Hi I need to continously loop a sound after it has been started in actionscript using : var my_sound:Sound = new Sound(); my_sound.attachSound("daveStereo"); my_sound.start(); The sound file plays once only. I can't find how to loop from help. Thanks Dan ...more >>

I am having a problem with the scroll bar in a TextArea component in Flash. I am dynamically populating the TextArea component with content from external html/xml files (including images and CSS). I have this all working fine, but when I run the application, sometimes (not always), when I us...more >>

Hello to all, First of all I hope you are fine, and all is good (yee I know licking some buts so maybe someone answers :D:D). My problem is very simple. I have a text file full of names. let us say the text file like the one displayed below. [TextFile] John Anderson Edward Goodw...more >>

I am trying to get several looping animations on the same stage, but I have not found a way to do it yet w/o the timelines affecting each other....more >>

Hello, Can anyone help me on the topic of why my preloader works in Firefox and Mozzila, but it does not work in Internet Explorer? This is very frustrating. You can see for your selves at www.newwavecreations.net and if you could help me on this i would appreciate it. Thanks ...more >>

Dear Flash Masters, Why is my audio being lost when I import a quicktime movie? No combination of settings that I have found in the import wizards profiles seems to solve it. I tried the separate option also but it generated a 0kb file. Is this a bug? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

i have a slideshow movie up and running, when you move your mouse left it pans left, when right, it pans right. i want whats in the center to be clear while the sides are blurry, is that possible? much appreciated. krustafarian ...more >>

Ahh no! I've rhymed on to my boss to buy me the new 2004 suite and Im shocked to find that the actionscript seems to have changed for the worse! Im sure Im wrong and I can do more now faster - but Im too lost to start, for instance on the targets in the previous versions you could select them ...more >>

I am using localConnection from my main movie in the middle to change movies on the two sides. The movies on the sides are the same movie but only the one will change. Just to make sure that nothing was wrong with the one I deleted the other to make sure, and the other one did what is was sup...more >>

Hi I keep getting this when I try to run anything to do with video? "unable to open document with this version of flash because it contains screens" Why and how do I resolve this Im using 7.2 flash pro 2004 ?? Thanks Chris ...more >>

I have gone through all the tutorials for Flash MX and Pro, and still can't get my avi file to look good. The pixels are too big. How can I convert my 6-minute avi file to streaming media so that it looks good. I've imported to Library, the dimensions default at 720 x 480, current timeline,...more >>

I tried to look thru all the posts, but I'm still not sure if this is possible. Can I use a play head in a swf that uses a MediaDisplay to stream an flv? If I cant use a play head I would like to be able to customize the MediaPlayback component. Tried reading the help file, but not having any ...more >>

Is there any way to correct the pixel shift in .SWF files on the graphics used in your project. I've saved my images in a number of different formats but that doesn't seem to matter. This happens in MX and Professional. Visit this link for an example: http://www.vekainc.com/clientsites/moss/p...more >>

I rarely use Flash and am having trouble figuring something out. I'm putting together a necrology of deceased members of the organization for which I work. The Flash presentation is straight forward...a list of names in text boxes saved as symbols that fade in and out at a set rate over a mu...more >>

I'm working on a very basic image slideshow movie. Viewed only as a projector file (.EXE), so I have no html or browser issues. Some previous users have posted similar questions, but not quite what I'm looking for. I'm designing for 1024x768 screen resolution, but when my movie is viewed at...more >>

This is a pretty random error that has recently started occuring in my documents. Sorry if this has been asked before - i couldn't find anything on it in the search. i have several static text fields on a document in a movie clip which tween across the screen in the main timeline. i added...more >>

Well, I have Sorenson Squeeze 4, and I'd like to know what the best way is to convert DVD video to FLV video. With Squeeze 3, i was able to just open a .vob file and convert, but I can't seem to do that with Squeeze 4. I know there's TONs of ways of getting DVD to avi... but is there another w...more >>

Hi, I am using the following code ( I chopped it down to save some space): <param name="movie" value="flash_detection.swf?flashContentURL=bdclogo.swf&altContentURL=bdclogo.jpg "> <embed src="flash_detection.swf?flashContentURL=bdclogo.swf&altContentURL=bdclogo.jpg" loop="false" qual...more >>

As my first experiment with Flash, I created a synchronized presentation of Powerpoint slides synched with audio: http://www.truecastpresentations.com/samples/fandi_mod1_32k.htm It is a screens based creation with more than 30 slides resulting in a published swf of almost 5 MB. It works...more >>

I would like to be able to remove this green highlighted borderline that shows up when user clicks on scrollbar or scroll button. And myScrollPane.setStyle("borderStyle", "none"); doesn't do the trick. Could anybody tell me what to do to remove this thing? Thanks. ...more >>

hey, i am designing an interactive flash piece for a website and I am having some problems. one side is a product menu with information that works fine. the other side is a "how it works" animation that is loaded into its location when the button is pressed. I used this for the action: ...more >>

How do you move the entire contents of a layer in a scene. I have a layer with several hundred images in it (one image per frame) that I imported into Flash. It defaulted to the top left area of the scene and it's a lot of work to individually move all those images to their perfect placement...more >>

Hello there. I'm looking for a way to generate reports on the fly, let me to illustrate the scenario... Within a Flash application, I'd like the user to input data in a Flash form and give to the user the option to printout a friendly copy of that form in a company template, which will cont...more >>

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I have a series of text input fields to create a form. The fields are pre-populated with text to describe their purpose (i.e. <First Name>, <Last Name>, etc.). The tab order is set. When I tab between boxes the entire text is highlighted so all someone has to do is start typing and previous ...more >>

I am using Windows XP. None of the Flash movies play in IE. IE pops an Information Bar for every Flash movie in a page and replaces the movie with a ghost icon and display a top message "To help protect your security, Internet Exploer has restricted this file from showing active content .......more >>

Greetings, I need to frame an external URL ....(a property search)....in my flash movie. I do not want to do popups or open a seperate page. Is there anyway to frame an external URL in Flash? ...more >>

Hi, I am using a UIScrollbar component and need to change the themeColor of all of the instances of it I am using to haloOrange rather than the default green. Can some one tell me how to this. Doing it to repeatedly to each instance of the UIScrollbar isn't a problem, there aren't that...more >>

HI, Need people to read this, I have a simple multi-line dynamic text box, i have snapped the scroll bar to the box. Everything is fine but the scroll bar is in grey, i want to modify the scroll bar colours.. Im running flash mx v.1 i had coding to change it but i lost it, well the forum ...more >>

I use flash MX Professional 2004 I want to show up a progress bar while the flash movi is loading. How can I perform this? Thank you...more >>

How to create movie without windows window. Without Menu(File, Edit ...) and without Minimize, Maximize, Close buttons, and without any borders. Only my movie can be visible on screen, and I will create a Close button. Thanks ...more >>

.... i'd like to know till what version the flash player SDK can be found? >>> karuna >>> ...more >>

I need link for latest stand alone flash player. Thanx ...more >>

Hi there, I have a dilemma that is slowly driving me insane :) I have a client that is a professional photographer and also does video productions. He has decided that he wants to show a 1 -2 minute video on his website (that I am designing), originally I thought that quicktime would be ...more >>

Because I had troubles using badly designed MenuBar/Menu submenu positioning logic, I have redesigned it. When you work with more complex menu structure, which does not fit to the stage, this can help you. Macromedia, please, take my changes to the new Flash MX 2004 update. Download here: h...more >>

I'm have a problem with rendering text in flash mx 2004! I put my text on integer pixels but the text is all blur on some places, is this a flash mx 2004 bug or what's going on???? /Tomas -----------------------------------------------> :beer; ...more >>

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I need help creating a pre-loader for a site I am making in flash. I am looking to create something very basic. The site has a rather large picture as it's background image; therefore, i want something to run while the movie loads fully. I am not sure how to do this. A simple tutorial of some ...more >>

Hi all, (sorry if this is a double post -- tried to post this a few minutes ago -- nothing happenend -- should really be asleep in bed -- and now the forum software is beginning to act up too) Googling around for places where I could post job offerings for freelancing Flash AC programmers, I...more >>

Hi. I'm dumb and can't install this. if someone could enlighten me i'd be ever so grateful!?!? PLZ R3PLY i'm a Noob ...more >>

hello all, Just a simple question. :) How do I load an external MC into level 1 and position it on _x = 100 and _y=100? thanks ...more >>

I can't figure out how to get my flash animations onto a site, I know that with GIF and JPEG images and animations you load them onto an image server and then use that address in HTML code. How does Flash work? I guess there is more to it than that for Flash... ...more >>

I am trying to create a rollover as follows: An image loads when the page is open. Roll the mouse over and an audio file plays. i am VERY new to Flash, so, If you reply, please be very direct with what I need to do. Thank you! ...more >>

hi my problem is that in my first frame of my first page i'm calling to an external swf - loadMovieNum("music2.swf",2) fie with a music controller. as soon as i play it from my hard drive its work great (when the first page is loaded the music is atarting as well ) but when i'm open it f...more >>

Hi! OK, my home page is an HTML site &amp; has an enter button &amp; another link for users to get the Flash Player. Well, when I click 'enter' when using the Netscape browser, my Flash website never seems to come through, period/fullstop! I just get a white screen. Please let me know what I ...more >>

Hello, I was wondering whether there's any way for flash to load HTML page to a different frame. for e.g.: I implement a web page with 2 frames, left frame consists flash toolbar and right frame consists of my web contents. Is there any way to implements in such that when I clicked on the ...more >>