I'm using the component MenuBar that comes with Flash MX 2004 but the problem with that one is that the menus are a vertically dropped, is there a way to make them to drop like the macromedias website? ...more >>

I have a website built in Flash. I also have a image viewer built in Flash that I downloaded from a tutorial site that works great. I want to put this image viewer in my Flash website but I'm having problems. I tried re-creating the image viewer in my website fla file but it is proving to...more >>

I am running out of ideas here. Using Flash 7/Actionscript 2. Custom menus seem to work fine in the Flash environment (test and debug mode) but do not work in the browser. Have you seen this before? Grrrrrr!!!!!!! Any help appreciated at this point! Thanks, Pat. ...more >>

can anyone help me with this problem. the code I type in is as follows: on (release) {getURL ("mailto:hummer@mikescars.com" "_blank") ; } it works in the html published version but not the swf version ...more >>

When i import a movie that i filmed with my Dv camera, And after i fool around with it i export the movie an all of the sound (besides the sounds that i added in with flash). When im in flash and i view the movie (by pressing Ctrl and Enter) It works fine??? ...more >>

I have done a role-playing game. Is it possible to make a "save" button so the game you have played gets saved? So if you start the game again, it should be a "load" button and when you push it it loads from a file. Help me please :) //Corewibe ...more >>

Ok, this is a rather strange question. In fact, I'm not even sure it's possible. Does anyone know how to create a flash file where the user could save it as a pdf while running it in a browser or locally on a cd? For instance, the user can drag items around in the flash application and cre...more >>

Hi - I am using a PC to develop flash projectors for both PC and MAC platforms. I've got the hybird CD thing figured out, but am noticing subtle differences between the two executables. The biggest is found when I attempt to use getURL to launch a pdf. It works fine on a PC, but on a MAC i...more >>

In this page www.gameplanet.com there a bar whit several games (images) like a carrousel.... How can we do thisone???? Thanks. ...more >>

Internet Explorer, Mozilla, doesn't matter. Any window where flash should be displaying animation.............nothing. I right click and it give me the window with the bottom option "About Macromedia Flash Player 7", I select that and it goes to a web page that says that it is installed. W...more >>

I'm relatively new to Flash, and am going through some tutorials, but I have a real-world need that I'm hoping that someone can help me with. I have a image that I would like to import, and then have text flash on top of the image (or fade in and out). Can someone tell me how to do this? ...more >>

Hello. I would like to have a book open as an intro on my page. The way I wanted to do it doesn't work because I can't use the 'distort' funtion with a symbol. If I do not make the picture of the bookcover a symbol, I won't be able to use motion tweening. If I use shape tweening the bookcover ...more >>

Hi everybody, I'm trying to create a flash site where I click on a button/photo and then in a different section on the same page another image displays (fades in) a sample of what I'm trying to do is on http://www.annathompson.co.uk. I'm new to action script and went in to the helpfile on Flas...more >>

Hello everybody I need to create a map with various locations marked on it that will be too big to create as a full movie - I'm looking to have it contained in a box with scroll buttons on all four sides - the user can use these scrollers to track around the country and then click location ...more >>

I Have embedded a flash movie into an html page using dreamweaver. I know that from here i can tell the movie to play, stop or goto a specific frame, but i would like to know if there is more functionality to controlling the movie, such as loading another movie within that one. Please i...more >>

Dear All, I have put together an animated Flash version of the design departments portfolio. This has been constructed in Flash MX on the Mac. The problem occurs when I try and play the exported movie on a PC machine running Windows (I have tried PC's running XP and 2000). Neither the .swf...more >>

Hi all Im having problems importing targa's, im in a computer lab situation, so I am not always on the same computer, and some computers will import targas (sequences and single files) and others just give me error messages saying the files are unrecognised. Any ideas, all computers are ru...more >>

Hi, We are developing a music application and would like to use Flash images and annimation in the application. We are writing the application in C++. How can we embedd the graphics or access the Flash player from within C++? I understand that we can licence the SDK but this seems som...more >>

Sir, I'm using: XML.prototype.ignoreWhite = true; XMLDataServer = new XML(); XMLDataServer.load("server.xml"); XMLDataServer.onLoad = function(iSuccess) { ... }; when the flash page containing this code opened in Internet Explorer, the server.xml file will be stored in "Temporar...more >>

Hello, I have been asked to write a program using flash in which the user will input data. I need to save and store this data locally to the computer, as well as retrive it later. This all has to be done locally, no online database is too be used. I was just wondering if this is possible ...more >>

Dear Helpful Flash Community. I am having a real puzzler regarding making a streaming flv file work. I have documented with pictures and a few words everything I am doing and what is not working on the following page: http://www.timstoner.com/flvproblem/index.htm I am pretty sure I ...more >>

I was told by my boss on Friday that the slide presentation I'm creating on Flash now has to be timed. The presentation must be hands-free, and the slides must loop constantly as a background element for a larger presentation. The trouble is I've no idea how to time activate the slides as a ...more >>

Hi, When a user selects an answer from a dropdown list in my static combobox, I need to then lock that answer to the visible text window and disable further access to the combobox. Even if they navigate away from and back to that screen. Basically, once they select the right answer, it is ...more >>

I'd LOVE to toss out Powerpoint, but the one effect that Flash can't seem to handle is a flexible typewriter effect. I know how to do a simple one (revealing a dynamic text string one by one) -- but it's only practical for a single line of text. When using multi-line, the text will start ...more >>

My blood pressure rises, my hair turns grey, and things spontaneously fly around the room. Writing JAVA is not a problem. Javascript is not a problem. CFscript is not a problem. But, when it comes to Flash I seem to find every little quirk. For example, I create a movie that plays fine. Then I...more >>

I remember hearing somewhere that the number of scenes in an FLA will effect the size of the corresponding swf file. My question is, if you have the same amount of content broken over several scenes, will it make your file size bigger? Simple enough question. My guess is no, but we have ...more >>

Does anyone know if it is possible to restrict printing from a Flash Projector file?...more >>

Hi, I have a document that is formated in In-Design and I would like to bring it directly into flash as seperate pages/ scenes. Can I do this or do I need to import the text and graphics seperatly and reformat everything? If so how do I format the text so that it will wrap around the pictu...more >>

I have a button on my main stage. I need this button to target a movie clip that also resides on the main stage. This movie clip is stopped on frame1 and I need the button to tell the clip to goto frame 2 in order to play the clip. how can I do this. Thanks J ...more >>

I am working with a Flash movie. I have created and tested the page locally, but when I look at the published version the movie doesn?t show up and the animation on the page doesn?t advance. Can you please help me or point me in the right direction? I'm new to this and really need your help...more >>