Hi. I'm considering a purchase of Flash MX 2004 to dress up my church's website, however I've seen some amazingly creative animations, games, mini-movies and presentations which purport to have been done in Flash. My question is: is that program alone all I would need to create the vast array...more >>

Hi Forum. I'm very new to Flash and have stumbled along and one way or another created an action packed front page for my new web site. The problem is that when I play it in 'preview' it plays relentlessly and wont stop. Obviously this is no good and likely to make my visitors head for the e...more >>

Congradulations to me! I've made my first flash movie, a short intro to a website. However, before loading the file into the webpage, I'm getting the little yellow bar across the top of the browser that blocks the active-x content. I have to click through two actions before my .swf will be a...more >>

One more question, and I apologize for the insult to your intelligence. I want to add a background pic instead of color to a slide. I tried creating a new layer and putting the image in the layer and this didn't work (unless that is only one of the steps) I really appreciate your help and hope...more >>

Hi, I am extremely new to Flash (any version). I have managed to get my movie to load external data from a text file and render as html. I would like some of these files to contain hyperlinks. I know that MX 2004 supports the <a> tag but i am wondering whether it is possible for those link...more >>

I am new to creating flash cds. I am working from Flash MX and exporting the file as a projector file (.exe). It is slow loading since it has video in it. How can I create a loading movie and then open the big movie when it is loaded? I know how to present the loading screen over the inte...more >>

I have a movie that uses a blank loader page on the 0 level to load 2 movie.swf's above it on level 20 and level 50. The level 50 movie contains drop down menus on a navigation bar. I had to do it this way to get the drop down menus to display in front. Anyway, it works in Mac IE and Windows I...more >>

I am creating an animation with flash and I have 7 colored balls bouncing around the work area guided by a path. The balls sometimes have to go outside the work area at the beginning and ends of the paths. I would like to mask the entire work area so the balls can only be seen when they are in...more >>

This may be real simple so here goes. Does anyone know how to add an element to a row in an array, not an element to an array. I'm trying to go from: myArray = [{label:"First Row", data:0}, {label:"Second Row", data:1}]; to myArray = [{label:"First Row", data:0, newElement:"a"}, {label:"...more >>

Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can find a reference manual for AxShockwaveFlash? I have found some articles about ActiveX but I would like to find the actual reference manual to know all the interface available for the COM object and the more restricted ActiveX. THANKS!!!:) ...more >>

hi i have an auto slideshow that is working but i want the picture to be changing as crossfading! how can it be done? thanks...more >>

I know this is probably so simple but I am learning as I am going. I want to create an animation but want someone visiting my website to click on it to start. Can anyone tell me how to do this. Thanks in advance for your help. ...more >>

Hi, Ive seem to hit a limit when it comes to layering bitmap images on top of each other. The ones Im using do have transparency, they are .psd files. I can make 5 layers, on image on each layer, but on the 6th, the transparency no longer works and gets progressivley less transparent as I add ...more >>

I am trying to import a video that has audio as well as video into my flash piece. I have tried embeding avi, mov and converting the video into an fla file. Each time, the audio is not lining up with the video. Any ideas on how to solve this problem? The video is about 2 minutes long. I have f...more >>

I would like to use Flash MX to create my next website for a client. The product is a good product but I have a concern about webpages that are developed in Flash. That concern is: How can I get the ranking I need for the customer when there is no HTML for those engines to read and place t...more >>

Hi, I wonder why the help text for Flash MX 2004 and Dreamweaver MX 2004 is too small im my system. I am running on a windows 2000 professional. I tried to run the Flash and Dreamweaver in windows XP professional as well but the problem persists. I cant read the contents of the Help at a...more >>

How can I download and install the Macromedia Flash plugin to a computer not connected to internet?...more >>

I get this error: The installed version of Quicktime does not have a handler for this type of Flash movie. Please consult documentation. I have the latest Quicktime 6.5.2 - PLEASE HELP!:confused;...more >>

hi all, i am new to this group but hoping that someone might be able to help me. i have made some flash animations which are to be deployed as a cd rom. i will make the cd run automatically by adding an autorun file but which format is better for the flash files, exe or swf? does one have ...more >>

I NEEd help inserting sound. PLZ tell me the whole thing on how to insert sound and put it to were you want it to go on you flash mx ctoon sorry if this is nooby, thnx!...more >>

Hi, i've got a button that fades in when you roll over it and fades out when you roll out. only problem is that if you roll out before it reaches its full glow, it fades out from the highest point (and looks weird), how can i write a script that allows it to fade from the point it has reached?...more >>

how we convert .swf file into .fla in flash. please give me the correct method...more >>

Hi there, I'm looking to build a Flash interface for a CD of conference papers. Each of the papers will by a seperate PDF file and I want to make a small interface where the user can search for keywords in the papers. I will also implement a 'Sort by Author' and 'Sort by Title' function,...more >>

I just got Macromedia Flash MX and I need some good TUTs on how to do it so if someone can help then i would be really greatful....more >>

Hi, I have been looking for a clear tutorial on adding a flash video to a flash document. Thus, if someone has any leads in regards to this, please post to the group and thanks in advance. -Conrad ...more >>

I opened 2 gif files 2 scenes, now i want to copy all the first animation ON the second animation, i've tried to copy the frames.. but when i past this, it shows only 1 frame.. any helpers? =|...more >>

Hi, I am making a website in Flash and my client wanted to include a lot of pictures in the "Photo Gallery" part, so I did. My problen is that my swf is really heavy and it takes time downloading it from the server (Specially with low connections). My client insists that I should make the swf ...more >>

Hi - Is there any way to add a control to a SWF so that the end user can control the playback speed? Thanks! Miriam...more >>

Ok, so basically my task is to create a slide presentation with a movie on every slide. For my first slide, I have an actual movie with about 85 frames.... then for my second slide, I have a movie clip, consisting of one frame. When I test the movie, it works fine. THEN, I add a th...more >>

I have created a fla that has movies, tweens, hot spots and static text. I publish the movie and it runs fine. Everything works as developed. I have a seperate fla that is my shell document and I want to load the first fla on a screen in the shell. Action script using to do this is: onClipE...more >>

hi guys, i manage to load in the content from a txt file into my dymanic text using loadVariables let say my dymanic text box is mytext. when i trace(mytext); it return undefined. what should i do so that flash know what is e content i load in? flash manage to load and display c...more >>

I'm having problems learning how to use flash to make simple animations. If anyone knows of a book or class please pass it on.. Mike...more >>

I have a flash file with image panels rotating 360 degress. The images in the panels do not appear to be to scale and look "crapped out". I think there may be something going on with the horizontal/vertical scaling but I am not sure if this is manipulated through actionscript. Please give me a...more >>

Hello, Ive just about completed a small site for myself and would like some constructive criticism on it. I know its pretty basic but im still fairly new to flash site design. http://www.alanwallace.co.uk Cheers Alan ...more >>

Hello, I am making a work of investigation about flash, it wanted to know in that programming language this writing the program flash, and whereupon tools of programming was designed....more >>

Why does the font in my .swf show properly in some browsers and improperly in others? What can I do to prevent this?http://golfmatch.us...more >>

Hi folks, I've just loaded Flash MX 2004. I have a dynamic text field which is pulling text from an .xml file. This works great the text and image have appeared in my text box. I am using ActionScript to stlye the text which has also worked. Now the problems 1. None of the tags s...more >>

I've always liked it when you click on an image and your download window pops up and puts the file on your desktop - intstead of opening it in a new window... How can I do this in Flash? I have some larger JPEGs that I want my users to be able to download - but I don't want to thread the ...more >>

Hello, I am making a work of investigation about flash, it wanted to know in that programming language this writing the program flash, and whereupon tools of programming was designed....more >>