I have a swf that I'm loading into an empty movie clip. Here is the code I'm using to load it. I added the close button so that he clip could be closed while the movie underneath continued to run. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------...more >>

I am looking to make my video controls for a flash movie look more... OS Xish. Is there anyplace where I can download a *.swf flie, I mean I can?t be the only person who wanted the cool look of apple. Or is there a way I can use a stock control *.swf file and mod to look like more OS X like. I...more >>

Hi, I have an image gallery that displays jpgs dynamically from urls that are assembled via xml loaded variables. The gallery uses loadmovie to load the images into a movie clip located on the stage. There are four different frames in the gallery, each of which contains a loadmovie call to...more >>

I recently placed an On2 / Flash 8 .flv file into a Flash document and set it to progressive play back. When I published it as a Flash projector file .exe and took it to another computer it would only show a white empty box in the Flash player. The file size was large enough to account for...more >>

This is really strange. Some of the things in my Properties panel have disappeared. The Width Height and the X and Y coordinate boxes have disappered! Does anyone know how to get them back???...more >>

Is there a way to loop an existing flash exe file? I do not have the benefit of working with the original fla files. The only thing that I have received from the client is an exe file. The client wants to be able to leave this presentation in a display area where the file will continuously...more >>

Can someone tell me the setting that removes that annoying outlined box whenever you draw a shape? It's starting to annoy me. Thanks. ...more >>

I'm trying to create a link that pops-up a window with a specific size but I keep getting error messages when I publish. Here's the error: **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 61, frame=185:Line 1: ')' or ',' expected on (release) {getURL(http://www.mysite.com/site/idea.html, _blank, ...more >>

i am creating a website that contains flash. i made it in tables, but eveytime the user loads a new html pages the whole thing reflashes for a second. how can i avoid the reflash?...more >>

how do i program a file to open automatically from a cd-rom? after inserting the disc, i want the index page to open up automatically---is that possible?...more >>

:music; Is there a script out there that will shut all sound OFF / but also allow you to press ON and it will play the sound in the frame you are it. Basically, I have several sound clips in my flash, and I need an ON / OFF button. I can shut the sound off, but I can not put it back...more >>

I'm always wondering how a preloader that uses images (probably an animation that was imported into AE and exported as frames) like for example on this site: http://www.foxhome.com/garfieldthemovie/main.html is created so it shows all the way through ? whenever I use non vector animation, it s...more >>

Hey all been looking high and low on how to perform a 3d page flip! Im thinking its done useing some type of 3d software of after effects but i cant find any tutorials on it? I see alot of page flipping on sites like monstertemplate.com, here are some examples http://www.templatemonster.c...more >>

i am new to flash so this might seem simple, but i am trying tomake a ball draw a line across my screen. in other words i need a line to apper in the same spot where the ball was. is there any action script that i dont know about that could do this, or any other way. thanks ...more >>

I have an input text box that the user will enter their name. Once done, it will take the value and write it to the screen. Have searched topics, but haven't found this (found more complex ones though..) ...more >>

Hi I have worked through the FL pro 8 tutorial for FMA. How do you put the photos in that were prepared int he FW 8 tutorial? Can anyone help/ thanks...more >>

http://jordanhollender.com/testing.html Hi, I'm having trouble with a stroke on my test page. If you look at the top and bottom strokes on the "menu", the curve looks jagged. Anything that I can do to fix this? Thanks! ...more >>

Hey All, I built a custom FLV player - something with our branding - however the video quality appears to lower in my custom flv playback component. Things like scaling aliasing and jagged lines. Things I dont get when I take the same FLV and place it inside one of the built in compon...more >>

I created a stick figure in Freehand then imported it into Flash (MX 2004, Mac OS X 10.4.5). I then distributed it to layers so I could manipulate it. Everything has worked so far (making him walk, changing the size for perspective, etc.), but now all I want to do is rotate his arms around ...more >>

Let me simple, I am completely new to Flash. I am a language teacher and I teach French and Chinese. My website is www.quickmandarin.com. I want to build a simple platform helping my students learn language online. This platform will be able to synchronize the audio recording with the s...more >>

Hello, I'm developing an education game that will allow students to drag the names of animal body parts to the correct location on a picture of that animal. I have all of the body parts in a list on the side of the frame and a pic of the animal in the middle. I've setup a function dragSetup(...more >>

anyone have an example of how to preload all your slides before playing? Or some direction......more >>

I have never been to a Macromedia conference. The new company I am with is going to foot the bill to send me to one. Any suggestions for a good conference for a newbie to go to ? Links would be helpful to. Thanks ! ...more >>

Hi, I have a website which has one layer with intro text on it and the movie clips which load on top of it. on one of the movie clips theres a rollover map and when you rollover a section another movie clip appears on top. i want to change that so that instead of rolling over it, you hav...more >>

I whant to get an answer on to my mail, please .. because is hard to find into the forum....more >>

I have found many places where one can purchase accordian menu builders. I would like to learn how to build one myself. Do you know of a site (or even within Macromedia) that provides step-by-step instruction to build a basic accordian menu? Also, if you prefer to use Fireworks for this, l...more >>

ok so ive uploaded the html and the swf files to my server.. when playing back through opera everything works fine , but when playing back through iE only the nav bar shows the rest are left with blank boxes .. any ideas ? ...more >>

Hi Does anyone have any pointers/tips on how to create an animated route map? Basically, I simply want to display the animation of a route (solid/pecked line) of the days trekking TIA ...more >>

Can anyone help me - im using flash in powerpoint and it works fine and dandy on my computer with flash on it, however when i try to show people on a computer that doesnt have flash on it a warning comes up saying "Your system is not Flash MX(tm) enabled, Please find out more at http://www.mac...more >>

I am busy with linking pages together but it won't work. Now i was looking for what was different whit the other pages which work perfectly and I found it. http://img113.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vraag8ax.jpg I have to change that in "page1 copy 9" instead of "page1 copy". Who know how ...more >>

Hello- I am having problems w/ text in FLASH. MX 2004 Some text is created in illustrator and outlined and brought into FLASH. Other is created in FLASH. Dynamic reads the best , but can move on other peoples computers.... Any advice for working w/ text? ...more >>

Hi all. i want how we can have different frame rate for different movies loded by "loadMovieNum". I have tried but i did not worked my base movie frame rate is 20 and i want to load two movies with frame rate 9 but they also play @ 20 FPS. any solutions please ...more >>

Hi, How do I preserve the original video quality when converting my video clip from avi-fla -swf ? I use FlashMXPro2004 and used the wizard. What is the best method to achieve this as I wish to include video on my web site. Thank you ...more >>

http://www.blurredistinction.com/testing/littleLadyMemory.php Just a cute little memory game I did over the weekend for a friend's site. I should probably add an audio toggle button, but I think otherwise it's pretty good. Comments welcome, especially before it goes up on her site. -- ...more >>

Hi All, I asked this question a little while back, but I still can't seem to solve my problem I'm loading an external swf into my main movie, but I want to be able to load to a specific frame within the external movie. Here's the code I'm using right now: loadMovie("external.swf", "hol...more >>

Given a choice between Domain.net and DomainOnline.com, which one would be the better choice? (This is very subjective, but subjective opinions are what I'm after.) The debate is, obviously, whether or not the benefits of a shorter name with a .net outweigh those of a longer name with a .c...more >>

I'm saving to buy the Studio 8 Suite on Ebay for a lowered price. I've noticed that the lowest come without instruction. In the meantime, I'm trying to learn a bit on my own with the 30 day trial. The seller said that you can get instructions on how to use Flash 8 and the rest from the Ma...more >>

:confused; I am about to upgrade to version 8 of Flash and Dreamweaver. Apparently I am able to go to the Macromedia Studio Bundle from the versions I currently own. I was trying to make a comparison of what I would get if I went with the Studio option but no where is there a break down of...more >>

how can i load external swf from cd, wich has integrated preloader, and to see preloading progress.. everytime i start loading this swf from cd, first it loads whole swf file, and than starts to play, and i can't see preloading progress of swf... ...more >>

Hi, a while ago I created a flash 'tour' animation for a client at 12 fps. The Tour has an audio track which is in sync. Now they have asked me to include a video segment, which is recorded at 25fps. Seems to play OK on some machines, keeping it at 25fps, but on others the video frame r...more >>

Hi All, I am about to finish a flash presentation and I have been asked to develop the same presentation but in mandarin language. I have been sent a sample of text to see if flash can read it. When I paste the words, all I get in flash is a lot of "??????". Is there a way to copy an...more >>

I have a scroll pane which dynamicly loads text data from an XML file. I linked to the file using the href tag and it can open the MP3 in a new window but if you try to right click it the save as option just isn't there! theres open, open link in new window and copy link. I think this is a mor...more >>

Hi, I just put up my first full flash website as a practice run and would like to get some advice and construtive criticism from some of the pros in here. Please disregard the page content its not updated, and I know some, or ok alot, of the things arent perfect yet, like the banner. But ...more >>

Hi, I'm importing content from an xml file into a TextArea component, then using css to style it. If I add the a:hover attribute, the text wraps when rolling on/off the links and the text shifts around? This only seems to happen when using more than one img tag in the html. If I remove...more >>

Hi all I am loading external text files in dynamic text fields. These texts contain html links (<a href="page.html">some text</a>) The links work when loaded in the flash movie, but they are invisible: no hand cursor, and the same color as the rest of the text. Is there a way to have fla...more >>

Is there any way to do this without having to write some php or cgi script? Cheers, Rory....more >>

I'm curious if the following scenerio is possible: -create an application that could query a database and then populate a flash file with the data and then export the swf file. Basically we want to be able to store data in a database and export a swf with different text depending on what re...more >>

Nothing is safe from spanners. However, it is much more difficult to extract an email address from a .swf than from HTML code. If you want better protection you need to use server-side scripting. Cheers, Wolf ...more >>