Hello Does anyone knows if Macromedia Flash Player is able to play OGG files?...more >>

I have created a PHP file that is called by my movie and detects the visitors IP then connects to a mySQL database and finds out in which country the user is. Then the php file returns to my movie the information through loadVars. Everything works fine but as this would be useful to use in man...more >>

Hi There, I am not getting something to work. I am pretty.......new at flash. I have a loadmovie where attached to a button it loads an other swf file in a movie clip, and it loads fine in the preview. Also if i open it directly in a browser (firefox or IE) (http://localhost/myfile.swf) ...more >>

this is one of the best sites ive seen - Im wondering how they did the video bits - can you do transparency in videos somehow? or is the whole page a video in places?! Go to 'Discover Nike Free' and then 'the genius of bare feet' and you'll see what i meen - its great! http://www.nike....more >>

I am a flash developer. I am looking for a PC laptop that can publish large fla's (100,000 k) as fast as possible. So far the most powerful laptops I've been able to find are: VAIO A series, Intel Pentium M Processor 760 2.0GHz 5400 RPM Dell inspiron Intel? Pentium? M Processor...more >>

i have created a flash file in which i have managed to figure out most everything but one thing. when the opening screen appears i have music playing but when i click on my navigation buttons to jump to that new area (which has its own music) the the opening music is still playing. i can not s...more >>

Hi Guys Is there any way to put a shape tween on a motion guide. I have some line, going across the screen (as it plays it goes along). But i want the line to follow a path - a bit like a heart beat monitor we see on the tv. I know that i can do this line by line using the shape tween (b...more >>

Hi Dear Sir/Madam? I really need an emergency help? I have a .swf file that loads variables from an external .txt file and show them. My data in external file is PERSIAN (Farsi or arabic) and I only can show them by using ARIAL FONT and with every other font they are the same, or not showe...more >>

Hi Dear Sir/Madam? I really need an emergency help? I have a .swf file that loads variables from an external .txt file and show them. My data in external file is PERSIAN (Farsi or arabic) and I only can show them by using ARIAL FONT and with every other font they are the same, or not showe...more >>

Hi, I have a simple question so i will just get to the point. If i had a button for example, and I put this code on it on (release) { _root.score+=10 } The dynamic text score would just have 10 added to it. Is there a way to make the numbers roll up until it reaches ten? E.g. when i c...more >>

I've made a preloader that goes to frame 3 when loaded. I used: loaded = Math.round(getBytesLoaded()); total = Math.round(getBytesTotal()); percent = LOADED/TOTAL; BAR._width = PERCENT*150; TEXT = Math.round(PERCENT*100)+"%"; if (loaded == total) { gotoAndP...more >>

If it is possible, how can I round the corners of my text input fields? Thanks Geoff...more >>

how do i add music to my flash mx presentation????...more >>

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this probably really simple problem i cant find a solution to. I want the x and y co-ordinates in properties to be 0 when an image or symbol is placed centre stage, but instead they are x:240 y:200 - does anyone know how to default these numbers...more >>

Hi there, Can someone please tell where I'm going wrong with this preloader? I've never used one before, so am clueless! Thanks. Addy is: http://www.superstar.co.nz/enlarge1.fla....more >>

Hi. I have created a flash movie, but it needs a special font in order to display right. Is it any way of making the text display right without the font? (if you didn't understand that: see www.stargatefansite.i8.com. The A should be in a different font..) any ideas? ...more >>

no matter how much jpeg quality i use, 0%, 20%, 50% or 100% the output file is always 100%. please help!!...more >>

Hi all! I would like to begin making websites using some Flash objects. Can anyone give hints of where to look information on the web on how to start doing simple things, how to start working with flash, tutorials, etc? Thanks a lot! ...more >>

Hi Guys, New to flash but i have see this done before (cant remember the site) so i need your help. Ok, i have a html page with a table. In a table cell i have lots of text with html tags. I now want to lay over the top of the text a .swf file that will be transparant so the text shows t...more >>

New to flash and was wondering if I can work with or import widescreen videos? as in 16:9 ratio? - OR am I limited in ONLY importing 4:3 video movies? I ask because you can now work with widescreen in quicktime v7 Any thoughts are appreciated. ...more >>

I've spent the past day learning how to get the position of a sound so that I can coordinate my animation with it. Now I've discovered a new problem. I've got it so that the whole movie stops, other than the sound, once a particular bit of animation has played, and then it doesnt start again...more >>

I just tried a simple getURL() with a standard, every day URL. It's just a flash button inside an html page. my browser stopped me with a javascript alert box: POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK: THE APPLICATION: myPath/theFlashMovie.swf is trying to communicate with: myPath/theHtmlPage.html ...more >>

I tried opening my pride work, that I am getting paid bigtime for, and I get a message about how I need to allocate more memory to flash using the get info command. How do I do this? I'm using windows xp if that helps at all. I need to finish this file or that's it, no pay and I'm on the stree...more >>

ok im not shrue the topic makes sense so im going to explain what i mean. now i can make some good flash stuff,,,well not that good but anyway's , i make a flash movie and it's 100% good, now i put a play button that work's. after the play buttons i have transmotion, animations etc,.. now ...more >>

Hello, Can someone help me with the button click event that will execute the exe of a program on a local drive. Shouldn't this work: ??? on (release) { getURL("C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004.exe"); } ...more >>

I'm trying to track down a flash cartoon that was doing the rounds about a year back. Basically, its a 5 minute cartoon about a superhero, his particular superpower is that he can shit at will. He flies by firing a series of turds out of his bottom. There's a bit where he foils a bank robb...more >>

Hi, im using a preloader for my movie but it simply isnt working, the preloader consists of 3 frames in the 1st scene, the preloader only loads to about 15% but i cantstill play the file, only the sound quality is terrible, its on stream but the preloader wont load it up for some reason. ...more >>

Everytime I open the fla I'm working on an alert appears telling will be a font substitution. Times seems to be the font to be changed and I pick use default everytime. Where is that font and what should I do to stop seein that bothering dialog box? ...more >>

Is there any way to have a button download a PDF file when chicked on?...more >>

I?m guessing this is simple but I can?t find the answer. I have a control I?m making that loads a picture. Inside the control I want code to detect that it has been clicked. I have tried such things as?. this.onPress = function() { } this.onMouseDown = function(){} and myLis...more >>

when i try importing my psd files into flash i'm getting the following messege: flash does not recognize the file xxx.psd' do you want to open it in quicktime?...... what could be the problem? i have photoshop cs2 and flash 7.2 thnks ...more >>

hay I have a problem I want to have a tooltip that the text loads from an txt is it possible and how???...more >>

ok i impostreda song did i etc.. now this is what happens, when i whant the song to en i just press f6, and say iwhat it to end half way trough the song, and after i press f6 i add more crap etc.. now when i play test movie--- the song does not stop,,, so is there a script i have tput ...more >>

I have tried installing and reinstalling flash 7 and it doesn't seem to work. I am guessing it has something to do with my internet explorer security setting. Please help me fix this ...more >>

I've found a very strange behaviour of the Brush tool that cause me problem. I double click the instance of an object. When I draw a line with the brush tool, the drawing disappears. When I draw a closed shape (example an "O" or a "B") only the inside appears. It's very strange and really an...more >>

i've been going through the tutorial to build an xml slideshow in flash. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml_flash_photogallery.htm i'm absolutely ignorant to xml and how it works, and i've been digging around xml sites for hours trying to figure this out. everything is working fi...more >>

Alright! So, I'm just getting into flash, and am using MX 2004 Pro trial. I've seen lots of flash cartoons, and the one i'll refer to here is Homestar Runner. I've fiddled around with flash, done a few tutorials, but I havn't really seen one on how to do character animation. What I did ...more >>

I want to make an action repeat itself while a button is pressed, and then stop when the buton is released.how can i do it??please help....more >>

ok for you experts out there, this question is going to sound so stupid,... Ok, now i have pictures to make what im about to say make more sense, ok, this is for kind of a game but not realy, lol ok this is what i mean, now this is the starting picsute,(the box is a movie clip) http://im...more >>

:evil; After looking for help to get rid of the ugly border-boundingBox in the scrollPane component, finally I found this: myscrollpane.setStyle("borderStyle", "none"); Yes, this seems to work, BUT in my particular case that I have a clip that will load on _level2, this works only when...more >>

First off, i'd just like to express my gratitude for this forum, i've learned a ton! thanks. okay, for months i've been attempting an animation effect of vines growing like the following links: http://www.mewithoutyou.com http://www.orange32.com/ (notice the roll over animation)...more >>

Ok, this might have been ansered but I spent an hour searching and...nothing.There it goes:how can I make the scrool pane scrool up/down when I press a button(other than the scroolpane's)???...more >>

is there a way to test particular frames in a movie? the file is getting large now that i'm near completion and it takes a while to export when i test it. thanks kurt...more >>

I need to install flash v 5 for testing and cant find a download to save my life....any ideas? todd...more >>

Hi there, I have setup a very simple flash form using the following php script (taken from a php tutorial)(the email is mine): <?php $to?=?"info@creativefauna.com"; $msg?=?"$name\n\n"; $msg?.=?"$message\n\n";? mail($to,?$subject,?$msg,?"From:?My?web?site\nReply-To:?$email\n"); ?> I create...more >>

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Hello, I have been customizing a flash template for a client. I am really new with flash and cannot figure out how to make the submit & reset buttons to work. I even installed an extension for forms but I am totally lost. Please help. I have spent 3 days trying to figure this out and m...more >>

Hello again, I'm still constructing my all flash website, but I have a problem with preloaders. I have followed endless tutorials about them, only to find they are preloaders for flash movies on that particular scene. I need a pre-loader or loading screen for an intro to the entire websi...more >>

Hello again, So I made a post the other day about a problem I had with a .SWC component of mine that I was using. My problem was, the component had a hand-made button in it, which resided as a Movieclip symbol in the library. The component's AS file uses createObject() to make instances ...more >>

is their a way to style the mediaPlayback component? Ive been doing a gripload of research and noticed that you can style the UIComponents but their is no information pertaining to the media Component. Any help would be appriciated. Ive tried.... mediaPlaya.setStyle("backgroundColor","0xFF0000...more >>