I'm trying to create a dropdown Javascript menu (as per client request) using Macromedia's built in Pop Up Menu behavior. I have it coming down (supposedly) over a Flash animation. It is being hidden by the Flash. Is there a way to make it show on top of the Flash instead of below it? Should ...more >>

Alright, I'm setting up a flash intro, and have many transparent images on top of one another. The problem is, that after 11 layers of transparent images on top of each other, the lower layer disapeers. To clear that up, if I have 11 layers of .png or .gif, everything is visible, but as soon...more >>

I've downloaded the trial version of Flash MX 2004, but cannot open .fla files that go with the New Perspectives tutorlal book from Course.com, or the .fla file that I created in class last night and brought home on my thumb drive. When I try to open them I get an alert box that says "Unexpec...more >>

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Can anyone point me to a tutorial on making a browser window scalable+resizable. Meaning if I open my webpage on my Montier(17inch) - it looks good But when I open it at work ( I have a bigger montier-19inch) the page has a lot of white space- Check this link http://olddirtydermot.com/- On a...more >>

Hi Everyone: I'm new to Flash (MX 2004) and have two books I've been depending on. Flash MX 2004: Training From the Source and Flash MX 2004 for Dummies. However, I can't find the answer to what I think would be a simple question. I think my brain is just suffering from overload and I'm ...more >>

I've been using Flash on and off for the last few years. Now i'm working on a complex project. The part I'm stuck on is a complicated rollover. Basically there will be 5 images of people on the screen. When you rollover each person, their name & title will appear AND all the other people on ...more >>

Is there any way to make sure that text fields show up correctly using embedded fonts when you move an FLA between Macs and PCs? I have several Mac-made FLAs that are getting fonts screwed up when opened on a PC for editing. Thanks ...more >>

Ive just downloaded a flash website template. I don't think too much of the design, but the music it comes with is really catchy, I would like to be able to take the music out of the animation/menu, to be able to use it in another situation. Is this possible, if so, how do I do it. Also how do...more >>

In Flash MX 2004, Is there a way to edit symbol properties (like Alpha) from the TIMELINE like I used to in Flash 5? If I select a single frame (in the timeline) with one symbol in that frame, the Properties panel only shows the frame properties not the symbol properties. I could go to t...more >>

I have a website that I am working on now that has flash in it. I have done three others and loaded the swf files properly. I also am able to load the site onto my computer and view the flash file, however when i put it on the server and then click on theurl, the flash does not run. If I ri...more >>

We really could use some help, so thanks in advance... We are trying to create a flash presentation for cd-rom. We have approx. 10 slides that have video that we would like to go fullscreen using .flv files. We can import them and use the media component to play them no problem, however,...more >>

I have a comboBox component which, when I publish as projector and set it to full screen, ends up opening DOWN, and being partially cut off. How can I force the component to always open UP? There has to be a way to do this, right? thanks, ...more >>

Hi Everyone! Pls help me out: I want some cool sounds to add my flash movies, but not short loops as in flashkit.com. Does any1 know where i can get it 4 free? Thanx!...more >>

1,drag a comboBox from library 2,swf setting player 7.0 as2 3,i have class script in flash movie when i excute movie ,movie is empty; if i delete that componet,movie is okay. why...more >>

When I create a graphic in Photoshop, save it as a JPEG, and import it into Photoshop, I can't erase the background color for the symbol. Being in "Symbol Editing" mode will allow me to see the symbol, but when I use the eraser, it appears to erase, but as soon as I release the mouse, the ima...more >>

Hello, I have gone through every tutorial I can find and for some reason I can?t get this to work... Within the Flash MX Pro environment I bring an instance of the Media Playback component to the stage and point it to an external FLV file sitting on my web server...the fully qualified URL is ...more >>

Does any body know if there any flash plug ins that automatically do the code for advance flash behaviors and interactivity,etc?...more >>

OK, this may sound stupid, but in 'Using ActionScript: Programming classes' it gives the guideline 'Do not use too many getter/setter functions in your class files, and access them frequently in your application.' Does anyone have any rule of thumb for 'too many', and possible alternatives. I...more >>

Hello All, I'm relatively new to Flash. Please be patient. I would like to create a trailing effect behind a piece of text as it moves across the screen. Is there some place i can go to get me started? My attempts thus far have been pretty bad to say the least. Best Regards, Steve ...more >>

Probably this is dull question but I am looking for solution for few hours... and finally need to ask here. I would like to use MediaPlayback component to play list of MP3 files... in contentPath atibute I can only put name of one MP3 file... how can I hendle event - clicking on "next" botto...more >>

How can I load differnet .flv files into on Media display and have them played when the corresponding button is pressed? Thanks...more >>

hi all in my flash site i have a form for people to send me comments. the problem i have is that the text that people enter is not passed to the php script. each input text field has it own var name. the actionscript of the submit button is: on (release) { getURL("sendmail.p...more >>

hi again how can i get the name of the current scene?? thanks rS...more >>

Hi there. I am new to the forums. I used Flash several years ago and just picked it back up yesterday to create some multimedia playback elements for some pieces of music I have written. I am specifically interested in creating 'cartoons' out of various .mov or ..mpg files, that look simi...more >>

I've looked around in my config folders but can't find where Flash MX2004 Pro stores it's default document (the one that gets called when you click on File > New > Flash Document. Anyone know where that is? Thanks, Chris Hayes ...more >>

I have question about the tree component that comes with Flash MX 2004 Pro. What I?d like to do is to show the tree of say my music so starting with root as Music I'd have: Music -> Dream Theater -> Falling Into Infinity -> 1 songs? title.mp3 2 song?s title.mp3 . . etc. I?d like t...more >>

hi i have this loadMovie("clips/MDG_2.swf", path.clip_border.clip_holder); now how can i control the timeline of the movie loaded (MDG_2.swf)??????? im trying this but is not working path.clip_border.clip_holder.gotoAndPlay(2); this is urgent!!! thank you ...more >>

Ok. I haven't done much with flash. I did a few projects in Flash 5 and one of the things that frustrated me most was the inability to strech a movie in the timeline. For example I spend hours working on a movie. It ends up being 150 frames. As I preview it I think I want it to run a bit smoot...more >>

Hello, We are trying to build an automatic system through which a user can upload a .swf ad (of any stage size, background color and frame rate) we have to assign a url to the whole ad file. The url will be recording mouse clicks on the ad. We might have to use a combination of technologies t...more >>

Hi All, I have had a look around but was unable to find any information on this, so i thought i would check with the forum to make sure. Is there a way of using the title attribute in the <h ref> tag in flash getURL function? e.g. <a href='http://www.macromedia.com' target='_blank' title=...more >>

I've recently seen ads where an object will be in the flash document and come out of the document across the screen. Ford does an ad where the mustang starts in the document and then runs across the screen. and disney has an ad where a dog runs across the screen. How do they do that. If any...more >>

Is there a way to set the focus to the flash movie on the onload of a html page in Firefox. I normally have no trouble using the well documented route of: window.document.movie.focus(); I have also tried: document.getElementById('movie').focus(); but both methods do not set the focus to the ...more >>

Join us in congratulating Robin Button and Heather Armstrong for winning the contest we ran to celebrate the publication of our 1000th article. Their prize is a fabulous collection of books by CMX authors that includes everything from The ActionScript Bible to Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic. We know ...more >>

Okay, this might sound really stupid, but I'm new to this and trying to learn and need some help. I am trying to upload a flash item to a website for a friend of mine. The problem is that all I have is the flash item and the user name and password for the site. I am having problems try...more >>

We have a requirement where flash needs to be displayed in the home page of a site. I am using Object tag to display the flash. If the flash path is not correct, page keeps on loading and the status shows that the page is loading still. Incase of image, if the image is not found in the specifi...more >>

I would like to make a video presentation in flash that has controls for start stop and pause.... maybe fast forward and reverse as well if possible....more >>

i've created a font-changing engine that lets users choose the font and color of an input text field (it's for a pencil vendor's website, so people can see what their product will look like before they buy it). the problem is, most of the colors that print on the pencils are metallic. so i'm t...more >>

Hi, Not sure how to word this, but I basically want my menu &amp; other bits to remain constant when a link is clicked, i.e. they don't reload each time, but want other information such as text &amp; graphics to change when a link is clicked. Hope I made that clear enough. Thanks. Michell...more >>

Hi, Could someone please look at this file: http://www.superstar.co.nz/Site.fla. The text on my menu is being cut off &amp; I can't figure out why. I'm sure its simple, just can't see for looking! Thanks. Michelle ...more >>

Hi, Is this the proper place to post a query about a problem I am having with audio files in an SWF sent me by a son who is now traveling? ...more >>

I was reading along with a tutorial, and got to a point where it told me to go to 'windows' 'panels' 'fill', I do not have anything called 'fill' anysuggestions or advice?...more >>

Hi! I have suggested my www site on Google and Yahoo but no effect. So I have come on idea that crawler could be visiting my home page but it is made in flash and there is not much HTML code that could be interested for crawler. My question is: could it be better to put some hidden text or i...more >>

i am a new user to flash (about a week). i know the basics of making a movie clip but i want to make one with control buttons (play, stop, pause). can anyone show me how? ...more >>

hello, can flash get the url of the page containing its swf by anyway other than javascript function (that can pass that variable to flash) can i use jsfl instead??? thanks:brokenheart;...more >>

Hi I have downloaded the flash 2004 mx trial that is suppost to let me try out mx 2004 and mx 2004 professional on mac osx. However, After installing it I can only run the flash mx 2004 trial and not the professional version...How can I ammend this? Thanks very much for your time and h...more >>

First I need to vent, this company creates some of the most amazing software on the planet and the WORST documentation on the planet. I dunno, maybe I just haven't stumbled across a single source for thorough documentation of their products on their cluttered maze of a site. With that being...more >>

I am only a graphic designer so I haven't ever learned much on servers and working out small errors in that area. My problem is when I publish html preview in Flash and test the site everything is working fine, when you go to the page about Larry Hagman and click on a video link it opens in an...more >>

:confused; I am developing a Flash solution that displays .FLV videos for a customer whose web host won't enable the .FLV MIME type on their Windows 2003 Server. Additionally, the Flash uses a third party component that doesn't support video streamed from the Flash Streaming Server so the vide...more >>

:confused; No matter what I try, I can't get Flash to open on my computer. I double click on the Flash MX icon, it briefly appears in the doc and then I just get an error message. I just get a message stating that there is a system error and that program has quit. I have a Dual 450 MHz P...more >>