Latest Microsoft security update is causing flash in web pages viewed in Internet Explorer to show a frame border with a message saying "click here to activate and use this control". Is there any workaround to prevent this messgae? Thanks. ...more >>

Does anyone know why my published swf has a light grey border around it in IR? :grin;...more >>

I am creating a short training module in Flash 8. I have a few invisible buttons over some of the text - when the user rolls over that text, a movie clip displays some visual information pertinent to that text. I also have a few other "on-release" buttons that open up movie clips that contain...more >>

I am just getting back into using flash and justr downloaded Flash 8. I am trying to open a flash file to edit it but when I do it says Seek Failed on c://documents......etc.......more >>

Does anyone here use any of these? And do they really work? I currently have an animated gif which I created using Adobe Illustrator, and the GIF came out to be about 93kb, then I decided to export the GIF as a flash movie from Illustrator, but whoa! The SWF came out to be about 130kb. So i...more >>

Hi there, I would like to know how I can create a whole website in flash but still allow the user to copy the url of a certain page and use that as a link to jump back to that exact page again or bookmark it as a favourite. I've seen it done, generally the url will look something like ...more >>

The riddle that has been given to my class is: Complex interactivity (buttons, navigation, etc.) can be built into Flash using this computer programming language...more >>

Hi, Can anyone help me with this problem. I have developed a music site using Flash MX2004 and would like to offer a small download facility. After searching forums it seemed that the best way to do this was to use PHP and ASP because MX2004 did not have the inbuilt ability to do this. Unf...more >>

Hello, I have a main movie that call and display movies from the library. In each of those library's movies i have an animation on a layer and a sound (about 15 secondes) on another layer which i want synchronize. When i check each movie on my .fla devlopment file, everything works perfec...more >>

Hi there, I urgently require some help! All I need to do is save a .fla file in flash 8 and it is coming up with the error Could not save as...... The file may be read-only or is already open in another application. Save using a different name, or close the document and try again. I ...more >>

I have a problem when using Flash on explorer for a particular website. When I access my website using explorer, I have to click once to enter the flash area then I can access the flash sequence. I cannot just click on the flash and go. Is this a setting problem in dreamweaver or what? Why...more >>

Original message: "hi there, i wonder if anyone can help.. I have made a contact form in flash 8, sending via asp. the email sends evertime and works but seems to pick up to much info.. like it wil say fffffff and <times new roman> font size etc!! can any pleeeeeease help me??" ...more >>

Hi Folks, I've been reading and reading and just want to know what is the right way to go about exporting video from a third party application like Final Cut Pro. Yes, the easy way is to Export>quicktime conversion and go from there. If this is the best way then great, But i'm wondering if ...more >>

I uploaded a Flash intro to my site in HTML format, but it will not play when i go to my site. the animation played fine when i tested it in Flash, but when I uploaded it, it would not play in Firefox or IE. why might this be happening? I didn't see any pop-ups in IE regarding ActiveX co...more >>

Have a flash project originaly developed in Flash 7. I now am working on the this project in flash 8 IDE. When attempting to use the external API; import flash.external.*; presents a syntax error when attempting to debug / publish the project, yet projects developed in flash 8 do not present...more >>

Hi Do you know of an embedded flash audio player (open source, commercial or instructions on how to build one) that supports streaming of various different formats (MP3, windows media etc.) and that allows the URL of the stream to be passed in? Any help or pointers would be greatly app...more >>

Hi All, How to convert avi and other video formats to FLV using console (command prompt) application. So my .Net application can convert avi to FLVs using console. When ever new video file uploads it should convert to FLV formate. Thanks & Regards, Sridhar B ...more >>

I have numerous pictures that have photo border (white) coming into the my main movie. The Jpg look great! But if I rotate the movie clips (I have each jpg in a MC), the edges between the border and the photograph become jagged looking. Is there something I am do incorrectly? ...more >>

I am a total newbie of Flash (and web design). I have tis problem:- 1. I created a Flash file (a banner with text and graphic) and imported to Dreamweaver. I can view it when I click the play button on property inspector. However, it appears blank when viewed through IE; duno why? 2. I...more >>

Hi everyone!!! My site goes through the follow structure: (startpage) that loads the (mainpage) in a new container MC (alvo) but in the same level (0). From within the (alvo).(mainpage), I call another container MC (movies), now in level (2). This new MC has a FLV component that should ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get progressive FLV's to work in Flash Player 6,0,65,0. I have read in a number of places that it is possible for Flash Player 6,0,65,0 to recognise the FLV if encoded with 'Sorenson Spark Video Codec'. Has anyone had any experience with this, or could point me in the...more >>

Can a var be set as global for use by all functions in a single fla file? I would like to set a var in any one of 3 functions (dependant upon user choice) and then be able to read it's value in a fourth and fifth function. something like this: //--------------------------------------...more >>

I am putting video into flash, to go online and am pretty new to it. I followed a couple of discussions in here to the letter, but it doesnt see to work once i upload it all. I did this: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=15&catid=19 4&threadid=1208495&high...more >>

Hi, I have used TextArea component in flash (mx/2004) by using built in components of flash. I have set html to true for the html text to be displayed by XML. But I think only some of the tags are supported with this component. Tags like table and other supporting tags are not displayed pr...more >>

I was looking for a mirror effect but I didn't find any function to flip an image, so I did a double "for" to copy each pixel of the video, that I'm taking live from a webcam, to a new bitmapdata object in the dessired new location. My problem now is that this code causes a huge delay at ...more >>

I have a macromedia flash mx homepage that I have been working on. I made a custom slideshow through this company anvsoft that they say that you can put the slideshow into the macromedia flash. I can not get anyone to help me do this there though..... Is there anyone here that can help...more >>

hi there, i wonder if anyone can help.. I have made a contact form in flash 8, sending via asp. the email sends evertime and works but seems to pick up to much info.. like it wil say fffffff and <times new roman> font size etc!! can any pleeeeeease help me?? ...more >>

If we create some dynamic content and display it using scrollPane and if the width and height of the clip( the clip displayed in ScrollPane) changes dynamically by clicking on a button then refreshPane method does not work properly. We have to set original position of the clip to (0, 0) when ...more >>

Hi, I have been using dynamic textField in a movieclip in one of my projects. I used dynamic textfield by using createTextField method and created one textField in a movieclip. But If we have to set _alpha property of the movieclip to zero it doen't work for textField inside it. I think we c...more >>

How can I get a slide show to loop through each slide automatically without user intervention. I am totally new at this. Sorry for the dumb question. thanks,...more >>

Please, could everyone go to this site, www.edd.com.br/new, in the seccion portfolio\ demo AND \comerciais, click on the links and tell me if the videos are working fine??? Thanks for everyone that could help!!!...more >>

Looking for a tutorial or resource to develop a simple Quiz in Flash 8 Pro. I know about the templates,....the library questions but need a jump start .....let's say a simple quiz example (type of question not important.).....just need something to show the way in setting it up and getting on...more >>

From Digg: http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html Trippy flash site. You may want to poke your eyes and ears out after about 10 seonds....more >>

Hi, I have many songs listed on a page, each one has a rollover button next to it I'd like each mp3 song to star playing when one clicks on the button next to it....what would be the best way to implement that? (a free mp3 player, a flash code?) Any help or recommendations would be appr...more >>

i still have a problem to install flash 9, it's possible to download it and install it from my PC? i'm be able to install shockwave player directly on the page but with flash, notting appear. Thank to help me!! ...more >>

Hi!! I have a MC with a link to download a *.mov file (quicktime). I've used getURL to point the target to download, but when I click on the link the .mov file opens in the web browser. I'd like to make it go for download whithout play through the browser!! Thanks!!! Sorry for the englis...more >>

I hope I'm not the only one experiencing this?...more >>

Should be a simple, easy thing. I can't get this to work inside my subnavigation. Could someone email me at nikki at imicci.com so I can show you this file? Or is there a way to post it here. This has held me up all day and should be an easy fix. All I need to do is link my subnavigation ...more >>

i am trying to import dicom images into flash. as this is not a standard format, images must be rendered pixel by pixel. to do this though, the images must be imported to the library. however, flash will not import this to the library as it does not recognise the file format. any ideas on ...more >>

"An attempt was made to access [location] past it's end" I'm getting this message while trying to save. It happened after I pulled out my USB drive on accident, which contained the file I was working on. The file is still up, but when I save, it gives me that message. Can anyone tell me how ...more >>

is there a way to dupe a movie clip on key press or on press which will dupe the movie clip where my character pushed space....more >>

How to control the appearance of the columns and rows of a DataGrid I have the code below where I controlling the Column width I also want the text of column at index 1 to be aligned to left. Is it possible to have an alternating row color and also removing the lines between the columns? ...more >>

hey. i was just wondering if anyone new how to play an outward quicktime file in an flash applet, without having to convert it to FLV or .swf. just play the direct ..mov file. we are able to preview .gif's so i don't see why we couldnt do .mov ...more >>

:confused; Hi, I am looking for an actionscript file that is for a component ( com/macromedia/validation/DataValidation.as ). I beleive that it belongs to the textField component from the UI component set 5. Does anyone have this, that would be kind enough to send me? ...more >>

Here is the synopsis of the problem: I built this tool that makes use of global variables from an external .AS file for localization purposes. I have the require //!-- UTF-8 setting atop. So far all the text imported from the.as file works fine, I do see chinese characters, but when I try upda...more >>

Hello, I wonder if someone could send me to a tutorial about how to make a progressive downloading audio player. Thank you in advance, V....more >>

How would I get the width and height properties to show properly for a sfw once embedded into an HTML page? If I make a colored box that's 100x100 in dimensions, why is it showing up much smaller once it's contained within a page? I've tried changing some of the publish settings and several di...more >>

Hi to one and all. I am just about to build my first flash video player. however, i need to get the avi, mov or mpeg file from a database using php. (this is no problem) But to play the flash movie i need to convert them into FLV files. I there a way of doing this through code. e...more >>

Hello all, I'm trying to test Falsh Player detection code. Trying to see if there's a way to test IE7 without uninstalling the Flash player.... I'd like to see what it looks like to users without the correct version of Flash... Anyway, want to temporarily turn off Flash in a page so I can s...more >>

I have an .fh9 file that i want to insert in dreamweaver. I need to know if .fh9 files are the correct format to use for web pages or should a different format be used....more >>