Hi all is there any reliable way of exporting Illustrator fills into flash as vectors? The image isn't all that complex, but has gradients with transparencies on them, for example. Cheers...more >>

It seems so simple but I have not been able to find a solution. If I have a button on layer one. I then place a big solid rectangle (or anything) on top of it (layer 2), completely covering the button from view. The problem is; the button is still completely functional. how can I turn that ...more >>

This problem has been plaguing me for weeks. I currently have a flash site up and running. I recently added video to the site and that is where the problems are coming in. I am using a RIVA Player to play my progressive download videos. On A PC the player works beautiful, on a Mac it does not ...more >>

I have an FLV video that plays in a scene by itself, when it is over I would like it to proceed automatically to the next scene. Is there any way to do that? thanks, Dave...more >>

Hi. I just started out with flash a few nights ago. I'm trying to make a movie, in which the title slides on, from off-screen. The problem that I'm having is that Flash is showing the text that is supposed to be off-canvas. Is there any way to make flash hide things that aren't on the ca...more >>

Hi friends, i am new to Flash domain.i am working on a standalone project in which i have to access external file( simple .txt file). i want to read and write data in external file. i am looking help.. naveen ...more >>

I am still new to flash. I have created an animated logo for the splash page of a website which plays and then re-directs the webpage to its homepage. Everything works perfectly except for the first time the splash page loads. Nothing happens. It simply sits there and in order for anything to ...more >>

So I'm working on quite a big flash project, even though I'm very new to flash. The project has an intro animation which then ends on a navigation with 5 options, which when each is clicked plays another short animation before ending on a their relative pages. (they they all have sub navigatio...more >>

Hi, As part of my testing, I've created a basic quiz from the quiz template provided in Flash 8 (Professional). I'm working with Oracle's iLearning LMS and need my Flash Quiz to be SCORM 1.2 compliant, so that the scores can be sent to the LMS. Even though I know it only works on Window...more >>

so I have my main fla file and I am importing another swf into it via the loadMovie function. On my main timeline, i have placed a holder movieClip onto my stage and the actionScript for that movieClip reads something like this... ppeSWF.loadMovie("swf/ppe.swf"); Hurray, it works like a ...more >>

What is the best way to learn Flash? I'm a sophomore in high school right now, and am not that great at drawing (can barely draw a stick figure). I have the Flash MX 2004 Bible (but am using Flash 8), New Masters of Flash Volume 3, and Flash MX 2004 Games Most Wanted. What is the best order to...more >>

Hello, I have upgraded to Flash 8 and now my F12 preview/publish button does not work. Any suggestions? RR...more >>

I have 2 SWFS that I would like to rotate on my web page at random. Any suggestions??? Thanks!...more >>

Please tell me this message is only coming up because I am working in development and the links in my swf file are HREFs to the Internet. Please tell me that once the file is published online and the user is already on the Internet that they will not have to adjust their Flash Player Security...more >>

How can I make loading bar with percentage of page already loaded?...more >>

I'm building a portfolio in flash, which has lots of photos that need to enlarge in a separate browser windows (HTML pages). Is there a way to set browser windows from flash? Thanks Elysha...more >>

I am creating a Flash CD. Required movies in this CD is approx 120 & total size of the total project become 3600MB, due to that reason project is dividing into 6 CD ( cause my client is not intrested in DVD). my project is about to end but now my client wants that links on CD should be auto de...more >>

Quick Question / Concern? I'd like to add streaming video (using flash professional 8, with encoder) to my websites. Why is it so difficult to stream? forced to go spend a fortune on hosting the flv files? Something isnt right here. Can someone just point me in the right directi...more >>

how can use dynamic data in flash ...more >>

I have an input text field rendered as html, its font size is set to 10 which is a relatively small size. But the output of its HTML code is: <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="-1"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#333333" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">test</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT> ...more >>

I am new to Flash..so I guess this is a newbie question. I have an app that needs to run sounds (speech) - perhaps thousands of different sounds. I would like not to create thousands of separate .swf files. I notice the sound object can load a sound from a URL ..but...only MP3. I can't afford ...more >>

I am looking for a script that will randomly list a set of names. For example, a page that has a list of the US States. Each time the page is opened or refreashed the list is in a different order, a random order to the list. Is this possible? Thank you Michael Mezalick mezalick@nni.com ...more >>

HI everyone, I am creating exe files out of my flash animations. They are pretty small little 1-2 minute animations. I then post them to a computer in our space where the animation loops all day long. The most annoying thing - is these animations stutter through all the tweens. I tried to...more >>

I am trying to use the combo box, button and message box components in a movie clip with a mask layer over it. Everything works fine, except you can't read the text on any component. If I remove the mask, you can see the text. I've tried different color masks and different alpha settings, but ...more >>

I downloaded the macromedia Flash PLayer MX trial to see it before I bought it and 8 days into my 30 day trial it said that the trial had expired!! If this had happened maybe 2or 3 days early id have been less upset but 22 DAYS! I've tried redownloading it from multiple other sites but it keep...more >>

I am trying to load a simple swf, MyMC, that contains some play buttons to handle audio. It loads fine, but I am unable to access any mc within MyMC via actionscript. this.createEmptyMovieClip("MyMC", 999); loadMovie("buttons.swf", MyMC); // the movie does load successfully, but I can...more >>

I have a flash movie which is supposed to fade some text into the stage. It works fine when test my movie, but when I publish it, it just pops up and doesn't fade in. Can anyone tell me why this happens and how can I get this to fade properly. Thanks, as I'm a newbie to Flash. ...more >>

Hi, I learned how to use a txt file to load texts to my flash movie the other day, but I wonder how its done to add hyperlink in the text field using txt file?...more >>

Hi, im building a website using flash, and have some animations i want to include in this flsh file. I know how to have the animation sitting on the stage or timeline (import to stage/library) but i want to load this swf file using action script, and load it several times throughout the web...more >>

How do I give a button an instance name? Thanks...more >>

Hi! I want to create a simple tree for use in a genealogy application by inputting data by xml file. I saw a tutorial on how to do this without actionscript coding, just by inputting values in the parameters dialogs. Can someone direct me to a tutorial like that or possible telling me how to...more >>

Hello, I created a swf file and it works well when I see it locally with Firefox. But when online, some items (mostly text and a few graphics) does not appear in IE6 or Opera. I check with Firefox on my computer and everything is there but with the same Firefox on another computer there...more >>

Hi, I have implemented Pixelmill's Fix for Internet Explorer's new way of handling Flash movies and other objects everywhere on my site apart from one movie which loads a default movie on page load and then the user can select any of 4 movies to display from a drop down list. These movie f...more >>