Hello... I am using FCP 4.5 and trying to get a Flash animation to work. I have tried importing it as a .swf file and as a Quicktime file... neither work. When I play the clip in the Flashplayer or in the stand-alone Quicktime player... it works fine... plays the whole movie. When I import ...more >>

Which one is generally better or preferrable from the users point of veiw: a form that uses the users e-mail client to send the info to me or a form that sends info to a server using asp and then is in turn sent to me any ideas? ...more >>

:confused; i made a flash movie with the graphics set at "play once", but when I published and created the .swf, it play in an endless loop. what gives?...more >>

I've imported a number of bitmaps to use as buttons in a Flash movie. The preview perfectly in Flash (MX) itself but once exported/published their quality degrades. I've tried setting jpeg compression to 100% with no effect (and the movie size remains the same) and I've changed the bitmap prop...more >>

In SC or GA would be ideal. Working on two educational titles on our own personal time in which we need graphics help (trust me you don't want to see stick people)...more >>

Hi there, So I have a Dynamic Text Box on my site that displays the Date & Time. Im using a stylized font called Redensek, and never realized that the viewer has to have that font on their system or they will see a default font like Times (yuck). Is there any way to have the font show on the...more >>

Hello, i am verry new to Flash MX 2004. I am trying to make simple "classes" with a template so i didnt have to set up the buttons. But for some reason, i got to page 3 of my info i out in and then wanted to look at it but i realised that every text from every page was overlapping and could be...more >>

I manage a small charity website which has mostly been done in Dreamweaver 1.2 on a 'learn as I go' basis, but I've recently gone through a series of upgrades and now have Studio MX. Consequently there's a lot of new stuff to explore, not least Flash MX. I've done the tutorials and have s...more >>

In MX 2004 it was possible to import a Quicktime file directly into the timeline and/or library. Now, with Flash 8 Pro, if I want to embed a video longer than 10 seconds I get the warning that the audio and video will be out of sync (which I've found is a gross understatement). My only option...more >>

"audio stream" under publish settings--------- best setting what is the best setting for "audio stream" under publish settings? How about the other options including "audio event" and "overide sound settings" ?? ...more >>

I wrote a mixin class to put a security cookie into both WSDL GET requests and the actual web service calls. Unfortunately, XML.addRequestHeader will not let me create an attribute with the name "Cookie". I can add one that says "CCokie". The Help Documentation does not list "Cookie" as one...more >>

Question... I have a button inside of a movieclip with on(release) functionality. (essentially a button inside a button) but the inside button doesn't react to the mouse. is there any easy way to get the second button to react to the button too? ...more >>

Hello, I am using the <img> tag in a txt file which is being loaded in a textbox in flash. Everything was working fine but now that I need to add a second pic, it will only show the last pic being called. This is what I use in the text file &bio=Testo<img align='left' src='TheEvolution.jpg...more >>

Situation: I have a fla file with more keyframes. If I export the movie, the images quality is very bad (very pixelized). But if I delete all but not the first keyframe, the image quality is much better (a kind of better aliasing). Can somebody explain this ? I need urgent help. T...more >>

I have an MP3 that I would like to stream and play at the same time *after* everything else loads on the flash page. I would also like to just merely stop and play the audio also. I *had* a setup that I thought would stream it, but I realized that if the music was not included on the tim...more >>

When importing from captivate into Flash MX, I get the message "The number of frames imported to flash has exceeded the maximum number that can be played in a swf file." What I don't understand is that I can publish the captivate file into swf just fine. Is flash MX expanding the number of f...more >>

How come my preloader isn't the first thing to show up when my page is beginning to load? It should pop up first and then start to preload. I'm using the loader component. Should I make it load top down or bottom up? It's the only thing that exists on the first frame. Here is the code for ...more >>

I'm trying to place two SWFs on an HTML page, one using the "transparent" WMODE setting. The transparent SWF is placed on a DIV with a high z-index, the other SWF is placed in a DIV with a low z-index. However, the opaque SWF always overlaps the transparent one! Is there anyway to specify z...more >>

how can i change the look of a scroll pane? I wanted to have the box/border invisible, and just have an up/down arrow to scroll, like on this site: http://www.revivesystem.com (click on "products") ...more >>

Am I missing something I need to convert wmv's to flv's on Mac (OSX 10.4.2)? I have the full Studio 8 package, including Flash 8 Pro, and when I try to add wmv's to the Flash Video Encoder 8 queue they never show up. I assume it is because I am on a Mac and therefore MS stuff won't ever work b...more >>

I have posted a video to be progressively downloaded from my web server. I exported the video using Flash 8 Video Encoder/Flash 8. I uploaded the following components to my server: the html, the .flv file and the .swf file. When viewed on a PC, it plays perfectly. When viewed on Mac, the audio...more >>

Hi! I try to be short.. How can I add a link to a website address on a flash document (.fla) in order to have the related exported .swf file linked to that website address? If possible just write for me the related steps to get an .swf file linked to a website address. Many thanks to...more >>

Is there a script to make my scroll window always start at the first line? Also, I have an email link and a web link inside the scroll text....what is the secret for making them active thanks in advance ...more >>

How can I easy copy the libary from one project to another?...more >>

Hi, I got a *.swf where I have to remove (or turn it even down) the sound. Is there a possibility to do so? How should I do this? Thank you for hints 'n suggestions! chEErs roN...more >>

Does anyone know what html tags are supported in flash 8? is it still HTML 1.0 tags or have they added support for tables yet. If they haven't added support for tables , any Idea of how I can easly add a table of data to a text box that would then be scrollable? Thanks ...more >>

i have flash but it wont view whatsoever in my internet explorer, its a problem with my computer because i can view the flash on my friends computer. do any ports need to be open for flash to work? or is there somewhere where i can upgrade flash? or do i need to set my internet options differe...more >>

I'm trying to create a movie to be the header of my site... In HTML, I set the param 'scale' to 'exactfit'... It's OK, except one thing... I wont strecht one bitmap inside the movie. How can I do it? thx.... ...more >>

i wonderd if anybody might be able to help. On my pc there is a erorr on www.mycoke.com its a game my son goes on he is driving me nuts about fixing the computer im really baffeld and would love to know if anyone know what the problem is or how to solve it? im running on I.E6 flash 8 ...more >>

Using MX 2004, I have my publish settings set to Flash 5 per tn_14041, which seemed to work previously, but now I've tried playing with compression audio settings, flattening, and nothing is bringing the audio back. Audio works fine when publishing .swf. Thanks! ...more >>

Hello everyone. I need some help: I have made a menubar using Flash 8. It cannot be seen in IE 6 but can in Mozilla FireFox. Enyone have some idea ? Thanks in advance....more >>

Dear Internet. I made a showreel out of 20 or so scenes - a lot of animation work. I then needed to reduce the canvas size. So what I did was take cut each individual animation from the scene and paste into a movieclip. Bring it back in and scale it down. Much quicker. NOW When I...more >>

Hi... I try to import a pdf into a flash (stage) .... All object are fine, just not texts.... Many of my texts are convertet to squares....? Have anyone a solution on this issue ? /Anders PS: Im using Flash MX 2004 ...more >>

Hi, Any pointer to controlling Flash with PHP?...more >>

Newbie here - I have an animation that I created. It's an inflatable mattress on a clean, white background. I created a 50 frame animation using motion and shape tweens. While the animation looks okay, it doesn't have that "realism" of inflation. My question: If I want to make it more...more >>

I have a site http://electricksheep.com/ that I'm just finishing up. Right at the end here it stopped working in firefox. If I reload the browser over and over it will work ocasionaly. Nor does it work in netscape unless you tell it to render the page like ie. The page used to load fine. ...more >>

I need to publish my Flash project as a Mac Projector file, but I see no way to specify what the window title should be. It comes up as the path name to the Projector file. How can I specify a custom title for my Projector app window? Thanks. ...more >>

You guys were very helpful with my last problem, but now i have another. Basically, My game consists of a spaceship that fires a laser at a blue circle. I want the circle to unload when hit by the laser, but it wont. Here is my code: (the space ship is called ship, the laser is called laser, ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to build a desktop pet using FlashJester. However, it has all custom movements, e.g. I didn't use Bouncing, but my own Falling animation. Check it out here: http://geocities.com/swf7463/trustworthyTest.html (it's a work in progress :)) You can drag and drop the character...more >>