I added an 'invisible' button into a movie and it is not displayed with the blue color in design view, even If I copy the button from another movie where I can see it and paste it in this new one the new one does not display the button even though is there. Any clues why this could happen ?...more >>

I've used Flash to create an informational CD for my company's clients. Flash acts as the easy interface and navigation for the disk. By clicking on the navigation buttons in Flash, client-specific documents in PDF format open. It's a paperless document solution for our clients, made simple...more >>

Hey, I'm having trouble getting my navigation working correctly. I've been searching for tutorials, but with no luck. I have my navigation, which is a graphic, and I've done a rollover fade in (0% alpha - 100%) on the button by adding a movie clip to over state of the button. Now how d...more >>

I can't seem to import swift 3D files. I export using the "swift 3D flash importer (SWFT)". When I import to flash I get a "One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them". Using flash 8 and swft 3D v4. ...more >>

Ok so what I want is to have the thumbnails in rows of 3 and lined up, the big image also needs lined up abit as its to close to the bottom and should be centred also instead of when the fla opens it says choose thumb id like the first picture to show instead of that text. I would also like t...more >>

What would be the best format to save a shilouette image in before bringing it into Flash? I've been using .png files, which look great with in Flash, but when previewing in a browser the images always look pixelated around the edges. ??? And if I want a drop shadow, is t here a format that wo...more >>

I would like to Integrate Flash 5 SWFs into a new Flash 8 App I am building Are there any downsides to this e.g. I would like the SWFs to be loaded into specific areas of my main screen, but I do not have the actual Flash 5 FLA's, only the SWF's thanks ...more >>

hi, As you can all guess i'm pretty new to flash. I want to add a ffew flash movies to a website. I can get them to play and loop when the site loads, and i can get them to not play at all, but how do i get them to be idle when the screen loads and then animate when the mouse cursor scroll...more >>

Any help on this is greatly appreciated! I?m trying to put buttons on a mc and it?s just not working. http://www.chrisbermudez.com/panels.html is the file as is, when you roll over the strip on left (look carefully along left edge) the panel rolls out to reveal nav buttons. My Rollover doe...more >>

I need some help,I can not view my movie in the browser to see what it will look like and how long it will take to upload. When i go to file then to publish preview then to default html and then enter nothing happens. how do i get my browser to work? THANK YOU! ...more >>

I've been trying to load external images for the past two days and can't figure out what the problem is. He's my situation: If I call this url, which renders a png file using the global method LoadMovie, doesn't work. URL: http://www.reuters.wallst.com/reuters/chartapi/chart_index.asp?cha...more >>

http://winvian.com/demo I'm using V2 components, exporting as version 7. Here's the problem: I have an external SWF containing a scrollpane, which loads a Movie CLip of text/buttons from the library. Initially, there is no problem. The SWF loads, scrolpane appears and functions, no pro...more >>

Hello all, I want to animate some organic looking lines (i.e. like watching vines growing / curling interweaving etc) and was wondering if anyone has tips or shortcuts to getting some great looking results. I've tried tweening one shape to the next but it just get's blurred in between fr...more >>

:confused; I have my navigation located in a one movieClip. I want to put actionscripting on the button to tell the button to gotoAndPlay a frame label in another movieclip. What is the actionscript needed to do this? The movieClip where the content is located is nested inside 2 other movi...more >>

Hi, Maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to load animated gifs in flash? I guess not, but maybe there's a way to convert animated gifs to multiple non-progressive jpegs using a server side image processing component? Thanks ...more >>

I'm loading several swfs with the mx.controls.Loader component and the sound loads up first and then the video comes in later. What's causing this and is there away around it? Please help.......more >>

Hello, I'm very new to Flash and am working on my first project ever. I want to let the user click on a button and have text come up on the screen and stay there. Right now when you click on the button the text comes up but it goes away once you release the mouse. I'm sure this is a really ...more >>

I have Flash MX2004, I find that text blocks really, really slow down the response of my computer (dual 1Ghz w/ 2Ghz RAM & scads of temp space) to the point of inoperable. Is there any way to change the text blocks to increase performance. They are currently 'static' & I have broken down o...more >>

If you visit http://www.jigsaw-online.com (and 'click on spring summer 2006' then 'women's collection' then 'high'), you get a beautiful book turning animation that follows the user's mouse. Can anyone tell me how it is done? Many thanks! ...more >>

What is the best way to load a swf into another swf? I'm using mx.controls.loader component to load my external swf file (it's about 4mb in size) and I can't get my preloader/progressbar to run properly. Maybe there's a better way? Please help... ...more >>

i've got 2 monitors (my video card has the dual-view settings). i want to make the flash player to play on the 2nd monitor but in full-screen mode. the problem is if i make flash convert to full-screen(beeing in wondow mode on the 2nd monitor), the player goes to the first monitor in fullscree...more >>

Hello, I am creating a flash movie of a clock. The clock works fine but I can still see the square white background. Can a flash piece have a background set to be transparent? Thanks Chris ...more >>

I've read up on the ways to utilize the FlashPaper API and so far so good.. however I've not seen anything about how to remove the flashpaper branding... I've got a high end architect's site, and am using FP to print home plans at a large size and bring them intfo flash with necessary UI elemen...more >>

hi looking for bouncing buttons help/tutprial, i found some threads about it here in the forum but all the links are alreaqdy broken please help thanks...more >>

Hello - I hope all is well. I'm a total newbie here. Is it possible to have multiple movies, but use only one preloader and one playback controller? I'm working on several corporate tutorials (with sound or narration), but need to break them down into pieces because of bandwith issue. What wou...more >>

I have a deadline and I could really use some help. Thank you in advance. I have a master.exe that has multiple scenes in it. User can skip to any scene from the other via button. One of my scenes will not play. There is not a stop() command anywhere around. The thing just will not GO!! I ...more >>

i am creating a preloader for an art project. i am curious to know if i can make the preloader advance one frame per 1% loaded. if this is possible, please help me out or point me in a godo direction. thanks!! ...more >>

Hello! I am having a very strange problem with a CD-based flash projector when trying to open PDF files from a relative path (PDF files are on the CD with the flash projector) when Firefox is the default browser. We have not ever had this problem before and opening the files from Flash throu...more >>

Can anyone help me out with adapting this script.... basically it loads a random jpg into movieTarget (while it's loading it plays mc_1 - loading animation). if possible i want to do 2 things... 1) eradicate the need for a loop frame (have it all in one frame) 2) preload the whole movie ...more >>

I am having trouble unloading two movies by pressing one button. most of my buttons have the code: on (release) { unloadMovieNum (1); } on (release) { unloadMovieNum (2); } when I test my files on my pc it unloads both levels, but when I upload and I go to my www site the b...more >>

Hi, I have a form that has a mix of textfields and components which I am trying to send data to a PHP script which emails the results to me. It is a booking form that has been modified from a Kirupa tutorial. The textfields send data fine but the component fields send nothing. The ...more >>

Where could I find the tutorial on how to create this flash album? My client wants me to create a similar album with flipping pages. You can take a look of the album at http://www.wphotography.com/new/album.htm http://www.chungphoto.com/ (go to album page) Please give me a link to the...more >>

Hi, I am designing a site for goverment. Due to the firewall and all the restirctions, most of computers don't have Flash Player installed. Is there any script that I can use so if Flash Player is installed, play the move, but if Flash Player is not installed, then just show an image? Any sugg...more >>

Hi there, I have a animation of a shadow sitting down at at desk; I would like the persons arm and body to move with the mouse; so for intance if I move the mouse to the right hand side, the arm will move with it. Does anyone know the code for this, I know it will invole animation (which can...more >>

if i'm loading external jpegs into my flash movie (online), do they need to reload everytime i use the same jpg? or the browser cache the image?...more >>

Hi Flash Gurus, I want to disable the Maximize button on the top of the EXE window. My file is of 600 x 400 and i want that when the exe run, user can't use the Maximize button give on the window panel to maximize it. If you know anything about this, please let me know or if someone can for...more >>