is there a better/more updated tutorial for preloading multiple external files than this: http://www.bokelberg.de/actionscript ...more >>

Hi, I find it, like many, to draw graphics (pencil or pen tool) using mouse. I was interested to try input devices such as hyper pen (if you want to know what a hyper pen is http://www.dealtime.com/xPO-Aiptek_HyperPen_12000U_HYPERPEN12000U). I wonder if anyont have tried using a hyper pe...more >>

Hi All, I'm in need of a tutorial in Flash MX 2004 that will show me how to make an image(s) bounce out at you and them back using the cursor or movie clip position to trigger it. Any help would be great, the plan is to have 10-12 thumbnail images in a banner type of mastehead and preferabl...more >>

When building a complete flash site, does anyone have a particular style for the directory structure layout? So that you can test your flash movie's in flash and it works outside of flash without changing variables and paths etc. Currently, I have a html folder with my file that embeds the con...more >>

Hello, I have a Flash in my site that loads some images with the Loader componet. But when you see it with Internet Explorer, the images do not scale to the Loader size and gets very big. With Fire Fox works well. Here is the Flash: http://ianliu.art.br/trabalhos/lupa/lente_lupa.swf ...more >>

I am developing an html page with flash content but need alternate content for people without the version of Flash required. (pretty simple so far.) I am using Flash 8, and when I export the html and copy it into my page, the alternate content displays fine if it is just simple text. But wh...more >>

Hello, I am working on a 10mb flash file that has roughly 10 scenes. I have noticed while working on the file it increasing started to crash while working/scrubbing the timeline. It got to a point where I could no longer work, or stomach it. I decided to start from scratch. Started out fin...more >>

I don't do scripting. When I work in Director I use it graphically. I'm concerned that Adobe will kill Director so I'm trying to get a handle on Flash and hope to use like I use Director... In Director you can set up different places on the timeline to wait for a mouse click or key press befor...more >>

Hi, I want to play a FLV placed in a Media Playback component. When the video ends I want the page to turn and go to a next page automatically. How can I do that? thank you...more >>

how do u make a button so that when you click it, it will start the animation or movie? thanks....more >>

Can anyone point me in the right direction of some resources of how to grab a piece of a vector image and make it strech and snap back. I want to be able to pull a characters arm, beard and make it snap back. ...more >>

Hi, I have made a book that you can flip through to see the images. The problem I am having is some of my pages have images that go out of the normal page size (i.e. a photo that hangs out) and for some reason the page flipper only remembers a few pages ahead; so you will turn the page and sud...more >>

Hi there, I was just wondering if someone could let me know where the reference panel is - looked everywhere, but couldn't seem to find it. Need to know where it is to learn how to use a component which I downloaded - it said the documentation to which explained how to use was in the ...more >>

Hello everyone, I am a new b to flash and php. But am learning fast! I have been trying to get a form I have made in Flash to send to PHPLIST. I have it working using some code I found (seen below) on the phplist forum. Email Address (attribute1) works great. My problem is I need to a...more >>

Is there anyway to create a dotted line connecting file structure icons using the UITree Component? Like this but without the "negative signs" - just dotted lines: http://www.flomerics.com/microstripes/e-news/articles/images/tree_structure2.gif Thanks! ...more >>

I know the Pro version can edit class files in the ActioScript widow. Can MX 2004 do the same? If so, how do you open them? TIA...more >>

Problem: swf file is modified and yet the new swf is NOT downloaded as the Temp Internet Folder has the old one, and it does not override! Attempts: I just wasted 2 hours trying to debug a program, and finally understood I was running the WRONG program! Request: For an application which h...more >>

Problem: Code below fails on Windows server, but works on PC (WIN XP): thisURL = "http://www.merrows.co.uk/insertData.asp?user_name="+thisUserName+"&x="+thisX+"&y="+thisY; loadVariables(thisURL,this); Attempts: I have tried changing loadVariables with GET and POST but then it fails comp...more >>

Which one will give me the best quality to size ratio encoding?...more >>

Problem: http://www.merrows.co.uk/ads/test.html - fails - blank screen shows http://www.merrows.co.uk/ads/test.html - works - rectangle shows Attempts: My PC can view Flash normally via the Web; also I can see my swf file offline and online but not using the HTML. I have tried countless vari...more >>

i've seen this tutorial posted here many times for this subject.... http://www.bokelberg.de/actionscript/33.html a couple of questions... why do you have to input the total bytes manually? surely that defeats the purpose of dynamic/external files.. i.e so you dont have to update the main...more >>

Hi How can I make 2 swfs communicate each other? I want to make one swf to give anther swf cues to go to certain frames and play. What action scripts do that? Please help. thanks...more >>

Is it normal if inflash basic 8, when you darw something something and then you fill it in with color, but then you don't see the color, but it really is in there, cuz I colored in thise drawing and when I was doing it, the color didn't show but when I exported it the color was ther ...more >>

I'm using the scrollpane component and can't figure out how to modify the code to remove the box surrounding it. Anyone know the trick? Thanks, Fudo ...more >>

I was told that the "Video Import" utility of Flash 8 can do this. But I have tried it 3 times already and I haven't seen any feature that would do this. Can anyone put me in the right direction for this? I know I can always remove the green screen with After Effects and export to QT (mo...more >>

is it possible to add a forum to a site with flash? plus how should i go about editing video with a bluescreen?...more >>

So I am fairly new to this program, but I thought I had this part down pretty good. I am right now making a flash movie and at the present time I only have a colored template and words transitioning onto their respected frames. simple right? well when I just play the movie using the ENTER ke...more >>

Hello, After publishing my flash movie, I want to put it into my webpage that is XHTML 1.0 Transitional. However the 'embed' element is not supported (so says Visual Web Developer). How can I rectify this? I wasn't able to find any options in Flash 8 to make it complient. I support web ...more >>

Can I in Flash MX2004 "tell" my swf to adjust its size according to the users screen resolution? So the user always can see the whole flash.... /Michael...more >>

I'm trying to download the latest version (which I thought my computer had automatically updated), but when it did start to download, it stopped at 51% and wouldn't continue. Now, I can't even get the dialogue box that asks where to save the program to. What do I do to get this software on my ...more >>