Ok, I am a new user so my terminalogy is probably not the best. I have dragged a loader and a progress bar into the stage. I am using the loader as the source for the progress bar. I looked in the help menu for some direction and found that I need to use this code when loading a movie into ...more >>

I?m new to Flash and need to know if Flash is a viable medium for a project: It?s a ?reaction? test with 70 questions. You are shown a picture and when it re-appears you press a key. Reaction time is measured against a data file. At the end, the results are tabulated. There is a file wit...more >>

Sorry, I'm posting this again as I posted earlier today and didn't get any responses. If you have any idea why I can't do this, please help. Having trouble exporting a linked video clip (.mov) with an additional audio track (.wav) on a separate layer in Flash. When I play the published quic...more >>

Is there a way to dynamic size a dynamic text field based on the amount of text that is being loaded?...more >>

Ok This is a weird problem i've never encountered before. I've made a site with some very simple animated buttons that resize and tilt a smal jpeg thumbnail pic. When i move the buttons anywhere past the first frame of the movie the edges of the buttons totally get jagged and ugly looking. ...more >>

i cannot download the free trial of flash ...more >>

I've got a Pong game that I want to turn into movie clip that I can resize and drag onto another .fla and use as a preloader.. I've tried alt cutting and pasting the frames into a little movie clip but it seems to mess up the game. It would be nice I think to see a tut online that helped pe...more >>

i have 2mins 10 sec flash presentation, 800x600 stage size, 12fps, imported audio clips=53.1MB, imported video clip = 106MB, bitmaps total = 80MB i compressed it with jpeg quality of 20 and MP3, 16bit setting for the audio, and i'm getting 28MB swf file as a result. does this soun...more >>

Im designing a site with a small box for flash animation. I would like to have a gradientmove across it when it loads to give it some movement. Is there half easy way to do this? thanks!...more >>

Hi. I'm trying to drag and drop an object that has sound on mouse press. Seems I can either get the sound as a button , or get drag and drop as a movie clip with no sound! I tried embedding the button on top of movie clip with no success. Does anyone know how to get both sound and drag/drop? ...more >>

In Flash, can you create a pasword field, where you must enter the proper key combination to allow the movie to continue playing?...more >>

I know how to creat one, I just don't know where the information should go. And how it gets there. What action script doI use?...more >>

Can you tell me how to create a smart clip?...more >>

Can you help? I've got a file I'm working on where I want the user to be able to click on two different buttons and have each of these buttons load a different scene... but, they are somehow calling on the same scene? Download the fla and swf files here: http://d1047150.u37.infinology....more >>

Hello everyone, I don't use any of the Macromedia programs so I am very new to this. I am a course developer, but usualy the Media files are handled by vendors. I need to create a single button for a course I am doing because the path that the onld flash linked to has moved. I...more >>

Hello, From Flash MX, I did "Export Movie.." and saved my presentation as AVI with 32 bit color w/ alpha as a video format. Every AVI files I exported with this setting won't play in Windows Media Player. It gives me the following error message; "Windows Media Player cannot play the f...more >>

I'm using Flash MX 2004 Professional to create a computer based training application. I'm having trouble programming some interactivity into my application. I have to program 9 buttons on my screen with each of the 9 buttons configured to pop up some text on the screen when it's clicked. The ...more >>

I am looking for someone who can teach me how to create an online invitation form by usinf Flash. I have created some Radio Buttons, but not sure how to transfer the values to an email. Can anyone help me? ..Snoopy ...more >>

I don't know if anyone here uses Flash in Visual Basic, but if anyone does... can you get the width and height of a swf file loaded into a ShockwaveFlash object in vb6?...more >>

Im wondering if it is possible to easily (without a secondary source) to run an executable file from a standalone projector. Im afraid im sh*t outta luck, but want to confirm before i continue. thanks! ...more >>

I'm working on a Flash web presentation for a client and have a question about sound. I haven't worked with sound much, so I'm grateful for any advice or suggestions. I want to have a main movie the plays a loop of background music (such as drums and bass), then after a while, I load an extern...more >>

Just wondering about the functionality of having six buttons on one layer....more >>

To import a sound file I use: <param name="FlashVars" value="TheSound=foo.mp3" /> Only Safari can't find he file. Is there a solution?...more >>

I have created a navigation bar, with buttons that have th action : on(rollOver) { gotoAndPlay('2', '1'); } 2 being the first button, and the last button '7','1', being that it should play the last scene. The buttons are playing in chronological order when moused over, not the motion for w...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know why it is that Flash MX (or any version) doesn't recognize all the fonts that are installed? They're OTF fonts, and they're properly installed. Other software sees them. I keep having to type my text in a design program that can see the fonts, convert it to vector...more >>

Hello, I am trying to open a file I downloaded with flash 5, I get 'unexpected file format', what' sup with that? Do I have to have flash 2004 mx? Thanks in advance....more >>

Hi is there is a way of getting a flash movie to load from cache instead of from a server each time it is needed. I have a flash header which takes a age to load at 56k and wondered if there is a way of getting it to only load once instead of every time a page is called. ...more >>

Hi If anyone can help, I'd be very grateful as I'm not exactly a flash expert. A client has asked to make sure our flash videos have a maximum bandwidth of 300kb, is there a way I can set this in my publish setting or set a cap so my movies doesn't exceed this level? Thanks Rob ...more >>

Does anyone know why a multiline text field in Flash doesn't contain any carriage returns when it is sent to a php email page via getURL? Trevor ...more >>

Hi, What do you think is the best creating desktop presentations to view it in full screen (allowScale= "true") or in limited size in the middle of the screen (allowScale="false")? I like to do the second option and I do not what is the suitable for the client. Any suggestions and feedba...more >>

I'm using text metrics to build dynamic text fields but they're driving me mad! The metrics don't always seem to be very accurate, especially when the flash movie is scaled, so sometimes I get little bits of characters truncated when the text is on one line. What am I doing wrong? ...more >>

I have finally completed a CDROM using Flash MX. I believe it is possible to change the default icon. Can anyone share some knowledge on how this is done. Also how many different formats of icons do I need e.g 16 by 16, 32 by 32 etc? Thanks Paul ...more >>

I would like to export an image from an online swf (not from source file), like a screen cap. No one seems to be able to tell me how to do that. Maybe calling java with a getURL, but I don't know how to code this in java... Thanks for any help. ...more >>

I have taken over doing the Website of some friends Steve DeOssie and Fred Smerlas 2 Ex NFL players who have a Charity Bike Ride. http://www.fredsrun.com Their Original site was done with Market America. They had a Flash http://www.fredsrun.com/481nm.swf I was wondering if anyone ca...more >>

I have several flash .swf of frame rates between 25 and 51, and between 100k and 2 mb. Heres the thing: > They play exactly to time through ie on a laptop with moderate pawer and graphics card > They play exactly to time through flash player or as exe > They play 30-50% slow through ie on...more >>

Does anyone know if it possible to make a controler that will move from one point to another rather than frame-by-frame?? Am trying to put together a presentation for Uni and I would like to use a controler (or even simple button) that will move from sequence (animation) to sequence, automatic...more >>

Please help. Second request. Every flash site I visit using IE on XP is very very very slow. I have the latest player, a brand new P4 laptop, all windows security, SP2, and I just ran two spyware scans to get rid of that . Still all flash sites I visit, despite fully loaded preloaders a...more >>

Hope someone can help mwe with this. Im creating a virtual tour, and want to have zoom in out buttons as well as pan up down buttons (the left to right bit is ok) I have created the up down buttons, and they simple increment/decrement the _y value. The problem Im having is how to ensure t...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to customize the PageFlip file found here (www.iparigrafika.hu/pageflip/). I wish to add a scrollpane to it, but whenever I do, the scrollpane appears as just a blank square, with no scrollbars and content. I've tested it in another flash file, and I can get it to work perf...more >>

Fonts in Macromedia Flash menus, panels and timelines do not display correctly on my laptop. I found a description of my problem here: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?event=view&amp;id=KC.t n_14735&amp;extid=tn_14735&amp;dialogID=3774982&amp;iterationID=1&amp;session...more >>

I need to mathematically add these variables in a form but flash insists on joining them into a string of numbers rather than adding them together var1 = 10 var2 = 10 var3 = 10 total = var1+var2+var3; total = 30 but flash does it like this. total = 101010 Wierd thing is, is that ...more >>

I have a .mov file that is crystal clear, but I bought a FLV player to use in my flash files. So I converted the .mov file to a FLV file, I really seem to be losing a lot of quality when doing this and I am having trouble with the files even streaming in after converting. Does anyone know a be...more >>

Hey guys, I have a problem. A huge problem, and it would be best if it were fixed immediatly. I have tons of voicoever work that is in MP3 format. When I go to import it, I import MP3 files, it says 'One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them.' I have che...more >>

I want my end users to be able to download files, pdf, fla, etc. from my Flash site. Can and how is this done?...more >>

I'm not a flash designer but am using a program to convert an AVI file to a SWF file that is put up on a web site as part of a portfolio. The SWF file is played by selecting a link to it. I'd like to be able to limit the size of the played video to 320x240. Do I have to create an AVI th...more >>

I notice that when you load SWF files via a link (HTML, http address) the window has scrollbars and toolbars on top, and the window isn't an exact fit to the SWF file. When I execute the SWF file from my computer drive, it appears just like I want it. Just the SWF as a plain window without a...more >>

The GetVariable function works in IE6.0 but I when I view it in Firefox, the browser's JavaScript console says that it is not a function. Has anyone come accross this or can suggest a workaround? Thanks, Alfred ...more >>

Hi. I've just been employed to do a flash presentation that runs on two screens simultaniously. How would the best way to go about this be? I plan to have it actually running across 3 screens, (one screen for the control interface, the remaining 2 for left and right hand sides of the ...more >>

Hey!! I need to transfer some .swf files to DVD. But here's the catch... I'm using a Mac, and the flash movie has 'movie clips' in it, so i can't just export it to quicktime... I really need help, and FAST!! anyone know of anything? ...more >>

If I embed a font and apply an htm tag <b> for example, the text is not visible, it is still there because I can select, copy and paste it into notepad. THe odd thing is that with an <A hrefef' tag, the font is both visible and the formatting applied Can anybody explain why the <b> formatt...more >>

:brokenheart; I accidently trashed my flash site which, took me months to do and all I have is the published movie. Is there any way to break apart the compressed movie? PLEEZE :o...more >>

Hi All, After putting the .swf files onto my site,I am having problems with it on different browsers.What works on Firefox (which I was using for testing) doesn't work with IE or Opera. IE (appart from being crap :-) ) shows the page completely wrong. Opera, when opening the site without wr...more >>