I am trying to use this tutorial to make a preloader http://www.webwasp.co.uk/tutorials/b05-preload/preload.php It says in one part to change a text box to dynamic text and then enter a variable name 'TEXT', but there is no "Variable name box" in the property window. What am I supposed to...more >>

Is the Sound Object used by Flash MX (not 2004)?...more >>

What is the latest proceedure for creating a dvd from flash. Starting with a 720x480 size flash document, with high resolution images (240dpi), my dvd results are very poor. I've tried all the mpeg conveters, but nothing seems to give good results on LCD Tv screens larger than 22 inches ...more >>

Visit Flash Document: http://danaplatoforever.com/palumbofiles/main20.swf Then go to Gallery and then click on first picture under Gallery of Homes My problem is the scrollbar. If you look under the picture you will see that the last picture in the ScrollBar is cutoff. Does anyone know w...more >>

Pop Blocker-Off Spy-bot S&D Tea-Timer-Off Checked IE's "manage add-ons" nothing listed there for flash player. I of course uncheck the "install our hoser sponser yahoo toolbar" when I attempt to install the player, the next screen, I just get an empty area similar to when an image fails ...more >>

a friend of me just asked me today if i could do a video/presentation for his little company. This video/presentation gives a little discription of the company and what they do. The final product is going to be on their web site. This video/presentation should include a some video of a person,...more >>

This is the first time I've worked with external .flv's with the video display component, and I thought it was working well until I uploaded my files. The video seems to start after the audio, plays too slow, and then seems to speed up really fast until it catches up with the audio (thus stay...more >>

Hello Everybody, I'm a n00b at flash still, but I have a question regarding the walking animation of a character I created. Do you know if its possible to tween animate a sprite that uses several pictures in its walking sequence, or do I have to add each "walking picture" frame by f...more >>

Hi again, I have another sound question. On this 'background-music-for-my-web-page' project, I want to have an on/off switch for users to control the music with. I have found a tutorial for a set of two buttons, 1 'On' button and 1 "Off" button. But what I would really like is one button ...more >>

I the file below the preloader doesn't show up until over 50% has been loaded. In the bandwidth profiler it shows that frame one is approx 64KB, yet I can't find anything in it that would be making it that large. http://www.myfilestash.com/userfiles/AlexRat/teevo.fla ...more >>

Hi all, Don't think this one will be too complicated....I hope! I have a site which needs to have 8 radio buttons and 1 Dynamic text box. The words in the text box need to change according to which radiobutton is selected. That's it! I found a tutorial which was perfect for what I need...more >>

ive put some flash movies on my website but they take ages to load up. is there anything i can do to shorten the loading time or at least give them something to look at while they load??????/ Please Help ...more >>

I want a command-line tool or (ideally) a COM component or .NET assembly that converts/transcodes other video formats to FLV. Is any of this shipped with FlashCom Server? Are there other tools available? (Cheaper is better). I'll be putting this on a Windows server. -KF ...more >>

Visit Flash Document: http://danaplatoforever.com/palumbofiles/main20.swf Then go to Gallery and then click on first picture under Gallery of Homes My problem is the scrollbar. If you look under the picture you will see that the last picture in the ScrollBar is cutoff. Does anyone know w...more >>

Hi there. I need to import some *.bmp files in flash - that works just fine - but is there a way to prevent the app from reducing them to JPG Quality? I really need the Quality, JPG 100% just isn't ennough. So is there a way to keep the full image information in the flash file? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to trigger the mouseLocator function using a for cycle. This is the function: range = "400"; minscale = "1"; // mouseLocator = function(movie) { movie.onEnterFrame = function() { var xmov:Number = movie._x; var ymov:Number = movie._y; var xdif:Number = _xmouse-x...more >>

I require a simple static pulldown form element, so I've used the comboBox component. It was a very easy process as I just used the Property Inspector, however it just doesn't work properly. When I pulldown and select something it returns nothing and when I attempt to select something a seco...more >>

when going to another frame at runtime what happens to the frame you just left... does it remain as you left it or does it go back to normal (its initial state)....?? in my projects i want to be able to a frame,do some draging and dropping on that frame and then jump to another frame BUT...more >>

hi friends.... I?m a graphic designer + animator ?I?m not good in scripting?.i am working on a web site and my client wants to make a link as user login ?... If user gives the user name and password in swf than it?ll confirm at the given link and open the inbox in a new window. URL: ht...more >>

I was wondering if there is any way to post a project I made in Flash into a forum. Does it involve publishing it or do I have to do Export as animated gif of what. Any help would be great!!!...more >>

Whenever i import a image to flash and give it a motion tween, the image get distorted from edges and gives look of jagged image. I dont know what to do. It is very difficult to deal with a raster image in flash especially when you are animating it. Whenever clients notice the distortion in im...more >>

When I open an existing *.fla file, it only displays one frame on one layer. I know I'm missing something really basic, but it's very frustrating. The movie will play, but I'm unable to do any further editing. If someone would please tell me the correct settings, I'd certainly appreciate it...more >>

What do you sound experts recommend for settings for a raw 5.2 mb mp3 tune that I want to make a background soundtrack for my web page? In other words, what would you recommend for file size, Khz, bit rate, quality, etc. to get the smallest file size but best sound? Thanks for any help you ...more >>

Hi Am I the only one who gets boring with Flash undo and redo system? nutsy:Dnalinda...more >>

Hi there, Could someone please take a look at my .fla & see what I'm doing wrong? Addy is: www.superstar.co.nz/samples.fla. I'm trying to get an .mp3 to "play" & "stop" using buttons. I'm unconcerned with the aesthetics right now, just need to get my code working. Many thanks! :) ...more >>

I have a php site with a MySql database on the backend. I want to use the current database as is because the main site will still stay up. I want to build a flash site that will do nothing more than read a few pieces of data from the database. In flash I want the dates section to show up, ...more >>

Hello everybody What i am trying to do is the following. I have two images, and i want to have a slider for a transition between the two images. As i start the movie i would like to have clear image on the screen. As I move the scroll bar the image should be blured. Where can I get the scrol...more >>

I'm trying to customise my new web site, and one of the pages - [url]www.ukmartin.com/pcnuke/[/url] is in need of a spot of attention. Basically it's a phpNuke site, with a Flash logo (as can be seen) The problem is that I can't seem to get the transparency parameter for the SWF file to wor...more >>

Anybody help me , How to excute JSFL fie in flash file with actionscript ? It is not in sigle computer if it on server for web site? ...more >>

I have several flash files where I use .png's for the layout. The .png's are imported, set to lossless etc. When I preview those files, everything works as it should, no problem whatsoever. However; when viewing those files in a browser (any browser, anywhere.) sometimes the .PNG's don't s...more >>

Can someone help me with this. I have a image which i want to mask with a movie clip. When I m making a new file and masking, its happening. But when i am doing in the file in which i want it to happen.. its not happening :( ...more >>

I'm still new to actionscripting, so please forgive if this sort of question is answered elsewhere. What I'm trying to do is make a presentation that has a screen shot in the lower portion of the screen. When the user clicks on the screen shot (which I already have as a button), the screen s...more >>

I'm using a presentation slide with buttons to navigate to the child slides. Example: The presentation slide has three buttons and three child slides. Pressing button 1 navigates to slide 1, pressing button 2 navigates to slide 2, .... How can I disable button 1 on slide 1, button 2 on sli...more >>

Does anyone have experience turning flash on/off from a website. For example I need to have the user click and turn the flash content of the site into static images. Then click again and start the flash content again. I am looking into JavaScript, ASP, and PHP but can't figure out the be...more >>

Now I don't want to be mean but this is just stupid. There's no double-click handler in the List component. So many lists have doubleclick functionality... the email list in practically every email client on earth... the playlist windows in Winamp, Windows Media Player, XMMS, etc. just t...more >>

Hi this is my first time using this board and I searched before I am asking this and I found some topics that were sort of related but did't answer my question. My question is how in your flash movie you zoom out on it or zoom in on it. I am talking about the kind of zooming you see in flash m...more >>