I have a button on my .swf file called contact. I want to have that button open the email client and put my email in the to address line. How is this done? TIA...more >>

I'm fairly new to flash (used to be decent with it, but I've had about a 2 year break). I created a menu header that has buttons that are supposed to link to their corresponding pages in my webpage. I added the 'open webpage' action to the button with 'upon release' slected for the action...more >>

I have a flash movie that displays pretty much in the middle of my html page. When the movie is done playing I want to close the flash object so that I can display something else in that same spot (a 360 degree store viewer). How can I do this? I found how to unload the movie, but that does...more >>

Hello all! I'm working on a flash video presentation and have a question. The video was shot on greenscreen and then keyed for the alpha channel. I then edited together a clip, added sound and imported the quicktime file into Flash as an FLV. I am now creating a presentation of graphics, t...more >>

which says unable to authenticate installer. :confused; :|...more >>

If I insert a SWF music file into Dreamweaver how do I get the music to keep playing no matter what page I go to on the website?...more >>

Ok, I am using an old version of Flash (5)... I have a .swf file I am trying to edit the pictures in and that is fine. But when i take out the picture that was there and put in the new pictures it works for a while then changes something else. I mean i change the picture and it looks good an...more >>

hi 1)i put together a file in falsh(slide presentation) and having problem putting preloader (can not stop the presentation slide to have the preloader put in the first frame and action script "stop" does not help and the presentation goes on to the home page ) 2) can someone mix slide ...more >>

I was wondering if any advanced users could assit and/or direct me somewhere to learn how to create a single toggle button for music play/stop. My client is requesting a single button do both functions, possibly with a mouseover to denote what the button would currently do if pushed, i.e. when...more >>

Hi all... I have a flash site that has 40 different frames in it. It's being used as a basic page-turner type of learning object. Somebody had the bright idea that the bottom of each frame should be labeled at the bottom with: Page 1 of 40 Page 2 of 40 Page 3 of 40 ....more >>

I have a Flash movie metaphor of graphic of an opening and closing home window with opening and closign shutters. Flash Buttons along the side control the content that appears inside the "window". For authoring flexibility, I would like to have plain html pages appear inside this Flash window...more >>

I am having problems importing illustrator/PDF/EPS files into flash. I follow the guidelines in the help file, but nomatter what I do, I keep getting 'the import did not finish because an unknown error occurred' every time I try to import. I have done one successful import on a previous proje...more >>

Hi everyone, I have been having a problem with full screen projectors on some machines. I have develped a projector with buttons that opens PDFs (in acrobat) and web pages. Now the problem is that the PDFs and web pages are opening behind the full screen projector on some PCs. When I te...more >>

How can I see the source file for a Flash presentation? Is there any way to view this content without any authoring tools? Also, If there is Flash content which was made with a later version of an authoring tool, can this file be edited with an older version of the same tool? Thanks. ...more >>

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I am a Flash newbie... I have created a object with a number of layers. It's basically a map and each layer is a set of locations that a team is responsible for. I have created a button for each of these teams, and my question is this: Is t...more >>

Hi I've been studying preloaders, but I have a question. The preloaders I've learned to build will preload the content of the movie, but what if you had a script that streams music and you want to buffer that stream, so the music will play smoothly? How do you do this? A regular preloader w...more >>

I was wondering if it is possible to make a DVD menu using Flash? If it is how do you do it? Cheers...more >>

for starters.. im rather hopeless with flash so this may or may not make sense... I've only ever been taught how to make a site by linking all the swf's into dreamweaver background.. can you make all the pages link together just using flash with the same background and if so what would the c...more >>

I am on the 30 day trial. Several menu buttons are moving one after the other and stopping. But the one that stops first disappears, and the next, etc. What needs to be at the end of their motion to keep them visible. Tx. ...more >>

Hey all, I'm sure you've all seen this :http://www.macromedia.com/software/studio/experience/ but if you have not then check it out. I have done similar chromakey stuff in After Effects and Premier Pro but up until now had not seen interactivity thrown into the mix. I would like to...more >>

Alright a couple friends want me to create a banner for their band. I have some experience with flash but not alot. Heres what i have so far. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/lOnGjOhN210/ENOLA.swf Its ok but the animation is a bit studders a bit. I tried optimizing the text in i...more >>

A co-worker sent a http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2006/03/30/patents_v_m/ to me from a noted authority on web standards today regarding the law suit between Microsoft & Eolas. Apparently, Microsoft has settled their dispute with Eolas giving developers 60 days to make the necessary adjustme...more >>

Im trying to get this flash mp3 player to work. It works in IE but not in FF. Here is the code How would i get this to work in FF? Thanx <embed src="http://www.freewebs.com/rikashaymusic05/player.swf" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="EEEEEE" bgcolor="000000" width="300" height="320"...more >>

Hello, I have a flash video in a .exe file. When I play it the loop is selected in the dropdown menu but it won't loop. After the video is over it just freezes. It would be Very important for me to be able to loop this video since it's going to a trade fair as a introduction video. Anot...more >>

i bought flash mx 2004 on ebay but is the spanish version "well i think it is because the menus , tools , everything is in spanish . so guys can i change the language so instead of spanish will be on english ?? please help me i dont speak spanish and i'd already pay for it ...more >>

I have several web pages hosted in a server that have local SWF files as movie source to improve bandwidth and performance (contains large videos). I.e: <OBJECT ...><param name="movie" value="file:///C:/FlashVideos/video_213107.swf"> Since FlashPlayer 8 security changes this no longer wor...more >>

Hi. I'm a Flash beginner, in the process of creating my first website. In my main page, I have a flash that is currently 2.2MB. It's taking some time to load, so I'm looking for ways to make it smaller. What are some of the simple things I can do? There are some frames where I would li...more >>

I've just imported a small animated Flash SWF file onto my HTML home page. I want to link the animation to another page. It's probably blindingly obvious, but how do you do it? Mrk...more >>

Sorry but I am new to flash. My flash design is using text as 'buttons' so that when you press the text it goes to a different slide. The problem is you have to click the actual text outline, is there anyway of linking a squared area around the text? I could have the button have a rectan...more >>

Can anybody help? I need to develop a website in Flash which allows the client to update the text content from an external file. What is the best / easiest way to do this?...more >>

ok, this is a potential problem... i have 3 sections of my site, each uses a text file to load variables and create a dynamic menu etc.... the variables are loaded like so..... function loadCharacterText(str) { menu01.text01.CharacterText = my_lv; } function loadCharacterDescription...more >>

My knowledge of Flash programming is very limited, although I have written html for over a decade. Due to security issues, I sometimes want to view a link target address before I make the decision to click it, so that I can verify its legitimacy. This is of particular concern, as I once clic...more >>

I'm a beginner when it comes to Flash. I'd like to create video for my website just like on this page: http://cbs2.com/jobs/ Does anybody have a good step by step tutorial or can you steer me towards any templates? Thanks. ...more >>

Just a quick question guys, im using Flash 8 and put my .SWF file in Director which is fine and works all the time but this time when u play it back on director the flash file starts disapearing? but in a weird way it will start diapearing from the back then when the mcs move around the circle...more >>

Hi all, I have a simple question. I have a movie clip which contains other 30 movie clips. I want to write a script to the master movie clip (or somewhere else) to detect the rollover handler for each movie clip and change it's alpha channel. Thanks in advance ...more >>

I have an extremely short animation. I export the movie as an animated gif and the image is grainy. If I put the same graphic into Fireworks and export a gif, it is clear. Any ideas? Thanks....more >>

The problem I am having is when I load a jpg into a scrollpane and then rotate it (either left -= 90 or right += 90) the image rotates at its 0,0 so, of course, disappears (rotates up or left so it cannot be seen). I understand why that is happening but was wondering if there is a way of rota...more >>

Hey, I was approached today asking about Voken ad's and if i knew how they were done. Theyre the annoying ad's that you see on webpages that fly across the screen and you have to manually close. Anyways I was wondering how this was done. Is it through javascript? heres an example: h...more >>

Say I have a box and I animate it on a path, how can I creat motion trails? Thanks...more >>

When I publish the flash file and select percent in the HTML to make the file resize to whatever window size the user has It works fine with explorer & safari but it doesn't work for netscape navigator or firefox browsers. The image is displayed very small for some reason. Anyone know how...more >>

Is there a way (and if so-how?) to email quiz results? I used the template quiz and everything works just as I want EXCEPT I want to email the results. how would I do this? I can't find the answer anywhere! ...more >>

I'm a relative Flash newbie ... but having a problem with an embedded SWF in a ColdFusion page. Can anyone tell me why using URL parameters delimted with slashes causes my SWF to not show in the page? Example: http://www.mydomain.com/test.cfm?foo=bar (works fine) http://www.myd...more >>

In an application of mine, I've incorporated an combo box from the 'UI components' folder in MX2004Pro. All of the sudden, my generated movie is about 60 KB larger than before. And all I did was just adding the combo box. Can anyone tell me why this component takes up that much extra KB's? Is ...more >>

I am not sure if this is even a possiblity, but... I would like to have a text form(.rtf or .txt) embedded within my flash file which users could download and use. Something along the lines of a study guide . the trick is embedding the file within my flash so it would not necessary to li...more >>

I'm new to Flash and just put together a quick portfolio for a client (http://www.offbeatdesign.com/jack.swf). When I publish the movie and open it in a browser the page scales, so if you expand your window size, the movie increases in size as well (making everything look jagged). How can I pr...more >>

Hi All, I am working on a video project where the end result needs to be a .swf file. It is a large video file uncompressed... 1024x720 at 21 seconds and I need to be able to crunch this file size down to 3-6 megs. I know it can be done... Im just not sure what the best way to do it is or ...more >>

Someone sent me an fla file we have to add soemthing too that was created on a MAC and I am on PC. How can they save the fla file so the fonts will stay intact because I don't have the fonts they do? ...more >>

I just started working in Flash mx 2004 in my new job and to my horror have found that the actionscript panel has changed. It no longer has the bar that allows you to add variables such as 'on release' or 'parent window' or add information such as url's in 'get url'. I cant even get it to go...more >>

Hi, since Microsoft has lost its battle with Eolas and now has to change their browser. (Object and Embed of Flash causing user to have to click to initiate it everytime) Is Macromedia going to send out an update for their Publish settings to automatically write the javascript necessary to ge...more >>

I started off with about 10 scenes and everything seem to be working fine. As I added more some of my buttons calling scenes lower in the scene list seem to stop working. I know the code is correct and the names of the scenes haven't changed. Is this a glitch in Flash or something else? I'...more >>