Ok i'm finding this really difficuilt, & i don't know why. In a movie clip i have a simple tweened rectangle that enlarges in length, which is fine, but heres where it gets complictaed, once it's reaches the length, i then want the bottom left corner to flatten inwards (still with me), so the ...more >>

I need to put a video on my flash website. What is the best method for compressing the video so that when people click on it, it will starting playing and at the same time, continue to load the video. It is a video of a band with lots of contrast and fast moving lights, so I can't compromise...more >>

anyone know how to output flash to dvd that will play on a standard dvd player with tv? not much info on the net whether this is possible! help much appreciated:confused;...more >>

This was originally posted in the AS forum, but after I doscovered that it had nothing to do w/ AS I moved it here. I have a movie clip (mc1) that contains another movie clip symbol (mc2) which has an input field on it (input_fld). input_fld does not have a border by default, but rather i...more >>

Hi there - I was wondering if there was a way to export the contents of the stage to some kind of vector format? I am not talking in the IDE, but from a movie running in the flash 8 player. IE - I am running a movie in a browser or flash player and want to have a button that will sav...more >>

:confused; I hope that you may be able to provide me with some assistance. I believe that I have Flash correctly installed on my computer, however, I am not able to run Flash programs. I am repeatedly told that I need to download Flash, which I try to do and it seems to work (I see that li...more >>

hello does any 1 know any game tut to srart learning to make games and to learn actionscript??...more >>

hey i have a flash file and im not even half way through building it yet, i tedted what i had across the web an it already takes too long to load!! (i have a fast connection btw!) i have a few questions though: 1. If i use scenes then will the file load like a scene at a time so therefore ...more >>

I'm anxious to make a good flash cartoon but the smoothing and straightening on my pencil tool doesn't work, making my pictures come out crappy. I know its not a huge problem, but can somebody tell me what i should do to fix this? I don't like using other tools to draw! :( ...more >>

How do I copy a list by VALUE and not by reference. This line of code copies by reference: _global.backupDP = myGrid.dataProvider; This line of code doesn't work after populating my datagrid with flash remoting: _global.backupDP = myGrid.dataProvider.slice(0); All I want to do is b...more >>

Hi All, I'm creating a really simple animation for a display stand. It will run off computer monitors. I'm not sure how to do a few things - 1 is make it a stand alone file - or a executable file so all they have to do is open it and it runs and 2. how do I ensure it displays full scree...more >>

hi Is it possible to stop files caching to a client hard drive AT ALL.......in particular MP3 and image files, I realise this will have a detrimental effect on download speeds but the whole point of the site is for e-commerce. Any help appreciated. ...more >>

I have an eMac with OS 10.2.8 installed. I am trying to install flash player 8 but I keep getting error messages. error 108:9, -5000 Access denied error and then You do not have enough access privleges for this installation. I have uninstalled player 7. I have looked on the macromedia webs...more >>

Hi, I posted this the other day and got one response....I didn't get a complete answer however and I'm still confused. I would like to offer a static image for people visiting the site that can not have Flash Player downloaded onto their systems. One solution would be to have an alte...more >>

I'm looking to make a menu very similar to this: http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/9659.html I started out with Kirupa.com's Merry-Go-Round tutorial and have gotten some ideas, and have also modified it using other resources on the web (making only the front three boxes visibl...more >>

Hiya, I'm attempting to put a linked QuickTime Video into a file, wanting it to stop at the end so i can add buttons and interactivity (the video is pre-rendered 3D in another program) ALL i want it to do is to stop at the end but it seems to insist on running through and going back to the ...more >>

Hi!!!! First of all excuse my english, it is not my mother tongue. Well, I am designing a website where I have a world that turns in a loop. I want this to be my navigation menu, and I have put buttons in different cities. However, I want that the users are able to rotate the world at wi...more >>

We have a site that has frames. The first frame is along the top that has the navigation in Flash MX 2004. Along the lower left side there is a flash animation and the all of the content is on the lower right frame. When a user comes to this the page, flash loads the default content page in ...more >>

Hello flash gurus: I'm looking for some quick reference help on a major problem I am having. I use FLV streaming video on my website and I'd like to build a new player with Flash 8, that I can show 2 timers: how much of the video has played, and how much of the video is left. I've been ...more >>

I am looking into creating a kiosk display application which will sit in lobbies etc displaying text, pictures and video on a plasma screen. This application needs to have a very nice visual presentation (hence I am looking at flash) and will get its data (text, pictures etc) from a bunch of ...more >>

:confused; Okay. We have a client asking why the stats provided from the ISP have little to no page views, thereby making our client think no one is staying on their page. We explained that because their site is flash designed, they only have one "PAGE" and they should totally ignore the...more >>

Using Flash 8 I completed the cafe townsend sample project "cafe townsend" and published it. In the HTML that is created by "publishing" the following HTML tag is generated: <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwav...more >>

Hi All, Seem to have run into a slight problem and after a couple of days trying to rectify it, feel there may be something wrong with what i am doing. When I draw a shape on the Stage using the oval or rectangle tool, I can change the fill by using the Paint Bucket Tool. But ...more >>

Hello. I'm doing a projector, but one of the requests is to be able to expand and minimise the window. This is easy enough: fscommand("fullscreen", false); The only problem I have is I cannot have the projector suddenly closing, when it's full screen it's great. As the user has to us...more >>

Hi, I have quite a complex movie that uses keyframes animation and masks. Let me just say this would be a nightmare to re-produce so is there a way i can transform it into a movie clip so I can move it and resize it on the stage? Thanks Bex. ...more >>

Is there a way to change the default Global security settings of Flash Player 8 without having to go on to the website?...more >>

Building XML Flash menu using action scripting. Kindly do reply with some good samples if any. Regards Nitin ...more >>

2 separate SWF's that are shown in different Frames and can still communicate within themselves using XML or any other method. ...more >>

Hello all! I have the following problem: I have a movieclip called "clip1", inside it I have 5 different moviclips that downloads each one with a transparent button that says on (release) { _root.clip11.gotoAndPlay(2); _root.clip12.gotoAndStop(1); _root.clip13.gotoAndPlay(1); _...more >>

hi, I created a movieclip and then I wrote the following actionscript on it : onClipEvent (enterFrame) { _root.FinalScore=_root.Score*20; if(_root.FlashState=="next") { fscommand(_root.mid+"-"+_root.lid+"-"+_root.PageOrder+"-"+_root.myTimer+"-"+_roo t.FinalScor...more >>

Hello all, I am unable to switch the properties panel on, for some strange reason. This is urgent, as I am unable to modify anything. Thanks all....more >>

Was this done in Flash? http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/287477...more >>

Hey all. I am new to flash and am busy making a training document. In this document I have links to multiple (50+) external video files (all in .wmv format). Currently I am able to launch the files when they aren?t in subfolders using: on (release) { getURL("movie.wmv", "_blank"); ...more >>

can somebody help? I don't know enough flash to be dangerous but I have inserted an image that I would like to animate with a zoomin when the center of the image is clicked... I have tried creating a key frame with a scaled up transform of the image and then added a motion tween. When I...more >>

First of all... Macromedia Flash just can't be a good developer application... at least, when I find problems like this... I'm building a website... after weeks of designing and creation on flash... I've now crashed in to a problem. I use Png's for my backgrounds. I have lots of movie's an...more >>

I have a databse where dates are recorded as numbers ,e.g.1134701243. In displaying that date inside a swf, I am using a teh data components in Flash 8 Pro (XML Connector, Dataset, , etc.) and getting the data in fine. However, I don't know how to convert the number(date) to a date. An...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm building a dynamic flash slideshow, and the MP3s play just fine on all the browsers on my PC and on Firefox, and Netscape but not Internet Explorer on my Father-in-law's computer. Any ideas?? I installed spybot search and destroy on his computer, and that's the very same da...more >>

:( how to import same filters in my Flash 8?...more >>