Hi, I just want to know what could cause a stop action not to work on a frame... My movie is 247 frames long and i have a lot of pause function and stop action... but some don't work propeply when i export my movie... Anyone had a similar problem before? Help!!! it's driving me nuts......more >>

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I have a Flash MX movie that has a banner the slide down to review the menu. The banner even though is at the top layer in the movie remain behind the body. Click here to view: http://www.phamllc.com/kaitlin/kmp2.swf Here is the source: http://www.p...more >>

How can I customize the tab order of input text fields in Flash MX 2004? So that tabbing will go through the sequence of input text fields the way I prefer, regardless of how I have it arranged on screen. Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, can u help? I modified an actionscript, the matrix numbers one, and now I need to animate some images over the top of this script, so that the actionscripted animation will be the background. The script is located in the first three frames of my flash file, I then tried to impor...more >>

i have a list of buttons that have a rollover state and i need it to scroll.. how do i make this happen? please help me. thanks ...more >>

Where are shape hints in Flash MX 2004?...more >>

Hey I'm having this little problem with the Loader Component... It's not a problem to load something into it and to manipulate the content but... The only thing that isn't working for me is to 'unload' the loaded swf-file in the loader.content It seems not to be as easy as working wi...more >>

I developed a Flash movie years ago and since then had reformatted my drive several times mistakenly lossing some files in the process including a source Flash file. Now I need to import the swf file into a Flash application I am currently developing but could not do that because the movie...more >>

in setInterval(..) is it possible to have two different variables for time parameter? I mean setInterval( function_name, x) where x is 1000 milli-sec for the first time that function_name called and 2000 milli-sec for the second time, again 1000 for the first and so on. I used somethin...more >>

In my gallery there are thumbnails that (when rolled over) link to a larger pic on the side of the page. I added a transition effect and now it's not working properly. When you rollover the pics in order (left to right) it works fine, but when you do it out of order the transition effects don'...more >>

I have my stage size fitted to 800x600 however I'd like for my movie to view at full size meaning fill up the screen depending on what screen size it's running on. For example, I opened up a flash movie produced by someone other than myself and saw that their stage size was setup at 800x600 ho...more >>

I'm trying to learn Flash MX (for Mac) from a book, and I get to the section on using Named Anchors to work with the browser "Back" button. I create the exercise FLA and test it using Safari and Explorer, but it won't work. I carefully go over everything I did but it still won't work. I downlo...more >>

Hi guys, I'm looking at the following page : http://www.soundclick.com/pro/?BandID=12347 ....and I'm realizing that there's an autoplaying Flash movie right on top which has music in it, but stops when you click on any of the song links lower below which are not part of the SWF on top. ...more >>

Hi How is this type of navigation acheaved? http://www.pentaximaging.com/index.jsp How are the rollovers activated? Paul M ...more >>

When I click on links within flash content on websites, the links don't work. Does anyone have any ideas why this might happen? I have tried re-installing flash with no prevail. Help!!!!...more >>

I have a problem with a flash video player we are demo'ing for Corus. The player loads perfectly into Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla browsers, but in IE the user gets nothing. I have been through my security settings and ensured its not being blocked there, but still no joy. Can anyone help...more >>

I'm using a trial version of Flash MX 2004 and need to export some animation into a .mov format but every time I do this it freezes on me. Why does it do this and what should I be doing. The method I used is as follows: File > Export > Export Movie then select .mov extension and click...more >>

Hello, I created a button to have a over state animation, and the down state animation. The over state works but the down state does not. When you go and look at the swf file the down state goes back to the up state. Which I don't want it to? How could I fix this issue? Here are the f...more >>

The size of fonts e.g. 12 in MS Word are not the same size as like in Flash font size 12. Why it's smaller in Flash? How I can solve this problem to have a same size of e.g Arial 12 in booth applications in zoom 100% ? Thanks! ...more >>

I downloaded the trial version of Flash MX 2004. When I try to install it I get a window advising extracting all files for use during install. I choose this and the extract begins but ends with an error 'Unexpected end of file'. If I try to install withOUT extracting by choosing 'run' instea...more >>

HI i was wondering if there is any method for only showing selected layers in actionscript. I have created a tutorial in 5 different languages. The first frame in my timeline is a simple menu page with 5 flags representing the 5 languages. At current i have created 5 seperate swf fil...more >>

I am new to flash. I need users to be able to click "play" on a movie and when the movie is stopped or ends I need the "play" functionality gone. The user can only view the movie once. The user will be logged in so I am able to track them through a back-end database. I just need help figuring ...more >>

In some languages there is a function like this: // Go to [line number] // Is it any function like this in the action script? I greatly appreciate your answers, tnx...more >>

Hi. There's a lot of commercial tools to convert PPT to Flash (Dreamingsoft, iMediaCONVERT, ...) Do you know any GPL-one? I've only found the OpenOffice feature to export a PPT file to SWF, but it doesn't convert animations. Thank you very much. ...more >>

I just downloaded the 30 trial version of Macromedia Flash 2004 and am trying to use the 'getting_started' tutorial. The files references by the tutorial were not loaded. Any idea were they can be obtained? The same tutorial is avaible in help, but the files are not available there eithe...more >>

When I go to import to library, select my song, and click import it says one or more files cannot be imported because there was problems reading them. It does this with every mp3 i try it with. what the hell is wrong and how do i fix it? ...more >>

1. when i am making rolling images in flash mx, i put all images in one jpg file, then make it rolling. Can i put each image individually in a folder, then i can retrieval then to rolling image, and how to do it? 2. can i include a html file to a flash, and user can modify the html file t...more >>

I have a list component in frame # 2 and datas are [a] [c], for example; Users can edit the list items (remove datas by a button), for example the user remove 3rd item: [c] from the list, I mean there is just 2 item remains: [a] . in the next frame (#3) there is another list component. I wan...more >>

We are looking for Flash and Coldfusion MX developers in the Toronto area for contract work. If you are interested please contact myself at romainj@infinitygroup.ca or 905.428.9444....more >>

OK, heres my current project: Creating a flash serieis epsidoe (pilot episode). 9 characters. All of wich are currently made, each are a movie clip with every body part on a different layer. my question/problem What is the best way to do character animation? Will i need to take them ...more >>

I am trying to add a font ( Frutiger 67 bold CN) to my system for use in flash documents. The font loads fine and works in other programs without an issue. When I try to use the font in flash the font is unavailable. Both the computer and application have been restarted and I have the same pr...more >>

I made a website in MX 2004 and it's really big, so it takes a little bit to load even on DSL, but it takes forever to load for people who would use a dial up connection. Is there any way to compact the file size besides the "save and compact" option. The published .swf is smaller than the .f...more >>

I am trying to have a stop button that stops my presentation along with my sound but then when i click my play button the sound wont start again where it left off instead it plays nothing untill it gets to my next sound file. this is what i have it set at on (release) { stop();stopAllSou...more >>

HI, I need help solving a problem. When I come to this website to update my flash player (currently it seems that I don't have one) I click install flash player and the next page displays a red little X and will not load. I tried to disable some of my security systems but that does nothing to ...more >>

Good morning, I would like to create a button that opens a pop-up window when released. I have created the button and used the following code to make this happen: on (release) {getURL("web address", "_blank");} Is there code I can add so I can define the size of the pop-up window? Tha...more >>

Hi All, I have seen lots of posts floating around dealing with the enigmatic accordion component. Those posts were helpful in allowing me to alter the theme, set my font family and embed fonts (I believe). Due to the content on the site I am building I want my accordion to sweep horiz...more >>

I am trying to solidify my flash basics knowledge. I am working through a book called "Flash Movies in a Weekend". The final project uses a movie clip that was included with the Flash 5 edition called "Bi Plane". But when I went to find it in MX, it was not there. Does any one know where I...more >>

I have down loaded and downloaded. Flash player used to work in my Netscape 7.1 . It no longer does. I always get the icon with a question mark in the center colors all dulled out. It works great in I.E. but no longer in Netscape. I have changed the scripts in my antivirus and firewall to...more >>

I am trying to burn a CD with an autorun.inf script that I have used successfully before: [autorun] start=Master.exe I am trying to put 4 files on the root level of the CD: autorun.inf, Master.exe, Soundtrack.swf (imported to Master.exe via loadMovie) and ForMac (Mac projector versio...more >>

In 2 of the books I 'm studying to learn Flash say that the usage of scenes is not recommended. Do you agree? If so, how can I make my animated intro to go to the home page after it finishes playing? THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR SO MUCH HELP :heart; ...more >>

I have tried and tried to get event listeners to work on components but they just don't work. I can manipulate components but I get any response from the components. I have made a very simple fla with a list component (my_list) and a dynamic text box (field). I added this code to the first fra...more >>

I've created a Flash based website that I hope will be easily recognised by Googlebots (among others) and won't get me blacklisted by the search engines. I've used the Publish feature to place each Flash page in its own HTML page. On each HTML page I've added the appropriate Meta Tags. Also, b...more >>

hi, i'm locking my background image (it's big, 1024px by 740px !): Stage.align = "LT"; Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"; but i have a graphic (instance name 'menu') over the top that is positioned 50 pixels from the bottom of the image. all i want to do is make the graphic stay 50 pixels up...more >>

hi - thank you for your time. Does anyone know of a tutorial that is about how to build a flash file which allows visitors to move a simple thing - a photo or something, around with their cursor? Kind Regards - :P ...more >>

I have created a image, audio, video, and flash design proofing web site, projectproofing.com and use various player (Quicktime, Flash player, and MS media player) to allow different file formats to play for my members. I was wondering what audio, video formats (avi, mpg, wmf, asf, wav, mp3,...more >>