I'm a newbie and I'm trying to build a website using Flash MX Professional 2004. I have build several pages of my site using Pro's "screens". My problem is navigating between the screens. How do I hide the screen the user is on when a new page is loaded? This is really driving me nuts, so...more >>

Is it possible to change the registration point off a movieclip with actionscript? I'm trying to make a dragable map and I want to be able to scale it and keep the center in center. I therefore want to set the registration point to center of the stage before scaling the movieclip. Another q...more >>

I need a little help understanding how to keep imported bitmaps looking nice when a user takes my app to full screen. I'm importing a bitmap to the stage and it looks fine at its normal size. When I maximize, it pixelates quite a bit. I understand that this is normal (only so many pixels to...more >>

I have some "buts" that figure on the home by the comand "drag in drop". When I desorder all of them on the screen, i'd like to have a "but" with an action that makes all "buts" return to the inicial position (x,y). I tried to apply the orientation, but it didn?t work. could you send me an exa...more >>

Hi I am trying to actionscript a planet orbiting. My script moves my movieclip round an oval shape which works fine, please see my code below. I want to further this script by giving the animation a bit of perspective ie. i want the movieclip to go smaller and larger depending on where it i...more >>

I'm guessing this is a dumb question, but I'm a newbie still trying to learn the ropes. I am creating a .swf file and I want to create a link, that when you click on it, it loads another .swf file into the existing running file. I just put a partial flash file up at http://knowgangs.co...more >>

I am new to Flash...I am pretty proficient at other programs so this is frustrating...my most basic actions (stopping playhead for instance) are not firing. The playhead just ignores and blows right through it. What is the step by step on creating a frame action to stop?!?!? I followed Flas...more >>

Here is the page... http://www.counterfist.com/concertclndr.htm Just finished this over the weekend. But now the popup window (when you mouse over the movie dates) is drifting if you mess around with it too much. Please advise how I can maintain the connection to the cursor. ...more >>

I have some "buts" that figure on the home by the comand "drag in drop". When I desorder all of them on the screen, i'd like to have a "but" with an action that makes all "buts" return to the inicial position (x,y). I?m looking forward from you. Thanks a lot. ...more >>

Doing tutorial on the page listed below. Shows the "Import Video Settings" dialog box for Windows PC. My dialog does not show details like Size, Length, Quality, Keyframe interval, Scale, Help, etc.. Why? I'm on a Macintosh and have Flash MX 2004 pro. I have imported QuickTime movies and ...more >>

My flash movie is over 1Mb. Does it make cense to split it to 5 separate SWF movies? What script should I put on button of a.swf to call files b.swf and c.swf? ...more >>

Has anyone added a flash file (SWF file) into a PowerPoint presentation? I've successfully added a ten minute video flash demonstration that I added to my PowerPoint presentation. T Here is the problem: the flash file plays on IE and does not give the user options to pause, rewind, forward...more >>

Is there a way to script a URL so that is can be directed to a particular Slide within my SWF file? This is for a Map... So if my Slide Name is "Buildings.LeyStudentCenter" then how would I write the URL to get to it if my path to the site was "www.mydomain.com/maps/ and the SWF was in the _r...more >>

Hi! Anyone know any tutorials for a cool looking photo gallery? Cheers!...more >>

Wondering how the seamless scrolling movie effect is achieved. Please view example at http://pro.corbis.com/default.aspx. Their scrolling movie on the home page repeats itself seamlessly. Any information on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

hey guys, i'm new to the software and i've learnt the basics off my uncle, but i want to know how you make an explosion. please tell me how with ease. thenks, eivs. ...more >>

I had made a preloader ... I have two scene. One for the preloader and one for my sequence. The preloader appears and when the file is totally loading my sequence appears. But, the problem is that the preloader appears only at 27% when I simulate a loading .... I want to know if it's p...more >>

I am fairly new to Flash - so hopefully this has a quick answer... I am building a movie where an object drops down from outside the main stage. So - I put the object above the stage (in the gray area) and tweened the motion. However, when I play this movie, I can see the object falling fr...more >>

Hi I have the following code on my movieclip, which moves the clip round a circle onClipEvent (load) { radius = 225; degrees = 0; centrex = 275; centrey = 275; speed = 1.1; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { angle = degrees*(Math.PI/180); degrees -= speed; xpos = radius*Math.cos(...more >>

Hi all I've got some swf's that where created using captivate a screen capture app, I need to loop them in a new presentation but keep them as seperate files. The presentation needs to run full screen on a pc and I'm working on a mac. Any suggestions and advice would be most welcomed. ...more >>

Hello I'm getting some peculiar behaviour when using Flashvars to pass special characters to my SWF. I'm passing a string like this: "hello %E9 goodbye" If the encoded character is anything below %7F then it's fine. If it's between %80 and %9F, it is dropped. If it's between %A0 and %BF, i...more >>

Hello, I juste closed a file... and I can't re-open it. It says "Unexpected file format". I am using flash mx pro 2004. Did I just loose all my work? Plese say no. Thanks for the help!...more >>

Hi all, I've a problem with the text filed focus when I embedd my .swf into a html page. The ".swf" works fine with all the focus and tab....as needed, but I'm not getting the same when it is embedded. Let me know your ideas of how to go about it. Thanks in advance, ...more >>

Hi, I have Symbol1,Symbol2,Symbol3,Symbol4,.......Symbol10 in the library as movieClips. I have a button on the stage. I want to call random Movie Clip from the above library movies. I have made linkage identifiers for actionsScripts for all. I am using following code: Button1_btn.onRe...more >>

Hi, I need remove the contextmenu in the right click. I already removed in the zoom In, Zoom out,etc. but i can't able to remove 'Setting' and 'About the flash player'. I need remove all thing pls help me. Regards Flash groups ...more >>

I have 800 png's that need to be converted to swf. Does anyone know how I can do this quickly? Alternatively, does anyone know how I can change the default 'File' > 'Open' from "All Formats (*.fla, *.spa, *.ssk, *.swf)" to "All files (*.*)" and how to make a keyboard shortcut for 'File' > '...more >>

does anybody know the best video to flash converter. I want to convert my video cutting to flash and put on the web. Any suggestions?...more >>

I am creating a music industry web site. Does anyone know of any quality mp3 players that I can download? -- Joi L. Crawley, CEO Joiful EXP Web Designs www.joifulexpwebdesigns.com ...more >>

Hi! I would like to change some Action Script 1.0 code to Action Script 2.0. I believe I have to understand the code in Action Script 1.0. Where do I get the information?...more >>

A client of mine registered www.flasharray.co.uk (Flash Harry) 2 years ago to use for flash development and customer demos. The site has never been used. He would like to sell it - Any offers Tony Clark tony@maidenhead.co.uk ...more >>

I have been searching hi and low to find solid info on this issue - to no avail. there are plenty of threads around but none that end up with definitive solutions. the issue is when I open a shoutcast sound object in flash it works and streams when in the flash standalone player but not in...more >>

I'm having some troubles on how to add flash to an image. Would any peoples be able to help me out? I have a GIF image that I would like to make it flash when the web page is clicked on. Nothing too fancy with it. I don't want it to flash too fast or too slow either. Is it possible to make ...more >>

Hello. My name is Titus Simonini and I am a owner of Flash MX 2004. I am away from my computer right now and I want to download the 30 day free trial to do some tweening practice while I'm away. I am using a Windows XP and here is my problem. I have dowloaded the free trial and when I c...more >>

:confused; I am trying to create a flash movie which starts with 1 phrase that isn't initially visible (it may be as small as a dot)... then it should will eventually expand across the screen. After it fades out I want another phrase to do the same. I can't seem to get these phrases to appe...more >>

Dear flash experts, I am a medium user of flash and I published my website built almost entirely on flash MX. I am quite satisfied with the results although they are not totally final yet. I have noticed though that the edges around my buttons and even jpg images get jagged.... Why? In flash...more >>

hi, quick question. i'm loading an external txt file into my flash movieclip with enabled HTML. and i need to have links within it. i understand that (in the txt file) i use this kind of script using the </font> bit to close the colouring. but how do i close the link? so that it doesn't bl...more >>

I have discovered that Firefox has a hard time handling movies which are defined as width="100%" height="100%" I am loading my main move into another "loader movie" which is set to show at 100% This is important because the movie contains an actionscipt which keeps the loaded movie c...more >>

This is sort of a complicated, multi-part question...I am currently building a photo album completely in flash. I want to create a way for the users to see thumb-nails of the image (and when they click display the actual image). Is there an easy way to create a scrollable interface for the ima...more >>

I need some quick help on this. I have a site with a Flash header. Right now, it works if you have the latest version of Flash or no Flash at all. But, if you have an older version of Flash installed then it displays NOTHING. How can I make this logic work... if (FlashVersion =>6){ ...more >>

I need to have masked formatting on a TextInput component but it doesn't seem to be built into the component. For example, I want to see "(###) ###-####" in a phone number text field, where the "#"'s are blank spaces and when you input text, it is restricted to numbers and the parenthesis and...more >>

Hi, I plan to write a standalone flash application. This app should be able to browse local dirs and to load local jpegs. Is there an Extention available (free or commercial) which solves this? If not where can I start if I want to write such a thing by myself? thanx achim~...more >>

I know this is a basic question. But I cant seem to get my object to follow a simple guide. I am using 2004 (just got it) I was previously using just plain old mx. Where is the difference in this action. ...more >>

I just downloaded the Windows-English version twice and am having the same error as someone else I noticed on the forum. I am getting an error "invalid compressed data to inflate". Any ideas how to fix? I'm in desperate need to get this fixed. Thanks! ...more >>

Hi i added a flash image and now my drop down menu does not work...or it is hidden Is there a way around this. Thanks http://www.stretchunlimited.com/MAIN/index2.htm ...more >>

I am making a flash projector which uses a batch file to open a PDF in Acrobat. The problem is that when the user closes the projector, the acrobat window is still up. I'd like to clean up any extra windows when the user exits. Is there a way to have flash close down any external applicatio...more >>

Everytime I try to delete a certain key frame within my flash file, the entire app crashes. i tried to delete the graphic that's in the keyframe and the same thing happens. the rest of the file works fine. its JUST this key frame. any ideas what it might be? thanks. ...more >>