Hi everyone, can someone help me to see if this is even posible. I have a SWF published on the net, and I want a local SWF (that I made recently) to be able to call a function in the remote SWF. The only restricts is that i cannot change the SWF published on the net. Is this possible?? ...more >>

Hey. I am sorry if this is the wrong forum for this question... but i have a question nonetheless. I used Flash MX for a long, long time. And then recently got the trial of MX 2004. I was wondering, if there is a way to have the Action panel set up in 2004, like it was in MX. (With that ...more >>

I have created a flash movie, when I test it throght Flash it works fine, but when I embed it in an HTML document it stalls. I?m loading external swf's through an XML file. I have a text box which displays how many of the external swfs have been loaded. When I test the HTML file, the main swf...more >>

I have searched the KB and the forums, but cannot find an answer to what I would think to be an easy question. How can you change the layer and object is on? I have animations that I want to use as links, and I didn't think about creating a separte layer for each one so I can manipulate them...more >>

Well that was it I suppose: After using Flash since V.3, writing books on Flash 5 and Flash MX (Yes I'm an author) and teaching Flash to about 200 Students... - I finally got to the point of no return... Flash MX Pro (on Win XP Pro, Pent M 1,7GHz , 1 GB Ram) crashes without warning an...more >>

Hi, could u please tell me how to slow the speed down of movies? Cheers! Caz:D...more >>

Hello, Is it possible to load and a movie symbol from the library into a ScrollPane? I have been able to load external swf files but I'm having touble loading internal movies. I get an URL error when I add the internal movie name to the contentPath. Thanks in advance for your help. ...more >>

Im having trouble understanding how the Media Component/Playback can be used. I have a movie file, changed exported as an FLV file. The Media component does what exactly? Does it stream or does it provide progressive download and viewing? How can we control the look of the component? I...more >>

created a splash page where initials script out, then emboss. The emboss is a second layer, over the script, that tweens from 0% alpha to 100%, then holds static while other stuff happens in other layers on the timeline. Problem is that it looks fine in the fla, but when I publish, some jaggi...more >>

I've created a tutorial, broken up into six scenes, each which uses the media component to play a different .mp3, which moves the timeline along with Label Cue Points. For some reason, however, at the end of a couple of the scenes, when the .mp3 finishes (and the timeline is stopped on the la...more >>

Hi, I am wondering if anyone knows of a .fla that can show on the bottom thumbnail photos and once clicked they will show larger image. Be best if I could load them externally,,ANy help..as I'm not a pro flash designer. ...more >>

Here's a question for any blackbelts out there... I have a script that does a zoom and pan effect (via tween) with a sequence of images (similar to mac os x's picture screensaver). All the math is set right, but the problem is, when the slow zoom/pan occurs, flash seems to only scale in ...more >>

Hello all, I have a question to the two teams (Adobe & Macromedia). I am working ion an application in Flash 2004 Pro. I need to use the Web Service from the Adobe Document Server and make a call to it from the Flash Client. I have been successful making the GetVersion call to the server...more >>

My problem is, I'm trying to use a picture of a car but am having trouble erasing the background. Is there any other tool or any other easier way to erase the background w/o having to use the eraser tool because w/ the eraser, its hard to keep the mouse straight and i keep going into the car. ...more >>

Can anyone offer a suggestion on the best way to animate a walk cycle....more >>

I'm streaming FLVs through the Media Playback Component. The scrub bar or streaming bar in the component for my streams always appears flush right and I can't seem to jump around within the stream. I'm guessing the duration is missing from the metadata for the file. I'm producing the flv...more >>

I have this scroll pane component that calls movie clips; there is no problem changing from one movie clip to another, but once you have one movie clip showing and you want to leave that page and go back to home (for instance) the last movie clip image stays over the next page you call. How ca...more >>

I have this presentation consisting of 23 slides, each containing its own movie. Everything works fine until I get to the last slide and try and send it back to the first slide. It goes back to the first slide, however, it plays the stopped portion of the end of that movie...and never ad...more >>

hey. i'm making a portfolio site for myself and i'm trying to make buttons that will open a new window to play quicktime animations that are in the same directory as the flash file. my code is: on(release); getURL("name of file.mov", "_blank") i didn't copy that directly so some of the...more >>

:confused; I have a large panoramic image that I an using to move across the screen (approx. 4000X642). This is for a desktop presentation and not the web. The image file was originally a photoshop file that has been converted to both a jpeg and a png file and neither one works. Instead w...more >>

I need to create an animation of a street map unfolding. Are there any tutorials or code to help me with this?...more >>

I'm working on a project that requires having video play in Flash. The delivery method for the project will be via cd. From my initial research I believe that I should use the progressive download method for adding the video to my Flash file. I'm wondering, how do I go about creating a cd tha...more >>

Hi, I made a Flash anim that simulate a GUI window with a scroll bar that can be moved to see text lines. I have over 200 text lines and only 40 text lines can be seen in the window. When scrolling this give the opportunity to see all the text line. The problem I have is when I play it,...more >>

The tutorial for FLV export lists Apple QuickTime Player 6.3 as an app that can utilize the FLV exporter plugin. I have Apple QuickTime Player 6.4 and there is no export option. Anyone done this with QuickTime? ...more >>

Ok this is how it goes. I'll be on a server with ASP, PHP, MySQL, XML, and Socket support. I have a game that I already made. But now I need to know how to set up a server and then interact with it from the flash file. Somebody please help!! ...more >>

can anybody help me out. please tell me how to create tweening betwwen two png images. please go for a real one that works...more >>

Guys, please help me with this one: I have so many movie clip instances in a scene that I don't want to give each of them an instance name manually in design mode. So I tried to dynamically assign names to them. I figured out that even if a movieclip does not have an explicit name, internally ...more >>

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looking for an app that can convert a PowerPoint presentation to flash. any suggestions? thanks -- Dan Mode *Must Read* http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog *SITE* http://go-dsmedia.com *ISM* http://www.ideastormmedia.com/ TGFAG __ ...more >>

Dear Flash users, I have a very large flash swf, which already has a functional preloader (all together in one file) - although it does not appear until 60% of the file has loaded. I understand why this is happening, but I was wondering....... If I place the preloader into its own swf a...more >>

Hi All Fairly new to this forum and am having an issue with pop ups from projector files. I need to control the html attributes (eg. scrollbars, toolbars etc) which I launch from a flash projector cd. I've found that it's possible to contrain the size of the popup with javascript with...more >>

Hi I am new to Flash, one of my first assignments is to create an animation of some cartoon style clouds moving left to right across the screen. i need to focus on the central cloud and animate an advertising slogan at some stage of the animation. The trouble is that I want to create...more >>

Hi! I have to retreive information from a MySQL database and display it in flash. I have my php file that echo this: echo "&text=$text&date$date&done=done"; it prints &text=kjhkajfhjklhasdjghasdjkaghsdjkgh&date=2005-01-10&done=done but flash displays $text and $date .... why !?!?!? anyone...more >>

Helloooo everyone! I'd like create transparent buttons for my website, preferably rollover ones. What is the best way to do this? Thanks!...more >>

Hello all, I am making a website in which flash animation is involved. My client like to have animation in his website but do not comfortable with swf player as flash player is not installed on every computer. Now, I need a code in which, if some one have flash player is not installed on h...more >>

Not sure if this is the correct place to be posting this, but here goes.... I've gotten a job offer to create a CD for business use. The request was for a PowerPoint presentation with a voice over on it. Naturally I thought of doing a Flash CD with an autorun.ini file so that the Flash Pl...more >>

Im using flax mx 2004 professional, however the 'render text as html' button is never available. Ive used it in previous versions of flash, but this one does not have it at all for some reason. Also, the 'multiline' option doesnt appear anywhere either. I know its all supposed to be in the...more >>

I have created a presentation in Flash MX 2004 that I want to distribute on CD. To make the CD more user friendly, I would like to include installers for stand alone Flash players for PC and Mac. I have looked on Macromedia's website, and cannot find what I'm looking for. Can someone direct me...more >>

When i mask a text area that's set to input text they turn invisible The input cursor still shows up when i put it where the box should be and when i type stuff it goes into the box but it's invisible anyone know a trick to make this work? ...more >>

I'm trying to nest a movieclip in the "Over" state of a button symbol, but keep getting the following message,"You cannot place a symbol inside itself." I'm at a loss to explain this since I can nest other movieclips in the same place without a problem. If anyone can help, I'd be most gratefu...more >>

i have a flash movie with some video embedded. if i try to export to quicktime it says "cannot complete operation because of an unknown error" if i export to swf it works except that the video doesn't show at all. everything else shows. ...more >>