:confused; OK, I know this is easy but I'm chasing my tail. I have two sets of buttons - icons and corresponding text nav bar of same categories. I have movie clips that play on the rollover state of the icon buttons. When these clip START to play, I want the rollover state the OTHER text, n...more >>

Look, I have four scene which serves as webpages and waiting for me 2 find the right actionscrip to link them, the problem is i can't find a working actionscrip and one website i found useful want me 2 pay 2 get the actionscrip. HELL NO i won't pay. So dude can u give me the right actionscrip ...more >>

Need the experts help, something whacky is going on. Here is what I'm doing: Put the media componant on the stage and gave it an instance name of vid1. Launched componant inspector and filled out all the fields. Went to action's panel and typed in the following: var nc:NetConnection = ne...more >>

My page doesn't work in firefox. I was wondering if there was a way to check for firefox and display a message if someone is trying to use it. - Reaves...more >>

I created a Flash header to use in my HTML site, which I've never done before, so I need some help. Ok, so here's the draft I have now: http://www.whsphealthcaremanagement.com/index_HCM.html I want the header to be static, and the white area to be where the page content appears (it sho...more >>

Hello I imported a world map into a Flash project, and made it into a symbol. When I scale the symbol, the machine bogs down. The art is way more complex than it needs to be. Is there a way for me to "re-rasterize" the vectors so that it is redrawn at the current size and dpi, to s...more >>

i made a form located at mortgagemaestro.net to send to my email. when i test it in flash the form works fine but when i try to send the info from the online form nothing is sent. has anyone ever had this problem or know how to fix it? thank you ...more >>

Hi Please help urgently. Trying to do a slide show with transitions and screens but when I test the movie it only shows one screen Julia...more >>

Hi, I'm solving this problem. I have list of players from XML file, which I'm loading into flash like .cgi file (because on server it doesn't want to load from original .xml). XML (cgi) looks like: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO8859-1" ?> <players_root_tag> <player> <...more >>

Hi! I created an analog clock in Flash and am trying to put it in my Dreamweaver site. The only thing I get is a puzzle piece looking thing in Dreamweaver and nothing on my website. I am new to this and am wondering if there is some trick I don't know about having the two work together. ...more >>

We run Windows Terminal Services hosting a large number of clients. When you browse to a page that uses Flash, the client experience is just horrible (the browser, and even the entire session, effectively freeze up) and the drain on the system overall isn't exactly good. What we'd really lov...more >>

http://www.grand-benedicts.com/GB_custom_main.htm Currently the annimation is looping, but it is set to play through once and when it finishes... I would like it to automatically redirect to: http://www.grand-benedicts.com/GB_custom_passport.htm. What is the best way to accomplish this? An...more >>

I just got the new flash 8 this weekend and I'm already finding that having the published file open automatically is very annoying. Is there a way to turn this feature off? Also, how can you save a workspace as default. I rarely use their little default-sized screen for anything. Than...more >>

I have made some drawings to a client in my new Flash8. Now they tell me that they what to puplish the site in flash7, but when they publish they get this message: 'Symbol=krop02, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player' -about a million times. What is 'adv...more >>

Hi Please help. I need to quickly do a slide presentation which will be viewed on a TV in a shop, using different transitions in flash. I'm new to Flash, only done very basic stuff so far, so I'm basically clueless. What res must my images be, I've figured out TV uses 3:2 ratio so can setup ...more >>

I need help trying to get a flash video to start automatically. I'm embedding this in a My Space webpage using html code. It makes you select play before it will start. I want it to start as soon as the webpage is opened. Someone HELP! ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to open a PDF in Acrobat from a button in your projector (for CD-ROM usage)?...more >>

Please help me. I am totally new with Flash 8 and am in a bind. I need someone to easily explain all the steps to help me understand how to do the following: I have three jpg images. The first image needs to fade in from the center area and slide to the left. Next the second image fades i...more >>

Newbie is me. I've just created a few Flash slide presentations for my site. They work great, but take a few seconds to load. How do you include an icon or animation that counts-down to when the flash file is finished loading? You know the kind of animation I mean... ...more >>

I need some serious help folks. I am producing a number of animation tests as part of a bid for the animation production of 3 broadcast animated children's shows. These shows already exist and they are all done using raster images (photoshop) in After Effects. The production company got an orde...more >>

I've got a Flash app that needs to run 24/7 - 365. I use the getTimer() function quite a bit. My question is How long can my app run while using the getTimer() function considering that the Maximum integer is : 1.79769313486231e+308 What happens to the getTimer() property after it rea...more >>

I'm looking for a simple way to pause audio. Thank you in advance....more >>

I need help with progressbar component that comes with Flash 8, in the help resource it does not tell you how to set it up. I just drag it to the stage in the first frame but it does not work, I test it with double ctrl+enter, but it does not seem to be working. ...more >>

and wants them all combined into a 10-15second loop in Flash. What would be the best way to do this? -- Murray --- ICQ 71997575 Adobe Community Expert (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!) ================== http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com - Template Triage! htt...more >>

HI Folks: I have a feeling this is simple, but i cannot figure it out. I have a basic stage for a web page banner 750 x 150 12fps. it is a black in color. I want to add a phrase of text in white and have it fade in and fade out again over the course of 40 frames. I have tried to do thi...more >>

i'd welcome any feedback you might have... thanks. http://www.quintandquint.com/flash/...more >>

:confused; Hi I have created a comboBox and when a label is selected it jumps to a relevant frame. Its on the main timeline and works fine on most machines. I've tested PC and MAC and only 2 out of 10 PC's dont work properly. These 2 do display the rest of the movie, and also display the c...more >>

MMExecute("fl.trace('hello world');"); MMExecute("fl.outputPanel.trace(\"Hello World\");"); EDIT: Seeing how nobody helped me I stayed up all night searching through to see if i could find my answer and i found that i should of used \ backslashes but it still doesn't work anyone know wht? ...more >>

i can figure out how to make a link open up a new window (_parent, _top, etc.), but how do i make the window a specific size? thanks,...more >>

Would someone(s) please check this website and tell me why I can't see the flash components? I seem to be able to see the them on other websites, just not on this one. Is there a setting somewhere that would cause this? http://www.monaenamels.com/ My client want me to look at the effects...more >>

Hi all, I am making my first entirely flash site other than being a tad nervous I have one issue that is confusing me. Should each page be a separate swf file that the main flash file loads in order to have different stage sizes (heights) or do you just make the whole thing in one file a...more >>

I am newbie to Flash. I am playing with import video and am hoping that flash can scrub like quicktime movie. See here for example, http://www.golfswing.com/proswings/woods.htm My visitors really like it when they can take the slider and move back and forth through the clip, but it does...more >>

Hi all, Essentially what i am trying to achieve is a circle in the middle that has lines that emerge out and grow following a sqigly path then wave once and remain stationary. Problem is I don't know how to achieve this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kiwidesign ...more >>

I have been going through some training for Flash and am learning to use the pen tool. I am having a problem though and I am sure it is something I am doing wrong so I hope someone can tell me what I am doing wrong. I am drawing a shape with the pen tool and before I am completely done with th...more >>

Hello, I have been using Flash for about 2 months now and know just enough to be dangerous... I would like to place a color image on one layer and a gray-scale version of the same picture on a different layer. I would like to create a mask layer containing a small rectangle that moves ba...more >>

Hi I have a page in which i would have actionscript that loads some jpegs dynamically into my flash file. I want them to load when the site loads or is refreshed. So i can't put this script in a keyframe at the beginning of my time line.. because everytime the timeline goes to that place i...more >>

I don't know much about the program, I sort of self taught myself what I know by just messing around with it. I'm using Flash MX pro 2004, and I was wondering how do I Speed up the frame rate just in a portion in my flah movie. It starts at 12fps but I would like to double that speed for a fe...more >>

Hello, I have created two navigation buttons in Flash. They work perfectly. How do I save them so that they appear in the Flash buttons library in Dreamweaver MX? In other words: how do I save a fla or swf file as a swt file? I have tried the "save as template" in Flash without success. ...more >>

Can anyone tell me if there'sa way to speed up flash player on my laptop??? i've jst got a new laptop and put flash player 8.whatever the newest version is... but its slow i'm mainly using firefox&flash to view files but its still slow can anyone help??? ...more >>

I'm working on a flash project and need to stitch 9 images togather at runtime. This is to allow me to pan/zoom the images as a group. How can I go about doing the stiching?:confused;...more >>

I need to open a pdf file with Flash. I checked out Flash Help and there are various ways to do this, but it doesn't suggest a way to open these files in Adobe Reader. Can anyone tell me how to do this, any help would be greatly appreciated ...more >>

Hi Gang, I've just written a quick mail form in Flash8Pro/PHP - the user enters their contact details & a message, and it sends it off to the specified email address. The feature works fine for the most part, but there's one little problem. The dynamic text field that confirms the messa...more >>

I have this button and i want to have an animation when you rollover it and on rollout. the rollover's working out just right but when the mouse rollsout of the button the movieclip i've made doesn't execute. what's the right code for this one? here's the code i've typed: on (rollOver) {...more >>

In my as,this is a sentence. Mouse.broadcastMessage("onTransform"); when I view this document,error detected! who can help me,tks:)...more >>

Newbie question here - How do you add new fonts to Flash8? What is Flash's font file extension anyway? many thanks...more >>

I have a site that i am working on www.masterability.com. The Main movie uses XML output file to run the navigation. When you run click on any of the buttons the swf runs, but the links in the internal swf file won't allow scrolling or links to run for a third internal swf file. Can anyone...more >>