I am attempting to create a drop down navigation menu similar to the navigation menu on macromedia's site. How do you set up the drop down submenu so that when you mouse over the main title (ie, solutions) the submenu stays visible to select a submenu button and does not overlap the submenu f...more >>

Please help. I'm new to flash. How do I link a button directly to a swf file so that it opens in its own seperate window? ...more >>

Anybody could tell me how ca I build a screensaver. Anybody knows a freeware tool do this? Thank you !...more >>

dude i downloaded and when i tried to extract it said unexpected file end....more >>

been doing some trial and error on my new server so I am trying to figure out if this is my fault im making a file that send a querry string var into flash... using php to get and post the variable... i know its probably easier to use javascript but anyway there is an abnormally long wa...more >>

I have a Main Timeline with a Btn that loads an mp3.swf into an Empty Movie Clip that plays a 2 minute song and another animation.swf that loads into another Empty Movie Clip looping a 60-frame animation I don't know how to have the animation.swf unload when the mp3.swf finished playing...more >>

I've placed an autostart file called "autostart.inf" with this content: [autorun] start=Master.exe onto a CD along with the file "Master.exe". I am burning with Toast 6.0 as hybrid, as well as ISO 9660. It just won't work. The CD mounts, but the autostart file doesn't crank up the exe....more >>

Is there a way to dynamically increase the font size of a text box thru actionscript? I want the text box to remain the same size, but change the font size. Any thoughts? ...more >>

I created a movie clip and am trying to do a click and drag action. When I tell the movie clip to return to the x position it started from (i got that number from the properties panel of the movie clip) it doesnt return to that spot when i test it in the movie- it looks like my stage is small...more >>

I'm having a new and interesting problem. I've been using asfunction forever and it's always been ok. Suddenly I have a situation where it's freaking out. I have some html text that says "Click start.", that is referring to a start button. This button has this code on it... on (release) {...more >>

Hi, I am Using Flash MX. I need "Hide" context menu in my Application. It's Possible or not. Pls help me Actually Flash MX 2004 easily hide the context menu Script: MENU = new ContextMenu(); MENU.hideBuiltInItems(); _root.menu = MENU; I don't know how to hide the Context menu in ...more >>

Hi, I just started work on my first flash site and have bought a template. Basically, it has a kind of background menu movie with buttons down the right hand side which load other movies into the space on the lefthand side. Fairly standard kind of setup really. Example: click the "tour" ...more >>

How do I get flash buttons to work properly in Director??? The ovee stae and down state do not work properly when in Director?...more >>

Hi there Ive made a menu in flash with text that acts as rollover buttons (in movie clip form) but I cant find anywhere how to make the text change and remain one colour the user has already visited a link. Is there a away of creating a visited state for the buttons that will also be r...more >>

...i maybe never gonna find the answer on my own its so strange.... i add an object library to my stage as in my example for 1 - 10 attachMovieclip (objects[c]) ....... after the user has finished all actions i save all objects as in thefollowing example (again) string1 = thi...more >>

I wanna use random() function without coming one number after itself, for instance: 1, 8, 4, 5, 5, 3, 1, 5, 3,...; the 5 is coming exactly after 5 and it's making problems in my prog. Could ya help me to solve that?? I greatly appriciate your helps in advance ...more >>

Hi, We want to create an interactive presentation of our organisation in Flash with video playbacks (something like the Macromedia Story). We also want the same to work in DVD with all the menus, buttons working through remote. Can you please suggest how to best achieve the same. rgd...more >>

I am seeing a white flash the same size of the stage before the swf fully loads, within an HTML document. The color of the stage is a dark red, and I can't figure out why this would be happening. The length of the white flash is less than a second, but should not be there. Not really any compl...more >>

Hi, I need to select one button symbol from the library and duplicate it let's say 100 times. There's no way to do that in Flash?? I know I can duplicate multiple instances using AS, but I will have the same amount of symbols in the Library. I've been duplicating buttons one by one for ...more >>

I am trying to add a .swf file with embeded video onto a website. I have done that but I cannot figgure out how to add a control bar that lets you pause, play etc.. help please....more >>

Does anyone know of a DVD authoring software that can use flash to create DVD menus?...more >>

i have a clock on my flash movie, i published it on a server i need to show server time from that(not local machine time) how can i get the time from that server clock i don't think getUTCHours() is not the rite way Please help...! Thanx nutsy:Dnalinda soryForMyBadEnglish ...more >>

In my prog. there are 4 steps which followed by user, I need to record step 2 and 3 to review what user did. How can I record and save the graphic interface in these steps like a regular movie? Note that 1) the user use Button to go to the next step; 2) I have Captivate if i...more >>

I have Adobe After Effects 6.5 and Flash MX Pro, updated to version 7.2, and have installed the Macromedia Flash Video Exporter upgrade 1.2. I have created a video in Premier Pro, and want to convert it to FLV. So I imported the video into After Effects in hopes to export it into FLV, however,...more >>

I have treid serveral different way to use xmlconnector to display icons in list component and was not succesful. have used xml like the following: <item> <id>0</id> <name>Asher</name> <!--<label>Asher</label>--> <description>Katleen's Dog</description> <image>images\Asher.jpg<...more >>

I am with a problem with caracter "%", at the moment to load the data of the Mysql, the same does not appear in the box of text in the flash. The same it appears in the HTML, and he was registered in the data base, the problem is with the same Flash, therefore it does not appear in the box of...more >>

As I know the TextSnapshot.getCount() works only on Static text but I need to count the number of characters that users enter in either input text or by using dynamic one. Tnx guys!...more >>

Hello, I've been experimenting in moving images with flash, making GIFs, but all of my images become blurred and fuzzy once published, rather than as sharp as they appear in the Flash window as I'm making them. I always have the size match the movie, and the images are animated and loop co...more >>

Hi! I put a SWF file in a web page, using the HTML code that Flash MX 2004 writes when you publish your movie (see below). The problem is that if the user has an older version of the Flash player than the one that I need, it should be prompted to upgrade. Well, this does indeed happen on I...more >>

I have about 8 small DVD's that I'm looking to launch from flash mx 2004 pro. They are small(350mb's) but need to remain the same quality they are now so dropping them to an quicktime then loading them into flash wont quite do it. They will be played on a 50 inch plasma so it must be dvd quali...more >>

Hey, I wonder if anybody tried to load big texts from a .txt file by example in FLASH MX 2004, I read it some tech notes about, but some are about FLASH MX, and using a attached scroll bar, but in FLASH MX 2004 doesn?t come included. In other tech notes uses text Areas, but this are for input ...more >>

hey guys i have mulitple layers on my timeline and i want one of them to repeat itself without effecting the other layers how can i do this i need an answer A.S.A.P...more >>