How do I select which monitor to display on. Click on video from MSN.com...Flash "delivers" video to the other monitor (dual monitor system). I do not want this...I want to show video only on the source monitor. I downloaded and installed the latest Flash software...until I did this, F...more >>

My department is new to Flash, but we've now been creating basic Flash Videos for websites for a few months. We've always encoded our videos to FLVs (Flash 8), and then used the Video Import Wizard in Flash 8 to import those FLVs into our FLA document. We now need to be able to error-check a...more >>

Let me start by saying that I have been using the basics of Flash for some time now, and I am now running Version 8. However, I have never been to school or training for Flash, so I am self taught. Therefore, I may have a bit of trouble if you use terms that are too technical. Thanks in adv...more >>

I am putting together a new website and the main image is portrayed like a museum painting with to light fixtures on either side. I would like to have lights so you can turn them on and off with a button to highlight the image. Anybody know a good tutorial or anything that explains how I can d...more >>

Hi. Really basic question...I'm using Studio 8 (Flash 8) and I have converted a bitmap to a symbol so I can animate it. I want to, stage by stage, delete little sections of the bitmap, then to reverse this sequence to give the impression that the image is "growing", as it were, but stupid Fl...more >>

I am using some external text within a website. I have found that if I type the text in a text program and save it as Unicode 8 format, it doesn't seem to need breaks or paragraph coding. That is the first confusing thing. Secondly, I can't get it to change the font size, although it will chan...more >>

I've been given a flash object that loads the text content from an XML file. One of the characters I need to display is the registered symbol. I've tried: pasting in the special character, ® %26%23174; And so far no luck. Any ideas? ...more >>

How good/bad of a method is this for querying a MySQL database? results.php just outputs XML code and the first result is supposed to be shown within the flash file. go.onRelease = function() { var input_text = input.text; var xml_file:XML = new XML(); xml_file.ignoreWhite = t...more >>

:disgust; I have tried action scripts, and as well as typing the local file location in the url field, nothing seem to work after I publish to html. When in the browser, I attempt to select the button and noting works. Help, Help........? please be specific. Thanks ...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to embed a movie in a HTML page. The movie reads in some XML and then outputs it in a list, the list is usually between 100px and 400 px high. I need the movie to strech on the HTML page to whichever height it needs once load. Is this possible? if i place no dimension i...more >>

Hello. I have an uncompressed video file with alpha channel. I would like to make it transform to a word i would write in flash. Is it possible? I went through the tutorials and it says that shape tween is only possible between two raw drawings, but is there a way to bypass that rule? ...more >>

Hello, I've been making an MP3 player using Flash (MX 2004). The player is to stream/progressively play MP3 files on my file host. I have already overcome the security part, as it seems that my file host has allowed cross-domain access. In my script I set _soundbuftime to 10 seconds ...more >>

Can anyone recomand a vendor that has support for [b]Flash Performance Testing[/b]? Vendors like Mercury, Rational, etc.....more >>

i have builded a flash web site (with action script) using the MovieClipLoader class, when i surf from page to another then i am loadMovie to stage with little mask, i want (and i dont know how to do that) to create unload animation, i mean when i surf from page1 to page2 then page1 will show ...more >>

So i bought a computer and it came with flash mx and when the computer first arrived flash was working fine but then when i made updated the computer with newer software and a new master account flash was disabled and now its asks for my first and last name, organization, and the serial numbe...more >>

ok i feel like a fool. anyway i created a web site for a friend http://www.visionsandinspirations.com/test/ i've loaded all the images threw the load image componet. the source .jpg's images are much lager then the display size. source size is about 1000 x 1000 px ( i made them ...more >>

Someone mentioned to me that instead of learning a lot of advanced actionscripting (which I'm just not acclimated to) I could download Flash extensions that would make my life a whole lot easier. Is there anyone with any favorites out there that a newbie like me could take advantage of? I tr...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to convert a .avi XviD file to .flv format using the new Flash 8 Video Encoder. Everything seems to work fine. I load the file into the encoder, wait a few moments, and it gives me the green tick (indicated a successful conversion). Now the problem is that whenever ...more >>

I have a series of Flash files that need to play in series and keep variables till next file loads, but the Flash files will be on separate CDs. Is there a way to make a file wait till the next one loads? Even if the file came from a CD which will need to be switched out with the one with th...more >>

i'm trying to load external swf files into a scrollpane. i'm using the loadMovie command, but when i do , the content extends outside the scrollPane (no scrolling happens). how can i get around this in the simplest manner? thanks. morgan ...more >>

A web site was developed with a Flash movie (FLV - 4 min 20seconds). The video is totally unacceptable for viewing on a dial-up connection and is very "jerky" as viewed on a partial T1 (256k frame relay). Viewed from a high-speed DSL connection, the video performs quite well. See for yourself...more >>

I was watching the flash tutor but a tutor moved the timeline to 2o and Which do I use frame and keyframe and something else since I had hemorrhage. I don't hear the words anymore. Do I add the frame to 40? How? [URL=http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=flash.afe.jpg][IMG]ht...more >>

ok I searched and didn't see anything. So hopefully I won't make anybody mad by asking this question. I want my text to do what the text does at the following site. If you look in the far right column you can see that the large text changes color on mouseover. How do I do that. I have a VERY V...more >>

Please if somebody could help me, I have the main movie where i would like to load external swf ( scrolable menu ) at specific coordinate. I have created the empty movie clip on main stage (container) and positioned it where I want my menu to apear. Then I create the actionscript layer...more >>

bonjour, je voudrais savoir comment inserer un menu ds une animation flash qui apparait avec evenement de positionner de la souris? merci ...more >>

Every new document I create gives me the following message when I try to preview **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\wozZonline\Local Settings\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\FP8\TextField\StyleSheet.as: Line 7: The name of this class, 'TextField.StyleSheet', con...more >>

I've just received the flash program, but when I try to open it my DVD program pops up. How can I change this?...more >>