fine... so i now want to tidy up the datagrid and hide some of the columns.. the following code is to read...more >>

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Site check please. I think I've gotten any glaring errors, but please notify me ASAP if you find any. I am planning on going live with this tomorrow (I know, a little late for a site check but I've been sick). TIA -- thanks, crash ...more >>

ok this is what i am doing i have a main movie called movie.fla, in that i created an empty movie clip as a place holder (shimMain) for additional swf files when the movie runs so when a user clicks a button the code loadMovie('home','shimMain'); is executed, but the text in these loaded s...more >>

in timeline effects, transitions, u can only make an image fade out. how can u make it fade in? ted...more >>

i have Macromedia Flash MX, is there a way to add audio over your existing project and if so, how? Thanks for your time:-)...more >>

Guys I know I can set the buffer time of a progressive flv using the netstream method but is there a way to set the bufftime for a media playback component in flash? I am a novice actionscripter so please bare with me if I'm overlooking the obvious. I have searched the net and googled my ...more >>

:disgust; I need help - I am trying to learn flash, and I've come to a point where I can not figure out what it is I'm doing wrong. Ive tried everything. My problem - I just can't get my buttons to do anything, but start my movie over. I've tried every MOVIE control action, and they don't ...more >>

Thumbs up or down for components??? Is everyone afraid of these things? I have put questions out on about 5 major forums, including this one twice, and not a soul has a thing to say about components - WHY? I am a newbie actionscripter, I am trying hard and spent 2 days reading every tutori...more >>

hello. I'm making my first flash site. its just a basic site in which i want 4 buttons (home, services, prices & contact). i want each "page" to apear the same apart from the text which apears in a box. 1. can i accomplish this in one scene? 2. can i make the movie jump to a specific plac...more >>

Where can I find more timeline effects than the ones that come with Flash MX? I don't see a catagory for this in the Exchange. TIA Amelia,...more >>

I'm using Flash 4 and I've created a movie clip, in that movie clip I'm wanting to add 13 layers, 12 of which needing a motion guide. I'm able to get 3 layers to work, the first being the main layer without a tween or guide, second and third with a motion guide. The second and third work perfe...more >>