Is there any way to save a flash 8 movie as an older version of flash(flash 7)? Cause Linux only plays flashplayer 7 and I am working on Flash 8....more >>

hi all ..... i am using a simple preloader on my site ...except it wont work !! my movie starts on frame 6 - i have a preloader mc over frames 1 to 5 with ifFrameLoaded ("21") { gotoAndPlay("6"); } on frame 1 and gotoAndPlay("1"); on frame 5 ...... this should work right ? ...more >>

Hi all, I am having a problem with a drop down menu i have created. The menu is a movie clip and it contains the buttons that apear on the movie when the mouse rolls over. For some un known reason when i assign the button to goto a frame that resides in the main scene it doesnt work? ...more >>

I created an animation in a movie 200 pixels wide. I put all the objects in the center horizontally. I changed the movie dimensions to 700 pixels wide, but all the objects are now located at the left. Is there a way to move all of the objects together, which animate at different times, to the ...more >>

:camera; Forgive the ignorance...but...when looking at photography portfolio websites i notice that all photos are VERY sharp (no slight blurry loss from JPEG or PNG handling) When i do my own it has that "loss" look and feel to it. Is there a trick in Photoshop to Flash or in Flash itself...more >>

I've been trying to do this without luck at the moment to change an the main photo depending on the thumbnail clicked to change the image (preferably not in the .swf:) this is what I have been doing. Made thumbnail images of all my big images. Then made them all buttons. Made a 'sroll' bu...more >>

I need away to open a Flash 8 file, within Flash MX2004. Is it possible or am I in need of the upgrade?...more >>

Hello, I have tried without success to create a feathered mask as it appears on this page, http://www.tabacon.com/hotel_i.html. Whether I import a feathered vector image from Illustrator or try to create a feathered object in Flash using radial fills, the mask itself always takes on a soli...more >>

I have some spot banners made in flash, but I would like them to be clickables... I mean.. everytime it shows any particular add, it would link to the anouncers web site... How to do it? thanx in advance... ...more >>

Whenever I try to access any of these objects it always returns undefined. Even in a 1 frame/ 1 layer flash file it does nothing. I see all these examples in the help such as: fl.getDocumentDOM().library.items but whenever I try to access them it is always undefined. Am I missing someth...more >>

I am producing a Flash application for distribution on CD-ROM. I will be using an autorun feature to launch the application on both PC platfrom and MAC. What would be the advisable file type to publish to considering a PCis being used for development, *.exe for PC and ? for MAC? Thanks for...more >>

I've made ny anim rollover btns and everything looks fine. But after someone clicks the btn, it replays the anim in over state. How do I stop that so it won't replay - or won't return the "over" state? Thanks!!! ...more >>

I have created a small Flash 8 piece that contains an FLV video along with a button that opens a related pdf file. When I export the file as an .exe projector and burn it to a CD the video is gone. This happens even if I add the FLV file to the CD. I can get it to play when I try it in the com...more >>

Hi, I am having some problems getting my flash movies to work across different computer setups. Will exporting my movie as a Windows Projector (.exe) solve the problems I am having due to users with different Flash player versions? I am using Flash 8. And, if you have time to respond, ...more >>

Hey alll... I recently purchased Dreamweaver 8 and Flash 8 for Macintosh. When I attempt to install both they stop during installation at 109 files left. It hangs there... nothing else. I have left it for over an hour to see if it finishes... no luck. I am attempting to install them o...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create a scrubber bar for flash video (where user not only can see the video progress, but also drag and move the button to scrub through the video timeline). Right now I am using external video, and i cannot figure out how to do it. Also, I want the scrub bar to be cust...more >>

Everytime I put a jpeg (or gif) in my movie, it resizes once the browser is maximized...is there any way to fix this?...more >>

Hey, I encoded different video files (mov, avi and wmf) with the Flash Video Encoder. After encoding I liked to view the flv files, but the only result I receive in my flash player is: a white box showing nothing. Is there anyone out there who has a solution on this? ...more >>

Hello, I'm having some issues with dynamic text and html tags. My project involves loading .txt files into dynamic text boxes, which works fine. What's wierd is that some html tags within the .txt files work and some don't. Things like changing font size, text color, making line breaks ...more >>

Hello. Any help out here? I have a simple flash movie with 2 scenes. Im trying to output it to a Quicktime movie BUT i get an error message saying "This installed version of quicktime does not havea handler for this type of Macr. Flash Movie Please consult documention" does this mean ...more >>

Hello. Is there a way to change the font that is used for the checkboxes in the Quiz Template? Thanks in advance for your help. I have completed a very nice quiz but cannot find the answer to this....more >>

Hi Friends, I did a rather extensive search on this topic and found nothing that would work. I am using FLASH Professional. I have a movie that when it is done playing I want to have another movie begin. I imported this movie into my Library as an ..swf and placed in on a frame at the en...more >>

Does anybody know how to change the mousepointer on the screen. For example, my standard pointer is the arrow. When certain events are triggered, I would like to change this to an hour glass. How is this done? ...more >>

Flash folks, I would like to create a photo galley like the one found on Nelly's website (www.nelly.net / look under flicks) Can someone point me in the right direction and tell me what is required to create this site? thx...more >>

I can drag the FLV Playback component to my stage, change the content path, save the file, but when I go to publish it I just get an annoying blank page. Am I missing something? Thanks!...more >>

:confused; I have MX2004 7.2 and have installed QuickTime 7.02. When attempting to publish or export my flash productions it says "the installed QuickTime version does not have a handler for this type of Macromedia Flash Movie." Has anyone encountered this problem and have you gone throu...more >>

Hi can someone point me the right direction for this. I have a page built in Flash and need to get the browser to autodetect if they have the plug-in or not. If they do, to continue to the flash page if not to go to a select screen where they can opt to download the plug-in or go for a HT...more >>

I've purchased a new AMD 64 bit dual core machine running Windows Profession x64 and I would like to know if Flash and other Macromedia products will run on the platform? I'm planning on upgrading to Studio 8 but I need to know if the programs will run successfully and if not when Macromedia (...more >>

A while ago I came across a site where someone used Flash to build a drawing of a woman. It started out with the skeleton and fleshes it all the way out to a full, loose rendering. It looks literally like a movie of someone doing a sketch with an invisible hand. It was very nice. Anyway, I sho...more >>

To whom ever could possibly help me. I am just learning how to create a web site. And I saw the effects that Macromedia Flash 8 provided, and I wanted to give it a try upon creating my new web page. Well with much success I have accomplished my 20 second ad thanks to this program. Howev...more >>

Hi, im curently doing short animations for my work. the animations are of since topics like the water cycle and i would animate the proccess. the problem is when i test it in a web browser the animations go very slow. The way im creating the animations at the moment are in movie clip on the ma...more >>

How do I delete a scene from a movie in flash 8 basic. Not a photogram, not a layer: a SCENE. TELL ME HOW TO DELETE IT PLEASE!!!...more >>

Hi. I have put together a very simple 'Spot the Difference' Flash game. I thought I might be able to steer away from any heavy action script. I could be wrong, as I am completely stumped. I just need to know how to load a 'tick' on the hotspot and then when all the differendes (ho...more >>

I am wondering if I can create a flash form that will send to an email address, name, email and comments, without leaving flash. Right now I have it set up calling an asp page which than sends the form BUT than I have to redirect and this web site was built as one file, so I can redirect back...more >>

hi. I have decided to change my site. so I got a new template. it is all done in flash. all on one .fla file. it came with like five premade "pages" that change around on the site, so I customized all that stuff already. Now I want to create some extra pages and have the corresponding buttons ...more >>

I have looked through the documentation. I can't find any way to stroke the outline of some text. Is possible?...more >>

Wherever i look, i dont see a delete scene button.. I tried to delete all the layers in it, but then scene 1 totaly freaking out, so, there must be a way to delete scenes, right? Plz tell me, Jombelet ...more >>

Beginner here! I've noticed that some flash sites have very smooth animation, so i'm guessing they're working above 20 fps (a framerate someone told me was a good rate to work at) So my question is, what are the (sensible) limits framerate-wise to work at to achieve smooth animations w...more >>

Is it posible to create a combobox, and make the drop down menu NOT appear over the top of everything else. I'm creating a help file for a program, and want to create an animation sequence withj a fake cursor moving around and clicking on various part, showing the user what happens. but, t...more >>

Hi all...first time poster (and beginner) so be gentle! I got a question:......i know how to capture the image on my monitor (shift+printscreen), but is there a way to capture the animation on a flash website?... ..i want to do this so i can better analyze what's going on on professional...more >>

I've created a flash site with the following structure: a base.swf, which loads a background jpeg in a MC and then proceeds to additional swf content in MC's positioned on top of the jpeg swf. this works fine on all browsers in Windows, but doesn't work in Safari and Firefox on Mac. the ba...more >>