Dissecting, meaning, exporting/saving data/imagery from an already created swf file. Anyone have any idea how I would do such a thing?? ANY info would be very helpful and I will be greatful. Thank you!!! :xio::confused; ...more >>

I have bought and read numerous books on flash and have yet to find the trick that stops elements in my .swf file from slightly shifting as it moves through the timeline when I use the stock transform effects of wiping and fading. For example, I have a .jpeg image in the file and I wipe it in...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to instruct timeline so that a frame pauses10 secondes then the movie keeps playing on its own? Thanks...more >>

Hello, I'm importing some data from a sql database via sendandLoad... it loads in no problem... If I display the variable (which is a number) it shows as 19 (like it should) if I try to use it in a loop it crashes flash... trace("1 numawards is "+numawards); outputs: 1 numawards i...more >>

If my Flash movie is sized above the size of my monitor resolution, and I do not allow the movie to scale to fit the browser window, then when I scroll down into the rest of the movie content, that part of the movie does not update. I have made a simple very tall movie for others to see the...more >>

:D Hey. I'm new to this place. I just have a quick question: On a website, I saw some Flash animations in the *.swf format. I'm guessing they made them using one of the Flash products, but I'm not sure which one they used. :confused; They were cartoon/Microsoft Paint-drawn animations. ...more >>

I know that this is probably one of those things that I'm easily overlook or just looking too hard, but HOW DO YOU CONVERT AN SWF FILE TO AN HTML FILE??? Stupid question I know, but this is really starting to give me a headache. If you could help I would appreciate it! Toby. ...more >>

The timeline loops over and over again by default :)...more >>

Hello All; First i would like to say that i am not completely new to flash, but i am only limited to the basics so far, so i was wondering if anyone out there can help me out by pointing me to some example files, here's what i am trying to do. I work for a cab company as a dispatcher, an...more >>

I have a flash move that has three scenes, they are: preloader, login, and priorities. I don't have any components on the movie untill the very last frame of the movie where I have a form that has ComboBox, DateField, TextArea, and TextInput components. I found out that just these four compone...more >>

If i have put in the image and then i need to change it Is there a way to replace the image.......................in the frame.........without having to delete it all and re do everything:D...more >>

Macromedia, please respond... Issue: Audio drops out, movie restarts while playing in Standalone Flash Player 6.0.79. The problem is nearly identical to that described in http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/7/releasenotes.ht ml#Fixes indicate that Six known stabil...more >>

:confused; I have movie that needs to be viewed at full screen. How ever I'd like to add a lot of photos to the movie and I don't want the photos to be distorted. I would be happy if I could: allow scaling of the movie and not specific images. or allow scaling of the movie but keep the ...more >>

I'm trying to publish my site. now the problem that I'm having is that the site is shown on the left hand side on the web page instead of in the middle. I have maked off on the publish settings to center vertical and center horizontal and still it publishes on the left hand side. Coiuld an...more >>

Sorry Chris, I was unable to 'thank you' for your advice on Swish - reply didn't seem to work. Your sites are marvellous though - great work. After doing about 4 freebie sites it's time to learn 'Flash' - I think if one starts with the industry standard such as 'Flash' - one can then move al...more >>

I'm checking how possible is to develop a POS (point of sale) in flash, I don't see any problem but ticket printing, I have never used flash for printing, so i want to know if it's possible to print tickets from flash and print other types of documents (like official bills) from different prin...more >>

Does anyone know THE way to animate text? I mean, I've made a MC, typed in my text, made sure it's static, created a Graphic out of it, and it still looks as bad as before I did this procedure. Is is just the resolution? ( I have a Viewsonic 21", but sometimes it just seems Flash chews stuf...more >>

I'm using the NetStream properties to progressively download some Flash video. However, if in the middle of the download I close out of one video and start a 2nd video (or even restart the original video) it continues to downlaod that first video. It doesn't cut off the download/stream. I'm ev...more >>

sometimes when I try to use the paintbrush tool sometimes this crazy thing happens. I draw a line and it refuses to stick. However if I draw an enclosed shape, lets say a circle, the line i just drew disappears but the inside of that enclosed shape gets filled with the color I was trying to dr...more >>

I have been receiving a funny or fuzzy background around images (i.e., SWFs exported by Illustrator CS, GIFs, PNGs and JPGs from Photoshop) that have been placed in Flash MX 2004 and published. I don't see it on the development machine. I do see the problem when viewed from other machines. ...more >>

Dear All, I was wondering if anyone out there could help me..... Using the mediaplayback component in flash mx 2004 pro.... is it possible to give the user a choice of mp3's to choose from (rather than a single targeted url) - and integrating this into the player, whilst still keeping the slee...more >>

I see alot of sites who's entry pages are actually using the Macromedia logo; You know what I'm talking about 'This site requires Macromedia...etc...etc' and they post the logo near this information. My question is, can anyone do this? I suppose on one hand it's good advertising for Macro...more >>

Hi all. I have a section of my Flash movie that I would like users to be able to click on and when they click on the area (or symbol) a new browser window opens up and another site come up in that browser window. This is much like doing hot spots in Fire works. I just can't figure out how t...more >>

I'm a freehand, fireworks, and Dreamweaver user, and found the programs not too hard to learn. Now I'm devoting time to Flash and this learning curve is steep. Someone suggested Swish - but I want to use something that will integrate well. As a beginner I do have the Flash Bible - but are t...more >>

I have a flash presentation with about a dozen external SWF's that load either by a button click or by the playhead hitting a specific frame, all using empty MC's to load the movie. It works perfect on line, however tomorrow I am meeting someone who may not have Internet access at the time of ...more >>

Hi, I'm just a plain user and I'm trying to determine how to install the flash player on a somewhat locked down WindowsXP Pro desktop. I haven't been able to find any other way to submit this help request. The XP Pro system is locked down and only admins are allowed write to the "Program Fil...more >>

Hi, I have Flash MX 2004 and I was looking for that sound library that it used to be included in the previous version, but can't found! Where is that sound library? thanks ...more >>

:confused; I know that flash Movies play at different speeds depending on your processor speed. Is there a way to tell the flash movie to play at different speeds per the users processor? I'm a new user so be kind. Thanks ...more >>

Can anyone tell me the best way to spin a globe in Flash? Is is best to use vector art or should I use a gif? Obviously there are different continents on all sides of the world - so does that mean lots of different art? ...more >>

Hi all, I made a swf file in Macromedia Flash MX 2004. It works fine as desired on my and other computers which have Flash-7 player, but it doesn't function properly on computers that have the flash 6 player. On these computers, if I goto the flash website and click on install flash (for the...more >>

Hi, I have got a spam in my gmail about a web site selling O&M softwares, cheaper, including Flash MX... Is that real copy from factory they are selling or is it pirate? thank you ...more >>

Is the CSS support in flash MX04 (Pro) only "one-way"? Can flash only SHOW css-formatted content in a textfield and NOT EDIT the css-formatted content directly in the textfield after a stylesheet has been applied to it? The textfield then seems to get locked for direct editing via the mou...more >>

i have a short scrolling pic that jumps at the end, how do i make it apear like it continues on and on? http://cedsite.org/index.html...more >>

Okay, for some reason when I create buttons, they work when I'm testing them, but the second that I export them, they don't don't work at all and won't link. Is there any easy solution to this that I'm just not aware of? ...more >>

Hi Everyone, I want to add an (forgive me if this is the wrong term) 'onClick' event to a symbol which will then redirect me to another page in my website. I know how to do the JavaScript (i.e. window.location.href='mypage.htm'). Would someone be so kind as to explain or direct me to a si...more >>

My aim is use a button that, once clicked on, will begin an animation. How can I link the over state of the button do make the animation start? HitchhikeToTokyo ...more >>

I have two problems (using Flash MX 2004). The second could be related to the first. I created a form with a black rectangle outline and using objects in the component menu. I want the form to reveal itself in an unfolding effect. So I created a mask layer above and placed there a rectangle. ...more >>

I have troble when i export an image from photoshop as .png and then import it into my flash movie ... the problem is that the text get "pixeld" some parts get cut off, even though the text lays in the image... when i lokk att it in the prewiev , its perfekt but uploaded on the server in...more >>

If you are on a Mac would you please go to this link and press the link titled, "Press HERE." Does it open a _blank window or does it open a _parent window and replace the current window content? http://flashblocks.com/example/flashblocks_demo1.html Thanks for the help -- Sunny htt...more >>

When I?m using the scrollbar component in Flash MX 2004 pro, the swf file seems to have some trouble loading the external swf file. The external swf file contains text and is presented not in the box that was created for it, but is overlapping the complete file. The strange thing about it is, ...more >>

I have no problem importing one Capticate movie into FlashMX2004 (import to the stage of a movieclip symbol) however if I try to bring in a second one into a secon movieclip (to play further down the main scene timeline) I get a pop up error message that an internal Flash error has occured and...more >>

Hi I've looked through the forum pages and people have posted on what I want but I don't really get it. The flash help didn't really improve my understanding either. What I want to do is retrive a file name of an external jpg, which is loaded into a target movie clip on the root time line....more >>

I'm writing a flash application using XML to store and load information like a database. One of the fields is a description of the product. So for this description, I need pre-formatting. What I've been trying to make work is using html inside the xml document for my pre-formatting of th...more >>

I have a button with no graphic for the Up state but a graphic for the other states. So when you hover and click it a graphic symbol appears. When I use Control -> Enable Simple Buttons, it works fine. Also the sound I have connected to the button's Down state works good too. But in Test Mo...more >>

Hi, i have a shared library with some fonts. i can access them for text box which is placed in my file. Is it possible to access the font from shared library for dynamically created textfield........ ...more >>

Hi, I have created a swf on my Windows 2003 web server that is intended to display a photo collection. the swf reads an asp page via loadvar to get all the folders (which contain all the jpgs). When I try to access this swf outside the development environment I get a windows login box pr...more >>

I inheirited a job from a designer that split. All the flash files are password-protected. I just need to make some edits. Is there any way to crack the password and get in to the swf files?...more >>

What I have so far: An animated circle button. The over state is an animated movie that results in the circle expanding. (Smoothly) What I want to do: Have a rollout animation reversing the smooth expansion. What happens now: The button smoothly expands when the mouse is over it, then it...more >>

Hello, I recently got Macromedia Flash MX 2004, and installed it. I hadn't used it since about three weeks ago, and now, whenever I try to open it I get this error: "It appears your computer's clock has been moved back. Please restore your clock to its previous time. This product wont r...more >>

im sorry for my lack of detail it is a 'Text Area' and puts a scroll bar on it when needed......more >>

I am attempting to have a clickable button, once clicked, change shape into another object. How do I do this, since a button is a symbol, and a symbol cannot be shape tweened? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>