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how to create an animation
Posted by rosetulip at 3/15/2005 11:24:34 PM
I just installed Flash MX in my PC. But it seems too much information to read and learn. I just want to create a simple animation image then insert into my front page web site http://www.uhotbuy.com. This image is about fashion... can anyone give me a help? or sample code I can borrow. I am ...more >>

why my movie wont show
Posted by twocans at 3/15/2005 11:12:23 PM
Hi yea, http://www.theelbow.com/flashtest/ above is a page that has a flash movie called test1.flv, I have used the Insert >> flash video in dreamweaver and inserted it on my page but cannot understand now why it wont show. would be grateful for any help. regards Kenny ...more >>

Scrollpane agony
Posted by James at 3/15/2005 10:54:54 PM
Hi, I'm trying to use the scrollpane component that came with Flash MX 2004 Pro. I want to be able to scroll a movieclip within horizontally to the sides of the movie. For some reason the scrollpane scrolls beyond the rightmost side of the movieclip, leaving a white 'gap.' How is it possi...more >>

Preloader issue. Time crunch.
Posted by stillwaiting at 3/15/2005 9:49:18 PM
I have created a small site using screens (one parent, and 3 child slides). It will end up being about 155kb. Not bad but I put a preloader on it using the "last preloader" tutorial at flashkit. It consists of the following code on a bar mc in the first frame and then I placed the screens sw...more >>

Adjust brightness of FLV video
Posted by MnWild at 3/15/2005 9:09:04 PM
Is there anyway to adjust the brightness of an flv video file? I have sorenson squeeze but you cannot import flv files....more >>

Macromedia Forums
Posted by dfnnospam at 3/15/2005 8:57:14 PM
Hi there, What's happened to the forums in outlook express?? All the recent messages have been wiped out just leaving today's, anyone who had posted a question in the recent past will find it missing. Come on who ever is to blame lets have our forums back please. David ...more >>

How do I add frame to an existing movie?
Posted by buckra1 at 3/15/2005 8:40:03 PM
I need to add frames to the beginning and middle of an existing movie. I know there is a simple way to do this with a pop up menu, but I can't find that menu. Can some kind soul point me in the right direction? ...more >>

How do they do that
Posted by Don Pacino at 3/15/2005 8:14:58 PM
Ok, what i am looking at here is once the flash screen loads up after choosing your country. You see the car with some really cool zoom flash effects! Im sure its not a video but a collection of pictures that have been blurred inbetween key bits.....but you tell me. Thanks. ...more >>



scrollTrackColor help
Posted by haasboy at 3/15/2005 7:48:50 PM
I am trying to change either the scroller or scroll track color on a scroll pane. The light grey on light grey is hard to see. I have inserted this code on the main timeline and it is working for everything BUT the scroll track (this should be the well that the scroller moves inside correct?)....more >>

newbie can't set accordion icon
Posted by idgarabert at 3/15/2005 7:33:53 PM
I haven't been able to use the component inspector or the property window to set the title bar icons for an accordion component. When I open the Values dialog box for childIcons, I don't know what format to use to name the icons I want. I've imported GIFs, PNG's and bitmaps to the library and ...more >>

Flash Site TOO BIG!
Posted by imonlycouscous at 3/15/2005 6:39:59 PM
Help! I've designed a Flash site for an artist (lots of photos of paintings involved) The site file size (swf file) is HUGE! (7.5 mb) Usually I'll build a preloader at the beginning - but in this case the preloader will most definately be too long of a load... is there a way that I can ...more >>

Does Macromedia even know that this forum exists?
Posted by (_seb_) at 3/15/2005 6:29:22 PM
If they did, I guess they would have posted some kind of explanation for the disparition of the forums' thousands of postings. It's surprising enough that such a thing could happen at all to a company whose specialisation is... the internet. More than just surprising, it's kind of unexplainabl...more >>

External and random
Posted by Roby at 3/15/2005 6:26:54 PM
Hi folks, I need to load images into a movie, but I need the images to be files outside the swf and also to load them randomly. Any simple idea on how to achieve this? Thanks Roby ...more >>

Mac Test Movie problem
Posted by martin_i_l at 3/15/2005 6:26:21 PM
Many users at my office are experiencing this problem. If you create a folder with the - character in the name such as 435-08-0113-clientname and then save your flash file in this directory or in a sub directory, then try to do a Test Movie it gives and error. The error says that it can'...more >>

Hard coded delay to load XML??
Posted by Dave_Flash at 3/15/2005 5:30:58 PM
I'm working with a web design firm to redesign our site, and they're suggesting we use Flash for some of our navigation. Sounds good to me, and I'm looking forward to some of the cool things Flash will enable us to do. But, something they're telling me sounds horribly wrong. What they're t...more >>

Mouse over and zoom
Posted by tdecoste at 3/15/2005 5:25:59 PM
I have a movie with several symbols and they are quite small. I want to create an effect where a mouse rolls over and that symbol is scaled larger and could be clicked in the larger view to go to another link. Then when the mouse moves away it is returned to its original small size. Almost ...more >>

What is .PCA file extension?
Posted by cannes at 3/15/2005 4:55:57 PM
Here is the situation: A cd presentation was created in FLASH, and the final compiled file was a .PCA file. what is a .pca file?...more >>

Auto-redirects?!?!?!?
Posted by Tletak at 3/15/2005 4:51:50 PM
I need to know what tag i need to use or imput so I can redirect an intro movie when it has finished playing to redirect to the portal or actual site. Not a "Skip Intro" but an "Auto-Redirect" command???? ...more >>

Flash Developer Needed
Posted by chexonec at 3/15/2005 4:42:21 PM
Looking for a Flash developer to do a quick job. Msg me: ms@worldsingles.com Thanks....more >>

Help Content No Longer Appears
Posted by docaud at 3/15/2005 4:29:56 PM
The help content has suddenly stopped appearing in the help window. The topics, etc. show up but when I click on a topic nothing appears in the content window (no error messages). This does not appear on first glance to be related to the 7.2 update problem as I've been running 7.2 for sometime...more >>

video streaming
Posted by twocans at 3/15/2005 4:26:07 PM
Hi yea, My isp offers streaming media but it is expensive. if i do not use the streaming media will my users still be able to watch my movies , as in will i be able to have it load on there computer and once loaded then they can watch it. regards Kenny ...more >>

Problem using DataSet.
Posted by Sh1rp at 3/15/2005 3:54:18 PM
Hi, I have a problem. I'm using a WebServiceConnector to query a database and return a few records of 4 fields each. I'm using the Data Connection Wizard for this. When I do this, the records appear in the DataGrid just fine, but if I try to access anything in the DataSet, it won't budge. ...more >>

Text Tweening No longer works MX 2004 PRO
Posted by Greg21 at 3/15/2005 3:30:21 PM
For some reason I am now unable to tween text. I am trying to fade in some static text from an alpha of zero to 100%. The tween seems to work on the timeline but not when I export and preview. The text just comes in when the playhead reaches the last frame. This never used to happen. This does...more >>

External movie clip - visible area - mask
Posted by MD at 3/15/2005 2:38:46 PM
Hi I am currently reworking a flash file and i'm having some trouble.. My main flash file creates an empty movie clip and then loads an external movie into it. The problem i have is that the external movie clip's dimensions are set to say 320x240 but when it's loaded into my main movie ...more >>

Shaoe Tweening with a gif
Posted by jeffpelletier at 3/15/2005 2:24:57 PM
I have a gif that I want to shape tween into a png, but I get the "shape tweening will not occur on layers with grouped objects or symbols" error, even though the layer contains neither. I can convert the png into a vector if that helps. ...more >>

Load external jpg = problem in Firefox / Safari
Posted by John-ny at 3/15/2005 2:06:52 PM
Hi guys, I've been searching for a solution for my problem but haven't / couldn't find it. It seems that Firefox and Safari is giving problems with externally loaded JPG's. For example: I have a flash movie with the following code.... -----------------------------------------------------...more >>

Close Button
Posted by Darshak at 3/15/2005 2:03:44 PM
I am making a flash movie and trying to keep close/exit button, so on clciking it will close the flash movie, but could not get the code for that - on (release){ } Could anyone help me out for that Also if I don't want the standard flash toolbar to appear in my final movie, is it possible and ...more >>

GAH! Where have all the old posts gone?!
Posted by Peter Blumenthal at 3/15/2005 1:56:52 PM
The only group I subscribe to that has kept any old posts is sitedesign - what happened?! This is true accessing via NNTP or HTTP. ...more >>

Scrollpane
Posted by Sonia G at 3/15/2005 1:48:23 PM
I am using the scrollpane and it works great the only thing is that the movie clip that I refer it to is only partially visible. I have a ton of room in the window and it only gets the information on the right hand corner of the movie clip, which is still alot of information but I want to be ...more >>

QuickTime Export
Posted by aixamarquez at 3/15/2005 1:43:30 PM
When I export my Flash into QuickTime format, my drawings are always blurry-- except if I use the Animation codec. My real goal is to bring the Flash movie into a video editing program. I'd appreciate any ideas of how to do this. Dan ...more >>

.net and flash
Posted by Rick at 3/15/2005 1:13:36 PM
hi guys!!! if im programming on C# and i want to send data to a flash movie that is in the application is it possible?? i know how to send data from a swf file inside a C# app and C# obtain data but C# or vb.net or j# to flash without a server like flashorb or macromedia remoting?? Thanks...more >>

Simple Button/Nav Question
Posted by Good4Sule at 3/15/2005 12:07:03 PM
I?m still figuring out some of the more basic script commands when it comes to buttons, so this might seem quite simple to some of you. But any help would be appreciated. I have a scene where there are six nav buttons and when clicked you go to information related to each of those buttons....more >>

opacity handle stock
Posted by Mic at 3/15/2005 11:16:11 AM
Hi, the opacity vertical handle doesn't disappear after usage. did anyone notice it? thanks Mic...more >>

OT: Is there a problems with MM newsgroup today?
Posted by Jeckyl at 3/15/2005 11:01:24 AM
Strange things happened and all new message headers got lost, so I tried redownloading the newsgroup (several times now) and it hangs after getting the ones for the last 24hrs and refuses to download, saying there's no response from the server. Anyone else with weird newsgroup behaviour ???? ...more >>

Scroll bar component nightmare
Posted by Lou28 at 3/15/2005 10:50:16 AM
Hiya, Can anyone tell me and reasons why my component scroll bar wont 'snap' to my dynamic text box?? Ive tried making my own scrollbar but that didnt work to well so then I found out that I could do this.... but then it didnt work grrr! Any suggestions would be appreciated Cheers ...more >>

Wrapping Text in Columns within DataGrid?
Posted by Bob McCormick at 3/15/2005 9:35:11 AM
Anyway to do this? Haven't seen a property that one can toggle WordWrap on for a given column unless I skimmed over it too fast. Appreciate any info...Bobbo ;-)...more >>

Firefox and shared libraries
Posted by Pepper Fr at 3/15/2005 9:20:50 AM
Hi, Thank you all for any help concerning my desesperating problem ! This http://www.arcanapercipio.com/gen/binaire/binaire.php (sorry, it's french... nobody's perfect) works perfectly well with IE but causes problems with Netscape/Firefox. In fact, the "self-contained" flash movies work...more >>

FlashPaper AND ASP
Posted by Macromedia at 3/15/2005 8:00:23 AM
FlashPaper and ASP ??? []'s Alexandre Previatti Brazil ...more >>

How complicated is this slide show program?
Posted by kbvt at 3/15/2005 6:48:00 AM
Hi, I need an expert's opinion please. I'm interested in finding someone who can create a program that would produce a slide show very similar to the following: http://sfhometours.com/tour.asp?tour=041704111 Before I get into greater detail, can someone here tell me more details ab...more >>

Maybe Flash / Maybe HTML
Posted by dcdave2thec at 3/15/2005 6:09:12 AM
New to Flash / New to HTML, so please forgive any idiocy. Working on a buddy's site (www.agsongs.com). Designed a Flash header with a little song bit. The header is the same on all of the pages. However, each time you go to a different page of the site, the Flash animation restarts. It on...more >>

Rotated image preview is not ok...?
Posted by NutsyNalinda at 3/15/2005 5:24:21 AM
:D Hi..... i import image to flash and place it on to the stage Image was create with photoshop,png_ text with outer glow and shadow effect Then i rotate the image bit, still it's in the 1st frame, and test the preview was ok But i inseert 5 frames for the image and test it, the pr...more >>

SWF movie will not Unload
Posted by StatusCurios at 3/15/2005 3:51:27 AM
I have a SWF(Interview_SWF) file loaded into level 60 using the 'load method' of my main movie. I created a button in 'Interview_SWF' so that when the user clicks it, it should unload but it doesn't. What should I do to get the movie to unload. Note: 'Interview_SWF' is a dragable movie. Than...more >>

Possible to do this with Flash
Posted by TRACEYMARY at 3/15/2005 12:49:36 AM
http://www.mintietechnologies.com/index.cfm Is it possible to do this with flash....how hard is it for a begineer... Thanks...more >>


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