Hello, I have a MC in scene one that won't disappear when clicking to scene two. The MC still animates when I go to the next scene on top of my images in scene two. I am using menu navigation inside a MC to navigate from scene to scene. Is there action script to make my MC in scene one...more >>

Scrollbars initially work. BUT when you go to another section of site and then come back an error message appears saying that a bad script is running and may cause your computer to become unresponsive. When you click YES to abort the script the scrollbar pulses and effectively locks up the .sw...more >>

I am trying to convert my trial of Macromedia Flash to the full version. I have a serial key and have already purchased my copy. I need to know where to enter my key. The Macromedia site says to select "I have a serial key" in the pop up when I start. The problem is that I never am prompted wi...more >>

i'm interning for my church and they want me to convert their messages from the wav file to mp3 and then add it to flash and also add controls to the video for their messages so that users can control this and i don't know how to do any of this - they also want me to add streaming video to fla...more >>

:confused; Hi. Does anyone know how to attach a word document or any other type of file to a flash form that is going to be submitted by email? ...more >>

Hi, I'm a relative novice to Flash. I was hoping somebody could tell me how or direct me to a resource on how to cause items to change when you roll over them without them being a button. I'm fully capable of making things change in movie clips and how to work with buttons. My problem ...more >>

I?ve subscribed to a hotline. They publish one or two videos a week. The videos are about 3 to 6 minutes in length. Only the two latest videos are available for viewing. But I would like to be able also to view older videos. So I would like to download all videos and save them on my hard disk....more >>

I'm trying to import Illustrator 10 files into FLASH MX, but keep getting error message that says I need to save the file as EPS (already is) or it crashes Flash. I have tried saving the file down and re-importing, but with no luck. I'm using v6.0 of Flash. If I copy from Ill. and paste i...more >>

I have a flash portfolio that shows various works that I've done. On one of the sections of the portfolio, I have a scrollpane that is linked to another .swf file. The swf file is a drag and drop game where you must drop objects on top of other moving objects. When you drop a draggable object ...more >>

I am a Macromedia Director developer including Lingo Script. I now have to learn Flash to start developing in Flash what is the best tools you know of that will help me learn Flash the fastest way possible? I have seen many training videos is there anything out there any of you can recommend? ...more >>

I had a look at flash about 18 months ago at my work, and remember an easy to use panel that you could bring up for doing shape tweens, and had various presets - for example exploding an image apart, with settings for easing in and out, and changing transparency... So I'm having to look at...more >>

Hi, I need to create a kiosk interface which is basically a blank screen with two buttons. When a user clicks the first one, it opens PowerPoint. When the user is done with the PowerPoint presentation and closes it, the screen goes back to the two buttons (no desktop). Then, when the user...more >>

I have seen a technique used fairly often and always wondered how it was accomplished. The technique is to have a flash movie play as an intro the the website. I would like to set up a page to serve as an intro page and then move directly to my home page. I realize this is actionscript but...more >>

I have a bit of an unusual situation. I bought the academic version of Flash awhile back, but I just now got the commercial version so I could make a website. Now, however, I cannot get rid of the academic version. I uninstalled the program and then reinstalled it to enter my commercial ver...more >>

I need some help with drawing a line. I have a city map and I need to create an animation whereby a line representing the route of a vehicle winds through the streets of the city. It will also have to pause, then continue in certain place, much like a delivery truck with a predetermined r...more >>

In my library I had a .flv file...I brought it into the stage and timeline. IF of interest...this file was created from a .mov Quicktime movie. I have followed all the turorials/forum items about creating a layer above the layer (the one with the .flv)...go to the last frame...create keyfram...more >>

According to the information found by clicking here- http://www.adobe.com/support/salesdocs/1002268.html , "There are no restrictions on the use of educational product versions for commercial purposes, and educational customers may continue to purchase regular upgrades upon completion of the...more >>

I have set the stage size to the pixel size i need, however, the movie shows outside of those parameters. Can I get some assistance as to how to keep my movie inside of the set pixel size? I have text and images tweeened onto the stage, and I don't want to see them outside of the area i have...more >>

Hi all, If I dynamically load a movieClip onto my stage using attachMovie, is there any way to still reference a button inside that movieClip from the main timeline? For example, I have a movieClip in the library with the linkage of "feedback". Inside that movieClip is a button called "...more >>

Flash Player 8 disappears or uninstalls itself after a reboot or after deleting temporary internet files. So each time I visit a site with a flash file, I'm prompted to install it again! It works until either a reboot or cleaning out browser junk using the IE Properties control panel applet....more >>

Hi, I'm kinda new to flash but I'm having difficulties linking buttons in a flash menu to HTML anchor points within a web page? I'm pulling my hair out with this at the moment and would really appreciate any assistance anbody can offer! Thanks:confused; ...more >>

:confused; I successfully created slideshow movie files that I want to incorporated on a web site. When I test the movies by themselves they work fine but when I add them to the main timeline and test the movie, the slideshow plays over and over. I added a stop action which stopped the slide...more >>

Hi people! I have created a movie that counts down, and then randomly picks a number at the end. Douse anyone know how to broadcast this movie so its views the same in a browser and then freezes at the end to show the same number on several different computers. Your help would be a...more >>

Hello everyone. I am new to Macromedia Flash and I have run into a problem that maybe some people on here could help me with. The problem is that I went and made using a program known as SwishMax. So after I make the file, I upload it onto my web server. It work's fine and all, but I would lik...more >>

I am looking for a fast, simple Flash Chat system which includes source code. I am willing to pay a reasonable price for it (not looking for free code) Thanks ...more >>

Hi I was wondering if someone could take a look at the game i've been making. I've been following this tutorial: http://www.maxpc.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=31156&subsec tionid=706&subsubsectionid=524 (pdf download link is at the bottom of the page). My actionscri...more >>

Hi I was wondering if someone could take a look at the game i've been making. I've been following this tutorial: http://www.maxpc.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=31156&subsec tionid=706&subsubsectionid=524 (pdf download link is at the bottom of the page). My actionscri...more >>

Hello, I badly need advice/ views/pointers to information on how one can record through the MIC and maintain syncronization with another file (streaming) running from Media Server. So basically the goal is to reproduce the two files perhaps by publishing the two FLAs, one orignal being play...more >>

I would like to manipulate both the audio and video stream in real-time using Flash. So far I have had little luck in doing so...does anyone know how this can be done....more >>

All of the buttons on our website started pulsing. We never had the problem before. The last time I was on our site, a couple of months ago, everything was fine. I tried creating a new .swf file but it does the same thing. When I create a test preview (in Flash 7.0), everything is fine but...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for options or suggestions that can take a Flash app designed to run on a CD, with no internet connection, and do two things that currently are not available in Flash. 1) Is there a way to force a link to a PDF or other file to download rather then open in a browser? Treat ...more >>

I currently have a small menu created in Flash 8 that I would like to import into another flash file. However, whenever I use Import to Stage or Import to Library, I can select the .SWF file, but it never gets placed on the stage or the library. It seems like it tries to do it, but never doe...more >>

Dear all, Im pretty new to flash and have put together a small site....however, when it loads up there is a blank screen when there should be a % loaded count. This is only visible when the loader gets to 88% Does anyone know why this is or does anyone have a loading tool that I could ...more >>

Is there something that I can put in an HTML file to start a swf file at a particular frame? In other words, I have the same SWF file on several pages but I want the movie to start at different frames on different pages. Thanks, Tim ...more >>

Flash 8's security settings are causing me all kinds of greif! I'm building a kiosk in Flash that manipulates a camera image. The install machine is not connected to the Internet. For the life of me, I can't stop the 'allow camera access' pop-up from appearing every time the interactive ...more >>

hey guys have you seen this effect befor i think it looks great and i would really like to have ago at it but i cant seem to find any source files or tutorials for it. any ne know how this is done? http://www.brandspankingnew.net/specials/carousel/xmas_carousel_fl8.html thanks martin ...more >>

Hi all, I've used "duplicateMovieClip" to create a batch of movie clips namly clip_1, clip_2, clip_3, etc and in those clip, have a text field call "myText", is there any method can let me change the text in those movie clip? E.g. a function myMovie = getMovie("clip_"+i); << the myMovie wi...more >>

I have an XML Connector on the stage and imported the schema. When I try to add bindings flash8 locks up, no dialogs or anything. WinXP SP2 Flash8.0 Pro ...more >>

I know this has been discussed at length but I can't get the answer and I have been searching through the forum for ages now. It's simple - I just have a number of buttons and when a button is clicked I want the content for the previous "page" to animate out and the content for the new "pa...more >>

Hello all: I have my site made in Flash v.7. I publish the .swf as an .htm to put it by FTP in the server, then I put the adress in the safari/explorer, but I can not see it. I have the flash player v.8. I tried to insert the .swf in a table, just to see if I can see the borders of the ta...more >>

I have a movie that use attachMovie to insert buttons (Button_MC) to the stage. Every new (child) button (MC) get instance names as an array like: button1, button2, button3, button4 ... button9. Inside the Button_MC there are a function - so every button1, button2... button9 have the same func...more >>

Hi there, As I've mentioned I'm literally losing hair off this issue and I don't want to dissappoint my client, who I've got all excited about using Flash 8. The problem is my client is doing video streaming that needs to be extremely precise. He is in the film industry and he is plannin...more >>

It will require a motion tween. First, take your text, and convert it into an object by pressing F8. Make it a movieclip. Now that your text is a symbol it can be motion tweened. Take your text on frame one, and make the text however big you want it to start off as. Then, right click in your t...more >>

Hey I and a partner were building this site and something bad happened to him so he could not be here with us... with that said I will tell u what we are working on is an flash based web page we wanted to hand the web page out on disc to people but were running into an problem with the pa...more >>

I need a button to start playing some music when its released. And it needs to stop when the stop button is pressed. I know the stop button action would be something like... on(release){ stopAllSounds(); } What would be the script to start the song playing...lets say the song is ...more >>