I've noticed that sometimes when I publish and view the movie with Flash itself Flash sucks and can either SLIGHTLY distort something or whatever. I thought I was doing something horribly wrong then I hosted the file ont he internet only to view it perfectly. Why?! lol... ...more >>

Is there a way to convert an .fla or .swf to an .flv? What would I have to do to get my animation into an .flv format?...more >>

i need help!!! i need menu made in keyboard with 6 button, each button goes for 1 definitive frame, with selection to go up and to go down and press enter...more >>

2 questions: 1) I just discovered that in order to get my menu (made using the Menu component) to disappear when the user clicks on the button a 2nd time, I have to use the Button component -- I can't get it to show up at all using a simple hotspot button I made. What feature of the Button...more >>

Hello all, I'm working on a flash presentation that incorporates some video an agency has sent us. The video is clean and perfect outside of flash but once imported it's got a lot of pixelation and the audio fuzzes out some. We are using Flash MX (non professional) and I was reading whe...more >>

I know I've asked about this before, but.... Does anyone have a solution for the copy/paste bug?.... The problem: After copying and pasting a button or symbol, I then go to copy and paste AS code. But I can't. Flash has locked in on only copying buttons/graphics/etc. I cannot paste code....more >>

I would like to have a paint brush move along a motion path. As it moves, it ?uncovers? a title which stays visible. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. ...more >>

I play an online game that runs using flash, and it's very fun. My question is, is there any way to accelerate speed the frames run? ...more >>

I registered my Flash MX 2004 Pro on my computer on my Dad's laptop. I am suspecting that this is the reason why my Flash quits shortly after I start using it and the error report has something to do with the IP address. And, yes, I have used Flash on my Dad's laptop ...more >>

I have seen websites using graphics which seem to be a cross between a still photo and a video. The effect I am most interested in is for water in a photograph to take on the appearance that it is moving. Ostensibly, I have a photograph of our local waterfalls and I would like to make it app...more >>

I have 4 short mp3 files that I want to list and the user click on the names of the files to play these snippets. I don't need start, stop, etc, as they are very short. Any way to do this easily? Can you create a hyperlink to an mp3 file? ...more >>

Can anyone help? Here's the problem... I have a .swf file loaded into an html document. When the page is viewed by Microsoft Internet Explorer, it doesn't display properly. Specifically, if the document window is smaller than the swf file, when you either resize it, or scroll in order to ...more >>

Basically, here's what I have: soundstream = new Sound(); soundstream.loadSound("http://205.188.234.38:8016", true); The first parameter of loadSound is the address to a shoutcast stream that I got by opening its .pls in notepad. When I run this inside Flash MX 2004 with "Test Movie," ...more >>

Hello there. I made 6 animations. And put them in my library. I then put 6 buttons on my stage. on(press) of each of the buttons I attach one of the animations. On the next press (on the same button), I remove the Animation. It works. Kind of. If you check it out: http://www.mejlgade....more >>

Could anyone please help me with this problem, it's getting on my nerves. I add a picture from the library into my page. I select the add a transition timeline effect, and get the followig error message: While executing in Test, the following JavaScript error(s) occured: selection:...more >>

Hi, A client asked me if I could place a minimize button on fullscreen flash application. I confess I never thought about it and it's, in fact, useful. Does anyone know how to do it? Thanks in advance! Jorge Olino ...more >>

how to create a standalone flash program on my computer that is running in background, with no appearance (no GUI)...more >>

I want to import some gifs or jpgs but the quality dies a bit when I do. These are small images so it's very apparent too. Is there a way to import these pixeled images AS THEY ARE? No blur......more >>

hi guys, i have a simple site. on one page i have a dynamic text field filled with text, and a uiscrollbar to allow the use to scroll up and down the text, as it doesnt all fit on the page. i want to add images in the scrollable area, if u get what i mean. any help much appreciated tha...more >>

Hi I have a series of floor plans, and want to create a map movie where you can pan across and zoom a main by moving a viewer from a smaller version of the map (navigation window, how can i go about doing this, really desperate hope someone can help, an example of what i want to create is the ...more >>

where would i find freelance action script designers for a very small project? RB ...more >>

I'm creating a jigsaw game where the user can literally make a jigsaw online. The current file is here: http://grimmauldplace.replicantnet.co.uk/Jigsaw.swf My problem is that when a piece is dragged around the screen, it dips behind other pieces that are infront of it on that frame (see lin...more >>

Hi Everyone, I created a website using Flash MX 2004 Professional: [waiting to finish it to tweak the meta tags etc.. so don't bash my coding ] The site is pretty simple ? navigation within the movie is performed using ?scenes?. In two of the site's scenes, I use the "loadVariable...more >>

Hi there, I search for random image in this forum, but i cant find a random image display which i wanted. I would like to have a random image function which display 4 - 5 random image. i would like it to display image randomly from 4 different folder. another problem i have is that i do...more >>

Hi all- I got a situation where I am using a pixel font, and all is good untill it is loaded into another MC http://www.opticimpulse.com/k/5/loaded_swf/ I dont want to use verdana, but may be forced too I have tried every variation of x,y and even tried breaking up the text block.....more >>

please follow the link below and play the video: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/video.html?promoid=BIOJ Just wonder how they syn the subtitles with the videoClip. Is the animation encoded together with the man speaking videoClip as a flv? But how to syn the subtitles with the vi...more >>

I am new to Flash, so I am working thru the How Do I tutorials, and in the Quick Start > Create a Document > Add Video Control Behaviors tutorial, at step 6 they say, "In the Behaviors panel, click the Add (+) button and select Embedded Video > Rewind." But when I click the Add (+) button an...more >>

I am a new user of macromedia flash mx professional. I'm creating a slide show where the slide with not be shown in any particular order but according to a selection made in a combobox. I have never used a combobox before and am totally lost. Could someone pls help me and tell me how I can go ...more >>

I want someone to be able to drag a box to a different part of the fla and have it save its position so that other users can view it in that position. Any help would be appreciated Thanks...more >>

hello, i have altered a flash template (added some animations and graphics) and saved the fla file ... after i opened the file next time, i saw that the file is disturbed by flash .. there is a movieclip (i have added this) instead of the background bitmap graphic and buttons etc. were dis...more >>

Hi everyone is there any way around the restriction on dynamically loading PNG or GIF files into flash? I need to show a specific companies latest stock chart. I was originally tryng to get one from yahoo finance and dynamically load it into my flash file. Then i realised Flash doesn't s...more >>

What is the best way to create a hotspot in FlashMX 2004? I can make buttons, but, I need to add a clickable area to an existing bitmap. Thanks! ...more >>

I'm trying to have pretty slow moving buttons in a Flash thingy. They're tweened to slowly go around in a circle. They distort pretty good while moving though... :(...more >>

I am trying to re-create a drop down menu identical to the one at http://orangeamps.com. Should I create a seperate movie for the buttons that drop down and insert that fla file into the main menu? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks! ...more >>

I currently have a menu system created using Fireworks built in menu option. The file size is horried because of all the javascripting. I used the built in feature originally because time restraints. I now have time to properly develop a menu bar system. I can either use flash to create my m...more >>

I created an animated swf file making sure that there is a 'stop' action in the ..fla and that looping is disabled in the publishing phase. But when I import the swf file into another fla file that also contains a 'stop' action the swf file keeps looping ...more >>

I would like to use the MX 2004's Media Controller to controller an SWF, not an FLV or MP3. Is it possible to link a controller to the main timeline, a movieclip, or an external SWF? If so, how? Any help would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help! ...more >>

There is not enough memory to open this scene. Your document is not damaged and may be safely saved. To increase... I've been reading all the posts on this issue and everyone is saying that these errors are caused by corrupted image files placed inside the .fla, but the two files i have th...more >>

http://www.virtualconnect.net/media/swf/how_scanforward.html Above is a tutorial illustration that I created for my company's website http://www.mailprotector.net. I am happy with most of the animation, however, the one thing that bugs me is that the main movie (containing the clouds, mess...more >>

How do you create a SWF file, where, when someone puts the mouse over the file as it is being played, it creates a link to another web page?...more >>

:beer; I am confused between which I would use Flash Remoting or Flash Communications server Say for example I want to make a flash application with a screen with a dot that a user can move aroudn. But also allow other users to join and move there on dot with everyone togeth...more >>

hi i am doing a project where i am inserting data to a table sending it to server by php ( untill now , everything is working fine) know in a different page i have a table that should retrive the data from the server by php , and here i have the problem - i think that the php is ok but so...more >>

:disgust; I cant get my text box to be clickable it is just my text and it is annouying me take a look http://baptistlighthouse.org/Our%20Missionaries/Casestomexico.htm I am sure it is easy fix and I am stupid for not know how to fix it but someone please tell me what to do. ...more >>

Does anyone KNOW how to create a form using Combo Boxes? Every tutorial and forum reply I've seen shows how to make it "easy" with name, address and comment text input areas. How about the Combo boxes? My brain is scrambled like an egg from trying to figure this one out! Help! ...more >>

Can i create a nav bar in flash that one button can have a pop menu on top of the dreamweaver page...more >>

Our graphics dept has converted AVIs into video SWF files useing sorenson squeeze. When we try to import them into flash we get frames but they are blank. Is there a way to embed the video SWFs into a flash file? Our need is to create controls with actionscript all embeded. ...more >>

Ok, I downloaded the Flash Video Exporter and installed it, and I have Flash MX2004 Pro but In Quicktime 7 the option for exporting to FLV is not there, anyone have this problem? Is there something I'm missing. I did this not to long ago with Quicktime version 6 and it worked fine. ...more >>

in my current presentation, I've got a movie clip that has a button (Movie clip "A" for now...) to play a second clip (movie clip "B")...the second clip (B) has a button at the end to return it to the first clip (A). When the program returns to the first clip(A), the button that leads to th...more >>

We have created a pop-up menu for our web site. The body of the page cotains flash. Some browsers show the menu hide behind the flash document in which it should stay if front of everything. Does anyone know how to fix this problem or what I can look into to figure it out so it works the sa...more >>

Hi, Anyone has an idea what SWD extension is, and why files with such extension do appear in remote view of my website while i didnt build them on purpose? btw bizzare filenames like TMPht9lhk9lvw.swd also show up. I am completly lost, please help. ...more >>

Visit Flash Document: http://hitting.com/palumbo/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 wh...more >>