:( I am a mewbie to Flash and I need some help. I have created a file with tweening and I can't get it to stop when I test it. PLEASE HELP!!!!...more >>

Hello At the end of my intro.swf movie, I want to load "main.swf" movie. Therefore, I used this.loadMovie("main.swf"); It works but I have difficulties to build a preloader, which target should I use to assess the amount of Bytes loaded this.getByteLoaded ? (I don't develop the whol...more >>

im looking to figure out how to give the option to choose between two or more different movie... any suggestions? any sites?...more >>

hi, My intro page contains a flash animation as well as a "Skip Intro" html Link beneath it (for those that don't have flash). I have an audio loop in the flash file that plays troughout the animation and continues looping even after all movie clips have been played in the swf file (this i...more >>

I am looking for Contracts and templates, even good software that documents these for Webdesign, to Rights for the Site, Rights for me to Advertise, etc.? Please help I am in a desperate need for these documents. Thank you for any help, Eric ...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm developing a piece right now and have come to a stand still. The menu part of the project will contain a number of "Business Categories" and then once a category is clicked, the businesses within that category will be shown...much like a tree style menu. We've also got a da...more >>

Can I use the loadmovie() function for png files. I need to import dynamic transprant images. marcos hernandez...more >>

hi, My intro page contains a flash animation as well as a "Skip Intro" html Link beneath it. I have an audio loop in the flash file that plays troughout the animation and continues looping even after all movie clips have been played in the swf file. If the user clicks the Skip intro link t...more >>

Hi! I'm trying my flash in Firefox, and when I focus on the textInput fields, the fields does not have the blinking cursor and not highlights, but I can write on it. Is there any way to solve this? and tip, idea is welcome. thanks in advance ...more >>

The other day I came across an swf decompiler. I figured if it really works then many online flash selling companies (like perfectory) would go out of business. Because why would anyone buy something they can just decompile?? Is this a macromedia flaw? ...more >>

Hi, I have just released a tool to record and play UI Test scripts on swf interfaces. You can check it out here: http://www.geocities.com/tiago_simoes/flash/ Happy testing, Tiago Simoes ...more >>

Where is the crop tool in flash?...more >>

Someone please help, All I would like to know is: How do I put a series of clickable links into a paragraph that will allow me to scroll through them using a scrollbar element already created in FLASH MX? I look forward to hearing anybody's ideas. I'm stuck fast! Thanks for y...more >>

Hi There, Using Flash MX 2002 I have setup a menu for my site that uses on(rollOver) and on(rollOut) to animate the buttons as the mouse moves over each one. Each menu item is a movieclip containing a button on one of the layers within the movieclip. I have tried using the actionscri...more >>

Sorry for the simple question but can anyone tell be how I load one SWF into another SWF? I've searched for ages and just cant find any examples. I guess I must be using the wrong search criteria because I know its a fairly basic thing to do. If anyone can supply a couple of links to ge...more >>

I am trying to load an external swf that calls a .txt file on button release of the sub menu buttons of the macromedia menu described earlier in this forum. It works fine in a simple example but not under this menu. Is it a level issue as I am trying to load the external swf into the main ti...more >>

Hi! I am producing a Flash application, with a length of more than 16.000 frames. (12 fps). When I pass frame 16.000 I?m unable to work anyfurther! Why? Does anyone know about a limit? How do I turn it off? What to do! Looking forward to hear from someone. Regards Kim:-) ...more >>

Greetings.. I have just made a small flash movie, and somehow i need to encode a link into it...i am assuming so that the movie is like a button linking to another website?? Apparently i can encode this link in the flash file somewhere...how do i do this?? I am sure it is probably really...more >>

I have created a motion tween with a motion guide. Why is the image movement so choppy? Does this have to do with frame rate? The URL is below. Thank you. http://www.aa5design.com/testing/aa5design/layout.swf ...more >>

I heard that for flash to be complient they have some sort of text to speech capablity. I'm looking for a way to have a dynamic text box where a user types in a sentence, and flash reads it back to them. Can this be done, I really need this as a component on my next project quickly. Th...more >>

Hi. I'm an experienced 3-D animator who is new to flash. I'm trying to design a character setup that will allow me to rotate, say, a characters upper arm and also effect the lower arm and hand similar to an fk system in 3-d animation. Does this require ActionScripting? Is this a very difficult...more >>

Can you make flash animations run on the desktop without the projector ? ie. something similar to the Microsoft Clippit and the cat that you find in office programmes... Is this possible in flash to create something like this where you can see the background through parts of the animation ...more >>

Hi all, The FLV that I exported from Flash doesn't have total time. So the the scroller in playback component doesn't work properly. However, the FLV I exported from QuickTime Pro does has total time. And the scroller in playback swf works. But the quality of movie is looking bad. Does a...more >>

I downloaded the "charting components" but it sayed something there that after I install them .... install them ? how ? they have "MXP" extension wich is unknowned , for me at least so what shall I do? ...more >>

I am trying to develop a UI in flash that will only be "navigate-able" using a Windows Media Center Remote. Does anybody know if this is possible, and if so, how? I've heard quite conflicting opinions. I'm a newbie to developing in Flash (basically done all the help tutorials and lessons an...more >>

my dynamically attached mc's are appearing in wrong order, even though when i trace (getDepth), they seem to be correct... i have 2 movieclips, one is duplicated & attached mutiple times, it moves across the stage, is removed and re-attached where it began.they are at depth 0-32 (there are...more >>

Trying to find a tutorial on how to do something but not having much luck. Want I want to do is to have sort of a horizontal photo gallery type layout with 10 or so images. To navigate through the images, you will drag a slider bar across the top or bottom. As you drag from one image to the ne...more >>

Hi: Hopefully someone can help. I cam import a qick time movie into Flash MX without sound - no problem - but it it includes sound - the sound doesn't play. Have tried taking the sound out - making it a aiff file and then importing it separetely - but then it doesn't sync up properly with the...more >>

I've heard that the setProperty action is "out of date" or that there is a better way to do it in MX 2004. Can anyone fill me in on this? I'm using it right now in a flash drag n drop quiz and I need it to return draggable movieclips back to their original places when you hit the "reset" but...more >>

I have a button symbol that has a state for up and down. Instead of acting like a button (changing to down when one clicks it), it acts like a movie clip. It plays over and over (going from up to down again and again). Does anyone know the source of this error?:confused; ...more >>

Hi All, I have a swf file, Movie1.swf that stores data in a SharedObject and this is all fine. I want to read the data in the SharedObject from another SWF but the problem is I can not get the partial path to work, and I do not always know the full path as Flash creates a random name und...more >>

How do I save/ export/ convert an existing flash file including timeline scripts into a movie clip that I can use in other files?...more >>