So, how do you do it? I've seen it done before....more >>

fscommand works great for a full-screen presentation, but the proportions (aspect ratio) of my swf are the same as my original fla proportions. I'd like for the exported movie to change proportions to fit the whole screen ... Is there a command to allow the Player to modify the proportions o...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a menu in flash and I would like it to open an Excel workbook in Excel rather than in IE. It seems that with the getURL command it only opens the files in IE. However, I need the files to be opened in Excel because of some of the macros I've written in Excel which seem...more >>

Hello, I want to create flash website. I want to know how when you click on main navigation link only the content part changes, not the banner and the navigation links( the say there they don't upload again). (Would you do that in key frames or Scenes?) How would link the buttons to that ...more >>

Hi, I've got components that work 100% with my xml data; i placed them on the first frame of my movie and the xml connecter works perfectly generating the exact info i want. Later, i created masks on the components (a combo box, list, and text area) and make them appear at certain frames o...more >>

I need Kill right Click POP UP menu in the SWF. I am already removed in the zoom In, Zoomout, etc., But i can't able to settings, and about the Flash Player. I need your help. Reagards sathish ...more >>

I have a very weird problem !! when I put a bitmap insid symbol its quality is less than when I used without symbol . anyone know why this happen ? ...more >>

Hi Everyone, My apologies if this has been covered somewhere else. I am trying to create a flash movie that will act as a form and pass variables to an .asp script for CDO email on a Windows 2000 Server. I have the CDO and .asp working with regular .html pages just fine. However wh...more >>

I'm wondering if it's possible to make one layer static while the others loop. I've tried, and can't seem to do it, and I feel like I'm missing something. I understand the concept of a loop, ie: the playback head goes back to the beginning of the movie, so I'm not sure how I can get one layer ...more >>

Whenever my flashplayer is on it is flashing out of control. I've tried unistalling and reinstalling, i've emailed Macromed and they can't help me out either. The one thing i do notice is that when i change the "quality" setting from "high" (their default) to "low" it controls the screen fl...more >>

Hi, I have developed a flash animation with a voice over explaining each screen. In my system it worked well ie. the voice over and animations were running simultaneously, but when i tested the same in another system, i found the voice over was running much faster than the animation making t...more >>

Is there any timeline on when a 64 bit plugin will be available for linux? I realise that this is a minority need at the moment, but it can only become more important over the next few months....more >>

Flash MX (6.0) If a file is open on a network drive, and that drive becomes disconnected and reconnected, Flash will not save the file there,or anywhere else. This is a fatal bug that cost me dearly. It is another fine example of how Macromedia fails to own up to bugs and actually issue a ...more >>

is there a way to set the alternet text for a swf? if there is could you tell me how to do it please? thanks...more >>

Hi, I'm very new, today, to Flash. I was researching on how to make an interactive CD on the web and many responces were to use flash. All the information I've been finding on this site refer to building Web sites. Is there a guide for making CD's? ...more >>

I'm new to Flash MX and recently I began helping an organization with something. We decided Flash MX was the best program to do what we want to do which is : We are going to get a touchscreen and set up a computer with it. We want to use Flash MX to create the interface. We want there to be ...more >>

I have downloaded Flash MX Professional twice, and when I double click the install file it does nothing. If I try extracting all the files it goes about half way and then says "Unexpected End of File", and doesn't finish. Can anyone help me? ...more >>

Hey I was just hoping someone would direct me to some good begginer flash lessons like the built in ones. I currently have access to www.vtc.com which contains video tutorials on practiaclly everything but have recently realized that I like the built in tutorials much better. Can I extend the ...more >>

hi, this may sound stupid but how do i make copies of my buttons. i have followed a tutorial in a magazine which creates a movie clip button. but when i want to create another and change the text it appears in all copies of the button. im just dragging the instances from the library window...more >>

Hi guys, I have a couple of flash animations that I would really like to turn into a screensaver for my G4 mac.Does anybody know if there is a simple way to do this with a .swf or do I need extra software to do this? Any help or pointers in the right direction would be great! Thanks in adva...more >>

I need a better way to close a window. I am using the following code on (release) { getURL("javascript:close()"); } It works - HOWEVER, my browser comes up saying 'the web page you are viewing is trying to close the window..." or something to that tune. How can I make the window cl...more >>

A parent movie clip loads a large amount of data using an ASP page that runs a query against an Oracle database, and returns the data in XML format. I am using the XML connected to get the data, and then it pushes the results into a Dataset object. From the dataset, the main movie can access i...more >>

ok, here's the problem: I made this very long movie, but whenever I export it complete the audio comes out of synch, it starts playing it before it's supposed to and at some points it doesn't even play it! never the less when I export just one scene the audio comes out just fine, and thi...more >>

I have used the command line aspect of the SDK. Although I would like to know how to use it within my swf file. I tried to use the swf2html converter as a sub class. I don't know what to do it doesn't seem to do again in my flash movie. I can get it to output from the command prompt, but I am ...more >>

I am looking for help with a project I am working on. I am a novice when it comes to Flash so my skill are limited. I have been searching for a sample of a clickable image that when the user clicks on a hot spot, it automatically zooms to see the once small text. After that, the user will have...more >>

hi, this may sound stupid but how do i make copies of my buttons. i have followed a tutorial in a magazine which creates a movie clip button. but when i want to create another and change the text it appears in all copies of the button. im just dragging the instances from the library window ...more >>

I was given a flash project that has a ton of buttons that should have been done as mc, and there is not enough time to change them all to mc. I havent dont much with the button instance names but is there a way that I could have one button tell another button to goto... over or maybe create ...more >>

I'm trying to insert a button into my page with DMX but when I try and save the button to my images folder I keep getting this error the flash object cannot be created because document relative links will not work with all browsers if the flash movie is not saved to the same folder as the h...more >>

Can anyone tell me if you are supposed to get audio playback when you import an Flash video file onto the stage in Flash MX2004 or Flash Pro? I have exported Flash video from Final Cut Pro HD, Sorenson Squeeze 4, Cleaner 6 and QuickTime 6,and none appear to have audio when playing back on the ...more >>

1. If you had a movieclip called "clip3" inside a movieclip called "clip2" inside a movieclip called "clip1", and you were placing code at the _root level of a movie, what code would you use to target the _y property of clip3? A) this.clip3._y B) _root.clip1.clip2.clip3._y ...more >>