hi, my button is set up with the down state underlined, and the regular state without the line. my button's down state doesn't show up when it is at the destinated page. if i want to make sure the down state will show up at the destinated page, do i have to make a separate button (all 4 f...more >>

I want to tween from one image to another simulating the blending of two. Not sure if this is even possible. I tried breaking apart the images and adding the images to new symbols. When I tween between them they just switch when at a keyframe. I then tried to simulate the blending by ad...more >>

I imported a video file into a movie clip and placed the movie clip onto the stage. It's a rotating object which keeps looping. If I make a .swf without doing anything else, it looks great. If I resize the movie clip on the stage, all the edges of the rotating object get jagged. Any thoughts w...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a way to load transparent png's or gif's via XML? I have done it with non-progresive jpeg's, however when using transparent images it does not work. I understand that the Flash Player 8 is supposed to support transparency, which I have tested on the beta vers...more >>

I've taken over development of a site and there is a need for some scrolling text in the flash intro to be editable. Thus, I have changed it so that it loads the text from a querystring. However, the text that is displayed is cut off - I assume that the textbox's length is shorter than the len...more >>

I made a Flash movie too deep in proportion to width. In index page, I set width to 100% and depth to 100%. What I got in browsers was 100% depth and width proportional and not filling screen. Distorting the width will not hurt the presentation of this movie, but I can't get it to do so. I've ...more >>

Hi all, I want to load a swf into my my main movie. I am using the code on(release){ loadMovie("portfolio.swf", _root.test); } The movie loads, but the whole stage seems to get larger. See http://www.creativityawaits.com/CreativityAwaitsVSTEST.swf Please help! Andy ...more >>

I made my movie too deep in proportion to my width. I set the movie in the home page to width:100%; depth:100%. Movie displays full depth, but does not fill width. I've tried various width and depth variations in the page code, but to no avail. I want it to distort the width, but it won't. I r...more >>

I am trying to import a short clip into Flash MX, and when I play the flash movie, the audio isn't in sync with the video. I tried importing them as seperate files, but then the audio didn't play at all. If anyone knows how to get a video to play within a flash movie really smoothly, PLEASE HE...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if somebody could help me I would like to hide the address/ link that appears on the top of a popup window so that it is cleaner looking and address isn't visible. Or better yet if I can put a label I like instead on the address. Hope this makes sense. Thanks ...more >>

I've been trying to do something that seems so incredibly simple, yet no matter what I try, it will not work.... Can anybody please help me? I am trying to create a movie clip/animated graphic to be played on a mouse over event, but can't even create the animation itself. Basically, I just ...more >>

ok ive done everyhting right, i dont know y this isnt working, now this is a prewiew of it! remerb this is all one frame, http://www.desearch.net/show.php/18686_awsome.swf now look at it, ive made the buttons, and it all works even when ya click on it, it still dosnt work! ive tried ot...more >>

I have a search bar in my website template that I am using. The template is one of the templates that came with the software. I keep seeing on other websites that their search fields are "Powered by Google". How can I make mine use google to search both my site and/or the web. I am using Drea...more >>

I need to link a film.mov in flash without opening a browser, because it's a interative CD. Thanks...more >>

I am looking to make a 3d product tour like this http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=160609&EXTRA_PARAMETER=ZOOM& LinkLoc=118&PseudoCat=118&CURRENT_PAGE=0 I need all of those features. Anyone recommend anything inparticular that is equivalent to this? Thanks in advan...more >>

We are a private company and we purchased Macromedia Studio 7 for the development of our interface to the application that we have developed in C#, I personally have written a C++ (MFC) interface to plug in the FLASH player, everything is fine and dandy, until the installation process (using...more >>

I have an animated gif that has a white background. I want to use it in my swf but not on a white background. I tried filling the background with a color (in FW and ImageReady) but that didn't work well. I tried editing it (imported as a movie clip) in Flash but that wasn't possible. ...more >>

Hey guys, working on a file that was done by another developer and having some probs, the basic idea is that it's a map of a mall-type area that's populated from an XML doc...store names, locations, descriptions, etc. What i want to do is be able to hyperlink the store's websites from in the d...more >>

Hi ! I'm trying to duplicate a symbol and to modify it to make a new one. But each time I modify the duplicated, the original change too. How can I duplicate a symbol and do whatever I want without changing the symbole duplicated ? Thanks a lot ! ...more >>

Hi, Can someone explain me why i can't export my artworks to quicktime format eventho i have quicktime player installed? Very emergency i need to import in premiere tonight. Thanks in advance for help. ...more >>

someone mentioned that the best way to import files into flash mx 2004 are to bring the psd directly in and let flash convert it to quicktime. however, i have done this and my swf size is way too big. is it always better to optimize in image ready then bring it in? if this quicktime i...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm in desperate need of help, I'm only new to Flash site design so I'll try be as clear as possible... I've been designing my web site for the last few months, it's a portfolio website with about five sections in it...illustration/design/painting etc. I'm having problems with...more >>

I tried to open a .fla that was created on a MAC in my Windows XP machine and got the error Flash MX Unexpected file format. I read somewhere that .fla files were suppose to be cross platform compatible. I need a work around inorder to maintain the Flash Files on a PC now. The MAC developer ...more >>

This may or may not be a Flash related question. If it isn't, I apologize. But I was wondering when typing the http address to a website in the browser address bar, how the site puts an icon (usually the company's logo) in front of the address?...more >>

:(I have a flash doc that contains some movie clips and I would like to export it to avi. When I try to do this the movie clips don't play. All advice gratefully received. Thanks.:confused;...more >>

Hi All, Please help me in this, i have made a flash banner withe the navigation menu inside it. the banner is visible in allbrowsers like Ffox, opera, IE in windows but is not visible in safari -Mac OS. I dont have a mac so i couldnt test it. Any help will be appriciated. Thanks vinay ...more >>

OH MAN... can anyone tell me why Macromedia charge ?299 to upgrade to Flash MX8 while its only $299 for USA/Canada??? bang out of order if u ask me! almost half price......more >>

I made a series of text boxes to simulate tooltips. Each was duplicated from the one before and then the text was changed. On publish, some of the tips look distorted-some stretched taller, some scaled a little and crunchy looking. I'm guessing that I managed to change the size of the text...more >>

Hi, I'm altering a template (TemplateMonster) with Flash MX and having some problems with some static text used as the site's logo. In the first frames of the movie I am loading various other movie clips and (so it seems) have to have the quality set to "low" to avoid them simply breaking - ...more >>

While I am just beginning to learn Flash, I have begun to play around with the templates offered by adding my own questions. However, I have run in to a problem after publishing my quiz game. While the quiz game appears to run fine, every once in a while a radomly selected question will...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to find out whether it's possible to use the same flv file but in two situations: 1) online and streamed 2) offline and progressive download I'm looking at creating a learning programme that needs to be available online, but also available as a downloadable package f...more >>

Just saw the new studio 8 upgrade and it has the normal feature BACK called "Script assist (formerly called normal mode) Normal mode is back, only it's much better. Script assist provides a visual user interface for editing scripts that includes automatic syntax completion as well as descri...more >>

I'm looking to do the same thing Macromedia did on http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/flashpro/... when you click the "View the Feature Tour", the Flash window resizes and shifts the rest of the page downward. How do you do this?! I'm dying here... any help at all would really be appr...more >>

:disgust; Ok be gentle with me I am really new to Flash and Dreamweaver, designed a web page using Dreamweaver used java script to do the menu?s with on the pages that have flash the menu?s pop-up behind the flash. It is the opinion of one technician this happens because the flash is re...more >>

I have a logo which i want to spin horizontally. Someone told me that to do it you need to to use SWIFT 3D it will directly convert it to flash file and then you can use animation. So my question is that why not Flash? Flash Is it Real Poor Chap For Spinning ? I cant buy that software...more >>

The VOB format is an uncompressed video format yes? You would think this would be prime to create an FLV from but alas the video exporter does not recognize DVD video. Which uncompressed format should I convert the VOB's to that I might then create FLV's from? ...more >>

I'm seriously wondering about frame labeling. What I tried to do is this: I labeled some frames (uniquely) whithin a scene and then used the gotoAndPlay(framelabel) assigned to a button to jump between frames. (My document is some lengthy animation - something similar to a slideshow - co...more >>

Since installing Flash 8 beta my text in one of my dynamic text fields is spaced differently. The text is being written in the actionscript panel within quotes. " text more text etc" To get the text to wrap and show correctly for my text field - I added tabs and spaces to space everyt...more >>

will Flash 8 export the necessary template information that is SCORM 1.3 conformant ?? current version only supports 1.2 using FSCommand ??...more >>

I have a regtangular header made in flash. I wanted to make the top left corner rounded. I did that pretty easy, but when I cut the corner out I see the white canvas. So, when I use it on my page I see the white canvas. I would like to make the canvas transparent so that on my page you see the...more >>

I posted this question before, but dont know why suddenly disappear. ...more >>

Hi, I am having a problem with the scrollbar component which a lot of people seem to have. I have looked through a *lot* of threads and tutorials and I just cant get anything to work. I wish to make a scrollpane component on the stage, then fill it with a number of banner thumbnails....more >>

I am having a problem with my preloader. It works in flash but when I create a projector it doesn't load the whole file before running. Does anyone know what the problem could be? Any suggestions for a good type of preloader code wise? Cheers to anyone whom can help. ...more >>

Hi, I am using the following command to call up a html page. Rather than clearing my flash site on screen , and being taking to the new link - can anyone tell me please how i open up the loaded page in another browser window, so my main site can still be seen. The reason for this, is ...more >>

I've encountered a difficulty with some new expandable banners which I created for the new competition for OpinionWorld, the company I work for. I hope someone can help me out... If you open the following testpage in your browser; 'http://www.opinieland.nl/sp/advnl/test.htm' you'll see a h...more >>

hi all, how do u actually code it in Flash MX the mailto with cc and bcc email address? thanks in advance....more >>

I'm new here and I'm having a problem with the loadmovie distorting in flash. I have my main movie which i need to load into my frameset which i created in flash. My frameset is told to load that movie and where to load it but when it loads it it distorted somewhat and blurry. When ii publi...more >>

platform :- osx projector from flash player 7 fscommand("fullscreen","true"); fails after loading an external swf to _root. The background other than stage disappears and stage get aligned to top left corner of screen.. how to solve this.. please help ...more >>

Undo/redo options Switch between "object-level undo" and "document-level undo." -- Jeckyl ...more >>

Script assist (formerly called normal mode) Normal mode is back, only it's much better. Script assist provides a visual user interface for editing scripts that includes automatic syntax completion as well as descriptions for the parameters of any given action. -- Jeckyl ...more >>

Hey Everyone, I have a big task ahead of me. I work for a record label and we have decided to go digital online. I have to put about 40 GB of music online and when each track is clicked it streams and plays automatically. Does anyone know where I can find out more about this. Shane ...more >>

Hi, I am new to Flash and i am looking for help regarding Quick Time Movies. When i try to import a Q.T.M to the stage or the library the message "Flash doesnt recognise the file format of "name of movie.mov".Would you like to import via Quick Time?. When i click yes to this option th...more >>

:Q i really need help! How do you chose loaderand progress bar on flsh mx 2004 and make the loader work?? Plz tell me all details thnx thnx thnx...more >>

hi, I was wondering how can I make a screen saver using flash movies. What application do I need? I?m using Mac OS X. Thanks ...more >>

Im running the latest version of Panther. I have flash MX. This never happened before, but for some reason my text is viewable when I am laying out text in the flash scene, but when I test movie..its all garbled or letters are missing. BUT, when i use Flash mx 2004 pro...it works fine. The rea...more >>