Hi Peeps A friend showed me once how to test your loader in flash. These days i am using mX v 7.2, and i can't for the life of me find this tool. I feel really dumb asking but the info in help search is not useful on this one. Thanks for any response. PM ...more >>

Hi there, I am storing all the data for my website in an xml file. One of my tags is a description for and object that is loaded into the text field on my flash movie. My Flash movie is set to recognise HTML formatting and I would like to be able to format my text in the XML file, but of ...more >>

I have installed Macromedia Flash MX, and I by mistake deleted the Scrolling_background.fla in the Samples folder, and I was wondering if anyone can give me a link to download the .fla. ...more >>

Hey When i remove the borders of the ScrollPane with myScrollPane.setStyle("borderStyle", "none"); It does remove the border, but when i use one of the buttons, this light green border apears... Someone please tell me how to remove this. I tried to do something someone else posted but it did...more >>

Hi! I need to save the working file and movie file for a flash movie I created...It "saved" but when I try to play it on a different computer, it says something like "unexpected file format" What can I do about this? ...more >>

Please Help!! I just downloaded Flash MX 2004 trial, did all the installing (I think), and whenever I try to open Flash, it doesn't respond! So then I have to force quit it. I don't understand why it keeps crashing, but I really want to try Flash and I can't even open it. So please somebody......more >>

Hello everyone, Are these ComboBox's/Drop Down Menu's available? View http://macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/ and notice that the drop down menus behave differently than the ComboBox Component. Example: Instead of just one down facing arrow, it displays up and down arrows. The right side s...more >>

How can I play a flash movie, created on a Mac, on a PC? I have the Icons on the Mac desktop and they play fine, but just moving them over to a PC doesn't work. The PC asks me what application I want to open the files in (a drop down box) and of course Flash is not one of the applications list...more >>

Anyone know how to prevent window resizing on flash based CD-ROM using Win and Mac projectors? Thanks, AG...more >>

:confused; Hello, Question about Dynamic text??? I am trying to figure out how to create an externally linked text feild, as a button, that links to another file or url. Purpose My client wants to be able to change out the link using the external txt file without going into the ...more >>

I created a .swf file in Dreamweaver. It is a continuous loop "slideshow" of approx. 12 photos and captions. It works just fine when I "play" it in Dreamweaver and also when I "preview in browser" in Dreamweaver. However, when I "put" it out on my site, it stalls out approx. 1/2 way through...more >>

I need to create a questionnaire, and I would like to create it in Flash. It basically has to contain 12 questions, each with up to 4 answers. Each answer will have a 'points' value, and all the points will be totalled up at the end to produce a total score. Based on the total score, a uniq...more >>

In a map project I am working on, I am using several movie clips, representing landmarks and buildings, with two frames similar to the up and over states of a button. I wanted to recreate this effect but I needed the objects to be movie clips. It was simple enough to write the code to roll ove...more >>

http://www.geocities.com/mongoskater88/General_Preloader.fla...more >>

I ma using Flash MX - NOT 2004. CAn I do something like http://www.fundraising.org/? It is created by some third party but uses Flash in the end. What I am looking to do is simplpy import an avi file of some kind and have it play and stop whenthe user clicks on the video itself. I kn...more >>

would appreciate any help on how I would do something like this page: http://www.swifttrans.com/template.asp?PageOrder=7a how would I do the zooming in? would the map just need to be traced? Any help would be appreciated. thanks ...more >>

Would like to be albe to play a specific mp3 song from a previous html selection with default id. "tuneid" is the default parameter The folder will contain a large amount of mp3's to stream. The mp3 root folder will be www.someurl/songs/ and the swf file will be www.someurl.com/flash/ ...more >>

i need to create tabs for various items. Tabs such as firefox, etc application have. How do i do this in flash? i cannot find any document or any component. please help. I read some documents on accordion but i don t think thats what i use to create tabs. i am not talking about tab orde...more >>

Hi im quite new to flash and have just designed an intro to a site i am building in dreamweaver. It is a simple intro and there are two buttons on it. The first button that runs through the whole intro is a skip intro button and the other button that comes on at the end is an enter site butt...more >>

Would anyone happen to know how to fire a button which resides inside a movie clip? I've read about this.trace("hey") just for testing, since this would refer to the movie clip and nothing. Do you need to target the movie clip instance after "this"? Any help is appreciated. -- Ryan ...more >>

Hi, I hope somebody would be able to help me. Here's my problem. I can't open Property window. It worked everything since one hour ago. Has anyone else experienced something like that?...more >>

Dear all, §Ú«Y Flash ·s¤â, ·Q°Ý°Ý, o¦V flash ¸Ì­±ÂI¥h adopt ªðoªºOOP o¬J concept? ¦³ÉN«§ºô¯¸¦³Á¿¬ÛÃö¸ê®Æ? Thanks. ...more >>

Ever since I switched my operating system to Mac OS x 10.3.5 (from 10.1.3) Flash MX (version 6.0) will not test movies - there are no error messages or anything - it just doesn't play them. I assume that this is a compatibility issue but is there anything that can be done to sort the problem ...more >>

Good morning. Let me start by saying I have an simple to average knowledge of flash. I have tryed finding an answer to my question seraching the forums but with no luck ad I feel I am just going round in circules. Anyway, Here is my question I am putting together a CD Rom to show all the...more >>

Hi, I have a flash page that has on the timeline and in its own level a movieclip. Inside this movieclip I need to place a jpeg image that is on the webserver with the rest of the site. The image is updated every 15mins. I need to stop the image being cached in such a way that should a user go...more >>

Hi, I am a new Flash user, and am sorry if this has been asked hundreds of times before. I have an image and I want to create a series of clickable areas on that image, so that each one then directs to a new scene (a bit like using an image map in HTML, or the onClick statement in Java). Bu...more >>

Is there any way to vary the text in Flash text boxes with scroll bars, ie. adding some bold and italic text, different weights, etc? Everything I've tried to do just affects the text globally. Am I missing sometihing really obvious here? Cheers Nick ...more >>

Hello, Anyone aware of a script / command that will allow me to batch publish all the scenes in my flash project all at once? Thanks...more >>

can anyone help me with the gif setting. i was trying to make a gif button, but it turn out to be kind of fuzzy. it turns out like this http://img333.imageshack.us/img333/2438/avatars21le.gif...more >>

hi, i need a scroll(bar/box) for a part of my flash page i dont want to see a bar just 2 arrows 1 up 1 down wich can scroll a part of the template when you put your mouse on (for example) arrow pointing down the text scrolls down please step by step.. ...more >>

I went to a page on this site recommended by another user and found some great tutorials. Problem is, I don't see a way to download them. I can only view them online. Is there a way to do this? Virginia ...more >>

Hey guys , Ive been downloading some Templates with the .fla file ofcourse but when I try to open I get "Unexpected file format " ... I can see the movie ( ..swf one ) but I cannot open the .fla file ... can someone help me with this ? ...more >>

I am curious, if i work on a file using mx proffesional, would i be able to open the file in normal flash mx 2004?...more >>

hi a simple question , i have drwan a rectangle and on top of it a circle all in the same layer and the same frame. now if i am moving the circle the rect. is currupted it is missing some part of it (where the circle was) is there a way to restore the rect. to be full again? thanks...more >>

Hi, I'm hacking my way through a website. Check out: www.dryfly.ca The flash movie (photos fading) displays correctly in ie and Opera, but firefox puts the flash movie in the top left corner. Any ideas on what is going wrong, or how I can correct the code so that it works in both ie and...more >>

Is it possible to run VBscript from Flash? If it is... how?? Thanks...more >>

Hi everyone, I have an existing movie that consist of several parts: Main menu animation About Us sub-menu Services sub menu and Contact Us sub-Menu All this animations are contained in one scene and I want to keep it that way. The movie starts with the main menu animation and ...more >>

Hi, I'm currently trying to use Flash to produce training material for the use and maintenance of pneumatic valves. What I'd really like to do is show the flow of air into the valve, the action of components inside, and the resulting flow of air out of the valve. Is there an easy way to cr...more >>

I'm having trouble getting the loader and buttons to work properly. I have a loader with a progress bar going, that works great. In the flash that the loader is loading, there are 6 buttons (using the button component). I have these 6 buttons on a seperate movie clip, that tell it to jump to...more >>

Hi everyone, I have duplicated an existing movie clip for an animated button and placed on my stage. Then when I go and change the text (label) of the button I just copied, the text gets changed in both, the new button and the previous buttom. Do you know how can I avoid that? Thank ...more >>

I'm really hoping this is possible, i've seen it on other sites so it must be... I'm trying to import to flash a realistic smoke or fire animation into Flash. I'm using Combustion 4 Particle operator to do the animation and exporting the video. How can it be imported to Flash with transparen...more >>

Hi, we are looking at the flash video gallery and trying to add our own videos. When we add a video, it only appears when we click 'Export in first frame' in the movie clip properties. This is also causing problems with the pre loader, when running the swf, it stays on frame 0 until f...more >>

I recently purchased a template from an online re-seller. When I go to open the ..fla file, Flash tells me its an 'unexpected file format' I have uploaded the file http://www.cjz28hosting.com/lacerate.fla Can anyone else tell me why I may be having this problem and/or if you have the same pr...more >>

:confused; Can anyone tell me how Flash got insinuated into my computer? And how I can get rid of it? I have tried deleting the Macromedia folder and all of it's sub-folders, but, like a worm with it's head cut-off it quickly grows a new one. I want to be rid of it! jimtill@pacbell.net ...more >>

I am trying to install the Flash MX 2004 (English) trial version. I downloaded the .zip file and then tried to extract the contents. I get the error message "Unexpected end of file" and it doesn't fully extract. I think it gets stuck on "Flash Installer_a.exe." I've tried extracting the...more >>

hello everyone, im developing a ecommerce site that will be selling samples and loops, initially i planned on using a flash .mp3 player however due to mp3 licensing (paying a fee for using the .mp3 encryption) i will need to consider alternatives. Onto the question at hand :) is it possibl...more >>

How do you use the index.html>index_content.html detection method and still have the hoem page visible to search engines? Thanks...more >>

hi i want to make a movie with tranparent background so when it is poping up in a web site i will only see the movie objects and not a square wrapin it!! now i know that there is the wmod option but i allso know that there is alot of experience people here as jecky that are not recommen...more >>

we do not have a luxuary of MM Comm server or any other streaming server. we have a small server that we connect to and exchange data etc. Client server works great. now we have a need to add presentation capabilities in it. We want to let clients upload ppt presentation convert ...more >>

does anyone know how to make an animation in flash that moves along to the beat of a sound file?...more >>