I am trying to round a number to the nearest hunredth. I use the Math.round() function, but it rounds to the whole number. How do I round to the nearest hundreth? Any help would be appreciated....more >>

We have a web site that has Flash in some areas. If the user has an older version of Flash and they try to access our Flash content, they may see a blank screen or a screen that has content, but then they cannot interract with it, making them think the site is broken. We'd like to find a way...more >>

Hi All , I have a problem I am using Photoshop CS , Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Pro & Swish PowerFx What i am trying to do is create a text in photoshop apply a style and export to flash , edit in swish and get the text to move. Sounds simple but When you type test in flash and use swish all lett...more >>

when i copy and paste from flash to fireworks then back into flash again the sizes are wrong if someone could just point me in the right direction and diagnose my problem it would be a huge help thanks WaZzZz ...more >>

when i copy and paste from flash to fireworks or adobe photoshop the sizes change ... whats the deal and how can i sort it please...more >>

I need to create an animated ribbon effect. It will be a ribbon that looks like it is blowing in the wind. Does anyone know how to do this or can you direct me to a tutorial where I can create this?...more >>

I have a problem with my Flash project: Hi all! When I publish a SWF and then change my screen resolution the fonts gets messed up in the SWF. The SWF only looks good in the same screen resolution it is published. How can I make the font?s glyphs adjust to different monitors? Thanx a ton...more >>

I am trying to create a title sequence in flash. in my .fla file, i have imported and embedded a video file in the timeline. then over the video i have added my text and animations etc which i have tweened along the timeline. the title sequence runs fine in the swf file. however i want to ...more >>

I just joined, and I searched here before posting, so hopefully this hasn't already been addressed. I am frustrated. I am trying to install Macromedia Flash Player. First, in the "Installing Macromedia Flash Player" window, which is preselected to be empty, after clicking on "Other Browser" ...more >>

A very simple question that I'm sure has a vary simple answer; I'm importing a number of images as a sequence (200 of them, in fact) straight to the stage, but when I do so, they're off center. Obviously, I could go through each one and change the coordinates, but is there any way to eith...more >>

I'm using Flash MX Pro, I'm streaming video using MediaPlayback component streaming the flv from a server, the video length is 1:46:00, I want to stop that streaming video at 1:20:00, how can I do that?:) ...more >>

:confused; I am thinking about buying the MX Professional version with Flash. I would like to use flash as a front end to a geneology so that it may be distributed to family memebers. Was wondering if it is possible and if there is a royalty free installation of flash that a recipient of ...more >>

:o Hi - I'm new to Flash - just got it yesterday. I would like to create a photo animation for my website i.e. where the photos change from one to another. I'm just not sure how to get started - any help would be great! Thanks - Kacie ...more >>

Hello, I'm working on my first 100% Flash movie...yeahhhhh!!! I've got a question about the text areas. I've got a movie clip that I've named menu3. The menu displays the bio of the artist that I am doing the site for. Half of the MC is his picture and the other half I need to relay some ...more >>

hello anyone and everyone, i'm currently developing online casino games that are illustrated buy our graphics team. i ran into a few problem when importing some gradients but i was able to get around this problem, you need to export from AI to SWF using Illustrator CS and selecting an exp...more >>

I've tried a couple down-loads, in case of file corruption enroute, install, un-install, re-install, even tried clearing out registry - which is interesting as Macromedia key cannot be accessed or deleted in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. While trying to launch, "flash.exe" briefly displayed in Task Mana...more >>

I am new to MX04 and I have a very basic question... I am trying to use the MediaPlayBack control to play an assigned MP3 file. I start with an MP3 that is in the properties at design time, and I have "autoplay" on. When I run it the MP3 plays fine. Then I want to change it.... Associat...more >>

Flash MX 2004... Using the browsers (IE6, Firefox) back/forward buttons... Any easy solutions? ....named anchors? ....components? ....??? Thanks for your help...more >>

hello, i have a problem here... i have too large images and this images are being used to do some animations... and there are common animations in the site... there many sections in the site too... and my question is: how to do a swf library that i can get one object without to load an en...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows of any good resources for creating a maze in flash. I'm about to embark on that & not really interesting in reinventing the wheel so any leads would be appreciated. :) Thanks all! Jessica ...more >>

I can't control size of images loaded into component. I put true to "scale content" but after its loaded appears big like your original size. My image has 800x600 but I want has 80x60. How can I make it? ...more >>

I have a combobox which gets populated from data that constantly changes, so the indexes of the data,label pairs are never the same. I want to be able to setSelectedIndex to the index of the item in the combobox that has a certain value.... i.e. this is example of populated combobox index d...more >>

I have created a screens document as a CD-ROM introduction, and the first screen contains several tweens. There is a shape tween that uses a mask to make it appear that lines are drawing themselves on the screen, and then there are four motion tweens that change the alpha of buttons (button in...more >>

Can I open and manipulate a newer version Flash .fla file using my old Flash 4? Is there a Flash 4 compatibility update I can get that will allow me to do this? :confused;...more >>

On http://www.guistuff.com/ there is a popup that is in flash and it has tranoarent BG so it doest look lik it is in a html thing, how is this done, is it flash or html...more >>

All the Pop-Up menu tutorials I can find on the web use the invisible button technique, which presents a host of problems. I have tested my menus using this technique on both Mac and PCs with the same results. If the user moves the mouse button off the menu too fast, for some reason the invisa...more >>

Really need some help here if anybody has any ideas. Working on this site: http://www.revolution.com There is a problem with the text wrapping on macs. It doesn't wrap as it should, it goes too far to the right and cuts off words. Works fine on PC's and Linux though. Any help? Thanks ...more >>

Hi all, I abit of a newbie on these matters. I have Flash MX 2004 and want to know if i need Flash MX professional. I have some video that hasn't been compressed and when i import it into Flash MX 2004 the quality of the video has been degraded a lot. To make the Video better quality I was won...more >>

How do I link a button to an iframe? ...more >>

Hi, I am creating a site using Flash and the whole thing is themed using Pixal Art Icons and images I have created. When I import these images into Flash they have been smoothened using Antaliasing instead of keeping the Pixal sharpness that they should be. Can I turn off this option somewh...more >>

Hello friends, I am using Flash and it is a marvellous 2-D animation applicarion with vivid colour palette and mixing choices. I feel that Adobe Photoshop should be used along with Flash if you are using a copy of a colour which you think you cannot reproduce 100%. Using Photoshop's Colour...more >>

Every time I make a change to my SWF and FTP it to our site we have to open and close a browser at least twice if not three times before the updated SWF appears. What can I do to prevent a SWF from being cached? ...more >>

Hi, I wanted my swf to be non-rescalable, non-resizable, meaning user ain't allow to stretch my flash player...so that what is beyond the stage will not be viewed in swf format. A lot of kind souls in the forum offered me the solution (and pls no syntax error was encountered...): fsc...more >>

Many dictionaries have been printed with some well-known words inadvertently omitted. These include such common words as "gullible", which is omitted from several major dictionaries. Dictionary publishers are blaming this on a virus that has infected the databases used to store definitions f...more >>

I have question about the tree component that comes with Flash MX 2004 Pro. Say I have a tree already shown below. Music -> Dream Theater -> Falling Into Infinity -> 1 songs? title.mp3 2 song?s title.mp3 . . etc. Is there a way to determine if what I?m clicking on is a folder or ...more >>

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Is there an easier way to do this? I have 22 swf's using a shared library from a single swf. I really want to change the name of the swf that houses the shared library, but I don't relish the idea of changing the linkage of every movie clip in each of those 22 files. Is there a quick and eas...more >>

im having a problem on playing flv on mac os which play fine on windows. i've tried to use both media playback component and embedded video but while run on mac it never work at all. i've read some forums on net and found many of us having problems in playing FLV on mac. please help. thank u i...more >>

Hi, How do I do this? I've tried the usual way, i.e. cutting & pasting layers, but this leaves most of the properties out (the graphics for each page). What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Michelle ...more >>

:frown; I can't seem to get Flash to work in IE running on XP Pro. I have checked the Downloaded Objects and it is there, but if I go to a site that has Flash movies it tells me to go and download it. I have gone through everything in the Macromedia support area but just can't get this to ...more >>

Hi - I'm on MX 04, and I've just changed to my own made (musical note mc) preloader. Before this, I had used a (purchased) component preloader. They both have the same result, however, in that they appear on the screen for the first time at the 50% loaded point. I'm still pretty much a novi...more >>

:confused; I have a sybol that is saved as a movie that I need not to loop. It is embeded in a layer of the flash movie. If I'm losing you I'm new to flash and trying to fix some else's movie. Can I stop the movie with Action Script while the rest continues? Thanks for any guiddance or shove i...more >>