I can't explain why, but when I open the html page that I'm working on, the embedded .swf file appears very small. It should show up as 800 X 600, but it looks half that size. ...more >>

Did every thing Flash "4"...(I know)... told me to and my preload animation keeps looping. I entered the "If Frame is Loaded" in the appropriate frame actions etc....Doing everything the "good book" says...<P> WHATS UP!!! ...more >>

Hello, For some reason i feel a bit stupid asking this question. Anyway, how do i get my text to follow a curve? No animation. Just static. Cheers! Alan...more >>

Heya, Anytime I put text in a table it appears bold, why is this and can I prevent that from happening so just appears normally? Thanks. -Spence...more >>

I'm wondering if it is possible to run multiple versions of the Flash IDE on the same computer. Here is my situation: I work with Flash and just purchased version 8 (but haven't installed it yet). For my own work I would like to move to the new version, but there is a caveat. I teach F...more >>

hi i am building a flash site - around 10 pages. what is the best way or the recommended way to do each page: for example - each page as movie and then use the load/unloadmovie or each page as movieClip and then use the attach/remove movieclip or one long time line with lab...more >>

We have a problem with the new flash plug-in (player version 8.0.0.r22). It seems that the plug-in doesn't like the "query string" syntax (such as interface.swf?num=10) when accessing content locally. So the website plays fine if we're online but for times when we don't have an internet conn...more >>

Can someone please check out my site and tell my how to resize the scroll bar? I don't know if this matters, but I tried the text as both "Multi line" and "Single line". I also tried setting the Scroll Bar min height in the Components sections as well as in the properties section. What am I d...more >>

Hi, I've been a DevNet subscriber since its inception. When Studio 8 was released the ONLY way for DevNet subscribers to purchase it was through the MVLP. So, of course, I purchased it as instructed. The EULA has been modified and says that Studio 8 may be installed on 2 computers if not pu...more >>

Hi All, I've been trying to open a flash mx2004 file with flash 8 pro, and it keeps saying unexpected file format. It imports .swf to stage, but it wont open .fla files at all. Please Help, I dont wont to start all my work again in flash 8, cos I wanted to use the improved version wit...more >>

Hey All, I am designing a website and it's all done in flash. I have most of the designs done myself, but I am not good with the scripting and technical part. I need to outsource this job to someone who wants some side cash and who is knowledgeable about this area. The site needs some ...more >>

OK thing is... I have an very old Flash File with a standalone player [which means it isn't an SWF, but an .EXE file wich supposed to play itself], it was made at the year of 1999 or 2000... whenever I try and open it, it opens a "flash player" window but it doesn't play anything :( How can I ...more >>

I need to add a button component in order to complete a 'send comments' movie within my website. I am using Flash Pro 7.2. I would like to change the buttons appearance but Flash won't let me. Does anyone know a way around this? Thanks. ...more >>

:confused; Hello, Thanks for your help in Advance. When I publish my Flash movie it goes to the left of screen and does not center. It's driving me nuts. I have my document properties (stage) set to 620 (width) x 460 (height). I have publish settings - Flash alignment at Center ...more >>

I know this has been mentioned many times before, but I want there to be as many threads from as many directions as possible going to Macromedia/Adobe. Now that Adobe has purchased Macromedia, Adobe is the only company keeping windows on one of my machines. I am one of the estimated 29 m...more >>

I am trying to create dropdown submenu lists for links in my flash movie, much like Macromedia's site. I want a submenu to appear on roll-over of a link that will appear, allow a link from the submenu to be clicked, and disappear if the mouse is moved off it. Any help would be greatly app...more >>

I would like to know where I can download Flash Player 7 for IE and Firefox. This is because we are debugging detection methods and we upgraded to Flash Player 8 and would like to switch back to Flash Player 7 to do some testing. Anyone know where Macromedia keeps old player downloads? Or an...more >>

I am having a difficulty with swf files in webpages preview in Firefox browser. What happens is that when the page loads, my swf files contains 5 movie clips of smoke effect in the background that I bought from istockphoto.com., it causes the Firefox browser to freeze; nothing is working. Th...more >>

The new video compression allows you to stream video at 700kbps rather than 1200kbps, yet maintain the same level of quality for the video. This pretty much opens the door to the future of the internet as a media hotspot. We can now stream full screen video at almost DVD quality, yet at ...more >>

Hello, I am working on a flash banner that I want to be a hyperlink to a URL. I have the banner in layers (background, logo and text) and I want the banner to be a hyperlink to a URL. I thought I could make the background a button and use the action command getURL("http://www.linkgoe...more >>

Hi, I'm not to new to Flash, but neither am I half as good as I'd like to be. I was wondering if any of you "combat veterans" so to speak, could help me out, with intergrating the MediaController. "Components > Media - Player 6 -7 > MediaController. I'm a bit clueless, about how to get i...more >>

Hey All, I am stumped. Heres the effect im looking for and don't know how to do: I have an intro screen with just a logo and a preloader, then when the site loads up i want the logo to "blow away" in small particles like the logo was made out of dust and someone blew on it to make it diss...more >>

I thought I understood registration points -- they are either the center or upper left of the MC. And I thought I understood that when the MC is not selected, the reg point is a little white dot with a black outline, which has a small crosshair when it is selected. So what is the additional...more >>

I am totally confused about how Flash 8 and/or the Flash 8 player are handling fonts... when I export the same movie the same way, sometimes my text will appear, and sometimes it won't: it'll just be blank. The strange thing is, when the text *doesn't* appear, neither do select movie clips, ev...more >>

I'm with a doubt: does anybody knows if Flash stores loaded jgp files (external, loaded with ActionScript) in Windows Temporary Internet Files? If yes, to prevent users "copying" images from a website, the better thing to do is embbed the jpg files inside the flash movie and, using javascrip...more >>

Hi all, I am using Flash 8 Pro, in Windows XP Pro,SP1,(Internet Explorer, Mozilla Browsers). I have created One Simple MovieClip, In which one rectangle(Vector Image, Solid fill), And a Dynamic text box to diaply something, Now i have attached it to the Stage. Its working fine in ...more >>

Im losing the fireworks effects when I import into Flash. In this case, i have text attached to a path, so the text is arched around a circle. When i import as a pic, the image (especially smaller images) do not resize well and 'greek' easily as someone resizes the page. When i attempt...more >>

Hi All, I'm sorry for the crosspost. I put this on the Flashpaper forum a few days ago and didn't receive any responses so I'm hoping somebody here can help. I've seen this question and comments about it posted but unfortunately, I'm so new to Flashpaper and Flash that I can't decipher exac...more >>

I read with interest that Flash 8 now supports transparent video. I have a few video clips shot against a green screen - does Flash 8 allow me to import these directly in, and remove the green background, and overlay them onto other content? Or do I need to do something in another video ed...more >>

Hi I am currently building a Flash site, a sample page of which can be viewed here; http://www.cream-ink.co.uk/CreamInkTest As you will see, the images that scroll along the bottom are working fine and if you click one, you get a larger image above. My problem is this. You'll see...more >>

Hi! I develop on flash 7 and all be fine. But when i try to launch my movie on flash player 8 (ver. 8,0,22,0) i saw only that preloader show "loaded 100%" and nothing more. activex control which wait message from flash that it successfully load all content says that flash do not send any mes...more >>

Is it simply not possible to control the volume of an embedded movie that's playing on the timeline? If I put trace(mymovie.getVolume()); in the timelime it reads undefined, I also cannot adjust it with setVolume... is there another way to control the volume of an embedded movie? ...more >>

i wanna make a website, where i have smooth transitions all throughout my menu. for instance, i have this following set of menus menu 1 2 3 4 5 6 menu 1: contains menu 1a and 1b menu 1a: contains menu 1ai and 1aii and so forth for the rest of the other submenus menu 1ai will contain ev...more >>

I have a page with two frames,each holding a swf.I want to track a variable in a swf in one frame through another swf in the other frame..How can i do this..?...more >>

Is there a way to resize an object so that width and height keep the same aspect ratio?...more >>

If I buy now the studio 8 english version, may I swich to the spanish version when it be aviliable, or must I wait? Thanks you....more >>

Has anyone tried to use the RadioButton in a CellRenderer? I can't get the buttons to talk with each other so that when one is selected, the active button is deselected. Any suggestions?:confused;...more >>

I'm trying to group a button symbol with a static text block, I've selected the two elements and grouped them. I can then move them as group, but as soon as I deselect them I loose the bound between the two elements. If I go back and click on the grouped object only one on the pieces is select...more >>

If I use Firefox as my browser my Flash movie is displayed at a very small size. I've published the movie at 99% but am still having the problem. Any ideas at whats going on here? Thanks...more >>

hi my friend send me fla that was issued by flash 8 and i have the mx2004 pro when i am trying to open it i get an error message "unexpected file format" can't i open fla 8 version in my version??? thanks Yaniv ...more >>

I have a .mov file and a .mpeg file that I have been trying to import into Flash Professional. Everytime I import the files the audio track doesn't seem to come along with the video. The only time the audio worked was when the audio track of the .mov file was in QDesign Music2 format. But the ...more >>

I know this is a Flash forum, but so many of you have sent me to Swish for quick easy effects, I thought I'd try it out and got a template. I figure, many of you are knowledgeable in Swish, so it is here I am presenting my problem. I have a Swish template page with the words, "Member Login" ...more >>

When I start up my movie, I want to be able to line up certain components, so I created a function called AlignObjects in the first frame and tried to call it. None of the objects (a button and a movie clip) seem to line up. Can anybody help me with what I am doing wrong? Actionscript on Fra...more >>

Hi, I'm in the process of redesigning my site in flash. I have some basic navigation set up do that when a menu item is clicked, the page I want is loaded as an external swf. the thing is, once that page is loaded, I don't want the user to be able to click the link again, because then it...more >>

i have found that the scrollbar in the scrollbar component doesnt appear when loaded. it will appear after you revisit the area again. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. (go to the "work" drop down menu) Garry http://www.silky.com.au/new_05/index.htm ...more >>

I have sent this very simple page to some friends, but the only ones able to see it are the FF users! (yes, there are IE users still): <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset="> <title>fies...more >>

Hi, I was curious if anyone could tell me why flash files on my website take sometime to pop up when they are supposed to. It seems like it is loading it for some reason because when you enter the page, it takes about 15 seconds to pop up and start. It does that at all connections, high spee...more >>

I'm getting a conflict with my level numbers. Can someone find the bug? Here's the preload call from preload.swf: loadMovieNum("speaker2.swf", 1); In my movie, I am loading a single audio file. //frame1 sp = new Sound(); sp.attachSound("speaker2"); sp.start(); //frame2 sp.onSoundCompl...more >>

is there any way to optimize a flash file to reduce it's size? I have a small animation banner that is around 30k now, but needs to be down to 12k to meet the standards set by the site we are uploading to. thanks, ...more >>

I decided to develop my next project as a flash application. Here's my question: I currently have Flash MX 2004 Pro, would it be wise to upgrade to Flash 8 before embarking on this application? Are there significant benefits with Flash 8 for developing apps that Flash MX 2004 doesnt? Thats...more >>