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Download time
Posted by kazungu at 12/11/2006 11:20:01 PM
I have embeded .swf files into a website I have built but they take a long time to download even with a high speed connection. Is there a way to have them show up faster?...more >>


Loading SWF from another domain
Posted by jerza at 12/11/2006 10:42:00 PM
I have a SWF file that needs to be hosted at images.domain.com and the site resides at domain.com. I have several SWF files that work completely fine. Then I have one (unfortunately) crucial file that uses a animated movie clip to create a rollover roll out link as described in http://www.ki...more >>

Your Help is Greatly Appriciated
Posted by Khoramdin at 12/11/2006 10:35:22 PM
hello, I am trying to load a SWF file (photo album) into my Main Flash Enviroment (index.swf). My photo album uses a wait function to pause on each photo for a period of the time (2 Second) as it flips thru the photos. I have realised that when I remove the Wait Function everything works...more >>

Scrub audio in Flash Timeline?
Posted by dogsandglue at 12/11/2006 10:24:27 PM
Wondering if anyone knows if audio in the Flash timeline is scrubable so that I can animate mouth movements to my character's prerecorded audio voice....more >>

Movie playback not desired
Posted by Z33 at 12/11/2006 10:14:15 PM
How do i prevent users from continuing in the movie when they press CTRL-ENTER? In both projector and swf files?...more >>

How do i make a button to download a file?
Posted by slay13 at 12/11/2006 10:01:35 PM
How do i make a button to download a file? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I know this is probably incredibly simple, and while i have used flash for animation for about 2 years, i really know absolutely nothing about webpages or ...more >>

How to set the "setContentPath" parameter with a URL
Posted by CRH-Desgin at 12/11/2006 9:55:44 PM
Hey, I have a video player (video_player.swf) with flv playback component in it. I was wondering how to use the URL to set the "setContentPath" Parameter. So that I didn't have to make a separate video player for ever flv on the site. I didn't know if I could add a listener to the URL or ...more >>

Fading header
Posted by sprecks1 at 12/11/2006 9:47:40 PM
i am trying to get several images fading in and out of each other, I have done this, but want to integrate it into a site with css. I have discovered that swf files dont seem to work through css, so I tried publishing the file as an animated gif but the images get quite choppy and distorted a...more >>



Some can't view my Flash movies
Posted by Koolkat67 at 12/11/2006 9:37:59 PM
I orginally decoded my movies to Flash 8 High but some people only see the control bar along the bottom of the movies, they can hear the audio but no video is shown. What is the problem here?...more >>

video time lapse; help!!??
Posted by igloo_nose at 12/11/2006 8:06:05 PM
I'm not too optimistic that there is an answer to this, but if there is I'll find it here! I am loading external .flv's into a parent .swf into 3D scenes... but there is a split second before the video of the person loads in and then they just "appear" into the room setting. Is there a way t...more >>

Disabling Flash due to Annoying Ads
Posted by FlashAnnoyed at 12/11/2006 7:55:25 PM
I have removed Flash player from multiple computers due to annoying advertisements. Although Flash and presentations created using Flash can be very entertaining, I do not feel compelled to support a program I cannot disable when necessary. Please provide a way to disable this program so ...more >>

Video Encoder help
Posted by kriszti at 12/11/2006 7:49:07 PM
Hello, I'm trying to encode a perfectly good MPEG file but in the Advanced Settings in the Flash Encoder my Video options are grayed out. It is encoding the audio track. What would be causing this? The movie I'm trying to encode plays fine in the windows media player. My encoder seems okay bec...more >>

Animation Curve Editor
Posted by LukeSkope at 12/11/2006 7:20:54 PM
Does Flash have an animation curve editor or anything comparable? Thanks. Luke...more >>

Scrolling text/pages
Posted by BullocksTroy at 12/11/2006 7:15:22 PM
I read the Flash help section on "creating scrolling text" but I am stuck. First of all, I would like to have my text AND images scroll vertically. (ideally i would like to have only the up/down buttons visible rather than having it in a visible Scroll Pane. but if this is a more coomplicated ...more >>

Flash and Web Tracking
Posted by danni_k_b at 12/11/2006 7:03:43 PM
Hi, I'm a total newbie to the world of web design. I know what I want to happen, but have no idea how to accomplish it. We're using ClickTracks to track web stats. We have a particular HTML page that contains a button. That button launches a Flash "demo" of our product. It uses the code:...more >>

2D Bones
Posted by josh_slimp at 12/11/2006 6:10:34 PM
I use Flash a lot for animating cartoons. I like using Flash and I am very used to it., but it seems behind the curve compared to other 2D animation programs that have features like 2D bones. Does anyone know if Flash is planning on ramping up the animation side and add better features like 2D...more >>

Convert mov to flv, fla
Posted by Koolkat67 at 12/11/2006 6:05:39 PM
I have many mov files that I want to convert to Flash movies. IS there a way to batch process these somehow?...more >>

Embedded movie file sizes - any guides?
Posted by Chris_on_a_Mac at 12/11/2006 5:57:34 PM
I am new to Flash and trying hard to get a .flv movie embedded in a .swf file. I'm importing an mpeg4 video (a Quicktime movie about 17 Mb) into flash video encoder and then trying to encode it into a really small image and file size. This is 'live action' video, actually short interview cli...more >>

Flash Video on the Network
Posted by rcshield at 12/11/2006 5:55:09 PM
Hello Flash Users: Does Flash Video have any negative impact on an organization's network? Can Flash Video cause bandwidth drain when uploaded to an on-site Web server? RS...more >>

wmode - mozilla firefox
Posted by -D- at 12/11/2006 5:51:22 PM
I'm new to flash and have a web banner that was created in flash. I have dropdown menus above the flash banner, whcih cause the menus to display behind the flash web banner. I set the wmode property to transparent for the flash object. The dropdown menus are no longer hidden behind the flas...more >>

Go to a frame label once streamed movie finished
Posted by Will Price at 12/11/2006 5:40:06 PM
Can anyone tell me how I can trigger and event once a streaming video has finished playing? I'd just like to go to a frame label in my movie once the flv has finished playing. Something like this maybe... function complete (this.gotoAndStop("Start"); I¹m new to AS, not sure how to achi...more >>

value "&" in external variables...
Posted by Mirko at 12/11/2006 5:30:45 PM
hi everybody.. this is my problem i call a variables set from an external asp page loadVariablesNum("text.asp", "", "POST"); this is the answer of my page: a=text1&b=text2 flash gets theese values: a=text1 b=text2 BUT if my page answer with an "&" in one of the values... flash gets...more >>

problems with audio
Posted by biggerdreamer at 12/11/2006 4:42:35 PM
is there some sort of trick to get Flash to recognize my audio files? i get an error message saying there was a problem and it won't import it. I was importing a wav file-or so it said it was 128 bps. thanks. ...more >>

mediaPlayBack component audio speed
Posted by ezalifeEd at 12/11/2006 4:08:17 PM
If, i've following the basic instructions for using the mediaPlayBack component: drag to stage, set to MP3, target a *.mp3 and publish. fla, swf and mp3 are all i the same folder. Works fine expect teh mp3 is being played back liek a chipmonk - doubel / maybe treble speed etc. why? i ca...more >>

Up, Down and hit problem
Posted by bobau at 12/11/2006 3:34:33 PM
I created the movie clip and created the bar and clicked inside the library and chose the button. and then I created the new bar inside. and moved the up to down and hit and went back to the normal mode but I saw the first bar without any fill. What happen? I click below to see it http:...more >>

SCORM...anyone?
Posted by ChrisFlynn at 12/11/2006 2:56:34 PM
Hi all So this is my 3rd or 4th post about integrating SCORM compliant Flash with the hopes that someone knows how to get started with doing this. Because I've found nothing so far. So if anyone has info, please help out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Chris ...more >>

Problem
Posted by SKaTeRCaLeB at 12/11/2006 4:54:55 AM
I have a problem. when i try and download Flash Player 9, the install dialog box never comes up, ive tried everything from different active X controls. and still nothing comes up, so i cant watch any videos or anything untill i get this problem fixed, HELP PLEASE :( ...more >>

Flash is wrong size
Posted by lovesr at 12/11/2006 4:42:23 AM
I created a table then created a flash movie the same size This is what I get http://www.wsfco.com/index.php Why? It seams as if it is being reduced in size....more >>

no sound
Posted by shostakovichlistener at 12/11/2006 3:55:52 AM
I'm not getting any sound of any kind when I'm playing any flash player on the internet. That includes tutorial videos, or online videos (including glumbert and youtube). This only happens on Flash, not Windows Media or Quicktime. How can I get my sound back? ...more >>

Download embedded video from swf files
Posted by robwta at 12/11/2006 2:47:07 AM
I can't seem to download the flash files from http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/index.html i click on page info and find the embeded flash,but can't download it. Another, how can I convert flash files from youtube to my ipod? I found an excellent http://www.soft29.com/dvd_video/video_conve...more >>

editing asymbol
Posted by Purplehaze at 12/11/2006 2:04:28 AM
Ok let you tell you what I have I have some experience with older versions of flash but it has been awhile so be kind. I have a premade flash file for a webpage menu bar. I need to edit where it says your name here to the business name I want to go into the flash movie. I am trying to get ...more >>

Odd-shaped buttons
Posted by CarlBe at 12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
I want to create a button on a map so that it is shaped to a state/county/etc. And then will change colour on mouseover and link to a web page on release - but just cannot find out how to do it? The odd-shape is the most difficult bit! Can anyone help? ...more >>

swf file modified later on the site - the tax club
Posted by thetaxclub at 12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
HI! One short question: Is it ok if I put the .fla file on a site instead of ..swf? Or it won't work? I would rather have the posibility of modifying the flash header I use, and I think with a compiled flash file I won't be able to do this. Or it's possible to update the .swf file later? ...more >>

Saving FLA files on your Web Server
Posted by UMIWebbie at 12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
I've been told never to save my FLA files on the Web server, however, I'm finding that my SWF files won't work unless I have both the SWF file and the FLA file on the Web server. What am I doing wrong? ...more >>

HTML CODE TO FORCE UPGRADE OF USERS FLASH VERSION
Posted by nanovation at 12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello friends, The Flash header on my website (http://www.ArizonaTaxLiens.com) works in my browser (with latest version of Flash player) but not on my friends computer (with older version of Flash Player). Does anyone know what html code I should be using on my pages to force the user t...more >>

3d virtual catalogues
Posted by colinxcolin at 12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
i want to create a 3d interactive catalogue with a page flipping feature. i've found a number of flash extensions on the web. any suggestions as to which one gives the most realistic view and isn't too invloved to produce. ...more >>

Clip Paths and temp-files
Posted by ThinkAdrian at 12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
I guess that clip paths are needed for all the files I've pasted from Illustrator, but do I need all the temp-files? How can I clean up the clip paths, bitmaps and temp files I don't use in my project? Flash freezes a couple of seconds now when I add, remove or edit an item in the Library....more >>

linking files for download
Posted by crave29 at 12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
can someone help me to figure out how to link a pdf and doc file so that when user clicks it will download to their hard drive? i am trying to attach my resume to my online portfolio and am a novice flash user at best. thanks ...more >>


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