I thought this would be simple. I'm doing a very simple site where the only fanciness in flash is when you mouse over certain spots of the main graphic background, audio fades in. When you mouse out, the audio fades out. The zones are actually invisible buttons that only unveil themselves by ...more >>

Internet Explorer (v6.0) doesn't want to load shockwave flash embedded in documents residing in my web server. Netscape doen't have any problems. Any ideas why? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi all, I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum for this posting. Being a flash guy, it's where I go first. My boss has asked me to find out about the possibilities of using flash to access a database. The end user would have text holders and drop box holders for pictures. These would th...more >>

Hi all, After uprgrading to tiger and quicktime 7 pro, I fail to export to flv from quicktime. I reinstalled flv exporter update, but no change Any hints? thanks Martin...more >>

I got a quicktime video off the web, but when I tried to embed it into flash the sound disappeared! here's the video: http://www.5minutesonline.com/quicktime/mrt3.mov...more >>

Are there any preloaders or progress bars that will work in an external .swf that I'm loading into a Flash projector for distribution on a CD-ROM? ...more >>

Hi All, I have a movieClip on the stage which can be dragged by the user. I am checking hitTest on another movie. I want to disable the drag after the user hits the target movie. I have tried .enable = false but the mouse remains stucked to the MovieClip. Here is the code I am using: ...more >>

Hi, All, Something wired about gotoAndPlay(). I was trying to set a flag by passing the parameter from outside of flash. like this: <param name="movie" value="test.swf?f=frame1" />. // OR ?f=frame2 inside flash, it is supposed to gotoAndPlay frame1 or frame2 depending on the flag. I am sur...more >>

I need to figure out an easy way to have a sound Fade In on mouseover and Fade Out on mouseout and to Stop when the button is clicked. Unfortunately, I'm not only rusty in Flash, but MX seems to do everything completely differently. PLease tell me that I don't have to spend the next th...more >>

I have imported some wave files to Flash and don't sound the same as they do in real player. It there a way to make those wave files sound the saome in flash? Thanks!!...more >>

I've got a lot of WMV files that I would like to play from within a Flash application. Is there any way to do this without first converting them to FLV? I'm looking for ANY solution. I don't care if it's the worst hack in the world. I mean, is it possible to frame a web browser within Fla...more >>

No, this is not the same question as the previous post i made today. Forget that one. I created a swf which consists of 3 scenes. I followed the progress bar tutorial at http://www.flash-mx.com/flash/progressbar.cfm using the Form Application Method. I upload it to my site and then I go...more >>

I currently have QuickTime 6.5 pro that I use to export mov files to FLV format. Will this work when I update to Tiger's QuickTime 7.0 ?...more >>

I finally got my pop-up working thanks Urami! I have the size set in my Flash code exactly to the dimensions of the photo. It was suggested that I link to an HTML file and insert the image there. I have created a CSS and attached it to the HTML stating no borders, no padding in the body (le...more >>

is 3.46 mb alot for a flash movie thats going on the web??...more >>

I am attempting to make a small flash project for a Web site I'm creating. I've used Flash before, so I feel fairly familiar with it. However, I'm having trouble getting the layers to cooperate. How do I avoid layers overlapping without having to rearrange the order of them in the timelin...more >>

I am trying to use Flash to display statistical information in the form of a scatterplot. If you search online for "Flash Scatterplot", you will find a few. Problem is these examples all show a plot with maybe 20 points on it. The scatter I want to display in Flash will need to display 24...more >>

Hi there, I've developed a CD using flash MX 2004 PRO and I need to open a pdf file from it. So, looking at some tutorials, I found a solution using an applescript and launching it from the projector. take a look to http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=5843 My apple...more >>

OK I was wondering where all the flash developers get all the cool sounds like explosions gunshots etc... If anyone could give me a site that would be great or tell me how to get them...more >>

Hello Check this webiste. and tell me about it. Tinku...more >>

i am trying to get a movie clip to disappear based on a button i click.. and i am using _root.i_table.ice_1._visible=false; but it is not working.... now the movie clip that i am trying to make invisible(ice_1) is within another movie clip (i_table) could that be the problemmmm ...more >>

Anyone know how to set the bacground color for the sprite so it will be invisibe? Like, if you have a sprite thats doesn't fill up its whole image, how can you get the rest to be invisible?...more >>

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olá pessoal, eu estou com uma pequena dúvida. imagine assim. eu tenho 2 quadros. quadro 1, devidamente denominado "quadro1" e quadro 2, devidamente denominado "quadro2". Quando eu vou do quadro1 pro quadro2, tem como, no quadro2, saber de qual quadro eu vim? Tipo, qual o quadro origem? no c...more >>

Every time I try exporting my flash to .swf, the program automatically closes on me. I've uninstalled and reinstalled several times and it still does that. I have never had that problem until I had to reinstall Windows XP. Please help! ...more >>

I believe that MX studio (as part of DreamWeaver and/or Flash) should come with a visual XML editor. Does anyone know if they plan on including one in the next release? Does anyone know of any good lean XML editors currently on the market? (I don't want to have to install the entire MS Visual ...more >>

Hey i am create two exe file one is Flash Application exe and another one C++ exe. i want make a two exe file into single exe file. Regards sathish ...more >>

Hi, I was looking at this site and found this clock that gives date and hour and all. Do you know how to create this, 'cause it would really help me. I've been struggling with creating something like that for little over a month, can't get it work. Here's the site I was looking at, the ...more >>

I'm just trying to do a simple thing. At least simple if you know how. I haven't used Flash since the old tell target days I have zero knowledge of dot syntax. I just want to know how to have a sound fade in on button mouseover and fade out on mouseout. The fade out is the catch or I wo...more >>

i am VERY new to flash and I am having the most difficult time understanding it. however in the meantime of me reading and trying things out I am in need of of making a nav system. this is what i need to do. i have my links: service, history, contact, references and I want those to be arou...more >>

I set up a flash movie in an html page and set the size in the html to 90% width and height so that the movie will resize based on the browser's window size. It works great in Safari and IE but when I view the site in Mozilla and Firefox the site is super tiny. One of our other sites here at w...more >>

I have a Flash projector file for Windows and 1 for Mac. I want to burn a cd with both, and have the it detect the user's op system and autostart. How?...more >>

:D Hope someone can assist. I purchase a pre made web template with a Flash animation as the header. I have gone through agonizing hours trying to set the animation to repeat only 3 times instead of indefinatly. While reading the support papers, if I turn the animation to true, it keeps on tic...more >>

I am loading external .swf movies into a player at level 1. When the next movie is called (onRelease loadMovieNum("", 1)to level 1 the old movie is bumped out and the new one plays. My question is does the first movie remain in the viewer's RAM or is it completely dumped? If it remains...more >>

Hi, All, Is there anyway that I can have a button clip stay on its "OVER" state by action scripting but not real mouseOver? Thanks....more >>

Hi I would like to skin some components like textarea or scrollpane and change corner to round corner. I know i can use Theme and redraw elements, but i would like to do with code. What's the way ? Must i use setStyle() borderstyle() or rectborder.as I don't find tutorials or sample of thi...more >>

I am working on a Flash presentation that is quite long...several scenes with mostly text and audio/music. In each scene there is one or several audio/music tracks (MP3 files recorded at 112kbps). When playing the presentation in Flash, the audio is synched up with the text perfectly!! ...more >>

I would like to make an interactive Flash form that gatehes data from potential customers regarding home theater features. I could put all the options on one swf and then submit the filled in data via formmail, but what if I want it to span multiple swfs? For instance, the first swf has t...more >>

Dear Fellow Flash Designers, If you are interested in photo sharing, and would like to be able to use your Flash design skills to make your photos more fun , then check out our site www.Fotobay.com . Fotobay.com's unique Calypso technology allows you to create you own Cool Objects to...more >>

stand alone player no longer plays content. player window opens, but no movie and controls menu is grayed out. have tried everything, even tn_19091 nothing works. please help! thx!! ...more >>

Hi, Sorry that this is the most basic question in the world but i have never used/edited flash before. I have a flash photo gallery which uses a flash .swf file for a background (i only uploaded the pics). All i want to do is to add a footer to this background eg .. Gallery by Nacoya but...more >>

Is there any way to change a .MOV File (QuickTime) to a AVI file? I tried so many program it did not work!...more >>

How can i embed a font which user probably doesn't have on his computer, so he could see that font which will be displayed in dynamic txt field? Does "embed font outline" helps, and in which versions of Flash is this possible? I know using _sans, and _serif will solve thiss problem because ever...more >>

New to screens (slide-based) design in Flash MX Pro. I am having trouble getting my navigation layer slide to appear on top of all subsequent slides. The navigation slide is nested under the main parent and then I have a series of slides nested under the navigation slide. The cascade menus on ...more >>

I'm using Flash 7 and embedding video on a track. When I publish to the Windows and Mac compressors a message tells me that the Flash 4 Player doesn't support embedded video. The files that are published lack the video that played freely in the timeline. What do I need to do diferently? ...more >>

i will make this simple, i have a flash thing i realy oner put on my phone (i have a nokia 6600) and i have the things to put files on to the phone but will flash play on it, and if not how can i make it ...more >>

I bought Flash MX 2004. Now I want to go back to uning Flash MX and not use MX2004. When I click on a fla file it looks for MX2004 exe files. What do I need to change so that when I click on a fla file it should open the MX program instead of looking for the MX 2004 exe file. Please help. ...more >>

Can someone tell me how to add stil frames at the end of an animation? I have a picture scrolling in across the screen, and I'd like it to stay visible for additional frames after it's done scrolling in. If I just insert new frames, it starts the scrolling animation over again. Thank you...more >>

If I have a Flash Projector exe file which loads swf's into a movie clip container, will putting a button with [on (release) { fscommand("quit"); }] command in the loaded swf cause the entire exe file to quit or just the swf? I want it to close everything (exe and swf), but want to be sure be...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to build a preloader using the loadMovie() action. I'm having all sorts of problems and nothing seems to work. So I'm trying to build it a piece at a time. So for now, 2 questions: 1. I have an external .swf with sound. Why is it that when I use loadMovie in the ...more >>

Dear all, I use the keylistener in Flash Application In the code following ___________________________________________ myListener = new Object(); myListener.onKeyDown = function() { code_txt.text = code_txt.text+Key.getCode().toString()+"Down\n"; }; myListener.onKeyUp = function() ...more >>

Hi people, I have a bit of a problem with the media controller component. I don't seem to be able to drag the scubber back and start the movie from the absolute beginning. It seems to only start again from about 0.5 of a second in. Any Ideas? Dave ...more >>

hey looking for anyone who can help me get my finished swf files to be centered on the browser pages. When i publish my files I load it into a table that i create in dreamweaver on a new page which i label index.html. i center the table according to how it looks on my computer(by the way im no...more >>