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Photo Gallery and easy to maintain
Posted by Kevin Kashou at 5/26/2005 6:35:32 PM
Hello, I want to create a photo gallery with 10 buttons overall. Each button goes to the different pictures. Now I want to know what would be the best way of doing it? Also what is most beneficial way of maintaining it? (What I mean by that is, when I change a picture to a different one, how w...more >>


hyperlink in text
Posted by blazM at 5/26/2005 5:19:52 PM
I have a block of text that has to be scrollable, because it's to long. In this I have references to certain pictures. I need to make references in text to be hyperlinks that would open a picture as a new swf file using loadMovie command on a hihger level (let' say level 1). How can I do it in...more >>

How do I create an mp3 player for my site?
Posted by CelestialProductions at 5/26/2005 5:05:17 PM
And I want to have the little play, next and stop button on a site. What's the easiest way to create one? thanks,...more >>

Animated Signature
Posted by Cadillacula at 5/26/2005 5:03:29 PM
Ok here is a good one. I have teh signature, but I wanna animate it to *sign* itself onto the screen so to speak. Any ideas on how to approach this?...more >>

Question about Flash - I?m new
Posted by Burarum at 5/26/2005 4:57:36 PM
Hello, I?m a Student, and I?m trying to find out, if with Flash, I?m able to conect to a database, and take parameters from this database (in Real Time) and then, make a chart in Flash with this parameters. Please help me with this. Tank you very much. ...more >>

Locked scenes
Posted by DavidConner at 5/26/2005 4:43:26 PM
I would like to create scenes for my Flash movie that require the user to put in a password before they can access the information. Can anyone tell me how to do that in Flash MX 2004 Professional? David Conner ...more >>

Preload fail, tried hundreds...
Posted by roar.soerli NO[at]SPAM datapower.no at 5/26/2005 12:20:00 PM
I never seem to be able to make a preloader for my project. It seems that the entire movie is loaded before movie starts, so that when when preloader is to be run, all bytes are loaded and bar is full. link: http://www.bajazz.com/preloader.swf fla file: http://www.bajazz.com/preloader.fla ...more >>

"Industrial-style, Hard-edged Websites"
Posted by UnclePuppy at 5/26/2005 3:01:58 AM
Hey, I've got a client who is rather hard to guess and harder to please because of this. He wants something, in his words, "industrial-style, heritic and rather dark but exciting but not evilish". He retails R/C race boating equipment so there has to be a certain sporting flair to it as wel...more >>



My Flash Crashed
Posted by Fargs at 5/26/2005 2:59:41 AM
:( Lost a File AGAIN! so i was working on a flash movie and i had not saved it when flash crashed. this isn't the first time but i wish it was the last. because this makes me very angry lol. well i wish that macromedia could put out an update that has a product recovery program inside...more >>

gif not looping
Posted by lindaing at 5/26/2005 2:22:30 AM
I have made a small gif on this page - (frame by frame) http://www.outsourceaust.com.au/OSAWEBSITE2004/officeservices.htm but it doesn loop, even though i have selected Loop continuosly in the gif publishing settings....what could be wrong? ...more >>

The best image format to use? And full size movies.
Posted by domnoon at 5/26/2005 2:07:57 AM
I am new to the Macromedia flash.....used to use the "other" program, but the original is better!!! Can anyone help me with these? 1: I want to do a graphic intensive site. I want to know which image type is best for keeping the size down. 2: I want to be able to scale the movie to full...more >>

site without browse
Posted by ooonetinhu at 5/26/2005 2:01:02 AM
How to do site withou browse like this http://www.eyeballnyc.com/ please......i need you help thanks...more >>

Loading an SWF file from a button
Posted by sherry.mckay NO[at]SPAM brunbowl.com at 5/26/2005 1:41:25 AM
I need help. I am building a flash file which contains buttons to load swf files I have already produced. Every "Trick in the book" has been tried. Literally, I've looked in three different books and online and I know its a simple action script, its just not working. What am I missing? So...more >>

How to center a swf in a DIV tag??
Posted by Skatestick at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I want a swf file onto a website with DIV tags but I want the swf to be centered no matter what the resolution is. This is what I have: <html> <head> <title>Televisie</title> <style> #example{ position:absolute; top:20px; left:20px; <-------- ??? Should that be diffiren...more >>

A possible bug? Exporting to a movie is sloooooooow
Posted by bjudkins at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have an animation that is about 2MB that exports very slowly to SWF. I have about 36 instances of simple buttons that seem to be causing it. When I delete those symbol instances, it's fast. With the instances, it takes about 5 minutes to do it. :o The buttons do not have any sound of vid...more >>

Creating Screen Savers?
Posted by HudsonSwimmer at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
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Fullscreen over the internet (not in projector)
Posted by Obster at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I was wordering if anyone knew the coding, either in Flash or Dreamweaver for setting up a fullscreen movie in a web-browser and not the projector. Its gotta be easy, i am just missing it. thanks for any help. Jon Grove ...more >>

Play flash when HTML page is loaded?
Posted by maryann13 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Is there a way that I can make a flash movie not play until the entire HTML page is loaded?...more >>

checking if a file is existing
Posted by ritpas at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
In flash file, i want to load an html file in my browser. I use the getURL function => getURL(file,"_blank"); => it is working but ... Is it possible to check whether the file is existing under flash? indeed, I want flash to display a message that the file doesn't exist if it doesn't fin...more >>

Stopping Sound in flv/video movieclip
Posted by Gwarzo at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Is there a way to stop just the sound in a flv/video movieclip?...more >>

pb to retrieve a php var under flash
Posted by ritpas at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, In oder to check whether a file is existing or not, I made a php script and under falsh, I used two loadVars object, like that : envoi=new LoadVars(); reception=new LoadVars(); envoi.myfile=file_to_check; reception.onLoad=function(success) { if (success) { if (this.resul...more >>

animation not looping
Posted by lindaing at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I have made a small gif on this page - (frame by frame) - in flash http://www.outsourceaust.com.au/OSAWEBSITE2004/officeservices.htm but it doesn loop, even though i have selected Loop continuosly in the gif publishing settings....what could be wrong? ...more >>

Animating a Line
Posted by xinaroyall at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I am trying to create a simple shape (the outline of a stick like figure.) I would like the actual act of the line being drawn visible as an animation from the first dot to the finished figure. Is there anyway to do this other than frame by frame animation? I feel like there is, but nothing is...more >>

Drawing a character
Posted by triazemite at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I'm just getting started in flash and I'm attempting to draw a character. Chris Georgenes tutorial on the Macromedia site is good but the character I'm working on is a little more realistic. To separate the characters into layers, the heavily weighted lines he uses for an example won't really ...more >>

getURL - can I set browser size?
Posted by the queen is dead at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I'm using a button to open an html page... can i use getURL and have it open the page in a resized browser window? for instance, on release of the button, a new window would open with a contact form, that is 300 x 250? I've done this in dreamweaver with behaviors, but i'm getting an acti...more >>

slide control
Posted by albyndy_inc666 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi: I have this scrip for a slidebar wich control the alpha % of a movie clip. With this the slide bar star at the top right with 100% transparency (invisible). I want to revers the action...mean: the slide bar shut star at the top left with 100% transparency and move to the right to see the...more >>

copy/paste script bug
Posted by wildmac at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
The problem: Select a button, select the AS that is associated with that button. Copy the script. Attempt to past that script onto another button. It doesn't work. It copied the whole button, rather than the script. How do you reliably select the script instead of the whole button?... ...more >>

Imported Illustrators layers (strokes won?t group when creating symbols? )
Posted by comicprophet at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Please help. In flash, when I try and group an images stroke with its fill that was exported from Illustrator as a swf file, I am unable to select both at one time to make stroke and fill part of the same symbol. Any suggestions? Thank you. Eric ...more >>

problem with Flash
Posted by HeidiMH at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I just installed Flash (studiomx 2004, Mac 10.3.8) , but when I click the Flash icon in the dock.....I see the Flash screen, and that's it. (i dont have the same problem with FreeHand, Dreamweaver etc). Thank You ...more >>

In need of assistance
Posted by JUNKHED at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi I need some help creating pages that simulate pages in a book being turned. How do I go about doing this? Can anyone assist me with this idea....more >>

Image and Text Scroller
Posted by stacyp at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Does anyone know a way of scrolling external html files or just a way of scrolling in flash external images and text together in under one scrollbar?? Kind of like an inline frame would work. Many thanks Stacy ...more >>

How do I make pages flip
Posted by imagine96 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Does anyone know how they did this and what I need to do it myself. The pages flip and when clicked on anywhere on the page, a new window opens where you can zoom in on the text. http://avidneogeo.com/brochure/index.html ...more >>

FLV files - how T F do you play them from a webpage?
Posted by trooperbill at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
:| I feel like im taking crazy pills - been given a cd with FLV files on it and instructed to put them on the net - only theres no tutorials on getting them to play, theres loads to do with interacting with the contetm, setting up a video jukebox, importing into flash but nothing on the simple...more >>

Moving movie content
Posted by BrianOG at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Am a newcomer to Flash Have created a movie with three scenes in it. I find all the scenes are too low on the background. How can I move all the content, or crop the background, so that all the movie content is raised? If I choose SELECT ALL and then move. the content position moves when the...more >>

Moving objects
Posted by aluka at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I can't find an answer anywhere to this basic question. I am developing a frame by frame animation (cartoon) where I have separate objects in each frame. I have to shift everything by 50 pixels to the right. Is there a way to select all objects across all frames and move them at once inste...more >>

Pop Up Problem
Posted by ATELIERPGD at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
I need some help figuring out this problem, I used the code from CBT cafe tutorial for my pop up windows (GetURL-javascript method) http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash/popupwindows/popupwindows.html but I get a white edge on left hand side and along the top of the window, I sort of worked...more >>

Crashes on Launch
Posted by carlk at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I can't get Flash MX to load on my G5 10.3.9. I've repaired permissions, deleted and re-installed it a couple times and rebooted but nothing works. I tried installing from the same disk to another Mac and it runs fine. Help! Any ideas? Thanks, Carl ...more >>

Web Design using Flash
Posted by reverandrichie at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi I am currently designing a website using flash. I am completey new to the software, and could use some advice. I am using flash as I want to incorporate animation to most of my pages. But I do not know the best way to achieve simple navigation. I need to know how to link each page of...more >>

linux & flash
Posted by Sousa at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi there, I've developed an off-line multi-platform application using flash MX 2004. To use it in linux os, users can open my html page from any browser with flash player 7 plug-in installed (it seems that a linux projector doesn't exists). But testing it with linux/firefox, a black square app...more >>

Flash On websites
Posted by pepps at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi I am fairly new to flash and i have just created our company website that has a couple of little movies on it created in flash MX however some customers who view the site complain that they cannot view the flash, Now i know that this is because they do not have the plugin installed but how ...more >>

putting flash object via JavaScript in HTML page
Posted by Sudipto at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello, I want my flash swf not to be written(published )directly to a HTML page,but i want the <object clsssi=.. ><param. to be written in a .js file which i can just link in HTML page. Can I get the javascript code. Plz help Thanks ...more >>

Need some explaining on the steps. (sliding gallery)
Posted by cybor01 at 5/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hope u guys can understand? TIA I need to do a flash gallery...the thing is that i'm quite confused on what shld be the more 'intelligent' way of doing it. This is wat i want. eg. i have some images & i decide to present in a way that all these images will move left & right continous in ...more >>


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