I have a file saved from Flash mx 2004 on a mac and i'm trying to open it using Flash mx 2004 on a windows machine. Is there a way to open it. Any help with be appreciated....more >>

hallo. i've got an application that does a little printing, and it's giving me trouble on Win98. i've got a hidden movie clip that contains an image. the size of this image is 2550x3300. the movie clip is scaled so it will fit on a page. the user clicks on a button and the hidden MC is p...more >>

Hello, Is it possible to create a Flash drop down menu where you don't need the extra space below the pulldown bar for the sub-menu's to appear? I am playing with the Drop Menu template/tutorial that comes with MX. In the last slide it says to resize your movie dimensions. If I do that and...more >>

I'm building a website for a college class. Every week, the site "unlocks" the current week's content. All the content sits in an external text file. At the launch of the movie, I read in the text file, breaking it into blocks which I put into a "weekArray". This allows me to provide butt...more >>

Hi, Does anyone from experience or professional knowledge know how the Flash Detection kit affects search engine rankings on Google for example please? Is it best to go for the html version or the flash version and for what reasons please. I'm currently using the flash version and am won...more >>

Hi, Please take a look at http://www.olav.be , I just finished and now if you click INFO the movie loads into level2 but it moves itself more to the right and bottom, even the button Back wich is in Level 0 moves???? How can this be, that level 2 moves ok but also my button wich is in my m...more >>

I can export my flash movie as a .mov file but it looks ugly, and the Movie Clips doesn't play. I thought i could export as a .avi which perhaps would look nicer - but I cannot. Does anyone know if there is a nice looking solution how to place a flash movie in PowerPoint? -- Regards ...more >>

This was some actionscript that I found through another forum a while ago. I'm going by every step (which isn't very many) and I CANNOT get it to work!!! >1 make a movie clip that will be the cursor, add as much animation as you want. >2 edit document >3 insert and highlight your curso...more >>

hi. would love some thoughts, insights, resources on designing a flash movie (quicktime video i think) for DVD that will loop on a GIGANTIC plasma screen (feels gigantic anyway). im no flash expert. i can generally do what i need to do --- but this is my first project that will be off web. ple...more >>

I'm looking for a good Flash shopping cart. Something like the PRo version of Flash Kart (not available yet). Or a good tutorial on building one. I need an admin area for the client to update it themselves. Thanks. ...more >>

I'm getting a glitch when viewing some flash files. I'm using a flash 7 player i got off the macromedia website, but the video i'm using it on isn't working on my particular computer, but it works fine on other machines. There is a box that the user should be able to drag and then place in a...more >>

For anyone who missed the announcement about our Flash MP3 Player extension: We are pleased to announce the CMX MP3 Player extension for Flash MX 2004. This component enables you to load and play external MP3 audio files from an XML playlist. Features include track info display (title, artist),...more >>

I have this problem that when I load up flash it always frezzes at "Initilizing fonts" I have reinstalled in and uninstalled java development studio as a testing mesure as I read in a mac publication that java can stop flash reconizing fonts. (I, however use a windows 98 PC) Has anyone had thi...more >>

I was wondering if it was possible to make text scroll like the credits do at the end of a movie? Also, when I test the movie and publish it looks different than what's on the scene. The text is really jagged and is a different size. I can't figure out what the problem might be. ...more >>

I'm very new to flash and have spent two days doing tutorials. I have extensive graphic experience with Illustrator and Photoshop, so I know how to mask the photograph, I've made buttons to make the photograph do what I need it to do, but when I try to make the photograph move, it unmasks and ...more >>

I wonder if someone can point me in the direction of a good tutorial for creating a Flash form (using Flash MX 2004). I'd like to create something that when a user clicks a link on my web, opens a new page on top of the existing one, that I can pass dynamic data to, and then I can send to a...more >>

Can anyone direct me to some tutorials on using the Flash drawing tools? I'm in the process of learning how to use Flash and could definitely use some help with using the Drawing Tools. Any other tutorials that you think would be helpful feel free to let me know as well. Thanks Travis...more >>

My .FLA has two movie clips in the library. I have placed one onto the main timeline at frame 1 (there is an action to stop frame 1 which allows the movie clip to play). Works perfectly. Frame two on the main timeline contains the second movie clip. There is also an action here which sa...more >>

:frown; Hi All, This is such a noob question, but how do I stream sound in Flash 5? Many thanks for your time....more >>

Hi, I have a flash website in which I have a guest book, currently when a user wants to view a previous page, I have to go to before it and play forwards, giving teh effect of turning forwards in a book. I would like to have an effect of turning backwards when previous is pressed, but I woul...more >>

Hey all, Is there a way (through a Dynamic text box with html enabled) to insert an html "table"? I'm pulling all my text from an external text file and desperately need a table with columns and rows. Help? Ideas? Many thanks! cm...more >>

hi, i' ve a movie clip "cover-mc" created dynamicaly, i use it to load picture My problem is that i want it to rotate around its center axe .. but it's turning around its upper-left corner i tried to set another centerpoint for my MC : cover_mc.setRegistrationPoint({40, 40}); cover_mc.rot...more >>

If there is anyone out there with a system running nt4 please could they do me the favour of checking the following link. could you confirm whether the flash video displays. It should be on the front page. http://www.gtawebb.prodigynet.co.uk/HBXLDemo/ Thanks, George ...more >>

Hi This must be a dumb question, but I just can't figure it out. I'm working with a flash template and have a library element (as a movie clip) that consists of 7 photo images side by side in a line so they can be scrolled through a window. In the library, when I click on the movie clip...more >>

Does anybody know the answer to this? Is it possible to make at bitmap(photo) move across a background of another photo, in a smooth way? I have a photo of a sky, and I want to move at bitmap plane across the sky, but it looks awfull. The pixels are shaking and the surface of the plane ...more >>

I'm new on this forum, so if this has been addressed before please excuse my ignorance. I'm an eLearning developer who needs to put together a training/application program for delivery to the Palm Treo 650 device. I've looked at several Palm programming options and none provide the type of m...more >>

I have a dynamic text box to which 4 buttons feed it content what I am wont to know is if there is a way in which the user can click the button and it (the button) stay in its over state using actionscript Thanks to all who look at this ...more >>

In Flash MX 2004: Is it possible to export a .fla to a video file with movie symbols working [i.e. animated]? Currently, my movie symbols don't animate like they're supposed to when I export to video from Flash. Is this just a bug with no way around it? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi all, Just wondering if any fellow animators have ever tried animating a windy field in flash? If so how did you go about doing it, and what were the results? Here is the image I am going to animate, http://203.147.169.226/test/fieldsnapshot.jpg I was just going to animate a...more >>

I have embedded a flash movie into my company's fortnightly mailer to our clients and it seems that unless they are using Outlook Express or Outlook, they would be unable to view the embedded flash movie. This include web-based mail hosts, such as yahoo and Gmail. Is there anyway to work a...more >>

I'm importing a logo and all of the colors are different in Flash. Is there an easy fix? Thanks, Fudo ...more >>

I have printed and tried directions but cannot figure out why my questions do not show where the text reads "Your question here" . I am using Flash Professional 2004. I am a newbie trying to learn on my own with a couple of books. Any help is greatly appreciated. Mary ...more >>

i am loading text into a text field that are both created through action script. i had everything loading fine, but now i need to add more text, and it requires the ability to scroll to text off the screen. here is what i was trying: //create text field _root.createTextField("txtcontaine...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to make a banner type thing with images scrolling across. This is what I have done so far: http://www.gannon.edu/ Their scroller is smooth and continuous. If you look at mine you will see that it pauses on the first frame so it is not smooth. It's just the pause that is ...more >>

I'm experiencing problems when I import (copy/paste) text from MS Word documents in to Flash. What occurs is during play back of any sort Flash seems to slow down and lag. This is apparent while moving the mouse manually across the timeline, playing the timeline and when the file is exported ...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm using flash MX for a while now and never had any problems. But since half a year ago, flash freezes when I click file and then import. It doesn't pop up a browser where I can choose files to import anymore, it just freezes the program and I have to ctrl+alt+delete and end...more >>

How do i make a radio button goto a frame number once it is selected? ...more >>

I have two groups of radio buttons. When I select an option from group A and an option from group B (and click submit) I want the condition to be different for each combination of varables. Does anybody have an example of the code that I could use to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for y...more >>

When you export a movie to QT from Flash you get a Movie Created By on the main screen. You can click it off, but I want it off by default. Can this be done? Stacy...more >>

I have an embedded video that when i play it, it just loops over and over again, and only has sound the first time. What i want it to do is play and then goto the next frame on the timeline instead of the first frame of the movie. anyone know how to do this? ...more >>

Hello to everyone, Could anyone explain me what are the main differences between a Textfield and a Textarea ? They are not created in the same way : _root.createClassObject(mx.controls.TextArea, "my_ta", 999, {html:true}); for the Textarea _root.createTextField ("my_txt",...more >>

My flash movie is completed. I want to publish it to a Dreamweaver site. I go to File/Publish Settings and I receive a pop-up message: No valid HTML templates are available to complete this operation. What is a "valid HTML template"? How do I get/create one? Thanks very much, ...more >>

I have laid out 13 markers along my timeline to identify parts of my VO script. Is there any way to jump to specific markers in the Flash timeline, like in Director? I've looked in the manual and only find references to ActionScript. Thanks! ...more >>

Hi, I've posted this in the actionscript forum too (apologies if you are reading this twice) I've got lots of individual flash movies that are embedded in a web page. They are passed the url of an mp3 and they are mini-players (like Quicktime has for playing individual sound files, wi...more >>

I have created a button which contains only text but when the mouse is hovered over this button it only becomes "a hand" when it's actually touching the text. The space between letters are not selected. I've tried using a background shape to make this work but I seem to be missing. Any help...more >>