I have a .fla file that I originally created in Flash 6 the problem is everytime I try to open it in MX 2004 it would crash. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can save it up to MX 2004, I'm using a Mac G5 Dual Processor and obviously Flash MX 2004 7.2. Thanks in advance for all the h...more >>

:confused; hi all, here's a question that i bet has a simple answer, but i haven't been able to figure it out on my own. i have a flash file that is 600px w x 500px h. i have set up a mask layer on it so that the viewer will be able to control the position of a movie clip that sits undernea...more >>

I Just typed a whole ton of stuff then it didnt work ^^ fuckin sucks. So ill try and make it quick. Im makin a game, its not good yet but i need help Firstly how do i make it so that when my guy jumps through the top of the screen he appears at a new bit/level. If You dont understand my ques...more >>

Some not too complex actionscript I have in a 2004 flash movie work fine in Safari and Firefox, but not in IE or Opera. The script basicly loads an swf into a level, replacing the previous swf. When it works, one click loads the new swf, but on IE and Opera it only works on every other butt...more >>

I have a page that randomly loads 30 different .swf files. One plays, fades out and then randomly loads another. This repeats itself over and over the entire time the page is open. It has always run fine when tested internally on our server and even viewed outside of our network from outsi...more >>

Can someone please tell me when I would use each? I read about loadMovie but can't seem to figure out in what scenario I would attachMovie. Thanks....more >>

:frown; Tried Everything. I just can't import sound. I run Flash MX Professional 2004 Educational Version. I use a Mac. ...more >>

Hi friend!My name is Hunan,I am flash desisgner,developer,programmer.I can help you with your problem.If you want that write me at Hunan131@rambler.ru & I'll send you example file & explaining to your problem.See you babay! ...more >>

I have a flash game in an .exe file. I want to produce it on cd. How do I get it to load automatically when it's put in the computer? I want to avoid users clicking on the drive and clicking the .exe file. It should just begin to play when it's loaded. Is there an easy software add-on to mak...more >>

Can somone help me? I wonder if it's posible to get around Internet Explorer's blocking of active X controllers (i.e. my flash page) so people won't have to mess with the settings themselves, or go through the "allow blocked content procedure" every time? I know this is a long shot, bu...more >>

:confused; Help! i know this is possible because i seen it done. Basically what i need is a menu the "rolls" down when you go over an image. And that menu has a bunch of links. http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/flash/flash.fla And this is the movie... http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/...more >>

has anyone ever seen this? my swf is actually larger than my fla..... using FlashMX, and yes all unused items have been deleted, and save as. any suggestions? thanks Linduh...more >>

Need assistance. I have a button coded properly to launch an email however i cannot get it to work in the swf. I have exported it as an html and it works fine, but it will not work in a stand alone swf application. It is set up as }; //email b_2.useHandCursor = false; b_2.myBtn_btn.onRelea...more >>

Hi I have a number of bottons that links to a movieplayer. When the movieplayer is open the bottons should be inctive - how do I do that? The bottens are dublicatet movieclips so they are a bit diffucalt to move away, so I am looking for something that make them all inactive i one go if possi...more >>

A guy on my project is using Captivate movies to illustrate some points in a tutorial. He was using loadMovie() to add them dynamically to his main timeline, but if you use loadMovie they start playing immediately. Flash MX can't import the SWF's properly to let him add a stop() to the first f...more >>

Hi again smart people! I have a simple sound clip that runs through my movie. for the last play of it during the intro, I would like it to fade out. This is the ActionScript I have to play the music loop: //Play Internal Sound Behavior if(_global.Behaviors == null)_global.Behaviors = {};...more >>

Hi Friends, I am pretty new to FLASH so this might seem like a junior question but I in my new flash project I am wanting to have some text appear as the title and then once it is up I want a short movie to begin. The movie I want to load is part of the project. Is there a way I can script thi...more >>

I'm redesigning someone's site and they want to keep a four-part slideshow that they have on the home page. It's currently done in javascript, and I'd like to do it in Flash. I'd also like the images in the slideshow to be pulled randomly from a database. I've searched for turorials, but haven...more >>

ok, for example, i have a box with a tick in it which is draggable. I also have other empty boxes where the box with the tick will be dragged. The empy box is the same size as the box with the tick in it. I want to know if there is a way of snapping the draggable tick box to the empty box when...more >>

Hi.. I'm trying to create a Flash movie to download an MP3 file to the visitors comp. They will of course have agreed to this, and what I want to do is have the download occur within Flash so that a) I can show some sort of progress bar, and b) if they navigate away from the page, the download...more >>

hello folks, first post on the flash forum. I once discovered a flash animation that started off as a normal painting. But it started to zoom in and would keep zooming in and in and IN .... (kinda morphing into other paintings but not really morphing, more zooming) Does anyone know what i ...more >>

I have a graphic and I want to make it fade away from top to bottom, I have tried using a black to transparent gradient to no avail and now I am wondering if it's even possible. Does anybody know how to do this? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

i am trying to create an on-screen keyboard that people will be able to click on the keys and the letters would show up in a text box, as if they were typing it in....... can anybody give me some tips on how to make the letters show up in the text box? ...more >>

I have a flash file that offen edit - how can I make sure that the user gets the new file and not a file from his tempfiles....more >>

Please help me I have 3 questions that need to be answered... 1. Can you combine 2 flash documents into one? Meaning all the layers and all the actions will still be intact when the 2 are combined... If so how do you do that? 2. When you shrink an image how do u make it now pixalized? M...more >>

..... how can protect my fla, beacause i have one site on the web and today i found one problem. WITH IMPERATOR FLA create my Original FLA from the SWF file Please if someone know something about this, help me ! ...more >>

Hello everyone! I need help at once! I have spent a lot of time making a flash web site, and I do not want to start over again. When I tried to save the document, it posted this message: "Failed to save document". I tried to save it with another name, on a different location, but it d...more >>

Is it possible to keep a Flash movie in the centre of the browser window? Thanks. ...more >>

Ok, so here it is... i have a basic knowledge of flash, i have built webpages, animations, but nothing too dynamic or complex... right now, i am working on an application, not for the web, one that would run straight from the computer like any other application. i am building it in flash b...more >>

Hi all I am using AE 6.5 and flash mx. I am trying to find a timesaving way of speeding up the process below. I am just trying to create a vector format that i can import directly into flash and not have to edit it. I have a video clip that I filmed against green screen, and I have k...more >>

Community MX would like to announce the CMX Slideshow extension for Flash MX 2004, both pro and standard editions. Completely customizable to match any design, the CMX Slideshow component enables you to load JPEG and SWF files into your Flash movies at runtime. Read more about it at http://www.c...more >>

Hi, I'm working in a .txt doc that will be loaded into Flash and I need to create a second set of bullets (so that they are indented further than the set right above it) What tag(s) should I use, textformat, tab? How would the opening and closing tags look? I've tried <textformat tabstop...more >>

I am having some problems with my text. I am using Dynamic text. And it is scrollable. But I need some of it to be bold and some of it to be plain. I pushed the button for formatting in HTML. But it looks fine in the design area. Then I go to test it and everything is simple text left justify ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for a music player that I can put a photo of the album cover on it, with a playlist. I'm willing to pay.. Any suggestions on where to look. Thanks! ...more >>

Hello, I have several questions. Appreciated for all replies. 1) How can I export Flash elements such as sound, image, etc. to external files as *.wav/mp3 and jpg/png? 2) If I embed an mpg movie with 25fps into a flash file of 20fps, will there be any problems while playing? 3) How c...more >>

Can you update Flash MX that was a part of Studio MX, to Flash MX 2004 Pro. But I do not want to update the entire studio...more >>

Hi - I'm on Mx04 and I've created a standard movie clip button successfully so far (with help from 'Flash Hacks' book) that has an up, over and down state. Now, I'm wanting to add a fade animation effect upon rollOut and I've added that animation section to the movie clip and named the fram...more >>

I normally work in photoshop and have only recently started working in Flash. I have had a few clients that have asked me to create an interactive rotation file for their web pages. Somewhat similar to the interactive rotating pics of cars that are at most auto manufacturer's web pages. I know...more >>

Hi again all. Does anyone know is there a way to send email directly in Flash without having to use .asp, etc. I assumed there was a way to add a link much like you can with adding a hyperlink to text in the property inspector, but I'm not having much luck. Any help would be greatly appreci...more >>

I'm having real trouble with animating a flash menu if i send the .fla file to som1 do you think you could help. once you see it it will become aparent what the problem is . many thanks...more >>

hello, I opened page7 of my template and saved as page8. then I changed some of the text and button info and tested it and everything worked. so I published it. Then I made changes on the Main page where terms of use link was inoperable and tested the movie and everything worked. Now w...more >>

Hey guys... please help... this is my first visit here after googlin' like no tomorrow searching for answers with no luck. I have my doc set to 800 x 600, when I publish to the projector all seems well. On my lcd monitor the projector file when maximized fits perfectly into my window, so ...more >>

So here is the flash intro to the site http://www.animalhouseevents.com/5105.swf I need it to say "Animal House" instead of "Night Club" I fucked around with it and changed the night club to animal house but couldn't change the shiny "night club" frame that was there. So now it looks weird...more >>

Does anyone know how to open a URL in new window? My problem is I cannot open a URL in new window using the action command getURL('myNext','_blank'). Each time I click the hyperlink, the page reloads into my original flash. That's not what I wanted. I want it to open into a new internet explo...more >>

I am creating a flash document for use on a cd. What format do I need to publish it in and with what settings so that on start it will run on its own on any pc without the need for a plug-in or another application? ...more >>

I want download macromedia flash 5 freeeeee.And if flash 5 is a shareware i want a pogram for create flash animation FREEWARE!!!! thanks....more >>

I am creating a flash document for use on a cd. What format do I need to publish it in and with what settings so that on start it will run on its own on any pc without the need for a plug-in or another application? ...more >>