Hi. Im just wondering if the following is possible and if so can anyone please point me in the direction of a tutorial or advice on how to go about it. If i have 10 images stored in an external folder and have them load dynamically into flash, i need it so that when more images are added to ...more >>

Ok, I know a lot of people out there hate fighting the pre Loader issue...we all want one thats nice, professional a not fat and gay looking. So if someone out there can just attach one to this message...I am sure a lot of Flash Lovers would really appreciate it...And we promise to chang...more >>

I want an image to be zoomed in, and slowly zoom out to reveal the entire image. I want to do this using halftones. As if you were looking at a TV up close with the halftone patterns showing as it slowly zooms out, as if you were moving away from the TV to view the entire image. Does anybody...more >>

I have a flash movie that imports data from an XML file (artist name, title etc) and some of the data (artist's name) are in Japanese text. This information is loaded into a dynamic text field within the flash movie How do I get the flash movie to display the japanese text? If I "embed" the...more >>

Standard newbie apologies for asking potentially stupid questions. That said, here's my question: I'm creating a flash movie with an intro that is very different, content-wise, from rest of movie. By establishing a separate scene for intro, can I also establish a different stage size for t...more >>

Can someone tell me how to make a preloader that actually works. Every preloader I've tried the loading bar doesn't show up until right before the swf shows up. I just want something that will show the loading progress right off the bat. Pleeeeeeaaaase help me. ...more >>

I have a movie that features three different products, the first two products will link to one page and the the third product will link to a different page. Can someone please let me know how to acomplish this or send me to a place were I can find out. Thanks in advance. Dean ...more >>

Hi I'm using flash MX 2004 I'm trying to publish my swf file but it's not working I have to publish a file: Menu.swf on the end of menu.swf I called index1.swf : _root.loadMovie("index1.swf"); on the end of index1.swf I called index2.swf _root.loadMovie("index2.swf"); on the end...more >>

OK....... I've got my zoom buttons to work in my scrollpane and am using my scrollpane sliders for the panning part. However, because my movie clip contains my zoom buttons, I can pan over to the far left and they'll (buttons) disapear. Is there any way of setting my zoom buttons at a constatn...more >>

Hi, I have been searching everywhere for the answer to this: I need to open a browser window from a Flash .exe file, I want the window to be a fixed size and have no address bar. I know how to do this if flash was imbedded in an html page but I cannot figure it out when it is from an .exe. ...more >>

I have a flash form whose wmode is set to opaque (so that a DHTML menu doesn't get clipped by it). Under Firefox, if I try to select multiple items in a list control using the Ctrl key, then the entire flash object toggles (with each click) between selected and not selected. And I still can...more >>

I need to create a scenario series. In the past I have done these with scenes but I know there has to be a way to do this as movie clips. I want the user to click on Button1 (Orient on the reconnaissance object) and then play the movie clip named "Orient" in the right-hand side of the animatio...more >>

Hi. I recently switched from Flash 5 to MX and I'm having alot of trouble looking for "edit center". Does anyone know where it is or how to edit the center of symbols in MX? Any Help would be appreciated. Thank You. ...more >>

I'm a fairly new to Flash so this is probably a simple thing. How are the "no thanks" or "close" buttons done in a pop-up window? ...more >>

I am using the get URL command to link to another part of the HTML page in which my .swf file appears. on (release) { getURL("#shortwave",_same); } But no matter what target I use (_same, _top, _parent ) it opens a new browser window and goes to the named anchor on the page. :confus...more >>

Hi, Does anybody know how to go about this? I'm a newbie to flash, any tutorials or help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance....more >>

Hi! Someone sent me a file in Flash 6. I have Flash MX. I get a "unexpected file format" error. Do I need to upgrade, or is there an alternate (and cheaper) way to get this file to work? Thanks, Trisha:confused; ...more >>

Hi, I have received a couple of .fla-files that I think were made in Flash MX on Win. I have Mac and Flash MX 2004, and I can't open them. The program crashes whether I open from inside Flash or just double-click the files. I ran various Mac OS utilities (permissions, etc) to no avail. ...more >>

How do you change the property's of the Accordion Component? I want to change the Colour, style, etc . I'm pretty bad at using actionscript .. so any help would be great ! Thanks !...more >>

I was wondering if Flash 8 pro .fla files will be compatible with flash mx 2004?...more >>

Hi, When I add a component (checkbox) to my main.fla it looks ok. but when I do a test... it is just white (filled with white) and no checkbox at all What am I doing wrong? thnx in advance. :D ...more >>

I dont really understand the new script editor in 2004. I am having problems linking a scene toa button. Does anyone know how to play a different scene by clicking a button? thanks in advance....more >>

Processor: Pentium 4 1.5 Ghz SD-RAM: 256MB OS: Windows XP Problem: I'm working on a 70+ mb flash, and whenever I F9 to get action panel to show up, and when I type something to the action panel it just lags up to half a minute or even more. I never had this problem before. Can anyone...more >>

Can any body tell me - is there an easier way of editting the cue points that I have set up within a movie that uses an MP3 controlled by the 2004 Media Contoller? It is very difficult to edit, add/delete, and reposition cue points. Especially in very large movies with many, many cue points. ...more >>

I have two Flash files that I need to merge. They were originally imported from Captivate, so all of the images have the same names causing a naming conflict when I try to merge them. Is there a way to rename the images in one of the files as a batch rather than having to rename each one ind...more >>

I need to be able to control the actions for a movieclip...such as play, pause...yeah... so if neone could supply the actionscript in detail for me that would be great! thnx! E ...more >>

Hi I need to load flv in flash. I'm new to this. I read some tutorial to do that. Now all works great when I play all on my computer. If I copy the folder put it on the server, the video does not load. The path is the same. I use MediaDisplay to play the flv I export in Flash 7 and I ha...more >>

Hi all I've been trying to learn about creating Classes with AS 2.0, and to me, it just doesn't seem worth it. I just read through an article about using classes to creating a bouncing effect on an image which was supposed to be quicker and easier than using the Elasticity ActionScript tha...more >>

how do I make photos scroll like on the bottom of this site? http://www.hiphotels.net/ Is there a way to do it without having to type in code? tx morgan...more >>

Hi, every one, I am trying to send an email with flash embeded. But it = seems most web-based email provider or outlook can't display flash. Is = there any alternative to view the flash directly in the email other than = putting a popup link there?=20 Thanks a lot~...more >>

Is it possible to access to the video cam in my pocket pc phone? I'm developing a video conf software using Flash Comm server, but the flash version in the pocket pc can't access to the camera. Thanks Ariel ...more >>

I just edited the template for the xml code for a flash menu and there is an error message I can't figure out. Can anyone help...thanks in advance. Required white space was missing. Error processing resource 'file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Menu_t... <NAV main_onC...more >>

hello, i am designing a site for my radio station, and while browsing the web for ideas, i can accross a few sites where they had a very interesting effect. i will attempt to describe it as best i can: They assign a new cursor (setDrag...), and the cursor is attached to something (in my case, ...more >>

How do I Loop an external FLV? Thanks for your help Shane...more >>

I've used the file www.punkyhosting.com/~teevo/testing/gallery.zip. If anyone could tell me why it's not working in it's new location (media.swf), it would be much appreciated....more >>

right,.. ive made a simple scoreboard with an access database... how do you send variables using flash mx? obviously you have one input text field, with the instance name "player" and a dynamic textbox with the score.. and a button which you click which uses the code: on (press) { ...more >>

Hi, Are there any statistics available about how many www users are still using flash player 2, and how many are using at least flash player 5? I'm asking this, cause there are so many abilities in action script that are available only from flash player 5, and maybe this way it's now pret...more >>

First off thanks in advance for your help. Secondly.....I know that most think frontpage is the devil but...... I created a flash menu using flash mx. When viewed on my computer, not the web it reads fine. However, when I import the file and associated xml file into my web and insert the...more >>

I was using LoadVarilables('text.txt","/") to load a variable called text into a dynamic text field. That worked if the text field was found on Scene1. But, I added a movie clip (called menu) to the Scene and wish the varilable to extend to the text field found on the movie clip which has th...more >>

I'm learning Flash in advance Business studies. i need to know a good way to begin learning how to use Macromedia Flash MX 2004, good tutorials or anything like that would be helpful. I'll try checking back but emailing me would be helpful also. thanks ...more >>

I am new to Flash (or haven't used it in a really long time). I have a flash movie that I have created. The first frame shows a gif file that I have two text buttons on. One I was to create an invisible button to start the movie (and play the rest of the frames). I know who to create the b...more >>

I am creating a simulation of logging into a computer system. I have 2 textInput boxes. One for user name and one for password. When the user is inputing their password into the textInput I want **** to appear instead of their actual password. Can anyone help? ...more >>

:confused; Hello, About 3 months ago, I saved all of my fla files and swf files on a cd-r disk on a G5 mac, the program was Flash MX, anyway, I copied/paste them onto another G5, which has the same flash and everything. Now only the swf files will open, all of the fla files will say "failur...more >>

Could Someone tell me where i could download a chatroom for a small website for free that i can customise in Flash MX? Or if someone has one that i could have? Im only new to Flash so i dont really know how to use it properley yet. Thanks ...more >>

hi guys, anyone know where can i get references or samples to build a jigsaw pussle game in flash? thx in adv....more >>

I have a problem with a Flash movie I'm working on. The SWF file itself is about 160k, and that calls about 4 external movies from it. On the first frame I have a preloader (using setInterval to call a function that checks the load status). The only other elements on this frame is a 4k png ...more >>