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Reducing swf file size for text
Posted by etingwall at 12/14/2006 11:45:16 PM
I recently took over our triathlon team's website (msutriathlon.com). I have very very basic knowledge of html and php. The previous webmaster used a flash box with a scroll bar for our news updates. I've found the .fla file and can figure out how to edit it as I want. I know how to export it ...more >>


Transparent Type is showing as 100% alpha
Posted by swissgrid at 12/14/2006 11:35:23 PM
Hi, I'm tweaning some type at a 40% alpha and it looks fine. After I publish and watch the animation, the type looks a little different and displays at 100%. What am I missing? Thanks....more >>

how can I insert a movieclip that it is in the library by a button in Flash
Posted by yo at 12/14/2006 11:34:07 PM
I want to insert in my main movie, one movie that I have in the library.For this purpouse,I have create a button in that main movie and I don=B4t know what code I have to write in that button.thanks!!! ...more >>

Problems with importing text from AI CS2
Posted by Garrett Cobarr at 12/14/2006 10:30:27 PM
I have been attempting to import text from Illustrator CS2 into Flash 8. I would like to retain the layers if possible. I am having many different problems as I have experiemented at the AI side. One is having the text come in with the outline offset and no longer alligned. When I drag and...more >>

closeButton
Posted by Sergiomon at 12/14/2006 10:28:28 PM
What is the script to use in order for the CloseButton to work in a loader component? I tried: on (click) { close; } Am I too far off? CloseButton = true ContentPath = treeMenu.swf ...more >>

Downloading multiple FLVs
Posted by Phantoz at 12/14/2006 10:27:57 PM
Hi, I need to progressivly stream two FLVs on a single page. I've built a little player with the FLVPlayback component that I can hit via javascript to get it to start loading a file (the FLVs are big). Problem is, in firefox, that only the first FLV begins to download, there is a huge wa...more >>

Good resources for DisplacementMapFilter and Bitmap?
Posted by Katie:) at 12/14/2006 9:45:10 PM
Hi Can any one recommend any good books, websites or tutorials dealing with DisplacementMapFilter and Bitmaps and related objects Thanks...more >>

Any default sound boards in Flash 8?
Posted by Chris Jumonville at 12/14/2006 9:40:48 PM
I want to have a simple MP3 play on my site when I open the page. I want the MP3 to have a sound board attached to it though with play, stop, pause, volume, etc... Are there any of these built into Flash 8 or is there a place I can download one instead of taking my time to make on myself? ...more >>



making a layer continuos?
Posted by Michael Murphree at 12/14/2006 9:05:06 PM
ok here is a newb question... I am buliding a header for a website that will be the intro for the site. the header will build itself and then i will have constant motion (abstract waves) on one part of the header while other things on the header will remain constant without moving but will...more >>

making a layer continuos after animation?
Posted by Michael Murphree at 12/14/2006 9:04:04 PM
ok here is a newb question... I am buliding a header for a website that will be the intro for the site. the header will build itself and then i will have constant motion (abstract waves) on one part of the header while other things on the header will remain constant without moving but will...more >>

Transform a rectangular image into a trapezoid
Posted by Katie:) at 12/14/2006 8:32:39 PM
Hi i want to transform an image from a regular rectangle to a trapezium (almost like a flat topped triangle). Is that possible with actionscript? ...more >>

Displaying images contained within an array
Posted by fwitt at 12/14/2006 7:54:02 PM
How would would you display all the images within an array? This is as far as I've gotten so far... var images:Array = new Array; images[0] = "1.jpg"; images[1] = "2.jpg"; for (i=0;i<images.length;i++) { ... ...loadMovie(images[i]); } ...more >>

I'm lost...
Posted by Neeeol at 12/14/2006 7:44:34 PM
I have been given a Flash project to take over, and I'm learning this as I go. I am completely stumped, however. I cannot for the life of me figure out how this thing even runs. It's really simple. A single nested window contains nothing more than a title bar and a top-menu. Lots of sc...more >>

transparent background for embedded swfs (not html)
Posted by Morgan McConnell at 12/14/2006 7:37:41 PM
i'm bringing external swfs into my main movie and would love for the content of these to be visable without haveing a flat colour background. is this possible? thanks....more >>

Loading external images with bleach fade
Posted by mking07 at 12/14/2006 7:24:32 PM
i found a cool source file for a bleach fade effect loading external images. the problem is when you export it to html it doesn't work. i can't figure it out. source file http://www.senocular.com/flash/source.php?id=0.141 does anyone know what i need to change about this script to make ...more >>

rotating drop shadow
Posted by swedemily at 12/14/2006 6:18:04 PM
okay, so i have a ring made up of 10 balls - sort of like a clock - and i've made them spin one way, then in the other direction. i want to create a realistic drop shadow that obv animates along with the ring, but when i skew the shadow and then animate it to rotate, the whole shape moves in a...more >>

Please Help me .. string convert to field
Posted by Born2code at 12/14/2006 6:14:57 PM
Can anyone Pleassssse help ... I am trying to save a field name into a variable such as: var a:String = "city"; var rec_array:Array = new Array(); rec_array.push({name: "john", city: "omaha", zip: 68144}); rec_array.push({name: "john", city: "kansas city", zip: 72345}); for(i...more >>

And my final flash question for today...
Posted by Chris Jumonville at 12/14/2006 5:56:35 PM
http://www.margostern.com/extras_sucker.html Why the hell do I have that huge invisible white border around my movie there? I don't want that border at all. Can anyone tell me what's up with that!? -- Best Regards, Chris Jumonville ...more >>

Integer to String??
Posted by Chaz03 at 12/14/2006 5:24:57 PM
am trying to pass variables either from an external TXT file or from the HTML into flash. The passing seems to be working. The problem is that the variable that I'm trying to pass is an integer (ie. 9999) and I am trying to eventually concatenate a URL string with this variable to make one UR...more >>

What width should I make my Flash site?
Posted by xslamx at 12/14/2006 5:07:06 PM
I'm making a swf top and nav bar for my website that will stretch across the whole width of the site. What is a good size to make them these days? I heard that it used to be around 760 pixels but with more people having larger resolutions these days you can go higher, is this true? Is there...more >>

Help with converting WMV to FLV??
Posted by transfuture at 12/14/2006 5:05:51 PM
Hi, I have a WMV file that I need to convert to an FLV. I tried importing the file into Flash Video Converter but it gets ignored. What do I need to do? Cheers!...more >>

Any tips for optimizing photos for Flash?
Posted by azukizer0 at 12/14/2006 4:55:30 PM
I'm curious if anyone has any great tips for preparing photos to be used in a Flash website. I'm very familiar with Photoshop and I've designed many non-Flash sites so I know the general approach for preparing photos for the web. I've done a few Flash sites which are heavily image based......more >>

FLASH 8 publishing a QUICKTIME movie
Posted by WAMER at 12/14/2006 4:08:34 PM
Hello I am trying to publish a FLASH 8 file as a QUicktime movie. WHen I go to publish as a QUICKTIME it says to select VERSION 5 of FLASH. But when I click OK to publish, I get a message tha tfeatures in the flash file are not supported by VERSION 5 of FLASH. ? : / What can I do?...more >>

Re: Controlling 2 videos with 1 control ?
Posted by charles.crepin at 12/14/2006 4:06:58 PM
Hi, I am not sure I understand exactly what you want to do now. You want to have two videos playing simultaneously? And play/pause/stop both at the same time? Or would you like to choose which video to play? Or do you want them to play one after the other? ...more >>

addressing *any* movieclip at a specified level
Posted by erlendbv at 12/14/2006 3:38:29 PM
Hi. I'm trying to execute the unloadMovieClip() command for the movieclip lying inside of a movieclipHolder : _root.movieclipHolder. * ANY * .unloadMovieClip(); But how should I do this? I'm stuck. I'm trying to create a sort of dynamic code structure, so I don't want to have a long "if,...more >>

Rotating images 3D
Posted by Katie:) at 12/14/2006 3:03:45 PM
Hi, i was wondering if there is any way i can make it look like that my pictures are rotating along the z-axis. I am trying to do something similar to the 3D picture cube and want to know if there is anyway i can make it look like that the image is rotating in all directions. If you have any r...more >>

Updating to do list
Posted by RHODES? at 12/14/2006 1:36:56 PM
Hi folks. Im trying to do my "to do list" and send it to my boss. The problem is it need to be updated by him. ..TXT save? Php? Im on mac. Thanks in advance from Brasil!...more >>

Embeded Flash Video won't show skin...
Posted by Chris Jumonville at 12/14/2006 12:21:21 PM
I'm using this HTML code to display the Flash video on my website... <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="550" height="400" title="sucker"> <param name="m...more >>

Embedding chinese font (a smarter way?) please help
Posted by Andrew.f77 at 12/14/2006 11:13:12 AM
Hello guys, 'm still having alot of problems developing my 1st chinese flash website. I notice http://www.ovalpartnership.com/ also has a chinese version, which i think they uses dynamic textbox and loads chinese text from .xml files. I wonder how they keep their file size soo small an...more >>

Buffering
Posted by Beemer at 12/14/2006 8:10:16 AM
I'm trying to watch http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d200/index.shtml which uses Macromedia 8. The route is UK to US to Japan and I'm getting very bad movie interupption while my browser waits for buffers to fill. This happens repeatedly throughout the movie. I'm not familiar with Macrom...more >>

HELP ME PLEASE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Posted by Stilts at 12/14/2006 7:40:27 AM
HELP I'm trying to use a flash page to connect to an asp page which is using a database. The problem is when I try this on my local system I get nothing and when I put it live on the www it works. I can get it to work locally with a .txt file but the same output with asp gives me nothing....more >>

Passing parameters?
Posted by Bill_from_Wales at 12/14/2006 6:50:44 AM
Can this be done in flash 8 (or am I barking up the wrong tree) as I can't seem to get any resultant recordsets:- //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- var xml_str; xml_str = "test3.xml" CP_XML.load(xml_str) //--------------...more >>

Recording Microphone Audio
Posted by viet124 at 12/14/2006 4:36:09 AM
Hi, Is it possible with Flash, to use the Microphone class to record audio from a user and manipulate/save that audio on the client side, and then stream the audio file to a server when the user is ready to upload it? This would help reduce unnecessary bandwidth if the audio is not requir...more >>

What's the easiest way to make a preloader?
Posted by xslamx at 12/14/2006 3:09:52 AM
What's the fastest, easiest way to make a preloader? I'm new to Flash and don't know any actionscripting, so any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!...more >>

trying to copy effect into anther project
Posted by ozdawg at 12/14/2006 3:04:32 AM
Sorry for the vague info. I created a movie and I am trying to add a text effect to the movie. The text effect contains an Actionscript. How do I transfer the effect to my movie in progress, short of rewriting the script. Merge two seperate files into one, or transfer effects from one file i...more >>

Embedded Flash movie vs Quicktime movie?
Posted by Chris Jumonville at 12/14/2006 2:58:55 AM
Ok so here is the dilema. I can convert my .mov files to Flash movies and embed the flash movies on my pages or just embed the .mov files in my pages with quicktime. Is there any pros or cons to doing it one way or the other? Why would someone do it in Flash when they could just do it in Qui...more >>

Embedding a Flash Video?
Posted by Chris Jumonville at 12/14/2006 12:55:53 AM
I have a simple question. I am trying to embed a flash video in my HTML page and I used Flash 8 to import the video with the wizard and it created my .mov file to a .flv file and it also created a .swf file of the movie as well. I selected to use one of the default movie player skins in the ...more >>

Create a CD frontend splash screen and menu?
Posted by kwang1 at 12/14/2006 12:08:16 AM
Greetings, It is possible using Flash, to create a CD frontend menu screen that autoplays when the user inserts the CDROM? I know how to launch files using the autorun.inf file, so that's no problem. ...more >>


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