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FlashMX certification
Posted by flashy_fly at 4/6/2005 10:22:32 PM
hello , I want to know if there are any flashMx certification exam available online? Can someone pass me the urls of the site if so..... :) flashy_fly...more >>


Please help with Flash 5
Posted by WhiteWeedow at 4/6/2005 9:34:50 PM
Somebody know where i can download trail version of Flash 5! I want try creating one menu in the flash and exporting to macromedia but i cant do that in flash mx professional i need FLash 5! Please help me who now for a link where i can download flash 5 trail version???? ...more >>

8 Ball - when and where ?
Posted by cosmits at 4/6/2005 8:45:29 PM
Hi all any date yet for the new release of 8 ball ? I'm tired of waiting ??? ...more >>

LoadMovie - SWFs off-stage content is visible
Posted by dutchoh1 at 4/6/2005 7:54:57 PM
I am loading a swf into an blank movie clip. The swf has multiple things off-stage that flow off and into the stage as the animation goes through its run. Of course when I play it by itself it works and looks fine. When I load it into the blank MC which is inside my porfolio, all of the of...more >>

COuld any one recommend a good Flash MX 2004 guide book please?
Posted by SFLA99 at 4/6/2005 7:26:59 PM
Greetings all, A little background first. I have recently purchased thru Macromedia the Studio MX 2004 bundle, I am new to the world of Macromedia Products and coming from a GoLive background needed to reading materials to help me get started. My inital book purchases consisted of two boo...more >>

Flash Application Help
Posted by Mbell19315 at 4/6/2005 6:53:10 PM
Good afternoon everyone. I am trying to get a flash application to write to an xml file. Can anyone send me in the direction I need to go in to be successful in this? Do I need an xml file already set up or will it write one automatically? I know I need an xml connector and that I need to bind...more >>

Newbie help please: using scrollpane
Posted by Krazee_D at 4/6/2005 6:34:45 PM
Hi! I am completely new to flash mx 2004 pro and am trying to make a (I thought) simple file, just a background pic and a scrollpane component that loads a jpg file. I got it to load the background jpg in the scrollpane (just to try it), but I can't get it to load anything else. I'd like it to...more >>

Movie Flash
Posted by Earle at 4/6/2005 6:31:05 PM
I would like to create a video news into web site. Which software can easier to support the video flash import into web site? Thanks. ...more >>



How to search Help Files with multiple keywords
Posted by JAXIMFLASH at 4/6/2005 6:18:37 PM
Is it possible to search the help files in Flash MX 2004 by using MULTIPLE keywords that are NOT part of a phrase? For example: I do a search for 'Debugging a SWF file' and I get 2 articles. I do a search for 'Debugging a file' and I get 0 articles. You would think by leaving out 'SWF' in my ...more >>

How to get rid of yellow highlight selection border?
Posted by sstringer at 4/6/2005 5:22:14 PM
If a flash movie, you can tab between form elements and movie clips in your movie. Doing so produces a thick, yellow highlight box around the selected object. This highlight box is generated automatically by Flash. Is there a way to alter the highlight box's appearance or, preferably, turn...more >>

Using a copyright symbol with static text?
Posted by laneV5 at 4/6/2005 4:49:34 PM
Just trying to do something simple here - have a Copyright 2005 in text in my flash, only I want to use the normal copyright symbol (circled C). If I use dynamic text and embed the Latin I glyphs I can see the copyright symbol if I assign the text field a value of '\u00A9 2005' in the first fr...more >>

game?
Posted by kruak at 4/6/2005 4:31:27 PM
can I develop game using Flash and play it off from Nintendo DS? ...more >>

Playing a music track.
Posted by Keehunthebeginner at 4/6/2005 4:12:38 PM
Hi. Is there a way to play a music track without having to extend that layer's frame all the until the end? Because I don't know when the track ends exactly. Thank You....more >>

Sounds not playing in .swf
Posted by Ed at 4/6/2005 4:09:40 PM
Hi all, I imported a .wav into the library, right clicked(windows) and selected links. I clicked Export for Actionscript and as Identifier, firstsound01. As I want the sound to play from the beginning of the scene (to the end) on the first frame of the scene I put the following actionscr...more >>

Convert entire flash to movieclip...
Posted by laneV5 at 4/6/2005 3:51:30 PM
After spending some time creating a flash animation, I'm deciding that I really want to use that entire animation as a movieclip in another flash project. I know I can use loadMovie( ) to load an external SWF, but what I really want to do is save my entire 'Scene1' in the first flash project ...more >>

html link to a specific frame in flash movie
Posted by websights at 4/6/2005 3:45:21 PM
How do I create an html link to a specific frame in a flash movie?...more >>

Streaming live Audio
Posted by svogla at 4/6/2005 3:37:47 PM
Hi, Can any one give me some background of how can I stream (into a website using Flash) audio being broadcasted live in real time? ...more >>

pause and play button for the entire timeline?
Posted by KaseyJKelly at 4/6/2005 3:19:52 PM
Hello, I have a presentation almost finished for an electronic business card. It's basically an animated slideshow with a voiceover. There are several graphs and charts that are pretty extensive, and the viewer needs to have the capability to pause the presentation to soak in all the info on...more >>

duplicate and change image
Posted by Ulitasch at 4/6/2005 3:13:09 PM
I am just learning FLASH: I cannot find the possibility of copying a movie from my library and change text and image in it without changing all the copies I made.? And how can I change an image "foto1" which is "tweened" in "foto2". So for example the tweened image was named "foto1" and then I...more >>

Flash import pdf
Posted by mechuller at 4/6/2005 2:43:35 PM
How do incorporate pdf documents into flash?...more >>

standalone flash player
Posted by nate77 at 4/6/2005 2:43:13 PM
Is the standalone flash player free, and where can I get it if it is? Not the web plugin....more >>

standalone player
Posted by nate77 at 4/6/2005 2:43:08 PM
Is the standalone flash player free, and where can I get it if it is? Not the web plugin....more >>

exit Flash presentation on CD, remove CD, get error
Posted by sammiel at 4/6/2005 2:32:06 PM
hello. I created a Cd for a client with a Flash presentation. When they did some testing -- using Windows XP -- after quitting out of the presentation, then removing the cd, they got an inpageerror. It wanted them to reinsert the cd to access the file, tried doing that and were still having pr...more >>

Flash Document Dimensions
Posted by spacedbug at 4/6/2005 1:12:20 PM
Hello, Can anybody tell me if a flash movie can be created wider than 2880 pixels? Flash MX seems to only allow 2880 pixels. I need about 3500 pixels. Thanks in advance John -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------...more >>

stuck need help
Posted by mickof18 at 4/6/2005 12:05:51 PM
hi does any of you know how to do the following, i have a list of items in a comboBox and when an item is choosen i want additional info about this to be displayed. For ex a list of cars in a comboBox and when a car make is selected i want a list of all the possible colors available for th...more >>

How to hide top menu in flash standalone exe??
Posted by gizmothecat at 4/6/2005 12:01:10 PM
Hi, I have seen some windows standalone projectors (.exe) without the top menu with 'file', View',.... Does anyone knows how to do that. Thanks Gizm....more >>

Exporting to Quicktime (but now just embedding flash)
Posted by Ana Banana at 4/6/2005 11:56:38 AM
Hi, i exported a file as quicktime, but as it is practically an embedded SWF in quicktime, in some computers the sound is not syncronized, so what can i do to export my file as a REAL Quicktime file, and not this "fake one" that just embeds the swf. Thank you very much. ...more >>

Flash in Java on Linux
Posted by sandriano at 4/6/2005 11:13:23 AM
I am looking to build a desktop application in Java. I want to embed a Flash UI into it. This has has to run on the Linux operating system. There is control in C# (Showwavecontrol) which can communicate with the Flash UI. Is there in any such control in Java for similar purpose? Any help in th...more >>

Javascript to FSCommand
Posted by garyhay at 4/6/2005 10:07:54 AM
Wondered if someone could help us out please. We have the following javascript that sends 3 values to an HTML page: "selectset (v1, v2, v3);" I need to know how to write the equivelent as an FS command or actionscript. The selectset function is defined in the HTML page and v1 needs to...more >>

Symbol Instances
Posted by HansLeven at 4/6/2005 9:52:43 AM
Hi, I have a problem with symbols and their I have a problem with symbols and their instances. I?m using MX and have read through the help sections a couple of times with the same results. I create a movie clip within the library. The clip has a bit of action script and some static text sat...more >>

Controlling external swf with your main fla
Posted by Techauth at 4/6/2005 8:40:41 AM
Hi, Sorry I have looked at all the posts I could find regarding external swf and I have tried using the help files that come with Flash MX 2004. However I have been unsuccessful in completing my task. THE TASK I have created several swf's and have successfully loaded then into my ma...more >>

My SCORM function does not work!
Posted by LenchikSH at 4/6/2005 7:59:31 AM
I made an eLearning in flash. I want it to report status (complete/incomplete) and score, but it doesn't. The function i used: fscommand("CMIInitialize"); fscommand("MM_cmiSetLessonStatus", "c"); fscommand("CMISetScore", score); fscommand("CMIFinish"); fscommand("CMIExitAU"); What ...more >>

Preloader Lag
Posted by polarbear6 at 4/6/2005 6:25:37 AM
so i have gbt = getBytesTotal()/1024; gbl = getBytesLoaded()/1024; percent = int((gbl/gbt)*100); text = int((gbl/gbt)*100); gotoAndStop(percent); if (loaded == total) {_root.gotoAndPlay(105);} at frame 1 and from frame 2 - 102 i have a preloader working (big bar that moves...more >>

site structure
Posted by yaniv73 at 4/6/2005 5:14:35 AM
hi i am doing a flash site what do you think is best method to navigate between pages? each page different scene and then using gotoAndPlay or each page different external swf file and the using the loadMovie thanks ...more >>

Link to a swf frame from external link.
Posted by Cotolay at 4/6/2005 5:02:54 AM
Is it posible to link from somewhere outside of a swf movie to an spesific frame or scene of a swf movie. for example in this wepage i am developing http://www.emilioylosjoseses.com, i wanna link where is says son3music on the bottom, to the contactos section, that is on the swf movie ontop. H...more >>

Help Me Please..
Posted by wawax at 4/6/2005 5:01:41 AM
Anyone know where i can get / download casino games in .fla not in .swf. Help me please......more >>

Is there a way to import avi/qt and make one of its colors transparent?
Posted by HeyThatsMe! at 4/6/2005 4:57:51 AM
Is there a way to import a movie (e.g. avi or qt) and make one of its colors transparent, as if a poor-mans keyer? For instance if the avi has an explosion over a black background, I would like to specify that all black areas will be transparent. Is it possible? Thank you. ...more >>

Flash Sound/Music not not working... Help.
Posted by bear66 at 4/6/2005 4:55:12 AM
Hello!! i really need some help here... i've been tryin to make an "off" button to stop playing a background mp3 sound. here's the setup: http://www.caseywight.com/setup.gif 1st frame Action: mySound = new Sound(); mySound.attachSound("techno"); 14th frame action: mySound.sta...more >>

How to add fonts in to libery
Posted by NutsyNalinda at 4/6/2005 4:51:40 AM
if user dosen't have the font we used, is there any methode to add that font in to libery and use it? pls help...! ...more >>

Importing and creating animations with alpha...
Posted by HeyThatsMe! at 4/6/2005 4:42:03 AM
I would like to create an animation (either in the form of qt/avi or as a series of images). The animation has alpha, or should I say each of the images has alpha. What is the best way to import that animation into flash? So far I was able to create a symbol, then edit it and load each image s...more >>

MX to MX 2004 making FLA screwy
Posted by Kay Poe at 4/6/2005 2:31:17 AM
I have a FLA file that was written in MX. I need to edit it but I have MX 2004 and when I open it, some of the alignments are off, etc. When I try to save it I get the message that it will save in MX 2004. I know for a fact that this is the exact same FLA file used to produce the SWF I am c...more >>

drop down menu problem - urami script
Posted by yaniv73 at 4/6/2005 1:45:03 AM
Hi urami - i took one of your dropdown menu scripts that you published here and modified it for my needs , and i have aproblem! when you roolover on the " some link" the sub menu is open ( untill now everything is good ) but when i want to use the link 01(for example) ? i convert th...more >>

adding animations to video footage
Posted by monstercrash at 4/6/2005 1:33:48 AM
Hello, This is a complicated question, hopefully one of you will be able to answer. I am trying to add a flash animation to a video I am creating. However, I cant get the background to dropout or become transparent. I tried exporting it using quicktime, swf, etc. Any ideas? ...more >>

Fullscreen projector in Mac OSX
Posted by Stelios Stylianou at 4/6/2005 1:23:25 AM
I have a standalone Flash projector created in Flash MX. I want the projector to be full screen. I use: fscommand ('fullscreen', 'true'); at the first frame of the flash movie that the projector is made from to achieve this. Once I jump to another swf file using the loadMovie method the stage ...more >>

Flash 5 vs Flash MX 2004
Posted by RandyT. at 4/6/2005 12:48:07 AM
I'm tasked with developing a Flash movie using Flash MX 2004 for a school project, but the movie will be played with the Flash 5 version (hence, the Flash 5 Player). Don't ask why, that's just the way this crazy thing is set up. I won't be distributing/posting on the web, just need to play b...more >>


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