I've produced some swf movies 1024x768 30 fps... I'm getting occasional scan line problems.. Its as if the monitor refresh rate lags behind or something.. but only for about 10 - 20 scanlines. It has an effect like you smacked the monitor. Any suggestions for solving this? I figure 30fps will ...more >>

Hello, I just started using flash. I am going though the "Learning Flash" pdf tutorial that comes with the trial version of Flash MX 2004 Pro. I have gotten to the part where it is having be add behaviors to the pre-defined buttons in the stage. One for play, pause, and rewind. I have added pl...more >>

Been using Flash MX for nigh on a year now, and have NEVER run into this. I'm sure I hit a hotkey or something... Here's the problem in a nutshell: 1 - strokes to not draw lines when the brush is selected. 2 - Drawing an enclosed shape with the brush tool FILLS that area, but the lin...more >>

I built an interactive timeline that scrolls back and forth through the window based on mouse position. http://www.artcenter.edu (click on the orange dot with 75 on it) It works fine on a PC. The scrolling is pretty fluid. But on a Mac it slows to a crawl. Only on a G5 with lots of memo...more >>

My computer is a G4 , de 700 mghz, 40GB, and 256 ram. Flsh mx has problems to run a simple animation with graphics imported from frrehand mx to the library ... iam not an expert at flash neither with computers , but i made my compu check and it is ok , i reinstalled the software and the p...more >>

I am new to Flash video and I am wondering which version of the player is required to play Flash video content. The video content on my latest site http://www2.artcenter.edu/designmatters (go to the PSA's section at lower left and choose any) will play on some browsers with version 6 Fla...more >>

I'm progressively loading some .mov files by importing said files into Flash MX Pro. When I go to import some .mov files to turn them into flash video, I get a message from Sorenson Spark (built into flash, not the full-fledged version) stating: '! Note: No supported audio track in this file...more >>

Can I publish a flash movie for use on a PDA using Windows CE 4.2? This is a PDA version of Windows (not the same as Window 9x, NT, 2000, or XP), but is a slightly diffent version than PocketPC (also a PDA version of Windows). Are there flash player problems? Player versions specifically ...more >>

:confused; Hi - i'm trying to draw a rectangle for eg. black on black but all i keep getting is the bright green outline from the "show layer as outline" tool. I can't turn it on or off or get back to the usual outline and fill. Does anyone know why this is happening. When i open an old pr...more >>

I am importing a few SWFs using the loadClip method. These movies could be greater or lesser in size and I would like for the entire canvas to be the same size as the imported movie. The canvas size will be the same for HTML embedding. The size will just change depending on the HTML page. So I...more >>

:Q Hello. I've just started at a new company who has an ENOURMOUS static website, all handled by Dreamweaver. I LOVE Dreamweaver, but I also would love to go dynamic with this site in the future... Here's the drag: Each product page is static. Each product page contains links to, o...more >>

I have 2 frames that are looping infinitely. When you click on the speaker to turn off the sound, it works, however when it loops back to the first frame, the sound comes back on. Anyone have a solution for this? Here's my FLA for those of you who want to be really nice and fix it for me :...more >>

Hi I've got four MCs overlapping eachother, and each MC has a button. So what I want to do is when I roll over a MC it should be 'sent to front', if you know what I mean? For example how one would determine the level of each MC when creating the swf in flash. So basically I'm wondering how ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create parts of my site, that can be dragged around the site, but I can't get it working. I've already used this code: on (press) { startDrag("_root.mc_test",true); } on(release) { stopDrag(); } But it didn't work. Can you help me? Thanks in advance ...more >>

How do I get buttons (like play, pause, stop, etc.) to work for my video?...more >>

Hello, Problem with Flash MX Professional 2004 Wondering if anyone has any ideas about this. Situation is that if working on a file on the network (which is inevitable) and anything happens to the connection for any reason, (ie a disconnect) all open flash files can no longer be saved anywh...more >>

Hi I have a combo box with labels 1 and 2 ,could somebody please tell me how to control what happens when the user clicks on these labels. i.e tell the movie to move to frame 1 or frame 2... thanks.. ...more >>

I'm having immense difficulty converting a flash animation of around four minutes into Avi.The finnished Avi files i've ended up with so far have been jumpy and in most cases missing huge chunks of frames. It's vitally important that i resolve this because i need to get it onto DVD to hand in ...more >>

I have made an animation, but I want to know what do I do next to get the animation to appear on a page on my site...... Please help...more >>

Hello all , I am a newbie to flash. I have creatwd my web site, I exported normally to .swf and .html files, I renamed them by index.swf and index.html and upoloaded them. Although they both work well when previewing, when I try to open with IE (having already published them), it won;t start ... ...more >>

I have the following code: createEmptyMovieClip("MasterInfo_mc",20); MasterInfo_mc.loadMovie("flashfiles/MasterInfo.swf"); I run this in flash projector, flash development enviornment, and a borwser window with localhost, and the MasterInfo_mc appears just as expected. I load the two...more >>

i've posted this problem yesterday, i'm trying to put a link to a website in a dynamic textbox, which is inside a movie clip, i've tried the suggestions users gave yesterday, but no luck couldn't get it to work, i'll be happy to email the ..fla if anyone is available to help me regards. ...more >>

I have some voice over audio that I need to sync elements of my movie to. According to the Flash help I should be able to listen to the audio as I scrub through the timeline, but I don't get any sound unless I actually play the movie. How can I scrub through the audio on the timeline so as t...more >>

:brokenheart; i have instaled iris and wipe phireworx component, but when i use it and try to see the result by testing the movie there are some errors with the name of the libraries anyone can help me out??????? **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\Utilizador\Defini??es locais\Applicatio...more >>

I am battling to open a flash projector in OSX. I cannot view any Flash Projectors. The mac does not have Flash installed on it but does have the Flash Player Browser plugin. Can someone please tell me how the hell to fix this problem as my dog needs an operation and my client wont give me the...more >>

Hi, We have developed RSI exercises content (animation+sound+subtitles) which we need to protect at server level and later at client level. Anyone knows of a DRM which works with Flash?...more >>

how can i prevent the activation of rollover event of a movieclip when is covered by another? i've tried mouseMove+hittest instead of rollover method but the result is the same... any idea is appraised thanks carlo ...more >>

Hi, how do i tell flash plugin (firefox) not to play any annoying sounds? Can I disable sounds in general or take the flash plugin the ability to play sounds? I hate the morons who put flash files with sounds on their damn homepages where you can't turn of the sound. ...more >>

Hi, i have a 150 images, which I would like to present as a slide show with user integration, and random image selection while auto play. How do I add the images to the timeline? frame by frame? or is there another way to do it more easily and fast? thanks ...more >>

Hi all, I want to share my view with you guys, please correct me if I am wrong. We develop learning/training modules using Flash in Windows environment. The result is acceptable, file size is super and I would say its fun. Until lately we want to promote our products to customers running Linu...more >>

Hi, had a interface made from photoshop with different layers...then i export each layers as .png. When import into flash, although those layers are transparent, but there is a big box surrounding the bitmap(which i assume is the size that the interface was bulit on photoshop). Q: How ...more >>

mailto:shane@stellarartist.com - how do I change this so that I can send an email and automatically have text 'I WANT TO BE ADDED TO THE STELLAR ARTIST MANAGEMENT LIBRARY' in the subject area Anyone got a clue ...more >>

How can I make it when the page loads that the focus is automatically on the flash movie? (in Firefox) ...more >>

I am attaching a movie from teh library like this: attachMovie('logo-spring', 'logo-spring2', 1000); When it loads how can I make the objects it loads over show up...in other words make the movie show in the background. Thank you. ...more >>

I'm making this http://www.babextrememodelsearch.com site (yeah i know, super long domain). Anyway it uses the loader component to load the site.. I haven't had any target path issues that I couldn't solve until I hooked up the WebServiceConnector component to a CFC on my server. I have a t...more >>

i have this weird problem when using the mailto handle with internet explorer 6.0 (sp2 + updates). whenever i insert a text or a button based mailto link into my movie, run it in internet explorer, and execute the mailto handle my flash movie is locked into the frame from where the mailto ha...more >>

I'm new to flash and having issues with my loading page. My image doesnt start loading until 60%- it suddenly appears. I was told my image is too big but I even changed the resolution to 50 and had it really small. ...more >>

Hi all, I have the eyes following the cursor working well... I just have a few hiccups. 1. I can't seem to delete one of the original (static) eyeballs. I painted over the other one, but the 2nd one is a pain in the butt! Why can't I remove this one cleanly? 2. I need the eyelids to bli...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to convert a Flash movie to a QuickTime movie. I keep getting the following error message: The installed version of QuickTim does not have a handler for this type of Macromedia Flash movie. I am using Flash MX 6.0 and just installed the latest QuickTime. Any help would gr...more >>