We have made several cd's in the past using projector files. They have worked on both Macs and PC's. On all our projects we have always had a contact page with a button that launches a website and a button that launches the users email software. It always worked fine. Now when you click the we...more >>

Ok... so i have a header that im going to use as navigation for a web page... is there a way to keep the movie loaded without refreshing and changing the content of the html without using frames????...more >>

Hi I have created a movie and wanted a preloader for the the amount loaded. I found one on the internet, downloaded it and tried to set it up so that the background comes in first while the main movie is loading. http://www.netgrow.com.au/temp/logo_1.fla It seems that no matter how big tha...more >>

I have a big Problem loading external swf file containing jpg images (there is about 30 of them ) in to a target image holder "picture frame" which properties _width and _x position are then dynamicly manipulated thru the actionsripting to fit the loaded picture I set pictures hight to ...more >>

I've imported a mp3 into Flash and added it into the timeline. When I chose the option to make it loop, it doesn't loop! I've also put a stop() action on the last frame of the mp3. But, I don't think this is the problem that causes it to not loop. I"ve tried the Event and Start option...but ...more >>

I have a flash header and it seems that it is centered on the stage. When i try and put it up against the login box directly to the right of the login box to be exact there is white space. How can I move the enitre flash header over so that the whit space dissappears? Thanks In advance. Ja...more >>

Ok heres my issue... i have a 5 button page. all created using just the timeline.. my intentions are for on the load of each page there will be a short animation played. then once a user clicks a button a exit animation will be played.. followed by the next loading animation... im trying to s...more >>

I am trying to cut out a step by not loading my video into an editor before importing it into Flash. Since Flash can edit the in-point and out points of video, I can pretty much take raw footage and put it into my Flash document. What I am having trouble with is that I want to end the video...more >>

Hey, I'm trying to make a falsh animation where a lighthouse beam revolves left to right behind a lighthouse. Any help would be great. Thanks....more >>

I hav now asked this question over and over again on this forum, without getting any answer this is such a simple question so i ask this again one moore time, Is there any Installation Package available for Macromedia Flash player 7 . beacuse i cant install it manually, any other way to ...more >>

I need to upload a course to an AICC compliant LMS. The course has named anchors to allow for bookmarking inside the LMS and it also needs to pass a "In Progress" and "Completed" status to the LMS when the course is started and completed. If I publish the course and go to the HTML setting...more >>

I'm real new to this and still finding my way. I have created a rollover in Flash that plays a sound in the down stage. All I want to have happen is for it to go to a mailto URL. How do I do that? HELP???? ...more >>

for the past several years i've been a technical writer for a university...we've been incorporating lately computer-based training into our courses (i've been using captivate / robodemo to do that)....i've discovered via the macromedia forums that adding flash objects is the answer to every wi...more >>

Hi, thanks for your reply! I see what you mean but inlcuding these very small files into a very small animation with very short tweens has increased the whole .fla file from 10mb to about 21mb? I can't see how this can be so when the files are small vector shapes made in illustrator and expo...more >>

I'm passing variables to flash via the HTML code like so "flash_small.swf?myVar=Value" Is there any reason why this works? "flash_small.swf?movieTrt=Value" and this doesn't? "flash_small.swf?movieTRT=Value". Am I not allowed to end variables in captials? ...more >>

i am creating a flash site, and i want to make it easy to update.... with dynamic content. the content will be text along with images! a) what is the best way to feed the info into flash ?? (html / DB / xml) b) the content must have a layout, like you can do with html - frames! c) if the amou...more >>

Hi, in my design I have used a particular font which is not accepted by Flash (i.e it doesn't display in the external swf - the text is static). To get round this I have created outlines of this font in Illustrator and exported individual words as swf files as I want to animate them. I have i...more >>

www.kweper.co.uk this is in the root //var total=4 total = 4; text1 = "I'm Here"; urls1 = "Text2.swf"; txFile1 = "Text/Imhere.txt"; text2 = "Untitled"; this is the buttons created dynamicly on (release) { var newText = eval("_parent.urls"+choice); if(newText ...more >>

I've heard, in a public forum, a new FLV codec will be released soon. I have seen no other information about it. Is there any info to be had? I'd like some more details if they exist. All I know so far is that it will supposedly rival Windows Media for quality and will support live alpha c...more >>

Somebody please help, I have a project for school due tomorrow, which for the past month I've been working on it in flash, as a flash movie, and (just my luck) being that's it due tomorrow it happened to screw up today, yesterday I was able to export it fine, and watch it, but today I added tw...more >>

is it possible to put some sort of browser window within flash to display an html file???...more >>

I have a banner ad that uses multiple scenes with audio for each. My problem is the client wants a universal mute for all audio. I can of course get a scene to mute when a button is pushed but when the next scene loads the audio is playing again requiring the user to click another mute butto...more >>

Hi I am trying to display a jpg in a new http window using the getURL method in flaskMX. I have attached this code to a button; on(press){ getURL("logo.jpg", "_blank"); } This works fine and my image appears in the new window. I am wondering if there is any way to hide...more >>

I'm using the loadMovie action to call images outside the swf. But I can't seem to tell the right path to it. I mean if I were using dreamweaver the path would be correct. Is there a special synthaxis that I should use? The files are located inside a folder named "images", while the fla is at ...more >>

I am the new webmaster/webslave for www.bostonhog.com I?m new to Studio MX just created a website using one of the CSS templates provided in Dreamweaver. Now I would like to learn how to create a basic Slide Show/video with an MP3 playing in background. Have a bandwidth select, While its l...more >>

I bought the whole Studio MX w/ Flash Pro and i was wondering if I was entitled to put it on more than one computer. The CD's that came with my system have both the PC and the Mac versions... right now i have it only on my Mac and I was wondering if it was legal for me to put it on my PC as we...more >>

I need a little help. I made 2 flash menus and put them in a layer in dreamwaver. Then i changed the dimensions from pixels to % for the menus. Now, in internet explorer no matter how small the menu is height dimenson is a problem. It expands the menu from top to bottom (Firefox and Opera is ...more >>

Hi. I had many lines of text in buttons to edit so I used the movie explorer because it's the only way to have all the text in one place. It was quite easily done BUT I lost twice the work I did because almost nothing was saved, although everything looked fine until I closed the file! (t...more >>

Well .. first all the old messages disappeared and could not be re-downloaded from the newsgroup server .. this morning I can't even attempt to download the around 10000 newsgroup header that were there yesterday ... and NOW, when I get an unread count which shows several unread messages, but ...more >>

In the past I have see these flash advertisements on Yahoo.com that would fly across the screen right on top of HTML. I would like to create a flash drop down menu that would appear on top of a web page consisting of HTML, graphics, etc. Do I just need to publish a transparent SWF and place ...more >>

when user enter a number (ie. 3) into "input text" box, then it can go to that frame? eg. there are 10 frames, enter number 4, press a button, then go to that frame 4; enter number 2, press a button, then go to that frame 2; enter number 12, press a button, then output a error msg. ura...more >>

Hi there, quick question about embedded fonts and multi-layer movies. If you've got some obscure font and you embed it into the movie on, say layer 1, do you need to embed it into subsequent layers also? I'm trying to keep file sizes down to an absolute min. Cheers, @ndyB. ...more >>

Hi. I have made a compass in Flash and I want to be able to drag the needle around in 360 degrees. Is there anyone who know how I can do that? I guess it isn't possible to use 'startDrag()' /Antewik...more >>

guys, do you know how to export flash movie to animated GIF or alike. I tried exporting the movie as animated GIF but when I try to open the GIF file, it does not animate. What seems to be the problem? what settings to I need to do? thanks. ...more >>

hi, i have tried to create a auto file. i created this in notepad. my code is: [autorun] OPEN=NorrisAssociatesv1.0.exe of course i created a flash .exe but i am getting this error: "Could not initialize installation. File size = ........." my code says nothing of installati...more >>

www.methamean.com/menu2_2.swf ok, i made this menu but i'm not sure how to put actions on my optons to get url's.Basically right now the whole thing is a button that i've put on the scene. On the over option of the button i have put the movie clip which is basically what you see (wheel t...more >>

I'm running MX2004 v.7.2 on Windows XP and just moved to a new business location and thus have a new server structure. As soon as I try to IMPORT or SAVE from a .fla file, Flash crashes (hangs forwever). I believe it is trying to load the previously used directory path from my old building. Si...more >>

:D hi i'am allways opened mac flash forum when i working And checkout when i have free time and answering and discus in there But i have to login every 20 minutes if i don't do anything with it it's logout automaticly when we do nothing It's such a pain to type my user name & password an...more >>

I'm running Flash MX 2004 7.2 on a brand new G5 OSC 10.3.8, 512MB so I know system memory should not be the problem here. I checked macromedia's site and the latest updater is the same as what I have. I'm doing some pretty basic animation work, although I've got about 12 layers and thus fa...more >>

:confused; Help! I created an image in Illustrator which has perspective. Put another way, its final shape is a parallelagram. Flash 6 imports the image correctly as a perspective (parallelagram) within a dotted rectangle, but when I convert the image (Insert-Convert to Symbol), Flash force...more >>

I'm beginner in Flash. I would like to be able to take a frame by frame animation (bottle spinning) and have it move across the stage while rotating. I'm able to get the initial movie-clip of the bottle spinning. I created a new layer and place instance of the symbol on the stage. I insert...more >>

Is there anyway to get the current size of browser window and change an object size based on the size? I have tried obj.width=Window.width; obj.height=Window.height; Didi not work....more >>

Hi, I cant uninstall Flash MX 2004 Pro. Nothing like that, I like Flash but i have no need for it anymore. Ive tryed Add/Remove programs in the Control panel. Ive searched my C:/ for anything related to Flash and looked in all directories and cantfind the uninstaller. Can someone help. Thank...more >>

:confused; I just upgraded to Mac OSX from OS9 and am using Flash 5 for the first time on it. I loaded an mp3 file into the Library. I can see the wave form there but can't get it to play. No sound. I haven't used Flash in quite a while. Am I overlooking something stupid? Or might there be a...more >>

I am having trouble with the text. I am using a movie clip but it doesn't allow for me to view all that I have layed out in my movie clip. This there a better way? here is link as an example http://www.mvlc.us/example/test.html Any who can help I will be grateful. ...more >>

Hi Anyone can explain me the steps needed to bring a cartoon created in flash to the tv screen? Bonus question: How do you put your flash artwork on a VHS? Thanks a lot...more >>

Hi I use the following code : myMC.swapDepths(dynamicMC); MyMC is a MC created manually in author environment. dynamicMC is a MC created dynamically (with createEmptyMovieClip). After that code, does myMC still exists though the currentframe doesn't contain the Mc created manually? Obviousl...more >>

I am having cursor issues , I am sort of new to flash ... I have a menu with some buttons on it , these are buttons that were built as text fields first in flash and converted into button symbols ... i have simple buttons enabled ... in design mode , everything looks just fine , i get a little...more >>