In MX (6) I find I have to open the Library window EVERY time I open a flash file and then palce it in the panels to the right. Has this been fixed in MX 2004 -- or am I missing something in MX version 6? Thanks. ...more >>

At a certain point in the movie, I want to show a movie clip in front of all the stage. I put it there, and everything is all right. The only problem is that when I hover my mouse above the point on the movie clip under which I have a button, currently invisible, my mouse becomes a hand, indic...more >>

Help! I have an evaluation version of Flash MX 2004 Professional and I'm trying to import a Windows Media Video (.wmv). When I check the properties of the video it says the Audio is Version 9.1 and the video codec is Version 9. I also have a .wmv video that I can import but its properties...more >>

I have several Windows Machines (XP, 2KP), and several Macs (OS 9, OS X 10.3.9). I have created .flv video files, and a flash video player. Using Flash 7 Players, Flash MX Pro 2004. I used Squeeze 4.1 to convert from QT files to ..flv, encoding a data rate of 15 fps and about 1000 kbps. ...more >>

Hi, im having a text problem. I use flash mx 2004. When i go to resize a dynamic text box to a very wide size.. my text also stretches out and looks retarded and distorted.. the example that im trying to follow thru this book, doesn't have that problem. the text comes out big and normal look...more >>

i have created a movie clip button and want to define the hit area....how do i create an invisible movie clip that defines the hitArea??? please help!!...more >>

I made a mailform but I just need to put the checkboxes in it. I know how to to that, but now is the question: how I set the values? The values from the form is send to an asp page Please help ...more >>

How do I create a message or image that appears to let people know that the movie is loading?...more >>

I am trying to get my flash file to fit the browser screen. How do I go about doing this? http://pimpalyrical.pi.funpic.org/index.html Go ahead and take a look at the source code. The width percentages are set to 100% so I don't know whats wrong. Please help Thanks, MIke ...more >>

best regards to all here in these forums, i recently updated one of my websites by using the ineffecient method of EXPORTING ADOBE IMAGEREADY SLICES to DREAMWEAVER and then adding some rollover and link effects. the site WORKS but it:s very hard to update or to change any placement or ...more >>

Hello there, I am about to follow a tutorial to make a Flash Guestbook in a magazine i have. I'm still fairly new to flash and im a complete noob when it comes to databases and stuff. Now i have a quick question. The tutorial uses free guestbook ASP pages (from Flashkit.com) and an Acce...more >>

My stage is not big enough when I view individual symbols. My movie is 750x500. My stage when I'm viewing single symbols only shows -720 through 720. I have an instance at 720 that I cannot see when I view the movie clip for editing. However when I put the clip on the main stage of the main mo...more >>

I am working on a flash animation which would have a sound loop. While I am able to do it by importing the mp3 into the movie (.fla) and playing it till death, I am now concerned about the size of the swf file, and am looking for ways to reduce the size. I have taken many steps, including reduci...more >>

I am creating a touch screen flash project, where I have different .swf files providing different information to users. How can I make a .swf file be a screensaver or incorporate some sort of auto revert technique so that after a certain amount of time the system goes back to the main "touc...more >>

i am a new comer to flash and am creating my own site. I am currently trying to create animated buttons....i have read all the tutorials and have created them but they are not quite right.....i am trying to create a button that fades up when the mouse goes over it and fades down when taken awa...more >>

Well after some frustrating time, I am turning to the forum for help on Help. Seems that something I have done has caused the icon for Search to not display the search information. In the past when I clicked on Search in Help I got a textbox which allows me to search on a keyword. Now n...more >>

I'm having problems with my website ever since I have hosted it. www.sstudiopics.com any time you click anything it opens up in a new windows. I was at the dreamweaver forum suggested that ask the flash forum how can I change my website from _blank to _self. Thanks in advance ...more >>

I am creating an mc that drops down on rollover. My trouble is that the buttons I have placed within the mc are not being activated on rollover (therefore, my actions are not being triggered). I have tried changing the buttons to movie clip buttons, but still am having the same trouble. ...more >>

Hello, I'm having trouble with a couple of SWFs not loading properly depending on whether the visitor uses www in the URL or not. If a visitor goes to http://www.visitfrankfort.com, neither of these load properly. Also, XP users with IE get a security warning saying that a file from ht...more >>

I completely forgot what the ActionScripting was... Need to have my button (in a movie clip) link to a web site and open a new window for it. Also I need to be able to limit the window size and make it unchangable in size (for like pics and stuff). Help please. ...more >>

How do i pan in flash, i realize i have to draw each frame, but whats a good strategy?...more >>

I am new to using Flash MX. I am trying to create a website intro for my company. Within my intro I would like to fade in and out Text and Images. In the Introduction to Studio MX the tutorial states to click on the first frame in the layer, then select the image and change its color to Alp...more >>

:confused; I have been working with Flash for a while, but mostly on design, few actionscript. Now, I believe I could do something great if I could drag an image or layer from the site and drop it in a flash animation. That way I could have lots of interaction with the flash within the si...more >>

I've been using the example from the Book 'PHP 5 for Flash' to retrieve the results of a form from Flash using PHP. Everything is working fine but my client now wants a series of Yes and No answers using Radio Groups, not sure how to output the results of the Radio Groups to the PHP script. ...more >>

Macromedia, PLEASE read this! I have searched the web high and low for and answer and this is happening to our developers nearly every other day now, it is a critical issue for our continued use of Flash in our applications! Windows XP SP1, SP2 Mozilla Firefox 1.02+ Our flash movi...more >>

ok this is what happen's! i have imported a song, and it stops on this frame, and i put this song on loop, and i made shure that fram has no stopallsounds(); etc,.and stuff like beginning sound or what ever its called, and then imposrted and started that song agaiin, still didnt work, ...more >>

I have an animation that has a movieClip on the main timeline with a masked image and a drop shadow layer underneath the masking in the clip. The drop shadow is simply a soft-edged shape/symbol with an alpha setting of 65%. In the authoring environment, the movieClip displays properly with t...more >>

Hello! New flash user here struggling to make a menu. What I'm trying to do is to create a menu on my web page, similar to a header - categories along the top of the page. What I would like these buttons to do, is open up further options when the user puts a mouse over the button. ...more >>