We've created a CD presentation using flash. When it's viewed from the cd the presentation hesitates at certain points. You can hear the cd drive spinning at these points and the action on the screen pauses. How can we prevent this from happening? Can this be solved with a preloader? thank...more >>

Hi everybody, I hate flash for not providing an easy way to make a drop shadow. So I followed the advice of some people here and made and object under the object and applied shape/soften fill edges. I did get softer edges but whatever combination I do I can't seem to get a bigger shadow more...more >>

I am working on a flash site and have run into a problem that I cannot figure out. I am trying to load an external swf to my main movie. The external is loading external text via the external text mx component. I can add text to the left hand side of this movie and they show as expected. Th...more >>

Hello, I'm wondering what I'm missing regarding Preloaders. I'm using Flash MX. As for me, I have some experience with Flash but am by no means a heavyweight. So, I built a flash movie and tested it. When I load the flash page, I'm waiting approx. 30 seconds with a blank screen while f...more >>

Having a little trouble exporting Flash as a Quicktime movie. I have imported a mpeg into Flash and exporting the Flash out as Quicktime. I read the articles about changing the Flash version to 5, but when i do, i get the following error, "WARNING: This movie uses features that are not support...more >>

Hello. I have flash movie - .swf file ~2.5Mb. The flash is made as sequence of jpeg pictures with transparency. And the flash is compressed. When I add the movie to an html page and load the page into IE (Interner Explorer) - IE allocate >130Mb of memory (I can see that in the Task Ma...more >>

Can someone explain why is the circle appears to be pointy sometimes, and how do I solve the problem? Thank you, einstei...more >>

Hi guys, I have three swf files embedded in an html page. How can I make them start secuentially, I mean when the first one finishes the second one starts, etc. Thanks Roby ...more >>

What would cause an image background color not to match a the Flash background color on some monitors? For example, in Flash, I may set the canvas color to #C4C3C1. Then, in Fireworks/Photoshop, I set the canvas color to the same value. It looks fine on my monitor, but on a couple of monito...more >>

Hi Forum, This is my first post. I dont know how many of you have faced this problem or have been facing this. :frown; Is it a flash bug that when two animation clips playing on the same stage at same time jerks (doesn't play smoothly). When any part of the animation overlaps the othe...more >>

I am making a presentation and I decided to do it in Flash. I would like it to look like the good old days of powerpoint where it takes up the whole screen. I know how to move to next frame with click, blah blah blah... but does anyone have any suggestions to how I can get it full screen and n...more >>

Hello, I thought this might be a good place to ask this question : How much does a Flash site cost in the 2005 market? (Obviously this is all about content and levels of intrcacy, butin general, speaking about the average cost) Is it US$2,000, US$4,000 -- I know it used to bea lot more ...more >>

My site is created by several different .swf files. Is it faster to put each ..swf file into an .htm file and load them that way OR is it quicker to just load the .swf file? Hopefully I am clear enough. If not, let me know and I can explain better. ...more >>

Dear All, I need PNG image file format load in my Flash MovieClip. I can't able to load the image in Library, because every time that image is change so i need directly load in the PNG file form my folder Pls help me, Regards Sathishkumar ...more >>

Flash can be set to work at 120 frames/sec. What kind of monitor could handle that refresh rate? The LCDs are slow, And the DLP from TI is better except for a rainbow effect with the color wheel it uses. Then there is CRT? Are there other restrictions? I need the frames to run at that speed f...more >>

I'm trying to set the color of the selected text of a combobox component (which I understand is actually a property of the List compenent) and no matter what I set, it stays the default dark blue. In the code below, the color and backgroundColor are working but the textSelectedColor isn't. ...more >>

Help! Does anyone know of an image redirect code that will display a gif or jpg in place of a swf file if no Flash Player is detected? If not, any suggestions on what page redirect code will work best? We want to incorporate Flash into our site, but need the assurance that non-Flash Player...more >>

I am in deperate need of a way to create rectilinear lines that attach start and end points to other objects at design time. I need them to behave very much like connecting lines in a flowchart: If you move a symbol - one end of a connected line moves with it. I realize I can compute an ...more >>

So, as my Message Title and Topic Summary suggest I'm having trouble converting my symbol to a graphic image. (Don't know if I'm explaining this right because I'm new to Flash...MX 2004)... I've been taking a tutorial and I have two words Motion Tween and Shape Tween. I broke apart the ...more >>

i have been told that to attach an event in flash 5 i must use eval! i tried to use it like this : eval("_root.tar1").onMouseDown = function () { trace ("dfg"); }; but no luck any idea why? ...more >>

Hi, I'm using the media playback component in Flash MX pro, but I want to be able to dynamically switch the .flv video that's associated with the component. I have 3 videos that I want it to display, I plan on having thumbnails which when clicked switch the video playing in the component. I'v...more >>

http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/blog/flash_question hi - hope someone can help. here's what i did. after you watch the above movie you'll see the ENTER at bottom right. i clicked on the ENTER layer at frame 405 which is the last frame that the movie plays to. then i went to behaviors...more >>

Hello Im trying to make a TREE component MX 2004 to appear fully exanded with al nodes open , but i cant find a way, does any one have an idea on how to do this. I will appreciate very much Adrian ...more >>

hi, is it possible to open a different site if it is day or nigth?? thanks...more >>

Hi, I would like to how can I link a button to a local file such as a PDF or Powerpoint file. Thanks. I can link the button to a local HTML page by adding a behaviour to it but have not been able to kink it to a PDF file. Is there special syntax that has to be used (absolute or relative pa...more >>

Dear All, I am run the Flash Application in the Command Prompt like Application.exe i send the some parameter in the Command Prompt like Application.exe Param_val1 how can i get the value(Param_val1) in the flash Application very urgent help me Regards sathish ...more >>

Hi, i am making a portfolio for all my illustrations and have a nav bar that enables the user to select between the images. each image is in a seperate movie with a starting bar preloader. i want it so that when the user clicks on a link, the new image loads over the top of the previous image...more >>

This may be a very easy question, but I'm new to Flash. How do I keep a flash movie playing across HTML pages. For example, I have two pages. Both pages have the same flash movie. On my home page, I want a flash movie to play. When someone clicks on a link to go to the next page, I want the mo...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm creating a flash presentation. Its really basic but I need it to look professional. I set it to full screen and let it play though. I will have to stop the presentation randomly and I was thinking of having a small button at the bottom, if clicked it all fades to white. Does ...more >>

I am trying to import a Flash media button (glass_torquoise) from Dreamweaver MX 2004 into Flash MX 2004. Ultimately I would like to use the button to stop an embedded sound that plays when you hit my website. I can only import the ..swf file, only if I copy the .swf file to my hard drive an...more >>

can someone tell me how to link to an email address from text? I cannot find it anywhere and taking a stab at entering the email address in the link field rendered useless. thanks!...more >>

Hi guys, I am trying to parse a couple of variables into Flash using the querystring on the initial Flash object: myfile.swf?var1=varvalue1&var2=varvalue2 But in Mozilla the special characters does not work. I have tried with and without: HTML encoding ASCii encoding URL encodi...more >>

There are millions and millions of people that really need a AS2 Flash MX 2004 IDE for Linux. All they can find is this replicated note from zdnet: ? Macromedia will begin experimenting with Linux support, releasing versions of its development tools that work with the open-source operating...more >>

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Hi, I'm a newbie to Flash and a client has asked me to edit the .swf files on their website. How would I go about doing this? I do realize that I should have a .fla file, but I haven't seen any on the server, so not sure if they are available. ( I am sending them an email to find out if ...more >>

Hi! everybody! Question! please help, kind of worry :Q I have a main folder called "Basic", inside this folder I have a exe flash program that when opens, call another exe application. I know that you have to create a folder called "fscommand" then place your exe applications inside it. ...more >>

Hi there Hope somebody can help a new user to flash with this! I have a colour chart of 180 colours, and would like a mouseover on each colour to fill a graphic of a bottle with the choosen colour. I dont really have a clue where to start - I have Flash v5.0 Many thanks ...more >>

Could someone tell me exactly how to correct a whitespace problem. I know it's something to do with changing the code, but being far form expert, I don't know the exact proceedure. Check out www.shootnsave.com to see the whitespace. It is at the top where the flash banner is located. It is th...more >>

Would I be right in thinking that using setInterval would be better for a simple dropdown menu (the slide out animation part) rather than using a frames-based animation for it? there's a really simple example of this menu at actionscript.org's tutorials section (under simple dropdown menu). setInter...more >>

I am stuck trying to create a certain button on my website. Basically I would like to have the buttons set up so when my mouse hovers over it. Users can click on it "immediatley instead of exactly pin pointing the mouse in the right location of the button. To fix this issue i know that when yo...more >>

alright when ever i try to upload a song it say "one or more of these sound files could not be inported because one or more of them could not be read wtf and yes the file IS MP3 and the sixe is 6Mb's so some plz help! ASAP thanx ...more >>

Is there any way to make text curve along a path in Flash MX 2004? I've been searching this forum and the knowledge base and I'm finding it hard to believe that nobody has tried to do this before. :) The backup plan is to import graphic text that is already formatted correctly, but that is...more >>

HI. I made a great animation, but i made the work in the center of a bigger background that i really need. Now i have an animation with free innecesary space above it. I treat moving elements, but is a dissaster, there are methods to cut or resize the movie without the inspector properties? Ho...more >>

I have this photogallery, that I created from the tutorial listed below. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/photogallery.htm I would like to add a either the loader or progress bar that comes as a component in Flash 2004 Pro. At the very least, I want the progress bar or loader to show...more >>

can someone enlighten me regarding flash page transitions? i tried to build a website consists completely out of flash and i'm having problem getting hold of the page transition concept. How exactly does that work with the transition animation?(for example i press a button then a page moves i...more >>

I have a flahs moive with a dynamic text box but i want it tso you have a text file and you can change the text in the moive from the text file how do i do this...more >>

Ok, this is for those who know their code. I have a loadmovie inside a loadmovie inside my main flash movie. At the end of the inner movie how do I get it to go back one generation and go to next frame. At the minute I have _parent gotonextframe. but that takes me back to the next frame of the...more >>

Hey all, I have a font Univers 67 condensed that does not show up in my fonts menu. Univers 57 condensed and Univers 47condensed shows up. What could be the problem there? These fonts are individual ttf fonts. Any help or direction would be greatly apprecaited, ...more >>