Hi Everyone, I am very new to Flash MX, I just got it today. I ran through a lot of the samples and read a lot of the help, but I still can't figure this out. I am trying to make something in flash that will go on my website that will show "General Contractor" then fade out and go to t...more >>

I have created an exe projector that loads in an flv using netstream and plays it back. The problems is that on one machine (1Ghz Windows 2000 256mb Ram) it plays the flv back quicker (both audio and video) and on all other machines it plays back fine... Any suggestions as to what the prob...more >>

I'm not an expert, but see if this helps you. What you need to do is to: a) create a dynamic text box for each movie. Give it a variable name (open the properties panel) and type box1,box2, box3, etc. for example. b) in the first keyframe of each movie declare the variable See that all ...more >>

I need to make it look like coins are flipping for a client... starting to think of how I'm going to do it with masks & tweens but was wondering if anyone has any advice... much appreciated! : ) ...more >>

How do you get that white box not to show up when you load the page? Here is what it does: www.imicci.com/flash...more >>

Hi everyone... I have a trouble with this script: node=["childNodes[0]"]; for(i=0; _level0["xmlLenght"+i]!=undefined; i++) { if(i==0) { _level0["xmlLenght"+i]=xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes.length; } else { _level0["xmlLenght"+i]=["xmlContent.firstChild."+node+".chil...more >>

I am trying to create a flash file to play as an EXE on a TV for a corporate event. I have created this great presentation with one problem. The text in my motion tween is doing something weird. It is basically leaving a trail behind it as it moves off stage. Has anyone had this problem before...more >>

Hi am trying to create a flash banner ad that will, 'on click' expand/or load up a larger swf file with more content, and then close the larger content on a user click, to leave only the banner swf behind. Anybody got any ideas? cheers. all I've got at the minute is a larger swf that o...more >>

I have 15 SWF's that I would like to publish to be seen without the Flash program. I don't want to use HTML to embed the SWF's movies. So all this program is run by flash. I have an index.swf movie that links to the rest. I have tried this movie in Pc's that don't have flash and the movie does...more >>

I just downloaded the 30 day trial of macromedia flash 2004 and i dont know how to open it so i can make flash. Can anyone help?...more >>

Hello, I am wondering if anyone can help me (or direct me to an existing tutorial) about making input text fields do cute things. Specifically, I would like the input text field to display the text "Type Your Name Here" at all times until the user clicks inside the input text field. And once t...more >>

Ok, I have this button/MC that on rollOver it plays and a menu pops out on top with two other selections to choose from(a menu). My question is can I have one of those selections be a movie clip or button and function correctly. I have been trying and it is not working for anything. I tried...more >>

Hi everybody ... How can I disable ESC KEY and RIGHT CLICK? Help me please. thanks alot...more >>

Quick question.... I wanted to create a slideshow without using the template. When I created a pic layer and distributed my photos to their own frames and set the frame per second rate slower it works fine except: the first slide shows for a split second and then jumps to the next frame ...more >>

I have Flash Pro installed on home computer (where i have started my first flash project). I have Flash Pro in the office too. I have published the site to the internet. Is there a way of importing the site to my office. At the moment when i upload the site from the web all i get is the htm...more >>

I have created an intro movie using a series of jpg images. The sequence is about 240 frames long and each frame uses a seperate jpg. The problem is that when I play it back inside an html file or alone it stutters at certain parts. I know that I shouldn't be using 240 jpgs in a frame for fr...more >>

I have an html file that loads a flash swf file. I work in an enviroment with 150 locations. Each location has it's own server and I distributed the html file and flash movie above to each store's server. This file is accessible at the store by opening s:\media\program\program.html in their b...more >>

Hi,. I'm trying to make an image appear on rollover on single words in a text block. possible? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, Here at work we've developed a flash calculator to work out pensions dynamically. It relies on various include files. Our salesmen are less than computer savvy and we would like to find a way to give them a CD with the flash files on which will install the movie to a directory so tha...more >>

I am trying to publish/export the presentation I made into flash into a format that can be converted into MPEG 2 (DVD)... I have tried pretty much every single .swf to mpeg/avi out there (including some of the ones on this forum) and they do not sync up properly... anyways... I goto publis...more >>

:( yeah, my flash just doesnt start up...i click on it, and it thinks...then just quits thinking, and nothing happens...it annoys me...it kinda makes me wanna throw my computer out the window...can you help? ...more >>

Hi, I'm a student learning how to use Flash. at the moment one assignment is to make a movie clip appear in a random spot on the stage when the flash movie is played. then when a button is clicked the movie duplicates in another random spot on the stage. this part works fine! the only prob...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to tween the opacity between some images (jpgs). I have 3 images on the stage at a particular frame, then about 5 or 6 frames later I have the same graphics with a reduced transparency. I've made the images graphic symbols. When I try to use motion tweening that dotted line ...more >>

Hi, Anybody knows where I could download the Flash Player 6 for Windows ? Can't find it anymore and I need it for testing. Thank you very much ! ...more >>

Can someone please tell me the best way of developing a neat file structure for my flash project. as i have aprox 100+ swfs, it is very untidy to have them all in the main folder. But... nothing seems to be working when i create a new folder to store them in and then rename my links. I've tri...more >>

I recently purchased a website template that has a Flash header. I've been able to edit everything but the text in the header so far (the rest of the site template is not Flash, but regular html). After reading the builders' help forum as well as Flash MX 2004- Hands On Training book, I have...more >>

I have seen several sites that overlay a flash movie on top of a webpage. It's usually a "talking head" except the interesting thing is that the background of the video is transparent...so directly behind this talking head, the contents of the webpage is still visible. While I'm experienc...more >>

Hi, I'm new to Macromedia products, but I really can't see why this won't work. I've just installed StudioMX on my Windows system and imported a few JPEG's to my library. When I right click one of these files, the edit button is grayed out, but I can use "Edit with..." to locate Fireworks....more >>

I'm creating a demo that embeds Captivate SWF files into a display area of my interface. I can get the movie to load and unload with no problems, however, the unloading part just happens to quickly for our liking. Is there a way to gradually unload the movie with a nice fade out effect so t...more >>

I was wondering if I can use Flash MX to convert video files into swf files that I can embed on a page?...which types of video files can be converted to swf, or do I need to get a third party software to do this? Thanks! James ...more >>

This problem has happend to me twice. the problem is when trying to sace, i get an eror message saying i cannot save. The messages says something about maybe not have the priovelages to save the file, but i do. THe first time, the file was on my jump drive, and the jump drive became unplu...more >>

Hi, RE: www.louisebeck.com.au I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with this project. I have a Flash web site which I've designed for an artist, and as such, the website is very graphic intensive. So the big issue is trying to keep file sizes and download tim...more >>

Hi there! I´m looking for a Flash-Picture-Show freeware fla ... im searching the net, but cant find any nice one. Something like this one http://www.unstill.net/ would be cool.... .... any idea? If there is nothing to use - we´ll going to script it ourself .... in this case i would lik...more >>

Here are the files: review: http://www.sugnadesign.com/help/help.htm Download Flas here http://www.sugnadesign.com/help/help.zip What would be the best way to keep the Over state of the button when clicking on it. I'm using the following to animate the button on (rollOver) ...more >>

Hi I am having trouble with varibles like say I have an audio section that opens up and closes when your finished and you use a varible like newtitle = nextsong.mp3 but then as soon as you close the audio section and that frame disappears it loses the varible it will come back undefined....more >>

I didn't see another forum regarding install issues, so here goes. I received the following error message: "You do not have access to make the required system modifications. Please rerun this installation from an administrators account." I've tried running the install from the local admin a...more >>

I have a movie clip and in the movie clip there is animation, but I don't know how to get my button to work to goto and play the movieclip animation, can anyone help PLEASE?...more >>

When I try to unzip my trial version of profession 2004 an error box comes up saying: "Cannot open file: It does not appear to be a valid archive. If you downloaded this file, try downloading it again" I've downloaded it 3 times now and still no luck. The winzip help file says: Mes...more >>

hey i just need the script which i can use, so when you click on a button it MUTES ALL sounds and another which will UNMUTE ALL sounds...more >>

Can anyone tell me why the stage isn't contained by a panel? I want to be able to show / hide it like any other part of the application. Is there any way to change this? Does anyone else feel this way? ...more >>

I am setting up a movie where I have thumbnail images, and once they are clicked on I want them to open a new window with a larger size of the image. Does anyone have a good idea of the best way to achieve this? I'd love some advice.:frown; ...more >>

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=288&thre adid=1033853 In all honesty though, I don't think you'd need to use the onResize event. It's just dynamic tweening, and the menu is set to rest about 20 px from Stage.width ...more >>

Mack879w, try resizing your browser withg that page open. I imagine it's trapping the "onresize" event from the browser....more >>

hi i am doing a small form that the action goes to mailer.php and i want it to take the data from the form to my mail , i have the form .html and the mailer.php on the same folder but when i am clicking submit it is giving me this message Data has been submitted to yaniv73@gmail.com! ...more >>

Hi: I am using the Loader to load charts dynamically created at run time. I do it this way 1) Pass the server an xml file specifiying the chart using XML.sendAndLoad() 2) The return xml has the name of the newly created jpeg file. I parse that out and load it into the loader. 3) I wor...more >>