http://www.reenie.org/test/flash/butttest.fla http://www.reenie.org/test/flash/butttest.swf In these files, the rectangle is set at 0,0 but it is not on the stage. What is going on ? ...more >>

I have a text input field that has a description inside it. What i want is that when the field is clicked on, that original text disappears. How do I do that? thanks for any help....more >>

Hi i want to know is only this is happening to me or not when i overwrite on the web (in a remote server) flash files, i can see the changes this maybe are problem about cache i have worked in other places, where the firewall is ISA server and this problem is the same maybe this is ...more >>

OK, I'm a novice flash user and creator so I may use the incorrect terms for things. I have created a small flash image which I'm trying to use as a button of sorts. This image is made up of a bitmap and a graphic which motion tween between each other. I want to place this flash image (grap...more >>

i have a background image of a scenery and i have an image of a person. if the person's image has a background to it how can i cut the background out of it so i can just animate the person, or should i say put a seperate effect on the person? an example of what i am talking about is on the...more >>

Hello I have managed to make a small web chat application with video and audio. Now i want to make a web page only for view the broadcasting that i am doing with flash com server and the webcam. Can any one please tell me how can a play a live video broadcasting on client browser. I know with ...more >>

I'm pretty new to flash, I was wondering. Do any of you know how I can make it so when someone hovers over my video a custom pointer pulls up?...more >>

Working with MX2004 Pro. I made a menu bar with a little animation on it of the buttons coming in and so forth and saved it as a movieclip with the intent of reusing it in multiple places within the project. So far, one button opens the menu, one closes it, and the rest take the user to...more >>

i'm trying to create a site with a look similar to http://www.deepsushi-sf.com when you navigate between 'home', 'events', 'location', etc, both the image slideshow and text contents tween into a viewing pane. can i rig up something like this by making a wide .swf file and tweening various p...more >>

I need to know the best way to disable Flash/Shockwave on a temporary basis. I am visually handicapped and floaters are making it very difficult for me to concentrate on what I want to see, instead of what the advertizing smucks are trying to jam into my vision. I would hope by now that ther...more >>

I know of the Flash Decompilers. What can I do to protect my files from people ripping apart my swf files?...more >>

http://www.somethingforrockets.com Info Section > News Section I was wondering if anyone knows of a fix for this; it seems like it's cutting off large portions from the ends of sentences. The text field is set to multiline word wrap, and I have tried to add margin spacing, but to no avail....more >>

Does anybody know good vendors of useful components - stuff like loader progress bars, volume sliders, etc. The Macromedia product doesn't include many components. Or a web site that lists vendors of such products? Thanks ...more >>

I need to create a CDrom. What I need is information on it like, max framerate, do I need prelooader when loading movie if yes for what size of image, ... Any topics or tutorial that can help me. Normally I do website but I think that there is some restriction that differ of it. ...more >>

Hello Everyone - I'm trying to display a scrolling list, with text, and a thumbnail graphic. Which Flash component would work best for this? I've debated about datagrid, scrollpane, lists... I'm not sure of the nitty-gritty of how each one works and loads. Any recommendations? How do...more >>

I have flash movie that plays, and for all purposes lets say it like a banner at the top of a page, what I want to know is how do I have it land to be just an image after the movie plays? Also how do I have so that is a user leaves that page, remains on the iste, and returns to that main page...more >>

Hi, when exporting .fla files in Flash MX 2004, the resulting .swf files appears empty in the Flash player - while it is 576 KB in size. The message when right-clicking in the window says "Movie not loaded". My colleague, having installed from the same media (we have a volume license) ...more >>

Originally posted by: viewofaburningcity I just wanted to express my distaste for Macromedia's decision to package the Yahoo toolbar with the flash player. This seriously affects the usability and the ease of distribution of the player. This damages public perception of what the flash pla...more >>

Hi folks, I am neophyte to Flash and I think this is the best place from where I get guidence. I need your kind attention. I am a Graphics Designer and I have started work in Flash. Right now, I am designing one ad, where all pictures comes one by one with text. Here now problem is I can ...more >>

Is this possible? if (player stands here){ enemy wait 5 seconds and shoot } ...more >>

I want to creat a form on my flash site and when the user hits the submit button i want the info from the form to be sent to my email address, i no theres ways in PHP however my server doesnt support it so i have to use CGI or form mail or another way, could someoen please help really desperat...more >>

Is there anyplace on the web that displays information on what proportion of web surfers use what type of screen resolution, what type of browser, etc.? I'm pretty sure I came across such a site a few years ago by accident. Thanks! ...more >>

Lets say I have 2 buttons. One button says ENGLISH, the other says FRENCH, on the first frame of a scene. When I push one of these buttons I want it to goto and stop on frame number 2 where there will be a text box saying 'welcome' in the language of the button you had pushed. Firstly, can ...more >>

hi, im thinking about getting some tutorials form a site called cartoonsmart.com, but i havnt heard anything about this site. does anyone know how reliable it is, or used any of his tutorials before? thanks the rostafarian ...more >>

Why can I not use a masking layer on a device fonts layer? I've tested it by turning off the device fonts tick box and it works fine. Is there a way around this? Thanks very much...more >>

I?m looking to make a html window open to a specific size once I?ve clicked on a button in flash. These are going to be picture windows. I've decided to go about looking at pictures in this way as it shortens my .swf pre-loader time and I seem to get better results for viewing bitmap graphics ...more >>

Hi, In my application, there are comboboxes in my parent and child swf, when I disable and enable the comboxboxes serveral time, a square appear over the dropdown arrow when the ComboBox is disabled. Is it a bug of combobox? Do you have any solution on that? Thanks. ...more >>

So I just read this on Slashdot, http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/05/03/03/2343207.shtml?tid=156&tid=95 Flash is bundling Yahoo Toolbar with the free flash player? WTH? It has taken Macromedia countless years to gain respect for Flash on the internet, I remember many years where i...more >>

Hello...I have been using Flash Mx and I have just downloaded the trial of MX Pro 2004. In MX, if you want to set an action onto a button (on click go to frame 4) you can do it really easy by just clicking on the ON button and then the GO TO AND PLAY button. But in MX Pro 2004, you can't just ...more >>

I have a flash file that works fine in all browsers but IE. My flash document calls variables from a couple of external .cfm files, which are updated regularly. Safari and Firefox (on both Mac and PC) have no trouble loading the variables, but IE (on both Mac and PC) seems to be loading cache...more >>

I have a flash file that works fine in all browsers but IE. My flash document calls variables from a couple of external .cfm files, which are updated regularly. Safari and Firefox (on both Mac and PC) have no trouble loading the variables, but IE (on both Mac and PC) seems to be loading cache...more >>

My client wants to use Flash to put in a PowerPoint presentation to be used for training purposes (PowerPoint will allow the trainers to edit the text in some areas of the presentation since there's no general concensus on what the text should be). Some of the graphics are fairly detailed. I'...more >>

I need to delete some scenes from my project I'm working on but I have no idea how to do that, could anyone please help me??...more >>

I made a flash and when I publish it as html, its size is around 2k and around 140k as flash movie. When I send it to a email address as an attachment, then download it to c:, it nevers open. I waited and waited, it still looks like it is loading in IE. Then if I open the .html from a floppy ...more >>

i have a page with 4 levels of animation running my problem, i cannot get the animation on _level4 to change the scene in _level3 on a "press" event after reading info on internet and in actionscript dictionary i have tried multiple ways _level3.gotoAndPlay("Scene 5", 1); _level3[3...more >>

I would like to price out a flash presentation. How much would the dog flash cost in www.dallashomes.com I would like to make a similar one on my page and would like to know how much I would need to spend. Thank You. ...more >>