I have a beta site at http://staff.washington.edu/morsa/jsis_root/mideast The site was built with CSS positioning to frame the content. There are flash menus on the top, left, and right panels. The body copy is html. The site works on all browsers---except Opera---but in Windows XP Netscape ...more >>

I need to clarify what I've been reading about converting Flash for TV: - would only work for a linear movie eg actionscript would be ignored - therefore scenes would be the best way of managing the content (rather than movie clips) - need to convert to either AVI or Quicktime - what is...more >>

Dear all, I've created a button from a bitmap. In the 'up' state it's just the bitmap. In the 'over' state it's another bitmap in the same size, with some text on it (written in flash on top of the bitmap). Down and Hit state are the same as 'over', only a different color text. Now wh...more >>

Hi, A have some (newbie) questions: 1)How can I test if a website is reachable without displaying the site? GetURL just loads the site. Are there some arguments that do the job? Or do I have to use a ping equivalent? 2)How kan I open a swf in a NEW window, I have to post some arguments too...more >>

Hi there, Impretty new to flash design. Ive been trying to put together a site and decided to put a bit of background music to it. now, its a loop and i madea separate layer and put it in the 1st keyframe and set the loop value to 1000 (no idea why 1000). the sound works fine when runnin...more >>

At the top of page 3-20 in the Macromedia Flash MX 2004: Rich Media Design student workbook is a paragraph titled "Understanding symbol edit modes". Basically, the instructions don't work. I don't get the image below the paragraph. Matter of fact, the whole page doesn't work. Edit in Place, ho...more >>

Hello - I am looking for a tutorial or a point in the right direction to show me how to create some artificial intelligence in a flash doc. I want the user to be able to type in a phrase and based on certain words in that phrase, generate a response. It is similar to the subservient c...more >>

Is it possible to do this and preserve mouseover image swaps?...more >>

Hi All- I've heard you can bring in a bitmapped image and vectorize it. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks, ...more >>

Hi, I don't know how to change the path for sharedObject.getLocal(), so that I can save it on my C: drive. any idea?? tanx...more >>

Hi I am working on a website, and I would like the the buttons to get a semi-transparent (around %50) box over them when they're rolled over. To make it transparent with the alpha channel, I have to comvert it to a symbol, which makes the button blink when I rollover it in teh preview. Is ...more >>

I created a component for use in an app that we're writing. The component is then used multiple times in a movie clip. Inside the component is a button. The button has some actionscript for the on (release) event. When I put the movie clip on the stage that contains the instances of the co...more >>

does anyone know if it's possible to stream a 'window media' movie or a 'real video' movieinto flash? i know you can stream flash formatted movies into flash, but i would like to know if its possible to stream wmv or rv? thx, p ...more >>

I have just noticed that there is a small border around the Flash content when I load it in a browser window. In my Flash piece, I have a blue banner at the top of the screen. When I run it in the browser, however, the blue banner appears about 1/4 inch down from the top and 1/4 inch from th...more >>

Hi - Please help me with this simple syntax - I'm pulling my hair out and can't get it. All I want to so is send a text stream - "one" "two" or "three" from one SWF to another. In the second SWF file, I have labels "one" "two" and "three" - so when I receive the command from the first fi...more >>

I was wondering if someone can tell me, when the viewer clicks on a link, and a new window opens up, how do I have that the window resizes to the exact size of the stage.and no buttons on the top of the page. ...more >>

Hi, I'm in panic mode.. finishing a project where i used a listbox in my flash file but it appears too small on screen. How do i change the text size ? font size ? What the quick and easy way ? I tried scaling the listbox, it expands but the text keeps the same size. How can i do this ? ...more >>

In Dreamweaver you can select part of an image and make it clickable (i think its called mapping or hotspots (not to sure)). Is it possible to do this in Flash? I have an image of a map where i want the user to be able to click on different areas and it will either jump to different frames or...more >>

A client put together an HTML page that calls up some Flash buttons. When you simply load the page into the browser (i.e., open the file locally), all works fine. Put the files on the web server and open them over the 'net and the buttons are a no-show. The server is IIS6. This is my fi...more >>

HI I want to open pop up windows from by clicking a button of my flash website, the target file to open is changing, so contained in flash variable : this.onRelease = function() { var fichier = "fiche1.html"; getURL("javascript:MM_openBrWindow(fichier,'nomfenetre','width=1024,height...more >>

Dear all, I would really appreciate if you could help me with this, cause it would be so cool to do this! I want to have flash make handwritten text appear as if it is written down. I'm quite a newby, so I can only think of really hard and timeconsuming ways to do this (frame by frame anim...more >>

Hi there, I'm new to the FLV thing. This is my first FLV movie. I created the FLV, dragged the MediaPlayback to the stage, and when testing, the movie starts by itself and if I hit the play button the MediaPlayback plays the movie and now I have the movie playin twice at the same time... I...more >>

Hello! Does anyone knows, where can i find a MENU like this one? http://www.toniandguy.ie/...more >>

I am a little unfamiliar as to what these actually do. Is it possible to use the components, i.e. the menu bar, as a normal menu on a flash page? or does it have to be linked into something like a data source or something? I have tried reading the help file but it doesnt really make much sens...more >>

Does anyone know if 8ball will include a Z plane , a viewport or camera layer , like toonboom ? At the moment if I wish to do pans and zooms it is much easier to do in toonboom but I dont really want to, I find flash easier to use and better for web ...more >>

Ok its been quite a long time since I have properly used Flash but I am having problems getting images to fade when doin a motion tween. I have an image (imported .jpg file or a drawn image) in frame one. I want to tween it over 15 frames to fade in from 0% alpha to 100% alpha. Now I thought...more >>

What turns the F9 & F11 keys on and off? For some reason they stopped working. My F5-7 keys still work. Thanks Mathias...more >>

hi right, in the links you will see whats going wrong.. When you browse over the first link NRG C7417 i have managed to make a description box come up, but the hand is over the text how do i move that point in flash , there are links for both the swf and the fla http://www.swandigit...more >>

I have made this movie in flash and I want it to run on my front page in a loop.....it is working fine the only problem is how do I run a link from my movie to the next page....when I click on the flash movie in Dreamweaver it doesn't come up with an option to run a link from it? ...more >>

I created a site fully flash, including dropdown menues. The problem is: when moving the coursor over / out a bit faster, it does not work properly. Can anyone suggest me a reliable dropdown in flash? The site is: http://www.rfelektronik.hu/termekek.htm I would send the *.fla if you had ...more >>

Hey all, I've had this problem in the past, but for some reason I am having difficulty getting my white to transparent gradient to work without some darker greys appearing in the gradient. I have for the transparency: R:0 G:0 B:0 Alpha:0% White: R:255 G:255 B:255 Alph...more >>

How Much Is It Cost? Because I'm Not Sure That's Why... E-Mail Me If You Need To... Nexid@Hot-Shot.com...more >>

hi iam charan and i creayed a flash slide presentation for my website. Its 488kb so its taking time to load, i want to insert a preloader so that people who visit my website will know how much presentation is loaded.. Now i have this slide presentation form the starting form the first frame o...more >>

Does anyone know how i can lauch flash into a full screen from a link in a browser? I have a game and when the user clicks a link on my site i want the flash application to open full screen. Is there a way to do this using a .swf file? Thanks. ...more >>

I asked this earlier with no response - I assume this to be very easy, but I seem not to have a clue. I just want to call a SWF file from another SWF file and pass it a variable. What I am trying to do is actually call a particular screen (label in my SWF) based on what the user clicks on. ...more >>

When I develop on my laptop using an external monitor, the screen looks great. When i try to using my laptop without a monitor, the fonts are almost unreadable (I can send screenshot). Any ideas? Doug ...more >>