Hello, I am trying to put a timeline on my SWF that allows the user to move to different points of the swf. I want them to be able to move a slider to get to different frames forward and back. Any suggestions? ...more >>

I am using the Flash detection pluggin in DW. The problem is that the pluggin just check if the visitor has Flash installed and not the flashplayer version itself. Is there a pluggin to add for this to DW or is there some other easy way to fix this problem? ...more >>

Is there a way to determine the width and height of a movie when you don't have the source .fla file? I'm embeadding a flash movie into an .aspx page and I don't know the width and height of the movie? Is there a way to determine the width and height for the movie? ...more >>

Hope someone can help me with this because it's a real mystery. I have often received excel spreadsheets with nothing in them except a flash movie. This usually takes the form of an interactive game which runs immediately on opening the spreadsheet. What puzzles me is how do they get it in th...more >>

Is there a way to prevent resizing the window of a movie using Flash V8? Thanks for any assistance or advice you can provide!...more >>

I have worked with loading texts before from a txt file into a flash movie. but now I want to get really interactive with this. So I was wondering if anyone knew how to do something like this: I have a password protected flash page, and I want to creat an area where my user can enter in som...more >>

i am using Flash Professional 8 and publishing for FP8. I have multiple Flash files that contain a variety of "elements' such as movieclips, text fields, text, graphics, graphic elements (.jpgs, .pngs, .swfs, etc...). About 10% of the time, when my Flash movie loads, some of these elements do ...more >>

Hello All, "Thank You" in advance for your help on this one. Flash 8 is force quitting on my students whenever they add actions to a movie and test it. Does anyone know what could cause this? We are using the new iMac?s with Intel processors. Student accounts are managed via wor...more >>

I am trying to make bombaman game but i ain't sure on how to do the bombs, so could someone give me the info i will need to enable me to get my character to drop bombs and for the player to keep moving or could someone give an fla which i could use to work it out Plus can you keep it pritty ba...more >>

Hello every one. This is probabably simple for you experts. Have created an .flv movie and imported it a swf. So I have an html file (video1.html), shell player (video1.swf), controls (ClearOverAll.swf) and the video(video1.flv). That is a large 30 meg file Works locally but when I u...more >>

Hi I am currently working on a CD/ROM for my company. I am planning on creating this in FLASH(obviously). It will have imported videos linked from menu buttons. I will need to burn this to the CD/ROM to give to clients, etc..should I publish these as projector files? ANY help with info on ...more >>

Could anyone recommend a nice and free Flash News Ticker? thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi all, If i have a layer with a gradient, and I want to create an "overlay" or some kind of effect to cancel out the glare created (and subsequently obscuring the text in the layer below) ? Do I deal with this with the symbol in the layer or the layer, or both? And how do I fix it? ...more >>

I have an swf that is 300 (w) x 240 (h) and I am trying to load it using loadMovieNum. When the user presses a button, this swf comes up as a pop up window. This swf uses various masks and incorporates a magnifying glass function to zoom into a map. I have tried to use the loader component ...more >>

I've run into what appears to be a bug in Flash 8. I'm using Flash 8 Professional. I have an FLA containing buttons. Each button contains two layers. The first layer is text. The second layer is a line that acts as an "underline" for the text. When I export this SWF in Flash 7, the under...more >>

for a school assignment, i am supposed to use a support forum to come up with [b]"Complex interactivity (buttons, navigation, etc.) can be built into Flash using what computer programming language?"[/b] does anybody know what this is? thanks! ...more >>

HI All: I created a banner with some animated text - I want the user to be able to click on any part of the banner to go to our web site. I made the button symbol with 4 states of a rectangle the size of the banner, with color on the hit state. I inserted a new layer in the main scene with...more >>

this code came from the adobe help manuals: on (press) { var myURL:String = "http://www.mysite/subscribe.cfm"; getURL("javascript:openNewWindow('" + String(myURL) + "');"); } I have inserted this code in the actions panel of a button and it is not working, at runtime when i click t...more >>

Hi I usually create all my graphics and web site concepts in photoshop. I'll cut the graphics up in here and build my websites using tables. Simple. I've started using flash a bit more and I want to create some sites with the same quality as those I can create in photoshop. My problem is ...more >>

I have a question about the file format that is produced with "Export to Quicktime Video" option. I am taking pretty simple flash animations composed mostly of .png and other bitmap format files with everything live on the timeline on the Mac platform. The end result that I need is to get it t...more >>

I'm using Flash Professional 8 and I import my video and then export it. All the files are then uploaded to my server. The problem is when the video is played back it will only play the first few seconds and then the image stalls and the sound carries on for a few seconds and then stops a litt...more >>

Hi, don't know if anyone can help! I have three flash files that I need to link together to create one flash file. Any ideas? Any help would be gratefully received!...more >>

:sad;I CANT GET FLASH PLAYER TO INSTALL I TRY INSTALLING IT AND THE PIC COMES UP BLANK THEN DISAPEARS BUT NOTHING INSTALLS I SET MY INTERNET OPTION SETTING RIGHT I AM THE COMPUTER ADMIN BUT IT JUST WONT INSTALL ANY HINTS? ...more >>

I have a director shell which allows file system IO, which loads a Flash 8 file when opened, which becomes full-screen. That then loads other Flash files in the course of the app running. Currently, AFAIK you can't force Flash 9 into full screen on load (yet), so I can't use Flash 9 for th...more >>

I will be using a webcam extensivly with flash and need it to be highly programmable with regard to actionscript. Maybe all webcams are the same as far as compatibility with flash, but I don't know... Any information would be helpful. ...more >>

Hi people I recently created a game in flash mx 2004 for my university project. But when i went to my university i found out that the publish version is flash player 6. So when i try opening my fla file it says unexpected file format. Is there any way i can open my fla file in this version...more >>

need help setting up panel fonts in flash mx....in dreamweaver it is under preferences--accessibility. Fonts throughout flash are pixelated and unusable as was dreamweaver until accessibility turned on...i have poor eyesight, but flash does not seem to have the same option ...more >>