doing a presentation about flash in a low level college 'puter class and have a few questions... in one sentence, can you describe definitively what flash is? it is a web authoring tool and a plug in...yes? name 3 things you'd like people (NOT in the know) to know about flash. thanks. ...more >>

I'm trying to get a swf that will be accessed over a local network to load external flv's. I can access external swfs, but not external flvs. What am I doing wrong??...more >>

I have an mp3 in the main timeline. I need users to be able to click on a single button that will pause the timeline and then resume where it left off when clicked again. The other post on here have been difficult to follow. I'm quite new at this, thanks for your help. ...more >>

i have been told that two control two sounds individually i need to put them on distinct timelines. i have no idea what these are, or how to adapt my .fla to use distinct timelines any ideas please? ...more >>

hi, I can browse a website https://www.anaesthesiauk.co.uk with IE no problems, but there is a problem when use firefox to view it, the flash in the center of the homepage is invisible! I wonder what is the problem ? do I need to do anything with firefox or do anything about the website ? ...more >>

I am doing a little research to compare using embedded video vs using FLVs. In general, I think using FLVs is the better approach, but my tests pointed out something interesting. Source Content: 10 second animation (150 frames @ 15 fps) Flash 8 Video Encoder (400kbps video, 80kbps audio)...more >>

Hello, I've accidentally converted the contents of a movie into a button. The button is nested in the movie and if I remove the button, the whole movie is removed. How can I remove only the button? Thank you so much! ...more >>

when burning a WIndows projector to a cd should you also include the Macintosh projector? in other words, should i publish a mac (.hqx) version of a flash movie along with the windows (.exe) version we are a windows shop, and unfortunately i can't test the macintosh projector. what is th...more >>

when burning a WIndows projector to a cd should you also include the Macintosh projector? in other words, should i publish a mac (.hqx) version of a flash movie along with the windows (.exe) version we are a windows shop, and unfortunately i can't test the macintosh projector. what is th...more >>

I have two seperate flash projects that I want to combin into one. How can I go about doing that? Thanks for your response....more >>

Can someone help. I can't see any flash or download version 8? Any ideas? //Patricia...more >>

Ok this is probably suck an easy question but im new to flash, ok i have my first amimation in layer 1 with a stop code at the end of it, all i want to do now is inset a new blank layer but everytime i try it copys my first layer in to the second layer. ...more >>

how can I use the getURL to automatically go to a web page when it is finished playing. I know how with a buton but can I do it automatically? thanks...more >>

I am working on a website with a black background. The htmls are all black background as well as the flash movies. The problem is that when the htmls load the flash movies there is momentarily a white box where the flash movies is. Can I eleminate that white square or turn it black while t...more >>

Hello, I have completed a swf file containing photos and now I would like to insert a preloader in my movie. How can I do that exactly? Are there free preloaders I could use? Thank you for your help...more >>

the video is recorded at 29.97 fps, and i have imported it the same way and am exporting it the same way. the audio appears to be playing along with the video, but as the video plays it gets out of sync toward the end. the video is about 5 minutes long. i am importing to library using th...more >>

How do I get my intro to automatically go to a web page when its finished playing? thanks...more >>

This is a difficult one.. And I'm not sure anyone will be able to answer it or if I should be asking this question in the dreamweaver forum section. On my index page is a flash movie. My question is this ... I wish the user to see a different version/style of this movie depending on the tim...more >>

Hi, I don't know if you're aware, but Microsoft changed their IE activeX control for Flash (due to patent issues, it seems), and now there's the need to activate the flash controller by clicking him before being able to interact with it (when you hover the mouse cursor over a flash element...more >>

Hi, I am ordering a flash tutorial program so I promise not to post silly questions like this in the future. However, I have spent the past few hours trying to figure out something that I imagine is very simple - so if you could point me in the right direction I would be most grateful. ...more >>

Has anyone connected Flash to a database such as SQL Server? I just wanted to know if such a thing can be done. Thanks in advance! Michael ...more >>

I've got a text field in flash 8 that I have set to dynamic and scrollable and I was under the impression all i had to do to get a scrollbar was to drag the component onto the textfield and set the Instance Name of the _targetInstanceName to the name of the Instance Name used for the textfield...more >>

Hello. I want to load an image from disk and display it many times on my flash app. I tried using loadMovie and loadClip but both lock the image file and you can't load it again. How can this be done ? Thanks ! ...more >>

Hello experienced Flash-users, Soon i will have to do a small site in Flash MX. The clue: the user has the choice between 10 languages, as there are, English, French, german (no problem so far) and languages like russian cyrillic and chinese or japanese characters. Contents must be editable ...more >>

:confused; A simple question. I have been using GetUrl to open external word documents from my presentation but it doesn't seem completely satisfactory is there a better script....more >>

I have a Flash-based form which calls this script: on (release) { //1st hidden field //this is your unique id m = "xxxxx"; //this is the form action and method getURL ("http://ccprod.roving.com/roving/d.jsp", "_blank", "POST"); } This opens a new window for the visitor to sign ...more >>

Hi, I made an flash file with some texts etc exported with flash player 8.. and apparently the static text doesn't show up if you have flash player 7. I used "Ant-Alias for animation". The font is a font most users doesn't have in their systems. What is the best solution to show the te...more >>

Dear sirs I'm going to build my first home page in Flash and I wonder in what version it would be better to save the swf file to avoid that someone with an old Flash viewer couldn't see it. Thx in advance ...more >>

When I try to export Captivate (.cp file) into Fash MX 2004 show this message error: Cant load library:126 Any suggestion? AC ...more >>

Hi there, I am having trouble sending data from some text boxes through an ASP script to a MS Access database, I can send data perfectly from the root movie, but not inside a movie on the root, Anyone know why? Do i have to be more specific in my line of action script? Any help wud be brillo ...more >>

Hello, This should be very simple. I want to to create animation in which square rotates more than once. How to accomplish this? I don't like to use timeline effect here. ...more >>

Hey friends; i'm designing a website for a reputed company and i'm in a fix. can anyone plz help me how to transfer data from a flash application to an asp page through XML packet and again recieve it back in the same way. is there any other method to do if u know plz reply....more >>

Have a question. I have Quick time (7.0?) When I go to certain sites it says I need to download quicktime 8. I go to site and click install. I do NOT get a download box but I do get message saying Quicktime was installed successfully. Yet when I go to check quicktime player it still says ...more >>

hi, it is very simple. in publish settings dialog box, select flash and check the option - protect from import. gaurav...more >>

hello I've created a mini site and getting to grips with instance names.....i have 3 buttons that are part of a movie clip and i want to link to various parts of the movie using frame names. I tried the 3 buttons initially NOT in a movie clip and they worked fine....since i moved them into...more >>

Hello informed ones. I desperately need to know if Flash can have links place on different parts of one page and by clinking on one of the many links will take you to another flash page. Not a slide show with consecutive pages. The ability to bring up random pages linked to a hot spot on t...more >>

I'm trying to get my animation from an SWF to an AVI or MOV, since i've written it with flash 8 features, I can't turn it into a quicktime. The animation's also using the V-Cam Action Script so that also probably also rules out all of the 3rd party converters. Does anyone know how to fix ...more >>

Dear all please help me where to download UI Components Set 2 for Flash MX...more >>

I am working at school using Macromedia Flash Player 2004 and we use a Mac. At my friends house who had a PC and has Macromdeioa Flash MX2004 I been trying to work on my project using her Computer. It says Unexpected File Format. How do i get Mac Version of Macromedia Flash mx 2004 to read ...more >>

Here's what we want to do: 1. Capture slide presentations between the laptop and the projector. We can't install software on the presenter's laptop. We've solved this part and can capture in a variety of motion-video formats such as MPEG-4 and H.264.2. Edit in post-production. What software ...more >>

:confused; glad i am not the only one with this problem, please someone insruct me how to install this flash, perhaps adobe can resolve this as i am a novice user , thanks...more >>

Well I have a swf file, that loads external swfs and mp3s (for my rpg) and when I test it in flash (Ctrl + Enter) it works, but when I open up the .swf with flash player I get this http://www.freewebs.com/kqrpg/Security.png And im guessing thats the reason why my flash isnt workig in moz...more >>