I am need of a speedometer-like circular gauge that would be controlled by moving a slider right and left. Does anyone know where I might find such a pre-built piece of Flash? (free or paid). Thanks in advance, Steve ...more >>

I just upgraded to a new machine. When I installed Studio MX Pro, somehow my default external image editor in Flash is now Image Ready. It should be Fireworks. How can I change it? Thanks!...more >>

Hi All, I have a little problem to publish a flash swf file from flash mx 2004 pro. My swf file is inside of a folder /Images/Folder1/Flash/test.swf The html page is on the root directory and I'm publishing the swf file with the code above but It's showing the background only and my swf movie i...more >>

The flash I've made runs fine on normal computers, but I've tested it on an old 450mhz comp with a crappy graphics card, and it runs slow and the sound gets out of sync. I've found that if I open the swf file by itself, right click, and turn the quality down to low, it runs just fine. Howeve...more >>

Hey all, I was approached about building some flash modules. Have not done anything extensive in Flash for over a year. So I'm out of touch. Anyway - the modules spec says it needs to be saved as a version 6 fla. I have Flash MX (7.2). Do I have to reload Flash Version 6 to save as Vers...more >>

I don't understand why a movie layer in one of my swf files stops playing sporatically in different spots when I put it on the web. It doesnt' do it when played directly... just when I put it on the web. It will stop and I will have to hit play again and then it will continue on its merry w...more >>

hey there! Im trying to get flash mx 2004 to display pictures in a dynamic text field that i have rendered as html. The text loads fine and the text box renders the HTML tags just fine,, however when i use <img src="xxx.jpeg"> to input a picture, the picture does not display in the dynamic...more >>

I "thought" I had a working preloader, but after putting my flash file on the web I found out that it doesn't work right, and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've got a scene called "Preloader", and in it I have a movie clip that's 10 frames long, and on the 10th frame I've got this ...more >>

Hi I am trying to make a navigation menu with the Macromedia Flash MX 2004 UI component MenuBar and XML. I have dragged the menubar onto the stage. I have added this code to the first frame: // Load external XML-File var xmlMenu = new XML(); xmlMenu.ignoreWhite = true; xmlMenu.lo...more >>

I have three one minute clips I want to play one after another on a band site as the movie loads, what's the best way to do this? John...more >>

Hi, i'm making a site with flash7. I have a flash detect page wich works. :) On the noflash.htm i have a link that goes to the get macromedia flash player. I was wondering if it is possible to install flash automatically on the background so the noflash isn't needed anymore? grtz De...more >>

Hello I am trying to load an swf using loadmovienum and center this movie on the main scene. How to do ? I have a wide main scene (1020*760) on which am loading using loadmovienum a an swf which is in 640*480. Thus, the loaded swf goes in the top left place in my main scene. I want i...more >>

hi, i would like to create a very basic flash intro, just displaying a logo and then for it to close down (after very few seconds) and open the .index.htm page of my site, how do i do the closing down and redirecting bit please? many thanks ...more >>

Hi, i have a flash-window application. Is it possible to lock the windows so it isn't possible to drag them around? thnx Dennis...more >>

I have just returned to a number of Flash MX files that need updating and can now not get into them. I have recently had Flash MX re-installed and know i created the files in Flash MX. The strange thing is if i open up Macromedia Flash MX and do File, Open i can open them up and work on them a...more >>

Hi, I am trying to make a presentation on a CD, I want that presentation to read the serial number of the CD. How can I do that?...more >>

hi i have on my _root level a movie clip under the name (TOPS) now i want to create a movie clip inside but for some reason i can't i tried : _root.TOPS.createEmptyMovieCLIP("image"+i,level) and fpr some reason it is undifined BUT if i am trying to craete on the root level it ok : ...more >>

Im having problems with OnRelease and some if statements. currently: MC1 calls for an action in MC2 if MC is less than a certain frame (and vice versa) MC1 and MC2 have the same animations and properties. the actions work: on release of MC1, MC2 moves its playhead if it's current f...more >>

By clicking on a button, I would like to have a popup window with the address bar invisible. What is the code in Actionscript? Please help! Thanks in advance! Regards Jennet...more >>

HI all -- I have a SWF that loads another SWF using the "Loader" component. Both are the same size, and the loaded movie has something in every pixel, nothing is transparent. When it loads, the SWF on level0 completely disappears. However, if I put the mouse somewhere that happens to ha...more >>

I'm creating a quiz in MX Pro using the multiple choice component. I entered verbiage for the "Incorrect Feedback" and "Additional Tries" options. I was surprised to learn, according to the documentation, that offering more than one attempt (i.e., tries) causes the quiz to display the verbia...more >>

like we search images from yahoo and Google- is there any search engine to search web for flash files (last night I dreamed about "Google flash" :|:moon;) Cheers...! nutsy:Dnalinda...more >>

I just spent $450. for the full version of Sorenson Squeeze 4.1 and a free DVD tutorial. I am wondering if I should even keep the Sorenson Squeeze 4.1 version since Flash 8 is about to come out. Someone at Sorenson told me that an upgrade of Sorenson is coming out soon; Sorenson 4.2. It ...more >>

Hi, I think that this is a subject discussed here for several times, but I couldn't find info about it. What I need is to open pdf files from within a standalone application, in a way that it opens at the top of the app. Can anybody explain me how to achieve this? Thanks in advance, Jor...more >>

okay, in my movie, I have a input text field and a button which "sumbits" and does a thing, the code for the button is: on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") { if (nameInput.text == "daniel") { nextFrame(); } else { resultFirst.text = "Your life will be successful!" } } P....more >>

Please help - when I test my movie, the buttons turn into red boxes ... they still work, they just don't look like arrows anymore. What does this mean? Any help would be tremendously helpful....more >>

I've been using Flash for a while but I am new to using it on a Pocket PC and I am running into some problems. The biggest problem is when I navigate away from the page with the embedded Flash object, the IE window shuts down. Some other problems I am running into are a security alert pops u...more >>

Hi, I'm using fscommand() to fullscreen my flash presentation, and I would like to burn it on the CD, it all'd be ok, but I can't figure out how to make an auto-run for this presentation.. any ideas? ...more >>

I noticed that I have some extension files that contain exe on my Apple computer? The extension file (.exe) is only for IBM PC. Am I correct? Should I delete them? Install Flash Player 7 AX.exe (included two files: Debug, and Release) SAFlashPlayer.exe (included three files: Players, De...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to import two actionscript files that will enable JavaScript to communicate with Flash into my Flash project. The two .as files are: com/macromedia/javascript/JavaScriptProxy.as com/macromedia/javascript/JavaScriptSerializer.as Installation of the Flash part of the ...more >>

Hi Everyone, There seems to be no particular Flash Lite forum, so this is my question: Apparently, there is no flash player for the Nokia 6680 although its almost identical to the 6630. Can I use the 6630 player or do I have to buy a new phone? Any experiences? Thanks, Regards, Chris...more >>

Hi I have a 62k mpg movie that needs to be reduced to 32k. Is there anyway to do this by using Flash? Thank you...more >>

I am redoing my web site, misplaced the .fla file......how do I edit the text in the .swf file. Thanks...more >>

Group - I am perplexed over the preloader tutorials I have read. All of them require you to use the first (X) frames of your movie which house the preloader frames and coding. Once the movie loads it then skips to a predetermined frame and the movie plays. (you with me so far?) Can't we cr...more >>

hi i have this code and for some reason the curClip is undifined after creating a movie clip ! why? the code for (var i = 0; i<xmlNode.childNodes.length; i++) { images=xmlNode.childNodes; var imgName = images.attributes.thumb; var imgCaption = images.attributes.capti...more >>

This is probably an easy thing to do. I'm just stumbling on it. I have to create an animation that has 6 buttons and when the user clicks on a button an animation (movie clip1) plays. Then the user clicks on another button and another animation(movie clip2) plays in the same space. How do I cl...more >>

Hey Everyone, I know this ain't the right place but as designers you probably can help me. I'm looking to create simple animation Gifs to create a banner for my site. Does anyone have any links to where I could get a simple tutorial. Any help would be really appreciated. Shane ...more >>

[color=indigo][/color] Hello Flash Lovers, My name is Angela. I'm currently doing a Masters in Animation & Interactive Media at RMIT University in Melbourne. My major piece is an interactive website about my experience of living in Barcelona for 5 years, based on the format of a graffi...more >>

hi i am createing a photo gallery that is getting the data form xml file, each image is loading to a movieClip that was made on running time (createEmptyMovieclip) now i want to position them one near to each other with a 20px gap between each other and when there are 4 in a row the...more >>