I can't seem to copy multiple frames at once either by right clicking, or by doing it through the menu. The option is always there, but greyed out and unpressable. I have flash 8. Im assuming this is a simple fix? thanks! ...more >>

Is there a way to make buttons BEHIND a movieclip "hidden"? I don't want to completely disable the buttons. I just need for the buttons not to work behind the movieclip that is in the front. I'd like for what's not covered up of the buttons to still work once you mouseoff the movieclip. Is thi...more >>

A client has a large number of Flash training courses that they now want converted to paper/pdf so that the learners can aslo read while on the train. The courses have numerous pop-ups, rollovers, drag n drops etc. Is it possible to convert these courses to pdf? If so, what is the best method ...more >>

Is there a way using the pre-existing skins to have a still frame at the beginning of a video and have it play only when the play button is clicked? Please explain how. The video file is set for a progressive download and it starts right up when the page loads. Thank you! ...more >>

Alright, I've gone through posting since last september looking for an answer. I've tried many prior recommendations, nothing has worked. Here' s my dilemma: When importing a n rgb photo from photoshop (specs: 760x507 pixels, color, saved as .jpg at 240 ppi) in my library, my image is softe...more >>

Hello, I have a flash file which I need some images changed. Would someone be willing to charge me a fee to take out the two images and replace with three images that I have. If interested please let me know what the cost would be to modify my flash file. Thanks JR ...more >>

I had flash and shockwave on my system (at home) and everything was peachy. About two weeks or so ago, I was not able to watch videos on Youtube or the kids were not able to play their games on Nick.com because it was telling us our Flash player was outdated and to download the new one. So I...more >>

For some reason, a perfect mask in After Effects produces a thin gray border around the mask in flash when converting to FLV. Has anyone had this problem? Tried everything. Thanks....more >>

I am doing homework class and leraning how to use Support forums and that , and the assigment to find what this is and that here it is: Complex interactivity (buttons, navigation, etc.) can be built into Flash using this computer programming language: richard ...more >>

Okay, so I have this annoying little problem. I can make a scene just fine, but I wanted to have a button that jumps to the next scene. I scoured forums and found that for MX, this is a bad idea, and it said to use something to jump to a labelled frame. The button doesn't seem to work - a...more >>

According to what I've been reading, Adobe added fixes to Dreamweaver 8.02 to deal with the Active Content problem created by Microsoft when Flash animations are embedded in web pages. Since I have an earlier version of Dreamweaver and Flash and am having problems like everyone else with that ...more >>

How can I put a nonbreaking space in a Dynamic Textfield (Flash 8) ? When i put "&_n_b_s_p" (without the underscores) in the text, it is literally seen instead of the wanted nonbreaking space... Thnx WebmasterX ...more >>

I know I saw some on here and now I have no idea where - what programs are there? Not just tutorials but actual programs I've seen......more >>

Yes, in 1 particular project, my stage is stuck in the upper left corner of the work area. I must have hit a funky key. Anybody know what I did and/or how to fix it? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Has anyone been able to load the cartoon networks http://www.adultswim.com/adultswimfix/index.html web site with IE 7? The only thing I get is a page telling me to down load the latest flash player. Microsoft support told me to down load the latest version of IE 7...post Oct 18th version, no...more >>

hi. I have a problem with a text scroller. the text disappear after something like 2500 pixles height... the text field I have in a mask, scrolls down.. and I have a serious long text to display. And I need to have icons apearing next to several places clickable for opening movies to illu...more >>

I've created a slide show, which works fine. But when I delete some scenes and create a swf, the swf skips every other scene. My actionscript is: on (release, releaseOutside) { nextScene(); } // this makes same thing happen if you hit Enter key on(keyPress "<Enter>") { nextScene...more >>

my teacher wants me to learn how to use support forums. I need to find out what programming language Flash 8 uses for there interactive buttons / navigation? I just need a quick answer thank you ...more >>

I have two invisible buttons, the first a large circle, the second a small circle. The small circle lives on top of the large circle. When rolling over the small circle the large circle becomes inactive (rollOut... essentially)... is there any code or a tutorial that can help me prevent ...more >>

I want to show the movie step by step by clicking the next button. Inside each frame, many movie clips are generated dynamically at runtime, and they can be played interactively. I achieves the step-by-step display of those frames by adding another layer with the action stop(). But I got o...more >>

:confused; So here's the deal everyone... I would just love to have some code. I can take all of the explinations you have, but what works best for me is code that I can change a few names in and then actually see in my movie the way it works. I don't think I am alone on that... OK,...more >>

We have experienced a number of output issues related to Flash 8-to-Quicktime publishing on MacBook Pro and Intel-based iMacs. Error messages related to the incorrect version of Quicktime appear, and the process fails. This does not happen on older G5 and G4 processor machines running the same...more >>

Hello. I have one flash menu that loads data from external XML file. The menu can display special characters like Chinese or Japanese just fine if I embed the special characters in flash first but this doesn't work with "Thai" characters, anyone knows what else I need to do? It shows box...more >>

When I visit the fourms, I keep seeing these questions about how to disable "click to activate and use this control". Its really annoying and disrupting my web experience. I do know this really this is a blatant attack on Adobe and Flash by Microsoft and is obviously related to the Adobe t...more >>

Hi, I have a video with a pure white background (255,255,255). In fact my test video is just a white screen for 10 seconds. No matter what format I import it into flash in, when it is in flash the white has gone ever so slightly grey. Usually 254,254,254. this is causing me real problems...more >>

Hi, my company is a web animation firm. One of my client request us to produce a Flash animation for TV commercial use. Any concern on the format as well as film dimension? Should I convert the swf into DVD/ mpeg format or something? Sorry that I am a rookie on TV commercial production. T...more >>

I have the following situation: I have a large image that I want to create "hot spots" on. This is my lets say 1000 by 1000 image. on that image i have two 50 by 50 squares one below the other. I want to make it such that if I roll over one square the 1000 by 1000 image changes to a...more >>

Flash-O-Navigation Professional , an advanced version of Adobe approved component for Flash based e-learning is released at http://www.esspl.com/flashcomponents/flashonavigationprohome.asp In this version there are many advanced features associated such as UTF8 font support to create e-lea...more >>

I made a flash menu and put it in my dreamweaver pages. The animation (text is moving when the mouse is rolling over) works whatever the navigator (IE6, Netscape7, Firefox 1.5.0.8). But when I press on each submenu, it does only work with IE6 and Netscape 7 (nothing happens with Firefox)! Co...more >>

hi. i've got a problem to upload my video in flash on my site. I've made a video flash with flash8 and I dont'n know how to put html code in my site page to load the video and I' don't know how save the video in "swf" instead "fla". Thaks. ...more >>

HI, I am importing Video into flash, i was wondering if i can import a video that has already been encoded? Or is it better to use uncompressed video when importing. If it is better to import a compressed video, which codec should i use first to compress the video? Thanks, L. ...more >>

Hi I keep getting the following error, "One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them." This error comes up every time I try to import some music into my flash document. I searched the Flash Support Center and found a something that said If i get this messa...more >>