OK now i know its not a big problem but when a create a movie clip shouldent there be an + somewhere on it? because i cant see it anywhere is there a problem with my movie clip or am i just crazy?...more >>

Is there some way to tell inside your .swf whether the user is running it on Mac or Windows, so that you can make some adjustments accordingly?...more >>

I'm trying to bookmark from a flash graphic to a specific location on another page. A simple html link works fine, however, I cannot use the same syntax in flash. i.e. <a href="www.mypage1.html#location1">Loc 1</a> Anyone know how to do this in flash? ...more >>

I need help in a bad way. I am using javascript to Set a variable but if I set the Variable above 9 it does not work. for example below is the code in my HTML note that "ImgCount" = 12 window.document.myFlash.SetVariable("ThmbNail", "8"); window.document.myFlash.SetVariable("ImgCo...more >>

I've added stop(); on a seperate layer called action in every key frame 1-5. In seperate layers and keyframes I have 5 different photos. In a layer called button I've placed 2 buttons, one that will take you to next frame and on to previous. My movie stops but the buttons will not work. I plac...more >>

The site in question is myplacemagazine.net I have no idea why it's doing this. If you have a Mac and you don't mind getting kicked out please test. I'm using Flash Remoting, could this be the problem? ...more >>

automatic slide presentation using flashmx 2004 I don't know xml It seems as if that is a possibility using File/New Slide presentation, yet when I try it I am alerted with a message that I need Flash Professional 2004. Is that true? If so, why is it in the menu? Please, let me know. ...more >>

Hello All, I recently started using flash mx 04 and i've noticed a few changes in the way you can add actions. There used to be advanced and beginner actions. Now when I go to add the action get url I'm not able to simply choose onclick onrollover, etc.... I have to know how to type the scr...more >>

need help....see link first....http://home.comcast.net/~dirtylarry/.......any way to remove the border around the flash movie?...can'r figure this one out......thanks in advance...larry...more >>

Will it work if I publish a project from my PC to Mac? or do I need to do something else?...more >>

Forgive my newbness, but I'm trying to make a movie loop indefinitely between two frame points. More specifically, the last 20. There's an intro to the movie that leads into a set of frames that I'd like to loop indefinitely. What is the simplest way to do this, keeping in mind I'm new to F...more >>

I work for a company that is currently thinking about creating a dynamic interactive CD-ROM to send to their customers. I am their graphic designer and I do not know any Macromedia software yet. But...I do know that it is widely used and known for pumping out some great stuff!!! They want to k...more >>

Hello All, I need to have a projector for Mac OS10.... I made it in Publish settings but I see it lik a WinZip in my PC. Will it work anyway on Mac? I have to present the project tomorrow and I can't prove it on a Mac and I can't afford to not presenting the project...... It doesn't matter tha...more >>

Where can I find instructions to make a seamless scrolling movie. The best example I can give is the opening to corbis.com or truesalon.com Thanks...more >>

In my opinion the vast price difference in the EU-store compared to the US/Worldwide-store is simply outrageous, we have to pay almost 40% (and that's even excluding 19% VAT) more then we would have if we were allowed to buy (pre-order) the download version at Macromedia Worldwide store (notic...more >>

All I want to do is unload a video .flv. Why isn't there an unload command like for movieClips? I'm at such a loss, I can make the silly video do all sorts of things, just short of back flips (actually, I probably could make it do some backflips if i really tried), but I can't make the darn th...more >>

In the movie on http://macromedia.com home site they have a gradient that moves from corner to corner. How did they do this? I can get it to go from left to right or bottom to top, but other than that I have no idea. Thanks ...more >>

I have a client that would like for a Flash movie when it ends to trigger the back button on the viewer's web browser. Is it possible? Anyone know how? -Jason...more >>

Trying to load .swfs (external.swf) into movieclips (placeMov) of main movie but when I play the main movie the external.swf plays some elements that are outside of the movieclip and off the page. So for example say I have a tween that moves off the page it's showing up in the main movie. My...more >>

Hi I have an FLA that contains a bunch of movies that I want to get from that FLA and into another one. Is there a quick way? ...more >>

Is there a way to replace an image in an fla without screwing up the animation? In other words, I have 10 symbols (pictures) that fade in and out and I want to be able to replace them with different pictures. Is this possible? Thanks - Eric ...more >>

Hi all, I know some action script, but I can not get the following formula to work inside flash. Here's the formula I need to use 3*kh*10^(7-ph) (It's for calculating carbon dioxide concentration, btw) Here's what I am have tried in flash output_1=number(3*kh*10^(7-ph)); It d...more >>

I have got some music that I have put into the timeline of Flash MX 2005. However, I wish to go to the next scene before the music has finished, but it won?t stop playing. Is there a way of stopping the music when it goes onto the next scene or will I have to edit the music to make it shorter...more >>

My boss found a Photoshop plug-in that exports a layered Photoshop image to flash. It maintains layers in flash. PSD2FLA Plugin URL -- http://www.medialab.com/psd2fla/ Anybody used this before? -- Thanks, Jon Parkhurst PriivaWeb http://priiva.net 660.826.5600 888-774-4821 (PR...more >>

I'm searching a method to check if a external Jpg file exists or not with Flash actionscript. There's a function to do that ? thanks a lot ...more >>

We have a strange problem that only seems to occur in firefox on windows machines. On one of our sites (http://www.ebenkyo.com) the swf file jitters when you click JavaScript buttons that call a scroll function in another part of the website. The site is in Japanese but you can see the proble...more >>

How do I create a slideshow that will rotate through any image with in the same folder as this swf? Thanks....more >>

Can i create a swf file or an exe file that's background is transparent. For example there is a round movieclip in my movie. When i export it as a swf or exe, i should get its background transparent, while loading it individually. Take a case of a round clock. Can any one help me in this p...more >>

Well i'am fearly new to flash so please bare with me.... I created 2 scenes ......scene number 1 has just one frame in wich i put a loop for music.....second scene i created the homepage it has working buttons ....... motion tweens with mask..and what not...ok now i duplicate scene 2 wich is...more >>

I created a SWF with publish with an HTML file. the HTML Dimensions are set to Percent. The HTML Scale is set to no Border. the SWF scales the width but not the height. What is going on here???...more >>

Hi guys, We have been building this Flash based video player for our website which uses a php back-end to upload and administrate the various movies (all of which need to be in .flv format). The problem that we have is that it works on both PC and Mac platforms in various tested browsers e...more >>

Is there a way to change the name of the Windows Projector window title? Currently says "Macromedia Flash Player 7". ...more >>

Ok - I officially HATE the flash "HELP" ... my left nut for help system like the one in CF Studio. I need to cntrol my mediaplayback component ... using different buttons on my movie (so..I've creatd my own buttons, and the component is 'off screen' (cause I can size it or color it to mat...more >>

Hi all, Have any of you (using Mac OS X) had any issues with Flash MX 2004, where after using it for, maybe, 45 minutes the program would slow down to a crawl? It's been doing that on all of my machines, and now it's to the point that no matter WHAT I do in Flash, I get the "spinning beach...more >>

Hi all, Thanks for reading this... This is driving me up the wall!!! I have some images and swf's which are loaded dynamically in to the main swf. These images need to be set at an angle for the site but look really 'pixelly' when I view them. They look fine when the angle is set to 0 ...more >>

I am using the PreLoader component in my movie which is about 400Kb and I'm having real problems with it waiting until 40% when it appears. I know the problem is related to linkage but what are my options? Most of the stuff in my flash movie is dynamically placed on the stage rather than bei...more >>

Is there anyway to pass a swf file between multiple html pages without have to reload the file each time?...more >>

I need help!!! I have to replicate another combo box I've been given, and I've got a major issue with changing the shape of the combo box! I've managed to change the font colour and style, and also the highlight colours in the drop down menu. But I have to replicate the shape, and I have no id...more >>

I know it is a huge request but can anyone help me with the addressbook tutorial by colin mook. It is written in flash MX, i need it in mx 2004. Does anyone know of an updated version or even have an updated version of the .fla file? thanks in advance ...more >>

Not sure what the problem is here but I can't make it work. I have created a fly out menu where you roll over a button and a set of menu options rolls out. Made this with a button inside of a movieclip i guess. Everything works great on the surface but when i try to add the code to send it to ...more >>

what im trying to do right now is remove certain peices from a bitmap in flash. i've created different parts of a character on one sheet of paper and scanned it into my computer. now i can't figure out how to individually seperate the different parts from the whole photo. any suggestions? ...more >>

I have a license for all of my lab computers so I decided to build Flash MX 2004 into the base image, Sysprep it and Ghost it down to the lab. When I launch Flash, every computer except the one I built the image on wants to re-register the serial number. How do I get around that? It seems the ...more >>

Hey all, have a look at the two example SWFs, the new and the old one, basically, the old one is where the chater moves by its self and the walls stay still, but the walls work as a hit test, on the new one the map moves but the hit test stops working, plz open up the fla.'s and see whats ...more >>

Hi, I am having trouble having a Flash website work properly in the Apple Safari browser I am testing it on my Mac G5 on a cable modem connection From this same Mac, it works fine on Internet Explorer Please advise ...more >>

Hi is anyone interested in doing this work. Its not my main skills as I do dot net stuff, but what I'm looking for is a simple flash7 player which I can basically load preview files ( ringtones etc) into allow the use to listen to them like www.jippii.co.uk, www.ringtoneking.co.uk etc. Afew p...more >>

Hello, I am trying to save a .swf file to my computer: I found the url, save target as'd it, and when I load it up in IE, it says "loading" and then won't go past that part. Any idea on how I can save the entire file? Thanks for your reply! The URL's are below: http://www.camphyrule....more >>

i need help! when i try to download the flash player, i click install. but when the new page comes up, a little red "x" comes up in the corner where the video is supposed to be! it drives me crazy because i cannot view web pages for certain bands that i like and other websites! does anyone hav...more >>

Hello everyone :) I have a very large .fla with video, I just miraculously get it to .exe and flash gets out of memory everytime I want to create the .swf again... I need to add another video but how can I tell a 3rd one to join the previous 2 and work as one? ...more >>