Hi All, Thanks for reading. I have created a simple fade in/out flash movie, see the link below. I have a couple newbie questions - 1. These images are png files straight from Fireworks - should I first export these as jpg after using selective jpg compression to optimize these images, or d...more >>

Hi, I'm using Flash MX 2004 for allmost 1 year but never made use Actionscript 2.0. Right now I'm realizing my first Big Project with AS2. On my comp at the office everything just works fine but when i tried exporting the Movie with my home comp (I've got two and these behave the same way)...more >>

Hi, why does the page below not show up in Mozilla? http://www.titlesequences.com/ff/test/welcome_test.html It does not seem to be a "percent rather than pixel dimension" problem because the following page with a stage size set in pixels does not display properly either: http://www....more >>

Where can I download a freestanding Flash player? One used to install with Dreamweaver, Flash or Director-- but apparently no longer. I have tried to download through the macromedia site -- but it is only the web plugin and I get no returns searching the knowledge base. I would like to view F...more >>

I downloaded and installed FlashMX 2004. I am running XP with the complete SP2, 2.63 mhz, P4, 1 gig ddr ram. When I open Flash, it crashes, every time. I shut down all unnessary apps, closed my internet connection, disabled my Norton. I am at a complete loss as to why this keeps crashing. I ha...more >>

in director there is a psibility to build a property list like : x=[:] //declaring of the property list x.addProp(#x,44) x==[#x:44] x.addProp(#dsf,23444) x==[#x:44,#dsf:23444] x.addProp(#arr1,[:]) x==[#x:44,#dsf:23444,#arr1:[:]] and so on is this possible in flash 5? thnaks in advance p...more >>

Can anyone help me here I am so old school I fell like a fool asking for help..... http://www.genoaglass.com The problem I am having here.... I know my way around creating graphics, animations, states etc... if you look in layer 18? I think.... in the drop down folder in the file, refe...more >>

My movie stops part way through... When it stops and you hit the play button it'll resume. Here's the code I've used.. mc1.stop(); yourBtn.onPress=function(){ _root.mc1.play(); } stopBtn.onPress=function(){ _root.mc1.stop(); } When I remove this: mc1.stop(); It w...more >>

:disgust; Hello all. I am setting up a Flash CD that will run as a projector. I want to add pdf files to this CD but I am having a hard time with a few things. One, where do I put the pdf files that I want to run with the CD (in the libary? on the CD in another folder? where?). Two, how do I e...more >>

i got told this already but i cudent find it in the fouroms anywhere, can anybody tell me what i have to do to make it so a certain movieclip gets attched to where ever i click and mass of them can be produced at every click i do, so i can have a shooting game where it looks like the wall has ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to create a single theme in your main FLA/SWF file and then have all subsequent SWF files that are loaded into the main SWF (via Loader) take on the Theme as well? Without having to copy the Themes information to each individual file? Thanks ...more >>

Hi This maybe a stupid question but is there a maximum number of movie clips I can have in a swf?? I'm working on a project that will use over 8,000 movie clips. My next question - Is there away to automate the creation of movieclips?? Thanks in advance Dave ...more >>

This is my first Flash website, so please bear with me. I have my navigation menu that is a movie symbol. The individual button symbols within the movie symbol are opening new swf files using the loadMovieNum command. All swf files are the same canvas size. When I get to one of the 2 tier ...more >>

http://www.nec.com.au/flash/products.swf Change the window size and the top layer moves in???...more >>

Hello: How do you force your .exe file to be full screen when the user places a CD in set up to [autorun]? Regards...more >>

i think im using the full version of flash mx 2004 pro but i dont know if i clicked trial. im assuming the trial would bug me everytime i used flash that i only have a certain amount of days left......but anyway is there anyway for me to be sure? ...more >>

Hi all I'm working on an animated logo where text is supposed to rotate around a globe with various stop-starts and direction changes. Originally I used the 'print' jpg used for business cards, etc., and broke it up and had the outside 'banner' ring move around the globe which worked OK b...more >>

I am trying to create a simulation that has has the user move an object into a particular position. There is a line connected to this object at one end and connected to a fixed position at the other. How can I get the line to move with the movable object but yet stay fixed at the stationary ...more >>

Good day. I have two Flash MX projector files. PROG1.EXE calls PROG2.EXE (works fine). Both programs stay open with PROG2.EXE in front. This is as it should be. I now want PROG2.EXE to close. I use the following command: on (release) { fscommand("quit"); } When the progr...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a .fla which was originally created by somebody else. They have used the Halo Theme to re-skin the text-area component. Now I need to add in a combo box component. It all looks fine until I export the .swf file at which point the combo box loses all its contents and wo...more >>

After several exasperating hours, I need help. I have an MX 2004 Combobox component on the stage of movieB. That (plus other stuff) makes movieB kinda big, so I've made movieA (10 kB) which loads movieB into a movieclip, and shows movieB's load progress all the while. If I export movieB on...more >>

I am using Flash 5, attempting to control a movie with actionscript for the very first time. I am having problems with the following: As far as I understand, I can only access an object by its name when the object is an instance of a symbol of the type "movie". Is that correct? I read that th...more >>

Using the following code logout_btn.onPress=function():Void { _root.application.login.logout.visible=true; _root.application.login.visible=true; _root.application.main.visible=false; } when I run the test app the button press is not registered, and the visible=true are not trig...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a CDrom that contains several files to be consulted. What is demanded is that when you run the cd, the user either creates ou chooses a existing user, and then resumes the study from the latest file read. Can anyone give me some clues how to create/store users within a fla...more >>

Ok, this is probobly a very simple question, but I haven't had much caffeine yet this morning. Can you target an html layerfrom flash as you can target an html frame? Would it be a call to a JavaScript function or is there a way to do it directly from flash? ...more >>

Hi there! I've posted this question on flashsupport.com and have yet to get a solution. I'm hoping someone here can help me out with the following. I am developing a cdrom based application, which is going to be translated into several languages (English, Spanish, Russian, polish, manda...more >>

I am trying to import an Illustrator file into Flash. After I choose the file and open it, I am supposed to get an options dialogue box. That's where I should be able to choose to import in keyframes. Well..the box is not coming up. So all I am getting is flattened drawings. Does anyon...more >>

Hello: I am making a flash movie that displays unique statistics for several users. I actually just started getting into flash because of this project, so I'm far from being an expert. The data to display these user stats could be passed to flash with loadVariables. The problem is that I...more >>

I am new to Flash. I have a flash movie and have put thumbnails on a frame. I would like the user to be able to click the thumbnails and a pop-up window appear with a larger image. i understand the concept of using the getURL action and that some javascript code is also required to make thi...more >>

Hi .. I recently bought the whole package for Flash MX 2004 .. It also installed perfectly but than when i open it the program automatically closes after 20 seconds. I hav re-installed 5 times already and need some serious Help System Properties: - Pentium4 - 2.8 Ghz - 256MB Ram - ...more >>

I must be missing something very simple. But I just can't figure out why this doesn't work. I am using loadMovieNum ("trio004.swf", 1); That movie plays until it hits frame 100 because I put stop(); on that frame. I want to control that movie from this movie thats loading i...more >>

i want to animate an object to make it rotate at the end of the object, not in the center like in the tranform effect. is there an easy way of doing this like with the transform tool thingy. if you dont understand what i am trying to say its my fault because i have a hard time putting thin...more >>

I'd like to create a simple flash form that will allow me to record the input of text and selection of radio buttons as a .txt or .html document that is not to be posted to a website, but saved locally on a salesperson's laptop. Are there any tutorials that you are aware of that'll show me how...more >>

:beer; Running on Mac OSX 10.3.9, Flash 7.2 (just updated from fresh installation of Studio MX 2004): Trying to "Create from Template", but the templates I'm interested in - Photo Slideshows, Presentations, and Slide Presentations categories - when I try to open any of them, all I get is "Unab...more >>

Hi all, I'm want to develop a presentation that will be very much like the "Spokesperson Presentation with Synchronized Graphics" tutorial available at the Macromedia site... http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx..._corppreso.html My main difference is that there is not a continuous runn...more >>

Hello all I have a movie which calls up a swf ticker (on _level1) all is fine but the text from my XML file does not appear. if I play the ticker swf alone the text appears.... can someone help ??? Thanks again I'm learning alot from ya all Dan ...more >>

Is it possible for a UI checkbox or radial button to load a swf as well as collect data? For instance, if I had a Flash file where I'd like a user to be able to select paramaters for a home theater. I know how to make a file that would let them go through and choose their options like screen t...more >>

How do I rotate the blip swf button created with Dreamweaver MX?...more >>

I would like to know how to script a button that is in a movieclip to play an swf file on the main timeline. i want to be able to load multiple movies one after the other as each button is pressed i can do it when the button is on the main timeline but when i put the buttons in a movieclip the...more >>

I am found a real cool menu and transition on a flash project. It involves randomly selecting animaitons when a link is pressed. I am trying to figure out how they accomplished this but i cant seem to find the one piece in the project that has the action script. I found out that the instance n...more >>

The audio is out of sync in my movie it actually comes in early. I have read other post on audio problems in flash especially when the animations are intense and the frame rate in high. The audio gets out of sync only in the last few frames of the movie. The movie is currently 2500 frames...more >>

i have a movieclip called guy with this in on (keyPress "<Enter>") { _root.bomb.play(); _root.bomb._x = _root.guy._x; _root.bomb._y = _root.guy._y; } and i have another movieclip called bomb that when played looks like its falling, what have i done wrong. it doesent seem to wor...more >>

Could someone please tell me how to create a bullet on static text in Flash MX. ...more >>

I have Flash MX 2004 and Quicktime 6.5. I made an animation in Flash that contains some movie clips. I need to export it in a Quicktime format. There are two QT formats either Quicktime or Quicktime Video. With the QT video option, it exports it, but doesn't play the movie clips. With the...more >>

Hi guys I am using a dynamic text field, and I need the text to be antialiased, but cant seem to get it to be so. Is this even possible with a dynamic text field? If so... can someone tell me how?! Actionscript solution is fine.. anything to get it working! Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I have built a Flash text scroller for my site. For some reason, when the text scrolls across the screen, the text is choppy and hard to read. What is causing this? I would appreciate any help with this. Here is the link: http://www.aa5design.com/testing/1stchoicedental Note: The f...more >>

I'm working on a Flash presentation to be used on Toshiba's new tablet. I need to link a Windows Journal file to a button in Flash, but I don't think that will actually launch the Windows Journal application and then open the journal file itself. Does anyone know if this is possible??? How do ...more >>

Can anyone tell me what dimensions I should set in a Flash presentation for a plasma screen...(It's probably not that simple but any help would be appreciated). Cheers...more >>

hi, i want to do the create minimize button in *.fla(macromedia flash), but i don't have action script. if it is possible. plz mail me as soon as possible. From http://www.developmentnow.com/g/68_2004_3_0_5_0/macromedia-flash.htm Posted via DevelopmentNow.com Groups http://www.developmen...more >>

:light; Hi folks, I have a Logo with flat round image, and i want to rotate it in Flash, and also want to give it some kind of 3d effects, can you help me find some ways for rotating a logo in Flash MX 2004 ...more >>

what is the best way to click on a small image to download the large image for a screan saver, should it be a external file?...more >>