Hi This must be documented somewhere, but I have never found it. I have been developing in Flash on a Mac since Flash 4, pre-OSX days. No matter what version of Flash or what version of Mac OS I have developed on, Flash has always played slower in mac browsers than in PC browsers. Has any...more >>

I'm having trouble with button text disappearing in my Flash MX previews. I've created a simple drop down menu that's triggered by one of 2 buttons that are stacked btwn of a group of lines. The buttons are functioning but, as you'll notice, are invisible once I preview them. I can't see 'em i...more >>

I love that video on macromedia's home page. Where the person is cut out and moving and was wondering what programs would i need to do that. Please let me know, thanks....more >>

I can't figure out how to make a Message Box without Action Script. Is there a way? I want it so that when you click the button a message box comes up. Is there a way to do this without using Action Script. (I SUCK at Action Script.) ...more >>

I'm loading a sound that is 48kbps using Sound.loadSound(url,true). The problem is that the loaded sound plays too fast, is there a way to fix this? I have a higher quality(100+ kbps) copy of this file, it loads and plays fine, but I want better compression. ...more >>

I'm using an extention to add a flash fade effect to a slideshow. I have all of my slideshow settings all correct for a transparent effect and it works great. However, inside Flash, the document settings is indicating a solid color background color and I cannot change it to a transparent eff...more >>

I want to make an image gallery of my artwork and I have the gallery set up, but the pictures are larger than my flash window... I tried to fix this by putting them into a text box but found out that only text can go there (silly me)... Is there any other way to achieve the effect of scrol...more >>

Does anywone know a place to find some type of thing that says Made With Macromedia?...more >>

Does anyone know how to use flash in a Mac Widget? thanks....more >>

Thanks in advance for any help - I have several HTML pages that are really just a FLASH movie sized at 1024 x 768. I have some javascript running to get rid of everything on the browser exceppt scrolling and the close button. Everypage I have built loads with a 1/4 inch border on the left an...more >>

Hi, Anyone knows how can I make the images upload in a flash page, like html form ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" Thank you!:light;...more >>

how do you tween a background continuously like it never ends? like a continuouis picture of mountains that does not end any tutorials that i can read?...more >>

is there away to make one movieclip mimic(do exactly) what another moviclip does at the same time, hoefully with a simple script?...more >>

I have a site where on the home page there is a Flash animation. I want to somehow record if the viewer has seen the movie on the initial visit to the home page and if so make it so the next time they visit the animation starts at the final frame. I am creating a menu that animates in and I wa...more >>

When importing Quicktime for example, one can edit/separate out the audio & movie clip. How do you do this for an FLV as it doesn't need to run Sorenson Spark??? Please help........more >>

I have four .swf files I've created for a web site. They all have the same width of 750 but slightly different heights with the largest maxing out at 700. In my html, I am trying to set it so that all the pages appear at the very top and center. So far, I've got the pages positioned in ce...more >>

Hi, I've got a problem with my image slider, the photos in it are fuzzy and out of propotioned and I'm a beginner. Please can you download the content, fix it and send it back to me at dog999@btinternet.com. Or you can just tell me in nice small easy steps what to do. please http://www.y...more >>

Problem: When I select the text box type in Hiragama (switching from US to JP), It will show up Hiragama, but when I hit enter all I get is a bunch of ?????? I have tryed using various diffrent fonts that support the Hiragama, but nothing works all I get is ?????? when I hit the enter ke...more >>

I have loaded videos in the past and a sequence of keyframes showed up. I could then cut and paste the frames. I am currently using 2004Pro and all video types I've tried show up in only 1 key frame and I can not break the videos apart. I sure would like to get the key frames back. An...more >>

Hi, I need to illustrate via an animation how a frame opens and closes. I've done two rough illustrations of an opened and closed frame (it's just a frame that holds images) in Illustrator. I'm sure that if I want to show the four sides opening from the closed position to the fully opened ...more >>

Can someone do a newbie a favour? Will someone check the source of my flash site and see if I have correctly added the meta tags, etc? I can not find my site on search engines and I am just wanting to make sure all is okay!! http://www.fifeicedogs.com ...more >>

Hi everybody, I want to add to a button a bookmark function. So that if they click on it my webpage will be added to their bookmarks. I've look everywhere in the actionscripst but i can't find it...............;;HELP !!! ...more >>

I'm wondering if there is a way to pass variables to a projector when the projector opens - much like you can with swf's in a webpage using the FlashVars parameter or appending name/value pairs on the filename specified in the object or embedd tag like "lesson.swf?var1=value&var2=value". H...more >>

Hi, can you add a ticker effect to text, so that it runs on your site continually? caz:D...more >>

Please can someone tell me how to isolate images and place them on another background......more >>

Hi, when I open a new document, it won't let me select any of the tools on the left. A hand keeps appearing, are they locked?...more >>

I have began to create an online catalogue viewer, But my Jpgs are blurring to the point of the text being illegiable. I have posted the file for you to see: www.bof-uk.com/test.html go to the catalogue section, then to the deskign, the to 'program C' If you scroll to the bottom of the j...more >>

hi everybody. i have a crazy problem with a very simple flash-project. i've made two swf's: in the first one, i have placed this code in the first frame: _root.createEmptyMovieClip("video",1); video.loadMovie("bygning_1_v2_adsl.swf"); /*_root.video.loadMovie("http://tekocenterdanmark.d...more >>

There is no behaviors panel. There is also no "Label" component in the component panel. There are only 7 components in fact. I think I have an older version. Help -> About says Flash MX 6.0. Do I need to upgrade to Flash MX 2004 Professional to do some of the more complicated functions...more >>

I need to set up an e-commerce flash cart for a client and I am comfortably intermediate-advanced with actionscript. The site uses PHP and MySQL, both of which I'm beginner-intermediate. The checkout needs to be secure, of course, but I have no experience with SSLs or setting up certificates mys...more >>

I have produced a projector file for a promotional cd and have made a custom mouse cursor so that when the user rollsover a buttom the cursor changes, and when they rollout the cursor reverts to the usual pointer. This all works fine, but if the user chooses to maximise the window, then the cu...more >>

I have a symbol in my library, the symbol has 100 groups. I would like to convert each group to a graphic symbol. How can I acheive this without having to apply the convert to symbol command 100 times. Thanks...C ...more >>

I just got a trial of MM Flash 2004 MX. I have used it before, and I am familiar with the basics How do I get lines/shapes/objects to stop snapping to another line/shape/object?...more >>

I have a head that exists as a symbol and the eyes and mouth exist as seperate symbols. I need the eyes head and mouth all to be one symbol is their a quick way to do this or do i need to make them all again? ...more >>

:confused;I imported an avi video file into Flash MX Pro. (imported as a Library item). I pull the library item onto the stage and "test movie". Looks great. There's nothing else at all in this Flash project. I "publish" to swf with accompanying html, using the Default publish settings. ...more >>

This is interesting...... I am having difficulty creating key frames in my movie clip. When I tween my movie clip, a separate tween graphic is created in my library which allows me to creat ekey frames inside it and do all sorts of things? Is this tween graphic file the one I should be using...more >>

Hi, I am trying to build an image scroller using flash MX. Im only a beginner in flash though, I've read all the manuals trying to sort out this problem that I have with the image scroller. I have made it so that images the size of 500 x 334 pixles will fit into it comfortably. But they dont I...more >>

Is there a function or equivalent to onMouseOut?...more >>

I've added some audio to my timeline on a new layer. The audio has some stuff at the beginning I want to cut out, so I used Edit for the Effect, and used the simple editor to cut out the beginning. However, on publish, the sound is very messed up. If I use even instead of steam, it works. Howe...more >>

Ok ...I have a file (.png) that I want to use as a mask...lets say it's a star with a transparent background...all I want as a mask is the star...but when I transfer it in flash..... flash uses the transparence as part of the image two!...so I get a square instead of a star as a mask. How do ...more >>

I also posted this in the Dreamweaver forum.... I am very new at Flash and am trying to teach myself. I am quite familiar with Dreamweaver and am trying to insert a Flash element on my html page. It is an expanding/collapsing menu that uses an XML file. I got the Flash file working just fine i...more >>

I?m having a problem with movie clips that contain both tweens and masks. When I place a clip on the stage, only a small dot with a register mark displays. I?m using Flash 5 on a PC running Windows XP, but I got the same results when I recreated the art in a trial version of FlashMX 2004. ...more >>

Anyone know if MX 2004 fixed this? Used to be that an image in Flash was shifted one pixel (down I think?) in MX. Seems like now - when I publish for v7 it works fine, but when I publish for v6 or lower it's still broken. ?? ...more >>

I am still a novice wid Flash, Please if any one of u can guide me, how to create animated & realistic flames using Flash I'd be really greatful!...more >>

The title is in jest. Because I spent alot of time(math scribblings) figuring what my frame rate would be to have a sound of a composition hit when an image at a particular frame. I have read other threads on this and heard the proposed theories: 1. SLice audio file so that a particular f...more >>

Help!!!....I've published a .flv file through flash, inserted into DWMX2004. When viewing in the browser the sound starts before the video is selected. When the video is selected and sound & video start OK. Listed below is the html code of the flash insertion: <object classid="clsid:D27...more >>

I have a txt file which is loading fine into a flash text field, however, the + and % symbols do not display - is there a way to show symbols like these inside the text field? Also, the & sign does not display either. Anyone got a tip on how to fix this? ...more >>

Hi all Me and my team want to create a desktop buddy. I have seen these on various sites. The character sits in the corner of the desktop, occasionaly running jumping giving news etc etc. I have created the fundamental character and all the actions, but I cannot find any information on h...more >>

I have an illustrator logo that I want to build into a preloader useing the logo as the area that fills as the loader gets closer to 100%. Problem is Flash doesn't recogonize the illustrator file as a maskable format. I have tried exporting the ai file as swf and eps as well but get the same r...more >>

Hi, please excuse what might become a simple question to answer. I have not long found out that video tutrials can be created through flash. So today i downaloded the trail version to test. I feel i am lost in a forign place not speaking the launguage at all. this is what i woudl like to...more >>

Help. I have external swfs which I load into a empty movieclip (_root.loadhere) on my _root timeline. I would like to have a var that can store the name of the swf which is being load into the empty movie clip I have on the_root timeline tempName = null; when you press a button th...more >>

I have a txt file which is loading fine into a flash text field, however, the + and % symbols do not display - is there a way to show symbols like these inside the text field? Also, the & sign does not display either. Anyone got a tip on how to fix this? ...more >>

hello... i have been looking forward to the procedures for designing the Shoshkele Banners for the html pages. These are the animated banners that are designed in flash and run independently on the html page. I would be very much thankful if someone can help me or advice me on this particula...more >>

Hi, Can someone tell me in 5 points what the most important enhancement are in flash 8 compared to the mx pro version? Will there be a flash 8 pro and flash 8 standard, or just one software? Last but not least, are these new releases products of the macromedia-adobe merger? Thanks ...more >>