Hi, I'm trying to design some lines over a movie clip but i can't do it. The lines are designed under the movie clip and get hidden. I'm using the following code... var isDrawing:Boolean = false; var mouseListener:Object = new Object(); mouseListener.onMouseDown = function() { _root.d...more >>

Could someone provide an example of action script for getURL using "www.macromedia.com" as the URL in question? Thank you....more >>

How can I change the position of the stage? when I preview as website the stage is in the upper left corner and I need to have it in the middle of the webpage. Help.......more >>

Hi, I have a movie that plays a swf using the following script: loadMovie ("Welcome.swf","video","GET"); I use GET so that the swf loads a variable from the movie, problem is it won't play at all, if I get rid of the GET then the movie plays fine but the variable is not passed to the sw...more >>

What would be the easiest way to limited the playback of a Flash banner ad to a specific number of loops and then stop/hold on the last frame?? Thanks....more >>

Greetings, When I rotate a bitmap with smoothing deselected, the bitmap looks terrible unless is rotated at 45 degree intervals. (Note: I'm not animating, I'm positioning a static image) When I rotate a bitmap to 32 degrees, for example, I can make it look reasonable by selecting "allo...more >>

by anychance were can I get a older flash player. I need to test a site using the oldest flash player posible. thanks ...more >>

I just started building some things in Flash on a different computer than my own. Im used to Mac version Flash MX 2004, and now I am on a PC, Flash MX... I want my buttons to have links, and I thought that was usually done in OpenBrowserWindow, in the behaviors panel. Except, I can't FIND the ...more >>

http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/dpn/video/test-flash.html I am trying to make flash video work. I have scoured the web for help and so far no luck so i hope someone here can help me. i thought i had it fixed when i learned about the contentpath value. but that didn't work either. ple...more >>

Ive been working at this for a while now and must see if someone else knows how to do this... I have 18 .swfs that complete a online sales demo. I have created one swf of just actions that simply creates a container and loads the movie in and then the next and so on but my problem is that ...more >>

I have a CD with a wmv file- a text file- a list of links. I would like the CD to autostart when inserted- and show a menu. I don't know what software to use to do this- someone told me Flash would do this. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.. thanks ...more >>

When I view the SWF file by double clicking from folder the file is missing certain text elements on buttons. However when I view he SWF through an html page or posted on a server everything is fine and the text is in place on the buttons. I have just upgraded to Flash 8 pro. Anyone else havin...more >>

hi all, I'm trying to figure out the best way to construct an online FLV encoder and player like the one You Tube.com has...Its mainly for convenience since we have collegues that would need to encode video to an FLV but most of them do not know how to use Flash, and an online encoder woul...more >>

I created a ball and want it bounce to the bottom of the stage and then rest on the side of the stage. I want a mask on the ball so only half of it is exposed as it rests on the side of the stage. The Mask Layer doesn't seem to work on a Guide Layer, and I can't place the mask layer above the ...more >>

Is MCL compatible with Flash 6?...more >>

I was wondering if anyone knew anything about linux and flash. Our animation is playing wierd on it. A white screen is appearing before any of the animations start. ex (white screen>animation>next slide>white screen>animation>next slide....etc). We have no idea why this is happening cause it d...more >>

hi all I created a motion tween with two dashed lines into a movie clip, and I put 47 instances of this movie clip in the scene, and when I test the motion consumes 100% of CPU. I'm using Flash MX, and also test it with Flash 8 and the results are similar Does anybody has any Tip o ide...more >>

I get this error ("unexpected file format") while opening a FLA with both MX2004 or Flash 8. I uninstalled and reinstalled Flash8. on another PC, it opens successfully (with MX2004 and Flash8). Thus, the FLA is probably not "corrupted"... The fla was created on yet another third PC. ...more >>

I'm a flash newbie looking to find out how to change my curosr to an hour glass. I have made an interactive CD with ext swfs but each time I click a button to call up a swf there is a 10-15 sec delay and I would like there to be some type of symbol letting the user know a movie is being loaded...more >>

i want to setup my portfolio so I don't have to create separate scenes. So basically, I wan to have several buttons, if you click one it loads an external SWF, if you click the next it "unloads?" the first swf and loads the next one.. I know how to load external swf's but is there anyway to un...more >>

I have found a few custom made fonts which work perfect in flash 8 others just render with a default text. I am working on a few sites and need medevil / celtic fonts to use in the site. Any suggestions on where to find a few fonts will be greatly appreciated. thank you ...more >>

I have made a shorter example to make it easier. I have three instances named br1,br2 and br3 How would I dynamically call those names in loop to set visibility. I have: x = 3 y = 0 do { y = y + 1 br._visible = false; } while (x > y) However when you trace br it shows u...more >>

Hi, I have a movie with the following: frame 2 has a button with the following link: on (release) { var playtype = 'normal'; gotoAndPlay("Introduction"); } Frame "introduction" has an action script that loads a movie and should pass the variable and its value to that child movie...more >>

Does anyone have any recommendations as to sites (either free or pay) that have exceptional extensions / behavoirs that Flash Pro 8 does not have? Please let me know. Thanks....more >>

Hello all and thanks for reading. I hope you can help me. I have a movie clip symbol that has a simple embedded mask. The mask makes a sparkle across some text. I can scrub the layers in the clip and the mask functions fine. But when I return to root and put an instance of the movie...more >>

I have created a media player in flash that plays music from a playlist. It works great music plays etc etc, the only problem is that at home I can view it on the web and everything is fine, but when I am at work and I view the player, it works but the text is not visible, the font I have us...more >>

Heya, So I am working on a website at www.livintheglow.com/spencer and I built a flash music player and photo gallery but they refuse to work when you go to the site! The gallery will work if you go to the direct link ie: http://www.livintheglow.com/spencer/flash/photo_gallery/photo_gal...more >>

Well I know it sounds weird but I am looking for a trial version of Macromedia Flash 5, I may be interested in buying it, I know Flash is already on 8 but my school uses 5 and I can't design something in 8 and play/work on it in 5. So if anyone could help me, that would be great. Thanks for yo...more >>

I am trying to create a chromeless pop up when on the release of a button. I have found some tutorials and other helpfull information at chromeless.org. All of them work in Macromedia Flash MX 2004 but when i try to do it with Flash 8 it will not work. I am not very familiar with javascript so...more >>

Hey guys, I'm building this flash project for CD ROM, there's a few videos that when clicked I want to play regular size, is there a way to interact with the video to toggle between fullscreen? I've accomplished this in the past using Director, when you click on the video it will open ...more >>

If anyone can help it would be great!! The site is http://www.atlantis.com, go to the photos section and when you click on the image displayed, you can send this email as a postcard. Is there an easy way to do this? Or should I develop a new button for each image to send to it's own PHP ...more >>

Flash on my site (an there's only a small amount) has been working fine using Internet Explorer 6. I regularly run Windows Update, which I did yesterday and now every time the mouse pointer moves over an embedded Flash movie Internet Explorer draws a thick border arround it and a tool tip appe...more >>

I have a map with locations on it. I want to have a drop down menu listing the names of all the locations in the map. when a user selects a location from the drop down box, i want the map to center on the selected location and zoom in a percentage. My problem is, how do i go about finding t...more >>

hey there, I want to set the quality of a certain shape in a movie to medium or low level without chaning the quality parameter of the whole swf. Is it possible? thanks....more >>

First of all, sorry for my bad english I have a little problem with style on the component "Menu". I would to change the border color, currently it is green, I want change to black. import mx.controls.Menu; var my_menu:Menu = Menu.createMenu(); my_menu.addMenuItem({type:"check", labe...more >>

I have published files in flash 8 that are optimised for flash 6 player, although the mask i have used is not visible on tested machines. Is there a simple explanation for this? Also, when i anti-alias the text, it disapppears from flash 6 player - the site needs to be accessible and I'm a...more >>

I am working on an application that once a new user logs into our database and flash movies, a series of tutorials open up on an initial visit for every new application a user visits. We chose the SharedObject route. This code works, but it's not working as WELL as we had hoped and here is why...more >>

I've searched this forum,and tried all the related links and can only find launching the pop up from a regular button--NOT a button that is contained in a movieclip. I have tried using the _root.gotoandplay ("framelabel") and them putting the getURL actionscript on that frame but it doesn'...more >>

I have place a loader component in a swf. I have set auto load to true, I have named it myloader, I have set the size and I have place the URL ( also tried relative name) where necessary. I keep getting a white box. I test the URL to the swf by placing it in a brownser and pasingit back into f...more >>

what can product registration do?...more >>

hi! i have a problem... I have two flash movies, so i wan to play a flash movie "two.swf" inside "one.swf" so i placed a command in the frame of the timeline of movie "one.swf" to load in on level 3 (i have other movies inside) and it works the problem is that i want to loop this movie, bu...more >>