Wondering if someone can through some light on this.. Im using a Flash Built Web-Site Updater using PHP calling .txt files, it all works beautifuly but some characters in the updated text file and hence on the web, appear incorrectly. Problem #1 : The apostrophe character " ' " displa...more >>

Hello, I am conducting a simple experiment on sound as part of my MSc in Interactive Media Production. Could you please spare a few minutes and take a simple test online. By doing this test you will contribute towards an experiment geared at using sound more effectively in multimedia and p...more >>

Can someone point me in the directions of a resource that explains how to fast forward and rewind externally loaded FLV files. Im tryong to make a video player by myself, not using the bundled component and just need now some FF/RR buttons. ...more >>

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I recently started work on a site using flash on my powerbook. I uploaded the movie to the client and was told that it was way too dark. I viewed it on a PC, and the difference was pretty big. I had the bg of the html page at #222222 and the bg of the flash movie at solid black, but you cou...more >>

Hi! Is there anyone out there, who could solve the same problem, like as follows: Everything seem to work in with my flash plugins, but not the online tests/querries. Im using Debian/Sid and I'd like to learn Cisco CNA, but the answers of the tests cannot be seen with any browser. And a...more >>

Hi, How do I setup a button that when clicked will move to the end of the movie? Thanks!!!...more >>

i have noticed a difference in brightness between images that Flash imports natively and those that it imports via Quicktime. basically i'm starting with a single file in Photoshop. i then save copies of the file as 24-bit PNG and 24-bit TGA (lossless formats). i then import the two into a ...more >>

Hi, I am new to flash... and am trying to setup a button that when clicked will jump to a frame further down the time line... the end of the timeline actually. I need help!!! THANKS!! :confused;...more >>

Dear friend I want to make a website by flash. Everything is complete but I can?t use an email form. Such as: visitor can send me a mail through my website. Is it possible to make it by flash? If yes please help me. Hope to hear from expert people. ...more >>

:confused; Hello, I'm having trouble using PNGs with transparency in Flash MX. Here's what I've done: - In PhotoShop I created 2 PNG files with transparency - I created a new Flash document and imported both PNGs (into the Library) - I dragged a PNG onto the stage and applied a simple anima...more >>

I want to make a Flash presentation of family vacation photos, but rather than displaying it on my computer, I want to display it on a TV. Are there any special considerations I need to take when developing it for TV viewing, rather than computer viewing? Anything such as dimensions, FPS, re...more >>

Whenever I try to import a sound file or open it as library it gives me an error message and says it had trouble readin them. I have one desktop and a laptop both of which I have installed macromedia and both are having the same problem. Please help I can't move forward without sound. ...more >>

How do I open and view a .PHP or .txt file with flash?...more >>

Hi, getting all kinds of advice that I can't get to work I have 2 swfs in a html page. I simply want swf1 when it reaches a certain frame, to tell swf 2 to play frame 2. Swf 2 starts on a blank first frame with a stop() this was the code suggested that I cant get to work // Code in...more >>

Hi all, I am working on a site that deals with many many different languages, and I was wondering if there is any way to get these languages into flash. I am currently using the loadVars method to link .txt files into the movie, but foreign characters don't seem to be working. I can view th...more >>

Hi, I build a small flash that will take a variable to load a flv file accordingly. I use it as a presentation online. I need a way that to make sure the flv will keep playling forever (loop). I don't really need any media controller for the viewer. Can any one help? Thank you in advance. ...more >>

In Flash MX 2004, I've followed the instructions to applying a theme very carefully, but the theme still does not seem to apply itself onto the Flash UI Components (version 2). For starters, I make a copy of the HaloTheme.fla and resave it as MyTheme.fla. For each of the component assets, I d...more >>

I haven't figured this one out at all and I have been trying for a couple of days. I have a button that starts sound when clicked, then stops it from playing when clicked again. All web examples on this type of thing deal with only one button per page. How do I put more then one in a Flash D...more >>

i have about 40 pics that i put together in photoshop to make one really, really long pic and i want to have it slowly scroll from left to right. i brought it into flash, coveted the pic as a graphic, converted that graphic as a movie, set up the motion tween from left to right at a slow spee...more >>

I am loading an external .swf movie into _level1 (because it is a complicated movie that loads XML data and accesses it from different clips in different levels I am having a hard time loading into a container in _level0). It loads and works great, but can I use setProperty to control where i...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to swich layer visibility on and off using action script ?? Ross...more >>

Hi, Im using the command loadVariablesNum('welshyfc.txt', 0); to load the text and url's for a banner/menu for a website. Problem is it ignores the following character ' and doesn't display it. If there is two in a row it dispalys both of them, and ideas how to just display one? Thanks, Rich...more >>

we are working on a site that uses loadMovieNum() is the primary way to build the site. it stacks different movies referenced in the url so that different configurations can be built. a current example of this is: http://red-red.dyndns.org/AUTest/buildpage.swf?background=06-rbgd.swf&majo...more >>

I'm using Flash MX 2004 Pro and I have a full Studio MX 2004 Licence. I also had a licence for the last version of Studio MX, so my Studio MX 2004 installation is an upgrade. I'm currently using Windows as OS. I'm about to buy a PowerBook, and I want to transfer my lisence. I'm a little afraid...more >>

Hi all, I have a panel component in which I load diferente section of a website (mc_1, MC_2 MC_3 etc...). One of these MC is a form made of flash components. My problem is that the components in the form do not appear as they should. They are not drawn properly (comboBox not showing the a...more >>

Problem to load gif images in Flash Mx when i load dynamically gif images in my flash MX file some images loaded and display images and Some images dosent display But Loaded Please Help me ...more >>

This might be really basic but I just can?t get my head around it. How do I sync a movie to sound e.g. in a part of my movie I want the lips of a person to mouth the words of the music. I know I have to stream the movie but how do I get it all to look real???? Please help, any tips would be gr...more >>

Okay, in Flash MX o4 Pro, It doesn't give you the option of transparent bg... but I need one, but I'm not putting the file into a webpage so I can't use the "wmode" value.... What can I do?...more >>

What I have is a loader component on the stage with no contentPath and I have some buttons that when clicked they set the contentPath to a URL of a movie I want to load. I'm having no problems changing the contentPath property but when I change the property I don't get the percentage or green...more >>

I'm developing a Flash site for a photographer, and to my dismay and chagrin, I find that Flash is taking the jpegs I'm importing and anti-aliasing or blurring them. This is mainly noticeable because of the one-pixel, black border around each photograph on the site, which after importing into ...more >>

What is it called when you see a full screen flash movie (or full browser) where the menus cling to the sides or tops no matter how much you resize your movie? I want to learn how to do it, but I've got no idea what its official name is (and thus no idea what to search for). ...more >>

I have been working with flash mx 2004, i am trying to build a interface that will launch other programs ( e.g. i want to be able to click a button in my flash program and have it launch microsoft word ), please help me figure out how to build a button that can launch programs. Thanks ...more >>

Whenever i try to take something out of my movies library, flash locks up. this makes it very hard to do things in Flash, so if anyone knows how fix this, please do help. ...more >>