Sometimes when I import a file (in these case, jpegs), Flash just closes automatically. I have more than enough resources to perform this. Are there any issues with Flash in this area? Thanks. -- Aziz Peregrino-Brimah Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver http://www.macromedia.co...more >>

Hi guys, I built a site with a small flash movie in the top banner. It's in an expandable table cell with 2 fixed cells, one on each end. It works fine on all browsers I've tested. The only problem is that that Firefox drops the two fixed cells 1 pixel -- ONLY when the browser window expan...more >>

I put in a timeline effect on some text. Now when I go to reverse it, the reverse command is grayed out. Is there a way to "rasterize" text effect so I can reverse the frames? ...more >>

Hi everyone! I need some big-time help. I know this is an easily answered question, but how the heck can I go from a flash movie and at the end of the movie have the last frame trigger a static html page? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I have scoured the actions palette and the fl...more >>

I'm a newbie to Flash; and this is my first project. I have 2 scenes in my movie. I would like the 1st scene to play continously until a button is pressed and released, which will play the 2nd scene. As it is right now, the 1st scene plays, then stops. While he 1st scene is playing, I c...more >>

The "embedded fonts" capability that Flash has is very confusing. This is from the Weinman text: "...the end user doesn't have to have the fonts installed on his or her computer to see the results. Flash MX automatically embeds all the necessary information." If this is true, then why d...more >>

I downloaded the trial version of macromedia flash mx 2004 and it had an error so unistalled it becuase it wouldnt load then the program then it wouldnt delete out of the add and remove programs list so i deleted the program maually and i went throught the registry and deleted everything that ...more >>

Hi all !!! Does anyone here have any news on 8 ball? any Release Date on the horizon? cheers ...more >>

I've looked though the help and support files and can't find the answer... I need to resize the stage of my movie by cropping off about 100px off the left side. It automatically crops off the right side when you "resize". TIA! ...more >>

:confused; How do I set up my testing server on my PC for use with SWF to access ASP on the same server. I am trying actionscript tutorials and it just won't work. I thought it was the book that was wrong until I uploaded it to my website and it worked !! Do the folders have to have execut...more >>

Hi there, I'm exporting to Flash Player 6 (ActionScript 1.0), can someone tell how it is with cross-browser compatibility? Regards EB...more >>

Hi everyone, I was hoping if you could reccomend some good books on learning Flash MX 2004. I am a complete beginner to Flash and would like to integrate some of its aspects into web design. I can use dreamweaver no problem and have been creating my sites with that. Some of the reviews on...more >>

Whats the best encoder so i can put video on the net ? ...more >>

Does anyone know if FlashMX 2004 now works with SCORM 1.3 (or SCORM 2004)? Thank you....more >>

Is it possible to create an executable in Flash (or SWF) that runs on startup? If yes, please tell me. Thanks...more >>

Hello: How do you call a movie clip that is on one timeline from a dummy button that is on another? I have searched for it and all that I can find is referencing the _root timeline. My root timeline only has one frame and everything happens elsewhere. I gave the movie clip an instance name...more >>

I'm trying to install the basic flash for my browser and it keeps giving me the error message " An error occurred while copying file Download.dll. " Or sometimes it will be " " An error occurred while copying file Flash.ocx. " I've tried uninstalling flash, I've tried downloading the...more >>

I am trying to play back a number of flv files in the media display component. The component is set to load a movie by default, and also load other movies by clicking the corresponding button. It works locally, but it seems to get stuck when I try to view it live. It's like the component is t...more >>

Hi, please help me with this: When I make a text field and set the alignment to justified, it looks ok in my .fla. But when I do a publish preview the text will jump back to a normal left-aligmnent again.. I just can't get it justified! Anyone who knows why? ...more >>

I have a project that has a simple motion tween. In the movie clip is a photo. The tween is set to 0 for the alpha then fade in..then fade out at the end. I wanted to have the fade tween, but have the photo inside the movie clip to be loaded externally. Also I wanted to know how to make sure t...more >>

I downloaded macromedia flash mx 2004 from from my friends sever Its the full version. when i try to install it, it installed a empty readme file in the start menu and thats it. it didnt install the actuall program. It also shows the program in the add and remove programs list but when i try ...more >>

Hi, I need something just like this: http://www.bubbagump.com When a surfer punches in my URL, I want him to be presented with our spinning logo. (add whatever effect or filter you want to make it look pretty) maybe spin it around a few times before coming to a complete stop. And then t...more >>

Does anyone out there remember a company that used to sell the source code for very simple Flash based games? They were just fun little distractions that you could purchase and then customize. I have been tasked with finding out the name of this company. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I hate designing with existing templates, however, I have been contracted to do a down and dirty site for a buddy for FREE! You guys know how this is...but is there any sites where I can download a FREE FLASH WEBSITE TEMPLATE that is good...I would appreciate it very much. I keep searching f...more >>

Would anyone know of good tutorial for creating a Flash equivalent of a html/javascript mouseover image swap ? It's easy to export slices and hotspots from Fireworks to an html file that has this javascript functionality. However, it doesn't seem to work when exporting from Fireworks to an sw...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to have a mc play a sequence to unload. Let me explain. I've got 3 tvs on the screen with a remote that has 3 buttons. One for each of the tvs. Each screen will get larger in the frame window (so the other 2 tvs will shrink into the bg) when the tv buttons ar...more >>

I have a 4 page FlashMX Website Im working on. Each page is a scene. How can i share a 5th scene as a cut scene which plays before each other scene without making multiple copies of the cut scene. Any code examples would be much appreciated. Tried posting this question earlier in the wee...more >>

I am sure this is easier than I think, but I am having problems nonetheless. I have a single button that I would like to control a movieclip (MC1) and the another movieclip (MC2) within it. MC1 and MC2 are the movieclip instance names. MC1 and the button are on the main timeline. I...more >>

Hello, I have Studio MX 2004 and I need to download the UIScrollbar from the flash site. Someone told me this was free. I cannot find it anywhere, please help. Thank you....more >>

Im not going to release much info i believe my idea is gold, and i want to express the best way possible. I am looking for a graphic artest specializing in gore. frame by frame gun shot wonds and organs falling out. its gonna be good. Intrested? Requirements- Need Msn, Yahoo or just ho...more >>

We've seen 3D anaglyph movies like Shrek 3D and Spy Kids 3D. The interest to the anaglyph is coming back. So why not to add this simple feature to Macromedia Flash? I don't mean add 3D rendering features, 3rd party software, like Swift 3D, can do this for Flash. Let's assume we have 2 ster...more >>

I'm attempting to create a flash movie with a transparent backgound. I've set the wmode to transparent in the publish settings, but when i put the movie into an html page, the background appears white. I've set the backgroung in DW to no fill, but still the white background appears. the cod...more >>

Hello all. I wanted to know if a swf file can save the work in it as another format. I sure the answer is no, But I'm thinking can it save it self as jpg. What I wanted to do is make a swf that lets you create a graphic. You can edit the text and Add and remove elements. I know that flash or (...more >>

Im sure this is an easy thing to do, but i seem to be stuck on a way to do it. I have a list generated from an XML file displayed in a text field inside a flash movie. Is there a way to have each hyperlink load a movieclip as you would if you were clicking on a movieclip? Id like to find a...more >>

Have tried download several time - says download complete - but Macromedia is not on my system - Thanks for any help...more >>

I've been a web developer for arround 3 years now. And i've been asked to make an aplication where it involves the following: I need to develop a form, with a graphic in the left side that shows a lightbox, and on the right sight a spefication text box. THe perpouse of this form is to sel...more >>

Hi folks, I KNOW the recommendation is that with LONG flash vid clips we use streaming servers. But I have found decent success putting 30 minute video files on a normal server and making them available via progressive download. Now I'm working on a file that is an hour long and am ALSO ...more >>

I don't want to name and play 1 sound as I have many in use. The presentation is long and I after a generic solution to restart sound wherever users are on the timeline....more >>

Hi, Want to know how to detect if my clients have a flash player instelled in there machines. My site has some flash swf's .I want to give my client a message or a dialog box to download the flash player (may give macromedia site address) to download the flash player if they want. Plz help...more >>

Hi, I'm not sure if this is expected behaviour with mask layers, or something that I am doing wrong. Basically I have a simple movieclip on one layer, and a mask layer which shape tweens a shape around to reveal different parts of the movie clip at different times. The problem is ...more >>

I have a swf file, and I try to open it in a browser in Mac and in Linux, and ...... it fails!! I just can read it in a PC. Do you know about something like that? And how to solve it? Thanx in advance! ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get a SWF's movie size by parsing the SWF binary file. According to the "Flash File Format Specification"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/flash_file_format_specifi cation.pdf the movie size comes after the eighth byte of data. I can get the correct movie size of a...more >>

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Hello, I still haven't received any advice on where I can download the UIScrollbar on Macromedia's site. I need to install this into my components. Does anyone have any idea where I can do this?...more >>

I have developed a site with flash content in it.Problem is that in some systems browsers the flash content cant be viewed neither any flash player download message appears. Whats the problem and any remedy ...more >>

Yeah, i'm in kind of a predicament. I just started a decent Flash cartoon, and i was really getting into it. For some reason though, now for this specific cartoon, it always freezes up every time i try to export or test the movie. I have no idea why it is doing it, but i'm pretty sure it all s...more >>

Hi, I have a link setup from Flash to an external html file, all works no problem. Thing is i'd like it to appear at a certain pixel size, i.e. a defined height by a defined width as it currently launches in a sepearte window and blocks out the previous one right across the screen, it's only ...more >>

does anyone know how this is done: http://www.soulmatesgraphica.com ? if you resize your browser window the navigation pops back into view. but the background remains unscaled!, i've seen it in other places. can it all be done in flash? help appreciated. krustafarian@hotmail.com ...more >>

Im not going to release much info i believe my idea is gold, and i want to express the best way possible. I am looking for a graphic artest specializing in gore. frame by frame gun shot wonds and organs falling out. its gonna be good. Intrested? Requirements- Need Msn, Yahoo or just ho...more >>