Hi, I want to embed a flash movie in my web page using a flv. Do I need to convert it to a swf file then play or is there a standard way to play flv in a web page. I just want to know what the usual thing is done and avoid some obscure 3rd party software to fix-it. ...more >>

hi, my 2005 quickbooks needs flash 7 to install itself on my pc, i have downloaded flash 9 and it still wants 7...any idea where i can find version 7..thanks kcb:confused;...more >>

Plase if someone could help me, I made a vertical flash menu and I would like to change a direction of its movement. When I drag my mouse down from the center, I would like links ( in my case photos to move upwards, not downwards). You can see what am I talking about at http://www.alarmi5...more >>

Looking to change information in banners on the fly from database. Is anyone doing this? Are there any examples around? What is the best way to do this? Flash remoting? actionscript? Site is php and mysql. Have done this in javascript, but would like to make a much ria. Would also like to be a...more >>

Please elaborate! Thank you. :music;...more >>

Hello Is it possible to create borderless projectors ? if so how ?...more >>

I would like to make path in the shape of a curved line, 1 or 2 pixels wide, and similar to the shape of an '8', and create a glowing dot to follow this path. Would this be accomplished 100% in Flash or would I create the '8' path in Fireworks and import this into Flash? I'm currently using Ma...more >>

Hi All I've adapted this demo http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/media_components.html to use with the 'screens' layout approach and it works very well! The FLV is around 60 minutes at 200kbps, is hosted on a streaming service and has around 30 embedded cuepoints on encode that ...more >>

I'm creating a projector file for a client and I need to give them the ability to change text within the presentation. I'd like to setup a txt file but I don't know how to make the whole thing work. I need some help bad. Can someone help me or point me to a tutorial for help. Thanks in advance...more >>

Please forgive me for a topic that may have been repeated over and over, but I have searched the forums and all over the web and Flash books for the following subject and can not seem to find an answer. Perhaps my search skills, as well as my Flash skills, are lacking? Basically all we wa...more >>

I downloaded a component from the flash exchange and was wondering if anyone knows where I can find it on my C:\ drive I store all my downloaded software on a separate parition in case my O.S. crashes and I have to repair it. This has happen a couple of times so backing up software is for...more >>

I made an animation with a collection of bitmaps from fireworks. I wanted to use it in the "over" state of a button, but when I go to swap, all it give me is access to is the 8 bitmaps I imported, not the animation/movie clip I want as the over state. Is it possible to do what I'm trying to ...more >>

hi i have done several flash movies on flash professional and i need to combine them and make one movie. i have found a way but it is to convert the .swf file into a video format like ..wmv, .avi, .mpeg and etc. but the problem id it will lose the quality and when i combine them using...more >>

I recently bought a new PC. First, I deactivated the software on my old computer so I could switch the license over to the new computer. Next, using my Flash MX 2004 CD, I downloaded the software onto the new computer. However, everytime I click on the icon, the software does not open at al...more >>

I'm trying to use the blur filter for a motion tween but the problem is when I set the blur to zero and the image is still look like it has some blur effect in it. If I delete the blur filter than the image looks sharp again. Any idea why? ...more >>

Is there a way to do a case or switch in acition script? If so, any example is apprciated....more >>

Hey everyone . I created this image with flash to use as a background on my website, but i can't find the right HTML code for backgrounds. Can someone help me out, please? Thanks Again and Happy New Year, Luis martins ...more >>

Hi folks, I'm having a problem with publishing (and previewing) transitions and reading through the threads think it might be that I don't have Flash Player 8 or higher. Flash Player 9 is installed on my computer for web-browsing but when looking in my Flash MX publish settings, the newes...more >>

Hi, I am now desperate. I have looked through the forums and there are a few who have asked this question but no one seems to know an answer. The problem is I have 2 different flash files (one bought picture gallery and one I made from a tutorial) on 2 different pages. The one I p...more >>

I created graphic images in Illustrator, and saved them for web as gifs, however they are very ragged and unclear when published. Any suggestions on how to improve this? This includes the heading and the company logo in the following site: http://www.adunate.com/newsletterFlash/rr.html ...more >>

I've found a few scripts but none seem to work for me. This tutorial does it- http://www.echoecho.com/flashjavascript.htm But it seems to be a bit beyond me. I tried but no go. Anyone know of any simpler ways to do it and work in multiple browsers? I'm on a Mac and the above site worked in Fir...more >>

Hello, I was woundering if it is possible to have a gradient background instead of one color. Under document setting you can only assign a color background, can you assaign a gradiend background,if not , can you have a background image repeat-x in flash actionscript, Thank you ...more >>

I have a lable layer. On frame 20, where I lable it frmChanged. So here's what I'm trying to do. When the play head is at frmChange or frame 20, I want to change the alpha of a movieClip, mcButton, to 100. How do I do this in action script? ...more >>

In javascript the showhide layer technique is pretty common so I would think that it is also pretty common in flash. so how would I do such a thing? I am guessing that is what is happening when you go to a new page in a flash movie? Example:http://www.rheacom.com when you click any of th...more >>

After recent;y updating my flash player via Win XP, I now receive the following error message (which affects nothing, but it's very annoying since it wasn't popping up before this): "Cannot find Flash.OCX." How do we solve this programming bug? I have been prompted to do another update a...more >>

http://www.clubabyss.com/main.html Any idea on how they created that blue ripple effect at the above site?...more >>

I need to have some music fade out when a certain button is pressed on my website....how is this accomplished? Your help is verrrry appreciated....more >>

If you have 1 sound file playing on say frame 1, how do you get frame 2 to play a different sound, without playing frame one's sound as well? Right now 'frame 2' is playing both sound files. If I use the commande 'stopAllSounds' the frame 2 sound file will not play either. I have two butto...more >>

i need help loading xml files. i have done some javascript codes that lets user select from drop down lists and the end result would send an xml file name to a text box to flash. in flash i have a dynamic text box which uses setVariable to receive data from javascript. now all of this works ju...more >>

I have 2 versions of a set of FLV movies -- one designed for visitors with broadband and one designed for visitors with dial-up. I want to offer visitors a choice of which version of the movie to view by putting a radio button group or dropdown menu on the FLVPlayback control. (See, e.g., the ...more >>

Hi, I created a map in Flash and it loads great, works great when you're on a mac (it was created on a mac too). Though the problem is that when the page is viewed on a PC and you rollover the map there is a boundry that appears around the map and a text notice that reads "click to activat...more >>

I am new to Flash and am using Flash 5. I have created a fla file that contains an animated mask layer consisting of a rectangle with no fill or stroke that moves over an eps file I imported from Illustrator. There is no text involved. When I hit enter to view it, the animated mask works. Whe...more >>

Hi, I generated a Flash movie (.swf) with frame by frame animation. Each frame is interactive with many dynamic movie clips, and some actions are defined on these movie clips. Each frame is the data for each day. I want to use FLVplayback component to control the play of the Flash movie. I...more >>

I have inherited a web site with a Flash Intro. This SWF file intro routes you to a certain web page when complete. I would like to have the SWF file route to a different page. Because of inheriting this site, I do not have the FLA file. Is there a way to do this, to get the SWF to go to ...more >>

:disgust; OK, I'm a beginner or worse. So I bought Flash Basic as a start. Now I need to upgrade to Flash Pro, and I am told there is no upgrade path, but must buy full edition. Seems to me that over $600 is a lot to pay to be able to generate flv files just so that I can embed them into C...more >>

Hi, Im trying to get to grips with flash and server communication. I've recently signed up to the lynda.com series and will do some of these courses but i am totally lost when it comes to server stuff. What type of server would i need to connect to with Flash? Where can i find a server...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to make a combobox 'talk' to my vb6 program. I've created the combobox on the stage and sets its parameters to: data = [one,two,three,four] editable = false labels = [1,2,3,4] rowCount = 4 Instance Name = myComboBox Now I've attached the following actionscript to t...more >>

i import my CP2 project into Flash8 pro , But whene i test my movie or whene i publish my project from flash8 ,I hear gap between sounds, exactly whene the slides changed at captivate Projects. I discussed about this problem at Captivate forums but they suggested me to discuss about...more >>

Hi and Merry Christmas, I'm creating a movie that loads a simple text file. The text file is being updated every minute, so I want the flash movie to update as well. I tried the following : I read the text file on the first frame. I let it play for about 500 frames and then I move to the fir...more >>

Hello there, I've, for a considerable amount of time now, been trying to create a photo gallery the same as the one on the following site: http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/film.php?filmID=38. I just don't seem to be able to make it and would be very grateful if somebody could help me throu...more >>

some character of combobox is not displaying porperly on Mac... i.e 'g', 'j', 'q'....... the bottom part of these character is getting cut...can anyone have solution on this....more >>

Hi , Please help out in flash and VC++, exchanges data between them. i need the code examples and the best and fast way to send data across. Thanks Sri...more >>

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]meart[/b][/b][/i] I'll debate this with you after you learn how to use the English language.[/q] Ooh, I just love a good fight. Can we throw in some racist remarks next? Urami is at least trilingual: native language, English and ActionScript. I'd not touch...more >>

I have been using flash for three days now and I love. I am a new-be however, I picked up on the program very quickly. I am creating a full flash site for my company. Everything is going smoothly except one thing. If you go to the site... http://www.ajansgeneral.com (it's in Turkish, Engli...more >>

Hi All, I want to move a movie clip dynamically on a predifined track. How could I do this? help me. Thanks in advance Ankur...more >>

original name: pwnage101 i made a thread in the web design section but it hasn't gotten a lot of attention so im hoping this part of the forums is more popular and viewed. I had an account problem and had to make a new account so no need to ask me if im really pwnage101. Question below. ...more >>

:brokenheart; When I construct rollover buttons with text, evrything works fine when I test it on the stage with the "enable simple buttons" command. However, when I test the animation in the movie window (control+enter) only the object animates and the text doesn't. In fact, the font for th...more >>

Earlier this week I upgraded to flash 9 0 28 0 and ie7 and immediately DisneyBlast games stopped displaying. I contacted disney Tech via email but they are no help Any suggrestions ? - Has F;ash version 9 0 28 0 had any simular issues with some sites? . . Jon ...more >>

I?m knew to Flash, but have been able to design a Flash site. Now I would like to use Dreamweaver?s FTP client to upload the Flash files, but haven?t a clue of how to do this. How do I bring my Flash 8 files into Dreamweaver? I also tried using FileZilla by simply dragging my .FLA files into t...more >>

flash 8 went chines on me and i cant change it back so i am screwed... thanks a lot adobe >:(...more >>