I am curious if PowerPoint files can be imported into Flash8 and still retain their animation. Or, is their a good 3rd party tool? I know about Articulate however I am trying to avoid spending that much money. ...more >>

I have a menu button with a mc in the over frame. The clip ends with a stop(); command so it only plays once when you place your mouse over the button. However if you click on the button then on releasing it the over movie plays again. How do I stop this? ...more >>

Hello. Does anyone know where I can get the PHP script that the Flash 8 sample upload (FileUpload.swf) calls? I'd like to do some tests but am not great with PHP. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you! ...more >>

I've just installed Flash-8 30-day trial and I can not see any GUI controls to work with? What gives?...more >>

Just downloaded the new Flash 8. Imported files from a perfectly functioning Flash MX 2004 project and tried to run in the new Flash. It doesn't work properly. Went back to Flash MX 2004 to run it and it worked just fine. The problem occurs in a .as file, as follows: globalSound.loadSound(...more >>

Loaded new Flash 8 video up to my web server (.swf file, .flv file, .swf files for controls, html) and I can see the video perfectly when I open up Windows Explorer on my laptop.... however, I asked a few friends to test it out and they cannot see the video even though they have Flash 8 i...more >>

I'm trying to create a button, but it has some invisible portions that are physically large. Flash allows the invisible parts to be clickable as well. Is there some way to get around that?...more >>

How do I scale (resize) the entire animation at once ? ...more >>

Sadly when trying to install the new Flash 8 trial for evaluation purposes, the installer gives me the error "The InstallScript engine is missing from this machine." I have manually installed this engine and still the error reoccurs. The same goes for Fireworks 8 and Dreamweaver 8. A...more >>

Downloaded and installed Flash 8, then started a new project. Imported a .flv and tried to look at the parameters, it crashed. Opened it again, selected WIndow/Movie Explorer and it crashed. Tried an old .flv file (not VP6 codec) and it did the same thing. Trashed prefs, did the same thin...more >>

Hi all, I have an swf that loads an mp3 by loadSound(). The swf works fine, but the projector (.exe) doesn't load anything! Anyone has idea about it?? Thanks in advance, Damiano...more >>

Does anybody know how to export video with alpha channels with a program like Premiere and then import it into the Flash FLV importer? From After Effects you can use the FLV exporter but Premiere does not seem to have such an option. Somehow the lady fom OnDemand made it sound so easy. Cou...more >>

Hi, iv just finished making a flash intro for my website, but cant seem to make a button at the end of the site link to the website or better again make the flash window load into the website. can any one help me with this?? Cheers SteVe ...more >>

Hi We've got an elearning app authored in coldfusion and are delivering video in flash mx 2004. I would really like to be able to set it up so that when a user clicks on a link in html, the information for the flv that needs to be played in the media component gets passed to the swf t...more >>

i haft to make an interactiv map that can save its progres can this be done with eney flash programs...more >>

hi i want to embed this text +html im text box dangle_caption.html=true; dangle_caption.htmlText = this.info.caption+"<br><br><a href="+this.info.link+" target='_blank'>Click here</a>"; what am i doing wrong? thanks ...more >>

Ok, I've tried everything to make this run faster, but it's still not running smoothly on weaker computers. The only thing left I can think of is that I'm using MX. Would using 7 or even 8 make a big performance difference for me? I'm animating using x/y coords, and using levels to load ...more >>

Hey i need help wiv Flash MX 2004 ...i can create a flash file fine and view it ....but when i click publish i dont know were it goes as it dont ask to specifiy a Location ...so could you help me ... could you give me a guide on how to save a file using Flash MX 2004 thank s John ...more >>

In my little experience with flash, it has always been the case that my swf file is smaller than the fla one (it compresses it right?), in the case for my own website it went the other way around. My swf file is 1.5mb (pretty big) but my swf file is 2.08mb, this is the first time this has hap...more >>

The only one i found was in flash 5 and used normal mode and cut out aciton scipt any others were complex...more >>

I have the flash 8 player installed on a G5 iMac and it works fine. On my dual processor G5 machine, flash sites slow down to a crawl. Am i the only person with this issue or is this something Macromedia should know about? Thanks for your attention. ...more >>

Can anyone tell me the difference between flash mx bible and flash mx 2004 bible. I bought the flash mx 2004 bible off the internet, and they sent me the flash mx bible. I have flash mx 2004 pro on my computer. ...more >>

There was a Flash Team blog I've been following and one of the posts was "How can we improve trace()?". I'm just curious if there were any updates to trace after that long discussion. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flashteam/archives/2005/03/how_can_we_impr.cfm ...more >>

after getting some working exemples of right click interaction open onto new flash ide (v8) i noted that none of them have worked. so ive tried to cut and paste some help files from the flash help v8 and none of them worked. ok...its a bug dudes ? no right click on this new version ? wha...more >>

Any info on Flash Player 8 for linux? I'm developing some flash apps for web-kiosk layout that will run on Suse so I'm eager to update the whole app to new version and see that speed increase. Wespen ...more >>

I am working on the application which displays the information in tabular form. I did prototype of the application using datagrid to display 10 columns and 5 rows with static XML data. But performance of this datagrid is really very slow, it takes almost 3-4 seconds to display this information...more >>

Hello, I am starting a new project which will use Flash and Photoshop. The object is to get broadcast quality production. In photoshop what would be the best resolution to work with? I was thinking of using 72 dpi on a 720X540 canvas. Most animation will be done in Flash on a 720X540 canva...more >>

I just downloaded the offline installer for Firefox 1.0.6. I have got Firefox 1.0.6, Netscape 8.0.3.3, Opera 8.0.2 and IE 6 w/ SP2. Except Firefox, ALL other browsers works fine with Flash player 8. However, Firefox doesnt load flash at all.. i hv entered "about:plugins" to check if the pl...more >>

This might be a simple question, but I'm new and do not know how to accomplish this. I want to create a banner for my web page, and I want to play the whole movie through once, and then keep playing the movie from a certain point, not back at the beginning. Ex. My text comes in, maybe a mas...more >>

Hello all, Just wondering if a solution for this nasty problem has been found. When loading an image into a textArea using the html <img> tag, it would appear that an image larger than the textArea will not cause the textArea to display scroll bars, thus making the image only partially ...more >>

Note: If you are having problems with the download please keep trying. There is always a certain failure rate, usually higher in the first day or so of release while demand is high. Keep trying, and be sure to read the service note on download issues at: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/...more >>

I am trying to link an image from a html website to a specific frame in a flash slideshow... could anyone help me out with the html code to make it go to a specifc frame?...more >>

looking for flash programmer. i design, you code....basically. send email to reid.nix@nixlogic.com thanx...more >>

All of my Flash apps are built to employ Remoting. As is explained here: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_18889 Remoting components were not available at the time of release of Flash 8 thus rendering the product useless to me until they are released in "near...more >>

I'm having the hardest time trying to figure out how to load my movies into an empty movie clip. I want my logo and side menu to stay stationary while the inside box changes when buttons are clicked (switch between one Flash movie and another without loading a new web page). How exactly do I d...more >>

I made one animation which is giving me problem with layers can any one help me out with it...more >>

I'm exporting over 50 Flash files that make up a presentation thats being supplied on CD. The document size is 980 x 600px and when I export it with the Full Screen command it fills the screen, but leaves 2 white bars at the top and bottom of the page - as you would expect. Only thing is, ...more >>

Instead of JPEG i produce some gif file in xml but, How to code xml file to get slide show of gif images?...more >>

If you want to create a variable that keeps track of how many answers a player gets right, how do you create this variable? Once you do that, how do you get a different scene to play at the end of the game for each possible score? This is a very basic question, I know, but I am using action...more >>

I'm a total flash newbie, so any help would be very gratefully recieved. I need to animate a playing card so that it flips over. Imagine it's got across the middle, left to right. it needs to flip over from back to front and then to back. Anyone know of any examples, or a brief explanationof h...more >>

hi i am loading data from xml using cdata into a textbox and i want that when a user clicks on any link then it should open in new window. pls help....more >>

Studio 8 says it comes with flash paper 2, but I didn't see a download for it? Is that true or am I missing something? ...more >>

Working in the new trial version now. The FLV player is nice - many available skins, and better ways to customize the look and handling of the FLV. But - unlike the Media Playback Component - it looks like this won't play mp3s! Does anyone know a way to make the new player play mp3s? ...more >>

Ok, this is driving me crazy. Say you make a new flash document with a blue background. Select the line tool and choose a color (lets use green). If you draw a vertical line and then a horizontal line, they will appear as two different colors. What's with this? The same thing happens when I im...more >>

Hi, I just downloaded Flash8. If I try to add a transition effect without fading to a bitmap which has a drop shadow effect the rendering goes very wrong. The shadows become really ugly!...more >>

Downloaded twice... Both times I ran the installer it crashed, said the file was corrupted and couldn't unpack......more >>

I'm new to Flash but I've had a fair amount of experience with Director before. I'm having trouble doing things in Flash that I know how to do in Director. One of these things is making an image background transparent. In Director, you would select "background transparent" as the ink in the pr...more >>

I have 3min flash video; I want to show some movie clip end of this video or end of the video i should jump to another scene. If I extend to time line this is a going approx 6500 frame. What is best way to do this? Is there any other simple way? ...more >>

I caint seem to control the sound in my embedded movie. I actually want to be able to turn it off or on via a button or other type control, but still have the movie playing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

How to remove background in video for flash 8 like macromedia ?studio 8? demo? Do I need to follow any instruction to shoot video for that? Can I remove background in flash itself or using any video editing software? Is there any tutorial or checklist of this? For example, I plan to shoot ...more >>

I 'm getting error messages when I try to publish my flash movies as projectors, or Quick time movies, since I don't have the right quick time and can't find it. Isn't there an easier way for potential clients to be able to see the movies I made for them without having to buy or download a bun...more >>

I need to figure out if there is a way to distribute a free stand alone player that can open flash movies on a computers hard drive but not necissarily with an internet connection. I am developing flash photo albums and etc. I need for there to ba a way for my clients to view the finished pro...more >>

I have a flash page with about 10 invisible buttons. Some work and a few don't. The crazy thing is that one button (same actions) appears at the top and bottom of the page. I copied the button from the top and pasted it on the bottom. The top works, the bottom does not. The button IS on t...more >>

We use flash inside a windows application written in C++ (MFC 4) and we also have a ActiveX component for IE that in it's turn embeds flash content. I just upgraded to flash player 8 and noticed that the fscommands that the embedded SWFs report works in the application but not inside our activ...more >>

OK so I just downloaded my copy of Studio 8 today, including Flash 8 Professional. Coincidentaly, I am working on a new web site for a client. Two questions: 1. what features in Flash 8 require the Flash 8 player? 2. if the answer to above is significant, when would you be comfortable that...more >>

Tried to import video using Flash 8 and keep getting Failed to open Flv error. I have tried to import .mov, Mpeg and Avi files. Can't even link flv files that work in Mx 2004. Is ths a bug ? Thanks ...more >>

Just downloaded flash 8 and was updating my list various player versions for kewbee.de's marvellous plugin switcher... went to install the debug version of the player and it just installs the normal version! Anyone managed to get the debug version of the player? -- MOLOKO Macromedia Cer...more >>

Hi, Easy question-- What is a good (rule-of-thumb/ballpark) max file size for ..swf's to be brought into another flash file intended for the web. (Intended audience should have high speed internet) more details if wanted: flash header for a homepage, small video clips created in afte...more >>

Hi i have a few questions. I made a flash website for a musitian, and he want to be able to change some of the text in it dynamicly. Here is the URL if you want to see it http://www.rubbyperez.com.do. There is a news section he wants to be able to change it and update news. And there is also ...more >>

I'm creating a CD with an autorun that will launch a flash.exe file. I'm looking for a method that will expire the CD so the flash.exe file will not launch. Instead, a splash screen would appear to inform customer how to contact us for a new copy. Looking for ideas on how to accomplish thi...more >>

I need to open a full screen pop up window (without any toolbars etc..) from Flash. I have taken a look at the tutorial on this website that tells you how to open a window of a certain size, but it doesn't say how to make it full screen. Is there a simple way of modifying this script or anothe...more >>

I noticed the websites that sell software to students (much cheaper, I must add), sell the software for both PC and Mac, and sell it much cheaper. Of course, you must be a student. My question is, if I purchase Flash 8 from one of these academic online stores (for both PC and Mac); will it...more >>

Hi all. I mean yeah I'm just as extatic as the next person, however, being used to adobe dynamic point ergonomy, I'm wondering why it dosnt seem possible to move the individual handles on the points i create under custom tween .. ? ...more >>

I am trying to find a product / IDE to perform automated testing at the company where I work. I have looked at IIM from iOpus and QuickTest Pro from Mercury but I still haven't found what I am looking for. Does anyone have any other ideas?? Please let me know. Many thanks! ...more >>

On2 Technologies (www.on2.com) today announced the immediate availability of its Flix line of Flash Video authoring tools for creating high quality Flash video content for Macromedia?, Inc.?s newly-launched family of Flash Player 8 products. http://flix.on2.com/ With this announcement, On2?s...more >>

How come the find / find and replace shortcuts don't work in the actionscripts panel?...more >>

Anyone know when the Europe flash 8 is going to be fixed cos I've downloaded it three times and its still broken....more >>

http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/flashpro/ On the website of macromedia they use flash & html css. I like to know how they make that feature tour expand outside its html block. The button "view the feature tour" is flash .. the rest is html. When you press it everything jumps do...more >>