I did a search, but couldn't find my particular problem. Can someone please tell me how to keep my GIF file from repeating over and over? I export it as a movie, select GIF, animations box has a "0", and I've gone into Publish Settings and put a "1" in the repeat box. When I view it in Publ...more >>

I'm trying to do a nav bar (with one big photo) for a website and the idea would be to have the photo change depending on where you are at in the site. For instance, about us would have photo a, contact would have photo b, etc. I think that this nav is likely to change, and if it is ONE .swf f...more >>

Hi, I have a site with a swf file that is my main file that I load external swfs into. In one of the external swfs I have a flv file that I want to play. When I test the site localy the flv file plays. But on the web it will not load or play. Now, I played just the external swf (not loaded...more >>

I've got a file, let's call it V3.flv, it's dynamically loaded by passing the name V1.flv as a LoadVar. Okay, so I copy the file and name it V1.flv - it won't play. Call it and it just won't load? Now, if I make a copy and call it V2.flv or V4.flv, it runs. Is Flash caching the file. My ...more >>

Hi, Here's for example's sake. Lets say we have a hierarchy like this... main timeline -movieClip1 -movieClip2 The main timeline has an intro of say, 10 frames, with a stop action on the tenth frame. When a button is pressed, frame 11, labeled ("frame11") plays a movi...more >>

Hello. I have a problem with playback of local flv videos on Mac. I have found out what the problem is but I haven't been able to find a solution yet. This is the concept: I have produced a flash file for presenting text and several video clips (flv video). The text is in XML-format and is ...more >>

Tale a look at: http://www.spam-o-meter.com You can download our Mac-Widget we created using Flash. It is a tool to measure the actual amount of spam in the internet. Thanks olzen...more >>

hi there I am creating a step by step flash for my isp company I special pasted a picture of the control panel on the document (white space) I want to link a spot on the picture onto another picture like (frame to another frame) like and example on the picture there is a next icon which ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to load an SWF file with command arguments? I have an SWF with different pages on it. Can I somehow set it up so that a certain link would call load the swf and automatically go to a certain pages and a different link would load the same swf but automatically go to a ...more >>

Does anyone have any idea what the take-up/penetration rate for Flash Player 8 is (particuarly in the UK market)?...more >>

I'm new at Flash, and had to learn enough scripting to do a little movie yesterday. It's okay, but there's a problem. Please look http://www.omnisonics.com/about_02.htm. If you move your mouse too quickly over the names on the left, the pictures don't pop up on the right. I used: on...more >>

I'm sure this can be done (probably easily), but I can't get a handle on the code (not my strength). I have an existing site with different SWF's for the different sections. Each movie fades in from and out to black. I thought it would be cool to have a seperate SWF that ran on the next la...more >>

I know that Flash can be optimized so that it registers on Search Engines. Is it as simple as filling in the <alt> and <title> tags in HTML? Or do I need to do something in the Flash file itself? -Kirk...more >>

I developed a very simple flash piece for a designer. (ourmaninhavana.biz) He wants to use flash 8 just becuase the type is rendering better. So, I wanted a sniffer to direct people who don't have the player yet. I used the supposedly bullet proof solution built into flash 8 in the publish/HT...more >>

I am a complete newbie and want to know how to get this on a new site I am building. On the top of this webpage I want to have a picture that loads up and then I can have the text typing at the bottom. It looks a lot better than having a static picture load when you visit the site http://h...more >>

I have a bunch of buttons. On release, I want each button to load an image into a MC I have on the stage. So when each thumbnail is clicked, it just loads the next image. I've read everything, searched all over the net, but can't seem to find the answer to my problem. What's the deal? I...more >>

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This morning I opened my flash project, and immediately published it. The publishing failed though, saying that a couple of my include files (not all of them mind you), weren't found. So I opened the frame that includes them, and clicked 'Check Syntax'. It gave me an error. So I open the f...more >>

I have a web page with javascript writing the embed script for a flash object (600 x 400). I've been told by some users that they see a grey box (600 X 400), to everyone else this swf is transparent. What could possibly be causing this from only a handful of users? Thanks ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how they did the mouseover effects on http://www.salesforce.com/customers? I love the way the icons move as the mouse moves, as well as the way the logos get larger and smaller on mouseover and mouseout. Any help will be much appreciated!:) ...more >>

I'm new to flash and as I am learning the app. I am using flash templates...My problem is that I'm trying to change the font and size of it. I am able to select the text and change it in the dialog box (as well as size), but after I save & publish it doesn't reflect the changes in the actual ...more >>

I think this is a BUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm using Flash 8 to author and targeting Flash player 7, but I've tried it targeting Flash Player 8 as well and the same thing happens. I have created a simple Flash Document (NOT a Flash Form Application), a "movie," which is nothing more than ...more >>

Is it possible to load XML data into a static or dynamic text field instead of using a UI component? ...more >>

Hi Flash'ers I am having some problems with the alignment of dynamic text in a textbox. For example, i have a textbox of 200 x 200 and i got some dynamic text loaded inside it through XML. Problem is that i want the text to align at the bottom instead of the top. Kinda like a valign=...more >>

Hi! I really need help... I have some flv videos and I really want to play them (not on the web). I figured they'd play in my Swiff-player, like my swf files, or by opening them in Internet Explorer... that worked with my swf files when I didn't have a Swiff-player yet. What do I need to p...more >>

Hi - in firefox browser the flash is really slow - ok in ie - any way to fix? thanks for any help! http://www.const-ins.com/mockup2.htm John ...more >>

How do I use the setStyle actionscript to set the bg color of a text area component to clear. I've got this to make it red: myTextArea.setStyle("backgroundColor","red"); I just want it to have no background color to it whatsoever. Thanks, Mike. ...more >>

I'm trying to take that ball in the center and circle it around the horizontal oval. I've created a guide following it around, but i want the ball to go under the W when it passes it. The W is part of a entire bitmap background image. I tried making a mask that blocked the single part of the w...more >>

I want to use a flash template but it has fonts that i don't have in my system. Is there a way to find out what those missing fonts are?...more >>

Hi - I have a client who is interested in producing a 2 hour long instructional video and putting it on the web. I would hate to use Real Video, but I'm worried that a streaming Flash server will cost a mint - plus I have no idea if there is a practical limit to the size of a Flash video. A...more >>

When i make a shape tween somptime it doesnt work for Example In the first frame i have the letter I and in the twentith frame i have a T when i make it a shape tween it shows the first frame and it shiws the twentith frame but not frames 2 - 19 P.S. This happens more when i use s...more >>

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I have a 740x480 flash file that contains about 10 buttons and 1, 640x480 graphic. I need help with the following: When the user selects a button, I need for the original image to fade into a different image. When the user selects another button, I need for that image to fade in....and so ...more >>

Hi there, I have set up a movie with a number of different scenes within in it. Is it then possible to have a sound clip playing continuously in the background (ie from one scene to the next without interuption) Or must I set up another movie and import the other movie and the sound clip? ...more >>

Mna in Flash FX how can i use the "alt" option in a button p.s alt is the alternative text that y can see when y put the mouse arrow on a imege and a little box appear with some text...more >>

Lo all ya Flash Guru's Well.... probably a simple one, but also frustrating if u have no idea how to do it, or if it is at all possible.... Is there a way i can have my animation play as a mirror image? thing is, i created an animation, but my need is to have a duplicate of the animation...more >>

Hi I demoed some flash quizzes in a school the other day and I have used the combo - box component to create this quiz see here http://juni.osfc.ac.uk/Extension/level_2_extension/Science/lesson1/FMA.asp now when I arrived at the school and went to demo the combo boxes were not displaying...more >>