I'm hoping someone might be able to answer something for me- I'm working on a project for a musician (and the project is also more complicated than anything i've worked on before). In order to speed up loading time, I've got 2 swf files on one HTML page, one main file, and one below that only ...more >>

I have just completed my first website based on a cartoon character idea (Smurfs meets Southpark) and I am itching to get it online. The entire website was designed using Flash 7.2. Its pretty simple and average in size. The website is a personal venture which I aim to turn into a bus...more >>

Hi! I made a photo presentation in Flash that is accompanied by an .aiff sound file. The sound file is identified as an MP3. When I go to export to .swf, I save as a flash movie and click the box that says export device sounds. I get this message: WARNING: The Export Frame for Clas...more >>

For a website I am designing on the job, my employer wants turning gears for the menu. The easiest way, I assumed, was to do this in Flash. However, I cannot get the gears to turn appropriately so they do not overlap. Is there a way to make them actually turn one another by setting some type ...more >>

On my site a have a flash app that pulls an XML feed from the BBC. However, when you click on the news story the web page doesn't open. Why is this, how can I fix it? www.yourbirmingham.co.uk/sport.htm www.yourbirmingham.co.uk/news.htm I use the following .php file to allow for the f...more >>

Does anyone know of a good image to SWF converter? Preferably one that will do a resize as well??...more >>

Where do I post problems and "pseudo bugs" to Macromedia where someone that matters will actually read it and add it to their to-do list? Mainly, it's with regards to the way the Player handles Bitmap Filters. It would appear that a bitmap filter gets applied to the entire bitmap regardless ...more >>

Hi there, I have just downloaded and installed the Flash 8 trial, and everything looks great .. except after closing Flash 8, Flash 7 won;t start, I have to reboot and then load Flash 7 ... Anyone got any suggestions? ...more >>

Alright I'm having a hell of a time trying to get this to work how I want it to. Can someone tell me how to attach a flash movie on here, so maybe someone can take a look at this and give me recommendations. Thanks ...more >>

I'm sure someone might have had similar problems and can enlighten me on the finer points of using bitmap images in Flash. I'm in the process of building a scrolling timeline (horizontal format). I've created a bitmap image of my timeline (includes text and images) in photoshop and saved it ou...more >>

I am attempting to make an opening book with various graphics that have been created in photoshop. However, the shape tween won't work. I have tried to break the graphics apart but even if the tween arrow between the keyframes is solid it still doesn't work. This is the flash file. htt...more >>

Clicking on the Expand Files Panel in the Files>View causes the program to go into a continuous loop. Cannot get an expanded panel by any means. Program no longer responds to any actions. 3 gig Ram, 2.5 mhz Dual G5 Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: ...more >>

Hey Does anyone know any good examples of interactive flash animation [preferable that work well as part of the narrative. Thanks shelleyfish...more >>

In a Flash animated web site that I recently created (and still creating), I have a button at the end which allows the viewer to download a PDF version of our order form. For some reason, some viewers can view the PDF and other can not. Some, once they downloaded Adobe Acrobat 7.0 can view it,...more >>

I loaded a test clip to Front Page web and am unable to see unless I am on my computer. The clip is here http://www.fundingdepot.com/BlackChurchNetwork/Movie2/movie2Page.htm Any advice anyone?...more >>

I have been looking through a lot of art and drawing books at the bookstores. None of them I've seen really teach how to do something in the style you might use in a 3d animation you would create in flash or Illustrator say like Chris Georgenes does at mudbubble.com. Where you are using simple...more >>

http://slopemusic.de/tobi/flash_8_error_opening_doc.jpg HELP PLEASE!!!!...more >>

Whilst Studio 8 (on Mac) has been the most painless Studio install to date and whilst we are loving the performance enhancements, tabbed doc windows etc. I was totally gobsmacked to find that the infuriating bug whereby the library keeps jumping back to the top after deselecting a library item...more >>

i have a series of powerpoint presentations opened from within a flash presentation which will be supplied on cd rom - they are viewed usinfg powerpoint viewer, which was fine but now the client wants to be able to either open and save to desk top or have the option to download for later viewi...more >>

I have been trying to update default Flash 8 publish template so that the object tag checks for the latest version of flash (8,0,22,0). I have been changing the generated html file manually but I'm sure there should be a better way. I have found the templates in C:\Documents and Settings\...more >>

Does anyone know if there are any command line options when running the Flash 8.0 Professional MSI file (in order to run silently, specify the serial number, accept the EULA, specify the installation directory etc), for example: MsiExec.exe /i Flash 8 Professional.msi /qb- ISX_SERIALNUMBER=...more >>

did u eaven tested it before releasing it? The picture rendering is totally fckd up. Here is a example: This picture is rendered with Flash MX 2004, looks nice and clear: http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flash75ky.png And this picture is rendered with Flash 8, totally blurry and ...more >>

I hope this is an easy one. My Flash file is no longer reading from the html file which populates it's text. I am very new to this and need some direction of checkpoints.. I think that it may be the object classid that needs to be checked. How do I verify the classid number in my flash do...more >>

Hello Guys, is there any 3d version of Flash is in the marke, i want to make it confirm, one of my freind having it, its work really looks like flash work. i m amazaed if there is any one plz send me link from where i can download it, or let me know its name plz. ...more >>

http://www.gebakkendromen.nl/een/mapzeven/test.html I made a video with the new flash 8. If I go to this link I see the video at the beginning of the video. But the buttons to press 'play or 'stop' which are in de ArcticExternallAll.swf are not showing up. I tried and I tried but not...more >>

Hi everyone I have created a site in flash. www.rangeradio.co.uk Please take the time to have a look i could really do with some feedback. I know that the text takes a while to load. I have even added a loader on the whole site but it doesnt seem to have any effect. any feedback and help ...more >>

Hello, I am very new to Flash, though I have done some development in Swish previously. I purchased Macromedia Studio recently and, to save time, I also purchased a web site Flash template that I want to heavily modify. The template included all the necessary PSD and FLA files, but there i...more >>

I have a very large problem with my flash file. I spent about 4 months working on an animated work (estimated time 11 minutes) and had put the work together into one flash file. There is about 22 scenes in all, but some of the scenes are just silent captions (I did input "silent sound tracks...more >>

Hi there everyone, I downloaded Flash and Dreamweaver ( both corrupted ) probably tried about 10 to 20 times, but i went to my office next day and download it, worked perfectly. What i thought it was probable is that the internet connectionat my house is 128KBPS and at the office 1MBPS. C...more >>

Hello all, as I was experimenting with Flash Player 8, I managed to Crash the Latest Flash Player 8 r22 with a simple code, which I believe pose a huge threat to the end user, I filled a bug report for using the bug form at Macromedia site but sadly I didn't get a response, so I feel I shoul...more >>

I'm having a bizarre problem in Flash MX 2004. Here's my layer structure: Mouth Pupils Eyes Face BG Each element is on a separate layer, obviously, but if I place the pupils, then select something else, then go back and move the pupils, I can see all the way to the background. On the p...more >>

Does anyone know whether the codec that ships with Flash 8 (full edition) is the "yop of the line" codec ? Is there anything better ? For example, On2 now sell Flix8;p and Soreson are testing beta 4.2 of Squeeze which include new On2 codecs. But is there any difference in the codecs and th...more >>

I installed Flash 8 on my Windows laptop running XP Pro. It runs fine but I needed to install a bunch of fonts for some movies that I am working on. I installed the fonts and Flash 8 only sees some of them for example, ITC Kabel it sees Book, Medium and Ultra but not Demi and Bold. Similarly w...more >>

I would like people to be able to click a link in my flash site to download mp3 files and I came across a way to do it using PHP but after you designate where you would like to save the file to on your HD it only downloads 3k. here is the code I am using: In Flash on my transparent button:...more >>

i?ve downloaded the trial of flash 8, and when i execute the installer, an error shows up, the error says: "Error 1606.Could not acces network location %allusersprofile%\startmenu\programs\startup\." but the folder is not bloked to write, so i can?t find a way to solve this problem. i have win...more >>

I think Macromedia needs to get rid of their Creative Director. The new graphics on the splash page and About screen of Flash 8 are hideous. They look like they should say Flash 3 and be something people get a chuckle from while they reminisce about 1997. Seriously, the branding for MX 2004 wa...more >>

My company doesn't like to spend a lot of money, so by the time we got around to upgrading from Flash MX, version 8 was already out, so we completely skipped over MX 2004. We use Captivate 1.0.1 for lots of tutorials, and I need to be able to import these files into Flash for further tweeking....more >>

hi, i'm using flash mx 2004 pro and have created a flash site that isn't ranking very high in search engines. there are 3 html pages that have embedded data but this isn't enough to compete on the same level with other sites similar in subject matter that are all html. is there a way? is the...more >>

I get the following crashes constantly, when i go back to the page after relaunching Safari, i can view the page so seems like some random bug in their player code: Date/Time: 2005-09-19 09:45:02 -0400 OS Version: 10.3.9 (Build 7W98) Report Version: 2 Command: Safari Path:...more >>

Good morning! (depending on where you are) I am yet another new person to Flash and so far, have been completely taken by it! I hope by browsing and posting at this forum, I too willl be able to someday help others. Well, I am not certain how simple this is, but here goes.. I have an e...more >>

I am doing a presentation with several frames and I want to have a buttom that pause and another one that can play. I am trying to find from other forums but I can't find the exactly solution. Can somebody help me with this? In additional the presentation has 2 sounds, according with the tim...more >>

Is it possible to embed html site into flash? thank you....more >>

Hello All- I have searched the forums but have not found any reference to what I am trying to achieve. I have a simple to complex shape pre-drawn in a moviclip. Lets say it's called "mcCar". Is it possible to dynamicly change the stroke size of an object at runtime? Something like "m...more >>

I created a Flash program a year or so ago in another country and returned home. I have a copy of the program on CD and that's all...not the orignal computer where it was stored. Can I import this program into my current computer Flash setup and edit it? thanks jpb: ...more >>

hello everyone, i am relatively new to flash. However i have searched the forums and the web and i cant find an answer to the problem i am having. I shape tweened text by breaking it up like i learned. But after i have published it and imported it as a movie into another flash project the "...more >>

When I try to Install Flash 8, I got the Error message: "1: The InstallScript Engine is missing from this machine. If avaible, please run ISScript.msi, or contact your support personnel for further assistane" I tried to install these ones: - iKernel Update - isscript7 (its file i...more >>

Hello folks Would anyone know how to enlarge the viewing size of the entire contents of a website file (swf,fla) created in Flash MX 7 without having to re edit every single parameter??...more >>

Hello, I am using Macromedia Flash 8. I have a button symbol that is white text. On the hit frame, it is red text. For some reason when I run the movie and I click on the white button, it doesn't turn red. Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks, Rob ...more >>

Hello there, I build a pseudo Operating System in flash with a lot of pseudo Popup?s. The problem is that when a pop-up comes over another or over the background the buttons inside the down levels are still active. Now I try to do this: 1. to put a selectable dynamic textBox on the last ...more >>

So, the thing is, i was happily making a flash movie when, all at sudden, the motion tween goes crazy. When skewing, and/or rotating, while scaling it goes weird and moves the picture(the whole tween symbol) down in the bottom of the frame. When it reaches the ending frame it sets to the exact...more >>