I'm working on an animation with Flash that has sounds in it and I'm trying to do mouth movements to sync up with the voices right now but I'm having a big problem. I'm using the demo version of Flash Professional 8 on a Dell Dimension 9100 using Windows XP Professional and when I preview the ...more >>

Is there a way i can click a button to pause a movie clip and clicking a button again to continue playing?...more >>

I was just thinking of this today. (And I'm just revisiting Flash after several years hiatus, so bear with me here.) It's possible to have one symbol representing an animated link or button in the library. Multiple copies of that button could be placed on stage and their associated text an...more >>

Is it possible to use a swf file as page background ? The only solution I found is to make it transparent but it didn't help me to much because almost all text beneath it is not visible. Are there any solutions for this issue? Thank you . ...more >>

I want very much to start working with Flash 8, and have already purchased a copy. What I don' t know is when it is safe (AND NOT ANNOYING) for me to begin requiring that users have flash player 8 to see the website. I mostly want to take advantage of the new font rendering and layer effect...more >>

When accessing a FLV file from a non local area the skin is not visible but if the file is local it's fine. So if I have the FLV at a separate domain name than the original file the skin is not visible. The file plays as its set to auto play but no skin. What seems to be the problem? ...more >>

I apologize if there is already a message here about this. I tried to post one but it doesn't seem to have worked. I am teaching a new Flash class that begins tonight and I just learned that the school uses MX. My lesson plan is written around MX 2004 and I'm not prepared for this, I'm af...more >>

Check out one of the vids here: http://sofrenchysochic.com/ No clue how they achieve this within Flash. Thanks! Danny...more >>

Hi - I'm on Flash Studio 8 Pro, using Frontpage 2003 and Win XP Pro. I'm having an audio problem with one of my clips on the playlist of my MP3 player (it's a mp3 component soundplayer from Flashloaded.com). Check the 'Audio Clips' page; every clip plays ok except for the last audio clip ...more >>

I've created a flash player using an online tutorial but I'm having problems with the XML file, The player is attached as a child in Dreamweaver and I get the player with "undefined" where the list should be. Could someone please review the link below and tell me what I'm missing . I have ...more >>

Hi folks, sorry if this is a n00b question but we seem to have misplaced some of the installation media here in our busy office. I have the boxes and manuals and such, but lack the installers for our Macromedia stuff. I was able to download ColdFusion 6.1 no problem, but for some reason cann...more >>

I'm building a chess boardgame in flash. I have a board with 64 individual buttons for the 64 squares on a chess board. Each button has code to handle what to do when it's clicked on, depending on whether or not it has a piece on it, you're trying to put a piece down, etc. The problem is, this...more >>

I have an iFrame positioned absolutely over my swf file with the flash file acting as a menu and i'm targeting the iframe in the buttons but I can't get any content to load into the iFrame. The main document in the iFrame that should load with the page initially also doesn't show up. If a...more >>

Hi - I am trying to get pause and play video control buttons to work. I see in the help section under "Add Video Control Behaviors" tutorial that it refers to a "Play movie clip instance (which looks like a play button). I have tried adding the embedded video behaviors but can't seem to get it t...more >>

Urami, I have used the method you suggested in your previous post news:dfmr5b$pi9$1@forums.macromedia.com... with success, I originally thought. but having some problem now. I am opening html pages with get URL from buttons inside movieclips. Within each html page that opens, I have used ...more >>

Hi - I am new with Flash and when try to import an mpg file, get this: Flash doesn't recognize the file format of 'file.mpg' Would you like to try to import via QuickTime? after yes One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them. I installed ActiveX 9 on m...more >>

Hello, is it possible to write values to an XML files from Flash without the use of an application server (i.e. without PHP,CGI, ASP etc) Thanks. BV...more >>

How can i change the Font size in the Help system for FLASH 8 ?? I saw this answered in a recent thread, but it does not work. http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.flash/browse_frm/thread/5b841a7fa12ef0 34/a70ea2bb430f35d2?lnk=st&q=help+font+size+group:*flash*&rnum=7&hl=en#a70ea2bb4...more >>

I am opening pages with get URL from buttons inside movieclips. Within each html page that opens, I have used a variable to send the flash movie (the menu) to a certain frame. I am having trouble with sending the flash movie (the menu) to a certain frame. flashmenu2 is a menu containing button...more >>

I have never used flash. An employee at my company built our web site with Flash MX however didn't save any of the supporting files. He left the company and took all the files with him. The only thing in the HTML on the web site is a reference to flash: <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae...more >>

Hello everyone! When working in Flash in "Freehand-Style" (point-based) Flash likes to add points inbetween the points I created, which can be really a serious disturbance when doing frame-by-frame animation. Also, when trying to delete those points Flash (most of the times) deletes the fi...more >>

Hiya, I have a comma seperated string that i need to convert to an Array. I need for each element of the string to be seperated by the comma. For example: var myString:String = "1234,4321,1233"; var myArray:Array = newArray(); //this will treat the string as 1 item i need it to b...more >>

Hi, i use Flash primarily for animation purposes and am looking to hire one or two blokes to do some work Freelance for me from their homes. Along with their resumes they have to provide me with a proof of purchase. One of the applicants who is real good gave me a license key for ...more >>

Hi, My .flv video won't show in Flash Player 6 using this code; my_nc = new NetConnection(); my_nc.connect(null); my_ns = new NetStream(my_nc); my_video.attachVideo(my_ns); my_ns.play("exported2.flv"); Is it because my flv video must be on the FC Server? It works very fine w...more >>

Hi all, I have made a mistake! I have created several documents in Flash Professional 2004 to be used as slide shows. I was only when i was getting confused with the navigation of these documents that i realized that flash pro has another document setting to cater for presentations. I was ...more >>

Hi guys.. Here's my problem.. I have a combobox sitting on a bmp, which acts as a control panel. When the user chooses to hide that control panel, I set its alpha value to 0. The combobox border, arrow and bg all become transparent too which is fine. The text however remains in ful...more >>

HI experts im new with flash, and im facing a problem i have a flash menu i want to edit and add links to its submenu however im unable to preview the code whenever i try opening it with flash it just keeps displaying the menu in th flash player. Can any one help me plzz... ...more >>

I have an 8 frame movie and in each frame i have 8 dynamic text fields all labelled mytext1, mytext2 etc. I use a next and previous button to move between the frames and in each frame is different text content. In Frame 1 i have a movie clip which is a menu bar with 8 buttons which are suppose...more >>

i want to stream external wav file from remote server, could i stream wav file? any plug in help?...more >>

This is just the trial version but I'm assuming the full version is identical... After placing a bitmap and doing Ctrl+B to break it apart, then using "Select Unused Items", the broken apart bitmap is detected as unused. If you proceed to delete the bitmap from the library, the instance on...more >>

Are there any good tools now in version 8 flash to manipulate 360 panoramic images? I heard their way to manipulate several multiple 360 panoramic images so you can assemble multiple 360 images and move around. ...more >>

Imported AVI movie and let the Wizard make a FLV file with an included skin. Made a projector.exe (WIN) and it played back fine from the folder that I created this projector in. I then copied the projector and the FLV file to a CDROM disc and the skin is missing. I tried copying the files to a...more >>

I have a button being created at run time and want to set the function for that button after it is created. What am I missing? _root["instName" add j].click = function() { //my code here }; doesn't seem to like the ["instName" add j]. any ideas? -- Dan ...more >>

Client says projector is locking up her new Dell Laptop. I actually saw it happen today, but when I clicked on the My Computer Icon and then the CD drive it said there was no disc. This was after it had autorun once. I figure it must be a drive problem, but thought I'd post to see if anyone el...more >>

Just come back from the MM launch of Studio8 in Mancester (UK). In the "goodie" (I use the term loosely) was a Studio 8 keyring! Huzzah... I got it out of the box this morning - the rubber bit fell off, the ring is rusting and the lettering is coming off - I now have a rusting piece of Chr...more >>

I am doing a preloader. In the first frame I calculate the total number of kb to load. I use this value again in a later frame, to update a progress bar and display a label. This works fine when I test the movie, but after publishing and uploading to the remote site the value is displayed as N...more >>

I am having problems in Flash 8 getting a dynamically loaded text file to render in HTML, I have bold tags and italic tags in my text file, but it's writing them out instead of rendering them in HTML. It worked in MX 2004. Here is my code: var features_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); fea...more >>

I made some characters, when i try to load them into the main timeline it said sorry for your inconvenience and it closes and i cant get my characters to get on the screen and i tried it several times and it still wont work...........i rather start to quit......... ...more >>

Hi, I have a banner ad which created in Flash MX, I will need to publish it into an animated GIF format. I have try "publish setting" and choose "GIF", but after I "publish" it, not only the picture is "dither", also there is no animation at all ! It only shows the first frame of picture an...more >>

I have an application which opens a link with a simple getURL("http://myurl.com","_blank","POST") call. This works completely reliably until I upgrade my IE plugin to Flash player 8. With IE + FP8 the getURL call fails silently offline. If the application is placed onto a web server then...more >>

Hi Guys... Does anyone know how to import a .SWF file into a new scene/movie while keeping the actionscripting from this .SWFfile intact... Thanks in advance.... Thisgo...more >>

I have an swf that plays fine by itself, but when it loads into the other movie with loadMovie, some actions dont show. I know its because i have _root.name.name in each movie and it has something to do with the level. The actions play fine when i use this script: loadMovieNum("hotels1.s...more >>

when im using the text tool in flash, the text i type dissapears as soon as i change the tool. anybody knows what im doing wrong?...more >>

Hey guys, I found a sweet site the other day, and was curious how they got an affect to work... www.burnkit.com notice when you stretch your window the right side adjusts to the new size of the window, while the left stays put, allowing for about all screen sizes and resolutions with...more >>

I can see the checkboxes in my movie fine, but the labels are not visible if I move them inside a mask for a wipe effect. The mask placement or size is not the issue. It's something else. The labels are just "gone". Also, how do you change the color of the labels? ...more >>

Everytime I add a new component to the stage (UI components, etc) in MX Pro 2004, the registration point in the center. That's not only annoying that it defaults to that, but made even worse by the fact that I don't know how to change it. How can I make it use the top left as the default reg...more >>

I'm using Windows 2000 and have installed trial version of Flash 8 Professional. When I'm trying to apply blur filter Flash crashes without any notice. Blur filter created with ActionScript works all right ! Can anyone give me an advice on some kind of workaround???; ...more >>

I have four layers that are compositing in real time large files 1280 by 1024 with alpha channels from swfs . When I playback the application it slows way down. The size is not the poblem because the same thing happens when I create a low res version. Does Flash 8 player really support realtim...more >>

i've installed a free trial o f flashplayer 8 and i still can't view things with it....more >>

Hi, I have been looking for some cms system for Flash but it seems as nothing really works and it seems everybody is really confused about it...Does anyone here know of a good working system...I only need a picture gallery and text input functionality...This should exist somewhere.....I fou...more >>

I'm working on a project that requires me to dynamically load FLV files through a MediaPlayback component. I'm publishing the file from MX 2004 Pro on my Mac, and creating a Mac and a Windows projector file. In the Mac projector, the FLVs load fine, but on the Windows projector they will not l...more >>

I get a popup when testing the Flash file I am authoring: "Macromedia Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation Blah Blah Blah..." It says to click the "Settings" button and change my settings to fix the issue. I click it and it takes me to a Macromedia page but instead of seei...more >>

Well, my topic summary essentially says my problem. I can't import my Captivate file into Flash 8. Works fine in MX 2004, but not in 8. When I open the "Import to Library Screen" .cp doesn't even come up as a possible format to import. Any idea what's going on? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

:( Hello, I'm trying to put an external flv in my movie i use the code below. I took the example "Playing back external FLV files dynamically" from : http://www.gotoandlearn.com/index2.html - video bascic part 1. Why is it not working for me... I'm looking for a way to put a .mov or ...more >>

I used to use flash 5 and am having problems with MX action scripting. I just need a basic "close window" command to use to close down the whole movie. can anyone help? thanks kerrie...more >>

I am on a Mac with Panther...so the previous threads and posts about the sound card being the issue don't work for me. For some reason, when I play back my swf, my music pops, no matter what format I use. I have tried the music as mp3, wav, aif...all of them pop. Any thoughts or ideas? Sug...more >>

:o New to flash 7 (non flash user) Trying to create 5 button icons next to text which point to mp3 files for previewing on website.. is their an easy way? please help!! ...more >>

When i try to install flash player 8. It says that it can't find my browser's plugins directory. I select the plugins directory of internet explorer but it still doesnt work. After the installation, the only file that i can find is the dll and it does nothing. And when i try to run a flash apl...more >>