I'm in the USA and I'm having problems making any edits to an fla file that was created in England. Either the program crashes, or the edits just don't "take". I'm using Flash MX (version 6). I don't know what version the original file was created in...I'm guessing the latest. Has any one had...more >>

How to add a banner with moving graphics I have been given the an image to put in my flash website, it s a banner with moving graphics. I simply want to copy the image onto a page in the The image is at:http://www.marketingtips.com/images/imc-50.gif How do I put this image onto my...more >>

Hi All - I have read so many posts from so many forums about this. Seems that most of us have wanted to do this but I still am unclear as to what the BEST solution is. What I want to do is simple. I have my root movie, I use this to load my general content as external SWF's, like the nav...more >>

I am trying to install Quick Books Pro 2005, and it requires Flash 7 which in turn requires MX 2004. How can I download MX 2004 and then Flash 7? ...more >>

Detailed Link Big congratulations to everyone who took place, and especially to you guys winning awesome prizes at the Armor Gaming Challenge 3. The top 5 winners are : Afro_Ninja with Territory WAR who won 2000$ + 2 XBOX 360s +2 iPod nanos, and a lot of other cool awards ...more >>

I have a client that wants to offer a video on their site for viewing, but they do not want users to be able to get their hands on a copy themselves. Does Flash, (or any other video player -program out there) give the ability to allow a user to VIEW the video without them having it download...more >>

Hi, One of my coworkers is causing me grief. When he creates SWF files in Publish settings under the formats tab, for the SWF it puts a complete path. How can I get it to stop putting the full path in there? Thanks, Robert ...more >>

Ok, I worked up a movie clip that I want to play independently of the main time line (I want it to loop when the main time line stops). This is probably the stupidest question in the world, but how do I get it onto a spot on the main time line? I've already made a new layer for it, and tried...more >>

I've been trying to get a banner to load a random flash movie, and have gotten pretty far. I have a version working here using javascript : http://www.handprintwebdesign.co.uk/CollinsBartholomew/layout121.htm However, having seen different methods, a more efficient one is letting flash...more >>

I've never had this problem before-- I have a button within a movie clip (the button has a rollover effect on it that calls for it to gotoAndPlay("label"); and a rollout effect asking the same thing--i also have the on(release){ gotoAndPlay("2",1) on this button). This movie clip containing t...more >>

I've never had this problem before-- I have a button within a movie clip (the button has a rollover effect on it that calls for it to gotoAndPlay("label"); and a rollout effect asking the same thing--i also have the on(release){ gotoAndPlay("2",1) on this button). This movie clip containing t...more >>

I've posted this on another forum - so far no one's been able to come up with a simple answer. I'm in interested in the effect of a shape that expands along the circumference of a circle to create a ring. The effect I'm looking for is on this site: http://www.exopolis.com/sites/mccann/...more >>

I just downloaded Macromedia 8, but can?t see any video on it now. Help please!...more >>

I looked at many post and seen different way to do this. However I can not find one that can clearly explain how I can make the cue points trigger embed slides or even go to labeled frame in the time line. This script see the cue point because it dispalys them in the output window. ...more >>

okay, I'm not to sure what to call this but I'd like to know how to do it. An example would be on the home page of http://www.chicagocubs.com or the home page of http://www.mlb.com. If anyone knows where a tutorial of this would be, that'd be great. Thanks in advance ...more >>

i need to have a horizontally scrolling set of images (i would like a scroll bar and also scroll using the mouse over the images). When one of the images is clicked i need the full size image to open in a new window. This will be inserted into an html page (probably in one cell of a table. ...more >>

I'm working on a web splash page introducing a new product. What I want is for the main animation (product comes spinning in, text overlays it, etc.) to stop after about 5 seconds, but I'd like pictures of the product in small boxes to the side to fade and loop over and over, almost like a re...more >>

First time poster on the forum - many thanks in advance for any advice you can give... I'm using Flash MX 2004 on WinXP SP2. I have a button symbol in the library for my project. My understanding is that every time you drag the symbol from the library onto the stage, you are effectivel...more >>

I am trying to export a video file of my Flash animation and when I export it as an .MOV I get a very good-quality result (no frames dropped) at a surprisingly small file size (less than 1 MB for 4+ minutes of animation) but no video editor seems to like the exported file, most importantly iMo...more >>

What exactly is the difference of track as btn and track as menu? And what would you use each for? just trying to figure it out. thanks, hutch...more >>

I've got a button with three layers. The bottom layer which is masked contains the graphic. They layer above it, contains a shape that is masking the graphic, when both layers are locked and mask seems to work fine. When I export the the movie though, the mask doesn't function. I see the actua...more >>

Hi - I am not sure that this can be done or not but figured I would ask. We have an application that uses a swf file. Like all swf files we have it sitting on the server and when the user access our page it downloads it to their temporary internet files location. One of our custome...more >>

I have a navigation bar built with Flash. Each button is set to open in "_self". Here's the issue...When you first open the webpage and click on a button, it ALWAYS opens a new window with whatever button you press! When you subsequently hit any of the buttons on the nav bar in the new window,...more >>

I have a big problem, I am using flash to create a navigation bar menu, that i will use ina web site done in PHP. My problem is, how do I transfer variables from Flash to PHP and viseversa. I already try the default for transfering variables from PHP to flash and from flash to PHP, but tha...more >>

Hello all, I am trying to make a form in Flash 8 and I want to have some list boxes/combo boxes/drop-down boxes (not sure what they are properly called) that have the US states and another with the US zip codes already listed so the form user can just choose their code and it enters it int...more >>

We would like to use a flash "splash screen" (it opens when the CD is inserted and "autoplay" is enabled) to call the installer for a flash application I wrote for distribution via CD. The application is written in Flash MX 2004 Pro (PC version), though I do have Flash 8 (after all the work i ...more >>

I am very new to flash and I want to have a flv movie triger the next scene when it is over. Sounds simple but I have no idea where to start PLEASE HELP!!...more >>

I've uploaded a test FLA, SWF, and HTML file: http://dobieville.com/blah/test.fla http://dobieville.com/blah/test.swf http://dobieville.com/blah/test.html If you download the fla file you'll see I've got an animated circle moving over a jpeg I imported from photoshop and converted to a...more >>

So I've tried every flash to video converter I can find and can't find any that will reproduce good image quality for importing into a video program. I am finding that none of them will transfer with uncompressed setting and that the compressions they use is what is giving it unacceptable qual...more >>

Hi, I'm using a G4 PowerPC running Mac OS X 10.3.9 and I'm trying to encode an MPEG video file into an FLV file using the Flash 8 Video Encoder version 1.0. Unfortunately when I choose "Show Advanced Settings..." the option to encode audio is greyed out. The drop down box in the greyed out...more >>

I am doing a project whereby I have to insert some PDF Files. Some of these files are causing Flash to freeze and crash, but some of these files are easily imported, can anyone tell me what is causing this and how to solve it? any help would be greatly appreciated ...more >>

Hi to all Any body can explain to how can I make playback to loop contenuasly. thanks ...more >>

Hi My name is anne-marie and im realy really new to flash. i have played around with it a bit and managed to create a simple flash movie and place it on the website. However i want to make the movie link to a page in dreamweaver. First of all is this possible and if so please can you t...more >>

Does any one know how to import external symbol into .as file? (e.g. import the symbol in a .fla file to a .as file) Thanks in advance David...more >>

Greetings, I have a navigation bar (menu_mc) that has submenus. Each button in the submenu is an individual movie clip (this is how was told to create it, hopefully this is correct). The main buttons work fine, however I am unable to get the submenus to link to frames within my main mov...more >>

Hi everyone Currently I use: on (release) { getURL("videos/video.mpg"); } to load a mpeg file. On some pc's the file is opended directly with a player, some the browser aswell as the player. Is there code I can use to open the external video file directly, without using the g...more >>

Basically what i want to accomplish is a program in which arrows are used to select a torso, a body, and feet for a character. The user cycles through different choices, mixing and matching body parts. A button then hyperlinks to an image of the finished character when they are satisfied (sepa...more >>

I am having a really hard time defining the hit area on my button. Basically, all my buttons are either .gif or .png files which have a big transparent background (cause they were exported from fireworks) which I do not wish to become part of the button as well. Basically there is a small im...more >>

Hi, I am trying to figure out a way to give my flash project a silver look/fill. I am drawing a star and want it to look like a star that a 'general' would wear but this requires me to make the fill a silver/crome color... Does any one know how I can do this? I want it to look realistic? ...more >>

I am doing an animation short in Flash, then importing each scene to After Effects to edit and render into a quicktime movie. The problem is that I get this fuzzy white line between some of the colors, like between the beige and navy color after I render it: Is there any way I can avoid t...more >>

Does anyone know why the first seconds of my MP3's are disappearing when I import them into my Library in Flash 8?...more >>

Hey, Is there any way to give your text and out line or a stroke? Thanks!...more >>

I recently completed this flash project that I absolutely *need* to access on another computer. The problem is, the computer I did the work on has Flash 8 installed. The other one has Flash MX 2004. I sent the file over by email a few days ago, needless to say it didn't work as I converted...more >>

I have a tablet, is there a way to "record" or animate me say, writting out my name. example http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/5189/picture18gr.jpg: where I have drawn these lines, and I wanted to animate them being drawn. or an effect of something growing... I don't know if I am ex...more >>

I have a QT MOV that's 5.3 MB and I'm trying to convert it to FLV using the QT FLV component, importing directly into Flash 8, and using the Flash Video Encoder app. Each attempt ends up giving me a FLV file that is 22 MB. Any clue as to why Flash wants to make a 5 MB .MOV a 22 MB .FLV? This d...more >>