I know how to creat button on release getUrl, target _blank for new window, but want clean window to pop up exactly 250 px by 250px thanks J:wine;...more >>

Does anyone know how to dynamically import a DXF, or DWG file into a Flash movie? Or is it possible? Thanks....more >>

I have a full standard version of MX 2004 Which means Flash Standard. I would like to use the free demo version to see if this cures some of my problems. My concern is if I install the demo version will I toast my legal standard copy I am using now? Do they work and play well with each oth...more >>

i tested a doc. with a movie clip with alpha effect(0%) in it, but during testing the doc. i found that it only showed the part that has no effect in it, why?...more >>

hi i know that there is an option to see the time line with some more details as fps, file size and etc' during the scene testing BUT i don't know how to do it!!!! any idea , thanks ...more >>

I am creating a projector file and need the user to be able to click a button and launch a seperate .swf file in a seperate window. it seems that the getURL method only works for urls (yes?). Any help is most appreciated. Thanks! ...more >>

Hi people I have a preloader but the movie is an intro and header on each page. The problem is that it preloads on every page. Could anyone tell me why?...more >>

First i`m new to flash and looking to create my first flash site. I`m looking to show a page with a picture of a vcr showing the inside as well as the outside using some transparency or cutaways and appling some interactivity also looking on been able to rotate it as a 3d object.don`t know h...more >>

i want a scrolable area that can sroll left and right with photo's in , and when you click the photo it will load in one persion. please help...more >>

Hey guys, I am trying to create on Map for my website, where I keep the smaller image on right side of stage and as you rollover the map you see the zoomed/magnified image of map on the left hand side. I did create a map which zooms onto itself as you roll over the map but having problem...more >>

I made a Movie Clip with three images. I made a Next button on the Stage and added the Movie Clip above and gave the instance a name. I added three stops on the Movie Clip. Now, I would like to press the next button and have the next inage in the movie clip slide into view and Stop. When t...more >>

:brokenheart; I'm learning how to make a scrollable text and I'm trying to use Component - ScrollBar, which in my case (on a Mac) it is called UIScrollBar and doesn't have UP/DOWN arrows and just appears blank. What should I do how do I make a scrollable text???? HELP ...more >>

:brokenheart; I'm learning how to make a scrollable text and I'm trying to use Component - ScrollBar, which in my case (on a Mac) it is called UIScrollBar and doesn't have UP/DOWN arrows and just appears blank. What should I do how do I make a scrollable text???? HELP ...more >>

What exactly does the magic number (16,000 frames) apply to? Is this limited to each timeline? If this number applies to each timeline, then can each scene contain 16,000 frames? What's the limit on scenes in one Flash movie? Thanks. ...more >>

I've a list of static text that appears fine in flash but when I view it in IE or Mozilla it appears half of its original size. What is going on? ...more >>

any pointers to examples? Much appreciated. -Jake...more >>

i have created a bunch of comboboxes in a movieclip so that i can drag it around the stage. the only problem is that when i select a combobox to load a jpg onto the stage i can't see it. how can i get it to load back onto the stage?? ...more >>

Hey y'all, Is there a way I can have another page load automatically if Flash is not detected when a user lands on a splash page? Also, how do I trigger a jpeg to appear as a placeholder if Flash is not detected? Is there one easy way to do this for multiple browser types? Thanks a milli...more >>

I'm quite experienced with Flash MX, but new to MX 2004. I use ASP and Coldfusion quite often. My question is this: Does MX 2004 allow direct connection to a database (such as Access or SQL Server)? You had to pass name/value pairs in the URL before, is that still the case? ...more >>

I cant do this letter in the actions "{". How can I do it??...more >>

I am looking for a book or Web site that has tutorials on creating video games in Flash. The games I am interested in replicating are Pac Man, Colapse and Tetris. ...more >>

I'm a real newbie I'm afraid. I have two separate .swf files. I need a swf file which runs the first movie, then the second, and then loops the whole thing. Whats the best way of doing this? ...more >>

Hi. is there any way I can make a layer (div) appear over a flash movie in HTML? making the background of the flash movie transparent won't work, because i have stuff drawn all over the place I need the DIV to appear..... thanks, martas ...more >>

.....A plain old text box, yesterday all the characters appeared perfectly, today only the Upper case chars display. I've tried changing font/size/color, no difference. WHY??...more >>

Hi everybody !! Here's the thing I'm trying to make from a week till now and without any prospects of success. I want to have a movie clip which is rotation of ball on a motion guide which is a perfect circle one, the ball bounces a couple of times and then stops.For now it's a piece of ca...more >>

Hi everybody, I'm interchanging the instances of some symbols with instances of other symbiols. I'm unsing the 'interchange' button in the properties pannel. But I gotta repeat this action for each single instance I wanna interchange. Is there a way to do it automatically? For example: f...more >>

I wanted to change the size of my flash document from 850 x 600 px to 300 x 400 px. but now everything is on the edge of the document. so I tried 'select all' to move everything, but it moves just one layer (even though everything is selected). what can I do to move everything that's on my tim...more >>

For some reason flash dos not conjoin the strokes and the fills automatically. How can you make sure this occurs....more >>

After finish my animation i've seen it is not in the middle of the screen :S I need to move all objets about 200 px to the left but.. can i move all in the same time or i need to move it 1 by 1 :S Sorry 4 my english.. I'm spanish :D ...more >>

I am trying to locate an actionscript (or instructions) that will do the following: I have a dial that I want the user to rotate. A slider would be fine, but I prefer a dial. At 12:00 there is one image, and at 7:00 is another. I want a dial that moves from 12:00 to 7:00 clockwise (a...more >>

Ever have that trouble of wanting to create a flash animation but you don't know how to do it? I am not the best with flash and was wondering if someone could point me to site or help me out in creating a real good looking flash that you find in alot of websites. ;) ...more >>

I'm trying to make some polygon shapes with the pen tool and I'm having a difficult time getting the point to close. When I make random dots on the screen, some of the random polygons fill, but I can't figure out why. Is there a trick I'm missing? ...more >>

Hi, i have just redesigned my site and was wondering what you all thought Cheers, Klaye Morrison :: http://members.westnet.com.au/grymrr/...more >>

:confused; how can I create a loader for my flash slide show? here's a link to the sample http://www.nicemultimedia.com/ccf/coleeye/indexFlash.html...more >>

I've been trying to make a movieclip object move around my canvas when I click and hold a button object. Why should the following code below not work? Instead, I have to constantly keep pressing the button for the movieclip to move horizontally. on (press) { myMC._x += 10; } ...more >>

The task: I have about, well, ~1000 really tiny objects rendering on screen at the same time. The AS applies to these objects individual alpha value and position. No rotation is applied. The object itself is a really small circle about 3x3 pixels. I have two choices of how these object...more >>

I'm having a strange problem with Flash MX Professional 2004, that just started occuring out of the blue. I'm making a really simple movie, entirely consisting of motion-tweened text fading in and out - each phrase is on a separate layer, and I just reduce the alpha to 0 to fade out the text...more >>

I got a copy of MX 04 Prof. and I noticed in the Actionscript box I have to know actionscripting, there's no "help" box like in Flash MX, where it will fill in the blanks for you. Is there a way to call up that box or is it gone in Professional? Is the fill-in-the-blanks-box there in the regul...more >>

Hi there, I am a Flash newbie, using Flash MX. I am trying to make some rollover buttons - but buttons with text. I can follow the tutorials on how to make buttons out of graphics. But when I use the text tool to create a graphic symbol I cannot change the graphics forecolor for the ove...more >>

:frown; Can anyone help please? I am trying to create a flash based site where my menus have a similar 'fade in and out' feel to that of www.loreal.com. If anyone gets a chance to look at this site, they will notice how the entire menu area (of any of the separate menus) fades in and out...more >>

Hello All, I have 3 swf files, so for the hell of it we will call them (swf_1, swf_2, swf_3) swf_1 loads and when you click on a button, swf_2 loads in a MC in swf_1 (No Prob.) swf_2 loads then you click on a button in swf_2, and swf_3 loads in a MC in swf_2 (Again No Prob) when sw...more >>

when i try to save it says I:/ is not accessable. The semaphore timeout period has expired so what does that mean?...more >>

I am trying to save some strings i recieve from flash into a text file. how can i do this without using php? Can i use Java script? ...more >>

The site I'm working on loads text dynamically from an XML file, but when I press one of the buttons that runs a Javascript command to open a new window, the Flash file does it correctly but then gets the main window stuck and when I try to go to any of the other buttons, they load for a plit ...more >>

My homepage : http://bcwang.myweb.hinet.net/xxx.rar Hi ! everyone , I design a gallery system , in my local system , it is all ok .. but it have some problems of load movie in the internet ! This is my homepage address and sources , I hope you can help me if you have enough time ...more >>

Hi, I've followed the step by step to Creating and Playing Flash Video Files Through Progressive Download http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/getstart_flv.html it's work really well, when it 's on local(double click html to open it), however when I upload to web server or ...more >>

:D Hi there is a dynamic text fild (-variebel is "textField" -) in main stage on sample.swf .the swf is place ina html. when user click a link in a html the data should pass to sample.swf and text field should be change- What is the code should insert into html- Thanx nutsy:Dna...more >>

ok my Flash MX is saying that the programme is non responsive when i try to save what do i do?:brokenheart;...more >>

I am trying to find out what version of windows that microsoft started packaging flash with, and what version of IE that microsoft started packaging flash with, and then what version of flash they packaged with them. ...more >>

How can I trigger actions when a FLV has completed playing and the FLV was dynamically loaded using NetStream action? I can do this easliy using the MediaDisplay component and adding a EventListener object function to trigger any action once the FLV has completed playing but I don't know h...more >>

Hi, I am currently research for a developement project and I have a question that I have and have yet to find an answer about. I know that Flash is backwards compatible from the developers side. But on the browser side is it 100% backwards compatible? As in if I have IE6 with the latest v...more >>

I want to use a flash animation on a web site, but it will need to be behind sub menu's that are set in html and appear on mouseover of regular menu's. As I understand it, SWF files always place themselves on the topmost layer of a web page and this is not changeable....is this true or is ther...more >>