Hi, Could someone please explain how i load a html or php file into a movie clip in flash, so i can display the page from within my flash movie. I have jjust installed phpBB forumn and wish to use it from within my flash site, showing it in a movie clip. How would i do? I would be ...more >>

Hi folks, maybe someone can help me with this one: My flash movie contains quite a large number of nested movie clips. They are basically objects independently moving around the stage. Now I have a track bar which enables the user to control the main animation, i.e. to move it forward an...more >>

I am thinking of installing a Flash-like extension in Dreamweaver MX2004 on a Windows XP Home PC. This extension requires the user to have flash player Verion 7 to function correctly. 1. How do I verify the user's Flash Player version before I transfer to the relevant page; and 2. Where ...more >>

I have built a slide based Flash product demo. It uses a Media Component to stream in an mp3 file, and CuePoints to navigate to the correct slides. Pretty basic stuff. The problem is that when the audio file comes to an end, rather than sit at the last slide like it's supposed to, several earl...more >>

hi i am working on this code and have a small problem! i want the program to check if the new pic is fully loaded before it's crossfading with the old pic - if it isn't fully loaded i want the old pic to stay and untill the new pic is fully loaded ( i don't want to have a "preloader" betw...more >>

hi .. i want some exercises and exemples in flash ,if you can dear surfers ,give me the web site ,or send me some exemples by email , dghay256@hotmail.com or dghayhicham@yahoo.fr thanks ...more >>

:o hi ,i want to know how to join a self created bouton or a simple boutn with an other object or mouvement,...more >>

I need to make an animated truck drive across a primarily html page. from left to right say without having to change the page underneath. I am not sure flash is the tool for this but I am not sure what is. Basically I need to make a truck drive across an html site. fully masked out so that all...more >>

hi all - i'm wondering why a lot of the time text looks kind of crummy in flash. if this is a general problem with flash, what are the reasons behind it? macron....more >>

What is the best way to create the 3D stage effect like the one used on this site? I've figured out the drop shadow effect, but i've noticed the stage has a lighting effect that covers the top and left side of the stage. ...more >>

I'm creating a flashsite and it looks great on my computer, when i Test Movie. But when i view it in a web browser many of the JPEGs and PNGs get slightly distorted. the problems usually occur along the edges of the PNGs, and along edges within the image of the JPEGs. I'm preparing these...more >>

I'm working on a presentations that uses flash video, and would also like to use vector graphics. Much like www.productorials.com I got the flash video working, as well the controls (pause/play/rewind) and the scrubber, but the scrubber only works with the FLV. It would be easier if FLV co...more >>

My problem is with downloading flash player. I use windows me, I have changed security to low also cookie to allow all.When I am on the install page, I click install than I am taken to another page which has two block that are blank and in each corner of the blocks is a small square inside the...more >>

I need to change text from DEMO COMPANY to something else. The text is a graphic item type in the library. I can change the color of the letters. I just don't know how to change the letters themselves. Please help. ...more >>

Apologies for stupid question in advance. I am using Flash MX v6 using standard key setup etc. I wish to extend a frame sequence in the timeline and I wish to shuffle all frames further on in time by as much as I extend a frame sequence. I would have thought that some keyboard modifier...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know when Macromedia will introduce a certification programme for Flash Pro 8? Cheers, Osh......more >>

How can I link a PDF in Flash without opening a browser? Thanks in advance...more >>

Hi, This is a follow-up to an earlier question. To summarise, I have a flash file that loads in a 150k XML list of data. In the long run this will be read from a database, but that is impossible at the moment. The problem is the flash file loads but displays 'NaN' until the XML loads,...more >>

i built navigation menu as a Movie Clip, and i am trying to use this navigation at many different scenes. how do i link my menus and submenus withiin this movie clip outside to a different scene. can't get it to work. pleeeasee help. thanku ...more >>

hi there i know this might sound stupid but i have lost my tools panel from the left hand side of flash and for the life of me cannot get it back so any help would be appriciated...more >>

I am using an applet that takes a .jpg and makes it appear as a 360 degree panoramic where one can use the cursor to navigate left or right. However, I hear JAVA is going downhill and I should make use of Flash to create these. Does anyone have any experience with panoramas in Flash? ...more >>

I am trying to create a News Item, where the text scrolls and scrolls from top to bottom. I have the news items being fed into a Dynamic Text Box from a Database. (using Flash Remoting). Now how do i create the animation or use action script to have it scroll from top to bottom without it chew...more >>

:disgust; Macromedia makes me sick. I'm tired of your lame pop-ups. I don't want your software on my computer. Give the world a way to disable your stupid pop ups....more >>

My latest website made using flash displays a security warning to the end user stating that the flash movie is "attempting to read from blahblahblah.com". I have made other sites with similar setups and have not recieved this warning. What is the deal? Anyone? I am loading data dynamica...more >>

I have just purchased Studio MX 2004 and am going through the tutorials. I am brand new to Flash and I am trying to learn the software. In the section How do I ... Add Graphics to the stage, I am instructed to "drag the Title movie clip, which contains a bitmap image and vector graphic, from...more >>

I'm using Flash MX version6 and when I try to Publish as a Quick Time .mov I get the following error: The installed version of QuickTime does not have a handler for this type of Macromedia Flash Movie. Please consult the documentation for further information. Here's where I may be showin...more >>

My website is tiny on some computers for some reason can someone have a look to see whats going on with it. www.defaultuser.co.uk...more >>

Hi, i have an old movie i want to publish in a flash player 7. thing is it wont work. (it's basically a dynamic application that loads verious text from a txt file) it seems to work all the way up to flash player 6 (with actionscript 1 AND 2) but not in player 7 (either actionscript). not...more >>

Hello I am looking at creating a shadow effect that follows a spinning card, as though it is being dealt out. I want to create a movie where a series of cards are 'dealt' out on a baize and have a shadow follow the card b ut obviously with the shadow changing as with the shape as the card ...more >>

System: Internet Explorer 6,Windows XP, with Service pack 1 Problem: Opening a swf file from another server inside a frameset doesn't work. Description: We have a website which is a menu system implemented by using frames. This website is running on machine A. Then we have the Flash solu...more >>

hi all ,wanna ask can we convert normal TEXT to Button for insert fscommand ??? I try to convert normal TEXT to button before and insert fscommand but doesn't work ,or I'm using the wrong way ? Thanks ...more >>

The cat's out of the bag. Studio 8 has been announced, and Community MX is here to help you get a handle on it. All this week you'll find exclusive sneak peeks at these new features at Community MX. Each day this week we'll highlight new improvements to Studio 8 applications as we take you thr...more >>

Hi, I want a button, on Release, to load an external swf ("Landscapes.swf") into _level1 and simultaneously advance the playhead to a labelled frame ("landscapes02"). Is this possible? The following code only seems to recognise the 2nd line and not the 3rd... on(release) { loadMovie...more >>

Hello: I am a student and had someone ask me if I knew of anyone willing to develop a Flash API. I heard about this forum and told them I would ask here for them. Is anyone here willing to build a Flash API? Thanks, Julia. ...more >>

hi i have this text file ("images.txt") that contain a pic path for a slideshow l - it looks like this: img/rampflag.jpg | img/castle.jpg | img/eilean.jpg i want to call the data and insert each one of them to array - images[ ] this is the code that i have for now and where i am stuck ...more >>

I've never used Flash before and I need HELP! I have three jpeg images and I'm trying create an effect that will dissolve/fade one image into the next. How do I do this? ...more >>

I need to open a new page from Flash. A HTML document and I need it to be small (100x400) with no browser toolbars. Like those annoying pop ups. Any help would be awesome and well appreciated Shane...more >>

Hello. I have a movie clip which has an onRollover action applied to it (when rolled over, something happens). I have created another movie clip which hides half of the one with the onRollover action. My problem is that the onRollover action is still being executed, even when the mouse...more >>