Hello - I am a newbie, but really enjoying learning flash. I bought a website template and have successfully understood most of what it's doing and how it works. There is one change that I would like to do. Let me give you the scenario and hopefully you can follow, I'll include a link t...more >>

Need help on how to stop imported psd and jpg images degrading in flash. Have tried Hi Res images (300dpi) and they still look jagged in the final outcome. Movie compression setting is 72 dpi, need that setting because it is a large document size. This has happended on smaller flash projects ...more >>

i want to make something in flash where i will have a person in an alley at night i want lightening to flash in the backround and when it dose the entire alley and character can be seen then have the light go out as the lightening dissapears. and in each flash of light have the character takin...more >>

I have looked everywhere for the answer to this. How do I make the focus rectangle for my flash ui buttons a different color? When I am tabbing through my application this ugly yellow box appears around my buttons. I have tried getting rid of it using "_focusrect = false;", but this causes ...more >>

:confused; When I load a movieClip on layer1 the buttons on layer0 are still active when I roll my mouse over layer 1. Is there a way to have those buttons inactive while viewer is on layer1??Help Someone! ...more >>

I am trying to encorporate a flash animation in the center of my website. The center is approx. 778 px wide. I want to make the animation approx. 778 wide by 300 high. With the background as an image and text boxes that point out certain facts about the product that will animate on top of ...more >>

Hi all. Im in need of help (it sucks to be a newbie) and I will be very gratefull if anyone gives me some clues. Im doing a MySQL database admin program where the database is loaded into a DataGrid component. Now I just wrote a method to update records to the database, but something is wro...more >>

Hello, I'm using a dynamic text box (have http text checked) to display text, but found the text can't be changed color and align properties. Also when I enlarge Flash player window, The text seems bold. How to fix this problem? Thanks. ...more >>

hi all, hope u can help me. I have constructed a website using flash MX pro. the user navigates from page to page using the buttons (lower right). the page content then fades out, and the new page fades in. you can see what actionscript i have on the site in the picture... the prob is th...more >>

Hey everyone, I was wondering if there was a projector modifier that would allow for the removal of the "Macromedia Flash Player 7" shell that has the Minimize Restore and Close function from the application. The main reason why is because of my second question, is it possible to not only...more >>

does anyone have a breakdown of what version of flash is installed with which version of internet explorer, for example i think explorer 5.0 installs flash 5.0 but not quite sure thanks for any leads ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with param tag.i want to use param tag value in flash = file for example i want to define my own param tag as below in red. now i want to receive this value in my flash. How can i do this? <object classid=3D"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" = codebase=3D"h...more >>

I need to open a word document from Flash on a CD ROM, how do I do it? HELP! Anyone?!!!!...more >>

We have created a CD of a Flash.exe application. The application contains SWFs. The SWFs in turn launch more Flash exe. We have tested the application on WinXP, W2T and all works well. However, on Win98, the exes inside the main Flash application do not open at all. Does anyone offer any insig...more >>

How to load contents of HTML file into MovieClip? Thank you!...more >>

Urami, I have used the method you suggested in your previous post news:dfmr5b$pi9$1@forums.macromedia.com... with success. However, it is controlling the time frame within the movie (flashmenu.swf): <param name="movie" value="Graphics/flashmenu.swf?vars=invest"> I need to control a movieclip...more >>

I need two separate SWF movies on the same HTML page to start playing at the same time. They have different files sizes so most browsers are starting one before the other (until cached). You can see it http://www.onlinetoday.com/users/ofiletemp/ ...more >>

All, I have a problem with shape tweening. If I use the native drawing tools and draw 2 shapes, convert them to symbol graphics, and break them apart ? they tween just fine. However, if I take two fairly simple (3 color) jpg?s and convert them to graphic symbols, and then break them ...more >>

You know that little twinkle you get when there is something shiney. I have seen it in multiple flash projects, tho i have try playing around with it and havent got one i have liked. If you happen to know of a tutorial of or even better have the pics or flash file. That would be awesome. T...more >>

OK, I've read the help files but still can't get beyond the first step. Could somebody explain to me, in English, how I can animate this home page so that one picture slowly merges into the other, possibly with music in the background? Here's the link: http://www.qamera.com ...more >>

I am attempting to tween a movie clip that contains a large amount of text. As a result the tween is very choppy. How can I fix this?...more >>

I'm trying to do this with more than one object but for simplicity sake, = I'll explain it as one. I have a white square. When I click it, I want = it to turn blue. If I click it again, I want it to turn white again. = So in essence, I want to be able to from color A to color B and back = co...more >>

I am new to Flash so please excuse my ignorance. I have imported a gif to the library - when I use this image on the stage the background is no longer transparent. Does Flash have an option anywhere that will let you select an area on an image that will make it transparent? Thanks for ...more >>

Sorry for using terms like timestretch and resample but I'm a musician, not a video type. Let's say I've got this animation sequence with a 2 minute streaming music piece and there is lots and lots of stuff synchronized to musical cues. I'll work in the main timeline with the music track a...more >>

When I have a progress bar on the first frame of the root timeline. It seems that I have everything configured correctly, but when I run on a server, the bar does not appear at all until the loading progess is about 40-60% loaded. Up until that point, it's invisible altogether. I need the bar...more >>

for some reason, i cannot get this to work.. if you look at the test server at: http://red-red.webhop.net/AUTest/ you will see a text field on the bottom left called "AU Virtual Advisor" for some reason, when i run this movie in flash, it works fine, and it sends over the data enco...more >>

hi i have a nokia 6630 whit 3g and i can view webpages but most of them have flash and i can't view it. is there a player that i can get for my phone? i have the flash light cdk and i have flsh mx 2004 and i have on the pc flash player 7. here's a link to the os of the phone http://www....more >>

I'm creating a cd rom with a intro and then I want to put in a link which browse the files for users. Is that possible?...more >>

Never had this happen before, dont know if its a setting or a glitch.. I cant use the rectangle tool. The circle tool works and everything else, but I cant draw a rectangle. Nothing happens or registers in the scene. I tried shutting down program, computer and opening a new file and it still w...more >>

Can anybody give me some insight??? When I first open the .fla I can publish it 3 or 4 times without incident. And then for no apparent reason it doesn't publish totally, stops after progress bar makes it about a quarter of the way complete, leaving me with a non working .swf file. It ha...more >>

Hello all, My company wants to create a Flash presentation similar to these: http://metlifeiseasier.com/ebenefits/ http://www.aetna.com/members/tour/index.html (Click "Start Tour") https://www.jpfic.com/websecure/Logon.asp?SourceURL=%2Fjpfebill%2Fjpfwelcome%2Ea sp&SourceQry= ( J...more >>

I have problem with xml file i have a flash file that read value from xml file.it is fine but when i update xml file dynamically then flash show me the same old value. i want to show the new values from xml file. can you help me. Thanks Sandeep Patel. ...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a website for my daughter. I'm pretty new to flash, but I'm familiar with Key Frames etc. from programs like Lightwave. What I would like to do is create an animation that Begins and Ends and then have a subsequent animation take over that continuously loops. I've got a m...more >>