Hi. If you would go to my http://www.flip-media.com and click on "CONTACT". While you insert your information, I would like the user to be able to press TAB and skip directly to the next text box. I have tried creating the boxes one after the other, but as you will see, the selection goes anyw...more >>

Hi all, I have a problem with a menu that i am trying to use on my site. I have a set of buttons on a navigation panel that runs vertical on the left hand side of my site. When i hover over each button i want to load a sub menu to the left of the navigation panel. Each button on the nav ...more >>

I have an FLV file imported into a movie clip as an embedded video. In the first frame of my scene, the move loads and plays. I need to be able to show a button to move to the next scene after the movie plays. How can I trigger a script after the movieclip is finished? ...more >>

Hi, how do i make it so my text has an outline? thanks...more >>

I have a project which is due very soon, I'm in the final stages of adding some video. Basically, I'm converting an FLV to an SWF to be played back in another movie. Here's the problem, FLV works perfectly. As soon as it's converted to an SWF the audio drifts by a couple of seconds for...more >>

I am doing a motion tween with text. The beginning is set to alpha. When I view it in the swf file the alpha part doesn't work so all I see is the text at 100% moving. I've saved the text as graphic symbol and even tried it as a movie clip. Neither work. It shows (0 to 100%) when I hit enter a...more >>

I am having a frustrating time with my SWF files. I use input text and I type in the exact phraze in the embedding feature, icluding punctiation and spaces. As I've heard, device fonts in MX can not have layer effects applied to them, so I decided that input text was the way to go. After I pub...more >>

Hi, Quick question about a flash movie/game that I am working on. The game is the classic Magic 8 Ball. Basically, what is going to happen, is that a screen will come up, with the 8ball, prompting the user to ask the Magic 8 Ball a question, and to click the ball for an answer. I have abo...more >>

I did a 20 minute video project for the county police department. It was encoded in Flash 8 to the latest video version and I play the video through a flash file that uses the flv media playback component. I created a large format and small format version and both of the videos pause and the...more >>

I was wondering if anybody has ever tried using more than one button in Flash or not... If so, how can I use more than one button in a program that I write? I have a 4-button mouse, and I want to use all 4 buttons. I've been looking into ways to make the mouse emulate the keyboard, but I can...more >>

http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/dpn/video/test-flash.html hi - hope someone can help me. I have F8. i imported a QT movie into flash. I saved this file as a SWF and then imported the SWF file onto my HTML page. when i view the HTML page locally, the movie plays fine. but as you'll see ...more >>

When i go to export movie, and save as a quick time move... it works fine on my computer. But when i send it to someone that has a PC, it wont open. Any suggestions?! Thanxs in advance!! :) -Liz ...more >>

I have a flash movie I'm using on a site's home page, and I've brought it down from a ridiculous 4mb all the way down to 302kb, but I can't bring it down any lower than that. I tried replacing different optimized images, but I added 150kb to the file. I'm completely new to flash, but my cli...more >>

at www.drugreturns.com, in the top left of the body there is an image with water in the background. i want to add motion to the image. motion as in, the ripples moving randomly as if you were looking at a pool or skimming across the water in a boat. i have tried the skimming effect, but by the...more >>

Hi all, This may be a known problem that I've yet to discover. Using MX Pro 2004, and I've a simple loader movieclip which loads in a second movieclip. The second clip contains a form with some comboboxes. When published and viewed through a browser, the comboboxes open when selected...more >>

I put a calendar component for a quick temporary measure into a swf and put that on a page that will require more work .. but I needed something quickly. I added it to the page with DW and it's fine with DW .. preview in browser is fine .. but the page on the site is blank. http://www.g...more >>

pls check out: http://www.blu-nj.com/intro.swf 1) how do you think the animation of the woman dancing was created? what type of file was imported into the FLA? 2) how was that revolving icon created? what type of file was imported into the FLA? thanks in advance! ...more >>

I've built a html page and my flash movie goes inside this. I have it set on a higher z-index so that it rides above the html below. That works fine. Here's the problem. In my code I have the following. <div id="nav"> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE...more >>

Hi, I'm new to editing websites using Flash. I'll keep this short and sweet, but I'll try and put the relevant information in. I'm editing a flash template that I bought on the Internet. The premise is that you go to the website, an introduction plays, then an 'enter' button pops up, you hi...more >>

Okay, I know there are tons of posts on this forum about "scrolling" but all the answers are so complicated -- seems like there HAS to be an easier way than creating masks... I want a simple dynamic text box that scrolls when the user rolls over and presses up/down buttons of my own creati...more >>

So...I'm a young noob (newb, whatever) and I want to use text other than the fonts already installed and also besides the system fonts. Can anyone tell me how to use fonts I download in flash? (version MX 2004):confused; ...more >>

Whenever I change the dpi of an image, the resolution changes aswell. I want the reslution to remain the same and the dpi to be 300. Can anyone help? thanks, michael....more >>

will i be FORCED to by macro media flash when the trial runs out? :( if so are there other versions of flash that are at least free? i really want to learn to make animations but what is the point when buying stuff from the net is almost impossible. Please Reply Thanks. :beer; ...more >>

I created a exe file with create projector. How can I configure it so it launches in full screen mode? thanks in advance...more >>

My first posting on this forum so hi all. Just to fill you in..I'm a Dreamweaver user and regularly give and receive help on the Dreamweaver forum. I hope I find the Flash one as friendly and helpful. I'm helping to maintain this site. http://www.trustatrader.com and I've been asked to hav...more >>

Hi NG, I have the following class that I load in my timeline: class com.debuger { //INIT public var aColors:Array; public var mcDebuger:MovieClip; //FUNCTIONS public function alert(txt:String, colorId:Number) { trace("txt:" + txt); mcDebuger.txt.htmlText += "<BR><FONT color=\"#"...more >>

Ok, so here is the problem. I have downloaded a 4 part flash movie (Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom), but it is getting a little bit annoying to have to load up al 4 separately to show my friends. I was wondering if there is a way to edit the movies together into 1 movie, not 4 separate files. ...more >>

this is what I have done. After finishing my design, I choose the Test Movie command under Control menu (perhaps you call it Previewing). But, it seems the preview doesn't work. Then, I try to check the Publish Settings but the message error appear stated "No valid HTML templates are available...more >>

I don't kno where this should go, so I put it here. How would you go about making an image that you can click and drag? Say it was a zoomed in screenshot or large image and I wanted to to put it in a flash document that people could move with their mouse. How would I go about doing it? I...more >>

I need to control the function keys in a swf inside a html. Is it possible. I have a "listener" object and I use the .onKeyDown event, but when I press some function key the browser takes the control and nothing happens in the Flash. Please help me. it is very important. ...more >>

help! i need to insert banner ads in my outlook signature...how can i use flash with this? i cannot insert flash images in my outlook signature advanced edit!!!...more >>

how can i get my swf to open like this one. if i do it as an .exe then a window pops up to ask the user if they want to open or save or cancle which dosen't happen on this one..... http://www.uk250.co.uk/frame.asp?id=8108&c=64&catUrl=http://www.riverisland.co.u k how can i get it to open ...more >>