Hi, I'm going to develop a 2D web puzzle game (similar to Bust-A-Move in concept) which I would like to submit to Yahoo! for their game's section. I am fluent in Java and C++. I am wondering if I should use Java or Flash to make my game? I am looking for a language that offers smooth performan...more >>

I am trying to embed a QT video (.mov) into my Flash stage. When i get the Video Import Wizard up, it reads "No supported audio track in this file was detected." But, when i preview it in the wizard, the sound plays fine. After i import it, and then test the movie, there is no sound. I h...more >>

I have my images loading dynamically, into a "target" movie using "loadMovie" after the user clicks on a thumbnail. I want all my large images to be centered in the movie clip, but the large images default to the top left of the movie clip. How can I get different sized images to be cent...more >>

Hello, I am a stundet and I want some tutorials to start learning Flash and dreamweaver ... I know dreamweaver but very little and I want to start a project ( a website ) which will be full flash . For this I want to learn Flash which currently I do not know and I need a little help from y...more >>

When I go to install Flash, the gold bar that is suppose to ask me if I want to install or not never comes up. So, then I go to the manual installation page. I run the install and it says that it installs. I restart my computer but Flash no flash sites will work. Any help? ...more >>

Hi all I have jpgs that I'm loading into a swf. These jpgs are getting loaded into movieclips. My question is, how do I load into movieclips before I reach them in the timeline? I don't want to load them in as the movieclips appear, I want these images loaded in long before I get to the p...more >>

I have a true streaming .FLV file delivered through the standard (updated) media components in Flash MX 2004 that's streaming fron the vitalstream server (so it's not progressive). When I use the vitalstream components it all works ok but the controller lacks some of the functionality i.e. ti...more >>

Okay, I am feeling dumb. But I have a web header I want to run the flash 3 times and then have it stop? I am asuming I need to place script - But not sure what??? ...more >>

I have created a textField dynamically using code like below, but I cannot figure out how to get the embedFonts to work. I have included a dynamic text field onstage and embedded the required font, but it does not work. Could someone help me with this? Thanks! ////////////////////////// /...more >>

I do not own any Macromedia products. A friend gave me 6 small .flv files and asked me to put them on their website. By now I've figured out what you all already know, that I can't do this without some sort of online .swf player (or something like that). I don't want to spend money on this ...more >>

I have developed a webiste in FrontPage 2000 that includes some simple Flash (2 small *.swf files). The site and Flash run fine in FrontPage 2000 and even run fine when I preview them in my IE browser. However, when I load them to my web hoster (i.e. Yahoo), the flash files won't load/run. ...more >>

hey, I am just trying to create my first flash webpage and I have buttons and everything now i need to know how to link them? can anyone give me some info plz...more >>

hi, please check my new flash + FCS app : http://www.iloveyoo.net ced ...more >>

Hi created a scrolling text box by creating a dynamic text box and dragging and dropping the UIScrollbar over it. I manually enter the text in rahter than load it from an external file. When I test moview, I see the scrollbar (without arrows) and no text. Please help! ...more >>

Another week, and another 10 articles from the folks at Community MX. Enjoy. Captioning Flash Video http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=9ABD5 Joey Lott Are you using Flash video? Want to add captions? Captions help make your applications more accessible to those with low and no hear...more >>

I made a dynamic text box to display text on my website for news.. i can create buttons that will move the text so that it scrolls up and down what I want to know is how do you script the button so that when you just move your pointer over the button it moves the text without clicking it like ...more >>

Hi There, I have created a flash movie which is 6 frames long. I want to put this on my homepage www.moulden-marketing.co.uk. What I want is for uses to be able to click on this and link to another page on my website, but I don't know how to do this. I tried that "actions-browser/net...more >>

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i have a flash page that for some reason at times isn't loading properly. certain buttons' alhas are initially set to 0, and sometimes when i log into the page they display, other times they (correctly) do not (it is irregular on all browsers and on both mac/pc). does anyone have any suggest...more >>

Hi all. A question of our customer: Is the installation of the flash player(especially 7) possible for every User or only for the administrator? or has the administrator to allow the installation? Thanks, H. ...more >>

Hi All, I'm looking for a tutorial using Flash MX or Pro to create foot steps walking on an S like path but getting larger as they come closer. This would be something like starting from children size feet to adult size. I don't need feet, just the black foot invisible man foot steps that wo...more >>

Hello, everyone! I'm having a little(?) problem... I created a Flash program which I will burn to CD together with 5 folders of mp3 music. Now, I want to add 5 buttons to program, which will be used for playing this music, each one for separate folder. I figured out I could do that using m...more >>

:confused; hello all, I have a input Textbox that I allow m user to type in code. I also allow the user to change fonts, color, font size etc. My problem is I need to limit the text to the input Text box. I can't just limit number of char because I don't know the various fonts/sizes they may ...more >>

What code would I use to have my website play music with tracks? So people can decide what to listen to. Thanks ...more >>

I have my button states, and in my library, was able to drag onto my movie. I been following a tutorial and it says to now right click on button and choose "Properites" and an instance menu will appear. This does not happen! In addition, how come my button states aren't working in my movie?...more >>

Hi, I need to do a powerpoint style flash resource, where users click through pages using next and back buttons Are there any tutorials on how to do this? Hope you can help....more >>

i may be being dumb here but... i need to make a flash presentation for someone on my mac. he will be showing it on pc. is that possible, can a projector work on pc if i create it on a mac?...more >>

Hello i'm making a menu in flash for some website. I've made an 3d perspective vieuw and the buttons pop up when you roll your mouse over it. But the problem is when the animation of the rollover button begins you see some of the buttons moving over eachother. If you can't imagine anything by ...more >>

1. How can I extend Flash stage to fill the screen? Someone help.....I am new 2. How can edit text on the menu bar?...more >>

What is the best way to send the login password to server for authentication? I understand that it is easily hacked someway during transmission. Will encryption before sending solve this problem? How to decrypt when it arrives at the server? ...more >>

On: http://home.wanadoo.nl/mttiemensma I have this test button. After clicking the mov file starts in a popup. How can this popup automatically disappear after the last frame played? Is that possible? ...more >>

I've got a question about viewing local Flash movies on a PC in Internet Explorer. I've got the latest version of IE and Windows XP2 and flash player. I'm able to see flash content on the internet just great. When I double click an HTML file on my local machine though, Internet Explorer (wit...more >>

Hello, all! I have a quick question. I am loading multiple external swf movies on timeline one by one. Is there a way to make them play randomly? If anyone could point me to the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much...! ...more >>

Scene 1: With only one scene, combobox is populated properly by data from XML connector. If I add another scene before OR after Scene 1, the combobox doesn't get populated, even though I can trace the results from the XMLConnector and verify the data was loaded. No errors. ...more >>

did some motion from outside the stage to into the stage...but when i view the movie...i can see the things outside the stage... help anyone??...more >>

Does anyone have advice on the new slides format for Flash? I am considering starting an elearning project in Flash. I have experience with Authorware in the past. I have seen relatively little on the benefits and problems of the slides model vs. timeline. Can you move back and forth be...more >>

....and couldn't help noticing how wrongly they market upgrading to Flash MX 2004. Basically their pitch is that you need to upgrade to Flash MX 2004 because it's much easier and more user-friendly than previous versions. Big joke. Would be funny if it wasn't so wrong. "Pre-built Behavior...more >>

I have created 21 thumbnails when clicked on the large image loads dynamically into a "Movie Clip" If I make all of my large images the same size, then I can use 1 "target" but my images are different sizes! so, I have made separate targets for each image so my large images can be d...more >>

I'm studying the Flash file format spec and it appears that the spec at http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/flash_file_format_specification.pdf might be wrong. According to the spec the FrameRate datatype is unsigned int 16 but I did a hex dump of the file and it appears that FrameRate is...more >>

Is there a way to have a layer appear on top of changing (live) URLs underneath? I don't believe this can be done with Flash or with regular layers in say Dreamweaver but I thought it was worth asking. I currently have a frameset - top and bottom - where the bottom frame is the navigati...more >>