hi, i am in desperate need of flash player but am having issues downloading it. I click install now and it loads a new page but nothing happens. The animation to say its been successful never appears and nothing downloads. Can anyone help? Many thanks Miss Piggy567 ...more >>

I've created a .swf "movie" in flash - you hit enter, an mp3 lecture starts playing, and slides of text appear at the appropriate times. Now I want to put it on the web, but I'd like to be able to skip through the presentation/lecture with a seek bar, and pause/rewird/fast forward with but...more >>

Hi All What is this called: When you roll over a small photo and above it (or beside) the large version of the photo is displayed. I would like to create a photo gallery that works this way. Could someone tell me what this is called? Or better yet, where I can learn how to do this? A free tu...more >>

Greetings I am trying to optimise download times for short videos. The following url is a Flash/Fireworks/Dreamweaver file called boating.swf which then loads a gallery.swf or videoswf which subsequently loads separate videos, final file boat.swf is ok It is the videos I have a problem w...more >>

My gut feeling is that this is a terribly doofy question, but as a newbie I can't quite seem to wrap my head around it. :confused; As far as I can tell, the nifty pre-built FLVPlayer can be used to display streaming files so long as you the contentPath parameter points at a SMIL XML file...more >>

I am encoding flv files on my mac and the files I am trying encode are .wmv files. I am using Flash 8 encoder. When i try to encode just the .wmv files it says I do not have tht codec to do so. I tried exporting the file as a .mov from quicktime but then I get no sound. I have tried expo...more >>

Hey there Ive got 2 sound files (on different layers), and i wanted one on a volume of say 75%, and the other on 35%. Whenever i change the sound volume on one, the other changes as well! how do i solve this? Thanks:confused; ...more >>

Is there [b]some event or technique[/b] to detect that buffering is complete using the FLVPlayback component? Or even to detect how much buffering has been done so far?...more >>

I am using a Flash .swf file as part of a web-based piece built in Toolbook. I publish the piece and then click on the index.html page. When the .swf plays locally, I receive this message: The following local application on your computer or network: C:\(and path to file) is trying t...more >>

my eraser tool is stuck on and I can't use any other tools... tried restarting: app, comp, new doc, checked every menu and preferance... WTF man... I'm on a deadline and I'm stuck with only my eraser tool... help me! ...more >>

Hello, I have severals flash movies on my website that work fine. I used the exact same move and swapped out the symbols and placed it on the site. I can see it in IE 6, some of my co-workers can see it in their IE 6, but other co-workers with IE 6 get a "1 item remaining" at the bottom of...more >>

I'm curious to know if there is a way I can externally link to a specific frame within my published swf file. :beer; Cheers, B...more >>

Every audio file I import into my flash file ends up sounding muffled...I don't get it. I've looked through all the settings and there is nothing that I can change that I have been able to find. Any help would be appreciated. :beer; Cheers, B ...more >>

I have accidently deleted a Flash MX 2004 source file. I do, however, have the player document. Does anyone know if it is possible to edit the player document (i.e.: open it in Flash and edit it) ?...more >>

Anyone know how to get past the IE Double Click. I've created a flash animation where the entire background image is a URL link. In every browser (on the Mac and PC), except Internet Explorer on the PC, the user clicks once on the image and is taken to the appropriate page. BUT in IE, on the P...more >>

Any help appreciated on this! Is there any way of sending results from a quiz via email to a client? They do not have a LMS. I'd like to be able to build a quiz where the user can enter their name, do the quiz, and on completion press a button and have the results emailed to their training...more >>

Hi folks This same subject has infuriated me for ages, but ive managed to 'muddle' through. In our company all the visual designers use Macs and pepper the designs with font light dark italic you name it they use it if they can. Whilst all the authors/coders/developers are on PC. ...more >>

I want to animate some text, but i only want one of the words to animate while the rest of the words fade out. I know i can convert the one word to a video clip and double click it and make it do something that way, but how can i put that video clip into the main scene? Is this the best way to...more >>

I created a couple of flash files for a client - one a simple header/intro, and the other a scrolling image bar. They are complaining of display problems (images not showing), when viewing the files with IE on a Mac running Windows XP. Unfortunatly, I only have access to PCs, and I can't see...more >>

I am trying to simply create a button in Flash 8 that takes the user from Scene 1 to Scene 2. I use the goto and play Scene 1, Frame 1 but it is not working?...more >>

I saw a PDF recently that looked like Flash. It had working buttons for viewing different screens and printing, etc. How can I do that. I have Flash 8. I found the link below but am not sure if I'm on the right track. Can somebody please help me. I would love to be able to convert a flas...more >>

:confused; Buttons suddenly don?t work . I have a navigation clip with flash buttons, - referencer and husbyggeri expands when you push the button. it worked fine - but now many vistors have to push twiche if they shal see the site, this means many are leaving because it dont work - does a...more >>

Hello, I'm developing a hybrid application in Flash deployed on CDROM. My client want's that the taskbar title should reflect the application's name rather than "Macromedia Flash Player 8". The same is true for the Mac projector. Any idea how this is done? Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

:frown; All I am trying to do is go to abc.com to watch an episode of a show but it keeps telling me that I need a macromedia flash player downloaded. I have downloaded, uninstalled, re-downloaded, re-uninstalled, etc. for the past 2.5 hours and have accomplished nothing! I don't know what h...more >>

Hi I am creating a flash card and i didnt know if it is possible or not to have the swf playing in an email or if you have to have a typed url link to view the card. Does anyone know if it is possible to actually have the swf file playing in the email message? or the best way for sending o...more >>

Hi im trying to build a simple training simulation using the slide presentation method in flash, ive got all my background images and nav buttons on the first presentation slide, ive also got a test area set to dynamic that i want to use as step numbers which changes when the user goes to the...more >>

I have static text that is justified in a movie clip. The movie clip is being loaded into a scroll pane... but when it loads the text is not justified. Does anyone know how I could fix this? Thanks ...more >>