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combine standard/video buttons
Posted by Deaf Mike at 10/27/2006 9:52:22 PM
http://www.signcommunity.org.uk/index.php please see above. http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/temp/yiqiao/ i made my first test button [see asian girl]. i know how to make standard buttons like you see on first link where a word and box will change color. but what i'm trying to fig...more >>


Use Imported MP3 quality not available
Posted by ChrisRTA at 10/27/2006 6:31:59 PM
I am trying to avoid having flash recompress my MP3 audio when publishing. In the help menu, it says I should open the properties dialogue for the MP3 file in my library. Then I should select "MP3" from the dropdown menu. Then I should select "Use imported MP3 quality." However, when I sel...more >>

Skip Intro
Posted by dmc99 at 10/27/2006 6:03:38 PM
Hi, Does anyone have a downloadable file or have instructions how to make the "skip intro" button that is seen on many websites if you want to bypass the beginning and get to the homepage right away. Can you also tell me where the placement goes on the timeline. Would that be right after t...more >>

Jittery Motion
Posted by Jim Bible at 10/27/2006 5:20:31 PM
Newbie to Flash. I created a continuous image scroll using a mask & then creating 2 layers with identical image strips & creating a motion tween for both of them. One strip follows the other & all works perfectly except when the first image of one strip follows the last image of the other it j...more >>

Flash Based Search Form
Posted by Ephesians3seven at 10/27/2006 4:46:43 PM
I have a flash search field (input text fields where the user types the search terms and then a button that has an actionscript "Get URL" that kicks to the page with the search results). What ActionScript code should I use to make it kick to the same page with search results when the user simp...more >>

Autorun Flash Presentation
Posted by Ephesians3seven at 10/27/2006 4:43:52 PM
I have a big project that I am working on. It is supposed to be a presentation that runs off the CD. It has a main flash Windows Projector file, with a container where I load movie#1, then I load movie#2 in the container that is in the movie#1, etc. All of movies that I load in the main projec...more >>

Should I wait for 9?
Posted by garyfritz at 10/27/2006 4:26:22 PM
(Tried to post this in the macromedia.flash newsgroup, but I'm not sure it gets gated back into this forum. Sorry if you see two posts.) We did some work in Flash many moons ago, back in the Flash 4 days. Haven't used Flash in years, but we're seriously considering jumping back in. We...more >>

Flash doesn't work in Firefox
Posted by Nick L W at 10/27/2006 4:24:59 PM
My website: www.chromagene.co.uk Doesn't work properly in Firefox. The pages are minute! The site is entirely Flash with the first movie contained within an HTML page. In Publish Settings I chose: Dimensions: Percent. Width & Height: 100% Flash Alignment: Centre. This enables the pa...more >>



Flash Help with action script
Posted by Josh Red at 10/27/2006 3:51:50 PM
Hello. My church is having a family fun night on Oct. 31st. We're playing games on our projection screen so everyone can see. One of those games is a Hi-Lo game where the contestant has to look at the item on the screen and at the price listed and tell if it's higher or lower. I'm doing this i...more >>

Flash w/ FLV in Internet Explorer
Posted by Bruce White at 10/27/2006 3:00:28 PM
I'm testing my site in Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, a site with lots of FLVs, everything runs smoothely, except on IE a couple clips don't want to load quickly enough to keep up, though they share the same 514 KBPS data rate as the others. The only difference is file size, they're b...more >>

Problems viewing flash
Posted by rich4747 at 10/27/2006 2:58:55 PM
I'm having problems viewing Flash on one profile on my computer. I have 5 user accounts, and flash works fine on all of them except one. On that account, for example, I can view Youtube videos, but the videos often cutout partway through the video -- they play fine for a little while and the...more >>

Viewing flash in Internet Explorer 6.0
Posted by Cactus Woman at 10/27/2006 2:43:47 PM
:confused; How can I stop my flash clips from having a "click to activate this control" bubble in Internet Explorer 6 and looking all interactive? They're all fine in Firefox, etc. A friend gave me a flashfix Javascript code to insert into the <head> but it didn't work - he warned me it may ...more >>

Launching external apps from projector (hybrid)
Posted by ngirard at 10/27/2006 1:59:40 PM
I have been having a problem trying to launch a PDF from the flash projector. I am on a mac, so it seems I am out of luck when it comes to using Jstart. My questions are: 1. Is there a way to launch PDF, Word, etc from a projector WITHOUT using 3rd party software? 2. When creating a hy...more >>

Sizing browser help!!!!
Posted by MartinItsMartin at 10/27/2006 1:32:12 PM
Hi all, I have a Flash movie embeded in an HTML document and I have set the code so that it resizes when the user resizes the browser. However if the browser becomes smaller than the native size of the Flash movie it becomes very bad quality and the text is unreadable. I want to set a mini...more >>

Control>TestMovie & asp
Posted by thanx4allthefish at 10/27/2006 12:12:23 PM
Does anyone know of any known issues trying to do a sendAndLoad when using Control>TestMovie. I can't seem to interact with an asp script. If I try a send to open the asp into a blank page all it does is try to open the asp file not run it. I'm using Studio MX. I've seen a few references to a ...more >>

Flash & Mac OSX - Firefox, Safari
Posted by Noah Fleming at 10/27/2006 11:40:45 AM
I had a generator made in flash for doing countdowns. The problem is, no text is seen on the mac. See http://noahfleming.com/countdown/ Can anyone give me any advice? I've read about embedding fonts and tried that. I can see the # text on every browser except anything on a mac. ...more >>

Frame Advance
Posted by tburkett at 10/27/2006 9:58:55 AM
I have a movie clip that uses a tween to fade in. I want the clip to remain displayed for 5 seconds and then advance automatically to a frame label in the scene. How do i do this with ActionScript? I am a newbie using Flash 8. Thanks. ...more >>

Flash Player on Mac Problems
Posted by Roman Cetnarskyj at 10/27/2006 8:57:17 AM
I have read through the Flash Player help and and updated to flash player 9 but I am still having issues with Flash on my G$ powerbook runnin OSX 10.4 The problem I am having is when I view a flash in safari or mozilla the playback isnt smooth, animations seem to be slower than they should b...more >>

using gifs with transparent backgrounds
Posted by shonts at 10/27/2006 6:49:05 AM
Hello I am trying to import a gif with a transparent backgound into flash. I have been saving the logo I need for web (file>save for web) both from illustrator and photoshop and then importing into flash library. The gif I am importing looks fine when I save it but once i import it into...more >>

Embedded flash player activex in a win32 application
Posted by frankmail007 at 10/27/2006 5:18:38 AM
I'm a C++ programmer. My application need to play swf. I got a few questions: 1. Is it allowed to embedded flash player activex component to my application? 2. Where can I find relevant information about the activex component? Of course I can use some activex tool to view properties and meth...more >>

LoadSound and WAV files
Posted by DBGConsulting at 10/27/2006 4:29:12 AM
audioClip = new Sound(); audioClip.loadSound("20850.mp3",true); Seems to work just fine. audioClip = new Sound(); audioClip.loadSound("20850.wav",true); fails... why? Thanks, -David...more >>

FLV Playback skin pathname
Posted by kalibahlutwo at 10/27/2006 3:38:09 AM
Hello, I'm creating a CD which has a main movie that loads all of it's sub-section SWFs at runtime. For neatness and clarity, I'm keeping all the SWFs that get loaded in a subfolder, and the main movie and HTML file outside this folder. One of the SWFs in the subfolder uses and FLV playb...more >>

uploading files
Posted by demloo at 10/27/2006 3:02:08 AM
I'm currently working on a file that requires me to upload movie files to a server using a flash interface. Everything seems to work fine, infact the first tests worked. So when I upload smaller file I have no problems, but when I try to upload an AVI file that is just over 7 MB it doesn...more >>

Third Party Media Players with Source?
Posted by BarryInDC at 10/27/2006 2:39:20 AM
Hey all, Are there any good third party media players that include source code? I'm trying to set up a good player that will allow me to use the same controls for FLV and MP3 media. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Flash Component Source Code
Posted by BarryInDC at 10/27/2006 2:37:49 AM
Hey all, I'm trying to find out if the source is available for the Flash components provided in Flash 8 pro. I would love to be able to modify them. If so, can someone tell me where to find it? I am especially interested in the FLV players. I see the skins, but not the functional c...more >>

Flash player in Vista (IE7)
Posted by cfeltenberger at 10/27/2006 2:01:10 AM
Flash player works with Vista, until reboot. Then must unistall and reinstall. Anyone know of a fix?...more >>

SWF Get URL Problems with security
Posted by Juan Menendez at 10/27/2006 12:51:48 AM
Hi group, i'm trying to make a simple banner with a button, on this button i put the code On (press) { get url (......) } The button run, so on explorer appear a security problem and try to config my machine to solve it.. .how to solve this?? on Flaxh MX run perfect. Adobe is makin...more >>


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