Hello All: I have a .fla file open that I've made a specific change to a line of text that I have coverted to a symbol by Click on the text so it gets a blue box around it make sure I'm on the arrow tool. Then Right click on the text and click convert to symbol Finally I converted the te...more >>

Hello, I'm attempting to encode an avi video to a progressive flv file using Flash 8 Professional. The 4GB, twenty minute avi is located on a DVD in the PC disc drive. The flv is being encoded to another drive. The encoding starts out fine. But, then a few minutes into the encoding, t...more >>

Everytime I try to export movie (AVI) file in Flash Professional 8 - it stops exporting at 1:00 minute. My total program is 4980 frames / 12 frames per second. Is there a limit? Do I need to break program into separate files and then reassemble? Please advise - and, thanks. ...more >>

Is it possible to make music play in the main timeline so that music doesn't play in it's own timeline? The reason I want this is so I can synchronize the background music with the video playing in the forground. So if I stop the main timleine, the music stops too. And if I play the ti...more >>

:confused; I have a flash presentation my son is working on, he is working on it here on Flash Professional 8 but when he tries to work on them at school, which uses Flash MX 6, he is unable to work on them, any help on how to save them so that he can edit and work on them with Flash 6 would ...more >>

:confused; Sorry for this but, I've been away from Flash for a long time - now asked to take a .jpg photo comprised of multiple shots in a panorama. and create a interface where the picture scrolls behing a fixed mask (He'll probably want some kind of controls too ie left, right, stop, play) ...more >>

Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to integrate shockwave with flash. If you go to http://www.trivue.com/main.htm and click on vizualization then set 1,2 or 3 you will see that the content for each project loads on the right. i have an interactive shockwave file that I would like to loa...more >>

how do i make the stage background transparent? Flash 8 pro Thanks...more >>

I know that this is a very basic question. I've created a site banner/title in Flash 8 and I want it to play when the site loads. The page loads properly and I can see the background of the Flash file, but it won't play unless I right-click on it and select play. What is going on? ...more >>

Hi, below is a link to my daughters party invite. Sorry I can't invite you all but if you could check it out and maybe suggest a way to make the whole thing load nicely I would appreciate it. The first time I view it, the soundtrack plays out before the images are done. Thanks www.kap...more >>

Hi all, I have a client who wants complete control of the look and feel of the content that is loaded into his flash site. I set him up so that he creates a series of jpeg file with all of the content (text and pictures) and then uploads the image to his site. I then use scrollPane compon...more >>

Does anyone know why my flash site is not appearing on Firefox, I've been told that over 600 users using Firefox cannot see my web site. Any ideas? The site is http://www.sarahreeve.net/ Shane...more >>

hi guys.. I need your help, I have a friend who is in need of advice, He wants to know how much to charge a client for a Flash Presentation on CD format incorporating video, navigation and audio narration. The project should take around 5-7 weeks to complete but he doesn't want to scare them...more >>

I just received a CD-ROM of sports sayings ... all in CDA format. I need to put one of them in a Flash file i'm creating. How do I use CDA format in Flash 8 .... or, how best to convert it to wav of MP3? ...more >>

Hi, I'm having a problem puttng a sharp edge on Text. Here is what I'm doing. I am using a mask to reveal a button after a little intro animation. My button has text in it. Now if I just use regular text, it doesn't show up in the final version because text doesn't work with masks. So I pr...more >>

i have music that auto plays when you get on the site. then i also have a flash audio play that will launch when clicked on. how do i make the background music stop when the player is launched? thx! alex ...more >>

I am in the process of creating a Portfolio that can be sent on a cd. Im having trouble linking from the cd to the web and to quicktime movies. Below is the code i have given the button that is supposed to link to the web but it only opens the browser and doesnt go to the correct page. Any Ide...more >>

I received errors for this coding and don't know enough to fix them. Please help:-) import TextField.StyleSheet; var myStyle:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet(); myStyle.load("body.css"); myStyle.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) { content_txt.styleSheet = myStyle; content_txt.html = tr...more >>

hi if u know how to create a vieado game with flash them explain it to me!!!!! thank u ]...more >>

Hi, When we were on DevNet subscription, we received textFX, pixelFX and distortFX (Red Giant Extensions) which are working just fine with Falsh MX 2004, but they're not working at all with Flash 8. We sent and E-mail to Red Giant support team for a solution, but maybe somebody on this for...more >>

In internet explorer we have "Front" and "Back" button. On click of "Back" button it goes to the page which was visited last. Is it possible in Flash also ? (eg: Suppose there are 10 pages. Now if you go from 5th page to 10th page and press "Back" button in 10th page it should go back to 5th...more >>

How would I go about (even if it's via actionscript) changing the default green "glow" on the button, checkbox, and radiobutton components to the color #B50C00? Thanks!... ...more >>

Hello ! I am trying to import video from the net :http://tadukli.free.fr/pages/video/video_010_mila_aya_bendu.htm but I get this is not importig it when a open it as swf I get this message :1005: Invalid xml: URL: "http://tadukli.free.fr/pages/video/video_010_mila_aya_bendu.htm" Root node ...more >>

Any idea on how to customize right click menu? I've seen some site could show the company name. Pls advice....more >>

Hi, I have the newest version of IE and i am constantly unable to install Adobe Flash player. I can't see anything flash in IE, and it has become beyond frusterating. I have spent hours and hours looking for a way to install the flash player, but nothing i do works. I've been the the A...more >>

I am having difficulty downloading Flash. It says I need to click on the yellow tab toload Activex control. after that I get the install button - when I click on it goes away and nothing happpens....more >>

Dear webmates: what is the best practice? any tutotrial for this? I would lke to achieve this effect: http://www.nolapiensestanto.com Thanx a lot,...more >>

I want to load FLVs from a local CD-ROM while browsing. This behaviour worked in fp8 but no longer works in fp9. The content is educational and may be used in many places, in computer rooms where the users have no admin rights, and where we cannot rely on individual administators at these s...more >>

Hi all! I'm a beginner in flash programation, and I would like to have some advice to help me to learn as quick as possible how to become a great programer ;) If you have some tips to help me (like how you made to learn flash programation). Thx :) ...more >>

copied the upload script and is successful on the production server. however, not all is fine. my clients cannot upload files via the flash interface, even though most other people can. i have written a small html upload page, and the client CAN successfully upload files to the server from the...more >>