This is probably a simple problem, but the first time I have run into it. I have a very simple design and only one scene. The buttons that are on my home page link to another frame in the scene. They work fine the first time you click on them, then you advance to the frame and clikc on it agai...more >>

hi i am trying to loop an _alpha for a movie clip so i used this script : alpha(); function alpha() { i=i+1; title_mc._alpha = i; if (i<101) { trace(i); var intervalID:Number =setInterval(alpha,200); } else { clearInterval(intervalID); trace(interv...more >>

Hi everyone! I've managed to make myself a site using Flash mx for pretty much everything. It's fairly basic but ive only been using flash off and on since january and this is the first one ive managed to finish. What I'm after is a bit of criticism (constructive). How could i improve, that ...more >>

hi is there a way to remove a movie clip that was attached to the stage by hand from the library and not by script . i think that the removeMovieClip method is working just for script attaching ?! am i wrong ? is there a way ? thanks ...more >>

i WORKED ON A PROJECT FOR HOURS AND FLASH JUST SUDDENLY CRASHED!!!! PLEASE IS THERE ANYWAY TO RECOVER IT!!! SOMEHOW!! PLEASE HELP!!!!...more >>

Can a Flash Movie control the Showing and Hiding of HTML layers that reside inside the parent ASP page but outside the Flash Movie? I have an SWF that fills-up about half of an ASP page. There is other content on the ASP page - much of this content is in layers that I want to show and hid...more >>

Guys, when publishing my movie I found a feature that offers protection against someone else importing my swf into flash and making a fla file from it. So that means it is possible to do that? My question is HOW? I mean I have found an old file from my school days but the fla is missing, jus...more >>

Hello , I want to view watch escapement animations at my home pc. I have no internet connection at home. I am using internet cafe. How can I install flash to my home pc. I can only carry the file to home with a cd. Best , Mustafa Umut Sarac ...more >>

I'm developing an application to configure interiors of corporate jets using pre-rendered 3D images that are sectioned off in Photoshop and saved as PNG elements with transparencies. Everything was working perfectly until I got to the 11th layer containing a PNG. Once the 11th layer becomes ...more >>

hey this is my first time using macromedia and i was wondering if any1 could give me some help just working on it if u can usuing aim, my sn is truehoodedking...more >>

Ok, I work for a school and am creating slideshows for them for online classes, now previously I hadn't been having this problem. I'm trying to create a preloader to show the progress because it contains alot of audio that is synched with the animations. The problem I am having though is tha...more >>

i do not know how to create a banner. could someone post a tutorial or give me directions...more >>

Is there a way of making the animated panoramic scene that is like what is done by the program you can download from www.pixaround.com ? It is a really expensive program for what I have need for and I already have the entire Macromedia suite, so I would rather use Flash to build it if I can. T...more >>

hey Does anyone know if this is possible. I have a .htm file with an swf in it. When i click a link in the swf file, is it possible to load another swf in the same htm?...more >>

Im a student getting to grips with actionscript...more of an artist than a tech programmer. Okay, Im doing a banner. I need an image as a button (button same size as movie obiously)...rollover the button then the movie plays. Thnks for your help Michael Kearney ...more >>

Im working on a flash cartoon about pirates and need a ship called the Lionheart made in flash if you are intrsed in helping me send me an email at LionHeartChronicles@gmail.com thanks Chuck...more >>

Hey how can i include a swf file inside my c# app? Im using visual studio .net 2003 thanks -Balupton...more >>

One of my clients is using a live support tool and I can't seem to find a way to integrate their live support button coding into flash. The limiting factor is that there's a directory that has nothing in it except for one image that they replace when a support person is online. The odd thing...more >>

Hey guys, I am probably a beginner to intermediate user of Flash. Recently, I have been wondering how to make scroll bars in flash. Also, how to incorporate these, so that you may use them to scroll through text on the screen. Would someone please help me ? Thanks alot... I also noticed th...more >>

I bought a template from templatemonster.com and am trying to edit the flash movie. But for some reason I can't view all the layers, but when i preview the flash movie everything is there. How do i view all the layers? ...more >>

i have tried everything, but i can't get the simple scroll bar to work, and i am getting really pissed because it shouldn't be that hard. i did everything right, i even looked it up in the help menu. i made a text box, gave it an instance name, dragged the scroll bar over to the text box...i...more >>

Hi! I'm trying to create a photo gallery for a site and im following this tutorial http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/Image_Gallery_1.pdf. Ive got as far as point 10 but i dont know how to create a "text file". im just a learner. Can anyone help me along a bit. Thanks so much. Alan....more >>

I searched the forums for this but couldn't find any similar issues -- I set my font size for the MenuBar component to 9, and could see it display as expected in the SWF. My coworker said the last letter or so of each menuBar item (activator) was cut off when she viewed it. I reduced the fon...more >>

so as we are talking about flash... i was walking through the park and a man flashed me...I saw his PENIS and all and to say he was pretty big as i am only 12cm long un errect! then the day after the same man was looking though my window touching himself and then he saw me then FLASHED ME!!!...more >>

Take a look at this web site it is neat. Does anyone know if how they did this? I think it is flash, but what do you use? http://www.ourwork.de/oneshow/playstation/banner/ Thanks...more >>

I have to create a CD-ROM with a Flash movie on it to be viewed on both PC and MAC platforms. I am planning on exporting it as a Quicktime Movie and buring that to the CD. I heard Quicktime is not the best for the PC Platform. Does anybody have any advice for me? Any other ideas? I can wor...more >>

I am doing a flash presentation for a software company that wants to show action screen shots their software at work. Like of the different features and such. Is there a way to record screen actions, software or anything, and import them into Flash? Thanks for any help. Garrett ...more >>

Hi Can someone please tell me how I can make something spin fast at the start of a clip and get slower and then stop. I would like to try and do something that looks similar to this http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk/home/index.asp?page=home as it can be useful, I think, for a little proj...more >>

I have been trying to Import MPEG 1 Video files finalised using TMPGenc, I have been doing this because i needed to Interleave my Audio and Video together otherwise i have problems with syncronisation in flash to get my movie to play exactly in time with the Audio i have made for it. I man...more >>

Is it possible to import a .psd doc with multiple layers into Flash? Thanks...more >>

I seem to remember that when you had a bunch of items in the library, there was a way to move them all to the stage at one time so that each item was on it's own keyframe. (So you could view a bunch of images one frame at a time...). Otherwise, I have to make a keyframe, drag the item to it...more >>

Am having trouble with video compression. I would like the video to look great but not end up being 10 megs for 3 minutes of footage. I am using cleaner XL with the macromedia flash video compressions settings although I have tried wmv, quicktime, real, mpeg 1, 2, and 4... nothing seems to be ...more >>

I had a preloader that I use for different loading of .swf. When I had a .swf with some frames it's ok. But I need to have my preloader for some .swf with only one frame. This frame contains a movieclip ... My preloader doesn't appears ... ...more >>

I'm trying to write some Actionscript where I want a couple of buttons and a movie clip symbol to show up when a user selects a particular option from the drop down list in a combo box. Below is the code I've attached to the combo box instance, but for some reason, neither the yes/no buttons n...more >>

I am having a problem getting a font in Flash, it is in my Font Book but I cannot see it under choices in Flash. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Garrett...more >>

OK, I've published my flash file and have imported it into my dreamweaver file. I uploaded all the files onto the server. All my site files are exactly the same on the server, but the flash files aren't being loaded when the site goes live using internet explorer or any other browser, nor ar...more >>

When I insert a new Movie Clip and draw a star manually, this only this shape is clickable. If instead of drawing a star I import an gif file, the clickable becomes not just the star byt the whole rectangular conntaining the star even is the back ground is made transparent. How shal I make the ...more >>

I need to generate FLV files on the fly. I mean my site users should be able to upload their video files and some server component on my website should encode that video file into FLV file. Are there any possibilities? Any help shall be highly appreciated. Thanks ...more >>

I have a dynamic scrollable text field, with some content. I need yo resize it to a specific size in pixels. I cannot do it. When I change the size, the text is stretched. I just wanna change the field size, not deform the actual text in the fild. Is there a way? It should be really easy, but ...more >>

http://hearingpreservation.com/medel/animations/csss.html This animation is to be used in PowerPoint presentations. It is working well, but the user has difficulty keeping the cursor visible to activate the different buttons. (Microsoft NEEDS to get PowerPoint more compatible with Flash.) ...more >>

Hi, Im using Flash MX, I have created a Static text feild and Full justified the text. This makes the text look blurred when I publish as an SWF. I tried using the _sans font but then the Full justification did not work. The text got left justified. I then used dynamic text to solve th...more >>

ok...this is my prob---active X controls--- imported flash doc into Frontpage 2003...viewed in IE ..then i get a pop up active x controls..won't allow movie 2 play how do i bypass that? do i need an action script..code?? help Xtina ...more >>

i want to play a movie clip with a button action without changing anything that is currently on my stage. can some one please help me. i see a function called instance.gotoAndPlay(); which it says means go that instance and play from that frame of that instance..but it doesn't seem to be work...more >>

Hi, I've just followed the instructions at this page: http://www.video-animation.com/flash_34.shtml to put together a slideshow in Flash Mx 2004. I wondered if someone could help me troubleshoot something though - It's working fine with previous and next buttons providing the navigation...more >>