When I have auto hide set to true on my FLV file, the controls work great when I'm looking at the swf file with flash player or in the browser, but once I put the SWF into an html page or look at the html page flash publishes, the auto hide is hit and miss. If I move my mouse slowly in and out...more >>

hey anybody out there know why my FLV component gets messed up when the stop button for my backround sound is clicked? The background sound is attached and has a stop and play button.(works fine on it's own) The FLV is a completely diffrent entity that has no connection to the background soun...more >>

i'm trying to create a button that will replace the current swf with another and i want the size to change between the various sizes of each page. i'm currently using the following code in the action inspector: on(release){loadMovieNum("myfilename.swf",0); } i know there has to be a si...more >>

I have a combo box with 12 labels in it, and when one is selected I want to go to a frame in my timelineI know I need to use a goToandStop, but I don't know how to asign the data on the label to go toa frame in the timeline. Are there any good tutorials on how to use a combo box. I thin...more >>

I am using a brand new Intel iMac. I am running FlashMX 2004 Professional ver. 7.2 and Quick Time Pro version 7.1.3. I have installed the FLV Exporter. The extensionn is showing in Flash under Media Components. The FLV Exporter says it installed successfully. However, when I attempt to export...more >>

I am looking for stats that show percentage of seniors who able to use flash. We are designing a website for a client, the end users are seniors. Client does not want us to use flash because they think their users are not sophisticated enough. I hope to prove them wrong. Anybody have relevent ...more >>

I'm a total beginner and, as such, have the following problem. I'd like to add some flash animations, buttons, etc to my HTML page. To do this I copy the necessary flash code to the site code (I use Macromedia Flash 8). The problem is that any time I open my beautiful web page I need to activa...more >>

:disgust; Hi, Does anybody know why my browser (IE 6.0.2900, Windows XP SP2) just absolutely refuses to let flash get installed? I have tried everything I know and it seems that it can't get around some permission problem with either Active X and/or Java settings. Any help is appreciated.....more >>

Hello All. I'm trying to rotate a dynamic text field that is using system font. Any ideas ? I put it into a movieClip and cache it AsBitmap, but the result was the same...i.e the text dissapear. Thanks in advance. S +++ ...more >>

Hi, I?m sure this is a simple thing that I just don?t get. How do I do a button fade-out when the mouse rolls off of it? I create a button. On ?Over? I place a movie clip. When the mouse rolls over the button the movie clip plays a fade-in effect giving it a nice smooth transition, but whe...more >>

Hi Everyone, As I was trying to access a file in Flash 8 (Mac) it closed down abruptly and the "Send a report to Apple" option appeared. So I sent the report and tried to get into Flash again. It did the exact same thing three times in a row now. It just shuts down. Has anyone had this pro...more >>

Hi I am trying to make a macro that will help me lip sync my animations. I would like to be able to have the sound clip assigned to the current frame play so that I can assign the correct mouth symbol. Is there a way to access a sound through the extension commands? I hope that made sense.....more >>

Hello, I am a photographer interested in designing a photo gallery website.My question is how are the special effects created in Flash for when a thumbnail is clicked and the photo downloads into the picture viewer? (such as the photo fading in , the photo is assembled from small blocks, th...more >>

I'm looking for tutorials on how to make 3 different games: Word Search, Word Scramble, and Fill in the Blank. If anyone can help me out, I would greatly apprieciate it. I'm under a very short deadline. ...more >>

I'm new to Flash, but i really can't get the snow 2.0 (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/snow.htm) tutorial to work. i've tried the snow 3.0 (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/snow.htm) one without any problems - but I get this error message when I try the 2.0 one: **Error** Symb...more >>

Hello I am really not sure where to begin. I am creating a portfolio DVD for my employer. I am using flash to design the interface. I create buttons that link to videos within the flash file. WHen I publish as a windows projectior and play the exe file the video does not show up. ? Any ...more >>

I've exported a flash cartoon (fla file) to quicktime video (.mov). But the movie clip symbol (character walking) is now still and not moving in the .mov. I'm using Flash MX 2004 on a Mac, by the way. Anyone? Thanks! ...more >>

Can anyone advise: I wish to convert SWF movie from web to a standalone Windows Projector exe file, that can be viewed offline and also DOES NOT requires a flash player to be viewed. I also cannot assume that all my users will have flash and don't want to force them to install additional softwar...more >>

I've dabbled in learning flash off and on, and have decided this year I am! One thing I'm interested in, maybe just a whim to play around with is making flash screensavers. There are so many, some I have downloaded free trials of, but didn't seem to work right, or I couldn't figur...more >>

I've been making an RPG with Flash Pro 8. It's one of the ones that you walk around, work etc. The insides of the buildings are on different frames to the main one. Inside a school, you can pick up some books for a mission. I made the inventory, and when I click the books they go to the invent...more >>

Here's the deal. Normally, when you animate a Bitmap, the motion is very jerky due to pixel approximation. To get around this, you choose "allow smoothing" for the Bitmap in the Library. However, as of Flash 8 we now have Bitmap caching which will basically convert your vectors into Bitmap...more >>

Hi all, Sorry for my lack of knowledge...I am would like to do a Live Video & Audio Live Streaming (Teleconferencing) in Flash 8 Pro. Is it possible? How do I start & what do I need/have to make it a success? Please sum1 help me on this...Thanks Loads. ...more >>

Hi! I have an existing flash movie and the video that was included in it has sound, i just want the flash movie muted no button nothing just start muted. thanks!...more >>

Hi. I am very new. Like, complete noob. Anyway, I built this file with a bunch of buttons, each one of which is meant to play a different sound when the cursor is over it. They also all link to different url's. The links work, but only one of the sounds will play. I will describe my enti...more >>

Anyone knows a good alternative for Flash? Since 2 week we try to get progressive streaming working without spendig 1.000 of dollars to Flash Media Server. find several tutorials hereabout on the net. None works. Even those described by Adobe itself. Adobe tutorials are also accompagnied o...more >>

I work at a tv station, and we're going live for 4 hours on New Year's Eve. The producer wants a countdown clock, and I was wondering if there was a semi-simple way to do this in Flash? Thanks!...more >>

Hello there, Does anyone know if it's at all possible to remove the, clear, dotted border around any Flash in a HTML document? I've seen several websites which don't have the border around. I've created a Flash menu for my website and having the border makes this difficult, one has to clic...more >>

Is it possible to have a link to a web page from a flash file? I have a simple logo animation which rotates through the logos. Ideally, i'd like a link from each of the logos, but if only one link is possible then thats ok. Thanks Andy ...more >>